Blindside (1987) - full transcript
Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected double-crosser. While watching the man, Gruber overhears a murder plot.
[music playing]
[alarm rings]
[music playing]
[dog barking]
Who is it?
Rent's due.
Yeah, of course.
What else?
MALE GUEST: Who is it?
FEMALE GUEST: It's Gruber.
MALE GUEST: Ah, shit.
That's all we got.
We're a little short this week.
MALE GUEST: Yeah, we're
a little short right now.
We're just a little behind.
You're three weeks behind.
It's a hassle getting
it together every week.
Here.
Hey, my mom--
my mother, hospital.
I'll catch you later, OK?
I'll catch you later.
I'll be back.
Goddamn.
Fucking low lifes.
Good morning.
Morning.
Rent's due.
Right Want an advance?
It is necessary.
How long you own this place?
A while.
Must be nice to own
your own business.
Nice talking to you.
[door buzzer]
PENFIELD GRUBER: Good morning.
Need a room.
How long?
Oh, couple weeks or months.
Put your name on the card.
50 bucks a week, pay by week.
You're in 203, it's
on the second floor.
No phone service.
You got to install
your own, or use
the payphone outside the door.
That's it.
[music playing]
Go, Kristen.
[door buzzer]
PETERS: Penfield Gruber?
Uh-huh?
Can I talk to you for
a few minutes, please?
PENFIELD GRUBER: About what?
We'll tell you
about what, Gruber.
Now open the door, before
I have to kick it in.
Suppose I call the cops
while you're doing that, buddy?
No, no, no, no, no, you
don't want to do that.
Don't make trouble for yourself.
I'm not interested.
Get interested.
Open this fucking door, or I'll
burn this fucking dump down.
No, no, no, no.
No.
We don't want to
do that to Gruber.
That's not what this is about.
This is just a
little business deal.
Now you're not going to do
anything you don't want to do.
Two minutes, we're in and out.
Two minutes.
You don't want trouble
for yourself, do you?
Open the door.
Come on.
Thank you.
I understand you used
to do surveillance work.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Not anymore.
COLLINSON: Look man, unless
you want your legs broken,
you better start talking to us.
PETERS: Right here.
Cool it, cool it.
You know a man name of Freelong?
I might.
COLLINSON: Cut the
might crap, Gruber.
You know the guy.
He lives here.
He's a tenant here.
Room 203.
I represent a certain
party who thinks he may be
interfering with our business.
So what do you want from me?
We need information,
all you can get.
What kind of information?
Oh, you know.
Conversations, telephone
calls, the usual thing.
Leave the technical
details to you.
It's five grand.
Two now, three on completion.
Hey!
You'll take the money, Gruber.
All right.
All right, let go.
OK, OK.
Go ahead and start the car.
Good.
COLLINSON: What, now?
PETERS: Yeah, warm
it up [inaudible]..
Charming friend you have.
He has his uses.
You screw up the deal, you'll
find out what those uses are.
Now we got a deal?
Yeah.
Good.
Call you in a couple of days.
Better have something for us.
[bells ring]
[music playing]
I don't want to talk about it.
All right.
[interposing voices]
DOLMAN: What do you want me
to have with you for, anyway?
How could you just go
have sex in the elevator?
What is with you?
[inaudible] You
know what I want?
[silenced gunshot]
[gunshots]
[silenced gunshots]
[music playing]
Hey, Gruber.
Hey look, I'm sorry I
haven't catch you before.
But look, you know,
my sister, she's
there in the hospital,
you know, my mom
and my dad, the whole thing,
my cousin and everything.
Listen, I'll get the rent.
It's OK, settle down.
You know.
No, it's all right.
Look, the funeral, you
know, the expenses that--
I'll get that first thing.
First thing to you.
[music playing]
FREELONG: Dammit!
DOLMAN: Oh, cool it, hon.
JULIE: I wonder how it went.
GILCHRIST: Don't
worry, you'll be fine.
You sure?
Of course.
JULIE: He terrifies me.
If he found out, I
don't know what I'd do.
GILCHRIST: Don't worry about it.
He'll never know.
JULIE: [inaudible].
[whispering]
We have to stick together.
It's not [inaudible] just
you and I. These people,
they don't know
what they're doing.
They don't know what
they're talking about.
But with you and
I, the two of us
we've got all the fucking brains
to make this happen [inaudible]
believe that, don't you?
All we need to do is get free.
ADELE: Did I tell
you Heidi Lamb is
going to be playing at the
Round Ring Room next week?
No.
No?
Oh, but she's incredible!
Look, she's 60 years old, right?
A grandmother?
And she's doing routines the
women half her age can't do.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Really?
If you like exotic
dancing, you know,
you really can't miss her show.
You know, you might like it.
What is this?
Good, isn't it?
Kind of tastes--
Like beef bourguignon?
Yeah.
And you know what's amazing?
What?
There's no meat in it.
No meat?
None.
What are these little things?
Oh, that's just some
tamarind root fungus
I found at the market.
Seaweed, some brewer's yeast.
What's the matter,
you look tense?
You're not getting
enough sleep, are you?
I bet you're not even taking
the vitamins I gave you.
Ow!
I have just the thing for you.
You need more
lecithin in your diet.
I was thinking about that.
You know, I've been
thinking, maybe you should be
taking better care of yourself.
Maybe you need somebody
to look after you?
I think you do need somebody
to look after you, see?
Whew!
I'll consider it.
Wait, finish your lunch!
My stomach's a little upset.
That's why you need lecithin.
All right.
Are you going to come over
for dinner tonight, or--
I have a lot of work to do.
Well, I'll see you
tomorrow for lunch, then?
Yeah.
Bye.
[applause]
PROFESSOR: (ON TV) Please
welcome our guest lecturer,
Dr. Penfield Gruber.
PENFIELD GRUBER:
(ON TV) Thank you.
Thank you.
The greatest challenge, and
perhaps the greatest drawback
with behavioral
science is that we
tamper not with static systems,
but with human emotions.
[laughter]
[music playing]
FREELONG: Anyone seen a
clip of hollow point ammo?
I left it right here.
Huh?
Yo, watch the dynamite, man.
Watch it, watch it.
Ha!
Found it.
I loved it.
That look he had on his
face when I whacked him.
You what?
Wasn't the look priceless?
FREELONG: I whacked him.
No, you hit the other guy.
Yeah, I whacked him too.
No, man, you took out
the guy with the glasses.
I whacked both of them.
Right.
Freelong's right.
He did hit the other two guys.
Of course I'm right.
Yeah, you're right, man.
Hey, which sounds better?
Lawrence K Borden's Slumber
Parlor or Lawrence K.
Borden's--
FREELONG: Don't worry about it.
How do you sell 15
pounds of smack?
Huh?
You need a distribution
network to do that.
We don't have that.
Hawk has that.
We can't sell until we
get Hawk out of the way.
Can we, Sandy?
Right.
Would you cool it?
He's working with dynamite.
We need to get rid of Hawk
and his entire organization.
Am I right?
You're right.
I'm working on another plan.
We get together here
next Tuesday night,
I'll lay it all out for you.
First thing we're going
to need, heavier ordnance.
We need heavier ordnance.
[music playing]
[phone rings]
GILCHRIST: Hello?
HAWK: (ON PHONE) You alone?
GILCHRIST: Yeah.
HAWK: (ON PHONE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON PHONE) Good.
Just one thing, why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON PHONE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
No, I mean, why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON PHONE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
GILCHRIST: Just a second.
It's your wife.
She's here.
I've got to go.
HAWK: (ON PHONE)
Wednesday, Gilchrist.
Enjoy yourself.
