1. (Man) Marker.Copy !req
2. Hey, Jamal!Copy !req
3. Jamal, are you awake?Copy !req
4. Jamal, I know you can hear me!Copy !req
5. Jamal, I'm writing all this down.
I have that thing with your teacher.Copy !req
6. Then they got me working late,
so take care of yourself for dinner, OK?Copy !req
7. - OK?
- OK.Copy !req
8. Hey, I thought you wanted
to get up by 07:30.Copy !req
9. - Hey, hear the chains singing?
- Check that up, man.Copy !req
10. Hold on, hold on.
What up, J? Where you been, man?Copy !req
11. - Asleep, yo.
- What's goin' on, man?Copy !req
12. Wondering how
I was gonna save your ass out here.Copy !req
13. - What are you saying?
- What up, Damon.Copy !req
14. J, break him up, man.Copy !req
15. "You can't give him that."Copy !req
16. - (Fly) You can't give him that, man.
- I'm awake now, y'all.Copy !req
17. Come on, man.
You got something for me?Copy !req
18. (Fly) Soufflé, baby!Copy !req
19. - You got nothing for me, man.
- A lot of good that's doing.Copy !req
20. (Man) He's bringing something
for the Window.Copy !req
21. - (Fly) You ever seen him?
- (Fly) The Window?Copy !req
22. Yeah.Copy !req
23. No, but he see us, man.Copy !req
24. Come on! What's wrong with y'all?
Y'all wanna play ball?Copy !req
25. Wake up.Copy !req
26. In 1845, Poe wrote his most
famous piece, The Raven.Copy !req
27. A poem he wrote while he was strung out
on coke and obsessed with death.Copy !req
28. The Raven is like the football team.Copy !req
29. There's a team obsessed with death,
always get they ass kick.Copy !req
30. Baltimore Ravens: only pro football team
to be named after a classic poem.Copy !req
31. Anyone read it?Copy !req
32. "Once upon a midnight drearyCopy !req
33. "while I pondered weak and weary..."Copy !req
34. Jamal, how about it?Copy !req
35. Nah, I never read it.Copy !req
36. OK, I need those essays
by next Tuesday.Copy !req
37. My dad saw the Window, man.
About 20 years ago.Copy !req
38. Standing there like a ghost,
like the ones that be in our science books.Copy !req
39. - Just like that, man.
- So he was white?Copy !req
40. - Ain't milk white?
- Ever seen a ghost that wasn't white?Copy !req
41. Yo, man. I'm just playing, man.Copy !req
42. But I heard he killed somebody.
That's why he has to stay inside and all.Copy !req
43. You got to kill an army
to hide around here.Copy !req
44. Y'all play too much. Remember Shurrita?
The one who lived below the Window?Copy !req
45. She calls me up this one night,
buggin', dog.Copy !req
46. Talkin' bout she heard this tapping sound
coming from upstairs by the Window's place.Copy !req
47. Tap... tap... tap.Copy !req
48. Yo, while she was on the phone, man,
she started screaming, dog,Copy !req
49. 'cause now the tapping that made
its way down the stairs somehow...Copy !req
50. - Tap... tap.. tap.
- Listen, fool.Copy !req
51. And now it was on the other side
of her door, dog.Copy !req
52. She could tell it was some kind of knife
he was tapping with.Copy !req
53. And before she could hang up,
the phone disconnected.Copy !req
54. That was the last time
we seen Shurrita.Copy !req
55. - Shurrita who lived across the street?
- Oh!Copy !req
56. - You know that girl's a crack ho.
- No, she was all right.Copy !req
57. Listen, all I know
is that the Window's bad news, man.Copy !req
58. Rules was, if you wanted to go outside,
you stay away from the Window's place.Copy !req
59. We need to stay away
from your lying ass!Copy !req
60. J, you believe me, right?
You feel me?Copy !req
61. You full of shit, dog.Copy !req
62. Damn.Copy !req
63. So let me guess.
So, you'd go up in there, right?Copy !req
64. - Ooh...
- It's an old man looking out a window.Copy !req
65. Superman, you'd go up there, right?Copy !req
66. - He won't go.
- Let them know, J!Copy !req
67. - He's not gonna go.
- This nigga's scared. Ooh!Copy !req
68. Yo, I got the next call.Copy !req
69. - So?
- So...Copy !req
70. - I dare you to go up there, right?
- Right?Copy !req
71. Whatever, man.
I'll go up there. Yeah.Copy !req
72. - He's going.
- Big shot.Copy !req
73. - Fine, bring it.
- That's my dog.Copy !req
74. - You feel me!
- D, I believe you, dog.Copy !req
75. Shut up, dog.
Go to class or something.Copy !req
76. Hey, man. Sit over here.Copy !req
77. - It's a vivrant thing. Go over there.
- Fine...Copy !req
78. - I won't sit next to you...
- Take your apple, too.Copy !req
79. - Miss Joyce?
- Yes.Copy !req
80. Good to see you.
Come and have a seat.Copy !req
81. So we got Jamal's test scores back.Copy !req
82. - Test scores?
- Assessment tests.Copy !req
83. The state education department
requires all the kids to take them.Copy !req
84. He didn't tell you, did he?Copy !req
85. Mrs Wallace,
Jamal maintains a C average,Copy !req
86. which means he does enough to get by
and just enough not to stand out.Copy !req
87. Now, what makes Jamal's case unusual
are his test results.Copy !req
88. Oh, my God.Copy !req
89. I see him reading all these books
all the time. Books I never read.Copy !req
90. Some I've never even heard of.
And he's always writing in his notebooks.Copy !req
91. Ever since his father left.
But that's what I see.Copy !req
92. All he ever talks about is basketball.Copy !req
93. Basketball is where
he gets his acceptance.Copy !req
94. The kids here don't care about
what he can put down on paper.Copy !req
95. Let's go!
Between the yellow lines! Let's go!Copy !req
96. - What up, Fly? How you?
- Maintaining.Copy !req
97. Look, look.
You looking for tickets, little bro?Copy !req
98. Dead tonight.
Sorry about that, fellas.Copy !req
99. Come on, man. We know you got tickets.Copy !req
100. I got four words for you:
Bos-Ton-Red-Sox.Copy !req
101. Aight? Yanks and Sox tickets
damn near been sold out almost a month.Copy !req
102. Aight, Mr Fly?Copy !req
103. By the way, go tell Camry boy there
to back up his cheap-ass bumperCopy !req
104. on that Mercedes over there.
Go handle that. Let's go, Fly!Copy !req
105. What up, Jamal? Moms called.Copy !req
106. - Told me about the tests. What's up?
- Nothing, man.Copy !req
107. "Nothing"? This getting in the way
of your plans or something?Copy !req
108. Remember, it was your plan first, T.Copy !req
109. Yeah, I know, a little college ball,Copy !req
110. then start signing checks for everybody,
solving everybody else's problems.Copy !req
111. Look at me, though.Copy !req
112. Whoa, hold a minute.Copy !req
113. Hold onto these.Copy !req
114. I guess this makes it our plan now.Copy !req
115. - One thing.
- What up?Copy !req
116. Don't say nothing about
them test scores to nobody.Copy !req
117. Don't worry about that. I'm your brother, dog.Copy !req
118. Whatever me and you discuss
stays between me and you.Copy !req
119. Love you, dog. Aight?Copy !req
120. Just make sure
you keep one thing in mind.Copy !req
121. Moms gonna know when the game is over,
so you take your ass straight home.Copy !req
122. Don't get into no trouble, man.
Be careful. Stay safe. Love, dog.Copy !req
123. - Aight, T. Good luck, man.
- Aight, Jamal. Be careful, man.Copy !req
124. It stinks in here.Copy !req
125. J, see that window?
He keeps that one cracked sometimes.Copy !req
126. Yo, man, light's been out
for two hours, dog.Copy !req
127. Yo, you sure he asleep?Copy !req
128. Them Methuselahs, like, a thousand
years old. That's all they ever do.Copy !req
129. Yo, J, man. For the real, son,
I don't know about this.Copy !req
130. I think I'm... Oh, shit!Copy !req
131. I think Ima pull the cord, y'all.Copy !req
132. - Aight, yo, I got this one.
- Rats.Copy !req
133. - Aight. Yo, Fly.
- Keep it. You gotta bring something out.Copy !req
134. Yo, man, if you hear us,
drop down, aight?Copy !req
135. - Aight.
- Don't stay in there too long, dog.Copy !req
136. I got you.Copy !req
137. This thing is rickety.Copy !req
138. - Yo, yo, yo!
- Oh, shit! Yo, you got something?Copy !req
139. - Holy shit!
- What happened?Copy !req
140. You son of a bitch!Copy !req
141. (Fly) Dickheads, he wasn't asleep.
