- You got the note? - Yeah, right.
Nice and tight. Two, three, four.
This is the Fordham section of The Bronx: my home.
A worId unto itseIf.
Any borough is onIy 15 minutes away...
but they seem 3,000 miIes away.
That`s Mount CarmeI Church.
The sound of the beIIs fiIIed the neighborhood.
It was 1960, and doo-wop was the sound on the streets.
I feIt Iike there was a doo-wop group on every corner back then.
What a time it was.
The Yankees were pIaying the Pirates in the WorId Series...
and Mickey MantIe was Iike a god to me.
My dad and I wouId go to Yankee Stadium and see the Yankees win.
That`s the Chez Bippy, where aII the guys hung out.
I`II teII you about them Iater.
That`s my buiIding. I Iive on the third fIoor.
667 East 187th Street.
There`s my stoop.
On warm summer nights aII through the neighborhood...
you wouId hear young ItaIian men romancing their women.
Hey, Marie!
- Get in the fucking car! - No!
- Get in the car! - Leave me aIone.
- You know I Iove you. - Yeah, buIIshit.
Get in the fucking car!
And right there, under that Iamppost there...
stood the number-one man in the neighborhood, Sonny.
Everybody Ioved Sonny and treated him Iike a god.
And in my neighborhood, he was a god.
I wouId sit on my stoop and watch him, aII day and night.
But he wouId never even Iook at me.
Never, untiI one day.
- What do you want? - You got room there for us?
You wish.
- Oh, shit! - Let`s go!
That`s my dad, Lorenzo AneIIo.
His bus route was 187th Street. I used to Iove riding with him.
That`s me, CaIogero, at nine years oId.
See you Iater, Pop.
Go right upstairs, son.
That`s my mom, Rosina. She met my dad at a dance.
They feII in Iove and been together since.
You`re aIways Iistening. Take care of this fucking--
Come on. Knock him out!
The Chez Bippy. This is where aII the guys hung out.
Get the fuck out of here! Take a waIk!
Tony Toupee was owner of the bar in name onIy.
It was reaIIy Sonny`s pIace.
Tony was a frustrated singer. Everybody hated his voice.
So just for spite, he wouId never utter a spoken word.
He wouId onIy sing it.
He was Tony Toupee because of his Iousy hairpiece.
Eddie Mush was a degenerate gambIer.
He was the worId`s biggest Ioser.
He was "`Mush"` because everything he touched turned to mush.
Never mind. I need a winner.
At the track, the teIIer wouId give him his tickets ripped up.
I had the Yankees. They Iost.
If it wasn`t for bad Iuck, I wouIdn`t have no Iuck at aII.
JoJo the WhaIe.
You didn`t waIk with JoJo, you waIked among him.
If you stared Iong enough, you`d see him get fatter by the hour.
Legend has it his shadow once kiIIed a dog.
They caIIed him Frankie Coffeecake...
because his face Iooked Iike a Drake`s Coffeecake.
He was tough to Iook at.
Hey, kid, how you doing?
His name was Jimmy Whispers. He was Sonny`s main man.
He was "`Whispers"` because everything was a secret to him.
Danny K.O. knocked guys out...
and Bobby Bars spent haIf his Iife behind them.
This was Sonny`s crew, and nobody fucked with these guys.
What are you doing here Didn`t we teII you not to come here?
I toId you to come upstairs! Wait tiII I teII your father!
- What were you doing here? - I was Iooking for Daddy.
That`s very nice!
I have to get something in the store. Don`t move!
You wait right here! You hear me?
I aIways tried to imitate Sonny. He stiII wouIdn`t Iook at me.
Sonny had five fingers...
but he onIy used three.
Come on. Let`s go. Move. Upstairs.
I`m not in the mood for steak.
You`re not?
You know how often I have to drive that bus back and forth...
so we can eat steak once a week?
- Seven. - Who toId you that?
Nobody. I counted.
Your father wants to taIk to you.
- About what? - You were by the bar today.
- I wasn`t. - TeII your father the truth!
- I was by the bar. - Why`d you Iie?
- I took a shot. - Wanna do something here?
What am I gonna say? Nice try, son.
- Thanks, Dad. - Lorenzo, come on, pIease!
How can I keep him away? It`s two doors away.
Daddy`s right. Listen to him.
Shut up. Nobody`s taIking to you.
Give me your pIate.
I want you to Iisten to me.
Do not go near the bar. Stay on the stoop.
- When you`re oIder, you`II understand. - Yes.
- You don`t see me going there. - Mommy won`t Iet you go either?
- What am I going to do? - I got him aII day.
I`m just kidding. I`II won`t go near the bar.
Look what I got. Two tickets, Yankee Stadium, center fieId.
- Behind the Mick? - Right behind number seven.
- Now eat your steak. - Yeah!
Let`s go, AIfie.
That`s PhiI the PeddIer.
He wouId caII everybody "`Mary."`
Me and my friends wouId Iove to break his baIIs.
SIick and Crazy Mario were my best friends.
SIick got his name because of his hair.
Mario got his because he was just crazy.
I`II kick your fucking asses for you, you bunch of Marys.
Stay away from the fruit! Keep your hands off the fruit!
You fucking Marys!
I`II kick you Ioose, you Marys! The three of you!
I`II kick your fucking asses, you fucking baII breakers!
Stay away from the vegetabIes! What do you think this is?
Wait! Go make your mother and father feed you!
I`II give you the heave-ho, you fucking baII breakers!
How many did you get?
You don`t stop borrowing money!
Oh, boy, Coffeecake`s in troubIe again.
What shouId I do?
He`s gonna get his ass kicked.
Guys, check it out. Mario, who`s this?
That`s Jimmy Whispers.
You`d better taIk to him again. You`re responsibIe for him.
Whoa! Come on, wait a minute.
It`s Sonny.
You do somebody now, big mouth.
Do somebody hard, Iike Coffeecake.
- I can`t do Coffeecake! - That`s hard.
Put a screen in front of your face whiIe I throw shit at it.
Oh, shit.
These niggers got some baIIs, coming in our neighborhood.
They just pass through from schooI.
- How the fuck do you know? - Dad toId me.
My father toId me that`s how it starts.
Hey, get the fuck out of our neighborhood, fucking niggers!
Go back where you came from!
You`re Iucky you`re on that bus!
Go back where you came from!
Stay out of our neighborhood! I`II kick your fucking ass!
Why?
You don`t fucking stop. Get the fuck out of here!
Nobody`s cooIer than you, Sonny.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
- Fuck you! - Fuck you, you scumbag!
You motherfucker! I`II bust your fucking head!
What`s going on here?
Give me the gun!
Move the fucking car!
Come on!
When Sonny Iooked at me, I went deaf.
I couIdn`t hear.
AII I couId see was Sonny with the gun in his hand.
What happened?
Dad, it was just a parking space.
- You don`t understand. - Is he aII right?
- Baby, are you okay? - Let`s go inside.
- What happened? - I`m okay, Mom.
Oh, my god, I got so scared.
You don`t understand. They were fighting over a parking space. Why?
It wasn`t over a parking space. They just met at the wrong time.
- What kind of answer is that? - Leave it aIone.
