Little New York (2009) - full transcript
In Staten Island, New York, Parmie Tarzo is a powerful mobster boss. The family man Sully Halverson is septic tank cleaner married with Mary Halverson and they are trying to have a baby. The deaf and dumb Jasper "Jas" Sabiano is the slicer of deli meat in a market and also works for Parmie Tarzo slicing the bodies of his victims. Jas likes Sully and expects to win the horse races. One day, Sully that is not a bright man decides to heist the house of Parmie Tarzo, expecting to artificially inseminate Mary with a better sperm than his in an expensive clinic. Meanwhile Jas wins the horse race and there is an attempt on Tarzo's life and he finds that his gangsters have planned it. The lives of the three residents are entwined with tragic consequences.
Welcome to Staten Island,
the Fifth Borough of New York City,
but even more notorious
as the forgotten, ignored borough
of The Big Apple.
News-channel weather reports
often exclude Staten Island
when delivering the city forecast.
In 1988, New York's
Board of Trustees
forgot to allocate any funds
to Staten Island in its annual budget.
Why do people feel this way?
Perhaps it's because Staten Island
happens to be located
in the same city as a place
many consider to be
the center of the entire world.
Yes, I'm talking about Manhattan.
Is Staten Island drowning
in the wake of its famous neighbor?
Perhaps,
but this is a grand mistake.
Staten Island is
a unique, misunderstood land,
and it should not be treated
as the forgotten stepchild
of Manhattan any longer.
Occupied by the Unami Indian tribe
for hundreds of years,
Staten Island was bought
by the English in 1670
and has since grown into a land of
great ethnic and financial diversity,
where doctors, stockbrokers,
and lawyers
reside right next to cops,
firemen, and sanitation men.
And in the middle of all this...
the largest population of mobsters
in all five boroughs.
That's right, Staten Island
is the most popular home
for mobsters in New York City,
and the grand Staten Island forests
also happen to be
the choice body-dumping ground
for mobsters from the Tri-State Area.
The Island's a virtual body farm
with apropos street and town names
such as Great Kills,
Arthur Kill, Fresh Kills,
and Kill Van Kull.
But it's the people here who truly
make this land very special indeed.
There's something very different
about these forsaken islanders.
But enough talk.
Let's go see what this forgotten place
and its unique people are all about.
Bon voyage!
You know...
...most people,
they think that we've chosen
this life because there are no rules,
but in our world, there are rules.
"Don't rat on your associates."
"Don't get high on your own supply."
"Don't pi..."
"Don't piss in someone else's pond."
They're cute cliches
that we've heard a million times.
Well...
They lend...
...an order to our disorder.
Oh, yeah...
I forgot one...
"Do not fuck
with someone else's family."
See, that...
...that's our cardinal rule,
and you and your pals, you broke it.
You broke into my home.
You put a...
You put a hole in my mother.
You cocksucker!
That's my mother!
You talk now!
You talk right now!
Or I will fucking pull your intestines
out and strangle you, you...
Um...
I got something I gotta do.
Now, Parmie?
Can't be avoided.
When I get back...
...we'll wrap it up.
I'm not done with him yet.
Evening, Bill.
Tonight's the night, Mr. Tarzo.
Let's go make history.
He's doing very well.
That's great!
That was great!
That's your best ever.
Come on, come on!
You've never come close
to seven minutes.
That was unbelievable.
That's better than you've ever done.
Breathe! Breathe! Good job!
I'm two minutes short of my time.
Parmie, I do not understand what
you are trying to accomplish here.
Ugh!
I thought that the breathing exercises
would help me more.
- They did help you.
- I'm very disappointed.
- I gotta go again.
- No, no, no, no.
Your lungs are not ready for another
go... you gotta give it a rest.
I'm ready. I'm ready to go.
I'm ready to do this.
My name is Parmetto Tarzo.
I live in Staten Island, New York.
I will attempt to hold my breath
for nine minutes under water,
breaking the world record,
which is now...
...being held by Thomas Sietas
of Germany.
I'm ready to do this.
Come on. That's enough!
That's enough!
You gotta stop! You gotta stop!
You're not ready for this.
This is too much!
Only two more months, Jas.
We're getting close!
And when he's born,
I'm gonna bring him in here,
and you can finally meet 'em both.
Cure cancer.
My boy is going to cure cancer.
Excuse me. Are you done?
Um...
'Cause we've got
some business here.
Okay. Thanks, Jas.
Hey!
Get some coffee, some bagels,
and meet G in the back.
You got work to do.
You're all right, Parmie?
What happened last night
after you left us?
Get some coffee... black.
Hi, Ma!
How are you feeling?
No, last night, you know...
It... No, it...
I know... Don't...
No, no. No that...
Don't mention it. Not...
But I do have some good news.
We finally found
one of the guys who hurt you.
I'll bring you lunch.
Huh?
Go for a walk in the park.
All right.
We've checked half
the septic-cleaning companies
on the island
and still can't find an Eddy anywhere.
Maybe the bastard was lying.
After what Parmie did to him,
I don't believe he was.
All right. What else? Nothing?
Anything?
Good, 'cause...
There's something...
...something important that I'd like
to discuss with you, gentlemen.
Come on.
Come on!
Ah!
- Ah!
- Ah!
We have worked for ten hard years,
and I've done the math, and...
...we finally have
the financial security,
the manpower,
and the political connections
to make a substantial move.
What are you talkin' about, Boss?
I want to take control
of Staten Island.
I wanna take the whole thing.
Run the show.
I don't wanna give anything
any longer to any other crews.
I want it all.
Everything.
Parmie, you're not
serious, are you?
Why wouldn't I be, F?
Because we're a small crew
running a small part of the island.
We don't have the means.
We don't have the power.
This crew is meant
to be something bigger.
Yeah, but not that big, Parmie.
F is right. What you're proposing
has never been done before.
One crew run this whole island?
Nobody's ever had the balls
to try something like this.
It's fucking crazy if you ask me.
Sounds like my mother.
Gotti,
Capone, Castellano.
They all started this way.
I've studied them.
They were all in the same position
that we are now
when they made their moves.
Yeah, but, Parmie,
why take the chance?
We're making a shitload of money.
Are you with me or not?
Yeah!
Of course we are fucking with you.
- Come on.
- We're with you.
- We're with you.
- Yeah.
Excellent.
That's right.
It's exciting times. I...
I'm so happy
that you haven't disappointed me.
This thing will start immediately.
The process will take about a year.
Things are gonna get really bloody
around here.
It sounds like we're gonna start a war
unlike this city has ever seen.
When it's over,
the island will be ours,
and we will make history.
♪ Let me call you Sweetheart?
♪ I'm in love with you?
♪ Let me hear you whisper
that you love me, too?
♪ Keep the love light burning
in your eyes so true?
♪ Let me call you Sweetheart?
♪ I'm in love with you?
This is the most beautiful part
of my day.
I hate when it ends, Ma.
Oh!
Ow!
What's the matter?
This has been hurting me all day.
Maybe I go lay down.
Oh, okay.
Let me help you up.
Oh! Me dispiace...
Come on, Ma.
Here you go.
Put your arm around me.
Here you go.
Oh, I am so embarrassed
that you have to do
all these things for me.
It's what a son does, Ma.
Enjoy the ride.
There you go, Ma.
There you are.
Watch your feet.
I won't rest until I find the men
that did this to you, Ma.
Let me put some lotion on you.
It will help.
Ha!
Oh!
Okay.
You are in a very good mood lately.
I think maybe you
are up to something again.
I knew it.
What is it this time?
I found something
that I can truly achieve.