He was right there. Did you see him?Copy !req
142. Not for long.Copy !req
143. Jamal, would you stop bouncing
that damn ball in the house?Copy !req
144. I got Michael Jordan's name
written in dirt all over my floor.Copy !req
145. Don't worry, Ma, I'll clean it.Copy !req
146. I got a better chance
of Michael Jordan cleaning it.Copy !req
147. Hey, if you're thinking of a shower,
the hot water's taking a few minutes.Copy !req
148. - I wasn't thinking about it.
- Hey, hey! Where's your pack?Copy !req
149. - I don't know.
- "Don't know"?Copy !req
150. What do you mean,
you "don't know"?Copy !req
151. We wanted you to bring something,
not leave something.Copy !req
152. - Why don't you leave this one alone?
- What was in your bag anyway?Copy !req
153. I'm not talking about the damn bag.Copy !req
154. I bet you ain't, man.Copy !req
155. Let me teach you something.
Watch the eyes.Copy !req
156. He's probably watching you right now.Copy !req
157. Stop!Copy !req
158. You oughta know about that, man.
Here, show us how you do it.Copy !req
159. - I'm not gonna do anything to your car.
- I'm sorry?Copy !req
160. You got some worried look,
like I'm about to do something to your car.Copy !req
161. I worry about this car everywhere,
not just here,Copy !req
162. so don't take it personally.Copy !req
163. - It's just a car, man.
- No, it's not "just a car". It's a BMW.Copy !req
164. Anybody who knows anything
about that companyCopy !req
165. knows that it's more
than "just a car".Copy !req
166. Oh, anybody who knows
anything about that company?Copy !req
167. - So I wouldn't know anything like that.
- No, that's not what I meant.Copy !req
168. Last thing I knew about BMWCopy !req
169. was they used to make plane engines
when they first started.Copy !req
170. Guy by the name of Franz Popp
started it all.Copy !req
171. Franz Popp. I like that name.Copy !req
172. Made this one engine before 1920.
It flew six miles up.Copy !req
173. Popp and his boys
were just getting started, man.Copy !req
174. They made this one engine, the 801,
World War II,Copy !req
175. 14 cylinders,
2,300 horsepower, seven miles up.Copy !req
176. With more time, they'd have bombed
the shit out of England,Copy !req
177. maybe even won the war.Copy !req
178. That's where this comes from.Copy !req
179. White propeller zipping
around a blue sky.Copy !req
180. After the war, we told them
they couldn't make plane engines.Copy !req
181. That's when BMW gave some
serious thought to making cars.Copy !req
182. Kind of like this one.Copy !req
183. But you probably knew all that,
being as you lease one.Copy !req
184. Thanks for the history lesson.Copy !req
185. No problem, man.Copy !req
186. Messin' with my stuff, man.Copy !req
187. Um...
The other night was...Copy !req
188. It was just this dare thing
me and my boys do.Copy !req
189. Um...Copy !req
190. I was wondering maybe
I could bring you more of my stuff,Copy !req
191. or maybe I could write something else.Copy !req
192. How about 5,000 words on
why you'll stay the fuck out of my home?Copy !req
193. Come on, man.
I know you're in there.Copy !req
194. Take your goddamn hand off my door!Copy !req
195. Um... I just came to...Copy !req
196. to drop off that thing
you asked me for.Copy !req
197. What thing?Copy !req
198. The 5,000 words on why you wanted me
to stay out of your place.Copy !req
199. At least that's kind of the way
you said it.Copy !req
200. Well, try remembering it
exactly as I said it!Copy !req
201. - Come on in, Jamal.
- Hi, honey.Copy !req
202. It's OK.Copy !req
203. Sit down.Copy !req
204. Mrs Wallace, Jamal, when we got
your recent test scores,Copy !req
205. we figured there might be some interest
from the private schools.Copy !req
206. Well, it turns out we were right.Copy !req
207. - Mr Bradley.
- Jamal, Mrs Wallace...Copy !req
208. My name's David Bradley.
I'm with the Mailor School in Manhattan.Copy !req
209. - Mailor...? Mailor-Callow?
- That's right.Copy !req
210. - Are you familiar with us?
- Yeah.Copy !req
211. Jamal, Mailor-Callow is not only
the best prep school in the city,Copy !req
212. it's one of the finest private schools
on the East Coast.Copy !req
213. Only the best go there.Copy !req
214. As you might imagine,
we're a few weeks into our fall term,Copy !req
215. but every year we hold some openings
while we wait for the test scores to come in.Copy !req
216. Jamal, your test scores, to put it mildly,
caught our attention.Copy !req
217. I'm here to see if you'd be interested
in attending our school.Copy !req
218. Jamal...Copy !req
219. We know leaving for another school,
especially a private one, won't be easy.Copy !req
220. But this isn't the right place
for you anymore.Copy !req
221. Jamal, it's not a difficult choice.Copy !req
222. Mr Bradley, um...
there is no way we could pay for this.Copy !req
223. We're not asking you to.Copy !req
224. Jamal, when Dr Simon mentioned
only the best go to Mailor,Copy !req
225. he neglected to mention thatCopy !req
226. our commitment to excellence
extends beyond the classroom.Copy !req
227. - I figured that.
- We thought you might.Copy !req
228. Mrs Wallace, about 40 of our students
have gone on to play college ball.Copy !req
229. Three have made it to
the professional level.Copy !req
230. We took the liberty
of evaluating your play last year,Copy !req
231. and while this would be strictly
an academic offer,Copy !req
232. we won't be disappointed
if you choose to play.Copy !req
233. All we ask is you come out
for a couple of days, take a look,Copy !req
234. think it over.Copy !req
235. - OK.
- Mrs Wallace.Copy !req
236. - Thank you.
- Jamal.Copy !req
237. - Goodbye.
- We'll be in touch.Copy !req
238. I didn't knock this time, man.Copy !req
239. To whom were you speaking?Copy !req
240. I'll tell you that when I get
my 5,000 words back.Copy !req
241. Bolt the door if you're coming in.Copy !req
242. The man in the car?Copy !req
243. Um...Copy !req
244. He was from this private school.Copy !req
245. He wants me to go there.Copy !req
246. We don't have to pay anything, though.Copy !req
247. We live a couple of blocks from here,
me and my mom.Copy !req
248. Well... my brother was there
a couple of years ago,Copy !req
249. but he left after my dad left.Copy !req
250. My mom got tired of waiting
for my dad to get himself clean.Copy !req
251. And my dad got tired of trying.Copy !req
252. That's when I started writing.Copy !req
253. What's your name?Copy !req
254. Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
255. Sounds like some kind of marmalade.Copy !req
256. How old are you?Copy !req
257. I'm 16.Copy !req
258. Sixteen?Copy !req
259. And you're black.Copy !req
260. It's remarkable.Copy !req
261. "Remarkable"? What...?Copy !req
262. It's remarkable that I'm black?Copy !req
263. What has me being black
got to do with anything, man?Copy !req
264. You don't know
what to do right now, do you?Copy !req
265. If you tell me
what you really want to tell me,Copy !req
266. I might not read any more of this.Copy !req
267. But if you let me run you down
with this racist bullshit,Copy !req
268. what does that make... you?Copy !req
269. - I'm not playing this game, man.
- Oh, I say you are playing it.Copy !req
270. An expression is worth
a thousand words.Copy !req
271. Perhaps in your case, just two.Copy !req
272. Here.Copy !req
273. Dumb-ass old man.Copy !req
274. "One hand to give, one hand to receive,
as we eat together in unity.Copy !req
275. "May our minds, bodies,
and spirits grow strong.Copy !req
276. "And congratulations to Jamal.
Amen."Copy !req
277. - Amen.
- Did you see this?Copy !req
278. - Let me see.
- Don't mess it up.Copy !req
279. Wait.Copy !req
280. From the cover, this looks like
the funny-man school to me.Copy !req
281. Terrell, eat your food.Copy !req
282. You gonna be just fine, baby bro, cos
Mommy don't make nothing but soldiers.Copy !req
283. You coulda done the same thing.Copy !req
284. I work at a parking lot,
and I ain't just no regular lot attendant.Copy !req
285. I am the supervisor
of all the parking-lot attendants.Copy !req
286. You don't know how much money
you gonna make from week to week.Copy !req
287. One week it's $50,
one week it's $100.Copy !req
288. - Ma, leave him alone.
- That's not a real job.Copy !req
289. Ma, look, I rap. I get busy.
You know I got my rap thing going.Copy !req
290. Terrell, don't bring up the rap.
Eat your food.Copy !req
291. - Want to hear one o' my songs?
