[lighthearted music]
*
KISS ME.
NO.
KISS ME! NOW.
UHH--UNH!
[muffled protests]
SHE MUST BE SOME GIRL.
TELL HER SHE'S LUCKY...
WHOEVER SHE IS.
[bells jingle]
(Sergio) THE "LUCKY" GIRL'S NAME WAS HATTIE.
ONLY SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE WAS ALL THAT LUCKY.
'CAUSE, YOU SEE, TO HATTIE, WE WERE JUST FRIENDS.
BUT TO ME, SHE WAS, WELL-- SHE WAS MORE.
MUCH MORE.
AND IF I HAD MY WAY, SOMEDAY SHE WOULD BE MINE.
(woman) SAY YOU'RE SORRY.
[male voice straining] (woman) SAY YOU'RE SORRY!
[straining] (woman) SHE'S KILLING HIM.
WHAT'D HE SAY?
[man straining unintelligibly]
IT'S GOOD HE'S SORRY. [coughs]
[sighs] WONDERFUL!
AAH!
NOW THAT THAT'S ALL OVER WITH,
BREAKFAST IS ON THE HOUSE.
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
I'M A GOOD PATRON OF THIS PLACE.
NEVER HAVE I BEEN TREATED LIKE THIS!
YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR FROM MY LAWYER.
YEAH, WELL YOU CAN TELL HIM FROM ME
THAT PINCHING MY ASS ISN'T ON THE MENU.
(woman) DID YOU PINCH HER ASS?
(man) WHAT? NO. DID YOU PINCH HER ASS?
NO. NO. YOU PINCHED HER ASS!
HOWARD, YOU PINCHED HER ASS!
[couple leave arguing]
PLEASE. YOU NEED TO BE IN THERAPY.
YOU'RE A PIG. SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOU.
HEY! HEY, MISTER!
MISS! MISTER!
HEY. AAH!
DON'T BE AFRAID, LADY, I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOU.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
HERE, YOU DROPPED YOUR WALLET BACK OVER THERE.
COUNT IT, HOWARD. THESE PEOPLE ARE THIEVES.
THEY'RE THIEVES. COUNT IT!
COUNT THE MONEY.
VICKI, SHUT UP!
THANKS.
HATTIE'S SOMETHING ELSE, ISN'T SHE?
SHE'S GOT A REAL FLAIR FOR THE WAY SHE FEELS.
YEAH, SHE'S GOT A FLAIR, ALL RIGHT--A REAL FLAIR.
STOP TALKING TO HIM. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
[engine starts]
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER NOT TO LET HER GRAB YOU BY THE COLLAR,
'CAUSE IF YOU SLIP HER, YOU CAN GET IT.
BUT IF SHE GETS YOU BY THE COLLAR,
SHE'S GOT YOU AND YOU GOTTA GIVE.
I'M GONNA MARRY HER.
YEAH? YEAH. YEAH.
WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE ADVICE.
DON'T WEAR A TIE TO THE WEDDING.
[chuckles] ALL RIGHT.
CLOSE THE WINDOW.
OKAY. SEE YA.
OKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
UH, MR. LINZER, I'M GONNA GO NOW.
ANYTHING YOU NEED?
NO. GO, GO.
HOW COME YOU DON'T COME TO OUR HOUSE
FOR DINNER ANYMORE, SERGIO?
YOU MAD AT US?
I'LL COME.
YOU SAY YOU'LL COME, BUT YOU DON'T COME.
I WILL.
YOU SAY YOU WILL, BUT YOU DON'T COME.
LEAVE THE BOY ALONE.
LOOK AT THE LOOK ON HIS FACE.
CUPID DANCES ON HIS EYELIDS.
HA.
I'LL COME.
I WILL.
[bells on door jingle]
DO YOU REMEMBER BEING IN LOVE LIKE THAT?
MAN, OH, MAN, HAVE I GOT A STORY
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT.
I WAS JUST MOPPING-- MOP, MOP, MOP--
WHEN THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN COMES INTO THE STORE,
AND SHE'S DRESSED RICH, BUT NICE.
AND I SAY, "LOOK, WE'RE CLOSED."
BUT SHE DOESN'T MOVE. SHE JUST STAYS RIGHT THERE.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T DREAMING?
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT,
SO I BIT MYSELF AND IT HURT.
YOU'RE LUCKY, SERGIO. THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU.
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS TO ME.
BUT I'M GONNA CHANGE ALL THAT.
