Get 'em!
Danny!
Atta boy!
Borrow money from me, you're expected to pay it back.
You pay it back, the collar stays on.
You don't pay it back, the collar comes off.
It's a simple set of rules.
Give us your arm! Still! Shut up!
Behave! It's nice! We'll be back. Come on, Danny boy.
I had a dream last night
I was sitting under those umbrellas
that they make out of palm leaves, you know?
And these beautiful golden skinned girls dressed in...
just, like, little grass skirts, the skin that they was born in.
And they came over, one after the other,
and they brought me a drink in a coconut.
And as they served me the drink, they brushed their tits across my face.
Cor, bloody hell...
Hey, boss, I think Georgie's getting a chubby.
You shut up, Lefty! You're the one getting a fucking hard on, not me!
Ah well,
that was the end of the best bits.
After the girls, the whole thing turned to shit.
This giant mumpet turned up with a machine gun and started blasting away
until there was nothing but blood and guts and bits of body everywhere.
Nice one!
It was a real nightmare.
I bet you've never had a dream in your life, have you?
Yeah, must be peaceful.
Here, have a bit of that. That's it, that's it...
I hate dreams.
Georgie boy!
Lefty
Yo, Ricy, you mad bastard!
Ricy, how did you get on?
Hello, Guv'nor. All my people paid to the penny.
Twenty seven hundred.
Perfect! Give the lads a drink.
Cheers, Guv'nor.
What do you want done with Danny?
Well, sort him out. His face is bleeding. Sort him out.
Anybody have any trouble?
Put it on here.
Oh nice, look at this!
Come on Danny, you heard the guv'nor.
Here's a bonus. Alright?
Sort yourself out, OK?
Come on Danny.
Danny!
Come on! Danny! Come on!
Here, give us a pose!
Oh yeah, beautiful! Yeah...
Oi! Get back in the car.
Fuckin' beast!
Fucking wanker!
I want to get closer.
That's it.
No, don't get your fingers on it. Your monkey.
Give us it.
Oh, hello!
Look at him!
No, not here!
Yes, you're right. Let's go somewhere more comfortable.
You're so rough!
Yeah... Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
No...
Turn the light on!
No lights.
Turn on the lights!
I like to see you who I'm making love to.
I don't.
What the fuck... Shit!
Fuck!
Jesus! You sick bastard!
Oi! Oi! Where are you going?
Much obliged!
Fuckin'ell...
Atta boy!
No way, boss.
Hey, Nigel!
OK, Bart,
All right... You want this?
Turn it round, keep it running, and keep your eye out for the old bill.
Good luck, son!
Luck? Don't need it, bruv!
You know what I have always found fascinating
about this whole situation of yours, Bart buddy?
How you basically turned a man into a dog.
Well, it's like my sainted Mum used to say.
Get 'em young enough and the possibilities are endless.
Unlike yours at the moment.
So hmm...
So let me work this through one more time.
I don't pay you, you take his collar off.
Correctimundo.
You take his collar off, he beats us all to death,
Now, who's the bright penny?
So it's in my best interest to keep that collar on.
Danny!
Kill him!
Danny! Kill him! Danny!
When you're finished with the master,
kill the dog.
You fuckin' bastard!
Good to see you Mr. Yussef.
You fucker!
Kill!
Find anything to you like yet?
Not yet.
Stop him!!!
Nice puppy.
Atta boy!
I don't know what it is with people...
Maybe I've got a speech deficiency.
Take what you want...
Oh, no. My mum didn't bring me up to be a pig.
Not like some people I know. I only take what I'm owed.
But this time...
Yeah...
With a little interest.
Because you are... Such a fucking Arsehole!!!
Asshole?
Come on.
What are you looking at?
Just enjoying the show.
Good.
Don't you ever leave my sight again!
You said "stay in the car".
Shut the fuck up!
Get in, you bitch!
I don't believe it!
He just stood there and watched them beat the crap out of me!
Even a dog has got the brains to come to his master's defense!
Bite'em! Claw'em! Piss on 'em!
Anything for fuck's sake! Jesus!
Jesus, boss, you don't look too good.
Another original thinker.