- Eat your food.Copy !req
292. Ima sing it for you right now.Copy !req
293. - Tell it, Jamal, my voice is hot, right?Copy !req
294. Jamal Wallace?Copy !req
295. - Yeah?
- Hi. I'm Claire Spence.Copy !req
296. Bradley asked me to show you around
this morning.Copy !req
297. All right.Copy !req
298. Come on.Copy !req
299. Don't worry about answering
any questions or anything,Copy !req
300. not till you decide
what you're going to do.Copy !req
301. Besides, the teachers here aren't
all that into student participation.Copy !req
302. They're too busy
listening to themselves talk.Copy !req
303. - What do you mean?
- You'll see.Copy !req
304. This morning, we begin our third
required reading of the semester.Copy !req
305. The study of a novel
that offers everythingCopy !req
306. and an author who could have
offered much more.Copy !req
307. That's Robert Crawford. He's been here
as long as most of the buildings.Copy !req
308. When William Forrester was 23,
in 1953,Copy !req
309. he set out to write his first book.Copy !req
310. A lot of aspiring authors talked about
writing the great 20th-century novel.Copy !req
311. Well, William Forrester did it
on his first try.Copy !req
312. Have you read this?Copy !req
313. Yeah. You?Copy !req
314. Only about a dozen times.Copy !req
315. This was the only one
he chose to publish.Copy !req
316. For all we know,
it was the only one he chose to write.Copy !req
317. Your job, over the next week...Copy !req
318. Your job, over the next week,
is to read it and tell me why.Copy !req
319. So...Copy !req
320. you gonna be back tomorrow?Copy !req
321. Yeah. They want me to spend
some time on the court.Copy !req
322. Yeah, I heard.Copy !req
323. Graduation was a little rough
on last year's team, that's all.Copy !req
324. But it's just like college, right?Copy !req
325. You get an education
and they get what they want.Copy !req
326. - Or maybe you both get what you want.
- Yeah, maybe.Copy !req
327. Well, it was very nice
meeting you, Jamal.Copy !req
328. You, too, Claire.
You gonna be around tomorrow?Copy !req
329. Not where you'll be,
but you might find me for lunch.Copy !req
330. Phew!Copy !req
331. - I didn't say those two words yesterday.
- Why didn't you?Copy !req
332. 'Cause I want you to read
some more of my stuff.Copy !req
333. You know they talk a lot about you
out there, right?Copy !req
334. All this "legend" bullshit.Copy !req
335. They got some stories, though.
People wonder if you killed somebody.Copy !req
336. That, and wondering why
you been in here so long.Copy !req
337. I wouldn't move. I'd stay for the quiet.
You don't hear nothing in here.Copy !req
338. Our place got these noisy neighbors.Copy !req
339. Their kid's always yelling
'cause he's only a year old,Copy !req
340. or Pops is yelling
cos the kid's making noise.Copy !req
341. And, then, Moms, on top of that, is yelling.
But, then, that's a different kind of yelling.Copy !req
342. 'Cause that's when the old man's
playing the tunes for herCopy !req
343. and she got her head banging
up against the wall.Copy !req
344. She be screaming, like..."Oh!"Copy !req
345. You'd better stir that soup.Copy !req
346. - What?
- Stir the soup before it firms up.Copy !req
347. How come ours never gets
anything on it?Copy !req
348. Come on, come on. Closer.Copy !req
349. Closer... Now.Copy !req
350. You got somebody
doing that kind of yelling?Copy !req
351. What I have here is an adult male.
Quite pretty.Copy !req
352. Probably strayed from the park.Copy !req
353. A Connecticut warbler.Copy !req
354. You ever go outside to do any of this?Copy !req
355. You should've stayed
with the soup question.Copy !req
356. The object of a question is to obtain
information that matters to usCopy !req
357. and to no one else.Copy !req
358. You were wondering
why your soup doesn't firm up?Copy !req
359. Probably because your mother
was brought up in a houseCopy !req
360. that never thought
about wasting milk in soup.Copy !req
361. Now, that question was a good one.Copy !req
362. In contrast to,
do I ever go outside?Copy !req
363. Which fails to meet the basic criteria of
obtaining information that matters to you.Copy !req
364. All right, man. I guess I don't have
any more soup questions.Copy !req
365. No?Copy !req
366. Why'd you say all that stuff before
about me being black?Copy !req
367. It had nothing to do
with you being black.Copy !req
368. It had everything to do
with me finding outCopy !req
369. just how much bullshit
you'd put up with.Copy !req
370. - So you knew I'd come back?
- Yes.Copy !req
371. Just like I know
you'll go to this new school.Copy !req
372. How do you know that?Copy !req
373. Because there's a question in your writing
about what you wish to do with your life.Copy !req
374. That is a question your present school
cannot answer for you.Copy !req
375. Let's match up.
Wallace, you take Hartwell.Copy !req
376. - What's up, man? I'm Jamal.
- Just check it, all right?Copy !req
377. - Check the ball.
- Let's go, guys.Copy !req
378. Come on now.Copy !req
379. Ball's in!Copy !req
380. Play him tough.
Play him tough.Copy !req
381. Way to go, gang.Copy !req
382. - Yo, D-up. Let's go, garbage.
- Come on.Copy !req
383. Come on.Copy !req
384. Step up.Copy !req
385. Why don't you leave
the trash-talking back home?Copy !req
386. What?
Get that goofy look off your face.Copy !req
387. - I'm gonna make you my son right now.
- Right?Copy !req
388. - You my son right now.
- Come on, huh?Copy !req
389. Let's go.Copy !req
390. - Come on, man.
- What?Copy !req
391. You're too small.Copy !req
392. Whoa! A little defense
would be real nice.Copy !req
393. Coach, you're right. A little defense.Copy !req
394. - Try to get past the line.
- What did you say?Copy !req
395. I said, get past the line.Copy !req
396. Pressure.Copy !req
397. Too much. Too much.Copy !req
398. - I need some help!
- Ten seconds. Let's go the other way.Copy !req
399. Shit!Copy !req
400. - I'm taking your spot.
- What?Copy !req
401. - I'm taking your spot.
- You take nothing. Come on.Copy !req
402. Ooh! Ooh!Copy !req
403. My court, babe. My court.Copy !req
404. That's how we play it down here, man.Copy !req
405. John Hartwell's just a rich kid
who wants as much of the spotlightCopy !req
406. as he can get, in his senior year,
that's all it is.Copy !req
407. - They take things real serious.
- Yeah, well, it's a serious place.Copy !req
408. Serious enough that I end up here,
getting lunch on my books most days.Copy !req
409. What's that you're working on?Copy !req
410. Forrester's book.Copy !req
411. - Thought you'd read it a dozen times.
- I know, but look at this.Copy !req
412. My dad got it for me.
It's an early printing.Copy !req
413. - Um... Listen, I got to go.
- But you just got here!Copy !req
414. I know, but I forgot something.
I got to check up on something.Copy !req
415. I'll see you later.Copy !req
416. "Born 1930 in Scotland.Copy !req
417. "Moved to New York
with his family in his late teens.Copy !req
418. "Mr Forrester was unavailable
for comment."Copy !req
419. Yeah, I bet he was.Copy !req
420. Are we now planning
to make these visits a habit?Copy !req
421. - You said you knew I'd be coming back.
- Yes, but I thought you meant once.Copy !req
422. I need some help
with this thing they got us doing at school.Copy !req
423. Ah, yes. This "thing" at school.Copy !req
424. And what "thing"
are we talking about now?Copy !req
425. You ever read that?Copy !req
426. I'm trying, man. I just can't seem
to get past the first ten pages, though.Copy !req
427. As I recall, I took a while
to get past those pages myself.Copy !req
428. Christ, you've dog-eared one of them.
Show a little respect for the author.Copy !req
429. That's you, isn't it?Copy !req
430. You're the author.Copy !req
431. I read the whole thing. It's not bad.
Especially the part...Copy !req
432. Hey... I...Copy !req
433. I know what it is.Copy !req
434. The last thing I need is another person
telling me what they think it is.Copy !req
435. I wasn't going to say that.Copy !req
436. What were you going to say?
I should tell you everything about me?Copy !req
437. I told you about me.Copy !req
438. You could learn a little something
about holding back.Copy !req
439. If I ask you not to say anything
to anybodyCopy !req
440. about here, us.Copy !req
441. Is that something I can trust you on?Copy !req
442. Yeah.Copy !req
443. I promise.Copy !req
444. Fine.Copy !req
445. And if I ask you to keep helping me
with my writing?Copy !req
446. There'll be no questions about me,Copy !req
447. my family,
or why there was only one book.Copy !req
448. Then I won't ask.Copy !req
449. Good.Copy !req
450. And goodnight.Copy !req
451. What's it feel like?Copy !req
452. What?Copy !req
453. Writing something the way you did.Copy !req
454. Perhaps you'll find out.Copy !req
455. Listen, you 5-foot nothing.Copy !req
456. That's what I'm saying, though.Copy !req
457. You in the crib!Copy !req
458. Kenzo, how old are you again?Copy !req
459. Why?Copy !req
460. Look at your face!
Your mom didn't do that to you, did she?Copy !req
461. She started you young.Copy !req
462. You know where he gets that from?
Eating too much cookie.Copy !req
463. Teresa told me.Copy !req
464. I like 'em big.
You got a problem with that?Copy !req
465. - Nothing wrong with a big girl!
