"How you doing?" "What's up?" "All right." "Pick it up." "Whoa!" "Look out." "Coming through." "You have to tell me where to turn." "I knew it." "She's not here." "Frank!" "Sidney!" "I'll try the basement." "Don't panic." "She's around here somewhere." "Faye!" "Come on out!" "you!" "did you ever hear of private property?" "Pop." "You got a lot of nerve!" "Get your food somewheres else!" "Who's that?" "Take off that hat so I can get a look at you." "Here she is." "Faye!" "where you been?" "You scared the living daylights out of me!" "I did the marketing." "Somebody's got to do the marketing." "Oh." "what are you looking at?" "Pop." "Nothing." "Was that Bobby?" "I think it was Bobby." "it wasn't Bobby." "It was just a man." "how about I fix your breakfast?" "I don't smell no bacon on." "Is this Sunday?" "Monday and Tuesday don't smell at all because Cream of Wheat is instant." "And it ain't Thursday." "I can smell Thursday all the way back to Wednesday when people put their garbage out." "we got to walk in the park." "Sure." "Sid." "Why don't you kids come for a walk with us?" "Faye." "That sounds great." "Get off." "Mommy." "Look." "Smell like money?" "Because it is." "he didn't write." "Take it from me." "I know about this stuff." "He ain't coming back." "This is the letter you've been waiting for." "you're a very rich lady." "take it!" "What's wrong with you?" "Fresh cash money." "She doesn't believe me." "You could move to Brooklyn." "Here." "Buy yourself a new saint." "You can afford it now." "Room service!" "Picasso!" "Bee." "Don't you even want to count it?" "They're paying you to move out." "Aah!" "Oh!" "doll." "He's not home?" "How about you move in with me? falling apart." "No!" "Don't!" "Get" "Aah!" "Bee!" "Bee?" "It's us." "The knock-knock boys." "champ." "Round two!" "man?" "You ready for a rematch?" "we got rough." "we got money." "you ain't gone" "now you got less to move." "And here's your prize money." "Where's the boys?" "I don't hear them playing." "Bobby!" "Donald!" "Faye." "He has two kids of his own now." "remember?" "yeah." "sit down and finish your coffee." "But where's my Bobby?" "you punks!" "it's your lucky day!" "Pops." "that's me. bingo..." "Carlos." " Hallelujah!" "man." "She already took it." "Bobby." " I'm calling the cops!" "time for your medicine." " Let Mama give you a pucker." "senora!" "Benny." "right?" "OK?" "Get out of my way!" "Let the boy help you." "You never give him a chance." "Bobby!" "Stop calling me that!" "Get her out of here." "And you" "Stay away from my wife and this building." "You tell Lacey his money stinks!" "You understand?" "man." "Money's not a good reason to move?" "here's a good reason." "abuela." "Break it up." "Aah!" "Faye." " Throw him out!" "We'll talk about it later." "Frank!" "You punks!" "Take your hands off of me!" "Pop." "You're going to go bald!" "You dirty bastards!" "Pop." "No!" "At fine stores everywhere." "Batteries not included." "Lacey!" "you don't!" "you son of a bitch!" "You're not getting away with it!" "open up and face me like a man!" "You're not throwing me out!" "You really think that he'd come down here?" "Mr. Riley." "It's our last offer." "for God's sake!" "Mr. Riley?" "Arrest them." "Send them up the river for life." " I'm not scared." "I'll testify." " You know what'll happen." "They'll have 18 witnesses saying they were somewhere else." "they'll come after you again." "for crying out loud!" "What neighborhood?" "What the hell happened?" "Mind your own business." "Wait a minute." "I live here." "Upstairs." "yeah." "I've seen you." "You're in Moskowitz' old place." "do you honestly think" "I could recommend this building for historic preservation?" "it was in better shape this morning." "I doubt that." "Yeah." "Look at the molding." "Look..." "look at the cornice." "That's terra cotta." "you don't like ornament." "All right." "Step back here and