The 24th Day Page #4

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Tell me where the keys are.

Where's the f***in' keys?

Pocket, rear pocket.

its done, it's finished.

Move aside.

Move!

Ill f***ing kill you

if I have to.

I have a f***ing knife, Tom.

All right, you're gonna die.

Im gonna drive this right through

you. is that what you want?

is that what you want,

you want to die?

Im gonna drive this thing

through your f***in' heart.

How many years you thought

I was gonna make today?

Lunch smells good.

What are we having?

Come on, are you

still mad at me?

Im a hostage. You gotta expect

that sort of behavior from us.

What do you expect me to do?

What would you have done?

You don't have to hold

a grudge over it.

Also consider that I could have

strangled you with the TV cord.

You should be thanking me.

So, did you decorate

this place yourself?

My granddad's place.

So he let you use it

for special occasions.

One-night stands,

kidnappings?

He died ten years ago.

The family kept it.

How much do you pay rent?

Trying to watch the game

in here.

Im watching the game.

Which team you rooting for?

You want me to put the tape

back on your mouth?

I was just asking

a question, man.

Besides, you haven't

fed me yet.

I went to the University

of Michigan.

We've got a great athletic program.

Football, baseball and basketball.

Really?

You're being sarcastic.

What's Michigan's nickname?

Im just gonna take your

silence to mean that you...

Wolverines. Wolverines.

-What are the team colors?

-Blue and yellow.

Wrong.

its ''maize''. its not yellow,

it's ''maize''.

its a pale yellow.

''Corn-ish''.

So, you're one of those sports

guys. You know all the stats.

You think there's

something wrong with that?

Not enough brain space,

maybe?

I'd say it's enough wasted space

that it takes to know...

that Telly Savalas had a small

role in the original ''Cape Fear''.

I was a huge sports fan

when I was at Michigan.

The best were those Saturday

afternoon football games.

The whole school,

the whole town...

would just get pumped up like,

about three hours before.

We had barbeques

in the parking Lot...

turning out pep rallies.

Touch football on the lawn.

I never understood the whole sports

thing before I got to Ann Arbor...

but once I was there,

I was hooked.

During the last year, I actually

what they were doing on the field.

punting,

first-down conversions...

quarterback snoops...

Sneaks. its

''quarterback sneaks''.

its completely different when

you realize why you're cheering.

Without a doubt the highlight

was the last game, senior year.

Ohio State was driving down

the field for the win...

and everyone was screaming

at the top of their lungs...

but it was all over

the place, you know?

It was like, a ''Let's stop 'em''

from this group...

and a ''Go, Wolverines''

from that section.

That's just...

here was no unity.

I stood up, and I just

started yelling.

''Defense! Defense! Defense!''

I stood there for a long time

before I sit back down.

And then it started.

It was like a hundred people

in my section.

And then it turned

into a thousand.

And then it was...

''Defense! Defense!

Defense! Defense!''

A hundred thousand fans screaming

at the top of their lungs.

It was pretty cool.

What about you?

Did your college have

a pretty good football team?

Where'd you go to college?

-No, we're not gonna do this.

-Do what?

Maybe removing the tape for some

water gave you the wrong idea.

We're not two pals sitting

here watching the ballgame.

-I thought, I was just trying...

-Im not an idiot.

-I know that.

-its not gonna work.

-Look, I just want...

-its not going to work.

I just want to talk.

Just talk.

It could be as simple as me putting

the tape back on your mouth.

All right, please don't.

Ill shut up.

You said that you don't want to

torture me, you remember that?

Well, if you really

meant it, then...

you got to talk

to me because...

just let me babble

at something, because...

if you just let me sit here

in silence...

I left only to think

about this...

then that would be crueler than

anything you could ever do to me.

Did you stop them?

Football cheer, Ohio State.

Did you stop them?

No. They threw

a forty-yard touchdown pass.

They went to the Rose Bowl.

And we went to the ''Heinz

Ketchup Bowl in Missoula''.

So where'd you go to college?

I did two years

at Liberty Community College.

Liberty they had

a good reputation.

Liberty's got a great

science department.

You heard about that?

One of the best science

departments in the country.

In the world, in fact.

That's where NASA gets

all of their astronauts...

from they're all

Liberty College graduates.

I got good grades in high school.

I didn't have to go to Liberty.

It was in the neighborhood.

In the neighborhood

of Saint Pete's.

-That makes sense.

-Does it?

You get lost

at those big schools...

you get a better education

at the smaller ones.

Michigan

was just one long party.

Really?

I was eighteen, on my own...

practically my first time

out of Jasper, Illinois.

And you just get distracted.

That's why it took me

six years to graduate.

You have too good a time.

-I wouldn't have done that.

-You'd be surprised.

lf I'd gone away, I would

have worked my ass off.

But I didn't. I don't want

to talk about it.

is there a school

you wanted to go to?

Come on,

tell me about college.

I got into Arizona State

and I didn't go.

Why Arizona State?

I liked

the football team colors.

What's the big secret in Arizona?

Who am I gonna tell?

It was a stupid idea.

Well, I work for a movie producer.

I hear twenty stupid ideas a day.

Im gonna need

a little help with this.

Thanks.

So, you and Arizona State?

-its long ago, years ago.

-Come on, please.

I wanted to study

archaeology.

Archaeology?

Growing up I wanted to be

like Donald Johanson.

Who's that?

In '74 he discovered the missing

link between humans and apes.

He was teaching

at Arizona State.

Everything works out

for the best.

How's that?

My girlfriend

didn't want to leave home.

I was learning to be a cook

in my uncle's restaurant.

That was better than

Archaeology at Arizona State?

It was reality.

Do I look like an archaeologist?

Do I talk like one?

I don't know.

Ive never met one.

I got a brain full of

football stats and recipes.

Donald Johanson mind that

Iowa State is called the Hawkeyes...

and or that oregano

tastes great in gaspacho.

How do you know what

stupid sh*t he knows?

Certain people aren't

supposed to do certain things.

I don't believe that.

All I know is where I grew up,

it was the same for everybody...

your favorite team

was the Flyers.

Your favorite group was Kiss.

Your favorite ''Charlie's Angel''

was Farrah.

You wore Adidas sweatsuits

and Puma sneakers.

You smoked Marlboros

by twelve...

you wanted to look like Travolta

and act like Serpico.

I wanted to go on excavations

to find lost cities...

that's for

geeks and weirdoes.

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