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The Girl Who Invented Kissing (2017)
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[DOG BARKING] [TELEPHONE RINGING] [TELEPHONE RINGING CONTINUES] [DIAL TONE RINGS] [DOOR LOCKS] [DISHES CLATTERING] NEWSCASTER: A few hours to set... Today 40 years later, the... [TV CONTINUES PLAYING] What'd we do last night? Lot of trick-or-treaters? Any candy left? Business was good. You give out one a piece like I told you? What does that mean? Come on, Victor, you got your hearing aid in. - What happened? - They took it all, Jimmy. They... they took it all? Who took it all? - Aladdin. - Aladdin? One kid? You let one kid take all the candy? I thought you were gonna sit outside with it. Well, I pu... I put on the dummy's clothes, because I wanted to make believe I was the dummy. I wanted to scare 'em, but then, they all rolled up on me at once and I got scared. Got scared to scare them. JIMMY: Mugged by a bunch of little shits with - pillow cases. - Aladdin. Eh, listen, shake it off. Fuck those kids. Next year, I'm getting 'em apples. [DOOR HINGE CREAKING] - DONNIE: Hey Jimmy. - JIMMY: Morning. - Hey, Jimmy. - DONNIE: How you doing? You didn't come home last night. I was doing inventory. I was here all night. - Hey. - Hey. Besides, you're okay by yourself, right? JIMMY: You didn't have any problems. Outside the thing with the goddamn candy, you did all right by yourself, right? How's it going, Vic? What's the frequency down here, buddy? Hey, did you guys hear they're shooting a big old movie down there in the park? JIMMY: Yeah, we heard. Vic's all excited, he's gonna head over there tonight, right Vic? Yeah, it's a John Travolta movie, but he's not gonna be there. He's in Hollywood. Hey, you know, Vic, You ought to take your fiddle down there. You never know, they might give you a big part or something. PHIL: He's right on that one, Victor. You ever notice they're always hiring somebody to do something in the background. It's not a fiddle, Donnie, it's a violin. DONNIE: Whatever, same thing. It's not like we've ever seen you play the damn thing. All right, leave him alone. He's had a rough night. They took all his candy. DONNIE: They took his candy? - Who? - JIMMY: Aladdin, that's who. [CAR MOTOR REVVING] [PLATES CLANKING] - [SIGHS] - [BURPS] Excuse me. [BELL RINGING] [YELLING] - [THUDS] - [GRUNTS] Geez, Pat, are you okay? [YELLING] - NURSE: You all right? - Yeah, I'm okay. NURSE: Fucking druggy maniac. - [SCREAMING] - [PANTING] Look at me. Let's get you cleaned up. Just go, go outside, go have a cigarette or something. All right. - [TELEPHONE RINGING] - [TELEPHONE CLICKS] JIMMY: Oak. Patti. Are you all right? Somebody gonna look at you? Yeah. Call me if you need anything. Yeah. All right. I'll talk to you later. [DOOR OPENS] - Hey, Leo. - No. What was I gonna say? Am I getting any more fucking new Hank Snow records? - Yeah. - He's been dead, um, 20 years now, so he ain't gonna be making any new albums. I know he's dead. So, stop asking me, you chucklehead. VICTOR: You give me no joy, Leo. They're filming a movie here, you know. - Who's they? - They. Never heard of 'em. I might go over there tonight and watch. You never know. - VICTOR: See ya' later, Leo. - Okay, Vic. [PEOPLE CHATTERING] [PEOPLE CHATTERING] - Long day? - Long day. You all right? - Yeah, I'm okay. - Yeah? Where's Freddy? Getting ready for work. He was home all day? Yeah. Didn't wanna wake him. Why you ask? Don't know, just asking. [PEOPLE CHATTERING] Oh, look at fucking Victor, man. Ta-doo, ta-doo, ta-doo. [LAUGHING] Yo, he thinks it's a real phone booth. [CHUCKLING] Moron. [CHUCKLING] MAN: We should do something. Yo, let's flip it! [GLASS SHATTERING] Jimmy, you need to get down to Broad Street. - Why, what's up? - It's, uh, your brother Vic. [GROANING] [CRYING] - Hey! - Oh, oh, oh. - Hey, what happened? - Wait, who are you? - I'm his brother. - VICTOR: Jimmy? - Jimmy! - What the fuck happened? MAN: We heard a crash and this is what we found. Jimmy, get me outta here! Victor, we're gonna get you out. You gotta relax. - I'm stuck, Jimmy, I'm stuck! - Okay, relax, breathe. - Just breathe. - Okay. - JIMMY: I'm here. - Jimmy! - Okay, I'm here now. - [VICTOR SOBBING] - Jimmy, get me... - [GRUNTING] [BUZZING] - JIMMY: What's wrong? - [YELLING] Victor, what's wrong? JIMMY: What's wrong? Oh, my hearing aid, Jimmy, my hearing aid! Take the hearing aid out, Victor. I can't reach it, Jimmy, I'm stuck! - Okay, relax... - Jimmy, Jimmy! [HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING] Cover your face! JIMMY: Fuck! [GLASS SHATTERING] - [VICTOR GROANING] - MAN: Is he all right? JIMMY: You okay? It's okay, it's okay, you all right? - [SIRENS WAILING] - You okay? - [AMBULANCE SIRENS WAILING] - [HORN BLARING] [TV CHATTER] JIMMY: Hey, knock it off. What do I always tell you? - Chuck it. - What? Chuck it in the fuck-it bucket and move on. But what else do I tell you? What did Grandma used to tell us, huh? You can't what? You can't unring a bell, right, hmm? Maybe if you didn't lose or break every fucking cell phone that I buy for you, then none of this would've happened. I wasn't calling anybody Jimmy. I was just playing. Come on, let's just drop it. Besides, what'd the guy say, right? They come back to town... they'll let you, put you in the movie. They'll let you stand on a corner or something. They're not coming back. How do you know that? They went back to Hollywood. Do me a favor. Don't go disappearing today. You come straight back from the bank, right? Need you to clean out all the taps and move the kegs. Eat your eggs, they're gonna be like ice. LEO: I know, Gram. Every day, I'm getting a little sick of running this place all by myself. You, me, Cheryl, it's not easy. By yourself? You goddamn right. You, Cheryl, and Grandma? You goddamn right. That don't make no