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The Winner (1996)
Hey, Frankie.
Here it comes. Here comes what? The bus. Here it is. I can see the bus, Paulie. Thank you. Let's go! Sometime today. What... Joey! He ain't here. What do you mean, "he ain't here"? Joey! Welcome to Vegas. You look good. You look good. Hey, Joey. How ya doin'? Get the bags. Joey, look, uh, you gotta believe me. This guy has been winning for five straight weeks. It's like he's the luckiest man in the history of north America. It all started in a casino called the pair-a-dice. He came from nothin'. He looked like any bum on the street. When he got near that roulette wheel, he was like he was blessed with something. He's been on a winning streak for five weeks, Joey. He's been playing every Sunday, and he hasn't lost once. You've never seen anything like it. Here's a coffee with cream. Do you mind? I'm in the middle of somethin'. I'm sorry. Okay, so, look, all we gotta do is get Paulie to pretend he's sick or somethin'. Like he's chokin' on a chicken bone. Like that. Philip will take pity on him right away and give him money for a doctor, because that's the kind of guy he is. Every Sunday when he wins, he gives almost all his money away. I'm telling you, Joey, there's a real opportunity here. I'm not doubting you. Don't get me wrong. Crazy things happen every day. But what we're talkin' about here is a guy... With the name Philip. Philip. All right, Philip. I mean... what's wrong with Philip? Philip. Yeah, Philip. Come on! What? You don't like his name? All I'm sayin' is it would be nice... If his name was, say... Jesus. Yeah, sure... yeah, but... the problem is, see, I need a sign. If his name was, say, Jesus or, say, Moses... Or even, say... Joshua, I would have that sign. Take me to Philip. Stupid son of a bitch! Get outta here! Goddamn you! Here! Take this goddamn... thanks... for the ride! Well, I gotta run, baby. So, run. I just want to finish my cigarette before I go home. It's kind of cold out here. You cold? Cold feels good when you know you're gonna be rich. I feel good, Jack. I don't see us gettin' rich off this guy. Maybe he won you a car, and he might buy you a goddamn necklace, but the guy doesn't care enough about money to make anybody rich. He doesn't bet enough, and then he gives it all away. Your eyes must be goin' in your old age. You're gonna have to sell this car, Louise. Don't nag me about the car. It's not like I'm asking you to take out the garbage or cut the grass. I'm just reminding you, you need to come up with cash, like yesterday. Can't keep the sharks away forever. I'm not asking for forever. I never do. I'm asking for a week. Just 'til Sunday. You know what they're talkin' about when it comes to you? They're ready to beat on your pretty face. I've seen Kingman kill people for much less, honey. Kill me for a lousy 50 grand? Come on. Worse comes to worse, I sell the car, okay? I met somebody just the other day willing to give me $20,000 cash. Next week, on the spot, a French guy. Runs a, uh, bank in France. International finance stuff. You know how those guys are. Yeah. I know 'em like you know 'em. Well, it's not gonna come to that anyway. Look, Jack, you gotta back me up on this one. I'm gettin' tired. I'd be lyin' to you if I didn't tell you how tired I'm gettin'... Of livin' the way that we do. I'm gonna pay Kingman back, but I want more than that. Don't you, Jack? Now is our time. We are gonna be rich. We are gonna be so rich that we already are. That it's spilling over into the past. We're gonna be so fucking goddamn rich. Oh, yeah? How's that? All we have to do is wait for those magic words. What are those magic words, baby? I... love... you. 'Cause if a person loves you, really loves you, they'll do anything for you. You ever notice that? I gotta run. Ladies and gentlemen, Frank Kingman's pair-a-dice... Presents Louise. baby I'm gonna give you the lights of Las Vegas baby I'm gonna give you the sky baby I'm gonna promise you a better life keep you dreaming even after you die 'cause here the lights burn into the night here love is the same as a lie All right, no more bets. No more bets. Six is the number. Here they're gonna take everything from you six! Winner is six. But you feel hopeful for a while a while baby I'm gonna give you the lights of Las Vegas Baby, baby have mercy on me 'cause we're all believers trusting believers even the desert can feel like the sea Thank you. The old man's gone, Kingman. Well, uh, everything went really well. Smooth as water, you might say. That's good to hear. You talk about water a lot. You like water? Well, not particularly. I was just saying, everything went smooth as water, you know. You've made me very happy, Jack. You talk to me about water, and you tell me things worked out. When you do these things, it makes me feel connected. You know that feeling? Feeling connected? Yeah, sure. 