[music playing]
(SINGING) Be my man.
Won't you come right
here and be my man?
Be my man.
I want you to come right
here and be my man.
I know you're stuck
inside a crazy situation.
Too bad, too bad.
It's time you worked out all
your nasty complications.
Uh-huh.
Oh yeah.
I can make you happy,
just you wait and see.
Now give me a
little loving, baby.
It's you for me [inaudible].
Ooh, baby, yeah!
Hi, can I get you something?
Uh, coffee with
milk and one sugar.
Be right back.
(SINGING) Be my man.
I want you to come
round here, be my man.
Oh, yeah.
Be my man.
Come round here
again and be my man.
Be my man.
I want you to come right
here and be my man, yeah.
[applause]
(SINGING) I know that
I can make you happy.
But just you wait and see, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
[applause]
[cheering]
Got the tape?
Man, you look like shit.
Penfield, hi!
Finally, you showed up,
and with your friends.
Hi.
I'm Adele Stefton.
Lila's just my stage name.
Tell me what you think.
I've been working
on the routine.
Don't be shy, I want to know.
What do you think?
I loved it.
ADELE: Yeah?
Who's this?
A friend.
Friend?
The cousin of the assistant
manager at the Paladin Hotel
in Las Vegas is coming
to see my act tonight,
so I'm a little nervous.
Let's go.
Now where'd you
get a name like Lila?
Just made it up.
Would you gentlemen
like a drink?
We don't have time
for that right now.
Just one little
drink, I insist.
They have to go.
PETERS: Some other time.
Come back any time.
Shut up.
You never talk to
me, and when you do,
you don't have to dump on me.
You could try being nice
to me once in a while.
Just try being considerate.
I'm your friend, Pen.
Besides, my big
night's coming up,
and I don't want you wrecking
it with your attitude.
You don't look so hot.
You taking your vitamins?
I liked your act.
FREELONG: Anyone seen a
clip of hollow point ammo?
I left it right here.
Huh?
MAN: Oh, what's that?
I want you to hear it
through our speaker system.
Come on right over
here, we'll plug it in.
It's a beautiful guitar, and I
know you're going to love it.
Plug this in.
If I'm not mistaken, Buddy
Dupree used one of these.
Got a beautiful natural
tone [inaudible]
Who am I listening to now?
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
--face when I whacked him.
COLLINSON: Freelong.
What?
It's the guy I was
telling you about.
BORDEN: (ON TAPE) No,
you hit the other guy.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
Yeah, I whacked him too.
They Can't hear
this, can they?
- Not as long as the jack is in.
- What?
BORDEN: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's right.
Not as long as the jack is in.
I can't hear
what you're saying.
BORDEN: (ON TAPE) You're right.
Oh, don't.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE) How do
you sell 15 pounds of smack?
Huh?
You need a distribution
network to do that.
We don't have that.
Hawk has that.
We can't sell until we can't
get Hawk out of the way.
Freelong's got our
property, all right.
Hawk will want this
cleared up fast.
Arrange it.
Hit him tonight.
Catch you later, cousin.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Good.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Just
one thing, why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
No, I mean why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
[phone ringing]
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) It's Peters.
Stay out of sight tonight.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Why?
PETERS: Freelong
and his friends will
be checking out permanently.
[music playing]
Penfield!
I wasn't expecting you.
The light was off.
Oh, I know, it's night.
You know the cousin of
the assistant manager
I was telling you about?
Huh?
You know, the
assistant manager
of the Paladin Hotel in Vegas?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, his cousin
caught my act.
Good.
And he's calling his
cousin down in Las Vegas.
Isn't that great?
Yeah, that's great.
Except he said I've got to
work on some new routines.
Here, tell me what
you think of this.
Can you turn that down, Adele?
A bit?
He said he'll work with
me real close before I go.
But it means I'm going to have
to get down there on my own
[inaudible] to
audition, so I was just
wondering maybe if
you can wait a little
longer for the rent I owe you?
Don't worry about it.
Then can you leave the music
on, so that I can rehearse?
Rehearse later, you
have plenty of time.
What do you mean,
rehearse later?
Look, this is my
major break for me.
Ssh, [inaudible].
You don't give a shit, do you?
[inaudible].
You hate my act.
PENFIELD GRUBER: I don't
give a fuck about your act!
Why are you so fucking stupid?
It's all a come on, don't
you understand that?
The goddamn cousin of the
cousin who's playing hotel
just wants to fuck you!
All the men want to
do is see you naked.
They don't give a
fuck about your act.
(SQUEALING) Oh!
Oh!
PENFIELD GRUBER: Hey!
What are you doing?
Getting away from you!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Come here.
Get away from me.
Come here, let me talk to you.
Taxi!
[inaudible] I'm
sorry, I apologize.
Let me talk to you for a minute.
Let me talk to you,
Adele, come on.
You know I'm too upset.
[inaudible]
Where's my car?
Where's my--
The car is in the lot.
Come up to bed.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Ssh.
Don't you break my heart.
Now you're always
telling me to shut up.
We're going to get
a lot of trouble.
You know, this isn't your car.
Just keep your voice down.
(WHISPERING) What
if the police come?
Police won't come.
[inaudible].
Up.
I don't know what it
is with the chick, man.
I bought her a ring, I
asked her to marry me.
She's fucking around on me.
[inaudible] on your brain.
Whatever you think is going to
happen, that's going to happen.
Psycho cybernetics.
[inaudible]
She's a real women's
liberated woman.
Mellow out.
The mind.
(WHISPERING) What's that?
Oh no.
If that's the police, we're
going to be in big trouble.
They're going to
think you're trying
to steal this or something.
No, they won't.
I'll buy it.
[silenced gunshots]
You know, if you
want to buy this car,
you should Rupert
to lower the price.
Hmm?
There's a hole in the floor.
I'll point that out.
He's been your next
door neighbor for years.
I'm sure he wouldn't cheat you.
He'd cheat his mother.
See, that's what
I'm talking about.
He's your neighbor, and you
don't dump on him like that.
I'm sorry.
Are you really?
Yes.
It's no go.
Come on.
[inaudible] stay cool.
What's this
psychosomatic shit?
Psycho cybernetics.
It's what you think
is what happens.
Positive thinking.
Come on.
[silenced gunshots]
[dog barking]
Killer legs, babe.
Yeah, I got killer everything.
[laughter]
This is beautiful.
Beautiful.
They bounced, man.
Did you see them bounce?
Oh shut up.
Now I want this meat
shipped out of here now.
OK?
Come on, Borden.
Let's take this turkey here.
Flip him over, Borden.
Oh, [inaudible].
You go with Sandy.
OK.
OK, clean it up.
Clean it all up.
Oh he's light.
Rigor mortis don't
set in for two hours.
Yeah, I know, I know.
See, when you get a body--
Enough of that shit, man.
I don't want to
hear about it, OK?
How'd it go?
Like a ballet.
Let's go.
Let's go.
No, let's stay a while.
It's a nice car.
I think you should buy it.
You don't mind if we stay
a little longer, do you?
No, it's OK.
Hey, what are you doing?
Did I tell you
I'm going open up
a funeral parlor with my end?
You guys can be my
first customers.
[police radio chatter]
Friends?
Yeah, it's a Christmas party.
Have you been drinking, sir?
No, I'm just taking them home.
They wanted to drive, but I said
no way, let me do the driving.
We've got wives and kids.
What kind of a Christmas
present is a funeral?
You can go, sir.
Personally, I have
nothing against funerals.
I'm an undertaker myself.
Have a merry Christmas, sir.
But funerals in December?
Flower arrangements
wilt in frost.
It's undignified.
