GoodFellas (1990)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Based on: Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
Release dates: September 9, 1990 (Venice); September 19, 1990 (United States)
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Plot: In 1955, teenager Henry Hill becomes enamored by the criminal life and Mafia presence in East New York, a working-class Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City. He begins working for local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his associates Jimmy Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacker and gangster, and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent. Henry begins as a fence for Jimmy, gradually working his way up to more serious crimes.
Throughout the 1960s, the three men excel at carjacking, stealing cargo trucks from JFK Airport, and eventually commit the Air France Robbery. They spend most of their nights at the Copacabana nightclub, carousing with women. Henry starts dating Karen Friedman, a Jewish woman who is initially confused by Henry’s criminal activities. She is soon seduced by Henry’s glamorous lifestyle, and marries him, despite her parents’ disapproval.
In 1970, Billy Batts, a made man in the Gambino crime family who was recently released from prison, insults Tommy at a nightclub that is owned by Henry. In response, Tommy and Jimmy beat, stab and fatally shoot Billy. Realizing that the unsanctioned murder of a made man will invite retribution, Jimmy, Henry and Tommy bury the body in Upstate New York. Six months later, Jimmy learns that the burial site is slated for development, prompting them to exhume and relocate the decaying corpse.
In 1974, Karen harasses Henry’s mistress Janice, and threatens Henry at gunpoint. Henry moves in with Janice, but Paulie insists that he return to Karen after collecting a debt from a gambler in Tampa with Jimmy. Jimmy and Henry are arrested after being turned in by the gambler’s sister, an FBI typist, and they receive ten-year prison sentences. To support his family on the outside, Henry has Karen smuggle in drugs from Pittsburgh, which he sells to fellow inmates.
In 1978, Henry is paroled and expands his cocaine business with Jimmy and Tommy, against Paulie’s orders. Jimmy organizes a crew to raid the Lufthansa vault at JFK Airport, stealing six million dollars in cash and jewelry. After some members purchase expensive items against Jimmy’s orders and the getaway truck is found by police, he has most of the crew killed. Only Henry and Tommy are spared, as Henry is making money through his Pittsburgh connection, and Tommy is about to become a made man. However, Tommy is killed when he arrives at the bogus initiation ceremony, in retribution for murdering Batts.
By 1980, Henry has become a nervous wreck due to heavy cocaine use. He sets up another drug deal with his Pittsburgh associates but is arrested by narcotics agents and incarcerated. After bailing him out, Karen explains that she flushed $60,000 worth of cocaine down the toilet to prevent FBI agents from finding it during their raid, leaving the Hills penniless.
Feeling betrayed by Henry’s drug dealing, and realizing that he is a liability, Paulie gives him $3,200 and ends their association. Henry meets Jimmy at a diner and is asked to travel to a hit assignment, but the request makes him suspicious. Realizing that Jimmy plans to have him killed, Henry decides to finally become an informant and enroll with his family in the witness protection program. Henry gives sufficient testimony and evidence in court to have Paulie and Jimmy convicted, and moves to a neighborhood in an undisclosed location, in accordance with the witness protection program. Henry describes his unhappiness by leaving his exciting and turbulent gangster life, feeling condemned to live a boring, average life as a “schnook”.
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GoodFellas (1990) | Transcript
[Banging]
[HENRY] What the fuck is that?
Jimmy?
[TOMMY] What is up?
[HENRY] Did I hit something?
[TOMMY] What the fuck is that?
[TOMMY] Maybe you got a flat?
[HENRY] No.
[TOMMY] What the fuck?
You better pull over and see.
[Banging]
[Banging Continues]
[TOMMY] He is still alive. You piece of shit!
Die, motherfucker!
[Grunting]
[TOMMY] Look at me!
[Multiple Gunshots]
[HENRY] As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.
[ ♪ Big Band Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[ ♪ I know I’d go from rags to riches ♪ ]
[ ♪ If you would only say you care ♪ ]
[ ♪ And though my pocket may be empty ♪ ]
[ ♪ I’d be a millionaire ♪ ]
[ ♪ My clothes may still be torn and tattered ♪ ]
[HENRY] To me… being a gangster was better than being president of the United States. Even before I went to the cabstand for an afterschool job… I knew I wanted to be a part of them. It was there that I knew I belonged. To me, it meant being somebody… in a neighborhood full of nobodies. They weren’t like anybody else. They did whatever they wanted. They parked in front of hydrants and never got a ticket. In the summer, when they played cards all night… nobody ever called the cops.
[ ♪ Must I forever be a beggar ♪ ]
[ ♪ Whose golden dreams will not come true ♪ ]
[TUDDY] Tony Stacks. How are you?
[HENRY] Tuddy Cicero.
[TONY] Could this be the Canarsie Kid?
[HENRY] Tuddy. Tuddy ran the cabstand and the Bella Vista Pizzeria… and a few other places for his brother, Paul, who was the boss of the neighborhood.
[Chattering And Chuckling]
[HENRY] Paulie might have moved slow… but it was only because Paulie didn’t have to move for anybody.
[TONY] It is your fault.
[RONNIE] You started it!
[TONY] I started it? It is your fault.
[HENRY] At first my parents loved that I found a job… across the street from the house. My father, who was Irish, was sent to work at the age of 11. He liked that I got myself a job. He always used to say that American kids were spoiled lazy.
[HENRY’S MOTHER] Henry! Watch how you cross! Bring back milk!
[HENRY] My mother was happy after she found out the Ciceros… came from the same part of Sicily as she did. To my mother… that was the answer to all her prayers. I was the luckiest kid in the world. I could go anywhere, do anything. I knew everybody, and everybody knew me. Wiseguys would pull up and Tuddy would let me park their Cadillacs. Here I am, this little kid, I can’t even see over the steering wheel… and I’m parking Cadillacs. But, it wasn’t too long… before my parents changed their minds about my job at the cabstand. For them, it was supposed to be a parttime job. But for me… it was definitely full time. That is all I wanted to do. People like my father could never understand, but I was a part of something. I belonged. I was treated like a grownup.
[TUDDY] Tell him 519.
[HENRY] Every day I was learning to score. A dollar here, a dollar there. I was living in a fantasy.
[HENRY’S FATHER] Did you have a good day at school?
[HENRY] My father was always pissed off. Pissed that he made such lousy money, that my brother Michael… was in a wheelchair. He was pissed that there were seven of us living in such a tiny house.
[HENRY’S FATHER] Tell me about this. It is a letter from school. It says you haven’t been there in months. In months!
[Henry’s Mother Screams]
[HENRY’S FATHER] You’re a bum! Want to grow up to be a bum?
[Slapping And Screaming]
[HENRY] After a while, he was mostly pissed… because I hung around the cabstand. He knew what went on there. Every once in a while I’d have to take a beating. But by then, I didn’t care. The way I saw it… everybody takes a beating sometime.
I can’t make any more deliveries.
What? You will fuck everything up.
My dad says he will kill me. Look.
Come with me.
[TONY] Is that him there?
[HENRY] No.
[RONNIE] How about him?
[HENRY] No.
[HENRY] That is the guy…
[RONNIE] Get him.
[TONY] Excuse me.
[TONY] Scumbag.
[WISEGUY] Come here, you piece of shit.
[Smashing]
[TUDDY] Know this kid?
[MAILMAN] Yeah.
[TUDDY] Know where he lives?
[MAILMAN] Yeah.
[TUDDY] You deliver mail to his house?
[MAILMAN] Yeah.
[TUDDY] From now on, any letter from school to his house comes directly here.
Understand?
[TUDDY] Another letter from school goes to that kid’s house… in the oven you will go, head first.
[HENRY] That was it. No more letters from truant officers. No letters from school.
In fact, no more letters from anybody.
After a few weeks, my mother went to the post office to complain.
How could I go to school after that… and pledge allegiance and sit through good government bullshit?
[Rain Pelting]
[HENRY] Paulie hated phones.
He wouldn’t have one in his house.
[TUDDY] Mickey called.
Want me to call him back?
[PAUL] All right, make the call.
[HENRY] He got all his calls second hand.
Then you’d have to call the people back.
[TUDDY] Got a nickel?
Get him on the phone.
[HENRY] There were guys, that is all they did all day, was take care of Paulie’s calls.
[Scattered Conversation, Pop Tune Plays In Background] For a guy who moved all day long…
… Paulie didn’t talk to six people.
With union problems… or a beef in the numbers… only the top guys spoke with Paulie about the problem.
Everything was one-on-one.
Paulie hated conferences.
He didn’t want anybody hearing what he said… or anyone listening to what he was being told.
Hundreds of guys depended on him, and he got a piece of everything they made.
It was a tribute, like in the old country, except they were doing it in America.
All they got from Paulie was protection from the guys trying to rip them off.
That is what it is all about. That is what the FBI could never understand.
What Paulie and the Organization does… is protect people who can’t go to the cops. That is it.
They’re like the police department for wiseguys.
[Smashing, Glass Shattering]
[HENRY] People looked at me differently, and they knew I was with somebody.
I didn’t have to wait in line at the bakery on Sunday morning for fresh bread.
The owner knew who I was with, and no matter how many people were waiting…
… I was taken care of first.
Our neighbors stopped parking in our driveway, even though we had no car.
[HENRY] At 13…
… I was making more money than most of the grownups in the neighborhood.
I had it all.
[Roaring Explosion]
[HENRY] One day…
One day, some neighborhood kids carried my mother’s groceries all the way home.
You know why?
It was out of respect.
What do you think?
[HENRY] Aren’t my shoes great?
You look like a gangster.
[Yells] They shot me. Help!
[TUDDY] Henry, shut the door.
[HENRY] That was the first time I had ever seen anyone shot.
Can’t have that in here. Jesus Christ!
[TUDDY] I can’t have that in this joint.
[HENRY] I remember feeling bad about the guy, but also… feeling maybe Tuddy was right.
I knew Paulie didn’t want anyone dying in the building.
You’re a real jerk. You wasted eight fucking aprons on this guy.
What is wrong with you?
I got to toughen this kid up.
[ ♪ Upbeat Pop Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] It was a glorious time.
And wiseguys were all over the place.
It was before Appalachian and before Crazy Joe… decided to take on a boss and start a war.
It was when I met the world.
And it was when I first met Jimmy Conway.
He couldn’t have been more than 28 or 29 at the time, but he was already a legend.
He’d walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
He’d give a doorman $100 just for opening the door.
He’d give hundreds to the dealers and the guys who ran the games.
The bartender got $100 just for keeping the ice cubes cold.
[JIMMY] The Irishman is here to take you Guineas’ money.
[PAUL] Want a drink?
[JIMMY] Give me a Seven and Seven.
[PAUL] I’d like you to meet the kid Henry.
How you doing?
Thank you.
Keep them coming.
[HENRY] Jimmy was one of the most feared guys in the city.
He was first locked up at 11, and doing hits for mob bosses at 16.
Hits never bothered Jimmy.
It was business.
But what Jimmy really loved to do… what he really loved to do was steal.
He actually enjoyed it.
Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in movies.
Give me your wallet.
You might know who we are, but we know who you are.
[HENRY] He was one of the city’s biggest hijackers… of booze, cigarettes, razor blades, shrimp and lobsters.
Shrimp and lobsters were best.
They went fast.
Almost all of them were gimmies.
They just gave it up, no problem.
They called him Jimmy the Gent.
[JIMMY] Help the lady.
[HENRY] Drivers loved him.
They used to tip him off… about the really good loads.
Of course, everybody got a piece.
[SCHOOL GUARD]
Thanks, I will be back for the rest later.
Henry, come here.
Say hello to Tommy.
You’re going to be working together, okay?
Help him. Go ahead.
Jimmy, you got anything good?
[HENRY] When the cops assigned a whole army to stop Jimmy, what did he do?
He made them partners.
I’d complain, but who’d listen?
[HENRY] What do you need?
[CIGARETTE BUYER #1] Two Luckys.
[TOMMY] Here you go, Henry.
[HENRY] Thanks a lot.
[HENRY] What do you need?
[CIGARETTE BUYER #2] One Pall Mall.
[DETECTIVE] What are you doing?
It is all right.
Says who? Your mother?
How many Pall Malls you need?
Where’d you get the cigarettes?
Get him out of here.
It is okay.
It is not okay!
[HENRY] You don’t understand.
[DETECTIVE] You don’t understand.
Store is closed.
[TOMMY] Henry got pinched.
[TUDDY] Where?
[TOMMY] By the factory.
[COURT CLERK] Henry Hill. The People of the State of New York vs. Henry Hill.
[COURT CLERK] Docket #704162.
Yes, sir. That is me.
[MOB LAWYER] Just stand there.
Now stay there.
Counselor, proceed.
Congratulations.
Here is your graduation present.
[HENRY] Why? I got pinched.
[JIMMY] Everyone does, but you did it right.
You told them nothing.
I thought you’d be mad.
I’m not mad, I’m proud of you.
