" Hi, Tony!" "Two or three?" " Two." "Give me two." "That's good." "Do you do lay-away?" "If it doesn't turn into a 20-year mortgage." "Here's five dollars for the blue shirt in the window." "Hold it for me." " Wait for your receipt!" " I trust you." "Please don't trust me." " What did he charge you?" " 7.98." "Wait until he runs out." "You know what to tell her?" " Got a second?" " Just a minute." " Look what I've got." "Carnival Gold." " I've waited half an hour for this paint." "Ill make you a deal." "I'll make you a nice deal on this." "A dollar off for you." "10.98 on this special gold paint." " How do you like that?" " Thank you." " Ill take a gallon of this." " You got it." "Let's go!" "That's all right." "Customers like that." "It gives them a sense of power." " I need some brushes." " How much painting do you plan to do?" "After this I wouldn't paint my wife's ass purple." " What color is it now?" " You want to know what color my wife's ass is?" "!" " You brought it up." " It has no color, just stretch stripes." " What about the brushes?" " The second display counter there." " Mr. Fusco, can I have an advance?" " Payday is Monday." "I know, but every place else pays on Friday or Saturday." "And they're broke on Monday." "Boozing, whoring, pissing away their money." "This way you've got money all week." "You can save for the future." " Fuck the future!" " No, Tony, you cant fuck the future." "The future fucks you." "It catches up with you, and it fucks you if you haven't planned for it." "Tonight is the future, and I'm planning for it." "There's a shirt I have to buy..." "Sorry, Tony." "No exceptions." "Just wait until you need an advance, big shot!" "Thanks, Tony!" "Where have you been?" "Your mother wants to know where you've been." " Where have you been?" " Your father asked where you've been." "Dinner will be late." "Things had sold out at the market." "Normally you'd be late!" " Hey, Tony!" " Hot stuff, give me a kiss." " Look what I made for you." " That is beautiful." " Like it?" "Will you put it in your room?" " Yeah, Ill put it in my room right now." " Dinners on the table." " I'm not hungry." "Just because you're kicking in for food, doesn't mean you don't eat." " I've got my shirt on." " So?" " I don't want to get anything on it." " You don't have to worry." "Your mothers spaghetti sauce doesn't drip or taste." "Lets go!" "Its always the same." "You say I'm late for dinner, but I work until six and can't make dinner in time." "You should've been a priest, like your brother." "You wouldn't worry about a job." "Yeah." " Must you always cross yourself?" " He's a priest ain't he?" "Father Frank Junior." "Your brother." "She doesn't have much to cross herself about these days." " You're so jealous of Frank Junior." " Shut up!" " Hey, watch the shirt, stupid!" " Basta!" "Mangia, mangia!" " Eat." "I've got more pork chops." " More pork chops?" "I'm out of work!" "As long as we have a dollar, we eat good." "I might get a job." "Like hell!" "25 years in construction work." "I've always had a paycheck." "For 6, 7 months I'm out of work, and all of a sudden you hit me." " And talking back." "Talking of getting a job." " OK, no hitting at the dinner table." " You were the one who was hitting." " You never hit me before." "Never." "Not in front of the kids." " One pork chop!" " Hey, Frank!" "Its disgusting." "Would you just watch the hair?" "I work on my hair a long time, and you hit it." "He hits my hair." "Take care of his hair." "I'm going to take a walk." " Tony, will you walk me to church later?" " Didn't you go already today?" " Confession." "I must go back and pray." " For what?" " For Father Frank Junior to call me." " Why not call him direct?" " I want him to call me." "A son should call his mother." " You'll ask God to make Frank call you?" " Right." " I don't believe it." "You're turning God into a telephone operator." "Hey you scumbags!" "Get back here." " Assholes." " Come on, fuckhead!" "The stubborn fuck wont budge!" " Will you put two hands on the wheel." " I got two hands on the wheel!" " You know, you assholes almost broke my pussy finger." " You wouldn't know which one it was." "Have some." "Tell them what we have." "We have ups, downs, three ludes, two jays and half a bottle of vodka." "You get a bigger high from a fart!" " You want something?" " Were not dropping nothing until I say so." " Hey come on, Why the fuck not?" " I've got my reasons." " What's wrong with you, man?" " Hey give me the vodka." "Hey when you gonna get some new tapes." "These things are 4 years old." "I bought them in the bargain basement." "If you don't my tapes, I'll get new tapes." "Looking sharp, huh?" " Any sharper and you'd be a nigger." " Or a spic." "Would you put your dick in a spic?" "Does it get bigger in a nigger?" " I don't know." " I've got to score tonight." "I'm horny!" "Yeah, I know what you mean." "Anybody who scores gets ten minutes in the car." " Make five and you get the Popes ass!" " The Pope doesn't have an ass." "Shape up." "Were the Faces." "Tony, how's it going?" "Hey, Mark!" "Tony, have you seen Pauline here?" " No, we haven't seen Pauline." " Have you seen Pauline?" " What would you like?" " Give me a 777""`..." " A beer." " A vodka and tonic." "Are you seeing the Knicks on Tuesday?" "Tony." " Yeah?" " What do you mean yeah?" "I mean, I can dance with you, but you're not my dream girl or anything." "You want a dream girl?" "Then go to sleep and have a nightmare." " Gus, here's the speed." " What are you doing?" "Take this." "Hello!" "This is Monty, your delicious DJ, reminding you about the disco sweepstakes." "Get in line to get the prize!" "What a trip!" "A good trip!" "Feel the music, baby." "I want to dance with that chick." " Which one?" " Just there." "Come on, Tony, dance!" "Its so beautiful, man." "I like your new haircut." "I like that polyester look." "Tony, you're the king out there." "You're a great dancer." " You'd