"[ Car Engine starts ]" "[ Car Engine REVVING  ROARING ]" "[ Car Engine idling ]" "[ Continual Engine idling ]" "[ Car Engine shuts off ]" "♪ [ music starts ] ♪" "♪ Now, on the day I was born ♪" "♪ The nurses all gathered round ♪" "♪ And they gazed in wild wonder ♪" "♪ At the joy they had found ♪" "♪ The head nurse spoke up ♪" "♪ Said leave this one alone ♪" "♪ She could tell right away ♪" "♪ That I was bad to the bone ♪" "♪ Bad to the bone ♪" "♪ Bad to the bone ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ Bad to the bone ♪" "♪ I broke 1,000 hearts ♪" "♪ Before I met you ♪" "♪ I'll break 1,000 more, baby ♪" "♪ Before I am through ♪" "♪ I want to be yours, pretty baby ♪" "♪ Yours, and yours alone ♪" "♪ I'm here to tell you, honey ♪" "♪ That I'm bad to the bone ♪" "♪ Bad to the bone ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ B-B-B-B-B-Bad ♪" "♪ Bad to the bone ♪" "AHHH !" "!" "♪ I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be ♪" "♪ You gonna give your love to me ♪" "[ Car Radio Music playing faintly ]" "♪ My love is bigger than the Cadillac ♪" "♪ After I show you I'll be back ♪" "♪ Your love for me has got to be real ♪" "HOLY SHIT !" "♪ Lovin' you when I say you will ♪" "♪ If our love is real then I say you win ♪" "Come on, Arnie." "He's coming." "He's changing his shirt." "That's noise pollution, what you're doing." "♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ music in car ]" "You might as well be dumping toxic waste on our lawn." "Hey, Dennis." "I'll be right there." "Just leave it." "It's okay." "Go on." "It's okay." "Arnie, your lunch!" "Try and keep it cold." "There's yogurt in there." "Right." "Slow down !" "[ Car Tires Screeching ]" "What?" "Are you guys having a war or something?" "She's pissed off 'cause I'm taking shop." "Like I'm embarrassing them." "My dad too." "It won't embarrass them when their stupid Volvo breaks down and you can fix it for free." " What?" " Last night, we're playing Scrabble." "And it's like neck-and-neck between me and her." "We blew my dad away early." "So, right at the end, I had this choice of putting down "ratio" for five lousy points..." " or..." " Or what, Arnie?" ""fellatio" on a triple word score for 24 points and the game." " What'd she do?" "She wouldn't let me have it." " She won by seven points... she said because obscenity's not allowed in Scrabble." " And I looked it up and it's in the dictionary!" " You jerk, Arnie." "Jesus." "You know, Arnie, I was thinking" "Uh-oh." "No, seriously." "Now that we're gonna be seniors, I figure it's about time,.." "that we got you laid." " You know, like this year, huh?" " You need a girl to get laid." " What about Gail Justin?" " I don't like her mustache." "Fuck you!" "What do you care if you get a little hair in your mouth?" "Okay." "How about Sally Hayes?" "She's cute." " She's a sophomore!" " So what?" "She's a walking sperm bank." "I know." "Come on." "I don't have the minimum deposit to open an account." "Are you kidding?" "You carry your life savings between your legs." "Come on, Arnie." "I think maybe I'll just beat off." "Are you playing football this year or what?" "Somebody's got to pick it up when you fumble." " Hey, Terry." " How's your gimpy knee?" "It's better." "Coach wants me to practice." "Yeah?" "It's about time." "I've been eatin' dirt with your name on it for weeks." "♥ Hi, Dennis. ♥" "Oh, hey, Roseanne." "How you doing?" "♥ I'm okay." "They gonna let you play football this year?" "♥" "Yeah." "Doc says I'm as good as new." "♥ Then I guess I'lI be seeing you out there. ♥" "I hope so." "♥ Well, T.T.F.N. ♥" "Yeah." "Ta-ta for now." "I wouldn't put that in my mouth." " You don't know where it's been." " Get outta here." "But we know where it hasn't been." "It hasn't been with you." " Having trouble with your locker?" " No." " Did you see the new girl?" " I just got here!" " I'm in love, she's perfect and you know how fussy I am." " I never noticed you were fussy." "Drop dead, Cunningham." " What's her name?" " I don't know." "She's