"I'm real sorry about Dorothy, Walt" "She was a real peach" "Thanks for coming, Al" "Father, Son, Holy Spirit" "Father Spirit" "Uh" "Holy Spirit" "WOMAN:" "It's okay, I can move down" "Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch" "[CHILDREN LAUGH]" "Look at the way the old man glared at Ashley" "Can't even tone it down for Mom's funeral" "What do you expect?" "Dad's still living in the '50s" "He expects his granddaughter to dress a little more modestly" "Well, your kid's wearing a Lions jersey I'm sure Dad appreciates that" "The point is that there's nothing anyone can do that won't disappoint the old man" "It's inevitable" "You know, that's why we stopped doing Thanksgivings" "You know, that deal with the boat motor, the broken birdbath It's always something" "What are we gonna do with him?" "Don't you think he's gonna get in trouble, all by himself in the old neighborhood?" "Well, why don't you have him move in with you?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Ha, ha, ha" "Hey Shh" "Death is often a bittersweet occasion to us Catholics" "Bitter in the pain, sweet in the salvation" "Bitter in the pain it causes the deceased and their families" "Sweet to those of us who know the salvation that awaits" "And some may ask, "What is death?" "Is it the end?" "Or is it the beginning?" "And what is life?" "What is this thing we call life?"" "[BEEPS]" "All these questions can frustrate you KAREN:" "Ashley, stop it" "JANOVICH:" "That's why you have to turn to the Lord" "Jesus" "JANOVICH:" "Because the Lord is the sweetness" "WOMAN:" "This is so good MAN:" "Did you have a chance to call Martha?" "DAVID:" "Is that Dad?" "DANIEL:" "No That's Grandpa Walt" ""Third platoon, E company, March 2nd, 1952, Korea"?" "Where's Korea?" "A lot of people showed up after the service" "Well, I suppose they heard there's gonna be a lot of ham" "I'll go down in the basement and get some chairs" "Oh, I can do that, Dad No, I need them now, not next week" "Cool, I found a medal Look at this" "How much longer do we have to stay?" "This ghetto is a dead zone for my cell, and I'm bored" "Ashley, why don't you go help Grandpa Walt with the chairs?" "Me?" "Yes, you Go Go help him" "Grandpa Walt, would you like some help with this?" "With your chairs?" "No You probably just painted your nails" "KAREN:" "Honey, come here Okay, well, your dad is driving me crazy" "Why did you make me do that?" "KAREN:" "It's okay We're leaving soon" "WALT:" "Hey, girl Come on" "Come on Come on" "Come with me" "[PEOPLE SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "How many swamp rats can you get in one room?" "[SPITS]" "[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]" "Wow Grandpa, when did you get the vintage car?" "1972" "I never knew you had a cool old car" "Yeah Well, it's been here since before you were born" "So what are you gonna do with it when you, like, die?" "What about that super cool retro couch you have in the den?" "Because I'm going to state next year and it would look really good in my room, and I don't have any furniture at all" "Oh, God" "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "Hi" "I live Get the shit out of your mouth" "Tell me what you want Do you have jumper cables?" "My uncle's car is old and We don't have any cables" "And have some respect, zipperhead We're in mourning here" "How you holding up, Walt?" "Mr. Kowalski" "Huh?" "Mr. Kowalski, that's my name" "Right Mr. Kowalski" "Your wife and I became quite close these last few months" "She asked that I watch over you when she passed on" "I told her I watch over my flock" "But she made me promise I'd keep an extra sharp eye on you" "Look, I appreciate the kindness you've shown to my wife" "Now that you've spoken your piece why don't you go tend to some of your other sheep?" "Okay?" "Dorothy mentioned specifically that it was her desire for you to go to confession" "She said she couldn't remember the last time you went" "Is that so?" "It is" "Well, I confess that I never really cared for church very much" "The only reason I went was because of her" "And I confess that I have no desire to confess to a boy that's just out of the seminary" "[CHATTERING IN HMONG]" "MAN:" "Great to see you" "Bye, dear So long, Walt" "WOMAN:" "Walt, can you get it started?" "WALT:" "Yeah, it'll be fine" "I wish I could help, Dad, but I gotta get the kids home" "Kids are getting restless Yeah, fine Just go" "I'll call you, see how you're doing" "All right" "Kill you to buy American?" "Jesus" "Did you see the way he looked at the truck?" "It's always rice burner this, Jap burner that, you know?" "Even at Mom's funeral, he can't let it go He didn't say anything" "He didn't need to What do you expect?" "The man worked at Ford all those years" "I suppose that's my goddamn fault Just give it a rest, just drive, okay?" "Kids, want the radio on?" "Anyone wanna listen to some music?" "Good" "[PEOPLE CHATTERING IN HMONG]" "[BIRD SQUAWKING]" "Damn barbarians" "[IN HMONG] I'm just so brokenhearted" "I want my daughter to find another husband" "If she married again there would be a man in the house" "[IN HMONG] What about Thao?" "The man of the house is right there" "GRANDMA:" "Look at him washing dishes" "He does whatever his sister orders him to do" "How could he ever become the man of the house?" "Be patient, once he's older, he will be the man of the house" "No way" "[IN HMONG] Today is a blessed day, for a child is born" "I offer food to nurture this child's body" "I offer clothing to protect this child's flesh" "The child is blessed with a mother and father" "Oh, spirit of this child return home and do not wander anymore" "Come home, spirit and soul, come home" "Live a good life and grow old" "Jesus Polarski would roll over in his grave if he could see his lawn now" "What the hell did Chinks have to move into this neighborhood for?" "[IN HMONG] Why does that old white man stay here?" "All the Americans have moved out of this neighborhood" "Why haven't you gone?" "Why don't you strut away, you dumb rooster?" "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "Are you gone completely deaf or something?" "Hi there, Walt" "I'm not a friend of yours, so why do you insist on calling me Walt?" "Sorry Mr. Kowalski" "What are you peddling today, Padre?" "Nothing I thought I'd drop by and see you" "I haven't seen you in church" "Now that you've done your good deed, why don't you take off down the road?" "I'd really like to talk, Mr. Kowalski Not in this lifetime, sonny" "Why?" "Do you have a problem with me, Mr. Kowalski?" "You don't wanna know No, I do" "Well, I think you're an over educated 27 year old virgin who likes to hold hands of ladies who are superstitious and promises them eternity" "[CONVOY QBANITO'S "ESTO ES GUERRA" PLAYS ON CAR STEREO]" "Yo!" "Hey!" "Is you?" "Is you a boy or is you a girl, man?" "I can't tell" "Hey, chinito, hey, if you was in the pen" "I'd be fucking you in the ass You'd be my bitch" "MAN 1:" "What are you reading, Jackass and the Rice Stalk?" "Yeah, that's right, keep walking!" "Keep walking!" "Look at me when I talk to you, homes!" "MAN 2:" "Fucking slopes, man, everywhere you look, man" "MAN 1:" "Slopes everywhere we go, man MAN 3:" "Go back to your rice paddy" "MAN 4:" "What you looking at, man?" "That's my little cousin over there You sure that's your cousin, man?" "Fuck, yeah, that's my little cousin He tight with anybody?" "No, he flies solo, man You wanna do something?" "Man, let's go down there