be as good if you practiced." " Could I be a good dancer?" " Sure, why not?" "No." " No?" " Wont you ask me to sit down?" " No, you'd do it." " But you'd ask me to lay down." " No, you would not do it." "Double J, move over." "Meet my friend, here." "Tony, do you want some speed?" "Its really good stuff." " Cant you guys get off on dancing?" " Tony, can I wipe off your forehead?" "Why not?" "Go ahead." "Its no blow job." "You don't know fuck about women." "You get a blow job easier than you get that." "I love to watch you dance, Tony." "I love it." "I love to watch you dance!" "I just love it." "Watching you dance." "Why don't you take her for a dance?" "That's a good idea." "Would you like to dance?" "Any dressing with the lace on the side." "Weirdest chick I've ever seen." "I love to." "I love to watch you dance!" "I just love it." "Watching you dance." "Doreen, move up a little bit." "You look like you're doing two-step." "Get your head out of his belt!" "Oh, Jesus!" "You cant dance to this shit!" " Monty, why are you playing that shit?" " What?" "Look at that chick." "She's dancing, she's moving." "Joe, you know that girl?" " No." " Seen her before?" "No." "Yeah, I saw her here about a month ago." "She can dance." "She's got the wrong partner, but she can dance." "Ask her." " Fuck you." " Which position?" "Who's that guy?" " Hey, Teddy." " Hey, Tony!" " How are you?" " OK, and you?" " Will you dance for me?" " Sure, why not?" " Hello, Lucille." " Nureyev, how are you?" " Do you have a 777""`?" " Sure, doll." "Give me one of your butts, too." " They're having another sweepstakes." " I know that." "Its double the prize money, $500." "Are you going to enter?" "Well, you'll need a partner." " We won before." " But were going to have to practice." " Well have to practice." " We got people coming in from Manhattan." " Revelation Gazebo, you know?" " Well have to practice." "That's practice, Annette." "I don't mean dating, I don't mean socializing." "I mean practice." " Why not?" "We had a date." " Yeah, once." "And once was enough." " Why?" " Why?" "The whole time you talked about your married sister." "And then you talked about your other married sister." "And your third married sister." "I got the idea that you were only interested in being a married sister yourself." "Look, I told you Id take care of it." "Hey Tony look, Double J has been in the car 25 minutes with some chick." "I cant get the selfish prick out." "These guys cant do nothing without me." " You gonna make it with Annette?" " I don't think so." "If you make it with some chicks, they think you'll dance with them." "Get out!" "You've been in there 20 minutes." " 25 in the car, 20 in the chick." " Get out before we pull you out." " She hasn't come." " Since when did you care?" "Come on!" "OK, its happening." "Its happening, it's happening!" "I'll be out in a minute." "Harder!" "I'm coming, I'm coming!" "What was your name?" "Kiss me." "Kiss me!" "I just kissed Al Pacino!" "I don't look like Al Pacino." "I could look like him." "Al Pacino." "Yeah." "Al Pacino." "Al Pacino!" "Attica, Attica!" " Attica, Attica, Attica!" " Give me the ball!" " Wanna see the Bruce Lee picture?" " You wanna know something?" "Bruce lee's dead, so I don't give a damn." "Have you no respect for the guy?" " See what the Knicks pay Frazier?" " Well never make that much money." " Hey, douche, douche!" " Its all right." " Why don't you kill fags on Sunday?" " Cause then they'll go to heaven." "Hey, sweetheart!" "You're terrific!" "Hey, double dirty!" " This is a drag." " What's with you today?" " I'm not sure I'll do 2001 tonight." " Fucking do it!" "Do you have 20-30 bucks to blow twice a week?" "Come on, Tony!" " I'm going to get one of these." " You'll never have that kind of money." " That's your favorite speech!" " We'll never have that much money." "Get it together before its all over." "A Caddy Seville." "My uncle has one, plus a Mercedes." "He got them by forcing his partner to sell out." " Its a dog-eat-dog world." " It's true." "They have it all locked up." "Nobody will give you a chance." " Nobody gives you nothing." " Its every man for himself." "Its a stinking rat race." " Best vinyl I've ever seen at that price!" " I told you." "You just listen to me." "You saved me a bit of change." "If you ever want to be a painter, let me know." "You make twice as much as here." "Are you interested?" "I don't know." "You make twice as much, but break your back!" " No advances, nothing..." " I gave you a raise." " Gave me what?" " A raise." " Are you kidding?" " Come on, see how much it is." " Thank you." "I cant believe this." " You better look." " It doesn't matter." "You gave me a raise." " It's only $2.50." " So what?" " That's $2.50." "It ain't much." " The important thing is that its a raise." " I'll give you $3.50 next week." "A dollar..." "Shut up, will you?" "Four." "Ill make it an even four." "Never seen anybody so shitass happy over a crummy $2.50 raise!" "Wait a minute!" "Two?" "You just said $4, didn't you?" " What the hell are you doing?" " I just feel like it all right." " Girls do that." " I got a raise today." "Why didn't you say that during dinner?" "We could have used the conversation." "Put them down." "How much did you get?" "It's gonna be $4.00." "It was $2.50 right, but he raised the raise when he found out I wasn't so disappointed." "$4.00?" "Shit!" "Do you know what $4.00 buys today?" "Don't even buy $3.00!" " Don't see nobody giving you a raise down in Unemployment." " $4.00?" "Shit!" "I knew you'd piss on it." "Go on, piss on it!" "A raise means that you're good." "How many times has somebody told me I was good in my life?" "Two times." "This raise and dancing at the disco." "You sure as fuck never did." "Asshole!" "$4.00." "Shit!" " Why aren't you waiting inside?" " I wanted to watch you walk." "Shit." "Tony, listen..." "I've been thinking." " Maybe Ill make it with you." " You call that