I'm sure it is.
DOLMAN: You book 30
days in advance, you
get the seats for half price.
Fuck that.
I travel when I want how I want.
DOLMAN: It's a waste of money.
As soon as this
thing goes down,
we're going to
have money to burn.
I think we should
invest some of it.
Yeah, in some ordnance, real
ordnance, some slipstream.
You know, babe, I
think you need a rest.
Look at this jerk.
What kind of a gun is that?
9 mm parabolic.
What do mean I need some rest?
You work too hard.
You got to learn to relax,
sit on a beach, get some sun.
Fuck the beach.
We're going to go all
over the world, places
we ain't never been before.
Mm-hmm, first we need a rest.
I said, I don't need a rest.
DOLMAN: Mm-hmm.
Oh, babe.
I want to go to Paris.
I want to go up
the Eiffel Tower.
I always wanted a drop a brick
from the top of that thing.
What's this?
Are those the expenses?
Mm-hm.
You got to talk to
Sandy and Borden.
They waste ammunition.
Who gives a shit?
Ammo costs money.
They're always
firing on automatics.
Well, not everyone's
a crack shot, baby.
How much is this?
$900.
Oh, talk about waste.
Too much, babe.
Not for five genuine
leather suitcases.
Fuck leather.
What are you swearing for?
Hmm?
You want leather?
You got leather.
Good.
FREELONG: Look, baby,
we're going to go away.
We're going to go
all over the world.
I mean, we can go to France,
eat snails, eat frogs.
We can go to London,
see Big Bill.
Ben.
Whatever.
The point is we got to get
the fuck out of Canada.
This fucking country.
I mean, they used to
have gun control here.
Now every jerk's got a piece.
We're not taking those jerks.
You don't like
Sandy and Borden?
DOLMAN: They're losers.
You want to get ahead, you got
to move with a better crowd.
You work with what you got.
DOLMAN: They're amateurs.
You think so?
DOLMAN: They'll
bring you down, babe.
I'm serious, you go with them,
and I'm not sticking with you.
All right, all right.
As soon as this thing goes
down, I'll get rid of them.
I'll whack them both.
Let me do it.
[laughter]
Yeah, babe.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You alone?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Yeah?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Good
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Just one thing.
Why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
No, I mean why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
[music playing]
Are you following me?
Yes.
I have something for you.
What is this?
Your boyfriend, Gilchrist.
I saw you meeting
him at the motel.
He's trouble.
I don't understand.
Is that where you
live, at the motel?
I own it.
What is it you want?
Money?
No, no.
I just want to help you.
Help me?
How?
You should listen to
the tape right away.
What's on it?
A conversation between
Gilchrist and your husband.
That's impossible.
It's on there.
Please wait.
We could go talk somewhere.
Where did you get this?
Just listen to the tape.
One of our people has turned.
You think so?
Freelong knew
about everything.
He was tipped.
Well, maybe he was--
He was tipped!
Who would do that?
Whoever it is, he's dead.
Yeah, right, dead.
But who?
We'll find him.
And when we do--
We kill him.
No one turns on us.
Yeah.
I'll cut out its tongue
and shove it up his ass.
Rip his heart out.
Put his balls in a vice--
It had to have been someone
high up in the organization.
Got lots of people
on the payroll.
Someone we trusted.
Lots-- lots of people.
Someone close to us.
How come?
Move it.
You're never there, Penfield.
You never were.
It doesn't matter
anymore, I'm going.
No more experiments, it's over.
There's nothing that--
(CRYING) I hate you.
[phone rings]
PENFIELD GRUBER: Yeah?
JULIE: (ON PHONE) I
listened to the tape.
Can you meet me?
I have to talk to you.
I have to talk to someone.
Please?
Hello.
So--
Do you know him?
"For alas, humankind cannot
stand too much reality."
I don't know what to do.
I don't-- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I just don't want
people to see me like this.
It'll be all right.
It'll be all right.
Who owns this place?
A friend.
Did you find out anything else?
No.
I'm so tired.
Why did you marry him?
I loved him.
I know it sounds crazy, but I
still feel something for him.
He wants to kill you.
I can't help it, it's
a flaw in my character.
Is there something I could do?
I don't think so.
I don't think there's
anything to be done.
You could leave the country.
He has my passport.
He has all my money.
I know some people.
I could get you a passport.
And I could give you some money.
You don't understand,
it would never be enough.
You can't hide from
a man like that.
How much would be enough?
The kind of money
we'd need, no one has.
I don't think there's a way out.
There's always a way out.
We just have to think.
Were you ever married?
Once.
Don't get involved
in this mess.
It has nothing to do with you.
No, I want to.
I want to help you.
[music playing]
What happened to your wife?
She's gone.
Where?
Just gone.
Don't go back.
I have to.
If he even senses I know, I--
I have to.
Go to the police.
I can't.
Why?
I just can't.
Listen to me.
I don't think we have
much of a choice.
How did you get the tape?
I was listening
to someone else.
Who?
That doesn't matter.
JULIE: Why were you listening?
He's going to kill you,
that's all that matters now.
I don't want to see you hurt.
Let me worry about that.
He's a powerful man.
He has powerful friends.
I wouldn't know who to trust.
Go to the police.
I'll go with you.
I can't trust the police.
Please, Penfield,
don't be so naive.
God knows who's he's
got out there following.
For all I know, he could
have had me followed.
It's late, I have to go now.
He's expecting me.
Thank you for tonight.
[music - "jingle bells"]
Partner, how you doing?
Good.
Come here.
It's under control.
COLLINSON: I don't know, man.
Peters is getting suspicious.
Got all kinds of
fingers pointed at me.
Of course you
do, that's perfect.
That's what I wanted,
don't you see?
They're going to want
to meet with you.
You sure you know
what you're doing?
Now listen to me.
This is where come in.
Hawk and Peters will
want to meet with you.
Oh, so I meet with them?
Listen to me.
You have to meet with them,
that's how we whack them,
with the exploding jacket
that Sandy's rigging.
You meet with Hawk and Peters.
[baby crying]
I meet with them.
Will somebody tell
that kid to shut up?
(CRYING) Mommy!
Now you listen to me.
You meet with Hawk and Peters.
I can't wait to see the
look on that guy's face
when he realizes
what's going down.
You tell them
everything's cool.
You drop off the
exploding jacket.
I call up.
It rings.
I hang up.
You hear it ring, you get
the fuck out of there.
The jacket explodes.
Now do you understand?
It took me months
to work this out.
Don't fuck it up.
Just do what I say.
Man, this is really coming
together good, partner.
Yeah, man.
Trust me, OK?
Oh, ah-- no, it's OK, It's OK.
Well, this is going to
be a very merry Christmas.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Janine,
don't die, don't die.
Don't die.
I didn't know.
I didn't know.
Oh, don't die, Janine.
Don't die.
[phone rings]
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) It's Peters.
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) We're
shutting down the operation.
We're wrapping things up.
You got any more tapes?
Mm-hmm.
PETERS: (ON PHONE) Bring them
to 47 Rustic Road at 3 PM.
Yeah.
PETERS: By the way, it was
nice doing business with you.
I appreciate discretion.
[dial tone]
[doorbell]
COLLINSON: Who is it?
Just a delivery boy, Mr. Hawk.
Don't bother counting, Gruber.
It's all there.
What are you looking at?
I forgot my purse.
COLLINSON: Piss off.
[music playing]
Gilchrist.
[tires screeching]
Just pretend
you're filling up.
The fucking pumps
are locked, Gilchrist.
Just pretend.
I picked this place
because it was deserted.
Brilliant.
