Carlito's Way Page #6

How does it feel?

Get your f***in' hands off me!

What the f*** is this?

Watch the floor!

We've got a mis-f***in'-communication

here, man!

Hold it! Stop him here.

Okay, Benny Blanco from the Bronx.

The chick Steffie belongs to the club.

If I ever see you here again...

...you die, just like that.

You're over, man.

You're f***in' in the history books.

So you might as well kill me now, 'cause if

I ever see you again, I'm gonna kill you.

Get him out. Take him out the back.

Take him in the alley.

Dumb move, man. Dumb move.

But it's like them old reflexes comin' back.

I know what's supposed to happen now.

Benny's gotta go down.

And if I don't do it, they're gonna say:

"Carlito, he's flaky, man. Slacked-out.

"A used-to-be bad guy.

Joint got to Carlito."

The street is watchin'.

She is watchin' all the time.

Hold it, hold it!

Let's put him in the trunk of the car

and drive him off the pier.

- F*** you, man.

- It ain't that far. Down the block.

It'd be like the old days. Be fun.

- Let him go.

- What?

Let him go. Get him outta here.

Any other time, that punk would die,

but I can't do that sh*t no more.

Don't want to burn nobody,

even when I know I should.

That ain't me now. All I want

is to get my $75,000 and get out.

Just do it!

Tell me he's in a f***in' coffin.

What happened?

Somethin' that shouldn't have happened.

Give me your piece, Dave.

What?

Give me the f***in' gun.

Since when are you a tough guy?

Get yourself killed.

I can take care of myself.

You think I'm some law school schmuck,

I never saw a bad guy before?

You are gonna wave that thing

at the wrong guy...

...he's gonna take it from you

and bury it up your ass, guaranteed.

Now give me the gun. Come on.

I know you love me, kid,

but you gotta lighten up.

Listen...

...I'm throwin' a big party

out at my summer house Saturday.

I want you to come.

Something I wanna talk to you about.

Why can't you talk to me about it here?

I'll tell you Saturday. I need visual aids.

What's the matter with you,

pushing this guy in the pool...

...your f***ing friends knocking down

my rented tables?

What you doing out here by yourself?

Sittin'.

You sure are weird, baby.

How come you never try to f*** me?

You got into a big beef for me,

and you ain't never laid a glove on me.

- You're Dave's girl now.

- He can't f*** me, all the coke he's doin'.

- What are you two talking about?

- F***ing.

Speaking of f***ing,

look at those f***ing friends of yours.

They're a f***ing embarrassment.

- Do something. Be a hostess.

- F*** you, a**hole!

Yeah, f*** me.

Your f***in' chick's giving you

a hand-job in front of everybody!

I got guests here, for Christ's sake!

People are eating!

- Take it easy, Dave!

- You take it easy! Got any manners?

You wanna f*** her, f*** like a normal

human being! Take her to the bedroom!

People!

Okay, Dave, what's up?

- I need you to do something for me.

- What is it?

You gotta help me spring Tony Taglialucci

from the prison barge at Rikers.

Are you crazy?

He thinks I stole a million dollars from him.

This is a dying man. He's nuts.

He's totally f***ing paranoid.

Do you realize what you just said to me?

If I don't do it, he's going

to have me killed. It's that simple.

So that means you're gonna

have to bust into prison?

What do you think, I'm crazy?

He's gonna swim off the island.

- Gonna swim?

- Yeah.

He's gonna drown.

Not if you and I pick him up...

...in that.

Tony's got a guy on the inside

who'll get him in the water.

I know these channels

like the back of my hand.

We cross Little Neck Bay

into the north corner to pick him up.

There's a buoy about 100 yards offshore.

That's where he's gonna be.

This is in and out, half hour tops.

He's gonna jump off a barge...

...swim 100 yards...

...to a buoy in the East River?

Impossible. It's too rough.

He's going to die.

That's his f***ing problem.

There's no point in arguing.

I have to do this. I'm asking for your help.

You're a lawyer, man.

What the f*** is happenin' to you?

I don't know.

I am so f***ing shook up,

I cannot see straight.

I'm in an impossible f***ing situation here.

Once I get Tony on the shore...

...there is a distinct possibility

that he and his goombah son...

...have got some plans for me.

What do you mean, "plans"?

What kind of plans?

How do I know he's not gonna kill me?

This guy hates my guts.

I'm in trouble. I am in f***in' trouble here.

You are the only f***ing person on earth...

...that I can trust.

And I'll give you $50,000 to go along.

If I go along, it ain't for the money.

Are you in?

When is this...

I don't know! His son's gonna call me.

Are you in?

All right, I'm in.

Thank you.

Surprise.

I was asleep.

Can I come in?

I bought you some cheesecake.

I don't like cheesecake.

You wouldn't have buzzed me up,

if you wasn't gonna let me in.

I'm saying no, Charlie.

What can I do?

What are you gonna do?

Are you gonna...

...bust the chain?

Chase me around the apartment?

Get me naked?

Take me on the floor?

- I'm too old for that.

- That's too bad.

If you can't get in...

...you don't get in.

Where's my cheesecake?

Can I ask you a personal question?

Anything.

Did you ever kill anybody?

I'm sorry.

Well, it's just not a simple question.

- I just can't answer it like...

- That's all right.

- You don't have to...

...there it is.

You don't have to answer.

When I was a kid in East Harlem...

...the wops said...

...no spics could go east of Park Avenue.

Spooks said:
"No 'Ricans

west of Fifth Avenue."

That don't leave you

much room to maneuver.

Say you want to go to Central Park, play

with the ducks. You're sh*t outta luck.

So what do you do? You go anyway.

I'm up on 106th Street,

Central Park, near the lake.

I get caught by these Copiens. Right?

They surround me.

So I get my blood up, pull out my blade.

I said:
"Come on!

I'll take any one of you mothers!"

They say:
"No, man. We're gonna kill

your ass." Out come the zip guns.

Homemade gun.

You pull the hook back,

catch that bullet square, ping.

Hit you in the head, man,

you got serious problems.

That was the last chase on me like that...

...because from then on

I carried my own piece.

Guys went down, yeah, but it ain't like,

you know, you just...

...decide one day, and then that's it. No.

You just do what you gotta do to survive.

Somehow, you know,

you just end up where you are.

That's how everybody ends up

where they are.

Everybody.

Only I'm gettin' out. I'm gonna rent cars.

What're you laughing at?

Everybody laughs at that. That's a dream.

I know, I'm sorry.

Didn't you ever have a dream?

Of course I did.

The Diamond Room isn't exactly

the end of my rainbow, you know.

It's just...

I don't know.

Just sometimes I hear myself talk...

...about new agents and auditions,

and I'm trying to be so optimistic.

Then I think...

...why should I be so optimistic?

Yeah, I had a dream...

...but now I'm awake...

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