thinking?" "Jesus Christ!" "You're too much, Annette." "If you say were going to make it, then well make it?" "So I have no say?" "Its time we went out." "You wanted to." "You told me how horny a man gets at 19." "His balls ache if he doesn't get it." "How do you remember those things?" "Were gonna be spending a lot of time together practicing." "If we were balling, wed be going together." "I don't want to go with you." " Are you a nice girl or a cunt?" " I don't know." "Both?" "You cant be both." "A girl has to decide early on what she's going to be." " Hi, Pete." " Tony, my man!" " Do you have a free studio?" " Two." "How are you doing?" "Pete!" "He's always busting my onions." "I send customers and get free studio..." "That means that he... that come in here." "One-two-three, two-two-three." "One-two, one-two-three, one-two-three." "Good!" "Good." "That's it." "Do it again." " That's it." "Good." "Again." " Tony, it's only dancing!" "If you're not going to take this seriously, I don't want to dance." " Don't get mad." " Don't get mad?" "I think we've done enough dancing for today." " So lets dance on Wednesday?" " Yeah, sure." " Are you going home now?" " No, I'm going to talk to Peter." "And work on some stuff myself." "See you later." "You were good today." "Hi." "How are you doing?" "You're a very good dancer, you know that?" "I would like to meet you." " Would you mind just going away?" " What?" "Don't be hurt." "I want to be by myself, you know?" " I saw you at 2001." " So?" "You was looking at me and I was looking at you." "I look at a guy for a millionth of a second and he gets delusions of grandeur!" " I'm going to tell you what you are." " I bet it begins with a "`CCC""`...." "Mr. P." "Fine, fine." "That's..." "I know the type." "Fine." "What you doing up so late?" "What is this?" "Don't you have any criticism of me?" " Your brothers upstairs." " You're kidding!" " Frankie!" "How are you doing?" " How are you, kid?" " Its good to see you." " You, too." " You look good." " No, I don't." "You do!" "You look wonderful." " Checking out my trophy?" " That's you?" "First prize." " Looks just like you." " What did you say to them downstairs?" "They look like zombies, like somebody died or something!" " I think they're in shock, Tony." " Why would they be in shock?" " I'm leaving the Church." " Yeah, sure." "Leaving the Church." " Tell me another one." " I'm leaving the priesthood." "Frank, don't fool around like that." "Do you think I'm losing my hair?" "It looks very thin right here and here." "Are you serious?" "Can I borrow your clothes until I buy some?" "I don't want to wear the uniform." " I'm really sorry, Frank." " What are you sorry about?" " You got fired, right?" " No, I quit." " You quit?" " Yeah, you can, you know?" "Well, what did Mom say about it?" "Dear Lord, what am I going to tell Theresa and Marie?""`" " What did Dad say?" " They're ashamed." "Both of them." "Are you ashamed of me, Tony?" "Yeah." " Didn't they ask why?" " No." "I think they're afraid to." "Like I might say, `Celibacy`..." "But..." "Are you going to sleep here tonight?" "In my room?" " Yeah, I thought I would." " All right, Ill get blankets for you." "Frank, how come you left, really?" "Its not easy to explain, Anthony." "A lot of things." "One day you look at a crucifix, and all you see is a man dying on a cross." "But that's only a backdrop to something else." "Mama and Papa, their dreams of pious glory." "They turn you into what they wish at the time." "You cant defend yourself against their fantasies." "All I ever really had any belief in was their image of me as a priest, so..." "I guess well have to take your picture down from the mantle." "You know what's weird?" "I always felt I was the shit and you were perfect." "Now that I'm the disgrace to the family, I'm not so perfect any more." "So maybe you're not shit any more." "Yeah, maybe if you're not so good, then I'm not so bad." "Yeah." " Give me the groceries." " Don't take my groceries." "Come on!" " Don't eat the apple." "Give it back." " Here." "Jesus!" "What's the matter with you?" "What are you doing?" "My brother quit the Church." "I feel wild." "I've got all this energy!" "Ill call you tonight, all right?" "See you later, Gus!" "Higher with the arms!" "Yeah, that's it." "Yeah, do it to me!" " She come in?" " I told you she comes in on Tuesday." " So is she here?" " What is today?" " Its Tuesday." " Yeah." "Hey, Tone!" "Watch it." "That ones practicing to be a bitch." "Come on!" "Hello, Stephanie Mangano." "I'm Tony Manero." "We both have the same last initial." "When we get married I don't have to change the monogram on my luggage." "Somebody said you're practicing to be a bitch." "Is that true?" " What do you want to ask me?" " Will you have coffee with me?" " Is that it?" " I think you're a very good dancer." "You know that 2001 Odyssey has a dance contest now?" "I think that we could be a dynamite team together." " How old are you?" " I'm 20." "I'm 19 at the moment, but I'll be 20 very shortly." "I think there's a world of difference between us." "Not just chronologically, but emotionally, culturally, physically, every way, and this world would get bigger and worse with every passing week." " What shit is that?" "Coffee, not sex." " Just coffee?" "I work with very remarkable people." "They're not like Bay Ridge people at all." " Snobs instead of slobs?" " What?" "Nothing." "Bay Ridge isn't the worst part of Brooklyn." " Its no hellhole." " Well, it ain't... isn't Manhattan." "Right over there, across the river, everything is completely different." "Its beautiful!" "Just Beautiful!" "People are beautiful, offices are beautiful." "The secretaries all shop at Bonwit Teller." "The lunch hours are beautiful, too." "They'll give you two hours for lunch to do something that's related." "We saw Zeffirelli's `Romeo and Juliet`..." "Romeo and Juliet""`?" "yeah?" "I read that in high school." "That's