The Waterdance (1992) - full transcript

Hi, honey.

Hi.

I'm sorry.

Dr. Shapiro to Radiology.

Dr. Shapiro,
please report to Radiology.

Hey, Joel.
I'm Les, man.

Pleasure.

Sorry I'm late, man.

Man, these people around me got
me running around like a dog.

Broke your neck, huh?

I was hoping no one
would notice.



That halo's
a dead giveaway, man.

How'd it happen?

Hiking accident.

Damn.

Out enjoying nature.

So what you do
for a living, Joel?

I'm a writer.

Is that right?

I'm a Stephen King man myself.

You like him?

He's fast.

Yeah.
He's something else, man.

You got your hands?

It's all right. Don't sweat it.



They got computers, right?
You can type with your tongue.

I'll be right back, man.

I am!

I am!

I am! Les, I am!

Les, Vernon
is calling you.

Yeah, thanks a lot.
I ought to teach him your name.

Joel, this is Rosa.
Rosa, this is Joel.

Hi, Joel.

The way it works here is,
she's got the certificate,

but I really do all the work.

Don't listen.
He's always complaining.

Just stating the facts, ma'am.
Just stating the facts.

I am.

Mr. Gibson, hope they had
you up walking.

Oh, you know they did.

Victor! Flirting
in front of your wife!

Shame on you.

Um, everybody,
say hello to Joel.

He'll be with us
for a while.

I am!

The guy almost kills me,
and he sends me fucking candy!

They look
really expensive.

Did you see the card?
The card is really nice.

Mom, what do you
want me to do?

Send him
a fucking thank-you note?

Les, I am!

I'm here, Vernon.

Don't worry about that.
You'll get used to it.

I'll go get your bed.

Les!

Look, I just want
to talk to my woman.

A man's got a right
to talk to his woman?

No, I don't
want to hold!

Shit! I am!

I'm gonna fucking kill you,
Vernon, if you don't shut up!

I'll slap you
if you don't shut up!

He does it
just to bother me, Mom.

Rosa, we gotta do something.
I can't even call my woman.

I know, Raymond.It's frustrating!

Rosa! I need you in 57.
Right now.

Just a second.

If you need anything,
just holler, okay?

I'll be back.

Mom, I'm interested
in your stories, okay?

I am! I am!

- I know, Bloss.
- I'm keeping up, okay?

Putting you through.

It's about time.
What you doing?

Playing dominoes?

There's no need
for sarcasm, sir.

I am!

Signorelli's Pizza.

Gotta put you on hold.

Now, this is ridiculous.

Look, did you get
the lawyer?

I tried, Bloss,
but I couldn't get

that Rhonda off
the phone today.

Did you know she's going out
with Arthur again?

Yeah, Mom, you told me.

I did? I told you?

She's sleeping
with an army a week,

and she's still
leading the man on.

Look, we've got to get
this lawyer thing arranged.

Les!

I swear to God,
Vernon!

Got you in the halo, huh?

Man, I call that thing
a crown of thorns.

I thought they was gonna screw
that thing into my brain.

How you doing?
My name is Raymond Hill.

My friends call me Ray.

Joel. Nice to meet you, Joel.

Oh, this here?

A crazy man chewed it off
in a fight.

But that was
in my lawless days.

If you need anything,
a glass of water,

something
from the snack bar

you just call on me, okay?

Thanks.

All right.

It's a hard knock,
isn't it, buddy?

Yeah.

One thing you got to remember
through it all

is that God got
his plan.

Now, take me for instance.

I mean, I got a wife,
a beautiful child.

I was treating them bad,
you know

lying, cheating, drinking.

God's just slowing me down
so I can appreciate them.

You know what I mean?

I am, Les.

Goddamn!

Pile of brain sludge!

Les.

That was not nice.

I should get you out of bed

and make you apologize
to that poor man.

Hey!
There you are!

How you doing?

Raymond Hill.
My friends call me Ray.

Hi, I'm Anna.

It's nice to meet you, Anna.

You two are married, huh?

No, we're friends.

Excuse me,
I saw the ring

and I just...I'm married.

You are?Heh.

Right, right.
How is Donald?

David. His name is David.

Oh, I got you.

Raymond Hill understands
these matters.

You're a lucky man there,
Joel.

Very perceptive guy.Yeah.

Friends, huh?

Well, I like you.

I'm back, gentlemen.

And boy did
we miss you, nursey.

I love you too,
Bloss.

We'll have that bed
in five minutes.

I won't move.

Mr. Gibson.

Ready to get in bed?Oh, you know I am.

All right,
let's do it.

I went over some chapters,

but you don't wanna
start back so soon.

There's not much else
to do.

I brought you...

these.

Uh, kind of quiet
in here, isn't it?

Oh, boy, unusual.

Yeah.
Unh!

Very unusual.
Ah.

I'll be right back.

Thanks.

Come on.

Pulse!

He's back.

Okay, respiration spontaneous.
Let's get him to ICU.

What are you thinking?

Did you tell Donald?

David?

Yeah, of course I did.

I mean about us.

I'm going to.

I should go.

It's late. Okay?

Good night.

Anna.Hmm?

You seem to be taking all this
rather well.

Sleep well.

If he dies,
there could be murder charges.

Then we'd be called in
as witnesses.

Bullshit! It's not bullshit.

You know this hospital's
concerned about...

Take care, beautiful. Good night.

At least
manslaughter.

Shut up,
Raymond.

I'm just postulating.

Do me a favor,

postulate in your own bed.

Don't fucking snore!

I think I should be
more depressed than I am,

but I'm not. That's...

Why is that?

My mom and my sister
came to visit

when I was
in Intensive,

but I was so high on morphine,
I didn't really notice.

I couldn't really tell
who they were,

which pretty much
sums up my family, I guess.

It's a nice sweater.
Do all shrinks wear sweaters?