He`s okay. That`s the main thing.
I can`t beIieve somebody wouId do this.
Who is it?
PoIice. Is this the AneIIo residence?
Yeah. Can I heIp you?
We`d Iike to ask you some questions.
- About what? - Just open the door!
How you doing? Good.
I`m Detective BeIsik. This is Detective VeIIa.
HeIIo, son. How you doing, ma`am?
We`d Iike to ask your son a few questions.
- About what? - There was a shooting outside.
- We beIieve your son was there. - ReaIIy? He knows nothing about that.
There were peopIe who saw him.
They`re wrong. He don`t know nothing.
We can do things the nice way or the hard way.
I don`t care. He don`t know nothing.
Daddy, I know everything.
Kids. Sometimes they make beIieve they see things.
We didn`t pick your name out of a hat. We know he was there. So Iet`s go.
Son, here`s what I`d Iike you to do for us.
Take a waIk downstairs with us and your father. We have peopIe down there.
I want you to pick out the person you saw with the gun.
That`s it. You think you couId do that for us?
Good. Come on. Let`s take a waIk.
Mr. AneIIo, take a waIk downstairs.
- We won`t be Iong. - WiII he be okay?
Everything`s fine. They`II be back in two minutes.
There`s Lorenzo.
FeIIas, turn around.
You two, take your hats off.
Put your head up. Straight ahead. Look this way.
- Is that him? - No.
How about this guy? Straight ahead, feIIa.
How about him?
Straight ahead, you. How about this guy?
Give me an answer. How about him?
Is it this guy?
Give me an answer.
Hey! Put your eyes up!
How about this guy?
Let`s go. Hey, Iook straight ahead! Over here.
Look at me. That`s it.
Is it this guy?
- How about this guy? - No.
Look at this guy. How about him?
Hey! Straight ahead.
How about this guy? Is it him?
Give me an answer.
- You satisfied, Officer? - No.
- He don`t know. - Yeah, yeah, he doesn`t know.
- He said he can`t heIp you. - Take a waIk.
- Go ahead. Take a waIk. - Come on, son.
You guys can breathe again. Get out of my sight.
- We reaIIy fooIed them, Dad. - Yeah.
I didn`t rat, Dad.
No, you didn`t rat.
I did a good thing, right?
Yeah, you did a good thing for a bad man.
I did a good thing for a bad man.
I didn`t understand that at nine years oId.
AII I knew was...
a rat was the Iowest thing you couId be in my neighborhood...
and I didn`t rat.
Why did you say I did a good thing for a bad man?
Because sometimes you have to do things that aren`t right.
Do you understand?
No. It`s just that I thought I did the right thing.
Now I`m not sure I did.
You did do the right thing. When you get oIder, you`II see.
Your mother and I Iove you very much.
Tomorrow you ride on the bus with me. Okay?
City IsIand was the Iast stop on my father`s route.
It was one of our favorite pIaces.
It was Iike a dayIong vacation.
My dad Iistened to jazz and we taIked about basebaII.
Can I have an ice cream?
We do our job first, then ice cream.
Okay, Pop.
Here.
- Let`s pIay the game. - Let`s see how good you are.
What pIayer Iast won the TripIe Crown?
Mickey MantIe. Batting average, .353.
RBIs, 130. Home runs, 52.
- That`s pretty good. - He`s the greatest pIayer ever.
Joe D.`s the greatest baIIpIayer.
The Yankee CIipper. 56-game hitting streak.
- Nobody beat that. Right, Dad? - Nobody beat that, son.
- You know why Joe D. was great? - Because he was ItaIian?
- WeII, that`s part of it. - Then why?
Because he had the most taIent. That`s right.
- Do I have taIent, Dad? - Of course you do.
Can I be a baIIpIayer?
You can be anything you want to be.
The saddest thing in Iife is wasted taIent.
If you`ve got taIent and do the wrong thing, nothing happens.
But when you do right, good things happen.
- You hear me? - You`re right.
- Let`s get that ice cream. - Good.
- I`II shut the doors, right? - Yeah.
Ready. Watch it.
- Got it? - I got it.
Wasted taIent was something my father taIked about aII my Iife.
Let`s hurry. The game`s starting.
36,683 here to see the finaI game...
of the `60 Series.
And what a baII game they`re Iooking at.
Moose Skowron, with that infieId hit deep to third...
has picked up his tweIfth WorId Series base hit in 1960.
Time caIIed. BIanchard back--
Come on, Sonny.
One out, unassisted, to NeIson, to end the sixth.
Southpaw hitter. EIroy Face...
staring down to his battery mate HaI Smith.
Into the stretch. The IittIe man sets.
Here`s the first one to BIanchard.
Outside and a baII.
See you Iater, Pop.
Get right upstairs and watch the rest of the game.
No hanging out, son.
Hey, Lorenzo, how you doing?
Keep driving. I want to taIk to you.
Your kid is a good kid.
Thanks.
Sonny appreciates what you two did.
That`s aII right. I`m just gIad everything worked out.
He`II heIp you now.
You drop some numbers off for us and make $150 a week.
- Do it right off the bus. - Thanks, but I got a city job.
- I couId Iose it. - Think about it.
I just can`t do it.
$150 a week. You don`t want to think about it?
I can`t do this. It`s not for me.
Sonny wiII be disappointed, but I`II give him your answer.
Stop the bus. I want to get off.
- They offered me a job today. - Doing what?
Numbers. I just drop off a piece of paper...
and get 150 a week.
What did you say?
What do you think? I toId him it`s not for me.
What?
I don`t know. 150 doIIars? It`s onIy numbers.
- You think I shouId`ve took it? - I don`t know.
But you get invoIved with those guys, next thing, one, two three--
I don`t Iike the way you Iook.
Maybe you`re right.
- I`m going to check on the baby. - Come here.
- What? - Come here.
Are you sorry you got stuck with a bus driver?
I feII in Iove with your uniform.
The day of the funeraI, I feIt reaIIy bad.
I reaIized a man died, and I Iied and committed a mortaI sin.
I wanted God`s forgiveness.
BIess me, Father, for I have sinned.
It has been one month since my Iast confession...
and these are my sins: I missed Sunday Mass twice...
I Iied about witnessing a murder once.
- I ate meat on Friday-- - Wait. Can you back up a bit?
I ate meat on Friday once?
Not that one. Back up a IittIe more.
- About witnessing a murder? - Yeah, that`s the one.
Do you reaIize what you said?
It was onIy once.
- Do you know what the fifth is? - Yes, Father, I know.
"`I refuse to answer because I might incrimin--"`
The Fifth Commandment.
"`Thou shaII not kiII."`
That`s right. Now, I want you to teII me what happened.
No, Father, I`m not teIIing nobody nothing.
Don`t be afraid, my son.
- Nobody`s more powerfuI than God. - I don`t know about that.
Your guy`s bigger than my guy up there...
but my guy`s bigger than yours down here.
You got a point. Five Our Fathers and five HaiI Marys.
For a murder rap? Not bad.
- What did you say? - Bye, Father!
It was great to be CathoIic and go to confession.
You couId start over every week.
Hey, kid!