Not like the other things
that I tried to do.
This was right in front of me
the whole time.
I just didn't see it.
But if I can do this thing, Ma,
it will be big.
I will never understand you, my son.
I gotta go to work, Ma.
Okay?
I love you.
Good night, okay?
- Good night, my son.
- Good night, Ma.
Yes?
Boss, we have a problem.
Your plan, your big plan?
I got a call from a friend of mine
who knows the Russians
from the dark side of the island.
They know about everything
that we're doing.
They know everything, Parmie.
Word was probably leaked
from the muscle that we hired
to facilitate our power move.
Exposure is inevitable.
I just didn't think
it would come so soon.
All right. All right.
Get everybody together.
I'm on my way.
We'll figure out how to handle this.
Parmie, Parmie, be careful.
Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, I'm fine.
They won't move on me
so quickly, you know.
We're gonna work this out, F.
Nobody's gonna get
in the way of what I want.
Okay?
Nobody.
Motherfucker!
Ah! Oh!
Oh! Motherfucker!
The blood of the Native Americans
is on all of our hands!
People will pay attention.
I will save this ancient land,
you fuckers!
Okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
All right. I'm coming down.
Save our trees!
Save our trees!
Save our trees!
Excuse me.
Hello.
I have been in an accident.
Can you help me?
Hey, buddy,
you're getting out or what?
Here it is.
The biggest fucker of the batch.
That's where we start.
Let's go.
Now, what's this?
What are you doing?
Those are mine, gentlemen.
What the hell you doing up there?
You don't look like
one of those protesters.
Get your ass down here!
I'm not going anywhere, gentlemen.
- I start cutting, you'll get down.
- Yeah.
- We got a job to do!
- Yeah!
Knock it off!
- I climb up there, I cut you in half!
- And I'll help!
Who the hell you think you are?
My name is Parmetto Tarzo.
Who the fuck is Parmetto Tarzo?
Exactly.
My name is Parmetto Tarzo,
and I'm not coming down
until I complete my task.
Mr. Tarzo!
We need to know
what the hell you're doing.
Nicholas, are you ready for me?
Tres belle Lumiere, Mr. Tarzo.
I'm ready when you are.
Good, good.
You can answer
some questions now?
With all due respect, Mr. Tarzo,
you need to come down from there.
You're trespassing.
Who are you?
We bought this land,
and the cops here
told us who you are,
and we mean no disrespect at all,
but we're about to start construction,
and we can't do anything
if you're still up there.
Well, then, you have a problem.
Mr. Tarzo, you still
haven't answered the question.
What is your task here?
I am tree-sitting in protest
of the destruction of this forest,
and I will remain up here
until something is done.
Why the hell do you even care?
- You're a fucking gangster!
- Whoa! Wait!
Holy shit! It's him!
Fuck me sideways!
Parmie!
Parmie, the cops called us
to talk you down.
What in God's name
are you doing up there?
He's trying to save the forest.
Hey, I've known you 15 years.
You've never mentioned the forest
or anything to do with nature.
Not once.
What the fuck
are you doing up there?
Okay.
Here's the deal from my captain.
We can't force him down.
He may have a weapon.
If we can't talk him down,
we're to issue a closure order
on the whole forest.
No destruction, no construction.
No one but cops allowed entry.
Un-fucking-believable!
I'm losing an arm and a leg here,
Mr. Tarzo!
Can you guys help me out here?
Take it easy.
Parmie!
Parmie, we don't hear from you
for three weeks.
Now you're perched
in a very tall elm tree,
and you're trying
to save some forest land.
Have you gone insane, my friend?
Oh, my God, no!
Dio mio! Dio mio! Dio mio, Parmie!
Oh, Jesus.
Dio mio, Parmie!
Parmie! What in God's name
are you doing?
Why did you bring her here, Officer?
To talk you down, Mr. Tarzo.
Que cosa Fai? Que cosa Fai?
Scendi!
- Mama, go home.
- Scendi! Cosa Fai?
She's falling apart, Mr. Tarzo.
For Christ's sake!
Just come on down.
Everybody, just shut the fuck up!
I want everybody to leave,
so me and my mom can be alone.
Mommy,
you need to calm down, okay?
You need to go home.
I am not going anywhere
until you tell me
how you ended up up there.
Ma...
Do you remember when I told you
that I had a new plan?
Yes.
Yeah?
Well, because of that plan...
...my men, they...
...they tried to kill me,
but I survived.
I went home...
...and I kept it from you, Ma.
But I fell into a state of despair.
And all my dreams
were destroyed, Mama.
So I decided
that I would take my own life.
But moments
before I ended my existence,
my eyes, they fell on a headline
in a newspaper,
and this sparked a memory inside
my head of a man sitting in a tree.
And this man...
...he was trying to save this...
...very land,
but they intimidated him.
And they got him to come down.
Look, I can save
this ancient land, Ma.
Ah! And that would be something.
People would know your name.
Everything you've always wanted.
That's right.
Who knows me better than you, Ma?
I always knew that this desire
would get you into trouble.
If you just found love, Parmie.
L'amore.
If one person you love
knows your name, this is enough.
Ma, you gotta forget
about this love thing.
How can you say such a thing?
Oh...
My last days on this Earth
are very sad, Parmie.
I should never have left Italy
for this godforsaken island!
Help!
Jesus!
Motherfucker!
What the fuck?
Gesu Christo!
Oh!
There's...
I...
I love you, Mama.
I love you, my son.
You broke my heart.
What?
Hey...
You're not coming down,
huh, Mr. Tarzo?
No.
Why don't you stay here,
and we'll post some guys
around the edges of the forest.
But you know what?
Make sure nobody says anything
to anybody about this.
All right, Mrs. Tarzo,
we'll take you home, okay?
Okay.
Hey, give me a hand real quick?
You take care of my mother.
I love you, Ma.
Which one of us will die first?
It overwhelms me.
I want it to be me.
What are you talking about?
This is supposed to be
a happy occasion, all right?
Yeah?
Did you read the manual?
Yes.
Hey, careful.
Cheers!
Let's have a baby.
Really?
Are you ready?
I think I am.
I used to think, why mess up
this perfect thing between us
by bringing someone else into it?
And now it seems right.
Like the baby will be us.
You know, not separate,
but an extension.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, yes, I'm sure.
I want to do it right now.
- Yes, yes, yes!
- You do?
Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis,
his year of miracles.
While he was just working
as a clerk in a patent office,
Einstein had four papers published
in a leading German physics journal.
These papers would transform
the way we see the universe.
Hi!
- Hey. How're you doin'?
- Hey.
- Mmm...
- Mmm!
Oh, no, no! I took two showers!
It's not strong.
Just one more. I'm sorry.
No, it's not your fault.
Where have you been?
I worried about you.
I went to the doctor after work.
Is everything all right?
It's been four months,
and I haven't gotten pregnant,
so I just wanted to see
if everything was in working order.
And what did they say?
Tissue engineering allows for the
successful regeneration of everything
from skin for burn victims
to ears and noses for people
who have lost
or disfigured body parts.
Breakthroughs
in tissue regeneration
are occurring here in Staten Island's
medical-research facility.
Nano technology is a procedure
which uses computers
and sensors smaller than a cell
to study the human body.
Breakthroughs in nano technology
are occurring here in Staten Island.
Let's talk about the Staten Island
Research Center's newest project...
embryonic gene modification.
Breakthroughs in this area
are allowing our doctors
to enhance desirable characteristics
in an embryo
while deleting
undesirable characteristics,
resulting in children
who are smarter, stronger, healthier,
- and capable of great things.
- Sully.
- Sully!