'Cause I'll tell you something. After a while, it all just gets to you. The chaos. The randomness of the world. Violence, beauty, disease. After a while, it all gets to you. Can you see how that might happen? Jack, you can't just go and kill a winner. Where's the sport in that? Sometimes it does a man good to face a challenge, to fight a battle. That brings out the best in you, brings out the best in him. Otherwise, certain feelings of hostility build up, certain feelings of... unpleasantness. Come here. Losers take care of themselves. They lose. Yeah, they lose. But a winner, Jack, you have to destroy. A winner you have to bring to their knees! This is for you. Thank you, sir. You get something for your wife too. Thank you very much, sir. I love you, man. Buddy. I love this guy. My pleasure. Did you see what he did? We should go. He just kissed them, and I won. You are the best. Sit down. Yeah! Hello. You are entering the liberace museum. This was once the home of liberace, ta-da. The highest paid and best loved pianist in the world. I think of you, Louise. I think of you as heaven on earth. It always seemed to me that when you have something beautiful, it's a shame not to share it. So, please, enjoy the beautiful home of America's greatest entertainer. Don't forget to celebrate Liberace day... I was Liberace's favourite piano. My rhinestones were laid individually by hand. It was on me that Liberace first played Chopin's "minute waltz" in 42 seconds. Oh, baby! As Mr. showmanship himself said once... A fortune teller told me once never to get married... That my wife would die a tragic death. Is that funny to you? No. Did she lean in close? Did she whisper in your ear...? "Please let me save you. "Let me break the spell! "I don't want you to be alone forever. "No one should be alone forever." Something like that. And did she stick out her hand and say, "that'll be 500 bucks"? Unfortunately, I didn't have the money at the time. Say you'll marry me. Say it's you and me from this moment on. We're in this together. Please, Philip. So I know. I wanna know. Yes, baby. I'll marry you. We'd like to welcome all shriners... Louise. Hey. Where you been? I've been lookin' for you. That's where I've been. What do you want? Here's what I need. I need you to go to my place tonight and wreck it. Why? I'm bringing Philip there. I want him to see it. I'm gonna tell him the mob did it because I owe them money. You do owe money. I'm gonna tell him I owe 150,000. Philip is gonna want to save me, and he can win that money this Sunday. One bet, he can win it all. The odds are 36 to 1. He's never bet more than 1,000. But this time he'll be doing it for me. He loves me, Jack. Did you hear the magic words, honey? How much cash has he got around? He keeps some in a box under his bed. I counted it the other night. It's about 5,000. If he puts all that down and wins, there's our 150,000. We pay off Kingman, we still have $100,000 to spare. Do you see how beautiful life can be? Louise, don't look at me that way. You know how it makes me feel. It's good to feel, Jack. You know what I'm talkin' about. You want to hear me say it? Is that it? I think I can get it up this time. Why torture yourself, Jack? We have a good thing, don't we? We understand each other. Why mess with it? A lot of people want your lover boy to lose. Kingman wants him to lose. Yeah, but, see, he is not gonna lose. This is one thing I know for sure. Hope you're right. I know one thing. You got him. I watched the two of you. I don't think he'd suspect you if you came at him with a knife in your hand... And blood coming out of your eyes. Louise, Jack, do you have a light? What is that? A joint? No, it's a roll-up. I'm sorry. I don't. This guy is so fuckin' weird. I know. Talks with that phony French accent. He's not even French. I heard he's from New Zealand. What the fuck is this? Looks like a rehearsal. For what? There's nothing going on here tonight. Hey, Garson! Hey! Get in here. My name is gaston. Whatever the fuck it is. What is this? I don't understand. It's my rehearsal. Could you take it up in the parking lot? For you... anything. Come on, girls. To the parking. Now, listen, when you tear up my place tonight, do not fuck with my aquarium or my canopy over the bed, okay? Okay. Or my vase on the dresser. I hate that fuckin' vase. That's the first thing that'll go. Jack, my father gave me that vase the last time I saw him, all right? When was that? I was 14. He took me to a bus depot in Detroit. I'll never forget it. I've heard the fuckin' vase story, okay? It was nighttime, and it was rainin'. You were cryin', but you didn't know why. Don't fuck with my vase. Is that too much to ask? Hey, Philip. My dress, honey. Ha! Joey was dyin' to meet ya. He saw you playin'. He was so impressed with your abilities... Joseph. It's a pleasure, Joseph. Please, to you, it's Joey. Right. Joey. Were you lookin' at wedding rings? Yeah, I'm getting married soon. Hey! Congratulations! We'll