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00:01:28	I'll tell you why they're
00:01:29	Yeah? And why is that?
00:01:32	Management. Those guys are walking
00:01:37	They made some great deals. Tommy. Hernandez. Carter.
00:01:42	That was four years ago.
00:01:44	Look who they got rid of.
00:01:45	Mitchell. Backman. McDowell.
00:01:51	Wilson, for Chrissakes.
00:01:53	And Nolan Ryan. Don't forget him.
00:01:54	Yeah. And Amos Otis.
00:01:59	The team was good, the best
00:02:02	But then they had to screw it up.
00:02:13	Hey, Auggie. How's it going?
00:02:16	Hey, man. Good to see
00:02:19	Two tins of Schimmelpennincks.
00:02:21	And throw in a lighter
00:02:30	The boys and I were just
00:02:33	discussion about women and cigars
00:02:39	I suppose it all goes
00:02:43	The Queen of England?
00:02:44	Not Elizabeth the Second,
00:02:46	Did you ever hear of Sir Walter Raleigh?
00:02:50	Sure. He's the guy who threw
00:02:53	I used to smoke Raleigh cigarettes.
00:02:56	They came with a free
00:02:58	That's the man. Well, Raleigh was the
00:03:04	and since he was a
00:03:08	Queen Bess, he used to call her
00:03:12	smoking caught on as a fashion at court.
00:03:15	I'm sure Old Bess must have shared
00:03:22	Once, he made a bet with her that
00:03:29	You mean, weigh smoke?
00:03:31	Exactly. Weigh smoke.
00:03:34	You can't do that.
00:03:36	I admit it's strange. Almost
00:03:39	But Sir Walter was a clever guy.
00:03:42	First, he took an unsmoked cigar and
00:03:49	Then he lit up and smoked the cigar,
00:03:51	carefully tapping the
00:03:55	When he was finished, he
00:03:58	along with the ashes and
00:04:03	Then he subtracted that number from the
00:04:11	The difference was the
00:04:24	He's a writer.
00:04:26	Lives in the neighborhood.
00:04:28	And what kind of writer
00:04:31	Very funny. Some of the
00:04:35	sometimes I think you
00:04:37	You know, go in for some
00:04:40	To clean out the valves in your brain.
00:04:43	It was just a joke, Auggie.
00:04:45	The guy's a novelist.
00:04:48	Paul Benjamin. You ever hear of him?
00:04:52	That's a stupid question.
00:04:53	The only things you guys
00:04:56	and sports pages of the Post.
00:05:00	He's published three or four books.
00:05:04	But nothing now for the past few years.
00:05:07	What's the matter? He run out of ideas?
00:05:09	He ran out of luck.
00:05:11	Remember that holdup out here
00:05:14	You talking about the bank?
00:05:15	The time those two guys started
00:05:17	That's it. Four people got killed.
00:05:18	One of them was Paul's wife.
00:05:21	The poor lug, he hasn't
00:05:25	The funny thing was, she stopped
00:05:29	To stock up on cigars for him.
00:05:33	Four or five months pregnant
00:05:37	that when she was killed,
00:05:41	Bad day at Black Rock, eh, Auggie?
00:05:44	It was bad, all right.
00:05:48	I sometimes think that if she hadn't
00:05:53	or if the store had been
00:05:57	it would have taken her a few
00:05:59	and then maybe she wouldn't have
00:06:02	She'd still be alive, the
00:06:05	Hey! What are you doing there, kid?
00:06:08	Hey, cut that out!
00:06:57	Watch out, man. You'll get
00:07:05	It's a law of the universe.
00:07:08	You have to let me do something for
00:07:13	OK. If I think of something, I'll
00:07:17	Please. At least let me
00:07:21	I don't drink coffee.
00:07:24	On the other hand, since you insist,
00:07:29	if you offered me a cold
00:07:32	Good.
00:07:37	My name is Paul.
00:07:39	Im Rashid. Rashid Cole.
00:07:44	Listen, if someone offered
00:07:46	you wouldn't necessarily
00:07:49	People don't do that kind
00:07:52	I'm not "people." I'm just me. And I do
00:07:58	Thanks, but I'll manage.
00:08:03	In case you're wondering, I
00:08:06	And I'm not offering
00:08:09	just a place to crash
00:08:14	I can take care of myself. Don't worry.
00:08:18	Suit yourself.
00:08:22	But if you change your mind,
00:08:25	Miss
00:08:28	Do you have a pen I can borrow?
00:08:35	In case you change your mind,
00:08:39	here's my address.
00:08:43	You don't take anything
00:08:46	I try not to, anyway. It's
00:08:49	I mean, look at you, Vincent.
00:08:50	You're the guy with the wife and three
00:08:54	You're the guy with the white shoes and
00:08:59	But you've had two heart attacks,
00:09:03	I should stop smoking
00:09:07	The fuckers are going
00:09:08	Enjoy it while you can, Vin.
00:09:11	Pretty soon, they're going to
00:09:15	Pretty soon, they catch
00:09:17	they'll stand you up
00:09:20	Tobacco today, sex tomorrow.
00:09:23	In three or four years, it'll probably
00:09:27	Speaking of which, are you still going
00:09:30	It's all set. My guy in Miami said he'd
00:09:35	Are you sure you don't
00:09:38	Five thousand dollars outlay, a
00:09:41	A consortium of Court
00:09:44	They're just drooling to get their
00:09:48	Hey, I don't care what you do, but just
00:09:50	The last I heard, it was still illegal
00:09:54	It's the law that's buying.
00:09:56	That's what's so beautiful about it.
00:09:59	I mean, when was the last time you
00:10:03	Suit yourself. Just don't keep
00:10:06	They come in, they go out. I've
00:10:09	I've got to get moving. Terry
00:10:12	See you in September, Auggie.
