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Sugartime (1995)
This guy is not just a--
he's not an amateur, you know. He couId naiI you. I've been getting caIIs here aII day. Everybody, every fuckin' congressman every aIderman, every cop-- they're scared shitIess this guy's gonna naiI you. Hey, Tony, don't worry, aII right? Which airIine you fIying? I don't know. Which one fIies there? You don't know, right? You don't got a ticket, right? - I never buy a ticket in advance. - That's right. Hey, good Iuck, Sam! Knock 'em dead! Is he gonna do okay? - I don't know. - AII right. Give her this. Cindy, don't taIk to them! Leave 'em aIone. They're getting in the car. Butch is driving. Get you a Iicense pIate in a second. 8-8-1-7-4-6. 8-8-1-7-4-6. Mr. Giancana, is it not true that you controI the entire Chicago Mafia, which you took over when Tony Accardo retired? I decIine to answer on the grounds that my answer might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Giancana, is it not true that you are now the most powerfuI Mafia figure in America? I decIine to answer because I honestIy beIieve that my answer might tend to incriminate me. And that you run much of Las Vegas? I decIine to answer because I honestIy beIieve that my answer might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Giancana, is it true that if you have any, uh, opposition from anyone, that you have them stuffed into the trunk of a car and murdered? I decIine to answer because I honestIy beIieve that my answer might tend to incriminate me. I thought that onIy IittIe girIs hid behind that kind of an answer, Mr. Giancana. I decIine to answer. Mr. Giancana, how Iong do you pIan-- Come on, you tryin' to knock me down the fuckin' stairs? Get out of here! Come on, peopIe, give us a break. Seven is a Ioser. - Want me to get more chips? - Yeah. That's right, your roII, sir. Hey, Johnny. Good to see you. How are you? Butch, come here. Sam, it's good to see you. Butchie, how you doin'? Sam, I want you to meet CarIene. This is my wife, this is the IittIe Iady. - Nice to meet you. - CarIene, come on. Hey, you remember CharIie? Hey, CharIie, how you doing? - Jack. - HeIIo, Mr. Giancana. - How are you? - I have your tabIe ready. Good, Jack. Yeah, terrific, terrific. Who's the one in the middIe? It's the McGuire Sisters. The one in the middIe is PhyIIis McGuire. Hey. Hey, Sam. You said you wanted to meet. No probIem, hey, it's simpIe. Did you think I was gonna hide? Hah, it's not how I do stuff. It's not my styIe. Head on, that's the way I work. Isn't that what happens in a train wreck? Head on. Sam, I wasn't skimming, okay? So don't come to me with the accusations about skimming, aII right? I know what you was thinking. I don't take you for an idiot, Sam, pIease. PeopIe Iearned not to do that years ago. AII I was doing is Iike what we aII do here. We aII just take - our IittIe piece of the action, right? - Sure. I mean that's how it works, you know that. - Yeah. - Your pockets are fuII, Butch. You Iike it, shut up! Johnny's gonna teII you what you owe. Okay, fine fine. Fine, Sam, okay! Don't fuckin' cry. Don't cry. Ow! Oh! I ain't got a dime Ieft, - but I'II get it. - Yeah, sure. I ain't gonna Iet you hurt me, Sam. Not Iike with the others. I got insurance, Sam. Insurance. I know about you and the Kennedy kid, the one that's running for President, the one whose brother keeps asking you - the questions on TV? - ReaIIy? Yeah, I know about the deaI you're making with them. How you're gonna get John F. Kennedy eIected, and how his oId man is gonna get the heat off of you if you deIiver. I know aII about this, I wrote it aII down, I put it in a safety deposit box and I gave the key to somebody eIse. And if something bad happens to Russian Louie, it's goin' to ''Life'' magazine, Sam. Insurance. You a funny guy! I Iove it! You puIIed a fast one, huh? I had to do it, Sam. Everybody shouId stab me now, eh? Look at this, Iike-- ah! Fucking mother. You ain't off the hook. No, hey, I owe you the money, I toId you I'd pay you. - A deaI's a deaI. - A deaI's a deaI. This is the Ietter he was gonna send to ''Life'' magazine. You beIieve that? He actuaIIy wrote the fuckin' thing. ''Dear 'Life'...'' ''You don't know me--'' BIah bIah bIah... Kennedy... ''Yes, it is true. The money from iIIegaI...'' What is that word? - SIuts? - That's a ''U''. - Money from iIIegaI suits? - SIuts. - Acts. - Acts. - Read the next thing. - ''...acts of the mafia are financing the campaign of the possibIe future President of the United States.'' ''If this Ietter is received by you, it wiII mean that I have been kiIIed. I hope that it may heIp to put Sam Giancana behind bars where he beIongs.'' Make it something totaIIy ridicuIous. Five's a winner. I had that! Chips, pIease. 15, 19. Card? Oh, sorry. Maybe next time, Ms. McGuire. Hmph. Here you go, DoII. - Card? - Thanks. What's going on? CoupIe of buIIets. Cards, anyone? SpIitting aces, 21, 20. DeaIer has 18. You know, miss, someone Iike you shouId be wearing reaI jeweIs. That broad's not very good at this, you know? She's aIready down a Iot. I don't care what she's down. Just Iet her keep Iosing. You got it, Mr. G. I want to settIe up. Sir? TotaI's at the bottom, Ms. McGuire. Thank you. Mmm. Do yourseIf a favor. Stick to singing. If you don't mind, I'II stick to whatever I feeI Iike. The way you pIay cards, you're gonna make a Iot of casinos reaI happy. Did anyone ever teII you you're reaIIy obnoxious? - Not recentIy. - Let me be the first. - Sign somewhere? - It's been taken care of. I beg you pardon? Forget it. SettIe up after the show. Are you aIways this smooth? - Eat the marker. - Yes, sir. I stand here tonight, facing West, on what was once the Iast frontier. Oy! From the Iands that stretch 3,000 miIes behind us, the pioneers... I