I remember Judd Hirsch

had a nice sweater
in Ordinary People.

I really rely mainly
on my girlfriend in this.

Yeah, she is nice.
She's great.

She's a great girl.
Smart, funny.

Unfortunately, she's married
to someone else. Heh.

That he does not know
what's really going on

it's really not
my problem.

He's her problem
and she's my problem.

And now there's
this problem, so...

What are you
writing there?

Uh, you know,
I'm hopeful. Heh.

I am. I'm hopeful.

Oh, no, no. I'm anticipating
the psychological crash.

I have it penciled in
already.

I think it happens
next week sometime.

I'm a writer.
That's what I do.

And I don't need to walk
to do that.

So, uh... This is denial,
right, doc?

Hey, Victor,
how are you doing?

I have five months of this.

Well, could be worse.
Could be your cooking.

I never cooked.

I heated.

How we doing, Mr. Gibson?

All right.I figured that.

How you doing, nurse?

Here you go, Ray.

Sorry, man, but that was
the last extra one they had.

You go with what
the good lord gives you.

Fish is pretty good,
huh?

You'll think so too
after a few months.

Macradenal.

What about
a painkiller?

Later.

Enjoy your fish.

Oh, yeah. I almost forgot.
Teatro de Kung Fu,right?

Wait a minute,
man.

Come on, Bloss, man.

Every time we vote
on this stuff,

it always ends up
the same way.

Oh, yeah?

If you haven't noticed,
there's another patient.

Not to mention
one less Mexican.

Why don't we take
another vote?

All right, if you
want to vote, we vote.

We already know
your vote.

Victor, we know
your vote.

Mr. Gibson,
what do you say?

You know me. Whatever's on
is all right with me.

All right.
Fair enough.

Ray,
what you say?

Don't like football
and I don't like kung fu.

So we got three
abstentions.

We got one kung fu.
We got one football.

Joel.

It's on you, man.

I'll just give
my vote to you, Les.

Great, we're gonna
have to flip a coin.

A coin, my ass!

We gotta stick together
on this thing.

Look, I don't
really watch TV, man.

I ain't about TV, man.
It's about football, man.

Motherfucking Raiders!

Listen. Around here, you and me,
we gotta stick together.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about not
letting these niggers and spics

take over this room.

My last name
is Garcia, Bloss.

Joel Garcia.

Come on, big guy, call it.

You should channel
this hostility

in a more
positive direction.

You're a little prick,
you know that, man?

Come on, Bloss.

Heads or tails, man?

Heads.

Tails it is,
man.

Garcia? Garcia?

Oh, boy, that's deep.
That is deep.

I am.

Guess who's in
the private room?

I am!

Here we go. Mm-hm.

Ready to roll.

I'm gonna have to buy me
one of those vans with a lift.

All right. Okay.

You clear over there?Yeah, I'm good.

Are you okay?Yes.

All right.I'm fine.

Whoo...

Okay, we got it in there.

Cheryl, get him
under the chair.

I've got him.

Oh, this is...Now.

He looks a little pale.Are you okay?

Maybe a little dizzy but...

Get that chair
under him, Cheryl!

It's nothing to worry...

Here we go.

There he goes.

Joel?

Joel?

Here he is.

Uh, better wait
on that van.

Mm-hm.

Make way, Harley!

Woo,
you're so pitiful!

Fuck you!

You know
you're so pitiful!

Shut the fuck up!

What's the matter?
You running out of gas?

Uh-oh. Come on,
I'm gonna wait for you.

Come on, baby!

Harley-Davidson ain't shit
compared to a Cadillac!

Fuck you,
motherfucker!

Can I help you?

Yeah. Hello.
Hello?

I've been waiting
for about 10 minutes.

That's just the way
things are. Please hold.

Wait, wait!
No, no.

Forget it.

Hey there, Mr. Gibson!
How you doing?

Fine.Wonderful, wonderful.

How are you?
Hey. Psych.

Hey.

Won't be too long now before
the new bambinois here, huh?

That's wonderful, wonderful.
I got a little girl, Starletta.

Beautiful child.
That's a picture of her.

Les!

Rosa, why don't you go see
what Vernon wants?

It's not my name
he's calling.

Les!

What's wrong with him,
anyway?

Broken neck,
a head injury,

heh, kind of cut
his vocabulary to a minimum.

Les!

Look, I'll be right back.

Look, man. I'm all wet again.
You know, gizmo done busted.

Give me five minutes.
Okay, Ray?

Okay. Okay.

Hey.

How you doing there, halo-head?

So you're a writer, huh?

Some people think so.

Yeah? Well, that's great!
That's great!

Raymond Hill is a man
of many stories.

True things.
Make your asshole go tight.

See, I was settled down
when this happened to me.

I was on my way
to buy cigarettes.

Two guys jump me, beat me
and throw me in the L.A. River.

Joel,
ain't no water in that river.

I mean, I have to admit I was
kind of wild, kind of crazy.

Take this for instance.
Now, you see this?

An asshole chopped it off
with a straight razor.

I thought a crazy man
chewed...

Joel,
you got to watch those women.

They soul-stealers.

Now, let's take
that one you got.

She a pretty one,
but she's a soul-stealer.

And no matter what happens,

part of your soul
is gonna be gone,

so you might as well
be glad to give it up.

You know, I do remember that
I had one woman like that once.

Oh, she was a beauty.
White woman.

Name was
Annabelle Lee.

Stripper. Three weeks
in a tiny little bed

in a tiny little room.

Ray, what do
we gotta do, man?

We gotta listen to your stories
all day and night?

Just mind your business.
We're talking.

You're talking! He's being
polite while you tell him lies.

What lies?

Lies, man!
Just shut up!

You know, Bloss,
I'll tell you something.

It don't matter if you keep
your mind closed. That's okay.

