Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Page #8

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


Okay.

Just so's he disappears.

He's got a family.|He's got three kids. They need him.

And you! Follow him.

Be gone, Jim. F***in' gone.

Joe, it's me, Jimmy.|Any luck finding Bill?

Yeah. Lou Brophy?|Okay.

Yeah. I'm ready.

Bye.

You're leaving tomorrow.

And you're not coming back.

Am I right?

I could send for you.

Will you teach me|to ski?

Huh?

Nothin'.

Who's there?

- Billy, it's me, Jimmy.|I'm alone. Open up.

All right, Jimmy.

It's okay.

How'd you find me?

Billy,

what the f***|are you doin', man?

He comes a-callin',|I'll be ready.

When was the last time|you went out, Bill?

Couple of days ago.|I quit workin' at Carlotti's.

You sleep at all?

I been up|for four days straight.

Keeps you alert,|fine-tuned.

Billy, why don't we go out|and get something to eat?

I'm not real keen|on leavin' here.

- You hungry?|- No.

- 'Cause I could fix you up somethin'. You sure?|- No.

I got beans.

Ah, I got corn.|I got... spinach.

It's all free.

Ahh. I got beef stew.

- You want me to fix you up some beef stew, some hard roll?|- No. No.

Thanks. It's okay.

All right. Okay.

Jimmy, you know, I'm...

I'm glad you found me, man,|because I-I been...

I been wantin'|to talk to you.

You know...

I been wantin' to apologize|to you, Jimmy, about that...

what happened out on the highway|the other night?

You know, man, I just...

Well, I kinda lost my sh*t|out there, ya know?

But, damn, Jimmy, it was|kind of irresponsible of you...

to put me out on point|in the first place, ya know?

When you think about it,|it really was sorta your fault.

I mean, everybody knows...

I'm out of my tits.

Bill, I went to see|Red the lawyer.

- Mexico City.|- I ain't goin' nowhere, Jim.

They can send|who they want to send,

- I will f*** them up five days from Tuesday.|- Billy, listen to me.

Listen, the Man With The Plan's just a|f***in' head. Ya ever think about that?

We all bow and cower and run chicken|from some f***in' head!

Well, no more, Jimmy.

My new motto:
|F*** the head!

Ha! You like that?

F*** the head!

Yeah, man!

F*** the head.

They got Easy Wind, Bill.

I know. Easy Wind.

He was a f***, but...

I kinda liked him anyhow.

When he started roundin' me on that|"fecal freak" stuff, it was lies, man.

- I know.|- I mean, not lies like you think, Jimmy.

Not out-and-out lies.|I mean, I ain't no brown boy.

- There was this one time. Marion in the f***in' basement.|- Billy, you don't...

- I don't wanna hear about it.|- Especially in the basement, you got to prove yourself.

You don't, you're hosed. This one scale|offered me five centuries to do it.

To do what, Bill?

Eat it, man.

Not a lot. Just a...|Just a little piece.

- I don't want to hear about this.|- I'm sayin' Easy Wind is a lyin' moon cricket,

but maybe on this one he wasn't really|lyin', 'cause I did it for a small nickel.

See... See,|he leaves that part out.

Five yards, man, and it was|only a little bitty piece of sh*t.

I mean, it didn't really|have no taste, either.

- Spongy.|- Jesus, Bill! Come on!

Well, it don't make me no fecal freak. Give|me some geezo juice around the basement...

and five yards,|and what the f***, Jimmy?

- You might do it yourself.|- That's right. I might do it myself.

I'm sayin' Easy Wind shouldn't oughta go|sayin' sh*t like that without, uh, uh...

- Qualifying it.|- Qualifying it. That's right, Jim. Without qualifying it.

That n*gger's|just a trash mouth.

I'll tell you what.

He'll get himself killed|if he don't watch out.

Sure you don't want|somethin' to eat?

I gotta go, Bill.

