Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Page #7

Synopsis: Jimmy the Saint's business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give 'Afterlife Advice' to their survivors. He hasn't been doing too well lately and has had to turn to loan-sharks to accomodate his failing business, as well as his expensive personal tastes. When an evil gangster-overlord buys up his note and demands a favor of Jimmy, in exchange for the interest that he can't afford, Jimmy capitulates. Jimmy is to scare someone for the gangster-overlord--really rough them up. Without giving too much away (spoiler), the scene goes down badly and Jimmy and his crew all end up with contracts on their heads for their trouble.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Gary Fleder
Production: Miramax
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
1995
115 min
Website
1,949 Views


- I can't.|- Please.

- No, Jimmy, I can't.|- I like it here.

Ah! Oh, baby!

I love it. Oh.|I love it.

You're so good to me.|You're so hard.

You're so strong,|make me so wet.

I love it.

I'm so...

Oh, God!

Do it quickly.

I love it.

I...

Everybody stay together, now.

Ronald, come on.

Are we having an affair?

What do you mean?

You call me in the middle|of the afternoon...

and ask me to meet you|at the Natural History Museum.

Thanks for comin'.

The fact of the matter|is by the year 2000,

every city will be black.

- The goddamn cities?|- That's right.

Thanks to the fax, the modem, the|conference call, Federal f***in' Express,

the beast will be able to conduct|his business from his home...

in the white suburb, leavin' the city a|great wide war zone full of nuclear brothers.

So you're sayin', man,|the fax, modem, F. T. D...

What the f*** you talkin'|about, "F. T. D."?

- You got to have flowers in the war zone, Baby.|- Hey. Man here to see you.

- Who's that?|- A f***in' spooky-ass f***.

Well, go find out|what he want, House.

The man says|he wants to see you.

- You definitely got some kind|of double-life thing happening.

Are you a gangster?

A gangster.

Do they still|have gangsters?

Yes.

"Jimmy the Saint" sounds|kind of gangsterish,

and you got|the slicked-back hair.

Hmm, always|a dead giveaway.

- Say, "You dirty rat. "|- What?

Say it. Go ahead.|"You dirty rat. "

You dirty rat.

Oh. No sale.

# I know the time's right, 'Cause chicks|be comin' on the blind side #

# Never understood it|But remember I showed you #

- # That in ideas you gotta look over your shoulder #|- Boss.

I know you, Sylvester?

Hey, turn that sh*t down.

- I said, I know you?

- No.|- Then what the f*** you doin'...

comin' in my place|of leisure...

dressed like that,|frontin' me for a piece of ear?

- I'm lookin' for Earl Denton.|- Oh, he lookin' for Earl Denton.

- Earl Denton.|- A. K. A. Easy Wind.

A. K. A. Easy Wind.

What the f***?|You hear this boy?

- A. K. A. my dick, Uncle Salty.|- A. K. A. his dick, Uncle Salty.

I need to find Earl Denton.

What are you|thinkin' about?

What are you|thinking about?

I asked you first.

I'm thinking|about getting married.

Alex asked me|to marry him.

He did.

And what did you say?

I said|I'd think about it.

Are you in love?

Ladies and gentlemen, the museum|will be closing in five minutes.

Thank you for coming to the|Rocky Mountain Natural History Museum.

Hey, what'd you think?|Huh?

You think we're just|gonna give him up?

Hmm? Like I'm|your house n*gger?

- Do he look like your house n*gger, punk?|- Will you shut the f*** up...

for 11 seconds?

- That's cool. Go on.|- Please,

tell me where he is.

Cooperate|and no one gets hurt.

Say good-bye, b*tch.

No, no, no, no.

Look at this sh*t! Come here!|- What's goin' on?

- Put... Put... Put the gun down, man.|- Shoot this motherf***er!

- Don't.|- You better let that motherf***er go!

Rooster, get this motherf***er|off of me!

- F*** his ass up, House!|- You tell me where he is.

Motherf***er,|put the gun down!

Heh-heh! Oh, no, no.

See, that's not... No, you ain't...|It's cool.

It's... It's cool, man.|Just chill now.

A choice.