But it concerns me
when you libel my good name.

I'll do more
than libel your name.

You know this man's got
a problem with race. I told him

it's nothing but ignorance
and fear. That's all it is.

You're a writer, tell him.
Ignorance and fear.

Fuck you!

Or it could just be
a zinc deficiency.

That's exactly
what I was gonna say!

I told that man,

I said the black man know
how to please a white woman.

Where is this white woman
if she's in love with you?

I don't know where she is,
bumblehead!

Oh, yeah.

Mr. Bigshit
with all the women, man.

Your wife don't even
visit you, homey.

I tell you what.
Just to shut you the fuck up,

I'll wager good money this
white bitch don't even exist

except in your black head.
Mm-hm.

Fantasy Island,
motherfucker.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, right.

All that money

that you're supposed
to make from your lawsuit?

Heh. Money that
you couldn't match.

I'll match anything
you put down.

Come on, you two.

What do you want, man?

Come on with it. Come with it. Huh?

Fifty bucks?

That ain't shit! $100.

Oh, $100,
that's shit, man.

Whatever you wanna bet, man.
Just shut up.

You got it. You got it.

Rosa, you hear that.
You're a witness.

You leave me
out of this.

We got a bet.

Yeah, we got a bet.

Now you gotta prove yourself.

Don't worry about it.
I'll figure it out.

You boys better not
cause me any trouble.

- Just tell him to shut up.
- All right, man?

Does any of these people
go home around here, man?

Rosa!

Rosa!

Thought you said they'd keep
the hardcover graphics.

I put in my two cents,
but I don't run the place.

It's a sexy picture of you,
though.

Before the haircut.

Okay.

Try the keyboard. They told me
it's the softest touch.

Okay.

How does it feel?

It feels...

Heh. It feels great.

Joel.

I have to see him.
I have to go home.

Type.

No.

Type!

Even though
the spinal-cord patient

can get
a reflex erection

it's not gonna feel
the same.

Orgasm, as you've known it,
is very rare.

You'll have to learn
to experiment with your partner.

Communicate.
Learn what you like.

Find out what they like.

Oral sex comes in handy.

Wait, wait. No, there ain't
gonna be none of that.

Did you say something,
Raymond?

Look, doc, I don't mean
no disrespect,

but a woman was put on
this earth to serve a man.

Now, that's just
a biological fact.

There are a few of us
in this room, Raymond,

who might argue
that point.

Doc, what you're saying
to me

is that you want me
to eat some pussy.

Now, black men
don't eat pussy.

What you going to do, Raymond?
Use a straw?

Maybe I'll use your big
nappy head. That's what I'll do.

It is your choice, Raymond,

but I've been in this chair
for 18 years...

And you're saying
you go down on a woman?

Every chance I get,
Raymond.

That's disgusting. That's just
absolutely disgusting.

Dear Anna:

I wish I could say all that
needs to be said about us.

From here,
just now, I cannot.

The halo is off, and for
the first time since the fall

I'm allowed the luxury of warm free water to cleanse me.

Every third day at dawn,
I'm showered.

What a simple pleasure
that is.

Such a short time ago,
that seems like forever,

we lay in your tiny room
in Santa Monica,

not caring as the cool night
melted into morning.

Now's not the time
to decide the future.

I'm sorry for trying
to force things.

Time here has stopped.
Visitors come and go,

each face blending into
the next, no face yours.

Everyone tells me
I look good.

I smile, make jokes.

They laugh, wish me well.
They leave.

I remain here.

This place...

They packed us in the van

and took us to a football game the other day.

We passed a strip joint,
and Raymond told us

therein danced
his Annabelle Lee.

Bloss called him a liar.

I'm convinced
that in a perfect world

those two men
would be lovers.

My wild, optimistic
imagination.

Anna,

three weeks without you
seems such a long time,

especially now.

But I understand

nothing is easy.

You'll be back soon.
We'll play Scrabble.

We will find the words.

Love, Joel.

What?

The keys to the van.

I hope you trust my driving,

because tonight I'm you
taking out to eat some crow.

You're on, man.

Is there a dead dog
in here somewhere?

Hey. What is this?

Who let this
lowlife element in here?

Calm yourself down!

I got family coming today.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Shut the fuck up!

Drinking is against
the rules!

Fucking crazy nigger.

Thinks he's the fucking mayor
of the hospital.

I got some presents for you.What?

This one's name is Lucille.
Give him a kiss, Lucille.

You kidding me! I'll be
fucking rolling in the money.

First thing I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna buy Mom a new house.

Then I'm gonna get myself

a fucking Harley
with a lift on it.

What's the deal with the dude?
You know, the money guy?

I don't know.
Let's give him a call.

Number's in the top drawer.

Give me the phone.
It'll be fun.

Give him a call.

This must be it.

Give him a piece of your mind,
man.

Operator.Give me 555-9030.

- All my lines are busy.
- Please hold.

I ain't got all day
to wait, motherfucker!

I'm trying to sleep,

this guy's got this Asian
woman walking on his back.

Wait a minute.
Here he is, man.

How you doing,
Mr. Rader?

Fine. Who is this?

It don't matter
who this is, man.

It's the fucking
L.A. Times,man.

Who is this?

You care to comment
on this $2.5 million lawsuit

you got going, huh?

Make you think twice

before you run over
innocent people

in your Mercedes-Benz,
huh?

Don't you hang up
on me, motherfucker!

You got him
running scared, bro.

Don't forget who your friends
are when you're a rich man.

What the fuck are you
looking at, Garcia?

You want a beer,
bro?

Raymond?

Hey, Rachel!

Baby, I was watching for you
to come in over there.

I parked
on the other side.

Girl,
you know you look good.

Boy, you look good!

Starletta,
how you doing, baby?

Look what
Daddy's got for you.

Come on,
give your father a kiss.