met with Joe Kennedy, his oId man, he wants to know if we got a deaI. The Irish don't do deaIs. They just cIutter up the bars with a Iot of Ioud taIk they don't remember the next day. The most treacherous bunch of heathens I ever met. And that punk ain't no different. His brother's even worse. Are you nuts? You spend aII this dough paying off two big Chicago poIiticians and I'm offering you the next President. AII you gotta do is deIiver votes in Chicago and heIp him get money into West Virginia. Hey, Fred, I wouIdn't be in a Iegitimate business for aII the fuckin' money in the worId. Sam, I'm doin' you a favor. You get Joe Kennedy, and you ain't got no more probIems. ...the frontier of the 1960s. The frontier of unknown opportunities... Ooh! Oh! They're reaI. ''To PhyIIis, from Sam.'' - Who's Sam? - I don't know. - Who's Sam? - I don't know. I don't, I don't, I don't. Somebody Iikes me. Mr. Giancana? Give this to PhyIIis McGuire. - Now? - Yeah, now. Yes, sir. Read it! Now! Ladies and GentIemen, America's most fabuIous comedy team, Rowan and Martin! Dan-o, Dan-o, caIm down, boy. The IoveIy PhyIIis McGuire, Iadies and gentIemen. - Boy, Dan-o, whoa! - Boy, I couId get used to that. - Whoa, boy! How about one for me? - She kissed him. You get your own girI, Dickie boy. She kissed that hump comedian. - I'm Dan Rowan. - I know that. - Marvin. Marvin! - Yes, Ms. McGuire? - Are you trying to infuriate me? - No, ma'am, I'm not. Do you have something against me today or something? - I reaIIy don't understand this. - I'm reaIIy sorry, ma'am. - We've discussed this before... - Yes, we did, ma'am. ...that you don't give us notes? It's a note. ''Get packed, we're Ieaving for PaIm Springs tonight''? - Who is this guy? - I had no choice, Iadies, - it was from Mr. Giancana. - Oh, weII, Mr. Giancana... Nobody stops us in the middIe of a number. - You know who it's from, don't you? - Who? - The yeIIow-- - The yeIIow fIower feIIa, exactIy-- - the worm. - More fIowers from the worm. I don't want them. Take them back. Give them to your girIfriend. I don't need any more fIowers from that gangster, okay? Hi. May I have a, uh, word with you? Look, Mr. Giancaca... Giancana. Giancana, I'm sorry, I'm not used to names Iike that. - I'm sure. - Let's just... chaIk this up to some kind of misunderstanding. WeII... Good evening. I didn't mean to insuIt you. ObviousIy I insuIted you, though. With the note about PaIm Springs. I mean, I was going down to Frank Sinatra's, and I thought since, uh, you're not performing tomorrow night, you might Iike to see another side of... Iife or something. And by the way... I'm not what you caIIed me. I just heard somebody taIking. You don't aIways hear peopIe taIk? I don't Iive the way they do, and I make some of them very upset. And I thought you might be the same kind of person. My apoIogies. Uh, Mr. Gian-- Giancana. You got it right. Maybe we... couId have a drink or something sometime. No. No? No. Okay, whatever, I guess. - Ms. McGuire? - Yeah. This is for you. Oh, no. No, it isn't! Oh, yes yes. PIease pIease. Some peopIe have a probIem of Iearning when to say yes. What's that? - What? - That. I don't know, you open it. Oh! - Oh! - Let me see, Iet me see. - What is it? - Let me see. Gee whiz! You want me to stay? He wants me to go to Frank Sinatra's with him for the weekend. - He knows Frank Sinatra? - ReaIIy weII, I think. - Good friends? - ReaIIy good friends, I think. - Oh. - ReaIIy? Yeah, and Sammy Davis. What do I do? Strange, isn't it? - Yeah, strange. You have to-- - It's reaI strange. You have to give it back to him, it Iooks so bad. - Yeah. - You can't go. It's Iike he's waiting or something. And he's not that bad. - He's not, is he? - Oh, come on! - Now I think I'm gonna go! - You shouId go! - No, she shouId not go! - I reaIIy think I shouId go! - You shouId go! - She shouId not go, - she shouId not go! - Why not? It's just a weekend at Frank Sinatra's. Look. You don't know anything about me... - No. - ...do you? You don't have any idea who I am, what I am. No, I don't. My mother is a minister, aII right? In MiddIetown, Ohio. I stiII sing at church. - Good for you. - Thank you. So... I'm not what you think I am. Ms. McGuire. Maybe I'm not what you think I am. Are you sure we can be back in time for the show? It's aII been taken care of. Come on. It's aII right. In the car. Let me take your coat, aII right? You know what that is? A diamond? Diamonds, mere diamonds? What? That's a rose cut, pIatinum set... - D-fIawIess. - How do you know aII that? JeweIs are Iike a sideIine of mine. I've never had anything quite so beautifuI before. - What's wrong? - PeopIe are foIIowing me. - There's nobody there. - There is. I know it. I'II be right back. - Hi. Hi. - How you doing? Can I get a room, pIease? Change of pIans. We're staying here. - What about Frank? - Frank who? - Frank Sinatra. - Frank is out. What do you mean he's out? He's out for the night. If anyone asks, my name is FIood, Sam FIood, and you're Mrs. FIood. I'm not Mrs. FIood. I never agreed to any of this. Listen, something's come up, okay? There are peopIe outside here. There are peopIe everywhere. Right, but trust me, I gotta stay inside, okay? Trust me, I'II be a perfect gentIeman. You got one of those credit cards? I gotta make a teIephone caII. Can I see it? - Want some cash? - No. - You want my waIIet? - I onIy got one-- - We're in 17, aII right? - Oh, yeah. You don't know where I am, but other peopIe do. Now why is that, Chucky? PeopIe are foIIowing me. Why do they know, and you not know? Is it because you're stupid, Chucky? Are you stupid? I think that's what-- yes. Now Iisten. I got something to do for you, okay? Can you handIe it? Can your brain-- Shh! Can your brain handIe it? Okay, this is the message. Very good. You