sense, Jimmy. Oh, yeah? You feelin' better now? - Huh? - You're goddamn right. Excuse me? You being a wise ass? - What? - Don't what, stop it. - THE GIRL: Hello. - [DOOR CLOSES] You open? JIMMY: Yeah, we're open. Hello. Can I use your girl's room? Go ahead. Yeah, you're feeling much better, huh? - JIMMY: Morning. - PHIL: Morning. DONNIE: How you doing, Jimmy? Hey there, Vic, what's the frequency, buddy? - Just shut up, all right? - DONNIE: What? [IMITATING A WALKIE-TALKIE] Uh, Bell Atlantic, we have a problem. - [LAUGHING] - Didn't I just ask you to shut the fuck up, - and leave him alone? - DONNIE: Come on Jimmy, I'm just kidding. He's just bustin' with him, Jimmy, come on. Well, sometimes he doesn't know when to shut the fuck up. Aw, Vic, I'm sorry, man. You know I'm just messing with you, right? You give me no joy, Donnie. JIMMY: That's it, Vic, you tell him. DONNIE: Seriously, Jimmy? Nine in the morning with that? - What? - It smells like weed, like somebody lit a big bone up in here. - Excuse me? - You smell that, Phil? I do. Hey. THE GIRL: Yo, I'll be right out. You all right in there? [HAND DRYER BLOWING] Yep. You know this girl? Hey, do me a favor, not in here with that, okay? I don't know what you're talking about, but... thank you for your kindness. THE GIRL: See ya', boys. JUDY: Hi, Victor! - Oh hi, Judy. - JUDY: What happened last night? Heard you had an accident? VICTOR: I got pushed. JUDY: You got pushed? It's a long story. Oh, don't be upset. I won't bother you about it. When are you gonna play your violin for us? I wanna hear it! VICTOR: Yeah, someday. [BEEPING] [DOOR BELL RINGING] [SQUEAKING] Hey, you wanna see something funny? Read this. If something really big and scary... and ugly and hairy... is following you around this Halloween, don't be frightened. It's just your fat ass! [CHUCKLES] Hey, are you following me? Not that you're big and hairy and scary. It's okay. I don't care. You're not gonna hurt me, right? No. No, no. No. Are you okay? THE GIRL: I saw what they did to you last night. That was just downright kinda fucked up. They were filming a John Travolta movie... but he wasn't there. Jimmy said they might come back, but they went back to Hollywood. So, what's your name? Victor. THE GIRL: Why are you following me, Victor? Are you looking for a friend to hang with? You don't look like the kind of person people should be so mean to. I'll be your friend, if that is what you're looking for? You're very pretty. I am? Oh. Well thank you, Victor. You're blushing. I'll... I'll have to remember this one for next year. I got plenty of people I can send that to. It's just your fat ass! THE GIRL: What you got there? VICTOR: Oh, that's my violin. THE GIRL: Are you going for a lesson? VICTOR: Um, no. THE GIRL: Are you gonna play it somewhere? VICTOR: No. THE GIRL: You just like carrying it around with you then. VICTOR: Yeah, I guess. THE GIRL: Something special you like to have with you. I get it. Say, what's your name again? I don't know, what do you want it to be? I don't know. Maybe when I meet someone new that I like, I like them to pick out a name for me... and that way... if it's a name they already like then they already like me. It's all right, you don't have to pick out one now. You can do it later. Okay. Hey, say Victor, you wouldn't happen to have a smoke on you, would you? Oh! No, I... I don't smoke, Jimmy smokes. Who's Jimmy? Jimmy's my little brother. He's the one that yelled at you at The Oak. That's our tavern, we own it. - Oh, you don't say? - Yeah. It used to be my dad's a long time ago... but me and Jimmy, we work there together. Actually Victor, I wouldn't say he yelled at me. He actually seems like a nice man, your little bro. I've never seen you before. VICTOR: What street you from? I'm not from around here. I'm from all over the place. I usually just bus it, and then when I see somewhere I might like to stay for a while, that's where I get off. Why'd you come off a bus here in Bloomfield? I don't know. I dig the way this part looked... like it wasn't anything special but it wasn't too bad either. Well, where do you sleep? Well, last night for instance, I slept on that park bench under that pretty tree. But you don't have any mattress or any pillow. No, I don't need none. I got a blanky in my knapsack, a change of clothes, a book... and when I woke up this morning I was covered in beautiful yellow leaves. What? Huh? You're weird. [THE GIRL LAUGHING] Yeah. That's right, Victor. And you wanna know what? You're pretty weird yourself, aren't you? I guess. Don't let anybody tell you that's a bad thing, 'cause it's not. It's a good thing. It's not? Only the mediocre are always at their best... and I can tell already, that ain't us. [STEREO PLAYING] ["BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN" PLAYING] JIMMY: Vic! Victor! Hey, where the hell were you today? Didn't I ask you not to disappear? I needed your help today? I was here. No, no you weren't here. I called the house six times! I got a fucking hernia moving kegs around all day by myself. I guess I forgot. Don't give me you forgot, because that's bullshit. Get it outta your head that I'm just gonna keep taking care of you for the rest of your life, because I'm not. Learn to pull your own goddamn weight, and will you turn this shit off for Christ's sakes? - [DISC SCRATCHING] - Hey! JIMMY: Can't you listen to something else? That's all I ever hear. Hank Snow, Hank Snow! Who the hell listens to Hank Snow anyway, you, - that's who! - Hank Snow is a legend. That's Songs of Tragedy. Oh gee, Songs of Tragedy, how uplifting. He's got a fucking noose on his album cover! It's dreary, hillbilly shit. And since when do you not make your bed? You're an adult. You have responsibility. Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. All right. Just finish up whatever this is, and then help me downstairs with dinner. I'm going out tonight. Hey, Jimmy. You didn't really get a hernia today, did you? No... but I could've. 