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(Playground sounds)

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(Train clanking on tracks)

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(Rhythmic drumming)

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(Background chatter
to drumming)

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(Radio commentary:
Baseball game)

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'... against the Cincinnati Reds
here at Shea Stadium.

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'One pitch and he smokes it
into left field! '

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I'm gonna tell you why
they're not going anywhere.

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Management.

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Those guys are walking around
with their heads up their asses.

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They made some good trades -
Carter, Hernandez.

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That was four years ago.
I am talking about now.

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Look who they got rid of. McDowell,
Mitchell, Backman, Aguilera, Dykstra.

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Mookie, Mookie!
Mookie Wilson, for Christ's sake.

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- Don't forget Nolan Ryan.
- Yeah, don't forget Amos Otis.

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Amos Otis!

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The team was good.

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The best team in baseball
and they had to go screw it up.

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(Bell tinkles)

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Hey, Auggie. How's it going?

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Hey, man. Good to see you.
What can I do for you?

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Two tins of Schimmelpennincks.

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Throw in a lighter
while you're at it.

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The boys and me were having
a philosophical discussion

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about women and cigars.

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Yeah, well, I suppose that all
goes back to Queen Elizabeth.

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- The Queen of England?
- Yeah. Not Elizabeth II, Elizabeth I.

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Ever hear
of Sir Walter Raleigh?

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Yeah. He threw his cloak down
over that puddle.

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I used to smoke
Raleigh cigarettes.

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They came
with a free gift coupon.

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That's the man.

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Raleigh was the person
who introduced tobacco in England.

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And since he was a favourite
of the Queen -

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Queen Bess,
he used to call her -

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smoking caught on
as a fashion at court.

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I'm sure old Bess must have shared
a stogie or two with Sir Walter.

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Once, he made a bet with her

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that he could measure
the weight of smoke.

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(Customer)
You mean, weigh smoke?

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Exactly. Weigh smoke.

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(Customer) You can't do that.
It's like weighing air.

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I admit it's strange. It's almost like
weighing someone's soul.

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Sir Walter was a clever guy.
First he took an unsmoked cigar

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and he put it on a balance
and weighed it.

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Then he lit up.
He smoked the cigar,

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carefully tapping the ashes
into the balance pan.

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When he was finished, he put the butt
into the pan along with the ashes

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and weighed
what was there.

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Then he subtracted
that number

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from the original weight
of the unsmoked cigar.

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The difference was the weight
of the smoke.

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(A match flares alight)

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He's a writer.
Lives in the neighbourhood.

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What kind of writer is he?
An underwriter?

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Very funny.

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The cracks you make, Tommy,
I think you should see a doctor.

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You know,
go in for some wit therapy,

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clean out
the valves in your brain.

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Just a joke, Auggie.

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- (Bell tinkles)
- He's a novelist.

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Paul Benjamin.
Ever hear of him?

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That's a stupid question.

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The only things you guys ever read
are the racing forms and sports pages.

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He's published
three or four books.

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Nothing now
for the past few years.

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He run out of ideas
or something?

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He ran out of luck.

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Remember the hold-up here
on Seventh Avenue a few years back?

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The bank?
There were bullets flying.

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Four people got killed
and one of them was Paul's wife.

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The poor lug.
He's never been the same since.

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She stopped in here just before it
happened to stock up on cigars for him.

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She was a nice lady, four or five
months pregnant at the time.

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So when she got killed,
the baby got killed, too.

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Bad day at Black Rock, Auggie.

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It was bad, all right.

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Sometimes I think that if she hadn't
given me exact change that day,

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or if the store
had been more crowded,

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maybe it would've taken
a bit longer to get out of here

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and she wouldn't have stepped
in front of that bullet.

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She'd still be alive.
The baby would've been born.

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Hey! What are you
doing there, kid? Cut it out!

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(Blast of music from car)

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- Hey!
- (Horn blasts)

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You better watch out, man.
You'll get yourself killed like that.

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(Paul) It's a law of the universe.

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You have to let me do something
for you to put the scales in balance.

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It's OK. If I think of something
I'll send my butler over to tell you.

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Please. Let me at least buy you
a cup of coffee.

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I don't drink coffee.

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On the other hand,
since you insist...

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...if you offered me a cold lemonade
I wouldn't say no.

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Good.

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My name is Paul.

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I'm Rashid. Rashid Cole.

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If someone was to offer you a place
to stay, you wouldn't refuse, would you?

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People don't do that kind of thing,
not in New York.

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I'm not people. I'm just me and I do
whatever I goddamn want to do. Got it?

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Thanks. I'll manage.

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In case you're wondering,
I like women, not boys.

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I'm not offering you
a long-term lease.

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I'm just offering you a place to crash
for a couple of nights.

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I can take care of myself,
don't worry.

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Suit yourself.

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In case you change your mind...

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Miss?

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Sue?

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Do you happen to have
a pen I can borrow?

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I need it back.

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In case you change your mind,

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here's my address.

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You never take anything serious,
do you?

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I try not to.
It's better for your health.

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Vincent, you're the guy with the wife,
three kids, the house on Long Island.

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You're the guy with white shoes and a
white Caddy and a white shag carpet.

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But you've had two heart attacks
and I'm still waiting for my first.

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I should stop smoking these.

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Fuckers are gonna kill me
one of these days.

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Enjoy yourself
while you can, Vin.

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They're gonna legislate us
out of business.

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Yeah. They catch you
smoking tobacco,

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they'll line you up against the wall
and shoot you.

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Tobacco today,
sex tomorrow.

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In a few years, it'll be against the law
to smile at strangers.

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You still going ahead with that deal
on the Montecristos?

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Yeah. My guy in Miami said he'd
have them in the next few weeks.

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You don't want to
go in with me?

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$5,000 outlay,
a guaranteed $10,000 return.

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A consortium of lawyers and judges
drooling to get some Cuban cigars.

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I don't care what you do.
Just don't get caught.

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It's still illegal to sell Cuban cigars
in this country.

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It's the law that's buying.
That's the beautiful thing about it.

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When's the last time you heard
of a judge sending himself to jail?

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Just don't keep the boxes here
too long.

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They come in, they go out.

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I gotta go. Terry will bust my chops
if I'm late.

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- See you in September, Auggie.
- OK, my man.

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Are you closed?

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Run out of Schimmelpennincks?

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Could I buy a couple
before you leave?

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No problem.

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It's not as though I'm rushing off
to the opera or anything.

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(Paul clears his throat)

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Looks like someone
forgot a camera.

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Yeah. I did.

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- It's yours?
- It's mine, all right.

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I've owned that sucker
for a long time.

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I didn't know you took pictures.

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I guess you could call it a hobby.

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It only takes me five minutes a day
but I do it every day,

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rain or shine, sleet or snow.

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Sort of like the postman.

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So you're not just some guy
who pushes coins across the counter.

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Well, that's what people see.

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That ain't necessarily what I am.

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They're all the same.

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That's right. More than 4,000 pictures
of the same place,

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the corner of Third Street
and Seventh Avenue at 8 a.m.

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4,000 straight days
in all kinds of weather.

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I can never take a vacation.
I gotta be in my spot every morning.

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Every morning in the same spot,
at the same time.

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00:13:00,821 --> 00:13:03,823
I've never seen anything like this.

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It's my project,

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what you'd call my life's work.

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It's amazing.

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I'm not sure I get it, though.

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What was it that gave you the idea
to do this project?

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I don't know.
It just came to me.

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It's my corner, after all.

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It's just one little part of the world

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but things take place there too,
just like eveywhere else.

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It's a record of my little spot.

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It's kind of overwhelming.

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(Slow piano music)

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(Paul chuckles)

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00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:11,850
You'll never get it
if you don't slow down, my friend.

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00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:14,686
What do you mean?

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I mean, you're going too fast. You're
hardly even looking at the pictures.

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But they're all the same.

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They're all the same but each one
is different from every other one.

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You got your bright mornings
and dark mornings,

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summer light and autumn light.

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You got your weekdays
and weekends.

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You got people in coats and galoshes,
you got people in T-shirts and shorts.

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Sometimes the same people,
sometimes different ones.

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The different ones become the same
and the same ones disappear.

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The Earth revolves around the Sun.

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Every day the light from the Sun
hits the Earth at a different angle.

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Slow down, huh?

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00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:20,168
That's what I recommend.
You know how it is.

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Tomorrow and tomorrow
and tomorrow.

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Time creeps on its petty pace.

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(Piano playing continues)

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Jesus.

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00:16:30,572 --> 00:16:32,198
Look.

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It's Ellen.

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00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:42,208
Yeah. That's her, all right.

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00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:45,294
She's in quite a few
from that year.

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00:16:46,547 --> 00:16:49,173
Must have been
on her way to work.

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00:16:49,299 --> 00:16:51,426
That's Ellen.

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00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:58,474
Look at her.

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00:17:02,604 --> 00:17:05,231
Look at my sweet darling.

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00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:19,787
(Starts to sob)

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00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:19,639
(Door buzzer)

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00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:24,143
(Buzzes again)

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00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,773
- (Buzzes)
- Shit!

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00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,570
(Buzzes)

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00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,281
Who is it?

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00:18:37,407 --> 00:18:38,991
- 'Rashid.'
- Who?

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00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:42,745
'Rashid Cole.
The lemonade kid, remember? '

212
00:18:45,332 --> 00:18:47,583
Yeah, come on up.

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00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:00,596
Come on in.

214
00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:04,892
I didn't expect
to see you again.

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00:19:05,018 --> 00:19:06,978
Same here.

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00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:14,318
But I had a long talk
with my accountant this afternoon

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00:19:14,444 --> 00:19:16,946
to see how a move like this
would affect my tax picture.

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00:19:17,072 --> 00:19:19,198
He said it would be OK.

219
00:19:37,301 --> 00:19:39,343
Time to wake up.

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00:19:43,223 --> 00:19:44,807
Rashid.

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00:19:47,936 --> 00:19:51,814
Up and out. I've got to work.
Slumber party's over.

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00:19:52,816 --> 00:19:54,358
What time is it?

223
00:19:54,484 --> 00:19:56,444
It's 8.30.

224
00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:58,154
It's 8.30?

225
00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,158
You'll find juice, eggs and milk in the
refrigerator. Cereal's in the cupboard.

226
00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:06,621
Coffee's hot, take what you want,
but I gotta get to work. OK?

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00:20:11,668 --> 00:20:15,004
(Tap of typewriter keys)

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00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:54,293
(Crash)

229
00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,464
You make a lot of noise.
I'm trying to work.

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00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:00,841
Sorry. They slipped
out of my hands.

231
00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:03,886
A little less clumsiness
would be nice.

232
00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:08,266
How long
have you been here?

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00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:09,934
Two nights.

234
00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:13,479
And how long did I tell you
you could stay?

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00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:16,107
A couple of nights.

236
00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:19,986
It looks like our time is up,
then, doesn't it?

237
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:30,413
Sorry I messed up.

238
00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:34,292
You've been very kind to me but
all good things must come to an end.

239
00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,794
No hard feelings, OK?

240
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,215
This is a small apartment and I can't
get my work done with you around.

241
00:21:41,341 --> 00:21:43,467
You don't have to apologise.

242
00:21:43,593 --> 00:21:46,137
The coast
is probably clear now.

243
00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,806
Are you gonna be all right?

244
00:21:48,932 --> 00:21:53,769
Absolutely. The world is my oyster,
whatever that means.

245
00:21:53,895 --> 00:21:56,522
Do you need money?
Extra clothes?

246
00:21:56,648 --> 00:21:59,984
Not a penny, not a stitch.
I'm cool, man.

247
00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:07,199
Take care of yourself, OK?

248
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:11,245
You too. Make sure the light is green
before you cross the street.

249
00:22:12,372 --> 00:22:14,457
By the way...

250
00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:16,334
I liked your book.

251
00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:18,961
I think you're
a hell of a good writer.