Shakespeare, right?" "No, its Zeffirelli, the director of the movie." "You know, the movie?" "What I never understood about that Romeo and Juliet""` is why Romeo took the poison so quick." "I feel like he could have waited." "Its the way they took poison in those days." " Are you eating?" "Here's the menu." " No, I'll just have tea with lemon." "I've started drinking tea." "It's more refined." "Oh, yeah?" "All the women executives drink tea with lemon." "They notice that I do, too." " I like coffee." "I drink coffee." " Yeah." "I've only been with this agency a short time, but over there I'm functioning in a kind of public relations capacity." "I fill in for the agents." "This week I had business lunches with Eric Clapton at the Cóte Basque." " And Cat Stevens at Le Madrigal." " Far out!" "You heard of those restaurants?" "No, I don't know those exact restaurants, but I know the type." " But you must have heard of the artists." " No, I don't know..." "Not really." " Why did you say, Far out?" " It sounded like far out." "Wasn't it?" " Yeah." " Wed like a lemon with some tea." "Id like a cheeseburger and some coffee." "Know who came in the office?" "Laurence Olivier." " Who's that?" " You don't know who he is?" "Laurence Olivier is the greatest actor in the world!" "You know who he is." "He's the English actor on television, who does those Polaroid commercials." "Oh, him!" "He's good." "He is good." "I did a few errands for him." "He tells everyone in the office that I'm the brightest, the most vivacious thing in the entire office!" "Could you get a camera from him at a discount?" " I didn't ask him about a camera!" " Cause you have one, you sly fox." " Are you enjoying what I'm telling you?" " Sure." "Maybe you cant handle hearing about a kind of life so different from yours." " You mean better?" " Yes, sure, its better." "Ketchup, please." "I'm out of this Bay Ridge scene." "I'm getting my own apartment in Manhattan." "I'm changing as a person." "I'm growing." "Nobody knows how much I'm growing." "Why don't you go on a diet?" "Listen." "I like you." "We could dance together, nothing more." "I don't want you coming on to me." " Why not?" " I don't dig guys like you any more." "You're too young, have no class, and you don't have your shit together." "Its easy to get your shit together." "Take a salad bowl and potato masher." "Get your shit together." "Shall I tell you what I do?" " Its not necessary." " I'll tell you what I do." "I work in a paint store, and I got a raise this week." "Right, and you probably live with your family, hang out with your buddies, and Saturday nights you blow it all at 2001." "You're a cliché." "You're nowhere, on your way to no place." " What you got?" "A fucking stairway to the stars or what?" " Maybe." "I'm taking a course, and next semester I'll take two." " You didn't go to college, did you?" " No." " Did you ever think of going to college?" " No, did you?" " Not back then..." " Then why bug me about it?" "Why didn't you want to go to college?" "Tell me." "Jesus Christ!" "I didn't!" "The high I get at 2001 is just dancing." "Its not being a bastard or anything." "But Id like to get that high someplace else in my life, you know?" " Like where?" " I don't know where." "Someplace." "Dancing cant last forever." "It's a short-lived kind of thing." "But I'm getting older, you know?" "But so what?" "Does that mean I cant feel that way about anything else in life?" " Is that it?" " We have to split here." " No, Ill walk you the rest of the way." " No, I'll meet you at the dance studio." " Stephanie, I can walk you home." " Nothing personal, right?" "Come on, Stephanie!" "I can walk you." "Jesus Christ!" "You know..." " Where is he?" "Did you call him?" " No." " What's the matter?" " Gus is in hospital." "The spics got him." " Barons?" " Barracudas." " That's my fucking car!" " Give me the keys." " You're asking for it." " I just saw him!" " He could have run, but that's Gus." " Don't worry about it." "I visited him." "He has a broken nose, ribs, leg and four teeth knocked out." "He was carrying his groceries and three of them jumped him." "They spilled his groceries." "So he said, under his breath, Grease- balls, spic-dicks,""` and they got him." "Check it out." "Nobody in there." "Were going to cruise around until there's enough of them we can handle." " Well pick off a couple on the street." " That's pussy!" " You're fucked up!" " I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "Forget it, well get them tomorrow." "Dream good, jerk off better." " Tony, I'm getting married." " Will you cut that shit." "I just wanted to let you know." "If you get married, well all go with you on your honeymoon, all right?" " Take it easy." " Bobby, get in the car!" "We should go to the hospital tomorrow, you know?" "You cool off." "You know?" "All right." "Goodnight." " Tony, what did you say to Father Frank Junior?" " What?" " What did you say to him?" "What did you do?" " Yeah?" "What did you say?" " Whatcha you talking about?" " You must have said something to him." "You sleep in the same room, you talk to him and the next night he stays out all night." " I've said nothing to him." " A priest staying out all night." "The priest is not a priest no more, he's growing up so he can do what he wants." " Something you said to him!" " Are you trying to blame me now he ain't a priest no more?" " You've been writing to him." " You're trying to hang this on me!" "He called, he called." "In a couple of days, hell see he's wrong." "He's going through a trial of the soul." "Hess going back to the Church." " No, he wont..." " Yes, he's going back to the Church!" " He's going back!" " No!" "You don't have a priest any more." "You've got nothing but three shit children now!" "Good, good." "I'm sorry, Mom." "I didn't mean that." "I'm sorry." " I love you, Mom." "I really do." " Go away." "Get out of here." " How are you?" " OK." "Look, Annette, I have