- Yeah?
I'm done with the exam.
The doctor wants
to speak with us now.
Yeah, yeah.
Mrs. Halverson, you have
what's called a retroverted uterus.
Your uterus is facing backwards
instead of forwards.
This sounds bad.
Don't be alarmed.
Your doctor was correct
in sending you to me,
but it's not as serious as it sounds.
It's just a hard condition to detect.
One simple way
you can compensate for this
is to alter position
during intercourse.
This will help impregnation.
So I don't gotta have an operation?
No. We're very far from that.
Nah...
The nurse outside will give you
an information packet
that will explain
what you should do at this time.
And any questions,
just call the office.
Thank you so much, Doctor.
I'm so relieved.
You're going to be fine.
- Come on, Sully.
- All right.
You... Um...
One thing, though... Um... Do...
On the TVs out there,
they had this... um...
They show where
they have an operation
where they make the babies
real smart.
Is that for real,
or is that, like, science fiction?
I mean, what...?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's quite real, Mr. Halverson.
It's, um, an ad for research
done at this facility.
It's called
embryonic gene modification,
a procedure where we
genetically alter an embryo
to create superior,
healthier children.
It's... It's amazing.
Well, thank you, Doctor.
- You're welcome.
- Good luck with your program.
- We really...
- Okay.
- Thanks, Doctor.
- You're welcome anytime.
This is amazing shit
you got going with them kids.
And good luck.
Go see the nurse.
Ow!
Mm-hmm.
That's better. Thanks.
Okay.
So, I have to throw
my legs back like this
and then thrust my pelvis skyward.
All this high-tech shit,
and their answer is for us
to fuck like circus folk, huh?
I don't get it.
It'll help the sperm
get to the right spot.
Uh-huh.
Come on.
Uh-huh. That's sexy.
You try, and see how sexy you look.
- All right, all right.
- Come on.
Do your thing.
Oh, shit!
I still have some dirt here.
It's an old stain. Don't worry.
Hey, hey, please, just...
Hurry, I'm dying here.
I just...
I, um...
I...
I went... I went...
I w...
I went to that medical center today.
- What?
- Yeah.
You kidding? Why?
I was curious about, you know,
all that genetic shit.
I mean, smart kids
are fucking amazing.
You know? So I...
I spoke to our doctor.
You know what?
Shit. I'm sorry.
This dirt is really bothering me.
- Sully, just forget it!
- I swear to Christ.
You went back to the doctor?
- That's weird.
- Yeah.
She explained
how it works to me, you know.
They enhance the smart genes
and they "dehance" the... the...
...the dumb ones.
You know, I mean...
These kids, I mean,
they are like geniuses and shit.
They can do miracle shit.
Yeah, that's great.
Can you come back in here, please?
She said it costs $50,000
to get into the program.
I mean, you gotta pay,
'cause it's kinda like...
...um, artificial in... ins...
Insemination?
I... i... ins... i...
It's just like that, you know,
so it costs a shitload of money.
Let me ask you something.
If we had that kind of money,
would you be into that?
I don't know, Sully.
Yo, Eddie!
- Can I talk to you for a second?
- What's up?
Let me ask you something.
You've been around, right?
- I fucked a lot of broads.
- No, I'm not talking about that.
I'm saying, like, uh...
If you wanted to... uh...
...If you wanted to steal something,
like, rob somebody,
would you know who to call?
Yeah, dude. I'd fucking call
Johnny Nutsack and Vinny DaCheese.
I'm not...
Stop.
I'm serious.
I'm dead fuckin' serious.
I've seen it open.
We did this place
about eight months ago.
There was a blockage in the pit,
so I had to flush all the toilets.
An old woman let me in,
let me wander around by myself.
I passed his office,
he didn't see me,
and it was open.
Just piles of fucking cash.
So I've been watching the place.
And they have an alarm,
but they only, uh...
What do you call it,
when you turn it on?
"Turn it on"?
No, with an alarm.
You... you...
"Engage"?
Yeah, you engage it, yeah.
Anyway...
They only do that
when he and his mom both go out.
So, the only problem that I can see
is the old woman and the safe.
Safe's not a problem anymore.
Yeah? Safe's not a problem.
No. He will handle the safe.
And we'll handle the old woman.
But you have to understand, we all
have to understand the risk involved.
We're not stealing
from some average, fucking Joe.
Yeah, I know, you said that
about, I don't know,
ten hundred billion times.
- So I think I get the idea.
- But...
Parmie Tarzo, right, did not make
his money on Wall Street, okay?
So you have to be
absolutely fucking positive
that this is what you wanna do.
Is this what you wanna do?
Yeah.
Yeah. Let's do it.
Shhh!
Oh! Hey... tsk... tsk...
Eddie, watch her!
If she wakes up, tape her mouth.
Sully, show me the safe.
Yeah, it's, it's right up here.
See what that was.
Uh... We better leave.
Let's... Let's leave.
Without this fucking money,
we're not.
Okay. Okay.
I'll get out of here...
What did you do?
Calm the fuck down, Sully.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
- Eddie, what the fuck did you do?
- Sully, calm the fuck down!
No, listen. She woke up,
and I went to tape her mouth.
I tried to tie her up,
but she freaked out, so I tried to...
You're not supposed to shoot!
What was I supposed to...
Call an ambulance!
No, no!
You're fucking crazy, Sully!
Call an ambulance!
No! We can't call an ambulance!
We gotta get the fuck outta here!
Oh, God! I'm sorry!
I was... I... Here...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I know, I know. I know, I know.
I got it. Let's go!
And she's gonna die?
- Come on, Sully! Let's go!
- She's gonna die!
Let's go! Now! Shit!
All right. All right.
Ah! Fuck!
I dropped my wallet.
I'll be right back.
Meet us at the car! Right now!
Okay, I'll be out there.
What the fuck!
Oh, come on.
Oh, shit! Come on.
Oh, fuck me!
Oh, shit!
Come on!
There's been a shooting...
Oh, shit!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
Sully, man, you were right.
There's over $100,000 here!
Hello? Yeah. I called earlier
about an old woman?
Tarzo.
How is she doing?
Thank you.
Hey, Mary.
Yeah, it's me.
No.
Something good
finally happened to us.
I got lucky.
I hit the daily number.
Uh-huh.
I know, I... I... It just happened.
It just... It just...
I don't know about this, Sully.
I hope we don't make a mistake.
I hope we didn't waste the money.
No, no. This is the best money
we've ever spent.
It's for our baby's future, right?
It's for our baby.
Okay.
Okay?
Come on.
Bye.
Mary's on bed rest now,
but otherwise we're great.
Only two more months, Jas.
We're getting close.
And when he's born,
I'm gonna bring him in here,
and you can finally
meet 'em both.
What is it?
Let me see.
Let me see.
He's gonna cure cancer.
My boy is gonna cure cancer.
Excuse me.
Are you through?
I said, are you finished?
Um...
'Cause we've got business
to do here.
Okay. Thanks, Jas.
Hey!
Keep that, all right?
Thanks.
No, Eddie's gonna drive me
in his new Mustang.
Yeah.
No...
No, baby, don't move!
Don't move, I'll get it.
Just leave it there.
Yes. No problem.
All right, baby.
I'll see you soon.
I love you.
Listen, I'm gonna take a piss,
all right?
You know, turn that thing off
when it's done.
Yeah, yeah, wash your hands.
I don't want piss on the leather.
Please take... Hello, guys, guys!
This ain't a parking garage.
What the fuck are you doing?
Oh, we can't park here?
You thought we forgot
about you, huh?