Now how about
asking yourself what
the cops are going to think
when they see us standing here
holding our frozen
dicks in our hands
in a closed gas station in
the middle of a snowstorm?
I didn't know it
was going to snow.
He called me.
Told me to hit
Julie on Wednesday.
So you want me to
hit her on Wednesday?
Now when do you want me
to hit her husband, Hawk?
The next day or the same time?
GILCHRIST: Wednesday.
But I don't want
you to kill Julie.
FREELONG: Pardon me?
You got the hots for her, pal?
Back off.
You playing with a full deck?
Hey, who told you the drug
deal was going to go down?
Me, right?
FREELONG: Right.
So don't worry about it.
I got it all under control.
You ain't bright enough to
have it all under control.
You're as dumb as Collinson.
What I want to know
is how come two
dummies are all of the
sudden getting bright ideas.
You better be playing
straight with me, Gilchrist.
I'm warning you.
I don't know why you're
talking to me like this.
I'm your friend.
Fuck off, Gilchrist.
I'll call you.
[music playing]
Why didn't you tell
me he was your husband?
I was afraid of what you would
think of me, being with a man
like that.
I was ashamed, Pen.
You could have told me.
I didn't know
who I could trust.
I didn't know if
I could trust you.
You knew the drugs
belonged to your husband.
- No!
- Didn't you?
No!
Did you know Freelong and
Gilchrist knew each other?
- No.
- You're lying.
I'm not!
Why would I?
You must have seen
people at the motel.
No, I didn't.
You must have seen him with
Gilchrist sometime, somewhere.
I didn't-- no, no.
I mean-- yes, I-I--
Is it yes, or is it no?
Yes, I saw them together,
but I never thought--
I didn't-- I didn't
think it mattered.
I didn't put anything together.
Why would I?
You didn't think it mattered?
No!
I swear, I'm telling
you the truth.
You have to believe me.
Everything that's
going on is crazy.
I think I'm going crazy.
Please, I need you, Pen.
You don't want to go away
with me anymore, do you?
That's it, isn't it?
My husband-- he's gotten to you.
PENFIELD: What?
My husband, he's threatened
you, or he's paid you off,
or something.
What are you talking about?
I just wanted to be with you.
What do you expect
me to think when I saw
you standing there with him?
Do you know what
went through my mind?
Yes, I want to go away
with you, yes, yes.
ADELE: Penfield?
My, you have a lot of TV's.
Your door was open.
Off to Vegas?
No, I changed my mind.
I went to visit my
mom and dad instead.
I don't think I have what it
takes to make it in Vegas.
I've just been kidding myself,
and been doing some thinking.
And it's not for me.
Thank you, Pen.
I was looking forward
to a nice hot shower.
And no soap, man.
Nice place you got here.
Really nice establishment.
Kind of reminds me of
a heartache hotel, man.
I got a big gig
happening tonight.
Wish me luck, baby.
OK.
Peace and love, man.
Peace and love.
Close the door.
I [inaudible] baby.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Hey, come here.
Come here.
Mm.
Hey, [inaudible]
[moans]
[whispering]
RICH: So how are things?
PENFIELD: Fine.
Yeah?
Whoa.
Hey, it's decaf.
Listen, remember that
experiment Michael
stole from you a few years ago?
I stole it back.
You know they pulled his grade?
Well, he was welcome to it.
It wasn't any good.
RESEARCHER: We're getting
some feedback, stand by.
RICH: I think you were
on the right track.
I mean, I've changed
the conditions a bit,
but the results are
better than electroshock.
Is it really?
Yeah, the guy's
a schizophrenic.
I keep him awake for 72
hours, then let him sleep.
Man, you wouldn't
believe the nightmares.
It's like a freight train
going through his head.
ANDERSON: Heartbeat's coming up.
RESEARCHER: Watch for
balance abnormality.
[heart monitor beeping]
RICH: Pen?
There was a time when you
thought this was a lot of fun.
I know.
I used to think a lot
of things were fun.
RESEARCHER: What's
his blood pressure?
ANDERSON: 180 over
60 and climbing.
[screaming]
RESEARCHER: Stand by
the remote IV pump.
[heart monitor beeping faster]
Listen, I need your SBU.
What's on it?
Two people talking.
What's on top?
Running water.
Jankovich, get in here.
I need a tape scrubbed.
10 cc sodium
amytal, on the double.
Don't pump him till
I give the word.
[heart monitor racing]
RESEARCHER: His heart has
moved onto the Richter scale.
You got to bring him down.
RESEARCHER: Not yet.
ANDERSON: His goddamn brains
are frying, reel him in.
Pump him now.
Line in.
Jesus Christ, he
almost arrested.
RESEARCHER: You're
such a suck, Anderson.
You really are a suck.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
What's going on?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) What?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Collinson
thinks he's going away
with you, after sell the smack.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) That's
what I want him to think.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) He says
you've been fucking him.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) Men say
those things, darling.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's going
to kill your husband tonight.
Should I get the smack?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) No, there'll
be plenty of time later.
--time later.
Don't worry.
After we kill him, it's
just you and me, I promise.
Let me guess, not good, right?
I'll get some air.
Thanks, Rich.
Hey-- Hey, if you need help,
you know where to find me.
PENFIELD: (ON TV) Don't die!
Don't die!
Don't die!
[inaudible] I didn't know.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) I
got it all under control.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
You ain't bright enough
to have it all under control.
You're as dumb as Collinson.
What I want to know is how come
two dummies are all the sudden
getting bright ideas.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) He
told me to hit Julie on
FREELONG: (ON TAPE) So you want
me to hit her on Wednesday?
Now when do you want me
to hit her husband, Hawk?
The next day or the same time?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Wednesday.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
What's going on?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) What?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Collinson
thinks he's going away with you
after we sell the smack.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) That's
what I want him to think.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's going
to kill your husband tonight.
Should I get the smack?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) No, there'll
be plenty of time later.
Don't worry, after we
kill him, it's just you
and me, I promise.
[music playing]
OK, try it on.
Is it safe?
Of course it's safe.
Now listen to me.
There's a switch
in the left pocket.
You go in there, you
wait for my phone call.
I don't talk to you.
Let's listen to me, I make
the call, you throw the switch.
That gives you 10 minutes
before it blows up.
10 minutes?
Now listen to me.
There's 10 pounds of
dynamite in this coat.
There's enough to sink
an aircraft carrier.
How's it fit, huh?
How's it feel?
It looks good on you.
It fits great.
They got another one
like this in the store?
Tomorrow, tomorrow.
The minute you throw the switch,
get the hell out of the house.
You know the
phone number, right?
I know the number!
Forget about that.
OK?
I'd like to speak
with Mr. Hawk.
(WHISPERING) Go in the door.
Five, four, three, two, one.
[explosion]
Way to go, Sandy.
You always were, handy.
How'd it go, babe?
Like a ballet.
Now we whack Borden.
Had an axe, gave
his mother 40 whacks.
(WHISPERING) I wish
I had a chain saw.
Let's go.
[gunshot]
[phone ringing]
Yeah.
JULIE: (ON PHONE)
Did you get it?
Yes.
JULIE: (ON PHONE) I'll pick you
up first thing in the morning.
I'll be waiting.
JULIE: I love you.
[dial tone]
[gunshots]
[whispering]
[music playing]
I'll get the tickets.
Darling?
Don't be long.
I'll be with you
in a minute, OK?
Thank you.
Hello, darling.
Happy anniversary.
[gunshots]
[music playing]
[alarm rings]
[music playing]
[dog barking]
Who is it?
Rent's due.
Yeah, of course.
What else?
MALE GUEST: Who is it?
FEMALE GUEST: It's Gruber.