in the office." "She looks smart, but she's got the body of a slut." "Oh, shit." "Here she comes." "I think you'll like it here, Leigh." "Give me something for my lap." "We have a good band." "Went to the Rose Parade." "Not a bad way to meet boys." "I would like to get involved with the yearbook." "We have a terrific yearbook staff." "Won a prize last year." "So, what do think about admitting Red China into the U. N.?" " I think we already did that." " Yeah, but... do you think it was a good idea?" "She smiled at me." "I want to have deep, meaningful sex with her." " Go get her, Bemis." " Think I should?" "You've got nothing to lose but your virginity." "Dennis, can you give me a hand?" " I can't" " Yeah." " He doesn't have a chance." " I don't think so either." "She's much too classy for him." " There you go." " What did you do?" "Lucky." "See you at lunch." "Hey, Charley." "Have you seen Arnie?" " Yeah." "He's still in the shop." " What's the matter?" "Buddy Repperton has his lunch." " Buddy Repperton." "♥" " Hi, Dennis-- ♥" "Come on, pizza face." "You want it?" "Come get it!" "If it's yours, why isn't your name on here anywhere?" ""Arnie Cuntingham."" "Why doesn't it say Cuntingham?" "Just take it, Arnie and let's go eat." "That's all you got to do." "Come on." "That's funny, Buddy, real funny." "Go get Mr. Casey." "Come on." "You want to go for it?" "Put the knife down and I will." " Put down the knife, Buddy." " You want to make me put it down?" "You've got a knife and he doesn't." "In my book, that makes you a chicken shit." " Yeah." "That's chicken shit." " Oh, Yeah?" " Put it down, Buddy." " Yeah, put down the knife." "Look Buddy, just put down the knife, okay?" "Get him, man !" "How do you like that, dickface?" "All right, break it up!" "Right now." "You kids take a walk." "Get lost." "Not you, Moochie." " I ain't been doing nothing." " You all right, Dennis?" "Yeah, I'm okay." "Real cute." "Three on one." "They started it." " That's not true." " Shut up, cuntface!" "Shut your mouth!" "I don't have to listen to garbage like that, Buddy!" "What were you saying?" "Repperton's got a knife." "You fucking liar!" "It's a switchblade." "That's bullshit, Mr. Casey." "He's lying." "I swear to God." "Did Repperton here pull a knife on you?" "Yeah." "Empty your pockets, Buddy." "Fuck I will." "You can't make me." "If you mean I don't have the authority, you're wrong." "Try it, you bald fuck, and I'll knock you through the wall!" "Fuck!" "You two boys go up to the office." "Stay there." "Don't go anywhere else." "You've got enough trouble." "Now... if you don't empty your pockets right now, I'm gonna call the cops." "Go to the office, Buddy." "I'll fix you!" "You're gonna wish you were never fucking born!" "So, all in all, it wasn't a bad first day." "Think Repperton will try to get even?" "No, he's a douche bag." "He'll find somebody else to pick on." " They kicked him out, you know." " Good." "They kick Moochie out?" "Probation." "Those assholes." "Stop the car!" "Quick!" "Go back!" " What's the matter?" " I want to look at her!" " All right, Arnie." " Just go back." "All right?" "Jesus Christ." "What is it?" "Do you know someone who lives here?" "What?" "Jesus." "Be careful, Dennis." " This is a piece of shit," " She could be fixed up." " Yeah." " Oh, she could be really tough." "Forget it." "This baby's got 93,000 miles on it." "Probably 193." "I don't care." " I bet it won't even start." " She'll start." "You need these." "How much do you want for her?" " Whatever it is, it's not enough." " Jesus, Arnie." "Sonny, you ever owned a car before?" " Yeah, he owns a Mustang" " No." "I just got my license." "Name's George LeBay." "Arnie Cunningham." "What are you asking?" "Start her up." "Really?" "Her name's Christine." "I like that." "Come on." "We gotta get going." "My asshole brother bought her in September, '57." "You got your new model year in September." "Brand-new, she was." "She had the smell of a brand-new car." "About the finest smell in the world, except maybe for pussy." "When he got her, she had six miles on the odometer." "Goddamn Roland went through hell and back with Christine." "If your brother loves this car so much, why is he selling it?" "'Cause he's stone cold dead." "Died six weeks ago." "So, Mr. LeBay... how much do you want for her?" "I've been asking 300." "I'll make it 250 for you." "250?" "This isn't worth 50 bucks." "The money's not important, and there'll be no bringing her back here... 