No, I just meant that maybe you might want to go home.
What's next?
Just the antiques place.
No, let's do it.
Are you sure you're up to this?
No, no, you let one of them payments slide
and they'll all turn into original thinkers.
Find a decent pub first, though, I want a pint.
And you, you useless piece of shit!
Right... Now... Here's the plan.
I'm going to try and settle this in a peaceful and professional manner.
But if that doesn't work, I'm gonna press this...
Oi! Oi!!
You pay attention!
When I press this button, this red light is gonna start blinking. Right?
The red light blinks, you go through that door
quicker than a mouse chasing a bit of cheese.
Keep your hands off him, will you? And stop fucking smirking!
The red light blinks... Look at me!
Concentrate! The red light blinks, you go through the door.
That's all you gotta remember. Right?
Light. Door
Light. Door.
Oi! Right... And don't take your eyes off the light. And don't let me down.
Georgie!
Yes, Bart.
Hang that up there.
Up there?
All right.
The light, Danny, the light.
Red means go. Right?
Ay ay ay ay ay!
Sounds like someone in here could use my help!
Hi, how you doing?
I'm just gonna tune these pianos.
Probably be a couple of hours.
If you don't mind.
You like pianos?
Yeah, me too.
This whole place is like... it's like a big treasure chest.
Probably gonna be a whole month getting all these ladies back into health.
You know tuning pianos is really hard work
and my back isn't what it used to be.
Are you... Are you doing anything important right now?
Cause I could really use a hand here. How about it?
Please.
Are you still there?
You are, aren't you?
Yes.
Good, good,
come on!
You know a lot of people think because a piano's so big, it is very strong
and you can just pound it any way you want to and nothing will happen,
but that's not so at all.
Pianos are a lot like people. I mean, you pound on a person,
they get out of tune. Same with a piano. You pound on 'em and...
Lordy, listen to that. Sad as a baby crying.
I tell you what I want you to do now.
When I say press, I want you to press on this key.
Starting with this one right here and going to the right.
One, then two, then three.
Think you can do that?
OK. Put your hand here, just like that.
Right there.
Oh oh my goodness.
Oh wait a minute. Loosen up. Loosen up.
Music's got to flow from within, y'know.
Can't flow if you're all stiff.
On the key there. Just relax.
Nothing to be afraid of.
There we are. Are you ready?
And press.
Little harder.
Good! Again.
Good. Listen,
you show a real talent for this sort of work.
OK,
press it again.
Press.
Oh wonderful.
And one more time.
Ready?
Press, press,
go ahead relax.
Let the energy flow.
Let the magic happen.
Good, good, good, good...
Excellent, excellent!
Wait, wait! Hold on! Now...
You want to see what you did?
Yes.
Check this out.
That the sweetest sound or what?
Yes.
Want to try it?
Here, c'mon. Put your hand here.
Put your fingers right there. There. Right there.
Hit it.
Next stop Carnegie Hall.
You know about Carnegie hall?
It's this big place in New York City.
All the great musicians want to play Carnegie Hall.
I did too.
When I was growing up, it was my big ambition.
But I never was that good a musician.
Are you OK?
Yes
Good.
What's your name?
OK. Alright, alright.
Mister No Name.
My name is Sam.
Pleased to meet you.
Me too.
Good, that's good.
So tell me something, Mr. No Name,
am I hearing a sort of clicking sound?
Do you hear it? Or is it...
I'm gonna sell you, is what I'm gonna do!
If you can't do what I've trained you to do, what fucking use are you?
No fucking use is the answer! No fucking use at all!
I feed you! I clothe you! I put a roof over your head!
And all that time I put in. All the fucking effort!
To make you the man that you are...
And what gratitude do I get! Look at me!
I look as if I've just been through the third fucking world war.
Take him downstairs, get him out of my sight.
C'mon, c'mon.
I'm getting too old for this shit.
All right, Danny. Get in! Get in!
I'm busy!
I said get in there.
There's a man here to see you.
I just told you I'm busy!
He says he's got a business proposition for us.
He says it's about the show you put on today.
Pat him down.
Already did.
All right, wheel him in.
Receiving fucking visitors looking like this. It's a joke.