MALE GUEST: Ah, shit.
That's all we got.
We're a little short this week.
MALE GUEST: Yeah, we're
a little short right now.
We're just a little behind.
You're three weeks behind.
It's a hassle getting
it together every week.
Here.
Hey, my mom--
my mother, hospital.
I'll catch you later, OK?
I'll catch you later.
I'll be back.
Goddamn.
Fucking low lifes.
Good morning.
Morning.
Rent's due.
Right Want an advance?
It is necessary.
How long you own this place?
A while.
Must be nice to own
your own business.
Nice talking to you.
[door buzzer]
PENFIELD GRUBER: Good morning.
Need a room.
How long?
Oh, couple weeks or months.
Put your name on the card.
50 bucks a week, pay by week.
You're in 203, it's
on the second floor.
No phone service.
You got to install
your own, or use
the payphone outside the door.
That's it.
[music playing]
Go, Kristen.
[door buzzer]
PETERS: Penfield Gruber?
Uh-huh?
Can I talk to you for
a few minutes, please?
PENFIELD GRUBER: About what?
We'll tell you
about what, Gruber.
Now open the door, before
I have to kick it in.
Suppose I call the cops
while you're doing that, buddy?
No, no, no, no, no, you
don't want to do that.
Don't make trouble for yourself.
I'm not interested.
Get interested.
Open this fucking door, or I'll
burn this fucking dump down.
No, no, no, no.
No.
We don't want to
do that to Gruber.
That's not what this is about.
This is just a
little business deal.
Now you're not going to do
anything you don't want to do.
Two minutes, we're in and out.
Two minutes.
You don't want trouble
for yourself, do you?
Open the door.
Come on.
Thank you.
I understand you used
to do surveillance work.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Not anymore.
COLLINSON: Look man, unless
you want your legs broken,
you better start talking to us.
PETERS: Right here.
Cool it, cool it.
You know a man name of Freelong?
I might.
COLLINSON: Cut the
might crap, Gruber.
You know the guy.
He lives here.
He's a tenant here.
Room 203.
I represent a certain
party who thinks he may be
interfering with our business.
So what do you want from me?
We need information,
all you can get.
What kind of information?
Oh, you know.
Conversations, telephone
calls, the usual thing.
Leave the technical
details to you.
It's five grand.
Two now, three on completion.
Hey!
You'll take the money, Gruber.
All right.
All right, let go.
OK, OK.
Go ahead and start the car.
Good.
COLLINSON: What, now?
PETERS: Yeah, warm
it up [inaudible]..
Charming friend you have.
He has his uses.
You screw up the deal, you'll
find out what those uses are.
Now we got a deal?
Yeah.
Good.
Call you in a couple of days.
Better have something for us.
[bells ring]
[music playing]
I don't want to talk about it.
All right.
[interposing voices]
DOLMAN: What do you want me
to have with you for, anyway?
How could you just go
have sex in the elevator?
What is with you?
[inaudible] You
know what I want?
[silenced gunshot]
[gunshots]
[silenced gunshots]
[music playing]
Hey, Gruber.
Hey look, I'm sorry I
haven't catch you before.
But look, you know,
my sister, she's
there in the hospital,
you know, my mom
and my dad, the whole thing,
my cousin and everything.
Listen, I'll get the rent.
It's OK, settle down.
You know.
No, it's all right.
Look, the funeral, you
know, the expenses that--
I'll get that first thing.
First thing to you.
[music playing]
FREELONG: Dammit!
DOLMAN: Oh, cool it, hon.
JULIE: I wonder how it went.
GILCHRIST: Don't
worry, you'll be fine.
You sure?
Of course.
JULIE: He terrifies me.
If he found out, I
don't know what I'd do.
GILCHRIST: Don't worry about it.
He'll never know.
JULIE: [inaudible].
[whispering]
We have to stick together.
It's not [inaudible] just
you and I. These people,
they don't know
what they're doing.
They don't know what
they're talking about.
But with you and
I, the two of us
we've got all the fucking brains
to make this happen [inaudible]
believe that, don't you?
All we need to do is get free.
ADELE: Did I tell
you Heidi Lamb is
going to be playing at the
Round Ring Room next week?
No.
No?
Oh, but she's incredible!
Look, she's 60 years old, right?
A grandmother?
And she's doing routines the
women half her age can't do.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Really?
If you like exotic
dancing, you know,
you really can't miss her show.
You know, you might like it.
What is this?
Good, isn't it?
Kind of tastes--
Like beef bourguignon?
Yeah.
And you know what's amazing?
What?
There's no meat in it.
No meat?
None.
What are these little things?
Oh, that's just some
tamarind root fungus
I found at the market.
Seaweed, some brewer's yeast.
What's the matter,
you look tense?
You're not getting
enough sleep, are you?
I bet you're not even taking
the vitamins I gave you.
Ow!
I have just the thing for you.
You need more
lecithin in your diet.
I was thinking about that.
You know, I've been
thinking, maybe you should be
taking better care of yourself.
Maybe you need somebody
to look after you?
I think you do need somebody
to look after you, see?
Whew!
I'll consider it.
Wait, finish your lunch!
My stomach's a little upset.
That's why you need lecithin.
All right.
Are you going to come over
for dinner tonight, or--
I have a lot of work to do.
Well, I'll see you
tomorrow for lunch, then?
Yeah.
Bye.
[applause]
PROFESSOR: (ON TV) Please
welcome our guest lecturer,
Dr. Penfield Gruber.
PENFIELD GRUBER:
(ON TV) Thank you.
Thank you.
The greatest challenge, and
perhaps the greatest drawback
with behavioral
science is that we
tamper not with static systems,
but with human emotions.
[laughter]
[music playing]
FREELONG: Anyone seen a
clip of hollow point ammo?
I left it right here.
Huh?
Yo, watch the dynamite, man.
Watch it, watch it.
Ha!
Found it.
I loved it.
That look he had on his
face when I whacked him.
You what?
Wasn't the look priceless?
FREELONG: I whacked him.
No, you hit the other guy.
Yeah, I whacked him too.
No, man, you took out
the guy with the glasses.
I whacked both of them.
Right.
Freelong's right.
He did hit the other two guys.
Of course I'm right.
Yeah, you're right, man.
Hey, which sounds better?
Lawrence K Borden's Slumber
Parlor or Lawrence K.
Borden's--
FREELONG: Don't worry about it.
How do you sell 15
pounds of smack?
Huh?
You need a distribution
network to do that.
We don't have that.
Hawk has that.
We can't sell until we
get Hawk out of the way.
Can we, Sandy?
Right.
Would you cool it?
He's working with dynamite.
We need to get rid of Hawk
and his entire organization.
Am I right?
You're right.
I'm working on another plan.
We get together here
next Tuesday night,
I'll lay it all out for you.
First thing we're going
to need, heavier ordnance.
We need heavier ordnance.
[music playing]
[phone rings]
GILCHRIST: Hello?
HAWK: (ON PHONE) You alone?
GILCHRIST: Yeah.
HAWK: (ON PHONE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON PHONE) Good.
Just one thing, why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON PHONE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
No, I mean, why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON PHONE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
GILCHRIST: Just a second.
It's your wife.
She's here.
I've got to go.
HAWK: (ON PHONE)
Wednesday, Gilchrist.
Enjoy yourself.
[music playing]
(SINGING) Be my man.
Won't you come right
here and be my man?
Be my man.
I want you to come right
here and be my man.
I know you're stuck
inside a crazy situation.
Too bad, too bad.
It's time you worked out all
your nasty complications.
Uh-huh.
Oh yeah.