'cause I'm selling this shit hole and buying me a condo." "You got a deal." "I'll get the pink slip." "Will you stop and think about this for a moment?" " Where are you getting the money?" " I've been saving all summer." " For college." " You already have a car." "He's screwing you." "You could get a decent car for that much money." "Christine is decent." "The guy's weird, Arnie." "He's fucking weird." " So that was 300?" " Yeah, that's it." " You said 250." " 250 would do it." "It this is a good idea, let's just come back tomorrow." "Do you realize she's 20 years old?" "I mean, that makes her officially an antique." "Great." "Darnell's junkyard is full of official antiques." "I'm buying her." "I don't care what you say." "It's your funeral, man." "Would you give Arnie a break?" "He doesn't know what he's doing." "You don't know half as much as you think you do... shitter." "You did what?" " She's outside." " You're kidding, right?" "You can't buy a car." "What are you talking about?" " You're 17 years old." " Oh, boy." "Actually, you're wrong." "I couldn't finance it, but buying it for cash is no problem." "Registering a car at 17 is something else... and for that I need your permission." "You know how we do things." "You could've consulted with us." "I've consulted with you about every damn thing I've ever done." "If it's something I want, I get outvoted, two to one!" "This is no committee meeting." "I bought the car, and that's it!" "It most certainly is not it!" "How could you have let him do this?" "I didn't let him." "He wanted the car, and he bought it." "I tried to talk him out ot it." "I doubt you tried very hard." " Yeah, well, I'm going home." " I think you should." "That's it." "I'm getting the fuck out of here." " What kind of lang" " What did you say!" "You wanted me in college courses." "I'm there." "You wanted chess club instead of band." "I'm there too." "I've managed 17 years without embarrassing you or landing in jail." "I'm gonna have this one thing!" "You are not keeping any car at this house." "Fine!" "Thanks for the milk." " What's the problem?" " Could you honk your horn for me?" "Christine's doesn't seem to work." " Ah." "Sure," " Thanks." "Stall 20." "Get it over there and shut it off... before we all choke to death." "Kiddo, if you sold him that piece of shit, you ought to be fuckin' ashamed." "I didn't sell it to him." "I tried to talk him out of it." "You should have tried harder." "I knew a guy who had a car like that once." "Fuckin' bastard killed himself in it." "Son of a bitch was so mean... if you poured boiling water down his throat... he would have pissed ice cubes." "Okay." "That's the last time... you run that mechanical asshole in here without an exhaust hose." "I catch you doin' it one time, and you're out." "You understand?" " Huh?" " Yes." "I'm gonna tell you something else right now." "I don't take any shit from you kids." "This place is for working stiffs, gotta keep their cars runnin'." "It's not for rich-assed, snot-nosed kids dragging' on the Orange Belt." "I don't allow no smoking in here neither." "You go out in the junkyard." " I don't smoke." " Don't interrupt me, punk." "Don't interrupt me." "Don't get smart." " Ah, sir?" " What?" "Those men over there are smoking." "Better tell them to stop." "You trying to help your buddy right out of here, Chuck?" "Then shut your pie hole." "I know a creep when I see one." "I think I'm looking at one right now." "You're on probation." "You get it?" "You screw around with me..." "I don't care how much money you paid up in front..." "I'll