Hands of Stone Page #8

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You know how to do it,

get out there.

I want to be proud of you.

I want you

to get out there

and I want you to...

Look at me'.

You're Roberto Duran.

Get in there and act like him.

(bell clanging)

Go to the body! Cut him off!

(cheering)

FA:

Hey.

RAY:

Cholo, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

-(cheering)

-COSELL:
He... he quit!

Durn quit!

He said, "no ms. "

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Cholo.

COSELL:

Roberto Durn has quit.

What are you doing?

You're going-- you can't.

The heck are you doing?

- You got to fight him.

- No. F*** him.

- You've gotta fight him!

- No, no, he's a loser...

You can't. You've got to...

- Are you... What are you doing,

Cholo? -I'm not going to fight.

I didn't come here

to fight a clown.

- You gotta go fight.

- No, no, no, no, no.

They f*** me over.

- I've had enough.

- No, no!

I'm not a clown.

Listen, you have to go

in there and fight.

You can't do this.

- Why are you doing this?

-It's f***ing bullshit.

JOURNALIST:
Roberto.

Roberto, what happened?

I'm retiring from boxing.

COSELL:
He, he said

he's retiring from boxing.

(quiet murmurs)

Suddenly, inexplicably,

the fight has ended.

Don't do it, Robbie!

Fight!

You have to fight!

(cheering, shouting)

FA:

(sobs)

Bullshit.

This is for America.

We did it! We did it!

Go.

FA:

RAY:

I don't care how much ability

you've got as a fighter.

(whooping)

If you can't think, you're

just another bum in the park.

Boxing is brain over brawn.

FA:

FA:

COMMISSIONER:
Thousands

of people in the Super Dome

and millions more in

the closed circuit theaters

across the country

have been cheated

out of a fight

that they paid to see.

The commission and the public

deserve an explanation.

When a fighter loses

a fight in the ring,

it oftentimes

is the fighter's fault.

But when a fighter

loses a fight in his head,

it always is

the trainer's fault.

The cameras. The flashes.

The microphones.

The... hero worshipers.

Television can make anyone

think of himself as a god.

And I...

I probably failed at, uh,

keeping my fighter grounded.

But I can tell you this:

Roberto Duran 'vs no coward.

He did not leave the ring

out of fear of an opponent.

He left it out of pride.

COSELL:
There is talk

of suspending Durn.

What would you say about that?

RAY:

I-l don't know what happened.

And if I don't,

then you don't.

But what I do know is

how Roberto Durn

began in life.

I know what

he willed himself to become.

I know the honor

he has brought this business,

which sometimes

doesn't deserve it.

And I know

you cannot suspend him.

He deserves better.

And if you don't

understand that

and you do this to him,

you will wake up tomorrow

and you will feel ashamed.

(shouting)

Faster, faster!

Get in there kids!

What's wrong with you?

F*** you all!

FA:

PRESIDENT REAGAN:

We have no more right or reason

for giving away

the Panama Canal Zone

than we would

to now give away Alaska.

And I think that our

foreign policy should be one

and we, the people

who own the Canal,

should say to our government,

look, tell Mr. Torrijos

that we built that thing.

We bought the place.

We paid for it.

And we intend to keep it

from here on out.

(TV audience applauds)

(Speaks Spanish)

Come up here.

Get up.

Come.

Let's get out of here.

This is not life.

It's real life.

Your husband got f***ed.

And everyone calls him a loser.

Show them wrong.

Why?

For money?

For the glory of Panama?

To hell with this nation of hypocrites.

Huh?

If life is such sh*t, why don't we stop it

like you stopped the fight?

NO! No!

-(screams)

-(Durn shouts in Spanish)

Cholo! No! No!

(glass breaks, Felicidad gasps)

I'm done.

Go find another woman.

I can have thousands of women.

I'm taking the kids.

Go to hell, but the kids stay here.

I'm leaving with my kids!

The kids are mine.

(pounding at door)

What?

(door shuts)

Speak for God's sake!

President Torrijos was killed.

FA:

(Durn sighs)

(bell tolling,

indistinct chatter)

MAN".

Chow:
!

Get in the ring and I'll kill you.

Come have lunch with us, kid.

I don't need your food.

I earn my meals fighting.

You'll soon be begging for my autograph.

Well said, champ.

Who says well said?

You are not from El Chorrillo anymore.

"No Mas:
sh*t from you.

I'll send you to the morgue

and make you quit again!

Ungrateful kid.

It's never enough!

Without Torrijos' leadership

this country will go to sh*t.

Let's go home, Robert.

(panting)

(birds singing, waves crashing)

They are right.

The hope of El Chorrillo walked away.

I walked away from the fight.

I walked away just like my father.

(faint voices shouting)

Yeah!

I let them down.

I let them down and I let you down.

I don't need to be the champion,

but I need to fight.

I'm going to fight.

(laughs softly)

DURAN:
I need you to train me,

Dad. Please don't say no.

I'm sorry. I'm retired.

I can't.

You're my father, man.

You're the only one I have.

Listen. I-l can't.

L-I'm done with it.

And it has nothing

to do with you.

We're talking about me now.

I'm old. I'm tired.

You don't need me.

You never really did.

You're a naturally

great fighter.

You have great

fighter's instincts.

I was just there

to support you.

That's not true.

I need you in my corner, Ray.

Not anymore, you don't.

You're an adult now.

You have children of your own.

You don't need a father.

You need somebody to bring

the street back into you.

- Talk to Plomo.

- Plomo?

He knows you

better than anybody.

He's been with you

from the beginning.

I'll help you get a fight.

I'll be watching you

all the time.

But get Plomo

to bring you back.

That's who you need.

- Okay.

- And please,

always remember.

The American

you're talking to now?

He gave you

the best years of his life.

(dial tone)

(phone beeps)

Schmuck.

You have no reason

to feel guilty here.

Well, he's my fighter, so...

Yeah, well...

You need to do what you think

is best for everyone.

What do you think is best?

It depends.

You think that he's the one

that needs you the most

right now?

FA:

RAY:
To prepare him

for his comeback,

the first thing Plomo did

was take Durn

to the spiritual heart

of Panama...

FA:

...the procession of

the Black Christ of Portobelo.

FA:

Plomo had promised Durn

when he was a kid

that if he went off track,

he'd take him back to jail.

So he did.

FA:

(grunting)

CARBO:
I made a lot of money

on that fight.

Whatever you need,

the answer's already yes.

- Roberto Durn.

- F*** no.

(crowd clamoring)

He's bad news, Ray.

You can do better

than that bum.

He needs a comeback.

He quit.

Understand? You can't do that.

Unless we tell you to.

No ms.

No ms, my ass.

Nobody's gonna pay

to see that spick.

How about Davey Moore?

Davey Moore?

I mean,

he's a 24-year-old monster.

You'll get Durn killed.

Isn't that what everybody

wants to see

-after what he did

in New Orleans? -Maybe.

I certainly would pay

to see Durn get a beating.

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