have a party. That is something. That's the best thing about this place. You can married like that. I want to write an article about you. What? I want to write an article about you. People all over the place have heard of you, but nobody really knows you. There's people out there who don't believe you exist. I want to write a book about you. A book? You just said an article. An article becomes a series of articles becomes a book. I write for a major, uh... Metropolitan daily newspaper. This is the kind of feature I've been lookin' to write. A major metropolitan daily newspaper. That's right, Phil. I'm flattered. Can't do this right now though. I can't do an interview right now. It's a human interest piece is what it is. What the readers are dying to know is how'd you get so damn lucky? I really never was before. That's interesting. Those are the kind of comments, foresight... And interesting thoughts we need for this piece. Is that thing rolling? It's rolling. Why... Sundays? Why do you only play on Sundays? I first won on a Sunday. And, why did you first play? I don't know. Nobody's really ever asked me that before. The night that I first won, I was depressed. Now that I think about it, I was incredibly depressed. I thought that the world for me would always be... A lonely place full of deceit and suffering... I'd never understand. I felt lost in a huge crowd of strangers... I couldn't penetrate. Soon it seemed the wheel was... was calling out to me. That... that it was pulling me... Into the world, and I wouldn't be allowed to resist. And how did it feel? How did it feel to win? Like I might finally know what it's like to be happy. I thought that the world... go on. Don't stop. Let it out. I felt lost in the crowd of the world. And I wanted to leave. Vegas? The world. I haven't thought about this in a while, but now that I think about it, that night I first won I had planned to kill myself at midnight. I've thought... I've thought about that too. I think all great men have. For your out-of-state, cheque-cashing needs, the money market is here... whether you have a personal cheque, two party, government, cashier's cheque or payroll cheque, the money market will cash it for you. He has the ticket. Money market at the casino cashier... Will help you with your needs, letting you get back to the action. Oh, my God! Oh! My God! Jesus! - Everything wrecked. - Well, they left your jewelry. My mother gave me this the last time I saw her, Philip. We should call the police. No! I owe some people a lot of money. Louise! Think they're gonna kill me? You know, I mean, I... we should leave! I'm tired of running. How much do you owe? I can't even tell you, Philip. A quarter of a million dollars. Louise. Oh, don't. Thank you, Philip. I thought I still had time. I've been paying them off in slow increments. My mother died last year. Oh. And then my father three days later. He couldn't live without her. It was all up to me to take care of the funeral arrangements. I had no idea how expensive all that is. They've got you screwed to the wall unless you cremate. I had nowhere to turn. One of those pauper's graves. A pauper's grave? Strangers piled together in some ditch somewhere. Somebody told me you can't even clothe them. Thank you. These guys just pour the money on you at first, because they want to get you hooked. Before I knew it, the 50 grand had turned into 100. When I couldn't pay that back, they added on some fucking crazy interest, 'til at one point they actually started doubling it. And now they've been telling me I have until this Sunday... there's my car and, and my house. But all that takes time. You know, I mean... I'll win it on Sunday. I'll win it. I still have, some cash. That's so sweet of you, but I couldn't possibly... Louise, I would do... yes, of course, I would. Oh, baby. Oh. It'll be okay. What the fuck is this? This can't be real. I can see it. This can't be fucking real. Don't touch it! Okay. Okay. We should go. It's somebody's actual hand. Fucking lunatic! What are you doing? Oh, my God! It's a human hand! Louise, don't! Oh, my God! Shit! There's blood on my dress. Who are these people? I... I can't... my mind... my mind is just all black, Philip. It's all black. You should never go near them again. A human hand, Louise. Just no cops, okay? I'm dead if you go to the cops. Man, I'm fuckin' cold. Thanks. Hey, Joe. Look at these, huh? This one's yours. This is my idea, Joey. See, now, this is what I'm thinking. Sunday night we grab Philip when he's coming out of the casino, because you know what happens Sunday night. Sunday night is money night, and money night is... what the fuck is wrong with you? Ya fuckin' idiots. Ya fuckin' morons. Ya fuckin' schmucks. Don't you know that he's worth a hell of a lot more than money? This is Phil we're talkin' about. But I like the masks. Yeah? I told ya he'd like the masks. He'd never know it was us. That's right. And