I need to sit down,
Raymond.

Starletta wants
a Coke.

All right. Well, we'll just
go into the snack bar.

Come on, girl.

Now, Rachel...

baby, I get out of here
in two months.

I mean, a woman needs a man.
A child needs a father.

Please,
Raymond.

Baby, I devote my life
to you. Now, you...

I mean, besides, who's gonna
take care of you anyway?

Look, Raymond, I'm doing fine.
I've always done fine.

Yeah, I know that,

and I know I've
treated you bad in the past.

But the past is the past.

I don't wanna go
through this again.

Just do this
for me, okay?

Rachel,
we are a family.

Heh. I'm not gonna divorce
my family.

You're just making this
hard on me.

Rachel, we are a family.

And I can't divorce my family!

I've gotta go.

Wait, wait.

Okay. Okay.

I'm sorry.

Baby, I give you God's love,
if you just give me a chance.

I mean, I'm a changed man.
I ain't the way I used to be.

Come on, Starletta.

You can't walk out of here
like this.

Tell your daddy
thank you for the Coke.

Thank you
for the Coke.

You're welcome, baby.

Don't do that.
Rachel... Rachel!

You're my wife! You're supposed
to be at my side!

Rachel!

They asked her to take
this stuff out of here.

That's not right.

I'll ask Cheryl Lynn
to help you, okay?

What time?

Time for what?

Annabelle Lee.

There ain't
no Annabelle Lee.

We got a bet
or what, man?

Forget the bet, forget the trip

and just leave me be, okay?

Get that cigar
out of here, Bloss.

You know the rules.

Here's the motherfuckers that
won't put our calls through.

Hey! Hey in there!

Bring your asses out here!
I wanna make a complaint!

Hey, goddamn it!
I know you hear me!

Probably sitting on your butts
like you usually do!

Bring your asses
out here!

Get your hands
off of me!

Don't you know you're
fucking with people's lives?

Squeaky-voice
motherfuckers,

maybe I'll break
your fucking neck!

You all right?No, I'm not all right!

He was handing them the money,

and they shot him.

Poor kid.

Right there
in his father's store.

Fucking punks, man.

Mom! Come on,
cut the fingernails,

not my fingertips.

You're such a baby.

"Worms" and "snoot."

Four, five, six,
nine, 10, 11, 12...

Sixteen.

I loved your letter.Oh? Well...

Why didn't you
write me back?

I can't write.
You know that.

Maybe you were afraid
of what you might say.

Anna, don't.

Is this okay?
Yeah.

What's your name,
man?

My name's Sang.

I'm Bloss.

Listen, man, if you need
anything around here,

you know,
anything at all,

you let me know, okay?
I mean that.

You play tennis,
man?

Give me the juice,
Mom.

Knock, knock. Medication time.

Just a minute.

Hold on.

Okay.

Oh, Jesus!

Hope I'm not
interrupting anything.

Um...

Here.

Thanks.
Hmm.

He refuses to learn
his bowel program.

Me and Rosa
had to spend all last week

trying to get him
on that toilet.

Cheryl Lynn says he won't even
dress himself in the morning.

It's not our problem

the nigger won't dress himself
or dig his own shit.

When his day comes,
he's out of here. Tell him that.

I already did.

Rosa!

Just adorable.

Well, good night.

Good night.

You still like me?

You're okay.

Anna?

Do you have a minute?

Sure.

Um, we understand the patient's
need for sex therapy...

but on the ward,

the other patients
tend to feel left out.

Of course.

Then there's something
about insurance

which even I can't
figure out.

If it were up to me,
I'd change the rules.

I understand
your dilemma.

I'm sorry
to embarrass you.

I mean, y-yes.

Middle button.

Hey.

Here we go.
Back in the gimp palace.

All you gimps, you cripples!

She grabs me...
Can I still get it up?

Shit, yeah, I can get it up.
I'm Raymond Hill!

Got plenty of women!

Women all across
the country.

Shoot.

Ask me if I don't know
what I'm doing. I...

I'm gonna call her
right now

and tell her to come over and
sit right over me in this chair.

Hey, Rosa!

Rosa Carmelita

Rodriguez Concepción!

Why the hell y'all got
so many damn names?

Damn.

A family.

Every man...

A daughter needs
a father.

Rosa! Rosa!

Shit!

Jesus Christ, Ray.

What the hell
are you trying to do?

What does it look
like I'm trying to do?

I'm trying
to get to bed.

It's all right. It's okay.
I'll get up there myself.

I don't give a shit!

It ain't nothing

but a goddamned statistic
around here, anyway.

All the people
in here is prejudiced.

Shh. Quiet.

All of them
is prejudiced.

Where's Rosa at? She was
supposed to give me...

You've been drinking, Ray.I ain't been drinking!

You've been drinking,
and you know the rules!

I, uh, you're supposed
to be my friend.

I ain't gonna
let you libel my name.

Get off of me!

Where's the supervisor?

Supervisor!People are asleep, Ray.

Sleeping? Oh.

Hey. Hey. Halo.

- He can't hear you, Ray.
- He's sleeping.

I'm sorry I woke you up. He's sleeping.

Motherfucker! I went out
and got some women!

Hey, Bloss,
I saw Annabelle.

I saw Annabelle, Bloss.

Okay,
just keep quiet.

You'll be all right.

You'll be all right.

Call my wife.We'll call her in the morning.

No, you got to.
I wanna talk to Starletta.

She need a father.

I ain't gonna be nothing
without no family.

If I can't have my family,
what'll I be?

It's gonna be all right.

You just relax.

Get my wife
on the phone.

Just go to sleep.

Ain't got my family,
what'll I be?

We'll call them in the morning.

So they're just gonna
dump this guy on the highway

with 20 bucks
and a new leg bag

and say, "Good luck, Raymond"?Yep.

