Gravesend Page #5

Synopsis: Four young men spend their Saturday night trying to come up with the money to cover up the accidental death of a family member. As the night grows old, the tensions between the four rise and the situation becomes all the more desperate.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Salvatore Stabile
Production: Palm Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1997
85 min
56 Views


GOING TO GET $500?

YEAH, IT'S ZANE.

WHAT?

YEAH, YEAH. I'M DOWN HERE

AT BATH AND 49th

AT CROPSEY BAGELS.

YEAH, YEAH,

I GOT THE STUFF, MAN.

YOU TOLD HIM:

IT'S GOOD.

SHUT UP, MAN!

IT'S BETTER

THAN GOOD.

Zane:
WHAT? YEAH.

I CAN'T

GO THROUGH WITH THIS.

ZANE'S GOING

TO GET THE MONEY.

F*** ZANE

AND F*** THAT MONEY.

HE'S A NUT.

THE GUY'S A JUNKIE,

MIKEY.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE

A JUNKIE BURYING

YOUR BROTHER, HUH?

YEAH, MEET ME

AT THE PIER IN 5 MINUTES.

LOOK, SAY YOU GOT

TO GO HOME, OK?

SAY YOUR FATHER:

NEEDS THE CAR:

OR SOMETHING.

TAKE CHICKEN AND ZANE HOME.

I'LL GO CALL THE COPS.

NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

HE'S GOING TO FIND

THE BODY IN THE TRUNK.

WE'LL TAKE MARK

BACK TO MY BASEMENT.

ALL RIGHT?

SHOW UP. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO, MAN.

HOW MUCH YOU GET?

HOW MUCH YOU GET?

500 BUCKS.

COME ON, MAN!

THAT STUFF IS WORTH

10 TIMES THAT AMOUNT!

DON'T BREAK MY BALLS.

WE NEED THE MONEY,

MAN.

YOU GAVE ME:

A PROMISE.

WE GOT TO BURY:

A F***ING BODY RIGHT NOW,

ALL RIGHT?

F*** ARIZONA.

YOU DON'T NEED TO GO--

BUT MY PARENTS,

THEY SENT ME A LETTER.

THEY WANT US:

TO COME DOWN.

OH, YEAH? THEN IF

YOUR PARENTS WANT YOU

TO COME DOWN SO MUCH,

WHY DIDN'T YOU GO

WITH THEM?

HUH? WHY AREN'T YOU

WITH THEM NOW?

THINK ABOUT IT, CHICK.

THINK.

Sal:
OUT OF ALL THE GUYS,

I KNEW CHICKEN:

THE LONGEST AND THE BEST.

WE WENT TO CATHOLIC

GRADE SCHOOL TOGETHER,

ST. MARY'S

DOWN ON 23rd AVENUE.

WHEN CHICKEN WAS 10,

HE AND HIS BROTHER DAVID

WERE COMING HOME

FROM A YANKEE GAME,

AND RIGHT IN FRONT

OF CAVALERO PARK

ON BATH AVENUE,

2 KIDS PULLED ASIDE

DAVID'S CAR

AND SHOT HIM:

IN THE FACE.

I WAS IN THE PARK

WHEN THAT HAPPENED,

AND ME AND A FEW KIDS

RAN TO DAVID'S CAR.

THAT WAS THE FIRST DEAD BODY

I HAD EVER SEEN.

CHICKEN,

I DON'T KNOW HOW,

WAS ALIVE:

IN THE BACK SEAT SOBBING,

"THE YANKEES LOST.

THE YANKEES LOST."

AFTER THAT INCIDENT,

CHICKEN STARTED:

DOING DRUGS AT ABOUT 12.

AND AT 15, HIS MOTHER

SENT HIM TO REHAB.

WHEN CHICKEN:

GOT OUT OF REHAB,

HIS MOTHER HAD MOVED

TO ARIZONA,

BUT SHE DIDN'T TELL HIM.

RECENTLY, ZANE AND CHICKEN

WERE TALKING ABOUT

MOVING TO ARIZONA

WHEN THEY GOT ENOUGH MONEY.

I EVEN LENT THEM $100.