- That big?Copy !req
466. It don't make a difference. It's like
when I'm with all three of your mothers.Copy !req
467. - Not my mother.
- Yeah.Copy !req
468. Hold on, Oscar Mayer Wiener.Copy !req
469. Stop playing, man. You got beat like Tina
in school one day. I seen Duke smack you.Copy !req
470. Listen, throw it at your momma.
Every day, throw it towards your momma.Copy !req
471. Your momma. Stop throwing your momma.Copy !req
472. It's all in your tank, brother.Copy !req
473. Why you laughing?Copy !req
474. Man, your glasses are like Coke bottles.Copy !req
475. Classics.Copy !req
476. - You ever met somebody famous?
- How famous?Copy !req
477. Like, I don't know, like...Copy !req
478. somebody people would know.Copy !req
479. Nobody like that
comes around here, man.Copy !req
480. So are you here for good now?Copy !req
481. Yeah. I'm just trying to get started.Copy !req
482. Well, at least it would look good.Copy !req
483. (Man) You'll be pleased to know this year's
writing competition has been scheduled.Copy !req
484. For those who choose to take part,
all entries must be turned inCopy !req
485. before spring break, which means you
have a few months of procrastination left.Copy !req
486. Feel free to experiment
with a more proactive approach.Copy !req
487. - (Man) The...Copy !req
488. Mr Wallace?Copy !req
489. Please.Copy !req
490. I had a chance to review the files
sent over by your former school.Copy !req
491. Test scores, impressive.Copy !req
492. Actual classroom work,
not so impressive.Copy !req
493. Is this the level of work
I should anticipate, Mr Wallace?Copy !req
494. Mm...?Copy !req
495. Because if it is...Copy !req
496. it will go a long way toward
helping me determineCopy !req
497. whether I should treat you as a studentCopy !req
498. or as someone who is here simply to pursue,
how should I put it...Copy !req
499. other endeavors?Copy !req
500. Of course, your work will give you
ample opportunity to respond.Copy !req
501. Good day, Mr Wallace.Copy !req
502. Just so you know,
you handled that the right way.Copy !req
503. How is that?Copy !req
504. You didn't say anything.
It's the ones who do that run into trouble.Copy !req
505. - John Coleridge.
- Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
506. So, how many people do say something?Copy !req
507. And actually stay in Crawford's class?
Not many.Copy !req
508. Um...Copy !req
509. I missed what you said.Copy !req
510. I didn't say anything.Copy !req
511. You read all these?Copy !req
512. No, I just keep them
to impress all my visitors.Copy !req
513. All your visitors.Copy !req
514. We've been talking
about your book at school.Copy !req
515. People have been talking about it for years.
They just haven't been saying anything.Copy !req
516. I think I got it down, though.Copy !req
517. I figure you were writing
about how life never works out.Copy !req
518. Oh, really? You had to read a book
to figure that out?Copy !req
519. Yeah, but Crawford's messed up on it
anyhow.Copy !req
520. Says the guy having trouble
after the war is really you.Copy !req
521. Some symbolism shit for all the problems
you were having with everybody.Copy !req
522. Robert Crawford?Copy !req
523. Yeah. I think it's bullshit, though.
I think there really was somebody else.Copy !req
524. (Man) Mr Johannsen?Copy !req
525. Here.Copy !req
526. Mr Massie.
Another trip to your favorite destination.Copy !req
527. I've got four bags today.
I can just leave them if you like.Copy !req
528. Oh, no, no, no.Copy !req
529. Come right in.Copy !req
530. How you doing, Mr Johannsen?Copy !req
531. It's at least a half hour
before the sun goes down.Copy !req
532. Then you can begin your panic-driven
quest back to Manhattan.Copy !req
533. Well, this should last you
till next week.Copy !req
534. Your mail is in this one.Copy !req
535. Mr Johannsen?Copy !req
536. - The essentials are in...
- Essentials?Copy !req
537. I took care of your bills.
I put all the copies in this one.Copy !req
538. The phone company wants to know
if you want to continue service,Copy !req
539. being as how you haven't had a call
in about...Copy !req
540. I got your socks for the next couple of weeks,
which are in this one.Copy !req
541. I have your latest check
from accounting.Copy !req
542. They wanted to know if you cashed
the last one. It's showing up outstanding.Copy !req
543. Not as outstanding as it once was.
Hm...?Copy !req
544. Oh...Copy !req
545. I'm sorry.
I didn't realize you had company.Copy !req
546. We were just having a discussion on
German automobile history. Care to join us?Copy !req
547. - No, I'm in the tow-away.
- Of course you are.Copy !req
548. So I'll see you next week?Copy !req
549. Not if I'm lucky.Copy !req
550. Why don't you give that guy a break
and do your own shopping?Copy !req
551. Why are your socks inside out?Copy !req
552. Because socks are badly designed.Copy !req
553. The seams are on the inside.
They hurt the toes.Copy !req
554. In some cultures, it's good luck
to wear something inside out.Copy !req
555. And you believe that?Copy !req
556. No. But it's like praying.
What do you risk?Copy !req
557. And I do go outside. How do you think
those windows get cleaned?Copy !req
558. Now, about this professor of yours.Copy !req
559. How did it feel having him tell you
what you can't do?Copy !req
560. Like he knew he was better than me.Copy !req
561. Then let's show him what you can do.Copy !req
562. Why is it the words we write
for ourselvesCopy !req
563. are always so much better than
the words we write for others? Move.Copy !req
564. Sit.Copy !req
565. Go ahead.Copy !req
566. Go ahead and what?Copy !req
567. Write.Copy !req
568. What are you doing?Copy !req
569. I'm writing. Like you'll be,
when you start punching those keys.Copy !req
570. Is there a problem?Copy !req
571. No. I'm just thinking.Copy !req
572. No. No thinking. That comes later.Copy !req
573. You write your first draft
with your heart.Copy !req
574. And you rewrite with your head.Copy !req
575. The first key to writing is...
to write.Copy !req
576. Not to think.Copy !req
577. Jesus.Copy !req
578. Is there a chance you might sit down?Copy !req
579. "A Season of Faith's Perfection".
What's this?Copy !req
580. Start typing that.Copy !req
581. Sometimes the simple rhythm of typing
gets us from page one to page two.Copy !req
582. When you begin to feel your own words,
start typing them.Copy !req
583. Punch the keys for God's sake!Copy !req
584. Yes.Copy !req
585. Yes!Copy !req
586. You're the man now, dog.Copy !req
587. Jamal?Copy !req
588. Whatever we write in this apartment,Copy !req
589. stays in this apartment.Copy !req
590. No exceptions.Copy !req
591. OK, let's push it, guys, c'mon.Copy !req
592. - That's a foul.
- What do you mean? I had the spot.Copy !req
593. - I'll let you know when you got the spot.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!Copy !req
594. Gentlemen, our season begins in one week.
If I see this kind of thing one more time,Copy !req
595. I'm gonna have you shooting fouls
to see who runs today.Copy !req
596. Is that understood? Is that understood?Copy !req
597. One.Copy !req
598. Two.Copy !req
599. Three.Copy !req
600. Eleven.Copy !req
601. Twelve.Copy !req
602. Thirteen.Copy !req
603. Twenty-nine.Copy !req
604. Forty-eight.Copy !req
605. Forty-nine.Copy !req
606. Hold it.Copy !req
607. One more.Copy !req
608. That was one of the most impressive things
I've ever seen on a basketball court.Copy !req
609. And why do I know it wasn't good enough
for either one of you?Copy !req
610. Shower up and get out of here.Copy !req
611. You may think we're the same. We're not.Copy !req
612. Mr Wallace?Copy !req
613. Mr Wallace.Copy !req
614. - Professor Crawford?
- The latest paper you turned in...Copy !req
615. It displayed quite a bit of improvement
from your earlier work.Copy !req
616. - Thank you.
- Yes.Copy !req
617. How long did it take you to write it?Copy !req
618. - I wrote it last night.
- Last night.Copy !req
619. Well, I have some things
to finish up here.Copy !req
620. Good day, Mr Wallace.Copy !req
621. 'That's right. Select again.Copy !req
622. - "'Birds of a Feather" for 600.