Your friend started bragging
about his safe-cracking skills
to the wrong fucking people,
wise guy!
Where's the other guy?
And more importantly,
where is the fucking money?
Get him in the car, T.
T! Get him in the car.
Get him in there.
This fucker says the other one
went home already.
Get the fuck outta my seat, asshole.
Fuck!
Sully. Hey, baby!
What's wrong, honey?
I did something.
I did something bad, baby.
What? Why are you crying?
You're scaring me.
What are you doing?
I have to leave.
I have to go.
What? Where are you going?
Oh, Mary.
I'm so sorry for what I did.
I'm so, so...
I thought it was the right thing!
What did you do?
You're scaring the shit outta me,
Sully.
I... I...
I stole the money so our child
wouldn't be like me, all right?
What?
What are you talking about?
For the procedure.
I didn't hit the number!
I stole the money
from a fucking mob boss!
And they found out it's me!
- And they are coming after me!
- I don't understand.
You stole the money
from a mob boss?
I stole the goddamn money,
because I am stupid!
I'm so fucking stupid!
Stop. Tell me this isn't happening.
- And now I have to leave you.
- Tell me you're lying to me.
- I have to leave you. No, no!
- Tell me this isn't true.
- Or they're gonna kill me, all right?
- Oh, God.
- I have to leave you now.
- No, this isn't happening.
- I can't breathe, Sully.
- Mary, my dear wife, I love you.
I love you so much it hurts,
all right?
It hurts like a knife in the heart,
all right?
But I have to go.
No, you can't leave me!
You can't.
Sully, there has to be another way.
I mean, you're my husband.
You're my love.
We can talk to them,
and they'll understand.
- They won't.
- They'll understand.
They won't understand.
You have to tell them
that I left you.
- No.
- Yes!
No. I'm coming with you.
- I'm coming with you!
- No! You can't!
- I'm coming with you!
- No!
- You have to stay here!
- We said we'll never be apart.
I know! Just for a little while,
just for a little while.
All right? The baby, no,
you'll lose him.
All right? No! No! All right?
You tell them that I left you,
that I got some money,
and I left you,
you don't know where I am.
I left you pregnant.
They won't hurt you.
They'll just watch you,
and after a while
they're gonna forget.
They're gonna forget,
and then you'll have the baby,
and then you can come be with me,
and everything will be fine.
Everything will be exactly
the way it's supposed to be.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- No!
- Oh, Mary!
- We had everything, Sully.
- Why did you need more?
- Ah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Sully!
That's 43,000 if you hit,
Jasper.
$43,000 if you hit, Jasper.
Good luck, Jasper.
Hm?
Good luck, Jasper.
I hope tonight's your night.
Post time 30 seconds.
Mr. Tarzo,
can I get you something nice?
You know, we didn't come here
for your fucking sandwiches, okay?
Get your friend in the back,
and go to work.
Good luck, Jasper.
That'll pay $47,000 if it hits.
$47,000 if it hits.
For 20 years this deaf bastard's
been coming in here every night
and laying down a single trifecta bet.
Never hit.
Until now.
Oh, yeah?
- It's fucking crazy!
- Ha!
Wow!
Good for you, Jasper.
You deserve it.
What are you gonna do
with all this money?
What are you gonna buy?
What are you going to buy?
You still haven't spent a dime?
Jas!
I would have spent it all by now!
What are you doing?
"I have no use for it."
Oh, wow!
Take a trip or something,
get away a bit!
Not I... No! No, no.
Mary's on bed rest.
Otherwise she's great, she's great.
Only two more months.
We're getting close.
And after he's born, Jas,
I'm gonna walk him in here
so you can finally meet 'em both.
Cure cancer.
My boy is going to cure cancer!
Excuse me.
Are you through?
Take care, Jas.
Hey!
I was part of the team
who caught Saddam Hussein.
I stopped questioning my choice
to be a soldier that day.
You know, catching
such an evil man.
A man responsible
for killing thousands.
And in some way,
in helping capture him,
I stopped any future evil
he could do.
It felt good.
It felt big.
People may never know what I did,
but I know...
God knows.
God knows who I am,
and that's what's important.
I did something significant.
What took you so long, old man?
What, what do you want?
He wants to ask me something.
All right, go ahead.
- I'll wait for you at the car.
- Yeah.
What?
Why?
Christ! You got an answer
for that, too, huh?
All right, bring $1,200 dollars
tomorrow, and you'll have one.
You're welcome.
This is some serious bullshit!
Baby-sitting some psycho gangster
in a motherfucking tree!
And it's raining, no less!
I know that you think
that I'm a lunatic,
that I'm a sick, crazy fuck,
but I am not.
I told you, I can't talk to you.
You gotta listen, then.
I am gonna be up here.
I am not coming down.
Now, if you help me
with the completion of my task
and tell someone that I am here,
then we can go home.
I don't have the money, all right?
Why would I fucking lie?
Listen to me, Sully.
This is not about revenge.
We're not Parmie Tarzo.
Tarzo's gone.
But the money you stole is ours,
and we want it.
You'll give it to us,
and you're free.
I don't have it.
Hey!
Don't make us visit
your wife to find out where it is.
Um... I... I...
Hold on! No!
Ah! Hey! Wait! All right.
I... I can find... I... I...
I can find the money.
I... I can get it.
- Good, good.
- I can get it. Yeah.
Good. He can get it.
What are you doing?
Why ain't you working?
There's someone out front
to see you.
Then get behind the counter,
all right?
You saved us, Jasper.
You saved us.
Wuh!
Mr. Tarzo? Over here!
Over here!
I don't have time!
Who are you?
I'm a reporter
with the Island Advance.
I wanna get a statement from you.
Could you please stand?
We don't have a lot of time.
According to Officer Rodriguez,
I'm not supposed to be here.
Why is a reputed mobster
sitting in a tree?
Reputed mobster,
reputed mobster...
I'm just a man...
...trying to save
this ancient Indian land...
...from destruction.
The forest tends to the need...
...tends to the needs
of the human race.
Providing us with wildlife,
and controls flooding...
It's a...
It's a pollution removal...
In turn, we need to protect it
for future generations.
I can't do this by myself, though.
I can't do it alone.
I need some help to do this.
Okay, let's get a photo.
Okay.
Give me a nice pose there.
Give me a photo here.
We've got something
for the front page.
Here we go.
Good.
Uh-huh!
Great.
Give me something
for the history books.
Thank you. Thank you. Great!
I gotta go.
Thank you, Mr. Tarzo, and good luck.
You let her in here?
Is that what you did?
You did that for me?
Mr. Tarzo!
Mr. Tarzo, get up, papo!
Mr. Tarzo! It's me,
Officer Rodriguez, please!
Wake up!
What's going on?
It worked!
What you've done.
Your story appeared in a newspaper.
Everyone read it.
I can't fuckin' believe it.
Look.
Man, look!
All these people,
they just bumrushed the forest
this morning with chains and shit.
The fuckin' mayor is on his way.
He's considering
stopping all the construction.
He says it's important.
You did it, Mr. Tarzo.
This is fucking big.
The Native American thanks you!
Tarzo! Tarzo! Tarzo! Tarzo!
Now get the fuck down.
Where were you all morning?
Forget it. Look, forget it!
You're wanted in the back.
Ma?
I just...
Parmie?
Parmie!
Parmie!
What are you doing here, old man?
Sullivan!
Hey! Sullivan!
Sullivan!
Oh, my God!
What happened?
Is he okay? Are you okay?
What happened? Oh, no!
Are you all right?
Why didn't you answer me, Mister?
You sure you're okay?
Anything else?
No? Okay.