You took your first pinch like a man… and learned the two greatest things in life.
What?
[JIMMY] Look at me.
Never rat on your friends… and always keep your mouth shut.
[TONY] Here he is!
You broke your cherry!
[Shouting And Applause]
[TONY] Congratulations!
[ ♪ Pop Ballad Begins:
Sometimes ♪ ]
[ ♪ I ♪ ]
[ ♪ Wonder ♪ ]
[ ♪ Why I spend ♪ ]
[ ♪ The lonely night ♪ ]
[ ♪ Dreaming of you so ♪ ]
[ ♪ The melody was my reverie ♪ ]
[ ♪ And I am once again with you ♪ ]
[ ♪ Ballad Continues In Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] By the time I grew up, there was 30 billion a year in cargo… moving through Idlewild Airport, and we tried to steal every bit of it.
See, we grew up near the airport.
It belonged to Paulie. We had friends and relatives who worked all over it.
They would tip us off about what was coming in and moving out.
If any truckers or airlines gave us trouble…
… Paulie’s union people scared them with a strike. It was beautiful.
It was a bigger moneymaker than numbers and Jimmy was in charge.
Whenever we needed money, we’d rob the airport.
To us, it was better than Citibank.
[TRUCK DRIVER] You got a phone?
Come on!
Two ni*gers just stole my truck.
Can you fucking believe that shit?
[HENRY] There was Jimmy and Tommy… and me.
And there was Anthony Stabile.
Frankie Carbone.
And then there was Mo Black’s brother, Fat Andy.
And his guys, Frankie the Wop… and Freddy No Nose.
And then there was Pete the Killer, who was Sally Balls’ brother.
Then you had Nickey Eyes… and Mikey Franzese.
Jimmy Two Times, nicknamed because he said everything twice.
I will get the papers, get the papers.
[Ambient Bar Noise]
[SONNY] What is this? Coats?
I need suits, Henry, not coats.
Suits are up on Thursday.
But it is the middle of summer.
What will I do with fur coats?
[HENRY] You don’t want furs?
I will take them away.
No, I want them. We will hang them in the freezer with the meat.
[HENRY]
For us, to live any other way was nuts.
To us, those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks… and took the subway to work and worried about bills, were dead.
They were suckers. They had no balls.
If we wanted something, we just took it.
If anyone complained twice, they got hit so bad they never complained again.
It was all just routine.
You didn’t even think about it.
[TOMMY] Frankie, what the fuck does 520… have to do with 469?
520 isn’t even close to 469.
What has that got to do with anything?
Piece of cake. Don’t worry about the alarms. I just got to get a key.
[HENRY] No problems?
[FRENCHY] I will take care of it.
Tell him what you were telling me.
Too good to be true.
Big score coming from Air France.
Bags of money coming in.
[FRENCHY] Americans change …their money over into French money… and send it back here.
[JIMMY] Calm down.
[FRENCHY] It is beautiful.
It is totally, totally untraceable.
Our only problem is getting a key, but I got a plan.
[HENRY] Me and Frenchy and this citizen.
[FRENCHY] Yeah, he is a piece of work.
If I’m right, there could be half a mil coming in, all cash.
The best time is probably over a weekend.
So maybe Saturday night.
There is a Jewish holiday Monday. They won’t find out until Tuesday. Beautiful.
What about the security?
Security?
You’re looking at it. It is a joke.
I’m the midnight-to-eight man.
He just comes in like he is picking up lost baggage.
[FRENCHY] It is beautiful.
[HENRY] It won’t be a problem at all.
[JIMMY] Good.
[FRENCHY] We’re on.
[TOMMY] What is really funny is that fucking bank job in Secaucus. I’m in the fucking weeds lying down. He said, “What are you doing?” I said, “Resting.” “Here?”
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[TOMMY] “This isn’t no beach or park.” “I’m resting!” I said. He pulls me in, starts asking questions. You know, this and that. “What are you going to tell us?” I said, “My usual. Nothing.” “Why tell you?” The fuck. He says, “No, you will tell me something today.” I said, “Okay, go fuck your mother.”
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[TOMMY] Bing! Pow! Boom! You saw the paper, Anthony. My head was out like this. I’m coming around and who do I see in front of me? This prick again. He says, “What do you want to tell me now, tough guy?” I said, “What are you doing here? I said to go fuck your mother.”
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[TOMMY] I thought he’d shit. Pow! Ping! The fuckers. I wish I was big just once.
[Laughter Continues]
[HENRY] Funny. You’re really funny.
[TOMMY] What do you mean, I’m funny?
It is funny, you know. It is a good story. You’re a funny guy.
[TOMMY] You mean the way I talk? What?
It is just, you know. You’re just funny. You know, the way you tell the story.
[TOMMY] Funny how? What is funny about it?
[ANTHONY] Tommy, you got it all wrong.
[TOMMY] Anthony… He is a big boy. He knows what he said. Funny, how?
Just, you know. You’re funny.
[TOMMY] Let me understand this. Maybe I’m a little fucked up. But, I’m funny, how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I’m here to fucking amuse you? What do you mean, funny? How am I funny?
You know, how you tell a story.
[TOMMY] No, I don’t know. You said it. You said I’m funny. How the fuck am I funny? What the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me what is funny!
Get the fuck out of here, Tommy.
[TOMMY] Motherfucker! I almost had him!
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[TOMMY] You stuttering prick, you! Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning!
[More Hysterical Laughter]
Jesus Christ.
[TOMMY] What is with you? I thought I was getting pinched already. He is hanging on my fucking neck like a vulture. What do you want?
This guy didn’t want to give you the check. Could you take care of this?
[TOMMY] No problem. Tell him to put it on my tab, of course.
That is what I want to talk to you about. It isn’t just this one. It is seven big ones you owe me. $7,000, that isn’t peanuts. I don’t mean to be out of order…
[TOMMY] It is good you don’t like to be out of order, Sonny. Embarrassing me in front of my friends, like I’m a fucking deadbeat. You’re a mutt. You know the money we spend in this fucking…
[SONNY] Don’t be like that.
[TOMMY] Like what?
[Glass Shatters]
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[TOMMY] Do you believe this prick? You think this is funny? … What the fuck are you looking at? You fucking moron!
[Glass Shatters]
[TOMMY] You don’t want to bring the check? Do you believe this prick? You’re supposed to be doing this stuff, too.
[HENRY] You’re a funny guy.
[More Hysterical Laughter]
[TOMMY] That is it, Henry! You want to laugh? This prick asked me to christen his kid. I charged him $7,000.
[HENRY] You really are a funny guy.
I’m worried. I’m hearing bad things.
He treats me like I’m a fucking fag.
[SONNY] I got to go on the lam to get away from this guy.
This isn’t right. I can’t go here or there.
I talk to them a million times.
They don’t listen.
If you tell him, he will stop.
I will wind up being declared M.I.A.
They will find me in a car in the weeds.
[SONNY] You’ve known this Tommy all your life.
This cocksucker is an arch criminal.
When I leave my house in the morning I look over both shoulders.
[SONNY] This is no way to live.
I’m no fence jumper.
Tell me what to do, I will do it.
What could I do?
If there was something I could do, I would. I’d like to help you out.
Tell him what we talked about.
Maybe you could come in with me, take a piece of this joint. It’d be good.
[PAUL] What are you talking about?
You mean the restaurant?
It is a classy place.
You’ve been in here a million times.
Tommy taking over this joint is like putting a silk hat on a pig.
I don’t mean any disrespect, but that is the way it is.
[SONNY] I’m begging you. What can I say?
What am I going to do?
What does he want from me?
I don’t know anything about the restaurant business.
All I know is how to sit down and order a meal.
[SONNY] Not for you. Just a place to hang.
The chef is great. The shows are good.
There is a lot of whores coming in.
What do you want from me?
Tommy is a bad seed.
What am I supposed to do? Shoot him?
That wouldn’t be a bad idea.
I’m sorry I said that. I didn’t mean it.
It is just that he is scaring me.
[SONNY] I just need help. Help me, please.
Know anything about the restaurant business?
[SONNY] He knows everything.
He is there day and night.
Another fucking few minutes, he could be a stool.
You want me to be your partner?
Is that what you’re telling me?
What do you think I’m talking about?
Paulie, please.
[PAUL] It is not even fair.
[SONNY] You don’t understand.
You run the joint.
Maybe I will try to help you.
[SONNY] God bless you, Paulie.
You’ve always been fair with me.
[HENRY] Now he has got Paulie as a partner.
Any problems, he goes to Paulie.
Trouble with a bill, he goes to Paulie.
Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy… he calls Paulie.
But now he has to pay Paulie… every week no matter what.
“Business is bad? Fuck you, pay me.
Had a fire? Fuck you, pay me. ” “The place got hit by lightning?
Fuck you, pay me. “
[ ♪ Pop Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
Also, Paulie could do anything.
Like run up bills on the joint’s credit.
And why not?
Nobody will pay for it anyway.
Take deliveries at the front door and sell it out the back at a discount.
Take a $200 case of booze and sell it for $100.
It doesn’t matter. It is all profit.
Then finally, when there is nothing left… when you can’t borrow another buck from the bank… you bust the joint out.
You light a match.
[HENRY] Do you need help reaching anything?
[TOMMY] You look like you’re decorating a Christmas tree.
[TOMMY] She is from the Five Towns.
[HENRY] Who?
[TOMMY] The Jew broad. Diane.
I been trying to bang her for a month.
She won’t go out with me alone.
No.
No, what?
No, what? Who asked you anything?
Wait to hear what I’m going to say.
All right, what?
She won’t go out with Italians alone.
She is prejudiced against Italians.
You fucking believe that? In this day and age? What is this world coming to?
I can’t believe this. A Jew broad, prejudiced against Italians.
She won’t go out without her girlfriend.
So you come along for her friend.
See? I knew it. I knew it.
What the fuck is wrong with that?
When is it?
Tomorrow night.
I’m meeting Tuddy.
You could meet Tuddy.
Come early and then go.
Why do you always do this?
Don’t give me that shit.
What did I ask you for? A favor.
I do a lot of fucking favors for you.
I’m trying to bang this broad. Help me out.
[TOMMY] I don’t understand you.
She is beautiful!
Her family lives in the Five Towns.
These Jews got money.
Maybe the family owns the whole block.
You may wind up with a big score.
[HENRY] You with your fucking mouth!
[Tires Squeal]
[HENRY] I had a meeting with Tuddy at 11:00… and here I am a backup guy for Tommy.
[TOMMY] Did you have enough to eat?
[DIANE] It was delicious.
I’m just watching my diet.
[TOMMY] Let me watch your figure.
[HENRY] I couldn’t wait to go.
I was ordering dessert when they were eating dinner.
When they were having coffee, I was asking for the check.
Have some coffee. It will wake you up.
Joe, can we have the check?
[TOMMY] What are you doing?
[HENRY] I got to go.
[TOMMY] We just got here.
I got that thing.
We will leave together.
This way we don’t go out like a bunch of hobos, one at a time.
[KAREN] I couldn’t stand him.
I thought he was really obnoxious.
He kept fidgeting around.
You don’t mind, do you?
That is very annoying.
Good? You might prefer Manischewitz, but it’d look funny on my table.
[Tommy Chuckles]
[HENRY] Ready?
[TOMMY] Lighten up.
We just got here. What are you doing?
[KAREN] Before it was time to go, he was pushing me into the car… then pulling me out. It was ridiculous.
Diane and Tommy made us promise to meet them again on Friday.
We agreed.
But when Friday came around, Henry stood me up.
I feel terrible. I don’t know where he is.
He really liked you.
All he did was talk about her.
[KAREN] We were a trio instead of a double date.
He should have called.
I hope it is nothing serious.
[KAREN] But I made Tommy take me looking for him.
[Tires Squeal]
[HENRY] Tommy, what the fuck?
You got some nerve standing me up.
[KAREN] Nobody does that to me.
Who do you think you are, Frankie Valli or some big shot?
[Wiseguys Laugh]
I forgot. I thought it was next week.
It was this Friday and you agreed, so you’re a liar!
We can talk about this.
Talk to you after what you just did to me?
[KAREN] Forget it.
I thought you would stand me up.
You looked bored. You didn’t say anything.
[HENRY] Let me make it up to you.
I will think about it.
[HENRY] I remember, she was screaming on the street and I mean loud.
[HENRY] But she looked good.
[KAREN] I will think about it.
But it will cost you, Hill. A lot.
[HENRY] She had these great eyes just like Liz Taylor’s.
Hello, Henry.
Ready?
Yeah.
[HENRY] Come on.
[KAREN] Wait a minute.
[HENRY] What?
[KAREN] You have to cover that cross.
My mother sees that…
[KAREN’S MOTHER] Karen?
Mom.
[KAREN] Meet my friend, Henry Hill.
How do you do?
My daughter says you’re half Jewish.
It is just the good half.
[ ♪ op Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
Thank you , sir.
[HENRY] See you later.