throw you out on your ass!" "You got it?" " Huh?" " Yes, sir." "Good." "Now get the hell out of here." "We're closed." "You gonna be okay?" "Yeah." "I'm okay." "You know, you better find yourself some other charity besides me and Christine." "What is it about that car?" "I don't know." "Maybe it's just that for the first time I've found something uglier than me." "And I know I can fix her up." "You're not ugly, Arnie." "I know what I am," "Queer, maybe, but not ugly." "Fuck you." "Oh, bug out, Dennis." "You don't need this shit." "Where have you been?" "You had us worried sick!" "You don't just up and drive off whenever you" "♪ As I walk along I wonder ♪" "♪ What went wrong with our love ♪" "♪ A love that was so strong ♪" "He's done all this shit in three weeks." "Look how cockeyed he works." "He's got fuckin' brand-new windshield wipers... for a busted windshield." "Well, the boy does have good hands." "Good hands." "Bad taste in cars." "You know, Papa, you can't polish a turd." "When I said you could scrounge through that shit pile out back..." "I didn't mean you could build your whole fuckin' car with my stuff." "What do you care?" "You're not doing anything with it." "Hey!" "Don't think you got the gold key to the crapper." "Nobody takes advantage of me, understand?" "Yeah." "If it wasn't for me, it'd cost you a shit pile to put this heap together." "I know." "Look." "I know you ain't got money falling out of your asshole." "If you did, you wouldn't be here." "Maybe we could work out some kind of a deal." "You... pick up around the place." "Do a few lubes... put the toilet paper on the little spools... shit like that." "Do that and you can-- you can raid my junk pile for whatever you want." "I might even throw in a few bucks." "I'll have to think about it." "Well, don't think about it too long!" "I'll throw you out on your fuckin' ass." "♪ Forever, my darling ♪" "♪ My love will be true ♪" "♪ Always and forever ♪" "♪ I'll love just you ♪" "♪ Just promise me, darling ♪" "♪ Your love in return ♪" "♪ May this fire in my soul, dear ♪" "♪ Forever burn ♪" "♪ My heart's at your command, dear ♪" "I'll bet you a dollar she says no." "Just 'cause she shot you down?" "She says no to everybody." "Look what she's doing to that pencil." "I wish I was an eraser." "Go on, studley." "Ask her out." "Mind your own business." "Just read the book." "Yeah." "Come on." "Just don't tip the table over." "What are you reading?" " History." " Oh." " It's pretty boring, huh?" " Yeah." "Listen, do you like music?" "What about dancing?" "Yes." "Do you think you might... want to go dancing with me... like maybe this Friday night after the game?" "I'm sorry." "I can't." "Why not?" "I have a date." "Mr. Gilder!" "Are you lost?" "No, ma'am." "Why don't you return to your own seat and get back to work." "Yeah." "Arnie, stay here so we can talk this over." "Mister, this is not a hotel you can just drop into." " I don't need this." " What do you need?" " I need to leave." "I'm late." " You come back here this instant." "Oh, shit." "Greetings to you too." "Hey, man, no glasses." "You're lookin' good." "I can't make it." "I meant to call you, but I forgot." "Is Dennis going with you?" " Are you going with him?" " Am I?" "No." "I've gotta do an errand for Darnell." " You need a ride?" " Got his car." "Thanks, though." "I'm sorry about the movie, but this is work." "Gotta go." " Don't worry about it." " Did you have plans with Dennis?" "You are going to have no friends at all if you keep treating people this way." "Get off my back!" "You're his best friend." "What's going on?" "I don't know." "I hardly see him anymore." "Neither do we." "Ever since he bought that car he's been obsessed with it." "And you know what else?" "When we signed the registration papers at Town Hall... they told us the man who owned that car last... died in it of carbon monoxide poisoning." "Jesus." "Does Arnie know about that?" "Arnie doesn't know anything anymore." "What the hell do you want?" "I know about your brother." "I