God, I was calling and calling.
No one answered.
Why...? Why don't you...?
Oh!
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
Thank you for helping him.
Thank you.
He likes you.
Come on, Sullivan.
It's time to go.
No, he's not deaf.
He picks up things from TV.
I've never seen him sign before.
Wanna go?
Bye, now.
Are you okay?
You don't want to say good-bye?
Bye!
How's your knee?
the Fifth Borough of New York City,
but even more notorious
as the forgotten, ignored borough
of The Big Apple.
News-channel weather reports
often exclude Staten Island
when delivering the city forecast.
In 1988, New York's
Board of Trustees
forgot to allocate any funds
to Staten Island in its annual budget.
Why do people feel this way?
Perhaps it's because Staten Island
happens to be located
in the same city as a place
many consider to be
the center of the entire world.
Yes, I'm talking about Manhattan.
Is Staten Island drowning
in the wake of its famous neighbor?
Perhaps,
but this is a grand mistake.
Staten Island is
a unique, misunderstood land,
and it should not be treated
as the forgotten stepchild
of Manhattan any longer.
Occupied by the Unami Indian tribe
for hundreds of years,
Staten Island was bought
by the English in 1670
and has since grown into a land of
great ethnic and financial diversity,
where doctors, stockbrokers,
and lawyers
reside right next to cops,
firemen, and sanitation men.
And in the middle of all this...
the largest population of mobsters
in all five boroughs.
That's right, Staten Island
is the most popular home
for mobsters in New York City,
and the grand Staten Island forests
also happen to be
the choice body-dumping ground
for mobsters from the Tri-State Area.
The Island's a virtual body farm
with apropos street and town names
such as Great Kills,
Arthur Kill, Fresh Kills,
and Kill Van Kull.
But it's the people here who truly
make this land very special indeed.
There's something very different
about these forsaken islanders.
But enough talk.
Let's go see what this forgotten place
and its unique people are all about.
Bon voyage!
You know...
...most people,
they think that we've chosen
this life because there are no rules,
but in our world, there are rules.
"Don't rat on your associates."
"Don't get high on your own supply."
"Don't pi..."
"Don't piss in someone else's pond."
They're cute cliches
that we've heard a million times.
Well...
They lend...
...an order to our disorder.
Oh, yeah...
I forgot one...
"Do not fuck
with someone else's family."
See, that...
...that's our cardinal rule,
and you and your pals, you broke it.
You broke into my home.
You put a...
You put a hole in my mother.
You cocksucker!
That's my mother!
You talk now!
You talk right now!
Or I will fucking pull your intestines
out and strangle you, you...
Um...
I got something I gotta do.
Now, Parmie?
Can't be avoided.
When I get back...
...we'll wrap it up.
I'm not done with him yet.
Evening, Bill.
Tonight's the night, Mr. Tarzo.
Let's go make history.
He's doing very well.
That's great!
That was great!
That's your best ever.
Come on, come on!
You've never come close
to seven minutes.
That was unbelievable.
That's better than you've ever done.
Breathe! Breathe! Good job!
I'm two minutes short of my time.
Parmie, I do not understand what
you are trying to accomplish here.
Ugh!
I thought that the breathing exercises
would help me more.
- They did help you.
- I'm very disappointed.
- I gotta go again.
- No, no, no, no.
Your lungs are not ready for another
go... you gotta give it a rest.
I'm ready. I'm ready to go.
I'm ready to do this.
My name is Parmetto Tarzo.
I live in Staten Island, New York.
I will attempt to hold my breath
for nine minutes under water,
breaking the world record,
which is now...
...being held by Thomas Sietas
of Germany.
I'm ready to do this.
Come on. That's enough!
That's enough!
You gotta stop! You gotta stop!
You're not ready for this.
This is too much!
Only two more months, Jas.
We're getting close!
And when he's born,
I'm gonna bring him in here,
and you can finally meet 'em both.
Cure cancer.
My boy is going to cure cancer.
Excuse me. Are you done?
Um...
'Cause we've got
some business here.
Okay. Thanks, Jas.
Hey!
Get some coffee, some bagels,
and meet G in the back.
You got work to do.
You're all right, Parmie?
What happened last night
after you left us?
Get some coffee... black.
Hi, Ma!
How are you feeling?
No, last night, you know...
It... No, it...
I know... Don't...
No, no. No that...
Don't mention it. Not...
But I do have some good news.
We finally found
one of the guys who hurt you.
I'll bring you lunch.
Huh?
Go for a walk in the park.
All right.
We've checked half
the septic-cleaning companies
on the island
and still can't find an Eddy anywhere.
Maybe the bastard was lying.
After what Parmie did to him,
I don't believe he was.
All right. What else? Nothing?
Anything?
Good, 'cause...
There's something...
...something important that I'd like
to discuss with you, gentlemen.
Come on.
Come on!
Ah!
- Ah!
- Ah!
We have worked for ten hard years,
and I've done the math, and...
...we finally have
the financial security,
the manpower,
and the political connections
to make a substantial move.
What are you talkin' about, Boss?
I want to take control
of Staten Island.
I wanna take the whole thing.
Run the show.
I don't wanna give anything
any longer to any other crews.
I want it all.
Everything.
Parmie, you're not
serious, are you?
Why wouldn't I be, F?
Because we're a small crew
running a small part of the island.
We don't have the means.
We don't have the power.
This crew is meant
to be something bigger.
Yeah, but not that big, Parmie.
F is right. What you're proposing
has never been done before.
One crew run this whole island?
Nobody's ever had the balls
to try something like this.
It's fucking crazy if you ask me.
Sounds like my mother.
Gotti,
Capone, Castellano.
They all started this way.
I've studied them.
They were all in the same position
that we are now
when they made their moves.
Yeah, but, Parmie,
why take the chance?
We're making a shitload of money.
Are you with me or not?
Yeah!
Of course we are fucking with you.
- Come on.
- We're with you.
- We're with you.
- Yeah.
Excellent.
That's right.
It's exciting times. I...
I'm so happy
that you haven't disappointed me.
This thing will start immediately.
The process will take about a year.
Things are gonna get really bloody
around here.
It sounds like we're gonna start a war
unlike this city has ever seen.
When it's over,
the island will be ours,
and we will make history.
♪ Let me call you Sweetheart?
♪ I'm in love with you?
♪ Let me hear you whisper
that you love me, too?
♪ Keep the love light burning
in your eyes so true?
♪ Let me call you Sweetheart?
♪ I'm in love with you?
This is the most beautiful part
of my day.
I hate when it ends, Ma.
Oh!
Ow!
What's the matter?
This has been hurting me all day.
Maybe I go lay down.
Oh, okay.
Let me help you up.
Oh! Me dispiace...
Come on, Ma.
Here you go.
Put your arm around me.
Here you go.
Oh, I am so embarrassed
that you have to do
all these things for me.
It's what a son does, Ma.
Enjoy the ride.
There you go, Ma.
There you are.
Watch your feet.
I won't rest until I find the men
that did this to you, Ma.
Let me put some lotion on you.
It will help.
Ha!
Oh!
Okay.
You are in a very good mood lately.
I think maybe you
are up to something again.
I knew it.
What is it this time?
I found something
that I can truly achieve.
Not like the other things
that I tried to do.
This was right in front of me
the whole time.
I just didn't see it.
But if I can do this thing, Ma,
it will be big.
I will never understand you, my son.
I gotta go to work, Ma.
Okay?
I love you.
Good night, okay?
- Good night, my son.
- Good night, Ma.
Yes?
Boss, we have a problem.
Your plan, your big plan?