I'd feel sorry
for him,

but I'm saving up
all my pity for myself.

You haven't used any yet?That much.

Sorry it took so long.
You two have fun today.

Thanks.

So long, saps!Heh.

I bought you this tape,
didn't I?

On our third date.

I already had the CD,
by the way.

I never told you that.
Huh?

Obviously, I was not
thinking too clearly.

Half a year of those looks
in the office.

I never gave you looks.

Oh, now, you gave me looks.

You gave me looks!You gave me looks.

Uh, oops.

A wind!You fucker!

A wind. It blew out of my hand.
It blew it out of my hand.

I hate you.I'll buy you another one.

Oh. Good choice.Joel.

It's romantic.

Now,
you were heading...?

I was heading
this way, east.

And, um, he was coming up
Brower, heading north.

And?

I went through
the intersection.

Roughly how fast
were you going?

Mr. Dorsinski?What?

About how fast
were you going?

I don't know.
About 30, 35.

You all right, Bloss?I'm fine, Mom.

So he crossed through and
hit you in the intersection?

That's what I said,
didn't I?

Look, can we talk about this
in a restaurant?

I gotta find a bathroom.

What?

I want to look at you.

Joel, I'm shy. Heh.

Let me.

Please.

What's wrong?

It's wet.

Shit, my gizmo slipped!

It's okay.

Damn! It's not okay!
It's fucked!

Hey, we have another one.
We'll clean it up, okay?

It's only a little wet.I got it.

It's no big deal. Okay?

It's okay.
I might go again.

I never know when I'll go.We'll put another one on.

Then what?
It's not worth it.

Just forget it.

Fuck it! I don't feel
anything anyway.

Can we just
forget it, all right?

Oh.
Isn't she beautiful?

Isn't she beautiful?

Oh, she looks
just like you, Victor.

Let's go to Daddy.
Let's go to Daddy.

Watch the head.

Mom, if he's a lawyer,

he should be able to answer
our questions.

He probably has to talk
to Mr. Sparks first.

Who's Mr. Sparks?

You know, the guy on TV.
Larry Sparks.

Mom...

You're telling me
that you got these bozos

off the TV?Yeah.

Mom,
that's just plain stupid!

No, it's not.
This is a respectable firm.

It's stupid, Mom!

Bloss, you know,
I think you're upset.

It's because
you went back too soon.

I told you it was too soon.

Don't get on me about it.
Leave me alone.

And don't make it my fault.

Howdy, partner!

Who the fuck is that?

Hope you're ready
for a little entertainment.

♪ And take a couple
A square through ♪

♪ Go four hands
It's what you do ♪

♪ Do-si-do
With a corner girl ♪

♪ Make an ocean wave ♪

♪ Swing through ♪

♪ Men run around that girl ♪

Heh, heh.

♪ That wheelin' deal ♪

♪ Get out and lift
With a corner girl ♪

♪ And a left, round you
Round that whirl and... ♪

♪ Meet a girl
That's pretty little low ♪

♪ And promenade
Your lady fair ♪

♪ Take a little walk
Around the square ♪

♪ And join hands ♪

♪ Make 'em ring
And circle a little left ♪

♪ With a pretty little ding ♪

♪ Circle left
Go around you go and... ♪

Fucking square dancers
in my room!

Bloss. Bloss.

Bloss, these people
are trying to cheer you up,

and you are being so rude!

Bloss!

Bloss! Bloss!

I can't...

Hey, man!

You all right?

Go away. Leave me alone.

Boy, you do know
how to trash a place.

Here, have a taste.

Look, it's unhealthy
to drink alone.

It's better to drink
with a partner.

Even if it has to be you.

Fuck you, man.

Look at that.
Why you gonna wipe it off?

That's just so childish.
My sister used to do that.

Probably with good reason, man.It is childish!

Oh, yes.

What the fuck is this shit?

Here, give me that.

Go ahead, have another one.
Don't mind me.

You know, Bloss,
I've been thinking...

If a man wanna snuff it,
bam!

Aim his chair into traffic,
squish!

Huh?
But you got to time it right.

Got to pick the right car.

Like a Cadillac.

Mm-hm. Oh, no, no, no.
A bus.

Now, a bus will squish you
real good.

So do it, man.

Oh, shit! If I was one of them
total quads, then...

Man, they can't even
raise their hands.

You know,
they can't even slug a man.

I mean, goddamn, even a quad
need to slug a man sometime.

Fucking Joel, man.

I hate that motherfucker.

You're just jealous,
that's all.

You're just jealous
because he got a woman

and he know his place.

Every man got to find
his place, Bloss.

When are we
going out again?

I'll have to check
my calendar.

Come on, Joel,
I had a good time. Really.

Hey, we saw a movie.

Heh, we saw a bad,
bad, bad movie.

We had dinner.
Dinner was okay.

All right, heh,
the whole day was fucked.

I'm just gonna go inside.
I'll be all right.

Are you sure?Yeah.

Okay.Good night.

Good night.

I love you.

Howdy, partner!
Missed you at the hoedown.

Next time, huh?

So long.

Good night. Bye.

Vernon's wife.

You give up?Yeah, well , fuck you!

No, fuck that. Give up!Kick your ass, man.

So when you gonna pay up
that bet, man?

Ain't that some shit.

Mr. Lawsuit here...

...worrying his ass
about $100.

Will you stop?
Ha, ha.

No, it's the principle, man.

Don't worry. She's there.
You can guarantee it, ha, ha.

She's there!
One hand!

One hand, motherfucker!
One hand!

Oh!
Ha!

We dumped.

We fucked up, man.

Oh, Lord, I sure hope
somebody come along.

Hey, Bloss.

Did I tell you about my dream?

Oh, heh, no.

Don't tell me
about your dream.

Oh, it'll freak you out.

I'm on this lake.

