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Prison (1987)
Kyrie Eleison...
Sharpe here. Tomorrow? What... no, no, no. No, Joe, that's all right. I'll take the first plane out. Something has got to be done now or this whole thing'll blow up in our face. I read your report, but our ideal situation is still 50 million dollars and two years away. We did design this prison to be finished, didn't we? Didn't we? Gentlemen, please, with a push from this board, we could start construction on an effective, humane, and safe facility, workable not only for the inmates and the staff, but for our entire community. I'm in a hell of a fight right now to get last year's appropriation approved. Prison reform just isn't on the governor's reelection platform. Which leaves us where? Reopening the old Wyoming State Penitentiary at Rawlins. You can't be serious. That institution's been closed since '68. Ethan Sharpe will be the warden in charge. Sharpe? My God, Joe, the man is a dinosaur. All he knows is chain gangs and tommy guns. Is that your solution? Not a pleasant place to spend one's life, is it, Miss Walker? You must be warden Sharpe. There's an awful lot of work to be done here in preparation for the inmates. I've got 300 men being transferred over here tomorrow. They'll take care of the cleanup and the repair work. You don't think we should consider a postponement? I mean, at least until some improvements can be made. I'm gonna be candid with you, Miss Walker. I know you represent the prison board and I appreciate your input. But I will not have it interfere with our primary purpose. Which is what? Punishing criminals. Keeping them away from the public at large. All the rest... therapy sessions, trade skills... so much window dressing. The board has instructed me to assist you in any way I can and that means from getting things organized around here to setting up therapy sessions, trade skills, and... all those other window dressings. Well, I always appreciate a different point of view. And a woman's will be... most interesting. Warden Sharpe, I'm here to help for the next few weeks. Now, how much is certainly up to you. However, I do have a job to do and I intend to do it. My office is always open. Then I'll see you there in the morning. It's been a pleasure. All right, let's go, let's get moving. Let's go, close the gap, come on, let's go, keep it moving! Up in front, all right, let's go, come on. Let's go, let's go, close it up, come on. All right, let's clear the yard. Twenty men to a line. Arms length apart. No talking. All right, let's clear the yard. Twenty men to a line. Arms length apart. No talking. No talking in the yard. Twenty men to a line. Arms length apart. Silence in the yard. Hey, come on you guys, let's go. - Where's the bathroom? - Hey, what the fuck! Hey, man, what the hell are you doing, huh? - Fuck off. - What the fuck are you doing now? You can't steal no fucking bus! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Come on, man. You are crazy! Man in front! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Hold your fire. Hey, watch out for the wall, man! Hey, man what are you doin'? How do we get the fuck out of here, now? Watch out for the wall, man... the wall, the wall! Shut up! Watch out for that board, man! Watch out, watch out, man, there's a man the way. Stop, stop. - Pussy! - Man, let go of me. Hey! Hey, man, I had nothing to do with this. - I swear it was his idea. - Shut up! - You got a choice here. - Yeah? You can either step off this bus or be dragged off. It's up to you. Okay. Let's go. Move 'em back! Pretty boy. All right, listen up! These two men... they just cost you your mail and your visiting privileges for six months. Captain Horton, let's get 'em searched and processed before the next group gets here. Wallace, move 'em out, columns of two, silently. Let's go, columns of two, after me, right here. Move it! You two just bought yourselves six months in the hole. - The hole? - Get 'em off the yard! Move out! You owe me, baby. Still one hard-ass son of a bitch. Pretty fuckin' wild, huh? Come on. Move it. Come on, move! Come here. Hold it, man. You fuckin' with my religion, now, man. All right, get