252
00:23:00,921 --> 00:23:03,422
(Tap of typewriter keys)

253
00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:15,184
(Knock at door)

254
00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:21,190
(Urgent knocking)

255
00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:34,453
- Paul Benjamin?
- Can I help you?

256
00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:38,165
I just want to know
what your game is, mister, that's all.

257
00:23:38,708 --> 00:23:40,835
How did you get
into this building?

258
00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:44,547
I pushed the door and walked in.
What do you think?

259
00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:46,424
The lock is broken again.

260
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:50,636
So you barge in on strangers?
Is that what you do?

261
00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:54,557
- I'm looking for my nephew Thomas.
- Who's Thomas?

262
00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:57,893
I know he's been here.
You can't fool me.

263
00:23:58,019 --> 00:24:00,855
I don't know anyone
named Thomas.

264
00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:05,025
Thomas Cole.
Thomas Jefferson Cole. My nephew.

265
00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:08,821
You mean Rashid?

266
00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:12,825
Rashid? Is that what he told you
his name was?

267
00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:17,538
Well, whatever his name is,
he's not here any more.

268
00:24:17,664 --> 00:24:20,207
He left a couple of days ago.

269
00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:22,877
Why was he here
in the first place?

270
00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:26,714
Why are you messing around with
a black boy? Are you a pervert?

271
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,175
Look, lady, that is enough.

272
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:33,345
If you don't calm down
I'm gonna throw you out of here.

273
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,514
I just want to know
where he is.

274
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,935
As far as I know,
he went back to his parents.

275
00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:44,440
His parents?
Is that what he told you?

276
00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:49,028
He said he lived with his mother
and father on East 74th Street.

277
00:24:50,447 --> 00:24:54,575
I knew he had an imagination. Now he's
made up a whole new life for himself.

278
00:24:56,244 --> 00:24:58,245
Oh, Jesus.

279
00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:05,669
Do you mind if I sit down?

280
00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:16,013
He's been living with me and
his Uncle Henry since he was a baby.

281
00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:18,140
And we don't live
in Manhattan.

282
00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:21,185
We live in Boerum Hill
in the projects.

283
00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:25,606
He doesn't go
to the Trinity School?

284
00:25:25,732 --> 00:25:29,443
He goes to John Jay High School
in Brooklyn.

285
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,447
And his parents?

286
00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:38,786
His mother's dead and he hasn't
seen his father in 12 years.

287
00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:44,750
I shouldn't have let him go.

288
00:25:45,752 --> 00:25:50,339
Did anything happen recently,
unexpected? Anything unusual?

289
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:56,303
There is one thing but I don't think
it has anything to do with this.

290
00:25:56,429 --> 00:25:58,722
A friend of mine called
two weeks ago.

291
00:25:58,848 --> 00:26:04,353
She'd spotted Thomas's father working
at a gas station outside of Peekskill.

292
00:26:04,479 --> 00:26:07,231
And you told your nephew
about that.

293
00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:10,150
I figured he had a right to know.

294
00:26:10,277 --> 00:26:11,652
And?

295
00:26:11,778 --> 00:26:15,322
And nothing.
Thomas looked at me and said,

296
00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:18,951
"I don't have a father. As far as I'm
concerned, the son of a bitch is dead."

297
00:26:21,037 --> 00:26:24,915
(Birdsong)

298
00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:32,149
You gonna sit here all day?

299
00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:35,653
I don't know.
I haven't decided yet.

300
00:27:36,529 --> 00:27:38,906
Why don't you find another spot?

301
00:27:39,032 --> 00:27:43,619
It gives a man the creeps
to be stared at all morning.

302
00:27:43,745 --> 00:27:45,996
It's a free country, isn't it?

303
00:27:46,122 --> 00:27:50,709
As long as I'm not trespassing on
your property, I can sit here for ever.

304
00:27:52,962 --> 00:27:56,882
Let me give you some very
useful information, kid.

305
00:27:57,008 --> 00:28:01,136
There's $2.57 in the cash register
over there.

306
00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:04,431
Considering how long
you've been casing the joint,

307
00:28:04,557 --> 00:28:09,103
I'd say that's about 50 cents an hour
for your pains.

308
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:15,067
Any way you slice it,
it's a losing proposition. OK?

309
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:19,655
I'm not trying to rob you, mister.
Do I look like a thief to you?

310
00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:21,949
I don't know what you look like.

311
00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:26,203
You kind of sprouted up
like a mushroom last night.

312
00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:31,041
You from this town
or going from here to there?

313
00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:35,713
- I'm just passing through.
- You're just passing through.

314
00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:40,467
Lonesome traveller,
just plopped your knapsack down,

315
00:28:40,593 --> 00:28:44,221
sit across from my garage
just to admire the view.

316
00:28:46,182 --> 00:28:50,561
There are a lot better places
to roam, kid.

317
00:28:51,271 --> 00:28:55,941
You know? You don't want to make
a nuisance of yourself, right?

318
00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:58,944
I was working on a sketch.

319
00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:04,366
That garage of yours is so run down,
it's kind of interesting.

320
00:29:04,492 --> 00:29:07,202
Yeah. It's run down.

321
00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:11,540
You drawing a picture of it
ain't gonna improve it.

322
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:16,003
- Let me see what you got.
- It'll cost you five bucks.

323
00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:18,547
Five bucks
just to look at your picture?

324
00:29:18,673 --> 00:29:22,384
Once you look at it you're gonna
want to buy it. That's guaranteed.

325
00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:24,553
It costs five bucks.

326
00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:27,765
If you're not willing to buy it,
you might as well not look.

327
00:29:27,891 --> 00:29:31,643
Once you look at it, it'll just tear
you up and make you miserable.

328
00:29:33,688 --> 00:29:37,483
Son of a bitch.
You're some piece of work, man.

329
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:40,611
I just tell it like it is, mister.

330
00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:43,947
If I'm getting on your nerves,
you might want to hire me.

331
00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:48,577
Are those eyes in your head?

332
00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:53,457
Or are those two brown spots bulging
out of the sockets just marbles?

333
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,459
You've been here all day.

334
00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:57,961
How many people
have you seen come in for gas?

335
00:29:58,087 --> 00:30:00,923
- Not a one.
- Not a one.

336
00:30:01,049 --> 00:30:04,593
- Not a one. Not one customer.
- Nope.

337
00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:12,893
I bought this piece of land, this
piece-of-shit place, three weeks ago.

338
00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:15,896
If it don't pick up business,
I'm going broke.

339
00:30:16,022 --> 00:30:19,566
So what the fuck do I want
to be hiring somebody for?

340
00:30:19,692 --> 00:30:21,944
I can't even pay my own wages.

341
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,696
It was just a thought.

342
00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:27,699
Keep your fuckin' thoughts
to yourself.

343
00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:30,244
Keep your hands to yourself.

344
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:52,307
Auggie.

345
00:30:53,226 --> 00:30:56,186
Auggie, I think there's a customer.

346
00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:03,402
Hello, Auggie.

347
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:09,533
It's really you, isn't it, Auggie?

348
00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:14,413
Christ, Ruby, it's been so long.

349
00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:17,249
I figured you were dead.

350
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:20,836
18 and a half years.

351
00:31:21,796 --> 00:31:23,714
Is that all?

352
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,924
I thought it was about 300.

353
00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:28,635
You're looking good, Auggie.

354
00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:31,805
No, I'm not. I look like shit.

355
00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:36,059
And so do you, Ruby.
You look just awful.

356
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,480
What's with that patch, anyway?

357
00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:43,191
What did you do
with that old blue marble?

358
00:31:43,318 --> 00:31:45,527
Hock it for a bottle of gin?

359
00:31:45,653 --> 00:31:48,155
I don't really want to talk about it.

360
00:31:49,532 --> 00:31:52,159
If you really want to know,
I lost it.

361
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,077
I'm not sorry I did.

362
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:59,416
It was cursed.
Never gave me nothing but grief.

363
00:31:59,542 --> 00:32:03,420
You think it's better to go around
dressed up like Captain Hook?

364
00:32:03,546 --> 00:32:05,672
You always were
a son of a bitch.

365
00:32:05,798 --> 00:32:08,091
A little weasel
with a fast, dirty mouth.

366
00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:13,764
I stayed true to myself, which is more
than I can say about some people.

367
00:32:13,890 --> 00:32:18,226
Look. I came here to talk to you
about something.

368
00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:22,564
The least you can do is listen to what
I have to say. You owe me that much.

369
00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:26,443
I drove from Pittsburgh. I ain't
leaving till you've heard me out.

370
00:32:26,569 --> 00:32:31,239
Fine. Talk away,
lady of my dreams. I'm all ears.

371
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,661
I think this is between you and I.
Maybe we can have some privacy.

372
00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:40,749
You heard her, pipsqueak.

373
00:32:40,875 --> 00:32:44,002
The lady and I
have private business to discuss.

374
00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:45,921
Wait outside.

375
00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:50,050
If anyone tries to come in,
tell them we're closed. You got it?

376
00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:53,679
Yeah, I got it.

377
00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,223
The store's closed.

378
00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,476
When do I tell them it's open?

379
00:32:59,602 --> 00:33:04,398
When I tell you it's open.
It's open when I tell you it's open.

380
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:06,775
OK.

381
00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:10,696
I got it. You don't have to yell.

382
00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:29,006
All right, sugar,
what's on your mind?

383
00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,721
Stop staring at me like that.
It gives me the creeps.

384
00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:38,348
Like what?

385
00:33:38,474 --> 00:33:40,058
Like that.

386
00:33:40,184 --> 00:33:43,478
The way you're staring at me.
I'm not gonna eat you up.

387
00:33:43,604 --> 00:33:47,816
I need your help. If you keep staring
at me I might start screaming.

388
00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:52,821
Help? I don't suppose this help
has anything to do with money, has it?

389
00:33:52,947 --> 00:33:56,533
You jump to conclusions.
I haven't even opened my mouth yet.

390
00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:59,786
Besides, it isn't for me.

391
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,503
It's for our daughter.

392
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:11,965
Our... daughter?

393
00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:17,095
Is that what you said?
Our daughter?

394
00:34:18,765 --> 00:34:23,268
I mean, you might have a daughter
but I sure as hell don't.

395
00:34:23,394 --> 00:34:28,148
Even if I did, which I don't,
she wouldn't be our daughter.

396
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,901
Her name is Felicity.

397
00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:34,029
She just turned 18.

398
00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:38,617
She ran away from Pittsburgh
about a year ago.

399
00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:43,622
She's living here in Brooklyn
with some guy called Chico

400
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:46,124
in some shithole.

401
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,628
She's strung out on crack.

402
00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:54,007
And she's four months pregnant.

403
00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:57,385
I can't bear
to think about that child.

404
00:34:57,512 --> 00:35:00,263
It's our grandchild.
Our grandchild.

405
00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:04,017
Stop it already.
Stop all this crap right now.

406
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,814
- Was it your idea to call her Felicity?
- It means happiness.

407
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:12,943
I know what it means.
That still don't make it a good name.

408
00:35:13,069 --> 00:35:15,737
I don't know
who else to turn to.

409
00:35:15,863 --> 00:35:18,031
You've suckered me before,
sweetheart.

410
00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:20,158
Why should I believe you now?

411
00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:24,746
Why should I lie to you?

412
00:35:25,706 --> 00:35:30,460
You think it's easy coming in here,
talking to you, in this place?

413
00:35:32,713 --> 00:35:37,008
Why would I do that
if I didn't have to?

414
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:42,180
That's what you said when I shoplifted
that necklace for you. Remember?

415
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:46,309
The judge gave me a choice,
either enlist or go to the can.

416
00:35:46,435 --> 00:35:50,397
So I wind up in the navy for four years
instead of going to college.

417
00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:54,568
I watch men lose their arms and legs.
I almost get my head blown off.

418
00:35:54,694 --> 00:36:00,073
And you, sweet Ruby McNutt,
you run off and marry that asshole, Bill.

