Mikey and Nicky Page #5

Synopsis: Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed. He calls Mikey, his friend since childhood, but when Mikey arrives, Nick won't let him in: his moods swing. So begins a long night as Mike tries to take care of Nick, calm him down and get him out of town. Their sojourn - on foot and in a city bus - takes them to a bar, a club, toward a movie theater, to the cemetery where Nick's mom is buried, and to Nick's girlfriend's apartment. Tempers fray and the friendship is tested. Meanwhile, a hit man who's getting information from someone is indeed looking for Nick.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Elaine May
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
1976
119 min
2,576 Views


Oh, yes, very.

Are you kidding me?

I bet you're glad to see me.

Oh, heavens above.

I don't like that, Nicky.

You know I don't like that.

- It's a joke.

- I don't like that kind of joke.

All right. I gotta run.

I gotta run.

- Yeah.

- What's up?

I love you, darling.

- The kid's sick.

- No kidding? That's terrible.

- A cold?

- No kidding?

Yeah, it's just a cold.

That light's gonna give me a headache.

It give you a headache? Yeah.

- Got plenty of light from the street.

- No. Please don't do that.

- Maybe the flu?

- Huh? No. A little chest cold.

Um, how old is

your little baby?

Five.

Baby? Come sit next to me.

- A boy?

- Yeah, that's right.

- That's nice. What's his name?

- Harry.

She's not asking you what he

looks like, she's asking his name.

What's the joke?

...denouncing what it called renewed

United States military intervention

in Southeast Asia.

You have a record player?

- I'd like to hear some music.

- I just want to hear this.

I'm very interested to see

what happens in Indochina.

- Yeah?

- Oh, yes.

Really? No kidding.

- Please don't. I asked you.

- So, you follow the news, huh?

- As much as I can.

- Do ya?

Yeah.

I like to know as much as I can.

Please don't.

What am I doing?

I'm not doing anything.

I'm just sitting here.

Am I doing anything?

- Do you read a lot?

- No, I don't.

I'm talking to the lady.

Tell him about

how many books you read.

- She reads plenty.

- Why do you keep answering?

Didn't I ask Nell that question?

I read.

- I read.

- Kiss me, will you?

- Oh, stop it.

- Kiss me, will you, please?

I mean it now.

Are you gonna kiss me or not?

- So, you read a lot?

- Nicky! Oh, please, stop it, Nicky.

- What am I doing here?

- Why do you treat me like this?

I'm not treating you badly.

- I'll be absolutely behaved.

- Stop it, Nicky.

I wanted you, sweetheart.

Don't push me away, darling.

- Stop it.

- No, don't. Come on.

Don't you have any respect for me?

Sure, I do.

I have plenty of respect for you.

But you make it so hard for me

because I like you.

I don't know if it's such a good thing

that we start fooling around with China.

They got the biggest army

in the world, those Chinese.

- Please, Nick.

- Will you kiss me? Huh?

I asked you not to

in front of him.

- Biggest presence...

- Forget about him.

- Oh, stop!

- Bullshit.

To hell with this.

This is...

Nicky.

Oh, God.

I love you.

I love you.

- L...

- I love you, Nell.

I love you.

I love you so much

it's unbelievable.

Nicky, I love you so much.

Oh, oh, Nicky.

Nicky, you shouldn't do that.

I asked you, please.

I love you.

- Nicky.

- I love you.

- Please.

- What is it, sweetheart?

- Pull down the shade first.

- Of course.

Oh, Nicky.

Tell me that you love me.

Oh, I love you.

I love you.

I love you, darling.

I love you, sweetheart.

I love you.

Just take it slow.

You're so sweet, baby.

Baby. Oh, sweetheart.

I love you.

Just relax, now,

just let me...

- Come on, babe.

- Nicky.

I love you, baby.

Oh, God.

Oh, I love you, darling.

Say it.

I love you.

I love you.

There's no one else here.

- It's just you and me.

- Oh, I love you.

Just you and me.

You understand?

Yeah.

All right. It's all right.

Come on now.

Oh. Oh, God.

Oh, I can't help it, darling.

Yes, yes.

- No. No.

- Yes, yes.

- Tell me that you love me.

- I love you, darling.

I love you. I love you.

Do you understand?

- Say you understand me.

- Mm-hm.

I love you, darling.

Do you really understand?

Don't cry, sweetie.

Please don't cry.

I don't like to see you cry.

- Nick? Nick?

- Oh!

- Goddamn, yeah.

- Nicky?

I love you. I really love you.

Oh, goddamn.

Oh, my God.

Oh, Jesus.

- How do you feel? Want a cigarette?

- Yes.

Let me go in there

and talk to him a minute.

See if I can get rid of him.

Just get my...

Hey, you got a light?

What the hell...

What are you doing?

I'm sorry. What's the matter?

