somebody's pullin' me close to the ground
I can sense, but I can't see
I ain't panicked I been here before
same as when I got popped on 104th street
Don't take me to no hospital, please
Fuckin' emergency rooms don't save nobody
son of a bitches always pop you at midnight
when all they got is a Chinese intern with a dull spoon
Look at these suckers scramblin' around What for?
My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far
Most of my crew got washed a long time ago
Don't worry My heart, it don't ever quit
I ain't ready to check out
seems like I just got out of the joint
stood up in front of that judge, and told him what was who
Now I ain't sayin' that my way would have been different
had my mother been alive when I was a kid, 'cause that's all you hear in the joint
"I didn't have a chance" No Bullshit
I was already a mean little bastard while my mother was alive, and I know it
But I learned about women from her
Mr Brigante, there are 56 cases on the court's docket for this morning
Why am I listening to this?
Your Honor, Mr Brigante is understandably excited
having been vindicated after five years of incarceration
There's no vindication here, counselor
Or absolution, or benediction, or anything
other than an incredible convergence of circumstances
which you've exploited to your client's benefit
Your Honor, these circumstances that you speak of
include illegal wiretaps and tainted evidence
This is a classic "fruit of the poisoned tree" situation
I think after five years of unjust incarceration
it's reasonable to request Mr Brigante be indulged his right to speak
Okay, Mr Brigante, I'm all ears
Your Honor
with all due respect
past and present, and without further to-do
Let me assure this court that I am through walkin' on the wild side
That's all I've been tryin' to tell you
I have been sick with the social ills known in the ghetto
but my time in the sterling correctional facilities
of Green Haven and Sing Sing has not been in vain I've been cured!
Born again, like the Watergaters
I know you heard this rap before Your Honor, I mean it
This is the truth I changed
I changed and it didn't take no 30 years
like Your Honor thought, but only five
That's right, sir. Five years
And look at me. Completely rehabilitated
reinvigorated, reassimilated, and finally gonna be relocated
And I want to thank a lot of people for that
I look over there and I see that man there, Mr Norwalk
I want to thank you, sir, for making the tapes in an illegal fashion
I would like to thank the Court of Appeals for reversing you, Your Honor
And I want to thank
Almighty God, without whom no case gets tossed
- I can't believe this - I must have forgot. How could I forget
my dear, close friend and lawyer
David Kleinfeld, who never gave up on me
through everything, thick and thin
- Why don't you just stand up? - I'm sorry
- Mr Brigante! - Davey Kleinfeld
You're not accepting an award
Court of Appeals' decision
and the District Attorney's unfortunate investigative techniques
now devolve upon me the painful duty of unleashing upon society
a reputed assassin and convicted purveyor of narcotics
No. Never convicted on no dope
The indictment is dismissed Prisoner is discharged. Call the next case
- I'm indebted to you - Okay
I feel like I won
Excuse me. Congratulations
- No hard feelings, right? - I'll be seeing you, Brigante
That was some line of crap you handed him in there
That was no line of crap, man I meant every word I said
You don't understand. You don't get it
I'm a free man, and I don't mean just out of jail
"I am free at last, free at last
- "Thank God Almighty, I am free at last!" - I gotta work here. Save your energy
Wait till you see what I got lined up for tonight
So what are you gonna do for money? Hook up with Rolando again?
I told you, I ain't goin' back to the street
Twenty-five years I worked that sucker
What do I got to show for it? Squat
You dancing with me or you dancing with him?
What does that mean, "I ain't goin' back on the street"?
What else do you know how to do?
- I got plans, baby - Talk to me
'Cause you can dance with him if you wanna
I know Dave since he was just out of law school
He was workin' as a clerk for a big mob lawyer
Kept a tire iron under the seat of his car, tried like hell not to look scared
by all his wise guy clients
But Davey Kleinfeld, he ain't scared no more
So look at you
You really made something of your life
You put me in business AII my first clients came through you
As I say, you know, top drawer
You're top drawer, Davey
Man
Listen, I got something for you You remember Saso?
Saso. Yeah
Fat guy, had the Argentine place on Madison
He bought the lease on this bankrupt disco Beautiful place
I got some investors together and we backed him
I got $50,000 in the place
Problem is Saso. He's been shakin' the till, payin' off gambling debts
He says he doesn't get $25,000, he's gonna lose his lease
I like the place I go there sometimes
The money's no big deal I don't mind puttin' it in
as long as I know there's someone there who's gonna run the place straight, clean
Me?
I owned clubs I never ran 'em
What's the big deal? You step in, straighten things out
- you take a salary, a chunk of the profits - Please
You've done enough already for me
You call it a favor between friends
No favor I owe you
Favor gonna kill you faster than a bullet
You saved my life
You saved my life, Dave
Thirty years. You know what that is?
I was dead I was buried I was under the ground
You dug me up
I don't know what to say to you
I just don't know what to say
Say you love me
I love you
If you was a broad, I'd marry you
- My boy - I bet you would
Who's that? Well, you know--
Look, we're going to the ladies' room
Goodbye, you two
- Well, somebody's got to - Bye-bye
So, what are these plans?
What's the big goddamn secret?
You remember a guy named Clyde Bassie?
Got out of the joint a couple of years ago
He went down to the Bahamas, Paradise Island
and he got this car rental place
He used to talk about it all the time in the can
He got out, he went down there, put it together
And it's doin' good. Real good
I mean, like, it's makin' money
Couple of months ago he wrote me and he said
I could buy in any time I got $75,000 together
You're gonna rent cars
What are you laughing at?
- You're gonna rent cars - That's right I know a lot about cars
I've been stealing 'em since I was 14
Look at him laugh
I'll tell you something
Car rental guys don't get killed that much
And where are you gonna get the $75,000?
I don't know. Maybe some rich relative dies and leaves it to me
It's a dream, Dave. You gotta dream, baby
You got it all worked out, Carlito Here's to you
so here's me back on the street
Third sunday in August Old Timer's Day in the barrio
- When did you get out, papi? - A couple of days ago
Nothin' left
Like them old cowboy movies, but instead of tumbleweed and cow dung
we got stripped car wrecks and dog shit
A lot of new faces?
These young guys, I don't recognize 'em
Mi barrio ya no existe
Carlito, man, Death Valley out here, man
Mira, you know me, I take to the street with any of these motherfuckers, man
But these new kids nowadays, man, they got no respect for human life
They shotgun you, just to see you fly up in the air
'Chacho, you're better off in jail
I don't even go up to black Harlem no more
They're fuckin' crazy up there Remember Victor?
- Victor, with the beard - He got shot right in front of the High
Right in front of fuckin' Patrick Henry High
- Y Lalin, you know him - Lalin Miasso. What happened to him?
Lalin's doin' thirty years in Attica, man Thirty years!
Walberto! Check it out Mira who's here
- Mira, eso Oye - Hey, Wally
- Heavy-duty - Good to see you
I've been looking all over for you
Should have figured I'd find you walking around up here
- doing a little "memory lane" - While I still got one
- Mira, Rolando wants to talk to you - Carlito, I gotta get back to the game
You need anything, bodyguard, anything, call me, okay?