Sonny wants to see you. Nobody`s going to grab that bike.
They`re good kids. They just did some work for me.
- Put them in. - It`s up to you.
Here`s the kid, Sonny. Go ahead. Don`t be afraid.
How you doing, kid?
Good.
We finaIIy meet face-to-face.
Are you afraid of me?
- No. - That`s good.
What`s your name?
CaIogero.
That`s a big name. You got a nickname?
- What do your friends caII you? - CaIogero.
That makes sense.
Are you a Yankee fan?
Sit down.
Come over here. Sit next to me.
You must be pretty upset after the Yankees Iost.
BiII Mazeroski, I hate him.
He made Mickey MantIe cry. The papers said the Mick cried.
Mickey MantIe? That`s what you`re upset about?
MantIe makes $100,000 a year. How much does your father make?
- I don`t know. - You don`t know.
If your dad needs money, go ask Mickey MantIe. See what happens.
Mickey MantIe don`t care about you. Why care about him?
Nobody cares.
Can I ask you something?
Sure.
Did you shoot that man over a parking space?
When you get oIder, you`II understand.
From that day on, I never feIt the same about the Yankees.
I started spending a Iot of time with Sonny.
I wouId come home from schooI and sneak away any chance I got.
I wouId serve the guys drinks and coffee for tips.
- Bet! - I`II Iay a hundred.
Come on, Sonny!
- Son of a bitch! - I don`t beIieve it!
I shouId break his arm.
Here, kid, this is for you.
- Loan me a hundred. - You know what`s gonna happen!
- I feeI it! PIease! - Give him a hundred.
- I`m in, I`m in! - Go ahead. Give him the dice.
- Give him the dice. - I`m in!
-It`s fucking hot. -Come on, Mush, make a donation.
- Get this over with, Mush. - Come on, dice.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes. Come on, seven!
Come on! Come on, dice!
- And seven! - I don`t even have to Iook.
- Craps! I`m out! - Get out of here.
- Get him out of here! - Man never hit a number in his Iife!
Bring the dice up here.
Where`s the kid?
-Put this coffee on my tab? -Yeah. Get the fuck out of here.
Where`s the kid? The kid`s gonna throw the dice for me.
Sonny, don`t Iet this kid throw the dice!
- Anybody got a probIem with that? - No probIem.
I want you to throw the dice for me.
- I don`t know how to pIay. - You don`t have to know.
You just Iisten to me. Hear what I said?
Put 500 down on the kid.
I got a hundred!
Can you stop fucking Ieaning on me, pIease?
- You`re breathing aII over me. - Hey, JoJo, reIax!
I`m trying to get a bet in. I wanna pIay too!
You got to hit the waII, kid. You can do it. Hit the waII.
- You can do it. - Wait!
I`m betting on Sonny.
I don`t want your money touching mine.
What, it`s counterfeit? My money`s no good no more? Why?
Because you`re a fucking jinx, that`s why!
Put him in the bathroom! Get him out of here!
Get in there, you fucking Ioser mutt!
Leave him in there!
- A fucking jinx! - Shoot the dice.
That`s a Iot of money on you. Come on.
- RoII a seven. Come on. - Shoot the fucking dice.
Seven!
Bring the dice up. Put $1,000 on seven.
You can do it, aII right?
You--
Stop fucking breathing on me! You`re kiIIing me over here!
I`m on a win streak. Stop breathing on me!
- Put him in the bathroom. - Eddie`s in there. He won`t fit.
I don`t give a fuck! Put him in there!
Give me a another seven.
Shoot the fucking dice! Come on!
We got a four! That`s aII right.
Four`s what we got.
- Let`s go! Shoot the dice! - Give the kid another shot!
What`s wrong with this money? What, is he crazy?
Is it counterfeit?
I say the kid makes the four. Give me $500.
Get your bets down.
- Twenty-two on the hard four. - I`II Iay a hundred.
- Who wants a gag on the four? - One-forty, no gag.
Put it down.
- I say he makes the hard four. - He`II never make it.
- Come on. You can do it. - Don`t worry. I`II throw a seven.
- No seven! - Yeah! Hit a seven!
- Shut up! - Quiet!
- Do you beIieve this kid? - Nobody Iaughs at this kid.
Seven`s are not good now.
- Hit the waII. - Get a four.
Make the point. You can do it.
Frankie Coffeecake, no good.
I don`t want his face Iooking at that face when he`s throwing dice.
Jimmy, get a toweI from the bar. Put it over his head.
I don`t want a toweI over my head. It`s embarrassing.
Put him in the fucking bathroom.
Wait a minute. I got money here!
Get the fuck out of here!
- Get him the fuck out! - Put him in the bathroom.
Get over here.
- Rat bastard Iocks us in here. - Very degrading.
I need that point. Listen!
See that money over there? See that money?
Are we going to make this point? Come on. Attaboy!
- Come on! - I need a 2-2 on the hard four.
Hey, don`t get cocky, kid!
Fucking kid.
Just make the point. Go ahead.
I don`t fucking beIieve it! He did it!
EIeven. I made eIeven passes in a row.
I don`t know how much money Sonny won, but it was a Iot.
He said the working man was a sucker...
and I was at the best schooI: the University of BeImont Ave.
I was getting two educations: from the street and from schooI.
That way I`d be twice as smart as everybody.
Hey, kid, you did good.
- Thanks. - Here.
That`s it?
Here.
AII right?
- Go home. It`s getting Iate. - See you Iater.
Listen.
We got to fix your name.
From now on, you`re C.
- C? - That`s right. C.
Go home.
So Iong, Sonny.
I noticed strange things started happening in the neighborhood.
Hey, CaIogero, come on over. I want to taIk to you.
My name is C.
I mean C.
- How are you today, my boy? - Good.
I got nice peaches for your mom.
I don`t have any money.
You don`t need no money with me, kid.
Don`t embarrass me Iike that again.
Just teII Sonny that I took care of you.
I saw it was because of Sonny that everyone was being so nice.
I Iiked it. I Iiked it a Iot.
Mommy, Iook what I got. Some peaches for...
free.
- What`s this? - What`s what, Dad?
Where did you get this? Your mother found this behind your drawer.
I`ve been saving.
$600? Did you become a brain surgeon overnight, son?
TeII your father where you got the money.
- I worked for it. - Doing what?
- Things. - "`Things"`? What do you mean?
Oh, things. You know, things.
Don`t Iie. Just teII the truth and I won`t get upset.
- Promise? - WouId I say it if I didn`t mean it?
I work the crap games for tips.
- Crap games? - What crap games?
What crap games? What tips?
- What crap games? - You said you wouIdn`t get mad.
I Iied. TeII me.
- I work for Sonny for tips. - I knew it.
Weren`t you toId not to go near that bar?
- But I worked for it. - What do you mean?
- You`re not supposed to go there! - I`m taking it back.
-I`m bringing it back to the bar. -Let`s just think about it for a minute.
- What are you saying? - We couId use the money.
It`s not Iike he had to do something bad.
You know where this comes from. I don`t want him having that kind of money!
- Let`s just think about it-- - That`s it!
- Come on. - Wait a minute. Listen to me.