and see what the fuck they doing over there" "MAN 2:" "I like your sandals too" "Hey Yo, what's up?" "What's up?" "Yo, what's up, motherfuckers?" "They fucking with you?" "Man, fuck you, homeboy!" "What you got?" "MAN 2:" "Hey, we can do this right now" "You go fucking back to your country Fuck you, man" "Oh, good, more fucking rice niggers" "Aren't you supposed to cook me some Chinese food, huh?" "[CHATTERING]" "How many bullets you got?" "We'll catch you on the rebound, homey" "SPIDER:" "Thao!" "SMOKIE:" "Come on, man Get in the car, man" "Thao" "Get with us, man Get in the car" "MAN 5:" "Fuck, man, get in the car, man SPIDER:" "Thao!" "[IN HMONG] Those punk ass Mexicans messing with you?" "Dog, we just bailed your ass out, dog Come on, dog, get the fuck in here" "SPIDER [IN ENGLISH], What you doing, man?" "SMOKIE:" "Get in the car, man, come on" "SPIDER:" "Chill with us, man" "SMOKIE:" "Come on, man We just bailed your ass out, dog!" "Come on" "Come on, Thao, man You need a big coz to take care of you, man" "Man, fuck it Hey" "MAN 5:" "Forget it, man Let's go, dude Fuck his ass" "Tomorrow, I'll see your ass SPIDER:" "Why you gotta be a little girl?" "Tomorrow" "Come on, man, let's go We got the gun, man" "SPIDER:" "Fuck you SMOKIE:" "Let's get the fuck out of here" "We've got the strap MAN 5:" "Let's get the fuck out of here" "Fuck that pussy MAN 6:" "Pussy" "Hey, Thao" "Hey, what's up?" "What's up, Thao?" "What are you doing, little man?" "Why you doing women's work?" "What do you want?" "What?" "I can't just come and talk to my little cousin?" "He doesn't wanna talk to you Well, I'm here, right?" "SMOKIE:" "Hey, Spider, who that?" "SPIDER:" "What's up?" "Spider?" "Is that what he just called you, Fong?" "Spider" "Is there something wrong with Spider?" "What are you doing here?" "Hey, so how old is you anyways?" "Mentally, I'm way too old for you What?" "You guys are stupid I'm going inside" "What?" "Sue" "Help your little bro do this gardening" "Bite it, stupid" "Hey You wanna roll with us, man?" "Come on" "Dude Come on, ride with us Come on" "Come on, chill with us" "You need somebody to protect you That's what your big coz is for" "Look, dog, I been there, done it, and I seen it, man" "Back in the day, everybody used to wanna beat me up" "But now, nobody wanna fuck with me" "Come on, man, let's go We're coz, right?" "SMOKIE:" "Come on We're coz, right?" "We're family" "Look, a brother to Spider is a brother to me Come on" "Dude, man, take this shit off Come on" "SMOKIE:" "Come on, roll with us Come on SPIDER:" "That's woman's work, man" "MAN:" "Don't get your hands dirty, man" "So, what do I have to do?" "Spider told me that our boy next door got a bad ass whip" "[SPEAKS IN HMONG]" "Come on" "Nice" "Yeah, my little cousin being a little man" "Whoa" "SMOKIE:" "Yo, now, that's a nice car" "Hell, yeah 1972 Gran Torino, fastback" "Yo Cobra jet engine" "Yo, man, it's still in mint condition" "Yo, man It's in mint condition, man" "Oh, I've got one" "There's a Mexican, a Jew, and a colored guy go into a bar" "The bartender looks up and says, "Get the fuck out of here"" "So here's where my flock congregates when they're not in church" "Hey, Father J" "Hi, Mel Hey there, Darrell" "Hello, Father Hi, Walt" "What brings you in here, Father?" "The meat raffle?" "No, I just came down to talk to Walt, if that's okay" "Damn, Padre, you are persistent, aren't you?" "I promised your wife" "All right Let's get a booth" "I'll have a Pabst and a shot of Jack and whatever he's having" "I'll have a Diet Coke Bullshit, this is a bar You have a drink" "Um, I'll have a gin and tonic WALT:" "Attaboy" "So what do you want?" "I promised your wife I'd get you to go to confession" "Now, why would you do that?" "She was very insistent She made me" "You're kind of fond of promising things you can't deliver on Right, Father?" "Let's talk about something else What?" "Life and death" "Life and death What the hell do you know about life and death?" "I'd like to think I know a lot I'm a priest" "Yeah You get up and preach about life and death but all you know is what you learned in priest school" "Right out of the rookie preacher's handbook" "I don't know about that I think" "Death is bittersweet" "Sort of bitter in its pain, but sweet in its salvation" "That's what you know about life and death, and it's pathetic" "What do you know, Mr. Kowalski?" "I know a lot I lived for almost three years in Korea with it" "Thanks" "We shot men stabbed them with bayonets, hacked 17 year olds to death with shovels" "Stuff I'll remember till the day I die" "Horrible things, but things I'll live with" "And what about life?" "Well, I survived the war" "Got married, had a family" "Sounds like you know a lot more about death than you do living" "Maybe so, Father" "Maybe so" "[METAL CLANGING]" "Son of a bitch" "SPIDER:" "Come on, get in the car!" "Thao, what the fuck?" "Get in!" "Get in, Thao Come on, let's go Get in" "Fuck, man?" "Get in!" "[LINE RINGING]" "[DRILL WHIRS]" "[PHONE RINGING]" "Hello?" "Hey Morning, Dad" "It's your number one son, Mitch" "Morning?" "It's after 1 in the afternoon, it's not morning" "Oh, right Afternoon, then" "So, what do you want?" "What?" "No Nothing I mean, what would I want?" "Well, I don't know" "Your wife's already gone through all your mother's jewelry" "No, Dad, I'm just calling to see how you're doing Just" "Anything new with the old neighborhood?" "Yeah No" "Great Smooth sailing" "Yeah" "Okay, good Good, then Oh, hey, Dad Yeah" "You wouldn't happen to still know that guy that has the Lions season tickets?" "Oh, you fuck" "Dad" "Ain't she sweet" "Come on, girl" "[BUDDAH'S "ALL MY HMONG MUTHA F•KUZ" PLAYS ON CAR STEREO]" "[MUSIC STOPS]" "Yo, what's up?" "What are you guys doing out here, man?" "THAO:" "Nothing SUE:" "Minding our own business" "THAO:" "Just hanging out" "What are you guys doing here?" "What?" "THAO:" "I told you guys already" "Can't I just come hang out with my little cousin?" "Huh?" "We have good news for you, man" "Oh, really?" "And what's that?" "Only for guy talk" "I don't think so Why not?" "Come on, man We gonna give you another shot, man" "Don't go, Thao SMOKIE:" "Mind your own business, girl" "Come on, let's go SPIDER:" "Come" "Yeah, what are you gonna do, huh?" "SMOKIE:" "Come on, dog" "[WOMEN SHOUTING IN HMONG]" "[DOG BARKING]" "[ALL CHATTERING IN HMONG]" "SPIDER:" "Look You've broken Daddy's gnome" "WALT:" "What the hell is this?" "MAN 1:" "Get up Get off my lawn" "Listen, old man, you don't wanna fuck with me" "Did you hear me?" "I said, get off my lawn now" "Are you fucking crazy?" "Go back in the house" "Yeah I blow a hole in your face, and then I go in the house" "And I sleep like a baby You can count on that" "We used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea use you for sandbags" "Okay" "But you better watch your back Fuck it, man, he's crazy" "MAN 2:" "We'll get this cracker next time" "Thank you" "Get off my lawn" "[THUDDING]" "What the hell is this?" "Christ" "No, no No, no, no Come on, no more No more" "No more What?" "Stay right there Stay right there" "Why can't you just leave me alone?" "We brought you some shallots to plant" "I don't want them They're perennials" "They come back every year Why are you bringing me all this garbage?" "Because" "Because you saved Thao I didn't save anybody" "I just I kept a bunch of jabbering gooks off of my lawn, that's all" "You're a hero to the neighborhood I'm not a hero" "They think you are