I can make you happy,
just you wait and see.
Now give me a
little loving, baby.
It's you for me [inaudible].
Ooh, baby, yeah!
Hi, can I get you something?
Uh, coffee with
milk and one sugar.
Be right back.
(SINGING) Be my man.
I want you to come
round here, be my man.
Oh, yeah.
Be my man.
Come round here
again and be my man.
Be my man.
I want you to come right
here and be my man, yeah.
[applause]
(SINGING) I know that
I can make you happy.
But just you wait and see, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
[applause]
[cheering]
Got the tape?
Man, you look like shit.
Penfield, hi!
Finally, you showed up,
and with your friends.
Hi.
I'm Adele Stefton.
Lila's just my stage name.
Tell me what you think.
I've been working
on the routine.
Don't be shy, I want to know.
What do you think?
I loved it.
ADELE: Yeah?
Who's this?
A friend.
Friend?
The cousin of the assistant
manager at the Paladin Hotel
in Las Vegas is coming
to see my act tonight,
so I'm a little nervous.
Let's go.
Now where'd you
get a name like Lila?
Just made it up.
Would you gentlemen
like a drink?
We don't have time
for that right now.
Just one little
drink, I insist.
They have to go.
PETERS: Some other time.
Come back any time.
Shut up.
You never talk to
me, and when you do,
you don't have to dump on me.
You could try being nice
to me once in a while.
Just try being considerate.
I'm your friend, Pen.
Besides, my big
night's coming up,
and I don't want you wrecking
it with your attitude.
You don't look so hot.
You taking your vitamins?
I liked your act.
FREELONG: Anyone seen a
clip of hollow point ammo?
I left it right here.
Huh?
MAN: Oh, what's that?
I want you to hear it
through our speaker system.
Come on right over
here, we'll plug it in.
It's a beautiful guitar, and I
know you're going to love it.
Plug this in.
If I'm not mistaken, Buddy
Dupree used one of these.
Got a beautiful natural
tone [inaudible]
Who am I listening to now?
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
--face when I whacked him.
COLLINSON: Freelong.
What?
It's the guy I was
telling you about.
BORDEN: (ON TAPE) No,
you hit the other guy.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
Yeah, I whacked him too.
They Can't hear
this, can they?
- Not as long as the jack is in.
- What?
BORDEN: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's right.
Not as long as the jack is in.
I can't hear
what you're saying.
BORDEN: (ON TAPE) You're right.
Oh, don't.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE) How do
you sell 15 pounds of smack?
Huh?
You need a distribution
network to do that.
We don't have that.
Hawk has that.
We can't sell until we can't
get Hawk out of the way.
Freelong's got our
property, all right.
Hawk will want this
cleared up fast.
Arrange it.
Hit him tonight.
Catch you later, cousin.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Good.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Just
one thing, why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
No, I mean why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
[phone ringing]
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) It's Peters.
Stay out of sight tonight.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Why?
PETERS: Freelong
and his friends will
be checking out permanently.
[music playing]
Penfield!
I wasn't expecting you.
The light was off.
Oh, I know, it's night.
You know the cousin of
the assistant manager
I was telling you about?
Huh?
You know, the
assistant manager
of the Paladin Hotel in Vegas?
Yeah, yeah.
Well, his cousin
caught my act.
Good.
And he's calling his
cousin down in Las Vegas.
Isn't that great?
Yeah, that's great.
Except he said I've got to
work on some new routines.
Here, tell me what
you think of this.
Can you turn that down, Adele?
A bit?
He said he'll work with
me real close before I go.
But it means I'm going to have
to get down there on my own
[inaudible] to
audition, so I was just
wondering maybe if
you can wait a little
longer for the rent I owe you?
Don't worry about it.
Then can you leave the music
on, so that I can rehearse?
Rehearse later, you
have plenty of time.
What do you mean,
rehearse later?
Look, this is my
major break for me.
Ssh, [inaudible].
You don't give a shit, do you?
[inaudible].
You hate my act.
PENFIELD GRUBER: I don't
give a fuck about your act!
Why are you so fucking stupid?
It's all a come on, don't
you understand that?
The goddamn cousin of the
cousin who's playing hotel
just wants to fuck you!
All the men want to
do is see you naked.
They don't give a
fuck about your act.
(SQUEALING) Oh!
Oh!
PENFIELD GRUBER: Hey!
What are you doing?
Getting away from you!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Come here.
Get away from me.
Come here, let me talk to you.
Taxi!
[inaudible] I'm
sorry, I apologize.
Let me talk to you for a minute.
Let me talk to you,
Adele, come on.
You know I'm too upset.
[inaudible]
Where's my car?
Where's my--
The car is in the lot.
Come up to bed.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Ssh.
Don't you break my heart.
Now you're always
telling me to shut up.
We're going to get
a lot of trouble.
You know, this isn't your car.
Just keep your voice down.
(WHISPERING) What
if the police come?
Police won't come.
[inaudible].
Up.
I don't know what it
is with the chick, man.
I bought her a ring, I
asked her to marry me.
She's fucking around on me.
[inaudible] on your brain.
Whatever you think is going to
happen, that's going to happen.
Psycho cybernetics.
[inaudible]
She's a real women's
liberated woman.
Mellow out.
The mind.
(WHISPERING) What's that?
Oh no.
If that's the police, we're
going to be in big trouble.
They're going to
think you're trying
to steal this or something.
No, they won't.
I'll buy it.
[silenced gunshots]
You know, if you
want to buy this car,
you should Rupert
to lower the price.
Hmm?
There's a hole in the floor.
I'll point that out.
He's been your next
door neighbor for years.
I'm sure he wouldn't cheat you.
He'd cheat his mother.
See, that's what
I'm talking about.
He's your neighbor, and you
don't dump on him like that.
I'm sorry.
Are you really?
Yes.
It's no go.
Come on.
[inaudible] stay cool.
What's this
psychosomatic shit?
Psycho cybernetics.
It's what you think
is what happens.
Positive thinking.
Come on.
[silenced gunshots]
[dog barking]
Killer legs, babe.
Yeah, I got killer everything.
[laughter]
This is beautiful.
Beautiful.
They bounced, man.
Did you see them bounce?
Oh shut up.
Now I want this meat
shipped out of here now.
OK?
Come on, Borden.
Let's take this turkey here.
Flip him over, Borden.
Oh, [inaudible].
You go with Sandy.
OK.
OK, clean it up.
Clean it all up.
Oh he's light.
Rigor mortis don't
set in for two hours.
Yeah, I know, I know.
See, when you get a body--
Enough of that shit, man.
I don't want to
hear about it, OK?
How'd it go?
Like a ballet.
Let's go.
Let's go.
No, let's stay a while.
It's a nice car.
I think you should buy it.
You don't mind if we stay
a little longer, do you?
No, it's OK.
Hey, what are you doing?
Did I tell you
I'm going open up
a funeral parlor with my end?
You guys can be my
first customers.
[police radio chatter]
Friends?
Yeah, it's a Christmas party.
Have you been drinking, sir?
No, I'm just taking them home.
They wanted to drive, but I said
no way, let me do the driving.
We've got wives and kids.
What kind of a Christmas
present is a funeral?
You can go, sir.
Personally, I have
nothing against funerals.
I'm an undertaker myself.
Have a merry Christmas, sir.
But funerals in December?
Flower arrangements
wilt in frost.
It's undignified.
I'm sure it is.
DOLMAN: You book 30
days in advance, you
get the seats for half price.
Fuck that.
I travel when I want how I want.
DOLMAN: It's a waste of money.
As soon as this
thing goes down,
we're going to
have money to burn.
I think we should
invest some of it.
