![Find New York, New York on Amazon](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZjM2RlZWMtZjVhNC00ODAyLTg0MDEtZDNmNjU4ODg2YjY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_SX300.jpg)
New York, New York Page #8
- PG
- Year:
- 1977
- 155 min
- 1,309 Views
know really what it's about,
Well, the Japs understand,
trom what I know,
You want to talk about it?
What do you mean?
I mean about the band
and how you teel and,,,
how you are,
I don't know,
It just didn't work,
I got so worried, you know, when I
didn't hear trom you tor three days,
I thought you were coming home,
and you didn't,
Well, I was,,,
Didn't you get the telegram
that I sent?
No, I didn't get it,
Look, I didn't send a telegram,
I just really wanted to be alone
tor a while, by myselt, that's all,
I wanted to tigure some things out,
I stayed down South tor a while,
and that was it,
Well, that's normal,
I understand that,
No, you don't understand that,
Don't tell me you do,
'cause you don't really understand it,
But I had to do it, baby,
Well, I understand
that I don't understand,
Okay, that's being better about it,
Hey, man!
Jimmy! Hey, man!
How you,,,? All right,
How you been, man?
Come on over
and meet some triends ot mine,
This is Booty
and this is Washington,
Hey, Jimmy, I hear
you play a mean tenor,
Hi, there,
How you been, man?
What you doing?
Where you been, huh?
I went on the road
with Frankie Harte,
Went on the road
with him tor a while,
then atter that
I took the band over myselt,
Kinda slipped away or something, huh?
No, it didn't slip away,
You heard that, though, huh?
Yeah, you know,
talk around here, you know,,,
No, it didn't really slip away,
What happened was that,
you know, uh,,,
I was working with bad musicians,
I mean, you can't pitch new cats
in Scranton or Allentown, PA, right?
You've got to come back to the Apple,
But, you know, you see
the same old taces, same old places,
I'm wondering it
I should be back here, man,
The same thing,
Listen, man, it you
get it together again, Jimmy,
over at the Harlem Club, man,
Oh, yeah,
Some really good cats over there, man,
You've got to come over there,
I will, I'll come up,
- There's only one problem, though,
- What's that?
- They let white cats in?
- It you come around the back,
Hey, man!
Talk to it!
Talk to it!
Okay, betore you get excited,
just let me explain what happened,
Remember that cat Cecil Powell
I used to always tell you about?
Mm-hmm,
Yeah, all right, Okay,
We'd better go to lunch,
I'll explain it to you then,
What's this?
What am I getting into?
What are you getting into?
You're getting into a Buick,
A 1941 green Buick, Just get in,
I'll explain it to you later,
Trumpet player O, D,'d,
Long story, Just get in the car,
I'll explain it to you later,
Baby, it you don't get in the car,
I have no way ot talking to you,
in the street,
so you ought to get in the car,
and then I'll explain it to you,
You remember him?
I met him at the Union, and I went
up to Harlem, this new club,
It was tantastic,
I had a great time, baby,
Why didn't you call me?
Why should I call you?
I'll be home in a little while,
so there was no reason to call,
Jimmy,,,
Hi, there,
Yeah, hi, there, how are you?
Are you pulling out?
Do I look like I'm pulling out?
Uh,,, excuse me,
Yeah?
Look, I don't mean to...
Would you look at me, please?
It I look at you,
I'm gonna get upset,
Yo! Hey! Look at me!
I can't believe this guy!
I'm looking at you, man!
I think you're being
just a little bit unreasonable,
Oh, am I?
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit inconsiderate,
I can't believe this guy!
- I'm being inconsiderate?
- Yeah!
I'm being inconsiderate?
Hey,,,!
You know what I'm doing?
I'm arguing with my wite!
You want to come
help me solve the problem?
It you can help me solve the problem,
you can have the space,
You can have the whole sidewalk,
as tar as I'm concerned,
You don't have to get nasty,
Just a minute, honey,
Let me handle this,
Get ott my back, will ya,
tor crying out loud?
- I don't want to hear it!
- Look, lady, get out ot here!
Just beat it, will ya?
- Don't mess with her,
- Get out ot here!
The same to you!
The same to you!
You're not gonna get this space
it it means I have to
die on the tloor!
You'll never get this space,
you son ot a,,,!
- Creep!
- What you're making me do!
Creep!
That's it, keep moving!
I hope you never get a space!
I hope you drive
around the block 50,000 times!
- They're dumb,
- Come on, let's go have lunch,
I'm not hungry,
Aw, honey, come on,
you're pregnant now,
Let's torget about all this other stutt
and just go have something to eat,
That's right, I am pregnant, Jimmy,
In tact, I'm six months pregnant,
so you're just gonna have to pay
a little more attention to me right now,
It's like, Jimmy,
you opened the door tor me,
You didn't even wait to see
it I got in all right,
and I have trouble
getting around now,
I do,
I understand you're pregnant,
What do you think I am, a dummy?
I just lost a band,
tor crying out loud,
It it had clicked, I'd still be
with the band right now, right?
When you wanted to come back
to New York to have the baby,
did I stop you?
No, I didn't stop you, right?
So you can't stop me,
And another thing I'm gonna tell you,
I don't like you doing that stutt up there,
What stutt?
The demo stutt,
You're too good tor that,
They should be
doing that tor you, baby,
That's all I'm going to say about it,
So that means trom now on
you'll be up there nights, right?
You'll be there
almost every night, right?
So,,,
You know, the other guys
are married, too, you know,
and they have those things,
I know,
Well, I'll take the day shitt
and you take the night shitt,
Honey, you're making it
very hard on me, baby,
You want me to take this,
and I'm gonna throw it against the wall,
into a million pieces,
That what you want me to do?
Because that's what
you're telling me to do,
This is the most important thing
to me besides you, you understand?
And it I can't do this,
then I'm not good tor you,
and I'm not good tor anybody, baby,
You understand?
and he said he had, uh,,,
at the Up Club,
Yeah, I know,
So he wanted us to come,
I said, you know,
probably we will,
- Oh, I'd love to,
- Would you?
Yeah,
Spend some time together,
lt'd be good,
- See the tellas,
- Yeah,
You know how depressed
Ellen's been lately?
introduce her to Artie Kirks,
Artie Kirks?
Yeah, the record producer
I told you about,
Now, look, maybe it,,,
That's another thing,
it you want to go by yourselt,
possibly you and Ellen,
because ot business reasons,
that's okay,
I don't object to that,
and I could meet you later,
that's all,
I didn't mean it like that,
I'm sorry,
Is it okay?
Yeah, it's okay,
Right,
Oh! Wait till I show you
what I got!
Look at this,
Oh, honey,
You were looking at the words
Translation
Translate and read this script in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"New York, New York" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Aug. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/new_york,_new_york_14725>.
Discuss this script with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In