Shit, Jesus! Fuckin'ell!
I'm listening.
That was a very impressive display
your man put on in the jewelry shop today.
I assure you, it was entirely justified.
I'm sure it was.
That thing with the collar. Brilliant.
And the point of this conversation is?
The point of this conversation is, I'd like to offer you a lucrative proposition.
How lucrative?
Very lucrative. Should I continue?
Please...
It's an entertainment I produce for some friends once a month.
Members only, so to speak.
What?
And we're always on the lookout for new talent.
The first fight is a tryout. For that, you get fifteen thousand.
For the second twenty, plus the right to bet.
We had one chap
who after fees and betting on himself got up to half a million a fight.
That's only if you win, of course.
But how do you get to win?
It's to the death.
So glad you could make it.
Please follow me.
Where's the money?
Oh well, the money comes after.
After what?
After you beat him, our current champion.
Undefeated in fifteen bouts.
Care for a glass of champagne?
We won't be here that long.
Kill him.
Rip his fucking hat off!
That's my boy!
Thanks for the opportunity. You're most welcome. Very impressive.
That bit with the collar. How did you do that?
Like my saint of a mum used to say:
Get 'em young and the possibilities are endless.
I thought it was the Jesuits who said that.
Probably got it from my mum.
If you want us back you do know where to find me.
Oh we certainly want you back.
Only, if you could make it a little more ...entertaining... next time.
I'll see what I can do.
Here, remember I told you about that dream I had?
What? The one with the all the birds in it?
Yeah.
Well, I figured it all out. D'you know who Freud is?
No.
Well that doesn't matter. Freud was a genius
and his whole thing was if you dream something
it means something else.
Like the girls, the island, the drink. They were just symbols.
What they actually represented was like comfort, relaxation,
no worries.
And then this swell turns up offering us
more money than we could save in 20 years.
Well, it all becomes clear.
The dream. The swell. It means retirement, you get it?
Yeah, right.
No more filthy collections, no more beatings.
I tell you, I feel really good here.
I feel generous.
Danny, what do you want?
A piano.
Excuse me?
I want a piano.
A piano. Yeah, leave off. How about a lobster dinner?
I want a piano.
How about a woman? You've never had a woman.
I want a piano.
Danny, you're starting to piss me off.
I want a piano.
That's what I love about you, Danny.
One thought at a time.
That's what makes us such a good team.
The brains and the brawn.
I tell you this is gonna be one lovely day!
Let's go.
Good morning Ladies,
how are we all this morning?
Ah, here you are.
You've been very patient, waiting for me, Madam.
So I'm going to devote myself to you all day.
Who's there? It's you, isn't it?
Yes.
Well, isn't that something?
You know, I went right home and I told Victoria, my step-daughter...
I told Victoria all about you.
Hello?
Don't tell me you're still asleep.
Well now...
If I was a fella who woke up in a strange house
wearing someone else's pajamas, I would be pretty nervous.
I'd try to find the safest place I could to hide.
Now, when I was a kid, the safest place in the whole wide world was...
Right where you are.
It does feel safe, doesn't it?
Well, I figured a man who'd been out for two days would wake up pretty hungry.
So, I hope you like peanut butter and jelly.
My name is Sam, remember?
OK you take your time.
Victoria and I are not big on asking questions.
Figure when the person is ready, they'll give their answers. OK?
OK.
Hi!
He's cute!
Really?
I like his haircut it's like when I was six and used to cut my own hair.
Yeah, well...
You and Mom thought it was cute.
He's not six.
More is than not, I bet.
Does he like to read?
Well I don't know.
Does he like to write? Does he like to draw?
Sweetie, I don't know anything about him.
Well, that's not altogether so. He likes music.
Cool.
Hi!
Sam said you like music.
You know how to use it?
See...
Nice, huh?
It was my Dad's.
He died before I was born and then my mom gave it to me.
But she died in a car accident. But not until after she married Sam.
He was my dad's best friend.
Am I talking too much? You know because I do that some times.
And if you're bored listening and I just keep going on and on,
you just tell me, OK?
I'm gonna go help Sam with dinner.