I wanted to warm her up

a little bit for you.

Forget you. Let's go.

I got mine.

Good.

What's the matter?

Why are you...

What... are you mad I went first?

She likes you.

- She likes you.

- She likes me?

- She won't do anything for me.

- Sure, she likes me. She likes you.

She likes everybody.

I heard that from 20 guys.

You go ahead.

Don't take any bullshit. Put her down

on the couch and tell her what do do.

Go ahead.

Go ahead.

So, you like the news, huh?

I like to know what's happening.

You know, that's...

that's unusual.

Because you know that, uh

most pretty girls

they don't have

a brain in their head.

I mean, most pretty girls,

they don't care about, uh

anything that's happening

around them

except that they want to have

a good time.

Isn't it so?

Yes, I...

I guess most girls are pretty dumb.

It makes it nice when they're

smart and pretty.

Thank you.

Mikey, please.

- Oh, oh, oh.

- Mikey, please.

Don't get fresh.

No.

I just want a little kiss.

Mikey, please. Mikey.

- Come here, darling.

- Mikey, please, don't.

Get out of here! Ow!

Get your coat and get out!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

What's goin' on?

- Get your coat and get out of here!

- What'd she do?

- She bit your lip?

- Get out of here!

Give this man a handkerchief.

His lip is bleeding.

Get out of here!

Get out of here.

Look, a lot of the boys say

you're a nice girl.

Now, that's not very nice, Nellie.

That's not nice.

Get out! You liar!

I have to call down to the boys

and tell them that you're gettin' mean.

You liar! I never...

You liar!

- I'm goin'.

- I never...

- Mike? What's the matter?

- F*** off, will ya?

You're mad. Come on.

Don't be mad at me.

You've got all the friends,

and you've got all the money.

Did you have to do that to me

in front of some dumb b*tch

- to prove you got all the women?

- I didn't know that was gonna happen.

Honest to God.

She screws anyone.

But me.

Everybody but me.

Is that my fault? Don't get mad at me

'cause some dumb hooker turned you down.

She's your girl. She's not a hooker.

You don't pay for that.

Mikey, she's a psycho.

You gotta tell her you love her.

You give her a few bucks,

you tell her it's a present.

- It would be interesting for you.

- Bullshit.

- You knew what would happen.

- Honest to God, Mikey, I didn't.

I wouldn't do anything

to hurt you on purpose.

I wouldn't do anything

to make you look bad.

You're like my family.

I love you. Hey.

I think you'd make your family

look bad on purpose.

'Cause I don't think

you love anyone but you.

Glad to know

what you think of me.

Good.

Because I'm glad I told you.

Now, here's your gun.

Give me my watch.

- Give me my watch.

- No.

Give me my watch.

- I want my watch.

- Here's your watch. There's your watch.

You prick.

Is it broken, your watch?

Is it broken?

Son of a b*tch.

My father gave me this watch.

- Give it to me. I'll see if I can...

- Get away. Get away.

Give it to me. I think I know a guy

who can put it together again.

- He's a watch expert. Here.

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Elaine May

Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedienne. She made her initial impact in the 1950s from her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols, performing as Nichols and May. After her duo with Nichols ended, May subsequently developed a career as a director and screenwriter. Her screenwriting has been twice nominated for the Academy Award, for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and the Nichols-directed Primary Colors (1998). May is celebrated for the string of films she directed in the 1970s: her 1971 black comedy A New Leaf, in which she also starred; her 1972 dark romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid; and her 1976 gritty drama Mikey and Nicky, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk. In 1996, she reunited with Nichols to write the screenplay for The Birdcage, directed by Nichols. After studying acting with theater coach Maria Ouspenskaya in Los Angeles, she moved to Chicago in 1955 and became a founding member of the Compass Players, an improvisational theater group. May began working alongside Nichols, who was also in the group, and together they began writing and performing their own comedy sketches, which were enormously popular. In 1957 they both quit the group to form their own stage act, Nichols and May, in New York. Jack Rollins, who produced most of Woody Allen's films, said their act was "so startling, so new, as fresh as could be. I was stunned by how really good they were."They performed nightly to mostly sold-out shows, in addition to making TV appearances and radio broadcasts. In their comedy act, they created satirical clichés and character types which made fun of the new intellectual, cultural, and social order that was just emerging at the time. In doing so, she was instrumental in removing the stereotype of women being unable to succeed at live comedy. Together, they became an inspiration to many younger comedians, including Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin. After four years, at the height of their fame, they decided to discontinue their act. May became a screenwriter and playwright, along with acting and directing. Their relatively brief time together as comedy stars led New York talk show host Dick Cavett to call their act "one of the comic meteors in the sky." Gerald Nachman noted that "Nichols and May are perhaps the most ardently missed of all the satirical comedians of their era." more…

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