'Cause I was gonna say, if you really did get a hernia, I'm sure Patti could take care of you. Patti? What the hell does that mean? Who told you that? Listen, you don't go saying shit, making up stories, you understand? Her and I are good friends, that's it. Yeah, but... No, no, no but. God forbid somebody hears you, and get the wrong impression. I can get in a lot of trouble. Patti, she's a married woman. You understand? Yeah, Jimmy. But alls I was saying is that Patti's a nurse. She could help you. Oh. FREDDY: Where you going big boy? Hey! Where you going? Hey! Don't come near me! I'll fuckin' jump! If I could only be so lucky. One less scumbag off the fucking streets. [RADIO CHATTER] Come here. FREDDY: You dumb motherfucker, you should've jumped. Do not fuck with me! I'll push you! [SIRENS WAILING] Cuff him! - SUSPECT: I want a lawyer. - [GROANING] - ROBERTA: More tea? - Hmm. There you go. Thanks. [MUSIC PLAYING] ROBERTA: Hey, handsome. How ya doin'? ROBERTA: You're late tonight, baby, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. Guy steals a car in Belleville and had to chase him all the way to Franklin. Can't fucking run like I used to, Roberta, I'm telling ya'. Smoked. Franklin, they just paved that. Must be nice, right? Yeah, it's beautiful. [CHUCKLES] - ROBERTA: Where's your partner? - FREDDY: Jerking off. [ROBERTA SCOFFS] NOLAN: Come on, it's freezing. FREDDY: Yeah, I know, bad guys are still out there. - ROBERTA: Um, - FREDDY: Yeah? When I get off at one, I could use a ride home. FREDDY: All right, I'll see what I can do, all right? ["EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES" PLAYING] Sometimes I can't remember nothing Sometimes It shadows everything Some Sundays It's as loud as thunder In the morning when The telephone rings Clearer days in Some distant forecast Dark days in this Present past In the blur of some Phantom widescreen I'll let go of what I never had Sometimes I can't remember nothing Sometimes It shadows everything Some Sundays it's as loud As thunder In the morning when The telephone rings Un-fuckin-believable! Awesome. And what's with you? - Huh? - What? I thought you said you didn't know her. I've seen her around. Oh, you seen her around? Is that how all the uh, the "hello Victor" business happened? Look at you, got your nice shirt on, you smell like a barbershop. Starting to think, maybe Vic's got a girlfriend he's been keeping from us. What? - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Yeah? Didn't I just talk to you yesterday, about doing that shit in my bathroom? Doing what? What you were doing. Peeing? No, not peeing! You know what I'm talking about! Smoking weed in my bathroom! I wasn't smoking weed. - Yes, you were... - No, I wasn't. - Yes, you were... - No, I wasn't! Do you think I'm a fucking idiot? Honestly, you think I'm stupid? We all imagined the smell of marijuana billowing out of the bathroom door, not two feet away from the bar? Is that what you're gonna tell me? Huh? I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Just do me a favor. If you're gonna smoke that stuff, smoke outside, not in here. - I got it. - JIMMY: Yeah? - Yeah. - You're clear? Clear. [SIGHING] Can I go now? I'm not the principal, go. JIMMY: What am I running an opium den? DONNIE: You gotta point, Jimmy. Cops come in here and smell that, you're the one that's gonna be in trouble. JIMMY: Yeah, no shit. Her prancing in here, doing whatever the hell she wants like she owns the place. I wanna know how this girl knows Vic. That's a good question, Victor. [RECORDS CLATTERING] Hiya, Leo. THE GIRL: Hello. Leo, this is my friend. - [DOOR CLOSES] - This is Leo, it's his store. VICTOR: Hey, Leo? You get any new Hank Snow in? Um no, Vic, I... I don't. Okay. When do you think, maybe soon? You'll be the first to know, Vic. You give me no joy, Leo. Who's Hank Snow? Hank Snow? He's The Singing Ranger. He's a legend. He was the longest-running artist on any label. He was on RCA for 50 years! He recorded over a hundred and forty albums. I only have a few of them though. They're hard to get on vinyl. Ah, this one... this one's one of my favorites. I might get it again. He's had a song on the charts for five decades in a row. In 1949, he met Ernie Tubb and Ernie Tubb got him into the Grand Ole Opry. Cool. - "Confused With the Blues." - Oh, "I'm Moving On," was number one on the charts for 29 weeks. It's his signature song. Altogether, he had 85 singles on the charts, and sold over 90 million albums. Fuck! You know everything about Hank Snow. Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger. He's a legend. Well, why's he called The Singing Ranger? Was he a park ranger or something? Do you know? I... I never thought about it. Okay, we're done. See ya', Leo. GIRL: You own the whole house? Yeah. Me and Jimmy. It's a two-family. Our grandma used to live downstairs here before she died. Well, who lives here now? VICTOR: Nobody. It's just the way Grandma left it before her heart stopped last Thanksgiving. Her heart stopped? It quit on her. Grandma took care of me and Jimmy after our parents died. She was the best. - Hey. - Yeah? Do you wanna see it? [DOOR SQUEAKING] Um, this is the dining room. This is the living room. [FLOOR CREAKING] This is the kitchen. This is her bedroom. VICTOR: That's Grandma. It's the same picture we have in The Oak. She bought me my violin. I used to play it for her... but no one else. Victor, what happened to you? THE GIRL: You're different, I know. You're not like other people. What happened? I had an accident when I was a kid. It was an act of God. Yep. An act of God. ["NAILS" PLAYING] The stars are falling And the night's rolling up The clocks are all twisted And the bar's in knots We're dirty, we're spent, And