[KAREN] What are you doing? You’re leaving your car?
[HENRY] He watches the car for me. It is easier than leaving it at a garage. It is a lot quicker that way. I like going in this way. It is better than waiting in line.
[HENRY] How are you doing?
What is up? Here you go.
[HENRY] How are you doing, Gino?
[GINO] Good. How are you?
[HENRY] Every time I come here, I see you two. Don’t you work?
[ ♪ Pop Tune Continues Playing, Background ♪ ]
[ ♪ He kissed me in a way ♪ ]
[ ♪ That I’ve never been kissed before ♪ ]
[ ♪ He kissed me in a way ♪ ]
[ ♪ That I want to be kissed forever more ♪ ]
[Ambient Restaurant Sounds, Scattered Conversation]
[NIGHTCLUB CAPTAIN]
Henry, nice to see you. Hi, how are you?
…Anthony, right in the front.
Anything you need, let me know.
[HENRY] Tony, thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
[Greetings Exchanged]
[KAREN] You gave them $20 each.
Henry, this is with Mr. Tony, over there.
[HENRY] Where?
[NIGHTCLUB CAPTAIN] Over there.
[HENRY] Thanks a lot, Tony.
[KAREN] What do you do?
[HENRY] What?
[KAREN] What do you do?
[HENRY] I’m in construction.
[KAREN] They don’t feel like you’re in construction.
[HENRY] I’m a union delegate.
[Drum Roll]
[ANNOUNCER] Ladies and gentlemen… the Copacabana is proud to present the king of one-liners… Henry Youngman.
[Band Music Starts, Audience Cheers, Whistles And Applauds]
[YOUNGMAN] How are you all? I’m glad to be here. Take my wife, please.
[Audience Laughs]
[YOUNGMAN] I take my wife everywhere but she finds her way home.
[More Laughter]
[YOUNGMAN] I said, “Where do you want to go for our anniversary?” She said, “Somewhere I’ve never been before.” I said, “Try the kitchen.”
[YOUNGMAN] Dr. Wellsler is here. Gave a guy six months to live. Couldn’t pay his bill. Gave him another six months.
[Audience Cheers, Whistles, Applauds]
[YOUNGMAN] I love this crowd.
[Applause]
[ ♪ Pop Ballad Plays, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] Air France made me.
We walked out with $420,000 without using a gun.
And we did the right thing.
We gave Paulie his tribute.
[Wiseguys Laugh]
[HENRY] Sixty thousand.
[JIMMY] It is going to be a good summer.
[Wiseguys Laugh]
I’m proud of you.
That is a lot of money for a kid like you.
Anybody asks you where you got it, you got it in Vegas playing craps.
[WAITER] Check, sir.
No. You have to sign for it here.
Should I tip him?
[BRUCE] Hi, Karen.
How are you?
Okay. And you?
[KAREN] Henry, this is Bruce.
[BRUCE] Good to meet you.
I will see you around later.
Do you know him?
Yeah.
He lives across the street.
[ ♪ Bobby Vinton Sings:
Roses are red, my love ♪ ]
[ ♪ Violets are blue ♪ ]
[ ♪ Sugar is sweet, my love ♪ ]
[ ♪ But not as sweet as you ♪ ]
[KAREN] One night, Bobby Vinton sent us champagne. There was nothing like it.
I didn’t think there was anything strange in any of this.
A 21yearold kid with such connections.
He was an exciting guy.
He was really nice.
He introduced me to everybody.
Everybody wanted to be nice to him.
He knew how to handle it.
Don’t buy wigs that come off at the wrong time.
Morrie’s wigs don’t come off!
Even underwater.
And remember, Morrie’s wigs are tested against hurricane winds.
Forget about money.
You can afford a Morrie wig.
Call me now!
[MORRIE ON TV]
Come in for a personalized fitting.
Morrie, Jimmy is waiting. You’re past due.
[MORRIE] I’ve been good to you.
But there is something unreasonable going on here.
Jimmy’s being a ball breaker.
[MORRIE] Give him 8to5 on Cleveland.
I never had to pay the vigorish he demands.
What am I, a schmuck?
You borrowed his money. Pay him.
I didn’t agree to three points above the vig.
[HENRY] What are you going to do?
Going to fight with Jimmy Conway?
He wants his money.
Give him his money and we will go!
Fuck him!
[MORRIE] Fuck him in the ear!
Fuck him in the other ear!
Did I ever bust his balls?
I could’ve dropped a dime a million times.
[HENRY] Don’t call the cops.
You’re talking crazy.
[JIMMY] You got money for that commercial!
[Henry Cackles]
You don’t got my fucking money?
Jimmy, he is going to pay you.
I will fucking kill you!
Give me the money, cocksucker.
Pay me!
[HENRY] He will pay, he will pay.
[Phone Rings]
Morrie’s. Who is this? He is here.
Jimmy, I’m sorry.
You should be sorry. Don’t do it again.
Give me the fucking money!
[Yells] You hear me?
Give me the fucking money!
I will give you… You’ve got it, kid.
You’ve got it, believe me.
Karen, slow down.
Where? Stay there. Don’t move.
[HENRY] It is Karen.
[Jimmy And Morrie Continue Bickering]
[Tires Squeal]
[HENRY] What happened?
[Karen Sobs]
[HENRY] What happened? Are you all right?
Who did it?
[KAREN] This guy who lives across the street from me that I’ve known all my life.
He started to touch me. He grabbed me.
I told him to stop. He didn’t stop.
[Sobs] I hit him back.
And then he got really angry.
[Tires Screech]
[KAREN] He pushed me out of the car.
You sure you’re all right?
Why don’t you go inside and get yourself together. Clean up.
[Door Slams]
What do you want, fucko?
[Bruce Grunts In Pain]
[HENRY] I swear on my mother, if you touch her again, you’re dead.
[BRUCE’S BROTHER] Don’t shoot.
[HENRY] Hide this. Are you all right?
Are you all right?
[KAREN] Yes.
[KAREN] I know there are women… who would have gotten out the minute their boyfriend… gave them a gun to hide. But I didn’t.
I got to admit the truth: It turned me on.
[Metallic Clanking]
[RABBI] Mazel tov!
[ ♪ Pop Ballad Plays, Background ♪ ]
[ ♪ Will you take part in ♪ ]
[ ♪ My life ♪ ]
[ ♪ My love ♪ ]
[ ♪ That is my dream ♪ ]
[Scattered Conversation]
[TOMMY’S MOTHER] Why don’t you be like Henry? He has got a nice girl.
He is settling down now. He is married.
Pretty soon he will have a nice family.
[TOMMY’S MOTHER] And you’re still bouncing around from girl to girl.
[KAREN] It was like he had two families.
The first time I was introduced to all of them at once, it was crazy.
Paulie and his brothers had lots of sons and nephews.
Almost all of them were named Peter or Paul.
It was unbelievable.
[PAUL] Meet Paulie Jr., my nephew.
And this is Petey.
[KAREN] There must have been two dozen Peters and Pauls there…
This is Marie.
[KAREN] … all married to girls named Marie.
[MARIE] She looks Italian.
[KAREN] And they named all their daughters Marie.
[PAUL] And this is Pete. No, I mean Paulie.
I get confused myself.
[KAREN] By the time I had met everybody, I thought I was drunk.
[ ♪ Ballad Continues, Background ♪ ]
Paulie, you shouldn’t have.
[PAUL’S WIFE] Welcome to the family.
Sunday dinner?
[TUDDY’S WIFE] So beautiful. I want to cry.
[TUDDY] Here is something to help you get started.
[KAREN] The bag. The bag.
[HENRY] What bag?
The bag with the envelopes in it, all the money.
Don’t worry.
Nobody is going to steal that here.
[ ♪ Ballad Continues ♪ ]
[ ♪ Will you take part in ♪ ]
[ ♪ My life ♪ ]
[ ♪ My love ♪ ]
[ ♪ That is my dream ♪ ]
[ ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ ]
He didn’t call?
[KAREN] He is with his friends.
[KAREN’S MOTHER]
What kind of person doesn’t call?
[KAREN] He is a grownup.
He doesn’t have to call every five minutes.
[MOTHER] A grownup would get you an apartment.
[KAREN] Don’t start. Mom, you’re the one who wanted us here.
[MOTHER] You’re here a month… and sometimes I know he doesn’t come home at all.
What kind of people are these?
[KAREN] What do you want me to do?
[MOTHER] What can you do?
He is not Jewish. Did you know what these people were like?
[MOTHER] Your father never stayed out all night without calling.
[KAREN] Daddy never went out at all, Ma!
Keep out of it!
You don’t know how I feel!
How do you feel now? You don’t know where he is or who he is with!
[Yells] He is with his friends! Dad!
Leave him alone. He has suffered enough.
He hasn’t digested a decent meal in six weeks.
[Door Slams]
[Dog Barking]
[MOTHER] Where were you?
Why didn’t you call?
[MOTHER] We were worried!
A married man does not stay out like this!
Mom!
[MOTHER] Normal people don’t act like this!
[Henry Cackles]
[MOTHER] What is wrong with you?
[TOMMY] You’re not normal. She is right!
What is wrong with you?
What kind of person are you?
What is the matter with you?
[TOMMY] What kind of people are they?
[Tires Screech]
[KAREN] We weren’t married to nine-to-five guys.
But the first time I realized how different… was when Mickey had a hostess party.
[MOTHER] Karen, where you from?
[KAREN] Lawrence.
On the Island. Nice.
I’m from Miami. Ever been there?
It is okay, but it is like you died and woke up in Jew heaven.
Stop picking at that.
I’d like to smack his face.
The redhaired guy?
The guy’s hands are all over me.
So I told him, “Keep your fucking hands off me, or I will cut them off.”
[Guests Laugh]
She means it.
He is lucky. I just mention this to Vinnie…
How can you mention it? Vinnie’d kill him.
Vinnie will kill the miserable bastard, then he will be there for life.
Talk about problems.
What about Jeannie’s kid?
He was in an argument. A $10 card game.
He pulls out a gun.
[MICKEY] The gun goes off. Some kid gets killed. When the grandmother hears… she has a heart attack and drops dead.
Now Jeannie has a husband and son in jail and a mother in the funeral parlor.
[PAUL’S WIFE] Jeannie drinks.
[SUSAN] Maybe she is depressed.
Give me a break. She is drunk.
As soon as something happens, you make them out to be saints.
[KAREN] They had bad skin and wore too much makeup. They didn’t look very good.
They looked beat-up.
And the stuff they wore… was thrown together and cheap.
A lot of pantsuits and double-knits.
She spends her life in a nightgown.
The woman is no angel, believe me.
[KAREN] They talked about their rotten kids… and about beating them with broom handles and belts.
And the kids still didn’t listen.
When Henry picked me up, I was dizzy.
I don’t know if I could live like that!
God forbid, what would happen if you had to go to prison?
Mickey said that Jeannie’s husband…
Do you know why Jeannie’s husband went to the can?
Because he wanted to get away from her.
Let me tell you something.
Nobody goes to jail unless they want to.
Unless they make themselves get caught.
They don’t have things organized.
I know what I’m doing.
You know who goes to jail? Ni*ger stickup men. Know why they get caught?
Because they fall asleep in the getaway car.
Come on, don’t worry so much, sweetie.
Come here.
[KAREN] After a while, it got to be all normal.
None of it seemed like crimes.
Henry was just enterprising.
He and the guys made bucks hustling while other guys… sat on their asses waiting for handouts.
Our husbands weren’t brain surgeons, just blue-collar guys…
The only way they could make real extra money was to go out and cut corners.
Where is the strong box, you varmint?
Don’t fucking move! Don’t move!
[ANTHONY] See you at the diner.
[TOMMY] I’m riding shotgun.
[HENRY] Did you see him give it right over?
[TOMMY] Back to the hideout to split up the loot.
[Gunshots]
[Henry Yells And Laughs]
[KAREN] We were all very close.
There were never any outsiders around.
Absolutely never.
Being together all the time made everything seem all the more normal.
[SILVESTRI] Police.
[DEACY] I’m Detective Deacy.
This is Detective Silvestri.
We have a search warrant.
Would you read and sign it?
Anywhere?
[DEACY] We have to go through everything.
[KAREN] You want some coffee?
[DEACY] No coffee now, thanks.
[KAREN] Be careful.
[DEACY] We will just go about our business.
[KAREN] There was always a little harassment.
They wanted to talk to Henry about this or that.
They’d make me sign their subpoenas or warrants.
But mostly they just wanted a handout.
A few bucks to keep things quiet no matter what they found.
[ ♪ Al Jolson Sings On TV ♪ ]
I always asked if they wanted coffee.
Some wives, like Mickey Conway… used to curse at them and spit on the floor.
On her own floor!
That never made any sense to me.
It was better to be polite and call the lawyer.