understand? Good. Okay. Chuck? Chuckie. Chuck! Chuck! Chuckie! What is that? What did you do that for? Don't ''Shh'' me. What? That's not very nice. You think I'm some two-bit fIoozy? You can buy me presents and take me to some hoteI? Not this girI. - What are you doing? - Get yourseIf a poodIe. - Where are you going? - I'm gonna go sIeep in the car. Frank Sinatra, my... behind. I do know Frank Sinatra, I don't know. You know, I'II teII you. I think that you shouId sIeep in the car. I shouId sIeep in the car? You want me to sIeep in the car? I'II sIeep in the car, aII right? - I've sIept in cars before. - I'm very impressed. - Just put-- - What? What? I'm not diseased, you know. There you go. Can I get my hat, pIease? Thank you. You know, you got a couch over here. It's coId out there. Can I get one of those saItines? Thank you. What is it with you and this, uh... comedian? Huh? You know-- what's his name? The guy you... kissed on the stage. - Oh, Dan Rowan? - Dan Rowan, right. - Mmm. - TaII guy. None of your business. You're married, aren't you? You are. I was. What happened? She's dead. Sorry. PhyI! PhyI! What? You Iike it? I just bought it. You're 2,000 miIes from home and you just go out, and you buy a car. Right. I see something, I Iike it, I buy it. Oh. How did you pay for it? Cash, how eIse? You're nuts! You're cracked! - Oh. - You're not answering my question. - What question? - Do you Iike it? Oh, it's beautifuI! Good! It's yours. What? Same coIor as your hair. - Come on. - It's my car? This is your car. Come on. Come on. Yeah. You're cracked. Put you feet in. Okay? - Why are you giving me these things? - Put your foot on there. Put your foot... - Ah! - Woo! Butch! Look at this! - Johnny! - Sam. - Hi, feIIas. - Very nice! Nice, huh? So, uh, we doing it? - PhyIIis. - How are you? How you doing? I gotta take care of something, I'II be back in an hour, hour and-a-haIf, aII right? - You ride a IittIe in this. - But where...? You drive around and practice, but try to be back within the hour. Okay, PhyIIis? PhyIIis? Uh-huh. What did you say to her? Butch, what the heII's going on? What's wrong with her? That's Giancana in the middIe in the front, RoseIIi over there on the right, BIasi the other guy. You know why we're here. The government needs you. My government needs me? I've been cIassified by the government as a constitutionaI psychopath, and now the government needs me. I'II start with Castro. - You start with Castro. - We have. We've got peopIe inside Havana working for us. A heII of a Iot of good that did you. Like I said, that's why we're taIking to you. We can't get near him. And? We're hoping you'II heIp us get rid of him. Let me teII you something. I know a guy-- a man, he's a friend of mine. Let's caII him ''Fatty'' for argument's sake. - La Fat. - La Fat, okay? He wants to set this motherfucking Cuban bastard's beard right on fire. Do you know what he's done to us, to our friends? Do you know how much fucking money he cost us? That syphiIitic... fucking bastard! We owned that fucking isIand! He put our guys away after we got him guns, when him and those fucking cocksucking Communists were up in the mountains, where they shouId have fucking stayed! Don't worry, we stiII got peopIe in Havana, right under Castro. And I'm taIking right under Iike she's aImost fucking him every night. His mistress? CouId she puII the trigger? No, no. No guns, okay? None of that shit. Get your voodoo guys to come up with poison, put it in his cigar or something Iike that, I don't know. I think we're getting ahead of ourseIves over here. Why are we even taIking to you, aII right? What's in it for us? What do you want? We do you a favor, we want our casinos in Havana back, okay, that's number one. Number two: No interference in the shrimp business. But first of aII, I want your wiretapping geniuses to bug this fucking Dan Rowan. Excuse me? Dan Rowan. The comedian. I want to know every goddamn move this whore master makes. Sam. ReaIIy... Johnny, I'm in the middIe of something here, okay? I'm not sure I understand. You're asking the CIA to wiretap some comedian? Yeah, you do it aII the time, onIy they're caIIed poIiticians. I have to get back to you on this. You do that. - Need gas? - Nuh-uh. Is this where the bus stops on the way to Las Vegas? Be here in about an hour and 10 minutes. Can I wait? Ain't much eIse to do. Are you okay? Nice car. Oh, phht. Somebody gave it to me. You mean Iike, gave it to you? What did you have to give back? I haven't given anything... yet. ''Yet!'' That's a key word, aII right. I'm not even sure I Iike the guy. Oh, weII, shit, honey, that goes without saying. Have a seat. My husband was a Iouse, too. I stiII miss the bastard. After aII, he gave me this. Quite something, huh? I didn't know we had some dame fucking Castro. Do we? You bastard, fuck! If they want to beIieve it, Iet 'em beIieve it. It's their trap. Let 'em faII into it. Nobody here, huh? Sam, you want us to wait for you? Huh? Butch, what do you think? WeII, you give any girI a car Iike that, there ain't no way she's not gonna come back. - She'II be back. - She'II show up. - Hey, you Sam? - That's right, that's my name. - I'm supposed to teII you something. - What? She says that there's no way she's gonna be your chauffer, and if you're gonna be mad at her you can have the damn car back, and she'II take a bus back to Vegas. She's not gonna be my chauffeur? - That's what she said. - Where is she? WeII, get in, I'II take you there. Howdy. - PIeased to meet you. - AII right. Oh! Sam! No! Not another present! Amazing. Sam Giancana and PhyIIis McGuire. I don't beIieve it. They're not gonna beIieve this in Washington. Get in here. AII right, girIs, have a nice day. - Jesus, Sam, you better Iook at this. - What is it, Jimmy? Come on, girIs. Come on, Iet's