OH, YEAH? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
I'M GONNA GO AND SEE THE WORLD.
YOU'RE GONNA GO SEE THE WORLD? YEAH.
WHERE YOU GONNA GO?
I DON'T KNOW, FRANCE MAYBE,
OR ITALY, OR AFRICA.
DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT PLACES FOR A CHANGE?
I DON'T KNOW. I LIKE IT HERE.
SEE, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOU.
I HAVE ASPIRATIONS.
I'M SAVING MY MONEY TO SEE THE WORLD,
AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A DIME.
BUT I'M GONNA BE MANAGER OF LINZER'S SOMEDAY, YOU KNOW.
I'M GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY THEN.
YEAH, "SOMEDAY."
WHO NEEDS MONEY, ANYWAY?
EVERYBODY NEEDS MONEY.
YOU GOTTA HAVE MONEY TO GO PLACES,
TO SEE DIFFERENT NEW THINGS.
[knocking on window]
(Sergio) I CAN'T, I'M S--
NO, I--TOMORROW.
TOMORROW, ALL RIGHT? TOMORROW.
HATTIE.
WHAT IF-- WHAT IF I SAVE MY MONEY?
COULD I GO WITH YOU?
YOU WANT TO SEE THE WORLD WITH ME?
YEAH. COULD I GO?
YEAH. YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO.
OKAY, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.
THAT DOES IT. THAT DOES IT.
TOMORROW I'M MARCHING DOWN TO MR. LINZER,
AND I'M DEMANDING TO BE MADE MANAGER.
YOU SEE? THAT'S ASPIRATION.
BUT YOU BETTER HURRY 'CAUSE I'M NOT WAITING FOREVER.
SIR, COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK.
GET OFF MY CAR.
HEY, I'M SORRY. I'M GOING WITH HATTIE.
I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO, UM...
WHAT ARE YOU--WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO FIRST?
I MEAN, YOU GOT A LOT OF DREAMS, DON'T YOU?
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS?
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
[conversation fades]
[paper tears]
MR. LINZER, CAN I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU?
MR. LINZER.
IS SOMETHING WRONG?
DROP IT.
MR. LINZER, WE'RE LIKE FAMILY.
YOU CAN TELL ME ANYTHING.
[sighs]
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU'RE A GOOD BOY.
YOU CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, LIKE YOUR FATHER.
GOD REST HIS SOUL.
TIMES ARE BAD.
THIS PLACE IS DOING VERY BAD.
I'M AFRAID I'M GONNA LOSE THIS PLACE
TO THE BILL COLLECTORS.
NO. MM.
I DON'T MIND HAVING NOTHING. I AM A MAN.
BUT MRS. LINZER...
I CAN'T WATCH HER LIVE LIKE A DOG.
NO, I LOVE HER MORE THAN THE AIR I BREATHE.
I WOULD RATHER DIE
THAN TO TELL HER I COULD NOT PROVIDE FOR HER.
BUT YOU DO PROVIDE. YOU PROVIDE HER WITH EVERYTHING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE...
TO LOVE SOMEONE SO MUCH...
YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THEM?
I DO.
YOU DO.
BURN THIS PLACE!
BURN?
IF THERE WERE A FIRE-- A SMALL FIRE--
THE INSURANCE WOULD SAVE ME.
YOU WANT ME TO BURN THIS PLACE?
NOT A BIG FIRE.
A SMALL FIRE. A STRONG FIRE.
A GOOD FIRE.
JUST ENOUGH TO BURN EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND.
SERGIO...
I'M DESPERATE.
I'M SIMPLY DESPERATE.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.
BUT THIS IS--THIS IS YOUR LIFE, MR. LINZER.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WORK FOR
IS BUILT AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN'T JUST BURN IT DOWN.
IT'S LIKE A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, MR. LINZER.
LOOK--LOOK AT THE OVENS IN THE KITCHEN, HUH?
AND HOW 'BOUT THESE WALLS?
W-WHAT ABOUT THE WINDOWS
AND THESE BEATEN UP WOODEN FLOORS?
MR. LINZER, LOOK, IT'S LIKE A PART OF YOU.
IF YOU BURN THIS DOWN, IT'S GONNA BE GONE.
YES, I DO LOVE THIS PLACE. YES.
THEN YOU'LL FIND A WAY OF PAYING THE BILLS.
YOU'VE HAD HARD TIMES BEFORE.
OH, SERGIO...