419
00:36:00,199 --> 00:36:04,035
You didn't write to me for over a year.
What was I supposed to think?

420
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:06,621
Well, I lost my pen.

421
00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:09,332
By the time I got a new one,
I was clean out of paper.

422
00:36:09,458 --> 00:36:12,544
It was all over with Bill
before you came home.

423
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:18,049
You may not remember it now but you
were pretty hot to see me back then.

424
00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:23,889
You weren't so lukewarm yourself.

425
00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,267
At least at first.

426
00:36:28,102 --> 00:36:31,062
It fizzled, baby.
That's the way it goes.

427
00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:36,693
We had our good times.
It wasn't all bad.

428
00:36:37,987 --> 00:36:40,864
A couple of moments,
I'll grant you that.

429
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:43,992
That's how Felicity
came into the picture.

430
00:36:44,118 --> 00:36:45,619
One of those two seconds.

431
00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:49,122
You're conning me, sweetheart.
I ain't responsible for no baby.

432
00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:56,254
I thought I could handle it.

433
00:36:59,258 --> 00:37:04,054
I didn't want to bug you.
I thought I could handle it on my own.

434
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:07,140
And I couldn't.

435
00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:12,145
She's in it real bad, Auggie.

436
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:16,066
(Raised voices outside)

437
00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:19,110
Nice try, old girl.
I'd like to help you.

438
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,529
You know,
for old times' sake.

439
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,492
But I really can't right now.

440
00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:29,120
All my spare cash is tied up
in a business venture.

441
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,581
I haven't collected
on my profits yet.

442
00:37:31,707 --> 00:37:34,334
You caught me
at the wrong time.

443
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:37,420
You really are
a cold-hearted bastard.

444
00:37:38,297 --> 00:37:40,632
How'd you get to be so mean?

445
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:45,762
I know. You think I'm lying to you.
But I'm not. Every word is the truth.

446
00:37:45,888 --> 00:37:49,182
Hey, the store's closed.
Did you hear what the kid said?

447
00:37:49,308 --> 00:37:54,271
- Your sign says you're open till six.
- The goddamn store's closed!

448
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:58,275
- Ma vaffanculo!
- Get out, you fat fuck.

449
00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:01,463
Tell you what.

450
00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:04,132
If you want to work,
I'll give you a job.

451
00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:08,636
See that upstairs room,
the one above the office?

452
00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:12,182
It's a mess.

453
00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:15,268
It looks like they've been
throwing junk in there for 20 years.

454
00:39:15,394 --> 00:39:17,187
It needs to be cleaned up.

455
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,357
What you offering?

456
00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,319
Five bucks an hour.
That's the going rate, right?

457
00:39:27,114 --> 00:39:32,827
It's about a quarter past two now.
My wife's gonna pick me up about 5.30.

458
00:39:32,953 --> 00:39:36,956
That gives you about three hours.
If you can't finish today, finish tomorrow.

459
00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:41,961
Is there a benefits package or
are you hiring me on a freelance basis?

460
00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:46,341
Benefits?

461
00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:50,345
You know, health insurance,
dental plan, paid vacation.

462
00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:52,097
It's not fun being exploited.

463
00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,474
Workers have to stand up
for their rights.

464
00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,479
Yeah.

465
00:39:59,605 --> 00:40:04,484
No, I think we're gonna work
on a strictly freelance basis here.

466
00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:11,866
- Five dollars an hour?
- Yeah.

467
00:40:17,164 --> 00:40:19,666
All right, I'll take it.

468
00:40:28,050 --> 00:40:30,218
Cyrus Cole.

469
00:40:30,886 --> 00:40:33,179
I'm Paul.

470
00:40:33,305 --> 00:40:35,765
Paul Benjamin.

471
00:41:54,970 --> 00:41:57,096
- Let's take a pause, kid.
- All right.

472
00:41:57,223 --> 00:41:59,140
- Relax.
- OK.

473
00:42:28,295 --> 00:42:30,338
I don't mean to be nosy,

474
00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:32,882
but I was wondering
what happened to your arm.

475
00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:39,055
It's an ugly piece of hardware,
isn't it?

476
00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:49,440
I'll tell you what happened to me.
I'll tell you what happened.

477
00:42:52,236 --> 00:42:56,281
Twelve years ago,
God looked down on me.

478
00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:59,450
He said, "Cyrus...

479
00:43:00,452 --> 00:43:05,164
"you're a bad,
stupid, selfish man.

480
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:12,463
"First, I'm gonna
fill your body with spirits.

481
00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:17,260
"Then I'm gonna put you
behind the wheel of a car.

482
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:24,559
"Then I'm gonna have you
crash that car,

483
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:27,687
"kill the woman that loves you.

484
00:43:28,647 --> 00:43:32,483
"But you, Cyrus,
I'm gonna let you live.

485
00:43:33,902 --> 00:43:37,488
"Because living's a lot worse
than dying, kid.

486
00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:41,826
"But just to make sure
that you don't forget...

487
00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:46,914
"...what you did
to that poor girl...

488
00:43:48,667 --> 00:43:53,504
"...I'm gonna rip off your arm
and replace it with a hook."

489
00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:59,010
Now, he could have ripped off
both my arms and both my legs.

490
00:43:59,136 --> 00:44:03,556
But, no, he was merciful.

491
00:44:04,516 --> 00:44:09,437
He just ripped off... my left arm.

492
00:44:13,609 --> 00:44:16,736
So every time
I look at this hook...

493
00:44:18,614 --> 00:44:21,324
...I can remember...

494
00:44:24,703 --> 00:44:29,415
...what a bad,
stupid, selfish man I am.

495
00:44:33,295 --> 00:44:35,963
Let that be
a lesson to you, Cyrus.

496
00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:40,134
A lesson so you can
mend your ways. A warning.

497
00:44:41,303 --> 00:44:44,180
So, have you mended
your ways?

498
00:44:48,769 --> 00:44:50,812
I try.

499
00:44:51,605 --> 00:44:53,898
Every day.

500
00:45:18,173 --> 00:45:20,633
- Hey.
- Hey.

501
00:45:21,427 --> 00:45:23,386
How you doing? All right?

502
00:45:23,512 --> 00:45:28,516
If I have to wash one more old lady's
hair my fingers are gonna fall off.

503
00:45:28,642 --> 00:45:30,852
That's good.
It means you're busy.

504
00:45:30,978 --> 00:45:33,730
It's kind of sleepy over here.

505
00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:37,233
It's early days yet.

506
00:45:39,403 --> 00:45:41,487
Look who's here.

507
00:45:41,613 --> 00:45:44,615
(Cyrus growls playfully)

508
00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:48,161
- Let's come out and see.
- How you doing?

509
00:45:55,878 --> 00:45:57,962
OK, let's go.

510
00:46:03,051 --> 00:46:05,261
(Car engine starts up)

511
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:51,265
(Doorbell)

512
00:47:04,780 --> 00:47:06,072
It's you.

513
00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:09,575
I just wanted to give you this
as a token of my appreciation.

514
00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:13,830
Appreciation for what?

515
00:47:13,956 --> 00:47:16,582
I don't know.
For helping me out.

516
00:47:20,796 --> 00:47:24,507
- Where did you get that thing?
- I bought it.

517
00:47:26,301 --> 00:47:29,345
29.95 on sale,

518
00:47:29,471 --> 00:47:31,889
Goldbaum's TV and Radio.

519
00:47:34,476 --> 00:47:37,562
Well, I guess
that just about does it.

520
00:47:37,688 --> 00:47:42,525
Now you'll be able to watch the games
as a break from your work.

521
00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:44,944
Where do you think
you're going?

522
00:47:45,070 --> 00:47:47,572
I'm meeting my accountant.

523
00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:50,867
Cut it out, will you?
Just cut it out.

524
00:47:51,451 --> 00:47:53,244
Come back here.

525
00:47:53,370 --> 00:47:55,580
I don't really have time.

526
00:47:55,706 --> 00:47:58,040
Close the door.

527
00:48:03,922 --> 00:48:06,591
Sit in this chair.

528
00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:17,268
Now listen carefully.

529
00:48:19,938 --> 00:48:23,316
Your Aunt Em came by
a couple of days ago.

530
00:48:28,989 --> 00:48:33,367
She was sick with worry.
She was out of her mind.

531
00:48:34,578 --> 00:48:37,580
We had an interesting talk
about you...

532
00:48:39,207 --> 00:48:41,125
...Thomas.

533
00:48:42,669 --> 00:48:44,587
You understand
what I'm saying?

534
00:48:46,465 --> 00:48:48,674
Your Aunt Em thinks
you're in trouble.

535
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,469
And so do I.

536
00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:57,767
Tell me about it, kid.
I want to hear all about it right now.

537
00:48:59,728 --> 00:49:01,354
You don't want to know.

538
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:05,816
I don't? What makes you an authority
on what I want and don't want?

539
00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:08,527
- OK, OK.
- Well...

540
00:49:13,367 --> 00:49:15,451
- Jesus.
- OK.

541
00:49:20,707 --> 00:49:23,125
It's all so stupid.

542
00:49:24,044 --> 00:49:27,505
There's this guy,
Charles Clemm, the Creeper.

543
00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:29,465
That's what people call him.

544
00:49:29,591 --> 00:49:32,218
The kind of guy you don't want
to cross paths with.

545
00:49:34,012 --> 00:49:36,180
I crossed paths with him.

546
00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:39,266
So I'm staying clear
of my neighbourhood.

547
00:49:39,393 --> 00:49:42,895
Is this to do with whatever it was
you weren't supposed to see?

548
00:49:43,021 --> 00:49:44,605
Yes.

549
00:49:46,274 --> 00:49:47,775
I was walking by.

550
00:49:47,901 --> 00:49:51,904
The Creeper and this other guy
run out of the cheque-cashing place

551
00:49:52,030 --> 00:49:55,032
wearing masks
and carrying guns.

552
00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:58,035
They just about
run smack into me.

553
00:49:58,161 --> 00:50:00,246
The Creeper recognises me

554
00:50:00,372 --> 00:50:02,832
and I know
he knows that I recognise him.

555
00:50:03,917 --> 00:50:09,130
If the guy from the cheque-cashing
place hadn't run out screaming,

556
00:50:09,256 --> 00:50:11,966
the Creeper would have shot me
right there on the sidewalk.

557
00:50:13,385 --> 00:50:15,803
But the noise distracted him.

558
00:50:15,929 --> 00:50:18,931
When he turned around,
I took off.

559
00:50:20,934 --> 00:50:23,310
One more second
and I would've been dead.

560
00:50:27,274 --> 00:50:29,233
Why don't you go to the police?

561
00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:31,527
The man has friends.

562
00:50:31,653 --> 00:50:35,322
They're not likely to forgive me
if I testify against him.

563
00:50:35,449 --> 00:50:39,869
Why do you think you're safer here?
It's only a mile from where you live.

564
00:50:39,995 --> 00:50:43,581
It's not that far away
but it's another galaxy.

565
00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:46,000
Black is black
and white is white

566
00:50:46,793 --> 00:50:49,170
and never the twain shall meet.

567
00:50:51,381 --> 00:50:54,717
Well, it looks like they've met
in this apartment.

568
00:50:55,886 --> 00:50:57,887
Let's not get too idealistic.

569
00:50:58,013 --> 00:51:03,017
(Laughs) Fair enough.
I wouldn't want to get carried away.

570
00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:12,818
What?

571
00:51:15,822 --> 00:51:19,575
Call your Aunt Em
and tell her you're still alive.

572
00:51:19,701 --> 00:51:22,244
(TV: Baseball commentary)

573
00:51:29,503 --> 00:51:31,712
'It's hard to watch him swing a bat

574
00:51:31,838 --> 00:51:36,967
'without thinking of that pitch that broke
one of his fingers a few years ago.'