- You call me. Take care - Pachanga. Good to see you
- Rolando? - si. He's around the corner
Guajiro, wait here for me
- In about five minutes, I'll be back - Sure, Carlito
Who is that? New back-up man?
He's my little cousin I gotta visit my aunt later
Carlito, mi socio
Que chevere!
I said a prayer for you while you were inside
that harm will come to him who harmed you
- Thank you - sientate. Sit down
- You are well? - Well enough
You look like you're doing good for yourself
Why not? Business is good
- Smack - The coca business
That's all there is. Heroin is dead
- But you know all of this, right? - No, I didn't know that
Let's speak the truth between us
You did five years and never once mentioned my name
I know that you could have given me up
and made things easier for yourself, but you didn't
Muy bien hecho. Good for you
But you see I got rich while you were inside
Maybe you think I owe you?
I don't want anything from you
- Who are you working with? - I ain't working with nobody
- Nobody? - I'm retired
- Retired? - That's right
Retired?
You're serious?
I'm serious. That's right I'm out I quit
So, Carlito Brigante got religion, right?
That's right I'm studying to be a priest
So what are you doing these days?
Nothing much I'm still in school
I got a job though
No kidding. Doing what?
Just a little legwork for senor Pablo Cabrales
- Cabrales - Yeah
What do you want to do that shit for? That's not good
Come on, Carlito I'm not making a career out of it
I'm a delivery boy, that's all
Check this out
That's $30,000
Can I ask you for a favor?
What's that?
I gotta go down the block for this pickup Can you come with me?
Come on. Don't get me involved with that stuff
Come on I know these guys They're friends
I just wanna walk in with you
They see my back-up and they'll shit in their pants
- They ain't gonna know me - You?
You're a fuckin' legend
Come on
AII right 10 minutes I promised your mother we'd be there for dinner
That's no problem These guys, they're real pros
Boom, boom, in and out
so the kid's walkin' in there with $30,000
And the legend, me, I'm walkin' right in with him
Five minutes from now we'll be on the streets
with $30,000 worth of very sweet candy
more than enough to put me right back where I just come from
- Como esta? - Oye, Quisqueya? Que pasa?
Cono, Guajiro. Who's this?
This is my cousin, man Primo mio, Carlito Brigante
You heard of Carlito, right?
What you need him for?
Tranquilo, tranquilo I just come along for the ride, man
Come on, Quisqueya, man You know Carlito, right?
I got nothing here
He just got out of Lewisburg, man
He used to be partners with Rolando Rivas
Carlito I heard of you, man
You used to run smack with Rolando, right?
Little bit
Little bit? Little bit, that's a good one
I heard you guys were the fucking kings
Lo siento, Carlito
Hermanos, take care of Carlito
We gotta do some business
Hermanito
- Quierejugar? - No, I'll watch
- We're playing eight ball - Good game
- You don't mind if I count it, right? - It's all there, man
I'll count it anyway
- Maybe you'll lose a game - Right
- You like that shot I did, right? - That shot ain't nothin'
Come on
What're you in a rush for? I'll beat you again
- Damn it! - What's the matter?
- That's your bathroom there? - That's the bathroom
Don't work
The toilet's backed up
Sorry, man
- Don't work? - No, don't work
I can wait another week
Come back then, we'll have it fixed for you
Turn it up! I love that song!
Mira, you wanna play or what?
Be cool I'm rackin', man. Shit
- You got a light? - Sure, man
- You're playin' eight ball, right? - Yeah
I can't resist this I gotta show you people a shot
- We're in the middle of a game here! - You're playin' eight ball
Right before you rack It's nothin' It ain't gonna bother your game
You ain't gonna believe this Gonna line 'em up like this
- You gonna show us a trick shot? - No trick shot. This is magic time
After you see this shot, you're gonna give up your religious beliefs
Quisqueya, you gotta check this out
- Carlito's doin' one of his trick shots - Guajiro
I ain't done counting yet
You want a cold beer, hermano?
Help yourself, man
- Took me six months to learn this shot - Six months?
- You gotta help me though - Sure
See this?
- Over the 12 - Okay
- So how's your boss? - He's good I saw him this morning
Put your finger right here, right on top of the 12, to hold it there, see?
- Like that? - You gotta get it even with that
- So you didn't hear the news? - What news?
There's no beer down here, man
Sure, way down in the bottom
Me and Clyde Bassie were working on this
You lookin' at that nine? Let me have your cue
Line 'em up
- They even? - They look even to me
Come on, Quisqueya. What news?
Your boss is dead and so are you
I'm reloaded!
Come on in here, motherfuckers!
Come on, I'm waitin' for ya!
You ain't comin' in?
I'm comin' out!
You're up against it now, motherfuckers!
I'm gonna blow your fuckin' brains out!
You think you're big time?
You're gonna fuckin' die big time!
You ready?
Here comes the pain!
Oh, Jesus
Jesus Christ, look at you
You said they were friends, Guajiro
but there ain't no friends in this shit business
Adios, primo
AII right, what happened?
Ain't no more rackets out here
just a bunch of cowboys ripping each other off
I don't invite this shit it just comes to me
I run, it runs after me
Gotta be somewhere to hide
So I took a look at this, Saso's place It's good It's a nice location
Somebody ran it right, it could do good business
Great I'll advance you $25,000
No, I'm gonna put my own money in
Your own money? What money is that?
I ran into Rolando He owed me from an old thing, $25,000
so, that's the only way I'm gonna do it, Dave
You got it. Terrific
So you'll call Saso, tell him I'll see him tonight
Done I want to talk to you about something I need a little favor
It's no big deal, but I need a bodyguard Somebody good
Who's bothering you? I know 'em?
It's no big deal Just a little misunderstanding
If it's no big deal, what do you need a bodyguard for?
Will you trust me on this? It's just temporary
I'll get someone of my own later, but I want someone right away
There's Pachanga, one of the old barrio crowd. He's good
Great
You okay?
I got a good feeling about this club
I think we're gonna make some real money
I got a good feeling about it too
but as soon as I make my $75,000
I'm splittin'
That's right
You're gonna rent Ford Pintos to tourists in Paradise
That's right, with a big smile on my face, too
Times have changed
What happened to the miniskirts?
Where's all that marijuana?
Now everything is platforms, cocaine, and dances I don't dance
What a man gotta come to when he loses fiive years
But some shit never changes, like saso
Charlie, my friend! Charlie Brigante! How you doing?
Hey, Saso
No, no more Saso Now everybody calls me Ron
- Ron? - Ron from Reinaldo
Okay, Ron, let's get to the point
I hear you're doing good business with this place
- Very good - So how come you need money?
- Me? - You gamblin' again, right?
How much you owe?
I don't know, maybe $50,000 or $60,000
That means about $100,000 Who you owe the money to?
You know, Charles, some of the boys
$25,000 will quiet them for now, and you'll come in for a quarter of my end
Okay, I'm gonna give you $25,000 cash tomorrow
I'm gonna come in for half your end
What are you trying to do to me?
What I'm trying to do, Saso, I mean Ron, is save your ass
Right, because it's either Fat Anthony or Scooze you owe the money to, right?
