Greased Lightning

1

Go get them!

We can go faster!

Let's go!

Go!

Let's go.

We're going to win the big race!

We win it!

We did it!

Hang on, Peewee.

What's your name, boy?

Wendell Scott.

Want to race?

Where are we going to race to?

That white fence.

I mean to the end of the fence.

Get ready...

Set...

Go!

Go, Wendell! You got to win!

You want to know something?

You won!

You won! You won!

You're one crazy n*gger!

You won!

You won! You won!

you see the child

Become a man

You know you can't

Forsake it

You know he's got

A dream inside

And he's going to fight

To make it

Make it all come true

The lord gave him

A heavy load

Then gave him dreams

To free it

The dream that he

Can be a king

And he gave him eyes

To see it

See it all come true

All come true

See it all come true

He's got to face

Them good ol' boys

He's going to have to make it

They'll try to stop him

If they can

But he's got the heart

To take it

And make it all come true

All come true

Make it all come true

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh

Mmm

[Band plays 'Dixie']

Oh, there he is.

Mama!

Oh, Wendell!

Wendell, my baby!

Thank god you're home.

Wendell!

There he is, mama.

How come you done got so thin?

What they been feeding you?

Mama, I gained 20 pounds.

20 pounds!

Y'all look great, mama!

I thought some of my friends

Would be there

To meet me at the station.

They probably thought

we'd like some time alone.

I know, mama,

But Peewee should have been there.

You'll see him later on.

Come in. You're home.

I'll make you a nice dinner.

Surprise! Surprise!

Charlie!

Who's she?

Good to see you.

Hey, how you doing?

Russell!

How you doing, man?

Mama wrote me you was

going to be a lawyer.

That's right. I'm almost finished.

Hey, Jimmy!

That's great, man.

I don't see any bullet holes.

Let me introduce you

to Mary Jones.

Hello, Wendell. Welcome home.

The n*gger ain't changed a bit.

Ignores his old friends

And heads straight for the ladies.

Peewee!

Jeez! Oh!

It's good to see you, Wendell.

I got a good old moonshine

That helps you get

up with your mind.

Y'all, come on, let's party.

Quit standing around here.

Let's party.

Hey, hey!

[Music plays]

That's a nice lady with Russell.

Oh, yeah, but don't

mess around with her.

She's already spoken for.

[Speaking French]

Daddy gave me this...

Number 34.

Mm-hmm.

Something worrying you?

No, ma'am.

I'm just thinking about

What I'm going to do.

Well, the mill isn't

hiring any more people.

I don't want to work at the mill.

I got my mustering-out pay.

I'll buy a taxi.

I'll be my own boss.

That sounds good.

Damn.

I won a minirace

In the back yard with this.

You were always crazy about cars.

Zzzoom!

You haven't changed a bit.

Zzzoom!

Zzzoom!

You'll go on driving a cab?

I'll open a garage.

This area needs a good mechanic.

Garage? That's nice, son.

Is that what

you always wanted to do?

Pretty much, sir.

Didn't you ever have crazy ideas?

I had a few when I was your age.

I had a few,

But I shouldn't talk about it.

Go ahead.

We all family here.

Well, sir, I wanted to be

A champion race car driver.

That's the craziest one

I ever heard, all right.

You didn't think you'd race

with them white boys?

Yes, sir. It all depended.

Depended on when hell

freezes over.

Ha ha ha ha!

A race car driver.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I imagine it's pretty funny...

A race car driver.

Where are we going, Wendell?

We're going to see

the moonlight, baby.

What moonlight?

You just want to go

somewhere and park, huh?

Uh-uh.

This is real nice

Where I'm taking you.

Here it is! Hang on!

How do you like that, Mary?

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Aah!

Whoo! How do you like that?

Huh? How about that?

Ooh! Wendell, you're crazy!

Hang on!

Aah!

Wendell! Aah!

Ohh!

What do you think of that?

Oh.

Oh, Wendell, you're crazy.

Ain't that something?

Sure is.

What is this area?

Old race track.

Used to come here

a lot, watch races.

I love you, Mary.

Tomorrow you'll be my wife.

Tonight you're going

to be my lover.

Maybe tomorrow

we'll be strangers

But for tonight,

let me be your love

What good is saving it up

Like some money in a jar

When here we are

I love you now and tomorrow

Well, tomorrow

Maybe tomorrow

you'll grow to forget me

Who knows?

- I may even change my mind

Could be together we'll live

To find us a better life

As man and wife

Maybe tomorrow will bring us

The things

we've been dreaming of

But for tonight

You will be my love

Mrs. Scott.

Mr. Scott.

Wait. What's that?

What's that?

What you got there?

A silver dollar.

What's that for?

For the garage.

Look. You should see the bedroom.

Grandfather and grandmother's bed.

Uh-huh.

Damn, Mary.

How'd you get it?

How do you like it?

Beats the hell out of

the back of the cab.

I got you something.

Oh.

I wrapped it myself.

Oh, Wendell.

Oh, it's precious.

Oh, Wendell, we don't have time.

We got guests coming.

I love you, Mary.

Say it again.

I love you.

Taxi, miss?

No, son, thank you.

I don't care for one.

It's half price today.

Money's too hard

to throw away on it.

I'll drive real slow.

I live up the street.

Thank you, ma'am.

You sure?

You going back out tonight?

I got to, baby.

I didn't do nothing today.

2.75.

Well, they laid off

some more people today

At the mill,

Mostly colored folks.

That figures.

It's going to take me 200 years

To be able to pay for a garage.

Our children won't be able

To make a down payment

on a garage.

Damn, I'm hungry.

You want a biscuit?

Thank you.

I went to the doctor today.

You ain't sick, are you?

No, I'm not sick.

Thank god for that.

We're going to have a baby.

That's good.

You're not mad, are you?

I love you, Mary.

Oh...

Train station, and hurry!

Take the direct route.

I know the tricks

You people pull on out-of-towners.

Yes, sir!

You know what the problem

is with you people?

No, sir!

You don't know how to get ahead.

Up north, we recognize

opportunity and seize it.

Yes, sir!

[Siren]

Ooh-whee!

Did you see that?

He was hauling ass!

Must have been a bootlegger.

Black bootleggers

Are a disgrace to the negro race.

[Tires screech]

He lost the cop.

Hot damn!

Is that a fact?

What are you doing?

I said... can you slow down?

Stop this car!

Stop this car immediately!

What are you doing?

Please!

Take me to the station.

I won't tell anybody!

Come on, please.

Take me to the station.

Hey, man, you crazy?

Who the hell are you?

Scott. Wendell Scott.

What you want?

I can't chat all afternoon.

I want some action.

I drive fast

and can make a car run!

You ever haul liquor?

No, but I know every

back road and cow pasture

In this county.

OK, meet me at the white graveyard

At midnight.

You know it?

Yeah.

The name's slack.

Ooo.

Aah!

Ha ha!

Scared you to death, Wendell.

Come on. Admit I scared you.

That ain't funny, n*gger.

Didn't I scare you?

Come on, didn't I?

You were scared. Tell the truth.

Ooh-whee!

Man!

What you doing out here, Peewee?

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