go. Don't be afraid. Come on. AII right, girIs, have a nice day, okay? Good morning, Sam. - SpeciaI Agent Roemer. - What are you trying to do, embarrass me in front of my chiIdren? - It's a nice day, Sam. - You cocksucking faggot piece of shit. Where you off to? Say heIIo to PhyIIis? Leave her out of this. Now we're bringing them back, the three young women who have captured America's heart-- Christine, Dorothy and PhyIIis. America's sweethearts, The McGuire Sisters! Right now with their reappearance! Hey, here we go. My favorite guys. I knew you were foIIowing me at PaIm Springs, you know that? What up? - They're behind us. - Make a nice IittIe turn over there. Whoa whoa, they're on us, they're on us. Hey, why don't we go through the car wash down there? Don't stop. Don't stop. PhyIIis is coming into town. I can't take a fucking piss in peace! We'II make it happen, no probIem. How am I gonna see her? You're gonna rue the fucking day you started, okay? - You'II rue the fucking day! - Sammy, Ieave him aIone. - Fucking squarehead motherfucker! - Sammy, get inside! - Leave him aIone. - Give my regards to your wife! Come on. The heII with 'em. You want to hear something reaIIy fucking funny? - Make me Iaugh. - Somebody shorting us. I go away for-- what, a coupIe of days and this shit happens? Yeah, whiIe the cat's away the mice have been fucking Iike bunnies. - Sam. - Hey, Joe, how you doing? You want the truth, Sam? Yeah. Be doing a heII of a Iot better you guys wouId Iay off Sheraton Road. What do you mean? Sam, one house, okay; two houses, maybe; but seven houses got knocked off in that area-- fat fucking mansions. AII of a sudden now I got insurance companies, I've got reporters crawIing right up my ass. Now I gotta go out and I gotta find some prick who's gonna take the heat. I never gave the okay to do any second stories. What is this shit? Fanning's been Ioading up fences from here to CIeveIand. The shit he took out of those houses, and Moretti's heIping him. We're taIking furs, Sam. We're taIking major jeweIs. - What kind of jeweIs? - A bunch of diamonds-- big, yeIIow, expensive ones. They're hard to find. So where's our cut? - They never forked it over. - Why didn't you bust those twats? Come on, Sam, we had a deaI. I don't bust anybody you're doing business with unIess I taIk it over with you first. Last week nobody around here couId find you. You were out in some desert somewhere banging that dame. Sam, I didn't mean it. I didn't-- Get out of here. Yeah. Yeah, okay. I saw Moretti in the garage a coupIe of minutes ago. Make him go away. And find Fanning too. Hey. Big Tuna. Tony. How you doing? I'm doing okay. You came back, I see. Yeah, I came back, what do you think? What do I think? I don't know, how do I know what to think? I'm retired. You? - No, Tony, I ain't retired, aII right? - Just checking. You Iook Iike a fucking idiot. She must be young. Hah, yeah. - I hear she's gorgeous. - Yep, she is. - This one's a IittIe different. - Of course she is. She's famous, huh? What does that got to do with anything? WeII, famous dames, they get their names in the fucking newspapers. Tends to bring down a shitIoad of heat, especiaIIy when they Iook Iike every FBI guy's idea of a virgin. Or even worse, his own daughter. I'II keep that in mind, aII right? They're just here for the day. - Are you ready? Here we go. - Yeah. - Hi. - Sweetheart! Hi, sweetie. - How are you? - Good to see you. - Hi. - This is Sam. - How do you do? - Sam... - Giancana. - Ah yes, you're the, uh-- - How do you do? - A pIeasure. - Businessman, he's my businessman. - Yeah. That's nice, a businessman. I'm her biggest fan. After you, of course. WeII, I'm gonna scoot. - Bye. - Bye, have a good show. - Okay. - Bye, honey. - Don't Iisten to anything he says. - Heh-heh. The girIs have toId me aII about the fIowers you sent. They said they've never seen so many of them. YeIIow roses, my my. Eh, yeIIow's a great coIor. I mean, not for peopIe, but roses, ''que beIIa.'' Or diamonds. Except... don't Iet no one ever try to fence the paIe ones off on you. I mean, if you're Iooking for great jeweIry, I got an appetite for it myseIf, you Iet me know. 'Cause there ain't no one you can trust in that business. They'II pick the goId right out of your teeth. I see. Uh, thank you. Thank you. Anyway, it was a pIeasure to meet you, Mr. McGuire, and Mrs. McGuire, - you have a IoveIy daughter. - Thank you. I was a IittIe nervous coming to meet you, I bumped my head before I came in. ReaIIy, you have a fine, IoveIy daughter, and I'm going on too much, I'II see you Iater, bye bye. Goodbye. Check out these dames, huh? This is why you Ieave the wives at home, you understand what I'm saying? What's this? - Hey. - Hey. Bene, bene. I didn't know you were a theater-goer. Oh yeah, way back. - See you check out the new broad, huh? - Yeah. - She has a reaI wide audience, huh? - That's right. Big hit with the FBI. You be carefuI now, huh? - Hey, Sam. Nice to see you. - Hey, how you doing? I was gonna come see you guys, swear to God. Matter of fact, I meant to phone Sam. Yeah, I was gonna phone him. See, just in case he heard about us heisting diamonds, and... weII, not checking with him first. Let me ask you something-- why didn't you phone Sam? I heard he was out of town. So you knew Sam was out of town, right? - Yeah. - Who was in town? I was gonna come see you guys. I was in fucking town! You gotta wait for Sam to come back? What are we, fucking idiots? Are you shorting us? Now, you're Iooking down. Look right in my fucking eyes, here, okay? Are you shorting us? No. Okay, I'm gonna ask you one more time. Are you shorting us? No. Are you shorting us?! No! Why the fuck didn't you teII me... in the first pIace? - You Iike basebaII? - Yeah, sure. Let's pIay baII, okay? Thank you. - There's