Night and the City Page #5

I come to you first out of

respect and friendship.

"Take a hike"?

"Take a hike"?

With all due respect, a man

comes to you, offers you

20 large back on a $15,000 loan,

a man you've known

for years, Phil, years.

"Take a hike."

Come on, how could you say that

to me, Phil, really?

Come on, how could you say that to me?

Bing! Bang! In a bag,

a paper bag, back to you,

right from the ticket taker to you, Phil.

I won't even touch it.

2,000 seats at 15 a pop plus beer.

I will not make it back, Phil?

Come on, with all due respect.

Will you get out of my face, Fabian?

OK, look, I don't want to

use the wrong word here.

I don't want to say "scared,"

'cause that's not you,

I know, but are you

concerned about Grossman?

This I would understand.

Normally I would be too,

but circumstances, I'm gonna

tell you, have turned out such

that at present, you know what?

I f***ing laugh at Grossman.

With all due respect,

I f***ing laugh at Grossman.

Grossman will not f***ing come near me,

and I cannot tell you why right

now because it's a surprise,

but hear this:
If Grossman

is Superman, which he is not,

then you know what I am?

I am kryptonite.

Trust me on this.

You saying I'm afraid of Grossman?

- Is that what you're saying?

- I said that?

Did I say that? Phil,

Phil, did I say that?

I would put hot, flaming

barbecue f***ing skewers

in my f***ing eyes before I would

say that to you or about you, Phil.

To you or about you.

Hear this.

Drop all thoughts of

that here and now, Phil.

But let me take another tack

while I'm standing here with you, OK?

Phil, listen, you are the most

successful of all my peers, my friends.

This establishment is, like, legendary

in its reputation and excellence,

but, but, and once again, I have

to be painstakingly careful

in my choice of words here.

Didn't you ever in the

middle of the night,

maybe, say, 4:
30 a.m.,

didn't you ever want to be more

than... not just a bartender,

because we all know you

are a legendary bartender,

- but the thing is...

- Wait a minute, wait a minute. What the f***...

I mean, who the f*** do you

think you're talking to?

You a**hole! I mean, you don't

even know what it's like

to earn $15,000,

and you come in here,

running down my husband?

You ambulance-chasing

shyster bastard!

You don't even trust you.

Hey, hey, hey, Helen, really, you

know, just say what you feel.

Don't hold back.

We're all friends here.

You know, you just...

I'm gonna tell you something, Harry.

You're so f***ing smart,

you go out and you get $7,500,

and Phil will loan you 75 to match, OK?

I'll give you three days.

Three days?

Go. Go, go,

go, go, go.

B*tch.

("Money (That's What I Want)"

by Jr. Walker and The All Stars)

The best things

in life are free

But you can give it

to the birds and bees

I need money

That's what I want

Hey

I need money,

that's what I want

That's what I want

Hey...

- Gupy.

- Harry.

Is Faruz around?

He's right there.

Harry, my son.

Abdul Ben Fazul.

Hey.

I dreamt of you last night.

Me, too.

I dream about you last night.

- You did?

- Yeah.

I dream you become rich man.

I dream you become rich man.

Harry, I'm not interested in boxing.

Faruz, you don't have to

be interested in boxing.

You got to be interested

in getting back 9,000 on 7,5, guaranteed.

- No, Harry.

- Guaranteed.

- Guaranteed!

- Harry, I got something better

- for me and you.

- What? What?

What? Faruz, I could be

going to a thousand guys.

I'm coming to you first, you know?

I'm coming to you first!

Look. Have one

of these, Harry?

Fantastic.

Four heads, cable ready,

plays dirty movies,

cartoons for the children, everything.

- Take it. Take it. It's a gift.

- No.

What is this, a game show?

A friend gave them to me.

- I give some to you.

- No.

Sell them for 400.

You keep 200.

What am I...

Give me a break.

Faruz!

- Faruz.

- Harry, sell them for 400, you keep 200.

Yeah, right.

Lou, Lou, I'm talking about

expanding your sports empire here.

- Kickboxing?

- No, not kickboxing, no.

Then without a dice.

- What?

- I mean, no dice. No dice.

- No dice.

- Like, how you say it?

- You like VCRs?

- No.

I got a lot in the car.

They go for 400 each at Trader Horn's.

I give to you, 2 for 700.

- Pick up Orient, everything.

- No.

650. 550.

Mr. Peck, please,

could I get...

- I'm talking now.

- Let me just explain...

You talked already.

Now me. Sit. Sit.

Harry... you say

2,000 seats

at $15 a pop?

That's 30,000, plus beer

and pretzels, whatever,

another 3 to 5.

Maybe more. Maybe more.

That's bottom line.

Bottom. Harry, you ever

hear of Murphy's Law?

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

That law was dedicated to guys like you.

Mr. Peck, come on.

You remember, you came

in here a few years ago.

"Mr. Peck, Mr. Peck!"

What? You were gonna

buy 2 tons of rocks

from the Berlin Wall.

What?!

Yeah, I was. I mean,

what, are you kidding me?

I would have cleaned up.

It's like owning a piece of history.

No, you wouldn't have.

You got rocks in your head.

Nobody buys rocks.

What are you talking

about, Mr. Peck?

Look at the Berlin Wall today.

If I had invested then,

you know how much

I could have made by now?

I could have paid you back ten times.

What are we talking about?

- Harry.

- You know what that's all about? What?

You'd be so good at something

if you'd only slow down.

Slow down, Mr. Peck?

How can I slow down?

You know, I'm like a shark.

I stop moving, I die.

- You know, that's the way I am.

- Sharks got teeth.

Here, Harry, come sit here.

Not too close.

I... I got a cold.

Listen, Harry, I like you.

You're a nice kid.

If you insist I gotta lend you,

I mean, I got to say yes.

That's my business.

But then what will happen,

says my crystal ball,

is something... something...

I don't know what.

Maybe Grossman, maybe

the State Commission,

but something,

and I'll be out my money.

You'll be in less than the best

physical condition you'll ever be in,

which I would hate to see.

- I would hate to see that, too.

- Yeah?

And we wouldn't even be on

speaking terms anymore.

Harry, listen, I like you,

but I'm such a last resort.

Don't be so desperate.

- Regis!

- Hi! How are you?

I didn't know you guys were in town.

Where is that...

You really should

alphabetize your albums, Harry.

I got to pick my words carefully here,

but, I mean, you know,

in all due respect,

I mean, you know, legendarily speaking,

are you in a bad mood or what?

You see, he's confused.

I mean, he's thinking,

"God, you know, should I,"

should I bust the b*tch in

the face for humiliating me,

"or should I thank her?"

Yeah. Maybe, you know,

hey, maybe I should thank her,

thank her for knocking down the

loan to a reasonable amount,

that that little bastard

is now obligated to,

if I come up with the rest.

What's that?

This is money.

This is money.

How much and for what?

This is 7,500.

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