The Family Page #8

Well, that's one problem solved.

- Come on, I'll buy you a drink.

- But in this unfortunate mix-up,

we received another American film,

also set in the US.

And I'm sure that Mr. Blake, as

a New Yorker, will be able to confirm,

I would say,

the authenticity of the film's setting.

Lf, of course, he does us the honor of...

of staying?

Uh... I'll try, yeah.

I'll try my best. Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Blake,

for staying for this other film,

which is also a masterpiece.

One of the very best

by the famous director Martin Scorsese.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Goodfellas.

- All right, that's it. Come on.

- No, we're staying.

Don't be stupid. Come on.

We'll draw ten times more attention

to ourselves by running out now.

They're gonna wonder

what we're running away from.

I'm not gonna spend two hours

listening to you rhapsodize

about your family's home videos.

It's a good movie, Stan.

Gangsters all over the screen,

that's gotta be a turn-on

for a top cop like you.

I bet it's your favorite

secret jerk-off movie.

You could tell me.

You're gonna like the way it ends.

I guarantee.

As far back as I can remember,

I always wanted to be a gangster.

Jesus! You scared the sh*t out of me!

What are you doing?

Going somewhere?

Yeah. I got into some trouble at school.

I don't want the Feds

blaming you guys for what I did,

so I'm gonna bail out and head to Paris.

I'm 14, so, it's time I started out

in the business.

Dad was 13 when he started.

Yeah, we don't have ID's

or anything like that, so you can't...

You think I'm some kind of amateur?

You never cease to amaze me.

Yeah.

- Those are Mom's pearls.

- Yeah.

Where are you going?

- To be with the man that I love.

- Cool.

- Take care of yourself, OK?

- Yeah.

Come here.

- I love you, you know.

- I love you, too.

What a...

What a beautiful movie, my friends.

Thank you.

Now, we're gonna do a little debate,

totally unprepared, of course, but...

OK, Mr. Blake?

Be careful, Fred.

Now, I have a question

for you, Mr. Blake.

When one lives in New York,

does one sense quite so vividly

the presence of the Mafia,

as it is represented in movies?

Uh... The presence of the Mafia?

Uh... Might one, you know,

bump into men

like the three gangsters in the movie

in the street?

Uh... In the street?

You know, there's an opening scene,

and there's a guy on the left...

...with a yellow shirt on,

sitting on the chair that's turned around,

he was a real gangster.

Stone-cold killer.

You'd see him on Hester and Mulberry.

Every morning he'd be

having his coffee,

just like he did when

he was a kid.

His father used to beat him up,

threw him out of the house.

This kid had a lot of aggression,

and that's where

that killer instinct comes out,

'cause you've been getting so many

beatings, you just don't give a f***.

Um...

At 12 years old this kid had,

what you'd call a beef with...

...an argument with a kid

from another neighborhood,

and one thing led to another,

the next thing you know,

he beat him to death with a two-by-four.

"Put his hand in cold water."

That's an expression

that certain people used to use

when you killed somebody

for the first time.

Why aren't they answering it?

The kids are home, aren't they?

Yeah, the lights are

on in their bedrooms.

Please.

It's OK, Maggie's home.

Please. Oh, pick up the phone.

Hello?

Hello?

Check out the town,

get a feel for what's going on.

Gotcha.

No, stop, already it's super late.

Yeah, I'm outside.

No stop, really? Seriously?

Oh, hi, Belle.

Wait a minute.

Wow, what's wrong with the dress?

- Can I use your phone?

- You don't lend your phone to people.

Yeah?

You take care of the firehouse

and meet us outside the town hall.

- We'll take the cops.

- OK.

So, finally they get so impatient,

they just shoot him, shoot him.

Boom, boom, boom.

Put him in the f***ing tote. Bam!

This f***er's out of control.

Round up Maggie and the kids.

We're gonna go into plan B tonight.

Gotcha.

- What's going on?

- We're outta here tonight.

- Hello?

- Hi. It's Belle.

Belle. I can't really talk right now.

I'm having dinner with my father.

I won't keep you long.

I just wanted to tell you that I love you.

Belle...

And hear your voice one more time

before I go.

- You're leaving Cholong?

- Yes.

Where are you going?

To be with you.

Belle, we've already talked about this.

For now, it's better

if we just give each other some space.

One ofmy sister's come down,

we're having a big family meal.

I really can't talk right now.

Sir, how can I help you?

Sorry, I don't speak French.

Try that.

Found it.

HENRl:
But, uh,

I'll give you a ring in a week,

OK, when I get back from Paris.

I'll call you back.

I got a question for you, young man.

How many people are in this firehouse?

Nobody, just me.

Good news.

Hey. Hey, guys.

Hey. Did you guys see the kids go out?

They're not in their rooms.

No, they're supposed to be at home.

Oh, yeah, well.

I guess they must have snuck out.

That's what kids their age do, right?

Maggie, do you have any idea

where they could be?

No. I guess if you'd let them

have cell phones we could find out.

Maggie, look, Stan's activated the

emergency plan. You're leaving tonight.

What's wrong, things went badly

at the film society?

It was a complete disaster.

Paulo and Albert at the intersection.

Bernie and Tommy on the street there,

watching for the Feds.

They must have a hideout

with a view of the house.

Mezzo, you cut off the back exit,

if they try to run that way.

Billy and me, we take care of the rest.

Everybody happy?

Yeah, that should do.

What time do we synchronize

our watches to?

What time is it now?

Who's got French time?

- Me. It'll be midnight in 15 seconds.

- Good.

F***.

What was that?

Jesus, the police switchboard is down.

- What's going on?

- I don't know, but if I find out

if you had anything

even remotely to do with this,

you're gonna go away

for a hell of a long time.

Calm down. I was with you all night.

That's the problem.

Your alibi is too good.

I forbid you to leave this house.

Is that clear?

Yeah.

My husband's home.

I'm gonna go look for the kids.

Wait.

Yes?

I'm going by the police station

to see what's going on.

I want the whole family in the house.

OK.

Stay right here.

Anybody here?

I want you to check this block out

and meet me back here in ten, all right?

You got it.

- Bernie.

- Yeah?

The Feds are here somewhere.

Find them.

I will.

Guys, look,

I just wanna pack some clothes

in case you send us to the North Pole,

and I gotta find my kids.

I won't be long, I promise. Five minutes.

- OK.

- Five minutes.

Thanks.

- They're here. They've found us.

- Who?

I don't know how,

but the street's crawling with them.

They're here.

There's no number on the house.

That means that's the one. Let's go.

Yeah.

It's a cleanup operation.

Get that family out of there.

Maggie's with us. The kids are

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