look at those proportionates." " It's got style." "It's got dignity." " There's nothing left to preserve." "This one's still here." "It can be restored." "We have a minimum standard- that the structure is intact and livable." "You don't even have that." "People live here." "Not for long." "you're so nervous." "I'll fix the door." "Mason." "It's you." "You and your fascination with this place." "What?" "I like it here." "Of course you do." "It's old and depressing." "It's reality!" "Mason." "Nobody likes reality anymore." "Why don't you admit it?" "It's time to quit." "Thank you very much." "How do you know that?" "You said so yourself!" "You said that you were going nowhere!" "hard edge." "you've got to be the Andrew Wyeth of the East Village. or whatever they're called." "RVs." "get out of here." "And to think that I've been telling my friends that it's so cool living with an artist!" "You never once asked to paint me nude!" "man!" "All right!" "Sorry." "Frank." "She's here." "She's been helping." " Give it to me." " I called Donald." "He made the arrangements." "For what?" "A funeral?" "We're going to Jersey." "It's a home for senior citizens." "You took their money." "You took that bastard's money." "There's cold cereal in here but she won't eat the cherries." "And beans- She just loves beans." "where's our bags?" "It's the Love Boat to Cuba." "Shuffleboard and pineapples filled with rum." "You know what they do? it don't thin out the liquor. and her HydroDIURIL twice a day and don't forget." "I got it." "I won't forget." "OK." "we're tired." "It's-it's not home anymore." "will you?" "she won't even know you're gone." "Faye." "Let's do this." "Where's Muriel?" "this stuff." "Muriel!" "Faye." "I ain't dressed." "Get Frank." "Frank!" "Yeah?" "Who's that?" "It's Frank." "I'm Frank now." "OK." "Put on the red record." "We haven't got a red record." "Muriel has a red record." "Makes the pills go down." "Sure." " Say "ah."" " No." "Muriel and I say "frog." "frog." "my..." "Frank." "I'm going to clean it up right now." "Oh." "Well... maybe first thing in the morning." "You don't have to worry about a thing." "OK?" "OK." "♪ Just around the corner ♪" "♪ There's a rainbow in the sky ♪" "♪ So ♪" "♪ Let's have another cup of coffee ♪" "♪ And let's have another piece of pie ♪ ♪" "Did we miss the sunset?" "Oh." "Please... somebody... help us." "Frank." "Where's the goddamn toaster?" "Good morning." "Island Manor." "Can I help you?" "Hello?" "Hello." "Faye!" "what is this?" "slow down!" "no." "Yo!" "Wait a minute!" "Those are my pictures!" "Wait!" "Would you stop?" "Stop!" "Just wait!" "God." "Today they collect the garbage." " Hi." " Hi." "It's all right." "It's me-3B." "Someone was in my room." "me too." "I think we got elves." " Good morning." " Hi." "Who are you?" "3C." "the old Grandey place." "Have you seen my" "dear." "Don't be shy." "come on." "big bolt for you." "You're tired of nails." "Here." "You want some paper clips?" "Come on." "Don't move." "Faye." "Time to go back downstairs." "I'm feeding them." "They like this stuff." "Here." "Our son kept birds." "pigeons." "Faye." "Don't do this." "OK?" "That's my frying pan." "What?" "nothing." " Go ahead." "Tell him." " Nothing." "It's not important." " That's her pan and my coffee pot." "Come on." "Come on." "hon." "It's time to stop." "I said stop that!" "Frank." "Faye." "You went into these people's apartments?" "them- the little guys." "I need you to be with me now." "I need you to be here." "Papa." "I'm with you." "what else did you take?" "nothing." "It's the little guys." "skip that." "What about this?" "Where did you get a new picture?" "it-it's fixed." "Fixed like new?" "They did a good job." "Who did?" "I ain't saying." "Goddamn it" "It's OK." "No harm done." "It could be giant rats." "you know." "Oh!" "Whoa!" "That was no rat." "What was it?" "Who in his right mind stands