- (Man) 'Answer:Copy !req
623. 'Vibrant in color, its name borrows
from this Vivien Leigh character.'Copy !req
624. Scarlet tanager.Copy !req
625. No, man, it's "What is the scarlet tanager?"Copy !req
626. What is the scarlet tanager?Copy !req
627. See? Gotta know the rules
if you wanna play the game.Copy !req
628. It was written by a writer
you have never heard of.Copy !req
629. "Thy duty, winged flame of spring,Copy !req
630. "is but to love and fly...Copy !req
631. "... and sing". He was writing about
the song of the tanager.Copy !req
632. A song about new seasons, new life.Copy !req
633. That's James Lowell, man.Copy !req
634. I know who he is.Copy !req
635. (Man) 'I'll stay with "Poor Assumptions"
for 800, Alex.'Copy !req
636. Ever see any scarlet tanagers
around here?Copy !req
637. They don't stray that far from the park.Copy !req
638. So, your professor wasn't exactly
full of praise this afternoon.Copy !req
639. No, not exactly.Copy !req
640. There's something you should know
about Robert Crawford.Copy !req
641. He wrote a book a few years after mineCopy !req
642. and all the publishers rejected it,
which was the right decision.Copy !req
643. And, er... Instead of writing another one,Copy !req
644. he took a job teaching others
how to write.Copy !req
645. How do you know all that?Copy !req
646. Just keep in mind that
bitterly-disappointed teachersCopy !req
647. can be either very effective
or very dangerous.Copy !req
648. All right, this is the first step tonight, guys.
Mailor on three.Copy !req
649. One, two, three, Mailor!Copy !req
650. Gold. Black.Copy !req
651. Straight and high, boys.Copy !req
652. What up, J?Copy !req
653. - You was in there tonight?
- 26 points.Copy !req
654. 8 out of 10 from the floor,
10 from 10 from the line.Copy !req
655. I'm supposed to miss any of that, man?Copy !req
656. It was hot.Copy !req
657. You were putting some serious ink
on that stat page.Copy !req
658. What's going on?Copy !req
659. Brothers is going by Red Rose, man.
I told them we'd catch up.Copy !req
660. Friday night. Come on.Copy !req
661. Jamal, you plan on doing that
every night?Copy !req
662. - Worked out, I guess.
- I'd say it worked out.Copy !req
663. This is Fly.Copy !req
664. Hi, Fly. I'm Claire.
You a friend ofJamal's?Copy !req
665. Claire! Come on.Copy !req
666. I'm coming.Copy !req
667. Hey, don't hold that bus up too long.
Nice meeting you, Fly.Copy !req
668. All right.
What the hell you working there, man?Copy !req
669. Shut up, man.Copy !req
670. Yo, about Red Rose.Copy !req
671. I got to go to this dude's house.
They do it every year.Copy !req
672. Don't be going off on this, man.Copy !req
673. Yo. You big time. You best be going now.
I don't want to hold your bus up.Copy !req
674. Are you gonna be around this weekend?Copy !req
675. Where do you think I'm gonna be?
In the Hamptons?Copy !req
676. It was very nice talking with you.
Now, if there is anything you need,Copy !req
677. please give me a call. OK?
Anything.Copy !req
678. OK?Copy !req
679. Building up a collection of those things?Copy !req
680. Yeah, a few.Copy !req
681. Want to go outside for a while?Copy !req
682. Yeah. You know this place?Copy !req
683. I live in this place. Come on.Copy !req
684. They'll be in there till midnight,
congratulating themselves on your game.Copy !req
685. Which means I get to cram tomorrow
for this test on Monday.Copy !req
686. Test on what?Copy !req
687. It's on the Sherlock Holmes books.Copy !req
688. They've got us tracking down
all this completely worthless stuff like,Copy !req
689. who introduced Watson to Holmes?Copy !req
690. They give it to you
'cause it forces you to read everything.Copy !req
691. Looks like it might be a while.Copy !req
692. Maybe so.Copy !req
693. Who's this friend, Fly?
How long have you known each other?Copy !req
694. For a while. He was born there
and I was born there, too.Copy !req
695. - In the Bronx?
- Yeah.Copy !req
696. Must be hard.Copy !req
697. - What?
- I don't know...Copy !req
698. New people, new school.Copy !req
699. It's not?Copy !req
700. No.Copy !req
701. What's hard is growing up in a place
cops don't even want to be in after dark.Copy !req
702. What's hard is knowing
that you're safe there.Copy !req
703. 'Cause the people you need to worry about
know you've got nothing to give 'em.Copy !req
704. So it's a good thing you're here.Copy !req
705. Yeah, but... These people don't think
I got anything to give them either.Copy !req
706. Don't let me get by you, now.
Once I get by you, Ima score, all right?Copy !req
707. You ready?
Now stay in front of me, all right?Copy !req
708. - All right?
- OK.Copy !req
709. I got by you, man.Copy !req
710. You're bigger than I am.Copy !req
711. It doesn't matter.
You still gotta play defense.Copy !req
712. How do I do that?Copy !req
713. How do you play defense?
I'll show you one way, here.Copy !req
714. Turn around.Copy !req
715. Feel that?Copy !req
716. I feel it.Copy !req
717. Now, see... I know where you're gonna go,
'cause I can feel where you're gonna move.Copy !req
718. All right, now try and move left.Copy !req
719. See, you can't get around me.
I feel you moving left.Copy !req
720. Try and go right.Copy !req
721. See? I'm still here.Copy !req
722. I feel when you try and go right,
so you can't go there neither.Copy !req
723. Now try and get by me.Copy !req
724. Hold on.Copy !req
725. You gotta dribble first.Copy !req
726. Dribble. OK. Like.Copy !req
727. - Like this?
- Yeah!Copy !req
728. - Sorry.
- Claire.Copy !req
729. Daddy?Copy !req
730. Some of our guests are leaving.Copy !req
731. I'll see you on Monday, OK?Copy !req
732. Oh, Claire?Copy !req
733. Yeah?Copy !req
734. It was Stamford.Copy !req
735. Excuse me?Copy !req
736. At the bar in London.Copy !req
737. He's the one who introduced
Watson to Holmes.Copy !req
738. Might actually save you some time
after everybody's done in there.Copy !req
739. You know how long
I've been working on that, man?Copy !req
740. It ain't one season of faith's perfection.
Feels like I worked on it for two or three.Copy !req
741. Oh, you're in that place
where you can't even hear me, huh.Copy !req
742. I could ask why you never moved out
of this neighborhood, and you wouldn't...Copy !req
743. Paragraph three starts
with a conjunction: "and".Copy !req
744. You should never start a sentence
with a conjunction.Copy !req
745. - Sure you can.
- No.Copy !req
746. It's a firm rule.Copy !req
747. No. See...Copy !req
748. it was a firm rule. Sometimes if you use
a basic conjunction at the start of a sentence,Copy !req
749. it can make it stand out. And that may be
what the writer's trying to do.Copy !req
750. And what is the risk?Copy !req
751. The risk is doing it too much.Copy !req
752. It's a distraction and it could give
your piece a run-on feeling.Copy !req
753. But the rule on using "and" or "but"
at the start of a sentence is pretty shaky.Copy !req
754. Even though it's still taught in too many
schools, by too many professors.Copy !req
755. Some of the best writers have ignored
that rule for years, including you.Copy !req
756. Well, you've taken something
which was mineCopy !req
757. and made it yours.
That's quite an accomplishment.Copy !req
758. Thank you.Copy !req
759. The title is still mine, isn't it?Copy !req
760. - I guess.
- Well.Copy !req
761. It was the neighborhood
that changed, not me.Copy !req
762. Oh, please...
I ain't seen nothin' changed.Copy !req
763. You "ain't seen nothin"'?
What in the hell kind of sentence is that?Copy !req
764. When you're in here,
don't talk like you do out there.Copy !req
765. I was messin' with you, man.
It was a joke.Copy !req
766. Go ahead. I wanna hear
about the neighborhood,Copy !req
767. back when people
were still reading your book.Copy !req
768. What did you say?Copy !req
769. - Nothing.
