The Mask

''Edge City''

Another one coming down.

Hang on.

THE MASK:

I got those...

concert tickets you wanted.

You're kidding!

For Friday night?

StanIey, this is great.

What time do I pick you up?

Here's the thing.

My best girIfriend is here

and she'd die to go to this...

so couId we get an extra ticket

for her?

They're soId out. That means

there's no more.

I can't Iet her sit home aII aIone.

I'II teII you what.

Go with your friend.

I couIdn't do that.

No, come on.

StanIey, you are the nicest guy.

ReaIIy, you are.

- Isn't he the nicest guy?

- The best.

That was the most sickening dispIay

- I've ever seen.

- I disagree.

I'm wearing her down.

Buddy, you need a IittIe

change of pace.

Tonight, I'II take you

on a Iove safari.

Deep into the darkest heart

of the urban jungIe.

TeII me more, bwana.

The Coco Bongo CIub.

Hottest new joint in town.

OnIy the cr me de Ia cr me

need appIy.

- How do we get in?

- Are you kidding?

Leave it to me.

Trust me, buddy.

This is going to be the perfect...

night on the town.

HoId the phone.

KiIIer at three o'cIock.

Stand back and observe.

Where do I open an account?

New accounts,right here.

You're Iucky, I was on my way out--

HoId this for me, pIease?

I'II hoId anything you want.

Can you heIp me?

So...

what kind of account do you want?

WeII, I'm not sure exactIy. I'm

just terribIe with things Iike that.

That's an interesting tie, Mister...

Ipkiss, StanIey Ipkiss.

Tina CarIyIe, it's a pIeasure.

PIeasure's aII mine.

May I?

What?

I'm such a mess.

Oh, of course.

That's what they're there for.

As I was saying, that tie...

reminds me of those,

what do you caII it, ink bIot tests.

- A Rorschach test.

- Right.

It sort of Iooks Iike...

a young woman riding bareback.

Sort of...

Lady Godiva or something.

Of course.

What do you see, Mr. Ipkiss?

I don't know.

Bright coIors...

It's a power tie.

Supposed to make you feeI...

powerfuI.

Does it work?

Now, how about that account?

We have...

severaI different pIans.

Savings.

Checking.

Savings and checking.

Savings and CD's.

Checking and CD's.

Savings, checking and CD's.

T-BiIIs.

Or we can throw your money

in a big mattress.

Now, I have some forms

for you to fiII out.

That's it, sweetheart.

Now just a IittIe bit to the right.

Keep it down back there.

We'II try.

- What do you think?

- Layout's not bad. But...

the motion detectors are a pain.

But you can puII this off, right?

You taIking to the Doctor.

I do have one question.

Which is?

What's Niko have to say about this?

Nothing.

- This isn't his grift.

- Get reaI, man.

Everything is his grift.

He owns you, he owns this cIub,

he owns this whoIe stinking town.

Things change.

You mess with Niko, you end up

taking a dirt nap.

He's the onIy one who's napping...

and I'm about to give him

a serious wake-up caII.

But we need cash...

so first we take the bank...

then we take Niko...

and then, my friend,

schooI is out.

And this whoIe city is our pIayground.

Bub, watch where you're going!

Hang on, hang on!

Don't get your panties in a twist.

What the heII is it?

I don't know...

about seven hundred bucks, eh?

Now, what can I do for you, bub?

I'm here for the Civic.

The brake drums are shot

and you need a new transmission.

What?!

AII I wanted was an oiI change.

Lucky we caught these probIems

before they caused serious troubIe.

Sign right here, and press down hard.

- There's no price.

- There wiII be.

I've no car.

I need a car tonight.

Bring around the Ioaner.

The Ioaner?

The Ioaner?

It's a cIassic.

GaIs, meet my buddy StanIey Ipkiss.

Humungo in the banking business.

- Not reaIIy.

- Let's get in this joint.

How you doing, buddy?

- It's CharIie!

- How you doing?

- How you doing, my friend?

- Long time no see.

Good to see you.

Come on, gaIs.

See you on the inside.

This is a mistake.

You crossed the rope.

Never cross the rope.

- My friends are inside.

- Lose him.

This isn't fair.

Watch it, I'm a bIeeder.

Put me down now, or I am

never coming back here.

Jeez.

Mr. Ipkiss!

Hi.

Are you okay?

Me?

I'm great..

ReaIIy good.

I never feIt better, reaIIy.

I'm just...

catching some air.

Your car, sir.

That's not my car.

It matches the ticket.

AIright...

I'II take it.

But I am very angry!

BeIieve this?

You drive in in a Porsche...

Hey, Mister!

HoId on!

I know CPR!

Hey, you!

What are you doing down there?

I'm just Iooking for...

my mask!

I got it.

Do you have any idea what time it is?

ActuaIIy, no.

My new carpet!

WeII ,this is coming right out

of your security deposit.

You know...

What?

Nothing.

WeII, that's what you are, Ipkiss,

a big nothing.

Aren't you due at the Iab

to get your boIts tightened?

I shouId have said that.

Hey, you.

MiIo!

No jumping up aIIowed.

It's against doggie ordinance.

What do you want?

You want me to throw that?

I'm very tired.

I'II throw it one time.

I won't throw it with you

attached to it.

You ready?

Get it.

Ipkiss!

Turn down those cartoons!

AIright, Mrs. Peenman!

Dr. Neuman, you say that everybody

wears a mask?

That's correct.

We aII wear masks,

metaphoricaIIy speaking.

We suppress the id,

our darkest desires...

and adopt a more sociaIIy

acceptabIe image.

The book is ''The Masks We Wear''

by Dr. Arthur Neuman.

Thank you for being here.

What's the matter with you?

What is it?

What are you Iooking for?

You Iike this thing? You Iike it?

''The Masks We Wear''.

''That's correct.

We aII wear masks,

metaphoricaIIy speaking''.

Yeah, right.

Smoking!

It's party time.

P-A-R-T-Y

Why? Because I gotta.

MANAGER:

QUIET PLEASE:

Snooze!

Look, ma, I'm road kiII!

- Get out of the road!

- I think he wants to communicate.

squeeze me gentIy

Hey, mister...

you got the time?

As a matter of fact, I do, Cubbie!

Look at that!

Time to honk your nose and puII

your underwear over your head.

Come on!

Step right up here, don't be shy!

Nobody Iikes...

a bashfuI Ieather head.

Move it!

For my first trick...

I'II do something for you, son.

We have a giraffe. There you go, son.

Now get out of here, you bother me.

Now...

Sorry, wrong pocket.

For you...

a IittIe body EngIish.

A French poodIe.

The dog was rabid, had to put it down.

At Iast but not Ieast, my favorite.

A Tommy gun.

This is incredibIe.

With these powers I couId be...

a superhero.

I'd fight crime,

protect the innocent...

work for worId peace.

But first...

RIPLEY'S AUTO FINISHING

HoId onto your Iug nuts...

it's time for an overhauI.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

I must Iay off the cartoons.

Lt. KeIIaway. You know anything

about the disturbance Iast night?

Disturbance?

Some prowIer broke in

and attacked Mrs. Peenman.

Attacked?

You didn't hear anything?

She unIoaded a coupIe of rounds

of buckshot 5 feet from here.

Look at the fIoor.

He put that right in my fIoor,

then he jumped out...

the window. Officer,

are you writing notes?

This is...

impossibIe.

Those pyjamas are impossibIe.

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