in a puddle and sticks a fork in a wall socket?" "get back." "All of you." "Shoo!" "Shoo!" "Shoo!" "Shoo!" "now." "wait there." "Wait there." "Here." "They're shy." "They're the fix-its." "They like to fix things." "They have that knack." "Papa." "you kids." "Put a little Fred Astaire into it." "they're not toys." "You can't buy them at Macy's." "The Army told me to call you." "Are you missing anything in the way of experimental aircraft?" "not even in the Post." "right?" "They're autogiros or smart bombs." "They're microchip hovercraft." "They're spaceships." "You can tell by lookin' at them." "Spaceships?" "from a very small planet." "Very small." "Maybe this is all a dream." "which one of us is having it?" "Don't look at me." "I stopped dreaming a long time ago." "I'll talk to it." "You better be careful." "Stop!" "Welcome to America." "Maybe you should try some Spanish on him." "Ahem." "Habla Espanol?" "Companeros." "OK?" "Breakfast." "everybody." "Don't let it get cold." "I made candy omelets." "Mrs. Riley." "Look." "It's plugged itself in." "Is that why you're here?" "that's it." "I'll call the cops and make them come." "I heard that." "Picasso?" "Come on." "Call a cop." "my name's not Bobby." "excuse me." "Robert." "Mr. B." " Shut up!" " Hey!" "I saw downstairs." "Who's been cleaning up after me?" "Huh?" "Who?" "man." "Hospitalized." "What the hell is this?" "man." "Carlos." "I wouldn't do that if I were you." "Whoa!" "Ohh!" "Aah!" "man?" "Let's talk this over!" "Don't forget to write!" "little guy." "That's right." "I just want to check for that label that says "Made in the U.S.A." "don't." "You'll queer our luck." "This little guy is the golden goose." "Wow." "Aah!" "It serves you right." "We apologize." "He didn't mean to pry." "He was just being..." "scientific." "G.E." This says "G.E." "This is-was- my coffee pot." "Looks like it's been percolated." "Frank?" "What is so special about our roof?" "Maybe it was me." "What do you mean you?" "Me and Faye... we needed help." "w" "You think that they're here because of you?" "The quickest way to end a miracle is to ask it why it is... or what it wants." "dear?" "my memory." "coming and going." "here's Bobby's little jammies." "I bet there's even a few diapers in here." "Mrs. Riley?" "Bobby?" "let me see." "He just had a birthday." "I've got to think." "He's got his father's ears." "He and Frank don't get along so good." "you know." "You're going to love being a mother." "quick!" " What are they doing?" " Can't you tell?" "She's going to get hungry." "Take it away!" "It's too short!" " Any more?" " That's it." "Frank." "They're starving." "what do you know?" "Harry." "I saw you fight." "the human locomotive." "say something." "Talk to me." "Frank." "Get on with it." "A tremendous right." "Tremendous." "Never says a word." "Just watches TV." "Loves the commercials." "It's all we got." "Come on." "Take it." "It's OK." "We're neighbors." " Doesn't trust us." " Yeah." "Harry Noble." "I used to bet on him." "He had a hell of a right." "You should've seen him." "Look out." "Flying pot." "Ghost in the garbage!" "Benny." "Mama's whole kitchen coming to get you." "man!" "lighten up." "Hey." "We got plans for those people." "And you know what?" "Those people are making plans on their own." "They got something hooked up." "and look at us." "Somebody's helping them." "Somebody's bringing them together." "I see someone." " Give me that!" "Wave to your mother." "there you are." "You're a lucky one." "She's a darling girl." "Are you superstitious?" "I'm getting there." "Well..." "I'm not superstitious... but I was thinking about these things and why they came." "Uh-huh." "uh... but it's like they were watching or listening." "And you think they're here because of you." "Yes!" "So when's the baby due?" "Two or three more months." "I'm not sure." "You're not sure?" "What does the doctor