Either way, you're gonna end up in the trunk of a car
somewhere on the Belt Parkway before long
May be weeks before they find you Like DeeDee
Remember? They open her up
That's some kind of stink you're gonna make
"What's that smell?" Saso, man
That's Saso Used to be Ron
Okay, okay. What time tomorrow?
so here's me in the club playing Humphrey Bogart
Things can get very sticky after hours, so I bring in Pachanga
little extra back-up
He thinks I'm gonna make him rich
so he's worried I'm gonna get killed before he scores
I heard about that shit with your cousin
Why didn't you call me so I could watch your ass?
That happened a month ago You just found out?
You got me chasin' Kleinberg in the daytime and then you got me here--
Kleinfeld! I hope you're doin' a better job with him than you are with me
The guy got a lot of money
He got a safe in the office with stacks of hundreds just waitin'--
Kleinfeld is my brother. Look at me
He is my brother
Pachanga's only fuckin' around
Don't fuck around Just keep your eyes open
Watch the bar. They're stealin' money
I wanna try, but it's so dark in here What do you want me to do?
The guy over there says he don't have to pay
- What guy is that? - The guy in the red over there
What are you doin'?
- Shut up and kiss me - Excuse me
- Something wrong with the check? - Yeah, there's something wrong with it
- Baby, come on-- - Mira!
- Benny! - What, man?
Shit. Fuck. Shit, man I'm sorry, Mr Brigante
I'm sorry I got no problem
See, Fat Man Saso there owes me money and he's a little slow in paying me
So I'm just working it off for him We haven't been formally introduced
- My name is Benny Blanco from the Bronx - You know me?
I know you. You're Carlito Brigante, motherfucker-to-the-max
I don't know you So I don't owe you. Saso does
My place now, new rules
Everybody pays. Okay?
Okay. That's cool, that's groovy
What's the matter with you? Pay the fuckin' goddamn check, bitch
- To the waiter - To the waiter, you dumb fuck!
And get us some champagne, some of that French shit
Have a glass, man
- No, thank you-- - I wanna pick your brain
Get him a chair. The man is standing!
Get him a chair Get the stupid look off your face
You know who this man is?
This man here, he's the fuckin' JP Morgan of the smack business
First time I ever heard that
Come on, man. You had 90, 100 guys on the street. Right?
- Something like that - I'm starting out small
I'm just building my organization
I'm refining it and maximizing my potentialities
I got my finger on some shit that's about to explode
If you can just give me two minutes--
- Maybe next time. AII the best to ya - Two minutes of your time
I'll talk to you again
Just two minutes. That's all
Fucking kids
Move a couple of ounces, think they're a big shot
Make a few bucks while I'm in the joint, I gotta respect 'em
- Fuck that - Yeah, fuck that shit
Talk to me about this
Carlito, I see you was talkin' to Benny Blanco before
Benny Blanco from the Bronx
- They say he's comin' up in the world - Do they?
He's got a big future
if he can live past next week
How come a good-lookin' dude like you
doesn't have a woman?
Well, I guess I'm a workaholic
What's the matter?
Don't you ever see nobody you like in here?
Nobody but you, Stef
Jesus, she looks like Gail
same color hair. The way she dances
I met Gail a year before I went into the joint
she was this dancer, this artistic ballet-type
was gonna be a big Broadway star
I guess she fell in love
Me too I swore I'd never break her heart, but, you know, things happen
I miss you, Gail
When you're in the joint you spend all your time
dopin' out who you're gonna see the fiirst day you're out
The second day. The third
But then you get out, everybody's got a different face than you remember
Maybe you do too
You pray for one face that didn't change
One face that still knows you
looks at you the same way it always did
I couldn't figure it out I couldn't get that thing to save my life
- Bye, Gail - See you next week
- I know you, lady - Buzz off
Sure, you used to go out with that guy
What's his name? That good-looking guy
Yeah, Carlito Brigante. That's right
Hello, Gail
I was in the road company of this show called songbird last year
I played the Governor's daughter
It wasn't the lead, but it was a great part
And I did this musical book show last year in Vegas
I hated the weather. You ever been there?
Vegas? Yeah So are you in something now?
I can come downtown and see you
I'm just, you know, doing club dates right now, mostly one-nighters though
But I'm up for this play that goes this fall--
That's great
You're livin' what you always dreamed about
I'm getting close
I am getting close I'm not there yet, but it's okay
What was it like inside?
No big thing
A lot of push-ups. A lot of wasted time
- You're out now - Yeah. Here I am
Am I outta line? Just poppin' up like this after all these years?
You still pissed at me?
What do you think?
You dumped me hard, Charlie
Now you want to tell me it was for my own good, right?
No, it was for mine It was for mine
It was for my own good I was doin' thirty years
What was I supposed to do? I knew you were gonna try and wait for me
You were gonna visit me, make me think about you all the time
Now what was I supposed to do? There I am sittin' in jail
wonderin' all the time where you are
what you're doin', who you're with
That'd have drove me crazy
It'd have killed me. Believe me
Best to just cut it clean, you know?
Do my time with a clear head
So, now what?
Now what? I don't know I'm here I'm out
For whatever that's worth
What about this club of yours?
It's not my club, you know I just got a piece of it
Just trying to make enough money
With my luck, somebody's gonna get shot
the cops are gonna come and close it down, you know
That doesn't sound like you
It doesn't? Really?
You never talked like this before
Never felt like this before
It's a funny thing
This guy, this counselor at Lewisburg
Mr Seawald, once said to me:
"Charlie, you run out of steam
"You can't sprint all the way You gotta stop sometime
"You can't buck it forever It catches up to you
"It gets you
"You don't get reformed
"you just run out of wind"
I'd better go
Can I call you sometime?
Why don't you let me call you?
- You know where to find me, right? - Yeah
You said you wouldn't break my heart
I know I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Good night
Mr Taglialucci to see his lawyer, Mr Kleinfeld
Go ahead
Tony, how are you?
- Okay, Jackson, beat it - Yes, sir, Mr Taglialucci
You look good
Don't make me do it, Kleinfeld Just write this down, all right?
It's 555-5888
That's my kid Frankie's home phone number
and I'll tell you why in a minute
Shut up!
I never liked you, Kleinfeld Not 'cause you're a Jew
I know plenty of Jews It's 'cause you're a lyin' piece of shit
Now, I give you a million bucks to make a simple payoff and nothin' happens
Look, I told your son I gave Nicky the money personally
If he decides to betray that and testify against you anyway
- I can hardly be-- - You look at my hands
Now, you make me raise my voice and I'll snap your neck like a bread stick
You fuckin' phony What do you take me for?
Nicky never saw dollar one of my money
My million bucks went straight into your pockets
- I personally-- - Don't fuckin' lie to me, you scumbag
You lie to me again, you're gonna end up in that river out there
You think about this when you go out, and you'll take a look down
and imagine what it'll feel like
slidin' around down the bottom with eels and crabs crawlin' outta your eyeballs
What do you want from me?
