Play It to the Bone Page #7

- What's up?- Hey, uh--

You, uh, think I could take him?

I think he's too quick for you,and he wants it real bad.

Yeah.

Still, uh...

I'm the better lover,right?

No contest.

- I still love you, you know that?- I know.

- So that's your girlfriend?- Yeah, yeah. It's my girlfriend.

Yeah, it's my girlfriend.What?

- They're talking. They're friends.They can talk.- Yeah.

You'd better go.

Eh, eh, eh, eh !I can see you ! I can see you.

You'd better go.

Vince. Vince, come on.

- What the heck is that?- Nothin'.- Here we go.

- Here we go. All right.- Oh, nothing? You were touching her.

- You were kissing her justright in front of me.- You wanna fight?

Yeah, let's fight.Absolutely. Let's fight.

They passed the physical.The commissioner sanctionedthe whole bloody thing.

We're home free.Right.

Hank, I have someoneI'd like you to meet.

- This is Grace.- Hello.

She's got some great product ideas,and she's looking for some investors.

- I'm Hank Goody.- Mr. Goody.

Hank to you. I'm always interestedin investment opportunities.

- What do you have?- Well, I have a prototypefor a new men's sock.

I have one in here, in fact.What separates this sock...

from all other men's socksis its unique design.

You see, it has a silk ankle, but it'sattached to an all-cotton athletic boot,

good for those men who sufferfrom athlete's footand can't have unnatural fibers...

or colored dyeson their feet.

- But still wanna look sharp?- Exactly.

Rudy? Rudy?

Yeah.

- What else have you got?- Well, I have a periscopefor watching TV in bed...

endorsed by the Chiropractors'Association of America.

- A periscope?- A periscope.

- Maybe we should find a bedand try out that thing.-

I'm not that easy.

- Lamps. Lamps. Al, hey.-

-Joe, how are ya?- Good, thanks. How you guys doin' ?

- Yeah. Fine.- Look. I need a little help.

I don't give a rat's asswhat the papers say tomorrow,but I want to look good tonight.

- Two over-the-hill white guys--- Hey, one of them's not white.

- He's, um... Latino.- Spanish.

Hey,Joe, I don't care what youcall 'em. Both these guys should retire.

No, no, no, no. They're gonna do great,but because of the tragedy to--

- Rosario.- Rosario. The tragedy ofsubstance abuse, etcetera--

Maybe after you dida little elegy, you could putthe best face on the substitute bout.

- I need to talk to Rattner.- Didn't Cesar Dominguez...

have a detached retina in his left eyea couple of years ago?

Not true. Not true.Hey, Mark! It's Joe ! Hey !

-Can he see?-Come on, guys.Just a little spin here.

Vince. Cesar.

How you guys doin' ?Physical went great.

Let me have your valuables.Put 'em right in here.Wallets, watches, jewelry--

- Uh, I left my walletin Los Angeles this morning.- My wallet is not with me.

- What about this here?You don't wanna wear this in.- Oh, yeah, right.

Put it in there.I'll take good care of it.

Yep.

Okay.There you go.

- Thank you.- I got you some great cornermen.

Since I know on such short noticeyou might be a little unprepared--

- Not completely. No.- So you care who's in your corner?

- Actually--- Personally--- Good. Okay.

Lupe, you're with Vince.Jesse, you got Cesar.

The rest of you guys just kind ofwork it out, okay? Good.

Great cut man, by the way.Great cut man here.

Oh, great. Listen,the main thing is the contract.We wanna see about the title shot.

- That's fundamental for us.- I think it's importantabout the title shot.

Of course. Of course. I'll bring itto your dressing room in a few minutes.

Okay. Vince, you're in there.Cesar, you're in here. Okay. Let's go.

- Good.- Let's go.

Good. Great.Gonna be great.

You look strong, kid.

-Hey -

I can't read too good.

But Vince, you were readingthe Bible a minute ago.

I can read the Bible good, but I justcan't read other stuff too good. Wh--

- He's not gonna sign.- I'm gettin' worried here about the--

Stop it.Stop it.

Should I sign this?

You got no choice, man.Sign.

- Okay. Where?- I'll show you. I'll show you.Just be cool, okay?

Yeah. Yeah. Hey, okay.Looks good. I'll sign.

Got one word for you.I got it five times--

no, no, no, noand no, okay, a**hole?

- Hang on. Cesar, my man !- Hey.

How long has it been, huh?Good trip? Everything okay?

- Huh? Been a while, eh?- You know how long.

The Garden, right?F*** the Garden.

- Yeah.- F*** the Garden. You're here.That's what counts.

Look. I want you to meetyour attorney, Dante Solomon.

- It's a pleasure.- This is your attorney, right?

- He's yours. He's all yours.- I'm yours.

- Do I get a choice?- There's no time.

Dante is one of the finest human beingsI have ever been associated with.

- The Man of the Yearin Clark County twelve years ago.- No, no. Eleven years ago.

- It seems like yesterday, huh?- These contracts are very sound.

- I studied them.- The only thing that matters to me...

- is the middleweighttitle shot guarantee.- Oh, sure, sure.

- See, it's right here.Look. Right here. See?- Yeah.

Here. "Within a six-month period,as sanctioned by the world'sboxing ruling bodies--"

- Etcetera, etcetera.- And-And what is allof this other 50 pages?

- No, no. This is the crossingof the T's, dotting of the I's--- Dotting of the I's.

- You know, all you gotta signa few more things and then---

- Why-Why all of thisis necessary? Why?- Goddamn it !

Goddamn it, Cesar,'cause I said so !

I've been thinking about you,Joe, for the last five years.

I did not take a divein the Garden.

I just got caught,like many other fighters got caught.

Happens every day all around the world.You know that.

You took a divelike you were lookin'...

for the bottom of the swimming poolin Beverly Hills, you f***in' punk.

You embarrassed me. Now thisis your chance to redeem yourself,

and the only reason you'regettin' that chance is 'cause...

one guy's doped out of his mind andthe other guy's in the f***in' morgue.

Okay?

- Sign.- No, don't do that.

Sign.

What? No,you're a dog, motherf***er !

Your fighters are dogs.Your whole stables are dogs.

- F*** you ! Take that.- Cesar. Cesar.

- Sign.- Please sign, huh?

Where? Where?

- There.-

Okay.

So we get up in the night.You know, gotta go to the bathroomabout 2:00, 3:00 in the morning.

I don't know if the bathroom'son the right, on the left,in back of me, in front of me.

So Edie says,"How much longer we gotta do this?"

I said, "Well, the first one of us thatpees in the closet, we're off the road."

See you, Steve.

Good to see ya, Hank.

Bobby's selling.Where are you staying?

- I don't have a place yet, actually.- Ohh.

Rudy, see that she getsthe key to the Pago Pago suite.

- You got it.- That's really not necessary.

Hey. It's my hotel.

Alexei Rustikov. We're live at thefabulous Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino--

Well, the fight's starting.We'd better go.

I don't go downuntil the, uh, main event.

- Ah.- Rudy'll escort you to the fight,

and I'll see youat the party afterwards.

Rudy, take care of Gracie hereand make sure she gets to the party.

- Absolutely.- That's Grace, Mr. Goody.

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