The Place Beyond the Pines Page #8

Can we get Yusef?

Yeah, totally.

What's going on in Queens?

In Queens,

he's gonna do an event

on environmental issues.

Yeah.

Talking about some of the...

Protecting the Sound,

and some of

the environmental stuff.

And then Thursday

head to Rochester for lunch.

You're gonna go to a place

where you're gonna order something

called the Garbage Plate.

Just want you to be prepared for it.

That's the picture.

We're gonna do that...

Did you see?

MAN 2:
Yeah, no, I've seen it.

MAN 1:
And then Sunday morning,

black churches.

AVERY:
Oh, perfect.

WOMAN:
Avery Cross?

AJ:
Yeah. AJ.

AJ? Hi, AJ.

Yeah.

So what high school

are you coming from?

Troy High School. Yeah.

You're coming from Troy? Okay.

So not too far away. What

brings you to Schenectady?

Uh, my dad wanted me here.

Your dad wanted you here?

Yeah, for my senior year,

he wanted me to move here.

What about you? Did you wanna

come here for your senior year?

I don't know. Yeah. I...

I guess not, not really.

(LAUGHS)

Do you know anybody here?

At the high school?

No.

No. Don't know anybody?

AJ:
Just...

Just peek over your shoulder.

Peek over your

f***ing shoulder.

There. Hello. Hello. Hello.

You don't like them girls?

I don't know,

maybe you're just used to it.

They ain't got girls like that

where I come from. You feel me?

Where are you from?

Troy.

Troy?

Yeah, you heard of Troy?

Yeah, I've heard of Troy.

Where's Troy at?

It's f***ing

right next door, dude.

Right next door?

I would've guessed

you were from Long Island.

Where's that?

It's where people

that talk like you come from.

(LAUGHS)

B, I'm bored as a motherf***er

around here, dude.

I've been here for, like,

f***ing three days,

I'm bored out of

my f***ing mind.

Welcome to Schenectady.

What do you dudes

do for fun, nothing?

This is it? This is

what I got, for a year?

No, we got some things.

What?

Don't say, like, a mall.

If you say a f***ing mall, B,

like, I swear to God...

(CHUCKLES)

What do you do?

I get high.

We do some of that around here.

I could tell you smoked.

I seen you from back there.

You one of them loner...

Loner-stoners is what I call 'em, right?

You like to get high and, like,

chill in your room

and draw and sh*t.

So what you trying to do with

the rest of this day, then?

You trying to go to math class?

You wanna go get high?

Let's go.

All right, let's go.

AJ:
You know what this remind me of?

The Goonies.

You know that movie? Where

they're, like, all in a cave?

You want a cigarette,

just ask, don't worry.

I'll take a cigarette.

I like smoking cigarettes

when I'm high.

You like smoking

when you're smoking?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

You smoke menthols, man?

Like a breath of fresh air.

(RAPPING) Like a breath of fresh air.

But you don't care.

You got the smoke puff

blowing everywhere, I swear.

Yo, here we go,

I said my spit is my MO.

My mouth is my gun, I shoot

up your whole squadron

with one flip of my tongue.

And you done.

When did you write that?

No, I'm not trying to lie.

I wrote that.

AJ:
F***ing quiet around here.

JASON:
Sh*t, though,

when I was a kid,

there were always kids

playing here, you know?

AJ:
Oh, you came here

when you was a kid?

JASON:
Yeah, man, I'd come

here with my parents sometimes.

AJ:
Are your parents

still together?

JASON:
Yeah.

That's cool,

they're still together.

Yeah, it's all right.

It's not my real dad, though.

Where's your real dad at?

Oh, he died, actually, like in

a car accident or something.

Sh*t.

Yeah, this is kind bud, dude.

But you know where

I could score some X?

Yeah.

For tonight?

Well, we just did our

downer, we gotta get up.

Remember, come back

by yourself. All right?

Yeah, man, you got it.

All right.

Let's go.

Let me see it.

What?

Let me see the f***ing drugs.

You f***ing crazy, man?

Let me see my f***ing drugs.

(LAUGHS)

F***ing nuts, man.

What the f***?

I gave you $500.

Yeah, that's 20 hits.

Yo, that's inflation

in Scheneck, right?

(LAUGHS)

Oh, yo, what the f***, son?

Dead ass, the f***ing 5-0.

Don't worry about it, man.

Oh, f***! F***!

Police.

Let me see your hands.

Police! Get on the ground!

Get on the ground! Get on the ground!

All right! F***!

Interlace your fingers.

(GROANS)

WEIRZBOWSKI:
He was buying

ecstasy from a Schenectady kid.

CAMPAIGN ADVISOR: And who arrested him?

WEIRZBOWSKI:
A couple of beat cops.

McCracken and Potter.

You know these guys?

Mmm-hmm.

They'll sit on it

if I ask them to.

CAMPAIGN ADVISOR: Did anybody

else see him come in?

WEIRZBOWSKI:
No. I made sure of that.

(SIGHS)

CAMPAIGN ADVISOR: Did you get any

sense that he knew this kid or...

WEIRZBOWSKI:
Yeah, friends.

CAMPAIGN ADVISOR: Just the two of 'em?

WEIRZBOWSKI:
Yeah.

Okay.

What's this other kid's name?

Jason Kancam. Got busted a few

years ago for shoplifting.

What's his name?

WEIRZBOWSKI:
Jason Kancam.

An aimless youth.

Gordon, can we kill

the mic on Room 3?

Yeah.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Dad, I f***ed up. I know...

And I know you don't have time to

deal with this stuff right now.

Not him, okay?

What? I want you to

leave him alone.

All right?

Okay?

Why?

Wipe that f***ing smirk off your face!

You hear me?

I want you to leave that

f***ing kid alone, all right?

Look at me. Look at me.

You wanted to come

live with me, right?

You think this is easy for me,

during this time, huh?

I'm trying to make this work.

I'm doing it for you.

You can have anything you want,

but I don't want you

to touch that kid.

You leave him alone.

Do you under-f***ing-stand me?

Say yes.

Yes.

Look at me and say yes.

Yes.

JUDGE:
Can you state

your name for the record?

Jason Kancam.

Jason, how old are you?

Seventeen.

Are your parents here today?

Yes. Yes.

JUDGE:
Can you come up,

please?

You're Jason's parents?

Yes.

Jason, you've been charged

with criminal possession

of a controlled substance

in the third degree.

Counselor, do you waive a

formal reading of the charges?

LAWYER:
Yes, please, Your Honor.

In regards

to my client's status,

there has been a discussion

with the District Attorney.

Your Honor, I may be able to have

this case potentially resolved today.

So I'd ask that the court

put it on for second call.

JUDGE:
Second call.

LAWYER:
This is a C felony,

so Jason could do anywhere

between five and 15 years.

But I'm getting the impression

from the prosecutor

that they may be willing to

reduce it today to a misdemeanor.

The offer on his particular

case would be time served,

which is the day

he spent in jail,

and a fine,

and that would be it.

Can he come home with us today?

He can.

Guess it's your lucky day.

Somebody's looking out for you.

(BOYS LAUGHING)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Look, I didn't mean to get you

busted the other night, all right?

I'm sorry.

Yeah, it was a pretty

shitty f***ing night.

But don't worry about it.

I was out of there

in five f***ing minutes, dude.

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