we're quick like money And if it wasn't so true, well... - I hope you're hungry. - I am. Thank you, Victor. You're a chump, you're a fake, You're a soft hollowed fist You didn't want it? Oh, that was the sweetest thing that you did that, but I can't take your pillow. You understand, right? Why not? - Are you leaving? - No, not right now, but... pretty soon, I'm sure. You know, no one's ever given me their pillow before. - [SCOFFS] - [CHUCKLING] What are you doing? What you got there? - It's for you. - Hmm? VICTOR: It's a diamond pin. Oh, no, no, Victor. You don't have to give me presents. It belonged to my grandmother. - Victor. - VICTOR: Open it. - Victor, you... - VICTOR: Take it. It's a diamond pin and it's for you. Victor, you don't even know me. Please, take it, it's a diamond pin. Take it! Victor. VICTOR: It's a dime-and-pin, - get it? - [LAUGHING] Victor, I fucking love it! [LAUGHING] Did you think that I fell in love with you? It's a Henny Youngman joke. You can give it to somebody else. You big goof! [DOOR BELL RINGS] Use a fork, will ya'? I like chopsticks, Jimmy. It's a Chinese restaurant. All right, well, we're not in Tokyo now, are we? It's a lousy invention, use the fork. Hong Kong. What? You getting friendly with this girl, Victor? - Who? - Who, you tell me who. She's my friend, Jimmy. All right, well... I don't want you getting too friendly with her. She's a pothead, you know what that means. - She's bad news. - She's my friend, Jimmy. And she says, she says you seem like a good person. Oh, is that what she says, huh? 'Cause she knows me so well. What do you know about this girl? Where's she from? What's her name? VICTOR: She don't use a name. What do you mean, she don't use a name? She don't use a name. JIMMY: See, that's what I'm talking about. What kind of a girl doesn't use a name, huh? What's she trying to hide, she don't use a name? She's the gal who invented kissing. Like the Hank Snow song, The Gal Who Invented Kissing... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. You guys kissed? Okay, Victor, I don't want you hanging out with this girl any more. I don't need this, okay? I don't need to be watching out for you all the time. You don't have to watch out for me, Jimmy... Oh no? What happened with the phone booth? I was pushed. Pushed by who? Huh, nobody saw you get pushed. The girl, she saw it. Oh, the girl saw you get pushed? [DOOR BELL RINGING] Great. - VICTOR: What's the matter? - JIMMY: Nothing, shut up. FREDDY: Oh, look who it is! - JIMMY: Hey. - FREDDY: Hey Vic. Jimmy, what do you say? How's everything, how's The Oak? - Well, you know, still The Oak. - FREDDY: Yeah, yeah. How's everything, how's Patti? She's good. You know, still the same pain in my ass. We keep missing each other you know, I come home, she goes to work. Plus, I'm out there trying to get my real estate license right now. I'm trying to make some extra money, you know? I hear you. Listen, Freddy, I'm... I'm having this problem. I got this, uh, this drifter. She keeps coming in the bar, she's getting high in my bathroom all the time, I mean, what do I do? Is she selling? No, no, no, nothing like that, but I mean, you know. It's like reefer madness. I mean, she's getting high smoking a bone, the whole place stinks like weed. Listen, don't worry about it. Fuck it, you'll be all right. - Yeah? - Yeah, she comes in again, you give me a call. I'll tune her up for you. I'll see you later, Vic. [DOOR BELL RINGS] JIMMY: What? [MUSIC PLAYING] Hey! No, no, no, no, no. Not again today. - You know... - Nope, no. You gotta go, scram. I have to use the bathroom, is that okay? I don't care, what are you gonna do, - smoke a bone in there... - GIRL: No, no. No, you have to leave. Well, we talked about this already. - JIMMY: Now! - I promised, Jimmy. - I'm trying to run a business! - THE GIRL: Please! I gotta pee! I gotta pee, Jimmy. Come on. Make it fast. What is this? [GIRL WHISPERING] She's gotta pee, she gotta pee. ["THEY WERE WRONG" PLAYING] I wish I'd known Maybe I could've helped you But you were already gone To the trouble that held you Come knee high you were Treated like the meantime Well they might've been young But excuses just become lies They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong The day is never too long When it's gone, it's gone They were wrong My God, they're still wrong We were drinking warm beer At Ninth and Michigan You were making me nervous But I was still listening Well he might've been a talker But he never said too much He was just a souvenir From a cold done dead love They were wrong... THE GIRL: Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! ...The day is never too long When it's gone, it's gone They were wrong... There's two guys over there. They're... they're sucking each other off, and they were trying to get me to watch! All right, hold on, hold on, relax, come on. Thank you, sir. ...Here's the saddest song You never heard... Hey! What the fuck you two doing, huh? ...They deserve We were in the front row At the sad last goodbye You were so pissed off You were trembling inside Why'd you ever live to wish And wait by the front door That your daddy Never answered And your mama won't any more They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong The day is never too long When it's gone, it's gone They were wrong My God, they're still wrong They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong They're still wrong They were wrong They were wrong They were wrong God, they're still wrong FREDDY: You look pretty. What are you doing, you going out? Wow! That's it, huh? One lousy piece of chicken? So now you're unhappy, I suppose... All I'm asking is if there's any more chicken. Hmm? There, now you got two. You want three? Don't know why you're busting my balls, Patti. Where were you last night? Where am I every night? You stop at