say?" " I haven't been to the doctor." " That's crazy." " I feel fine." " You got to take care of yourself." "My boyfriend's coming." "He's gonna take care of me. different places." "what about you?" "No more girlfriend?" "she got smart." "Don't say that." "She'll be back." " Yeah?" "Why should she?" " Because." "You're an artist." "an artist." " Can I come in?" " No." "I make a very artistic cup of coffee." "um..." "I want to go to bed- to sleep." "I have to take a nap." "Did I say something wrong?" "it was nice talking to you." "OK?" "OK." "Tomorrow." "Mason?" "Maybe it was for you." "What? because of you." "man." "man." "Benny!" "Want to do business?" "Severance pay." "Wanna see a strange object?" "fool!" "Frank!" "Frank!" "Aah!" "What's happening?" "Tonight's the night." " Already?" " Uh-huh." "The fuses!" "She blew the fuses." "There it is!" "Ooh!" "How's she doing?" "It happened." "I'm a grandmother." "It's twins!" "This calls for cigars." " You got any cigars?" " Cigars?" "This is history!" "D" " Do you realize what's going on here?" "Machines that reproduce themselves!" "Spare parts with intelligence!" "Living hardware! but... we pledge allegiance to honor and protect you... in sickness and in health... in rain and sleet... in the best of times and the worst of times..." "God!" "Shh!" "What's that?" "Batteries not included." "I shall not want." "He leadeth me beside the still waters." "Faye... this has gone far enough." "Come on." "Get up." "Frank." "It's over." "Poor little soul." "Mrs. Riley- it's a chunk of metal." "most of it from your apartment." "Now we can really look inside" "Wait a minute." "Last night you were so excited." "Now they're chunks of metal? flying clockwork known to man!" "please!" "helpless spare part- and it never had a chance." "It could happen to anyone." "What's the matter with you?" "What did I say?" "wait a minute!" "Hey!" "Whatcha doing?" "wait a minute!" "Wait up!" "Would you stop?" "OK?" "but don't let it bother you." "It's not your problem." "Harry?" "Where are you going?" "Stop him!" "what is it?" "wait a minute!" "Harry!" "please!" "what are you doing?" "open up." "Let's talk about this." "You don't have to say anything." "I'll do all the talking." "What are you gonna do with that?" "Glen." "Pop." "You back in business?" "What's it look like?" "Canadian on the side." "Steak medium rare!" "and hold the spuds." "Burger up." "I'm sure going to hate to crunch this place up." "ma'am." "April fool?" "He's working on it." "OK?" "pal... like this." "Remember?" "Burger up." "that's more like it." "Look at this!" "hey!" "Give me that ketchup." "the other one." "here you go." "Thanks." "What?" "what"?" "Frank." "Guess what I did." " What now?" " I named the little guys." "Flotsam and Jetsam!" "Isn't that cute?" "cute." "Papa." "I'm always nice." "I've got a kitchen to run." "you'll drive them away." "Meaning what?" "I like being a family again." "Just you and me and Flotsam and Jetsam and... and Bobby." "Faye." "OK." " Oh." " Carlos." "Is this what you're talking about?" "you idiot." "it's not." "It's full of ghosts or spirits or something." "They're just trying to make me look bad." "Carlos." "my friend." "I'm hungry." "How about a little service around here." "What's great about a place you can't even get a menu?" "pal?" "What for?" "You're gonna get the special of the day." "you shouldn't even be in here." "I'm gonna report all you guys." "have you had your lunch?" "Wait a minute." "Excuse me." "There." "what about you?" "You want to sleep over?" "Why don't you call your mommy and tell her where you'll be." "Mrs. Riley." "I can't tonight." "you want to go out and play?" "You ain't going nowhere unless you eat something." "You look terrible." "Thin." "Here." "for the love of Mike." "You're just like your father." "and I don't wanna know." "Don't say that." "He loves you." "I'm not who you think I