Night and the City Page #9

swimming in blood over here.

Don't give me that brother sh*t!

Hey, man, you're getting him excited!

You're getting him excited!

It's 9,000. Love it or

leave it, you got it?

I got a circus I could book that night.

I don't need you.

You just got to take it

out of the gate...

I don't take anything out of

the gate. It comes up-front.

And the story is 3,000 for the

insurance. Those are the jokes.

All right, OK, OK, no problem.

Come on, let's go.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Look, the 200 gloves is a nice touch.

Where the f*** else are we gonna go?

We got six days!

I'm gonna kill him

and that big f***ing dick.

I mean, we're goddamn matchmakers.

We just make matches,

I'm not promoting this.

Christ.

I owe Herman the printer and I

got to pay this f***ing prick.

What?

Al, what? You OK?

You shouldn't get excited.

You shouldn't get excited.

I shouldn't get excited?

You kiss everybody's ass

and I shouldn't get excited?

Whose ass did I kiss?

Whose ass?

I'm saving your life, jumping in,

saying, "fine, fine" to everybody.

You, you're always with

the hands, the hands.

I got to kiss ass to

keep you out of trouble.

- Me?

- Yeah.

I'm standing up for you, pissant.

You let everybody walk all over you.

Who? Who walked

all over who?

Everybody!

Everybody!

Come on, that's not true!

What are you talking about?

You couldn't promote

a f***in' pillow fight.

- You all right? All right?

- Yeah.

Take another pill.

Al, take another pill.

I'm OK, I'm OK.

You get too excited.

You get too excited.

Jesus. 9,000. Cocksuck!

I can't f***in' believe this!

Anyhow, always remember

to tell the customers

what great wines we have by the glass.

OK? That's gonna make a...

Hey, Harry.

Come in.

Come on.

Hey, Harry, you got to come in.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, come on. No. Come on. Please?

Come on. Come on in.

Come on in.

Hey... So...

Everybody, this is Harry

Fabian, you know?

- Hi.

- I want you to know this face, memorize it.

You are never, never to

accept money from this man.

He is family.

Joanna, bring Mr. Fabian a cup of coffee?

- Black, please.

- Sure.

Yeah, the place looks great.

- Yeah.

- Looks great. Yeah, good.

Very, very promising.

- Helen, listen...

- Yeah?

I gotta, I gotta... This

is like the bottom for me

to come to you

like this. I...

I need a loan.

5,000. I...

I'll pay you back 6.5

the night of the fight.

I swear on my mother's eyes.

I mean, these f***in' people

are f***in' me around.

I just... You know,

I'm stuck. I'm stuck.

I don't have it.

I mean, if you had come to me yesterday,

I would've had it.

It's just...

You see that?

There's your loan.

That is a cruvinet.

Keeps open wine fresh

so I can serve glasses of the good stuff

without ditching the bottles.

Anyway, there's your loan money.

It has something to do

with nitrogen balance.

You know that that wine

cooler cost 16 grand?

- 16?

- Yeah.

There are, like, only ten of

them in all of Manhattan.

- Yeah, well, I could see why.

- Yeah. Anyways, you know,

I'm almost tap city myself, Harry,

so...

Look, Harry, why don't you ask Phil?

Because, it is a good deal,

it really is.

I just, I just don't have it.

Phil. That's...

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Hey, Harry,

you want to see great art?

OK, look, I'm gonna go, OK?

- Good luck.

- Yeah.

OK? Thanks for trying

to help me.

You know, those things happen.

Hey, hey, hey. Look,

- if Phil can't come through, then come back, OK?

- OK.

'Cause, you know, I can make some calls.

I can try.

- It's not good, Phil.

- What?

The loan. I appreciate it,

but save your money, my man.

It's just not good.

What are you talking about?

I need 12 grand if I need

a dime. That f***in' disco.

Now they want to hold me up for nine,

so it's over. I mean, I tried

to raise some more money,

it's just impossible.

It's very tight out there.

Very tight out there.

I don't know what the f*** they're doing.

You know, it's just...

I don't know anyone.

So? We'll

make it 12,000.

- You're shitting me.

- Why not?

Long as you know I want 14,5 back.

Phil, you know what?

You're OK.

You know that, man?

You're still gonna have to wait

till a day or so before the fights.

It's a lot of money.

You know what? I'm gonna

tell you something.

They broke the f***in'

mold with you, really.

They broke the mold

with you, Phil, really.

Thank you very much.

- Did you hear the news?

- What?

Helen walked out on me.

Jesus. No.

What a c*nt.

I'm-I'm sorry, Phil,

really, it's...

You know what else?

What?

She's opening up some

joint on 11th Street.

Hey, you know, f*** her, then.

I mean, f*** her.

It's better that way

if she's that kind of person,

you know, to begin with.

I can't f***in'

believe it. Christ.

Man, I am really sorry.

I'm really, really, really sorry,

but, you know, when you think about it,

I'm sorry for her more,

because, hey, you know,

a person was like that,

you can always leave them,

but they, they have to live

with their f***in' selves

all their life, you know?

You gotta live with yourself.

You make your own bed, right, Harry?

Exactly. Now you got

to lie in it.

Exactly.

You know what I can't figure out?

How'd she ever get a liquor license?

Well, you know, they're so

f***ed up down there. God knows.

I mean, she lucked out, I guess.

When you're hot, you're hot, you know.

You know how it is.

You can't give it away.

It's like crazy there...

You know what, Harry?

I'm gonna throw you

a good-luck party.

How many kids

you got fighting? Ten?

- 12.

- 12.

I'm gonna blow you the dinner

here the night before.

You know, pre-fight night.

Be good publicity.

You, Al, the kids.

- Really?

- Why not?

Got to protect my investment, right?

Maybe even get a write-up.

Be good for the place, too.

No booze, though, 'cause of the kids.

So why don't we make it

Monday night, early,

so they can get out early.

They got weigh-in

Tuesday, right?

- Yeah, right, right.

- OK, so...

Let's make it, like, 6:00.

Throw a dinner for them,

I'll have the money for you.

What do you say?

Mr. Phil.

Mr. Phil.

Hey, Harry, what are friends for?

Thank you, Phil.

Thanks.

I won't forget this, Phil.

De nada.

Yeah, State Liquor Authority, please.

Hey, hey. Come here.

Here's a dollar.

I want you to ask for

Mr. Bo Feldman

and give me the phone back, OK?

Mr. Bo Feldman.

Yo, Mr. Feldman there?

The man say,

"Who calling?"

Tell him the athletic

department at Tildon High.

Athletic department, Tildon High.

My name is Rolo.

Yo, Bo, Harry.

Hey, what's Shacks doing there,

cleaning out his desk?

Yeah, Bo.

How much do you owe me?

No, no, I know, I know.

Sure, sure, OK, you know,

I can wait, I can wait,

or, or we can do this:

How are you fixed for boxing gloves?

As many as you got.

Today? Right away?

Good. OK.

Come on.

Phil! Phil!

They brought their managers

and their girlfriends.

I couldn't say no. They'll

sit on each other's lap, OK?

In the back.

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