I got a call from a friend of mine
who knows the Russians
from the dark side of the island.
They know about everything
that we're doing.
They know everything, Parmie.
Word was probably leaked
from the muscle that we hired
to facilitate our power move.
Exposure is inevitable.
I just didn't think
it would come so soon.
All right. All right.
Get everybody together.
I'm on my way.
We'll figure out how to handle this.
Parmie, Parmie, be careful.
Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, I'm fine.
They won't move on me
so quickly, you know.
We're gonna work this out, F.
Nobody's gonna get
in the way of what I want.
Okay?
Nobody.
Motherfucker!
Ah! Oh!
Oh! Motherfucker!
The blood of the Native Americans
is on all of our hands!
People will pay attention.
I will save this ancient land,
you fuckers!
Okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
All right. I'm coming down.
Save our trees!
Save our trees!
Save our trees!
Excuse me.
Hello.
I have been in an accident.
Can you help me?
Hey, buddy,
you're getting out or what?
Here it is.
The biggest fucker of the batch.
That's where we start.
Let's go.
Now, what's this?
What are you doing?
Those are mine, gentlemen.
What the hell you doing up there?
You don't look like
one of those protesters.
Get your ass down here!
I'm not going anywhere, gentlemen.
- I start cutting, you'll get down.
- Yeah.
- We got a job to do!
- Yeah!
Knock it off!
- I climb up there, I cut you in half!
- And I'll help!
Who the hell you think you are?
My name is Parmetto Tarzo.
Who the fuck is Parmetto Tarzo?
Exactly.
My name is Parmetto Tarzo,
and I'm not coming down
until I complete my task.
Mr. Tarzo!
We need to know
what the hell you're doing.
Nicholas, are you ready for me?
Tres belle Lumiere, Mr. Tarzo.
I'm ready when you are.
Good, good.
You can answer
some questions now?
With all due respect, Mr. Tarzo,
you need to come down from there.
You're trespassing.
Who are you?
We bought this land,
and the cops here
told us who you are,
and we mean no disrespect at all,
but we're about to start construction,
and we can't do anything
if you're still up there.
Well, then, you have a problem.
Mr. Tarzo, you still
haven't answered the question.
What is your task here?
I am tree-sitting in protest
of the destruction of this forest,
and I will remain up here
until something is done.
Why the hell do you even care?
- You're a fucking gangster!
- Whoa! Wait!
Holy shit! It's him!
Fuck me sideways!
Parmie!
Parmie, the cops called us
to talk you down.
What in God's name
are you doing up there?
He's trying to save the forest.
Hey, I've known you 15 years.
You've never mentioned the forest
or anything to do with nature.
Not once.
What the fuck
are you doing up there?
Okay.
Here's the deal from my captain.
We can't force him down.
He may have a weapon.
If we can't talk him down,
we're to issue a closure order
on the whole forest.
No destruction, no construction.
No one but cops allowed entry.
Un-fucking-believable!
I'm losing an arm and a leg here,
Mr. Tarzo!
Can you guys help me out here?
Take it easy.
Parmie!
Parmie, we don't hear from you
for three weeks.
Now you're perched
in a very tall elm tree,
and you're trying
to save some forest land.
Have you gone insane, my friend?
Oh, my God, no!
Dio mio! Dio mio! Dio mio, Parmie!
Oh, Jesus.
Dio mio, Parmie!
Parmie! What in God's name
are you doing?
Why did you bring her here, Officer?
To talk you down, Mr. Tarzo.
Que cosa Fai? Que cosa Fai?
Scendi!
- Mama, go home.
- Scendi! Cosa Fai?
She's falling apart, Mr. Tarzo.
For Christ's sake!
Just come on down.
Everybody, just shut the fuck up!
I want everybody to leave,
so me and my mom can be alone.
Mommy,
you need to calm down, okay?
You need to go home.
I am not going anywhere
until you tell me
how you ended up up there.
Ma...
Do you remember when I told you
that I had a new plan?
Yes.
Yeah?
Well, because of that plan...
...my men, they...
...they tried to kill me,
but I survived.
I went home...
...and I kept it from you, Ma.
But I fell into a state of despair.
And all my dreams
were destroyed, Mama.
So I decided
that I would take my own life.
But moments
before I ended my existence,
my eyes, they fell on a headline
in a newspaper,
and this sparked a memory inside
my head of a man sitting in a tree.
And this man...
...he was trying to save this...
...very land,
but they intimidated him.
And they got him to come down.
Look, I can save
this ancient land, Ma.
Ah! And that would be something.
People would know your name.
Everything you've always wanted.
That's right.
Who knows me better than you, Ma?
I always knew that this desire
would get you into trouble.
If you just found love, Parmie.
L'amore.
If one person you love
knows your name, this is enough.
Ma, you gotta forget
about this love thing.
How can you say such a thing?
Oh...
My last days on this Earth
are very sad, Parmie.
I should never have left Italy
for this godforsaken island!
Help!
Jesus!
Motherfucker!
What the fuck?
Gesu Christo!
Oh!
There's...
I...
I love you, Mama.
I love you, my son.
You broke my heart.
What?
Hey...
You're not coming down,
huh, Mr. Tarzo?
No.
Why don't you stay here,
and we'll post some guys
around the edges of the forest.
But you know what?
Make sure nobody says anything
to anybody about this.
All right, Mrs. Tarzo,
we'll take you home, okay?
Okay.
Hey, give me a hand real quick?
You take care of my mother.
I love you, Ma.
Which one of us will die first?
It overwhelms me.
I want it to be me.
What are you talking about?
This is supposed to be
a happy occasion, all right?
Yeah?
Did you read the manual?
Yes.
Hey, careful.
Cheers!
Let's have a baby.
Really?
Are you ready?
I think I am.
I used to think, why mess up
this perfect thing between us
by bringing someone else into it?
And now it seems right.
Like the baby will be us.
You know, not separate,
but an extension.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, yes, I'm sure.
I want to do it right now.
- Yes, yes, yes!
- You do?
Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis,
his year of miracles.
While he was just working
as a clerk in a patent office,
Einstein had four papers published
in a leading German physics journal.
These papers would transform
the way we see the universe.
Hi!
- Hey. How're you doin'?
- Hey.
- Mmm...
- Mmm!
Oh, no, no! I took two showers!
It's not strong.
Just one more. I'm sorry.
No, it's not your fault.
Where have you been?
I worried about you.
I went to the doctor after work.
Is everything all right?
It's been four months,
and I haven't gotten pregnant,
so I just wanted to see
if everything was in working order.
And what did they say?
Tissue engineering allows for the
successful regeneration of everything
from skin for burn victims
to ears and noses for people
who have lost
or disfigured body parts.
Breakthroughs
in tissue regeneration
are occurring here in Staten Island's
medical-research facility.
Nano technology is a procedure
which uses computers
and sensors smaller than a cell
to study the human body.
Breakthroughs in nano technology
are occurring here in Staten Island.
Let's talk about the Staten Island
Research Center's newest project...
embryonic gene modification.
Breakthroughs in this area
are allowing our doctors
to enhance desirable characteristics
in an embryo
while deleting
undesirable characteristics,
resulting in children
who are smarter, stronger, healthier,
- and capable of great things.
- Sully.
- Sully!
- Yeah?
I'm done with the exam.
The doctor wants
to speak with us now.
Yeah, yeah.
Mrs. Halverson, you have
what's called a retroverted uterus.
Your uterus is facing backwards
instead of forwards.
This sounds bad.
Don't be alarmed.
Your doctor was correct
in sending you to me,
but it's not as serious as it sounds.
It's just a hard condition to detect.