00:10:13	Okay, my man.
00:10:28	Are you closed?
00:10:30	You run out of Schimmelpennincks?
00:10:32	Do you think I could buy
00:10:34	No problem. It's not as though I'm
00:11:01	Looks like someone forgot a camera.
00:11:05	Yeah, I did.
00:11:08	It's yours?
00:11:11	It's mine all right.
00:11:13	I've owned that little
00:11:21	I didn't know you took pictures.
00:11:25	I guess you could call it a hobby.
00:11:28	It doesn't take me more than
00:11:30	but I do it every day. Rain
00:11:35	Sort of like the postman.
00:11:39	So you're not just some guy who
00:11:43	That's what people see, but
00:12:08	They're all the same.
00:12:10	That's right.
00:12:11	More than four thousand
00:12:14	The corner of 3rd Street and Seventh
00:12:18	Four thousand straight days
00:12:23	That's why I can never take a vacation.
00:12:25	I've got to be in my spot every morning.
00:12:27	Every morning in the same
00:12:30	I've never seen anything like this.
00:12:36	It's my project. What
00:12:43	Amazing.
00:12:46	I'm not sure I get it, though. I mean...
00:12:51	What was it that gave you the
00:12:57	I don't know, it just came to me.
00:13:01	It's my corner, after all.
00:13:04	It's just one little part of the world,
00:13:06	but things happen there, too,
00:13:12	It's a record of my little spot.
00:13:17	It's kind of overwhelming.
00:13:34	You'll never get it if you
00:13:39	What do you mean?
00:13:41	I mean, you're going too fast. You're
00:13:50	But they're all the same.
00:13:53	They're all the same, but each one
00:13:57	You've got your bright
00:13:59	You've got your summer
00:14:02	You've got your weekdays
00:14:05	You've got your people
00:14:07	and you've got your people
00:14:12	Sometimes the same people,
00:14:16	And sometimes the different
00:14:19	and the same ones disappear.
00:14:22	The earth revolves around
00:14:25	the light from the sun hits
00:14:37	Slow down, huh?
00:14:41	Yeah, that's what I'd recommend.
00:14:43	You know how it is.
00:14:45	Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
00:14:47	time creeps on its petty pace.
00:15:47	Jesus.
00:15:52	Look.
00:15:58	It's Ellen.
00:16:00	Yeah. There her allright.
00:16:03	She's in quite a few from that year.
00:16:07	She must have been on her way to work.
00:16:09	It's Ellen.
00:16:16	Look at her.
00:16:22	Look at my sweet darling.
00:17:44	Shit.
00:17:52	Who is it?
00:17:53	Rashid.
00:17:54	Who?
00:17:55	Rashid Cole. The lemonade kid, remember?
00:17:58	Yeah. Come on up.
00:18:14	Come on in. I didn't
00:18:19	Same here.
00:18:24	But I had a long talk with my
00:18:29	to see how a move like this
00:18:31	and he said it would be okay.
00:18:50	Time to wake up.
00:18:56	Rashid!
00:19:01	Up and out. I have to work in
00:19:06	What time is it?
00:19:07	Eight-thirty.
00:19:09	Eight-thirty?
00:19:11	You'll find juice and eggs
00:19:13	Cereal in the cupboard.
00:19:15	Take whatever you want. But it's
00:20:06	Jesus, do you make a lot of noise.
00:20:08	I'm sorry. They just... they
00:20:11	A little less clumsiness around
00:20:15	How long have you been here?
00:20:18	Two nights.
00:20:19	And how long did I
00:20:23	A couple of nights.
00:20:24	Well, it looks like our
00:20:37	I'm sorry I messed up.
00:20:41	But all good things
00:20:43	No hard feelings, okay?
00:20:47	and I can't get my work
00:20:49	You don't have to apologize.
00:20:52	The coast is probably clear now anyway.
00:20:54	Are you going to be all right?
00:20:57	Absolutely. The world is my oyster.
00:20:59	Whatever that means.
00:21:02	Do you need some money?
00:21:04	Not a penny, not a
00:21:12	Take good care of yourself, okay?
00:21:14	You too.
00:21:16	And make sure the light is green
00:21:18	Oh, by the way, I liked your book. I
00:22:36	Is your name Paul Benjamin?
00:22:37	How can I help you?
00:22:38	I just want to know what your
00:22:42	How the hell did you
00:22:44	What do you mean, how'd I get in?
00:22:45	I pushed the door and
00:22:48	The damn lock's broken again.
00:22:50	And so you just barge in on strangers,
00:22:54	I'm looking for my nephew, Thomas.
00:22:56	Thomas? Who's Thomas?
00:22:57	Don't give me any of that.
00:22:59	You can't fool me, mister.
00:23:00	I'm telling you. I don't
00:23:03	Thomas Cole. Thomas
00:23:09	You mean Rashid?
00:23:11	Rashid? Rashid! Is that what
00:23:15	Well, whatever his name
00:23:18	He left two days ago, and I
00:23:22	And what was he doing
00:23:23	That's what I want to know.
00:23:24	What's a man like you messing around
00:23:27	Are you some kind of pervert, or what?
00:23:28	Look, lady, that's enough. If you don't
00:23:33	Do you hear me? Right now!
00:23:35	I just want to know where he is.
00:23:36	As far as I know, he
00:23:41	His parents? Is that what
00:23:45	That's what he said.
00:23:46	He told me he lived with his mother and
00:23:51	I always knew that
00:23:52	but now he's gone and made up
00:24:03	Do you mind if I sit down?
00:24:12	He's been living with me and his
00:24:15	And we don't live in Manhattan.
00:24:17	We live in Boerum Hill. In the projects.
00:24:22	He doesn't go to the Trinity School?
00:24:24	He goes to John Jay
00:24:30	And his parents?
