Things Change Page #5

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
430 Views


which is 8:
15.

After which point nobody gets in.

They're at the gate

after 8:
15, they're an Indian.

The second thing is, nobody is anyone

unless I introduce you to him.

Listen closely to me now.

Better you should have

to apologize to someone

what you said to him than...

You know what I'm talking about.

Like that time with that guy

down at the lake.

Come on.

What, what, what?

Come on, we're goin' home.

We don't gotta go until tomorrow.

We're cutting short our trip.

We got 45 minutes to make the plane.

We gonna stay here one more day.

Forget it!

If the guy's wrong,

you send him scuba diving.

Go solve my problem for me.

The rest of you guys, come with me.

Lord, are we in trouble.

Get dressed.

Come on, come on!

What? What?

I forget my lucky quarter.!

Are you nuts?

Come on...

How was the weather in Chicago?

Sleet, rain. Nothing changes.

Smooth flight?

Excellent flight. Thank you.

Hotel treating you well?

Just fine, just fine.

How are you feeling?

Fine, never better.

I think you'll find the food

here better than the hotel.

That's what I expected.

Max, the same could probably be

said of your place in Chicago.

And you don't have to bring

your lunch next time.

Now, I want you to meet

my companion, Miss Bates.

Miss Bates,

you're an adornment to my home.

I have another. Token of respect

from your friends in Chicago.

A set of dueling pistols.

Max, thank you.

This is a magnificent gift.

1827?

If you say so.

Though we are involved in business,

we in the Midwest are never unmindful

that our business

is founded on friendship.

We are honored to be invited

to the home of such a friend.

May peace and prosperity grace your door.

Thank you, Max.

Thank you very much.

Mr. Silver.

Thank you for inviting me.

It's my pleasure. Please treat

my house as your own.

Tonight there's somebody

I want you to meet.

It's a friend of ours.

There he is now.

Seven and one half!

You got a big head!

Max, there's something

I'd like to show you.

Thanks for the gift.

Gino, did you have a good nap?

Yes...

Joe! Good to see ya!

Excuse me.

Willie, good of you to come.

It's been too long.

Yes, it has.

That's magnificent.

Nothing's too good for you.

We'll talk later.

Mr. Bagwell.

Ken, good to see you.

Don Giuseppe...

I think you know who most

of these people are.

It's a life full of business.

We was a-planning to go

fishing tomorrow, but...

Don Giuseppe!

Giovanni.

Don Giuseppe. If I can't stay

until tomorrow, if I gotta go...

Joe Vincent, it's an honor

to be in your house.

Howard!

How ya doing?

Fine. Listen, that's

a long trip for you to make.

No trip is too far

to pay my respects to you.

Don Giuseppe, I got-a have

just a minute of your time.

All right.

We...

- Joe, come here.

- I got a question for you.

We'll talk later.

After they've gone.

What is it, Max?

Take a look. I'm ashamed.

I've seen that.

You have?

Sure, it's my book.

Come on, come on, come on.

We're gonna walk away

from here nice and quiet

like nothing's happening.

And... Will you take off that hat?

Don't drop out on me now.

Just a nice stroll in the evening air.

What are we gonna do?

We're gonna find a car.

We're fine.

Everything's gonna be okay.

I no get to say good-bye.

Just keep your nerve. Don't

lose your nerve on me here.

Just a couple of mice.

Come on, come on, come on!

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay.

I'm gonna hot-wire the car.

How do you hot-wire the car?

You...

You cross the... Okay.

The keystone to the security

system is the infrareds.

We had the dogs and we have them

out on the perimeter,

but after that thing last year, I said,

"Why keep them if you can't

believe in them?"

In a moment I'll take you

down and show you.

Also, our feeling is: don't

show the guy what to look for.

Make him look for everything.

Which in this case, you gotta do.

Make him wonder about everything.

It's not going to be

some dog barking that he hears.

- Look at this car.

- It's a 1935 Cadillac.

They don't make 'em

like this anymore. I swear.

- What's the matter with you?

- We're goin' home.

I know where we're goin'.

What? What?

We're outta gas.

The head of the Vegas mob.

He can't keep gas in his car.

What the hell kind of a country is this?

You got any money?

No.

Aha, great. Give me a dollar.

Okay.

Man, I'm running on empty.

It's a good thing we're going home.

We was a-gonna go fishing tomorrow.

Who?

Me and Don Giuseppe.

You were gonna go fishing?

Don Giuseppe found out

who you were, you were gonna

go fishing as the bait.

It's okay, we're gonna make it.

Be thankful you're alive.

Anybody talks to you on

the plane, don't say nothin'.

You don't speak English.

We get back to Chicago,

this never happened.

Five dollars, please.

I just asked you for a dollar.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear.

Okay, it's a misunderstanding.

We got a plane to catch.

But you owe me four bucks.

Yeah, well, we're gonna send it to you.

I'd love to help you. I can't.

Look, I don't want any trouble.

Do you know who this is?

I don't know and I don't care.

You owe me four dollars.

I didn't ask for the gas, and

I don't got time for this chat.

We're sending you the money.

No, I think not, mister.

Why don't you wait here

until we work this out?

What the hell do you think you're doin'?

I'm callin' the cops.

I gotta catch a plane.

Gimme the keys.

You took the gas.

You can't pay for it.

That's called theft.

Hell, hell.

Please gimme a break.

Gimme a break!

We're gonna catch a plane.

Treat a working man like this?

You didn't work for that gas.

I worked for that gas.

Let me speak to the sheriff.

Look, man, please.

We have to catch the plane.

Just give me back the key.

I'm holdin' for the sheriff.

Throw your ass in jail,

trying to defraud me.

What are we gonna do now?

We... we... we drive home!

Look, look, look.

A plane ticket to Chicago.

I give you the ticket.

I trade you the ticket

for a full tank of gas.

You're gonna give me a ticket

to Chicago for a tank of gas?

You give us a full tank of gas,

and we get out of here.

Okay.

Where's my jacket?

I have no idea

who some people think they are.

I swear that I don't.

Just when things were going so well.

Let me speak to the sheriff.

The sheriff. This is Jack

at the gas station.

I'll hold.

The car's probably stolen too.

You want a cigarette?

No, thank you.

Hello, sheriff!

Yeah, this is Jack

down at the gas station.

Got a couple fellas here who...

Take-a the money.

Hold on.

Never mind.

It's all right.

We go now.

Your key.

Come on.

Your change. Thank you.

What this a-place is-a like?

You eat, you sleep.

You got a job, you go and do your job.

You don't, you stay in your cell.

And we'll have people there for you.

Sure, there's people a-there.

Yeah, there's lots of people there.

I can-a handle this.

Don't tell me you can handle it.

You never know

until they close that door.

And then you find out.

And then I find out.

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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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