Eating Raoul Page #8

Synopsis: When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Their dreams of running a small resturant seem to be in jeopardy until they decide to dispose of the body, keep the wallet, and to advertise for other sexually oriented visitors who are summarily killed, bagged, robbed and disposed of. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Paul Bartel
Production: Criterion Collection
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
1982
90 min
Website
291 Views


Come on. We can get that money.

Come on, everybody!

It's hot tub time!

Come on, come on, everybody!

Out of your clothes and into the tub!

Last one in is a lousy lay!

Hey, you two spoilsports, what are

you doing over there by the fence?

- None of your damned business!

- I'm the host here, goddamn it!

Now, get out of your clothes and get

into the hot tub or get the hell out!

We don't want any wet blankets

or spoilsports at this party!

We're here to swing!

Aren't we, kids?

Oh, yeah? Well, swing on this!

Okay, that's 3000 there. This is 429.

And this is one, two, three...

Hello, One-Way Auto?

Do you have one of those

double-decker car carriers?

Well, bring it over to

We've got a bonanza for you.

I can't believe it.

Forty thousand dollars in one night!

Tomorrow we'll call James and move

into Paul and Mary's Country Kitchen.

Did you leave the light on?

Paul, have you been drinking?

Where did you get...?

So not only do you try to make me

into a big maricon...

...but you sell cars behind my back

and don't even give me a cut.

Don't worry, chiquita.

The time has come to liberate

you from your husband.

- Listen, Raoul...

- Shut up!

You're gonna dump me, huh?

Well, Mary and me

are gonna dump you, ese.

Just when you get this business

going great...

...you wanna take this beautiful,

sexy woman...

...stick her in a country kitchen

and make her sweat for you?

What an a**hole!

She's such a lady,

she don't complain.

- Raoul...

- Keep cool. I know what I'm doing.

I got ambition.

And we're gonna expand

this business.

Bring in some real sexy,

younger girls to dress up...

...instead of my wife who's gonna be

too busy having my kids.

While she's busy having your

children, the young, sexy ones...

- Shut up! Chiquita?

- Yeah.

Go bring me that frying pan.

Hurry up.

Mary!

And we're gonna move

into a place that's real class.

Red velvet wallpaper...

...gold lamps and those real

good black velvet paintings.

No cheap stuff.

I can't find it.

Come on.

Damn kids broke the compactor.

They must've put bottles in it.

Paul, what are we gonna do

about Raoul?

- Oh, don't worry about him.

- Don't worry about him?

- I'll take him to Doggie King tonight.

- Oh, Paul.

Would you mind not dropping him off

at the dog food center?

- Getting sentimental, Mary?

- No.

Paul, there's something

I never told you.

Raoul and I...

- I know.

- No.

- I know.

- No, Paul. You don't know, because...

See, what happened is,

he forced me to smoke this drug...

...and then he raped me.

He told me if I didn't continue

to have relations with him...

...he'd tell you.

I couldn't let anyone hurt you...

...so we continued...

- He deserved everything he got.

But that's all over now, okay?

In an hour or so we'll sign the papers,

give James the money...

James!

Paul, I forgot all about James.

We promised dinner.

He'll be here in 45 minutes.

- I'll go to the store.

- You can't go to the store.

You don't have time. Paul,

we've got to improvise something.

You know, when I see

two great people...

...like you and Mary get the house

of your dreams...

...my job becomes something more

than just a thing you do from 9 to 5.

- That's very kind of you, James.

- Oh, listen, I mean it. Really.

I think it's great that you made it...

...without knocking other people

aside to get there.

That's a real compliment,

coming from a real-estate dealer.

Maybe I ought to sell wine.

I didn't know there was so much

money selling those door to door.

- Are you all right?

- Is this stuff terrific.

I hope you make this

a permanent item on your menu.

- It's French?

- No, actually, it's more Spanish.

- So tender.

- Yeah, I know.

It's amazing what you can do

with cheap meat...

...if you know how to treat it.

And, of course,

the right wine always helps.

I'll drink to that.

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Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. Bartel was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy Eating Raoul, which he wrote, starred in and directed. more…

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