00:24:33	His mother's dead, and he hasn't
00:24:41	I shouldn't have let him go.
00:24:44	Could anything happened lately?
00:24:46	Anything unusual or unexpected?
00:24:50	Well, one thing I suppose, but I don't
00:24:54	A friend of mine called
00:24:56	and said she'd spotted Thomas's father working
00:25:02	And you told your nephew about it?
00:25:04	I figured he had a right to know.
00:25:07	And?
00:25:09	And nothing. Thomas looked at
00:25:12	I don't have a father. As far as I'm
00:26:24	You going to sit here all day?
00:26:26	I don't know. I haven't decided yet.
00:26:30	Why don't you pick some other spot?
00:26:32	It gives a man the creeps
00:26:37	It's a free country, isn't it?
00:26:39	As long as I'm not trespassing on your
00:26:46	Let me give you some
00:26:50	There's two dollars and fifty-seven
00:26:54	And considering all the time you've
00:26:58	you won't make but about fifty
00:27:03	However you slice it,
00:27:08	I'm not going to rob you, mister.
00:27:10	Do I look like a thief?
00:27:12	I don't know what you look like, boy.
00:27:14	As far as I can tell, you sprouted up
00:27:19	You live in this town... or
00:27:22	Just passing through.
00:27:24	Just passing through.
00:27:27	A lonesome traveler with
00:27:31	plops himself across from
00:27:37	There's other places to roam,
00:27:43	You don't want to make
00:27:46	I'm working on a sketch.
00:27:49	That old garage of yours is so
00:27:54	It's rundown, all right. But drawing a
00:28:02	Let's see what you did.
00:28:04	It'll cost you five bucks.
00:28:05	Five bucks! You mean you're going to
00:28:08	Once you look at it, you're
00:28:10	That's guaranteed. And
00:28:14	So if you're not
00:28:15	you might as well not bother to look.
00:28:17	It'll just tear you up
00:28:20	Son-of-a-bitch. You're some
00:28:26	I just tell it like it is, mister.
00:28:29	If I'm getting on your nerves, though,
00:28:34	Are those eyes in your head, or are those brown
00:28:41	You've been sitting here all day, and how many
00:28:45	Not a one.
00:28:46	Not a one.
00:28:49	Not one customer.
00:28:54	I bought this broken-down shit-hole
00:29:00	and if business don't pick up soon,
00:29:03	What do I want to be hiring someone
00:29:09	It was just a thought.
00:29:12	Wont you keep your
00:29:14	Keep your hands to yourself.
00:29:37	Auggie.
00:29:39	Auggie, I think there's a customer.
00:29:46	Hello Auggie
00:29:52	It's really you, isn't it, Auggie?
00:29:56	Christ, Ruby, it's been so
00:30:03	Eighteen and a half years.
00:30:06	Is that all? I thought it
00:30:10	You're looking good, Auggie.
00:30:13	No I'm not. I look like shit. And
00:30:21	What's with the patch, anyway? What'd
00:30:27	hock it for a bottle of gin?
00:30:29	I don't want to talk about it.
00:30:33	If you really want to know. I lost it.
00:30:35	And I'm not sorry I did.
00:30:39	That thing was cursed, and it
00:30:42	And you think it looks better to go
00:30:46	You always were a
00:30:48	A little weasel with
00:30:51	At least I've stayed true to myself.
00:30:53	Which is more than I can
00:30:57	I came here to talk to you about something,
00:31:03	You owe me that much. I drove all the way from Pittsburgh
00:31:08	Fine. Talk away, lady of
00:31:13	I think this is between you and
00:31:20	You heard her, pipsqueak. The lady
00:31:25	Go outside and stand in front of the door. If anyone
00:31:32	Yeah, I got it.
00:31:34	The store's closed.
00:31:38	And when do I tell them it's open?
00:31:40	When I tell you it's open. It's
00:31:45	Okay, I got it. You don't have to yell.
00:32:05	All right, sugar, what's on your mind?
00:32:12	Will you stop staring at me like
00:32:15	Like what?
00:32:17	Like what you're doing.
00:32:22	I need your help, and if you keep staring
00:32:26	Help, huh? And I don't suppose this help
00:32:31	Don't rush me, okay? You're jumping to
00:32:35	And besides, it's not for me.
00:32:43	It's for our daughter.
00:32:46	Our daughter?
00:32:51	Is that what you said? Our daughter?
00:32:56	I mean, you might have a
00:33:00	And even if I did -- which I don't
00:33:06	Her name is Felicity, and
00:33:10	She ran away from Pittsburgh last year,
00:33:15	and now she's living in some shit-hole
00:33:23	Strung out on crack,
00:33:27	four months pregnant.
00:33:31	I can't bear to think about that baby.
00:33:33	Our grandchild, Auggie. Just
00:33:36	Stop it, already. Just stop
00:33:40	Was that your idea to call her Felicity?
00:33:43	It means "happiness."
00:33:44	I know what it means. That
00:33:48	I don't know who else
00:33:50	You've suckered me before, sweetheart
00:33:52	Why should I believe you now?
00:33:57	Why would I lie to you?
00:34:00	You think it was easy to come
00:34:07	Why would I do it if I didn't have to?
00:34:11	That's what you told me when I
00:34:14	You remember, baby, don't you?
00:34:16	The judge gave me a choice:
00:34:20	So I wind up in the navy for four
00:34:24	I watch men lose their arms and
00:34:28	and you, sweet Ruby McNutt, you run
00:34:33	You didn't write to me
00:34:35	What was I supposed to think?
00:34:37	Yeah, well, I lost my pen. By the time I
00:34:42	It was over with Bill
00:34:45	Maybe you don't remember it now, but
00:34:53	You weren't so lukewarm
00:35:00	It fizzled, baby.
