Once in the Life
trimark pictures man: Can't wait. Background music:
you won't believe the things I've seen far beyond
your wildest dream... bawk bawk! Ha ha ha! What are you
waiting on, Tony? Handle your business. I've got $100
in this pocket that says
he don't do it. You got a bet. Here you go, Tony. Don't let me down, man. I'm betting on you. Tony, voice-over:
Now, a lot of you guys might be surprised
at what I'm about to say. And you'll want to know,
who is this guy that talks so sly, and where did he
learn to play? Well, I'm about to tell you
the way that I failed... And the dirty trick
that fate played on me. These are swinging sounds
I'm running down so you will dig my history. [Rap music playing] Man:
Come on, Manny. Show them what
you got, baby. Manny: Yeah,
I told you. Oh, yeah, chino. [Speaking spanish] Be jamming it!
Be jamming it! Oh, look at that! Sammy sosa! Oye, Hector. [Speaking spanish] No trick-or-treat
on pope. Cool deal. [Speaking spanish] Oh! Oh, you...
Look at that sh*t. Oh, yeah, Freddie. Come on, papa. Get off
my f***ing car, man. [Speaking spanish] What's that
look like to you? F***ing lunch cart? Get off
the f***ing car. [Speaking spanish] Sh*t, man. Get this motherf***er
off my car, man. Get him off
my f***ing car. Hector:
Hey, yo, a**hole! Yo, what are you doing
to my Uncle's car? Manny: Bring this
motherf***er over here. Aah! Aah! Aah!
I'm sorry! What did
I tell you, huh? Get off my car. Get off my f***ing car,
didn't I? I'm sorry, Manny. Running your life,
Freddie. Dar me. Dar me.
Dar me. Dar me. Here you go, bro. This better not
be short, either. No way, papi. I sold that sh*t
lock, stock, and barrel. Believe that! This ain't funny, man. [Speaking spanish] Stop f***ing around. You should've
seen them, too, man. They were sweating me.
They were all, like, "yo, please, Freddie.
Hook me up, man. I'm sick." But I was hard,
just like you told me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen. I'm putting
Hector on a run. I want you
to go with him. Damn it, Manny. What? You said you would
hook me up with my own
franchise, man. Why do I got to
deliver with Hector? Because he's
my nephew and I don't want anything
to happen to him, ok? Now I want you
go with him, make sure the sh*t
gets delivered, then maybe...Hey. Maybe we'll talk
about a franchise. Yeah. How many keys? Cuatro. Ok. Make sure
they get there. Yeah. No problem. Get the f***
out of here. Oye, gato. You f*** up
on this one, that's another life
you lose. Woman:
Aah! F*** me. Oh, yeah, taxi,taxi, taxi! Come on. Over here.
Over here. I'm going
to Livingston street. Where's that?
In tribecka? No, no, no.
Downtown Brooklyn. Oh, no, no.
I'm sorry, no. I cannot take you
to Brooklyn. What do you mean
you can't take me? It's quitting time
in one half hour. I cannot take you
to Brooklyn. I must go to queens. You must take me
to my destination. I'm going to Brooklyn.
Let's go. No, no.
I must ask you to leave my cab
now, please. You either take me
to Brooklyn, or you take me
to the police station. I cannot go. Either you take me
to Brooklyn, or take my ass
to the police station. Otherwise, I'm not
getting out of your cab. Can we move this along
with a little alacrity? I got to take
a f***ing piss. What's this
jackoff's name? Michael Williams. Want to write it
in f***ing braille? Oh, excuse me.
Gentlemen, could you please
escort Mr. Williams to the holding tank? [Men arguing] Woman: Gentlemen!
Gentlemen! Gentlemen, please! What seems to be
the problem here? Officer, I would like
to fill out a complaint. Oh, would you now? That's right. This pendejo
picked me up-- refused to take me
to my destination. Cab driver: No.
My off-duty light was on. This guy got in while I'm stopped
at a red light. Liar. The man
is lying. All right.
Shut up! Shut up! Before I f***ing
smack you. You want to fill out
a complaint? I need your name. Michael Williams. What's the problem,
officer? No problem at all. I just have to ask you
a few questions. That's all. What kind
of questions? Just some routine
questions, sir, starting with
your name. I told you before.
Michael Williams. Michael Williams Leon? No, no. Lay-on. What about
my complaint? We'll get to that
in a minute. Date of birth,
October 31, 1967? What's this about? This is about
you, nitwit. Michael Williams Leon? You got a list
of prior arrests dating back 10 years,
but who's counting? I didn't do nothing. Not today, but you
did a bullet on riker's a couple of years ago, and that's
the good news. You want to hear
the bad news? You ain't been to see
your p.O. In two months. Now you know what
that means, don't you? He misses me? Woman: Move it. All you got to do
is call on him. I was going
to see him. Look, don't I at least
get a phone call? I got
something better. Williams!
Come here! I got someone here
I want you to meet. Daddy? What? What? Billy, stay here,
all right? Just going to stay
in the car? All right.
Stay here. Jackie.
Jackie! Hey! Come on, Jackie.
Hey. Hey, come on. Man:
There. Hey, Mikey. Give your daddy
a kiss. Come over here.
Come on. Excuse me, but you
haven't seen this kid but twice
since he's been born. Now all of a sudden,
you want to come around here and play daddy? Jesus,
he's my kid, too, for Christ's sakes.
Come on. That's not what
you said to me when I told you
that I was pregnant. F*** you, Billy. Whoa! Why you got
to talk to me like that in front of the kid? Why? Because you are just
such a f***ing a**hole. Don't you come
stepping into my life and telling me that
you care about my son. Hey, "our" son. Tony, voice-over:
Dig. Like last new year's night, when the whole scene
shown bright and all the goons
was stalking their prey. The cold was pure crime
on them neon lights and all the tricks
were doomed to pay. Crime suddenly begun
soon as daughters made sons. Some of them's
only 5 years old. You know, there's been
many, many a night I had to settle for
a bite off of some old... Moldy roll. Seen your
father lately? He's dead. He's dead?
You sure? Yeah, I'm sure. Positive? Absolutely.
Absolutely positive. A f***ing deadbeat. A f***ing prick
is what he was. Are you hungry?
You want to go get a slice of pizza
or something? Come on.
Take a walk with me. I'll buy you a slice,
all right? That's all right.
I'm good. Like you got something
better to do? Come on. Take a walk
with me, bro. Ok. But don't
call me that. What can I do
you fellas? Let me get two slices
and a coke. What you want
to drink, bro? Dr. pepper. Dr. pepper?
You need something with vitamin c, yo. Hey, let me get
an orange drink with that. Man: 10 minutes
on the pizza. Yeah. No problem. What? Look at you. Wipe your nose. Thanks. You know
you got to eat, bro. Feed a cold,
starve a fever. That's what they say. I f***ing told you
not to call me that. Now, see,
look what you did. Are you stupid
or what? Why the f*** you got
to talk to me like that? You put me back
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