That's why they keep bringing you gifts" "Please, take them They're wrong" "Now, I just want to be left alone Thank you" "[SPEAKS IN HMONG]" "SUE:" "Wait" "This is my mom, Vu, I'm Sue, and that's my brother, Thao" "We live next door So?" "Thao wants to say something" "I'm sorry" "Sorry for what?" "For trying to steal your car" "Let me tell you something, boy" "You step on this property again, you're done" "Good afternoon, Walt" "I told you I'm not going to confession" "Why didn't you just call the police?" "What?" "I do work with some of the Hmong gangs and I heard there was trouble in the neighborhood" "Why didn't you call the police?" "Well" "You know, I prayed that they would show up but nobody answered" "What were you thinking?" "Someone could have been killed We're talking life and death here" "When things go wrong, you gotta act quickly" "When we were in Korea and a thousand screaming gooks came across our line we didn't call the police, we reacted" "We're not in Korea, Mr. Kowalski" "I've been thinking about our conversation on life and death" "About what you said" "About how you carry around all the horrible things you were forced to do horrible things that won't leave you" "It seems it would do you good to unload some of that burden" "Things done during war are terrible" "Being ordered to kill" "Killing to save yourself, killing to save others" "You're right Those are things I know nothing about but I do know about forgiveness and I've seen a lot of men who have confessed their sins admitted their guilt, and left their burdens behind them" "Stronger men than you" "Men at war who were ordered to do appalling things and are now at peace" "Well, I gotta hand it to you, Padre" "You came here with your guns loaded this time" "Thank you" "And you're right about one thing" "About stronger men than me reaching their salvation" "Well, halle fucking lujah" "But you're wrong about something else" "What's that, Mr. Kowalski?" "The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn't ordered to do" "There You finally look like a human being again" "You shouldn't wait so long between haircuts, you cheap son of a bitch" "Yeah Well, I'm surprised you're still around" "I was always hoping you'd die and they'd get somebody who knew what they were doing" "Instead you just keep hanging around like the doo wop dago you are" "That'll be 10 bucks, Walt Ten bucks?" "Jesus Christ, Martin" "What are you, half Jew or something?" "You keep raising the prices" "It's been 10 bucks for the last five years, you hard nosed, Polack son of a bitch" "Yeah, well, keep the change See you in three weeks, prick" "Not if I see you first, dipshit" "Since everything could go downhill after that" "Yeah, that's true That would suck" "That's cool, you know?" "Yeah MAN:" "Ain't shit going on, man" "Ain't shit going on" "Man, look at this Look at this, Monk Check this out" "MONK:" "Oooh Boy DUKE:" "Oh, yeah" "Bring that little tight ass over here Come here, girl Don't be shy" "What, you can't say hi?" "Why you acting all stuck up and shit?" "What you supposed to be, man?" "Yo, it's cool, dog" "What the fuck you doing in my neighborhood, boy?" "Nothing Just going down to Corner Spot, you know?" "Get some CDs" "It's all good, bro" "See, he called you bro, Duke" "He called you bro, man It's all good, bro" "DUKE:" "It's all good, huh?" "MONK:" "Shut the fuck up" "Call me bro again, man, I'll bite your motherfucking face off" "MONK:" "Yeah, motherfucker" "Now, what the fuck y'all come down here for?" "You here to bring me this little present?" "Monk?" "She bringing it to us?" "This little Oriental yummy" "Don't worry I'm gonna take real good care of her" "Fuck out of here, man Fuck out of here, man" "[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "I told you we're finished here MONK:" "Oh, yeah" "Keep your ass right here" "Oh, great Another asshole who has a fetish for Asian girls?" "God, that gets so old" "MONK:" "Oh, shit What's your name, girl?" "My name?" "Get your ass out of here, okay?" "It's "Take your crude come on to every woman who walks past and cram it " That's my name" "DUKE:" "Mouthy little bitch" "Who you think you talking to?" "Who does it look like?" "You think you real funny, don't you?" "Oh, shit Ain't she tough?" "What?" "You gonna hit me now?" "That would pretty much complete the picture" "You need to keep your bitch on a leash" "Put a chain on that whore and yank that motherfucker" "Of course Right to the stereotype thesaurus" "Call me a whore and a bitch in the same sentence" "This bitch is crazy DUKE:" "I like them like that" "Man, take this bitch" "SUE:" "Hey Get off me" "You don't know when to quit, do you?" "DUKE:" "I'm gonna teach her a lesson" "SUE:" "Stop Let go" "Get your ass over there" "What the fuck you looking at, old man?" "What the hell are you spooks up to?" "Spooks?" "You better get your ass on, honky, while I still let you" "That's what you better do That's right, bitch" "Fuck you think you at?" "Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while that you shouldn't have fucked with?" "That's me" "Man, you fucking crazy, man Get out of here, man" "Why don't you get your ass up out of here before I kick your old, wrinkly, white ass?" "Crazy motherfucker, man What's wrong with him, man?" "What the fuck?" "This motherfucker crazy, man What's wrong with this nigga, man?" "What the hell?" "Get in the truck" "This crazy motherfucker, man What's wrong with him, man?" "MONK:" "He put his finger at us" "Oh, shit Come on, now Hey, pops Come on, now" "Shut your fucking face" "You fucking don't listen, do you?" "Now, get in the truck" "Go on, get in the truck now Shit TREY:" "Way to go, old man" "Shut up, pussy" "What is all this "bro" shit, anyway?" "Want to be Super Spade or something?" "These guys don't want to be your bro and I don't blame them Now, get your ofay, Paddy ass on down the road" "Take care, now" "Yeah, you too" "Oh, yeah" "Fuck, man, why y'all didn't fucking do nothing?" "Man, kick that nigga's ass Man, you fucking" "Shit, man" "This fucker He had that cannon in your fucking face" "You didn't do nothing Trying to stay out" "What's the matter with you, for chrissake?" "Trying to get yourself killed?" "I thought you Asian girls were supposed to be smart" "Hanging around a neighborhood like that's a fast way to get you in the obituaries" "I know I know Take it easy" "And what about that goofball guy you were with?" "Is that a date or something?" "Yeah Kind of His name is Trey" "Well, you shouldn't be hanging out with him" "You should be hanging out with your own people, with other Humongs" "You mean Hmong?" "We're Hmong, not "Humong"" "Whatever" "Where the hell is Humong, I mean Hmong, anyway?" "[SUE LAUGHS]" "Wow" "You're so enlightened, you know that?" "No, Hmong isn't a place It's a people" "Hmong people come from different parts of Laos, Thailand, and China" "Yeah Well, how did you end up in my neighborhood, then?" "Why didn't you stay there?" "It's a Vietnam thing We fought on your side" "And when the Americans quit, the Communists started killing all the Hmong" "So we came over here" "Yeah Well, I don't know how you ended up in the Midwest" "There's snow on the ground six months out of the year" "Why does a jungle people want to be in the great frozen tundra?" "Hill people We were hill people Not jungle people Booga booga booga" "Yeah Whatever" "Blame the Lutherans They brought us over here" "Everybody blames the Lutherans" "[CHUCKLES]" "Well, you'd