You can join us if you'd like. Or you can eat under here.
It's just the food goes down easier if you eat it sitting up.
You don't burp so much.
My name's Victoria.
Should I go get him?
No, let's let him get himself.
Maybe he doesn't know how.
Well, then let's just give him the opportunity to learn.
There's nothing like self-discovery for turning a boy into a man.
How do you know? You never had a boy.
I was speaking from self experience, if you don't mind.
I was a boy myself once, you know.
No way.
Yes, way. Come on.
Thank you for the food we are about to eat.
Thank you for peace this house possesses.
Thank you for another day of health and happiness.
And please make sure Victoria kicks butt on her piano recital.
I thought we're not supposed to ask for things.
Says who?
Says you. Since I was a little girl you told me those are the rules.
You mean I didn't tell you about
the special exemption for very Important Piano Recitals?
Oh yeah right. Exemptions. I buy that... Not.
You know I liked it better when you just agreed with everything I said.
How about some soup?
Well, you're just in time.
This is your place.
Come on, sit down.
Victoria would you...
Sure. Sam made this. It's his world famous potato and leek soup.
World famous.
There's your napkin.
Bread?
Oh no! This is a spoon. And this... ...is your spoon. Like this...
Oh my...
Oh, great! A duet.
My name is Danny.
I think we won't put a bandage back on and we'll let some air get to this.
You're gonna be just fine.
I've been meaning to ask you.
What is this?
OK. No problem.
I wasn't going to take it off.
Y'know, when I was a kid I had a cowboy hat.
I slept in it, I ate in it, I bathed in it.
Anybody tried to take it off, I had the same reaction.
So...
Anyway, I've been thinking. You been cooped up in here for weeks now.
Would you like to get some fresh air?
Stretch your legs?
It's nice outside.
It's nice in here.
You're afraid that if you go out you won't be able to come back in?
We'll come back. Promise.
Tell you the truth, I... I could use a little help.
With pianos?
Walking Victoria to school.
OK...
Alright, we'll be back to get you at 3 o'clock.
I am 18, Sam.
Yeah, for a whole week and a half.
Don't worry.
3 o'clock.
Bye
You all right?
She kissed me.
Yeah, I know, she does that. How was it?
Wet.
Is that all?
Nice.
Wet. Nice.
Sounds like what a kiss ought to feel like.
Come on, we've got a lot to do.
- Hello, luv. Love. - Good morning Maddy.
Maddy runs the best supermarket in all of Glasgow.
Maddy, this is Danny.
Hello, Danny.
- He's a little shy. - I like my men to be shy.
Presents a challenge for a girl.
I'm just going give him some of the finer points of shopping.
Couldn't have a better teacher.
My mother could take two stones and a cup of water
and make a three course meal.
As soon as I was old enough, she gave me the secret to great cooking.
And now I'm going to teach it to you.
So, you ready to learn the secret to great cooking?
Yes.
OK, here it is.
Food talks.
Food talks?
Didn't know that, did you?
No
Food talks.
It will tell you everything you need to know.
All you have to do is learn the language.
Take this melon here for instance, now.
What do you think that's saying?
Yeah, but it's also saying "I am ripe".
You know what ripe means, don't you?
No.
Ripe means sweet. And sweet means good.
The kiss was ripe.
No, no. The kiss was sweet.
The melon is ripe.
But ripe means sweet.
Well, when you're talking about food.
Kisses are nourishing in their own way but kisses are...
Kisses are complicated. For now, let's just stick to melons, OK?
Yeah... Good bread is fresh. Here...
Fresh.
Smell it. Fresh
Fresh
Good. All right, get some bread.
Ok now comes the hard part...
Cooking.
Over there in that cabinet.
There's a large round pot...
Would you get it for me?
Now when we cook the food
it speaks to us in another language,
which we listen to with our tongues by tasting.
Look at these beauties.
Yeah... Now, you know you've got good sausage when they're attached like this.
Mmm... Found something didn't you?
Well, let's see.
That's Victoria when she was a little baby.
And that's Victoria with her mom.
Her father was my best friend.
He died before Victoria was born.
Her mother was my best friend also.
So after he died, she and I got married.
