White Men Can't Jump Page #8

Synopsis: Billy and Sydney think they're the best basketball hustlers in town, so when they join forces, nothing can stop them, except each other. To add to their problems, Billy owes money and is being chased by a pair of gangster types.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Ron Shelton
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1992
115 min
3,192 Views


She's just crazy.

Go ahead!

Billy.

Ow! These people

are perverts.

Billy!

What?

The carpet's on fire.

Oh, sh*t.

Don't move, honey.

Put your arm down.

Come on in here, honey.

Oh, sh*t!

Sh*t!

Don't you get

in that truck!

Billy, you can run,

but you can't hide.

The great Joe Louis

said that.

You believe that?

Time to take

a little ride.

I'm telling you,

I lost the money.

I swear to God,

there's no money.

Goddamn it, Billy.

The shave was working.

It was beautiful.

Nobody would have known.

Why didn't you

go through with the fix?

Guy said

I couldn't score.

He called me

a honky motherf***er.

You are a honky motherf***er.

But I can score.

We were the team,

and you betrayed us.

Life is a bunch

of bad trades.

One week.

Where's your

hot tamale girlfriend?

Where is she?

I liked her.

She left me.

Oh, Billy!

Show him the f***ing

pictures!

Get up. I'm going

to show you something.

This is what happens

to people who don't come through.

See these?

Look at the Polaroids!

Look at this guy.

I swear to God,

one week.

One week.

That's all you get.

Maravich, my ass.

I got your pistol

right here, Billy.

You got one week.

Understand?

Oh, man.

Oh.

You're fakin' the funk

Talkin'

that gangster hoopla

And probably a punk

And I'm-a let you know

That this week

your ass can't cope

With your

offensive flow force

Mean kick, sidekick,

pack some nasty

Got to get smoked

like a joint

They need to be rocked...

$5.00 an hour!

Hey, hey.

Got to open the door, baby.

Cinco la hora.

Hey, Sidney.

Que pasa, Ruben?

Quiere trabajo?

No.

Por cinco a la hora.

No, no, no.

Para otra semana.

All right.

Sidney! You're late!

Sorry. I'll be right there.

Como esta?

Sidney, I've been

waiting for you.

I'm very sorry.

My wife and I want

the Spanish tile

with the mansard roof.

Mmm, how unusual.

Thank you.

But I don't

want to get

a city building permit.

OK. I can go through the city

or around it.

I can eliminate

the middleman

or be the middleman.

I'm offering the full service...

Roof, paint, plaster.

My wife and I have decided

on number 88.

Thank you.

If you write a check

to Sidney Deane...

That's D-E-A-N-E.

Sidney!

Dude.

$300 could

get me started.

Sidney! Sidney.

Hey, man,

how you doing?

I got to talk to you.

No. I'm doing business.

It's really

important, Sidney.

Thank you.

My regards to your wife.

Tell her hi.

God bless you.

Goddamn it! What?

I'm desperate, man.

A man should never

act desperate.

It's impractical.

And frankly,

I find it

rather ugly.

I'd rather look ugly

and win than...

Shut the f*** up.

Sidney...

Gloria left me.

I'm sorry, man.

I don't know how,

but I got to

get her back.

Oh, brother.

You know, I got this

grave human weakness,

a tiny little spot

in my soul,

that actually likes you.

It's horrible to admit,

but everybody has got

a cross to bear,

and you're

my damn cross.

What's that

supposed to mean?

It means

I'll help you.

Yes!

Don't kiss me, man.

I got no guarantees.

What are you

going to do?

I got an idea,

but you're

going to owe me.

That's what

I'm talking about!

You in my house.

What's up with you?

Oh, what you want now?

Pete, I don't need no pick.

You ready?

You ready?

You call that "D"?

Where'd you go?

You call that "D"?

Where are you?

Yeah!

Whoo!

That's what

I'm talking about.

This is my house!

So where you going?

Got a job, baby.

Robert, you're smooth.

Looking almost

as good as me.

Ah!

Yo, Billy,

why don't you get that money

you won,

buy some

new clothes?

Robert, are they still making

them TV game shows

at the studio

you work for?

All the game shows

are done on my lot.

She's been trying

to get on that lot.

Robert, can you

get her on?

Nobody gets on my lot

without a pass.

I'm a security

guard, man.

Can you do it for me,

as a favor?

Ball breaker

break your balls?

She broke my heart.

Heart, balls... Details.

Give me

one reason

why I should do anything

for this guy.

I'll owe you.

He'll owe you.

OK.

Tell you what,

I'll give you

one shot from there.

You make it,

I'll let

your girlfriend in.

You miss,

I get your car.

No problem.

Yo!

No, no, no, no.

Billy boy,

this is Ghana.

You, my friend,

are shooting

for the Sudan.

Huh?

Ha ha ha!

Yeah.

And a hook shot.

And a hook shot!

Don't look at me.

It's their court.

It's their rules.

You want me to punt it?

Can I use my right arm?

He can't make it.

Yes!

This is Jeopardy!

Now entering the studio

are today's contestants.

An English teacher

from Spokane, Washington,

Dr. Leonard Allen.

A former disco queen

originally from Brooklyn,

New York,

Gloria Clemente.

And our returning champion,

a rocket scientist

from Pasadena, California,

Richard Andrews.

And now here is the host

of Jeopardy!

Alex Trebek!

Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.

Hi, everyone.

Welcome to our program.

I hope you've seen

our last three shows.

Our champion

performed brilliantly,

averaging over $12,000

for each win.

If our newcomers

Leonard and Gloria

hope to replace him

as champion,

they have their work

cut out for themselves.

Good luck to you all.

Let's play.

In this round,

there will be one daily double

in one

of these categories...

Medicine,

superstition,

natural disasters,

books of the Bible, sports,

and finally, foods that

start with the letter "Q."

She knows seven foods

that start with "Q."

The champion always starts.

Sports, please, for $100.

The first clue is...

- Wilt the Stilt.

- Chamberlain.

Who is Babe Ruth?

No. That is wrong.

Babe Ruth?

She's not good

at sports.

Correct. Pick again.

I'll change subjects

to superstitions for $100.

Make a wish,

and break this,

a fowl's V-shaped clavicles.

What is a wishbone?

Sweet!

She's good.

Natural disasters

for $100, please.

This volcano's eruption

buried the city

of Pompeii in 79 A.D.

What is

Mount Soovius?

I need a ruling on that.

Yeah.

OK.

That's close enough.

Yeah. Yes!

Foods that start

with the letter "Q."

A game bird related

to a partridge.

What is a quail?

Man!

She's into her sh*t now.

Foods that start with "Q"

for $200.

A custard pie often made

with cheese and bacon.

What is a quiche?

Yes.

Foods with "Q"

for $300, please.

A large edible clam

of the Atlantic coast.

What is a quahog?

Right.

Foods with "Q"

for $400.

The answer there is...

The Daily Double.

Well, Gloria,

you lead with $2, 100.

You're performing

beautifully.

How much will you risk

on your knowledge of foods

that start with "Q"?

All of it.

Oh, my God.

The forbidden fruit

in the Garden of Eden.

What is a quince?

Yes.

Who knows

what a quince is?

As we begin

the Double Jeopardy! Round,

Leonard, you get to make

the first selection.

Popes for $200,

please.

He was pope

when America's first

Catholic president was inaugurated.

Who was John XXlll?

Yes.

Popes for $400.

His reign was the shortest

on record in... Gloria.

Who was John Paul I?

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Ron Shelton

Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is an American Oscar-nominated film director and screenwriter. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. more…

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