575
00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:41,472
(TV crackles -
commentary distorted)

576
00:51:56,863 --> 00:51:59,990
(♪ LOUIS PRIMA:
"Brooklyn Boogie")

577
00:52:23,306 --> 00:52:27,726
- Get in. I got something to show you.
- You don't give up, do you?

578
00:52:27,853 --> 00:52:31,730
I'm not asking you to do anything,
just come with me.

579
00:52:31,857 --> 00:52:36,193
- Where to?
- Don't ask questions. Get in the car!

580
00:52:38,071 --> 00:52:40,781
I told her she was gonna
meet her father.

581
00:52:40,907 --> 00:52:44,660
- You what?
- Otherwise she wasn't gonna see me.

582
00:52:44,786 --> 00:52:49,707
- I think you'd better stop the car.
- No, no. Just relax. Please? Relax.

583
00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:53,419
You just gotta go in there
and pretend a little bit.

584
00:52:53,545 --> 00:52:55,880
It wouldn't kill you
to do me a favour.

585
00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:59,675
- Besides, you might learn something.
- Like what?

586
00:52:59,801 --> 00:53:03,554
Like I wasn't bullshitting you.
Like I was telling you the truth.

587
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:05,681
I'm not saying
you don't have a daughter.

588
00:53:05,807 --> 00:53:08,559
But she's not my daughter.

589
00:53:08,685 --> 00:53:11,687
- Wait till you see her, Auggie.
- What's that supposed to mean?

590
00:53:11,813 --> 00:53:15,482
- She looks just like you.
- Cut it out.

591
00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:18,903
- I gotta tell you something...
- Just cut it out.

592
00:53:19,029 --> 00:53:24,325
When I told her she was gonna
meet her father, she melted.

593
00:53:24,451 --> 00:53:27,369
She hasn't spoken nice to me
since she left home.

594
00:53:27,495 --> 00:53:29,872
She's dying to see you, Auggie.

595
00:53:38,423 --> 00:53:40,507
Nice neighbourhood,

596
00:53:40,634 --> 00:53:43,761
full of happy,
prosperous people.

597
00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,888
Honey? Felicity?

598
00:53:46,723 --> 00:53:50,976
- (Knocks on door)
- (Voices on stairs)

599
00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:15,084
- Well?
- Well, what?

600
00:54:17,712 --> 00:54:20,381
Aren't you gonna say anything?

601
00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:22,299
What do you want me to say?

602
00:54:23,176 --> 00:54:25,052
I don't know.

603
00:54:25,178 --> 00:54:29,139
"Hello, Mom, hello, Dad."
Something like that.

604
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:33,435
I ain't got no Daddy. I got born
when some dog fucked you up the ass.

605
00:54:33,561 --> 00:54:37,439
Jesus Christ.
This is all I need.

606
00:54:37,565 --> 00:54:40,985
You said
that you wanted to see him.

607
00:54:41,111 --> 00:54:43,153
Well, here he is.

608
00:54:44,114 --> 00:54:45,572
I might have said that.

609
00:54:45,699 --> 00:54:49,576
Chico told me to check him out,
see if there might be some dough for us.

610
00:54:51,538 --> 00:54:54,456
I've seen him now
and I'm not too impressed.

611
00:54:54,582 --> 00:54:58,043
- Are you rich, mister?
- Yeah, I'm a millionaire.

612
00:54:58,169 --> 00:55:02,047
I walk around in disguise because
I'm ashamed of all my money.

613
00:55:02,173 --> 00:55:05,467
Sweetie, come on.
Please be nice.

614
00:55:05,593 --> 00:55:08,095
- Get away from me!
- We're trying to help you!

615
00:55:08,221 --> 00:55:12,516
I've got a man, which is more than
you can say for yourself, Hawkeye.

616
00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:15,561
Hey, don't talk
to your mother like that.

617
00:55:17,605 --> 00:55:22,151
Are you telling me
you actually slept with this guy?

618
00:55:22,277 --> 00:55:25,696
Are you telling me
you actually let him fuck you?

619
00:55:25,822 --> 00:55:28,699
You can do what you want
with your own life.

620
00:55:29,743 --> 00:55:32,119
We're here for that baby.

621
00:55:32,245 --> 00:55:37,791
Why don't you get yourself cleaned up
for the baby before it's too late?

622
00:55:41,046 --> 00:55:45,841
- What baby?
- Your baby. The baby inside your body.

623
00:55:45,967 --> 00:55:48,927
There ain't no baby.
There's nothing in there.

624
00:55:49,054 --> 00:55:51,055
(Wailing sirens outside)

625
00:55:53,058 --> 00:55:55,309
What are you talking about?

626
00:55:57,145 --> 00:56:00,564
An abortion, stupid. I had an abortion
the day before yesterday.

627
00:56:02,817 --> 00:56:06,820
There's no baby. You don't have
to bug me about that shit any more.

628
00:56:09,449 --> 00:56:10,824
Bye-bye, baby.

629
00:56:19,834 --> 00:56:22,086
Come on.
Let's get out of here.

630
00:56:22,212 --> 00:56:24,671
Yeah, you'd better go.

631
00:56:24,798 --> 00:56:26,924
Chico will be back in a minute.

632
00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:30,594
I don't think your boyfriend
wants to mess with Chico.

633
00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:32,846
Chico's a real man,

634
00:56:32,972 --> 00:56:37,893
not some scuzzy dickhead you picked
out of last month's garbage, you hear?

635
00:56:40,271 --> 00:56:43,732
He'll chop Mister Dad here
into little pieces.

636
00:56:43,858 --> 00:56:45,901
That's a promise.

637
00:56:47,570 --> 00:56:49,571
He'll kick the living shit
out of him.

638
00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:13,095
Listen carefully.

639
00:57:16,307 --> 00:57:20,727
About 25 years ago,
there was a young man

640
00:57:20,854 --> 00:57:25,274
who went skiing
alone in the Alps.

641
00:57:26,484 --> 00:57:28,777
There was an avalanche.

642
00:57:30,572 --> 00:57:32,948
The snow swallowed him up

643
00:57:34,159 --> 00:57:36,660
and his body
was never recovered.

644
00:57:36,786 --> 00:57:41,248
- The end.
- No, no, not the end. The beginning.

645
00:57:46,212 --> 00:57:47,671
His son...

646
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:52,217
...was just a little boy
at the time.

647
00:57:52,343 --> 00:57:54,595
But the years passed

648
00:57:54,721 --> 00:57:57,806
and he grew up
to be a skier, too.

649
00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:04,605
And one day last winter, he went out
alone for a run down the mountain.

650
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:09,651
He gets about halfway
to the bottom

651
00:58:09,777 --> 00:58:15,115
and he stops to eat his lunch
beside a big rock.

652
00:58:16,242 --> 00:58:20,662
Just as he's unwrapping
his cheese sandwich,

653
00:58:20,788 --> 00:58:23,707
he looks down

654
00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:29,213
and sees a body right there
at his feet, frozen in the ice.

655
00:58:30,924 --> 00:58:34,009
He bends down
to take a closer look.

656
00:58:35,178 --> 00:58:41,266
Suddenly he feels
that he's looking in the mirror,

657
00:58:41,392 --> 00:58:45,187
that he's looking at himself.
There he is, dead.

658
00:58:45,313 --> 00:58:49,107
The body is perfectly intact,
frozen in a block of ice

659
00:58:49,234 --> 00:58:54,196
like someone preserved
in suspended animation.

660
00:58:54,322 --> 00:58:56,698
He gets down on all fours,

661
00:58:56,824 --> 00:59:00,869
looks right
into the dead man's face.

662
00:59:04,791 --> 00:59:08,460
And he realises he's looking
at his father.

663
00:59:12,173 --> 00:59:14,299
And the strange thing is

664
00:59:14,425 --> 00:59:19,972
that the father is younger
than the son is now.

665
00:59:22,976 --> 00:59:25,936
The boy has become a man.

666
00:59:26,437 --> 00:59:32,401
And it turns out that he's older
than his own father.

667
00:59:45,999 --> 00:59:48,542
What are you gonna do today?

668
00:59:51,713 --> 00:59:54,923
I don't know. Read, think.

669
00:59:55,049 --> 00:59:58,218
Do some drawings
if I get in the mood.

670
00:59:58,344 --> 01:00:01,555
But tonight I'm gonna celebrate.
That's definite.

671
01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:03,432
Celebrate what?

672
01:00:03,558 --> 01:00:05,392
It's my birthday.

673
01:00:05,518 --> 01:00:09,479
I'm 17 years old
as of 47 minutes ago.

674
01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:12,232
I think I should celebrate
making it this far.

675
01:00:12,358 --> 01:00:15,652
Hey, hey. Happy birthday.

676
01:00:25,413 --> 01:00:27,372
Oh, dear.

677
01:00:32,629 --> 01:00:36,506
I thought I recognised you. You're
Paul Benjamin, the writer, aren't you?

678
01:00:39,844 --> 01:00:41,803
I confess.

679
01:00:44,098 --> 01:00:47,559
I keep waiting
for the next novel to come out.

680
01:00:48,436 --> 01:00:50,812
Anything in the works?

681
01:00:51,314 --> 01:00:52,898
Well, I...

682
01:00:53,024 --> 01:00:58,570
It's coming along. He'll have a story
finished by the end of the summer.

683
01:00:58,696 --> 01:01:00,238
(April) Wonderful.

684
01:01:01,074 --> 01:01:03,825
I'm sorry that this is
at the last minute.

685
01:01:03,951 --> 01:01:07,204
Mr Benjamin and I are attending
a celebration tonight.

686
01:01:07,330 --> 01:01:11,416
We would be most pleased
if you chose to accompany us.

687
01:01:11,542 --> 01:01:13,752
Isn't that right, Mr Benjamin?

688
01:01:18,049 --> 01:01:21,510
Yes. We would be honoured.

689
01:01:22,887 --> 01:01:26,348
- What's the occasion?
- It's my birthday.

690
01:01:26,474 --> 01:01:30,852
And how many people will be
attending this birthday party?

691
01:01:30,978 --> 01:01:32,521
I wouldn't call it a party.

692
01:01:32,647 --> 01:01:37,234
It's more a dinner
in celebration of my birthday.

693
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:39,528
The guest list
is quite restricted so far.

694
01:01:39,654 --> 01:01:42,239
There's Mr Benjamin and myself.

695
01:01:42,365 --> 01:01:44,533
If you accept
that will make three of us.

696
01:01:44,659 --> 01:01:47,994
A cosy dinner.
Aren't threesomes a little awkward?

697
01:01:48,121 --> 01:01:51,832
- What's the phrase? Three's a crowd.
- I'm aware of that.

698
01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:55,460
I have to keep an eye
on Mr Benjamin wherever he goes,

699
01:01:55,586 --> 01:01:57,713
make sure
he doesn't get into trouble.

700
01:01:57,839 --> 01:01:59,840
Are you his chaperone?

701
01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:02,968
Actually... I'm his father.

702
01:02:04,971 --> 01:02:08,390
Most people assume
that I'm his father,

703
01:02:08,516 --> 01:02:12,102
seeing as
how I'm older than he is.

704
01:02:12,228 --> 01:02:15,564
But the fact is
that the reverse is true.

705
01:02:15,690 --> 01:02:19,776
He's my father and...

706
01:02:19,902 --> 01:02:21,987
...I'm his son.

707
01:02:23,156 --> 01:02:26,908
(♪ TOM WAITS:
"Downtown Train")

708
01:02:27,535 --> 01:02:30,746
♪ Nothing will ever
capture your heart

709
01:02:30,872 --> 01:02:32,414
Auggie?

710
01:02:32,957 --> 01:02:35,375
Hey, man.

711
01:02:37,378 --> 01:02:42,090
This is April Lee.
April Lee, say hello to Auggie Wren.

712
01:02:42,216 --> 01:02:44,050
Howdy, Miss April.

713
01:02:44,177 --> 01:02:46,344
I'm pleased
to make your acquaintance.

714
01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:52,225
And this here, pretty little lady,
is Miss Violet Sanchez de Jalapeno!