You could tell me where Earl Denton is,|or you could tell it to the worms.

- Jimmy?|- Hmm.

I been thinkin'.

There's this course.|It's massage therapy.

It's a 12-week program. When you|get out, you're a registered masseuse.

- I mean, boom, and I'm legit. I'm clean, just like that.|- Oh, just like that you're clean.

Yeah, just like that.

So I'm a masseuse.

I'm a citizen, and then I'm thinkin'...

Well, then, you never thought about|bein' a dad, have you?

- No.|- Never?

- Never.|- No?

'Cause I think|about bein' a mom a lot.

You know? I think|that it could, um...

Maybe it could get me|out of the life, you know?

Get me off the street,|maybe even... out of Denver.

I could go someplace warm,|where it's sunny all the time.

- That'll be so cool.|- How you gonna support the kid?

I don't know if anybody's told you,|but I. B. M.'s having a hiring freeze.

- I just told you.|- Massage therapy.

- Yeah, massage.|- You're gonna massage people.

- Is it just me, or are you bein' a prick to me right now?|- I'm bein' a prick to you.

- Yeah, that's what I thought.|- Why me?

- Why you?|- Yeah.

I don't know.

You're different, Jimmy.

And what you did today...

was like... God.

I mean,|you got some strength.

You got decency.

You know?

And you got a, mmm, beautiful ass.

Well, who needs strength and decency|when you have a nice ass?

Exactly. So,

like, I'm ovulating|right now.

We could do it. We could make it work.

- Right now you're ov... Right here.|- Right here if you want, baby.

What do ya think? I only got|two days, though. Two days.

Then I have to wait|a whole 'nother month.

What do you say, Jimmy?

Hey, Malt.

Lucinda wants my baby.|Should I give her the seed?

That's just what|this world needs,

the unholy offspring|of you two beggar-smashers.

That kid'd be the Antichrist,|I tell ya that.

- Six-six-six all over his body.|- Yeah? What do you know?

You're just a soda jerk,|the emphasis on jerk.

- That's a funny one, Lucinda.|I never heard that one.

What are you still doin' here?

They killed Olden.

- When? What happened?|- Tonight at the theater, man. They put one in his heart.

Only good thing was, he was...|dead before he hit the ground.

Sh*t.

What? What?

Just, uh, for a man that's got|a buckwheats hit on him, Jimmy,

you seem awful relaxed|in there, drinkin' a shake.

What is that supposed|to mean?

What are you saying,|Franny?

F*** the Man. Whatever.|It's none of my business.

Yeah, I'm gonna be puttin' him on,|gotta get outta here.

Good luck, man.

Gotta go.

Hey!

Jimmy! Where ya|going to, a fire?

We had some|pretty good times there, huh?

Easy. It's a grievous error|to still be here, Jim.

You're still here, Jimmy.|You're still in Denver.

Why don't you just walk over and spit|a green louie into my crippled face?

'Cause your still being here|is the equal of, I think, just that.

I'm leaving town. I'm already gone. I|wanna talk to you about Francis Chiser.

What about him?|Slower!

Rub slower.

You gotta call off your men|off of Chiser.

- I gotta?|- It would be good of you to call your men off of Chiser.

He's got a family. He's got|three kids, and he's got a wife.

He won't be in your face.|He'll disappear. I guarantee it.

Disappear?|Like Easy Earl Denton disappeared?

- What do you mean?|- It was a good play, Jim, but the n*ggers gave him up.

He was shot. Five bullets.

- He's gone, Jim.|First Pieces, now Easy Wind.

Took 20 minutes to die.

- Suffered like you would|not f***in' believe.

You gonna stay here and die, Jimmy, like a|f***in' dog in the street, like Easy Wind?

Bullet up the ass,|you don't die for 20 minutes.

We'll just talk about Francis.|He's got a family. He's got kids.

I'd trade the memories of childhood...

just to stroke|this girl's stomach.

The sense of touch|is easily...

the most underappreciated|of the five senses.

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Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is an American film, television, and comic book producer. He is the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a library of comic-book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media. He is also the former founder and president of Malibu Comics, and is a former senior executive vice president for Marvel Comics. more…

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