- I understand you got a boat - Yeah
- You're gonna get me outta here - I'm doing every
My entire office is devoted to your appeal right now
- I talked to the judge this morning - I ain't talkin' about no appeal
I'm talkin' about you bustin' me outta here
I'm a lawyer
Listen, you lawyer-fuck, I got a million-dollar credit with you
My kid Frankie'll go with you and keep an eye on you
make sure everything goes right
You see that guard that brought me in here?
He's been taken care of, and he's gonna set it up to get me into the water
AII you gotta do is be there with the boat to pick me up
This is not exactly the kind of--
The contract's already down on you, pal
The guys, the guns, the lime pit's already dug
You understand? And from in here, just one button I push
What?
Mr Norwalk from the District Attorney's offiice
I said no calls!
No, he's here
Mr Kleinfeld?
Give me a second, please
- Mr Kleinfeld, are you there? - Send him in
How are you?
- Good to see you. Have a seat - Hope you don't mind I was in the area
Not at all. As a matter of fact, I was about to call you
Your problems aren't just going to go away
Here's me in the club countin' every dollar
On top of the $25,000 I put in, I already pulled out another $14,000
$35,000 or $40,000 more, and I'm gone, daddy, gone
Two, maybe three months
Just gotta mark time now
lie low, keep outta trouble
and offpeople's minds
Lalin is here In the office
- Lalin? - You wanna see him?
- You told me he was doin' thirty years - I guess he got out
- How's he doin'? - Not as good as you, but, you know--
I don't know what that means
Lalin was a neighborhood guy, real good-lookin' son of a bitch
He used to work in this private gambling joint on West 87th
He was kind of a greeter for the place, set guys up with broads
Now anybody ask me about Lalin
I have to say, he's a stand-up guy
- Look at you, man, look at you - Hey, hermano
How you doin', man? What a place
What happened to you?
What do you mean? You didn't hear?
I took a few in the back
When the street's really mad at you, she don't put you in a box
she puts you in one of these things
- Tu quieres? - No I'm workin'
- How about a drink? You want one? - Like you wouldn't believe
Pachanga, tell me what's goin' on up there
Come on, man, tell me
Take care, all right?
I seen that chick you used to go around with
The one from the Bahamas
You know, la rubia The one that looks like my sister
That's Gail
I seen her in this show on 48th and Broadway
When was this?
Two weeks ago She was in this fantastic show
I mean, like artistic, you know, but a lot of talent
That girl's got a lot of talent
48th and Broadway?
Let me get another drink
So, you back in business?
I'm retired, Lalin. Told you that No more business for me
Come on. AII them people in Lewisburg and you're telling me you didn't connect?
I did a lot of reading Worked on my appeal, that kind of thing
What about you? What is this?
Pachanga told me you was doin' thirty years
Yeah. Beat it
You beat it? How'd you do that?
You know, like you, I did a lot of reading
and I worked with some guys, some smart guys in the joint
and just beat it, that's all
No shit. That's good
Here's to you
To you "Free at last"
Listen, I'm in with some new people now Unos italianos, tu sabes
They trust you They think you're a fuckin' guinea
- Where are they from? Pleasant Avenue? - Downtown
Anyway, they got the money They got a lot of money
Some heavy paper. They go up to $25,000 for a key, if it's good shit, you know
They want regular street people, gente del barrio. OId school all the way
- Stand-up guys like us, right, Lalin? - OId school, baby
So what you say? You and me, just like old times
You bring the people you're with now
I ain't with nobody I told you that I ain't connected no more
Come on, man! You forget who you're talking to?
- Look at this - Wait a minute
This how you beat your thirty years, you piece of shit?
- Let me explain - I'll kill you, you motherfucker
- Fuckin' push you in the fuckin' river! - What the fuck is goin' on?
Wait a minute. Wait a fuckin' second!
You a fuckin' chivo, man? You a fuckin' rat? I'll fuckin' kill him!
Let me kill him for you!
Let him fuckin' kill me! Fuck you!
Kill me, you motherfucker! Look what I got!
I mean, look at me! You got everything!
I mean, come on!
Look what I gotta fucking go around with: fucking diapers!
I got fucking diapers! I shit in my pants every day!
I can't walk, I can't hump
Go ahead and kill me, you cocksucker!
They made me do it, or they send me back
I'm no good in the joint I'm in a fucking wheelchair
- It wasn't even turned on - Who sent you? Listen to me now
Who sent you?
- Who sent you, motherfucker? - The DA
Norwalk?
- Norwalk? - He got a hard-on for you, man
Got a tip you were dealing again, big time
I was dealing? Who told him that?
I been clean I haven't made one fuckin' move. Who told him that?
- I don't know - Who told him that?
Man, I swear to God, I don't know!
I would never give you up I would never do that
I was gonna give you a signal
It wasn't even turned on It's something else, man!
Look, let me--
Just do it, man! Just fuckin' kill me
I ain't gonna kill you
I ain't even gonna hurt you
I ask you
how can you fuck the only people who ever cared for you?
How do you do that?
You lost, motherfucker
I'm gonna get somebody to wheel you out
Dejame explicar
Some fuck told Norwalk I was dealin' again
Come in
Do you know who it was?
AII I know is he sent somebody to talk to me wearin' a wire
That son of a bitch
He's been leaning on me too, about other shit
I ain't dealin' I ain't goin' back to prison no matter what!
Relax. You're not dealing, so he can't have anything on you
This is the way this guy is He's on a goddamn fishing expedition
I'll take care of it. AII right? Come on
Fuckin' Lalin, man
He has nobody
He has nobody left
How about you, sir? Check it out, man
What's up, man? Check it out What's happenin', man?
Cool, man. Take that
This is a surprise
Big surprise
Diet Pepsi
You were really terrific
- I mean, really - Thanks
very, how do I say
Sexy?
- Exactly - That is the desired effect
- Miss, that was just wonderful! - Really, really wonderful!
- Thank you very much - Really, really wonderful
Thanks a lot
Fans
What's the matter?
Nothin' No, I was just
This situation, I think, maybe is
Situation?
I didn't expect this kind of thing That's all
I mean, you told me you was in a musical of some sort
I thought you was doin' a Broadway show
You told me the Governor's daughter, whatever you were playing
And I come here and see this
Not that there's anything wrong with this
Wait a second I work hard here
I dance I get well-paid for it I don't fuck anybody
I didn't say that. Now, please
You're sitting there judging me
I'm not judgin' you. Please don't say that
I don't judge you What do you do that's so wonderful?
You ever kill anybody, Charlie?
I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that
I'm sorry I shouldn't have just busted in like this
My fault I apologize
I better go now
- Where you going? - I'm gonna go home
When am I gonna see you again?
Why don't you surprise me another time?
- Like when? - I can't tell you that
- Why not? - 'Cause it wouldn't be a surprise, would it?
You know I want to feel your ass
You already know my ass
Come with me
What the fuck are you lookin' at me for?
- Benny! - How ya doin'?
- Benny Blanco from the Bronx! - Hey, fat man
The fattest man
- Where's my money? - What money?
My money, man! You play pussy, you gonna get fucked!
Are you kidding?
- Where's Steffie? - Steffie?