after, then, we could still be friends. Absolutely right. Buddies. What are these looks? What? What are these fuckin' looks you're givin' me? These looks, they're sayin', "Joey's a parasite." Parasite? No, you're... Joey. He needs us too, am I right? Sure, he does. The thing is, we gotta get him to bet a couple of thousand dollars this week. That way, he'll have more money in his pocket than he ever did before. This isn't about a two-bit win. Because if you win like that, you're still a fuckin' nobody. This is about changin' our lives. Whoa! Thanks. He's a fuckin' freak. He wears a dress and goes out with that guy that works with the sanitation department. What the hell did you do? Let me call you back. All I wanted was my goddamn place wrecked. I don't think you appreciate me enough lately. What the fuck is this doing in my aquarium? He's like a wild dog. I had to throw him a piece of meat, okay? You cut off somebody's hand? No, I'm telling you they did. You lie so much you forget what's really going on here. You really do owe that money, remember? They ask me to throw this your way, I gotta throw it your way. Do you swear that you had nothing to do with this? Yes, I swear that I had nothing to do with this. Can I have a Martini, please? Sure. I say we just leave town and keep all the money. Not a chance. You gotta pay off your debt. Is that what they taught you in school? You've been poor too long. We'll never get away with it. You've taken him before. You've been skimming off the top... shut up. Be quiet. This is different. I just... what? You can't? That what you're about to say, 'cause I don't want to fucking hear it. That bastard's not getting a single fucking penny. It's my money. I need it. My hearing must be going bad. Did you say, your money? I mean, our money. We have a deal. Bastard. Stuck his claws in me first week I was in town. Supposed to help me get on my feet. Instead all I got were his claws in my back. I'm fuckin' through with him. He's watchin' us, you know. Yeah, well, so what? Louise, there wouldn't be enough time after Philip wins for us to get out. We could make it work. So, you with me, Jack? Are you with me? Yeah, sure, Louise. I guess so. Can I have another one, please? You bet. Little brother? No, wolf. No, no. No, no. No, no, no. No, no. This is not good. No, no. No, no! Goddamn it, Philip! No! No! Goddamn it. You stupid son of a bitch. Get down there! Are you happy now? What did you do with my car? What fucking car? Last time you visited, you stole my car. I drove it around. Whatever. Piece of shit. What is it that you want? Why did you come? I came with dad. He's dead. What do you mean? Dad is dead. He's out there in the sleeping bag. Dad? Yeah. Well... Okay. Oh! What? Yeah. What? That's him? Sure is. Somebody shot him in the head. Are you saying that somebody shot him dead in the head? That's what I'm saying. Somebody shot dad dead in the head and left him there. And that's him? Now he's here. Let me see. No. No. I want to see. Let me see his face. No. No! Let me see him. Let me just... no, no. No. Philip, I don't want you to see him. He looks bad. The back of his head's blown out. He's dead. There's nothin' you can do about it. Okay. Get out. You have to go now. I came all the way down here to see you. I brought him with me, you should just grab this. So you wouldn't have to hear about it from a stranger. Just take this... I'm not going to leave. I'm not going to leave. I got no alibi. They're going to put me back in jail. I'll go to jail for that. I got no alibi. Philip. Please. Oh. I have... tea. You have some tea. Do you want a beer? Whiskey. I have beer. Sake. Beer. Vodka. I have beer. What are you going to tell the police? I'm not gonna tell the police nothin'. No, no. No. I got a bad record, Philip. Oh, no, you... I'd be the number one suspect. You have to tell the police, because otherwise it looks really bad. It does look bad. It would look... yes. It would be really, really, really, really bad. I got no alibi. All I could think of was to come down here and find you, okay? What am I gonna do? Wow. He's heavy. Believe me. You know, I could have been winning when they killed him. I could have been having the time of my life. I guess maybe you have been winning, Phil. I guess maybe you have been winning. I guess maybe you won a lot. Come on. Let's go bury dad. I'm worried about you, Philip, if you want to know the truth. We got to find that motherfucker who killed him. And we got to find him before he kills you. What's it got to do with me? I got a bad feeling. I got a strange feeling. I'm having bad dreams. I'm gettin' all dark in my mind and filled up with all kinds of crap. I'm gettin' all reeled up. What kind of dreams? Dreams about you and dad... Dying. You see that godforsaken shithole he was livin' in? Yes. That's the kind of place where you die and nobody even notices you're gone. That's the kind of place where they throw you in a