that diner? - Yeah. - PATTI: Yeah? - Yeah. - You had a nice little visit with your waitress friend? Well, they did serve me coffee and a fucking brownie, so, unless brownies are giving reach-arounds these days... Come on, what's with all the questions, huh? So now I'm picking a fight? FREDDY: Oh, I get it. You're on your fucking period. - Enjoy. - Thank you. - I'm going out. - Nice, where you going? PATTI: I don't know, out. Okay, I'll be here with my one piece of chicken. Fuckin-A, I feel like Henry VIII! [KEG SCRAPPING] PATTI: Karen LaMonica just went by. Her son, Mike, he was on a submarine for two years. Heard he went AWOL last week. Oh yeah? Tell me what you meant that time. What? You remember that time I had that thing at work? That guy knocked me down? You asked me about Freddy, why I didn't wanna wake him? What'd you mean? I don't know, that was a while ago. That was three weeks ago. What'd you mean? Nothing. Then why were you asking? I wanna know. I don't know. - [METAL CLANKING] - Come on. I wonder why you won't just tell me. Jesus Christ. You know how much those fucking things weigh? JIMMY: I can barely roll one. [METAL CLANKING LOUDLY] He just moves them around like he's Magilla Gorilla. Do you think Victor's ever had sex? [CHUCKLING] What? He's your brother, why you asking me? I just thought that women had like a sixth sense or something for that, I don't know. Wait, you worried about that girl, the pothead? Why don't you just ask Victor? Don't you guys talk about that stuff? I thought all guys talked about who they slept with. Come on. Tell me what you meant. I don't know, I... I don't know, Patti, some maniac jumps you at work. You get blood all over you. You call me to make you feel better. Three times, you call me. Not your husband. What does that tell you? He was sleeping, didn't wanna wake him up. You'd have woken me up though, right? - Yeah. - JIMMY: Yeah. - That's different. - Why's it different? You're beautiful, you know that? Keep dreaming. Okay, you're right, you're not. I'm making it all up. I'm just trying to build up your self-esteem. You're actually ugly. And you're nuts. Is Freddy nuts too? Yeah. I mean... [SCOFFS] What are we talking about Jimmy? Us. It's not like that's gonna happen, is it? It's not like you're gonna leave Freddy. Who says so? I look for excuses all the time. - Nice, you need an excuse. - No! It's not like you don't have Victor. I don't have Victor. What is that supposed to mean? Victor's fine - on his own... - PATTI: You know what I mean. He's like a big kid. He's sweet, he's like a big, sweet lummox. All right, Victor is not a lummox. I said sweet... - Oh, that makes it better. - Lummox. Well I didn't mean it in a bad way! Well, how do you mean it then... - Well, you know... - Is there a good way? I wouldn't never talk... that way about your brother! You just did. Look, he is what he is. There's just plenty a better choice of words than lummox. PATTI: Like what? Magilla Gorilla? Come on, you took it the wrong way. I'm sorry, okay? It's just we both have things that come along with the deal. JIMMY: Fuck! What's the matter? I'm missing $2200, that's what's the matter! - How? - It's all fucked up. Victor loses half the goddamn bank receipts and I got nothing to go on but these shitty books. I don't know why you don't have a bookkeeper - to do all this. - Just relax, okay? You don't understand relax and I can't afford a fucking bookkeeper, 'cause I'm missing $2200, maybe that's a problem. - Okay. - I got insurance bills, car payments, I'm paying off that stupid, high-def TV that he wanted. I'm paying liquor distributors for this fucking shithole... Hey stop cursing, you sound like Freddy! [KEG CLANGING] Hey, Vic. Remember Mike LaMonica? He went AWOL on a fucking submarine. How do you do that? What, did he swim? Fucking Aquaman? - PATTI: Hey. - This is what Patti tells me. If I wanna get yelled at, I'll go home and get yelled at. Call me when you're in a better mood. [TELEPHONE RINGING] - [TELEPHONE RINGING] - Oak. Jimmy, where are you? What do you mean, where am I? You just called me, didn't you? Are you coming home now? No, how am I gonna come home? I'm still trying to figure out where the goddamn money went, okay? I'm up to my eyeballs in fucking paperwork. Just stop calling me every five minutes, so I can get this shit done! Okay, Jimmy. But you are coming home, right? Eh, yes no, maybe, I don't know. I'll be home when I'm done with this, okay? Just stop calling. [TELEPHONE CLICKS] [PHONE CLACKS] [DOOR LOCK OPENING] [DOOR SQUEAKING] [FLOOR CREAKING] [WATER DRIPPING] [WATER TRICKLING] [OPENING LOCK] Oh! Um, can you close the door, it's cold. [DOOR UNLATCHING] Would you like some coffee? Sure. How long have you been staying here? Two weeks, on and off. Now I know where all the food's been going. Victor let you in? Of course. I come in through the basement. He said he'd talk to you first. You don't say? I don't suppose he got the chance? No. You mad? Listen, whatever your name is, I'm really not in the mood for this. I'm having a bad day. It's late. I'm tired, so just... What do you want? I don't suppose you mean what do I want in my coffee? Okay, what do you want in your coffee? I'm not really a coffee person. Can I have tea? - I know what you're thinking. - Do you? You think I'm taking advantage of your brother. - And? - Well, you're wrong. I know he's different and I know people around here treat him like shit and he doesn't deserve it. And I respect you for taking care of him, and looking out for him. If you weren't suspicious, then you wouldn't be much of a brother. - Can we cut the shit? - It's not shit! What do you want? What are you looking for? I just wanted to be his friend. His friend? Is that what you think Victor thinks, - that you're his friend? - Yeah, I do. No, no, no, no. See, you, you're the girl who invented kissing. He told you that. That's my fault. I told him to pick out a name for me. Well? What is your name? Look, do you want me to leave? 