know he died choking on exhaust fumes." "You don't know shit, kid." "My brother died 'cause he wanted to." "He ran a rubber hose from the exhaust pipe." "Arnie wouldn't have bought it if he'd known somebody died in it." "Either you're dumb or you don't know your friend very well," "He had the same look my brother always had." "Probably the only thing my brother ever loved in his life was that car." "No shitter ever came between him and Christine." "If they did, watch out." "His five-year-old daughter choked to death in it." "He wouldn't get rid of it." "He rode around without a care in the world except for Christine." "Only time I ever interfered was when Rita killed herself." " Who's Rita?" " His wife!" "He didn't care a rat's ass about her." "She died the same way he did." "Then I made him get rid of it." "For decency, you know." "Of course, the car came back three weeks later." "What do you mean, " came back? "" "♪ Keep a-knockin', but you can't come in ♪" "♪ Come back tomorrow night and try it again ♪" "♪ You said you loved me and you can't come in ♪" "♪ You said you loved me ♪" "All right." "Fifty." "Pass on go." "Ready?" "Want me to go deep or flat?" "Flat." "I'll hit you on the second shot comin' around." "Hey, Trelawney." " Is that Cuntingham's car?" " Yep." "I know where he keeps it." "Down... set, go!" "Fucking shit!" "Get a stretcher!" "Come on!" ""5,000 Dirty Limericks."" "Ought to keep you busy for a while." "This is the third time I've come by." "Must be dynamite drugs." "You're always asleep." "Doesn't quite kill the pain." "Rockbridge hasn't won a game since you got hurt." "That makes you a hero, right?" "Did I tell you that I'm not gonna be playing football again?" "Ever." "The doctor said that one centimeter more... and I would have been paralyzed from the waist down." "Shitters did some job on you, huh?" "So what's this about you and Leigh Cabot?" " We like each other okay." " Ho-ho." "Listen to Mr. Cool." "She just happens to be the most beautiful girl in the school." "Well, it's not what you think." "I really... respect her mind." "She lusts after my body." "What can I say?" "Fuck you." "I saw you guys at the football game." "How'd you ever get that car fixed up like that?" "Oh, just plain old-fashioned hard work." "I still can't keep her at home." "Mom says it makes the yard look crowded." "I'm surprised they let you register it." "I told them it they didn't, I'd drop school." "Are you serious?" "They just don't want me to grow up because they'd have to face getting old." "Has it ever occurred to you... that part of being a parent... is trying to kill your kids?" "See you around, pal." "I'm sorry, Arnie." "I can't." "What's the matter?" "What's wrong?" "I can't." "Here." "In that car." "What are you talking about?" "Why not?" "'Cause I hate that car." "You care more about that car than me." "That's crazy, Leigh." "Who do you spend more time with?" "Look-- You're gonna get a cold." "Come on." "I thought girls are supposed to be jealous of other girls, not cars." "This car's a girl." "Oh, please." "Cut it out." "Don't." "What?" "You don't like me slapping your girl?" "It seems like nobody likes my car these days." "Oh, shit!" "♪ You're mine ♪" "♪ And we belong ♪" "♪ Together ♪" "♪ Yes, we belong together ♪" "♪ Yes, it belongs to only me ♪" "What the hell are you doing?" "Get your goddamn hands off her!" "Whoa, whoa!" "Hey!" "You gonna be all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine now." "You scared the hell out of me." "Then get rid of that car." "I'm not going in it again." "Wait a minute." "Don't you blame your choking on Christine." "It happened, Arnie." "When I choked, something happened." "The radio came on." " Everything got bright." " So, what are you saying?" "I could've died, and you couldn't even help." "My door was locked." "You didn't want that man to help me either!" "I thought he was attacking you!" "I could have done the Heimlich maneuver." "But you didn't." "There are other things." "That radio." "All it gets is