Well, ya ga ga ga.
Stop it, Eddie.
Do you mind?
Excuse me?
It's a money game here, guy.
Ha ha!
Big money game.
Right. So take your hands off the girl...
and let us play, okay?
What do you care where I put my hand?
Gramps, put your teeth in, get your hands off your daughter and pay attention.
You might learn something today.
I'll change my teeth. You change your goddamn diapers.
Hey, we've got a game going here.
Really? What are you playing for?
What's it to you?
What are you playing for?
50.
You want to win?
I'll bet 500 bucks on this guy here.
Huh?
I think you're a choker.
500 bucks says you choke.
Why don't you take a walk?
Anybody want to bet?
What are you starting trouble for?
- I'm going to leave. - Jerk.
Want to go for 1,000?
[Helicopter]
[Siren]
I know. I mean...
you'd think he would have seen it.
Oh, my God, he got suckered...
into that so easy.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
What's up? What do you think?
Get in the car.
Get away from me.
What the hell is the matter with you?
Did you have a good time?
I'm disappointed, frankly.
Frankly, your ass! I seen you.
Don't give me that.
Seen what?
Screw this. I don't need this. I'm gone.
I'm going home. Come on.
- The hell you are. - The hell I am?
You're going home alone, man.
Is it you and Eddie now?
Getting felt up by Eddie?
Come on.
You go in that place, you play your part.
I put my hands on her. It's acting.
Your hands were all over her!
It's acting!
Hey, look, Vincent...
when you go into movies...
and you see people kissing...
do you think they go home together?
They're professionals.
We're trying to be professionals.
Okay, you guys, it was just a little rough.
I ain't used to that, Carmen.
I don't know about this.
Vincent the kid, huh?
You're going to be one of the greats, kiddo.
I got a good feeling about this.
# You say it's black, and you know it's white #
# You say it's day when you know it's night #
# You say it's good, and you know it's mean #
# It's the finest music that I ever seen #
# Don't tell me nothin' #
# Don't you tell me nothin' #
# Don't tell me nothin' #
# I can see that rock 'n' roll is good for me #
# You say it's a dog when you know it's a cat #
# You say it's a mouse when you know it's a rat #
# You say it's meat, and you know it's bread #
# You tell me it's gold when it's a hunk of lead #
# No, don't you tell me nothin' #
# Oh, don't you tell me nothin' #
# Don't you tell me nothin' #
# I can see that rock 'n' roll is good for me #
# Don't you tell me nothin' #
Ha ha ha!
# You say it's right, and you know it's wrong #
# You say it's short, and you know it's long #
# You say it's low when you know it's high #
# Tell me the truth and don't tell no lie #
# Don't tell me nothin' #
# Don't you tell me nothin' #
Play another one?
# Don't you tell me nothin' #
# I can see that rock 'n' roll is good for me #
Are you sure...
You don't want to play again?
Woo! Woo! Woo!
Woo! Woo!
# Don't ##
[Music Playing]
Hmm.
Do you smell what I smell?
Smoke?
Money.
Let's take a stroll around.
# A starless black sky revealed #
# Somewhere in America #
# I can feel the tears, all lost and alone #
# And I feel... ##
Hey.
Check out that guy that's playing back there.
That guy?
Yeah. This is a golden opportunity.
You know who that is?
That's Grady Seasons...
the best money player in the world.
That's Grady Seasons? You want me to play him.
You bet.
And you are going to dump.
You are going to lose something fierce.
You'll ask for the spot and the break.
It'll be humiliating. This is beautiful.
What do you mean, dump?
If you lose bad now to this guy...
you'll be a super nobody in Atlantic City...
and the odds on you will drop to nothing.
- See? She learns. - Let me ask you.
These guys hustle, and they win.
How come I always got to play the jerk?
Why can't we hustle where I win?
Because there's something...
at the end of this.
I wouldn't have you do it...
unless the payoff was phenomenal.
Look, do whatever you want to do. Do whatever you want.
I'll play. I ask a question, he panics.
It's like a nightmare, isn't it?
It just keeps getting worse and worse...
Doesn't it?
# Are you going to fall for this? #
# We're gonna pay hell for this #
# And now we can move through it #
Oh. The impossible dream.
# Let ourselves in for it... #
Don't choke now.
It's not that hard a shot.
Did you just say, "don't choke now"?
You heard me.
Yeah. Yeah, I heard you.
# Let ourselves in for it #
Oh!
# Let yourself in #
# Any way that you figure it #
# It's down here at our fingertips #
# Back again, again... ##
Hey, Grady.