One simple way
you can compensate for this
is to alter position
during intercourse.
This will help impregnation.
So I don't gotta have an operation?
No. We're very far from that.
Nah...
The nurse outside will give you
an information packet
that will explain
what you should do at this time.
And any questions,
just call the office.
Thank you so much, Doctor.
I'm so relieved.
You're going to be fine.
- Come on, Sully.
- All right.
You... Um...
One thing, though... Um... Do...
On the TVs out there,
they had this... um...
They show where
they have an operation
where they make the babies
real smart.
Is that for real,
or is that, like, science fiction?
I mean, what...?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's quite real, Mr. Halverson.
It's, um, an ad for research
done at this facility.
It's called
embryonic gene modification,
a procedure where we
genetically alter an embryo
to create superior,
healthier children.
It's... It's amazing.
Well, thank you, Doctor.
- You're welcome.
- Good luck with your program.
- We really...
- Okay.
- Thanks, Doctor.
- You're welcome anytime.
This is amazing shit
you got going with them kids.
And good luck.
Go see the nurse.
Ow!
Mm-hmm.
That's better. Thanks.
Okay.
So, I have to throw
my legs back like this
and then thrust my pelvis skyward.
All this high-tech shit,
and their answer is for us
to fuck like circus folk, huh?
I don't get it.
It'll help the sperm
get to the right spot.
Uh-huh.
Come on.
Uh-huh. That's sexy.
You try, and see how sexy you look.
- All right, all right.
- Come on.
Do your thing.
Oh, shit!
I still have some dirt here.
It's an old stain. Don't worry.
Hey, hey, please, just...
Hurry, I'm dying here.
I just...
I, um...
I...
I went... I went...
I w...
I went to that medical center today.
- What?
- Yeah.
You kidding? Why?
I was curious about, you know,
all that genetic shit.
I mean, smart kids
are fucking amazing.
You know? So I...
I spoke to our doctor.
You know what?
Shit. I'm sorry.
This dirt is really bothering me.
- Sully, just forget it!
- I swear to Christ.
You went back to the doctor?
- That's weird.
- Yeah.
She explained
how it works to me, you know.
They enhance the smart genes
and they "dehance" the... the...
...the dumb ones.
You know, I mean...
These kids, I mean,
they are like geniuses and shit.
They can do miracle shit.
Yeah, that's great.
Can you come back in here, please?
She said it costs $50,000
to get into the program.
I mean, you gotta pay,
'cause it's kinda like...
...um, artificial in... ins...
Insemination?
I... i... ins... i...
It's just like that, you know,
so it costs a shitload of money.
Let me ask you something.
If we had that kind of money,
would you be into that?
I don't know, Sully.
Yo, Eddie!
- Can I talk to you for a second?
- What's up?
Let me ask you something.
You've been around, right?
- I fucked a lot of broads.
- No, I'm not talking about that.
I'm saying, like, uh...
If you wanted to... uh...
...If you wanted to steal something,
like, rob somebody,
would you know who to call?
Yeah, dude. I'd fucking call
Johnny Nutsack and Vinny DaCheese.
I'm not...
Stop.
I'm serious.
I'm dead fuckin' serious.
I've seen it open.
We did this place
about eight months ago.
There was a blockage in the pit,
so I had to flush all the toilets.
An old woman let me in,
let me wander around by myself.
I passed his office,
he didn't see me,
and it was open.
Just piles of fucking cash.
So I've been watching the place.
And they have an alarm,
but they only, uh...
What do you call it,
when you turn it on?
"Turn it on"?
No, with an alarm.
You... you...
"Engage"?
Yeah, you engage it, yeah.
Anyway...
They only do that
when he and his mom both go out.
So, the only problem that I can see
is the old woman and the safe.
Safe's not a problem anymore.
Yeah? Safe's not a problem.
No. He will handle the safe.
And we'll handle the old woman.
But you have to understand, we all
have to understand the risk involved.
We're not stealing
from some average, fucking Joe.
Yeah, I know, you said that
about, I don't know,
ten hundred billion times.
- So I think I get the idea.
- But...
Parmie Tarzo, right, did not make
his money on Wall Street, okay?
So you have to be
absolutely fucking positive
that this is what you wanna do.
Is this what you wanna do?
Yeah.
Yeah. Let's do it.
Shhh!
Oh! Hey... tsk... tsk...
Eddie, watch her!
If she wakes up, tape her mouth.
Sully, show me the safe.
Yeah, it's, it's right up here.
See what that was.
Uh... We better leave.
Let's... Let's leave.
Without this fucking money,
we're not.
Okay. Okay.
I'll get out of here...
What did you do?
Calm the fuck down, Sully.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
- Eddie, what the fuck did you do?
- Sully, calm the fuck down!
No, listen. She woke up,
and I went to tape her mouth.
I tried to tie her up,
but she freaked out, so I tried to...
You're not supposed to shoot!
What was I supposed to...
Call an ambulance!
No, no!
You're fucking crazy, Sully!
Call an ambulance!
No! We can't call an ambulance!
We gotta get the fuck outta here!
Oh, God! I'm sorry!
I was... I... Here...
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I know, I know. I know, I know.
I got it. Let's go!
And she's gonna die?
- Come on, Sully! Let's go!
- She's gonna die!
Let's go! Now! Shit!
All right. All right.
Ah! Fuck!
I dropped my wallet.
I'll be right back.
Meet us at the car! Right now!
Okay, I'll be out there.
What the fuck!
Oh, come on.
Oh, shit! Come on.
Oh, fuck me!
Oh, shit!
Come on!
There's been a shooting...
Oh, shit!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
Sully, man, you were right.
There's over $100,000 here!
Hello? Yeah. I called earlier
about an old woman?
Tarzo.
How is she doing?
Thank you.
Hey, Mary.
Yeah, it's me.
No.
Something good
finally happened to us.
I got lucky.
I hit the daily number.
Uh-huh.
I know, I... I... It just happened.
It just... It just...
I don't know about this, Sully.
I hope we don't make a mistake.
I hope we didn't waste the money.
No, no. This is the best money
we've ever spent.
It's for our baby's future, right?
It's for our baby.
Okay.
Okay?
Come on.
Bye.
Mary's on bed rest now,
but otherwise we're great.
Only two more months, Jas.
We're getting close.
And when he's born,
I'm gonna bring him in here,
and you can finally
meet 'em both.
What is it?
Let me see.
Let me see.
He's gonna cure cancer.
My boy is gonna cure cancer.
Excuse me.
Are you through?
I said, are you finished?
Um...
'Cause we've got business
to do here.
Okay. Thanks, Jas.
Hey!
Keep that, all right?
Thanks.
No, Eddie's gonna drive me
in his new Mustang.
Yeah.
No...
No, baby, don't move!
Don't move, I'll get it.
Just leave it there.
Yes. No problem.
All right, baby.
I'll see you soon.
I love you.
Listen, I'm gonna take a piss,
all right?
You know, turn that thing off
when it's done.
Yeah, yeah, wash your hands.
I don't want piss on the leather.
Please take... Hello, guys, guys!
This ain't a parking garage.
What the fuck are you doing?
Oh, we can't park here?
You thought we forgot
about you, huh?
Your friend started bragging
about his safe-cracking skills
to the wrong fucking people,
wise guy!
Where's the other guy?
And more importantly,
where is the fucking money?
Get him in the car, T.
T! Get him in the car.
Get him in there.
This fucker says the other one
went home already.
Get the fuck outta my seat, asshole.
Fuck!
Sully. Hey, baby!
What's wrong, honey?
I did something.
I did something bad, baby.