think the cold would keep all the idiots out" "Thanks for the ride" "You know something, kid?" "You're all right" "But what about that dimwit brother of yours?" "He a little slow or something?" "Thao is actually really smart" "He just doesn't know which direction to go in" "Yeah Poor Toad It's really common" "Hmong girls over here fit in better" "The girls go to college, and the boys go to jail" "Yeah" "That old hag hates my ass" "Well" ""Your birthday today" Daisy" ""This year, you have to make a choice between two life paths" "Second chances come your way" "Extraordinary events culminate in what might seem to be an anticlimax" "Your lucky numbers are 84, 23 11, 78, and 99"" "What a load of shit" "Yeah" "[GRUNTING]" "[BOYS LAUGHING]" "What the hell is it with kids nowadays?" "All right" "THAO:" "Hey, Mrs. V Here, let me help you with those" "MRS. V:" "Oh, thank you I just THAO:" "I got it" "How about that?" "THAO:" "Here you go How about that, Daisy?" "THAO:" "Yeah, I got it" "MRS. V:" "That was too heavy for the bag" "THAO:" "No problem Thank you" "Go ahead, Karen, give it to him Here you go" "Well, what is it?" "It's a Gopher" "So you can reach stuff You know, it makes things a lot easier" "This is from me" "It's a phone" "Oh, I can see that I just thought" "Well, we thought that it would make things easier" "Well, thank you, Karen" "There's nothing wrong with making things less hard on yourself" "Karen's right, Dad You've worked hard your whole life" "Maybe it's time you started thinking about, you know, taking it easier" "Jeez That's another thing, Dad You really should get rid of the coffin nails" "But, I don't know, we were thinking about the house" "You know, what with Mom gone, it's gotta be a lot to maintain around here" "Mm hm Let alone clean" "And, I don't know, you're here all alone" "Yeah, and there are these great places now, you know, these communities where you don't have to worry about mowing the lawn or shoveling snow where the people are like you, active and alert, but are alone" "and would benefit from being around folks their own age" "Yeah, Dad, look You gotta check it out We've brought some brochures" "These places are nothing like what you'd think they'd be" "They're great No, no, beautiful" "They're really nice They really are These are top notch, like, resorts" "It's like staying in a hotel practically They're beautiful" "MITCH:" "They really are Yeah" "They take care of everything They'll clean up They're really nice" "They have wonderful stores You can buy new shoes" "MITCH:" "They're amazing They really are KAREN:" "You'd have a good time" "Play some golf, maybe MITCH:" "Meet other people" "Son of a bitch Kicking us out on his birthday" "I told you this was a bad idea I know You were right" "He won't let anybody help him Well, we tried Can we just drop it?" "No one can say we didn't try" "The hell with him You know what we should've done?" "We should've stayed home with Josh and Ashley" "At least they were smart enough to not come" "Goddamn kids have more sense than we do" "WALT:" "We miss Mama, don't we, Daisy?" "Yeah" "Yeah" "[SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "SUE:" "Hey, Walt" "What are you up to?" "We're having a barbecue You wanna come over?" "What do you think?" "There's tons of food" "Yeah Just keep your hands off my dog" "No worries We only eat cats Really?" "No, I'm kidding, you moron Come on, you can be my special guest" "No, I'm fine right here" "Yeah" "[GROANS]" "Son of a bitch Okay, so, what have you had to eat today?" "Oh, I had a piece of cake and a little beef jerky" "Come on over and get something to eat We've got beer too" "Well, I might as well drink with strangers rather than drink alone" "After all, it is my birthday" "Really?" "Happy birthday, Wally Don't call me Wally" "WALT:" "Well, no Pabst, but plenty of beer" "As they say, when in Humong Ha, ha Hey, what am I doing wrong?" "Every time I look at somebody, they look at the ground" "You're fine" "[SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "WALT:" "What's she saying?" "She said welcome to her home" "Oh, no, she's not Yeah, no, she didn't" "She hates me Come on Yeah, she hates you" "Okay Hey" "[PEOPLE MURMURING]" "Hey, what are all you fish heads looking at anyway?" "I think we should go into the other room Sorry" "SUE:" "A lot of people in this house are very traditional" "Number one, never touch a Hmong person on their head, not even a child" "Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head, so don't do that" "Well, sounds dumb, but fine" "Yeah, and a lot of Hmong people consider looking someone in the eye to be very rude" "That's why they look away when you look at them" "Anything else?" "Yeah" "Some Hmong people tend to smile or grin when they're yelled at" "It's a cultural thing It expresses embarrassment or insecurity" "It's not that they're laughing at you or anything" "Yeah God, you people are nuts" "But the food does look good Smells good too" "Well, of course It's Hmong food" "Yeah Okay Can I come back for seconds?" "Here you go Thanks" "You know, you mentioned about looking at people" "He's been staring at me the whole evening That's Kor Khue" "He's the Lor family shaman" "And what's that, some sort of a witch doctor or something?" "Something like that Yeah Booga booga" "Ha, ha Very funny, Wally" "[BOTH SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "Kor Khue's interested in you He heard what you did" "He would like to read you It'd be rude not to allow him this" "It's a great honor" "Yeah, sure, fine by me Sure All right Take a seat" "WALT:" "Here?" "He says that people do not respect you They don't even wanna look at you" "He says the way you live, your food has no flavor" "You're worried about your life" "You made a mistake in your past life, like a mistake that you did you're not satisfied with" "He says you have no happiness in your life It's like you're not at peace" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm Yeah, I'm fine" "Fine I'm fine" "God, I've got more in common with these gooks than I do my own spoilt rotten family" "Jesus Christ" "Happy birthday" "Are you okay?" "Yeah Yeah, I'm fine" "You were bleeding" "No, I bit my tongue It's nothing" "Why don't we go and get some of that good gook food?" "You know, I'm starving Okay" "Fantastic Well, you ladies are wonderful" "This stuff is really good" "Come on, you glutton" "What's up?" "Let's go" "What for?" "SUE:" "To mingle" "Mingle?" "We're mingling right here" "Come on You told me not to leave you alone" "Thank you very much, but I have to go now I have to go now" "I'll be back Now, don't let anything go away" "[MUSIC PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS]" "Oh, great" "Well, well, well Look who's over there" "Yeah, the kid who stole my Gran Torino My brother, Thao" "Tried to, anyway Yeah Yeah, Toad" "It was a little wobbly, but that should fix it" "YOUA:" "So where are you guys from?" "I'm not far from here I'm from Texas" "What's this?" "A little rice liquor Here, try it" "All right" "My friends and I were just wondering what you're doing here" "Well, that's a good question What am I doing here?" "Name's Walt Hi, Walt I'm Youa" "Yuam A pleasure No Youa" "Youa, okay" "So, what do you do?" "Oh, I fix things, stuff like that Like what?" "Well, I just fixed that dryer there, I fixed my wife's friend's sink and I took old Aunt Mary to the doctor's to get her prescription fixed up" "And then I even fixed a door that hadn't