Soul Men Page #4

Synopsis: When R&B legend Marcus Hooks dies suddenly, VH-1 invites his original back up duo, Floyd Henderson and Louis Hinds, "The Real Deal," to appear at a memorial tribute at the Apollo Theater. Floyd, who's bored in retirement, wants this more than anything; Louis, a philosophical ex-con, does not. Plus, there's bad blood between them (Louis's wife Odetta left him to marry Floyd - then left Floyd). Floyd begs, Louis consents but won't fly, so they leave L.A. in Floyd's flashy Cadillac with five days to get to New York. On the road, they must get back their vocal chops, renew their friendship, and sort out the past. With Floyd's bad hip and Louis's bad kidneys, will they even make it?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Malcolm D. Lee
Production: MGM
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2008
100 min
$11,966,888
Website
698 Views


to hurt you, man.

I thought about killing you,

but I'd never want to hurt you.

All right.

In our continuing tribute to Marcus Hooks,

we're reaching all the way back

in this next song.

Lou. That's us, man.

- Listen.

... Martin Hooks and The Real Deal.

Number 3 in 1969...

"I'm Your Puppet. "

# Pull the string #

# And I'll wink at you #

# I'm your puppet #

# Mm-hmm, yeah #

# I'll do funny things #

# If you want me to #

# I'm your puppet #

Come on, Lou.

I'll say this for him...

that motherf***er could sing.

No doubt. No doubt.

Come on, help me... help me out.

- Second verse.

- Second?

"Pull my strings. " Kiss.

#... your puppet #

- What...

- You ready?

1, 2, 3.

Hit it.

# Pull another string #

#... ing, and I'll kiss your lips #

# I'm your puppet #

# Ohh, ohh, ohh #

- Tap.

- # Yeah #

# Snap your fingers #

# And I'll turn #

# You some flips #

# I'm your puppet #

- Man, my hip hurt like anything.

- Drop step.

Drop step?

You know I can't do that right now.

Go, Lou.

- Owww!

- Man.

Oh, sweet. Do it, Louie.

#... do is wiggle... #

Oh! Oh! Oh!

# I'm your puppet #

- # Oh, yes, I am #

- One more time.

- There you go, Floyd.

- # I'm your puppet #

Oh! Come on now.

- # Mmm, yeah #

- Yeah, I got it now.

- I got it.

- # Yeah #

# I'm your puppet #

So where'd you book us next?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This is it?

# Come on, children #

# And gather around #

# Want y'all to see #

# We're putting down #

# It's a thing #

# Everybody can do #

# So come on, children #

# Do the boogie, too #

# Boogie ain't nothing #

# But gettin' down #

# Boogie ain't nothing #

# But gettin' down #

# I got to boogie for you #

# Floyd Henderson #

What is it?

- # Boogie on down #

- Whoo-hoo!

# Louis Hinds #

# Boogie on down #

# Listen to the band #

# We'll make it through #

# All we got #

# Is the boogie, too #

# I got to boogie for you #

# Whoo #

Hey, you, what you got, baby?

You got to boogie for me?

Come on, now.

# Oh, yeah #

Come on.

Yeehaw!

Come on, fiddler.

I knew you were

gonna try to take over.

Look at him.

Go on, Lou.

- Come on.

- Oww!

# Boogie ain't nothing #

# But gettin' down #

# Boogie ain't nothing #

# But gettin' down #

# Boogie ain't nothing

but getting down #

Ow!

# Boogie ain't nothing #

# But getting down #

Come on.

# I got to boogie for you #

# I got to boogie for you #

# I got nothing but boogie #

- # Nothing but boogie for you #

- # Ooh #

- # I got nothing but boogie #

- # Yeah #

# Nothing but boogie for you #

- # Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie #

- # Oh, yeah #

# Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie #

- # Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie #

- # Oh, yeah #

# I got to boogie for you #

Aah!

Share the love, baby.

All right, all right.

You know you pulled

the Al Green up there, right?

No, I didn't, Lou. Don't start that...

We barely got offstage

when you ran your ass

back out there.

Look, an encore

is at the audience's discretion.

You're supposed to wait

till they ask for it.

- You know they wanted it.