[ ♪ SONG ON TV: Don’t cry, Pretty, don’t cry ♪ ]
[ ♪ Goodbye, Tootsie, goodbye ♪ ]
[ ♪ Group Sings In Unison: Happy birthday to you ♪ ] [KAREN] We always did everything together and were always in the same crowd.
Anniversaries, christenings.
We only went to each other’s houses.
The women played cards.
When kids were born, Mickey and Jimmy were the first at the hospital.
When we went to the Islands or Vegas for vacation… we went together.
No outsiders ever. It got to be normal.
I began to be proud that my husband was willing to risk his neck… to get us the little extras.
[KAREN] But I got Mom to watch the babies tomorrow night.
[HENRY] Can’t do it.
[KAREN] Why not?
[HENRY] I just can’t.
I got something lined up.
But tomorrow is the only night she can do it.
[KAREN] Pretty please?
[HENRY] I can’t.
What do you want me to do?
[HENRY] I got to go.
[KAREN] Wait a minute.
[KAREN] I need money to go shopping.
[HENRY] How much?
[KAREN] That much.
[KAREN] This much. Give me a kiss.
[HENRY] Here.
[HENRY] See you later.
[Moaning]
All right.
[ ♪ Pop Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[ ♪ I always dreamed the boy I love would come along ♪ ]
[ ♪ And he’d be tall and handsome, rich and strong ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pop Tune Continues, Background ♪ ]
[VITO] Welcome home, Batts.
[BILLY] Hi there. How are you? Sit down. Have a drink. Give them all a drink. And give those Irish hoodlums a drink.
[JIMMY] There is only one Irishman here.
[BILLY] It is a celebration.
[JIMMY] Top of the morning.
[BILLY] It is good to be home.
[TOMMY] This is my friend Jimmy. Henry. It is his joint. This is Lisa.
[BILLY] Tommy. All dressed up. All grown up and doing the town.
[TOMMY] Forgot you were having a party for him.
[BILLY] Come here.
[TOMMY] I will say hello. How are you, Billy?
I haven’t seen you in six years.
Jesus Christ Almighty. You look terrific.
[TOMMY] Watch the suit.
You little prick. I’ve known you all my life.
[BILLY] Don’t get too big on me.
[TOMMY] Just don’t bust my balls.
[BILLY] If I was going to break your balls, I’d say, “Go get your shine box.”
[Laughter]
[BILLY] This kid was great.
I used to call him “Spitshine Tommy.”
He’d make your shoes look like fucking mirrors. Excuse my language.
[BILLY] He was the best.
Made a lot of money.
[TOMMY] No more shines.
[BILLY] What?
[TOMMY] No more shines. You been away a long time. They didn’t tell you. I don’t shine shoes anymore.
Relax. What has got into you? I’m breaking your balls a little, that is all. I’m only kidding with you.
Sometimes you don’t sound like it. There is a lot of people around.
I’m only kidding. We’re having a party. I haven’t seen you in a long time and you get fucking fresh. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you.
I’m sorry, too.
Now go home and get your fucking shine box.
[TOMMY] [Yells] Motherfucking mutt!
[TOMMY] You fucking piece of shit!
Come on, come on!
He bought his fucking button! That fake old tough guy! You bought your fucking button!
[BILLY] Don’t get nervous.
[TOMMY] You motherfucker! Keep that motherfucker here! Keep him here!
[BILLY] Come on, you fucking feel strong?
Sorry. Tommy gets a little loaded. He doesn’t mean any disrespect.
He doesn’t mean any disrespect? Are you nuts? Teach this kid a little fucking manners!
[BILLY] Hey, Jimmy, what is right is right. You understand what I’m saying?
[JIMMY] It is alright.
We’re hugging and kissing over here and then he acts like a fucking jerk.
You insulted him a little bit. You got a little out of order.
[BILLY] I didn’t.
[JIMMY] You insulted him a little.
I didn’t insult anybody. Give us a drink.
[JIMMY] Okay.
[HENRY] Let’s have some drinks. Drinks on the house.
[BILLY] No, have the drink with me.
[JIMMY] Billy, the drinks are on the house.
[BILLY] I fucked kids like that in the can. In the ass. Fucking break up my party.
[ ♪ Ballad Begins ♪ ]
[ ♪ And the other socalled gods of our legends ♪ ]
[ ♪ Though gods they were ♪ ]
[ ♪ And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind ♪ ]
[JIMMY] You been away for six years. It is different now.
[BILLY] I did my fucking time, Jimmy.
I came home and I want what I got to get.
I got mouths to feed.
[JIMMY] You’re going to get it.
[BILLY] You understand?
[ ♪ Ballad Continues In Background ♪ ]
[Grunting, Banging]
[JIMMY] Get the door!
[ ♪ Music Crescendos As Fighting Sounds Continue ♪ ]
[TOMMY] Let me shoot him in his big, fucking mouth!
Let’s shoot him.
[Bang]
[Clanking Of Glassware]
[JIMMY] Fucking mutt dented my shoes.
[HENRY] His crew will be looking for him.
This is bad. What do we do with him?
We can’t just dump him on the street.
[JIMMY] I know a place upstate.
They will never find him. More tablecloths.
I didn’t want to get blood on your floor.
[ ♪ Ballad Continues ♪ ]
[JIMMY] Henry, go open your trunk.
[TOMMY] We will get a shovel at my mother’s house.
[Car Engine Humming]
[Keys Rattling]
[TOMMY] She has a shovel somewhere. Quiet, I don’t want to wake her up.
[Door Squeaks]
[TOMMY’S MOTHER] Look who is here.
[Door Closes]
What happened?
[TOMMY] I hit something on the road.
Jimmy will tell you.
What happened to him?
[JIMMY] How are you?
[MOTHER] I haven’t seen you in so long. What happened to him? You, too. How are you?
[JIMMY] Why are you up so late?
[MOTHER] He came in. You came in.
I’m so happy to see him.
Go inside. Make yourselves comfortable.
I will make you something to eat.
Go to sleep. We’re leaving.
I can’t. Not while he is home.
I haven’t seen him in so long.
I want to see him.
You go inside.
[TOMMY] This stuff is like lead.
[MOTHER] Tell me, where you been? I haven’t seen you. You haven’t called. Where have you been?
[TOMMY] I been working nights.
And tonight we were out late.
We took a ride out to the country and hit a deer.
That is where all the blood is from.
Jimmy told you.
It reminds me, I need this knife.
I’m taking this, okay? Just for a while.
The poor thing.
We hit the deer and his paw.
What do you call it?
The paw.
The hoof.
Got caught in the grill.
I got to hack it off.
Ma, it is a sin to leave it there.
[TOMMY] I will bring the knife back.
[JIMMY] Delicious.
[MOTHER] Why don’t you get yourself a nice girl?
I do, almost every night.
But get yourself a girl so you could settle down.
I do, every night. Then I’m free.
I love you! I want to be with you.
Settle down.
[MOTHER] How is your friend Henry? What is the matter? You don’t talk much.
[JIMMY] Talk. What are you quiet for?
[MOTHER] You don’t eat much, you don’t talk much.
[HENRY] I’m just listening.
[TOMMY] Something wrong?
[MOTHER] When we were kids, the compares used to visit each other. There was this man. He would never talk. He’d just sit there all night. They say to him, “What is the matter? Don’t you say anything?” He says, “What am I going to say, that my wife two-times me?” So she says, “Shut up! You’re always talking!”
[Men Laugh]
[MOTHER] But in Italian, it sounds much nicer.
[TOMMY] Cornuto contento.
[MOTHER] That is it.
It means he is content to be a jerk. He doesn’t care who knows it.
[MOTHER] Did Tommy tell you about my painting?
[JIMMY] No.
[MOTHER] Look at this.
[JIMMY] It is beautiful.
[TOMMY] One dog goes one way and the other goes the other.
[MOTHER] One is facing east, the other west.
[TOMMY] He is saying, “What do you want from me?”
The guy has got a nice head of white hair.
Beautiful. The dog looks the same.
Looks like someone we know.
[Jimmy And Tommy Cackle]
Without the beard. It is him.
It is him.
[Cackling Continues]
[Muffled Banging]
[Engine Hums, Banging Continues]
[HENRY] What the fuck is that?
[HENRY] For most of the guys, killings were accepted. Murder was the only way everybody stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules. Sometimes, even if people didn’t get out of line, they got whacked. Hits became a habit. Guys would argue over nothing. Before you knew it, one was dead. They were shooting each other all the time. Shooting people was a normal thing. It was no big deal. We had a serious problem with Billy Batts. This was really a touchy thing. Tommy killed a made guy. Batts was part of the Gambino crew and considered untouchable. Before you touched a made guy, you needed a good reason. You had to have a sit down and you better get an okay… or you’d be the one who got whacked.
[Ambient Nightclub Sounds]
[Greetings Exchanged]
[HENRY] Saturday night was for wives, but…
… Friday night at the Copa was for the girlfriends.
We saw Sammy Davis, Jr. You got to see this show. What a performer!
He does impersonations.
It was like the real people!
Unbelievable. You could see how a white girl could fall for him.
What?
Not me. But you could see how some girls could. Like that Swedish girl.
So you condone that stuff.
[HENRY] [Chuckles] Take it easy.
I don’t want to be kissing Nat King Cole over here.
I don’t mean me.
But, you know, he has got personality.
“Personality?”
He is talented.
I understand what you’re saying.
But watch what you say.
People get the wrong impression.
I just said he was talented.
Just leave it alone now.
He is talented. Leave it at that.
[ ♪ Pop Ballad Begins ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t see her, my heart ♪ ]
[ ♪ Although she is coming ♪ ]
[ ♪ Our way ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t need her ♪ ]
[ ♪ My heart ♪ ]
[ ♪ But smile and pretend ♪ ]
[ ♪ To be gay ♪ ]
[ ♪ It is too late for running ♪ ]
[ ♪ My heart ♪ ]
[ ♪ Chin up if the tears ♪ ]
[ ♪ Start to fall ♪ ]
[ ♪ Look somewhere above her ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t love her ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t see her ♪ ]
[ ♪ At all ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t see her, my heart ♪ ]
[ ♪ Although she is coming ♪ ]
[ ♪ Our way ♪ ]
[ ♪ Pretend you don’t need her ♪ ]
[ ♪ My heart ♪ ]
[ ♪ But smile and pretend ♪ ]
[ ♪ To be gay ♪ ]
[Excited Chatter, Ballad Continues, Background]
Hi, Paulie. How are you?
How are you?
[PAUL] No? Not even Uncle Paulie?
[Greetings Continue]
What did you hear about that thing?
The Brooklyn thing?
The guy from downtown.
The guy from where Christie lived?
The guy who disappeared, the one they made the beef on.
Know the guy I mean?
His name was Batts.
[PAUL] His people are driving everyone crazy looking for him.
Nobody knows what happened.
He came into the joint that night and then just disappeared.
Keep your eyes open.
They’re busting my balls over it.
All right?
Okay.
[PAUL] Okay, everybody, let’s eat.
[ ♪ Pop Ballad Plays, Background ♪ ]
[MORRIE] I want my money.
[MORRIE] I want my money. He owes it.
[Scattered Conversation]
[JIMMY] You know that thing we took care of upstate?
[HENRY] Paulie was talking about that.
[JIMMY] We must move it.
They just sold the property to make condominiums.
It has been six months.
We got to move it right away.
[Clanging Of Shovel]
[Tommy Grunts]
[ ♪ Ballad Continues, Background ♪ ]
[Henry Gags And Vomits]
[TOMMY] Henry, hurry up. My mother is making fried peppers and sausage for us.
[Henry Continues Gagging]
[JIMMY] Here is an arm.
[HENRY] Very funny.
[JIMMY] Here is a leg.
[TOMMY] Here is a wing.
[Jimmy And Tommy Chuckle]
[TOMMY] What do you like, the leg or the wing?
Or you still go for the hearts and lungs?
[Henry Vomits]
[HENRY] Oh, that is so bad.
[Hissing Of Water Spraying]
[Henry Coughs, Groans]
[KAREN] Come on, girls.
[KAREN] What happened to the car?
I hit a skunk, all right?
Go with your mother.
[Dog Barking]
[KAREN] It is disgusting, Henry.
[HENRY] I set up Janice in an apartment near The Suite.
That way I was able to stay over a few nights a week.
My new antique lamp.
[HENRY] Karen was home with the kids.
She never asked questions.
[JANICE] The furniture is all Maurice Valencia.
[SANDY] Looks like Roma.
This is all silk. This is from Siam.
[JANICE] Come see my bedroom.
[JANICE] Tommy, will you take him?
[TOMMY] I will eat this fucking dog tonight.
[ ♪ Pop Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[JANICE] Love that crystal ball or what?
This is where we spend most of our time.
[Linda Chuckles]
[SANDY] I love the floral arrangements.
French.
[HENRY] Janice and I were having so much fun… she started screwing up at work.
I had to straighten out her boss.
[HENRY] Janice can do what she wants to do!
Got it?
[JIMMY] Just try to run. Hang up once more and you will deal with me!