pit for speeding... And just leave you there to howl for the rest of your life, man. Nobody's even gonna know he's gone. Daddy was a lonely old drunk, Philip. You were always too hard on him. You never understood him. Everybody's misunderstood one way or another. And everybody dies. Last time I saw you, you hit me over the head... And left me in the middle of the desert and stole my car. Plan on doing that again? You don't forget anything, do ya? I said I was sorry about that. We should say something. A prayer or something. You're gonna get all sentimental on me now, aren't ya? All right, then, go ahead. Let's get the fuck outta here. Philip, that's my bag. I thought you put it in the hole. Me? Yeah. You gotta be careful about stuff like that. I'll get rid of it. I'll be careful. They took his hand. What do you mean? What do you mean, "they took his hand"? They cut off his hand. Oh, no! I wrapped up the stump, 'cause I didn't want you to see it. It bothered me too, okay? Nobody hated him as much as I did, Philip. I gotta go. I gotta go warn somebody. Would you just use the keys once? Let me tell you what I see. I see a man... Swimming out in the middle of the ocean. And you know what. He went out too far. He's going to drown. Know why? He went out too far? Exactly. Don't step over the line, Jack. Nobody likes somebody who goes out too far. You stay with the group. The group does not like people leaving the group. Is something wrong, Kingman? Do you feel okay? I feel very strong. Hey, guys! Look who it is! Philip! How you doin'? Ready for the big night on Sunday? You haven't seen Louise, have you? Louise, Louise. What's the big rush? I got a hot tip. I read your horoscope. Sunday's gonna be... can ya help me out? It's a pleasure. What the fuck! What the fuck are you doin'? Who the fuck are you? Huh? Who the fuck are you? Who the fuck are you? You scumbag! I saw what you were tryin' to do! You were reaching for the fuckin' wallet! I saw... what are you doing? No! That's wrong. You calm down. You calm down. You could get some help for that. You calm down. Phil. Phil. You think his arm's really broken? Think of how it would have hurt him when I hit him if his arm was really broken. He would have passed out in the street right in front of us. Philip! Phil! Wait! Philip! It's difficult to know who to trust Phil! Philip! Johnny? Hiya, Lucy. Hey. Why'd you run away? Every time I turned my back, you were looking at the door. No, I wasn't. Why would I do that, hmm? You know how much I love you. I always have. Yeah? Louise? Baby, you there? Oh, gosh. What? Philip's gonna be here soon. Philip? Your brother. That was him. He's gonna be here soon. I know who it was. What the fuck is goin' on with you and my brother? Where do you get keys to that door? What are you doin' here? What are you talkin' about? We're together. Not true, baby! You and my brother? That's right. You and him together? Yeah, just relax, okay? Boy. Does he know about us? No. Come on. There's not that much to know. Hmm. I don't know, honey. You disappeared on me. Me driving around. I thought I might die if I never saw you again. I'm sure it wasn't that bad. I thought we made a pretty good team. We did, you know? But counting cards? I don't know. The thrill just doesn't last forever. You better start talkin' to me. You better tell me what you're gonna take him for. You don't talk to me, I'm gonna start talkin' to him about you. I'm not takin' him, okay? Yeah, sure. I'd be lyin' to you if I didn't tell you I was gonna, but I fell in love with him. It's true. I fell madly in love with your brother. Yeah, sure. I don't believe a word you say, honey. What the fuck do I care what you believe? You know, you are really a mess. Okay? Now Philip is going to be here any minute. So tell me what it is you really want and get out. Got some money for me? I've got nothing else for you. Go fuck yourself, honey. You wish. Hey! That's my truck! Come back here! Hey! Could I get a shot of vodka, please? Vodka! I was wondering if you could help me out with something. Have you heard about the, uh, disappearance... Of a nearby trailer park resident? Yeah. He was an old man. He lived all by himself. He looked something like that. Get it for ya right away. You ever see this jerk in here? How about you? Nope. I seen him. Isn't this the guy that was killed... By those people in the drugstore? A tragedy! Pues andale, salud Al gringo muerto. Bueno. I salud! Bueno. Your brother swears he didn't do it? His hand was cut off. Wolf couldn't do something like that. Your father's hand? My father's hand! Oh! Louise, you got to tell me who you borrowed the money from. You've got to tell me. Look, I told you, I don't know. I've never even seen 'em face-to-face. What if you had to meet with them? Where did you meet them in the first place? If I told you, you'd just try and go after them. You don't know what you're up against. They're evil! I don't wanna hear