Up your ass with the spot, okay with you?
Fine with me.
[Applause]
How you doing? Hmm?
Carmen, I'm playing here now.
I know.
Vincent, you win one more game...
you're gonna be humping your fist for a long time.
You got that, Vincent?
What are you doing, meditating?
Yeah?
Ha ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Yeah?
Ha ha ha!
Can I have the Balabushka?
Yeah.
Ha ha ha!
Are you going to play, Eddie?
Yeah, maybe.
Where?
I don't know. Gunther's.
Are you mad at me about last night?
No. You done good.
Where's he going?
He's going to Gunther's, ja.
Hey, Bill.
Why don't you call Dud?
# Just about to lose my mind #
# Never gonna let your love... ##
Thank you.
I'll have another Drambuie and potato salad.
Give my friend another J.T.S. Brown.
One more time?
Absolutely.
You remind me a lot...
of a guy I played about 20 years ago.
After that, five of us went on a road trip...
to San Antonio.
We didn't get any action.
The windup was we ended up playing each other.
That's all she wrote.
Nice book, though.
Buy you one?
No, I'll buy you one.
I'm going to play for a while.
It's crazy, you know.
I was working at this job busting my butt.
They didn't give me a raise.
My old lady, she leaves me...
because she says I'm a bum...
because I quit.
Then after, I start working at the university...
strictly for the experience.
Guess what I was.
What were you?
I was a subject.
A what?
A subject in the psych department.
I was a subject for experiments...
reflexes, memory things.
I didn't do anything...
when it got to electric shock.
I did just once, but it don't count.
Oh!
Okay.
That's 80.
- Do it again? - Yeah, sure, I don't care.
- Double or nothing? - Double or nothing.
Is there an echo?
Let's play.
Eddie, how you doing?
Holding my own and a little bit of his.
Good man.
Here.
Go!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Fall!
Is that it?
Do it again.
Double or nothing?
What else?
All right.
Ha ha ha!
That is bullshit.
I never did that. That is luck, man!
I'm really sorry.
There's nothing I can do. The 9-ball fell.
I can't believe that.
Are you a hustler, Amos?
Come on, Eddie, man.
Luck.
Are you a hustler?
Hey, you don't want to pay me?
Keep it. Forget it.
I don't want no bad feelings.
When the big guy loses.
I lost, I paid. I don't...
Are you a hustler, Amos?
What?
You want to quit?
Fuck you, kid. Double it again.
# Don't bother #
# Sure enough I do #
# Oh, well #
Hey, I want to ask you something.
I want you to be honest.
You think I need to lose some weight?
#... All of my life #
# Well, I sure don't remember ##
How could I get suckered like that?
You got to work hard.
That takes a real gift to show your ass like that.
Everything in a stack.
Everything... just probably a little too much booze...
a little too cocky...
right amount of jerk...
to miss all those fuckin' signals.
Hey.
Eddie, you'll get him next time.
How much would you need to go it on your own...
from here to Atlantic City?
What?
Should have wiped the floor with that guy.
Yeah? So?
How much would you need to go to Atlantic City?
A couple thousand?
Come on, Eddie.
You had too much to drink.
Let's forget about it.
I got nothing left to teach.
That was the last lesson.
Take the money.
Front for yourself. You'll do fine.
You're walking off?
Dumping us.
Dumping you?
I'm giving you a stake.
I showed you all I got.
What the hell else you want?
That's it! That's all!
What are we supposed to do?
Where we supposed to go from here?
Here's you, see?
Between you and Atlantic City...
there's about 27 pool halls.
Three weeks, a couple thousand dollars.
Why you talking this way?
You're played for a chump, so you walk out?
We'll get this guy next time...
Eddie.
Hey, hey!
You do this to some guy on the street...
not to me.
What about the stuff you told me?
You're going to ruin everything.
Carmen and me, you told me about that.
Okay, look, Eddie.
Hey, it's my attitude, right?
From now on...
Attitude, bullshit.
You always do what you want to do!
Don't tell me that!
I'm tired!
I try to do everything!
Take the money.
It's the last thing I can give you.
Let it go, Vincent.
You give me money to get rid of me.
You got a long way to go.
This is nickel-and-dime shit.
Shut up and give me money.
Make it 3,000.
I'll give you what I got!
You know something?
Just keep your fuckin' money, pal.
Here.
Fuck it.
Fuck.
Feel good, don't it?
I'm blind.
You're cool.