00:35:04	But we had our good
00:35:09	A couple of moments,
00:35:13	And that's how Felicity
00:35:15	During one of those two seconds.
00:35:17	You're conning me, sweetheart.
00:35:25	I thought I could handle it.
00:35:30	I didn't want to bug you.
00:35:31	I thought I could handle it on my own,
00:35:35	and I couldn't.
00:35:39	She's in it real bad, Auggie.
00:35:46	Nice try, old girl. I'd
00:35:49	You know, for old time's sake.
00:35:53	But I really cant right now. All my spare cash is tied up
00:36:01	Too bad. You caught
00:36:04	You're a cold-hearted bastard
00:36:07	How'd you ever get so mean, Auggie?
00:36:09	I know you think I'm
00:36:11	Every word I told you is
00:37:25	I'll tell you what. You want
00:37:30	Nothing permanent, mind you,
00:37:35	-- the one above the office
00:37:37	It looks like they've been throwing
00:37:40	and it's time it got cleaned up.
00:37:43	What's your offer?
00:37:46	Five bucks an hour. That's
00:37:51	It's a quarter past two now.
00:37:54	My wife's picking me up at five-thirty,
00:37:58	If you can't finish today,
00:38:01	Is there a benefits package, or are
00:38:08	Benefits?
00:38:11	You know, health insurance,
00:38:14	It's not fun being exploited. Workers
00:38:21	I'm afraid we'll be working
00:38:32	Five dollars an hour?
00:38:40	I'll take it.
00:38:50	Cyrus Cole.
00:38:53	Paul. Paul Benjamin.
00:40:14	Time for a pause, kid. Relax.
00:40:45	I don't mean to be nosy,
00:40:47	but I was wondering what
00:40:52	An ugly piece of hardware, aint it?
00:41:02	I'll tell you what happened to my arm.
00:41:04	I'll tell you what happened.
00:41:08	Twelve years ago,
00:41:11	God looked down on me
00:41:13	and said, "Cyrus,
00:41:16	you're a bad, stupid, selfish man.
00:41:24	First, I'm going to fill
00:41:30	and then I'm going to put
00:41:35	and then I'm going to
00:41:40	and kill the woman who loves you.
00:41:43	But you, Cyrus,
00:41:46	I'm going to let you live,
00:41:48	because living is a
00:41:53	And just so you don't forget
00:42:02	I'm going to rip off your arm
00:42:08	If I wanted to, I could rip off
00:42:15	I'm going to be merciful and
00:42:26	Every time you look at your hook,
00:42:33	I want you to remember
00:42:37	what a bad, stupid, selfish man you are.
00:42:45	Let that be a lesson to you, Cyrus,
00:42:48	a warning to mend."
00:42:53	So, have you mended your ways?
00:43:00	I try.
00:43:03	Every day.
00:43:32	Hi, baby. How'd it go today?
00:43:33	If I have to wash one more old lady's
00:43:39	Busy, huh? That's good, because things
00:43:44	Don't worry, Cy. It's early days yet.
00:45:10	Hey, it's you.
00:45:12	I wanted to give you this as
00:45:17	Appreciation for what?
00:45:19	I don't know. For helping me out.
00:45:26	Where did you get that thing?
00:45:28	I bought it. Twenty-nine ninety-five
00:45:39	Well, that does it.
00:45:42	You'll be able to watch the ball games.
00:45:45	You know, as a little
00:45:47	Where the hell do you
00:45:49	Business meeting.
00:45:50	I'm seeing my accountant
00:45:52	Cut it out, will you? Just
00:45:57	I don't really have time.
00:45:59	Close the door.
00:46:07	Sit down in that chair.
00:46:18	Now listen carefully.
00:46:22	Your Aunt Em came here
00:46:31	She was sick with
00:46:37	We had an interesting
00:46:44	Do you understand what I'm saying?
00:46:48	Your aunt thinks you're
00:46:55	Tell me about it, kid. I want
00:47:01	You don't really want to know.
00:47:02	I don't, huh? And what makes you such an
00:47:07	Okay, okay.
00:47:21	It's all so stupid.
00:47:24	There's this guy, see. Charles Clemm.
00:47:29	The kind of guy you don't
00:47:32	And?
00:47:34	I crossed paths with him. That's why I'm
00:47:37	To make sure I don't run into him again.
00:47:38	So that's the something you
00:47:45	I just happened to be walking by...
00:47:47	All of a sudden, the Creeper and this other
00:47:51	with masks on their faces
00:47:54	They just about ran smack into me.
00:47:57	The Creeper recognized me, and
00:48:02	If the guy from the check-cashing place hadn't rushed
00:48:07	I'm telling you, the Creeper would have
00:48:11	But the noise distracted him,
00:48:14	and when he turned around to see
00:48:18	One more second, and
00:48:25	Why don't you go to the police?
00:48:27	The man has friends. And they're not likely
00:48:32	What makes you think you'll be any safer around
00:48:37	It might not be far,
00:48:40	Black is black and white is white,
00:48:48	It looks like they've
00:48:52	Let's not get too idealistic.
00:48:55	Fair enough. We wouldn't want
00:49:11	Now call your aunt Em and
00:50:16	Get in, Auggie. I've got
00:50:19	You don't give up, do you?
00:50:20	Just get in and shut up.
00:50:21	I'm not asking you to do anything.
00:50:24	Where to?
00:50:25	Dammit, Auggie, don't
00:50:27	Just get in the car.
00:50:30	I told her she was
00:50:33	You what?
00:50:34	It was the only way, Auggie.
00:50:35	Otherwise, she wasn't
00:50:37	I think you'd better stop
00:50:39	Relax, okay? You don't
00:50:43	Just go in there and pretend.
00:50:45	It won't kill you to do
00:50:47	Besides, you might even learn something.