about the evil! Jesus! You don't understand! I want the truth! You don't understand. What do you think I've been giving you, Philip? My God! Jesus Christ! I don't know how to find him. He finds me. He does whatever the fuck he wants! You don't have any ice cream either. Oh! Yeah. I can get some. Well, I want some ice cream, Philip. What kind do you like? I like rocky road! It's what I like. I'll get some. Okay. Thank you. Okay, I'll be right back. Okay? Okay. Lookin' around for some extra cash? Philip gone? I've been checking around about my father's murder. Philip tell you how he was killed? Yeah. Seems to think you wouldn't have the heart to cut off your own father's hand. It seems there was a dark gray, four-door sedan... Next to the trailer that night. A gray sedan? Yeah. You used to have one like that, didn't ya? What'd you do? Lend it to a friend? I'd love to hang out and reminisce about old cars, but I got other stuff I... hey. Come here. I'm gonna find out about it sooner or later. Why don't you throw your arms around me and ask me to run away with you forever? Get a grip. I got one. Okay, baby. I need that money you offered me. A thousand dollars. As a matter of fact, I think Philip's doin' pretty well. I could use 5,000. Just to get me out of a bad time. That's all. Mm-hmm. Look, you don't have to explain, okay? I already told you, you need cash, I'll get it for you. You need five grand, you got it. Just give me 'til Sunday. Okay? Don't forget. I know you. Oh, no, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you don't. He's gonna come out here. That's when I'm gonna grab him. Now, Paulie... Frankie. You handle the girl or anyone else who's hanging around him. Frankie... Paulie. You stay with the car. Now... hey, you know what? I had a dream about him. Paulie, be quiet. All I'm saying is I had a dream about Philip. What kind of a dream? Maybe we should get some more beer, huh? Shut up! What kind of a dream? I don't remember it too well. What is the matter with you? What kind of a dream? Well, all I remember is that we jumped him. We beat him. We took his money and left him alone to die. What? We were robbing him, and all of a sudden, in the dream, you went like... hey! I don't want to hear this. Nobody touches Philip. All right? All right. We take his money. That's it. That is the whole point... Of everything that I have been saying, everything that I have been doing... And everything that I have been thinking. Okay? Uh... okay. Okay? Okay. Okay. How do I look? Pretty damn good, huh? Louise, what the hell's goin' on? I decided to pay Kingman back. The whole 50,000? The hell you did. You don't believe me? What do you want, me to fall to my knees, break down and cry over this fucking bastard? I'm telling you I've given up. And I really wanted to beat him, Jack. I really wanted to beat him. Everything's gonna be okay. Look, we still got 100 grand. We've been a hell of a lot worse off than that before. That's the thing. Philip's brother found him. Your old lover boy's back in town, huh? He wants money to keep quiet. Keep quiet about what? About me. Could you do this up, please? How much? Fifty thousand. Louise, that's a lot. I know. Can't you cut him out? I'm afraid of him, Jack. You see, I think he killed their father. Johnny's always hated his father. Who the hell is Johnny? Wolf, Johnny, whatever he calls himself. You see, Kingman sent somebody over to cut off the father's hand. But, Johnny... Johnny's the real killer. You never told me anything like that before... About Johnny or wolf or whatever you call him. It's not gonna be so bad, is it, Jack? We still have 50,000. It just means after Philip wins, after he hands me the money, Johnny's gonna be standing right there waiting to collect. I'm gonna have to pay him before I can bring you back the money. You see? You still want to leave with me, don't you, Jack? Well, sure, I do, baby. 'Cause lately I don't know. I've been wondering. What? I'd be lonely without you, Jack. Did I ever tell you about the first time I felt lonely? Bullshit. Don't even start, okay? There was no first time. You've always been lonely. I gotta go on. Listen, hey, Louise. Look, ya know, I'm the one that knows you. You should take some comfort in that. Most people tell their little lies and nobody even notices. You're so smart. Look at her, Jack. Think about how he must love her. You know, she's more trouble than she's worth. Mr. Kingman's office. I heard Philip's brother's in town. Hear he's asking around about his father's murder. You sure everything went as smooth as water, Jack? Sure I'm sure. That wasn't the first old drunk I've killed, Kingman. You weren't sloppy, were you, Jack? No, I wasn't sloppy. I'm never sloppy. Sure. I'll fax it over. Spread the word that the brother's involved with this woman. Louise? Tell somebody who will tell Philip. When he hears that, he'll know he's unloved and unwanted. Okay. