Things Change Page #3

Synopsis: Gino, an Italian-American shoe-shiner with a remarkable similarity to a certain mafia don, is paid to take the rap for a murder. Jerry, a two-bit gangster on probation, is given a chance for redemption by guarding Gino for the weekend. But instead of sitting around a dingy hotel room, Jerry decides to give Gino a weekend to remember, taking him to Lake Tahoe. Jerry's bragging to his friends of his important charge, as well as Gino's dignified, quiet demeanor, soon result in much complication for them both.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG
Year:
1988
100 min
419 Views


You see what my friend did?

Bravo, Mr. Johnson.

Good play.

We gotta lose the lighting guy.

He's napping on me.

I'm not saying it's hurting

the show. Seen the show?

Have you seen the show, Mr...

Here's your winnings, sir.

- Have you seen the show?

- Can't say that I have.

You haven't seen the show?

How long have you been here?

Place your bets.

$1,000 on number 12.

There's a bit.

I'm working the crowd.

This is not the time.

I want to make a point.

You got a beautiful show, a fine show.

But if you don't have the support...

This is my theme in what I'm telling you.

Twelve again.

I win again!

Yes, sir, you did.

How much we win?

How much we win?

$35,000.

We fly number 12, we play number 12.

Heh. That's a lot of money.

Yeah.

What number you wanna play now?

No, no!

That's enough!

Come on, I buy you a car.

Sir.

Yeah. Hold on a second.

- What's happening?

- That fella just won.

Gino.

What we do with this money?

Gino, we gotta give it back.

Why? I win this.

Yeah, but...

I win this money.

Yeah, but listen. Listen.

It's a thing of hospitality.

We're... We're guests in their hotel.

Sure, we could take the money.

It's not a question of money.

It's just for the sake of, honor.

To be an honorable guest.

Is-a no the money.

Is-a... honor.

Could you move back, please?

- What happened?

- That guy just won 35 grand.

Excuse me, sir.

I have to talk to you.

Yeah, in a minute.

I have to talk to you.

How this game work?

Well, we pay 100 to 1.

What that means is, if you bet

a dollar and your number wins,

you win $100.

How much I can bet?

Just as advertised, sir.

The Wheel of Fortune,

the pride of the Galaxy,

never refused a bet of any size.

If I bet $35,000, how much I win?

If you bet $35,000, you'd win $3,500,000.

I bet $35,000.

Put on number 12.

- $35,000 on number 12.

- Do me a favor, honey.

Put a thousand on number 12.

A hundred on 1,

a hundred on 2, five hundred

on 12 and a hundred on 21.

- The lord hates a coward.

- Make a bet for me.

Put 500 on 12.

Put 20 on 12.

Lend me $50, will ya?

Another 50.

Thank you, men.

Bets are closed.

$1 on 12.

Thank you. Bets are closed.

And round and round she goes.

Where she stops, nobody knows.

Gook luck to you all.

Please, please.

Come home to papa.

Come on, baby.

Yes.

One time. This is it, baby.

Come to papa, baby.

Come on.

Here we come.

Okay. We can do it, baby.

And the number is...

Seventy-four.

The number is 74.

I'm sorry.

The number is 74.

No winners on 74.

No winners.

No winners on 74.

A hell of a bet, son.

I'm sorry you lost all that money, sir.

Things change.

Your drink, sir.

- Thank you.

- Coming out.

A seven, a three, a six.

I'll tell you what's crazy, folks.

The longer I'm married,

the more I'm losing my single instincts.

I was at a party in Hollywood last month.

Big show business party.

Beautiful blonde starlet comes up to me.

She says, "My husband's away.

How about a lift home?"

I said, "If you knew

he was gonna be away",

you should've made

travel arrangements."

I have a theory

criminals wanna get caught.

The reporter says 18

of 20 suspects arrested

are known to have organized crime ties.

If they don't wanna get caught,

don't wear the ties. See?

This has been a great year

for Jackie Shore.

How's your drink?

Good. Good.

Well, you handled yourself

very graciously back there.

When you in Rome,

you do like the Romans do.

I'll tell you what I saw.

I saw a guy today down at the tables.

Shoots 35 grand, one roll, he craps out,

he says, "Things change."

And one thing that does not

change is friendship.

I want to say hi to a good

friend of ours from Chicago,

Mr. Johnson. Will you please

stand up, Mr. Johnson?

Ladies and gentlemen, could you

let him know, please.

Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson?

Come on, folks, give it up.

Give it up! Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson from Chicago.

Give it up one time

for Mr. Johnson.

Take it from a man who knows...

there is nothing like friendship.

If there was, someone

would have invented it already.

Have you got a minute?

One minute to curtain.

Have you got a minute?

Stop if you've got a problem.

Why am I getting this again?

Mr. Shore...

I walked out of my light.

What is your guy doing?

I can't talk now.

Your lighting guy.

Is this your wife's cousin?

Jackie...

Now it's Jackie. Great.

Did I do something to you

in a previous life?

What did I ever do to you?

Jack...

Hey!

Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson, what a surprise.

Yes, very surprising.

Hope you guys enjoyed the show.

Good of you to play along.

Very supportive, I appreciate

that. And you looked great.

I thought I told you

I didn't want any publicity.

We don't want any notice.

Thirty seconds to curtain.

Guys, look, if I jumped wrong,

if you don't want any notice...

- Bear with me here.

- On stage, please.

Maybe a little notice.

Cherry, Grace.

This is curtain.

Would you come here?

I'd like you to meet

Mr. Johnson from Chicago.

Let's go girls, please.

The greatest revue

in the state of Nevada!

The Galaxy Hotel is proud to present...

The Fertile Crescent!

Do you mind if we come in?

I always wondered

where I was meant to be.

Is good-a to work, Jerry, but...

is also good-a to play.

"The Ant

and the Grasshopper."

Once upon a time...

there was an ant and a grasshopper.

All summer long, the ant work hard.

The grasshopper, he played the violin.

He dance.

Winter come.

The ant grow fat.

The grasshopper, he's cold.

The grasshopper eat the ant.

Return to me.

My darling, I adore you.

In my heart.

- Sentimentale perfecto.

- Bravo, Gino.

Canti bella.

Grazie, grazie.

You guys like the water?

What do you have in mind?

We have a little cabin up on Fallen Leaf.

And, we're going fishing for a few days.

Would you...

We wanted to know if you want

to come and go fishing with us.

Really fishing.

For fish.

Tomorrow, when we get off?

We have to be back in Chicago.

Well, anytime.

Anytime you come in.

That you wanted to come up

anytime you're in Tahoe.

Anytime.

Six months, a year.

Actually, it might be

a lot longer than that.

We gonna be gone for...

quite a while,

dear girls.

Good morning, good morning, good morning.

Where is everybody?

Good morning, sir.

Good morning.

Would you be so kind

as to send up some coffee?

Right away. Coffee.

Lovely.

Thank you very much.

Not at all.

Gino, wake up and smell the coffee!

This is the kind of day.

Listen and learn something!

This is the kind of day.

Gino?

You rub too hard, then...

You take off the polish.

So, the trick is...

Not too hard and not too soft.

And, you can't make-a

the shoes shine unless...

They're clean.

If everyone knew everything,

there wouldn't be no schools.

Yes, sir.

Shine-a shoes like anything else.

It seems so simple now.

Yes and no.

I'm really sorry, Mr. Johnson.

Don't you be sorry.

Live and learn.

Where have you been?

I put-a my shoes outside.

They come back dull.

You're gonna come back dull.

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David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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