[Janice Squeals In Excitement]
[FRIEND] Get off of her.
[JANICE] You’re an animal.
[Janice Chuckles]
[ ♪ Pop Tune Continues, Background ♪ ]
[TOMMY] Spider, on your way here, bring me a Cutty and water.
[FRANK] Did you guys eat?
[ANTHONY] I’m starving.
[TOMMY] I will play these.
[FRANK] You will play those?
[TOMMY] Do I stutter? I play those.
[TOMMY] What am I? A mirage?
Where is my fucking drink?
[SPIDER] You wanted a drink?
[TOMMY] I asked you for one.
I thought you said, “I’m all right, Spider.”
Am I on a paynomind list?
No, I heard someone say “Spider, Spider.”
[SPIDER] I thought it was Henry.
[TOMMY] You’re a stuttering fuck.
You said, “I’m all right, Spider.”
[TOMMY] You aren’t all right.
No, you said you were all right.
[TOMMY] I am all right!
You aren’t, you prick.
You been doing this all night to me, motherfucker!
[All Chuckle]
He wants a drink now? I will bring it.
Get me a fucking drink!
Move it, you prick!
[TOMMY] You walk like “Stepin Fetchit.”
For everybody else you run.
Run for me!
Dance the fucking drink back here!
What is that Bogart movie?
[TOMMY] Where he played a cowboy.
[ANTHONY] The Oklahoma Kid.
Oklahoma Kid. Shane?
Oklahoma Kid, that is me.
[Screams] You fucking varmint. Dance!
Yahoo, motherfucker!
Round up those fucking wagons.
[Gunshots]
Now he is moving.
[HENRY] Shot in the foot.
He is fine. So he got shot in the foot.
Big fucking deal.
[HENRY] Vito, get a towel.
Nice fucking game.
Take him to Ben Casey.
Let him crawl like he crawls for the drinks.
[JIMMY] Take him to the doctor down the street.
[SPIDER] Bones are all shattered.
Don’t get me upset.
Don’t make a big fucking thing out of it, Spider!
You trying to make me think what I did here.
It was an accident.
[TOMMY] Little fucking actor.
You in?
I’m in.
Eight hundred.
Eight hundred?
[KAREN] You haven’t been home in two weeks!
You’re not going out tonight!
Will you grow up! I’m still going to go out!
Not without your car keys.
Are you nuts? What is your problem?
Yes! Something is going on!
Stop with that. Enough! Stop with that!
No!
[Screams] I look in your face and I know you’re lying!
[Glass Shatters]
[KAREN] Get out! Get out!
[HENRY] Shut up!
[KAREN] [Screams] Out of my life!
You’re fucked in the head.
It is in your mind.
[KAREN] You’re a lousy bastard!
[HENRY] You got a problem.
Go to your readymade whores.
That is all you’re good for!
[KAREN] Get out of my life!
I can’t stand you!
[Henry Screams And Laughs]
[Scattered Conversation And Laughter]
[HENRY] Spider, what is your rush?
[HENRY] Thank you.
Spider, that bandage on your foot is bigger than your fucking head.
[TOMMY] Next thing you know he will have one of these fucking walkers.
But you can still dance.
Give us a couple of fucking steps, Spider.
You fucking bullshitter.
[TOMMY] Tell the truth.
You want sympathy.
Go fuck yourself, Tommy.
[Exclamations And Laughter From Group]
[JIMMY] I didn’t hear right.
I can’t believe what I heard.
This is for you.
[Group Cackles]
I got respect for this kid.
He has got a lot of balls.
Good. Don’t take shit from nobody.
[JIMMY] He shoots him in the foot and he tells him to go fuck himself.
[Group Chuckles]
Tommy, you going to let this fucking punk get away with that?
What is this world coming to?
[Gunshots]
[Glass Shatters]
[TOMMY] That is what the fucking world is coming to.
[TOMMY] How is that?
[JIMMY] What is wrong with you?
What is the fucking matter with you?
Are you stupid or what?
I was kidding with you.
Are you a sick maniac?
How do I know if you’re kidding?
I’m kidding with you and you fucking shoot the guy?
[HENRY] He is dead.
Good shot. I’m a good shot.
[ANTHONY] Hard to miss at this distance.
You got a problem with what I did?
[TOMMY] His family are all rats.
He would’ve grown up to be a rat.
Stupid bastard! I can’t believe you.
Now you’re going to dig the hole.
I got no fucking lime.
[TOMMY] I will dig the hole. I don’t give a fuck. Is it the first hole I dug?
Not the first hole I dug.
Where are the shovels?
[Intercom Buzzes]
[JANICE] Hello?
[KAREN] Hello!
It is Karen Hill. I want to talk to you.
[Intercom Buzzes, Receiver Clicks]
[KAREN] Hello? Don’t hang up on me!
[KAREN] I want to talk to you!
You keep away from my husband, you hear me?
[Phone Rings, Janice Groans]
[KAREN] [Yells] Open the door!
[Banging]
Answer me!
[Screams] I will tell everyone who walks in here… that in 2R, Rossi, you are nothing but a whore!
Superintendent?
[KAREN] I want you to know you have a whore… living in 2R!
Rossi, Janice Rossi. Do you hear me?
[KAREN] He is my husband!
Get your own goddamn man!
Wake up, Henry.
Karen…
[Karen Sniffs]
[HENRY] What are you doing?
Karen, are you crazy?
I am crazy.
And I’m crazy enough to kill both of you.
Karen, take it easy.
Do you love her?
Do you?
[Crying] Do you?
I love you. You know I love you.
You don’t.
[Karen Sobs]
No, you don’t.
[HENRY] Be careful, baby. Don’t.
[KAREN] But still I couldn’t hurt him.
How could I hurt him?
I couldn’t even bring myself to leave him.
The truth was… no matter how bad I felt…
… I was still very attracted to him.
Why give him to someone else?
Why should she win?
[Whispers] Just put it down.
You know I love you, don’t you?
You’re all I want, Karen.
Please put the gun down.
Baby, come on.
[Karen Sobs]
[Banging, Karen Yells And Grunts]
[HENRY] What are you, fucking crazy?
I got enough to worry about getting whacked on the street!
[Screams]
I got to fucking come home… for this?
I should fucking kill you!
[HENRY] How does it feel?
[KAREN] I’m sorry.
[HENRY] How does it feel, Karen?
[Bang]
[Banging, Glass Shattering]
[Door Slams]
[KAREN] [Wails] I’m sorry!
[JANICE] Hi, Jimmy! How are you?
[JIMMY] Looking good.
[JANICE] Thank you. Good to see you.
[JANICE] Hi, Paulie!
[PAUL] Hi, honey. How are you?
[HENRY] Go get some cigarettes, okay?
[JANICE] Sure.
[JANICE] Any of you need anything?
[HENRY] I’m all right.
You want anything to drink? A beer?
[PAUL] No, this…
[HENRY] Chinese food?
[PAUL] No, come on, sit down.
Karen came to the house.
[PAUL] She is very upset.
You got to straighten this out.
We got to have calm now.
We don’t know what she will do.
She is hysterical. Very excited.
She is wild. And you got to take it easy.
You got children.
I’m not saying to go back to her right now, but you got to go back.
[PAUL] You got to keep up appearances.
[JIMMY] The two of them come to my house every day.
I can’t have it.
I can’t do it, Henry. I can’t do it.
Nobody says you can’t do what you want.
We all know that. This is what it is.
We know what it is.
[JIMMY] You have to do the right thing.
You have to go home to the family.
You got to go home, okay? Look at me.
[JIMMY] You got to go home. Smarten up.
[PAUL] I will talk to Karen.
I will straighten this out.
I know just what to say to her.
I will say you will go back to her and it will be like when you first got married.
You will romance her. It will be beautiful.
[PAUL] I know how to talk to her.
Jimmy and Tommy were going to Tampa this weekend to pick up something for me.
Instead, you will go with Jimmy.
You come with me.
[PAUL] Have a good time.
[PAUL] Sit in the sun.
Take a couple days off.
We will have a good time.
When you come back, you will go back to Karen.
Please, there is no other way.
No divorce. We’re not animali.
No divorce. She will never divorce him.
She will kill him, but not divorce him.
[All Chuckle]
[Bookie Grunts]
[JIMMY] You going to pay us?
[Banging, Bookie Grunts]
Give us the fucking money!
I can’t.
[JIMMY] Let’s go.
[Engine Revs]
[Sounds Of Zoo Animals]
[JIMMY] We will throw the bastard to the lions.
[HENRY] Lions? I wasn’t going near any lions!
[JIMMY] Throw him over the moat.
[BOOKIE] I will get the money!
[HENRY] They must really feed each other to the lions…
… cause he gave the money right up.
I will get the money.
[HENRY] We spent the rest of the weekend at the track.
[BOOKIE] They mean business.
[HENRY] Then, I couldn’t believe what happened.
When we got home, we were all over the newspaper.
At first I didn’t even know why we got picked up.
Then I found out the guy we roughed up… had a sister working as a typist for the FBI.
I couldn’t believe it. Of all people.
She gave up everybody.
Jimmy, me. Even her brother.
[Bookie’s Sister Sobs]
[HENRY] It took the jury six hours to bring us in guilty.
The judge gave us ten years, like he was giving away candy.
[JUDGE] Ten years in a federal penitentiary.
[JUDGE] You will now be turned over… to the U.S. Attorney General.
[Gavel bangs]
[MORRIE] Well, sweet Henry…
Toast, guys. Good trip, good life.
Get out soon.
Good trip, sweetheart.
[Glasses Clink, Toasts Exchanged]
[MORRIE] We will watch the home front.
[TOMMY] Say hello to those blowjob hacks.
[TOMMY] Motherfuck them every chance you get.
[Laughter]
[HENRY] I will call you when I get a chance.
[Henry Coughs]
Now take me to jail.
[HENRY]
In prison, dinner was always a big thing.
We had a pasta course, then we had a meat or a fish.
Paulie did the prep work.
He was doing a year for contempt… and had a wonderful system for garlic.
He used a razor and sliced it so thin… it would liquefy in the pan with a little oil.
It was a very good system.
Vinnie was in charge of the tomato sauce.
[VINNIE] Get that smell?
Three kinds of meat in the meatballs: Veal, beef, and pork.
[JIMMY] You got to have pork.
[VINNIE] That is the flavor.
[HENRY] I felt he used too many onions, but it was still a very good sauce.
Don’t put too many onions in the sauce.
[VINNIE] I didn’t put too much onions in, Paul.
[VINNIE] There are only three small onions.
[JOHNNY] Three onions?
How many tomatoes?
[VINNIE] Two big cans.
[JOHNNY] You don’t need three onions.
[HENRY] Johnny Dio did the meat.
We had no broiler, so he did everything in pans.
It smelled up the joint and the hacks used to die… but he cooked a great steak.
[JOHNNY] How do you like yours?
[VINNIE] Medium rare.
[JOHNNY] Medium rare. An aristocrat.
[HENRY] When you think of prison you get pictures in your mind… of all those old movies with rows and rows of guys behind bars.
It wasn’t like that for wiseguys.
It wasn’t bad, but I missed Jimmy, who was doing his time in Atlanta.
[JOHNNY] Give me two steaks.
[HENRY] Everyone else in the joint was doing real time, all together… living like pigs.
But we lived alone. We owned the joint.
[JOHNNY] We batted them sons of bitches.
You couldn’t recognize them.
[VINNIE] They deserved it.
Even the hacks we couldn’t bribe wouldn’t rat on the guys we did.
[JOHNNY] People used to be able to leave their doors open.
Sorry it took so long.
That skinny guard is a pain in the ass.
[PAUL] We have to take care of that bastard.
[HENRY] I took care of him.
[PAUL] What’d you bring?
[HENRY] Some bread.
[HENRY] Vinnie, I got peppers and onions.
[HENRY] Salami, prosciutto, a lot of cheese.
What else?
[HENRY] Scotch.
[PAUL] Nice.
Red wine.
Okay.
Now we can eat.
Some white, too.
[PAUL] Beautiful. Okay, boys, let’s eat.
Come on, Johnny, Vinnie.
[PAUL] Tomorrow we eat sandwiches.
You got to go on a diet, Vinnie.
[Continued Conversation]
[PAUL] Read em and weep.
[Group Laughs]
[PAUL] What are you doing?
[HENRY] I will catch you guys later.
[PAUL] Going for a walk in the park?
[DRUG BUYER] I will catch you next week.
[HENRY] Thanks.
Is there any more?
No, that is it. Have a good weekend.
[Buzzer Sounds, Indistinct Chatter]
[KAREN] You girls stay right here.
[KAREN] Hold hands.
[GUARD] Go right up front.
[GUARD] How are you doing?
[KAREN] Good. How are you?
What?
I saw her name on the register.
[KAREN] Want her to visit you?
Let her stay up all night crying and writing to the parole board.
What am I doing here?