those old songs." "Sometimes when we're making out... it just stalls." "As if the car were jealous, Arnie." "A goddamn car!" "I'Il get it." "Know what I think?" "I think you're just sexually frustrated." "I'm sorry, okay?" "Can I at least call you tomorrow?" "I don't know." "Come on." "Come on, baby, please." "It's all right." "Everything is the same." "♪ I love you like I do ♪" "♪ Don't know why I love you ♪" "♪ Don't know why I care ♪" "♪ I wonder why I love you like I do ♪" "♪ Is it because ♪" "♪ I know you love me too ♪" "Check this out!" "♪ Keep a-knockin', but you can't come in ♪" "I'll just be a second." "I just have to get my wallet out of Christine." "Want to come in with me?" "Please." "You know, I've been thinking." "Maybe we should apply to the same colleges next year." " Really?" " Yeah." "If we get accepted by the same schools... we could take it as a sign of fate." "You'd have me to help you through math, and if" "Arnie, what's wrong?" "Who did this?" "Don't touch me, shitter!" "This is just what you wanted!" "You get away from her!" "Arnie, I'm sorry." "Sorry?" "Yes." "I-- That is, we" "It's your fault." "If you hadn't been so damn selfish that you wouldn't let me park my own car... in your precious driveway, this never would have happened." "That's not fair." "Oh, it's fair." "Can't we even talk about this... like rational human beings?" "One of them took a shit on the dashboard of my car, Ma." "How's that for rational, huh?" "Why don't we" "Your mother and I have decided to help you buy a new car." "Well, that's what everybody wants, isn't it?" "Well, fuck you." "I'm fixing up Christine." "Listen, mister, you've been disrespectful to us once too often!" "You apologize to your mother right now!" "Take your mitts off me, motherfucker!" "I'm hittin' the sack." "We'll make it better, huh?" "Can't hurt us anymore... not if we work together." "We'll show those shitters what we can do." "Show me." "♪ Little bitty pretty one ♪" "♪ Come on, come to me ♪" "♪ Lovey dovey, lovely one ♪" "♪ Until I'm on my knees ♪" "Is that you, Cunningham?" "Hey, you ain't mad, are ya?" "Oh, shit." "You're a dead man now!" "Where have you been?" "You hear about what happened to Moochie?" "Yeah." "Almost makes you feel sorry for the little bastard." "How's Christine coming?" "Oh, cherry." "I spent a shitload of money on her, and she's perfecto now." "That's funny, you know, 'cause..." "I heard she was totaled." "After I cleaned up the broken glass, it wasn't so bad." "I bet you a hundred bucks... it was Buddy Repperton." "Maybe." "So what if you fix it up and he just comes back and does it again?" "He won't do it again." "What does that mean?" "Man, I gotta go." "I hope you didn't think I could hang around here all day." "Yeah, that's you, Arnie, always in demand." "Stay loose." "You know it." "Happy Thanksgiving." "Lean machine." "They let you out early?" "Yeah, that's right." "I'm Rudolph Junkins, State Police, Detective." "I'm just missing a study hall." "I got to get to work." "I don't care about that." "I want to ask you about your car." "You do nice body work." "I thought this thing was totaled." " Who told you that?" " Why, hell, everybody." "Local police, your mom and dad, your girl." "Cute girl, by the way." "It wasn't as bad as it looked." "The report said they punched holes in the body." "Damned if I can see the fill." "You can if you look." "It's right over there... and back here." "I've been lucky with parts." "I replaced the entire door on this side." " Yeah?" " See where the paint doesn't match?" "Nope." "A hell of a job, Arnie." "Well, thank you very much." "So what do you want?" "I really like this shade of red." "Didn't think they made this anymore." "Do they still make this shade?" "Well, they must." "I bought it, didn't I?" " Where?" " Baker Auto out on Route 5." " You still got the receipt?" " Tossed it out." "You know, it's funny-- Cigarette?" "No, thanks." "Usually when somebody trashes a car, we get photographs." "Wait." "They didn't really trash it." "That's