to tell you something." "Its very hard to tell you this, but I changed my mind about us dancing together." "I have another partner." "Its professional." "Things like this happen when it's professional." "Jesus Christ." "First my mother, now you." "Why do you hate me so much?" "All I ever did was like you." "Give me a break." " Hi." " You're late." "Only five minutes." "How long have you been here?" " Six, seven minutes." " Pete said you'd been here 15." "Who's he?" "I've got some records." "I don't know if you like them." "You like these guys?" "Yeah, super." "You do the New York Hustle or the Latin Hustle?" "New York, Latin, I do it all." "Follow me this time." " That's nice." "Did you make that up?" " I saw it on TV first, then I made it up." " I learned one." "What I do..." " Wait, let me check something out." " Come on." " What are you doing?" "Stay right there." " Now we can dance!" " Let me show you the Latin step." "Take your hand like this and count." "One-two-three, two-two-three." "Three-two-three, kick-two-three." "I've got that." "It's good." "That's good..." "I like that." " Do you know the Tango Hustle?" " Yeah." "Lets try that." " Would you like some coffee?" " No, I gotta go home." "I like you when you're like this." "When you're quiet and ain't laying all that shit on me." "Well yeah?" "As a matter of fact guess who I had lunch with today?" "Paul Anka." " I had to open my big mouth right." " It was very interesting." "Very interesting." "A very, very intelligent fellow." "You cream over that word interesting don't you." " Well, what's wrong with interesting?" " I don't know.." "Something." "Let me tell you something." "I have never told you this before" " I think you're full of shit." " Oh, you do, do you?" "But I don't know how much is shit and how much is bullshit." "Well listen, when you figure it out, let me know, all right?" "Listen, we should practice a couple of more times." "Maybe go to 2001 with a crowd." " How about Saturday, would that be good?" " Maybe." "Stephanie, I want to ask you something, all right." "I don't know how to say this." "Do you think that I am either interesting or intelligent?" "Interesting, yeah." "Yeah." "Intelligent?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "I don't know." "I've got to know you better." "You've got a way of seeing things a certain way." "Interesting, yeah." "Intelligent?" "Yeah, maybe." "Maybe intelligent." "Well, what do you know?" "All right!" "Stephanie, how come we never talk about how we feel when were dancing?" "How come we never talk about that?" "Goodnight and thanks." " Maybe I could walk you the rest of the way?" "Let me do that" "No." "You shouldn't have asked, you should have just done it!" "Hot stuff." "Jesus!" " What's happening?" " This is my brother Frank." "Our table is over there." "You guys have a Moses effect!" "The crowd parts like the Red Sea." " They know the Faces." " Do you like it, Father?" "Do I look like your father?" "Please don't call me that." "I never could stand that." "But, yeah, I think the place is energizing!" "Hey, Tony." " Hey." " Hey." "Are you as good in bed as on the dance floor?" "Are you?" "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?" "He never made it in a bed." "Watch this." "This isn't my regular partner, but you'll see." " What are you going to have to drink?" " `777"`.." "Where is she?" "So, when is Connie going to get her answer, huh?" " You know, Connie?" " Yeah?" "If you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, I bet you're one lousy fuck." "So how come they always send flowers the next day?" "Some guys don't know a lousy fuck." "Or maybe they thought you were dead!" "Father, listen." "My girlfriend is such a good Catholic, she says she loves the taste of Communion wafers." " Mr. Manero, can I talk to you for a second?" " What's he doing?" "Oh, Forget this!" "Give the kid some room." "He's taking over again!" " He's very good." " He's the king out there, Father." " He's the best." " Hey man.." "He's great, he's great." " Listen, can I talk to you, Father?" " Call me Frank." "Frank..." "listen." "Do you want to hear something?" "Listen, my girlfriend..." "Can I tell you something?" "Come here for a second." "I got a lot of ideas." "I was reading up about the Pope." "Hey, Father!" " Frank." " Frank." "Yeah, Frank." "Listen, Frank." "I got a girlfriend." "Her name is Pauline, and I..." " What?" "Did you get her pregnant?" " Yes, I did." "Yes, I did." "She loves the taste of Communion wafers." "Well, I have ideas swimming around in my head." "I've been reading a lot of stuff." " I heard the Pope can give a special..." " ... dispensation." "Do you think the Pope could give Pauline an abortion?" " You mean give you a dispensation for an abortion?" " Yeah, do you think he could?" " I don't think so, Bobby." " Maybe he could for me." " Maybe?" " I'm sorry, Bobby." "I don't think so." "Have you talked to your priest about it?" "Yeah, I've talked to everybody about it." "I mean, I've talked to a lot of people." "Thank you!" "Thanks a lot." "You play, you pay, you know?" "Its funny, right?" "Don't forget, everybody." "You could win, too, man!" "Disco Universe Sweepstakes are just a week away." " Do you know Stephanie Mangano?" " No." " I do." " Has she come in?" " No, not yet." " Are you sure?" " Tony!" "That was great." " You liked it?" " I'm going home now." " Home?" "Stay longer." "The nights just beginning." "Its not my scene." "You didn't expect me to stay all night?" "No, I didn't." "Yes, I thought that maybe you'd stay a little..." " No, its not your scene." " I'm sorry." "Don't worry about it." "It's nothing." "Come on, I'll walk you to the door." "You know, your dancing is really marvelous." "Its exciting!" "Its exciting to watch you." "They can't keep their eyes off you." " I have to go now." " Have a good night." "Ill see you later." " Has she come in?" " You just asked me." "She isn't here." " Is