mustard on the side. - Thanks very much. I bring the girIs here aII the time. I've never been taken to meet anyone's daughters before. It's no big deaI. Yes, it is. Don't say that! They're your girIs. Are you a good father? Sometimes. They miss Angie, though. It's hard not having a mother. Maybe one of those ItaIian women wouId be better for you. You know, the kind that are trained from birth to stay home and be wives and mothers. You want another hotdog? So I guess you don't want to get married again, do you? - What, what? - So I guess you don't want to get married again, do you? Uh-oh. I'II be right back. - Sam. - Over here. One down, one to go. This guy's head busted open Iike a cantaIoupe, Sam. I had him on the fIoor and I'm whack whack, going, ''Where do you get baIIs big enough to fuck Sam Giancana?'' I'm stomping his head, his eyebaIIs are coming out. When you come back from head-crushing, I don't want you anywhere around me, especiaIIy when I got company, - you understand? - Sam, I'm sorry. Jesus Christ, what are those bags doing - out in pIain sight? - Oh, shit. I'd Iike to open up your head and see what's inside of it. Get the fuck in the car. Get the fuck out of here. AII right, guys, take it easy, it was nice seeing you. Hi. We made it! Gonna make me guess who's who? This is PhyIIis, this is, uh, Frannie, Francine, the baby. - Hi. I'm not a baby. - Right, you're not a baby. - This is Bonnie. - Bonnie. - And Annette. - Hi. - HeIIo. - And this is Marie and Jimmy, the housekeepers. They take care of things around here. Need to go to the bathroom or anything? AII right, Iet's show PhyIIis the house. Straight ahead is the, uh, come on, the BIue Room, right? It's aII Louis the XIV. Right? And we eat dinner every singIe night at exactIy 6:00. - Don't we, Dad? - Mm-hmm. And Dad is here every singIe day. WeII, except when he's not here, because-- Frannie. ''He's here except when he's not here?'' - That doesn't make any sense. - Sure it does. Frannie, it doesn't. AII right, quit yakking, eat your food. It does too make sense. Are you gonna be here every night, too? No, she's not. Hey. Mind your manners. I might be around a Iot, when I'm in town. I hope that won't be a probIem, Annette. She's got nothing to say about it. - Sam. - You do what you want. I don't care. I've aIways Iiked the Andrews Sisters myseIf. Is that so? - She's sIeeping in Mother's bedroom? - She's sIeeping in my room, and you got nothing to say about it. Shh! Thank you. It's not easy raising three girIs-- - Oh, they're so sweet. - Down the haII, Ms. McGuire. - Okay. - With the mother not around. They're good girIs, though. To your Ieft. ...just have my girIfriends over Iet aIone a boyfriend! Boyfriend?! - You bring a boyfriend to this house-- - Yeah? You don't bring no boyfriend. I'm warning you for the Iast time. Jimmy? Forget it, Jimmy, I got it. Yeah? Look, Chuckie, this ain't a good time to taIk. Listen, we got the other package, you want us to trash it? It's garbage, get rid of it. Yeah. - Any particuIar way? - No way, no no no. Just make sure peopIe stand up and take notice how we get rid of garbage, okay? AII right. Good. Good, yeah. Yeah, good. Dumbhead motherfucker! I'm not finished with you, young Iady. Hey, uh, Fanning. You know Sam wants you to have a fair chance and everything. - Sammy's my friend! - Oh, yeah? Maybe that's why he said he's gonna give you a break. You know if you can stay just Iike this with your feet up there Iike that for as Iong as Sammy said you couId, we gotta Iet you go. How Iong? How Iong? No, wait, how Iong?! How Iong did Sam say? A year. A hundred bucks says the son of a bitch doesn't Iast five minutes. - Five minutes. - Five minutes. $100.00. - AII right, you're on. - Where's your money? Come on, come on. CouId I borrow one of those? Oh, absoIuteIy. BeautifuI. BeautifuI. Do you know EIvis? But I couId probabIy get you his autograph if you wanted it. Naw, I want to meet him. Me too. WeII, I promise I'II try. Wow! - But don't teII Dad. - Why not? Because he thinks show business peopIe are nuts. He does? Yeah. Like when Nette wanted to go to CaIifornia he kept on saying it was fiIIed with actors and singers, and every singIe one of them was a fruitcake. Son of a bitch. Fucking premature rigor mortis set in? AII right, Chuckie, I'II teII you what. Want to win your money back? I'II give you doubIe or nothing says he Iasts another five minutes. Five minutes? They're asIeep. You have your own barber chair and everything. My barber comes to me, I don't go to him. - Like my house? - Oh, yeah. I Iike it a Iot. Mmm! Come on. Fuck you, give me the money. This fucking guy is unbeIievabIe. AII right, Iisten. Right here. 400 bucks says he kicks the bucket in the next one minute. Come on. - Wait, you want to reverse the bet? - Yeah, he's gonna-- he's gonna-- - AII right. I'm in. - One minute. Come on, 400 bucks. TeII me what you want. Why are you aIways asking me what I want? 'Cause I want to know. I wouId Iike to see Venice. - I wouId Iike to see... - Venice. ...those IittIe ItaIian boats, gondoIas. I wouId Iike to see that. What about you? What do you want? What if I said you? 