And I'm standing up.

No chair, man.

Sky a beautiful blue
all around me.

And I'm standing
on the water.

But I'm dancing, see?

That's the only way
I can stay up is do this dance.

And I know that as soon,
as soon as I quit,

forget it, that's it.
I'm going down.

I can't swim.

No land for miles around.

So I keep doing this dance.

And I get tired.

I keep doing this dance.
Tired of doing that dance.

I get tired.

So tired.

And then I wake up.

Oh, man, freaked me out.

Help!

Help!

I stitched it up for you, man.
It's like new.

It was pretty messed up.

Listen, I want you
to tell me something, man.

And don't be
stupid about it.

Tell me what happened
on the day that I dumped.

What happened?

Heh, the guy ran the light.
He fucked you up.

What really happened, man?

I want you to tell me
what really happened.

I don't remember.

Look, we were racing, man,
just tooling around.

Ugh, we were pretty blasted,
but that don't make you blind.

Damn, don't think about it,
man.

Here.

No. Look, go to dinner, please.

All right? I'm not gonna...

No, I'm fine about it.

I'll just get Florence to do it.
It's her job.

She gets paid for it.

Look, if it's gonna
make you happy,

please, by all means,
do it.

I'm...

I... Hey, I gotta go.

If you wanna come, just come,
all right?

Bye-bye.

Hey, uh...

Got in a fight
with your girlfriend.

Ain't no big thing.

Leave me alone, Bloss.

Just trying to be friendly.

What?

I said I'm just
trying to be friendly.

Oh...

Well, do me a favor, huh?
Just leave me the fuck alone.

Now you're showing
some spirit, Joel.

You know
what your problem is, man?

Hmm? You know
what your problem is?

You're determined
to pick a fight, huh?

Your problem is
that you ain't got no problem.

Look at you, man. Huh?

You call yourself Garcia.
You ain't no Mexican.

You ain't no nigger.
You ain't no white dude.

You're better
than everybody else.

You and your
fucking glasses, man.

I got news for you, pal.

How long will it take
before that pretty girl

leaves you for somebody
who can tune her engine, huh?

Are you done?

No.

No, I ain't.

They're pretty good.

I think they'd be better,
heh, if they'd stop.

But, uh...

Oh, come on, please.

Will you move sometime tonight?Heh.

Hey, Rosa, can you
give me a Darvadon?

How about Percocel?

No, how about, uh, Demoran?
That's even better.

Rosa, can you swing that?Morphine.

You can shoot him up
with some morphine.

Bloss can get me some heroin.
That'd be wild.

Rosa, ask Bloss if he can
score me some smack, huh?

I'll get you a Darvadol.

Hurry up, huh?

You're an asshole,
you know that?

You're a hemorrhoid
on an asshole.

You're an inflamed hemorrhoid
on a donkey's asshole.

You're a cunt, heh.

Why do I come here?What makes you say that?

Heh, you called me
a cunt.

Whoa, you imply
that I'm a drug addict.

That was a joke!
Come on.

What is your problem?

I broke my fucking neck!I know!

You don't know!

If any walking person knows,

it's me, all right?
Don't give me that shit!

I think about it
for two hours on the freeway

and while I wash
your clothes!

I think about it while looking
for accessible apartments!

I'm sorry, all right?
My heart really bleeds for you.

Where's your laundry?You don't have to do it.

I live for your laundry.

I live to argue Scrabble rules
with you.

Really, it makes me whole.

I love how your face
brightens up

when I walk in a room.

I lost something too!

You may not understand that,
but it's true.

You're out of shampoo.

Love you.

Enjoy the show?

If it isn't Garcia, man.

Señor Garcia to you.

Hey, did you and Raymond
ever settle that bet?

What do you care?Maybe I want some of the action.

Too late, Joel.

Hey Joel, you wanna play?

Come on, be a gimp, Joe.

I hate badminton.

Rosa!

Rosa!

Rosa!

Hey, Vernon.

Rosa?

No. My name is Joel.

Could you fix the TV,
please?

Sure.

How's that?
Good.

I saw your wife, Vernon.
She's very beautiful.

Beautiful woman.

It's hard, isn't it, Vern?

Do you love her?

My girlfriend,
she touches me now,

and I don't feel a thing.

I feel like nothing.

Like piss, shit.

Like the smell
of this place. It's...

And I can't be nice to her.

Sometimes I-I hate her.

I feel this anger
coming up inside me.

and I lash out at her,
but I don't mean to.

I don't know.

She's so good to me.

I hate her for walking

for feeling.

If we live together
when I get out...

Oh, God, I can just see
the pity in people's eyes.

Falling over themselves
to help me,

or pretending not to see me,

or pretending that nothing
happened to me when it did.

It did.

I fell, Vernon.

I...

can't walk.

God...damn.

Oh!

I'm sorry, baby.

Oh, God.

I'm sorry, Vern.

Vern.

What do you mean,
an old-folks home?

A place where they keep
old people.

He didn't have
anywhere else to go.

That's no piece of news
to me.

What about his wife?

I just suppose it
didn't work out.

What, Bloss?

You suddenly concerned
about Raymond?

He owes me money.

Hm.

Where is this place?

What?

I took the keys
to the hospital van, Joel.

How about we go on a field trip,
settle this bet?

You got room in your life
for a little adventure.

You drive.

Why don't you drive?

I don't have a license.

I'll watch the door
while you get dressed.

I need you, Joel.

Bloss, what you doing?

I'm gonna go
see some naked ladies, man.

Live naked ladies?

What'd you think,
some dead naked ladies?

What are you doing, man?

Forget it.
You ain't going.

I'd have to dress you.

I gotta put you
in your wheelchair.

Forget about it.
Besides, your mother'd kill me.

You ain't going.

This is fun.

You got your headlights on?Oh, yeah.

Shit!