movin'. Hey. Come on. - What? - Come on, come on. Come on, man, they let me have it upstate. Here it's contraband. Yeah, what isn't? You're asshole. Get movin'. Get ahead on my ass! Up against the wall. Back in line. - Step back. - You shut up! Cuff him, Gene! You're ahead of yourself, buddy. You're going downstairs, buddy. Some room, now. All right, I got him. Oh, I'm in the hole. Hey, look, man, you making a big mistake. All I did was get on the God damn bus like they told me. Hey, man, what's with the swamp lake around here, man? Hey, I don't do good places like this, you know? I don't think I'm gonna do good here, man. Let me outta here, man, I didn't do nothin'! - Okay, okay. - Come on, man. Hey, hey! Hey, hey, nobody got hurt. - Rizolli, seven. - One. - Reese, eight. - Santoni. - Two. - Morris, nine. Applegate, three. - Garcia, thirteen. - Four. Cruz, five. Montoya, sixteen. French, six. Young, Volkie, twenty-one. - Seven. - Sandor, twenty. - Johnson, eight. - Burke, nineteen. - Morgan, nine. - Cresus, nineteen. Hey, car thief. Bet that's you, right? I heard some a the guys talkin' on the line about you. They said you were some kind of celebrity or somethin'. Hey, uh, Joe Lazaro's the name. But my friends call me Lasagna. All right. Okay. Hey, I heard you could take anything off four wheels, man, fly it away to heaven. Well, don't believe everything you hear. - Hey! - Hi, kid. I'm Rhino. You and me's gonna be cellmates. Just think of me as one of your roomies in college... only closer. And everything you gotta know, I'll teach you. Hey, man, this is where the bottom of the damn world drops out. Hey, man, that could be bad for your health, if you know what I mean. I'll take the top. I'll take the top. Look man, I don't even belong here. I was just trying to visit my Uncle Angelo in Phoenix, you know, and I blew my front retread. So, I'm gettin' myself a new set a rubber off this pickup truck in this guy's driveway, right? So, I fucked up, the guy sees me. But he goes nuts. Comes after me with a pistol and a German shepherd dog. So, uh, what did you do? What did I do? What could I do, what did I do? Grabbed the gun and shot the son of a bitch and his crazy dog. Cops grabbed me just as I was getting the last tire off the truck. This shit never woulda happened in New York. Probably not. So, I figure... I'm stuck here, right? So, I might as well learn a trade or somethin', you know, like weldin'. What do you think? Man, I been doin' time 30 fuckin' years. Only thing I learned how to do is cut my meat with my spoon. And call my friend. My best friend. Motherfucker. Yeah. I love this guy, don't you? I love this guy. Shit. You want a drink? Nah. Got the habit of drinking Lysol in Gainesville... in '49. You ever been to Florida? Nah. Eh, I never saw the beach. Ten years in Kansas... never saw the Royals play a game. This your first state rap? Lockdown. Lockdown. Yeah, I thought so. You got the face of a lifer, though. Do yourself a favor, car thief. Make this your last stretch. Thanks for the advice. Closing A-block. Close A-block. Why me? I'm gonna need you in here. I want to see the electrical blueprints for the entire prison! Sure. You don't have to blow my head off. I'm sorry, Carl. I haven't been able to... Had a tough time... sleeping lately. Everything quiet on the block? Yeah, just like it always is on the first night. Yes. First few days are always the quietest. They haven't had a... chance to form cliques. They can be managed when they're disorganized. I'll stay on top of 'em. Yes. Why don't you get some rest? Thank you, Carl. Lotta work ahead of us. Yeah. Lotta work. Lotta work. What the hell's that? What? That key you were drawing. It was a key, right? Maybe. To this place? - Might be. - No shit. How do you know? I looked. You looked? I thought boostin' cars was your thing. Well, a car ain't nuttin' but a series a locks. Older the lock, easier it is. And this place is old. Yeah. All right, let's move it! ...work assignments, tier 1 report to the tool shed. Tier 1 line up and report to the tool shed. We don't have anybody to dole out water during the day. That's your detail, Rhino, sign this. All right. Sounds good to me, sir. The kid's with