not what Leigh said." "She was so shaken up, giving me all the details... she broke down crying." "I understand... one of the perpetrators defecated on the dashboard." "I would've thought you'd be madder than hell at that... and I would've thought you would've reported that." "Shit wipes off." "Moochie Welch kind of got wiped off too." "I don't know." " You don't know?" " No." "Scout's honor?" "I'm not a Scout." "The kid was cut in half." "They had to scrape his legs up with a shovel." "Isn't that what you're supposed to do with shit... scrape it up with a shovel?" "Don't get smart with me, son." "Your girlfriend is more convincing than you are." "She's not my girlfriend." "And since when is it against the law to fix your own car... when somebody else busts it up?" "Since never." "Then you get off my back." "I need to see you." "I care about you." "Look, I love you." "I think we deserve one more try." "Don't you?" "Would you give me a yes or no!" "Please don't do this to me." "Just be straight with me." "You've had it, right?" "Well, fuck you, bitch!" "Want to do the honors?" "I'd love to bring her along." "Sure." " She can earn her way." " Bullshit." "Let's get Vandenberg." "Baby!" "♪ I'll never be your beast of burden ♪" "♪ My back is broad but it's a-hurtin' ♪" "♪ All I want is for you to make love to me ♪" "♪ I've walked for miles ♪" "♪ My feet are hurtin' ♪" "Asshole." "Watch this." "Let's give this asshole some of his own medicine." "He's backing up too." "Some shithead's following me!" "I hope he comes in here!" " Is that Cunningham?" " It can't be." "Look at my car." "Come on, prick!" "We're not finished yet." "Come on!" "Hello, Henry?" "This is Will." "Listen." "Cunningham get there?" "The order okay?" "Good." "Listen." "He was driving my Caddy, wasn't he?" "Good." "Yes." "Take it easy." "Okay, Jack." "Come on out." "The ride is over." "If I'm gonna have to come in and get ya..." "I'm gonna get ya." "Why don't you do us both a favor." "Come on out." "♪ I got a girl named Bony Moronie ♪" "♪ She's as skinny as a stick of macaroni ♪" "♪ Oughta see her rock and roll with her blue jeans on ♪" "What?" "♪ Not very fat Just skin and bone ♪" "♪ I love her and she loves me ♪" "♪ We're all happy now as we can be ♪" "♪ Makin' love underneath the apple tree ♪" "♪ Well, I told her mama and her papa too ♪" " What's goin' on?" " You tell me." " Where were you last night?" " Home." " What are you doing to my car?" " You didn't go out at all?" "Of course I went out." "I got Darnell's car out front with a load of parts." " You want the receipt?" " Yeah." "How come you're showing up just now?" "Why didn't you unload the stuff last night?" "Because I was tired, that's why." "If you don't believe me, you can ask my mother." "Why do you keep butting into my life?" "Because we found your boss, Will Darnell, dead in your front seat... with a shotgun by his side." " Why?" " I was hoping you could answer that." "Somebody saw your car cruising behind Buddy Repperton last night." "He's dead too." "So are Don Vandenberg and Richard Trelawney." "Guess nobody'll be trashing your car anymore." "Well, all I know" "I got a Cadillac full of parts... and I'm supposed to be at school in half an hour." "We'll take care of the Caddy." "I don't want you touching it." "Honest, I don't know what's going on." "I swear I don't." "May I please speak to Dennis?" "It's a girl." "Happy New Year." "Can I come over there?" "I need to talk to you." " What, about Arnie?" " About Christine." "You first." "I'm afraid for Arnie." "I thought you wanted to talk about Christine." "What do you know about that car?" "I know that the guy who owned the car before Arnie" "Yeah?" "His daughter choked to death in Christine." "How do you know that?" "LeBay's brother sold Arnie the car, and the guy's a jerk." " He just came out and told me." " I think I was supposed to be next." "Come on." "Arnie would never do that." "Not in a million years." "I don't think he's Arnie." "It's that car." "I swear it's the car." "Maybe." "I'm