- No...Copy !req
770. You said, "Back when people
were still reading my book".Copy !req
771. Didn't you?Copy !req
772. We have 24 copies,
but I'm sorry, they're checked out.Copy !req
773. Oh... Well...Copy !req
774. Thank you anyway.Copy !req
775. Any luck?Copy !req
776. Did you get on the waiting list?Copy !req
777. Hey, man, your book was checked out.Copy !req
778. And, yes,
I did pay for dinner.Copy !req
779. It cost me $13,
so I guess you made your point.Copy !req
780. I tried to call to see what food you wanted,
but the phone kept ringing.Copy !req
781. I took the bell out 20 years ago.Copy !req
782. Let me ask you something.Copy !req
783. How come a guy like you...Copy !req
784. wastes his time reading
"National Enquirer"?Copy !req
785. What's wrong with it?Copy !req
786. I mean...Copy !req
787. It's trash, man.Copy !req
788. You should be reading, like,
"The Times" or something.Copy !req
789. I read "The Times" for dinner,Copy !req
790. but this...Copy !req
791. this is my dessert.Copy !req
792. They got some contest at school.
This writing thing.Copy !req
793. - You ever enter one of those?
- A writing contest?Copy !req
794. - Yeah.
- Once.Copy !req
795. - A long time ago.
- Did you win?Copy !req
796. Well, of course I won.Copy !req
797. Like money or something?Copy !req
798. The Pulitzer.Copy !req
799. Oh.Copy !req
800. Well, they make all the students
read in front of everyone.Copy !req
801. What the hell's that got to do
with writing?Copy !req
802. Writers write so that readers can read.
Let someone else read it.Copy !req
803. You ever read your own book?Copy !req
804. In public? Hell, no.Copy !req
805. I barely read it in private.Copy !req
806. You know those things they do,
that coffee-shop reading shit?Copy !req
807. Do you know why they do it?Copy !req
808. To sell books, I guess.Copy !req
809. 'Cause they want to get laid.Copy !req
810. Really? Women will sleep with you
if you write a book?Copy !req
811. Women will sleep with you
if you write a bad book.Copy !req
812. - Did it ever happen to you?
- Sure.Copy !req
813. Did you ever get married?Copy !req
814. Not exactly a soup question, is it?Copy !req
815. No, I never did.Copy !req
816. But I learned a few things along the way,Copy !req
817. which might be of help with this young lady
you're always talking about.Copy !req
818. Like what?Copy !req
819. The key to a woman's heartCopy !req
820. is an unexpected gift
at an unexpected time.Copy !req
821. You're giving me advice on women?Copy !req
822. Unexpected gift, unexpected time.Copy !req
823. This is so unexpected.Copy !req
824. Oh, Jamal.Copy !req
825. It's not a first printing or anything.Copy !req
826. Oh, my gosh.Copy !req
827. - What happened?
- This is a signed copy.Copy !req
828. I can't accept this.
It must've cost a fortune.Copy !req
829. It didn't cost that much, really.Copy !req
830. Maybe the bookstore missed it.Copy !req
831. Bookstores don't usually miss this stuff.Copy !req
832. So how'd you end up
going to Mailor?Copy !req
833. Mailor was originally
an all-boys' school,Copy !req
834. so my father did what anyone
in his position would do.Copy !req
835. He got on the board
and changed the rules.Copy !req
836. And every kid there knows it.Copy !req
837. They'd have done it anyway.Copy !req
838. That doesn't change anything.
I'm still Dr Spence's daughter.Copy !req
839. - Jamal...
- Yeah?Copy !req
840. That night at my home,
after the game,Copy !req
841. when you were showing me
how to play basketball...Copy !req
842. was that all you were showing me?Copy !req
843. Listen, I don't think that's going to work?Copy !req
844. What?Copy !req
845. That.Copy !req
846. Why not?Copy !req
847. Ask your father.Copy !req
848. Jamal... I'm not asking for some kind
of prenuptial agreement here.Copy !req
849. It's just a question.Copy !req
850. Why does everything have to be
so black and white with you?Copy !req
851. I forgot what the question was.Copy !req
852. You don't forget anything,
Mr Stamford.Copy !req
853. (Man) You don't think he wrote it?
That's a serious accusation, Robert.Copy !req
854. You come to the faculty board
with something like this.Copy !req
855. I'm aware of how serious it is.Copy !req
856. It's remarkable work.Copy !req
857. You recognize any of it?Copy !req
858. It smacks of something.Copy !req
859. But I don't know.Copy !req
860. The boy does well in my class.
He had good scores coming in.Copy !req
861. Maybe all he needed was some direction.Copy !req
862. Carl, he's a basketball player
from the Bronx.Copy !req
863. Who just happens to have won 17 straight
for a school that likes winning.Copy !req
864. Robert, have you considered
that he might just be that good?Copy !req
865. Not this good.Copy !req
866. Do you know
what the absolute best moment is?Copy !req
867. It's when you've finished your first draft
and you read it by yourself.Copy !req
868. Before these arseholes take something
that they couldn't do in a lifetimeCopy !req
869. and tear it down in a single day.Copy !req
870. People love that book, man.Copy !req
871. I didn't write it for them.Copy !req
872. And when the critics started
all this bullshitCopy !req
873. about what it was
I was really trying to say...Copy !req
874. well, I decided then,
one book was enough.Copy !req
875. William, that was 50 years ago, man.Copy !req
876. - Mm?Copy !req
877. William, man, I actually spent money
on these tickets. Come on.Copy !req
878. Is it still light outside?Copy !req
879. It's night-time, man.Copy !req
880. Oh...Copy !req
881. Well?Copy !req
882. You look good, man.
I mean, it's not the latest stuff...Copy !req
883. I wasn't asking how I look.Copy !req
884. - I was asking, are we ready to go?
- Oh, yeah. Come on, man.Copy !req
885. Let's go.Copy !req
886. Come on.Copy !req
887. We play here in two weeks.Copy !req
888. I said, we play here in two weeks.
State tournament.Copy !req
889. Hold on. They got a program.
Let me get a program.Copy !req
890. William!Copy !req
891. Yo, William!Copy !req
892. Damn.Copy !req
893. Yo, William!Copy !req
894. William...Copy !req
895. C'mon. Let's get you out of here.Copy !req
896. I got you.Copy !req
897. You used to get out, right?Copy !req
898. Yeah, a long time ago.Copy !req
899. - Well, what happened?
- How the hell should I know?Copy !req
900. I didn't keep track of the time.Copy !req
901. - Sorry for losing you back there.
- Uh...Copy !req
902. No apology needed.Copy !req
903. Good. 'Cause I've got one more place.
It's quiet and it's on the way home.Copy !req
904. You only got ten minutes.Copy !req
905. - All right.
- Keep it going.Copy !req
906. - Take care.
- It's all good.Copy !req
907. - Thanks a lot.
- Yeah.Copy !req
908. Ground level.Copy !req
909. "The House That Ruth Built."Copy !req
910. Why did you bring me here?Copy !req
911. Because it's your birthday, man.Copy !req
912. I looked it up in the almanac.Copy !req
913. They don't even have you
in the dead-people section yet.Copy !req
914. I figure with all the games you watchedCopy !req
915. with whoever you watched them with,Copy !req
916. you probably never got down this close.Copy !req
917. What the hell are they doing on the dirt?Copy !req
918. What you worried about, man?Copy !req
919. You acting like they're going to play a World
Series championship game or something.Copy !req
920. Relax.Copy !req
921. My brother and I,
we were here for every game.Copy !req
922. Till he left for the war.Copy !req
923. I thought it'd be the same
when he came back, but, er...Copy !req
924. he talked a little less
and drank a little more.Copy !req
925. I promised my mother
I would help him get through it all.Copy !req
926. So, I caught up with him this one night
and, er...Copy !req
927. I was already half a dozen drinks behind.Copy !req
928. So we had a few more,Copy !req
929. and after a while,
he tells me he wants to...Copy !req
930. drive me back to the apartment.Copy !req
931. I said, "No, thanks".Copy !req
932. We were all still living there then.Copy !req
933. I just stood there and...Copy !req
934. watched him drive off.Copy !req
935. He makes it through the whole
goddamn war and I let him drive.Copy !req
936. Later that night, the nurse was typing
whatever it is they type,Copy !req
937. and you know what she tells me?Copy !req
938. She tells me how much
my book meant to her.Copy !req
939. My brother is getting cold
in the next room...Copy !req
940. and all she can talk about is a book.Copy !req
941. Well...Copy !req
942. Everything changed from then on.Copy !req
943. Within five months, I buried him,
my ma, my father.Copy !req
944. All of them here. In the Bronx.Copy !req
945. We'd spend our summers here.Copy !req
946. And if we were lucky, the fall.Copy !req
947. A lot of falls with those teams.Copy !req
948. Yeah, well...Copy !req
949. not enough.Copy !req
950. "The rest of those
who have gone before usCopy !req
951. "cannot steady the unrest
of those to follow."Copy !req
952. You wrote that in your book.Copy !req
953. Jamal.Copy !req
954. I realize that if I give you enough time,
you'll find a wayCopy !req
955. to amaze even me.Copy !req
956. Does he know?Copy !req
957. No, he doesn't know.Copy !req
958. This was one of the best evenings
I've had in quite some time.Copy !req
959. All of it?Copy !req
960. Yes.Copy !req
961. All of it.Copy !req
962. Well, I.Copy !req
963. This guy.Copy !req
964. How do you say
you know this guy again?Copy !req
965. - He's my teacher.