Then there was a car accident when Victoria was 7 years old.
Her mother was killed and I lost my eyesight.
Victoria was left with me.
Funny how families get made, isn't it? You got family?
Don't know.
Well you must have. Everybody's got family somewhere.
I don't remember then.
Well, maybe you will one day.
The pots are in there.
Earth to Danny...
Sam sent me.
All by yourself?
Wow. Big day. We should celebrate.
What's that?
Celebrate? It means we should do something special.
Sam said "right home".
Come on...
Thank you.
This is the cone and this is the ice cream.
You ever have ice cream before?
No.
Well, this is vanilla ice cream. Vanilla's white.
Vanilla is white.
Go on, taste it.
Oh no, just work it around. Work it around.
Oh my god!
You know the thing about ice cream is first it's cold, but then it's sweet
and if you freeze your mouth out,
you're never gonna be able to taste the sweet part.
So look here's how you do it...
Sweet is good.
Yeah right. So look. You lick...
Like that...
There you go.
How's that?
Look, you're getting it everywhere!
Shit, actually, we should really hurry.
Come on.
You OK?
Yeah.
Finish it quickly.
Remember, if Sam asks where we were, you let me do the talking.
If he knows we had ice cream before dinner,
he'll be pissed we ruined our appetite. Understand?
What's "appetite"?
Appetite's what you have if you don't have a belly full of ice cream.
How's my mouth?
Nice.
No it's not. It's full of hardware. But not for much longer.
Do you miss your mom?
Everyday. You miss your mom?
I don't remember my mom.
Sometimes I think it'd be easier not to remember.
Hi
You're late...
It was so nice out we decided to walk the long way.
Oh you deci...
Didn't I say bring her straight home?
Sam, it was me. Not him.
Oh, it was...
If you wanted to take the long way home,
Victoria, you could have gone to that school in Kansas.
Then you could have taken the long way home for fifty miles and I wouldn't care.
Fifty miles of corn.
Corn is safe.
Corn is boring. And anyway this was the better school.
Which is why we're here and not with the corn, right?
So do me a favor, huh, don't make me worry.
OK, Sam.
What is that?
What?
Smells like ice cream. Vanilla ice cream.
Vanilla is white.
First it's cold.
Then it's sweet.
Sweet is good.
Victoria?
Yeah?
Sometimes, I worry about that boy.
It's as if something or someone has made him
shut down his feelings so hard, he can no longer get in touch with them.
That's what I've been trying to get him to do.
With vanilla ice cream?
Maybe we should come up with some different strategies.
Goodnight.
'Night.
C 'mon, but shhhh...
When I was little I used to do this with my mom and Sam.
It's kinda how I fell in love with music.
See these thingies?
They're called notes.
Notes.
OK. Notes are signals.
Notes are signals.
OK.
Notes are signals.
So if you see this note,
it's the signal to play this key.
And this one,
this key.
And this one, this key.
Right. So you're gonna play and you're gonna hop...
Great!
Ready?
I'm gonna go.
Keep going don't stop.
Not ripe.
Hello, Sam.
Hi, Maddy.
How's the lessons going?
Oh, he's growing by leaps and bounds. What is this you got here? Is this...?
Too ripe.
Hey, get back here!
Get back here! C'mere! C'mere! C'mere!
Alex, go the other side quick!
Get back here, you bastard!
Alex, other side!
Where's Danny? Danny!
That's ripe!
Danny!
This one's ripe.
Danny, do you remember
when I said that Victoria and I were not big on asking questions,
that we thought when people were ready they'd give their own answers?
I remember.
After today in the supermarket,
I need some answers,
and I don't think I'm going to get them without asking the questions.
Is that alright?
OK.
Ok, so... In the market those men, they were fighting.
You knew that, right?
Yes.
But that didn't bother you?
No.
You weren't afraid?
No.
Normally people find themselves in situations like that, they get afraid.
They weren't fighting me.
OK. One more question.
When you first came to us, you were hurt pretty bad.
How did that happen?
I asked for a piano.
You asked who for a piano?
My uncle.
Oh, you do have family?
No.
But you just said you had an uncle.
He's dead.
