Mean Streets Page #4

Synopsis: The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbourhood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Martin Scorsese
Production: Warner Bros.
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
1973
112 min
2,048 Views


We were gonna pay ya.

We just don't like bein' pushed around.

-Come on, Joey, we're pushin' you around?

-Yeah!

Let's have a drink and forget about it.

This is the drink we never had before.

Come on, salute.

Salute.

All right, there's your money.

You don't have to count it. It's all there.

No, you go ahead and count it.

Hey, come on, no bullshit, friends.

Hey, don't f***in' touch me, scumbag.

F*** ya all!

That's for you!

Up your ass!

Come back here again,

you'll find out what's gonna happen to ya.

F***in' douche bags!

Mook, Johnny.

Stop with the mook.

Look at that, look at that.

Don't touch it, it hurts.

-Ya got somethin' we can put on it?

-Yeah, I got somethin'.

-First, I wanna show ya somethin'.

-What does mook mean?

Hey, Jimmy. Mook.

Okay, baby, just relax. Take it easy, okay?

You're supposed to be workin'.

Tony, give me a break. I've got a girl.

Yeah, go out and work.

Charlie, give him a break.

Close the door, George.

Okay. Before we take care of you.

There's somethin' I gotta show you.

Watch this.

Oh, hey!

Where did ya get this?

Look at the size of these guys!

Tony, you gotta be kiddin' me!

Look at this one. That's beautiful.

That panther. Where did you get this?

How many pounds of meat you feed him?

Keep quiet about this.

I don't have a license for him yet.

Where did you get him?

Nobody can go near him but me.

I'm the only one who can feed him.

Watch.

-You got their claws taken out or what?

-What are ya doin'?

-You crazy or what?

-Be careful.

What are you, out of your mind, Tony?

What are ya doin', cowards?

No wonder Italy lost the war.

Here's Daddy, here's Daddy.

Tony, be careful.

I really wanted to get a tiger, Charlie.

Ol' William Blake and all that.

You believe anything anybody says.

That's right, I believe anybody.

That's my charm.

Some charm, pops.

-What about the time you went on retreat?

-What about it?

Charlie goes on this retreat.

He tells me this story about this priest

who used to...

...let this couple borrow his car for dates.

They didn't make it,

'cause they weren't married.

But, two weeks before the marriage,

they decided to make it.

So, they pull over to the side of the road

in the priest's car.

Boom! Mack truck comes along,

and they're both killed.

That's great. That's true?

This really happened?

No, wait.

Charlie believes it.

I tell him two years before that...

...I went on a retreat

and the priest tells me the same story.

It's a different priest,

it's the exact same story.

-So that--

-Ya get it?

Yeah, you mean the story ain't true, right?

Yeah, but the point is, he's really upset.

But he don't understand...

...it's a business, it's work,

it's an organization.

You got a way about talkin'

about one thing and then zap...

...you slide right into somethin' else

that nobody's even supposed to notice.

I was mad because they lied to me.

I'm gonna tell ya one thing:

I ain't never goin' on no retreat.

Never.

Why do you let those guys get to you?

'Cause they're supposed to be guys.

Hey, listen, that's where you and I differ.

What can I tell ya?

You want me to say it?

You gotta be like me.

You wanna be saved.

Bar's closed, kid.

I'm just waitin' for Joey.

All right, sit down.

I gotta go to the bathroom.

So, go ahead. What do ya want,

somebody to hold it for ya?

-Jesus!

-What a jerk off!

Charlie, hold it for him.

George....

You wanna do somethin'?

Yeah...you know how he gets.

You know how my chairs get?

Jesus, this guy!

This place is really gettin' depressin'.

That's an understatement.

If I had my place, every night...

...I'd get bums like this down,

have things happen.

Call it somethin' like Season of the Witch.

Get it?

-Got it.

-Good.

Bullshit!

Who's talkin' bullshit? Who's the guy

with William Blake and the tigers?

Hey, come on. Will you guys shut up

with the tigers and the witches over here?

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Come on, close the place.

I'll get outta here

when the place is ready to close.

Why don't ya close it now?

We get out of here, get somethin' to eat.

When everybody leaves, we close.

Don't forget what's-his-name

in the bathroom.

Charlie, come here.