00:50:49	Yeah, like what?
00:50:51	That I wasn't bullshitting
00:50:53	At least you'll know I've
00:50:55	Look, I'm not saying you
00:50:56	It's just that she's not my daughter.
00:50:59	Wait till you see her, Auggie.
00:51:01	And what's that supposed to mean?
00:51:02	She looks just like you.
00:51:05	Cut it out.
00:51:07	When I told her I was going to
00:51:15	It's the first time Felicity's
00:51:17	She's dying to meet you, Auggie.
00:51:28	Nice neighborhood you've brought me to.
00:51:30	Full of happy, prosperous people.
00:52:01	Well?
00:52:02	Well what?
00:52:06	Aren't you going to say anything?
00:52:08	What do you want me to say?
00:52:11	I don't know.
00:52:13	Hello, Mom. Hello, Dad.
00:52:15	Something like that.
00:52:17	I don't got no daddy, you dig? I got born
00:52:21	Jesus Christ. This is all I need.
00:52:25	You told me you wanted to
00:52:31	Yeah, I might have said that.
00:52:33	Chico told me to see what he was like,
00:52:38	Well, now I've seen him, and
00:52:41	Are you rich mister?
00:52:42	Yeah, I'm a millionaire. I walk around in
00:52:49	Be nice, sweetie. We're
00:52:51	Help? What the fuck do
00:52:54	I've got a man, don't I?
00:52:56	That's more than you can
00:52:58	Hey, hey, don't talk to
00:53:03	You're telling me you actually
00:53:07	You're telling me you
00:53:11	You can do whatever you
00:53:15	We're thinking of the baby.
00:53:17	We want you to get yourself
00:53:20	Before it's too late.
00:53:25	What baby?
00:53:26	Your baby. The baby you're
00:53:30	Yeah, well, there ain't
00:53:31	There's nothing in there now.
00:53:37	What are you talking about?
00:53:41	An abortion, stupid.
00:53:42	I had an abortion the
00:53:46	So you don't have to bug
00:53:53	Bye-bye, baby!
00:54:03	Come on, let's get out
00:54:05	Yeah, that's right, you better go.
00:54:07	Chico'll be back any minute, and I'm sure
00:54:13	Chico's a real man. Not some scuzzy
00:54:19	Do you hear what I'm saying?
00:54:22	He'll chop up Mr. Dad
00:54:26	That's a promise.
00:54:29	He'll kick the living shit out of him.
00:54:52	Listen carefully.
00:54:57	About twenty-five years ago, a young
00:55:07	There was an avalanche,
00:55:11	the snow swallowed him up,
00:55:14	and his body was never recovered.
00:55:16	The end.
00:55:18	No, not the end. The beginning.
00:55:25	His son was just a
00:55:31	but the years passed, and when he
00:55:38	One day last winter, he went out by
00:55:45	He gets halfway to the bottom and then
00:55:54	Just as he's unwrapping
00:55:59	he looks down and sees a body, right
00:56:08	He bends down
00:56:10	to take a closer look,
00:56:12	and suddenly he feels that
00:56:18	that he's looking at himself.
00:56:20	There he is - dead - and
00:56:24	frozen in a block of ice
00:56:31	He gets down on all fours, looks
00:56:41	and realizes that he's
00:56:48	And the strange thing is that the
00:56:58	The boy has become a man, and it turns
00:57:20	So what are you going to do today?
00:57:26	Read, think, do some
00:57:32	But tonight I'm going to
00:57:35	Celebrate? What for?
00:57:37	It's my birthday. I'm seventeen years
00:57:43	and I think I should celebrate
00:57:46	Hey, hey. Happy birthday.
00:58:05	I thought I recognized you. You're
00:58:12	I confess.
00:58:16	I keep waiting for the
00:58:20	Anything in the works?
00:58:23	It's coming along.
00:58:26	At the rate he's going, he'll have a
00:58:30	Wonderful.
00:58:32	I apologize for springing
00:58:35	but Mr. Benjamin and I are
00:58:38	and we would be most pleased
00:58:42	Isn't that right, Mr. Benjamin?
00:58:49	Yes. We would be honored.
00:58:53	And what's the occasion
00:58:56	It's my birthday.
00:58:58	And how many people will be
00:59:01	I wouldn't actually call it a party.
00:59:02	It's more along the lines of a
00:59:07	The guest list is quite restricted.
00:59:09	So far, there's Mr. Benjamin and myself.
00:59:12	If you accept, that
00:59:14	Ah-hah, I see. A cozy dinner.
00:59:16	But aren't threesomes a little
00:59:18	Three's a crowd. Yes, I'm aware of that.
00:59:21	But I have to keep an eye on
00:59:25	To make sure he doesn't
00:59:27	And what are you, his chaperone?
00:59:30	Actually, I'm his father.
00:59:34	Most people assume I'm his father.
00:59:36	It's a logical assumption... given
00:59:40	But the fact is, it's
00:59:44	He's my father, and I'm his son.
01:00:02	Hey, man, good to see you.
01:00:06	This is April Lee, Auggie.
01:00:11	Howdy, Miss April. I'm right
01:00:14	And this pretty little lady here
01:00:21	the hottest chili pepper
01:00:25	Ain't that so, baby?
01:00:26	Ees so, Auggie. And you not
01:00:33	So, what brings you to a dive like this?
01:00:36	It's his birthday so we
01:00:39	How old, kid?
01:00:41	Seventeen.
01:00:42	Seventeen?
01:00:49	I remember when I was seventeen.
01:00:57	Christ, when I was seventeen, I was
01:01:06	Is that what you are, son? One
01:01:09	Definitely. I'd say you've
01:01:12	Good. Keep it up, and maybe one day you'll
01:01:26	Hey, Auggie, I've just been thinking.