Turn left up ahead.

The strip joint
was on Devaulle.

Look out, man!

Boy, that guy
sure came out of nowhere.

Good thing
we're already paralyzed.

Yeah.

Don't go anywhere.

Raymond. Raymond Hill.

This is the ghost
of all your past white pussy.

Bloss...

Oh, shit.

Man, what time is it?
Man's gotta get his sleep.

Not tonight, man.

Tonight I'm taking you out
to eat some crow.

What are you doing?

Get dressed, man.

What are you doing?

We're gonna go
see Annabelle Lee.

There ain't no
Annabelle Lee.

Bullshit, man.

There ain't.
I was lying.

Yeah?

Tell you what.

I'll bet you the same $100

that you ain't lying.

Where's your socks?
Get dressed, man.

Damn it, Bloss. You can't come
in a man's room at night,

and expect him
to get up out of bed.

Shut up, man.

Forget the bed.

We'll go out, get drunk,

just go get some pussy.

Is this place so good?
Get dressed.

Nobody controls my life!
I control my life!

I do with it
what I wanna do!

I'm gonna call the nurse...

if you don't get out
of here.

Hey, is he coming?

No, man, must be
the wrong place.

Look, we're out.
We might as well party.

Okay.

Ten bucks.

I need 30 bucks, man.30 bucks?

Give me some money for a tip.

How you like that, Sang?
Here you go, bro.

Coke or juice?Juice!

Forget the juice.
Three Cokes.

Seats by the stage
over there.

Look who's here, man.

Who is that? Check him out, man.

Hey, Les! Les, buddy!

Les, my man!

Lester.

What the hell
are you guys doing here?

Little night pass, man, heh.

Les, your wife
know you're here?

She know you come
to places like this?

Nine dollars,
gentlemen.

You took my money.

I'm broke.Nine dollars.

My main man, Lester,
is gonna pay for it.

Thanks, Les.

Tip me a dollar.

You really are
a charmer, Les.

You really are.Heh.

♪ When the joint starts
Jumpin' ♪

♪ When I ride you now ♪

♪ I got the bold me crackin' ♪

♪ When the time is long ♪

♪ I got the boys
Right with me ♪

♪ I wanna break you in ♪

♪ No I can't believe that
I'm the one ♪

♪ That taught you
How to sing and dance... ♪

♪ Salty tears
Wash away the sick ♪

♪ Chase abomination
From my door ♪

♪ Ignore for yours... ♪

How you like that, Joel?

Pretty good.Pretty good, man?

She was serving you up hair pie.
You want Cool Whip on it?

Give her a hand,
and hand her some green.

That luscious lady's name
is Stephanie.

All right! Peking's
a city in China,

but tipping is not. Okay.

Show a little appreciation
for this lovely creation.

Yeah, baby. That's Stephanie.

They bound to notice
you guys gone by now.

You ought to get back.

We came here for a reason,
all right?

Why don't you just chill out
on all the bullshit.

You know, if we were
a Zola novel right now,

we would be just symbols
of society's decay,

and that's
so fucking obvious.

But if we were
a Flannery O'Connor short story,

you know what?

There is no telling which
one of us might find redemption

in a place like this.Heh-heh-heh.

It's true.Redemption?

You guys ready for a little more
sweet entertainment?

Well, let's hear it now.

Okay, Tarzan, take it easy.

We got your Jane coming out
right now.

Here she comes,
the fabulous Annabelle Lee!

Annabelle Lee!

Give me some cash.

Bring your own.
I look like a bank?

Don't be tight, man.

- Don't give her all the money.
- There's more girls coming out.

♪ When troubles wear me down ♪

♪ There's a place I can go ♪

You know a guy
named Raymond Hill?

Black dude.

Lady's man.
Missing a finger.

What, is he a friend of yours?

You could say that.

♪ She's got an open door ♪

How's Raymond doing?

He's good.

Ever spend time with him?

Spend time?

He tell you I did?

Let's just say something
slipped out.

You tell Raymond I said hi.

So Raymond won the bet?

Yeah, I guess.

Heh.It was sad. Really. I mean,

all those young, beautiful,
attractive women

bouncing around with their
perfect breasts in the air, heh.

Sounds sad.They shave their...

All right, thank you.
You can spare the details.

I don't know,
it makes you...

wonder what's wrong.
What happened to their lives?

They have to pay their rent.Hmm.

I, uh, ahem, get out
in two weeks.

I think I found an apartment
that's accessible.

Thank you. Thanks.

You don't
have to thank me.

No, I do.

I want to thank you for that.
Thank you.

Have I thanked you
enough?

Is something
on your mind?

Why? Is something on yours?

I left David.

I told him.

What?I told him about us.

You, uh...

What? What's so funny?

Ah, how did he respond?
What did he say?

He knew.Yeah.

Of course he knew.
He's known for months.

So he's accepted it
in a graceful, mature way or...?

Well, heh, he put the phone
through the living room window.

He's got eight stitches.

Stay with him.

What?

Stay with him.

What?
What are you thinking? What?

What? You just decide this
for both of us?

Well, no,
I decided it for myself.

When? You figured this out
in the strip joint?

I figured it out.

I see.

I don't know what to say.

Tell me that I'm wrong.
Fight me about this.

Tell me that I'm absolutely,
100 percent wrong.

You are. You're wrong.

That's it?
That's all you've got to say?

You just hit me with this.

You can't expect me
to have an argument.

Stay with him.
He's your husband.

Stay with him.
He'll understand.

I love you.

I love you too.

We'll go
to bad movies.

You'll still be
in my life.

I'm sorry.

Oh, baby.

Come on, you want "bozo" now?

You want this.

You can't use Korean words.

You cannot use Korean words.

This is not Korean. What? Bozo?

You're a bozo.

This is a Korean word.
You can't use this.