Get me Steffie, man I'm lonely
- si Digame - Donde esta steffiie?
- Yo la vi por ahi - Vete a buscarla ya
Muy bien
Madre de Dios!
After that, she got six fucking kids
There is a problem with Mr Kleinfeld
- What kind of problem? - He's in the bathroom fucking Steffie
So, what's the problem? Good for him
But she belongs to Benny Blanco now
Who?
You remember Benny Blanco from the Bronx?
- That little piece of shit from the other day - Not that guy. Fuck him
He's here, and he's gonna make trouble
- Where is he? - Over there
Fuck him! Don't worry about Benny Blanco Go ahead, it's okay
What do I do when they tell me that?
You gotta learn to live with it
Where've you been hiding this man? This is one sexy man
- He's an animal. You know that? - Faster than a speeding bullet
Yeah, but he got himself a Mercedes and a yacht, all of that
Mr Benny Blanco says it's gonna be okay
He wants to send a bottle of champagne over
and he wants you to send Steffie over, when you're ready
- Carlito, what should I do? - No problem. Steffie's with Dave now
But Benny said
Fuck Benny!
This is from Benny Blanco
Send it back!
Vete! Vete!
Please, you can't do this
- Benny spends a lot of money here - He's a nickel-bagger, come on
What happened to you? What are you acting like this for?
It doesn't make sense you should hate this guy. This guy is you 20 years ago
Never me
This is the second time you turned me down for a drink
- You don't like my champagne? - It could be
Maybe there's a mis-fucking-understanding
- Maybe you don't remember me - Maybe I don't give a shit
Maybe I don't remember the last time I blew my nose either
Who the fuck are you, I should remember you?
What, you think you're like me?
You ain't like me, motherfucker You're a punk
I've been with made people, connected people
Who you been with?
Chain-snatchin', jive-ass, maricon motherfuckers
Why don't you get lost? Go ahead, snatch a purse. Take a fuckin' walk
The only problem here is that Steffie doesn't know where she belongs
- Steffie belongs here - I think Steffie's makin' a big mistake!
I'll blow your fucking head off
- I'll blow this cocksucker's head off - Put that fuckin' gun away!
- How does it feel? - Go! Go!
How does it feel?
Get your fuckin' hands off me!
What the fuck is this?
Watch the floor!
We've got a mis-fuckin'-communication here, man!
Hold it! Stop him here
Okay, Benny Blanco from the Bronx
The chick Steffie belongs to the club
If I ever see you here again
you die, just like that
You're over, man You're fuckin' in the history books
So you might as well kill me now, 'cause if I ever see you again, I'm gonna kill you
Get him out. Take him out the back
Take him in the alley
Dumb move, man. Dumb move
But it's like them old reflexes comin' back
I know what's supposed to happen now
Benny's gotta go down
And if I don't do it, they're gonna say:
"Carlito, he's flaky, man slacked-out
"A used-to-be bad guy Joint got to Carlito"
The street is watchin' she is watchin' all the time
Hold it, hold it!
Let's put him in the trunk of the car and drive him off the pier
- Fuck you, man - It ain't that far. Down the block
It'd be like the old days. Be fun
- Let him go - What?
Let him go. Get him outta here
Any other time, that punk would die, but I can't do that shit no more
Don't want to burn nobody, even when I know I should
That ain't me now. All I want is to get my $75,000 and get out
Just do it!
Tell me he's in a fuckin' coffin What happened?
Somethin' that shouldn't have happened Give me your piece, Dave
What?
Give me the fuckin' gun Since when are you a tough guy?
Get yourself killed
I can take care of myself
You think I'm some law school schmuck, I never saw a bad guy before?
You are gonna wave that thing at the wrong guy
he's gonna take it from you and bury it up your ass, guaranteed
Now give me the gun. Come on
I know you love me, kid, but you gotta lighten up
Listen
I'm throwin' a big party out at my summer house Saturday
I want you to come Something I wanna talk to you about
Why can't you talk to me about it here?
I'll tell you Saturday. I need visual aids
What's the matter with you, pushing this guy in the pool
your fucking friends knocking down my rented tables?
What you doing out here by yourself?
Sittin'
You sure are weird, baby
How come you never try to fuck me?
You got into a big beef for me, and you ain't never laid a glove on me
- You're Dave's girl now - He can't fuck me, all the coke he's doin'
- What are you two talking about? - Fucking
Speaking of fucking, look at those fucking friends of yours
They're a fucking embarrassment
- Do something. Be a hostess - Fuck you, asshole!
Yeah, fuck me
Your fuckin' chick's giving you a hand-job in front of everybody!
I got guests here, for Christ's sake! People are eating!
- Take it easy, Dave! - You take it easy! Got any manners?
You wanna fuck her, fuck like a normal human being! Take her to the bedroom!
People!
Okay, Dave, what's up?
- I need you to do something for me - What is it?
You gotta help me spring Tony Taglialucci from the prison barge at Rikers
Are you crazy?
He thinks I stole a million dollars from him
This is a dying man. He's nuts He's totally fucking paranoid
Do you realize what you just said to me?
If I don't do it, he's going to have me killed. It's that simple
So that means you're gonna have to bust into prison?
What do you think, I'm crazy?
He's gonna swim off the island
- Gonna swim? - Yeah
He's gonna drown
Not if you and I pick him up
in that
Tony's got a guy on the inside who'll get him in the water
I know these channels like the back of my hand
We cross Little Neck Bay into the north corner to pick him up
There's a buoy about 100 yards offshore That's where he's gonna be
This is in and out, half hour tops
He's gonna jump off a barge
swim 100 yards
to a buoy in the East River?
Impossible. It's too rough He's going to die
That's his fucking problem There's no point in arguing
I have to do this. I'm asking for your help
You're a lawyer, man What the fuck is happenin' to you?
I don't know
I am so fucking shook up, I cannot see straight
I'm in an impossible fucking situation here
Once I get Tony on the shore
there is a distinct possibility that he and his goombah son
have got some plans for me
What do you mean, "plans"? What kind of plans?
How do I know he's not gonna kill me? This guy hates my guts
I'm in trouble. I am in fuckin' trouble here
You are the only fucking person on earth
that I can trust
And I'll give you $50,000 to go along
If I go along, it ain't for the money
Are you in?
When is this--
I don't know! His son's gonna call me Are you in?
All right, I'm in
Thank you
Surprise
I was asleep
Can I come in? I bought you some cheesecake
I don't like cheesecake
You wouldn't have buzzed me up, if you wasn't gonna let me in
I'm saying no, Charlie
What can I do?
What are you gonna do?
Are you gonna
bust the chain?
Chase me around the apartment?
Get me naked?
Take me on the floor?
- I'm too old for that - That's too bad
If you can't get in
you don't get in
Where's my cheesecake?
Can I ask you a personal question?
Anything
Did you ever kill anybody?
