Born on the Fourth of July Page #8

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Charlie!

Shut the f*** up.

You shut the f*** up, man!

Come on, Phil,

forget it!

- Bullshit!

- He's a nutjob!

Come on, Ronnie,

he ain't f***ing worth it.

Will you come on?

Hey, what's happening?

What's your name?

Jenny.

Penny?

Jenny.

How about going

to Mexico with me?

Mexico?

What do you mean, Mexico?

I mean, you're really beautiful.

That's what I mean.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, a really

beautiful place...

the ocean...

the sand, sun.

We could leave tonight.

We could take a plane.

Let's go tonight.

I think you're

really crazy.

Hey, hey, Billy!

Hey, Steve!

What's going on?

Same old same old.

Well, I can remember

the 4th of July

Running through

the backwoods bay

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

I bet you practised a lot.

I've got a lifetime

of practice, Jenny.

The way that he done to me

'Cause he'll get you now

Gonna getcha

Uhh

Well, I can remember...

You O.K.?

You all right?

I don't mean

to laugh.

Shut up, Jenny.

Look at him.

He's f***ing shitfaced!

Ronnie?

Ron?

Ronnie?

Give him some room.

Get him out of here.

Give me my chair.

Give me my chair.

I just want to dance.

I just want to dance.

Give me my chair.

Jenny!

Jenny!

I got it.

I got it.

Come on, come on.

Hey, Steve,

let's go. Come on.

Come on.

Steve, come on.

Let's go.

What's going on?

Are you drunk again?

Hey, Mom.

He's drunk again.

Eli, we have

a drunk for a son.

You leave that alone.

You can't stay

in this house.

This is what

you believe in,

but I don't.

I don't believe

in him any more.

I'll take care

of him.

I wish I were dead

like him.

You don't know

what you're saying.

That's the problem.

I'm not dead.

I got to live.

I got to roll around

and remind them

of Vietnam.

You don't want to see us.

You want to hide us

'cause it is

a can of sh*t!

And I am a f***ing dummy!

He won't listen.

He won't change.

Take your mom seriously.

You can't drink

in this house.

I believed everything

they told us.

Go fight! Go kill!

Sergeant man,

Marine Corps!

Yo, squad!

Left, squad!

Right, squad, left!

And it's all a lie.

The whole thing

is a bunch of lies!

Stop it! Go to bed!

What did they do to you

in that war?

You need help, Ronnie.

No, you need help,

with all your God

and your bullshit dreams

about me!

You are ashamed of me!

Go to sleep.

You go to bed.

F*** you!

What did you say

to me?

What...

Mom!

F*** you!

You'll wake

the whole neighbourhood.

Wake them up!

Tell them!

Cusacks! Camelettis!

Walshes!

You tell them all

what they did to me,

what they did to this whole block,

this whole country.

They'll call the police.

We went to Vietnam

to stop communism.

We shot women

and children.

You didn't shoot

women and children.

The church

blessed the war.

Communism,

the insidious evil.

They...

They told us to go.

Yes, that's what

they told us.

Thou shall not kill, Mom.

Thou shall not kill

women and children.

Thou shall not kill,

remember?

Isn't that

what you taught us?

Stop it.

Stop it!

Stop it!

I don't want you

in this house.

You're out

of this house.

Ron, you made your point.

No! I haven't

made my point.

You tell her, Dad.

They're killing

everyone now!

I didn't force you

to go!

Yes, you did!

And it's all

falling apart!

King, Kennedy,

Kent State!

We all lost

the f***ing war!

It's not my fault!

Communism won.

It's all for nothing.

That's not true,

Ronnie.

How do you know?

What do you know?

Ron.

Will you...

You tell her, Dad!

Tell her it's a lie!

It's a f***ing lie!

There's no God!

God is as dead

as my legs!

There's no God!

There's no country!

It's nothing.

It's just me

and this f***ing wheelchair

for the rest of my life

for nothing.

Me and this... this...

this dead penis, Mom.

Oh, God! Ronnie!

No, not with

the catheter.

- For God's sake...

- Penis!

Eli, I can't

stand it any more.

To hell with you.

In church

they say it's a sin

if you play

with your penis.

I just wish I could.

Don't say penis

in this house!

Penis!

Stop!

Penis!

Big f***ing erect penis, Mom!

- Stop!

- Penis! Penis!

He won't let go!

What can I do?

I never even got time

to learn how to use it.

It's gone in some

jungle in Asia.

Just gone for...

I'm sorry

it happened this way.

I'm sorry you're sad, Mom.

I'm so sorry

you're sa-sad.

I'm so f***ed up.

F***ed up.

Ronnie...

maybe a little trip

is all you need.

That place

down in Mexico

you were

talking about.

I don't want

to go to Mexico.

I don't want

to go no place.

I don't want

to go no place.

Ronnie...

I think

you should go.

What can I do,

Ronnie?

What do you want?

I want to be

a man again.

Who's going

to love me, Dad?

Who's ever

going to love me?

Who's going to love me?

Hey, you maggots,

ante up 5 American.

Let's go. Ante up.

Ed, you're light.

The game

is seven-card stud,

one up, two down.

One up, two down.

We got a 5, a jack.

That's a f***ing joker, a king.

The price of poker

just went up, gentlemen.

Charlie buys a queen.

Charlie, puppy.

Two down, two down.

Hey, big blue eyes,

what's your name?

What's that?

What's your name?

Ron Kovic.

Just what we need.

Another limp dick.

Where from?

Massapequa,

Long Island.

Guys, say hello

to Ron Kovic.

Just in from the States.

Hi, Ron.

Laugh, motherf***er.

You'll get yours.

F*** you.

Put your hand

right there, baby.

What's your name?

Charlie,

from Chicago.

How long has this game

been going on?

55 hours.

How long

have you been here?

A hundred f***ing years.

'Cause I got a gun.

I ain't ever going back.

F*** the States.

Nobody understood.

Nobody gave a sh*t.

The f***ing women

didn't even want

to look at me.

F***ing States.

I ain't never

going back.

I want something simple.

Oh, baby,

you're so beautiful.

Ain't she beautiful?

Here we go.

She's beautiful.

Go into town.

Get yourself one.

F*** the sh*t out of you,

even if you are paralysed.

Ain't that right, Martha?

You know what they say:

If you ain't got it in the hips,

you better have it in the lips.

Don't stay here,

man.

Get the f*** out.

You know, you're really drunk

on this Mescal sh*t...

when you swallow

the worm

and don't even know

you did it.

Last round of betting.

Let's go, maggots.

Are you from

Villa Dulce?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Bueno.

We go?

What's that?

Do you want

to go upstairs?

No. No, I'm just

looking around.

I just came in... Yeah!

I'd like to go upstairs.

I'd like to.

Good.

Then come.

Let's do it.

What's your name?

Maria Elena.

Maria Elena?

Hmm, si.

The money...

Sorry, I don't know how much...

This... This is good.

Why don't you

take them off?

No, I can't.

I can't

feel anything.

I was paralysed

in the war.

Vietnam?

Yes.

You let me see?

No.

Doesn't move.

I can't.

Oh, yes.

It's no good.

Yes, let me see.

No. Look, please...

the spine was severed.

I have no movement,

no feeling.

There's nothing

down here at all.

Nothing happens.

O.K.

O.K.

O.K.

We're going to have

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