Be Kind Rewind Page #10

Just tell me why.

Well, they started as bedtime stories.

I was trying to make this place

bearable for you.

And then I could never bring myself

to tell you the truth.

Well, why Fats Waller?

You could have picked anybody.

I mean, Duke Ellington

or Louis Armstrong or...

Fats was a happy man.

And I thought

it would make you happy.

And it's true, I lied.

Now I'm going to hell, upstairs.

Here we are, we're the villains, right?

Hold that.

Mike!

We want more movies.

We want more movies!

Come on, baby.

Mike, wake up, baby.

We need to make more movies.

- What are you doing?

- Look at all these people here.

- We want more movies, man.

- Yeah.

We cannot do these movies anymore.

It's illegal.

You can make your own.

- I don't have ideas for movies, Jerry.

- Oh, bullpucky.

You have got tons of ideas.

Brilliant ideas.

I hear them,

you mumble them in your sleep.

Mike, we can make

any movie we want.

We don't have to make one... They can't

sue us if we're making new ones.

Make whatever you want.

Make Rush Hour 6, whatever.

You know what I mean?

Let's make Scary Town 5000.

We make it up, baby.

- You're the best director I know.

- Wait a minute.

- Wait a minute.

- And I'm the best actor...

...that I know.

- I have an idea.

And together we're a team

that can't be stopped!

Mike. Where did you go? Come back.

Come on, Mike.

I want Mr. Fletcher to see.

Mr. Fletcher.

Mr. Fletcher!

What do you need me for?

To hell with them, Mr. Fletcher.

We don't have to move to the projects

if we don't want, we can stay right here.

How do we do that, exactly?

We're gonna make a movie, all of us.

All of these people

came out to support us.

We're gonna make a movie together.

Like the city that saves itself?

No, no. Check it, check it.

We're gonna do a movie

about Fats Waller's life.

Your hero, my hero.

And we don't need permission

to make movies on our own.

This is for us to watch.

- The whole town is participating.

- It'll be ours.

The movie could be called

Fats Was Born in Passaic.

- Yeah!

- Everybody knows I was lying.

- You gonna humiliate me again?

- No. No, Mr. Fletcher.

No, he's trying to prove you were right.

Our past belongs to us,

we can change it if we want.

Sure. My mom...

My mom saw Fats Waller playing...

Playing the piano right here

in the Passaic Theater.

Sure. Anybody wanna

say anything about that?

Yes, me.

My grandfather used to watch him

play Bach every night in the church.

- There you go.

- My great-uncle saved his life.

He took the train to Camden

to record in the RCA studios.

He really did take the train to Camden.

That's right!

Mike. We only have a week

before the demolition.

It's not a problem. That's okay.

We'll shoot the whole thing in a week.

And we could take donations

to see the movie...

...and use the money

to save the building.

- I'll play Fats.

- No, no. You're not. I'm gonna play Fats.

We'll see who plays Fats.

- You're not gonna play Fats.

- We'll see. There'll be an audition process.

No, there's not.

You're not gonna play Fats.

- May the best man play Fats.

- Okay.

Anyway, we should do it.

Good idea.

- Test, test, test.

- It looks like it's working.

- I can't tell if it's working.

- I think it's working...

...because this is pressed down.

- All right.

- Test. I can't tell.

- It's working.

- Yeah, that's... Okay.

- It's working.

But it all started right here

at 261 Main Street.

Miss Falewicz, can you tell us

some of the true history of Fats Waller?

Fats was born

in Mr. Fletcher's video store.

He was the youngest

of seven children...

...and all of them died

before they even got to be 5.

- Gangsters killed them all.

- Yep.

- They came low-riding.

- Yup, they just shot them. They were like:

- They were like ninjas.

- Yeah.

But, boys, there's nothing fun about it.

- They were awful.

- It was kind of fun, though...

...if you think about it.

What is the first instrument

that Fats learned to play?

- From what I recall it was the piano.

- I think it was the harmonium, actually.

Yes, she's correct.

And he moved on to play one of the

biggest instruments in the music business.

And that's the organ.

He would spend nights here

playing, like, Bach.

You know, here at the great organ here.

Right here.

You guys, listen. There's a lot of

different ways we can start the movie...

...but I'm just putting my vote in,

we start at Fats' birth.

Boring.

Hey, man. I think we should have the

gangsters. You know what I'm saying?

- With the:

- I like that.

Everybody, listen, listen.

Start with the death.

- But that's backwards.

- No, it's not backwards at all.

That is like Citizen Kane.

You are an original.

If you're going backwards...

...then do the people talk, like,

backwards in the scene?

Ain't misbehavin '

Saving all my lovin ' for you

You know... I'm fat. Fats is fat.

That's his name.

So I thought I could...

You thought wrong.

But let's have a conversation about this.

Just a brief conversation.

He's not even fat.

I don't even think he looks like him at all.

- Be quiet.

- Go outside.

Somebody's about to get knocked out.

Kansas City, the train station,

the death scene.

Mr. Jack, Mr. Jack. It's going.

It's good. It's good.

Thank you, Andrea.

- What the hell is a "harmoninium" anyway?

- Harmonium.

Okay, what is it, just a weird thing

that makes harmonies?

- It's fine.

- I give up.

You got the keyboard here already.

Fats liked to tickle the piano, right?

So my hand touches

the black keys, the white keys.

- It's wrong.

- And then we tickle.

- Tickle, tickle, tickle.

- Fats played a piano, not a finger machine.

- You gotta put something there with keys.

- It's funny.

It's cheating. You're just lazy.

You gotta put something in there.

Doesn't look very much like the '20s.

- It's clearly a bathtub.

- This goes?

No, forget it. You know what?

Forget it. I got a better idea.

We gotta have a bunch of them anyway.

You know what I'm thinking?

- What?

- Get me some cardboard.

Hey, look, this is how

you make it look old.

The fan give the impression

that it's a old film.

And the string is for the scratches.

See?

This is for the voice-over.

Miss Falewicz, can you tell us

some of the true history...?

And also this is for the music.

Fats was born

in Mr. Fletcher's video store.

And push and breathe.

And make a groaning sound like,

"Oh, there's a baby coming out of me."

Wilson, send the kids.

- Some gangsters killed them all.

- Yep.

- They came low-riding.

- They were like ninjas.

And I heard

that there was glass everywhere.

The gang was like a pizza gang.

And when they killed you, there was

always a pizza behind you on the wall.

Fall, fall. Mr. Jack, fall.

When he was young he used to follow

his father around the streets...

... because his father

was a street minister.

Even if I ascended to heaven,

thou art there.

Clap your hands.

- Does it look good or what?

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