I'm sorry
Well, it's just not a simple question
- I just can't answer it like - That's all right
- You don't have to - there it is
You don't have to answer
When I was a kid in East Harlem
the wops said
no spics could go east of Park Avenue
Spooks said: "No 'Ricans west of Fifth Avenue"
That don't leave you much room to maneuver
Say you want to go to Central Park, play with the ducks. You're shit outta luck
So what do you do? You go anyway
I'm up on 106th Street, Central Park, near the lake
I get caught by these Copiens Right? They surround me
So I get my blood up, pull out my blade
I said: "Come on! I'll take any one of you mothers!"
They say: "No, man. We're gonna kill your ass" Out come the zip guns
Homemade gun
You pull the hook back, catch that bullet square, ping
Hit you in the head, man, you got serious problems
That was the last chase on me like that
because from then on I carried my own piece
Guys went down, yeah, but it ain't like, you know, you just
decide one day, and then that's it. No
You just do what you gotta do to survive
Somehow, you know, you just end up where you are
That's how everybody ends up where they are
Everybody
Only I'm gettin' out. I'm gonna rent cars
What're you laughing at?
Everybody laughs at that. That's a dream
I know, I'm sorry
Didn't you ever have a dream?
Of course I did
The Diamond Room isn't exactly the end of my rainbow, you know
It's just
I don't know
Just sometimes I hear myself talk
about new agents and auditions, and I'm trying to be so optimistic
Then I think
why should I be so optimistic?
Yeah, I had a dream
but now I'm awake
and I hate my dream
Maybe it's time I started thinking about doing something else
Maybe someplace else too
seems like every day l'm fiinding something new I like about Gail
I keep workin' my points about us gettin' out of New York
going to live in the Bahamas together, permanent
she ain't sayin' much, but
I can tell the idea is growin' on her
Money's comin' in steady now lt won't be much longer till I got what I need
This dream of mine, it's so close
I can touch it
- Where you going? Wait, no - I'm tired
- I'm an old man. I need a rockin' chair - Come on! Please!
Let me watch you I love to watch you. Go ahead
There it is
I'm sorry!
Look at that!
Here's a bunch of us at the Copa
Everybody dancin', drinkin' Dom Perignon
Everything paid for by Kleinfeld
Won't even let you put your hand in your pocket
Always sneakin' off, payin' the waiter
But he has that bad drinker face
His eyes are gettin' beadier and beadier these days
should have seen it coming
Don't stop. Please don't stop Look at that move
You're gonna let this fuckin' goombah paw your woman like that?
They're just dancin'
Don't you appreciate that, the movement, the rhythm?
What I don't appreciate, he's got his fucking hands all over her ass
He don't have his hands over her ass
I believe those are her hips
Look at the shithead
These wise guys think they're so hard-assed
I am so sick of hoods like that
coming into my office, my office
thinkin' they can push me around
You should tell him what you think Why hold somethin' like that inside?
Why not get something like that off your chest?
- It's a terrible thing to carry around - I will
- I think you should - I will
See how interested he's gonna be in your comments
What're you doin'?
- Are you outta your mind? - What's that?
- Yeah, you, wop - Me?
- You, spaghetti-dick - Wait. Okay, okay
- I'm talking to you. Yeah, you - You're talkin' to me?
- Just ignore him. He's drunk - What'd he say?
Sit down!
- Who does he think he is? - No problem
Come on. Let's have a drink Come on, everybody
- Can you believe this loser? - Let's go back to the table
- People have no sense of humor - Let's go
I was just fooling around I'd never let anything happen
Carlito and me, we take care of each other He knows Right, kid?
Come on
You're a beautiful woman
You don't get seasick on boats, do you?
- No, I don't - Good
Just asking 'cause of our little boat trip tomorrow night
Just drop it
Just tryin' to cover all the bases It's comin' up, you know
You two going somewhere?
No big deal. Just a little boat ride
Why don't you just let it go? It's dull what you're doin'
- What's the problem? - It's just fuckin' dull
I'm just askin' a simple question What's the matter?
You're actin' like an asshole
If a guy's goin' on a boat, you wanna know if he gets seasick. It could be important
What boat?
What boat are you talking about?
What boat, Charlie?
If you ever talk that shit again in front of her, I'm gonna kill you
What's the matter with him?
I don't like him
- Didn't like him the minute I met him - You're just not listenin' to me
All right
So what is this boat thing then?
What is that asshole manipulating you into? Tell me
Just helpin' him out with something, that's all I owe him
You owe him?
He's a fucking cokehead!
I can't believe you hang around with that guy
He's sick
He's gonna get you killed, or sent back to prison
He saved my life!
So now you have to pay him with it?
Jesus Christ, Charlie, you give me this whole song and dance
about how you're out of that shit, but you're not
Song and dance? What does that mean, "song and dance"?
You're not
Where'd you get that? From what?
- Why'd you drag me into this? - Drag you into what?
Why'd you make me believe all the crap about Bahamas and paradise?
I feel ridiculous!
'Cause you haven't changed!
You haven't changed a bit!
What the fuck are you tryin' to tell me?
That my gettin' out is just some bullshit fantasy trip. I'm layin' on you?
Is that what you're sayin'? How could you say that?
How can you say that when you know how close I am?
How could you say those words to me?
I gotta do this, just this one thing, and then I'm out
- I owe Dave - You don't owe him shit!
You think you do. That's the problem
- That's why nobody like you gets out - You're not listening
Everything you learned in the neighborhood
won't do anything but get you killed!
How do you know what I learned in my neighborhood?
This is stupid what you say
I know how this dream ends
It isn't in paradise
It ends with me carrying you into Sutton Emergency Room
at 3:00 am
And standing there
crying like an idiot
while your shoes fill with blood and you die
- You won't listen to me-- - 'Cause you're bullshitting me!
You're not listening to me!
Dave is my friend
I owe him
That's
who I am
That's what I am, right or wrong
I can't change that!
Whatever he wants you to do
don't do it
For me, please, don't do it
Please
Just don't do it
That's the last time I wipe up your blood!
Came the big night, and right away I didn't like it
Kleinfeld was coked out of his mind
the flaps of his nose, all red and swollen
Bad start, Jack
- What's with the extra guy? - This is one of Tony's sons, Frankie
- It's Frank - Whatever
- What is with the extra guy? - Excuse me, is this your boat?
Then shut the fuck up I thought I needed help, I brought help
We'll take the La Guardia side through the Sound
Take the wheel when we pick up Tony Carlito, you help me fish him out
- It's Frank - Whatever Cast her off
- What's that? - Untie the fuckin' rope, spic! Come on!
This guy a friend of yours?
Yeah, he's a friend of mine
He's a fucking cockroach
All right now, take it easy
I see the buoy
You see it? Where?
Slow I can't see a fuckin' thing
- It's right there - Did you hear what I just said?
Would you slow down? You're gonna run him over
Where you goin'?
Jesus, fuck, you passed him! You idiot!
Frankie boy, hold on You come up on the fly deck with me
We can't back it up from down here
Up here! Come on!
Come on, follow me. This way
Help!
Come here! Come back!
Get outta the fuckin' way! I can't see a goddamn thing
Over here!
You missed me! Over here!
You see that light right there?
Yeah, the light
Just keep the bow pointed straight at that light
- Can you manage that? - I got the light
Here!
- Come on - Over here
Help!
Okay, got him! Stop it!
