Bucktown Page #6
- R
- Year:
- 1975
- 94 min
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I KNOW YOU DIDN'T STAR THAT FIGHT LIKE THEY
SAID YOU DID.
I DON'T RIGHTLY
REMEMBER, ARETHA.
I DO KNOW WE...
WE WAS ALL IN THE BAR
THERE, DRINKIN'.
I WAS TELLIN' 'EM
HOW...
I WAS THE STAR:
OF THAT GAME.
AND THEY SAID:
I WAS A LIAR.
YOU KNOW:
SOMETHIN'?
THEY SAY...
IT TOOK 45 STITCHES
TO SEW--SEW ME UP.
THAT'S SOME KIND
OF RECORD, AIN'T IT?
YEAH, HARLEY, THAT'S
SOME KIND OF RECORD.
I'M SORRY,
ARETHA.
I FEEL LIKE:
OH, HARLEY.
YOU MY NUMBER ONE.
[Mayor]
LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRIEND ROY
POOR OLD BUCKTOWN.
THINGS WERE BAD ENOUGH
UNDER THE OLD CHIEF,
BUT NOW...
THEY'RE
THERE'S NO WAY THA WE CAN FIGHT 'EM.
NO WAY. NO WAY.
CAN I BUY YOU:
A DRINK, LADY?
SUIT YOURSELF.
WHERE'S
YOUR MAN?
NOT HERE.
HE'S AT THE HOSPITAL
LOOKIN' IN ON HARLEY.
HOW IS HARLEY?
HE'S MAKIN' IT.
THANK YOU.
MAYBE YOU COULD DO
YOURSELF AND YOUR MAN
A BIG FAVOR,
IF YOU, UH, WOULD.
LIKE HOW?
GET HIM TO:
LEAVE TOWN NOW.
HUH. WHY SHOULD
HE LEAVE TOWN?
BIG REASONS:
DOWN IN THAT VAUL AT CITY HALL.
HIS CU OF THE PIE.
YOU 2 COULD LIVE
REAL HIGH:
ON HIS SHARE:
OF THE MONEY, HUH?
FINE DIAMONDS.
JEWELRY.
HIGH LIVING.
SUPPOSE:
I WANT TO STAY.
WELL, YOU GO A PRETTY NICE CHOICE
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU GO,
THAT HEAVY BREAD.
AND IF YOU DECIDE
TO STAY ON HERE:
IN BUCKTOWN,
I'D BE WILLING TO, UH,
MAKE YOU A VERY SWEE PROPOSITION.
I MEAN,
SERIOUSLY.
WHAT IF WE BOTH:
DECIDE TO STAY?
ME AND DUKE?
I DON'T THINK THAT'D
BE TOO PLEASANT.
[T.J.]
MAN, OH, MAN,
I'M GONNA ENJOY THIS.
NOW,
YOU'RE GOING ABOUT I THE WRONG WAY, T.J.
OH, MAN. DUKE'LL THINK
YOU WAIT HERE.
LA LA LA LA LA:
AAH!
UGH!
FIRST, I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR ARMS.
THEN I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR LEGS.
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
DUKE, BABY.
WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS.
WE COME DOWN HERE
TO HELP YOU OUT.
YEAH, JOSH,
YOU CAN HELP.
BEFORE I BLOW:
HIS BRAINS OUT.
OH...
THIS IS JUS BETWEEN ME AND YOU.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, MAN.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SIT DOWN.
I WAN YOUR FULL:
ATTENTION.
ALL RIGHT, MAN,
YOU'VE GOT IT.
I CALLED YOU HERE
TO DO ME A FAVOR,
AND YOU TAKE OVER
THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN!
YOU HAD BRIGHT IDEAS
RIGHT FROM THE START,
DIDN'T YOU,
OLD BUDDY?
AND I FELL:
FOR ALL THAT CRAP
ABOUT YOU, UH,
NOT LEANIN' HARD
ON THE TOWN.
BUT IT'S WORSE NOW
THAN IT EVER WAS, MAN,
BECAUSE NOW:
IT'S BROTHERS DOIN' IT!
SO WHAT GOOD DID IT DO
BRINGING YOU HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WELL, GO ON, MAN.
DON'T STOP TALKIN'.
I'M LISTENIN'.
YOU SEND YOUR PUNKS
TO BEAT HARLEY UP.
THEN YOU SEND THEM
AFTER ARETHA.
I DID WHAT?
NOW, YOU LISTEN,
'CAUSE I'M ONLY
GONNA SAY IT ONCE, ROY.
I WAN YOUR PUNKS GONE!
OUT OF TOWN!
OR I SWEAR, MAN,
I'LL PLANT THEM
IN THEIR OWN STINK.
LET ME TELL YOU:
SOMETHING.
EVER SINCE WE HELPED YOU
AND THEM:
GODDAMN REDNECKS,
YOU'VE BEEN ACTING
LIKE A GODDAMN FOOL.
YOU WON'T DO THIS,
YOU WON'T DO THAT.
YOU WON'T EVEN TAKE
ANY OF THE MONEY
WE'RE TRYIN' TO GIVE YOU.
AND NOW YOU:
BUST IN MY PLACE
AND ACCUSE ME:
OF PULLIN' ALL KINDS
OF WEIRD SH*T!
WELL,
I AM TIRED OF IT,
AND I AIN'T GONNA STAND
NOW, JUST GET THIS--
GET THIS IN THA HEAD OF YOURS.
