Life Is Hot in Cracktown Page #4

Synopsis: Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Buddy Giovinazzo
Production: Lightning Media
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2009
99 min
Website
760 Views


can you tell him to call me,

immediately!

Hello? I'm just..

I'm just tryin' to track down Benny..

Do you..

Do you know where he is?

Do you know where he is!?

Hello? Hello?

Hi..

Who is this?

Mickey?

Mickey, is that you?

Sh*t!

It's Marybeth..

Jesus Christ, Mickey..

- Dad?

- Don't call me that!

And don't call here ever again!

Where've you been?

Should've told me you were leavin' or..

left a note, or somethin'.

I know.

I'm an a**hole, I'm sorry.

Yeah, you are.

I got somethin' for you.

What'u got?

That's enough for the whole week.

Got a surprise for you, too.

Oh, you're so tight.

Where' you get these?

My man at the needle exchange.

Well come on..

Fix me up.

You just fixed an hour ago,

it's the beggining of the day.

Well I wanna full one.

We ain't got no full one.

You'll get what I give you.

F***!

Your arm's shy, your veins

are all banged-down man.

Sh*t.

- Give me your foot.

- Ok.

Oh f***..

Marybeth..

Yo..

Wake up, I wanna be with you.

Don't fu..

Marybeth?

So now you're done for

the whole f***in' night?!

What am I supposed to do?

You f***ing wreck.

That'll be a $1.29, you rodent.

Hello?

That's for me, that's for me!

Yeah, no..

F***! Yeah!

No, I got the f***in' money! Uhum!

I got the f***ing money, yes!

No! Don't do that to me motherf***er.

Come on..

Don't do that...

No man, I got the f***ing money!

No, no.. F*** you..

You know what?!

F*** you!

Cause I'll rip your f***ing lungs out!

Oh I know, please, I'm sorry..

I'm sorry..

Hello?

Give me the f***ing money!

Give me the f***ing money!

Hey man..

Help me,

don't shoot.

I'll do just to f***..

I don't know what name to take.

Now that I'm coming out,

I have to have a name.

Yes you do.

Something with class.

Victoria.

No? Okay.

Elizabeth.

No, too stuffy.

I want something more exotic, exciting.

If you want something exotic..

Anayese.

No, that's a little too exotic.

I wanna name that's feminine,

yet..

independently romnesc.

Gloria.

Please, I'm not a lesbian.

Gabrielle.

What?

Gabrielle.

What do you think?

Yes. Yes.

Gabrielle.

- It's perfect.

- Yes.

Benny, where did you think of that?

I just came up with it.

Don't worry 'bout a thing.

I'm a hook you up with a client of mine.

You'll like him, he's nice.

Is he a gentleman?

Girl.. Of course.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Night.

So who's this guy who's so nice?

A client.

I know that, but who is he?

Edgar, baby.

Edgar Portman.

The accountant.

Do I know him?

No, I don't believe you've

been formally introduced.

Yeah, but you know what I mean.

He drives the dark blue

Volvo station wagon.

That guy?

Looks like a f***ing turtle.

He does not.

He's sweet.

He's perfect for Ridley.

She'll be in control of

the whole evening.

Yeah, well she's a dude, she'll flip that

motherf***er on his shell and he's straight.

Would you please be quit?!

Hey you f*ggot ass b*tch!

Dawg, you see what I see?

F***in' he-she or somethin'.

Hey would you f*** the head

or the tail motherf***er?

Sh*t, I'd cut that sh*t off and

shove it down that b*tches throat.

Hey baby?!

Just ignore them baby, ok?

- Hey b*tch!

- Hey you f*ggot ass b*tch!

- Hey!

- Hey!

Hey b*tch!

Come here!

What's up you little punks?

What?

What?

Hey man, put that f*** man..

What the f*** you' doin'?

Hey man what the f***

you' shootin' at? Motherfu..

Sh*t baby!

You're hurt.

- I'm alright.

- Oh f***!

Now you're bleeding

like a f***ing faucet!

- We gotta go to a hospital.