even broken yet" "You're funny" "I've been called a lot of things, but never funny" "Well, I'm gonna take off Enjoy yourself Okay Yum Yum Pleasure" "Look, she's going, man Come on" "MAN:" "Youa, wait up" "Relax, zipperhead I'm not gonna shoot you" "I'd look down too, if I was you" "I knew you were a dipshit the first time I ever saw you but I never thought you were worse with women than you are at stealing cars, Toad" "It's Thao What?" "It's not Toad, it's Thao My name is Thao" "Yeah, well, you're blowing it with that girl who was there" "Not that I give two shits about a toad like you" "You don't know what you're talking about You're wrong" "I know exactly what I'm talking about" "I may not be the most pleasant person to be around but I got the best woman that was ever on this planet to marry me" "I worked at it It was the best thing that ever happened to me" "But you, you know, you're letting Click Clack, Ding Dong, and Charlie Chan just walk out with Miss What's Her Face" "She likes you, you know?" "Though I don't know why" "Who?" "Yum Yum You know, the girl in the purple sweater" "She's been looking at you all day, stupid" "You mean Youa" "Yeah, Yum Yum, yeah Nice girl Nice girl A very charming girl" "I talked with her Yeah" "But you, you let her just walk right out with the Three Stooges" "And you know why?" "Because you're a big, fat pussy" "Well" "I gotta go" "Good day, puss cake" "[WOMEN SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "No No more" "Well, okay, put them over there" "Bye bye" "No, no No, no more No more Come on No more, now" "No more, please I" "Is this that chicken dumpling thing you brought the other?" "Oh, all right" "Come on, ladies" "Certainly better than beef jerky, I'll tell you" "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "Thao is here to make amends He's here to work for you" "[VU SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "No, he isn't He's not gonna work for me" "My mom said he dishonored the family and now he has to work off his debt" "He'll start tomorrow morning Not tomorrow, not any time" "I don't even want him on my property I thought we went over all that" "It's very important that you accept, and it would be an insult if you refuse" "Why is this being put back on me?" "He's the one who tried to steal my car" "All of a sudden, I'm the bad guy in this" "Look, my family is very traditional and would be very much upset if you don't let Thao repay" "If he doesn't wanna do it, then let's just go" "Shut up, shut up, shut up!" "Yeah Shut up" "All right Tomorrow, come on" "Tomorrow Thank you Thank you, thank you, thank you" "Thank you" "Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, these Hmong broads are like badgers" "Son of a bitch, I never thought he'd show" "All right What are you good at?" "Like what?" "Well, that's what I'm asking" "If you're gonna work for me, I gotta know what you're good at" "I gotta know what you can do" "I don't know" "Well, that's kind of halfway what I expected you to say" "You see that tree right there?" "You just go over there and count the birds" "You want me to count the birds?" "Yeah, you can count All you slopes are supposed to be good at math, right?" "Yeah, I can count Good" "One, two" "So, what do you have for me today?" "You want me to watch paint dry?" "Maybe even count the clouds that pass by?" "Don't get flip with me, boy" "I'm not the one who tried to steal Don't you forget that" "Go ahead I don't care if you insult me or say racist things" "Because you know what?" "I'll take it" "Yeah, course you'll take it, because you have no teeth, you have no balls, kid" "Look, I'm stuck here so why don't you just find something useful for me to do?" "Because unlike you, I'm not useless, and I maintain my own property" "You swamp rats, on the other hand, you just can't help but" "How long do I have you for?" "Toad?" "How long?" "Till next Friday" "Yeah" "[CHUCKLES]" "All right Go get the ladder out of the garage" "When you get finished with that roof there, you can take that gutter and nail it back up" "I'm tired of looking at it the last three years" "[MAN SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "Yeah" "Yeah, you said it, brother" "[THUNDER RUMBLING]" "Hello" "Grandpa says he wants to know if you can have Thao clear out the big wasp nest under our porch" "Wasp nest?" "Well, that's terrible" "Yeah, well, I think we can handle that after lunch" "[GIRL SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "[DOORBELL RINGING]" "[COUGHING]" "Jesus, Lord Almighty, knock it off" "Hey, it's my last day So, what else do you have for me to do?" "Take the day off You've done enough" "Toad" "Nothing, never mind" "WOMAN:" "The doctor will see you now Thank you" "Koski?" "Koski?" "Koski?" "Mr. Kowalski?" "Good morning I looked over your paperwork and I think we should immediately start a full battery of tests" "I feel that this would be the best way to go about checking out the issues that you've had Excuse me" "What happened to Dr Feldman, my regular doctor?" "Dr Feldman retired three years ago I'm his replacement, Dr Chu" "[PHONE RINGING]" "It's Grandpa Walt Pick it up" "You talk to him Mitch" "I'm doing bills here KAREN:" "You talk to him He's your father" "Hey, Dad" "WALT:" "Hi, Mitch, it's It's me, your dad" "Yeah, I know What's up?" "Oh, nothing Nothing much, really" "How's everything going?" "I'm fine Fine Doing fine" "Fine Good How about Karen and the kids?" "Fine, everybody's great Doing fine" "Good How about work?" "Busy" "Yeah Yeah, I suppose" "In fact, speaking of busy, I got a lot on my plate right now so if there's not something pressing" "No No, not at all" "So why don't you call me this weekend?" "Sure" "Okay It was nice talking to you, Dad Thanks for calling" "Thanks Yeah" "[L P, BUDDAH, CUZZ  L B 'S "APPRECIATION" PLAYS ON CAR STEREO]" "This kid doesn't have a chance" "What do you know about faucets?" "I know a lot about them, boy" "Stand aside" "Jesus For the love of Pete What?" "It must be a hundred degrees in here Why don't you turn on the fan?" "The place is falling apart" "THAO:" "Man, where'd you get all this stuff?" "What are you talking about?" "All the tools and stuff" "Well, it may come as a surprise to a thief but I bought this stuff, everything in here, with my own money" "Yeah, yeah That's not what I meant" "I mean, there's just so much shit packed in here" "Yeah Well, every tool in here has a purpose" "Everything has a job to do" "They're all to use if necessary" "Okay, so, what's that?" "That's a post hole digger That?" "Vise grips" "That?" "Wire cutters" "You know it's a trowel, come on" "Those are shears there, and that's a saw" "That's a tack hammer You can't fool me, kid" "All right, what's on your mind?" "It's just, I can't afford to buy all this stuff" "Well, I guess even a bonehead like you could understand that a man acquires this over a period of 50 years" "Yeah, but All right, look, here" "Take these three items, right here You can have this" "WD 40, vise grips and some duct tape" "Any man worth his salt can do half of the household chores with just those three things" "Anything else you need, you just borrow it, that's all" "Okay Cool" "[COUGHING]" "Fuck me What's with that?" "Nothing What?" "Nothing, huh?" "I just saw you coughed up blood" "That's not good You should really see a doctor" "Yeah" "Look those guys who were here the other night, on my lawn" "What about them?" "Just a gang, a bunch of Hmong gangbangers" "Yeah, I