What? Why are you crying?
You're scaring me.
What are you doing?
I have to leave.
I have to go.
What? Where are you going?
Oh, Mary.
I'm so sorry for what I did.
I'm so, so...
I thought it was the right thing!
What did you do?
You're scaring the shit outta me,
Sully.
I... I...
I stole the money so our child
wouldn't be like me, all right?
What?
What are you talking about?
For the procedure.
I didn't hit the number!
I stole the money
from a fucking mob boss!
And they found out it's me!
- And they are coming after me!
- I don't understand.
You stole the money
from a mob boss?
I stole the goddamn money,
because I am stupid!
I'm so fucking stupid!
Stop. Tell me this isn't happening.
- And now I have to leave you.
- Tell me you're lying to me.
- I have to leave you. No, no!
- Tell me this isn't true.
- Or they're gonna kill me, all right?
- Oh, God.
- I have to leave you now.
- No, this isn't happening.
- I can't breathe, Sully.
- Mary, my dear wife, I love you.
I love you so much it hurts,
all right?
It hurts like a knife in the heart,
all right?
But I have to go.
No, you can't leave me!
You can't.
Sully, there has to be another way.
I mean, you're my husband.
You're my love.
We can talk to them,
and they'll understand.
- They won't.
- They'll understand.
They won't understand.
You have to tell them
that I left you.
- No.
- Yes!
No. I'm coming with you.
- I'm coming with you!
- No! You can't!
- I'm coming with you!
- No!
- You have to stay here!
- We said we'll never be apart.
I know! Just for a little while,
just for a little while.
All right? The baby, no,
you'll lose him.
All right? No! No! All right?
You tell them that I left you,
that I got some money,
and I left you,
you don't know where I am.
I left you pregnant.
They won't hurt you.
They'll just watch you,
and after a while
they're gonna forget.
They're gonna forget,
and then you'll have the baby,
and then you can come be with me,
and everything will be fine.
Everything will be exactly
the way it's supposed to be.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- No!
- Oh, Mary!
- We had everything, Sully.
- Why did you need more?
- Ah! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Sully!
That's 43,000 if you hit,
Jasper.
$43,000 if you hit, Jasper.
Good luck, Jasper.
Hm?
Good luck, Jasper.
I hope tonight's your night.
Post time 30 seconds.
Mr. Tarzo,
can I get you something nice?
You know, we didn't come here
for your fucking sandwiches, okay?
Get your friend in the back,
and go to work.
Good luck, Jasper.
That'll pay $47,000 if it hits.
$47,000 if it hits.
For 20 years this deaf bastard's
been coming in here every night
and laying down a single trifecta bet.
Never hit.
Until now.
Oh, yeah?
- It's fucking crazy!
- Ha!
Wow!
Good for you, Jasper.
You deserve it.
What are you gonna do
with all this money?
What are you gonna buy?
What are you going to buy?
You still haven't spent a dime?
Jas!
I would have spent it all by now!
What are you doing?
"I have no use for it."
Oh, wow!
Take a trip or something,
get away a bit!
Not I... No! No, no.
Mary's on bed rest.
Otherwise she's great, she's great.
Only two more months.
We're getting close.
And after he's born, Jas,
I'm gonna walk him in here
so you can finally meet 'em both.
Cure cancer.
My boy is going to cure cancer!
Excuse me.
Are you through?
Take care, Jas.
Hey!
I was part of the team
who caught Saddam Hussein.
I stopped questioning my choice
to be a soldier that day.
You know, catching
such an evil man.
A man responsible
for killing thousands.
And in some way,
in helping capture him,
I stopped any future evil
he could do.
It felt good.
It felt big.
People may never know what I did,
but I know...
God knows.
God knows who I am,
and that's what's important.
I did something significant.
What took you so long, old man?
What, what do you want?
He wants to ask me something.
All right, go ahead.
- I'll wait for you at the car.
- Yeah.
What?
Why?
Christ! You got an answer
for that, too, huh?
All right, bring $1,200 dollars
tomorrow, and you'll have one.
You're welcome.
This is some serious bullshit!
Baby-sitting some psycho gangster
in a motherfucking tree!
And it's raining, no less!
I know that you think
that I'm a lunatic,
that I'm a sick, crazy fuck,
but I am not.
I told you, I can't talk to you.
You gotta listen, then.
I am gonna be up here.
I am not coming down.
Now, if you help me
with the completion of my task
and tell someone that I am here,
then we can go home.
I don't have the money, all right?
Why would I fucking lie?
Listen to me, Sully.
This is not about revenge.
We're not Parmie Tarzo.
Tarzo's gone.
But the money you stole is ours,
and we want it.
You'll give it to us,
and you're free.
I don't have it.
Hey!
Don't make us visit
your wife to find out where it is.
Um... I... I...
Hold on! No!
Ah! Hey! Wait! All right.
I... I can find... I... I...
I can find the money.
I... I can get it.
- Good, good.
- I can get it. Yeah.
Good. He can get it.
What are you doing?
Why ain't you working?
There's someone out front
to see you.
Then get behind the counter,
all right?
You saved us, Jasper.
You saved us.
Wuh!
Mr. Tarzo? Over here!
Over here!
I don't have time!
Who are you?
I'm a reporter
with the Island Advance.
I wanna get a statement from you.
Could you please stand?
We don't have a lot of time.
According to Officer Rodriguez,
I'm not supposed to be here.
Why is a reputed mobster
sitting in a tree?
Reputed mobster,
reputed mobster...
I'm just a man...
...trying to save
this ancient Indian land...
...from destruction.
The forest tends to the need...
...tends to the needs
of the human race.
Providing us with wildlife,
and controls flooding...
It's a...
It's a pollution removal...
In turn, we need to protect it
for future generations.
I can't do this by myself, though.
I can't do it alone.
I need some help to do this.
Okay, let's get a photo.
Okay.
Give me a nice pose there.
Give me a photo here.
We've got something
for the front page.
Here we go.
Good.
Uh-huh!
Great.
Give me something
for the history books.
Thank you. Thank you. Great!
I gotta go.
Thank you, Mr. Tarzo, and good luck.
You let her in here?
Is that what you did?
You did that for me?
Mr. Tarzo!
Mr. Tarzo, get up, papo!
Mr. Tarzo! It's me,
Officer Rodriguez, please!
Wake up!
What's going on?
It worked!
What you've done.
Your story appeared in a newspaper.
Everyone read it.
I can't fuckin' believe it.
Look.
Man, look!
All these people,
they just bumrushed the forest
this morning with chains and shit.
The fuckin' mayor is on his way.
He's considering
stopping all the construction.
He says it's important.
You did it, Mr. Tarzo.
This is fucking big.
The Native American thanks you!
Tarzo! Tarzo! Tarzo! Tarzo!
Now get the fuck down.
Where were you all morning?
Forget it. Look, forget it!
You're wanted in the back.
Ma?
I just...
Parmie?
Parmie!
Parmie!
What are you doing here, old man?
Sullivan!
Hey! Sullivan!
Sullivan!
Oh, my God!
What happened?
Is he okay? Are you okay?
What happened? Oh, no!
Are you all right?
Why didn't you answer me, Mister?
You sure you're okay?
Anything else?
No? Okay.
God, I was calling and calling.
No one answered.
Why...? Why don't you...?
Oh!
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
Thank you for helping him.
Thank you.
He likes you.
Come on, Sullivan.
It's time to go.
No, he's not deaf.
He picks up things from TV.
I've never seen him sign before.
Wanna go?
Bye, now.
Are you okay?
You don't want to say good-bye?
Bye!
How's your knee?