Oh...
Is this good?
That's wonderful.
OK, ready? God!
You're acting ridiculous. It's not so bad.
That looks like it belongs there.
Where is it?
It's right there.
Oh yes! It belongs there.
Hi. Can I come in?
OK.
Where'd you learn that?
Learn what?
The piece of music you just played?
It's what I hear in my head.
Do it again.
It's hard. Someone had to teach it to you.
You don't remember?
No.
Maybe in your other life. The one you had before us.
I don't know.
Everything is new about you now.
Your clothes, your hair, your whole life.
This is the last...
I think it's time to put the last thing away. Don't you?
Everything is new about you now.
Goodnight.
Oh yes.
My boy, we're going to have fun.
That's good, that's good.
Alrighty then.
You know Victoria's big recital is next month, right?
D'you remember me telling you about where I grew up? In New York City?
Carnegie Hall!
Yeah, well, that's where Victoria and I are from. That's our home.
This is your home.
No, no, this is just a temporary home.
We only came here so Victoria could attend school.
What I'm trying to say, Danny, is...
After Victoria graduates, we're gonna go back home.
We're gonna go back to New York.
And I don't know how this would work out but...
We would really like for you to come with us
because we've begun to think of you as family and,
well, that's what families do.
They stick together.
Or at least this one does.
So what do you say?
2, 3, 4, 5... This is your pay.
Fifty-fifty. Partners. You and me.
Happy?
What do I do with it?
Anything you want.
Fuck's sake, man!
Danny!
Alright, Danny, look at you! You look great, man!
Look at... You smell divine, pal, I tell ya!
I don't know what you're wearing.
Well, fancy bumping into you, eh.
Boss sends me out. Get some mangos and papayas
and look what I find instead. A lemon. Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Your uncle Bart has been sick with worry, mate.
Yeah! His little pet all lost in the world.
It's all he keeps on talking about, honestly.
"Where's my Little Danny?"
He's dead.
Who told you that?
I saw.
Well, you saw wrong, mate, because he's very, very much alive.
And very much looking forward to you coming home.
Not my home anymore.
Not my home anymore. Why?
You got a new home, have you, Danny? Eh?
Oooh, hey! You got a new family as well?
I tell you what,
if you don't come home like a good little bitch,
Uncle Bart will send a few of the boys out to pay a visit to your new home?
Would you like that? Wouldn't be too hard to find,
what with you shopping here and all.
Look who's come home to his loving Uncle Bart!
Give me a hug.
How's my boy? You're looking smart.
Oh, look at her! Ragner the prat!
We've missed you around here, haven't we?
Yeah, we've definitely missed you, Danny.
Must've really scared you, that accident, all that shooting.
Yeah, me too.
Look at me.
I've been laid up for a month.
But I'm back.
And I'm ready to roll.
You ready to roll?
I have a question.
You? A question?
Wonders never cease. It's not about that bleedin' piano again, is it?
No.
Listen, as I'm so pleased to have you home,
I'll answer one question. Go on, fire away.
Did you know my mom?
Your mum?
Why would I know your mum?
I found you in the street.
Laying on the pavement.
You was half dead, you couldn't even talk. You was just laying there.
No one wanting you,
no one caring whether you lived or died.
Except me.
I've told you all this before, remember?
All right, listen. I'll show you stuff that'll jog your memory.
That was our first collaboration, that was.
Danny, what's this sudden fascination with the past?
Have you been talking to people?
No.
You want some good advice from your Uncle Bart, eh?
Don't dwell on the past.
Look to the future.
The past is behind you. The future is ahead of you.
Like a bright glittering mountain of gold.
You wanna know what your future is, Danny?
I'm thrilled you're here.
We've been waiting for you.
Has our friend been practicing on you?
Had an accident.
Right this way.
Show's about to start. How's our boy?
Better.
I hope so. Because he certainly has his work cut out for him tonight.
I've dressed him in his Sunday best.
We are expecting more of a show this time.
Well, don't worry about it.
We've got it all worked out.
Haven't we Danny?
Kill him! Kill him!
Get him out!
Listen! Give these toffs a bit of a show.
Play him for a bit.