assumed that, but what were they doing here?" "They were gonna take me away" "They were kind of pissed that I blew my first initiation" "Yeah Well, you are a pussy, you know, you wanna hang out with guys like that" "What was your initiation supposed to be?" "My Gran Torino?" "Christ all Friday" "Shit" "Toad, you got a minute?" "All right Okay" "Here it is" "Here's the deal I take the top because that's the heaviest" "I pull on that, and you stand right back here and you push and help me push it up each step" "Just like that Then let me take the top" "No, no, I've got the top" "Really, I'll take the top It looks heavy" "Look, I'm not crippled I've got the top" "If you don't let me take the top, I ain't helping" "Now, listen to me, zipperhead No, you listen, old man" "I'm here because you needed help So it's either top or I'm out of here" "[GROWLS]" "All right You take the top, and I'll push" "Just don't let it slip out of your little girl hands and crush me" "Don't give me any ideas, now" "That thing weighs a ton Yeah" "It runs like a clock, though They just don't make them like this anymore" "So, what are you gonna do with it?" "Sell it, I guess" "How much?" "60 bucks They" "I'm tired of having it sit around down in the basement there" "Why?" "You looking for a freezer?" "The downstairs one kind of died" "Okay 25 bucks and it's yours" "Twenty five?" "But you just said 60" "I know, but this'll save me money putting an ad in the paper" "Come on, let's wheel it over to your place All right Okay" "Kind of ironic, huh?" "WALT:" "What?" "Toad washing the car that he tried to steal from you" "Yeah He misses one spot, he's doing it all over again too" "It's nice of you to look after him like this" "He doesn't have any real role models in his life" "Well, I'm not any role model" "But you're a good man, Wally" "I wish our father would've been more like you" "Don't go calling me Wally No, I'm serious" "He was really hard on us, really traditional, and really old school" "Yeah, well, I'm old school Yeah, but you're an American" "What's that supposed to mean?" "You like him, don't you?" "Are you kidding?" "He tried to steal my car" "Uh huh And you spend time with him teach him how to fix things, saved him from that fucked cousin of ours" "Hey Watch your language, lady And you're a good man" "I'm not a good man" "Get me another beer, dragon lady This one's empty" "You know, the Hmong consider gardening to be women's work" "Yeah That's probably why I see you in the garden over there all the time" "Besides, we ain't in Humong" "Funny" "You know, you should quit That's bad for you" "Yeah?" "So is being in a gang, dipshit" "Didn't you hear what I just said?" "I saw you cough up blood" "You should quit" "So, what's that emblem supposed to mean anyway?" "Is it your ancient Cub Scout emblem?" "First Cavalry I've had it since '51" "So, what do you want to do with your life, kid?" "Well, I was thinking about maybe sales" "Sales, huh?" "My oldest son is in sales" "Does he do well?" "Oh, yeah License to steal" "I work in the Ford factory for 50 years, and he's out selling Japanese cars" "You made cars?" "Yeah" "I put the steering column in this Gran Torino in 1972, right on the line" "Oh, you are old So cool" "Yeah So you wanna be in sales You thinking about going to school maybe?" "Kind of, but school costs money Well, maybe you should get a job" "You can't just sit there and spread mulch in my garden the rest of your life" "Well, maybe you could just pay me Yeah Very funny" "Well, what kind of job could I ever get?" "Yeah You're right Nobody would ever hire you" "Yeah, I know" "Look, I'm just kidding, zip I mean, you could get a job" "You could get a job anywhere Like what?" "Well, how about construction?" "Me?" "Yeah Construction?" "You have Alzheimer's or something?" "No You could get a job in construction" "I know people in the trades" "Course, I have to make a little adjustment and man you up a little bit" "Man me up?" "Yeah" "And I think you ought to date Miss Yum Yum too" "Do you a little good" "You know, get a little carbon off the valves" "Now you're just gonna learn how guys talk" "You just listen to the way Martin and I batter it back and forth" "You okay?" "You ready?" "Sure" "WALT:" "All right Let's go in" "Perfect" "A Polack and a chink" "How you doing, Martin, you crazy Italian prick?" "You cheap bastard, I should've known you'd come in I was having such a pleasant day" "What'd you do, Jew some poor blind guy out of his money?" "Gave him the wrong change?" "Who's the Nip?" "Oh, he's a pussy kid from next door I'm just trying to man him up a little bit" "Mm" "You see, kid?" "Now, that's how guys talk to one another" "They do?" "What, you got shit in your ears?" "Now go on out and come back in, and talk to him like a man" "Like a real man" "Come on, Walt Come on Get your ass out of here" "And come on back now" "Sorry about this It's okay" "What's up, you old Italian prick?" "Get out of my shop before I blow your head off you goddamn dick smoking gook!" "Jesus Christ Oh, shit" "Take it easy Take it easy" "What the hell are you doing?" "Have you lost your mind?" "But that's what you said That what you said men say" "You don't just come in and insult the man in his shop" "You don't do that What happens if you meet some stranger and get the wrong one?" "He's gonna blow your gook head right off What should I have said, then?" "Yeah, kid, why don't you start with "Hi" or "Hello"?" "Yeah, just come in and say," ""Sir, I'd like a haircut, if you have time"" "Yeah, be polite, but don't kiss ass" "WALT:" "You could talk about a construction job you just came from and bitch about your girlfriend and your car" "Son of a bitch, I just got my brakes fixed, and those sons of bitches really nailed me" "I mean, they screwed me right in the ass WALT:" "Don't swear at the guy" "Just talk about people who are not in the room" "You could bitch about your boss making you work overtime when it's bowling night" "Right Or my old lady bitches for two goddamn hours about how they don't take expired coupons at the grocery store and the minute I turn on the game, she starts crying how we never talk" "You see?" "Now go out, come back and talk to him" "And it ain't rocket science, for chrissake" "Yeah, but I don't have a job, a car or a girlfriend" "Jesus I should've blown his head off when I had the chance" "Yeah Maybe so" "Now, okay, I want you to turn around and go outside and come back, and don't talk about having no job no car, no girlfriend, no future, no dick" "Okay?" "Just turn around and go" "Excuse me, sir I need a haircut, if you ain't too busy" "You old Italian son of a bitch prick barber" "Boy, does my ass hurt from all the guys at my construction job" "Fuck me" "Jesus Christ" "All set to go through with it, right?" "Yeah, yeah" "Don't "Yeah, yeah" me Just say, "Yes, sir," and, "I'll do my best"" "THAO:" "Yes I'll do my best" "Because when I vouch for somebody, that means I've given my word" "And I don't want you making me look bad No, I'm good Totally into this" "Don't lay down, either Just look them straight in the eye" "And a man can tell a lot by your handshake" "Here Put those in your back pocket Cool" "Don't blow this" "Hey, Kennedy, you drunken Irish goon How the hell are you?" "I'm shitty, but who's gonna listen?" "WALT:" "Not me, that's for sure" "Help yourself, there, Walt You dumb Polack" "Okay, this is the kid I was telling you about" "Thao, this is Tim Kennedy He's the super on this