am." "my little munchkin." "how this city works." " It's my way out of here." " Where are you going?" "Anywhere." "I'm talented." " I get ideas all the time." " Of course you do." "Why don't you talk to your father tonight at dinner?" "I'll cook a ham." "You're inviting me for dinner?" "You'd love my ham." "is that a smile?" "I think I just saw a smile." "honey." "Back inside on the counter." "What the hell is that?" "It's them." "The little guys." "My little munchkins." "Stay away from me." "You're not fooling anybody." "my ass." "open up." "Hi." "you are going to stop worrying about that baby." "Step aside." "Whole wheat bread. non-fat." "One baby book." "What are you doing?" "You don't have to take care of me." "I got you these for that special yen." "Mm-mmm." "Oh." "Oh." "You made me an art collector." "very talented." "What's this one say to you?" "That's my favorite." "it's a guy standing in the sun." "there is." "all you see now is the shadows. he'll be in the sunlight." "because it's art." "You got to keep looking at it." "What?" "What are you staring at?" "He's on his way." "Mr. Kovacs." "what are you doing here?" "I want one more chance." "you understand?" "right?" "Mr. Lacey." "uh..." "I know who he is." "Mr. Lacey." "I gave them the money." "And they sent it right back." "Come here." "I got a commitment to have this entire block down to grade level." "Grade level." "Comprende?" "sir." "I assure you." "permits expire and legal options go out the window. and I'm paying a demolition crew to sit around in a restaurant they're supposed to be knocking down." "Tonight." "I'll have them out by tonight." "kid." "I've made other arrangements." "Mr. Lacey." "I'm gonna do it for you." "What?" "What's so funny?" "You." "Your face." "You look so serious." "this is serious." "I'm looking at the real you." "And what do you see?" "What do I see?" "I see a mysterious counterplay of light and dark." "great." "Give me that pen." "you guys." "come on." "Stop playing with that." "my God!" "That's not fair." "that's all." "And my X-ray goggles." "would you paint some clothes on her?" "Hey!" "Marisa!" "Vamos a posar." "Vamos a posar." "Hey!" "Vamos a posar." "Hector." "Hector." "Hector." "Thanks." "Whatever happened to General Eisenhower?" "You hardly see a word about him anymore." "Ohh. alive and kicking." "Harry." "You did that?" "We bring good things to life." "You know what happens when birds learn to fly." "They leave the nest!" "Waaa!" "Marisa? fascist sociopath!" "I was leaving you a note." " "Dear Mason-"" " Not out loud." "That's all it says." "I didn't know what to write." "What are you doing with my paintings?" "your paintings." "Just because you go" "Where's Hector and the all-stars?" "Um... they're on their way to Chicago." "that son of a bitch." "he got a good job." "It's good pay." "really." "But what about you?" "um..." "I told him to go." "right?" "Can you believe this?" "I got it." "I got it." "This must be Carlos." "don't kid yourself." "This isn't Carlos." "This is Lacey." "Carlos!" "You murdering son of a bitch!" "Get out of my way." "pal." "sure they are." "Aah!" "What's this?" "Everybody together?" "you ganging up on me?" "yeah?" "Come on." "Come on!" "champ." "Frank." "Stop them!" "I'll take door number one." "Bobby!" "he's not Bobby." "He's just a punk." " Let me go." "He's hurt." " Faye" " What's the matter with you?" " Faye" " Bobby is dead." "He's dead." "You hear?" " No!" "You wish he was dead." "Faye." "All you do is yell at him and make him feel he's not good enough." "look who's talking." "Why do you think he's buying that car?" "To get away from you!" "and it's all your fault." "You hate him!" "Flotsam!" "Jetsam." "Flotsam." "Jetsam." "Come on out." "Don't hide." " No one's going to hurt you." " It'll be OK." "Flotsam." "Jetsam." "you guys." "I'm up here." "all the electricity?" "Or the subway?" "Now what?" "Now