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the tremendous powers of destruction at our disposal. You have to sign this today. Aah! When God realized the world was evil, he didn't go down and individually kill everybody that needed to be killed. He sent the rain. Forty days, forty nights. Rain. I will be the rain. I will be... Now this is a cigar. It's not bad. Not bad? It's great. It's not great. Philip's been deceived. What? I just found out. His brother and that two-bit slut singer Louise... they're involved. And what's more, they're probably leaving together. He's still gonna win on Sunday. You hear what I'm saying, Paulie? Frankie. Philip doesn't know! He doesn't know? Come on. Let's get a beer. Look! This is what I've been tryin' to tell ya. Philip needs us. We've gotta protect 'im. This is the kind of goddamn deceit that could destroy our Philly boy. Joey? I should have remembered. Joey? Saviors always get betrayed. Joey? They get betrayed, and then they get destroyed. They get betrayed, and then they get destroyed. Joey, Joey. It's a crucifixion kind of a thing. Joey. Joey. Joey! Joey! Aw! Shit! Oh, man! Joey! Jesus Christ! You got money for a cab? I ain't got nothin'. Phil? Philly-boy, open the door. It's me, Joey. Phil! Open the door! I came to protect you and I brought a little helper. What are you doing here? Don't be mad. I know you're upset. Let it go! That crook with the broken arm, that hustler. I gotta tell you something. You don't have to apologize. There's certain things that a man has got to know. It's in regards to that two-bit songstress and your so-called brother. What? They're in love. Joey. I wouldn't say it unless I was sure, unless I'd seen it with my own two eyes. These photographs do not lie. And what does that leave you? A memory? A memory that will torture you and torment you until you die? And that kind of pain. It's fucking unbearable. Oh, Phil, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Just thought you needed to know. I know, Sunday is... Is such an important day for you, for all of us. Oh, Phil. Phil? I could stay with ya, Phil. 911 emergency. Hello. Hi. I'd like to report a murder. Five months? Huh? You gonna make me wait another five months? No? You better not. Where is it? You got the money? What the fuck you lookin' at? Oh, man. Spare some change? You hear me? I want it now. That's my money. Okay? Thanks, man. I want my fuckin' money now. This guy sucks. Shut up, man. Let the man sing, huh? You don't know. No! You don't know. I like his singing. Fuck! You fuck! You know that? Will you wait for this? Those are my nickels, motherfucker! What the fuck is wrong with you, asshole? That's my money! That's my money! I trapero! I te mato cabron! Aah! que historias... i oye, dejenmelo! It's my fight... it's my fight! I vete, vete! It's my fight! Hey, hey, hey! It's my fight! what happened to you? Tell me things... How you love me. How... you... how you never loved anyone else... The way you love me. Tell me! I do. I do, Philip. You're hurt. What happened to you? I just want to be close to you. It feels like love, doesn't it? Doesn't it feel that way? What happened, Philip? Nothing. Nothing. What's wrong? Nothing. I could lose on Sunday. What makes you say that? I could. I was walking down the street, and I suddenly realized that I could lose. What would happen to us then? What would happen to you? Why are you... why would you think you would lose? Philip, you're gonna win. Don't worry about the money. Louise, I'll get your money. Whatever it takes. Whoever I have to deal with, I'll get your money. Why are you talking to me like this? Why? Tell me things. What do you want me to tell you? Tell me something. Tell me something you haven't told me yet. Something that you don't think that I would understand. What do you want me to tell you? That I... that I need that money? I mean, I need that money. I'd be lyin' if I didn't tell you that. I... I... Do you believe in evil? I don't believe in evil. I don't look at things in those terms: Good and evil. Sometimes I think evil... is real. Like a tree or like the ocean... Or something alive that can reach out for you, grab you and never let you go. You're not evil, Louise. I just... I just want... what? What do you want? I just want to get away from here. That's all. I want us both to get away from here. I understand. I'm going to help you. I'm going to help you get away. Hold it right there! Ma'am! Step out of the way, ma'am! Step out of the way! Hold it there! You at the fence! Put your hands in the air and stay where you are. Stay where you are! Stop right where you are! Hold it! Freeze, motherfucker! Put your hands on your head! Put your hands on your head! You heard him! How much do you need? 250,000. You understand that tomorrow you'll owe me double? Tomorrow you will owe me a half million dollars. Do you plan on playing tomorrow? Yes. Well, then, if you win, we won't have a problem. But if you