01:01:27	You wouldn't need some
01:01:29	Some summer help while Vinnie's gone?
01:01:34	What did you have in mind?
01:01:35	I'm thinking about the kid.
01:01:38	I'm sure he'd do a good job for you.
01:01:40	Hey, kid. You interested in a job? I just got word from your
01:01:48	A job?
01:01:49	I definitely wouldn't turn down a job.
01:01:52	Come around to the cigar
01:01:55	at ten o'clock and we'll
01:01:57	We'll see what we can work out.
01:01:58	Ten o'clock tomorrow
01:02:02	I owe you one.
01:02:04	Don't forget.
01:02:25	It's 1942, right?
01:02:29	And he's caught in
01:02:32	I'm talking about one of the
01:02:35	Five hundred thousand people
01:02:38	and there's Bakhtin,
01:02:40	expecting to be killed any day.
01:02:42	He has plenty of tobacco,
01:02:45	So he takes the pages of a manuscript
01:02:50	and tears them up to
01:02:53	His only copy?
01:02:54	His only copy.
01:03:02	I mean, if you think you're going to die, what's
01:03:07	And so he huffed and he puffed, and
01:03:13	Nice try. You had me going
01:03:17	no writer would ever
01:03:18	Would he?
01:03:22	You don't believe me, huh?
01:03:26	I'll show you. It's all in this book.
01:03:32	What's this?
01:03:33	I don't know.
01:03:36	Is it yours?
01:03:39	Yeah, it might be.
01:03:42	Here, catch.
01:03:48	So you're saying it
01:03:52	Not exactly. I mean, there
01:03:56	Christ. You didn't
01:03:58	They dropped the package on
01:04:04	I picked it up.
01:04:06	And started to run.
01:04:08	And started to run.
01:04:14	Good thinking.
01:04:16	That's just it. I didn't think.
01:04:20	I just did it.
01:04:21	You have one hell of a knack for
01:04:25	So how much does it come to?
01:04:26	Six thousand dollars.
01:04:29	Five thousand eight hundred and
01:04:34	So you robbed the robbers, and
01:04:38	That's it. In a nutshell.
01:04:41	Yeah, well, you have to be
01:04:46	If you want my opinion,
01:04:48	take this money back to the Creeper.
01:04:49	Just give it back and
01:04:51	No way. There's no way I'm giving
01:04:53	A lot of good it will do
01:04:56	That money is my whole future.
01:05:00	Keep up with that attitude,
01:05:05	Seventeen is a hell of an age to die.
01:05:11	Is that what you want?
01:05:23	I'll be back in about an hour.
01:05:25	Watch the register while I'm gone, okay?
01:05:27	Sure thing. See you later.
01:06:29	It might be illegal, but it's hard to see
01:06:33	No harm done.
01:06:35	This is what it must have felt like
01:06:38	Forbidden pleasures, eh?
01:06:41	Much business while I was gone?
01:06:42	A little. Not much.
01:06:43	This way, gentlemen. Let's
01:06:50	What the fuck is going on here!
01:06:57	Look at this! The
01:07:00	Holy fucking shit!
01:07:49	The kid's sorry, Auggie.
01:07:51	Yeah, well, I'm sorry too.
01:07:56	It took me three years to save up those
01:08:01	I can't hardly pay for this beer.
01:08:08	Not to speak of having
01:08:12	Do you understand what I'm saying?
01:08:15	My credibility.
01:08:20	So yeah, I'm sorry, too.
01:08:22	About as sorry as I've ever
01:08:31	He's got something to tell you, Auggie.
01:08:35	If he's got something to tell me,
01:08:40	It's for you.
01:08:42	For me?
01:08:44	And what am I supposed
01:08:46	Open it.
01:09:11	What is this, some kind of joke?
01:09:13	No, it's five thousand dollars.
01:09:33	I don't want your
01:09:37	It's probably stolen anyway.
01:09:40	What do you care where
01:09:43	And why the hell would
01:09:46	So I can get my job back.
01:09:49	You're a dumb, whacked-out
01:09:52	Don't be an ass, Auggie. He's trying to
01:09:57	He's crazy.
01:09:58	No, he's not. You are.
01:10:01	You're right.
01:10:03	I just wasn't sure you knew.
01:10:06	It's written all over
01:10:22	Now say something nice to
01:10:38	Fuck you, kid.
01:10:41	Fuck you, too, you
01:10:53	Good. I'm glad that's settled!
01:11:25	Mr. Benjamin, I presume?
01:11:28	You got a security problem in
01:11:30	The lock on that door
01:11:34	Not a good idea in these troubled times.
01:11:36	You never know what kind of trash
01:11:40	I'll talk to the landlord
01:11:43	You do that. Don't want no
01:11:49	And who do I have the
01:11:53	Pleasure?
01:11:54	I wouldn't call this
01:12:00	I'd say it's more in
01:12:05	It doesn't matter. I
01:12:10	You're the Creeper, aren't you?
01:12:11	The what?
01:12:14	Ain't nobody calls Charles
01:12:18	Do you understand me?
01:12:19	Sure, I understand.
01:12:40	...If it happens, it happens.
01:12:42	If it doesn't, it doesn't.
01:12:43	Do you understand what I'm saying?
01:12:46	You never know what's
01:12:48	and the moment you think you know,
01:12:49	that's the moment you
01:12:52	That's what we call a
01:12:58	Sure, Auggie. I follow.
01:13:05	When you don't know
01:13:08	I know what that is.
01:13:11	It's after you're dead and you go
01:13:26	Jesus, man, you're one fucking mess.
01:13:29	If the cops hadn't come, I
01:13:34	They did some number on you.
01:13:38	For once in my life I
01:13:41	There's something to be
01:13:46	Does it hurt?
01:13:47	Of course it hurts.
01:13:50	I thought maybe he was pretending.