me, right? Sure. Here. Come on, kid. You know how to use that thing? You come with me. You too. Let's go. Baby, sure smells like a tomb in here. You're not far off. Warden wants this broken through. What's on the other side? Execution chamber. Let me know when you're finished. Okay, Captain. Hey, Johnson. Or maybe the boogey-man. You ain't scared, are you, sir? Get to work. Yes, sir. Hi, I'm Katherine Walker from the state board. Sharpe here. Katherine Walker at the main gate. Oh, it's all right. Send her in. Whoa, hey, help, help! Uh! You okay? Kana. Bad spirit. - Burke? - What? Something grab hold of me. Yeah, I did. No, something else. What? I shook its hand. Here, help this man. God, what's happening around here? I shook its hand. What? Warden wanted a door knocked down. What's you guys use, an atom bomb? Warden Sharpe wanted in to the old execution chamber. We had to knock through a wall. Must a hit a gas main or somethin'. Execution chamber. It's not as though we don't have ten zillion other things to do around here. Maybe he's got special plans for us. God, I could use a smoke. I could use a smoke, Hersh. Hersh? I got some smokes for ya, buddy. Some nice, long, nicotine smokes. See, one a day'll carry me through the week. Yeah, well, a helluva lot of good that does me, baby. The hell with you, Rabbit! You hear me? I want you to suffer. You're a piece a brown garbage. I got 12 inches a brown garbage all for you. Why don't you come over here and get it? Ah, and the matches. You gotta have matches, Rabbit, or ya can't light up. Yeah, there's nothin' like a good ol' smoke. Hey, baby, you light up yet? Hey, cut the light off, man! Get the light outta my eyes! Who put the light in my face? Get this shit outta my eyes, my eyes burn! What's wrong in there, Hershey? Hey, cut that shit out! You hear me? What the fuck is wrong in there? Rabbit, Rabbit, my hands, man! Oh, shit! What's wrong, what's happening in there? Oh, shit! My hands, Rabbit! The floor... something's going on with the floor! Shit. Oh, shit. Rabbit, help! Help! Jesus Christ, Hersh, what you smokin' in there? Oh, Rabbit... Rabbit, everything is burstin' smoke, man! Something's got all over the floor, Rabbit! Help me! Where the fuck can I turn off the God damn... Jailor! God damn! Hey, Horton! Horton, what the hell's goin' on? The men in those two cells, get 'em out! - Horton. - Captain. There's a fire in solitary. Help Wallace get those inmates out of there. Yes, sir! Shit. Please help me, somebody! Help me, please help me! We're coming! No, stay back! Stay back, th-th-there's nothing we can do. Fuck it's hot in here! - Drop em! - Let him go! Help me! Stupidity never has impressed me. Why should a short-term con risk his life for a vermin like Rabbit? I'll guarantee you one thing, this, uh, stunt of yours won't cut you any play with the parole board. Hand me my towel please. How ya' doin? Good. How you been? I'm hangin' in there. - That mail sitch is fucked, isn't it? - Yeah. You waitin' on any love letters? No. No? Well, when we get mail privileges back, I'm gonna get my sister Angie to send you a picture. Well, don't go to any trouble on my account. Hey, what trouble? I mean, you're a celebrity, ain't ya'? Look around. Everybody's checkin' us out. - I know. - I'm serious. Good looking Italian girl under your arms. We'll double when I get out. Maybe. Yo! You're a fuckin' fool. I'm one of the smartest people on this yard. This is a private conversation, wop. Now, what you did the other day took a lot a heart. And that's why I need to talk to you, hero. I need a couple men with heart to run my poker tables, make a few collections. Now, you can make a nice piece a change at this. And the fringe benefits aren't bad neither. 