715
01:02:54,020 --> 01:02:57,814
The hottest chilli pepper
this side of the Rio Grande.

716
01:02:57,940 --> 01:02:59,483
Ain't that so, baby?

717
01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:03,904
That's right, Augusto.
You not so cold neither, baby!

718
01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:06,573
I love this guy!

719
01:03:06,699 --> 01:03:09,075
What are you doing
in a dive like this?

720
01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:13,163
It's Rashid's birthday
and we decided to whoop it up.

721
01:03:13,289 --> 01:03:15,624
- How old, kid?
- Seventeen.

722
01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:18,293
Seventeen!

723
01:03:23,216 --> 01:03:24,841
I remember...

724
01:03:24,967 --> 01:03:28,220
When I was seventeen...

725
01:03:31,933 --> 01:03:33,683
Christ.

726
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:36,436
When I was seventeen,

727
01:03:36,562 --> 01:03:40,315
I was a whacked-out
little son of a bitch.

728
01:03:40,900 --> 01:03:44,402
Is that you, son?
Are you a whacked-out, crazy kid?

729
01:03:44,529 --> 01:03:47,030
Definitely.
That's exactly right.

730
01:03:47,156 --> 01:03:51,535
Good. Keep it up. Maybe you'll
grow up to be a great man like me.

731
01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:53,620
Yes, yes, yes!

732
01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:57,541
He's a great man, he is.

733
01:03:58,084 --> 01:03:59,417
Bye.

734
01:04:01,295 --> 01:04:06,967
Auggie, do you need any help
in the store, some summer help?

735
01:04:07,552 --> 01:04:11,388
Help? What did you
have in mind?

736
01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:16,142
I've been thinking about the kid.
I'm sure he'd do a good job for you.

737
01:04:16,269 --> 01:04:20,188
Hey, kid.
Are you interested in a job?

738
01:04:20,314 --> 01:04:25,110
Your employment agency says you're
looking for a position in retail sales.

739
01:04:25,236 --> 01:04:29,072
A job. I definitely would not
turn down a job.

740
01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:35,161
Come to the cigar store tomorrow
morning at ten and we'll talk about it.

741
01:04:35,288 --> 01:04:38,832
- Ten o'clock tomorrow. I'll be there.
- Let's go.

742
01:04:39,876 --> 01:04:43,628
- I owe you one. I won't forget.
- Bye!

743
01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:06,401
It's 1942, right?

744
01:05:07,486 --> 01:05:13,575
He's in Leningrad during the siege,
one of the worst moments in history.

745
01:05:13,701 --> 01:05:16,995
500,000 people
died in that one place.

746
01:05:17,121 --> 01:05:21,541
And there's Bakhtin, holed up in an
apartment, expecting to die any day.

747
01:05:21,667 --> 01:05:24,920
He has plenty
of tobacco but no paper.

748
01:05:25,046 --> 01:05:30,175
He takes the pages of a manuscript
he's been working on for ten years

749
01:05:30,301 --> 01:05:32,928
and tears them up
to roll his cigarettes.

750
01:05:33,054 --> 01:05:36,514
- His only copy?
- His only copy.

751
01:05:41,145 --> 01:05:44,064
You think you're gonna die,
what do you want?

752
01:05:44,190 --> 01:05:45,732
A good book or a good smoke?

753
01:05:46,901 --> 01:05:52,197
So he huffed and he puffed
and little by little he smoked his book.

754
01:05:53,908 --> 01:05:57,327
Nice try.
You had me going, but no.

755
01:05:57,453 --> 01:06:01,456
No writer would do
a thing like that. Would he?

756
01:06:03,209 --> 01:06:05,794
You don't believe me?

757
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,713
All right. I'll show you.
It's all in this book.

758
01:06:13,010 --> 01:06:15,553
- What is this?
- I don't know.

759
01:06:17,682 --> 01:06:18,890
Is this yours?

760
01:06:20,559 --> 01:06:22,519
Yeah, it might be.

761
01:06:23,896 --> 01:06:25,230
Catch.

762
01:06:30,277 --> 01:06:34,447
So you're saying that
it wasn't like that at all.

763
01:06:34,573 --> 01:06:38,576
Not exactly. There was more to it
than I told you.

764
01:06:38,703 --> 01:06:42,998
You didn't just see it. They dropped
the package on the ground

765
01:06:43,124 --> 01:06:45,750
and you picked it up?

766
01:06:46,669 --> 01:06:48,378
I picked it up.

767
01:06:48,504 --> 01:06:50,755
And started to run?

768
01:06:51,257 --> 01:06:53,299
And started to run.

769
01:06:56,887 --> 01:06:59,264
Good thinking.

770
01:06:59,390 --> 01:07:04,519
That's just it. I wasn't thinking.
I just... I just did it.

771
01:07:04,645 --> 01:07:08,606
You've got a hell of a knack
for getting into trouble.

772
01:07:08,733 --> 01:07:10,191
How much is in there?

773
01:07:10,317 --> 01:07:12,819
- $6,000.
- What?

774
01:07:12,945 --> 01:07:16,531
$5,814, to be exact.

775
01:07:17,867 --> 01:07:22,412
So, you robbed the robbers
and now the robbers are after you.

776
01:07:22,538 --> 01:07:24,789
That's it in a nutshell.

777
01:07:24,915 --> 01:07:29,002
Yeah, well, you have got to be crazy
to do what you did.

778
01:07:31,172 --> 01:07:35,675
You should take that money back
to the Creeper and tell him you're sorry.

779
01:07:35,801 --> 01:07:38,094
No way.
This is my money now.

780
01:07:38,220 --> 01:07:41,181
It's no use
if the Creeper finds you.

781
01:07:41,307 --> 01:07:44,559
This money is my whole future.

782
01:07:45,728 --> 01:07:49,022
With an attitude like that
you're not going to have a future.

783
01:07:50,816 --> 01:07:54,319
Seventeen
is a hell of an age to die.

784
01:07:56,447 --> 01:07:58,656
Is that what you want?

785
01:08:01,744 --> 01:08:04,037
(Radio - News report)

786
01:08:04,163 --> 01:08:07,248
(Auggie sings to himself)

787
01:08:08,751 --> 01:08:11,419
I'll be back in about an hour.

788
01:08:11,545 --> 01:08:16,257
- Keep your eye on the register.
- Sure thing. See you later.

789
01:08:21,555 --> 01:08:25,809
'... but the intent is clear. The main thing,
said the President, is to stop the oil

790
01:08:26,018 --> 01:08:28,937
'from coming out of there
and that's what we'll do.

791
01:08:29,063 --> 01:08:32,232
'That's what the Saudis
have also decided to do.

792
01:08:32,358 --> 01:08:37,320
'The Saudi decision to turn away Iraqi
tankers is the key to this stalemate.

793
01:08:37,446 --> 01:08:39,739
'It is a decision the Saudis... '

794
01:08:48,916 --> 01:08:51,334
(♪ Radio on - Music)

795
01:08:54,713 --> 01:08:56,673
(Water trickles)

796
01:09:03,222 --> 01:09:05,265
(♪ Music masks trickling)

797
01:09:10,396 --> 01:09:12,814
Jesus God, save me.

798
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:17,527
(Shop bell)

799
01:09:17,653 --> 01:09:23,658
It may be illegal but I don't see what
the problem is if there's no victim.

800
01:09:23,784 --> 01:09:27,537
This is like going to a speakeasy
during Prohibition.

801
01:09:27,663 --> 01:09:29,914
Forbidden pleasures.

802
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:32,542
- Any business?
- A little, not much.

803
01:09:32,668 --> 01:09:36,296
Step this way, gentlemen.
Let's retire to my office.

804
01:09:39,758 --> 01:09:42,302
What the fuck
is going on here?

805
01:09:46,807 --> 01:09:49,893
Look! The goddamn place
is flooded!

806
01:09:50,436 --> 01:09:52,687
Holy fucking shit.

807
01:09:53,355 --> 01:09:55,523
(Quiet music plays)

808
01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:44,072
- The kid's sorry, Auggie.
- Yeah?

809
01:10:45,532 --> 01:10:47,367
Well, I'm sorry, too.

810
01:10:49,245 --> 01:10:52,956
It took me three years to save up
those 5,000 bucks and now I'm broke.

811
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:56,167
I can't hardly pay for this beer.

812
01:11:01,715 --> 01:11:04,884
Not to speak of having
my credibility destroyed.

813
01:11:05,010 --> 01:11:06,844
Do you understand?

814
01:11:08,013 --> 01:11:10,014
My credibility.

815
01:11:14,144 --> 01:11:16,062
So yeah, I'm sorry, too.

816
01:11:16,188 --> 01:11:19,232
I'm sorry as I've ever been
in my whole fuckin' life.

817
01:11:25,406 --> 01:11:28,866
The kid's got something
to tell you, Auggie.

818
01:11:28,993 --> 01:11:32,787
If he's got something to say,
why don't he tell me himself?

819
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:37,417
- It's for you.
- For me?

820
01:11:38,711 --> 01:11:40,920
What am I supposed
to do with a paper bag?

821
01:11:41,046 --> 01:11:42,922
Open it.

822
01:12:06,655 --> 01:12:08,573
Is this some kind of joke?

823
01:12:09,199 --> 01:12:11,034
No, it's $5,000.

824
01:12:30,220 --> 01:12:32,597
I don't want your money,
you little twerp.

825
01:12:34,058 --> 01:12:36,100
It's probably stolen anyway.

826
01:12:37,269 --> 01:12:39,937
What do you care? It's yours.

827
01:12:40,064 --> 01:12:42,940
Why do you want
to give me money?

828
01:12:43,067 --> 01:12:44,984
To get my job back.

829
01:12:46,779 --> 01:12:49,197
You're a dumb
whacked-out little fuck.

830
01:12:49,323 --> 01:12:53,451
Don't be an ass, Auggie.
He's trying to make it up to you.

831
01:12:55,162 --> 01:12:57,830
- He's crazy.
- No, he's not. You are.

832
01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:02,335
You're right.
I just didn't think you knew.

833
01:13:02,461 --> 01:13:04,629
You didn't think I knew?

834
01:13:04,755 --> 01:13:06,798
It's written all over you like a...

835
01:13:08,926 --> 01:13:10,343
...like a neon sign.

836
01:13:21,063 --> 01:13:25,233
Now you say something nice
to Rashid to help him feel better.

837
01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:40,415
Fuck you, kid.

838
01:13:40,541 --> 01:13:44,001
Fuck you, too,
you white son of a bitch.

839
01:13:47,131 --> 01:13:51,676
Good.

840
01:13:52,845 --> 01:13:55,346
I'm glad that's settled.

841
01:13:56,014 --> 01:13:57,723
(Knocking on door)

842
01:14:03,063 --> 01:14:05,189
(Knocking persists)

843
01:14:09,736 --> 01:14:12,613
(Urgent knocking)

844
01:14:16,785 --> 01:14:19,579
(Banging on door)

845
01:14:23,542 --> 01:14:25,626
Mr Benjamin? Yo.

846
01:14:26,753 --> 01:14:29,422
Mr Benjamin, I presume.

847
01:14:29,548 --> 01:14:32,049
You got a security problem
in this building.

848
01:14:32,176 --> 01:14:35,094
The lock downstairs is busted.

849
01:14:35,220 --> 01:14:37,555
It's not good
in these troubled times.

850
01:14:37,681 --> 01:14:41,684
You never know what trash
might wander in off the streets.

851
01:14:41,810 --> 01:14:44,854
I'll have the landlord
look into it tomorrow.

852
01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:46,564
Yeah, you do that.

853
01:14:46,690 --> 01:14:49,567
You don't want
any unpleasant surprises, do you?

854
01:14:51,111 --> 01:14:54,113
Who do I have the pleasure
of talking to?

855
01:14:55,824 --> 01:14:57,200
Pleasure?