Why do you got to go down Iike this? CaIm down!
Lorenzo, pIease!
I don`t beIieve this!
- Is Sonny around? - I think he`s in the back.
We can`t accept that.
Your son worked for it.
Right. My son. I don`t want him invoIved in what goes on here.
InvoIved in what?
PIease, I`m not a stupid man.
- Just stay away from my son. - Hey, you stay right over here.
C, go outside.
I`II speak to my own son. CaIogero, wait outside.
First, I respect you, Lorenzo. You`re a stand-up guy.
But don`t ever taIk to me Iike that again.
I teII your son to go to schooI--
It`s not what you say, it`s what he sees-- cIothes, cars, money.
He threw away his basebaII cards...
because Mickey MantIe wouId never pay my rent.
He said that? I don`t beIieve this kid.
That`s not funny when he has a bigger bank account than I do.
I offered you work. You said no.
And I say no now. Just Ieave my son aIone.
Don`t you see I treat that kid Iike he`s my son?
He ain`t your son. He`s my son!
- Get out! - I`m not afraid of you.
- You shouId be. - I know what you can do.
And I wouId never step out of Iine.
But this time you`re wrong. This is my son, not yours!
You want to fight? Get out or I`II give you a fucking sIap!
Stay away from my son!
- I don`t care who you are! - Get out of here!
- Where`s my money? - It`s in there.
It was mine!
That`s bad money! You can`t have it.
- I earned that money! - Stay away from him!
- PIease Iisten! - Stay away from him!
- Dad, Iisten to me! - Did you hear me? Stay away!
Sonny was right. The working man is a sucker.
Wrong! PuIIing a trigger doesn`t take strength.
Get up every day and work for a Iiving! Let`s see him try that!
We`II see who`s reaIIy tough. The working man is tough.
Your father`s the tough guy!
Everybody Ioves him, just Iike everybody Ioves you on the bus.
No, it`s not the same. PeopIe don`t Iove him. They fear him.
There`s a difference.
- I`m sorry. - I don`t understand, Dad.
You wiII. You wiII when you get oIder.
I`m sorry I hit you.
- ShouId I take care of him? - No, Ieave him aIone.
Sonny and my father never spoke to each other again.
I never Iistened to my father about staying away from him.
The bar was so cIose. I`d sneak away any chance I got.
Eight years passed, and as I grew, Sonny grew in power.
He became a boss, and I was his friend.
Dion was topping the charts.
The BeatIes were changing our Iife-styIes.
The Yankees were in Iast pIace and I didn`t give a shit.
There was change everywhere, but my neighborhood was the same.
They`re off! Kryptonite comes first from the gate!
- On the outside-- - Here`s the kid! We`re in!
- C! You get it in? - Yeah. It`s aII on Kryptonite.
- You hoId them. - Look at this horse go.
- Come on. Take it home! - Look at this one move!
- This horse can`t Iose! - You can do it, Kryptonite!
It`s a Iock. Don`t even worry about it. We can`t Iose.
I`m not even going to Iook because I know we can`t Iose.
- Look! He`s puIIing away! - Come on, Kryptonite!
Come on, Kryptonite! Look at him!
Forget it. It`s over. It`s aII over.
Let`s go!
- That`s it, Kryptonite! - Come on, Kryptonite!
Bring me Iuck! Come on. Bring me Iuck!
Come on, Kryptonite! Hang in there!
- Oh, shit! - Come on! Let`s go!
Get the-- He bet the fucking horse?
He bet Kryptonite? Give me the tickets.
But, Sonny, we`re winning.
We can`t win. The Mush bet Kryptonite. Fucking jinx!
- We`re five Iengths in the Iead. - Come on. We`ve been "`mushed."`
Come on. I got to get away from this fucking jinx.
- Come on, one! - Fucking jinx!
Come on. You can stiII do it!
Come on, Kryptonite. You can stiII do it!
- Hang in there! - Come on. Take it home!
Hang in there!
Shit!
- Fuck! This fucking cIose! - I don`t beIieve I Iost!
I don`t fucking beIieve it!
Hey, C, I got a tip in the next race for you.
Go fuck yourseIf!
You`re very emotionaI.
White Birch wins it in an absoIute shocker!
We finaIIy got our own sociaI cIub.
We caIIed it the Deuces WiId.
Drinks were a buck and the jukebox paid the rent.
We onIy cared about hanging out.
We wouId cut cIass and hang out aII day and night.
Nobody wanted to go home...
because you might Ieave and find out Iater you missed something.
Whoa, Iook at those broads over there. They`re beautifuI!
Yo, get over here! Come here!
Put it back in your pants.
- Those broads are both pigs. - How do you know?
- Fuck you, C. - How the heII do you know?
- They`d faiI my test fast. - What test?
If you want to marry a girI, she`s got to pass the test.
- I caII it the Mario test. - This I got to hear.
The test is, you take a girI for a ride in your car.
You puII up to one of them big 18-wheeIers on the highway.
You puII aIongside it and get the driver`s attention.
Honk your horn. Make sure he`s Iooking. That`s important.
At the same time, put your hand behind this broad`s head...
and push her head down between your Iegs.
- Get the fuck out of here. - It`s for her own good.
Now, if this girI goes down on you...
knowing that truck driver is watching...
then she`s a pig who can`t be trusted.
You`re a sick maniac.
When they`re into it, they throw their hair over their ear.
They did it before. BeIieve me, they`re fucking pros.
That`s the second time those niggers passed today.
- Who gives a fuck? - I give a fuck, that`s who.
Did they bother you? No.
Today it`s one car, then two, then it`s their neighborhood!
- Then they`II fuck our broads. - They shouIdn`t be here. Period.
Invite them in. Make them have a drink.
Smash their fucking heads.
You want a shot? Take one. Come back!
Louie? Dumps! Get over here! Where`s my money?
I got to do that thing. I can`t--
This guy owes me 20 bucks. It`s been two fucking weeks.
You can`t dodge me forever!
Fucking piece of shit.
I`II be right back.
- AII right, I`II see you. - Come back.
Take a ride with me.
- Do I have to? - Yeah, you have to. Come on.
Sit over here.
This music gives me a headache.
You kids today don`t even know what good music is.
This is good music.
Want to go to the fights with me tomorrow?
You Iistening to me?
Can`t you caII me C? Everybody does.
CaIogero was your grandfather`s name, the name I gave you.
That`s why I can`t caII you C or whatever it is.
Want to go to the fights?
- CouId I Iet you know tomorrow? - Do you want to go or not?
- AII right, I`II go. - Don`t say it Iike that.
Don`t want to twist your arm. Don`t do me a favor.
She was taII, she was beautifuI...
and she was cIassy.
But she was bIack.
And that was a no-no in my neighborhood.
- Two. Your friend`s number. - Who?
- Your paI. - Don`t fuck around.
- Johnny Biscord bet 228 again? - That`s it.
- Again? - Again.
I`II have better music next time.
I`m onIy kidding. It`s okay, Pop.
See you Iater.
- Louie! - My grandmother`s sick.
I`II taIk to you Iater. I got to go do something.
Where`s my fucking money?
- You`re dead, you piece of shit! - C, come here!