- Yeah?Copy !req
966. Yeah.Copy !req
967. Seemed like a different kind of dude,
man.Copy !req
968. Anyone in particular?Copy !req
969. I sometimes come here in the morning.Copy !req
970. Just me, the aspiring,
and all of them.Copy !req
971. There was a note downstairs
said I should come and see you.Copy !req
972. Mr Wallace...Copy !req
973. I think it's time you and I had an honest
and open discussion about your writing.Copy !req
974. I thought you liked it.Copy !req
975. Your recent work?Copy !req
976. I liked it very much.Copy !req
977. No, Mr Wallace, the question concerning
your most recent workCopy !req
978. isn't whether it's good,
it's whether it's too good.Copy !req
979. The acceleration in your progress from
your old school to this one is unusual,Copy !req
980. to the point that I'm faced with drawing
one of two conclusions.Copy !req
981. Either you've been blessed
with an uncommon giftCopy !req
982. that has suddenly decided to kick in...Copy !req
983. or...Copy !req
984. you're getting your inspiration
from elsewhere.Copy !req
985. Given your previous education
and your background,Copy !req
986. I'm sure you'll forgive me
for coming to some of my own conclusions.Copy !req
987. I wrote those papers, man.Copy !req
988. Then you won't mind showing me.Copy !req
989. The next assignment's due in two weeks.Copy !req
990. I'll schedule some time for you
to come to my office.Copy !req
991. I, er...Copy !req
992. I'd like to have you write it there.Copy !req
993. In the meantime, if there's anything
you wish to talk about...Copy !req
994. I'm not writing anything, man.Copy !req
995. Which proves what?Copy !req
996. If a two-comma kid wrote these papers,Copy !req
997. would he say,
"Considering your background"?Copy !req
998. - Two-comma kids?
- A million dollars, man.Copy !req
999. - One comma, two commas.
- No.Copy !req
1000. No, I don't.Copy !req
1001. Do you know what people
are most afraid of?Copy !req
1002. - What?
- What they don't understand.Copy !req
1003. When we don't understand,
we turn to our assumptions.Copy !req
1004. Crawford cannot understandCopy !req
1005. how a black kid from the Bronx
can write the way you do.Copy !req
1006. So he assumes you can't.Copy !req
1007. Just like I assume he's an asshole.Copy !req
1008. You knew him, didn't you?Copy !req
1009. Crawford? No.Copy !req
1010. But he thought he knew me.Copy !req
1011. So what's all that stuff
about his book, then?Copy !req
1012. A lot of writers know
the rules about writing,Copy !req
1013. but they don't know how to write.Copy !req
1014. So?Copy !req
1015. So Crawford wrote a book
about four authors who did know.Copy !req
1016. And I was the only one still alive.Copy !req
1017. - And?
- Well, he convinced a publisher to buy it.Copy !req
1018. So...Copy !req
1019. I made a polite telephone call
to this publisher, telling him and othersCopy !req
1020. that, er... I was in the process
of writing a second bookCopy !req
1021. and if they wished to bid on it...Copy !req
1022. Oh, so that's why
Crawford's book went away.Copy !req
1023. But you already knew
there wasn't going to be a second book.Copy !req
1024. Yeah, but they didn't.Copy !req
1025. Interesting what happens when
the resources aren't close at hand, isn't it?Copy !req
1026. The rich tradition of handing in
composition entriesCopy !req
1027. on the final day continuesCopy !req
1028. for yet another year.Copy !req
1029. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
1030. may I have your attention?Copy !req
1031. Please, if you don't mind.Copy !req
1032. "Ere sin could blight or sorrow fadeCopy !req
1033. "Death came with friendly careCopy !req
1034. "The opening bud to heaven convey'd..."Copy !req
1035. How nice of you to join us.Copy !req
1036. That's not part of the poem, hm...Copy !req
1037. "And bade it blossom there." Anyone?Copy !req
1038. A little more early morning reticence
than usual.Copy !req
1039. Mr Coleridge.Copy !req
1040. Please.Copy !req
1041. Mr Coleridge...Copy !req
1042. How many students
would you say we have here today?Copy !req
1043. Um...Copy !req
1044. I'm not sure.Copy !req
1045. Perhaps you could humor us
with a guess.Copy !req
1046. - Thirty?
- Thirty.Copy !req
1047. And of that 30, there isn't one person here
who knows the author of that passage.Copy !req
1048. - I find that remarkable, don't you?
- Um.Copy !req
1049. Mr Coleridge.Copy !req
1050. Perhaps we should back into this.
Mr Coleridge...Copy !req
1051. In looking at this, what, if any conclusions,
might we be able to draw?Copy !req
1052. Um...
You mean about the author?Copy !req
1053. About anything.Copy !req
1054. Do any of the words
strike you as unusual?Copy !req
1055. Mr Coleridge, feel free to view this
as the appropriate time for a response.Copy !req
1056. "Ere...", um, "ere".Copy !req
1057. "Ere". And why is that unusual?Copy !req
1058. Because it sounds old.Copy !req
1059. It does sound old, doesn't it?Copy !req
1060. And do you know why it sounds old,
Mr Coleridge?Copy !req
1061. It's because it is old.
More than 200 years old.Copy !req
1062. Written before you were born,
before your father was born,Copy !req
1063. before your father's father was born.Copy !req
1064. But that still does not excuse the fact that
you don't know who wrote it, now, does it,Copy !req
1065. Mr Coleridge?Copy !req
1066. Um...
I'm sorry, sir, I don't...Copy !req
1067. You, of all the people in this room,
should know who wrote that passage.Copy !req
1068. And do you know why, Mr Coleridge?Copy !req
1069. I repeat, do you know why?Copy !req
1070. Just say your name, man.Copy !req
1071. Excuse me. Did you have something
to contribute, Mr Wallace?Copy !req
1072. I just said that he should say his name.Copy !req
1073. And why would it be helpful
for Mr Coleridge to say his name?Copy !req
1074. Because that's who wrote it.Copy !req
1075. Very good, Mr Wallace.Copy !req
1076. Perhaps your skills do extend
a bit farther than basketball.Copy !req
1077. Now, if we can turn to page...
You may be seated, Mr Coleridge.Copy !req
1078. Turn to page 120
in the little blue book that I'm certain...Copy !req
1079. Further.Copy !req
1080. I'm sorry?Copy !req
1081. Don't.Copy !req
1082. You said my skills extend "farther"
than the basketball court.Copy !req
1083. "Farther" relates to distance.Copy !req
1084. "Further" is a definition of degree.Copy !req
1085. You should have said "further".Copy !req
1086. Are you challenging me,
Mr Wallace?Copy !req
1087. Not any more than you challenged
Coleridge.Copy !req
1088. Perhaps the challenge should
have been directed elsewhere.Copy !req
1089. "It is a melancholy truth that even great...Copy !req
1090. "Great men have poor relations."Copy !req
1091. Dickens.Copy !req
1092. - "You will hear the beat of... "
- Kipling.Copy !req
1093. - "All great truths begin... "
- Shaw.Copy !req
1094. - "Man is the only animal...
- "That blushes or needs to."Copy !req
1095. It's Mark Twain.Copy !req
1096. - Come on, Professor...
- Get out!Copy !req
1097. Get out.Copy !req
1098. Yeah. I'll get out.Copy !req
1099. - Jamal...
- Leave it alone, Claire.Copy !req
1100. Hold on, please.Copy !req
1101. That's what they do around here?
Kick you out if you know something?Copy !req
1102. You've no idea what Crawford does
to students who do this.Copy !req
1103. Yeah, you're right about that.Copy !req
1104. Jamal!Copy !req
1105. - Do you think you should apologize?
- No.Copy !req
1106. - Do you?
- No.Copy !req
1107. You did nothing wrong.
You just beat him at his own game.Copy !req
1108. But, however... it would be a good time
to be careful.Copy !req
1109. Careful? Careful about what?Copy !req
1110. Well, you've been blessed with a giftCopy !req
1111. that should allow you
to do some remarkable things with your life.Copy !req
1112. That is, if you don't screw it up
by being a 16-year-old right now. OK?Copy !req
1113. - Jamal.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1114. - You got a call from the office.