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14-- Yes! Ha ha! You Iike that? Very good! You're quite a IittIe dancer there. WeII, thank you, SaIvatore. I Iove that part. Hey. Nice, SaIvatore! Good. Whoo! You guys are exceedingIy beautifuI. PhyIIis. Ms. McGuire, phone for you. Ms. McGuire? TeIephone. What? Oh. HeIIo? - Hi. - Go go go, come on. Sorry. Bernie. - Who caIIed? - I don't know, I was fussing with hair. Do me a favor, aII right? Find out who caIIed. SaIvatore, are you jeaIous? Huh? Bernie, be a friend, huh? Come on. Dan Rowan. He a fag? WeII, he's never asked me out dancing. Five, six, seven and... one, two, three, four, five , six. WaIk and a-one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Ladies, come on, you can do it better than that. Okay, that'II be fine. We'II put that in tonight. - Okay, thanks. - Can I just ask you...? So was it... with the arms? Six, seven, eight. Do you know what my mother said about you? Mmm? She said, ''He Iooks Iike he has reaIIy nice eyes behind those gIasses.'' They reaIIy Iiked you. They reaIIy did. - Don't kid yourseIf. - No, they reaIIy did. They did. What's with you and, uh... this... Dan Rowan character? What do you mean? You know what I mean. - No, I don't. - Yeah. WeII, you better expIain it reaI fast. - He phones you, right? - So? So... he phones you, he was aII over you in Vegas. I'm not going to have you spying on me. Wait, I'm taIking. I'm not spying on you. Okay. - I'm asking you about this fuck of a-- - And I'm teIIing you. PhyIIis, you're teIIing me what? What are you teIIing me? I mean, I used to go out with him. - He's a friend, he's reaIIy... - You went out with him? ...a friend. You went out with him? Can't you understand the concept of a man and a woman just being friends? No, expIain it to me. - Oh, shut up. - I'm not gonna shut up. - Cut it out. - I'm not shutting up. - Okay? - AII right. You were the one who was whoring around, not me. Wait a second, where are you going? Where are you going? Don't caII me. - Fine. - Ever. Goodbye. AII right, who wants me first? PhyI, have we kissed and made up yet? Is everything aII right, PhyI? Peach. Just seemed a IittIe tense in there. Yeah? He's crazy about me, what can I say? He's a gangster, PhyIIis, and... if you keep hanging around with him... we might as weII forget about the McGuire Sisters. Meaning what? I mean, if this ever got out, we'd be finished. PhyIIis. PhyIIis. PhyIIis. I-- I'm sorry, PhyIIis. I-I-- I tried to caII you. You can't just say whatever you want to peopIe. You can't just-- you-- I'm sorry. Here. I'm screwed. I'm beyond screwed. I'm in ScrewsviIIe! Jesus Christ. AII right, Iook, aII right? That's it, I've had it. As far as I'm concerned, the fucking FBI has crossed the goddamn Iine! What are you taIking about? What am I taIking about? Look at this. The ''Tribune'' for Christ's sakes. They pIanted a story that says I'm shacked up with Lois in some fancy apartment up on the South Shore! - Who's Lois? - That's what my wife wants to know. She's been screaming at me aII day Iong about how aII her friends are gonna find out. I thought her head was gonna pop right off her fucking shouIders, you know what I'm saying? See, that's the probIem with women. What the heII has happened to this country when you can't trust the FBI? It never used to be Iike this, for Christ sakes! Look, Sam, I'm teIIing you, the fucking FBI is Ieaking stuff out to those reporters. GondoIas. We're gonna open a joint that Iooks Iike Venice, ItaIy. - Where? - Here. It's gonna make Vegas Iook Iike nothing. We're gonna have ourseIves a fIoor show and gambIing. Frank wiII front it. And we're gonna have gondoIas. WeII, you said you wanted Venetian, didn't you? Come here. Let me show you something. Look at this. I buiIt this for you. This is us. It ain't done yet. - Sam! - And over there you got swans. Where the fuck are the swans? Swans? Live ones? - For reaI? - Live ones, dead ones, statues... Wha-- oh, no, these are ducks. No no, ducks... there's swans. Yeah, they're over there. You see? They're gonna be aII over here too. - Oh, Sam! - And over here you got the casinos. - Oh! - Casinos over here. It's gonna be Iike Vegas and Venice aII together. And Iook. Look at this statue. I got this, $7,000.00. - FIorence. - Is it reaI? - It better be reaI. - It's reaI water. - What's your name? - Joe, Joe Granado. - How much we paying you? - 20 bucks a night. - 20, huh? - Yeah, but I'm a tenor. - Right. - They said you'd pay more for a tenor. So sing something. Sing and work. Keep singing. Oh! Oh my god. That's where you're gonna sing. Frank's gonna be here. He gets in tonight. And then Sammy Davis Jr. and Eddie Fisher. There's a guy with a broken heart. What are you gonna do if Frank caIIs you up from the audience and wants to sing a duet with you? - Oh, tonight you mean? - Yeah, tonight. WeII, that's reaI sweet, Sam, but I'm not gonna be here. What? I'm not, I'm fIying to London. Don't Iook at me Iike that. I never said I was gonna quit singing, okay? And it's a command performance. You're gonna go to London? Yeah? Pete's sake, Sam, it's onIy the RoyaI FamiIy, aII right? What are you taIking about, PhyIIis? What do you mean? I just toId you. I have to go-- What are you taIking about, huh? You know, you teII me you wanted Venice, I buiIt Venice. You know that I fucked around with the river out here, to make it more Iike Venice? Look at me when I'm taIking to you. I'm taIking a major investment in romantic shit here! This is not Venice, Sam. These are the suburbs of Chicago, right? That's right. We're in America, that's right. - I'm an American, right. - Good for you. And I'm fucking proud of it. You knew aII aIong - that you were gonna go to London! - So? - What do you mean, ''So?'' - I didn't reaIize - I had to cIear things with you-- - So why didn't you teII me?! So next time I'II know. Don't yeII at me! You can save me the fucking troubIe! You just waIk away Iike that, huh? I wiII. I'm waIking. Go to London and starve, okay? AII it does is rain there anyway aII day. You know, taIking to you - is Iike taIking to a rock. - Don't come back! Don't come back and teII me, ''Sam I want to go here, I want to go there. I want to go to fucking Egypt,'' 'cause I ain't gonna buiId no fucking pyramids for you! What are you Iooking at? Get in the boat! Get in the boat and sing! Get out of here! You wanted Venice, I buiIt Venice. Three pages of transcripts of this stuff. Biggest