I KNEW WHO KILLED

CHICKEN'S BROTHER,

BUT I NEVER TOLD HIM.

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY,

LIKE THE OTHER PEOPLE

IN GRAVESEND,

I LOOKED THE OTHER WAY

AND FORGOT WHAT I SAW

AND WHAT I HEARD.

I'M GOING TO GO

OUTSIDE, TOO.

MAYBE SMOKE A JOINT

OR SOMETHING.

Zane:
THANKS, MAN.

I'M SORRY I'M LATE, BRO.

Tony:

WHERE'S THE STUFF?

Zane:
HOW YOU DOING?

COME ON, MAN,

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

HOW YOU DOING, ZANE?

WHERE'S THE STUFF?

GOOD, MAN.

HERE.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?

NOTHING, MAN.

I'M IN A BIND,

THAT'S ALL.

HMM?

IT AIN'T STOLEN?

STOLEN? COME ON, MAN.

YOU KNOW ME BETTER

THAN THAT, TONE.

YOU SOLD SOME:

STOLEN SH*T

TO RICK LAST WEEK.

RICK? THAT RAT?

YOU'RE GOING

TO BELIEVE HIM, TONE?

COME ON, MAN,

YOU KNOW ME:

BETTER THAN THAT.

MIKEY, PULL AWAY, MAN.

THEY'RE GONE.

THEY'RE BOTH GONE.

COME ON.

MIKEY!

WE GOT TO GO:

TO THE POLICE, MAN.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I DON'T WANT

TO GO TO JAIL.

YOU DON'T EITHER.

COME ON, PULL AWAY.

HOW MUCH YOU WANT

FOR IT?

LISTEN, JUST GIVE ME 500.

I'M IN A BIND, MAN.

YOU REALLY GOT:

TO HELP ME OUT, OK?

500. THAT'S IT?

YEAH, MAN.

COME ON, MAN.

I'M IN A BIND.

I REALLY AM, TONE.

LET ME:

ASK YOU SOMETHING, ZANE.

YOU BEEN DEALING

AROUND HERE LATELY?

COME ON, MAN.

DID I CALL YOU TONIGHT?

NO, I'M NOT DEALING.

PUT YOUR HANDS:

ON THE DASHBOARD.

COME ON, MAN.

PUT YOUR F***ING HANDS

ON THE DASHBOARD!

MIKEY, COME ON.

I'M NOT GOING

TO LEAVE THEM HERE.

YES, YOU CAN.

COME ON, MIKEY.

I'M SERIOUS.

COME ON.

F***ING ZANE, MAN,

HE ABUSES YOUR ASS.

HE DOESN'T LIKE YOU.

WHEN ARE YOU:

GOING TO WAKE UP?

GET OUT:

OF THE F***ING CAR!

DON'T LET ME HEAR

YOU BEEN DEALING

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

AGAIN:

UNLESS YOU PAY UP.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

ALL RIGHT, TONE.

TAKE IT EASY, MAN.

"TAKE IT EASY, MAN"?

I DON'T WANT

TO F***ING HEAR IT.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.

ARE YOU TRYING:

TO F*** ME UP THE ASS?

HUH? ANSWER ME!

YOU WANT TO F*** ME

UP THE ASS?!

I DON'T WANT

TO F*** YOU UP THE ASS.

SH*T!

OH, MAN.

THEY'RE F***ING

COMING DOWN ON ME,

ZANE!

F***, MAN.

JUST GET OUT OF:

THE F***ING CAR.

GET THE F***

OUT OF THE CAR!

I NEED THE 500, MAN.

MAN, YOU GOT

SOME SERIOUS BALLS.

YOU SEE THIS:

RIGHT HERE?

THIS IS YOUR:

F***ING LIFE.

I GIVE THIS TO THEM,

THIS IS YOUR LIFE.

YOU WANT THIS, OR

YOU WANT YOUR LIFE?

Chicken:

WHAT HAPPENED?

Zane:
JUST GET

IN THE CAR.

YOU GOT THE MONEY?

TAKE OFF, MIKEY.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHERE'S THE MONEY?

JUST TAKE OFF, MIKEY.