- I don't care what they wanted.

That sh*t was unprofessional.

Man...

Say,

I'm starting to remember

why I love the road so much.

Yeah.

Mmm.

If my instincts serve me right,

you're about to find

yourself another room tonight.

You know those little blue pills

make you go blind, right?

Mmm, mmm.

Don't call me when you get

that four-hour erection.

Hey, now, baby girl.

Yeah, yeah. Come on.

Oh. Aah!

Yeah, give it to me.

Those little pills, give me strength.

A little strength.

Ugh!

I'm going to f*** your brains out.

Oh! Oh, you're heavy.

Uh,

what's wrong, baby?

Nothing.

I just, uh, you know, I...

I just never been with

someone like you before.

It's true what they say.

But let me tell you something.

Floyd Henderson gonna be

nice and gentle.

Your first taste of dark meat

gonna be smooth and sweet, trust me.

No, I didn't mean that.

It's just, uh, you know,

I've never been with someone so old.

Old?

You ain't no teen queen

your damn self.

Huh.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, mama. Come here, baby.

Baby, baby. Look here.

Let's take our decades

of sexual experience

and combine them for one night

of exploration and bliss,

can we do that?

I won't disappoint you.

All right.

That's what I'm talking about.

I want to suck one of them titties.

Oh, yeah? Well, I got

something to show you.

- Ooh.

- Ooh, hoo.

I'm so hot, I'm about to f*** myself.

Bite my lip off.

Oh. Look!

Oh, shoot, I'm leaking, girl.

Tonight I ain't got no

control like that no more.

Now, I hope you don't

mind a little hair.

Baby, I found

my sexual awakening in the '60s.

Nothing I like better

than a big old fluffy...

Damn, girl.

That's a whole bunch of hair

you got down there.

Yeah, I call it the natural look.

You sick?

I know it's big.

You need a pick.

You want me to shave it?

We ain't got the time or

apparatus for that type of job.

Okay, disregard.

Oh!

- Oh!

- Oh!

Look who's coming to dinner.

Right on time, ain't it?

They call me Mr. Tibbs.

Oh.

You know what I'm

gonna do for you?

What you fixing to do?

You ever had a velveteen rub?

A velveteen rub.

Ain't... Ain't no cheese involved, is there?

Because I'm lactose intolerant.

Oh, yeah.

Ooh!

You're choking my chicken!

Ugh!

Ugh.

That's quite a show you got going

under the big top there, Sparky.

I had to take another

one of them damn pills

in the middle of the night, man.

This woman insatiable, man.

I'm shooting dust.

Oh, Floyd.

I'm right here, baby.

You ready for some more?

Yeah, come here.

Come here.

Hi.

Think about that, boy.

There's my stallion.

Huh?

- I missed you.

- Oh, you missed me?

Mmm-hmm.

Mmm. You need a little air

on this thing.

Yeah.

Oh, you bad boy.

God damn.

You like that, huh?

I'm your little kitty cat.

Chastity?

Mama?

You little whore.

You're one to talk.

Oh, did you take out

your teeth for him?

You watch how you talk to your mama.

Please, you can't

talk to me like that.

You're not my daddy.

That's right, who's your daddy?

- You're my daddy.

- Your big daddy.

Rosalee, are you in there?

Actually, that's my daddy.

Oh.

What are you thinking, Mama?

You ruined everything.

- I hate you.

- You little brat.

You're a dirty... all right, I love you.

- Mmm.

- Call me a lot of times.

Mama, what is wrong with you?

- I renounce you. You're a whore.

- Aah!

- I'm a whore?

- Yeah.

You just shamed the whole family,

you and the black man.

Whoa!

Whoo! That was fun.

# So come, take me by the hand #

# We'll leave this troubled land #

- Yeah.

- # I know we can #

# I know we can #

I'll be damned, man.

Them broads stole our money, man.

Whoo, yeah,

but they earned it.

Hello.

Yeah, man.

It's Floyd Henderson, man.

We got a situation.

What's the problem?

Well, my ex-partner,

the degenerate that he is, man,

got some trailer trash hos,

man, rip us off.

Oh, wow, I'm sorry to hear that.

Is there anything I can do?

Yeah, there's something

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