Better? The same? Worse?
Better.
Better? Same? Worse?
Better.
Better? Same? Worse?
I like the glasses.
Fast Eddie, this here's Moselle.
He plays pool.
No kidding.
That's a nice stick.
I get the break.
What's the book?
50 on Fast Eddie wins you 100.
50 on Moselle wins you 25.
Thanks.
Facts of life, man.
100 on the side?
Read my mind.
Rack 'em up.
Give it up.
Eddie.
Moselle.
Moselle. Moselle.
- Shh! - Shh!
- Yeah! - All right!
You guys going to Atlantic City?
[Airplane]
That's $4.00.
You need at least $5.00.
Resorts International Hotel And Casino...
on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City...
welcomes you to our casino.
As anyone can tell you...
the greatest secret to success...
on the casino floor is knowing how to play the game.
There are slot machines, roulette, blackjack, craps...
deep-six, and baccarat tables.
Some have simple, easy-to-learn rules...
but most are more complicated...
The rules, regulations, and pay-out odds...
are established and supervised...
by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
Knock 'em dead.
I'll try.
Hey!
# Keep saying now #
# "Daddy, I have to leave you" #
# Oh, yeah #
# "But I'm in love with another guy" #
# Oh, no, no #
# I couldn't believe... ##
Hey, Eddie.
What?
You playing?
Got a problem with that?
No. You got any problem with that?
If it makes you happy, do it.
I just wanted to say hello.
Hello, test. 1, 2, 3.
1, test.
Ladies and gentlemen...
it's nice to see so many faces here...
for today's 9-ball classic.
[Applause]
Players, start your matches.
[Applause]
I didn't deserve that.
Is this your first tournament, Duke?
Match to Mr Felson.
11 games to 5.
I didn't deserve that.
Yes, you did.
# Tall and tan and young and handsome #
# The boy from lpanema goes walking #
# And when he passes #
# Each girl he passes goes #
# Ahh! #
We'll play 10 games.
You win 8. I got to win 10.
I'll put up $1,200. You put up $800.
I win 8 games to your 10?
You're putting up $1,200 to my $800?
This is a good deal, isn't it?
This guy won the Akron Open, Vincent.
There is no such thing.
What have I been reading?
I can win 8 games.
I just don't like the deal.
What don't you like, lady?
Up your end to 1,500.
$300 isn't going to kill the guy!
All right. All right.
I shouldn't, but I will.
$1,500, how's that?
Okay. Yeah. I'm sorry.
Don't be sorry.
All right, it's 8:30.
How about 12:30 in the green room?
12:30. Great.
Terrific.
You can get these, right?
No problem.
We got it covered here.
$1,500?
Not bad, huh?
"Not bad, huh?"
He wouldn't go for more...
That guy had $2,000 written all over his face.
You gave him $500, and you're buying his drink.
Do it yourself next time.
I got to go rest.
Great.
Eddie.
You got new glasses. They look good.
If it isn't the kid and Carmen.
How's it going?
Can't complain. You?
$4,000 in 3 weeks.
Could have been better, could have been worse.
Well, I'm happy for you.
At 12:30 we're taking out that lame from Akron.
You want in on it?
Well, thanks, uh...
listen, I'll pass up on that.
I got to play at 10:00.
All right. It's on you.
Good luck tomorrow.
Same to you.
I got to go rest.
Uh, come get me in about three hours, okay?
In three?
Yeah. Yeah.
Going good?
Yeah. Yeah. We're doing okay.
You were right.
We didn't need you any more.
That's what I said.
You wouldn't believe Vincent now.
Oh, he's a new man, huh?
Why don't you take him up on tonight?
I got to get up early and play, so...
Well, see you around.
[Applause]
It's like a nightmare, isn't it?
You got lucky, you lucky prick.
Wipe your nose, will you, Julian?
You're going down, Eddie.
Oh! Goddamn.
Jesus Christ.
It keeps getting worse, doesn't it?
Take it on off. I can't help it.
Eddie.
Nice game, Eddie.
Thank you.
Dynamite game, Eddie.
Good game.
- Excuse me. - Way to go.
I'm doing fine.
I'm only feeling nervous because I feel good.
Yeah. Eyes feel good, legs feel great.
I get no grief down here.
Come on down and give me some grief.
Forget the Bahamas. This is it.
Hey.
It would be good having you here.
Pow!
Hey.
I'm going to beat him, you know.
Well...
Maybe.
Hello, Eddie.
That was nice.
[Applause]
...Ron Albrecht and Larry Schwartz.