Look at the picture of yourself.

Not quite, but keep tryin'. Dummkopf.

-Ya wanna have a game after we close?

-No.

Yeah, come on. For how much?

Scumbag!

Hey, don't call me no scumbag.

You can't pay what you owe.

As soon as a game shows up...

...bang! You wanna jump in.

''For how much?''

Why don't you use your head?

Hey, hold it! What's the matter

with you guys? We're friends!

What the f*** is wrong with you?

-Me? He's callin' me a scumbag!

-You, too!

-All right, enough!

-F***in' moron!

Go ahead. Hit each other

with the f***in' chairs, why don't ya?

-Come on, we gonna go eat now?

-All right, enough.

You oughta know better than that.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, Tony. I'm sorry.

-Wanna play a little cards?

-No.

Anybody wanna have a game?

Michael, I've got a game

you cannot say no to.

No.

You said no.

Lot of sports.

A little blackjack?

Somebody get the gun!

Everybody out!

George, kill the lights!

Don't run!

Don't run!

Don't run!

Don't run!

Don't run!

George, where are you goin'?

Where's your car?

Mikey!

Michael, let us go with you.

Hey, chauffeur!

-Hey, chauffeur--

-Shut up, will ya?

Shut up, I'll ask him.

Uptown, James. Come on, you guys.

Hurry up. Where are we gonna go?

Michael, give us a lift.

Get outta here. Get the f*** outta here!

Hey, get outta here!

You're startin' to make too much noise.

Let me in. I'm standin' out here in the rain.

What's the matter with you guys?

Hey, stay there. Come on, get away.

Get outta here. Move over.

Hey, where are we?

Come on, where are we?

Sammy, will you behave yourself?

I'm so sorry.

It's just that he's terribly frightened.

Just keep him quiet, all right?

Are these friends of yours?

What are you, a comedian?

I can't get over the way

he kept goin' at him.

Yeah, must've been

all that liquor in him, boy.

Chetarsi!

Yeah, chetarsi.

You know what chetarsi means, Sammy?

Sounds like somethin' dirty.

What are you lookin' at?

What are we doin' with these faggots?

Throw them out.

Are ya nuts?

What do ya want me to do,

leave 'em in front of Tony's place?

Hey, Benton, look at that number. Wow!

-Hey, beautiful!

-Hey, shut up!

Hey! Keep it down!

-Quiet.

-What's the matter?

Sammy, behave yourself.

I won't. I won't. Why should I?

Let me out of this car!

Look at that one!

Oh, my God!

Hey, baby, got any meat?

Hey, baby, I want to suck on that! Baby!

I want to suck on that, baby!

I want it all!

Get 'em outta here! All right, that's it.

Get outta here!

Hey, don't push!

What do ya mean, get out?

Get out!

I just got in!

-Go, go!

-Get out!

-Animals!

-Take it easy.

All right, just a minute, please!

-Good goin', Mike. Thanks.

-See ya around.

Hey, wait a minute. What is this?

Hey, fellas, ya goin' my way?

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (; born November 17, 1942) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film historian, whose career spans more than 50 years. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards. He has directed works such as the crime film Mean Streets (1973), the vigilante-thriller Taxi Driver (1976), the biographical sports drama Raging Bull (1980), the black comedies The King of Comedy (1983), and After Hours (1985), the religious epic drama The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), the crime film Goodfellas (1990), the psychological thriller Cape Fear (1991) and the crime film Casino (1995), some of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. Scorsese has also been noted for his successful collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with Gangs of New York (2002) and most recently The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Their third film together, The Departed (2006), won Scorsese the Academy Award for Best Director in addition to the film winning the award for Best Picture. Their collaborations have resulted in numerous Academy Award nominations for both as well as them winning several other prestigious awards. Scorsese's other film work includes the biographical drama The Aviator (2004), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), the historical adventure drama Hugo (2011) and the religious epic Silence (2016). His work in television includes the pilot episodes of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl, the latter of which he also co-created. With eight Best Director nominations, he is the most nominated living director and is tied with Billy Wilder for the second-most nominations overall. As a fan of rock music, he has directed several documentaries on the subject, including The Last Waltz (1978), No Direction Home (2005), Shine a Light (2008), and George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011). more…

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