Faithful Page #9

Synopsis: For their 20th wedding anniversary, Jack gets Maggie a diamond necklace and a hit man. But when Tony shows up and, waiting for the signal from Jack in Connecticut to do the hit, he and Maggie begin to talk - perhaps Tony can come to value Maggie even more than her husband does. And when Jack shows up, things get very tricky.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Paul Mazursky
Production: New Line Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
R
Year:
1996
91 min
437 Views


- Why, do you think you...

You're gonna trust a guy with

a gun who comes into our house?

I'm trying to save your life!

Jack, he told me you gave him

money. Now tell me.

- Did you give him money?

- When? Where?

- Where'd we ever meet, Mister?

- No, I never met you.

No, you never.

Call the cops, please.

You gave it to someone to

give to me.

- Who? What's his name?

- I don't give names.

- You don't? He's a fake!

- Who gave it to you, Tony?

- Who, who gave you the money?

- I said I don't give names.

- Well, why not?

- Because I said so.

Well, Tony, are you telling me

the truth?

All right, you want it this way.

Admit to your wife that

you hired me, you hear me?

Listen, I think he's a liar!

Say it! Tell her!

You're dead, you hear me?

Come on, talk to her!

Talk! Say it! Tell her! Come on!

Don't hurt him! Don't hurt him!

Stop!

What the hell's the matter

with you? We had a deal!

Now do you want him dead?

Yes or no?

I don't know.

I knew you would never hurt me.

I'm sorry about Debbie.

You hurt me, Jack.

The way I feel right now, I wanna

kill both of you for nothing.

You two deserve each other.

Okay, you want your husband alive?

Then I want my money!

Come on, where's the safe?

- In the game room.

- There.

Then get it. Now!

Let's go!

How could you let this happen? How

could you trust a man with a gun?

He tricked me, okay? He told me

that you hired him to kill me...

Well, next time, believe

your husband, will you?

Come on! Now!

I don't know if I remember

the combination.

Well, you better remember

'cause I'm gonna put a bullet...

...in the back of your husband's

head!

- Please don't kill me.

- I said open it!

I'm trying to. It's no...

It just... I'm trying.

Cut the bulisht.

I want my money or he's dead!

I'm doing it right. It won't open.

I don't understand.

- It won't open it.

- Come on, and say good-bye, Jack.

- Don't, don't do it. Don't.

- I'm trying, I'm trying.

- I'm doing it right.

- Say good-bye, Jack!

No, don't!

I changed the combination.

- You what?

- You what?

- I changed the combination.

- Why?

This I wanna hear.

You haven't been acting

yourself lately!

It thought you might

do something stupid.

- Like what?

- Yeah, like what?

- Honey, listen!

- Don't "honey" me.

- Don't honey her.

- Why did you change...

- ...the combination, Jack?

- I was afraid!

- Afraid of what?

- That you'd wake up one day...

...and take all the money

and leave me.

You've been lying to me

from the beginning, Jack.

- Margaret, I tried...

- Never mind that!

- Come on, open that safe, Jack.

- I'm not giving you my money.

- Then I guess you're gonna die.

- No, you can't kill me.

I'm the only one that can

open up the safe.

Margaret, I'm gonna teach you

a little something about business.

There's a lot of money in

that safe. Do you want it?

- Yes.

- Then you kill her.

So help me God, I'll kill you.

Now open that safe!

You're gonna kill me

and end up with nothing?

Tony, we had a deal.

There's a lot of money in there,

man. It's all yours.

It's kickback. I can't go to

the police if I wanted to.

Tony, the deal.

You're a businessman,

just like me.

Tony, you promised me. You said

you'd help. You promised.

He promised you.

He promised you.

And what are promises to

men like us?

There's a lot of money in there.

A lot.

I'm sorry.

I'm in too deep, Maggie.

Tony, you gave me your word.

Take her upstairs.

I don't wanna see this.

Jack you piece of sht. I hope you

burn in hell, you son of a btch.

- You should've been faithful.

- Get my money ready!

- Tony, we had a deal.

- The deal's off.

- Tony, we had a deal!

- The deal's off! Come on!

Tony, we had a deal!

Tony, how can you do

this after what happened?

She's dead.

- You didn't fck her.

- What?

Well, you know the plan.

It's gotta look like

a rape and a murder.

So you are the one.

Let's get it over with.

You don't have to fck her.

Just pay me.

You know,

I really shouldn't pay you.

You and my wife

were planning to kill me.

I went to such precautions to

find the right guy for this job.

They told me you were

a man of your word.

They just forgot to tell me

that you were greedy.

- It wasn't the money.

- No? What was it?

Was it love?

Did you fall in love with her?

Did you know your wife

was gonna kill herself...

...before I got here tonight?

I saved her life.

Why do you think I hired you

to kill her in the first place?

You saved me

five million dollars...

...I couldn't afford for

her to kill herself.

- Well, how do you know she's dead?

- I heard the shots.

Why don't you go up upstairs

and make sure?

Go 'head.

'Fraid to get up close?

'Fraid to get in there?

Got no guts, Jack?

I mean, men like us, we're not

afraid of nothing, right?

- I'm not like you.

- That's right you're not like me.

You never kept your word

in your life.

You suck the life out of

everything that comes near you.

Who are you to judge me?

I'm the man with the gun.

And the one with the gun makes

the rules.

Hi, Jack.

What's the matter, honey?

You're not happy to see me?

You knew all the time

I changed the combination.

Yes, I knew.

I tried to open the safe earlier.

When it didn't open, I knew

Tony was tellin' me the truth.

- You scared me.

- Sorry.

- You're very good.

- Thanks. So are you.

What're you gonna do, kill me?

I'll tell you what

we're gonna do to you.

Hello?

Yes, this is

Doctor Howard Susskind.

I'd like to speak to Tony.

Once. You were supposed to

let it ring once and then hang up.

- Who was that on the phone?

- Shut up, Jack.

- What'd you do to her?

- I woke her up.

It's over, Jack.

You're back where

you started from. With nothing.

Wait a minute, I was wrong.

You still got Debbie.

- And her fake tits.

- They're not fake.

- Gimme the gun.

- Take it easy.

- Gimme the fcking gun.

- Maggie. take it easy.

Look, you shut up.

I know what I'm doing.

I don't think so.

Look, Tony, you got

your money, okay?

So just go. I know what I'm doing.

It's gonna be okay.

Hey, look nobody's dead yet. Okay?

It doesn't have to end this way.

No, yeah, it does.

You're just a little crazy

right now.

I'm not crazy, okay?

I'm not crazy.

- Come on. I can't let you do this!

- Tony, get away from him.

You don't deserve it,

but I'm gonna do you a favor Jack.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- You never killed anybody before.

- So what?

- Listen to him.

Shoot him in the back of

the head. He'll die faster.

- Thanks.

- So long, Maggie.

Put the gun down, Margaret.

I'm your husband.

You're not gonna kill me.

I know Tony put you up to this.

He's very good.

Now put the gun down.

All right, all right, I'm sorry

for what I did. Okay?

Put the gun down.

I talked to your shrink.

He says you're a very sick woman

and that you need help.

Now, why don't you

let me help you?

You know what he told me, Jack?

He said there's this thing called

fusion where two people...

...lock into each other. But they

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Chazz Palminteri

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and playwright. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets over Broadway, the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, based on his play of the same name, Special Agent David "Dave" Kujan in The Usual Suspects, Primo Sidone in Analyze This and his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family. Palminteri also has a role in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombie map Mob of the Dead as Sal. more…

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