I AM RUNNIN' THIS TOWN!
I'M RUNNIN' IT!
AND I GOT THE MAYOR
AND EVERYBODY ELSE
RIGHT BY THE BALLS
INCLUDIN' YOU.
AND IF ANYBODY'S
GONNA LEAVE,
IT AIN'T GONNA BE
OLD ROY.
IT'S GONNA BE YOU.
YOU DIG?
YEAH.
THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS, HUH?
YOU CALLED IT.
ALL RIGHT...BUDDY.
ALL BETS:
ARE OFF.
GIVE ME:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
T.J., THIS IS ROY.
YOU WANTED ME TO SE AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS TOWN.
FROM NOW ON,
EVERYBODY PAYS,
SO LEAN ON HIM.
HEY, HEY, HEY!
EVERYBODY HAVE A DRINK
AND BE SOMEBODY:
MAKE GODDAMN SURE
YOU PAY FOR IT.
LOOKIT, WE GOT SOME
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
IT SURE IS GOOD:
TO BE HOME, BOY.
HEY, ARETHA.
HOW YOU DOIN'?
SUPPOSED TO BE RESTIN'.
AW, SH*T,
I'M TIRED OF RESTIN'.
WITH MY FRIENDS.
RIGHT ON, MAN!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA
ARGUE ABOUT IT.
SAY,
WHERE'S THE DUKE?
UH...HE'S TAKIN'
CARE OF BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKIN'
FOR THE BIG SHOT.
HE AIN'T HERE.
WE CAME EARLY.
T.J.?
YEAH?
JOSH?
YEAH.
WE GOT A SPECIAL
MESSAGE FOR HIM.
GO GET WORD:
TO DUKE.
WHERE IS HE?
[Hambone]
SHOW 'EM WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, T.J.
IT ONLY TAKES:
ONE LITTLE MATCH.
YOU BASTARDS!
YOU CAN' WITHOUT A FIGHT!
AHH!
UGH!
IMAGINE THAT.
ASSAULTIN' A LAWMAN.
TAKE HIM IN.
HARLEY!
[Harley]
HEY, DON'T LET THEM!
HANG ON! YOU'LL GET OU SOON ENOUGH!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HELP ME!
HARLEY!
DON'T LET 'EM
TAKE ME!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HARLEY!
HARLEY!
WHAT THE HECK:
ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
ARETHA SENT ME.
T.J., HAMBONE,
AND JOSH ARE OVER
AT THE CLUB ALABAM.
COME ON,
SHE NEEDS YOU.
HOW MANY OUT FRONT?
ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, KID.
HOLD IT.
UGH!
UGH!
OH, THANK GOD
YOU'RE HERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED
HERE?
ROY'S 3 HOODS
CAME IN HERE,
AND THEY TRIED:
TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN.
HARLEY TRIED TO STOP THEM
AND THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT.
DRAGGED HIM WHERE?
TO JAIL!
MAKE HIM LET HARLEY GO.
ROY'S YOUR FRIEND.
NO, HE'S GONE
TOO FAR NOW.
IT'S TOO LATE
TO TALK.
NO, YOU CAN' FIGHT THEM ALONE.
OF THEM AT THE JAIL.
I'VE GOT A PLAN THAT SHOULD
EVEN UP THE ODDS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, DUKE, WHAT GOOD
GETTING YOURSELF KILLED?
DUKE!
YOU WAS TELLIN' ME ABOU ACROSS THE RIVER?
YOU KNOW WHERE:
IT IS?
YEAH,
I CAN FIND IT.
COME ON,
LET'S GO.
ROY, I WANNA
TALK TO YOU.
PLEASE, ROY,
IT'S IMPORTANT.
GO AHEAD.
I'M LISTENING.
I'M ASKIN' YOU
TO LET HARLEY GO.
IT WASN' HIS FAULT.
HE JUST GO:
T A LITTLE CRAZY
WHEN YOUR BOYS:
CAME IN THE BAR:
AND TRIED:
TO BURN IT DOWN.
WELL, MAYBE YOU OUGHTA
WELL, DON'T TAKE I OUT ON HARLEY
BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS
FOR DUKE.
WELL, SINCE
YOU'RE POINTIN' FINGERS
FOR WHAT HAPPENED, WOMAN,
IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.
IT WAS HIS.
I MEAN, DUKE'S GOT HIS HEAD
IN A WEIRD KIND OF PLACE.
NO, NO. HE DOES NO
HE SAYS:
YOU'RE HIS FRIEND.
BUT, WE'VE
BEEN TIGHT.
BUT THAT COMES:
WITH RESPECT,
AND RESPECT COMES
FROM KNOWIN' HOW IT IS
IN THE STREETS,
TO GET BY AND DOIN' I
AND DOIN' IT WELL,
DAMN WELL.
IT'S JUST YOUR DAMN EGO!
EGO?
NO.
IT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE.
WELL, I WANT DUKE
TO SURVIVE.
I WANNA LOVE THAT MAN.
YOU JUS DON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY, DO YOU?
YOU LISTEN, ARETHA.
YOU SHOW ME ANYBODY
WHO GIVES A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE,
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A FOOL,
A DAMN FOOL,
WHO'LL GO THROUGH LIFE
INSTEAD OF GRABBIN'.
DO YOU THINK ANYBODY
HERE IN THIS TOWN
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