I got him! Stop it!
- Hurry up! - Okay, come on
Help me!
- You got him? - I got him
Take the wheel. We're starting to turn I got him Tony, grab a rail!
Help me!
Help me
You tell me how it feels
with the fuckin' eels and the fuckin' crabs
comin' outta your fuckin' eyes!
What the fuck you doin'?
- Now, drown, you guinea bastard! - Get the fuck off!
Help me get Frankie
You killed us, Dave. You killed us
My God
Come on, Frankie
Your daddy's waitin' for ya
Come on!
Take an end, for Christ's sake We're fallin' out of position
We're gonna stand you up and say good night
Get him on the other side
One, two, three
There's a line you cross you don't never come back from
Point of no return
Dave crossed it l'm here with him
That means l'm goin' along for the ride, the whole ride
all the way to the end of the line, wherever that is
I had to do it He never would've let me live
I know, you're pissed I'm gonna throw in another $10,000
I'm gonna send over the whole $60,000 in cash tomorrow. All right?
It's gonna look like the kid tried to spring the old man, boat flipped, they drowned
Maybe they got their heads split by a scow or barge just for good measure
This is never gonna come back to us Trust me
- You ripped him off, didn't you? - Who?
Tony T. You did take the million dollars, didn't you?
Yeah
You ain't a lawyer no more, Dave You're a gangster now
You're on the other side Whole new ball game
You can't learn about it in school, and you can't have a late start
Don't worry about me
One more thing
We're even
- Let's get a drink - Say it!
We're even
We ain't never gonna sell these tickets
whackin' a boss and his kid
These Italians, I work with 'em, I know 'em
They will read this one with their eyes closed
Igotta keep movin'
Most people will
You get old enough
you remember a reason why everybody wants to whack you
You believe 'em all
but you know somebody's gotta be lyin'
Or maybe they're all lyin'
When you can't see the angles no more, you're in trouble, baby
You're in trouble
There's a Patrolman Williams on the line
Put him on
Mr Kleinfeld? This is Patrolman Williams We're down here at your garage
Your license plate is DK 777?
Yeah. Is there a problem?
somebody tried to steal your Mercedes There was an accident
- There was an accident? - Yeah
- Is it badly damaged? - l'm afraid so
I'll be right down
I'll be ten minutes. Come on
Mr Taglialucci says to hold that for him!
Wait up
I can't talk. I have an appointment
You were right about Kleinfeld He's a bad guy
- Me and him are finished - I can't talk. I'll call you, okay?
Slow down. What is it?
- Am I on the outs with you? Is that it? - Yeah
That's crazy. What's wrong with you?
I have a lot on my mind Can we please talk later?
I just wanted you to know you were right about Kleinfeld
- I'm sorry if you're upset - I gotta go
I have a doctor's appointment
- What's the matter? You sick? - No, I'm late
- We'll take a cab. What's wrong? - No, Charlie, I'm late! I'm late!
- You mean you-- - Not for long, okay?
What does that mean?
I'm not gonna have a kid who's not gonna have a father
We gotta talk about this
- Mr Brigante, my name is Duncan - Oh, my God
I'm here to escort you to Mr Norwalk in the District Attorney's office
I got nothin' to say to him unless I'm under arrest
Mr Norwalk has a tape he'd like to play for you
Unless I'm under arrest, I ain't goin' anywhere, especially without my lawyer
Mr Kleinfeld took a knife in the chest at 2:00 this afternoon
I advise you to come with us
We may be the only friends you've got
I'm going, too
Kleinfeld's lucky to be alive
We're holding him at East Side Hospital
We want his ass healthy when we send it upstate
You're sendin' him upstate? What for?
David Kleinfeld became a very big fish while you were gone
Even bigger than you. He's dirty
Money laundering, jury tampering, bribery We've been after him for some time now
I don't know nothin' about that, so
There's a lot you don't know
Bill, you got no case here You know it and I know it
Chances are, you won't even get an indictment
Wanna try your luck?
Look, let's not both waste our time You said maybe I could help myself
- You're not taping this, are you? - Gimme a little credit
All right I thought of something you might want
You get off me, l'll help you put Carlito Brigante back inside
Brigante? For what?
After he got out, he started coming to my offiice and making a lot ofphone calls
Ifound out he was back with Rolando Rivas, his old partner, dealin' coke
And l'm talkin' serious numbers
Would you testify to that?
Absolutely
We don't believe him
Word on the street is you've been clean since you came out of prison
Kleinfeld's the one we're after
He was right. I'd never get an indictment with what I had
But now, with your help
we can put this filth away for a long time
Hermano
we know about Tony T
Who's Tony T?
Yeah, right
His body popped up in the East River yesterday, and his kid, Frankie's
Somebody was trying to bust Tony outta prison
I don't know these people you mentioned I don't know them
Tony T had another son besides Frankie, Vincent
Seems Vincent went crazy after those bodies popped up
Let it out all over the street that Kleinfeld set up that prison break
then killed his father and his brother
We aren't saying you were on that boat too
But knowing your relationship with Kleinfeld, that's a good possibility
Don't you think, hermano?
I don't like boats
All right, here's the deal
If you were on that boat, and I know goddamn well you were
testify against Kleinfeld for first-degree murder
You'll receive complete immunity and a couple airline tickets to the Bahamas
You wanna get even with Kleinfeld? Here it is on a silver platter
I would love to help you, but I can't I don't know what you're talking about
I don't know these people I don't know what you're sayin'--
Let me tell you somethin', Mr Convicted Dope Peddler
if we can guess you were on that boat, how long before the Italians do, too?
What if they get to Kleinfeld? They can twist his arm
You think he won't give you up? Think again!
You don't owe Kleinfeld nothing
The shyster tried to set you up Bury you, Jack
That it?
I wanna hear from you by noon tomorrow
You think you're gonna sail off into the sunset, asshole?
Think again
You gotta do it They're giving you no choice
You want out, go ahead
You can turn around, walk away, never look back
I would understand. But I got a plan
I got a way outta this Pull over here, please
- What's going on? - Just wait five minutes
- Where are you going? - Wait here five minutes
What is that?
Tickets on an overnight train to Miami
Nobody's gonna look for us on the train
We hit Miami, we catch a plane to Nassau
- What about the club? Your money? - Fuck the club
I already got $70,000 in a safe. My friend in the islands can float us the rest
Let's do it. Let's get outta here
All three of us
We're runnin' out of time, babe
The dream don't come no closer by itself We gotta run after it now
I know, it's not the way I planned it either, but it is how it is
I'm gonna go to the club, get my money, and I'm goin' straight to Grand Central
Train leaves 11:30 for Miami You're gonna be there, Gail?
- You'll be there? - I'll be there
I love you
- Just make sure you're there - I'll see you later
Train leaves in fiive hours, and l'm angling like crazy in my head
Norwalk'll blow over. He won't come out of the country if he can't bust me here
But he ain't my only problem
Five hours left. Can I think of everything?
Cover everybody. Tie all the shoelaces
Gotta listen to my instincts
like the one tellin' me that face and that uniform don't go together
Just one last piece of business Gotta look in Kleinfeld's eyes
Gotta know for sure
Who are you?