Yeah, in some ordnance, real
ordnance, some slipstream.
You know, babe, I
think you need a rest.
Look at this jerk.
What kind of a gun is that?
9 mm parabolic.
What do mean I need some rest?
You work too hard.
You got to learn to relax,
sit on a beach, get some sun.
Fuck the beach.
We're going to go all
over the world, places
we ain't never been before.
Mm-hmm, first we need a rest.
I said, I don't need a rest.
DOLMAN: Mm-hmm.
Oh, babe.
I want to go to Paris.
I want to go up
the Eiffel Tower.
I always wanted a drop a brick
from the top of that thing.
What's this?
Are those the expenses?
Mm-hm.
You got to talk to
Sandy and Borden.
They waste ammunition.
Who gives a shit?
Ammo costs money.
They're always
firing on automatics.
Well, not everyone's
a crack shot, baby.
How much is this?
$900.
Oh, talk about waste.
Too much, babe.
Not for five genuine
leather suitcases.
Fuck leather.
What are you swearing for?
Hmm?
You want leather?
You got leather.
Good.
FREELONG: Look, baby,
we're going to go away.
We're going to go
all over the world.
I mean, we can go to France,
eat snails, eat frogs.
We can go to London,
see Big Bill.
Ben.
Whatever.
The point is we got to get
the fuck out of Canada.
This fucking country.
I mean, they used to
have gun control here.
Now every jerk's got a piece.
We're not taking those jerks.
You don't like
Sandy and Borden?
DOLMAN: They're losers.
You want to get ahead, you got
to move with a better crowd.
You work with what you got.
DOLMAN: They're amateurs.
You think so?
DOLMAN: They'll
bring you down, babe.
I'm serious, you go with them,
and I'm not sticking with you.
All right, all right.
As soon as this thing goes
down, I'll get rid of them.
I'll whack them both.
Let me do it.
[laughter]
Yeah, babe.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You alone?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Yeah?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) You hired
the necessary personnel?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
I got somebody good.
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Good
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Just one thing.
Why Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE)
She knows too much.
I don't like people
who know too much.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
No, I mean why do you
want her killed on Wednesday?
HAWK: (ON TAPE) Wednesday's
our wedding anniversary.
[music playing]
Are you following me?
Yes.
I have something for you.
What is this?
Your boyfriend, Gilchrist.
I saw you meeting
him at the motel.
He's trouble.
I don't understand.
Is that where you
live, at the motel?
I own it.
What is it you want?
Money?
No, no.
I just want to help you.
Help me?
How?
You should listen to
the tape right away.
What's on it?
A conversation between
Gilchrist and your husband.
That's impossible.
It's on there.
Please wait.
We could go talk somewhere.
Where did you get this?
Just listen to the tape.
One of our people has turned.
You think so?
Freelong knew
about everything.
He was tipped.
Well, maybe he was--
He was tipped!
Who would do that?
Whoever it is, he's dead.
Yeah, right, dead.
But who?
We'll find him.
And when we do--
We kill him.
No one turns on us.
Yeah.
I'll cut out its tongue
and shove it up his ass.
Rip his heart out.
Put his balls in a vice--
It had to have been someone
high up in the organization.
Got lots of people
on the payroll.
Someone we trusted.
Lots-- lots of people.
Someone close to us.
How come?
Move it.
You're never there, Penfield.
You never were.
It doesn't matter
anymore, I'm going.
No more experiments, it's over.
There's nothing that--
(CRYING) I hate you.
[phone rings]
PENFIELD GRUBER: Yeah?
JULIE: (ON PHONE) I
listened to the tape.
Can you meet me?
I have to talk to you.
I have to talk to someone.
Please?
Hello.
So--
Do you know him?
"For alas, humankind cannot
stand too much reality."
I don't know what to do.
I don't-- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I just don't want
people to see me like this.
It'll be all right.
It'll be all right.
Who owns this place?
A friend.
Did you find out anything else?
No.
I'm so tired.
Why did you marry him?
I loved him.
I know it sounds crazy, but I
still feel something for him.
He wants to kill you.
I can't help it, it's
a flaw in my character.
Is there something I could do?
I don't think so.
I don't think there's
anything to be done.
You could leave the country.
He has my passport.
He has all my money.
I know some people.
I could get you a passport.
And I could give you some money.
You don't understand,
it would never be enough.
You can't hide from
a man like that.
How much would be enough?
The kind of money
we'd need, no one has.
I don't think there's a way out.
There's always a way out.
We just have to think.
Were you ever married?
Once.
Don't get involved
in this mess.
It has nothing to do with you.
No, I want to.
I want to help you.
[music playing]
What happened to your wife?
She's gone.
Where?
Just gone.
Don't go back.
I have to.
If he even senses I know, I--
I have to.
Go to the police.
I can't.
Why?
I just can't.
Listen to me.
I don't think we have
much of a choice.
How did you get the tape?
I was listening
to someone else.
Who?
That doesn't matter.
JULIE: Why were you listening?
He's going to kill you,
that's all that matters now.
I don't want to see you hurt.
Let me worry about that.
He's a powerful man.
He has powerful friends.
I wouldn't know who to trust.
Go to the police.
I'll go with you.
I can't trust the police.
Please, Penfield,
don't be so naive.
God knows who's he's
got out there following.
For all I know, he could
have had me followed.
It's late, I have to go now.
He's expecting me.
Thank you for tonight.
[music - "jingle bells"]
Partner, how you doing?
Good.
Come here.
It's under control.
COLLINSON: I don't know, man.
Peters is getting suspicious.
Got all kinds of
fingers pointed at me.
Of course you
do, that's perfect.
That's what I wanted,
don't you see?
They're going to want
to meet with you.
You sure you know
what you're doing?
Now listen to me.
This is where come in.
Hawk and Peters will
want to meet with you.
Oh, so I meet with them?
Listen to me.
You have to meet with them,
that's how we whack them,
with the exploding jacket
that Sandy's rigging.
You meet with Hawk and Peters.
[baby crying]
I meet with them.
Will somebody tell
that kid to shut up?
(CRYING) Mommy!
Now you listen to me.
You meet with Hawk and Peters.
I can't wait to see the
look on that guy's face
when he realizes
what's going down.
You tell them
everything's cool.
You drop off the
exploding jacket.
I call up.
It rings.
I hang up.
You hear it ring, you get
the fuck out of there.
The jacket explodes.
Now do you understand?
It took me months
to work this out.
Don't fuck it up.
Just do what I say.
Man, this is really coming
together good, partner.
Yeah, man.
Trust me, OK?
Oh, ah-- no, it's OK, It's OK.
Well, this is going to
be a very merry Christmas.
PENFIELD GRUBER: Janine,
don't die, don't die.
Don't die.
I didn't know.
I didn't know.
Oh, don't die, Janine.
Don't die.
[phone rings]
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) It's Peters.
Yeah?
PETERS: (ON PHONE) We're
shutting down the operation.
We're wrapping things up.
You got any more tapes?
Mm-hmm.
PETERS: (ON PHONE) Bring them
to 47 Rustic Road at 3 PM.
Yeah.
PETERS: By the way, it was
nice doing business with you.
I appreciate discretion.
[dial tone]
[doorbell]
COLLINSON: Who is it?
Just a delivery boy, Mr. Hawk.
Don't bother counting, Gruber.
It's all there.
What are you looking at?
I forgot my purse.
COLLINSON: Piss off.
[music playing]
Gilchrist.
[tires screeching]
Just pretend
you're filling up.
The fucking pumps
are locked, Gilchrist.
Just pretend.
I picked this place
because it was deserted.
Brilliant.