Make it look as if there might be a chance you could loose.
Gentlemen!
Got it?
To the death!
Right, down you go!
What's wrong with you?
I don't want to hurt people anymore.
Excuse me?
Danny, that's what you do. You hurt people.
Not anymore.
What the hell's happened to you?
Who's been filling your head with this crap?
Anything wrong, gentlemen?
No, no, no, we're fine. No, just... Just discussing strategy.
Of course.
Listen to me, you little shit.
You're gonna get down there and you're gonna do your job
or I'm gonna have your balls on a stick!
Now, go!
I don't want to hurt people anymore.
I'll make you a deal. If you go down there tonight and do your job,
I promise you, tomorrow,
I will buy you the nicest piano in the whole bleeding city.
How's that?
I don't want to hurt people anymore.
Then you're dead.
Go get him Tiger!
Come on! Come on! Danny, come on!
What's going on?
Well, you said you wanted it to be more of an entertainment.
But he's not even fighting back.
Pick it up!
Use it! Danny!
Danny!
I think we have a problem here.
What?
These people came to see a fight, not a bloody game of tag.
Do you mind if I get a little creative with the format?
It's your show.
Danny, you're ruining me here!
It's time to make some money.
Danny, you're gonna get killed!
Fight back!
Danny!
Weapons!!
Kill him!
If you don't kill him, I don't get paid.
Kill him, for Christ's sake!
Come on!
Or they'll kill me! Kill him!
Fuck it!
No more killing!
I decide when there's no more killing! I! Me!
The master commands and the dog obeys!
I will kill you!
Put him to bed.
Why'd he leave?
Maybe he had some things to do.
But I thought he was happy here.
Well, sweetie, sometimes being happy just isn't enough.
Sometimes people have to go back and fix the things
that made them unhappy before they were happy.
But I could help him.
I know.
Sometimes people have to do things themselves.
You lied to me!
Ow, you bastard!
What are you doing in my fucking chair, you little retard?
You lied to me!
This is my mother. You knew my mother!
She was a whore.
Do you know what a whore is, Danny?
Money for sex.
Like the girls I bring here.
I did everything I could to help her...
I liked your mum. She understood me.
If there'd ever been anybody really special, it would have been her.
When she died, I felt I owed it to her to raise you.
To protect you.
Look, her picture's here.
Look...
I'm sorry if I lied to you, Danny.
It was out of love.
Now, let's go and make up some of that money
you lost for me the other night. Right?
You know, Danny,
sometimes
in families you need a little tragedy just to bring everybody back together.
Absolutely, boss. Y'know, it's like me and me brother in Blackpool.
We used to go down the beach every...
Excuse me! Like where's the manners? I'm talking!
I was just validating, boss!
Did I ask for a validation?
No but I thought, y'know...
Will you shut your yap?
Now, I've lost the train of me thought. What was I saying?
Families.
Right. Right, yeah.
How they should be together.
Exactly.
Families should be together.
No matter what.
Danny! What the fuck are you doing?
Slow down bastard
Get off. Jesus, boss!
My mother. She was a whore.
Look... Not that I'm an expert, but I have to say, she does not look like,
y'know, that kind of woman.
What does that mean?
Well, she's playing the piano.
What else is in the photo?
There's a bunch of students in uniform.
There's a big stained glass window.
It looks like an academy or something...
And there's two baby grands back to back.
What kind of baby grands?
Pleyel, both.
I've got an idea.
Excellent job you made of tuning the pianos in the concert hall, young man.
Why, thank you ma'am. Thank you.
Last fellow we had in was so drunk he never found the hall.
Ended up tuning the plumbing.
Terrible mess.
Danny?
Thirty two years of faces and I've never forgotten one.
Especially this one.
Why especially this one?
Brilliant girl. Absolutely brilliant.
Destined for great things we were sure of it.
And then one day she just disappeared.
We thought she'd gone home. We thought maybe it was financial.
We knew she had some money problems.
But then her family from China wrote to ask
why she hadn't got in touch with them. Had a little boy and everything.
Very strange... Sad...
Ah ha! Here she is.
You OK?
I'm OK.
You're sure?
Sure.