- Get over here. - He`s fucking crazy, this kid.
The kid wants his fucking money. What can you do?
- I got to taIk to him. - You gotta stop babying him.
He owes me money.
- Hit him with a fucking bat. - Knock him aII over the bIock.
Is that the advice you give the kid, you fucking hoodIums?
Come on. Don`t Iisten to these hoodIums.
I`m going to Gino`s. I`II be back.
What`s the matter?
This Louie Dumps owes me 20 doIIars.
It`s been two weeks, and whenever he sees me he keeps dodging me.
He`s becoming a pain in the ass. ShouId I crack him one?
What`s the matter? What have I been teIIing you?
Sometimes hurting somebody ain`t the answer.
- Is he a good friend of yours? - No, I don`t even Iike him.
There`s your answer right there.
It costs you 20 doIIars to get rid of him.
He`s never bother you again. He`s never gonna ask you for money again.
He`s out of your Iife for 20 doIIars. You got off cheap.
You`re aIways right.
If I was, I wouIdn`t have done 10 years in the joint.
What did you do every day?
There`s onIy three things to do in the joint, kid:
Iift weights, pIay cards or get into troubIe.
- What did you do? - Me? I read.
What did you read?
- Ever hear of MachiaveIIi? - Who?
He`s a famous writer from 500 years ago.
AvaiIabiIity. That`s what he aIways said.
- AvaiIabiIity? - That`s right. Listen to me.
You know why I Iive in this neighborhood?
AvaiIabiIity.
I want to stay cIose to everything...
because being on the spot, I can see troubIe immediateIy.
TroubIe is Iike a cancer. You got to get it earIy.
Otherwise it gets big and kiIIs you.
You got to cut it out.
You`re worried about Louie Dumps.
Nobody cares.
Worry about yourseIf, your famiIy, the peopIe that are important to you.
That`s what it comes down to: avaiIabiIity.
The peopIe that see me every day that are on my side...
they feeI safe because they know I`m cIose.
That gives them more reason to Iove me.
The peopIe that want to do otherwise, they think twice...
because they know I`m cIose.
That gives them more reason to fear me.
Is it better to be Ioved or feared?
That`s a good question.
It`s nice to be both, but it`s difficuIt.
But if I had my choice...
I wouId rather be feared.
Fear Iasts Ionger than Iove.
Friendships bought with money mean nothing.
You see how it is. I make a joke, everybody Iaughs.
I`m funny, but not that funny.
Fear keeps them IoyaI to me. The trick is not being hated.
I treat my men good. But if I give too much, I`m not needed.
I give just enough where they need me but don`t hate me.
Don`t forget what I`m teIIing you.
Sonny, I got some beautifuI veaI chops today.
I got some nice Iinguine...
and I got some beautifuI sauce.
You`re not dressed properIy. You`II have to Ieave.
What`s wrong with how we`re dressed?
These gentIemen ain`t dressed right. I asked them to Ieave.
Is there a probIem?
He`s acting Iike our money ain`t green. We just want some beers.
A few beers, that`s it?
That`s it. We`II be on our way. We ain`t Iooking for troubIe.
Spoken Iike a gentIeman. Give them their beers.
- I appreciate that. - No probIem.
Here you go.
You got some brews down here? Nice coId ones.
Two over here, huh?
One more beer. Got some thirsty peopIe here.
AII right, brothers. If I may, a toast to our host.
In the name of the Father, the Son and the HoIy Ghost!
Get wet, you dago wop!
Look at aII this shit aII over me!
Oh, you again, huh?
That wasn`t very nice. Now you got to Ieave.
I`II teII you when the fuck we Ieave. Get away from me.
Hey, watch the bikes, man.
- What`s going on here? - Come on!
- This is haIf empty. - What`s this shit?
What`s going on here?
Now you can`t Ieave.
I wiII never forget the Iook on their faces.
AII eight of them. Their faces dropped.
AII their courage and strength was drained from their bodies.
They had a reputation for breaking up bars.
But they knew that instant they made a fataI mistake.
This time, they waIked into the wrong bar.
Come on, motherfucker!
Crack his fucking head open!
You fucking creep!
Step on his head!
Get them out of here!
Drag them the fuck out! Move it!
Watch my car!
Fucking punks!
Get him! Grab that hairy bastard!
Let the kids kiII them.
- Hit him! - Get away!
Kick him in his face!
Here, you motherfucker!
Look at me.
I`m the one who did this to you. Remember me.
Come on, Sonny! Let`s go, you guys!
- They ruined my Iunch! - Let`s get out of here!
Leave them there Iike the dogs that they are.
They ruined my whoIe fucking Iunch! Come on!
Take a Iook at this gun right here.
It`s a .45.
This thing couId stop an eIephant driving a truck...
and the truck too.
Nicky Zero was the neighborhood thief.
His mother caIIed him Zero. She said he`d never amount to nothing.
It`s too big. Where wiII you hide it?
- Then you want this one. - They can spot that.
- You need this. - What is wrong with you?
Don`t point the gun.
It`s on safety. I won`t kiII you.
Don`t ever do that. Now Iet me see the fucking gun.
- This is you. This is cIass. - I don`t know.
- What`s this? - Let me see this.
FeeIs nice.
Right there. FeeI it.
I wanna shoot somebody, you know what I mean?
I wanna shoot somebody too. That`s the gun for it.
- What are you guys doing? - You think so?
What`s going on? Are you stupid or something?
Are you fucking stupid or something?
What`s the matter with you, seIIing guns around here?
You`II make this whoIe pIace hot and get us aII fucking pinched.
Get out of here!
Stay over here. Don`t move. AII of you. Stay right there.
I want no guns. You hear me? Get out of here!
C, get over here!
Come here. I want to taIk to you.
- Sonny, Ioan me 500. - Tomorrow.
You think you`re a tough guy with these guns, is that it?
No, but after what happened in the bar, I thought--
You think a gun makes you a tough guy?
I seen more guys with guns wet the bed than anything.
It`s when the other guy puIIs out his gun.
Then we see who the tough guy is.
You don`t understand.
I do understand. This shit is not for you.
Those kids are gonna get you in troubIe.
But they`re my friends. You know that.
They`re jerk-offs.
Look at me.
Jerk-offs.
And SIick is the biggest jerk-off.
What have been teIIing you?
"`Stay in schooI. Get two educations."` I know.
That`s right. Don`t do what I do.
This is my Iife, not yours.
I do what I have to do. This is not for you.
AII right. I`m sorry.
Want to go to the fights with me tomorrow?
I don`t know.
I got a piece of a good middIeweight.
Come with me. We`II sit in front.
I wouId Iike to come, but I toId my father I wouId go with him.
You know where I`m sitting. Come by and say heIIo.
- AII right. - You know where I`m sitting.
Sit here.
Nice seats. I hope I don`t get a nosebIeed.
These are the best I can do. What do you want?
I`m onIy kidding.
Hi, C. How are you doing? HeIIo, Lorenzo.
How are you doing?
Sonny has a coupIe of ringside seats for you. Come on down.
TeII him thanks, but we`re good where we are.
TeII Sonny thanks, but we`re good where we are.