SERGIO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ME RIGHT AWAY.
OH, NO, NO, NO.
I WANT YOU TO BE PAID. [register rings]
HERE...
TAKE IT.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BURN THIS PLACE DOWN?
YOU HAVE MY WORD.
OKAY.
SERGIO, I PRAY IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU,
BUT IT HAPPENS TO EVERY MAN.
YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO THINGS YOU LOVE.
ALL I LOVE IS HATTIE.
[sighs] SO...
YOU SAID YOU'D ASK.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW.
I SAID I'D WAIT, BUT NOT FOREVER.
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY.
YOU KNOW, I'M SAVING EVERY PENNY I GOT,
BUT AT THIS PACE I'M GONNA BE AT LEAST 110
BY THE TIME I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
AND BY THEN HATTIE'S GONNA BE IN FRANCE...
WITH SOME FRENCH GUY.
YOU KNOW, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I LIKE YOU, SERGIO.
YOU'RE NO RICHIE RICH, BUT YOU GOT A GOOD HEART.
IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM
WITH THE TWO OF YOU GETTING TOGETHER.
BUT SHE'S GOT THIS IDEA ABOUT SEEING THE WORLD.
SO I TELL HER, "HATTIE, WATCH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
SAVE YOUR MONEY."
(Sergio) I WOULD NOT GIVE UP.
I WORKED, AND I SAVED, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HATTIE.
EVERY DAY MY LOVE FOR HER JUST GREW MORE
AND MORE AND MORE
UNTIL SOMETIMES I WOULD FORGET TO BREATHE.
[thud]
HE FORGOT TO BREATHE AGAIN.
HMM.
(Sergio) I KNOW THIS MAY SOUND STRANGE,
BUT I PICTURED US AND THE PLACES WE WOULD GO.
IT DIDN'T MATTER TO ME IF IT WERE LONDON, OR PARIS,
OR FRANCE, OR SOME HOT, SWEATY JUNGLE SOMEWHERE.
YOU SEE, THE FEELING WAS ALWAYS THE SAME
BECAUSE I WAS WITH HATTIE AND SHE WAS WITH ME.
WELL, LOOKING BACK NOW, IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT ALL WENT WRONG.
[sirens blaring]
[dispatch radio droning] [overlapping orders]
[firemen shouting indistinctly]
(fireman) GET IN THERE. RIGHT THERE.
SERGIO. SERGIO.
THANK GOD.
THANK GOD YOU ARE OKAY.
YEAH, I'M OKAY.
I'M--I'M FINE. I'M OKAY.
SERGIO.
HEY!
IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU?
PLEASE, HATTIE, PLEASE.
RIGHT NOW I GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS
FLYING THROUGH MY HEAD, OKAY?
MR. LINZER IS WATCHING HIS LIFE GO UP IN FLAMES.
WHAT COULD BE WORSE THAN THAT?
THINGS.
THINGS THAT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.
THINGS? YES, THINGS.
LIKE WHAT COULD BE SO SPECIAL?
LIKE...
I DON'T HAVE A JOB.
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SELFISH?
SELFISH?
EVERYBODY ELSE IS AROUND HERE.
NOBODY'S THINKING OF SERGIO CUCHO,
AND WHERE'S SERGIO GONNA SLEEP TOMORROW,
OR HOW SERGIO GONNA EAT TOMORROW.
AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, I'M NOT RICHIE RICH.
THAT PLACE WAS EVERYTHING I HAD, HATTIE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
FROM NOW ON, I'M JUST GONNA THINK OF ME.
SERGIO CUCHO, ME.
[distant siren]
[broken glass tinkles]
[door opens, bell jingles]
OH, SORRY, I--
I DIDN'T MEAN TO SURPRISE YOU.
FIRES MAKE PEOPLE JUMPY, HUH?
[chuckles]
UH...ARE YOU THE OWNER?
NO, I JUST WORK HERE.
I MEAN, I USED TO WORK HERE.
YEAH, YEAH.
WHO ARE YOU?
UH, I'M JUST A GUY WHO LIKES FIRE, THAT'S ALL.
YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE LATE.
YOU SHOULDA BEEN HERE YESTERDAY.
I'M JERRY FITZPATRICK.
NICE MEETING YOU.
OH, UM, I'M SORRY.
OH. OH, BOY.
ARE YOU WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT?
UH, NO, NO.
NO, I'M NOT. JEEZ.