856
01:14:57,326 --> 01:15:01,704
No, I wouldn't exactly
call this pleasure, funny man.

857
01:15:02,915 --> 01:15:05,541
This here is more
in the nature of business.

858
01:15:07,878 --> 01:15:10,588
It doesn't matter.
I know who you are anyway.

859
01:15:13,091 --> 01:15:15,968
- You're the Creeper, aren't you?
- The what?

860
01:15:17,471 --> 01:15:21,682
Listen. Nobody calls Charles
that name to his face!

861
01:15:21,808 --> 01:15:24,101
- Do you understand me?
- Yes, I understand.

862
01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:35,154
(Creeper) You're gonna help us locate
a certain party.

863
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:38,533
And I don't want
any denials about it.

864
01:15:38,659 --> 01:15:41,244
Tommy, man. Tommy Cole.

865
01:15:45,457 --> 01:15:48,501
If it happens, it happens.
If it doesn't, it doesn't.

866
01:15:48,627 --> 01:15:50,628
Do you understand?

867
01:15:50,754 --> 01:15:53,005
You never know
what will happen.

868
01:15:53,131 --> 01:15:57,802
The moment you think you do
is the moment you don't know a thing.

869
01:15:57,928 --> 01:16:00,429
This is what we call a paradox.

870
01:16:00,556 --> 01:16:02,765
Are you following me?

871
01:16:03,725 --> 01:16:06,185
Yeah, I follow you, Auggie.

872
01:16:10,691 --> 01:16:13,859
When you don't know nothing,
it's like paradise.

873
01:16:13,986 --> 01:16:15,987
I know what that is.

874
01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:19,073
That's after you're dead

875
01:16:19,199 --> 01:16:23,202
and you go up to heaven
and you sit with the angels.

876
01:16:29,459 --> 01:16:31,127
Jesus.

877
01:16:31,253 --> 01:16:33,170
Hi, Auggie. Hi, Jimmy.

878
01:16:33,297 --> 01:16:35,673
You're one fuckin' mess, man.

879
01:16:35,799 --> 01:16:38,884
If the cops hadn't come,
I might not be standing here now.

880
01:16:41,346 --> 01:16:43,681
They did a number on you.

881
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:47,768
I managed to keep my mouth shut
for once in my life.

882
01:16:47,894 --> 01:16:49,854
That's something.

883
01:16:50,939 --> 01:16:53,441
No. Jimmy, don't.

884
01:16:53,567 --> 01:16:57,653
- Does it hurt?
- Of course. What does it look like?

885
01:16:57,779 --> 01:17:00,323
Maybe he was pretending.

886
01:17:00,449 --> 01:17:03,117
- Have you heard from Rashid?
- Not a peep.

887
01:17:04,286 --> 01:17:06,037
I spoke to his aunt.

888
01:17:06,163 --> 01:17:09,040
She hasn't heard from him.
It's starting to get scary.

889
01:17:10,125 --> 01:17:13,669
It could be a good sign.
It could mean that he got away.

890
01:17:13,795 --> 01:17:17,256
Yeah, or didn't.
There's no way to know.

891
01:17:17,924 --> 01:17:19,759
(Plane overhead)

892
01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:49,205
'With two on and nobody out,
four runs in...

893
01:17:53,752 --> 01:17:55,961
'Outside, ball three... '

894
01:18:19,486 --> 01:18:21,987
You're gonna give up
and go home?

895
01:18:22,114 --> 01:18:23,239
What choice do I have?

896
01:18:23,365 --> 01:18:26,242
She's made it clear
she doesn't want me around.

897
01:18:27,494 --> 01:18:29,578
You can't just write her off.

898
01:18:29,705 --> 01:18:32,373
What am I supposed to do?

899
01:18:32,499 --> 01:18:34,625
There's no baby.

900
01:18:34,751 --> 01:18:37,712
It's her life and what she does with it
is her own business.

901
01:18:37,838 --> 01:18:40,881
There's time for babies
after she grows up.

902
01:18:41,007 --> 01:18:43,342
God, Auggie - dream on.

903
01:18:43,468 --> 01:18:47,221
At the rate she's going,
she won't make her 19th birthday.

904
01:18:47,347 --> 01:18:50,224
She could go into
a rehab programme.

905
01:18:50,350 --> 01:18:54,061
She'd never let me talk her into it.
Besides, they cost money.

906
01:18:54,187 --> 01:18:57,189
And that is one thing I do not have.
I am flat broke.

907
01:18:58,191 --> 01:19:00,484
- No, you're not.
- Are you calling me a liar?

908
01:19:00,610 --> 01:19:04,113
I don't even have money
for that goddamn car.

909
01:19:05,782 --> 01:19:09,076
Remember that business venture
I told you about?

910
01:19:10,328 --> 01:19:13,706
My tugboat came in. I'm flush.

911
01:19:13,832 --> 01:19:16,083
Bully for you.

912
01:19:16,209 --> 01:19:19,044
- No, bully for you.
- What?

913
01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:25,134
- What's this?
- Open it up and find out.

914
01:19:26,887 --> 01:19:29,638
Oh, Jesus God.
There's money in here.

915
01:19:29,765 --> 01:19:31,390
5,000 bucks.

916
01:19:36,605 --> 01:19:38,898
This is for me?

917
01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:41,275
It's for you, baby.

918
01:19:44,654 --> 01:19:47,364
- For keeps?
- For keeps.

919
01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:51,202
God.

920
01:19:51,870 --> 01:19:54,955
Oh, Jesus. Oh, God.

921
01:19:56,541 --> 01:19:59,418
You're an angel.
You know that?

922
01:19:59,544 --> 01:20:03,798
Fuck this angel shit.
Just take the dough, Ruby.

923
01:20:04,549 --> 01:20:08,844
And no bawling, OK?
I can't stand people who blubber.

924
01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:15,684
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

925
01:20:22,609 --> 01:20:26,904
- There's one thing I want to know.
- Anything at all. You name it.

926
01:20:27,030 --> 01:20:29,031
Felicity.

927
01:20:32,035 --> 01:20:34,078
She's not my daughter, is she?

928
01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:42,711
Well, I don't know.

929
01:20:45,340 --> 01:20:50,344
She might be.
And then again, she might not.

930
01:20:52,681 --> 01:20:56,934
Mathematically speaking,
it's about a 50-50 chance.

931
01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:01,981
It's your call, Auggie.

932
01:21:19,124 --> 01:21:21,041
(Telephone rings)

933
01:21:25,547 --> 01:21:27,923
(Phone rings)

934
01:21:31,678 --> 01:21:34,054
(Ringing continues)

935
01:21:39,019 --> 01:21:41,270
(♪ SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS:
"Hong Kong")

936
01:21:41,396 --> 01:22:01,999
(Phone rings)

937
01:22:03,418 --> 01:22:06,712
Bureau of Missing Persons.
Sergeant Fosdick.

938
01:22:09,424 --> 01:22:11,759
Blow me down.
Peter Rabbit's alive.

939
01:22:13,470 --> 01:22:15,137
(Car approaches)

940
01:22:23,897 --> 01:22:25,481
Hey.

941
01:22:25,607 --> 01:22:28,609
What are you guys doing here
on a Sunday?

942
01:22:28,735 --> 01:22:30,903
We're having a picnic.
Want to join us?

943
01:22:31,029 --> 01:22:33,322
Yeah, sure.
Just a second.

944
01:22:45,961 --> 01:22:48,545
(Car horn beeps)

945
01:23:05,480 --> 01:23:07,231
It's all right. I got it.

946
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:10,275
Hiya, kid.

947
01:23:11,027 --> 01:23:13,362
Wow. They really
did a job on you.

948
01:23:13,488 --> 01:23:15,030
Research.

949
01:23:16,366 --> 01:23:18,200
I put the scene into the story.

950
01:23:18,326 --> 01:23:22,162
That makes the medical bills
tax deductible.

951
01:23:22,288 --> 01:23:24,331
Try telling that to the IRS.

952
01:23:24,457 --> 01:23:27,251
You know them?
They're not customers?

953
01:23:27,377 --> 01:23:31,046
He knows us
but we're also customers.

954
01:23:31,172 --> 01:23:34,633
We came here to deliver
some clean laundry.

955
01:23:36,886 --> 01:23:39,638
It's all right.
I really do know them.

956
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,475
- Cyrus Cole.
- Augustus Wren. Pleasure.

957
01:23:43,601 --> 01:23:45,894
- I'm the owner.
- Paul Benjamin.

958
01:23:46,021 --> 01:23:48,772
That's funny.
He's got the same name as you.

959
01:23:50,191 --> 01:23:52,860
You and Junior
got the same name.

960
01:23:52,986 --> 01:23:56,113
But he's my son,
my flesh and blood.

961
01:23:56,239 --> 01:23:59,241
You got the same name
and you ain't even the same colour.

962
01:24:00,618 --> 01:24:02,828
That's how we met.

963
01:24:02,954 --> 01:24:08,000
We're... We're part of
the International Same Name Club.

964
01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:12,421
Believe it or not, there are
846 Paul Benjamins in America

965
01:24:12,547 --> 01:24:15,132
but only two
in the New York area.

966
01:24:15,258 --> 01:24:17,801
That's how we're friends.

967
01:24:17,927 --> 01:24:20,429
We're the only two
that show up for meetings.

968
01:24:20,555 --> 01:24:22,181
You're full of crap.

969
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:26,018
Why don't you come clean
and tell the man who you are?

970
01:24:27,312 --> 01:24:28,896
What's going on, guys?

971
01:24:31,024 --> 01:24:33,734
Maybe you'd better ask him.

972
01:24:33,860 --> 01:24:36,737
Come on, Rashid,
baby. Spill it.

973
01:24:36,863 --> 01:24:38,697
Rashid?

974
01:24:38,823 --> 01:24:40,616
Sometimes.

975
01:24:40,742 --> 01:24:43,035
It's sort of a nom de guerre.

976
01:24:44,496 --> 01:24:46,497
What are they talking about?

977
01:24:48,291 --> 01:24:51,126
Come on. Your real name.

978
01:24:51,252 --> 01:24:53,670
The name that's on
your birth certificate.

979
01:24:58,176 --> 01:24:59,718
Thomas.

980
01:25:01,721 --> 01:25:05,182
Paul, Rashid, Thomas.
Which one is it?

981
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:08,352
Thomas.

982
01:25:08,478 --> 01:25:12,481
Come on, you yellow-belly.
The whole thing. The whole name.

983
01:25:13,566 --> 01:25:17,694
- What difference does it make?
- Why not just say it?

984
01:25:17,821 --> 01:25:21,115
I was gonna tell him
in my own time.

985
01:25:21,241 --> 01:25:23,534
There's no time
like the present, man.

986
01:25:25,203 --> 01:25:28,997
Well... I'm listening to you.

987
01:25:40,093 --> 01:25:41,927
Thomas Cole.

988
01:25:44,389 --> 01:25:48,934
My name is
Thomas Jefferson Cole.

989
01:25:54,107 --> 01:25:55,983
You making fun of me?

990
01:25:59,737 --> 01:26:03,198
Are you... mocking me?

991
01:26:04,409 --> 01:26:06,535
You're mocking me.

992
01:26:06,661 --> 01:26:10,914
I ain't gonna let no little punk kid
come here and mock me.

993
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:14,877
Like it or not, that's my name, Cole,
just like yours.

994
01:26:15,003 --> 01:26:17,087
Now ask him
who his mother was.

995
01:26:18,173 --> 01:26:20,215
I don't like this.
I don't like this one bit.

996
01:26:20,341 --> 01:26:22,426
Go upstairs.
I'll take care of this.

997
01:26:22,552 --> 01:26:26,680
- Louisa Vail. Remember her?
- Shut up! Shut your fucking mouth!

998
01:26:28,558 --> 01:26:33,645
Hey! There'll be none of that
on my watch, you piece of shit!

999
01:26:36,941 --> 01:26:39,067
Aa-aargh!