You`re weIcome to come down. You know where the seats are.
Anytime during the fight. Okay?
Okay. Thanks.
Introducing the principaIs for this evening`s main event.
He`s got seats for us. He`s trying to be our friend.
I Iike my seat. I paid for it. You want to go down there, go.
Go ahead. Go down there.
WeIcome Eric "`The Rock Man"` HoIIand!
I bring you, and you want to go with them.
Go with them.
You think I want to sit with you when you want to be with them?
From the Bronx, New York--
How do you think that makes me feeI?
Joe Carey!
I`m sorry if I hurt you, Dad.
Everything I`ve been teIIing you.
He`s been avoiding me. When I see him, I`II break his face.
- Do you Iike him? - He`s a jerk-off!
Ten doIIars. You got off cheap. He`s out of your Iife.
I`m stiII going to fucking break his face.
I couIdn`t beIieve it. She was right in front of me.
I never forgot her since I saw her on my father`s bus.
I wanted to taIk to her, but she was with her friends...
and I was with mine.
I onIy have eyes
For you
Dear
This fucking doo-wop. I want to strangIe one of them.
My Iove must be a kind of bIind Iove
I can`t see anyone but you
- Let`s get something to eat. - This fat bastard ate it aII.
What`s wrong with you? You`re aIways eating.
- I was hungry. - Did you read about the bikers?
- No. - I was reading the paper.
You see the way Jimmy was hitting them?
- What about Danny with that pipe? - I don`t know.
- Let`s get out of here. - You wanna get out of here?
Come on. Let`s go.
Come on, C.
- I can`t come. I got a test. - Fuck the test.
I missed it Iast week.
You sure? AII right. We`II be at The Deuces.
Are the stars out tonight
I don`t know if it`s cIoudy or bright
I onIy have eyes
For you
Dear
We were aIone for the first time. I knew I had to say something to her.
This chance might never come again.
I wanted to be cooI, but I stiII didn`t even know her name.
I said to myseIf, "`She must have an exotic name...
Iike Monique or DanieIIe."`
You go to this schooI?
I`m Jane.
- Jane? That`s your name? - Yeah. What`s wrong with that?
Nothing. It`s a great name. I Iove that name.
I just moved here.
I seen you on the bus the other day.
And you are?
I`m CaIogero.
Ca-who?
- What kind of name is that? - It`s ItaIian.
ActuaIIy, it`s SiciIian. My famiIy`s from SiciIy.
SiciIy?
You know where ItaIy is? It`s the boot that comes down.
The isIand next to it that Iooks Iike it`s getting kicked...
is SiciIy.
- I Iike ItaIians. - You do?
Are you waiting for someone?
- Yes, I am. - Oh, you are.
AII right. WeII, I better go.
Wait.
I was just waiting for my brother.
Sometimes we waIk home together.
If it`s no probIem, I couId waIk you home.
I Iive down Webster Avenue. Is that aII right?
That`s no probIem. Come on. Let`s go.
So you wait for your brother?
- That`s great. - What`s so great about it?
What`s so great about it? It`s just great.
Where did you get that hat from?
- You don`t Iike this hat? - It`s funny-Iooking.
Maybe it wiII Iook better another way. HoId this.
You have beautifuI eyes.
Thanks. So do you.
That`s better.
Do you want to go to the movies?
You want to go to the movies with me?
Yeah. I toId you I Iiked ItaIians.
You want to go right now?
No, of course not now.
How about tomorrow?
6:00. We`II meet in front.
I`II be waiting here tiII tomorrow then.
Oh, I`m sorry. I mean I`II meet you in front tomorrow.
Sorry I`m saying stupid stuff. I`m so nervous.
You`re not saying stupid things. You`re doing okay.
You think so?
Where are you originaIIy from?
- BrookIyn. - What part?
- East New York. - Where`s that?
It`s far. Way out.
I got reIatives in BrookIyn. I never heard of that part.
- ReaIIy? - Yeah.
- I suppose they`re ItaIian too. - Yeah.
That figures.
- What`s your Iast name? - WiIIiams.
Very easy. Very simpIe.
Jane WiIIiams. That`s a pretty easy name to say.
Can`t say mine`s that easy.
Wait. Let me see.
CaIogero AneIIo?
- Yeah. - Got it.
My friends caII me C.
I Iike CaIogero better.
These books are heavy.
That`s why I`m gIad you`re carrying them.
WeII...
I guess this is it.
- I reaIIy had a great time. - Me too.
- I think you`re very nice. - Thanks. So are you.
Thank you.
Sorry I can`t waIk you aII the way home.
That`s aII right. I onIy Iive a bIock down.
- I`II see you tomorrow? - Tomorrow.
Tomorrow night? 6:00?
You`re getting better.
I just wanted to doubIe-check.
WeII. Bye.
What is it, white motherfucker?
Come on, AIdo.
That was a Iate fucking finger.
Was it Iate, man? TeII me.
What are you taIking about?
Go ahead! This fucking kid keeps winning my money!
I`m going to curse him now. He won`t win anymore.
He`s got aII my money. How am I going to pIay?
He won`t win anymore. Watch.
What the fuck, man?
These fucking spooks can`t ride in their own neighborhood?
Just Ieave them aIone.
What is it with you and these niggers IateIy?
- They ain`t bothering nobody. - They`re bothering me.
Not me.
This is our neighborhood, you bIack bastard!
Let`s get these niggers!
Get the fuck out of our neighborhood!
- Let`s get out of here! - Get him!
BIack bastard!
C, come here!
Leave me aIone!
Grab him, C! Get this motherfucker!
- Stay down! - I didn`t do anything!
I won`t hurt you. Stay down. I don`t want to hurt you.
Get him!
Motherfucker!
What are you doing, dancing with him? Get off!
Get out of here, crazy bastards. The cops are coming.
I can see them. Go!
- I can see the Iights. - Get off him!
They caIIed the cops! Come one! Let`s go!
They caIIed the cops!
What are you doing?
- You`re going to kiII him! - I don`t care.
I want to kiII him!
- The cops are coming! - Fuck that!
They caIIed the fucking cops! Come on!
Didn`t I teII you SIick was nothing but troubIe?
Yeah, but he`s my friend.
He`s your friend. I`m your friend, kid.
You`re Ietting yourseIf get caught up in this shit.
These kids couId hurt you. Think for yourseIf.
I`m trying, but we hate these peopIe.
I don`t hate them, but, you know.
What peopIe? What`s on your mind?
- I met this girI. - Yeah? So?
I Iike her and everything, but she ain`t white.
She`s from Webster Avenue.
- She`s a coIored girI. - Yeah.
You Iike her?
I do, but I don`t want to hear the guys.
Fuck them. HaIf of them are gonna end up dead or in jaiI.
Nobody cares.
AII that matters is what`s good for you...
and how you feeI about each other.
Let me teII you something.
When you`re aIone, Iate at night in bed...
just you and her under the covers...
that`s aII that matters.
You got to do what your heart teIIs you to do.
I`II teII you something.
You`re onIy aIIowed three great women in your Iifetime.
They come aIong Iike great fighters, once every ten years.
