Monster's Ball
Evening, handsome.
- Hey, Lucille. How you doing?
- Okay.
- Evening, Hank.
- Hey, Betty. How's your mama now?
She's good.
Here you go.
So, how you been?
- Pretty good. You?
- Pretty good.
How's Sonny?
He's all right, I guess.
- Vera, how you doing?
- I'm good. How are you?
I'm good.
Here.
Sorry.
- You want a drink?
- Oh, yeah. Thanks, hon.
Wild Turkey.
- Now, I'm sore, so go easy, darling.
- Yes, ma'am.
Bye.
- Thanks, Vera.
- You're welcome.
Yeah.
What's the matter, hon? You look so sad.
I'm fine. Hey...
You wanna get something to eat?
- Talk?
- You take care, Sonny.
Morning, Pop.
This sh*t's cold. I'm gonna get some more.
What the hell
those n*ggers doing out there?
I said something to you. Did you hear me?
Yeah.
Damn porch monkeys.
Be moving in here soon.
Sitting next to me.
Watching my TV.
There was a time
when they knew their place.
Wasn't none of this mixing going on.
Your mother, she hated them n*ggers, too.
Tell them to get the hell off my property.
- You put that thing down.
- We came by to see Sonny.
I don't give a damn
who you come by to see.
Get them out of here right now.
Tell them. They're your buddies.
Tell them to get out of here.
Well, what are you standing there for?
You watch your ass, all right?
We'll include a 11/2-pound bread machine
at no extra cost to you...
- You got everything you need?
- Yep.
...only while supplies last, so stay tuned.
Now, let's join...
- Yeah, yeah.
...as he teaches us
being young and fighting
disease with fresh juices.
You see these two boys here?
They're my sons.
They were on my property.
Ain't no need to be scaring no little boys.
They ain't coming to hurt you.
Ain't no need to be letting off no shotgun
to tell them to leave, either.
You understand?
Well, then keep them off my property.
They're friends of your son, okay?
He invited them here.
They ain't trespassing,
they ain't hurting nobody.
Next time you wanna play cowboy,
I'm over here all the time.
- Well, you keep them off my property.
Yeah, well, I think you heard me, too.
All right?
Come on, boys. Let's go.
Sh*t.
- You all right, Dappa?
- Yeah, I'm all right.
- You sure?
- Yeah. It was loose.
Yeah?
Do you see what you did, Sonny?
Yeah, I'm sorry. It was my mistake.
- Yeah, it was.
- It won't happen next time.
Let's just keep going
till we get it right, huh?
That's none of your goddamn business.
No, I'm surprised
you talking like that to me,
I'm a liberated woman.
Better watch out, Georgia Ann.
Tommy's gonna sue you
for sexual harassment.
Oh, that's all right.
Booter, how you doing?
- Just give me the $2.50, Sonny.
- I got it, Booter.
- You keep the rest of it.
- Thanks, Mr. Grotowski.
Just like I said, no more mistakes, all right?
I wanna make damn sure
nobody makes any mistakes,
especially you.
So when it gets time for us to do it,
you know, you can't mess up.
That goes for me, too, and the rest of them.
You ain't no different than us.
You can't screw it up.
- That's Hank's boy.
- You think it's in the genes?
Yeah, but he is a boy.
He will be a man tomorrow.
In England, they go as far
as to give the guy a party the night before.
They call it the Monster's Ball.
They don't want no lawyer, no preacher,
or anything like that around,
so it's just you and me.
Like I said,
we can't think about what he did
It's a job. We have to do our job right.
I've been drawing a lot. What about you?
Yeah.
Look here. We ain't got a lot of time.
I'm gonna give you all my drawings
and all my clothes.
When you get older, they may fit you,
and you may want to wear them.
- I'm not gonna see you again after this?
- No.
Why?
'Cause I'm a bad man.
Who says?
I do.
- But I want you to know something.
- What?
You ain't me.
- Yes, I am.
- No, you're not.
You're everything that's good about me.
You're the best of what I am,
that's what you are.
This man you see sitting here today,
you ain't.
Hey, baby. You look nice today.
You always look nice.
Tyrell, tell your daddy
what you won at school.
Oh, yeah, right.
- You know what I did?
- What'd you do?
Go on. Just tell him.
Don't be playing no guessing game.
I made a picture of you,
sitting alone, in jail.
Theme was solitude.
Way to go, Ty. Way to go. Put it there, boy.
Not too bad.
What's going on with the car?
You need to take it in right away.
Have them check the hoses.
That car get too hot,
you gonna be in trouble.
The house?
I'm losing it.
I can't afford to make the payments
no more.
Not no more.
I'm sorry, baby.
Ty, let me and your mama talk for a second.
Okay.
Come on now.
Only reason I'm here
so you could say goodbye to your son.
Okay.
I been coming here
for damn near 11 years, Lawrence,
and I'm tired.
- Time.
- Come on, so soon?
Well, I gotta get going, baby.
It's time for me to go, Ty.
I'm gonna call you.
You wait by the phone, okay?
Come on now.
Come on, Ty, you gotta let go. Come on.
Come on, Tyrell.
For every time I hurt you, I'm sorry.
Come on.
Ma'am, let's go.
Let's go.
Ma'am, let's go.
I know my way out of here. Come on, Tyrell.
Well, he don't have
any outstanding appeals,
so, looks like
we're definitely going to do it tonight.
Everybody okay?
- You all right, Georgia Ann?
- I'm okay.
- Dappa, is that hood ready?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's fixed and ready to go.
All right.
Anybody got anything to say?
- Tommy.
- He likes to draw. It calms him down.
Draw. Okay.
Phil, will you make sure he's got
whatever it is he needs to draw with?
Yes, sir.
All right.
Tommy, why don't you lead us in a prayer?
Okay.
Open cell 13!
I'm here for your stuff, man.
"Now know I that the Lord
saveth his anointed.
"He will hear him in his holy heaven
with the saving strength of his right hand."
- Be careful with this.
Close 13!
Worry's all I got.
"...trust in chariots, some in horses,
"but we will remember
the name of the Lord our God.
"They are brought down and fallen,
but we are risen and stand upright.
"Save, Lord, let the king
hear us when we call."
Sky surfing is when you skydive
with a board attached to your feet
and try to do different maneuvers.
A camera flyer flies with a camera
on top of their helmet,
filming the sky surfer,
and flies interactively with the sky surfer,
capturing the moves.
My camera flyer
Now, I'm gonna put
these on nice and loose.
Everything gonna be okay, right?
Yes, sir.
What about my last phone call?
Warden says it's a bad idea.
Turn around.
Think maybe he could call my son
and tell him that I tried?
I don't think so.
Okay.
Open 13!
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