1000
01:26:44,574 --> 01:26:49,703
Stop it! You'll kill him! He's your son,
goddamn it! He's your son!

1001
01:26:50,914 --> 01:26:56,293
You're lying! You're lying!

1002
01:27:02,884 --> 01:27:05,344
You...

1003
01:27:43,883 --> 01:27:45,425
Cyrus?

1004
01:27:46,803 --> 01:27:48,720
No, thanks.

1005
01:27:53,309 --> 01:27:55,894
Here. Want one of mine?

1006
01:29:57,308 --> 01:30:01,686
Look, I'm telling you.
There's gonna be another war.

1007
01:30:01,813 --> 01:30:06,274
The slobs in the Pentagon will be out
of a job unless they find a new enemy.

1008
01:30:06,401 --> 01:30:08,819
They got this Saddam
character now.

1009
01:30:08,945 --> 01:30:12,197
They're gonna hit him
with all they got.

1010
01:30:12,323 --> 01:30:13,740
How's it going?

1011
01:30:15,118 --> 01:30:16,535
Hi, Auggie.

1012
01:30:18,079 --> 01:30:20,372
- Two, right?
- No.

1013
01:30:22,166 --> 01:30:24,251
Make it one.

1014
01:30:24,377 --> 01:30:27,170
- You usually get two.
- I know.

1015
01:30:27,296 --> 01:30:29,714
I'm trying to cut down.

1016
01:30:29,841 --> 01:30:32,092
Someone is worried
about my health.

1017
01:30:32,552 --> 01:30:34,553
A-ha.

1018
01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:37,722
How's the work going, maestro?

1019
01:30:37,849 --> 01:30:40,642
Fine. Or it was
until the other day.

1020
01:30:40,768 --> 01:30:44,187
I got a call from a guy
at "The New York Times".

1021
01:30:44,313 --> 01:30:49,276
He wants me to write a Christmas story
to be published on Christmas Day.

1022
01:30:50,486 --> 01:30:54,239
That's a feather in your cap.
The paper of record.

1023
01:30:54,365 --> 01:30:58,160
I have to come up with something
in four days

1024
01:30:58,286 --> 01:31:00,787
and I haven't got a single idea.

1025
01:31:00,913 --> 01:31:03,415
Do you know
any Christmas stories?

1026
01:31:03,541 --> 01:31:05,876
Christmas stories? Sure.

1027
01:31:07,170 --> 01:31:08,879
I know a ton of them.

1028
01:31:09,714 --> 01:31:13,049
- Do you know any good ones?
- Good ones? Of course.

1029
01:31:13,176 --> 01:31:14,676
Are you kidding?

1030
01:31:14,802 --> 01:31:19,598
Buy me lunch and I'll tell you the best
Christmas story you ever heard.

1031
01:31:19,724 --> 01:31:23,477
And I guarantee
every word of it is true.

1032
01:31:39,202 --> 01:31:41,119
Ready?

1033
01:31:41,245 --> 01:31:44,456
Ready. Whenever you are.

1034
01:31:45,791 --> 01:31:47,751
I'm all ears.

1035
01:31:51,214 --> 01:31:55,050
Remember when you asked me
how I started taking pictures?

1036
01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:58,762
This is the story of how
I got my first camera.

1037
01:31:58,888 --> 01:32:00,931
It's the only camera
I've ever had.

1038
01:32:02,558 --> 01:32:06,019
- Are you following me so far?
- Every word.

1039
01:32:06,145 --> 01:32:08,730
This is the story
of how it happened.

1040
01:32:10,358 --> 01:32:11,566
OK.

1041
01:32:12,902 --> 01:32:17,155
It was the summer of '76,
when I first started working for Vinnie.

1042
01:32:17,281 --> 01:32:19,741
The summer of the bicentennial.

1043
01:32:19,867 --> 01:32:23,954
A kid came in and started
stealing things from the store.

1044
01:32:24,080 --> 01:32:28,500
He's standing by the rack of paperbacks
and stuffing skin mags under his shirt.

1045
01:32:30,044 --> 01:32:35,298
I didn't see him at first, but once
I noticed what he was up to, I shouted.

1046
01:32:35,424 --> 01:32:37,759
He took off like a jackrabbit.

1047
01:32:37,885 --> 01:32:42,639
By the time I got out, he was
tearing ass down Seventh Avenue.

1048
01:32:42,765 --> 01:32:46,476
I chased him about half a block,
then I gave up.

1049
01:32:46,602 --> 01:32:49,729
He dropped something
along the way.

1050
01:32:49,855 --> 01:32:54,693
Since I didn't feel like running any more,
I bent down to see what it was.

1051
01:32:54,819 --> 01:32:56,861
It turned out to be his wallet.

1052
01:32:58,114 --> 01:33:01,241
There wasn't any money
but his driver's licence was there

1053
01:33:01,367 --> 01:33:03,910
and three or four snapshots.

1054
01:33:05,329 --> 01:33:07,414
I could have called the cops.

1055
01:33:07,540 --> 01:33:09,791
I had his name and address
from the licence.

1056
01:33:09,917 --> 01:33:12,210
But I felt kind of sorry for him.

1057
01:33:12,336 --> 01:33:14,254
He was just a measly little punk.

1058
01:33:14,380 --> 01:33:18,383
And once I looked at those pictures
in his wallet,

1059
01:33:18,509 --> 01:33:21,261
I couldn't bring myself
to feel very angry at him.

1060
01:33:23,097 --> 01:33:24,764
Roger Goodwin.

1061
01:33:25,933 --> 01:33:27,809
That was his name.

1062
01:33:27,935 --> 01:33:31,438
In one picture,
he was standing next to his mother.

1063
01:33:31,564 --> 01:33:35,567
In another, he was holding
a trophy he got at school,

1064
01:33:35,693 --> 01:33:39,487
smiling like he just won
the Irish sweepstakes.

1065
01:33:39,614 --> 01:33:41,740
I didn't have the heart.

1066
01:33:41,866 --> 01:33:45,201
A poor kid from Brooklyn
without much going for him.

1067
01:33:46,412 --> 01:33:50,165
Who cared about a couple
of dirty magazines anyway?

1068
01:33:50,291 --> 01:33:53,835
So... I held on to the wallet.

1069
01:33:55,880 --> 01:33:59,841
Every so often I'd get the urge
to send it back to him,

1070
01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:02,844
but I never did
anything about it.

1071
01:34:02,970 --> 01:34:05,722
Then Christmas rolls around.

1072
01:34:05,848 --> 01:34:07,682
I'm stuck with nothing to do.

1073
01:34:08,976 --> 01:34:14,939
Vinnie's mother got sick and he
and his wife had to go down to Miami.

1074
01:34:15,066 --> 01:34:18,109
So I'm sitting in my apartment
that morning,

1075
01:34:18,235 --> 01:34:21,029
feeling a little sorry for myself.

1076
01:34:21,155 --> 01:34:24,866
Then I see Roger Goodwin's wallet
on the shelf.

1077
01:34:25,910 --> 01:34:28,953
I figure, what the hell,
why not do something nice?

1078
01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:31,581
I go out to return the wallet.

1079
01:34:33,542 --> 01:34:37,087
The address is in Boerum Hill,
in the projects.

1080
01:34:37,213 --> 01:34:41,758
It was freezing and I kept getting lost
trying to find the right building.

1081
01:34:41,884 --> 01:34:43,802
Everything looks the same there.

1082
01:34:43,928 --> 01:34:47,681
You keep going
over the same ground.

1083
01:34:47,807 --> 01:34:53,228
Anyway, I finally got to the apartment
I was looking for and I ring the bell.

1084
01:34:53,354 --> 01:34:55,105
Nothing happens.

1085
01:34:55,231 --> 01:34:59,275
I assume no one's there.
I ring again to make sure.

1086
01:34:59,402 --> 01:35:02,696
Just as I'm about to go,
I wait a little longer.

1087
01:35:02,822 --> 01:35:05,824
I hear someone
shuffling to the door.

1088
01:35:05,950 --> 01:35:10,203
And old woman's voice asks,
"Who's there?"

1089
01:35:10,329 --> 01:35:13,540
I say, "I'm looking
for Roger Goodwin."

1090
01:35:13,666 --> 01:35:16,042
"Is that you, Roger?" she says.

1091
01:35:17,586 --> 01:35:20,588
Then she undoes about 15 locks
and opens the door.

1092
01:35:22,174 --> 01:35:25,635
She's got to be at least
80, 90 years old.

1093
01:35:25,761 --> 01:35:30,181
The first thing I noticed
about her is she's blind.

1094
01:35:32,601 --> 01:35:35,520
"I knew you'd come, Roger,"
she says.

1095
01:35:35,646 --> 01:35:39,899
"I knew you wouldn't forget
your Granny Ethel on Christmas."

1096
01:35:40,025 --> 01:35:44,279
She opens her arms
as if she's about to hug me.

1097
01:35:44,405 --> 01:35:48,283
I don't have time to think.
I had to say something fast.

1098
01:35:48,409 --> 01:35:52,704
Before I knew what was happening,
the words came out of my mouth.

1099
01:35:52,830 --> 01:35:57,834
"That's right, Granny Ethel," I said.
"I came to see you on Christmas."

1100
01:35:59,253 --> 01:36:03,757
Don't ask me why I said it.
It just came out that way.

1101
01:36:05,384 --> 01:36:10,388
Suddenly this old lady's hugging me
and I'm hugging her back.

1102
01:36:10,514 --> 01:36:15,101
It was as if we both decided
to play this game...

1103
01:36:16,145 --> 01:36:18,855
...without having
to discuss the rules.

1104
01:36:19,565 --> 01:36:22,734
She knew
I wasn't her grandson.

1105
01:36:22,860 --> 01:36:26,446
She was dotty
but she wasn't so far gone

1106
01:36:26,572 --> 01:36:30,992
that she couldn't tell a stranger
from her own flesh and blood.

1107
01:36:31,118 --> 01:36:33,286
But it made her happy to pretend.

1108
01:36:34,497 --> 01:36:38,958
Since I had nothing better to do,
I was happy to go along with her.

1109
01:36:39,084 --> 01:36:42,128
So I go in
and we spend the day together.

1110
01:36:42,254 --> 01:36:46,174
Every time she asks me how
I was doing, I would lie to her.

1111
01:36:46,300 --> 01:36:50,637
I told her I found a job in a cigar store,
I was getting married.

1112
01:36:50,763 --> 01:36:54,891
I told her a hundred pretty stories
and she made like she believed them.

1113
01:36:55,017 --> 01:36:58,770
"That's fine, Roger," she'd say,
nodding her head and smiling.

1114
01:36:58,896 --> 01:37:01,439
"I always knew things
would turn out for you."

1115
01:37:04,443 --> 01:37:06,694
After a while,
I started getting hungry.

1116
01:37:07,696 --> 01:37:09,906
There was no food
in the house.

1117
01:37:10,032 --> 01:37:15,078
I went to a store in the neighbourhood
and picked up a whole bunch of stuff.

1118
01:37:15,204 --> 01:37:20,500
A pre-cooked chicken, vegetable soup,
a bucket of potato salad.

1119
01:37:20,626 --> 01:37:22,502
A whole bunch of stuff.

1120
01:37:24,964 --> 01:37:28,550
Granny Ethel had a couple of bottles
of wine stashed in the bedroom.

1121
01:37:29,927 --> 01:37:35,265
So both of us managed to put together
a fairly decent Christmas dinner.

1122
01:37:35,391 --> 01:37:38,643
We both got a little tipsy
from the wine.

1123
01:37:38,769 --> 01:37:42,647
After the meal was over,
we sat in the living room,

1124
01:37:42,773 --> 01:37:45,024
where the chairs
were more comfortable.

1125
01:37:46,277 --> 01:37:51,281
I had to pee, so I excused myself and
went to the bathroom down the hallway.

1126
01:37:52,616 --> 01:37:55,618
That's when things
took another turn.

