Crackers Page #7

Synopsis: Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend. Also, Boardwalk is assigned to case a local apartment, where he meets and falls for the maid. Amidst all these romantic hijinks, Weslake puts together a burglary plan, which is executed by the makeshift gang.
Director(s): Louis Malle
Production: Universal Studios
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
PG
Year:
1984
91 min
163 Views


Soup. Okay. Soup.

Careful. Right in there.

There.

Don't let that loose wire

touch the terminal yet.

We're gonna blow it.

If you wanna help, get out of the way.

Ramon, give me some light.

Everybody set?

Here we go to Hawaii.

[ Rattling ]

[ Rattling Continues ]

[ Rooster Crowing ]

The fish was too much for her.

She just looked at it and...

smiled...

and closed her eyes forever.

Your mother?

You know her last word?

Lox.

Yeah, she loved salmon.

She used to cure it herself;

A little dill, a little brandy.

Hmm.

Come on.

Feel better.

Sit down.

I'm real sorry, Garvey.

That's a tough one, man.

Mis pesames, Garvey.

Yeah, that mother stuff's a

heavy gig, man. I'm sorry.

[ Sighs ] Well, I'm glad you're all here.

I don't know what I would have done.

Would you like some... [ Groans ]

Hmm. Oh! Here, have some salmon.

Hmm?

You'll like that. Have a drink.

Salud. Salud.

Piece of fish?

[ Meowing ]

[ Player Piano Playing,

Toy Chimp Chittering ]

- [ Chittering, Clanging ]

- [ Sirens Blaring ]

[ Gadgets Clamoring ]

The key! The key! The key!

The key, where is it?

[ Clamoring Continues ]

[ Gadgets Winding Down, Clock Cuckoos ]

Okay, buster! Hold it, right there!

I got him, I got him!

[ Chimp Buzzes, Bangs

Piano Keys ] Move! Move!

Get your hands on the counter! Move!

[ Garvey Groans ]

What are you doin'? What do you want?

We heard your alarm.

We caught this guy red-handed.

[ Garvey ] Caught this guy?

We just gave him the key to turn it off.

It was an accident. Forget it.

Looks like they came in

from the apartment behind,

came down the stairs.

[ Sighs ]

Where were you two?

If it weren't for my friends

here, I'd have nothing.

Here you are arresting the heroes.

Heroes?

Did any of you heroes get a description?

They were black. They was Mexican.

They had ski masks.

Right! It was ski masks.

Black Mexicans wearin' ski masks.

Come on, Ronnie.

[ Boardwalk ] You should

have been here, Garvey.

I really scared one of them big suckers.

Oh, I appreciate that.

They do any damage? Uh, a little.

But I'm sure we'll be able

to put it back together.

Oh. That'll be nice.

Well, you guys are friends indeed.

This salmon won't keep.

You know, Weslake, those

robbers were pretty dumb.

I wouldn't say that.

I thought it was a pretty professional job.

The safe, I only had it for the picture.

There hasn't been anything in it for years.

Wasn't even locked.

[ Clock Cuckooing ]

[ Garvey ] Ah, what's the difference.

Friendship, that's what's important.

But, in the meantime, you'll have to do.

We got more than we need

But we don't even notice

Right before our eyes

Our dreams just up and fade away

We keep givin' up more tears

And losin' hope for something better

Of pain and disappointment

We got more than we need

We got more than we need

Enough fear and confusion

To keep us busy running

Reaching out so desperately

We keep wasting our faith on illusion

Risking it all on a roll of the dice

If our past is the dreams of tomorrow

Then we're travelin' together

We got more than we need

Of old lies and deception

Hiding in the shadows

Wondering who we should believe

We keep thinking the path of resistance

Is too steep to climb on our own

We are finding the truth in our sorrow

And we're travelin' together

We got more than we need

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