'Cause I will. I'm used to taking care of myself, it's what I do. You mean like with my money? What money? Victor didn't mention anything to you about the bar missing any money? No, asshole! I don't appreciate the accusation! - Hey! - If you got nothing to hide, - you got nothing to worry about. - THE GIRL: Hey, what the fuck are you doing? - What do you got in here, huh? - No one touches my fucking shit! Asshole! Don't think I'm afraid of you 'cause I'm not, motherfucker! Get the fuck off of me. [HEAVY BREATHING] [SIGHING] [MOANING] [MOANING] [TV CHATTER] I'm sorry I didn't come home last night. I know I told you I said I would and I didn't. So, let's just leave it at that, okay? Why is there three? - It's a tea. - A tea? [DOOR CREAKING] Morning. JIMMY: Morning. Oh, thank you. Uh, would you like some breakfast? No, thank you. Breakfast makes me pokey. Hey, Jimmy? Did you find that money? No. What happened? Jimmy lost $2200. Okay, I didn't lose $2200. The books are short, that's all, so whatever I did, whether I added wrong... let's just drop it Okay, you can't unring a bell. Maybe you should hire a bookkeeper. [DOOR CREAKING] DONNIE: Happy Thanksgiving, guys. - Happy Thanksgiving, guys. - Look at the size of that thing. I've got 27 pounds. [INDISTINCT GREETING] DONNIE: What do you think, Vic? THE GIRL: I've never seen something like that before. PHIL: You never seen a turkey before? Hey, Jimmy. - What's up? - She's invited, right? Yeah, of course. It's Thanksgiving, right? DONNIE: Yeah. THE GIRL: Turkey bowl! [GROANING] [MARCH BAND PLAYING] So, it's you and you, me, Donnie, Phil, Freddy, Patti, Irene, Irene's mom. VICTOR: Mm-hmm. [MARCH BAND PLAYING] [TV ANNOUNCEMENTS] What is it? Hour every three pounds or so? JIMMY: Something like that. Frigging thing's so big, I've moved all the racks, it still barely fits in. Guy's like a 35-pound monster in there. JIMMY: Yeah, right? Gonna go for a smoke. Coming? - No. - No. I'm gonna stay here and chill with James, all right? Keep him company. Everything under control over there, buddy? Need any help? Nah, we're good, Fred, thanks. All right. How's The Oak? Still got that chick coming in there who was blazing up the weed in the bathroom? No, no, we took care of that. - FREDDY: Oh, you did? - Thank you, yeah. Hey, Jimmy, let me ask you something. You ever see Patti in there with anybody? You mean like, with a guy or something? Yeah, like, with a guy, you know, like someone that's not me, behind my back. No, no, nothing like that. - Patti's a good lady. - Yeah. She comes in with Barbara, that's all. [SCOFFS] Barbara! Jesus. You know, you got that one that's married, then you got one who's single, the single one starts chirping in the married one's ear - and hello, here we go. - I wouldn't worry about it. But you know me. I'm fucking psycho, man, I will put someone in the dirt! Yeah. [SIGHS] Aw, fuck! I'm fucking paranoid! Jesus Christ, I wish that Barb would just find a man already! Yeah, right? [FREDDY EXHALES] All right, anyway. Hey, who's that hot piece of ass in there you knew? You hitting that shit? No, no, that's Victor's friend. [LAUGHING] - Fuck outta here with that! - Why, it's not funny. Just relax, I'm not saying nothing. It's just that, I don't know, she looks familiar. I swear I've seen her before. JIMMY: All right, coming in hot! [DINNER CHATTER] - Wow! - Nice. Nice, good job, boys. All right, Victor, the grace. - Okay. - THE GIRL: Can I? That's if Victor doesn't mind. But Victor always does the grace. I don't mind, Jimmy. Thanks. All right. I, uh, I don't really make it to church ever, but I just wanna thank Jimmy and Victor for inviting me into their home. I pray the universe will help those in their time of need, pain, sorrow and sadness, and give them hope, strength, and happiness to carry on. And if on this day, you can remember the poor, the sick, the homeless, and most especially, the lonely. I'm hungry. - Hallelujah! - ALL: Hallelujah! FREDDY: What do you want, this? ALL: Oh! - IRENE: I'm sorry. - FREDDY: Vic! Aw, Irene, don't worry about it. Come here, come here, we'll figure it out. - I'll get it! - DONNIE: I got it. I got it! [LIGHTER FLICKS] - [DOOR OPENS] - [DOOR HINGES] THE GIRL: Hey. Mind if I join you? No, I don't mind. PATTI: I love your hair. THE GIRL: Thanks. [CHUCKLES] So how long have you known Jimmy and Victor? God! [SCOFFS] Long time. Since junior high. Jimmy was my prom date. He says you're not from around here. No. I'm just from here, there, but mostly there. He says you and Victor been hanging out a lot. Yeah. - Victor's a real sweetheart. - Yeah. They're both nice boys. So, you know what happened, then? - What do you mean? - He said it was an act of God. Hmm. It wasn't an act of God. Old man was a drunk, running the same bar. He was picking them up at Turtleback Zoo in the winter, Jimmy, Victor, their mother. He turned up an hour late. He was drunk after a day at The Oak. He, uh... told them to get in the car... and then he drove it off the bridge... into the fucking Passaic. Their parents both died. Victor was the only one to make it out, but he went back in. He went back into the freezing water. He pulled Jimmy out. - Victor did that? - Yeah! Almost drowned. By the time the police turned up, he was... he was floating in the water. He'd lost oxygen in his brain, he went half deaf. God... that's so sad. He saved Jimmy's life. I guess there's your act of God. Does it bother you, what you do? Does what bother me? Being on your own, sleeping outside, sleeping in strange places. No. Come on, there's a lot of crazy people out there. Yeah, well, they better be careful, that's all I can say. I may not look tough, but I'm not afraid to protect myself. My first day in the park