Where am I? I’m in jail.
I can’t stop people from visiting me.
Let her sneak this stuff in for you every week.
[Ruth Crying]
Let her fight these bastards every week!
Look what you’re doing! Stop it!
[KAREN] I’m sorry.
Let her sneak this shit in for you.
[HENRY] Will you stop it?
[KAREN] Let her do it!
[HENRY] Stop it!
[Ruth Crying]
[HENRY] Shh. Ruth, Ruth, come here.
[KAREN] Nobody is helping me.
I am all alone.
Belle and Morrie are broke.
I asked your friend Remo for the money he owes you.
He told me to take the kids down to the police station and get on welfare.
It is going to be okay.
I’ve never seen Paulie since he got out.
I never see anyone.
That is what happens when you go away.
We’re on our own. Forget everybody else.
Forget Paulie.
As long as he is on parole he doesn’t want anybody doing anything.
[KAREN] I can’t do it.
[HENRY] Yes, you can.
All I need is for you to bring me this stuff.
A guy in here from Pittsburgh will help me move it.
In a month we will be fine.
We won’t need anybody.
[KAREN] I’m afraid.
I’m afraid if Paulie finds out…
He is not helping us out.
Is he putting any food on the table?
We’ve got to help each other.
We got to be really, really careful while we do it.
I don’t want to hear about her anymore.
Never.
[Door Slams]
[RUTH & JUDY] Daddy!
[JUDY] We missed you.
[RUTH] Are you here to stay?
[JUDY] Did you see our pictures?
I did the one with the house and rainbow.
[RUTH] I did the sun.
[JUDY] My chorus concert is in two weeks.
Are you coming?
[JUDY] Do you like the house?
Get packed. We’re moving out.
With what?
Don’t worry.
Just start looking for a new house.
I got to go to Pittsburgh.
Those guys owe me $15,000.
We will be okay. I got things lined up.
Pittsburgh? You have to see your parole officer.
Don’t worry about it.
Everything will be fine.
Who wants to go to Uncle Paulie’s?
[RUTH & JUDY] Me!
[ ♪ Big Band Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[Scattered Conversation]
What do you want?
[PAUL’S WIFE] Sweetheart, let Mommy eat.
You look good.
Did you eat this good in the joint?
[PAUL] I don’t want any more of that shit.
[HENRY] What are you talking about?
[PAUL] Just stay away from the garbage.
Inside, you did what you had to do.
I’m talking about now. From here and now.
Why would I get into that?
Don’t make a jerk of me.
Just don’t do it.
Don’t do it.
I want to talk about Jimmy.
Watch out for him.
He is a good earner, but he takes too many chances.
I wouldn’t take chances like Jimmy.
Tommy is a good kid, but he is crazy.
He is got too much to prove.
You got to watch out for them.
I only use them for certain things.
I wasn’t going to get fucked like Gribbs.
Gribbs is 70 years old and he will die in prison. I don’t need that.
So I’m warning everybody.
Could be my son, could be anybody.
Gribbs got 20 years just for saying hello to some fuck who was selling junk.
That won’t happen to me, understand?
You’re out early because I got you a job.
I don’t need this heat.
You see anybody with shit you tell me.
Anybody.
[HENRY] All right.
[PAUL] Yeah?
Yeah. Of course.
[ ♪ Upbeat Rock Song Plays, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] It took me a week of sneaking around to unload the Pittsburgh stuff.
But when I did, it was a real score.
I used Sandy’s place to mix the stuff.
Even with Sandy snorting more than she mixed, I saw this was a good business.
I made $12,000 in my second week.
I had a down payment on my house and things were rolling.
All I had to do was once in a while tell Sandy I loved her.
It was perfect.
As long as I got the stuff from Pittsburgh, Paulie would never find out.
Within a couple of weeks it got so big I needed some help.
I got Jimmy and Tommy to come in with me.
[JIMMY] Nice.
[TOMMY] It is fucking great.
[PAROLE OFFICER] Conway.
[ ♪ Rock Song Continues ♪ ]
[PAROLE OFFICER]
You bring your pay slips?
[KAREN] Four and a half months of dirt.
[BELLE] It is so good.
[KAREN] I did it.
[Karen Chuckles]
[KAREN] Do you love it?
[BELLE] It is wonderful.
[KAREN] This we had to have made special.
Go ahead, sit in it.
[KAREN] The others you couldn’t even sit in.
[KAREN] Okay, ready?
Watch the wall with the rock.
[Electrical Hiss]
[All Laugh]
[KAREN] The electricians did it special.
Come on.
This was imported. It came in two pieces.
Do you believe what they can do?
[HENRY] Nice, huh?
Come here. Did you and Jimmy talk?
He is looking into everything.
It will make the Air France hold look like peanuts.
Come on.
He will do it, right?
I told you.
He is looking into it.
We will see what happens. No promises.
Do you understand?
There is millions in there.
I’ve been cultivating this son of a bitch for two years.
He owes me 20 grand.
Once in a lifetime. I could retire.
No more nut every week.
No more bullshit. My dream comes true.
Let’s get a drink.
[HENRY] These are the guys Jimmy put together for what turned out to be… the biggest heist in American history.
The Lufthansa heist.
Tommy and Carbone would grab the guard and make him get us in the front door.
[FRENCHY] Louisiana Lightning!
[HENRY] Frenchy and Joe Buddha had to round up the workers.
Johnny Roast beef kept them tied up and away from the alarms.
Even Stacks Edwards got in on it.
He used to play guitar at the lounge.
Everybody loved Stacks.
He was supposed to steal the panel truck… and afterwards compact it by a friend of ours in Jersey.
Only Morrie was driving us nuts.
Have a drink and shut up.
[HENRY] Just because he set this up… he bugged Jimmy for an advance on the money we were going to steal.
He didn’t mean anything by it.
That is just the way he was.
[ ♪ Rock Song Plays, Background ♪ ]
I had everyone working for me.
Even our old babysitter, Lois Byrd.
Have a good flight?
I hate Pittsburgh. They’re such creeps.
They’re not that bad.
[HENRY] And it is worth it, isn’t it?
[KAREN] Is this the same baby you used last week?
[LOIS] No, that was my sister’s.
This is Deirdra’s.
[LOIS] Big yawn.
[KAREN] She looks like you.
That is what the stewardess said.
[ ♪ Rock Song Continues ♪ ]
[HENRY] Take it easy, Sandy.
Give me a break. You got plenty.
[HENRY] You got all day. Let’s make it last, all right? Take it easy.
[HENRY] I got to go.
[SANDY] Where are you going?
[HENRY] Don’t start. You know I got to go do this thing. Where are my keys?
[SANDY] Over there.
[HENRY] It is a mess. It is like a pig pen.
Why do you think I got you a dishwasher?
[SANDY] Fucks up my nails.
You got to be smart.
There is enough powder here to put us away forever.
[SANDY] Loosen up.
[HENRY] What are you doing?
[SANDY] You don’t have to go anywhere.
Make them wait.
[RADIO ANNOUNCER] Nobody knows for sure… how much was taken in the predawn raid… at the Lufthansa cargo terminal at Kennedy Airport.
The FBI says $2,000,000, Port Authority Police say $4,000,000.
[Henry Yells]
Jimmy!
Those sons of bitches!
[ANNOUNCER] …from the scene of the heist at JFK.
It looks like a big one. Maybe the biggest this town has ever seen.
Come here, you! Come here!
Look at this genius. This genius!
[ ♪ Christmas Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[JOHNNY] Merry Christmas!
[JIMMY] Who is this?
[JOHNNY] This is my wife. Come here. I want to show you something, Jimmy. Isn’t she gorgeous? I bought it for my wife. It is a coupe. I love that car.
[JIMMY] What did I tell you? I talked to you, didn’t I? Didn’t I say not to go buy anything for a while? The fucking car?
It is a wedding gift, Jimmy. It’s from my mother. It is under her name. I just got married.
[JOHNNY’S WIFE] I love that car.
[JIMMY] Excuse me, darling, for just a second.
[JOHNNY] I just got married.
[JIMMY] Are you nuts?
[JOHNNY] Why are you getting excited for, Jimmy?
[JIMMY] Are you stupid? We got a million fucking bulls out there. Everyone is watching us and you get a fucking car?
[JOHNNY] It is under my mother’s name. It’s a wedding gift.
[JIMMY] I don’t give a fuck. Are you stupid or what? Didn’t you hear what I said? Don’t buy anything. Don’t get anything. Nothing big. Did you hear what I said? What’s the matter with you?
[JOHNNY] What are you getting excited for?
[JIMMY] Because you’re going to get us all pinched, that’s why. What are you, stupid? What’s the matter with you?
[JOHNNY] I apologize.
[JIMMY] What’s the matter with you?
[JOHNNY] I’m sorry.
[JIMMY] What the fuck’s the matter with you?
[JOHNNY] I’m sorry, Jimmy. It is under my mother’s name.
[JIMMY] What’d you say? You being a wise guy with me?
[JOHNNY] I’m sorry. I apologize.
[JIMMY] What did I tell you? What did I tell you? What did I tell you? You don’t buy anything, you hear me? You don’t buy anything!
[JOHNNY] I’m sorry, Jimmy.
[JIMMY] The fat fuck ought to wear a sign.
[JIMMY] I can’t believe this. Are you stupid or what? Excuse me. Take it off.
Why?
[JIMMY] Take it off! Didn’t I tell you not to get anything big or attract attention? One guy gets a Caddy and one gets a $20,000 mink. Bring it back.
I will return it.
[JIMMY] Bring it back where you got it. Get it out of here. Understand? Get it out of here!
[Low And Argumentative Discussion]
[STACKS] This drink here is better than sex, babe.
[TOMMY] I’m going to see Stacks. Don’t you look at anybody or I will fucking kill you.
He is so jealous. If I even look at anyone else, he will kill me.
That is great.
[JIMMY] I tell them all not to attract attention. What do they do?
[MORRIE] I’ve been looking all over for you. Listen, I need the money.
[JIMMY] Morrie, relax, okay? It is Christmas.
[MORRIE] I’m relaxed. I need the money. I’m relaxing. I need the money. I did what I had to do.
[HENRY] Not tonight, Morrie.
[MORRIE] I did my caper. He owes me. Everyone is flashing stuff. They got money. I’m wearing the same shit. They’re wearing it. I got to talk to him. Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! I got 500 grand coming to me. The biggest fucking bundle he made in his life.
[HENRY] I will go talk to him. Go have a drink. I will talk to him.
[MORRIE] It is poison in my eyes. It is poison in my eyes.
Morris, are you all right?
[MORRIE] No, I’m not.
Com’on, sit.
[HENRY] Jimmy?
[JIMMY] Christmas. Your share. Just a little taste.
[HENRY] [Chuckles] Jimmy.
[JIMMY] We did it!
[Knock On Door]
[PETE] Jimmy?
[JIMMY] Yeah.
[PETE] Jimmy?
[JIMMY] Yeah, yeah. Who is it?
[PETE] It is me.
[JIMMY] Pete?
[PETE] Yeah.
[JIMMY] One second.
[JIMMY] Don’t do what Frankie and Johnny did. Don’t be a moron with the money. Do what’s right. Do you understand?
[HENRY] Karen, Judy, Ruth, come here! I got the most expensive tree they had.
[Dog Barking]
[JUDY] What do you think, Mommy?
[KAREN] I love them all.
[JUDY] I love the gold outfit.
[HENRY] Merry Christmas.
[KAREN] Thank you.
[HENRY] And? And? Happy Hanukkah.
[Karen And Henry Laugh]
[KAREN] Very funny.
[HENRY] Go get yourself something nice, OK?
[ ♪ Christmas Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] Lufthansa should have been our ultimate score. The heist of a lifetime. Six million in cash. More than enough to go around.
[Banging On Door]
[TOMMY] Yo, Stacks! Open up!
[Banging On Door]
[TOMMY] What is with you? He isn’t ready. I knew you wouldn’t be ready.
[STACKS] You didn’t bring any coffee?
[TOMMY] Do I look like a caterer? Frankie will make coffee. Make coffee.
[TOMMY] Thought you’d have a bitch in here.
[STACKS] I did. Where the fuck is she?
[TOMMY] Always got these hot books around or a bitch.
[STACKS] What time is it?
[TOMMY] It is 11:30. We were to be there by 9:00.
[STACKS] I will be ready in a minute.
[TOMMY] You’re always fucking late. You’d be late for your own funeral.
[Stacks Grunts, Bang]
[Gunshots]
[TOMMY] What the fuck are you looking at? Com’on, make that coffee to go. Let’s go.
[TOMMY] What the fuck you doing? It is a joke. A joke. Put the fucking pot down.
[Door Closes]
[ ♪ Ballad Plays, Background ♪ ]
[Gunshots]
[HENRY] Stacks was always crazy. Instead of getting rid of the truck as he was supposed to, he got stoned… went to his girlfriend’s, and by the time he woke up, the cops had found the truck. It was all over the television. They even said they got prints off the wheel. It was just a matter of time before they got to Stacks.