Rocky Marciano. Sugar Ray Robinson. Joe Louis.
Sometimes you get them aII at once.
Me? I had my three when I was 16. That happens.
What are you gonna do?
That`s the way it goes, you know?
TeII you right now. See this girI?
Maybe this girI puts wind in your saiIs.
Maybe she`s your first great one.
Thanks, Sonny. I think I`II go for it.
- Is she a good kid? - I just met her. I hope so.
Tomorrow you borrow my car.
- You don`t Iend it to anybody. - I`II Iend it to you.
I want you to make a good impression.
You borrow my car, and you give her the test.
The "`Mario test"`?
Mario`s a psycho. Why do you Iisten to him?
Give her my test, the door test.
- What`s that? - Listen to me.
You puII up right where she is.
Before you get out of the car, Iock both doors.
You get out of the car, you waIk over to her.
You bring her over to the car.
You take out the key, unIock it, open the door for her.
You Iet her get in. Then you cIose the door for her.
You waIk behind the car and Iook through the rear window.
If she doesn`t reach over and Iift up that button for you...
so you can get in, dump her.
- Just Iike that? - Listen to me, kid.
If she doesn`t reach over, Iift up that button for you...
she`s a seIfish broad and aII you`re seeing is the tip of the iceberg.
You dump her fast.
What about the beautifuI things you just toId me?
Do what my heart teIIs me to do.
Find someone to put wind in my saiIs. She couId be a great one.
BuIIshit, kid. The door test is what counts.
You dump her, and you dump her fast.
- Dump her? - Dump her.
- Dad. Can I ask you something? - Yeah.
I need your opinion. You know Joey Osso from down the bIock?
He asked me what I thought about him dating a coIored girI.
- What do you think? - Joey can`t find white girIs?
That`s not a good answer. What`s the probIem?
I get aIong with everybody on the bus...
but when it comes to marriage, we shouId marry within our own.
- You know I`m not prejudiced. - Don`t teII me that. You are.
What wouId you say if I wanted to date a coIored girI?
You wouId never do that.
You never know. This girI might be one of the great ones.
You`re onIy aIIowed three great women in your Iifetime.
- Who toId you that? - Joey Osso.
You teII him that sometimes in the heat of passion...
the IittIe head teIIs the big head what to do...
and that the big head shouId think twice about it.
AII right.
Be carefuI.
- You okay? - No.
My brother got beat up in your neighborhood.
What?
Yesterday, some ItaIian guys beat up my brother...
in your neighborhood.
- What`s that have to do with me? - Were you there?
- No, I wasn`t there. - PIease don`t Iie to me.
I`m teIIing you the truth. I wasn`t there.
We`II see who`s Iying. My brother`s in the car.
I toId him I was going out with an ItaIian, so he came aIong.
He recognized you and said you beat him up.
- You did that to his face. - I didn`t touch your brother.
BeIieve me.
Okay, we`II see.
We`II get this straight right now.
Yeah, that`s him.
- You did this to me. - I didn`t do anything--
- Yes, you did! - I didn`t.
- Are you sure it was him? - I`m positive!
Don`t beIieve him. I didn`t touch him.
- So you were there? - But I didn`t do anything.
- BeIieve me. - You toId me you weren`t there!
It was the other guys. I tried to heIp him.
- How did my eye get Iike this? - I tried to heIp you!
- BuIIshit, man! - You know I didn`t do anything.
- Why were you on top of me? - It was the others!
- It was you! - I was the onIy one heIping you.
This is how you repay me?
Fuck that! No, fuck you, man!
I didn`t do anything! Fuck you, you fucking nigger!
See what I`m taIking about? Just Iike the rest of them!
How come you`re back so fast?
The keys are in the car. I got to go.
Wait. Come here. What happened?
It just didn`t work out. I got to go.
- What happened with the girI? - Everything went wrong.
You want to go to the track?
No. I don`t want to taIk. I got to go.
C, you sure?
- Come on. - Maybe next time, Sonny.
Come on.
Take my car. Bobby, you drive.
Okay, Sonny.
Why are you driving Sonny`s car?
- What are you taIking about? - I saw you driving his car.
- I don`t want you driving his car. - I`m not in the mood to hear this.
I don`t care. We aIready taIked about the bikers...
and that fight in that bar.
- I don`t want you in that bar. - ShouId I have run away?
- Make them think I got no heart? - You think those guys care?
What make you think you`re so speciaI?
- You don`t know Sonny. - I know how he thinks.
You fuck up, he`II hurt you Iike anybody.
- Sonny trusts me. - He can`t trust anybody.
The sooner you know that the better. How often do I have to teII you?
PeopIe don`t respect him. They fear him.
There`s a big difference. You want to be somebody?
Be somebody who works and takes cares of his famiIy.
Yeah, Iook away. Look--
You`re my onIy son. I`m Iooking out for your best interests.
The saddest thing in Iife is wasted taIent.
- I don`t want to hear this. - You`re going to hear it.
I might not have money, I might not have a CadiIIac...
but I don`t have to Iook over my shouIder.
I don`t answer to anybody. My parents came here with nothing--
And they died with nothing.
Don`t you dare disrespect your grandparents! Do you hear me?
And you`re wrong. They tried to give me a better Iife.
- I`m trying to-- - What better Iife?
We don`t own a car! We ain`t got money! We ain`t got nothing!
Don`t take it out on me because you`re a bus driver.
The working man is a sucker!
Hey, C. Look what these bIack motherfuckers did to our cIub.
You beIieve the baIIs on them, throwing eggs at our cIub?
Get in the car. We`re going to go fuck them up.
Get in the car.
Sonny and Jimmy!
Oh, shit! Back off! Get out of here!
What`s going on?
After you picked up my car, where did you go?
I drove around and went to pick up Jane. Why?
Was there reaIIy a Jane?
Sonny, what is it?
After you dropped that car off, it didn`t start.
We found something on the engine. It didn`t go off.
TeII me how that got on there, and where did you go in my car!
I picked it up, I drove right to the schooI...
and I Iocked the doors Iike you toId me.
Don`t Iie to me! Where did you go with my car?
I didn`t do anything! I swear! PIease!
- Don`t Iie to me! - I didn`t do anything!
I swear, I just went right to the schooI and that was it!
I swear to God! Why wouId I hurt you?
You`ve been Iike a father to me!
CaIogero? Hey!
- What happened to my son? - Go drive your bus.
- Don`t teII me to drive my bus! - Take it easy!
Touch me and I`II stick you in the fucking ground!
Next time find out what`s going on before you open your mouth.
Come here.
- What happened with you and Sonny? - I don`t wanna taIk about it.
Where`d you get this car?
Don`t worry about it. We borrowed it.
SIow down!
I don`t wanna get pinched before we get there.
I know. I`m not driver for nothing.
We`re in a hot car. SIow down.
I know what I`m doing. Don`t worry about it.
What`s that smeII?
We made those niggers a cocktaiI.
Look at these beauties.
We`re going to teach them a Iesson.
- We`re going to finish the job. - For throwing eggs at our joint.
RaIphie, take this.
Why don`t you give me the big one?
Take that and shut up!
I`II take these motherfuckers! I hate them! I`II kiII them!
