Dreamgirls Page #8
I can't do it no more.
I can't sing no more sad songs.
Hey, Curtis, this is supposed to be
your night, right?
Let's have some happy times.
Right, I'm gonna give you a count-off.
The rest of you all come in
when I tell you, all right?
What the hell's he doing?
One! Two! Three! Hit me!
Bass man, come on up!
One! Two! Three! Hit me!
Sound good! Yeah! Saxophone!
On the four!
One! Two! Three! Hit it!
Come on! Horns! Hit it!
Hey, Curly, let's rap with Jimmy Early
Got a home in the hills
Mercedes-Benz, hot swimming pool
Got lots of friends
Got clothes by the acre
Credit to spare
I could wake up tomorrow
and find nobody there
But Jimmy want more
Jimmy want more
Jimmy want, Jimmy want
Jimmy want more!
Listen!
Jimmy want a rib
Jimmy want a steak
Jimmy want a piece
of your chocolate cake
But more than all that
Jimmy wants a break
'Cause Jimmy got soul, Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got, Jimmy got, Jimmy got soul!
Sooner or later, the time comes around
For a man to be a man
Take back his sound
I gotta do somethin' to shake things up
I like Johnny Mathis
But I can't do that stuff
'Cause Jimmy got soul, Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got S-O-U-L soul!
I can't do rock, I can't do roll
What I can do, baby, is show my soul
'Cause Jimmy got soul, Jimmy got soul
Jimmy got, Jimmy got, Jimmy got soul!
Take it out.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please stay in your seats.
We're back live in two minutes.
- What'd you think of my show, baby?
- You made a fool out of yourself.
What are you talking about, man?
I was just being Jimmy.
Lorrell, will you please tell him,
if you can?
Jimmy keeps begging you for something
new, but all you do is ignore him.
Of course he's confused.
It don't take a whiz to know that only
a desperate man would drop his pants
in living colour on network television.
Thanks, Lorrell. You told it like it is.
Yeah, well, that ain't all
I got to say to you, sugar.
My brother, we're through.
What you talking about?
What do you mean, we're through?
Come on, Jimmy, your time has passed.
Hey, man, I got soul!
You can't kill a man with soul!
Come on, man.
Let's at least end as friends, man.
If you ever need some help,
just give me a call.
Whatever.
Hey, Curtis, I don't beg! I don't crawl!
I'm an original!
Hey, where are you going?
You can't leave me, girl. I love you.
Lorrell loves Jimmy
Lorrell loves Jimmy
It's true
But Lorrell and Jimmy
are through
I got a show to do.
Don't you remember, baby?
And now, please welcome the brightest
star in the Rainbow constellation,
Deena Jones
with the incredible Dreams!
Hello, America.
What a wonderful evening.
- I love you all.
- I love you, Deena!
I love you, too.
Curtis, baby, this is for you.
We are a family, like a giant tree
Branching out toward the sky
We are a family
We are so much more
More than just you and I
Time to go, Mr Early.
We are growing free
Yeah!
You're an incredibly beautiful woman.
- Thank you, Jerry.
- No, you're too beautiful.
This movie is about three grifters
heading to Vegas for one final score.
When Dawn goes down on
that truck driver,
you've got to smell the desperation.
I know that. That's what I love about her.
There's no pretence.
No f***ing bullshit.
America's sweetheart here
has got a potty mouth.
Of course, if I were to become involved,
we have to do a little work on the part.
What do you mean?
I spent a year on the script, so...
I know, and it's good.
But she's not real yet.
To start with,
what kind of name is Dawn?
I'm from the projects in Detroit and
I ain't ever met a sister named Dawn.
Well, the script's just a blueprint.
It's not written in stone.
I hear Curtis is still trying to get
that crazy black Cleopatra made.
Is it true he's got some
mob money tied up in this?
with the music side right now.
That's why I didn't want to bother him
with our meeting today.
So, say we do decide
to get in bed with you on this,
will Curtis even let you do it?
I hear he's got you
That won't be a problem, Jerry.
Step, step, step on over
Step, step, step on over
Wanting you, wanting you
Needing you, needing you
Sh*t.
- Hey.
- I didn't think it was possible, Curtis.
But I think you can squeeze
even more of the soul out of my music.
- We just made it danceable, that's all.
- What about the lyrics?
That rhythm takes all the feeling
out of the music!
This is what you've been asking for.
A totally new sound.
and rock and roll put together!
People are getting ready to boogie,
and when they do
they're gonna do it to our music.
Your music, Curtis.
It has nothing to do with me.
Come on, brother,
you know you're my main man.
Kiss my ass,
brother.
What the hell is going on now?
No, no!
The body was found at the
Tropicana Hotel in Hollywood.
Police say Mr Early had been dead
for over a day,
the apparent victim
of a heroin overdose.
The 43-year-old R&B singer was
recently released from his contract
at Rainbow Records.
She won't let me see him, Deena.
She won't let me see my Jimmy.
Plans are being made to fly the body
back to Detroit
where there will be a private burial.
What a thing.
Bad, bad scene.
Well, thanks for the drink.
Tell Lorrell I'll stop by tomorrow.
C.C., man, no matter what troubles
we had, you know, we're still a family.
That's the most important thing.
It's over, Curtis.
Oh, come on, man. Jimmy did this
to himself. You know that.
Michelle?
C.C. Can quit. You can't.
What's a wake?
It's when friends get together
and share their love for someone.
- Mama, why are you so slow?
- 'Cause I'm old, baby. I'm old.
Who are you?
Effie!
Effie!
- Who's that man?
- That's your uncle, little girl.
Effie! Sh*t.
Jimmy had so much life.
First time I met him
was right here in this club.
He wasn't "Thunder" Early then,
just little Jimmy.
- How old was that boy, Marty?
- I don't know. Probably 12.
Well, he had hands
the size of a fellow twice his age,
and he wasn't shy
about using them either.
Yeah, Jimmy was a real little sh*t.
- A real little sh*t.
- Sh*t.
I miss you, old friend
Can I hold you?
And though it's been a long time
Old friend
Do you mind?
There were so many things
I wish I had said
I meant to love you
But I hurt you instead
I've come here now
To make amends
Can I sit down beside you?
Can we be close again?
Effie?
Effie, I'm your brother.
At least you can say hello.
What gives you the nerve, C.C.,
coming here after all of these years?
All I can say is I was young
and I made a mistake.
I won't be used. Not by you,
not by anybody. Never again.
I promised you I would write you
a hit song. Let me do it for you now.
I don't need you.
No, Effie, I need you.
Effie, I have a song and it's good.
It's really good.
But only if you sing it.
You want all my love and my devotion
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