your brother OK?" " He's fine." "He just had a stomach thing." "Lets move." "We could make it now." "We aren't practicing, so we could make it." "We make it when I decide, all right?" "When I say so." " Ill just make it with somebody else." " Who?" " Somebody!" "Anybody here." " Somebody here?" " Double J, Joey..." " The fuck you will!" "Bobby, were going to the car." "When I get back, we'll go to the bridge." "Are you fixed?" " Are you fixed?" " What do you mean?" " Are you on the Pill, or what?" " No." "No?" " What have you got?" "The IOU thing?" " No." " No diaphragm?" "Nothing?" " It doesn't matter." " Nothing?" " Tony, I love you." "Are you kidding?" "Forget it." "Fuck!" "Just give me a blow job." "Come on." " Just a minute." " Hey, Tony!" "Forget it." "Fix yourself up." "Everything was cool, you had a good time." "Annette, cigarette?" "Guess not." "Stupid screw-offs!" "Annette, can you dig it?" "I knew that you could." " Joey!" " Fuck, Double J!" "Tony!" "Lets get the motherfuck down!" "Let's push him off!" " You're going in, you big fucking hunk!" " `sto cazzo, man!" "Come on, Tony!" "Lets get him!" "Come on, lets go." " Honky!" " Lets get the motherfuck off!" "Hey!" "Tarzan!" "Double J!" "Don't look!" "I'm coming!" "You fuckers!" " Can you dig it?" " I knew that you could!" "You stupid bitch." "I wish you were staying longer." "Ex-priests don't stay back home." "Everyone's too disgraced." "When a family raises a priest, they think they've scored points in heaven." "Wed better get going." "I have to pick up some people on the way." " We have to keep in touch." " Will you like this settlement house?" "It'll do until I figure out my next move." " And you?" " What?" " What will you do about the dancing?" " People ask me all the time." "All my life I've been told I'm the no-good in the family." "The only way you'll survive is to do what you think is right." "Not what they try to jam you into." "If you do that, you'll end up miserable." "Have a good trip." " I left you something in your room." " What?" " A souvenir." " Money?" "Leave money!" " Hi!" "Why are you standing there?" " Why didn't you come on Saturday?" " I didn't say I would come." " The fuck you did." "I said maybe." "I didn't think you'd get upset about it." "Forget upset, I'm not upset, but we needed the practice." "You should've been there." "Lets practice, then." "I didn't bring records." "I didn't think you'd be here." "So why did you come for, huh?" " sto cazzo." "Do you know `sto cazzo?" " Yeah, I know `ssto cazzo." "Well use some of this stuff." "If you're not of your mind to break up... "`" " What's up?" " We've been waiting, man." " Pete said you were practicing." " We've been cruising you-know-who." "Well talk about it later." "Stephanie, this is Joey, Double J and Bobby C." " How are you, Stephanie?" "Are you a dancer?" " Yeah." " You hungry?" " Yeah." "Where do you want to eat?" "I'm going to change, and then..." " What maracas!" " They're nice tits." "I'm going on to be traveling on promotional tours with authors and performers." "Ill hate leaving Manhattan and missing certain ballets and concerts." "Tell them about the people who come to the office." "You know who came in today?" "David Bowie, He comes in, in an astrakhan coat." " He's a faggot." " A half-faggot." " Relax." "Lets sit down." " You mean he's bisexual?" "Yeah, he swings both ways." "Men and boys." "What's so funny?" "Joe Namath came in today." "You know him?" "He wanted some coffee, so I brought him some, and he asked me to join him." " Joe Namath?" " Yeah." "We were talking a little." "He asked what it was like to be 21." "I said I didn't know, because I'm just 20." " What else?" " That's all." " Isn't that enough?" " Don't you ever chew, Tony?" " When my mother dies, you get the job." " Your throat is full of hamburger." "Big gobs, like dog food." "Dog Friskies, Yummies." "He's going to turn into a dog!" "Stephanie, can I talk to you?" "You seem to know a lot of people and a lot of places and things." "I have a friend." "He's a very good friend, and he got a girl pregnant." "If you had to choose between abortion and marriage, what would you do?" "Who would I have to marry?" "You'd have to marry me." " Id get an abortion." "So long, Tony!" " It was very nice meeting you." " What did you think of her?" " I thought she was nice." " She's a snotty bitch." " She's cool when you get to know her." " Did you fuck her yet?" " What do you think?" " I don't think so." " You guys need to grow up." "You're babies." "I need the afternoon off." "Sam's out, Harold's sick." "Take these." " But I have to." " Sorry, Tony." "I've been here almost eight months and haven't missed a day!" " Not today, Tony." " Come on, Mr. Fusco!" "When those old farts miss days, you say nothing!" " Cool off!" " I'm taking the afternoon off." " Then you're fired." " I'm doing it." " You're fired!" " Fuck you, asshole!" "And the horse you rode in on." " Cocksucker asshole!" " I don't want to marry Pauline." " Then don't." " I have to!" "She won't have an abortion." " Everyone says I have to marry her." " Who?" "Her fucking parents, my fucking parents, the fucking priest, her fucking guidance counselor." "Tony, I'm paralyzed." "You and me have been friends a long time." "I'm hurting." "Shit!" "You're always together and I'm always fucking up." "You're always OK." "Everybody fucks up." "Really!" "Don't worry about anything." " You're great!" " I'm in a rush." "I hate to leave you." "I appreciate this." "The car is really important today." " Call me tonight?" " Yes." "Don't worry." " Take care." " Talk to you later, then?" " You'll call tonight?" " Yeah." "You'll call me tonight?" " Stephanie, this got me fired." " What?" "You couldn't do it on Sunday, so my boss fired me." "I wanted everything in, so I could fix it up on Saturday." "Nobody bitched at my office." "I got the whole day off." " hey, I'm sorry." " It's all right." "No big deal, I can