I'LL BE BACK

IN A MINUTE, ALL RIGHT?

Ray:
WHAT,

WE CAN'T COME?

NO, MAN.

SHE'S TOO SENSITIVE.

ALL RIGHT?

CHILL OUT.

CHICKEN, IF WE DON'T

GET THE MONEY FROM HER,

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

RAY, DON'T THINK LIKE THAT.

WE'LL GET THE MONEY.

WHAT ARE WE:

GOING TO DO, THOUGH,

IF WE DON'T GET

THE MONEY?

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

HE'LL GET THE MONEY.

Woman:
WHO IS IT?

IT'S ME, MARE.

HI, HONEY.

WHAT ARE YOU:

SMILING ABOUT?

HI.

HOW YOU DOING?

Older woman:

WANT A GLASS?

NO, THAT'S OK.

NO, THAT'S OK.

WE'LL BE IN

IN A SECOND.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

FINE.

GOOD.

YOU LOOK GOOD.

I GOT TO TALK TO HER

FOR A LITTLE BIT.

OK.

THANKS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU MISSED--STOP.

HOW ABOUT A KISS?

LISTEN, I DON'T WANT

TO TALK TO YOU HERE.

I ALREADY TOLD MY MOTHER

I'M NOT EVEN

SPEAKING TO YOU ANYMORE,

ALL RIGHT?

SHE LOVES ME.

SHE CAN'T STAND YOU.

NO. LET'S GO IN THERE.

I'M NOT TALK--

I'M NOT--

DON'T TOUCH ME.

WHY ARE YOU BEING

SUCH A JERK?

DON'T TOUCH ME.

LET'S GO IN THERE.

WHY ARE YOU BEING

SUCH A JERK?

STOP. STOP.

GET AWAY FROM ME.

YOU MAKE ME SICK.

DON'T SAY THAT.

WHY YOU PISSING ME OFF?

LOOK, IF YOU WANT

TO TALK TO ME,

WE HAVE TO GO IN THERE.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS

A PUBLIC SPECTACLE.

IN THERE?

THERE'S TOO MANY

F***ING--

WE ARE GOING:

TO THE COPS.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

WE GET THE 500 BUCKS--

LOOK. LOOK!

WE ARE DRIVING AROUND

IN A CAR:

WITH MARK'S BODY IN IT.

DON'T YOU THINK

IF WE GET CAUGHT,

WE'RE GOING

TO GO TO JAIL?

NO SH*T!

BUT WE AIN'T

GONNA GET CAUGHT.

DON'T YOU THINK

WE'RE GONNA GO

TO JAIL?

WE'RE GONNA GO TO JAIL

IF WE GO TO THE COPS, MAN.

LOOK, IF WE GO

TO THE COPS,

WE TELL THEM:

WHAT HAPPENED,

THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,

TRUST ZANE.

I'VE BEEN TRUSTING HIM

ALL MY LIFE.

HOW CAN YOU TRUST ZANE?

HE JUST KILLED:

MY F***ING BROTHER.

GIVE ME A KISS FIRST.

NO.

GIVE ME A KISS FIRST.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

THIS IS HARD FOR ME, MARE.

I'M IN A--

WHAT'S HARD FOR YOU?

I NEED 500 BUCKS.

YOU NEED $500?

FOR WHAT?

IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

YOU WANT ME:

TO GIVE YOU $500--

DO YOU LOVE ME?

I CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU COME HERE--

YOU WERE SUPPOSED

TO TAKE ME OUT LAST NIGHT.

OK, YOU SHOW UP A DAY--

WHAT GOOD ARE YOU?

YOU'RE USELESS?

WHY YOU PUTTING ME DOWN?

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

F***ING HURT

MY FEELINGS, MARE.

YOU GOT A LOT OF NERVE.

YOU NEVER TAKE ME OUT.

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Salvatore Stabile

Salvatore "Sal" Stabile is an American television and feature film writer, director and producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1974, Sal directed his first feature film, Gravesend (1997), when he was 19 years old. Stabile has gone on to write for numerous television shows, including The Sopranos (2001) and Rescue Me (2004). more…

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