'Cause nights around here can be short or long. And you... you got a choice on how you want to spend your time in the dark. Yeah, well, I always manage to sleep like a baby. Look here, hero, you start messin' in my business, you start thinkin' this shit's gonna get you any good, and I'll tear your fuckin' asshole out. You hear me? If you need time to think about it, I'll give you time. So, what do you think? Okay. Let me tell you somethin'. I always make it a real point to mind my own business. Maybe you ought to try that for a while. Start right now. You give me back my ball, I'll give you yours. What the fuck you smilin' at, bitch! Let's get outta here. Hey! Buddy boy. How's my main man? Is everybody suckin' up to you 'cause you hauled my ass outta there? Right? Right. I really got big plans for you and me, baby... big. Do you mind? Yeah, I mind. Well, then keep your mouth shut on this, wop. No, no, no, I'm saying that 'cause this is on the hush-hush. I ain't givin' this place another chance. I'm gettin' the fuck outta here tonight. Why don't you, uh, wait 'til everything, uh, cools down... No, no, no... tonight. Hey, Rabbit. You know you're gonna get everybody in a lot of trouble. Hey, how ya doin'? Hey, fuck everybody else. You can come with me if you want, maybe you. But these guys? They're on their own and once I'm gone, that's it. So, ya in or out? Good luck. Hey, I didn't mean that. Now what? Well, Miss Walker, so glad I caught you. I never received a copy of your accident report. Accident? Well, you are filing a report regarding the prisoner's death? Standard procedure for the warden to check details for accuracy before submission to the board. Well, I'm sure you'll find it extremely accurate. I was there. I'll make you a copy in the morning. Well, I'd like to digest this for a couple a days. Thank you, Miss Walker, good night. Come on, Tiny, one more time, double or nothin'. Come on. I own you. Let's go. I got you, I got you, I got you. Mm-mm! Get away from me you son of a bitch. You're dead! Cresus, it's me. It's m... I'm sorry, kid. Who in the hell you think it was? Somebody I haven't seen in a very long time. Warden Sharpe? Sir, the power's down all over the prison. I want a special count and lockdown right away. Yes, sir. Let's get the lights on! Damn it, I want silence on this block! You know that, move it! Good. Get those lanterns up there on those tiers. Get some light up there. Help these guys quiet down the prisoners. Here we go baby, daddy's it. Don't do it, Rabbit, I know you're never gonna leave this place. You watch me, baby. Hey, put that in a plate and pray for me, okay? Lazaro, Joseph. Yo, Adrian. You in there, Riddle? What's wrong, Cap? You can't see me in the dark? Cresus, Burton? I haven't gone no place. Hmm, and you ain't either. You notice that, Burke? Sir? You ever need a hand again, you just let me know. Get the fuck in your bed! I ought to drag his lazy butt outta the sack after all the trouble he caused me. Why don't you let him sleep? You can kick his ass in the yard tomorrow. He can count on it. Somebody didn't pay the bills? Chango, help the rabbit find his way home. Glasses. Hey, hey! So, I guess Rabbit did it last night, huh? Hey, you guys hear about the escape? Hey, man, you want to say that again? I don't think the warden heard you. We don't even know if he got out yet. Well... I'd feel it if he made it. He didn't. Not bad for window dressings, eh, Miss Walker? What makes you so sure, freak? Because I'm smart, baby. Hey! Damn. Captain Horton, you get these men back to the cell block! This time I want to know who's here and who's not or your fuckin' job's on the line! All right, move it on out of here! Let's go, move it! I don't care if you have to turn this place inside out. But I want a weapon, I want a motive. And I want a full confession from a prisoner by nightfall. Dismissed. Kramer, escort Miss Walker to her car. Warden Sharpe, you're not gonna shut me out again? Miss Walker, I don't think this is a safe place for you during lockdown. This is the second inmate death and it is imperative that I get all the details. Now you and I both have a responsibility to the board to report any incident... Miss Walker, I don't need you to remind me of my responsibilities as warden! Now, you and the board will be apprised of the results of my investigation. That's all. We'll see if that's all, warden. Let's go. Warden, All right, listen up! Somebody here's made two mistakes. The second was taking the life of a fellow prisoner. The first was underestimating my ability to deal with the situation. Now, if you insist on slaughtering each other like animals, that's exactly the