[Applause]
Following match on table number eight...
Vincent Lauria and Eddie Felson.
[Applause]
Hey, you shot a great game.
The balls roll funny for everybody.
I told you that.
You shot a great game.
Ah!
[Knock Knock]
Oh, come on.
Eddie!
- Who is it? - Vincent!
[Knock Knock]
Oh, I can't believe it.
Hi, guys.
Should we come back later?
No. No. We were just...
Janelle's having a glass of cham...
Early bubbly. Come on in.
Listen, l...
I drew this guy Kennedy...
in the semifinals.
You know anything about him?
What's that?
That's for you.
- Hey, how you doing? That's your cut. - Cut of what?
- For the game. - What game?
Our game. Got a front to lay 4,000 on you. Then I dumped.
I dogged about four shots.
Eddie, you know, you are a very, very good player.
I feel shitty about getting booted but there's other tournaments, right?
Right.
You dumped, huh?
Carmen didn't want to go for it...
but I told her you would appreciate it.
There's $8,000 there.
After I beat Grady Seasons, the odds were a joke.
Two brothers and a stranger.
It was beautiful. It was fuckin' beautiful.
When I banked the 5... When I saw the table...
I knew it was going to be the 5.
To be able to just miss the pocket by a hair...
I mean, the audience..."oh!"
It was... It was... I...
$8,000 in there.
We got to split.
I got green room games for the next three nights.
These guys won't leave me alone.
You sure you don't want in on this? We're talking a lot of money.
Yeah. Maybe.
Okay.
I'll call you, okay?
Look, good luck with Kennedy, all right?
He's a little prick.
Ladies and gentlemen...
it's good to see you here for the semifinals...
of today's 9-ball classic.
Right now on table one...
will be, from Chicago, Larry Schwartz.
Larry will be playing...
St. Louis, Missouri...
[Applause]
...regional 9-ball champion Lorenzo Kennedy...
will be playing, as we welcome back...
Fast Eddie Felson.
[Applause]
Players, begin your matches.
What are you doing?
I forfeit.
Forfeit.
What do you mean, forfeit?
You can't forfeit.
What's he talking about?
He threw 50,000 away.
Come on, Eddie. Don't forfeit.
I don't want to win like this.
I don't want to win like that, though.
The match on table three...
has been forfeited by Eddie Felson.
Lorenzo Kennedy, win by default.
[Applause]
What do you say?
Why don't we get the hell out of here?
The Bahamas are looking real good to me about now.
Anyway, I got out of my lease.
All my stuff's in boxes.
That's nice.
I'm a real big fan of character in people.
I don't know if you knew that about me.
Character, huh?
Yeah.
Here it comes.
Vincent says this is yours.
You don't want it...
you should give it to charity.
What will that solve?
I don't know anything any more.
I want his best game.
Then go talk to him yourself.
He won't listen to me.
So I got to cover your ass now?
No. You got to save it.
Why should I?
I'll be in the green room.
Stings like a bitch, don't it?
Yes, it does.
You got brass, man. I'll give you that.
You want my game?
You couldn't deal with my game.
I ain't got a leg to stand on, but I'm asking you.
Shove it!
Don't do that.
I call the shots.
I don't have that many games left in me.
God! You used us! You used me!
Yes, I did...
but you're in Atlantic City now with the big boys.
You're not back there playing around with baby dolls.
Think about it. It's a wash.
About all that other stuff...
I don't take much pride in that.
It's even, but it ain't settled.
Let's settle it.
Why should I?
How long do you want me to fry? 5 years? 10 years?
You want to play kick the dog for the rest of your life?
Come on. Let's clean it up.
You want to play for the envelope? Is that it?
Whatever.
Thank you.
Eddie, what will you do...
when I kick your ass?
Pick myself up and let you kick me again.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Just don't put the money in the bank, kid.
If I don't whip you now...
I'll whip you next month in Dallas.
Houston.
Houston, Dallas.
If not, a month after that in New Orleans.
What makes you so sure?
Hey, I'm back.
# I feel so doggone lonely #
# Today just isn't my day #
# When I got home this mornin' #
# I found a letter on my bed #
# When I opened up that letter #
# I broke right down and cried #
# She said, now, daddy, I hate to leave you #
# Oh, yeah #
# But I'm in love with another guy #
# Oh no, no #
# I couldn't believe #
# I couldn't believe she wrote it #
# So I read her letter again #
# And when I was finished #
# The tears came down like rain #
# The more I read this doggone letter #