[Excited Chatter And Laughter]
I got to talk to you.
[TOMMY] Have a drink.
[JIMMY] Have a drink. Come on.
[JIMMY] Have a drink. What are you doing?
It is an occasion. Have a drink.
[HENRY] I still have to talk to you.
What happened with Stacks?
Don’t worry about that.
There is feds all over the place.
So what? Where are they going to go?
[HENRY] It is in the papers.
[JIMMY] He is worried.
What are you worried about?
The television and the newspapers.
All the shit is out there.
[JIMMY] What are you worried about?
[TOMMY] You worry too much.
[TOMMY] Everything is beautiful.
Didn’t you tell him?
Not yet.
[HENRY] What?
[JIMMY] Guess what?
They are going to make him.
Paulie is going to make you?
They opened up the books.
Paulie got the okay.
Can you believe that? This Guinea bastard.
He is getting made. We will work for this guy one day. He will be a boss.
[Jimmy, Henry And Tommy Chuckle]
I can’t believe it.
[HENRY] I’m happy for you.
Congratulations.
Motherfuckers, we got them now.
Jimmy, I’ve been looking all over for you.
[MORRIE] Can I talk to you a second?
I masterminded the whole thing, I’m left with dick.
They’d be up a creek if not for me.
Fuck him! I want my money.
I want my money! I’ve had it up to here!
That cheap cigarette hijacker.
Fuck him! I want my money!
Good. Go tell him.
Now will you keep you mouth shut?
Morrie, you will get your money.
You just got to stop busting balls.
All right. You hear me?
Everything is going to be fine.
[ ♪ Oh, Henry boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling ♪ ]
Half Mick, half Guinea?
I will sing with an Italian accent.
[ ♪ With Italian Accent: And down the glen, the glen and down the mountainside ♪ ]
[ ♪ The summer is gone ♪ ]
[ ♪ And all the roses dying ♪ ]
[ ♪ Rock Song Plays, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] I could see for the first time that Jimmy was a nervous wreck.
His mind was going in eight different directions at once.
Think Morrie tells his wife everything?
Morrie? Him?
[HENRY] That is when I knew Jimmy was going to whack Morrie.
That is how it happens. That is how fast it takes for a guy to get whacked.
He is a nut job. He talks to everybody.
He is always acting like a jerk.
Nobody listens to what he says.
Nobody cares what he says, he talks so much.
Make sure you bring him here tonight.
[JIMMY] Okay?
[HENRY] All right.
Start like this. Sorry.
Did I get you in the eye?
Stop breaking my balls.
[HENRY] I was just stalling for time.
I knew I had til eight or nine o’clock to talk Jimmy out of killing Morrie.
But meanwhile, as far as Jimmy knew, I was going along with the program.
[TOMMY] I pulled out his hair. I bit him.
He is out cold.
I’m enraged.
I wanted to kill this little fuck.
I walk away. We start to go in this joint.
I don’t want to turn around.
Jimmy is doing this to me.
[Wiseguys Laugh]
I don’t want to fucking turn around.
I don’t want to turn around. He picks up his fucking head, he says, “Ah…”
I said, “Don’t say it!”
[Wiseguys Laughing Hysterically]
“Jerkoff!”
[TOMMY] What are you going to do?
What? I fucking fly at him!
I got him and I’m banging his head, banging his fucking face.
I’m pulling his hair out of his head.
I beat him to a pulp. To a pulp I beat him.
He is laying there full of fucking blood.
I’m out of breath.
Forget about tonight. Forget about it.
[HENRY] It was a load off my mind.
He never knew how close he’d come to getting killed.
Even if I told him he would have never believed me.
[MORRIE] Jimmy, could I talk to you now?
[JIMMY] You’re a pisser. A real pisser.
[JIMMY] Want to talk now? Okay, let’s talk. I’ve never met a ball buster like you.
[MORRIE] Who loves you more than I do? I’d do anything for you.
[JIMMY] Except stop busting my balls.
[All Chuckle]
[JIMMY] Let’s go have coffee.
[FRANK] Want to go to the diner?
[FRANK] We will go to the diner on the boulevard.
[JIMMY] Which diner?
[FRANK] Rockaway Boulevard. It is open 24 hours.
[MORRIE] They got danishes there?
[FRANK] They got everything.
[MORRIE] Let’s pick up some danishes for Belle. Hear about the points we were shaving up in Boston? It is terrific. Nunzio…
[Morrie Grunts]
[TOMMY] I thought he’d never shut the fuck up.
[JIMMY] What a pain in the ass.
[TOMMY] What will we do with him?
[JIMMY] Chop him up and get rid of the car. Call me when you’re through.
[TOMMY] Frank, let’s chop him up.
[FRANK] All right.
[TOMMY] Where you going, you dizzy motherfucker?
[FRANK] You said chop him up.
[TOMMY] At Charlie’s, not here!
[Engine Revs]
[TOMMY] Come on, what are you doing? Get the fuck out of here. I got a better shot letting him drive. What you’re waiting for?
[FRANK] The car is cold.
[TOMMY] Get the fuck outta here! What, fucking warm it up? Get out of here!
[Knock On Door]
[HENRY] Who is it?
[KAREN] It is Belle. Open up.
[BELLE] It is Belle. Let me in.
Morris didn’t come home. He is missing.
I know something has happened.
[HENRY] Calm down.
He is missing! I know something happened.
He is probably drunk and fell asleep somewhere.
In 27 years he has never been away all night without calling.
Something has happened. I know you know.
Let me get changed.
I will take you home then look for him.
[BELLE] I’ve been home!
I’ve been on the phone…
[KAREN] He is playing cards.
[HENRY] What will I tell Belle?
[JIMMY] Who gives a fuck?
Tell her he ran off with some broad.
What do you care?
Watch this.
Don’t fuck with them.
[JIMMY] I will bust their fucking balls.
[HENRY] Don’t give them the satisfaction, the fucks.
[Knocking]
[JIMMY] Come on, fuckos.
Let’s go for a ride.
[Henry Chuckles]
[JIMMY] Keep them up all night.
[BOTH] I will see you later.
[Tires Screech]
[ ♪ Piano Pop Melody Plays In Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] Jimmy was cutting every link between himself and the robbery… but it had nothing to do with me. … I gave Jimmy the tip and he gave me some Christmas money. From then on, I kept my mouth shut. I knew Jimmy. He had the cash. It was his. He kicked some money upstairs to Paulie, but that was it. It made him sick to turn the money over to the guys who stole it. He’d rather whack them. What did I care? I wasn’t asking for anything. And Jimmy was making nice money through my Pittsburgh connections. Still, months after the robbery they were finding bodies all over.
[ ♪ Melody Continues, Background ♪ ]
[HENRY] When they found Carbone in the meat truck, he was frozen so stiff… it took them two days to thaw him out for the autopsy.
Still, I never saw Jimmy so happy.
He was like a kid. We had money coming in through Pittsburgh… and even after a while, the Lufthansa thing began to calm down.
Jimmy was so happy that morning… because this was the day Tommy was being made.
Jimmy was so excited, you’d think he was being made.
He must have made four calls to Tommy’s house.
They had a signal set up so he’d know the minute the ceremony was over.
[TOMMY] Ma, where are you?
[MOTHER] Here I am.
You’re home.
Home? I’m leaving.
You look lovely.
I look good, huh?
You look wonderful. Be careful.
Congratulations.
I love you. Don’t paint any more religious pictures, please.
[MOTHER] God be with you.
[HENRY] We always called each other goodfellas.
You’d say to somebody: “You will like this guy. He is all right.
He is a goodfellas, one of us. ” You understand?
We were goodfellas. Wiseguys.
But Jimmy and I could never be made because we had Irish blood.
It didn’t matter my mother was Sicilian.
To become a member of a crew you must be 100 percent Italian… so they can trace your relatives back to the old country.
It is the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and a crew. It means nobody can fuck around with you. Also, you can fuck around with anybody, as long as they aren’t also a member. It is like a license to steal. A license to do anything.
[TOMMY] How many years since you were made?
[VINNIE] I’m an old-timer. Thirty years ago.
[TOMMY] Thirty years huh? Brings back a lot of memories. Pike’s Peak was a fucking pimple then, wasn’t it?
[HENRY] As far as Jimmy was concerned, with Tommy being made… it was like we were all being made. We would now have one of our own as a member.
[TOMMY] Oh, nooo…
[Gunshot]
[JIMMY] Who is this?
[VINNIE] This is Vinnie.
[JIMMY] Vinnie, what happened? Did we get straightened out?
[VINNIE] We had a problem. We tried to do everything we could.
[JIMMY] What do you mean?
[VINNIE] You know what I mean. He is gone, and we couldn’t do nothing about it… That’s it.
[JIMMY] What do you mean?
[VINNIE] He is gone. He is gone. That’s it.
[Banging]
Fuck! I knew it! I can’t fucking believe it.
[JIMMY] They fucking whacked him.
[HENRY] Fuck.
[Banging]
[Jimmy sobs]
Are you all right?
[HENRY] It was revenge for Billy Batts, and a lot of other things.
[VINNIE] That is that.
[HENRY] There was nothing we could do about it. Batts was a made man and Tommy wasn’t. We had to sit still and take it. It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit.
[Jimmy Sobs]
[HENRY] They even shot Tommy in the face… so his mother couldn’t give him an open-coffin at the funeral.
[Henry Sighs]
[Henry Sniffs]
[ ♪ Upbeat Rock Song Plays, Background ♪ ]
[Helicopter Propellers Pelt]
[Slam]
[HENRY] I had a busy day.
I had to drop the guns off at Jimmy’s… to match some silencers he had.
I had to pick up my brother at the hospital… and pick up some stuff for Lois… to fly down to some customers I had near Atlanta.
[ ♪ Song continues ♪ ]
[HENRY] Right away I knew he didn’t want them and I’d be stuck for the money.
I bought them because he wanted them and now he didn’t want them.
What good are these? None of them fit.
I’m not paying for these!
[HENRY] I didn’t say a thing. Jimmy was so pissed off, he didn’t even say goodbye.
The drugs are making your mind into mush!
[HENRY] I will take em back.
[HENRY] My Pittsburgh guys always wanted guns.
Since I would see them in the afternoon, for a delivery…
… I was pretty sure I’d get my money back.
[Tires Squeal]
Oh, my God.
[HENRY] At the hospital, Michael’s doctor wanted to put me in bed.
What happened to you?
I almost got into an accident on the way here.
[HENRY] And I told him I was partying all night.
I’m fine.
Get over here.
Let me check you out.
[HENRY] He took mercy on me, gave me Valium… and sent me home.
My plan was to drop off my brother at the house and pick up Karen.
[HENRY] There it is.
You see that helicopter right there?
Right up there.
I think it has been following me all morning.
Get the fuck out. Are you nuts?
I’m telling you.
[HENRY] It is the third time I’ve seen it.
At the hospital I saw it.
I had to make some stops.
I’ve seen it every time.
I’ve been all over town and I’ve seen it all day.
[HENRY] I was cooking dinner that night.
I had to start braising the beef and veal shanks for the tomato sauce.
It was Michael’s favorite.
I was making ziti with gravy… roasted peppers… string beans with olive oil.
I had some beautiful cutlets… that were cut just right… that I was going to fry up as an appetizer.
So I was home for about an hour.
My plan was to start dinner early so I could unload the guns Jimmy didn’t want.
Then get the package for Lois to take to Atlanta later that night.
I kept looking out the window and saw that the helicopter was gone.
Michael, keep an eye on the sauce.
Stay here with your Uncle Michael.
[HENRY] I asked my brother to watch the sauce, and Karen and I started out.
Oh, God. I see it.
Look, it is right there.
Damn!
[HENRY] That is it.
We got to get to your mother’s.
See, I told you.
It is funny.
It is not the end of the world.
We’re going to your mother’s.
[ ♪ Rock Song Plays, Background ♪ ]
[Slam]
Tell your mother not to touch anything outside of the house. Nothing.
Why didn’t you go to your mother’s house?
[ ♪ Blues Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
“Everything is going to be all right this morning” Let’s go shopping.
No, I’m not nuts, It has been following me all fucking morning!
Alright. He thinks I’m paranoid!
[HENRY] I should bring him the helicopter, then we will see how paranoid I am.
Come on, let’s go inside.
[HENRY] Yeah, it is gone.
[KAREN] I don’t hear anything.
[HENRY] Let’s go back to your mother’s.
[HENRY] They all right?
[DRUG DEALER] They’re great.
Didn’t I say you were paranoid?
Didn’t I tell him?
Yeah. I need a hit.
Want to see helicopters?
Come on, I will show you helicopters.
[KAREN] I’ve seen enough helicopters for one day, thank you.
[HENRY] I had to get home and get the package ready for Lois to take on her trip.
Also, I had to get to Sandy’s to give the package a whack with quinine.