1127
01:37:57,204 --> 01:38:01,541
It was ditsy enough doing my jig
as Granny Ethel's grandson.

1128
01:38:01,667 --> 01:38:06,212
What I did then
was particularly crazy...

1129
01:38:07,047 --> 01:38:09,716
...and I've never
forgiven myself since.

1130
01:38:10,926 --> 01:38:13,261
I go into the bathroom

1131
01:38:13,387 --> 01:38:16,472
and stacked up against the wall
next to the shower

1132
01:38:16,599 --> 01:38:19,684
I see a pile
of six or seven cameras.

1133
01:38:19,810 --> 01:38:22,812
Brand-new 35mm cameras,

1134
01:38:22,938 --> 01:38:25,231
still in their boxes.

1135
01:38:26,150 --> 01:38:29,402
I've never taken
a picture in my life...

1136
01:38:30,195 --> 01:38:33,072
...much less ever stolen anything.

1137
01:38:34,074 --> 01:38:38,995
But once I see those cameras
sitting there in the bathroom,

1138
01:38:39,121 --> 01:38:42,415
I decide I want one of them
for myself.

1139
01:38:43,709 --> 01:38:45,710
Just like that.

1140
01:38:45,836 --> 01:38:49,839
Without thinking,
I pick up one of the cameras

1141
01:38:49,965 --> 01:38:52,967
and go out
back to the living room.

1142
01:38:54,303 --> 01:38:58,139
I was only gone for three minutes
but, in that time,

1143
01:38:58,265 --> 01:39:01,059
Granny Ethel
had fallen asleep.

1144
01:39:01,936 --> 01:39:04,562
Too much Chianti,
I suppose.

1145
01:39:05,064 --> 01:39:08,191
I went to the kitchen
and washed the dishes.

1146
01:39:08,317 --> 01:39:11,903
She slept through the whole racket,
snoring away like a baby.

1147
01:39:13,656 --> 01:39:18,618
There was no point in disturbing her
so I decided to leave.

1148
01:39:21,622 --> 01:39:25,708
I couldn't even write her a letter to say
goodbye, seeing that she was blind.

1149
01:39:27,294 --> 01:39:28,878
So I just left.

1150
01:39:30,714 --> 01:39:34,342
I put her grandson's wallet
on the table...

1151
01:39:35,302 --> 01:39:40,264
...picked up the camera again
and walked out of the apartment.

1152
01:39:43,018 --> 01:39:45,436
And that's the end of the story.

1153
01:39:51,360 --> 01:39:55,488
Did you ever see her again?
Did you ever go back to see her?

1154
01:40:00,703 --> 01:40:04,247
Once, maybe
three or four months later.

1155
01:40:04,373 --> 01:40:09,836
I felt so bad about stealing
the camera, I hadn't even used it yet.

1156
01:40:09,962 --> 01:40:14,841
I made up my mind to return it but
Granny Ethel wasn't there any more.

1157
01:40:14,967 --> 01:40:19,846
Someone else had moved in
and he couldn't tell me where she was.

1158
01:40:24,977 --> 01:40:27,729
She probably died.

1159
01:40:27,855 --> 01:40:29,272
Yeah.

1160
01:40:30,357 --> 01:40:32,025
Probably.

1161
01:40:39,700 --> 01:40:43,953
Which means she spent
her last Christmas with you.

1162
01:40:47,374 --> 01:40:51,294
I guess so.
I hadn't thought about it that way.

1163
01:40:55,674 --> 01:40:59,385
It was a good deed, Auggie.
That was a nice thing you did for her.

1164
01:41:01,555 --> 01:41:06,225
I lied to her and I stole from her.
I don't see how that's a good deed.

1165
01:41:06,351 --> 01:41:08,603
You made her happy.

1166
01:41:08,729 --> 01:41:11,481
The camera
was stolen anyway.

1167
01:41:11,607 --> 01:41:15,318
It's not as if the person
you took it from really owned it.

1168
01:41:17,571 --> 01:41:20,156
Anything for art, eh, Paul?

1169
01:41:20,991 --> 01:41:26,162
I wouldn't say that. But at least
you put the camera to good use.

1170
01:41:27,664 --> 01:41:31,084
And now you got
your Christmas story.

1171
01:41:35,589 --> 01:41:38,007
Yes, I suppose I do.

1172
01:41:54,942 --> 01:41:58,152
Bullshit is a real talent, Auggie.

1173
01:42:00,656 --> 01:42:05,409
To make up a good story you have to
know how to push all the right buttons.

1174
01:42:07,412 --> 01:42:10,206
I'd say you were up there
among the masters.

1175
01:42:11,625 --> 01:42:13,376
What do you mean?

1176
01:42:15,587 --> 01:42:17,380
I mean...

1177
01:42:18,632 --> 01:42:21,342
It's a good story.

1178
01:42:24,429 --> 01:42:28,015
Shit. If you can't share your secrets
with your friends,

1179
01:42:28,142 --> 01:42:31,018
then what kind of friend are you?

1180
01:42:43,866 --> 01:42:45,533
Exactly.

1181
01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:50,246
Life just wouldn't be worth living,
would it?

1182
01:42:56,545 --> 01:42:59,338
(♪ TOM WAITS:
"Innocent When You Dream")

1183
01:43:05,971 --> 01:43:11,184
♪ The bats are in the belfry

1184
01:43:11,310 --> 01:43:16,230
♪ The dew is on the moor

1185
01:43:16,356 --> 01:43:22,069
♪ Where are the arms
that held me

1186
01:43:22,196 --> 01:43:32,371
♪ And pledged
her love before

1187
01:43:34,833 --> 01:43:39,462
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1188
01:43:39,588 --> 01:43:44,717
♪ The fields
are soft and green

1189
01:43:44,843 --> 01:43:49,347
♪ It's memories
that I'm stealing

1190
01:43:49,473 --> 01:43:54,894
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1191
01:43:55,020 --> 01:43:56,938
♪ When you dream

1192
01:43:57,064 --> 01:44:01,234
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1193
01:44:01,360 --> 01:44:03,319
♪ When you dream

1194
01:44:03,445 --> 01:44:08,991
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1195
01:44:11,328 --> 01:44:15,998
♪ I made a golden promise

1196
01:44:16,124 --> 01:44:21,003
♪ That we would never part

1197
01:44:21,129 --> 01:44:26,467
♪ I gave my love a locket

1198
01:44:26,593 --> 01:44:36,644
♪ And then I broke her heart

1199
01:44:39,189 --> 01:44:44,026
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1200
01:44:44,152 --> 01:44:49,699
♪ The fields
are soft and green

1201
01:44:49,825 --> 01:44:54,287
♪ And it's memories
that I'm stealing

1202
01:44:54,413 --> 01:44:59,417
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1203
01:44:59,543 --> 01:45:01,752
♪ When you dream

1204
01:45:01,878 --> 01:45:06,048
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1205
01:45:06,174 --> 01:45:08,342
♪ When you dream

1206
01:45:08,468 --> 01:45:13,264
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1207
01:45:16,184 --> 01:45:21,022
♪ We're running
through the graveyard

1208
01:45:21,148 --> 01:45:26,444
♪ And we laugh
my friends and I

1209
01:45:26,570 --> 01:45:30,531
♪ We swore we'd be together

1210
01:45:31,950 --> 01:45:42,335
♪ Until the day we die

1211
01:45:42,461 --> 01:45:47,006
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1212
01:45:47,132 --> 01:45:52,636
♪ The fields
are soft and green

1213
01:45:52,763 --> 01:45:57,475
♪ And it's memories
that I'm stealing

1214
01:45:57,601 --> 01:46:02,605
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1215
01:46:02,731 --> 01:46:04,982
♪ When you dream

1216
01:46:05,108 --> 01:46:09,362
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1217
01:46:09,488 --> 01:46:11,530
♪ When you dream

1218
01:46:11,656 --> 01:46:16,118
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1219
01:46:18,872 --> 01:46:24,752
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1220
01:46:24,878 --> 01:46:29,757
♪ The fields
are soft and green

1221
01:46:29,883 --> 01:46:34,553
♪ And it's memories
that I'm stealing

1222
01:46:34,679 --> 01:46:39,350
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1223
01:46:39,476 --> 01:46:41,685
♪ When you dream

1224
01:46:41,812 --> 01:46:46,023
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1225
01:46:46,149 --> 01:46:48,734
♪ When you dream

1226
01:46:48,860 --> 01:46:53,030
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1227
01:46:55,742 --> 01:47:00,746
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1228
01:47:00,872 --> 01:47:06,335
♪ All the fields
are soft and green

1229
01:47:06,461 --> 01:47:10,840
♪ It's memories
that I'm stealing

1230
01:47:10,966 --> 01:47:15,845
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1231
01:47:15,971 --> 01:47:18,264
♪ When you dream

1232
01:47:18,390 --> 01:47:22,726
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1233
01:47:22,853 --> 01:47:24,770
♪ When you dream

1234
01:47:24,896 --> 01:47:30,317
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1235
01:47:32,779 --> 01:47:37,408
♪ I made a golden promise

1236
01:47:37,534 --> 01:47:42,663
♪ That we would never part

1237
01:47:42,789 --> 01:47:47,460
♪ I gave my love a locket

1238
01:47:47,586 --> 01:47:58,512
♪ And then I broke her heart

1239
01:48:00,599 --> 01:48:05,352
♪ And it's such
a sad old feeling

1240
01:48:05,479 --> 01:48:10,983
♪ Oh, the fields
are soft and green

1241
01:48:11,109 --> 01:48:15,696
♪ And it's memories
that I'm stealing

1242
01:48:15,822 --> 01:48:21,076
♪ But you're innocent
when you dream

1243
01:48:21,203 --> 01:48:23,204
♪ When you dream

1244
01:48:23,330 --> 01:48:27,374
♪ You're innocent
when you dream

1245
01:48:27,501 --> 01:48:29,752
♪ When you dream

1246
01:48:29,878 --> 01:48:35,049
♪ You're innocent
when you dream ♪

1247
01:48:50,315 --> 01:48:56,487
(♪ JERRY GARCIA BAND:
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")

1248
01:48:59,241 --> 01:49:05,371
♪ They asked me how I knew

1249
01:49:05,497 --> 01:49:09,917
♪ My true love was true

1250
01:49:14,297 --> 01:49:18,259
♪ I of course replied

1251
01:49:18,385 --> 01:49:22,721
♪ Something here inside

1252
01:49:22,847 --> 01:49:27,768
♪ Cannot be denied

1253
01:49:34,526 --> 01:49:39,947
♪ They said, some day you'll find

1254
01:49:40,073 --> 01:49:45,077
♪ All who love are blind

1255
01:49:48,957 --> 01:49:53,252
♪ When your heart's on fire

1256
01:49:53,378 --> 01:49:57,548
♪ You must realise

1257
01:49:57,674 --> 01:50:02,636
♪ Smoke gets in your eyes

1258
01:50:08,643 --> 01:50:15,649
♪ So I chaffed them
and I gaily laughed

1259
01:50:15,775 --> 01:50:22,197
♪ To think
they could doubt my love

1260
01:50:26,244 --> 01:50:32,708
♪ Yet today
my love has flown away

1261
01:50:32,834 --> 01:50:39,757
♪ I am without my love

1262
01:50:40,550 --> 01:50:43,218
(Chorus)
♪ Without my love

1263
01:50:43,345 --> 01:50:49,183
♪ Now laughing friends deride

1264
01:50:49,309 --> 01:50:54,980
♪ Tears I cannot hide

1265
01:50:58,693 --> 01:51:02,905
♪ I just smile and say

1266
01:51:03,031 --> 01:51:07,284
♪ When a lovely flame dies

1267
01:51:07,410 --> 01:51:12,331
♪ Smoke gets in your eyes

1268
01:51:14,042 --> 01:51:18,671
♪ Smoke gets in your eyes ♪

1269
01:51:18,797 --> 01:51:24,677
(♪ Guitar instrumental)