- And when you're 70,|- Boat drinks.

you realize|that life is nonsense.

In the grand scheme|of things, uh,

one life is nothing.

One life is a...|mustard burp:

momentarily tangy,|then forgotten in the air.

# Mustang Sally #

# Guess you'd better|slow your Mustang #

# Mustang Sally, baby #

Unh! God! Jesus!|Jesus!

You like that, huh?

- What the f*** are you doin', Tosnia?|- Why are you followin' the girl?

- Why are you followin'... You're a cop.|- I'm a cop!

- Talk to me, you sh*t! Why are you following the girl?|- F*** you!

This girl had nothin' to do with this,|you understand me?

She has nothing to do|with this. I'm done,

but if you just f***ing go near|that girl, if you f***in' go near her,

if she f***in' stubs her toe|and you're in the same zip code as her,

I'm gonna come after you,|my friend!

You! You'll be wearing a|flag-draped coffin, you understand me?

Stay the f*** away|from her!

Ya hear me on this?|Stay the f*** away from her.

Hey, I got a better|question for you.

What's ugly, tattooed and just got|sliced up like provolone?

- What?|- No! Let me go! Let me go!

No!

Unh!

- Choo-choo?|- Choo-choo. Or airplane.

- Choo-choo. Airplane?|- Oh, let's do airplane.

That's enough of that one.

- Get the f*** in there.|- Jimmy Tos.

That's enough, sweetie.|Take the night off.

Go home. Rent a video.

What the f*** did you do|to my Irish mallet, Jimmy?

- Looks terrible.|- You gave me your word on Franchise.

Oh, yeah.|Gave you my word.

Gee whiz. Well,|Jimmy, don't you see?

I'm a criminal.|My word don't mean dick.

You gave me your word. Your word!|Your word, you gave me the other day!

- You gave me your word.

I met someone.|I met a girl.

I'm asking you:
|I don't want her hurt.

I heard she's lovely. Maybe we'll|get her in here, dance for the boys.

- Jimmy! Jimmy!|- Ooh.

Get the f*** off me.

Jim! That's enough!

Ah, Jim! Jim!|Come on, here.

- Jimmy, for God's...|- Let me go. Let me go.

- Let me go!|- Come here!

You crippled f***!

All right. All right. He's all right.

He's all right.|He's all right.

He's all right.|I know him.

He's a friend.

I love this new|tough-guy thing, Jim.

Very exciting.|Now get on your knees.

- What?|- Get on your knees.

- Why are you doing this?|- 'Cause I got pressure sores, Jim.

They leak pus.|Now get on your knees.

- No.

Uuh!

Good.

- Get on your belly.|- Gaah...

- I'm not gonna beg.|- Get on your f***in' belly, Jim,

before I send the boys out with 30 vials|of rock and your quim's address.

They round up eight|crackhead n*ggers...

who gang-rape her|if they want to pipe up.

- Now, get on your f***in' belly.|- No.

- Aah!|- Beg for your life, Jim.

- I beg I die!|- Beg, you f***!

- Beg, a**hole.|- No.

Beg me or I'll let you suck my dead dick|in return for your life.

- No. -|Beg! - Beg.

- No!|- Beg, f***!

- No!|- Take out my dick.

- Wha...|- Huh?

Atwater, take it out.

Take it out!|Take it out!

Oh, please,|I don't want her hurt.

You scumbag.

Didn't you learn|nothing from me?

Never beg.|Never, ever f***in' beg.

Now I gotta|buckwheats you, Jim.

Go to Switzerland,|go to China,

go to the Washington|f***in' Zoo,

but an example's|gotta be made.

And if your bangtail's|with you... if Miss Dagney Krofft,

ski instructor at Vail...|if she's with you,

then she goes too...|10 minutes before you...

so's you gotta watch her,|you gotta watch her drain.

- Huh?|- Aah!

Or... maybe not.

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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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