handle it." "Come on in." "Put that over here." " Hey!" " I thought you'd be out of town." "I postponed the trip." "Jay, this is my friend Tony Manero." "This is Jay Langhart." "Unspecified status." "How do you do?" " I'm leaving you all the furniture." " Are you kidding?" "You picked out most of it anyway." " Well, super." " Nobody says super any more!" " Can I get you a beer, a glass of wine?" " No, its all right." " I read that book you told me to read." " Kerr or Lawson?" " Kerr." " You should've read the Lawson." "If I can help you guys move in, Ill be glad to help." "Ill get the rest." " Who is that guy?" " He's an arranger, a record producer." "He wants to do films." "He's moving to a more expensive apartment." "I met him at the agency." "He didn't want his wife to know what money he had until after the divorce." " Come on, lets go." " I meant, who is he to you?" "He's a friend of mine." "He's a friend." "I was living with him for a little while." "Are you in love with him?" "Tell me the story." "No!" "We had a thing, it didn't work out and it's over now, but he still likes me." "He likes to have you around for a quick piece." "He helped me!" "Its crazy at that place." "You don't know shit!" "I didn't know how to do stuff, so I'd ask him and he'd tell me." "And it would be all right." "Otherwise Id be like an idiot, saying, "`II don't know. "` He helps me." "Does he help you get in and out of the sack?" "He helped me." "What the hell do you expect me to do?" "What do you expect?" "He helped me." "Don't cry about it." "All right, so he helped you." "That's good for you." "Lets get out of here." "I'm sorry." "Its all right." "Don't worry about anything." "Don't worry about that." "Stephanie, don't." " Well stop here for a while." " No, don't stop." "Just take me home." "No, well just sit here for a while." "Don't worry about anything." "Its pretty, isn't it?" "Sit down." "Do you know how tall that bridge is?" "That tower goes up 690 feet." "40 million cars go across a year." "127,000 tons of steel is involved in that." "Its almost three quarters of a million yards of concrete." "That's right." "The centre span is 4,260 feet long." "With the on-ramps, it all totals two and a half miles." "You know all about the bridge, don't you?" "I know everything about that bridge." "Know what else?" "There's a guy buried in the cement." "Really?" "Know how it happened?" "While they were working on it, pouring the cement, he slipped off on the upper part of the bridge and, you know, fell in." "Dumb fuck." " What a way to go." " I come here a lot." "I get ideas." "What kind of ideas do you get?" "I dunno... daydreams." "I daydream a lot." "Mr. Fusco, I've come for what I've got coming." " Tommy, things got hot under the collar." " What do you talkin' about?" "I don't want to lose you." "You're a good kid, Tony." "The customers like you." "Stay." " I'm not fired?" " No." "Come on." " Jesus Christ, unbelievable!" " You've got a future here." "Harold's been here 18 years, since I opened." "Mike, 15 years!" "Give Harold a hand." "He's making a mess of it." "What are you doing?" "Whoa, man!" "I didn't know you hung your label on her!" "That guys the biggest cunt hound in Bay Ridge." " My God, I've been in serious danger!" " It's no joke." "He's a sleazy whore." " I was dancing with him." "Dancing." " No, no, forget it." " Lets dance." " You disgust me." "What do you mean?" "I was just dancing with the guy!" " Tony!" " What do you want?" "Just look." "Jesus!" "Beautiful!" "There are six, seven of them and chicks." " Lets wait until there are three or four." " One or two?" " Tony!" " I'm thinking." " Tony..." " Shut up!" " Back up." " What are you doing, Double J?" " Backing up." " Are you crazy?" " I'm getting married." " Shut up!" "Come on, fuckers!" "Tony!" " Joey!" " Tony, help me!" "Please, God!" "What the hell do you think you're doing?" " Tony, come here!" "Its me." "Come on!" " Let's get outta here!" "He chickened!" "Where is he?" "Go, man, go!" " Where the hell were you?" " I was just driving around." "I was looking for you." " Did you get the number of the truck?" " Don't make me laugh." " Look." "We don't love you, right?" " We got them." " Does it hurt?" " Yeah." " Did you really kick their asses?" " We got them, Italian style." "That's great." "Except, you know, I'm not so sure it was the Barracudas." " You said it was." " No, I said it probably was." "Don't pull our legs." "We can get into trouble for that." "You said it probably was." "Yes, but it could have been the Spanish Barons." "Stupid bastard!" "We almost got our heads busted." "Yeah?" "Not you, lover." " You know, you've got some fucking pair of balls!" " I had to lay somebody out for it." " Are you stupid?" "Didn't you see them?" " If I didn't say who, they'd gotten off!" "Fuck you, Gus!" "Do you know what?" "I feel like breaking your broken leg!" "Oh, God, I cant believe it!" " I could have killed him." " You couldn't kill crab lice!" " Do you think I'm a coward?" " What do you think you are?" "Enough of that shit!" "I'm bored with it, all right?" "Hey, look at this." "You're beautiful, babe!" "We've got the winners here." "Let's get a table." " How are you doing?" " I'm all right." " What happened to your face?" " I cut myself shaving." " With a switchblade, huh?" " Come on." "A big hand for Shirley Charles and Chester Bronson!" "Be cool, everybody." "No way!" "No good!" "Now we have Stephanie Mangano and Tony Manero!" " Joey, give me another one of those." " You've had enough." " All right, get high." "Its your head." " That's right." "Hey!" "Hey, be cool!" "Now we have couple number 15!" "The Puerto Rican couple." "Maria Héctor y César Rodriguez!" " Wrong neighborhood!" " Tony, you'll take the prize." " They're so fucking good." " They're spics!" "Look at them, greasing up the floor." "Número uno!" " No contest!" " Bullshit." "They were better than us." " No, they were just