01:13:53	You haven't heard from Rashid, have you?
01:13:54	Not a peep.
01:13:56	I spoke to his aunt a couple of days
01:13:59	It's beginning to get a little scary.
01:14:02	That could be a good sign, though.
01:14:05	Or didn't.
01:14:07	There's no way of knowing, is there?
01:15:08	So you're just going
01:15:11	I don't have much choice, do I? It's
01:15:16	Still, you can't just write her off.
01:15:19	Yeah? And what else am I supposed to do?
01:15:21	There's no baby anymore, and if she wants
01:15:26	She's just a kid. There's time for
01:15:30	Dream on, Auggie. She'll be lucky to
01:15:35	Not if you got her into
01:15:38	I'd never be able to talk her into it.
01:15:40	And even if I could,
01:15:42	And that's just what I don't
01:15:46	No you're not.
01:15:47	Are you calling me a liar?
01:15:49	I don't even have insurance
01:15:53	Remember that business venture
01:15:57	Well, my tugboat came in. I'm flush.
01:16:00	Bully for you.
01:16:03	No, bully for you.
01:16:08	What's this?
01:16:10	Why don't you open it and find out?
01:16:13	Jesus God, Auggie.
01:16:16	Five thousand bucks.
01:16:22	And you're giving it to me?
01:16:25	It's all yours, baby.
01:16:30	For keeps?
01:16:32	For keeps.
01:16:42	You're an angel, Auggie.
01:16:44	Fuck this angel shit.
01:16:49	But no bawling, okay? I can't
01:17:07	There's just one thing I want to know.
01:17:09	Anything, Auggie. Just name it.
01:17:11	Felicity.
01:17:15	She's not my daughter, is she?
01:17:23	I don't know.
01:17:28	She might be.
01:17:30	Then again, she might not.
01:17:35	Mathematically speaking,
01:17:42	It's your call.
01:18:43	Bureau of Missing
01:18:49	Well, blow me down.
01:19:03	Hey. What are you doing here on Sunday?
01:19:07	We decided to have a
01:19:10	Uh, yeah, sure. Just a second.
01:19:40	Jesus Christ!
01:19:46	Hi, kid.
01:19:48	Wow. They sure did a job on you.
01:19:50	Research.
01:19:53	I worked the scene right into my story.
01:19:55	That makes the medical bills one
01:19:59	Try selling that one to the IRS.
01:20:01	You know these men?
01:20:02	I thought we had some customers.
01:20:04	Yeah, he knows us. But you've
01:20:07	We came here to deliver
01:20:13	It's all right. I really do know them.
01:20:17	Cyrus Cole.
01:20:18	Augustus Wren.
01:20:20	Paul Benjamin.
01:20:22	That's funny. His name
01:20:25	Well, you and Junior have
01:20:28	Yeah, but he's my son.
01:20:30	He's my own flesh and blood.
01:20:31	But here you got the same
01:20:33	and you're not even the same color.
01:20:36	That's how we met.
01:20:40	We're members of the
01:20:43	Believe it or not, there are
01:20:47	But only two in the New
01:20:50	That's how Paul and I got
01:20:52	We're the only ones who
01:20:55	You're full of crap, kid. Why don't you
01:21:01	What the hell's going on, guys?
01:21:05	You better ask him.
01:21:07	Yeah, Rashid baby, spill it.
01:21:10	Rashid?
01:21:12	Sometimes.
01:21:14	It's what you'd call a nom de guerre.
01:21:18	What the hell are we talking about?
01:21:21	Come on. Tell him your real name.
01:21:31	Thomas.
01:21:34	Paul. Rashid. Thomas. Which one is it?
01:21:39	Thomas.
01:21:41	Come on, come on, you yellow
01:21:44	First name and last name.
01:21:46	What difference does it make?
01:21:47	If it doesn't make any
01:21:50	I was going to tell
01:21:52	In my own time....
01:21:53	No time like the present, man.
01:21:57	Well?
01:22:11	Thomas Cole. My name is
01:22:24	Are you making fun of me?
01:22:32	You mocking me?
01:22:34	You mocking me?
01:22:36	I won't let no punk kid
01:22:40	You mocking me?
01:22:41	Like it or not, Cyrus,
01:22:43	Just like yours.
01:22:45	Now ask him who his mother was.
01:22:48	I don't like this. I
01:22:52	Louisa Vail. Remember her, Cyrus?
01:22:54	You shut your mouth!
01:23:00	Damn you. There'll be none of that
01:23:07	Stop it! Stop it!
01:23:16	He's your son, goddammit! He's your son!
01:23:20	Do you want to kill your son?
01:23:21	Youre lying.
01:26:18	Look Im telling you,
01:26:22	Those slobs in the Pentagon'll be out
01:26:26	They got this Saddam character now, and they're
01:26:32	Hey, man, how's it going?
01:26:35	Hi, Auggie.
01:26:38	Two, right?
01:26:41	Make it one.
01:26:44	You usually get two.
01:26:45	Yeah, I know, but I'm
01:26:49	Somebody's worried about my health.
01:26:52	Ah-hah.
01:26:55	And how's the work going
01:26:56	Fine.
01:26:58	Or it was until a couple of days ago.
01:26:59	A guy from The New York Times called
01:27:05	They want to publish
01:27:09	That's a feather in your
01:27:13	Yeah, great. The problem is, I have four days to come
01:27:19	You know anything
01:27:21	Christmas stories? Sure,
01:27:25	I know a ton of 'em.
01:27:27	Anything good?
01:27:28	Good? Of course. Are you kidding?
01:27:32	I'll tell you what. Buy me lunch, my friend, and
01:27:36	How's that?
01:27:37	And I guarantee every
01:27:56	So. Are we ready?
01:27:59	Ready. Any time you are.