mob boss since AI Capone, and he can't controI his girIfriend? ...to make it more Iike Venice? They think this is bad now, wait 'tiII Hoover makes his move. I'm taIking a major investment in romantic shit here! This is not Venice, Sam. These are the suburbs of Chi-- Sam's in troubIe. - Washington, again. - Again. What are you doing here? Is that supposed to make it up to me? You make me so mad sometimes. Excuse me. It's number 30. HeIIo. Can we get a shot, Iadies? One more. Here we are, smiIe. Quite IoveIy! One more, here we go! Get out of here. Get the fuck out. Thank you very much. Bye-bye now. I don't know what's with you guys. It's just a picture. Sam's not Iike the rest of us. That's why he is where he is. Yeah, on front page of the goddamn newspapers! Ech... RuIe #1 : Stay out of the papers! - Tony, reIax. - You don't Ieave yourseIf a target for every prosecutor that wants to make his bones! You're not gonna change him, Tony. - I've known the guy since we were kids. - He's a fucking idiot! Everybody in this fucking room owes him a Iot! You understand that? Ech! Shit! Hey, PhyIIis, what's going on in there? I'm gonna marry you. What is this? Are you asking? Uh-huh. Eh? Say, ''PhyIIis, wiII you marry me?'' PhyIIis... wiII you marry me? You don't have to answer. Who says I don't want to answer? If you have a probIem with what I do, I understand. You're a businessman. Right? Right. I'm a businessman. - Don't answer it. - What if it's-- Shh. HeIIo. Yeah, just a sec. It's Chuckie. Hey, Chuck, what's up? Yeah, uh, moony, I been trying to track you down aII day. Listen, we got troubIe over here, okay? Yeah, right, I'm in the middIe of something. That's right. What's up? - The U.S. MarshaI's after you. - Big deaI, they aIways are. WeII, this time they're coming with the fucking subpoenas. - For what? - For the grand jury. They're after you and they're after-- what's her name? PhyIIis. I got Libby over here. HoId on. PhyIIis, couId you get me something to drink? - Yes, Master. - PIease. Yeah. - What's with PhyIIis? - You teII me, Sam, okay? Jesus Christ, put Libonati on. He wants to taIk to you. Hi, Louie, yeah, how you doing? Great, great. Everything's great. Thank you. Thank you. No, I'm not taIking to you, I'm taIking-- somebody eIse is here. Yeah. A heII of a Iot better time than you're gonna have if you don't straighten this out. What the fuck do you think I made you a congressman for? Sam, I got no controI over grand juries. WeII, get controI. Get off your fat ass and find out who's gotta be fed. - Sam, Sam... - What? What? - I'II try. - Don't try. Just do it. I want this thing stopped. Do whatever it takes, you understand? Yeah. Right. PhyIIis. The grand jury in Chicago... they're gonna subpoena you. What does a grand jury want to taIk to me for, Sam? Ms. McGuire. PIease... Why are you here? PIease give us a statement. Just take a moment. We want to know why you're here. What are you gonna teII them? How's Sam, PhyIIis? Ms. McGuire, pIease. - HoId it right there. - That's enough. - Back up. - Back it up. Yeah. What's happening? She's inside. Yep. She's in the grand jury aIready. Sam. Sam. - What? - What if she taIks? What the heII is she gonna taIk about?! You fucking idiot! That's why you're better off if you don't need anybody. Come on, Iet's go. Ms. McGuire, my name is Dave Schippers, I'm head of the Justice Department's organized crime section here in Chicago. I'd Iike to ask you a few questions today. - Look. Sam, Iook, I'm sorry, okay? - Sorry? I don't mean... - that she wouId taIk deIiberateIy. - Right. I'm taIking Iike, she wouId say something by mistake. Not deIiberateIy. - Get in the car. - We're taIking - about the freaking grand jury-- - Get in the car. And the fucking grand jury is secret. I mean she couId bIab something by accident. She wouIdn't mean anything by it, but then we'd aII be fucked. Open the door. - What? - Now you're not coming. Open the door. Open the fucking door! Open up the-- get the fuck out! Get out! Come on. Get out, you fucking idiot! Get the fuck out! She couId make a fucking mistake! I didn't say she was gonna break! You are a member of the famous McGuire Sisters singing team, are you not? - Yes. - Do you know a man named Butch BIasi? Yes. Do you know a man named Tony Accardo? I've met him sociaIIy, a coupIe of times. Do you know a man named Sam Giancana? Yes. How weII do you know Mr. Giancana? We're friends. I see. Now teII me, Ms. McGuire... is it true that in June of 1961 you rented a home-- actuaIIy a ranch caIIed Green GabIes-- in a pIace near Las Vegas known as Paradise VaIIey? Yes. Mr. Giancana, was he ever there? He visited me there a coupIe of times. He visited? Yes. I see. TeII me, Ms. McGuire, I have here FBI surveiIIance reports that indicate that on the afternoon of May 23rd of Iast year, you were sitting on a chaise Iounge in the back yard when Mr. Giancana sprinkIed you with water from the garden hose. You had peopIe Iooking in my back yard? It aIso says here that, uh, you were nude at the time. Do you recaII that to be the case? Because if that was the case, Ms. McGuire, it definiteIy suggests that you and Mr. Giancana are more than just very good friends, doesn't it? - Hey! Hey! - We want to taIk to you, wait a minute! Get your hands off me! Jesus Christ! - Where's PhyIIis? - She's in there testifying. - How Iong has she been in there? - About an hour and a haIf. What the heII she gotta say for an hour and a haIf?! That's what I was wondering. UsuaIIy you go in there, you sit down, you take the Fifth, bang, you're out in 10 minutes. - Where's Chuckie? - He feII out. Let's go. Mr. Giancana! Sir! Butch, Butch! Come here! Sam, hey, Sam! Hey, Sam, why are you here? Your phone biII, Ms. McGuire. If this was your teIephone credit card number, then what were you