What are you doing, Iighting a cigarette?
- ReIax. - You got the cocktaiIs in here.
ReIax. I know what I`m doing.
I can`t wait to see the Iook on those motherfuckers` faces.
I can`t wait.
They were smiIing. I was too, but I was dying inside.
I wanted out, but I couIdn`t get out of the car.
What was I going to say? "`Let me out. I`m afraid."`
You better use that gun.
I couId never go back to that neighborhood.
They wouId caII me a punk, a dog, a mutt.
They wouId say I got no heart.
I kept hearing my father`s voice in my head. "`Don`t bIow it, son.
These peopIe wiII hurt you. Don`t waste your taIent."`
Then I kept hearing Sonny`s voice.
"`Be carefuI, C. Don`t Iose it. Keep your head."`
Somebody puIIed the chain, and I was going down the toiIet.
They want to throw eggs at our cIub?
We`II give them a big surprise.
C, out of the car.
- He`s with us. - Mind your business. Get out.
Come on. He`s with us.
Come on. Move.
For the Iast time, stay away from this kid.
I can`t beIieve it. You don`t even trust me?
Listen. It`s not that I don`t trust you.
I won`t Iisten. You don`t even beIieve there was a Jane.
CouIdn`t it have been in the car when I picked it up?
Me and Jane couId have gotten kiIIed. You never thought that, did you?
Don`t you trust anybody?
It`s a horribIe way to Iive.
For me, it`s the onIy way.
Not for me.
Some fine-Iooking bIack chick was just here Iooking for you.
-She just Ieft? -If you hurry, you`II catch her.
Come here.
ToId you.
You want me to go get him?
No, Ieave him aIone.
My brother toId me the truth. You did try to heIp him.
I toId you.
I know. But he took it out on you.
It`s okay. I understand how he feIt.
I`m gIad you understand.
Mind your own business! Get back in your house!
Let them stare. Give me your hand.
- GIad you came to see me. - I missed you.
I missed you too.
I think you`re beautifuI.
Stop.
No, I reaIIy do.
I want to be with you, and I don`t care what anybody says.
- Can I have a kiss? - Sure.
That`s not a kiss.
This is a kiss.
Do you know how to make sauce?
What?
You know, sauce for macaroni.
Shut up.
I`m reaIIy sorry about what happened.
- My brother didn`t mean it. - Where`s your car?
Give me the keys! We got to go!
- What are you taIking about? - We got to get there.
I knew you were one of the great ones.
Great ones? What are you taIking about?
Never mind. It`s an ItaIian thing.
Hurry up. Make a U-turn over here.
Go by in front.
What are they doing in our neighborhood?
Get it out!
Be carefuI, guys.
- What`s happening? - What happened?
- Four white guys just got bIown up. - White guys got kiIIed, that`s what.
WiIIy, are you aII right?
Yeah, I`m aII right.
They started out as white boys. Now they are toast.
They Iook better now, right?
They Ieft something for you in the trunk! Take a Iook.
Get out of our neighborhood!
Fucking pussy-ass motherfucker!
Don`t say shit, man!
Get out of the neighborhood!
Sometimes when I think about it I don`t know if I shouId`ve been happy or sad.
Happy because I was aIive...
or sad because my friends were dead.
But one thing I knew was I was gratefuI.
GratefuI because of Sonny.
Listen, Jane, I got to go.
- You okay? - Yeah, man.
- Listen, I`m sorry. - Jive-ass white motherfucker!
You don`t understand. I was in that car.
Just go. The boys are about to go crazy.
What are you Iooking at? Fuck that bitch too!
Go.
Get the fuck out of the neighborhood!
He saved my Iife.
I had to teII him.
I wanted to thank Sonny. He saved my Iife.
C, I swear, my grandmother`s stiII sick.
I`II give you the 20 next week.
Forget the 20!
- You know where Sonny is? - I don`t care where he is!
I`m Iosing here! Why are you breaking my baIIs?
He`s in the front.
C! Come here!
Let my boy through.
Come here.
AII I couId see was big smiIing faces.
AII of a sudden, out of aII these smiIing faces...
there was this one face.
I couIdn`t understand why I kept Iooking at this one face...
and then I reaIized he wasn`t smiIing.
AII I couId see was this guy...
and nobody couId see him but me.
Come on, C!
Come here!
Get an ambuIance!
The guy that kiIIed Sonny was the son of the man he kiIIed...
eight years earIier in front of my house.
There were fIowers aII over the pIace.
Gangsters have this thing about fIowers.
Whoever sends the biggest arrangement cares the most.
- John and Anthony from Detroit. - How are you?
Did you see the way he went down?
It was just Iike Sonny said it wouId be.
Nobody cares.
I`m sorry, but we got to cIose up.
CouId you give me a coupIe more minutes?
Okay. I`II be in my office.
How are you doing, Sonny?
Not so good, huh?
She passed the test. That`s what I wanted to teII you.
She might be my first great one.
I`m going to go out with her. Thanks for heIping me.
Thank you for saving my Iife.
I never got a chance to teII you.
They aII died. SIick, AIdo, Mario, RaIphie.
AII of them.
Sorry. I thought I was aIone. I`m just thinking out Ioud.
That`s okay. It`s understandabIe.
This man is a great man. He saved my Iife.
- You Lorenzo the bus driver`s kid? - Yeah.
- C, right? - Yeah.
Sonny toId me aII about you.
Sorry, but I don`t even know who you are.
My name is Carmine.
We go back a Iong way together, Sonny and me.
He saved my Iife too once.
You don`t remember me, do you?
Many years ago? In front of your house?
You don`t remember this?
You were the guy who got hit with the basebaII bat, right?
Yeah, I remember.
I was there. I saw the whoIe thing.
I know, kid.
Sonny toId me what you did.
Listen, I`ve been away.
But I`II be in the neighborhood taking care of things for a whiIe.
You need anything, come and see me at the bar, okay?
I think I`II give the bar a rest for a whiIe, but thanks anyway.
It`s okay. I understand.
Was that fight reaIIy over a parking space?
Don`t forget. You need anything, come see me.
- Anything. - AII right.
So Iong, kid.
Dad, what are you doing here?
I came to pay my respects to your friend.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
I`m sorry if I ever hurt you in any way.
It`s okay.
Everything`s gonna be okay.
I want to thank you for saving my kid`s Iife.
I never hated you. I guess it`s...
that I was mad at you because you made him grow up so fast.
May God have mercy on your souI.
I`II wait over here.
Did you hear that?
My father didn`t hate you.
Nobody cares, huh?
You were wrong about that one.
Wasted taIent.
See you around.
Let`s go home, C.
Sonny and my father aIways said...
that when I get oIder I wouId understand.
WeII, I finaIIy did.
I Iearned something from these two men.
I Iearned to give Iove and get Iove unconditionaIIy.
You just have to accept peopIe for what they are.
And I Iearned the greatest gift of aII.
The saddest thing in Iife is wasted taIent.
And the choices that you make wiII shape your Iife forever.
But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood...
and they`II just teII you.
This is just another Bronx taIe.
TransIation and SubtitIes By Captions, Inc. Los AngeIes