job" "TIM, So, what do we got here, Walt?" "Well, he knows construction, and he's a smart kid" "He'll do anything you need him for" "You sure?" "Yeah" "You speak English?" "Yes, sir" "Were you born here?" "You bet" "I see that Walt drove you here You got a vehicle?" "Not at the moment Taking the bus for now" "The bus Jesus Christ, you don't have a car?" "My head gasket cracked" "And the goddamn prick at the shop wants to bend me over for 2100" "Oh, please" "I replaced the tranny in my Tahoe, and the sons of bitches fucked me hard" "Just under 3200 Goddamn thieves It ain't right" "You got that right" "Okay, come on in on Monday, and we'll find something for you to do" "Thanks, Mr. Kennedy It's Tim And what's your name again?" "Thao "Tuh," okay" "You owe me one, Walt" "Yeah Well, I'll buy you a fruitcake for Christmas" "Fuck the fruitcake How about you just hand over them keys to that Gran Torino?" "Why the hell does everybody want my car?" "Well, I'm not surprised" "Yeah, you don't know the half of it All right, come on, zipperhead" "We'll let the mick stay here and play with himself" "What are we doing?" "What do you wanna do?" "Carry your tools in a rice bag?" "Here we are You can use one of these" "And you'll need one of these Here" "THAO:" "I can't afford any of this WALT:" "I'll cover it" "You can pay me back on your first paycheck" "THAO:" "Cool Here You'll need something like that" "Now, this is what I'm looking for Here, tool belt" "There you go Not to bitch but won't I be needing some tools?" "Tools I've got, but I'm not gonna lend my tool belt You can pick up tools as you go" "I really appreciate all this Forget it" "No I really do Thank you" "[HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]" "What's up, homeboy?" "What you doing?" "MAN 1:" "What up, man?" "MAN 2:" "What you got, punk?" "Just checking up on my little cousin SMOKIE:" "Yeah, man" "Our little cousin What's this?" "SPIDER:" "Where you coming from, man?" "I'm coming home from work" "Not that you guys would know much about that" "SPIDER:" "So it's true You got a job" "THAO:" "You can't just leave me alone?" "What?" "SMOKIE:" "Hey, dog, check this out" "[SPEAKS IN HMONG]" "MAN 3:" "You scared, huh?" "SPIDER:" "Who bought this shit for you?" "Your dad?" "What do you want?" "Your dad bought this?" "THAO:" "Keep your hands off my stuff SPIDER:" "Give me the fucking hat" "Why the fuck you gotta make me look bad?" "THAO:" "Keep your hands off my stuff!" "Smashing's my job, man" "Yo, give me that THAO:" "Hey, come on That's my stuff" "MAN 1:" "Throw it over the fence, man, fuck it" "THAO:" "Let me go Let me go MAN 2:" "Hey, you little bitch" "Give me that, man Give me that" "[SPEAKS IN HMONG]" "What's the phrase I'm looking for?" "MAN 3:" "Fuck him up" "Oh, yeah Saving face" "[SCREAMING]" "Hey there Hey I gotta run" "Haven't seen you in a few days Where you been?" "Been busy Yeah" "Busy, huh?" "Hey" "What the hell happened to you?" "Don't worry about it" "What do you mean, don't worry about it?" "Look at your face" "I said, don't worry about it Okay?" "It's not your problem" "When?" "Grabbed me a couple days ago, right after I got off work" "Cowards" "I did everything I could possibly do, but they broke some of your tools" "I'll replace them Don't worry about the tools" "Where does your cousin live?" "No, Walt I'll be okay" "I don't want you to do anything All right" "If you need any extra tools, you just let me know" "Well, I could use a roofing hammer" "Good Go in my garage and get it" "That should be the last of them" "Hey" "All right Here's the deal You stay away from Thao, understand?" "You tell your friends to stay away from Thao" "If they don't listen, tell them you don't wanna see them anymore" "That's it Got it?" "I'll take that as a yes If I have to come back here it's gonna get fucking ugly" "Get out of my way" "How do you want your dog?" "I mean, steak?" "THAO:" "Funny I told you, we only eat cats" "Yeah Well" "Whoa I've never seen you like this before" "I'm feeling good You know, I got beautiful women, great food" "THAO:" "And Thao And even Thao isn't bugging me" "Having a good time, I see Yeah" "THAO:" "And it never ends What happened to your knuckles anyways?" "I slipped in the shower No big problem" "Look, now, Yum Yum, if he doesn't ask you out" "I'm gonna ask you out" "Youa, don't listen to him, Youa He's a white devil" "Yeah, I am I'm the white devil" "I'd love to, Walt, but he beat you to it" "Really?" "No kidding Dinner and a movie or what?" "Yeah They're taking the bus" "No, you can't take the bus" "We gotta get you something more stylish than that" "Like what?" "Take a limo?" "How about that?" "The Gran Torino?" "Yeah" "You'd let me take the Gran Torino?" "Yeah, I'd let you take the Gran Torino" "Really?" "Yeah, really" "Yeah Yeah" "MAN [ON TV], Here's the pitch And a strike" "[WOMEN SCREAMING]" "WALT:" "Is everybody all right?" "[VU SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "You're all right You're okay You've got a cut" "It's all right, it's all right, it's all right Where's grandma?" "Where is Sue?" "Where is Sue?" "She went to our aunt's Your aunt's?" "You sure?" "Yeah Get on the phone and call right now" "[SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "I knew this was gonna happen" "Tried to What the hell am I doing here?" "Well, maybe some of her friends called and they changed plans" "Yeah" "In the war, we just lost a lot of friends, but you're kind of set for it" "You're geared to it" "[SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "No, no, no" "You fuck!" "You rotten fuck!" "Mr. Kowalski?" "You okay?" "Yeah I'm okay" "The police finally left" "No one's talking" "One thing about the Hmong, they keep their mouths shut" "Yeah, I've noticed that" "You know, Thao and Sue are never gonna find peace in this world as long as that gang's around" "Until they go away, you know, forever" "What are you saying?" "You know what I'm saying" "I took Sue to the hospital" "She's scared They're all scared" "Yeah" "Thao, especially" "He's sitting out there right now, staring at your front door" "You know what he expects, Mr. Kowalski" "What would you do?" "What should Thao do?" "I know what I would do if I was you" "Or at least what you think you should do Really?" "If I was Thao, I guess I'd want vengeance" "I'd wanna stand shoulder to shoulder with you and kill those guys" "And you?" "What would I do?" "I'd come over here and talk to you, I guess" "I know you're close with these people, but this pisses me off too, Mr. Kowalski" "Want a beer?" "I'd love one" "There's some in the chest right over there behind you" "Damn all this" "Just isn't fair Nothing's fair, Father" "So, what are you gonna do, Mr. Kowalski?" "Call me Walt" "All right" "What are you gonna do, Walt?" "I don't know but I'll think of something" "Whatever it is, they won't have a chance" "What are you doing?" "Thinking Thinking?" "Thinking time is over" "Now it's time to knock the shit out of those pricks" "I know you don't wanna hear this, but now's the time to stay calm" "Calm?" "You want me to be calm?" "We stay calm or else mistakes get made We have to step back from this thing" "No Don't let me down, Walt Not you" "This is gonna end today" "Sit down" "I don't wanna sit I said, sit down" "Now, listen to me We gotta plan this, and plan it very carefully" "We can't make any mistakes" "Now, you know I'm the right man for this job" "So I want you to go home and stay calm and come back here at 4 this