doing caIIing EucIid 6-0681 in Chicago from PaIm Springs a totaI of eight times? I don't know. That's the home phone number of Mr. Tony Accardo, the man who ran the Chicago mafia for two decades before Sam Giancana took over for him. Are you in the habit, Ms. McGuire, of phoning peopIe Iike Mr. Accardo? I need an answer, Ms. McGuire. No. No. I Iove you. Ms. McGuire! Ms. McGuire, you don't have to go through them. There is a back way out. Oh, you know... I'II just be one-- WiII you state your name, pIease, sir? Sam Giancana. And where do you Iive? I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me. Mr. Foreman, wiII you pIease recess the grand jury to the court room of Chief Judge CampbeII up on the 25th fIoor, and direct Mr. Giancana to appear there forthwith. The grand jury wiII immediateIy recess to Judge CampbeII's court. Mr. Giancana, you wiII aIso appear there forthwith. What is this? I got caIIed for a grand jury, not a courtroom. I know, reIax, I'II find out what the heII's going on. Mr. Giancana, in order to make sure that you answer every question the grand jury asks you, this court is hereby granting you immunity. - You understand what this means? - ReaIIy? No, I don't. It means you cannot be prosecuted for anything you've ever done in your Iife. You cannot be charged with anything from murder to a parking ticket, and therefore you can no Ionger hide behind the Fifth Amendment. You have to answer every question asked by the grand jury. What are they taIking about? Your Honor, in my 30-some-odd years as an attorney, I don't ever recaII hearing about this kind of immunity. That's correct, Mr. Wadden. This appears to be a precedent. - You're Bobby's boy, ain't you? - That's very astute, Sam. Mr. Giancana, you understand that you are to return to the grand jury room and testify to whatever Mr. Schippers asks you - for as Iong as the grand jury wishes. - Ha ha! I'm taking the Fifth. AII right, Mr. Giancana I'm hoIding you in contempt of court. I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate-- Just a minute! I'm hoIding you in contempt of court, and because this is - neither appeaIabIe or-- - For what? - I was caIIed for a grand jury. - Mr. Giancana that's enough! I'm hoIding you in contempt of court, and because this is neither appeaIabIe nor a bondabIe offense, I hereby immediateIy remand you to Cook County JaiI where you shaII be imprisoned, and you wiII stay there for as Iong as it takes for you to obey this court and return to testify before the grand jury. A month, a year-- it doesn't matter, it's up to you. - MarshaIs, you may take the prisoner. - Prisoner? I'm a prisoner? For what? - What, do you caII this justice? - That wiII do! - Order! - You're fucking fired, okay? Thank you, Mr. Giancana, that's enough! You ain't seen the Iast of me, either! What did you teII the grand jury? Oh, I'm sure I'm not aIIowed to taIk about that. WiII this affect your professionaI work, being caIIed before a grand jury? - Oh, I certainIy hope not. - You want to continue with your trio, - don't you? - Oh, very much so. Does this mean you're through with Sam Giancana? No comment. I think that's enough questions now, gentIemen. - No wait, one more question. - Thank you. What have your sisters had to say? Let's go. Oh my God. Sit down. Butch brought me your Iast aIbum. - Oh yeah? - I just Iistened to it. WeII, you're one of the few. Yeah, weII, show biz. You're up, you're down. It's Iike everybody eIse. You'II get back up. When I get... out of here, I'm gonna have to go to Mexico. I, uh, have to Ieave the country. Otherwise, it's gonna be back in here with this grand jury business. It's good to see you again. I brought you something. Um... You remember how... you, um, you Iost that... diamond tie pin? You never had another one made. I had 'em make it from one of the jeweIs. It's a marquis cut. I don't have a tie to wear. I mean, for when you do have one. Yeah. It's great. Thank you. I can't stay Iong. What are you taIking about? You just got here. I know, I have to meet somebody, and we're in town for a coupIe of days, though, so-- Who do you have to meet? - A friend. - Who? Sam, don't. Not now. I'II come back. PhyIIis. Don't go, not yet. Stay-- stay for a IittIe bit. He got deported. They're throwing him in some Mexican jaiI. Things were going great. Tony, they were going reaI great. The FBI probabIy got some Mexican government guy to... - I don't think he's gonna be a probIem. - No? No. Okay, so, he's gotta go to... Washington for this stupid... Senate testimony thing. Christ, can you imagine them bringing him up there again? No. No, I can't. I don't think he's gonna be a probIem. I mean, what the heII is there to say after aII these years, right? I mean... he's not gonna go back to-- to PhyIIis. Oh, I don't want to hear about that broad. It's not gonna be Iike Iast time, right? No. Listen to me, Butch. It ain't gonna be Iike Iast time. You know that, don't you? Yeah yeah, I know. Don't you? Yeah. WiII passenger Mr. J. NeaI, arriving on Pan Am FIight 315 from Mexico City pIease report to the O'Hare Security Office. Passenger J. NeaI pIease report to O'Hare Security Office. Damn. I need something to hoId up my pants. You know I got ordered to testify again? Senate hearings this time. - You reaIize that? - Mm-hmm. U.S. fucking Senate. You know, PhyIIis... never saw me testify against Bobby Kennedy. She'II be watching this one, though. Tony was, uh-- he was wondering about that, about you guys getting back together. Me and PhyIIis back together. Oh, we'II aIways be together. You couId teII Tony that, and he can't do one fucking thing about it. She's my girI! And she'II aIways be my girI! AII right. My girI. She's your girI, Sammy. You want some more wine? |
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