going to Arnie's tonight for New Year's" " I wouldn't." " It's okay." "We do it every year." "His folks are going to be there." "Maybe if I get him alone, maybe he'll talk to me." "What if he doesn't?" " What do you mean?" " I don't know." "What if that car doesn't let him?" "Then we destroy it." "♪ Well, come on let's go ♪" "♪ Let's go, let's go little darlin' ♪" "♪ And tell me that you'll never leave me ♪" "♪ Come on, come on ♪" "♪ Well, now, swing me, swing me all the way down there ♪" "♪ Well, now, swing me, swing me all the way down there ♪" "♪ Come on, let's go, little darlin' ♪" "♪ Let's go again once more ♪" "My man, you really operate on those babies." "Yeah, I manage." "We got the old rust bucket tonight." "You wanna watch what you call my car." "She's real sensitive." "Is she?" "Sorry, Christine." "Good boy." "Let's motorvate." "Have a beer." "Don't be shy," "My car's your car." "A toast." "Death... to the shitters of the world in 1979." "Come on." "I can't drink to that." "What can you drink to?" "What about to us?" "You know, to friendship?" "Oh, friendship." "Right." "That's real good." "Come on!" "I want you to see this." "This is great alignment." "You just don't see this anymore." "Don't be scared." "I'm scared for you, for what's happened to you." "It's this fucking car." "I know you're jealous." "We'll always be friends, as long as you stick with me." "You know what happens to shitters who don't." "No." "What does happen?" "Let's not kid each other." "Who are the shitters?" "All of 'em." "Leigh's on your side." " Oh, yeah?" " She cares a lot about you." "She does." "Yeah." "Don't you like this beer?" "I thought you liked beer." "Did you hear what I just said?" "Let me tell you a little something about love." "It has a voracious appetite." "It eats everything-- friendship, family." "It kills me, how much it eats." "I'll tell you something else." "Feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing... and that's what we have." "When someone believes in you, you can do any fucking thing in the universe... and when you believe right back in that someone... then watch out, world, 'cause nobody can stop you ever!" "You feel this way about Leigh?" "What?" "Fuck, no!" "I'm talkin' about Christine, man." "No shitter ever came between me and Christine." "Watch this." "Oh, shit." "Chicken shit!" "Man, there is nothin' finer than being behind the wheel of your own car... except maybe for pussy." "It's kinda spooky in here, huh?" "Looks like they cleaned out the whole place." "Jesus." "That's where he used to keep it." "Down there." "Yeah." "You better get started," "Yeah!" "What do you think?" "Let's try it." "Christine's gonna come through the door." "You better get in the office and stay out of sight." "Once she gets inside, hit the button and bring the door down." "Then we'll have her trapped." "What if he doesn't come?" "Christine will." "You better get in the office." "Keep your head down." "When you hear me start this thing up, that's when you hit the button." "Leigh, don't move!" "Stay where you are!" "You shitters!" "Oh, God." "Arnie's dead." "♪ I'll forever love you ♪" "♪ The rest of my days ♪" "♪ I'll never part from you ♪" "Are you okay?" "I think so." "♪ Rock, rock, rock Oh, baby ♪" "♪ Rock and roll is here to stay ♪" "♪ It will never die ♪" "♪ It was meant to be that way ♪" "♪ Though I don't know why ♪" "♪ I don't care what people say ♪" "♪ Rock and roll is here to stay ♪" "♪ We don't care what people say ♪" "♪ Rock and roll is here to stay ♪" "♪ Rock and roll will always be ♪" "♪ I dig it to the end ♪" "♪ It'll go down in history ♪" "♪ Just you watch, my friend ♪" "♪ Rock and roll will always be ♪" "♪ It'll go down in history ♪" "I wouldn't feel so bad, if I were you." "You two are heroes, you know." "Yeah." "A real hero could've saved Arnie." "We didn't do so hot." "Some things can't be helped." "Some people too." "Yeah." "♪ I love you so, dear ♪" "♪ And I'll never let you go ♪" "♪ Come on, baby, so ♪" "God, I hate rock and roll."