WH--WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
SERGIO. AND I DON'T--
I DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED THE FIRE.
I DIDN'T SAY YOU KNEW WHO STARTED THE FIRE.
YEAH, BUT YOU WERE THINKING IT.
I WAS THINKING NO SUCH THING.
JUST THE OPPOSITE.
WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS,
"THAT KID LOOKS LIKE AN HONEST KID."
YEAH. YEAH. [loud clatter]
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
GOOD. GOOD.
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
[sighs]
WANNA GO FOR A RIDE?
HUH?
FEEL LIKE TAKING A RIDE SOMEWHERE?
THIS--THIS AIR WE'RE BREATHING, IT'S NOT VERY GOOD FOR YOU.
IT'S, UH-- IT'S HURTING MY LUNGS.
I USED TO HAVE ASTHMA AS A KID.
YEAH.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE HELL WE'RE BREATHING IN HERE, HUH?
(Sergio) SO WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
(Fitzpatrick) I WORK FOR MR. LUMPKE.
DRUGS?
[chuckles]
MR. LUMPKE MAKES WIGS.
WHAT, WIGS LIKE IN HAIR?
HAIR FOR WOMEN. TOUPEE FOR MEN.
SEE THIS HAIR I HAVE ON TOP OF MY HEAD?
YEAH.
ONE OF THE FINEST TOUPEES MADE TODAY.
THAT'S NOT YOUR HAIR?
[chuckles] AMAZING, ISN'T IT, HUH?
YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A LIVING DOING THAT?
A VERY GOOD LIVING.
HAIRLESSNESS IS A SCOURGE THAT MUST BE STOPPED.
(Sergio) JERRY SEEMED LIKE A NICE ENOUGH MAN,
AND SO I TOLD HIM ABOUT ME AND HATTIE.
THAT NOW SINCE I HAD NO JOB,
I HAD NO CHANCE OF GOING AWAY WITH HER.
JERRY SAID HE KNEW ABOUT A JOB.
[door shuts]
[chuckles]
SORRY FOR MAKING YOU WAIT,
BUT MR. LUMPKE'S VERY, VERY EAGER TO MEET YOU.
COME ON. COME ON.
[door opens]
SERGIO. TOM LUMPKE.
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
SAME.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT INCONVENIENCING YOU.
NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, JERRY HERE CAN SOMETIMES SEEM IMPOSING.
I'M A TERROR. [laughter]
WELL, SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN, PLEASE.
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE, FOR PETE'S SAKE.
[chuckling]
SIT. THANK YOU.
WELL...
JERRY TELLS ME THAT YOU WORKED AT THAT STORE
WHERE THEY HAD THAT TERRIBLE FIRE.
YEAH.
WAS ANYONE HURT? NO.
GOOD. THAT'S VERY GOOD.
RELIEVED HERE.
I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY JERRY BROUGHT YOU HERE.
YEAH, WELL, HE SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A JOB.
WELL, A JOB, YES. A JOB OF SORTS.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO DRINK? JERRY--
NO, NO, NO.
WHAT'S THE JOB?
[sighs]
I HAVE A SON YOUR AGE,
AND HE'S...
NOT AS GOOD A BOY AS YOU.
BUT HE'S THE ONLY FAMILY I'VE GOT.
I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH.
BUT SOMETIMES HE CAN BE DIFFICULT.
HE CAN BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
YOU SEE, MY SON...
MY SON...
MY BOY...
SET THAT AWFUL FIRE.
Y-YOUR SON STARTED THE LINZER FIRE?!
YES.
AND HE WILL GO TO JAIL.
YOU SEE, HE'S BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE,
SO HE WILL GO TO JAIL.
AND THAT'S NOT WHERE HE BELONGS
BECAUSE DOWN INSIDE
HE'S A GOOD BOY.
HE'S A BOY WITH TALENT!
EVERY DAY I ASK MYSELF,
WHY COULDN'T HE BE AN ORDINARY KID, YOU KNOW?
BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING.
WHY WOULD HE--
WHY WOULD HE BURN DOWN MR. LINZER'S STORE?
BELIEVE ME, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HE DID IT.
HE DID IT.
AND IT'S KILLING ME.
IT'S KILLING ME, SERGIO.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
[sighs]
IF SOMEONE WERE TO TAKE THE BLAME
FOR THAT FIRE...
SOMEBODY WHO'S NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE.
THEY WOULD RECEIVE A MINIMAL SENTENCE.
VERY MINIMAL.
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