Native Son Page #4

Synopsis: Bigger Thomas, an African American who lives in an impoverished neighborhood, is employed by a prosperous white family who live in the suburbs of a major city. The money Bigger makes at his new job will be used to supplement his mother's income. As a chauffeur, he is directed by the father of the family to take Mary, the daughter, to the university. Instead, Mary decides to pick up her Socialist boyfriend, Jan, and to spend the time drinking and partying. Jan and Mary portray a young liberal couple who venture into a black neighborhood with Bigger for the sole purpose of being entertained at Ernie's, a black nightclub. On the way home, Mary becomes inebriated and Bigger must get her to her bedroom without being detected. Mary's mother, who is blind, enters the room and Bigger panics at the thought of being caught with a white woman. He accidentally kills Mary by placing a pillow over her head to keep her quiet. Still frightened, Bigger disposes of the body in the furnace, possibly beca
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jerrold Freedman
Production: Live Home Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
PG
Year:
1986
111 min
593 Views


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It's okay trying to get in here for the

last couple of days you can talk to you

maybe I haven't good words to say what I

want to say.

I'm going to try

look I'm struggling what happens think I

know you felt that night because ever

since I heard what happened I felt so

angry it could kill

I'm not dumb bigger I know I didn't

understand that night I know neither of

us understood that night.

I guess I just didn't realize how fall

apart we are and now I can see that you

can only hate me that's all you had

but bigger is a man outside the turnin

friend of mine and Max and let's help

you oh well does he know about it

big I'll save your life back no leave it

alone I can listen figure the seal out

there you tell you unless you do

something to stop there okay max.

Thank You June how are you bigger

I'm from the labor defenders that Jan

tell you I'm going to help you bigger I

ain't got nobody I know that have you

spoken to another lawyer listen to be

bigger they're going to take it to an

inquest this afternoon they're going to

ask you a lot of questions remember you

don't have to tell anyone anything I am

the only one you have to talk to okay on

my territory again I max nice - my

client was like oh that's no ironing

I got enough evidence to put him in a

dozen electric chairs already you can't

help them try to be able to kill before

the April election if I handle the case

boy did you ever think you'd be as

important as you are right now you can't

win what we're taking them see for

yourself

stomp mrs. Dalton I'm just dreadfully

sorry have you talked to him has he told

you anything Matt did he say who was

endless with him I think he's just a

killer sir he's got a lawyer with him

now

bigger please tell us who helped you

we've got to know he's already

implicated alone I know though is all

right

because as soon as they treating you all

right

baby we so worried about you the police

standing outside I donate and they

following us around like the driver but

in their crazy they tell them you didn't

do it just tell me and I'll fix up them

to a worry about movements yeah no time

all right Frank would you please escort

these children out come with me let me

there anything I can do anything

my mom all right should happy

ain't nobody but God can stop you

suffering now no bigger feet okay I gave

everything I know how and if I love

anything on so and it's cause I didn't

know cause I did see I got down on my

knees and I asked God if I thought

anything to race you roll and I asked

him to let me battle burden if I've done

wrong by you

constant piggish God's affixed don't

would have announced we go meet you

never but you got to go to some big you

got to folder God's you got faith and

soul I got it

mr. mrs. Dolan I'm sorry mrs. Dalton are

now just a minute mrs. Thomas mrs.

Dalton could you step over here please

no wait what is it Thomas lying down no

please do I know between them don't let

them kill my boy

no you're sorry you never know there is

a Libra

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Nothing I can do and you mustn't think

you have too many jokes not to live that

they believe but though he says please

sir please - don't you originate you are

Richard album and complete your peoples

I go move on but how do we know I know

where to live where I know where to live

oh please

he say my son please don't listen to my

songs all we don't waver

okay max will see in the hearing right

now don't worry.

Ramin what I said and the only one you

have to talk

come on have a seat.

I know how you feel boy

you're colored and you think you've

haven't gotten square deal don't you

maybe even thinking about this color

question for a long time

you think I don't understand what I do I

know how it feels to walk those streets

out there just like other people talking

like that and dress like them but cut

off and the only reason is the color of

your skin and it hurts

pretty crazy sometimes

just like this other colored boy I

talked to you raped a woman just like

you right now adult but later that girl.

John wrote that kidnap no didn't.

No

You

yeah

but Jen told you to write it in you know

let's try and blame him nobody in this

for me.

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Hello bigger bigger you gotta talk to me

tell me about that night bigger what you

want to know you don't know already why

did you kill Mary Dalton

oh no bigger it won't do either of us

any good if you won't talk to me help me

talk to me bigger you've got to help me

defend you why did you kill her I didn't

learn the killer tell me what happened

it has to do they don't matter

did you later not all mr. max did I

can't tell you

this is like me and do you I was talking

like that Mike - I hate her

did she tell you why she didn't doesn't

split up I mean she doesn't like

questions to talk and she act like she

knew me all the like I said no damn

thing about me I hated her.

I knew virgins she was an innocent rich

girl who knew personally nothing nothing

about the world

she was harmless little damping after

death she wanted me to tell her how.

Negros view she won't sit next to me in

the car he can yeah no I mean

she made me feel like at night my gut I

didn't know that girl all that news are

the killers of girls like her again.

Erin's acting toward you the only way

she knew how I was acting towards her

the only way I knew how she's like all

the rest oh she was to that like it

pushes she maybe she was trying to be

kind you see an act like I can't a

little part they smile at you and say

are you doing

they feel good about it cuz I don't that

she was like folks she's married

don't she's saying colors the rest of

them I'm gonna die knowing that girl

you wouldn't be worrying about dying you

wouldn't have killed Mary if you just

told mrs. Dalton what was wrong as soon

as she came to the door have room all

you had to do was tell the truth

wouldn't have made no difference she was

white I was black I was dead once I

walked into that room it all turned out

bad no matter what white folks they just

wanna keep you in that same little spot

and you didn't want to stay there no I

did

I'm gonna try and stop him from selling

it bigger dare rush in this trial

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What

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Nigga Thomas your eyes

courageous nineteen if you are found

guilty the court upon weighing the

evidence presented they have one of

three options to sentence you to a term

of not less than fourteen years to send

you to prison for the rest of your

natural life what is sent to you today

do you understand yes

so I will begin one week from today

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Bring it.

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Must have been a terrible shock to you

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Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley (born July 11, 1945) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is an associate professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Wesley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to George and Gertrude Wesley, and grew up in the Ironbound section. After finishing high school, he studied playwriting and dramatic literature at Howard University and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1967.He is married to author Valerie Wilson Wesley. As of 2000, he was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. more…

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