Now how about
asking yourself what
the cops are going to think
when they see us standing here
holding our frozen
dicks in our hands
in a closed gas station in
the middle of a snowstorm?
I didn't know it
was going to snow.
He called me.
Told me to hit
Julie on Wednesday.
So you want me to
hit her on Wednesday?
Now when do you want me
to hit her husband, Hawk?
The next day or the same time?
GILCHRIST: Wednesday.
But I don't want
you to kill Julie.
FREELONG: Pardon me?
You got the hots for her, pal?
Back off.
You playing with a full deck?
Hey, who told you the drug
deal was going to go down?
Me, right?
FREELONG: Right.
So don't worry about it.
I got it all under control.
You ain't bright enough to
have it all under control.
You're as dumb as Collinson.
What I want to know
is how come two
dummies are all of the
sudden getting bright ideas.
You better be playing
straight with me, Gilchrist.
I'm warning you.
I don't know why you're
talking to me like this.
I'm your friend.
Fuck off, Gilchrist.
I'll call you.
[music playing]
Why didn't you tell
me he was your husband?
I was afraid of what you would
think of me, being with a man
like that.
I was ashamed, Pen.
You could have told me.
I didn't know
who I could trust.
I didn't know if
I could trust you.
You knew the drugs
belonged to your husband.
- No!
- Didn't you?
No!
Did you know Freelong and
Gilchrist knew each other?
- No.
- You're lying.
I'm not!
Why would I?
You must have seen
people at the motel.
No, I didn't.
You must have seen him with
Gilchrist sometime, somewhere.
I didn't-- no, no.
I mean-- yes, I-I--
Is it yes, or is it no?
Yes, I saw them together,
but I never thought--
I didn't-- I didn't
think it mattered.
I didn't put anything together.
Why would I?
You didn't think it mattered?
No!
I swear, I'm telling
you the truth.
You have to believe me.
Everything that's
going on is crazy.
I think I'm going crazy.
Please, I need you, Pen.
You don't want to go away
with me anymore, do you?
That's it, isn't it?
My husband-- he's gotten to you.
PENFIELD: What?
My husband, he's threatened
you, or he's paid you off,
or something.
What are you talking about?
I just wanted to be with you.
What do you expect
me to think when I saw
you standing there with him?
Do you know what
went through my mind?
Yes, I want to go away
with you, yes, yes.
ADELE: Penfield?
My, you have a lot of TV's.
Your door was open.
Off to Vegas?
No, I changed my mind.
I went to visit my
mom and dad instead.
I don't think I have what it
takes to make it in Vegas.
I've just been kidding myself,
and been doing some thinking.
And it's not for me.
Thank you, Pen.
I was looking forward
to a nice hot shower.
And no soap, man.
Nice place you got here.
Really nice establishment.
Kind of reminds me of
a heartache hotel, man.
I got a big gig
happening tonight.
Wish me luck, baby.
OK.
Peace and love, man.
Peace and love.
Close the door.
I [inaudible] baby.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Hey, come here.
Come here.
Mm.
Hey, [inaudible]
[moans]
[whispering]
RICH: So how are things?
PENFIELD: Fine.
Yeah?
Whoa.
Hey, it's decaf.
Listen, remember that
experiment Michael
stole from you a few years ago?
I stole it back.
You know they pulled his grade?
Well, he was welcome to it.
It wasn't any good.
RESEARCHER: We're getting
some feedback, stand by.
RICH: I think you were
on the right track.
I mean, I've changed
the conditions a bit,
but the results are
better than electroshock.
Is it really?
Yeah, the guy's
a schizophrenic.
I keep him awake for 72
hours, then let him sleep.
Man, you wouldn't
believe the nightmares.
It's like a freight train
going through his head.
ANDERSON: Heartbeat's coming up.
RESEARCHER: Watch for
balance abnormality.
[heart monitor beeping]
RICH: Pen?
There was a time when you
thought this was a lot of fun.
I know.
I used to think a lot
of things were fun.
RESEARCHER: What's
his blood pressure?
ANDERSON: 180 over
60 and climbing.
[screaming]
RESEARCHER: Stand by
the remote IV pump.
[heart monitor beeping faster]
Listen, I need your SBU.
What's on it?
Two people talking.
What's on top?
Running water.
Jankovich, get in here.
I need a tape scrubbed.
10 cc sodium
amytal, on the double.
Don't pump him till
I give the word.
[heart monitor racing]
RESEARCHER: His heart has
moved onto the Richter scale.
You got to bring him down.
RESEARCHER: Not yet.
ANDERSON: His goddamn brains
are frying, reel him in.
Pump him now.
Line in.
Jesus Christ, he
almost arrested.
RESEARCHER: You're
such a suck, Anderson.
You really are a suck.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
What's going on?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) What?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Collinson
thinks he's going away
with you, after sell the smack.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) That's
what I want him to think.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) He says
you've been fucking him.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) Men say
those things, darling.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's going
to kill your husband tonight.
Should I get the smack?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) No, there'll
be plenty of time later.
--time later.
Don't worry.
After we kill him, it's
just you and me, I promise.
Let me guess, not good, right?
I'll get some air.
Thanks, Rich.
Hey-- Hey, if you need help,
you know where to find me.
PENFIELD: (ON TV) Don't die!
Don't die!
Don't die!
[inaudible] I didn't know.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) I
got it all under control.
FREELONG: (ON TAPE)
You ain't bright enough
to have it all under control.
You're as dumb as Collinson.
What I want to know is how come
two dummies are all the sudden
getting bright ideas.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) He
told me to hit Julie on
FREELONG: (ON TAPE) So you want
me to hit her on Wednesday?
Now when do you want me
to hit her husband, Hawk?
The next day or the same time?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Wednesday.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
What's going on?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) What?
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE) Collinson
thinks he's going away with you
after we sell the smack.
JULIE: (ON TAPE) That's
what I want him to think.
GILCHRIST: (ON TAPE)
Freelong's going
to kill your husband tonight.
Should I get the smack?
JULIE: (ON TAPE) No, there'll
be plenty of time later.
Don't worry, after we
kill him, it's just you
and me, I promise.
[music playing]
OK, try it on.
Is it safe?
Of course it's safe.
Now listen to me.
There's a switch
in the left pocket.
You go in there, you
wait for my phone call.
I don't talk to you.
Let's listen to me, I make
the call, you throw the switch.
That gives you 10 minutes
before it blows up.
10 minutes?
Now listen to me.
There's 10 pounds of
dynamite in this coat.
There's enough to sink
an aircraft carrier.
How's it fit, huh?
How's it feel?
It looks good on you.
It fits great.
They got another one
like this in the store?
Tomorrow, tomorrow.
The minute you throw the switch,
get the hell out of the house.
You know the
phone number, right?
I know the number!
Forget about that.
OK?
I'd like to speak
with Mr. Hawk.
(WHISPERING) Go in the door.
Five, four, three, two, one.
[explosion]
Way to go, Sandy.
You always were, handy.
How'd it go, babe?
Like a ballet.
Now we whack Borden.
Had an axe, gave
his mother 40 whacks.
(WHISPERING) I wish
I had a chain saw.
Let's go.
[gunshot]
[phone ringing]
Yeah.
JULIE: (ON PHONE)
Did you get it?
Yes.
JULIE: (ON PHONE) I'll pick you
up first thing in the morning.
I'll be waiting.
JULIE: I love you.
[dial tone]
[gunshots]
[whispering]
[music playing]
I'll get the tickets.
Darling?
Don't be long.
I'll be with you
in a minute, OK?
Thank you.
Hello, darling.
Happy anniversary.
[gunshots]
[music playing]