- Kleinfeld is my lawyer - Hands on the wall
Go ahead
Relax
It's your pal
Scared the hell out of me
Cop's not supposed to let anybody in It's you, it's okay, but--
Cops ain't gonna protect you
The mob is looking for you
I know. Where the fuck have you been?
What do you got here?
- Where you been? - How do you feel?
I'm not feeling very well Where the fuck have you been?
I've been to Norwalk's office
I heard the tape
That pig
Never give up your friends, no matter what
They doctor these things, play 'em outta context
I can't believe you are such a--
Don't fuckin' do that! Fuck you!
What the fuck are you doing?
Would you fuckin' put that away? It's loaded!
Fuck you and your self-righteous code of the goddamned street
Did it pull you out of a thirty-year stint in five years? Did it? No, I did
Did it get you acquitted four fucking times? No, it didn't I did
So fuck you, fuck the street Your whole goddamn world's this big
and there's only one rule: you save your own ass
Save your own ass
- Save your own ass - See this? It belongs here
Not behind a pillow This way you can reach for it quick
They come in, you ready for 'em
So long. You got a beautiful future
Quittin' time
- You're early - A few minutes. Finish your paper?
- It's all yours - Thanks
Be good
There's a delivery for you, Mr Kleinfeld
- From who? - From my father
and my brother
Adios, counselor
Where the hell you been? You know somebody tried to kill Kleinfeld?
I heard about it. Listen, me and Gail are goin' out of town for a couple days
- You're gonna get married - Listen to me
I want you to go to Gail's house, pick her up, drive her to Grand Central
I want you to wait with her there for me
Train leaves 11:30 sharp. We can't miss this train, understand?
You got me? Go ahead
It's me, Pete Amadesso
- Remember me? - How ya doin'?
- Good - What're you doin' here?
We heard this was your joint Nice! Come by to say "hello"
Good to see you. How you doin'?
- Good to see you. Yeah, long time - Long time
Sit down. Have a drink with us
Come on. Sit down
I said: "Shit, I ain't seen Carlito in what, fifteen years?"
Fifteen. Yeah, gotta be. Sure
- Long time - Long fuckin' time
- Sorry Joe Battaglia - My pleasure. Good to see you
Sonny Manzanero
- How ya doin'? - Carlito Brigante
Me and Carlito used to push a little skag back in '57, '58
Couple of fuckin' kids
First time I saw this guy, I thought he was Italian!
Look at him!
shit!
Pete Amadesso walks into my club just like that
Bullshit
There's an angle here Pete's a made guy
His uncle's a heavy hitter with the Pleasant Avenue bunch
What's he doin' here? Probably Tony T's people sent him
Maybe he's watchin' me, seein' if I break
Waitin' for me to panic
They still don't know for sure if I was on that boat
They think, but they don't know
'Cause if they knew, l'd already be dead
Right now, theyjust watchin' me
He was always one of us That was a guy. That's who he is
And we gotta know that
So anyway, so I says to the guy:
"Tommy, Carlito ain't no fuckin' nigger Look at the way he dances!"
He dances like an Italian!
You should see him do the tarantella! Waiter, get over here
Bring these guys the best champagne we got on the house
- Where you goin'? Stay with us - I'm a workin' man
Let me do what I gotta do I'll be right back
Okay, buddy
Motherfucker!
Fuck
You seen the guy?
Saso
- Where's my money? - What're you talking about?
- Where's my money? - I don't know
You heard Kleinfeld got whacked, so you figured I was dead, too!
- You thought you inherited my money? - I swear--
Where's my money? I'll cut your fuckin' liver out!
Okay. Okay
It's in the box, under the register I was gonna tell you
I want you to meet a good friend of mine
You ever hear of Vinnie's father, Tony Taglialucci?
Tony T. Yeah, he passed away recently Sorry about that
I hear your Jew lawyer met with an accident
I haven't seen him lately. What is this?
I told you bring the best out, you bring me this cheap shit?
Come on. Excuse me
- Vinnie, slow down - "Ain't seen him lately!" The lyin' fuck!
- Seen him in the hospital! - We'll take him outside. Sit down
Relax, we'll get him
Where the hell is he?
- The little fuckin' spic bastard! - Where you going, man?
- Nobody gets back here! - Damn it, get the fuck out of here!
Come on, let's go. We'll get him outside
There he is! Come on!
What do you want me to do?
I can't do nothin'
Get the fuck off!
Attention, ladies and gentlemen Final boarding on Track 17
All reserved on the 11:20 Amtrak Merchant's Limited
Train number 1-7-9 bound for Washington, DC
serving Newark, Menlo Park, Trenton, Philadelphia, Aberdeen and Baltimore
All aboard!
Get the fuck out!
Cover the doors
Did you see that one? The one in the blue?
You guys are dogs. Dogs!
Now boarding on Track 19
All reserved on the 11:30 Amtrak silver star bound for Tampa and Miami
Maybe we should wait by the train
Sounds good to me
Come on, Charlie
I'm goin' to the Bronx IRT uptown Which way I go for that?
You'll take a right here, shoot down the alley
- and up the stairs. Can't miss it - Thanks
There he is!
Vinnie, wait up
He ain't up here. Let's go down. Come on
All right
Attention, ladies and gentlemen Now boarding on Track 12
all reserved on the 11:45 Amtrak senator, train Number 1-7-6
Bound for Boston and serving stamford, Bridgeport
New London, Cambridge, Kingston and Providence
Attention, ladies and gentlemen Last call, Track 19
the 11:30 Amtrak silver star bound for Tampa and Miami
All aboard!
He's not down here
- We lost him - We didn't fuckin' lose him. He's up top
Did you hear me? Move!
He's there!
I'll kill you!
Motherfucker! I'll kill ya!
Stop! Police!
The train's gonna leave! Come on, man!
Come on!
You made it!
That's him!
Police! Freeze!
It's gonna be okay
Remember me?
Benny Blanco from the Bronx?
No hard feelings But I got to think about my future, too
You know, it is that way sometimes, papi Come on, let's go
No, you stay here
Don't try to talk
We're gonna get you to a hospital You're gonna be okay
Just hold on, baby. Just hold on
Hold on, baby. Please, hold on
Take this
Take it and get out
Both of you
You'll be okay
Don't leave me, Charlie. Not yet
Don't leave me, Charlie
Don't go
Please don't leave me
Don't go
You can't do this to me
Oh, God. Don't leave me
sorry, boys
all the stitches in the world can't sew me together again
Lay down. Lay down
Gonna stretch me out in Fernandez Funeral Home on 109th st
Always knew l'd make a stop there
but a lot later than a whole gang ofpeople thought
Last of the Mo-Ricans
Well, maybe not the last
Gail's gonna be a good mom
New, improved Carlito Brigante
Hope she uses the money to get out
No room in this city for big hearts like hers
sorry, baby
Itried the best I could. Honest
Can't come with me on this trip, though
Gettin' the shakes now
Last call for drinks. Bar's closin' down
sun's out
Where we goin' for breakfast?
Don't wanna go far
Rough night
Tired baby
tired