way you're gonna be treated unless one of ya's man enough to step forward. Captain Horton, I want you to assemble these inmates on the yard at 8 o'clock tonight... with their mattresses. You guys stand back, that's enough. Now you don't have cells, you have cages. One of you could have saved the rest considerable discomfort. He still can if he'll step forward and admit his guilt. Captain Horton! Sir? Strip 'em down for a body search. All right, you heard the warden. Strip down to your skivvies. Do it! Since this man won't step forward, it's up to you to cough him up. And you'll stay out here until you do. I'll be in my office if anybody has anything to say. Hello? Oh, Joe, thank God you called back. You're damn right there's a problem. I know you never received your accident report from Sharpe and you never will. Yes, it happened just like I said. Joe, the man is outta control. I think we should shut down the prison immediately. I know what I'm asking, Joe, but that kind of proof could take months. Joe... the prisoners are not safe. Yeah. Yeah, right. Bye. You wanna eat leather for breakfast or you wanna get up? Get up. Then why don't you do it? Why don't you move your foot, sir? Are we having fun? This nigger broke formation. You made your point. You got a problem? Just fine, Cap'n. Just fine. Been a long night. Go get some coffee. Shit. I'll be right back. Wallace! What the hell's going on in there? Open up! What the... Help me! Horton, Horton, get up here! God damn it, Ethan, what's happened? It's real. Don't even try it, Cap'n. I'll spoil that uniform of yours, I promise. Look at the guns, Cresus. I don't give a fuck. I want to see Ethan Sharpe. Right now. Come on, Cresus. Give it up. Can't do it, son. Hey, Ethan. I missed you at the party last night. I been meaning to talk to you about transferring me outta here. I know that look, Ethan. You're as scared as I am. Ever since you set eyes on this boy here, now everything coming down on your ass. Shoot him. Hey, man, shut up! Hey, Cresus, man, don't shoot him. Man, a man would be crazy to stay in this place. And one thing I ain't, and that's crazy. Now, you guys, don't take nothin' from Ethan. I watched that man kill someone. Get him off the yard! Don't, don't let me die behind these walls. Promise, promise! You get a fuckin' ambulance. Red, take that man, send him to the hole. - Take it easy! - Shit. Muzzle him! Let him go, man. Start total lockdown! 'Til further notice, nobody comes or goes! This prison is sealed tight! Total silence during the lockdown, assholes! Total silence! Hey, Tiny, come here, man. The lights are out. The fuckin' juice is off, man. They can't even keep us locked in. Hey, Kramer, pay the fuckin' light bill! Damn it! Get Captain Horton, now! Prepare to fire canister! You guys get ready to move out and lock 'em down! Fire! My eyes! Put this over your eyes! Last one! We're gonna die for sure! With a beauty so unexpected, it has been honored by Tiffany and Company with this gold medal. Never before has Tiffany given an award to any automobile... Never until Mustang. And yet the price... an unexpected $2,368, FOB Detroit. And we're not fooling about that price. Because for $2,368, you get features that cost extra in many other cars. Son of a bitch. Lasagna, baby, now that Sharpe got Burke out of the way, we just hangin' around this slaughterhouse waitin' for our turn. Yeah, and I'm thinkin' maybe Sharpe was the one that got Rabbit chopped too. No, baby, Sharpe ain't the man we should be worried about. Chango tells me there's a kana, a bad spirit trapped in this prison. And it's waitin' to take us out one by one. No, man, Sharpe don't give a fuck about no kana, whatever the hell that is. I'm tellin' ya, baby, the only way any of us can save ass is if I conjure the kana, find out what the kana wants. How you gonna keep Sharpe away from Burke with that mystic bullshit? I think we gotta get us some real help. Baby, if it don't satisfy kana, it won't matter. I know it's against policy, but I want all your key men armed. I want the entire prison population in full restraints. Ya gotta meet violence with violence. I take full responsibility. And you're sure the year is 1964? Yeah, that