we go home." "It's over." "what are you doing?" "what the hell are you doing?" "Harry!" "What in the name of God?" "OK." "Go now." "Go find your babies." "Harry." "One hundred percent." "Don't leave home without it." "He's back together." "do something." "Talk to them." "What should I say?" "It was an accident?" "We didn't do anything." "It was Carlos." "Wait!" "Give us another chance!" "Harry." "Harry." "Let him go." "What the hell you doing?" "are you having a party or what?" "kid." "There's no one home." "That's 'cause of me." "They won't stay if there's no water and electricity." "What are you doing here?" "This is my building." "I did the job." "I cleared it." "You're going to burn the place down." "man." "They're movin' out." "all right?" "What about me?" "What about you?" "OK." "If it's got to burn down..." "I'm going to burn it." "that's evidence." "Ohh." "It's got to look normal." "Regular!" "right?" "Let's burn it." "Sloppy." "I hate sloppy." "Don't you want to see?" "don't you like to watch it?" "What do you want?" "We should be across town by now." "you let him go and get up here this instant." "You said the place was empty." "man." "Too late." "It's too late." "Want to get us both killed?" "It's gonna blow any minute!" "Just get in there." "Get in there!" "My leg!" "My knee!" "You broke my knee!" "man." "Get up." "Get up!" "I can't walk." "I'll tell you where it is." "in back." "Where?" "The storeroom." "go!" "You got two minutes." "come on!" "all right." "Supper's nearly ready." "Go wash your hands and face and go sit down at the table." "I knew you'd be coming." "I got the ham on." " Ham?" "No!" "We got to get out of here." " Don't start that with me." " Shut up!" " Bobby!" "You're hurting me." "Mom." "I'm sorry." "I..." " I just wanted to show you something." " Show me what?" "My... my car." "don't you remember the new car?" "The car?" "No." "No." "Let's go." "Don't want to miss the big game." "Dad's waiting downstairs." "You know how he is." " Your father?" " Yeah." "Good old Dad." "What a guy." "You're not Bobby." "You're not Bobby!" " You're not him!" "Let me" " Please!" "lady." "Don't wake up now." "you hear me?" "Open the door." "lady." "Open the door." "Don't you hear me?" "You're going to get killed." "You're going to die." "Come on." "Frank!" "Don't you touch me." "Don't you touch me." "Help!" "Frank!" "Frank!" "Mason?" "Move back." "You heard the man." "let's go." "behind here." "where- where is she?" "I" " I don't know." "For the love of God." "Faye!" "you all right?" "Is she all right?" "Get back on the sidewalk." "I'm going along." "I'm her husband." "Go!" "Hey!" "Carlos!" "No!" "What the hell are you stopping for?" "That." "I don't see anything." "It's just junk." "get moving." "We haven't got all day." "Kovacs?" "The building's down." "You won." "Hip-hip-hooray!" "Leave the guy alone." "How long can he stay there?" "Look." "I want him out of my way." "we move." "Not till then." "dear." "Just give me your arm and slip it through here." "No." "Be a good girl and put this on." "Are we going home now? but very nice." "in Jersey." "You know who's there?" "Muriel and Sid." "Do you remember?" "I want to go home." "We'll be together." "That's all that counts." "excuse me." "Mr. Riley?" "Uh..." "I brought these here for your wife." "Some doughnuts." "Faye... look who's here." "It's Bobby." "He came back." "How about that?" "Mason Baylor?" "Marisa Esteval?" "Would you come with me?" "Uh..." "Mr. and Mrs. Riley?" "Fantastic!" "Unbelievable!" "I love the whole thing- the relief!" "it's perfect." "it's Harry." "Faye." "They're back." "chief." "How do you like it?" "this building burned last night." "somebody made a mistake." "in view of what's happened?" " My plans remain unchanged." " You know what I think?" "It's a fake." "fiberglass." "These people are jerking' us around." "I'll get rid of them." "kid."