Hello!
Guys?
Sam?
Danny?
You were supposed to pick me up.
I'm sorry.
You got another picture?
The lady said she was an excellent piano player.
I'm sure.
You want to hear what she played?
How?
See? Mozart sonata number eleven.
Your mom didn't just play music. She played beautiful music.
Magical music. Great music.
I'm sorry to inconvenience you,
but I really do need to know where to find him.
No, I never seen him before in my life.
Let me rephrase the question.
What is this?
Oh Sam, oh Sam, he remembered.
I was playing the piano, the music and he remembered...
Slow down. Slow down. Remembered what?
His mother. Who killed his mother.
You remember who killed your mother?
Sam, we have to go!
Wait, son, wait now. Before we go running off anywhere,
let's stop and take a deep breath and decide what's going on.
Tell me from the top. Danny?
Danny, wait... Listen to me.
Danny, wait!
Will you just listen?
No time.
Danny, Danny, wait!
Boss, these boys aren't up to it. He's fucked off.
Get in there. Oi!
I want him alive! He's not worth shit to me dead!
Go on!
Shit!
You'd better get in there.
You! You! That way!
That's it.
That son of a bitch!
It's all going on the bill, Danny boy!
You hear me?
It's going on the bill. And you're gonna pay.
You'll pay me back.
Believe me, you're gonna pay! Bastard!
You know, it was your fault really.
You were such a scrapper. I could see the potential.
With the right training, my own little guided missile.
Listen Danny, I know we've had some rough patches
but what family doesn't, eh?
Listen, you get over this business.
We can have plenty more.
Shit!
Find him!
C'mon! Hello-o!
How did he get in there?
He's in there!
Shut up. Let me listen.
Stop breathing down my fucking ear!
Sorry, boss.
Move back.
Clever little bastard.
Wait here.
All of you, just wait here.
Danny!
Where are you?
Bastards!
Pyjamas?
Fucking pyjamas!
You ungrateful little bastard!
Where are you?
This is it?
This is your refuge?
Your home away from home?
This is your place of... awakening?
Art,
books,
music?
For what?
Did it make you a better person?
Look what you made of it.
Nice people took you in.
They give you everything.
And look how you repay them.
You destroyed their lives.
Like you'll destroy any life.
That's because you're not meant for this kind of life, Danny.
You're a dog.
You're my dog.
I fed you. I trained you. I own you.
And I should kill you. Like any responsible owner would do to a dog
that caused this much pain, this much suffering.
But...
The heart...
Come home, Danny.
All's forgiven.
You'll be safe.
You'll be back in a world that you understand.
The only world you'll ever understand.
What do you say?
Forgive and forget?
I know just how confusing the world can get.
We'll make it simple again.
You, me...
Our cosy little life.
Come on, Danny,
come on.
Come on. Yes, this is my boy.
Yes, come on, come on...
Welcome home Danny...
I am home.
No, Danny!
Don't! He's gonna kill him!
Don't, Danny!
Don't do this Danny! Don't.
He killed my mother.
This won't bring her back! And you'll be just like him!
He is me. We're both animals.
Fucking dog!
No, you're not an animal! If you kill him,
Danny, everything you've done to make yourself happy will be lost.
Don't listen to this crap!
They'll lock you in a cage forever!
We are animals!
No Danny. No.
You know why he wants you to kill him? It's the only way he can justify what...
Danny, listen to me.
Remember your mother.
Remember what I did to her. I screwed her every day.
I mounted her like the bitch she was!
You'll never be anything but a dog.
You'll never escape what you are.
You'll never escape what I made you.
A killer.
That's what you are.
That's what you'll always be.
Now, be a good dog.
Kill me, get it over with! Come on! Kill me!
Shut the hell up!
That man could talk some serious shit.
You're alright with that thing around your neck?
Is it OK?
I'd say it was a decided improvement.
Ladies and gentlemen the recipient of the 2 hundred and,
college excellent in piano, Miss Victoria Mills!
My selection tonight is dedicated to someone wonderful.
That's you.
Oh no, no, it's not me she's talking about.
Someone whose life was, quite literally, saved by music.
That's you my boy.