Plus, I knew Sandy would get on my ass.
I had the cooking to finish, and I had to get Lois ready for her trip.
It is Sandy. What the fuck is this?
She is a pain in the ass.
[SANDY] When are you coming over?
[HENRY] In an hour.
[SANDY] You staying tonight, right?
[HENRY] I can’t. I got my brother tonight.
Come on, stop. Stop.
We will talk about it later, okay? Goodbye.
[Phone Rings]
[LOIS] Hello?
[HENRY] It is me. You ready?
Tell Michael not to let the sauce stick.
Henry says don’t let the sauce stick.
I’m stirring it.
[HENRY] Listen, you know what to do?
[LOIS] Yeah, yeah.
Don’t “yeah, yeah” me, Lois!
This is important.
Make sure you leave the house when you make the call.
Understand me? Call from an outside line.
I mean it!
Jesus, you must think I’m dumb.
I know what to do.
You little hick, just make sure you do it!
[LOIS] You’re a pain.
[HENRY] Hey! Just do it!
[LOIS] Okay.
Unfuckingbelievable. All of them.
Every fucking girl in my life.
What’d he say?
Nothing.
[HENRY] What does she do after she hangs up?
After everything I told her?
After all her “yeah, yeah” bullshit?
She calls from the house. If anyone was listening they’d know everything.
They’d know a package was leaving my house and they’d have the flight number.
As soon as I got home, I started cooking.
I had a few hours until Lois’ flight.
I told my brother to watch on the stove.
All day long the poor guy has been watching helicopters and tomato sauce.
I had to drive over to Sandy’s, mix the stuff, then get back to the gravy.
[Henry Sniffs, Then Coughs]
[ ♪ Blues Tune Plays, Background ♪ ]
Do you think you can come over, fuck me, then leave?
Got someplace better to go?
Don’t talk like that. Come on.
You all right?
Yeah.
You believe me?
Do you believe me?
That is the last one?
Yeah.
[Henry Cackles]
You lying son of a bitch! I hate you!
[Scattered Conversation]
[KAREN] Please stop feeding the dog from the table… from the plate on top of it. Stop it.
[JUDY] I have to.
[KAREN] You don’t have to.
I got to go home.
What do you mean you got to go home?
We got to tape this stuff to your leg.
We got to go soon.
I got to go home and get my hat.
Forget your fucking hat!
Are you kidding me?
I need a trip to Rockaway because you want your hat?
I got to have it. It is my lucky hat.
I never fly without it.
Do you understand what we are involved in?
I don’t care. I need my hat.
I won’t fly without it.
[HENRY] What could I do if she insisted I drive her home for her damn hat?
I hid the package and went to take her home.
A hat?
[ ♪ Rapid Drumbeat, Background ♪ ]
[Engine Revs]
[HENRY] What the fuck is this?
ARRESTING [NARC] Police! Freeze!
Don’t move, motherfucker!
I will blow your brains out!
Shut the car off slowly!
[HENRY] I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise I knew they were cops.
Only cops talk that way.
[NARC] Don’t fucking move.
If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn’t have heard a thing.
I would have been dead.
Michael! Lock the door!
[Sounds Of Panic From Karen And Michael]
[Banging On Door]
[NARC] Talk to me. When was the last time you took a collar? I’m talking to you.
You don’t want to say a fucking word, don’t. I don’t give a fuck.
You will do 25 years. See how much of a good guy you will be then.
[HENRY] All day I thought the guys in the helicopter… were local cops busting my balls over Lufthansa. They turned out to be narcs.
[HENRY] Just get the lawyer.
[HENRY] They’d been on me a month.
Phone taps, surveillance, everything.
[NARC] You know the boys.
All the pals are here.
You don’t want to talk to me, you will have a fucking problem all night.
Each one of these counts holds 25tolife in New York State.
25 fucking years, pal.
I will slap your fucking head inside out.
[NARC] What, were you guys grocery shopping?
Are we going to make a cake?
You going to make a fucking cake?
You got anything good in there?
Is it good?
[Narc Cackles]
[NARC] Byebye, dickhead.
See you in Attica, dick.
[KAREN] I spoke to Jimmy.
He offered to give me some money.
He wants to know what is happening.
He just wants to talk to you.
Fuck Jimmy and his money!
I got to straighten out everything with Paulie or I’m dead.
Then you’re better off staying in here.
They could whack me in here as easy as outside. They’re afraid I will rat them out.
People are already walking away from me.
I’m dead in here. You got to get me out.
[HENRY] Karen finally got her mother to put her house up for my bail and I was out.
I remember I had this feeling I would be killed right outside the jail.
I knew Paulie was still pissed at me and he is such a hothead.
And I was worried about Jimmy.
See, Jimmy knew if Paulie found out he was in the drug deals with me…
… Paulie would have Jimmy whacked even before me.
This is the bad time.
I didn’t feel safe until I got home.
Now my plan was to stay alive long enough to sell off the dope… the cops never found, then disappear until things got straightened out.
Fuck! Where is the stuff I left, Karen?
I flushed it down the toilet.
What?
What was I supposed to do?
That was worth $60,000!
I need that money! That is all we got!
They had a search warrant!
That is all the money we had! I was depending on that! Why did you do that?
I had to! They were going to find it!
They wouldn’t have found it!
They would have! I swear!
[KAREN] They would’ve found it!
[Karen Screams]
Why did you do that?
[KAREN] They would have found it.
[HENRY] Why did you do that?
[HENRY] Oh, my God!
[KAREN] [Sobs] I had to do it.
[HENRY] Oh, my God!
[Henry Pants And Sobs, Karen Sobs]
[Tires Squeal]
[HENRY] Paulie, I’m really sorry.
I don’t know what else to say.
I know I fucked up.
Yeah, you fucked up.
But I’m all right now.
I can be trusted now. I’m clean.
On my kids, I’m clean.
[PAUL] You looked in my eyes and lied to me.
You treated me like a fucking jerk.
Like I was never nothing to you.
[HENRY] After what you said, I couldn’t come to you.
You know, I was ashamed.
I’m ashamed now.
But I got nowhere else to go.
You’re all I got. And I really, really need your help. I really do.
Take this.
And now I’ve got to turn my back on you.
[Henry Sighs]
[HENRY] Thirty-two hundred bucks.
That is what he gave me.
$3,200 for a lifetime.
It wasn’t even enough to pay for the coffin.
[HENRY] We got to get out.
[KAREN] I don’t want to run.
Am I supposed to pick up and leave everything? Go hiding?
I don’t want to do that.
If we stay around here we’re dead.
You got it? We’ re dead.
They’re right. You took too much of that stuff. You’re totally paranoid.
How is he doing?
He is okay.
They sobered him up.
Good. Glad to hear it.
What kind of questions they been asking?
[KAREN] I don’t know.
I got my mind on so many other things.
I got no money.
The girls are old enough to read the newspapers.
Tell him he has got to call me.
As soon as you talk to him, He has got to call me. It is important.
He doesn’t know I came here to see you.
It is like he is crazy.
Take this. It is a couple thousand.
Thanks, Jimmy.
Don’t worry, everything will be all right.
[JIMMY] I got some beautiful Dior dresses.
You want to have them?
Pick out a few for yourself.
[KAREN] For my mom.
[JIMMY] Yeah, whatever.
Not here. In the store on the corner.
It is swag, so I got it down on the corner.
Go ahead, sweetheart, I will see you.
Thanks.
Don’t worry.
[KAREN] I will try.
[JIMMY] He is got to call me.
Over here?
[JIMMY] Right down there.
[JIMMY] It is over there, on the corner.
Right there.
[JIMMY] No! Go ahead! It is right there!
[KAREN] No, Jimmy! I’m in a hurry!
My mom is watching the kids!
I got to get home!
I will come back later!
[Engine Revs]
[Tires Squeal]
Karen. Karen!
What happened?
[KAREN] [Sobs] Nothing.
[HENRY] What happened?
[KAREN] I just got scared.
[HENRY] Got the keys?
What happened?
[Sobs] I just got scared. It is okay.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
[Karen Sobs]
[HENRY] If you’re part of a crew nobody ever tells you they’re going to kill you.
It doesn’t happen that way.
There aren’t any arguments or curses like in the movies.
Your murderers come with smiles. They come as your friends.
People who cared for you all your life.
They always seem to come when you’re weakest and most in need of their help.
So I met Jimmy in a crowded place we both knew.
I got there 15 minutes early and Jimmy was already there.
He took the booth near the window so he could see everyone who drove up.
He wanted to make sure I wasn’t tailed.
He was jumpy. He hadn’t touched a thing.
On the surface, everything was supposed to be fine.
We were supposed to be discussing my case.
But I had a feeling Jimmy was trying to sense if I’d rat on him to save my neck.
I been telling you your whole life, don’t talk on the phone.
Now you understand?
It is going to be okay.
You got a good chance to beat this case.
Well, you know that kid from the city we were talking about? You know?
The kid turned out to be a rat. As soon as he got pinched, he ratted on everybody.
I know where he is. He is hiding out.
Know what I’m saying?
Would you have a problem going with Anthony to take care of that?
No, not at all.
That way they got nothing.
[HENRY] Jimmy had never asked me to whack somebody before.
But now he is asking me to go to Florida and do a hit with Anthony.
That is when I knew I would never have come back from Florida alive.
[Henry Clears His Throat]
Wherever you move me, I asked once and I will tell you again…
…I don’t want to go any place cold.
You don’t have a choice.
Come on. Whoever fucking controls it… just no place cold. Do that for me.
He has bronchial, that is why.
If he has bronchial we will consider that.
I’d like to go someplace not cold.
Can I ask you some questions?
What about my parents?
What about them?
Am I going to see them?
Am I going to talk to them?
Don’t I have some kind of contact with them?
No.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You mean to tell me… if something happens to my parents and they get sick, I can’t see them?
Maybe something can be worked out if they’re sick.
If there are extraordinary circumstances…
I can’t do this. I can’t do this, Henry.
I can’t leave my parents.
[HENRY] Karen, I told you before.
I’m not going to do this unless you and the kids come with me.
I can’t do it without you.
So you do whatever, but… that is it.
[KAREN] You need Henry, not me, right?
[EDWARD] That is right.
I don’t care whether you go or not.
If it will make him a better witness, I want you with him.
They don’t want me.
[EDWARD] Henry will be in the protection program. They can’t get to him.
They can only get to him by getting to you or your kids.
If he goes into the program you’re in danger.
[KAREN] I don’t know anything.
[EDWARD] Don’t give me… the babe-in-the-woods routine.
I’ve listened to those wiretaps and I’ve heard you talk about cocaine.
[EDWARD] Conversation after conversation you talked to Henry on the phone.
It doesn’t matter.
Whether he goes to jail… or stays on the streets, he is a dead man.
He knows it and you know it.
[HENRY] What about the kids and school?
[KAREN] I mean, what goes on?
[TUDDY] Go to Wall Street and get real crooks.
Whoever sold you those suits had a sense of humor.
What it comes down to is we’re your only salvation.
We will save your life, his life, and we will keep you out of jail.
[EDWARD] This morning you told the jury about your background.
[HENRY] It was easy for us to disappear.
My house was in my mother-in-law’s name.
My cars were registered to my wife.
My Social Security cards and driver’s licenses were phonies.
I never voted or paid taxes.
My birth certificate and arrest sheet were all that showed I was alive.
[EDWARD] Do you see him here in this courtroom?
Yes.
[EDWARD] Will you please point him out for the jury?
[EDWARD] Let the record show that Mr. Hill identified the defendant, James Conway.
[EDWARD] Do you also know a man named Paul Cicero?
[EDWARD] Is he in the courtroom?
[HENRY] Yes.
[EDWARD] Can you point him out for the jury?
[EDWARD] Let the record show Mr. Hill identified the defendant Paul Cicero.
[EDWARD] I have a document…
[HENRY] The hardest thing was leaving the life.
I still loved the life.
We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all.
Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along.
I had paper bags filled with jewelry stashed in the kitchen.
I had a bowl of coke next to my bed.
[HAYES] People call them rats because they will do anything to survive.
[EDWARD] Objection!
[JUDGE] Objection sustained.
[HENRY] I know nothing about being a rat.
[HAYES] You know everything about it!
[HENRY] Anything I wanted was a phone call away.
Free cars. Keys to a dozen hideouts all over the city.
I’d bet 20 grand over a weekend… then blow the winnings in a week or go to sharks to pay the bookies.
Didn’t matter.
It didn’t mean anything. When I was broke I would go rob some more.
We ran everything.
We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers.
We paid off judges.
Everybody had their hands out.
Everything was for the taking.
And now it is all over.
[HENRY] That is the hardest part.
Today everything is different.
There is no action. I have to wait around like everyone else.
Can’t even get decent food.
After I got here I ordered spaghetti with marinara sauce… and I got egg noodles and ketchup.
I’m an average nobody.
I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
[Gunshots]
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