The Idolmaker

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Hey, move over, will you?

Come on, give me some room here!

How are you?

How's everything?

What you been doing?

Hey, Vinnie, what's happening, huh?

-Where'd you get those pants?

-Yeah.

Ote!

All right, all right, all right.

You ready? You ready?

-Let's go!

-Seven!

Okay, okay, very good, okay.

Okay, ten bucks.

I know, I know, I know all that.

-Okay. All right. Quattro!

-Cinque!

Hey, Tommy, give me a chance

to break even, all right?

Hey, man, relax.

Like the good book says...

..."Never give a sucker

an even break."

Oh, come on, Tommy.

Hey, Vin, how you doing?

Still hustling babies, huh, Tommy?

Hey, it's like chicks, Vin. You

know what I mean? Hard to resist.

Besides, they don't have to

play if they don't want to.

Hey, when you coming to

Jersey to see us play?

All the way to Jersey,

what do I need that for?

Hey, so where is it, the North Pole?

I mean, it's been three years now,

you never heard me play before.

I'm looking for singers,

not saxophone players.

Hey, we got a singer, Vinnie.

A new kid, Jimmy Ryan.

Blonde hair, blue eyes.

Great kid. You gotta hear him.

-No thanks, Cuz.

What do you mean, 'no thanks'?

What are you gonna do, Vinnie,

sit home and read that...

...fan magazine s..t?

-Let me tell you something, okay?

I can learn a lot from this,

you know what I mean?

It doesn't matter whether it's

Tony C., Rock Hudson,...

...Elvis they all got it

right there.

Right in the windows,

know what I mean?

Your friend there,...

-Jimmy Ryan.

-Jimmy Ryan.

He's not gonna be a star.

-What do you mean?

I mean, women don't want,

blonde singing idols.

They want dark hair.

They like dark hair.

Take Frank Sinatra, Elvis...

You know what I mean?

They got it.

You better read up, kid.

In the windows.

-Ciao, everybody.

-Ciao, Vincente.

About time you got here.

Your brother's going potso.

He had to take the orders on

twelve and thirteen.

He's going crazy.

-It's about time he had to do...

...some work.

-You'd better get to work.

Hey, take it easy, Emilio.

Don't panic.

What do you think we got,

a wedding out there?

Let's see, what do we got here?

Twelve and thirteen.

-Twelve and thirteen.

-Hey, no movie magazines.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mario.

Listen, I had some real business

to do across the river.

You know, music business.

And, uh, I got hung up.

But I tell you what, you know what

I'm gonna do for you?

I'm gonna work all night for you.

Tonight you got me for the duration.

Vinnie, I'm running a business here.

When people come in for dinner

they got to have waiters...

...to serve them.

-Mario, the food's getting cold.

I can't stand here talking to you

all night, you know what I mean?

I got customers waiting.

How are you, Carl?

Don't ask. Hi.

Linguini in white clam sauce?

-Right here, please.

Emilio, I got some people coming in

tonight just before closing.

Seventeen people.

I want everything fresh.

I don't want anybody going home,

okay?

Some veal... What?

-Mario, where's Vinnie?

He's busy.

Don't bother him, huh?

And, seem zabaglione for desert.

Don't' send anybody home

because they're coming in late.

But I want to keep the kitchen open.

Make sure they're open, okay?

People came all the way from

Brooklyn just to taste these.

They're really incredible, really.

They're the chef's specialty.

-Vinnie.

-Gino, what are you doing?

I'm working here.

-I gotta talk to you.

-Not now, Gino.

-Now. Now, Vinnie, now!

It's Jerry Martin.

He just called me.

Excuse me for a second.

What the hell are you doing?

-He's at the Annex studio.

He says if we want him

to record our song,...

...we gotta get ever there right

now and talk to his producers.

But he's not supposed to do

this till next week.

Yeah, tell that to your friend,

Jerry Martin.

I knew this was gonna happen.

-What are you doing?

Vinnie, l m running

a class place here.

You're turning it into

a bowling alley, huh?

I gotta go, Mario. We gotta go.

I'm very, very sorry, folks.

Frank, a bottle of wine

on the house here, huh?

Testing, one, two, three.

Test, one, two, three.

Baby oh, yeah.

-It's very good, kid, but step back.

Testing, test, one, two, three.

Test.

Now you got it.

-Baby, oh, yeah.

-Keep rolling.

What kind of s..t is this, hah?

I'm not gonna sign this

toilet paper. This is s..t.

S..t!

-Up yours.

Yeah, up yours.

Jerry promised us

a fifty fifty split.

Jerry, thanks a lot, you know?

-Come on, Vinnie.

-Thanks for nothing!

-God damn it!

Come on, what am I, wood?

-Look, Vinnie, Vinnie, please.

-What?

Hell, look, what!

-This is the only shot we have.

You just can't walk away.

-I wanna... we can't talk.

Hey, Vinnie, Vinnie.

I wanna talk to you.

-Forget about it.

-He's talking to you.

Listen, kid.

I'm only gonna do right by you.

Your name's gonna be on the label.

You're gonna be in every jukebox

in the city.

Oh, hey, come on, man,

what are you talking about?

What good is it gonna do me, huh?

You guys own all the rights.

You get all the marbles,

and me and Gino we get,...

...stugazz, that's what we get.

Either you do it,

you do it, or you do it.

Get your hands off me.

Hey, spaghetti brain.

Who you kidding?

Why don't you smarten up.

Who's gonna record that s..t?

Now you wanna listen to me?

Either you take a chance and

go with me, or,...

...you forget about it,

you take a walk.

You take that contract and shove it.

Get outta my way!

Hey, Pilato. Come here.

You know your partner's an a..shole.

Take him for a walk. Listen to me.

Take him for a walk...

...and talk some sense into him.

Started a fire

Wild and burning

But you

And I'll do anything

You'd ever want

Just to see that look

in your eyes

What was it?

It was beautiful!

It was nothin'.

I was just messin' around.

Vincent,

how long is this gonna go on?

You're twenty seven years old.

Just till somebody

gives us a break, Ma.

Till we can find somebody

to record our stuff.

Why don't you do it yourself?

You have a terrific voice.

Remember that,

that record you made with,...

...your friends after high school?

Oh, I really liked it.

I did.

-You and six other people liked it.

-No.

-Ma, l.

l don't know

how to sell an audience.

Ya gotta, ya gotta have

that kind of look, ya know?

I started going bald

when I was eighteen.

I mean, for me to get up

there now, it's a joke.

Listen, everything'

gonna be okay anyway, right?

Mario's doin' all right.

The restaurant's doin' great!

Sure. Thanks to your father.

For you,

your father does nothing.

It's okay. l don't need him

to do anything for me.

I don't want anything.

Why don't you call him?

He owes it to you.

What does he owe you, huh?

He owes you something, too.

No, no, no.

He owes me nothing.

With you it's different.

Better he should give it to you

than one of his w..res.

Listen to that!

Listen to you! Come on!

Forget about it!

I don't need anything from him.

We're gonna be okay.

Everything's gonna be all right.

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