here, you know, some guy wanted to get high with me, so I was like, yeah, okay. We did an A-bomb and some uppies, and then he started grabbing me, and I didn't want him to. Wasn't really anything, I just didn't want him touching me, and he wouldn't cut it out. What'd you do? Stabbed him. [SCOFFS] [LAUGHING] What, did he die? I doubt it, I stabbed him in the ass. DRUGGY: Someone stabbed my ass! I just might've given it to him if he asked... but some people figure they can just take what they want, and who gives a shit? But when they take what they want, and you're not ready to give, then what's taken can never be replaced. You stay that way forever. I look around and I see people who've been taking, and I see people who've been taken from their whole lives. I look at you. You look at me how? - I don't know. - PATTI: Come on... what does that mean? I just mean, how long have you been taking from Jimmy? I don't know what you're talking about. I meant how long have you been screwing him behind your husband's back? I don't care how many drug dealers you stabbed in the ass, you keep your mouth shut. You come here to make trouble? You got off on the wrong stop. Leave Victor alone. Stay the fuck away from Jimmy too. Get back on the fucking bus! - You tramp! - [SOBBING] [DOOR OPENS] Thanks for the cigarette. [DOOR SLAMMING] [MUSIC PLAYING OVER TELEVISION] Hey, Victor. I'm a little tired. You mind if I go upstairs and lie on your bed for a while? Sure. [MOTOR ENGINE REVVING] THE GIRL: Victor, I got a good idea. Let's bury ourselves, and then when someone comes by, we'll jump out and scare the crap out of them! - Come on! - VICTOR: Yeah, yeah. [THE GIRL GIGGLING] - Okay. - Okay? Victor? Someone coming? If you could do anything, I mean... if you had the money to do something you always wanted to do... what would it be? Like... - anything? - Anything. Is there something you always wanted to do, but you couldn't afford to do it? I would wanna buy Jimmy a new car. No. Something for yourself, not necessarily an object but... is there someplace you never been... something you always wanted to see? I've... I've never been to the Grand Ole Opry. It's in Nashville. It's where Ernie Tubb discovered Hank Snow. It's where his memorial is. Well, let's do it! Let's go there! Go there? How? Well never mind how. Listen... I have some money. It's just money to spend for something like this. It's... money no one cares about any more. Yeah? Fuck! Come on! We'll go out, we'll get all new outfits, I'll buy some makeup and paint my nails. We'll go get the bus tickets and we'll leave tomorrow. [SALSA MUSIC PLAYING] Come on. Listen... this will just be our little secret, okay? VICTOR: But what about Jimmy? THE GIRL: Don't worry about Jimmy. We'll write Jimmy a postcard. THE GIRL: Psst! You like? Um, you got no pants. You like purple, right? Mm-hmm. Hey, wait a minute, I got a few others I wanna show you. Oh, no. Where are you going? Hey, it's okay. We're buds, right? Victor? Haven't you ever seen a girl undress before? It's okay, there's nothing to be ashamed of. They're just titties. You don't have to be shy. Do you wanna touch me, Victor? You don't have to, but if you want to, if you're... if you're curious. - [THE GIRL SCOFFS] - Here. How's that feel? Soft, right? Victor. - Victor, what's the matter? - Oh, no. - Oh, fuck! - Oh, no. - Oh, no. - Victor, Victor, look what I made you do. VICTOR: No, it's not funny. Victor, you came! [GIGGLING] - Victor, you came! - [VICTOR MOANS] [LAUGHING] - Shit! Let's get out of here. - It's not funny. [LAUGHING] Shh. [SIREN BLEEPS] FREDDY: Hey, heads up, scumbag, you're under arrest. - Hiya, Freddy. - What are you doing there, Vic. Huh? You staying out of trouble? Yeah? Hey Vic, when are you gonna play us something on your violin there? - Someday. - NOLAN: No, come on, man, - I want to hear maestro... - Nolan, stop! Come on, Vic's a good guy. But seriously Vic, Patti says you're pretty good. What, do you only play for the chicks? No. Oh, I don't know, Patti says you're good. What about your girlfriend, you play for her? She's not my girlfriend, Freddy. We're just good friends. Okay, what about Patti? Jimmy and Patti are just good friends, too. Oh, you fucking knucklehead. What I'm saying is, Patti said that you're good, so she must've heard you play, right? No, she's never heard me play before. All right, Victor, you just stay out of trouble, all right? Hey, hold on a second. Vic, come here, I just wanna talk you to for a second, okay? Look... Vic... what'd you mean by... "Jimmy and Patti are just good friends," like I know it's true, but what does that mean? Jimmy... Jimmy said him and Patti are just good friends, Freddy. Oh, when did he say that? See, it's weird to me, it's like, why would he say that like why would he say that him and Patti are just good friends, I don't understand. Because she's his friend. You're right. Jesus Christ, sometimes I can be a knucklehead too, Vic. Hey, thanks for your help, I appreciate it, all right? Now you stay outta trouble, you understand? Let's get outta here. [MUSIC PLAYING IN CAR] [TELEPHONE RINGING] - Oak. - PATTI: Jimmy, don't come over. It's Freddy. - What's the matter, what's up? - PATTI: He knows. He had a fit, he was going crazy! He said he talked to Victor. He said Victor said something. He wouldn't listen to me, I mean, he was acting like a fucking maniac! - Are you all right? - PATTI: Yeah, I'm okay. Jimmy... be careful. [SIGHS] Fuck! [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] Heya, Jimmy. How is The Oak? Well, Victor... if you ever bothered to show up once in a while, then you wouldn't have to ask me, now would you? Does it need any help? What did you say to Freddy? Freddy? You said something to Freddy about me and Patti. Now what did you say? I just said that... you said that you and Patti were just friends. You