01:28:02	I'm all ears.
01:28:07	You remember how you once asked
01:28:11	Well, this is the story of
01:28:14	As a matter of fact, it's
01:28:18	Are you following me so far?
01:28:20	Every word.
01:28:21	So this is the story of how it happened.
01:28:25	Okay.
01:28:28	It was the summer of seventy-six, back
01:28:32	The summer of the bicentennial.
01:28:34	A kid came in one morning and started
01:28:38	He's standing by the rack of
01:28:41	Hes stuffing skin
01:28:44	It was crowded around the counter just
01:28:47	But once I noticed what he
01:28:49	He took off like a jackrabbit, and by the time I managed to get out
01:28:56	I chased after him for about
01:29:00	He'd dropped something along the way, and since I didn't
01:29:08	It turned out to be his wallet.
01:29:11	There wasn't any money inside,
01:29:14	along with three or four snapshots.
01:29:18	I suppose I could have called
01:29:20	I had his name and
01:29:22	but I felt kind of sorry for him.
01:29:24	He was just a measly little punk,
01:29:26	and once I looked at those
01:29:31	I couldn't bring myself to
01:29:35	Roger Goodwin.
01:29:38	That was his name.
01:29:40	In one of the pictures, I remember,
01:29:43	In another one, he was holding some trophy he got from
01:29:51	I just didn't have the heart.
01:29:55	without much going for him,
01:29:57	and who cared about a couple
01:30:03	So I held onto the wallet.
01:30:06	Every once in a while I'd get a little urge to send it back
01:30:13	Then Christmas rolls around,
01:30:19	Vinnie was going to invite me over,
01:30:21	wife had to go down to
01:30:26	So I'm sitting in my
01:30:28	feeling a little sorry for myself, and then
01:30:35	I figure what the hell, why
01:30:38	and I put on my coat and go
01:30:42	The address was over in Boerum
01:30:46	It was freezing out that day, and I remember getting
01:30:50	Everything looks the same in that place, and you keep
01:30:56	Anyway, I finally get to the apartment
01:31:01	Nothing happens.
01:31:03	I assume no one's there, but
01:31:07	I wait a little longer, and
01:31:11	I hear someone shuffling to the door.
01:31:13	An old woman's voice asks, "Who's there?"
01:31:21	Is that you, Roger? she says, and then she
01:31:29	She has to be at least
01:31:33	and the first thing I notice
01:31:39	I knew you'd come. Roger, she says. "I knew you wouldn't forget your Granny
01:31:50	I don't have much time
01:31:52	I had to say something real fast,
01:31:56	I could hear the words coming out of
01:32:00	I said. "I came back to
01:32:05	Don't ask me why I did
01:32:08	It just came out that way, and suddenly
01:32:12	in front of the door,
01:32:16	It was like a game we both decided to
01:32:24	I mean, that woman knew
01:32:27	She was old and dotty, but she wasn't so far gone that she couldn't
01:32:35	But it made her happy to pretend, and since I had nothing
01:32:44	So we went into the apartment
01:32:46	Every time she asked me a question
01:32:50	I told her I'd found a
01:32:53	I told her I was about to get married.
01:32:54	I told her a hundred pretty stories, and
01:32:58	That's fine, Roger, she would
01:33:02	I always knew things
01:33:07	After a while, I started getting hungry.
01:33:10	There didn't seem to be
01:33:12	so I went out to a store in the neighborhood
01:33:18	A precooked chicken, vegetable soup, a
01:33:27	Ethel had a couple of bottles
01:33:32	and so both of us we managed to put
01:33:37	We both got a little tipsy
01:33:40	and after the meal was over we went out to sit in the
01:33:47	I had to take a pee, so I excused myself
01:33:53	That's where things took another turn.
01:33:58	It was ditsy enough doing my
01:34:01	but what I did next
01:34:07	and I've never forgiven myself since...
01:34:11	I go into the bathroom,
01:34:13	and stacked up against the
01:34:16	I see a pile of six or seven cameras.
01:34:19	Brand-new, thirty-five
01:34:22	still in their boxes.
01:34:26	I've never taken a picture in my life,
01:34:29	much less never stolen anything,
01:34:33	but the moment I see those
01:34:38	I decide I want one of them for myself.
01:34:42	Just like that.
01:34:44	And without even stopping
01:34:46	I tuck one of the boxes under my arm
01:34:53	I couldn't have been gone
01:34:55	but in that time Granny
01:35:00	Too much Chianti, I suppose.
01:35:03	I went into the kitchen
01:35:06	and she slept on through the
01:35:11	There didn't seem to be any point in
01:35:19	I couldn't even write a note to say
01:35:24	so I just left.
01:35:27	I put her grandson's wallet on the table, picked up
01:35:39	And that's the end of the story.
01:35:47	Did you ever go back to see her?
01:35:56	Once, about three or four months later.
01:36:00	I felt so bad about stealing the
01:36:05	I finally made up my mind to return it,
01:36:10	Someone else had moved into the apartment,
01:36:20	She probably died.
01:36:22	Yeah, probably.
01:36:33	Which means that she spent
01:36:41	I guess so. I never
01:36:49	It was a good deed, Auggie. It
01:36:55	I lied to her, and
01:36:57	I don't see how you can
01:36:59	You made her happy. And the
01:37:04	It's not as if the person you
01:37:10	Anything for art, eh, Paul?
01:37:13	I wouldn't say that. But at least
01:37:20	And now you've got your
01:37:27	Yes, I suppose I do.
01:37:46	Bullshit is a real talent, Auggie.
01:37:51	To make up a good story, a person has to
01:37:58	I'd say you're up
01:38:02	What do you mean?
01:38:06	I mean, it's a good story.
01:38:14	Shit. If you can't share your secrets with
01:38:33	Exactly. Life just wouldn't
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