afternoon" "And what needs to be done will be done I say we go now Right now" "And what?" "Kill that cousin of yours and the rest of those zips?" "Mr. Tough Guy out for blood all of a sudden?" "You know nothing about it" "Now go home and you stay calm" "Come back here at 4 All right?" "Okay?" "Okay" "Yeah I know, I know Give me a break, will you?" "It's the first time I've ever smoked in the house" "Let a man enjoy himself, would you, girl?" "All finished Ten dollars American" "I don't suppose your Guinea hands are steady enough to do a straight shave?" "Straight shave?" "You've never asked for a straight shave" "I know, but I've always wondered about it That's unless you're too busy" "No, just let me heat up a towel Yeah And here, here's a 20" "Keep the change That's just in case you hit my jugular" "It's gonna take about one hour" "We gonna shorten the sleeves a little bit" "Gonna fix the shoulder" "Yeah I never had a fitted suit before Yes, sir" "Mm hm You look very good" "What can I do for you, Mr. Kowalski?" "I'm here for a confession" "Oh, Lord Jesus What have you done?" "Nothing You just take it easy, now What are you up to?" "Are you gonna give me a confession or not?" "How long has it been since your last confession?" "WALT:" "Oh, forever" "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned" "What are your sins, my son?" "Well, in 1968, I kissed Betty Jablonski at the factory Christmas party" "Dorothy was in the other room with the other wives" "It just happened" "Yes, go on" "Well, I made a 900 dollar profit selling a boat and a motor" "I didn't pay the taxes It's the same as stealing" "Yes, fine" "Oh, lastly" "I was never very close with my two sons" "I don't know them I didn't know how" "That's it?" "That's it?" "It's bothered me most of my life" "Say 10 "Hail Marys" and five "Our Fathers"" "God loves you and forgives you, and I absolve you of all your sins" "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" "Thank you, Padre" "Are you going to retaliate for what happened to Sue?" "I'm going over to that house today, Mr. Kowalski" "WALT:" "Is that so?" "It is And every other day until you see the folly in what you're planning" "Busy day Gotta go Go in peace" "Oh, I am at peace" "Jesus Christ" "So which one's mine?" "You ever fired a weapon before?" "No" "Well, why don't you put that one down?" "And I got something I wanna show you Come on" "THAO:" "What?" "1952, we were sent up to take out a chink machine gun nest" "Been shredding us up pretty good" "I was the only one that came back that day" "For that, they gave me a Silver Star Here it is" "Here I want you to have it" "Why?" "Why?" "Because we all knew the dangers that night, but we went anyway" "That's the way it might be tonight" "There's always a chance you don't come back" "The hell we won't We're gonna roll up in there and tear some ass" "That's foolish That's the exact reaction they're waiting for" "Go ahead and close this up" "How many?" "How many what?" "How many men did you kill in Korea?" "Thirteen Maybe more What was it like to kill a man?" "You don't wanna know" "Now close it up" "[DOOR SLAMS]" "[LOCK CLICKS]" "Walt Walt What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Relax You can't get out of there" "You let me out right now Let me out" "Fucking let me out or I'll fucking kill you Shut the fuck up" "You wanna know what it's like to kill a man?" "Well, it's goddamn awful, that's what it is" "The only thing worse is getting a medal for killing some poor kid that wanted to just give up, that's all" "Yeah, some scared little gook just like you" "I shot him in the face with that rifle you were holding in there a while ago" "Not a day goes by that I don't think about it, and you don't want that on your soul" "Now, I got blood on my hands I'm soiled" "That's why I'm going it alone tonight" "Walt You take me with you right now Let me out!" "Look, you've come a long way I'm proud to say that you're my friend but you got your whole life ahead of you But me, I finish things" "That's what I do And I'm going it alone" "No Wait!" "Walt!" "Walt!" "Walt!" "Walt!" "Walt!" "[GRANDMA SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "Look, I need you to watch my dog" "Yeah, I love you too" "Yeah, she's old too" "Bye bye, sweetheart Take it easy Her name is Daisy" "[WHIMPERS]" "[PHONE RINGING]" "Hello?" "WALT:" "It's Walt" "The keys to my house are under the ceramic turtle on the porch" "Let yourself in Your brother's in the basement I gotta go" "[GRANDMA SPEAKING IN HMONG]" "Sorry, Father, we have to go" "I'm telling you, if we're not here, there will be bloodshed" "We've been here for hours" "We can't afford to anchor a unit to one location" "I'm begging you to stay" "Just got word from my sergeant We're pulling the plug" "I'm staying No, you aren't" "We have specific orders You came with us, you're leaving with us" "Watch your head" "THAO:" "Sue Over here Over here" "Come unlock this SUE:" "What's going on?" "He left without me He went to Smokie's without me" "SUE:" "Thao!" "[GANGBANGERS CHATTERING]" "MAN 1:" "What the fuck, man?" "Any swamp rats in there?" "I didn't think your ass would've came Shut up, gook" "I got nothing to say to you, shrimp dick midget like you" "Yeah, yeah You go ahead, watch out for your boyfriend" "Because it was either he or you or someone who raped one of their own family" "Your own blood, for chrissake" "Now, go ahead and pull those pistols like miniature cowboys" "Go ahead So where's Thao at?" "That pussy motherfucker couldn't come?" "Don't worry about Thao" "Thao's got not one second for you" "SMOKIE:" "Says who?" "You?" "What the fuck you gonna do, old man?" "[GANGBANGERS CHUCKLE]" "MAN 1:" "What you gonna do punk ass old man?" "MAN 2:" "Bitch" "Kind of jumpy, aren't we?" "Shut the fuck up" "You shut the fuck up" "Got a light?" "SPIDER:" "What the fuck?" "No" "Me I've got a light" "Hail Mary, full of grace" "Yes, Sergeant THAO:" "What happened?" "You need to step back He's a friend of mine" "I said, step back" "Hey, did you hear him?" "Step back" "What happened?" "Hey, step back" "He's my friend" "[IN HMONG] Please, it's important" "[IN HMONG] He went for his lighter and they shot him" "He didn't even have a gun on him" "This time we have witnesses" "These guys will be locked up for a long time" "Officer Chang!" "Get those people back" "[IN ENGLISH] You have to step back now, okay?" "Get them the fuck out of here Get them out of here" "Walt Kowalski once said to me that I didn't know anything about life or death because I was an over educated, 27 year old virgin who held the hands of superstitious old women and promised them eternity" "[PEOPLE CHUCKLE]" "Walt definitely had no problem calling it like he saw it but he was right" "I knew really nothing about life or death until I got to know Walt" "And, boy, did I learn" ""And I wanna leave my house to the church because Dorothy would've liked it"" "Now, which brings us to our last item, and again please excuse the language in Mr. Kowalski's will" "I'm simply reading it the way it was written" ""And I'd like to leave my 1972 Gran Torino" "to my friend" "Thao Vang Lor on the condition that you don't chop top the roof like one of those beaners don't paint any idiotic flames on it like some white trash hillbilly and don't put a big, gay spoiler on the rear end" "like you see on all the other zipperheads' cars" "It just looks like hell" "If you can refrain from doing any of that, it's yours"" "{{{the end}}}"