Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man Page #6

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let them take it away from you

with their stupid bullshit.

What else can I do, Charlene?

There's a lot you can do, Micky.

There's this guy that

your dad wants you to meet.

You just don't think you

can do it without Dicky.

Charlene...

Don't call.

Come on.

Don't call me, OK?

Hey, Dicky, you hurtin', man?

Poor f***er!

Hang in there, man!

Go, Dicky!

Hey, Dicky!

Hey, keep it quiet!

Hey, Micky!

Bring another bucket, huh?

Good.

And this Friday,

an HBO original documentary.

Right here in Lowell, Mass,

the story of Dick Eklund,

a once-promising boxer

who turned criminal...

Oh, look who it is.

That's him.

That's Dicky's brother.

- Hey, Micky.

- Regular.

Hey.

- Hey, what's up, Mick?

- Look who's here.

- Good to see you, bro.

- How you doing?

How you feeling? How's the hand?

- It's gettin' there.

- Looks better.

Why don't you come down to the gym?

And work out. If you want.

- Hey, you fat f***, you're getting big.

- Yeah, I know. I just...

Been roofin' with my father,

spending time with Kasie.

Now I gotta worry about

this movie on HBO tonight.

What are yous looking at?

Movie's not about him.

It's about his crazy brother.

I gotta go.

- Come back to the gym, Mick.

- Bye, Mick!

Don't go watch

that crazy sh*t on TV, don't!

Hollywood!

Get a look! Get a look, all right!

Going to Hollywood!

Going to Hollywood, yeah!

All right!

All right, get this started!

Lowell was the birthplace of

the Industrial Revolution in America.

Industrial Revolution... Lowell.

I used to live over there.

This town got good memories, right?

- Check it out.

- F***, yeah.

- This house here, this white house?

- Oh, yeah.

White, big fat guy.

First time I got my crack, over here.

Did you ever know that?

They smoke crack at the White House?

White, black, Puerto Rican, everything.

The first time I did crack, or whatever,

I was about 23

and a friend of mine gave me

a gram, or whatever.

F***, I wish that'd never happened.

Before that, I'd been doing

the Silver Mittens and stuff.

I was the only kid.

I'd be 12... I was sh*t... faced.

I'll tell ya how crack works.

When it enters your lungs...

When it enters your lungs...

- I wanna watch, Daddy.

- Oh, my God. No, sweetie.

- You go back upstairs.

- But I wanna watch Daddy on TV.

I know, baby. You can't watch

Daddy right now, all right?

You go back upstairs

and go to bed, OK?

OK, yeah, there's my boys

right there. Check 'em out.

- What kind of snake's that? Python?

- Yeah, check it out, man.

- It's not gonna bite me or something?

- He's cool.

It's been a while.

I'll take anything right now.

I never thought

I'd kiss a f***in' snake.

I always dreamed about it...

Do a lot of sh*t

when you're high, right?

Dicky... put Lowell on the map.

He knocked Sugar Ray Leonard down.

Yeah, he knocked him down,

but I don't think it was a knockdown.

- I think he slipped.

- He knocked him down.

- He didn't slip.

- He slipped.

- Oh... and you're from Lowell.

- Yeah, come on.

- That's a f***in' lie!

- They said he's in trouble with drugs.

What is this? Are you talking

sh*t about the family?

- Oh, no, no, no...

- I heard you say "Dicky, Micky..."

We're not like that.

This is not what Lowell is all about.

I thought he could make a comeback

- and make us proud, but he didn't.

- I don't know what Dicky was thinking.

Very disappointing,

very disgusting.

You brought the city of

Lowell back 30 years. We're not happy.

- Hello?

- Jimmy?

Hey, will you do me a favor?

Make sure Kasie's not watching HBO?

Actually, we're watching it right now,

Mick, but don't worry about it.

I got it...

I want her to see it.

Let her see who her uncle is.

- What?

- Who you are.

Who I am?

What are you talking about?

- Kids need to know the truth, Mick.

- Laurie, turn it off, please.

She does not need to see this.

She doesn't need to see it.

She's a kid.

When you smoke crack, you know...

...you feel so much lighter.

You know, you feel young, like when

everything was in front of you,

everything was just...

...everything was... just...

...it was in front of you, you know?

And then...

...it fades and you

gotta get high again.

Your part in the movie

is gonna end with you going to jail.

What about little Dicky?

Who's gonna take care of him, huh?

You guys can't talk to 'em?

Oh, man...

Turn this sh*t off.

Turn this off, all right?

Turn it off. Will you turn this off?

If you don't...

I'm turning it f***in' off.

Hey, hey, that is my life.

- My movie night!

- That's my f***in' life out there.

- I wanna watch this. I don't care.

- I will f*** you up!

You f***in' want some?

Don't f***in' try me.

I still f***in' got it, OK?

You f***in' want some?!

That's my son there,

and you're laughin' at him?!

That's my son. He's crying. He needs me.

And I'm f***in' stuck in here?

But you know what?

Dicky was a street kid.

Micky, you watching this?

What are they doing to us?

Ma, I don't know what to tell you.

You're pretending like you

don't know what's going on.

He's been doing this for years.

Yeah, I know it's horrible, Ma, but...

- What do you think?

- You think they set him up?

What do you think he was doing?

You know, gave him money,

gave him drugs for the movie. Right?

Micky... Micky?

Sh*t. Micky...

- You got a new bag, huh?

- Yup.

- New bracket, too?

- Yup.

- What happened to the peanut?

- I don't know.

It's like a beach ball.

- Mick. Sal Lonano.

- Hey, Mick, how you doing?

You own a cab company,

you're a good businessman, right?

- Yeah, he's very organized.

- How's the hand?

It's good. You know,

it's getting better. Stronger.

Yeah, you know, I made a few calls

already. I talked to Buddy Tags.

Said he can set up something local,

something to start back with.

- Get your confidence back.

- That's it.

You gotta get your confidence back.

That's all.

Your dad wants Sal to manage ya,

and he wants me to train ya.

But I'll only do it on one condition.

- No crazy-time nonsense.

- It's how it's gotta be.

- No Dicky. No Alice.

- No Dicky. No Alice.

I get it, I get it.

I'm good, I understand.

- Look, I appreciate the opportunity.

- I can't take the bullshit, Mick.

- No offense, Georgie.

- None taken.

I'm gonna be the one who gets

his balls cut off, anyway.

- Yeah. You laugh.

- You...

...f***in' traitor!

- What are you doing?

What the hell's the matter with you?!

Come on! The pans hurt!

Do they hurt?! I hope it hurts!

- Sal Lonano is a good man!

- A good man?!

He's a legitimate businessman,

for Chrissakes!

- Legitimate businessman?

- Yes. What?

Oh, my God,

you know what that sounds like?

- He's a crook, George!

- He owns a taxi cab company!

- He's organized!

- Oh, my God. He's a cab driver.

He knows everything

about boxing, right?

I don't think so! He's gonna steal

your son's money and rob him blind!

Why would you think that?

Why would you even think that?

- Why can't you trust anybody with?

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