I'm sure of. Hey, I remember this. Bad business up at the prison. One convict killed another one and he went to trial for it. He was the last convict executed at the old pen. God of fire, thunder, and lightning, the allafan, the father of Abeegee. I summon thee, creature of darkness by the power of darkness. I summon thee, creature of hatred by the power of hatred, I... I summon thee, creature of waste by the rights of waste. I summon thee, creature of pain by the power... of pain. I summon thee. From the abode of darkness come forth and show yourself! Show yourself to me. Show yourself to me! Chango! What's goin' on? What the fuck is happening, man? Look at this shit. We better get the fuck outta here, man. - Go, man. - Go! Uh! Uh! Freeze! Stand away from that door or I'll shoot! Sorry, sweet cheeks, we're gettin' the fuck outta here now! Stand back or I'll shoot! Shut the fuck up! Get back! Shut the fuck up! I said get back, come on, Rhino. Back up! Hey, Johnson, just calm down, baby. Hey, hey. You're one of us now, baby. You're leavin' with us. Just put the gun down, okay? Johnson, put the fuckin' gun down. We're not gonna hurt you, man. Just put the gun down, okay? Listen to me, Johnson. Oh, shit. Oh, shit, man. You're hit bad. We gotta get you the fuck outta here. I'm all right. Forget about me. Hey, man, shoot that fuckin' lock now! I'll be back for you, man. Let's go! - Hold it, let's... - Let me out! Hold it, we gotta be smart about this shit! One of us has to check the gun towers or none of us are gonna make it! Who the fuck put you in charge, wop? You want me to go out there? Well, you got the gun, let's go together! The rest a you guys stay here 'til we see if it's clear! Let's go! We'll be here, we'll be here, Rhino! Some things just won't stay buried. I guess that means me and you. My past catching up with me now. Your innocence bringing you back like this? I knew you'd come for me, Charlie? Now I don't have to be afraid anymore. You're frightened of the wrong man. Jesus, Ethan. I thought... Ethan, Charlie's here. He come to take us both for what we did to him. Ethan, you stole my life. I watched you kill a man! And then helped you to send another man to his death for it. You had ten easy years in Chino. Another light stretch in Leavenworth. Who do you think's been looking after you all of these years? I lived up to my side of the bargain. When we sent Charlie over, we set ourselves up for this night. Charles Forsythe is dead! Charlie's gonna get you, Ethan. Why you doin' this to me, Cresus? I gotta get outta here. Ethan, let me finish up on the outside? Oh. I can't risk it, Cresus. You're delirious. Oh, my. You're losing a lot of blood. Ooh! Now we can take a nice long walk up to see your friend. We ain't got far to walk. Come on, we're gettin' outta here. You convict shit! I'm takin' over, you psychotic son of a bitch. And you're gonna help me do it. My men'll cut you to pieces before you even get to the yard. Can you make it? You're damn right. Nobody in the fuckin' towers. - Sure, are you sure? - Yeah. It's clear. Let me in! Let me in! Let me in! Aren't ya gonna let your buddy in? He's gonna get killed out there! Fuck him. Ah! Oh, how I've longed to see this man at the end of a leash. There'll be a reckoning for this. Shut up! Don't spoil the goods. Don't spoil the goods, he's our ticket out of here. He'll get us outta here. Burke. Let him go. Make me. I'll blow you away. Put him down! You'll burn in hell for this, you murderin' son of a bitch! Yes, just like you. - Cresus. - No, no, if we're gonna get out a here, it's gotta be now. Go, go. Go on back, get back! There's a riot... these bastards have taken control! What the hell is going on? We had to do it, he's tryin' to kill us. They killed the captain of the guards! Miss, he's crazy. Please don't let me die behind these walls. Please? Now, who you gonna believe, him or us? Let's go. We're all going to die with these transgressors! Shut up! He's keeping us here. Cresus, I'm goin' for the gate. - Stay with him. - I got it. Don't wait for me. Burke, the guns! Ah! Now he's gonna be punished. Get ready, get ready. Uh! |
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