You can't use Korean.
You can't use Vietnamese.

You can't use Chinese.
You can't use Mexican.

You gotta use
fucking English words.

Yeah, hello.

Bloss, old buddy,
how you doing?

What? Who is this?

Raymond, man. Raymond.

Man,
it's motherfucking cold.

It's Joel, hold on.

Hey, Bloss, it's for you.

He didn't put his word down.

Don't look at my letters.

You got some more
three-point wonders here?

He sounds drunk.

What do you want, Raymond? How you doing?

I'm doing good.

I'm playing Scrabble
with my mother and Sang.

Oh, yeah? Sang? I bet he's
kicking your big butt, heh.

You okay, Raymond? I'm great.

Broke out of
that old-people's place.

What are you talking about?

I found it. It's perfect.
I, uh...

I ain't seen no Cadillacs
come by,

but the bus come by
every 20 minutes.

Shit, there goes one now.

Listen to me.

Don't do anything stupid,
okay, Ray?

I'm just waiting
for the bus, Bloss.

Tell me where you are. I'm waiting...

Tell me where you are. I don't know. Some street.

What fucking street, man?

Look at the street sign,
and tell me where you are!

Ready to put you through.

Motherfucker, man!

You didn't have
to hang up on me.

Well, fuck it, then.

You hang up on me.

She hang up on me.

I heard him.
He was dead serious, okay.

Tell the police.
They gotta put an APB.

We already called
the convalescent hospital.

We have called the police.

Why don't we look
for him together?

Be serious, man.

Everything that can be done
is being done.

Bullshit, man! The fucking
phone people, man!

Fucking phone people!
I feel like killing somebody!

- Now, you know Ray.
- You know that he talks, man.

I heard him. I'm telling you,
he was serious.

Look, I told you, the police
are on their way.

So why don't you go outside
and meet them?

Go to hell, man.

Hey!

Come on out of there,
you slimy fucks!

I know you're in there,
you squeaky-voice motherfuckers!

Shit!

Come on out here,
you little scumsucking pricks!

Fuck!

Let's kick some ass,
college boy.

Hold, please.

Darn it, will you quit?

How did you get in here?

What are you doing?I'm gonna kill you!

Let's just talk. Every day, we try to talk.

Guy's about to kill himself,
you cut him off!

I don't wanna hurt you.Hurt me, asshole!

You ain't gonna hurt anybody.

This is ridiculous.

You're choking me!Kick him, Bloss!

How am I gonna kick him?

What do you want from me?Apologize.

Okay, I'm sorry.
Sheila, get security.

I don't believe you. I said I'm sorry.

For what?

For putting you on hold.

Look, I got a wife and kids.
You're choking me!

We've got lives too,
asshole!

We've got lives.
We're not just noise.

We're in wheelchairs, stuck
in a fucking hospital ward!

And I'm sorry for that.

I'm sorry
for making your life harder.

You're killing me!

Get the fuck off of me.

You really ought to channel
those hostilities there.

Don't think
I'm not gonna press charges.

I don't care who you are
or what your problem is.

I've got a family. And...
Unh.

You better pray
that Raymond Hill

is still alive,
motherfucker.

You want me to press charges?

What are you talking about?

They assaulted me,
didn't they?

What if they said
they were sorry?

Sheila, tell him. He comes
in and grabs my throat.

Here, put this on.Get away from me, will you?

They found
Raymond.

He was asleep in his chair
over on Finch and Holden.

What about these?

Toss it, Mom. They've been
in there five months.

Oh, no need to waste them.

Bloss.

Raymond's upstairs.
Thought you'd wanna know.

How is he?I haven't talked to him.

Got time for a visitor?Hey.

Come on in.

Rosa said you were here.

Yeah.

They cutting me up tomorrow.

Gonna sew some of my stomach
onto my bladder.

A man's got to
have a big bladder.

I got something for you.

What's this?

You won the bet, man.
I talked to Annabelle Lee.

You talked to her?
About me?

Mm-hm.

She remembered you.

Well, of course she did.

Shoot, how a woman
gonna forget Raymond Hill,

God's gift
to the female species?

Yeah, that was her words
exactly, man.

No, I can't take it.
No.

Okay, if you insist.

I mean, a bet is a bet.

Where's the other 40?

I gotta get back to you
with that.

Still living in that home?

Yeah.

I ran away
a couple of times.

Didn't I call you once?

Yeah. Don't you remember?

Oh, man, things get crazy
every now and then.

But it ain't so bad.

Got this cute
little nurse there.

She got a thing for me.

It ain't so bad.

Yeah.

I gotta go, man.

You take care of yourself,
Raymond.

Ain't nobody else to do it.

You know,

maybe one of these days
you feeling better,

we could go out and see
Annabelle Lee together, hmm?

Not much stuff
after six months.

It's better that way,
don't you think?

Rosa, shouldn't we
help you with that?

No, I'm fine.

Les, this is for you.
I forgot to give it to you.

Oh, thanks,
Joel. Um.

I already have
one of these.

I mean,
I haven't read it yet...

This is inscribed.
It's a gift.

Thanks a lot, man.Sure. Thank you.

Les!

You take care of yourself.All right. Good bye.

How are you and Anna?

Well, we're still friends.

Lots of fishes, heh.

You know, Joel,
if I wasn't married...

Yeah, I bet you say that
to all the boys.

Well, yeah.

But don't think
I never mean it.

Hey, get your hands
out of there.

Bye-bye.Bye.

Hey, hey!

Scrappy Joe, my man!
I'm off, buddy.

Me too.

Well...

Hey, uh...

You take these, man.Oh, gee...

Thanks.

You do know that my name
is Joel,don't you?

Joel.

Yeah.

Adiós.

Hi, Pat.
Hi.

This is all your stuff?Yeah. That's it.

Did you say all your goodbyes?Too many.

Let's go.