know, Victor... half the time I talk to you I get nothing but shrugs, but when you open your mouth, boy, do you open your mouth. Now there's a good chance that when I go in to open up tomorrow morning, Freddy's gonna be there to rip my head off. - Jimmy, I... - Just! do me a favor and just shut up! You did enough goddamn damage for one night! Don't yell at me, Jimmy. I'm tired of you yelling at me! Well then, stop fucking embarrassing me all the time! Don't talk to me like that, Jimmy, I'm your older brother! Well then, start acting like it and stop being such a goddamn lummox! - Don't you call me that, Jimmy. - Why not? You don't even know what one means! Otherwise you wouldn't keep acting like one! Here, here, people been calling you one all your life, it's about time you look it up! Lummox! It's under L! Look it up! [VICTOR BREATHING HEAVILY] I'm not a lummox, Jimmy! I'm your brother! [VICTOR YELLING] You're supposed to take care of me! And I'm your older brother! You forget that? I'm your older brother! [YELLING CONTINUES] You don't call me that! Huh, Jimmy, you hear me? You! You don't call me that! [TV SWITCHING ON] [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] - I'm sorry. - Shut up. - What do you wanna do, Freddy? - I swear to God. - [DOOR OPENING] - [DOOR SLAMMING] Go home, Victor. You okay, Jimmy? I'm fine. Jimmy, get Vic outta here. - I'm not leaving, Freddy. - Victor, go home! No. I'm not leaving, Jimmy. Get him outta here, Jimmy! - Victor, go home! - No! I'm warning you, Vic, this is between me and your brother, Jimmy. You leave my little brother alone. Victor, go home! No! [MUSIC PLAYING] [DOOR OPENING] Hey, Freddy? What? Look, this is important. [FREDDY BREATHING HEAVILY] [WHISPERING] You okay, Jimmy? It's over now, just go home. [EXHALES] [DOOR OPENS] [OPERATOR ANNOUNCEMENTS] FREDDY: Okay. It's okay. Hey, Jimmy. What are you doing home? I mean, who's watching The Oak? That's... some shirt you got there, Victor, that new? My friend bought it for me. So, the girl? What's the matter, Jimmy? JIMMY: Sit down, Victor. You okay? Listen... there's no easy way to tell you this... so I'm just gonna say it. Your friend... someone hurt her. What? They found her body behind the... train station. You understand what that means, her body? Are they sure that it was her? They know. Any idea who'd do something like that, Freddy? No, you hang out with strange people like that, shit I see every day. Shanked, parents wanted nothing to do with her. Hey Jimmy, how's Victor taking all this? Is he holding up? Not well... he's, uh... just said it's an act of God. Maybe someone should go check on him. I'm gonna take him out to Doodle Eve's today, get his mind off things. PATTI: That poor girl. Every time I think about being mean to her... Never even knew her name. Judge ye not. [VICTOR PLAYING VIOLIN] Careful, Vic. What's on your mind, Victor? You know you can talk to me about anything, don't you, Vic? I mean, we're brothers, right? That night you didn't come home... and we lost our money? Yeah, I remember. You wasn't with Patti. No... I wasn't with Patti. I'm sorry, Victor. [CLANG ECHOES] It wasn't enough that you tried to take Patti away from Freddy? It wasn't enough that you're the handsome brother? That you are the smart brother? It wasn't enough that you are the brother I almost died for that day? I know I'm different, Jimmy. I know that I'm what people call stupid... but sometimes people don't know that I know that. But I'm smart enough not to have thought that a girl like that... would ever fall in love with someone like me. I know what a lummox is, Jimmy. I know that I am one. It was just nice that someone like her didn't treat me like one. I, uh... I guess I never really talked about it with you... like we should've. Like brothers should've. [SOBBING] I miss Grandma, Jimmy. She was good to us. She wasn't nothing, but a little old lady, but... when she died I didn't feel safe no more. Sometimes... I wish I could un-ring that bell. [SIGHS] [JIMMY SOBBING] JIMMY: Sorry I haven't been a good brother to you... but I tried, Vic. I really tried. [SOBBING] Only the mediocre are always at their best. Oh, be careful, Jimmy. ["DULCE ET DECORUM EST" PLAYING] I'm riding on a train Well you know Cute girl in an English hat Why'd it have To rain like that And in pulling off her scarf... - Hiya, Leo. - Vic. ...I let go It floated Like a wounded bird Hey, Leo, you getting any Hank Snow records in? Yeah. What? It's an import from Japan, promotional picture disc, it's got ol' Hank burned right there into the hot wax. Would you like to hold it maybe? Gotta be real careful though, okay? That there's the holy shit, Holy Grail of all Hank vinyl, very, very rare. - How much? - Phew. It's on me, Vic. Thank you, Leo. Who gives you joy? - You. - Who? - You do, Leo. - Thank you. Okay, get outta here, go listen to your record. - See ya', Leo. - Okay. While I slept Nothing gave And nothing changed Every day was more the same You know You know I think I think I am I am Heroic in a failing way For some of us It goes that way Dulce et decorum est, my dear It's sweet, it's right There's nothing for you here Here When someone lets you down You free fall To that bigger hand Around your wrist You'll swear you Never wanted this Well you know You know I think I think I can I can Vanish with the evening rust Join the ghost That haunted us Well you know You know I think I think I am I am Heroic in a failing way For some of us It goes that way Dulce et decorum est My dear It's sweet, it's right There's nothing for you here Here Now I'm pouring Something cold Down my throat And I'm thinking About you and me Once we had A drink or two or three But those cold autumn stars Refused We were swimming In that frozen lake Our eyes the sound That sirens make Woo Woo hoo Woo |
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