different." " Bullshit." "Folks, we have the judges decision." "In third place we have Elizabeth and Joseph Cursa." "Give them a hand!" "Second prize!" "From Puerto Rico, César Rodriguez and Maria Héctor!" " You're doing them a favor!" " You'll take the prize." "Don't spend it in one place." "In first place, the coolest, Brooklyn's Fred Astaire, the boogie-woogie man." "He was hot!" "He was right on!" "Stephanie Mangano and Tony Manero!" "We won!" "Come on." "Come on!" "Come on, lets boogie!" " You put them down!" " You phony bastards!" "You know who should have won." "My friends cant be straight with me!" " Up your ass!" " We won it." "It was rigged." "That's like family." "They can't give it to a spic, a stranger!" " We were just as good, and I know it." " You think so?" "Come with me." "Excuse me." "Congratulations." "Id like to give you this, because I think you deserve it." " If the spics are good, they deserve it." " But we won!" "This is a fucking shithole!" "The assholes I hang out with." "I cant believe them sometimes." "Everybody has to dump on somebody!" "Nobody can do it straight, right?" "My pa gets dumped on at work, so he dumps on my mother." "The spics dump on us, so we have to dump on them." "Everybody's dumping on everybody." "Even the humping is dumping." " All right, tell me what's wrong." " Get in." "Get in!" "What the hell is wrong with you?" "Stop it!" " Leave me alone." "Get away!" " You're such a fucking cockteaser." " Don't call me that!" " Why do you hang around with me?" " Dancing." " Dancing?" "Why else?" "You want to know?" "Its bullshit!" "I've just been dumping all my bullshit on you." "Selling my act on you." "Making you think I love you." "Its all bullshit!" " You fucking cunt!" " You stop it!" "Don't!" "Get off me!" "Oh, Stephanie." " I'm mad at you, Tony." " Annette's giving everybody snatch pie!" " The fuck you are." " What are you doing?" "What is with you?" "And you, you punk?" "You little fuck!" " What is it?" " You don't give a shit about her!" "Annette, get in the car." "Go on." "Do it." "I told you." "You can fuck all night on speed." " Joey, what are you doing?" " The first is always the best." "Come on, Double J. You're up." "See you guys later." "Come on!" "Well have a good time." "I don't want to do it." "Fuck!" "Shit!" "With me she gotta cry." " Goddamn, Annette." " No, don't." "No, no." "Whoa!" "Yeah!" "Whoa!" "Double J!" "Come on, Double J!" "A beer!" "With no pants and no hands!" "Beer!" "Fuck you, Manhattan!" "Come to Brooklyn!" " Mines so big I have to strap it down." " Anita says mine is the biggest in town." "Are you proud of yourself, Annette?" "Is that what you wanted?" "Good." "Now you're a cunt." "What are you doing?" "Where are you going?" "Come on, Annette." "I'm sorry." " I said I'm sorry." " I didn't want to do it." " Look at this guy!" "Bobby, you punk!" " Tony!" " Look at me!" " Bobby, get down!" "Its too dangerous." "Look at me, Tony!" "Look at me!" "Hey, Tony!" " I'm not kidding." "Get down from there." " I'm all right." "I'm all right, Tony." "I'm all right." "Watch me." " Tony, look at me." " Now you're being crazy." " Look at me." "I'm doing it!" " It's dangerous." "Look at me!" "Oh, Jesus." "Give me your hand." "Come back in." " Watch!" " Don't!" "You're making me nervous." "Don't do that." "Get over here right now." "I mean it!" "Jesus, no!" " I did it." " What?" " I did it." " What?" "Get over here right now." "Come on." " Don't be upset." "We'll talk in the car." " You didn't talk to me before." "How come you never called me?" " I didn't want to fuck up." " You didn't." "We'll talk." "I didn't want to fuck up this time." "Any of you think maybe he killed himself?" "There are ways of killing yourself without killing yourself." "You can go now." "Forget the number, Chief." "We wont find anything tonight." "Shit." "Tone?" "Hey, Tony!" "Stephanie?" " Is that you?" " Yeah, its me." " I'm really sorry about last night." " You're sorry?" "Yeah, I'm sorry." "It won't happen again, I promise." " I really need to talk to you." " What do you mean by that?" "Just like I said, I need to talk to you." "Ok listen now, if I open the door, you wont pull any funny stuff on me, right?" "No, of course not." "First time I've ever let a known rapist in my apartment." "Ill just stay right here." "That way you don't think I'm going to jump you." "What's wrong with you, man?" "Nothing." "Ill tell you later." "You cant just stand there." "This is ridiculous." "Come on." "I've been up all night, just walking around." "I'm going to get myself my own place." "I'm getting my money and coming back." "Cos' I am not going back." "Why don't you sit down?" "Come on." " So what are you doing?" " I'm not going back there." " They're assholes." "I'm fed up with it." " OK." "What are you going to do?" "You get a job." "Do what you do." "Get a nice apartment." "OK." "What kind of job?" "I don't know." "What did you do?" "You came in." "You couldn't do anything." "I could type when I came." "I'm an able person." "I can do these things." "Of course you can." "Tony, I want to tell you something." "You know, I said all that stuff to you about using you, practicing my act on you, you know." "It wasn't true." "There were other reasons why I was hanging around you." " What do you mean?" " You made me feel better." "You gave me admiration, you know?" "Respect." "Support." "Stephanie, maybe now, when I'm going to be in town, maybe we could see each other." "I don't mean like that." "I know you're thinking I'm promoting your pussy." "I mean like friends." "Like you once said:" "we could help each other." " You want to be friends?" " Id like to be friends with you." "Do you think you know how?" "Do you think you could be friends with a girl?" "Could you stand being friends with a girl?" "The truth?" "I don't know." "I could try." "That's all I can say." "OK." "Lets be friends, all right?" "We'll just be friends." "All right." "Friends, man."