lose, however... I want you to understand the seriousness of the situation. I'll win. Now you each have a gun. Holy shit! What? Were they having a sale? Who knows what wolf and that vicious ViXen got up their sleeves. Joey, take a gun. Nah. Guns make me crazy. Guns are for losers, like you. Nope, I prefer... My little helper. Hey! I need to make a phone call. Let me call my brother. Hi, son. Daddy! It's time to go, amigos. I vamonos! It's time to go. I vamonos! I vamonos! I vente, hermano! I vamos, vamos! I adios, amigo! Jack. What's goin' on? Well, looks like old Philip kind of changed our little plan. What? He went and borrowed the money to cover your debt. He borrowed it? I guess evidently he thinks there's a chance he might not win. Makes you wonder, though, if he knows what they'll do to him if he loses. Are you going to see him right now, baby? Well, yeah, actually. He just called me. You know what's odd about it. You told me you needed 150,000. He went off and borrowed 250,000. Funny guy, that Philip, huh? You just bring the fuckin' money straight back here, okay? Of course. I got a better idea. Why don't I go with you for the hell of it? Oh, come on, Jack. It'd ruin everything. You trying to set me up for something? 'Cause I could go talk to Kingman myself. All that cash, Jack. It adds up. Yeah, right. Just bring the money straight back here, will ya? You gotta trust somebody. She's gonna pick up your money, and I'm gonna wait for her back at her place. You're gonna wait for her? She'll bring it to me. Jack, what do I care about her damn money? What do I give a shit about her money? Don't you know it's the girl? What's the girl? The girl, the girl. The girl's love is keepin' him alive. But she doesn't love him, so... does she love you? Don't worry, Jack. She loves you. Jack. Jack? You go back to her place. She'll be there soon. She'll walk through the door, and she'll tell you she loves you herself. She'll drown you in her love. That's what you're waiting to hear, isn't it, Jack? Does that make you mad at me, Kingman? I'm happy for you. Now, you take good care of her. And don't you worry about Philip. People have to endure in life. They always do. Don't they? What is this, man? Up. You're gonna lose. Doesn't matter. You got her the money anyway. She's gonna be okay. It doesn't matter. Here, baby. This is for you to pay off your debt. Where'd you get that kind of cash? I still had a lot of cash. No, you didn't. You would have given it to me before if you had. Philip, tell me what's goin' on. Nothing's going on. I'm a little worried about you. Are you gonna be safe? Maybe I should go with you. I'm gonna be fine. It's better if I'm alone. Listen, Philip, you are gonna win, okay? I know you. I know you better than you know yourself. Of course I'm gonna win. You are. I will. No one can break you, okay? It's something I knew the first time I saw you. Something I felt that I never felt before. I believe in you. Why do you look so sad? I'm not sad. Baby, everything's okay. Everything's right. Thank you. Trust me. Damn her! Good-bye. I understand. I'll always love you. Hey, Philip! Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime for a Vietnam vet? I'm a purple heart. Get the fuck outta here. This is for Phil! Fucking... You can't hurt Phil. You can't... Philly! Philly! Die! Die! Die! Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil! Philly! We're takin' the whole fuckin' place. You want us to go in now? When I give you the signal. Give me the fuckin' gun. I thought you said you didn't like guns. Give me the fuckin' gun! What about the masks? Put 'em on. Come on! Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. Honey, you've got to let it ride or it's not gonna... five. Louise, you came back. I came back. I love you. Philip, there's some things I've got to tell you. I've been lying to you. I know about you and my brother. I do. About me and Johnny? Yes. That was a long time ago. That's nothing to me now. I thought that you... no, no, no. I had this plan. But then when I was driving away from you, I found your note. And I realized for the first time... Louise! Louise! No. Every fucking thing I did I did for you, Louise! Goddamn! Jack. No, get away from her, man! Everybody, on the fuckin' floor! Are you okay? Are you okay? Yes, yes, yes? Son of a bitch! Oh, Philip. Let's get outta here. Yes. Our money. Come on, hon. Oh, Jack. Come on. Come on, Louise. We'll make it outta here. Yes. Philip, wait. What? What I realized. What? No! Oh, God. Louise! No! Oh, God! Oh, God! Louise! Oh, God. Louise, no. No! No. You don't leave me alone. Don't leave me alone! No! Phil! No! You get away! Don't worry about it. No! Look, Phil. Phil, now that she's gone, we can work on our relationship. Yes? What? Yes? What I realized... yes? I realized I... I love you. No. I love you. Yes... no. No! No! No! No! One... Two... one, two, three. |
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