Once Upon a Time in America Page #3

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- We got salt.

You got what?

- Salt! Me and the boys are rolling salts.

- We need 3 tons of salt per shipment.

Get the f*** out of here.

Go back to school where you belong.

What is it with all this salt?

Hey, hey, we got salt on our noodles.

Show 'em.

This is full of salt.

All right, come here.

- So?

- Keep your shirt on, Capua.

We gotta wait for the salt

to dissolve.

- Well?

- Hey, what's wrong?

Hey, look.

Wow!

Great!

- Look at that!

- It's great.

- Noodles.

- Look.

- I see 'em! What did I tell you?

- Yeah.

Yeah!

- Hooray.

- Hooray for us!

- We did it.

- Come here, Max!

- We did it.

- No, Max, no!

Max.

Max.

Max!

Max!

What would you do without me?

There!

From here on, we establish the

shared funds of the gang.

They belong to all of us together

and to none of us alone.

And we solemnly swear to put in 50

percent of everything we make. Agreed?

Agreed.

- Agreed.

- Agreed.

Agreed.

I wanna take another peek.

Announcing the departure of...

...the Lackawanna Railroad,

Hudson Valley Express, Poughkeepsie...

...Albany, Utica, and Buffalo.

All aboard.

This goes to Fat Moe.

We don't tell him what it's for.

And he gives it back

only when we're all together.

Agreed?

Agreed.

Agreed!

Bugsy's coming! Run!

Noodles!

I slipped!

Schmuck!

Wanna go in?

- Yeah!

- You a relative?

An uncle.

It's open.

"Erected to their everlasting memory

by their friend and brother...

...David Aaronson, "Noodles"

Can I take that for you, sir?

Your limousine is waiting.

Maxie!

How are you, uncle?

You're looking good.

You're looking a little better.

Come on. Better get

you off the streets.

- Some limousine.

- What are you talking, huh?

We own the company now.

It's a good cover. It pays off too.

My mother wrote me you was in the

body-snatching business.

By the way, I appreciate

everything you did for my family.

Forget it. It's your dough.

It's all down in black and white

in the company books.

You're the company. You and Patsy and

Cockeye. Gravediggers and partners.

Hey, enough of this.

Business before pleasure.

We got a rush job.

Here!

Come here. Look at this. Come here.

Sudden death.

F***ing tragedy, huh?

- 26 years old.

- 26?

- What a shame.

- Great stiff. She died of an overdose.

And I'm ready for another.

Pump the life into her.

You didn't turn pansy in there, did you?

There you go!

Turning over in the grave.

They do it every time!

Don't worry.

A pansy he ain't.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome, Noodles.

Whoops. Sorry.

Thanks. Good night.

- Hey, you want a little pick-me-up?

- No, thanks. I've had mine.

- Did you give her your all?

- What do you think? You bet I did.

Wait till you see this place.

It's over here.

- Where we going?

- To a place that never closes.

Whoops. Watch yourself.

- What's this?

- Our place, we got the hottest spot in town.

This is the real Fat Moe's.

Get rid of that rag, will you?

- What do you think?

- It's beautiful.

- You like it?

- Beautiful. Beautiful.

Hey, give me that.

- Noodles!

- Patsy look, who's here!

Come here, son of a b*tch.

Come here! Come here!

- You look fantastic.

- Wait a minute.

How you doing?

- Look how big you got.

- Me?

Noodles. Oh, God!

- Noodles!

- Number three coming through.

Let's have a toast, for chrissakes!

- You look like sh*t.

- What you want? I just got out of prison.

- Nice guy.

- Hey, Noodles, get a load of this.

Hey, scotch heating.

Yeah, a buck a cup.

- A buck a cup?

- Yeah.

- How much it cost us?

- Costing us?

A dime, including overhead.

- Hey, Noodles.

- Fat Moe.

You look terrific.

- Look like you lost an ounce or two.

- You think I'm gonna lose hemorrhoids.

Can't recognize him without an apron.

- L 'Chaim.

- L 'Chaim.

Welcome home!

What kind of maitre d' are you?

You don't even show a guy around.

- Yeah.

- What's with you?

- I didn't know. Hey Noodles, I'm sorry.

- You're some bunch of shtunks, you know that?

- You don't come up and get me up there!

- He's the shtunk.

- He said you weren't out till Monday.

- You go and get him the next time he gets out.

God forbid, God forbid!

Come on, let's see if you can

guess who it is.

Charlotte russe.

With a little too much whipped cream.

Peggy!

Hey, you watch it, now.

And my prices, they've gone up.

I work in a high-class joint now.

And I get paid by the pound.

My Peggy, she's worth every penny

of it too, my red-hot mama.

Come on, come on!

Timber!

Okay, you've seen your old pals,

now I want you to meet some new ones.

- Peggy, I'll see you later.

- You gonna lay here all night or what?

Cockeye wanted to play with the band.

I'm serious.

Come on!

- Aren't you going to say hello?

- Hello!

- Your brother's a real friend.

- He's a romantic.

- Max tell you I was getting out today?

- Max? No.

- You remembered yourself?

- No, Moe. It's always Moe.

Yeah!

You mean,

you weren't counting the days?

Of course I was.

I lost track at 3000!

- That wasn't my choice.

- Yes, it was. It still is.

Well, anyway, did you come here

to welcome me back at least?

I still live here. I was on my way out.

Moe said I should at least say hello.

I hope Moe didn't have to bend

your arm or anything like that.

No!

Welcome back, Noodles.

Hey, Noodles!

- You dancing?

- Every night at the Palace Theatre.

I've made some progress since I used

to dance here among the brooms and the empties.

You can come spy on me if you like.

If you have time.

Every night!

Noodles!

Go on, Noodles,

your mother's calling you.

It's good to see you again, Noodles.

My pleasure!

- Did you get the wine?

- Dago Red. The best.

How you doing?

There they are.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!

Did you see that movie, Joe?

It's a good movie.

- Hey Max, how are you?

- Good to see you.

- This must be your friend, Noodles.

- Noodles, say hello to Mr. Monaldi.

- Hi Noodles, how are you?

- All right!

Very nice to meet you. You don't have

to call me Mr. Monaldi, like he says.

I like my friends and people I respect

to call me Frankie.

Come on, sit down.

Get some chairs and some glasses.

Sit down, relax.

You're home now.

This is my very dear friend Joe.

He came all the way from Detroit

to ask me to do him a favor.

And I wanna do it for him.

I don't have to tell you who Joe is,

how far he got, or how far he's gonna get!

He's not only my dear friend,

he's my brother.

I'll tell you the truth.

Even a Jew can't eat this sh*t.

I mean, the mustard doesn't even help!

These guys with you?

I told you these fellas are with me.

You could trust them.

You're in very good hands.

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