- Let's get outta here. Go!

Hey.

How' you doin'?

They gave me 17 stitches.

Oh, that's great.

Was it worth it?

Starting in, like that?!

I didn't start it.

You don't think Benny.

We could've been killed.

I'm sorry.

I'm not the one with the stitches.

I'm sorry.

For tonight..

yesterday..

every f***ing day.

What are you talking about?

Marybeth..

I know what I am.

Don't think for a second that I don't.

'Cause I do.

Like when I hear you and Ridley

talking to some of the other girls..

things you's able to talk 'bout.

You're smart,

you got schooling.

You know things.

With me, what do I know?! I know that being

with me, must be like being with a retard.

I look in the mirror sometimes,

I wonder what're you doing with me.

I know you do to.

And when the day comes..

'till you find somebody better..

'cause one day that will happen..

I ain't gonna give you

no sh*t over it, ok?!

I'm just gonna be grateful

that I had some time with you.

'Cause you're best thing

that ever happened to me.

And I love you.

Why you' lookin' at me like that?

'Cause I feel like it.

C'mon.

Let's go.

Church.

What' up cuz?!

What's up baby?!

Hey yo Foot, take care

of my lil' n*ggers and sh*t.

Yo, I'm sorry about

your brother man.

You know, it's gonna be

handled soon, you know.

Yeah you make sure that

motherf***er suffer though, man.

For real,

I ain't appreciate that sh*t.

Thanks, but you know,

we're gonna be able to uhm..

- take care of things..

- But I do appreciate..

how you and your boys been holding

it down for the Zookas and sh*t.

Lil' cowboys man,

for real man.

Wish it was like that

everywhere, but it ain't.

I'ma holla atcha baby.

Yo the reason I asked you here today yo,

'cause I got this lil' problem and sh*t man.

This kid Pepperton..

from the east side cell.

I mean things was cool at first, he was

buying quartz of us, you know what I mean.

But last week, the chemist f***ed up,

sh*t didn't come back right.

I took immediate actions though.

Gave Pepperton the pinky finger,

the chemist some sh*t..

But, he wasn't satisfied

with that, you know.

So now he want his money back,

I'm like yo you know how business go.

You got good days,

you got bad days and sh*t.

Anyway, to make a long story short.

This n*gger Pepperton start goin' around,

poppin' n*ggers in the hood like they balloons.

Makin' it hard fo' all of us.

We can't do business like that, feel me?!

I need to crush this

nigga' whole world yo.

Boys like he know myself.

He could recognize us comin',

he could smell us a mile away man.

Hey man, this Pepperton thing..

I wouldn't even think about it.

You my lil' nigga baby.

Hey mamma.

I want you take this right here.

The token of my friendship,

feel me?! That's you.

Yo that kid that

did your brother man..

Nigga's nothin'.

I got that for you. Nothin'.

A little G for your expenses and sh*t.

You know how we do, right?!

- Yeah man.

- Yeah.

Hey yo.

Yo man..

It's like a thousand

f***ing bucks in this sh*t.

So what'd think about

this sh*t with Pepperton?

I don't.

So you believe that Samy's

not getting us all set up than?

What the f*** is the matter man?

Are you just getting soft, or why the

f*** you keep askin' me stupid sh*t?

- I just think something' fishy.

- Yeah, well f***ing close your legs.

Let me see this man.

- You want this?

- Hell yeah..

I don't give a f*** what you want!

This is my sh*t!

He give this to you?!

He didn't f***ing give this

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Buddy Giovinazzo

Buddy Giovinazzo is an American independent filmmaker and author who is known for his gritty-low budget debut film, Combat Shock, and his collection of harrowing short stories of low urban life in his 1993 novel, Life is Hot in Cracktown. Born May 5, 1957 in New York City, Buddy grew up in Staten Island. He went to the College of Staten Island where he graduated with a Masters in Cinema, later teaching film there as well. He is the brother of Rick Giovinazzo who is a composer, orchestrator, and the star of his premier film, Combat Shock. His cousin is television and film actor, Carmine Giovinazzo. more…

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