- All right.Copy !req
1115. Mr Wallace, please.Copy !req
1116. As you know,Copy !req
1117. Professor Matthews is on the faculty board.
Dr Spence is chair of the trustees' board.Copy !req
1118. The three of us have been reviewing
the writing competition submissions.Copy !req
1119. We were hoping you might clarify a couple
of points concerning your submission.Copy !req
1120. "A Season of Faith's Perfection".Copy !req
1121. Your piece, correct?Copy !req
1122. Yeah, that's it.Copy !req
1123. It is standard policy to ask students
if they wish to credit any source materialCopy !req
1124. or acknowledge any other writers
when turning in an assignment.Copy !req
1125. Do you wish to do that?Copy !req
1126. 1960.Copy !req
1127. An essay titled Baseball's Best Year
with a subtitle that reads:Copy !req
1128. "A Season of Faith's Perfection".Copy !req
1129. Published in "The New Yorker" magazine
and written by one William Forrester.Copy !req
1130. Your version is actually quite original,Copy !req
1131. but then, of course, there is the title
and the first paragraph to consider.Copy !req
1132. Isn't there?Copy !req
1133. Jamal...Copy !req
1134. Either you happen to have
the permission ofWilliam Forrester...Copy !req
1135. Or...Copy !req
1136. Have you some other explanation?Copy !req
1137. No.Copy !req
1138. - That's my paper.
- Well, then...Copy !req
1139. Your entry's now withdrawn and this
becomes a matter for the board to consider.Copy !req
1140. Bear in mind the board does have
the authorityCopy !req
1141. to place you on academic probation,Copy !req
1142. which would,
among other things, prevent youCopy !req
1143. from playing basketball here in the future.Copy !req
1144. Jamal...Copy !req
1145. Look... Being as the board doesn't meet
until next week,Copy !req
1146. we've decided to let you play
in this weekend's state championship.Copy !req
1147. But I have to warn youCopy !req
1148. that the board has a history
of taking these matters...Copy !req
1149. quite seriously.Copy !req
1150. So we would like to suggest
what we feelCopy !req
1151. is a solution that may satisfy
these concerns.Copy !req
1152. Robert.Copy !req
1153. Obviously,
the most import thing is making certainCopy !req
1154. this type of violation doesn't repeat itself.Copy !req
1155. So...Copy !req
1156. you will be required
to write a letter of apologyCopy !req
1157. to the students you took advantage ofCopy !req
1158. by submitting this piece...Copy !req
1159. and you are to read that letter
in front of my class.Copy !req
1160. I'm not reading anything.Copy !req
1161. I'm sure the board will take that
into considerationCopy !req
1162. when deciding
whether to renew your scholarship.Copy !req
1163. I'm afraid you haven't let us
with too many options, Jamal.Copy !req
1164. Excuse me.Copy !req
1165. Don't ever embarrass me
in front of my class.Copy !req
1166. Return the pen when you're finished.Copy !req
1167. No conventional greetings today?Copy !req
1168. Why have me rewrite something
you published?Copy !req
1169. Be careful.Copy !req
1170. Why didn't you tell me
some magazine ran it?Copy !req
1171. Why the hell should it matter?Copy !req
1172. You should have told me.Copy !req
1173. What did you do with it?Copy !req
1174. I turned it in.Copy !req
1175. I turned it in.
I had to show them something.Copy !req
1176. You promised me anything we wrote
in here would stay in here.Copy !req
1177. I know!Copy !req
1178. - I just thought...
- Shut up.Copy !req
1179. What are they telling you?Copy !req
1180. I go on probation unless I write some letter
saying I was wrong.Copy !req
1181. Then write the letter.Copy !req
1182. I already told you
I'm not writing anything.Copy !req
1183. You got him, he gets you.
Write the letter.Copy !req
1184. And you'd let him do that?Copy !req
1185. Oh, this supposed to be
another damn lesson, huh.Copy !req
1186. I'm getting tired of all these lessons, man.
Every time I come here.Copy !req
1187. So, the title of your essay is at the top
of my paper. What's the lesson in that?Copy !req
1188. I'm not the one who turned it in.Copy !req
1189. Yeah, but you were the one who talked
all that trash when all you had to say was,Copy !req
1190. "Jamal, keep this one here
'cause it got printed in "The New Yorker".Copy !req
1191. That's all you had to say, man.Copy !req
1192. - I could use a little help on this one.
- Oh, no, that's not an option.Copy !req
1193. - You don't even have to go anywhere...
- I said, that's not an option.Copy !req
1194. Sorry, man.Copy !req
1195. I've got a history of people not helping me.Copy !req
1196. Oh, Christ.
Not that self-pity father bullshit.Copy !req
1197. What did you say?Copy !req
1198. Man, fuck you, William!Copy !req
1199. You wanna hear the real bullshit? How
about you letting me take it on this oneCopy !req
1200. 'cause you're too scared to walk out that
door and do something for somebody else.Copy !req
1201. You're too damn scared, man.Copy !req
1202. That's the only damn reason.Copy !req
1203. You don't know a goddamn thing
about reasons.Copy !req
1204. There are no reasons!Copy !req
1205. Reasons why some of us live
and why some of us don't.Copy !req
1206. Well, fortunately for you,
you've decades to figure that out.Copy !req
1207. So what's the reason
for having a file cabinet full of writingCopy !req
1208. and keeping that shit locked
so nobody can ever read it?Copy !req
1209. What is that, man?Copy !req
1210. I'm done with this shit.Copy !req
1211. Oh, look. Jamal Wallace,
Here to pay us a visit, man.Copy !req
1212. What's up?Copy !req
1213. - What's up, man?
- What's up, y'all?Copy !req
1214. Come on, man.Copy !req
1215. Damn!Copy !req
1216. I know, I know, I know.
I'm seeing it.Copy !req
1217. How does your first game
in the Garden feel?Copy !req
1218. A little closer than I thought.Copy !req
1219. That's why I thought
it might be a good time for us to talk.Copy !req
1220. Listen, Jamal...Copy !req
1221. I know it's been difficult
handling all of these classesCopy !req
1222. with all the time
they ask you to spend on the court.Copy !req
1223. God knows I couldn't handle that load.
Not at this school.Copy !req
1224. And maybe it was unfair of us
to ask you to do it.Copy !req
1225. I've been talking to some
of the board members and to CrawfordCopy !req
1226. and bottom line is, we don't want
to pursue this any more than you do.Copy !req
1227. So, I'm here to present you with an offer.
We forget about the whole thing.Copy !req
1228. We set you up, next year, with
an academic schedule that's less demanding.Copy !req
1229. You mean, Crawford wanted that?Copy !req
1230. Crawford wants what's best for you.Copy !req
1231. And for the school.Copy !req
1232. But then, what am I supposed to do?Copy !req
1233. You hold up a championship trophy
at the end of this tournament.Copy !req
1234. You make that happen,
I'll make the rest of it happen.Copy !req
1235. All right?Copy !req
1236. Now, go finish up what you came to do.Copy !req
1237. Let's go, Pilgrims! Let's go, Pilgrims!
Pilgrims, let's go.Copy !req
1238. OK, let's go!
Throw it to Jamal!Copy !req
1239. Defense! Defense! Defense!Copy !req
1240. Damn, man. Come on, man.Copy !req
1241. Defense! Defense! Defense!Copy !req
1242. - Oh. Oh, oh, oh...
- Jamal, get the ball!Copy !req
1243. Good pass, man.Copy !req
1244. Pick it up.Copy !req
1245. Offensive foul! That way!Copy !req
1246. 10, Gold. Offensive! That way.Copy !req
1247. OK, you got him now. You got him now.
Let's go.Copy !req
1248. Timeout.Copy !req
1249. Ok, this is still our game. We make a stop
here, they'll have to put us on the line.Copy !req
1250. When that happens, it's all over.
Don't lose your composure out there.Copy !req
1251. If they score, we don't call a timeout.
The ball goes to Hartwell or Wallace.Copy !req
1252. OK? Hartwell or Wallace. Let's go, guys.Copy !req
1253. Go!Copy !req
1254. What's the score?Copy !req
1255. It ain't looking good, Ma.
It ain't looking good.Copy !req
1256. Foul. 22, blue. Two shots.Copy !req
1257. Foul, blue team, 22.
Hit, two. Go line up, guys.Copy !req
1258. Two shots.Copy !req
1259. C'mon.
We're going to make these.Copy !req
1260. - I can't look.
- It's gonna be all right, Ma.Copy !req
1261. Put it in, baby!Copy !req
1262. Do it.Copy !req
1263. Damn.Copy !req
1264. One shot.Copy !req
1265. That's game.Copy !req
1266. Thank God.
He must have come in after we left.Copy !req
1267. Let him sleep.Copy !req
1268. - I'll turn the light off.
- Turn it off and come on.Copy !req
1269. You started cleaning up
your room, Jamal.Copy !req
1270. (Man on TV) 'He looks
very happy with himself, that coyote...'Copy !req
1271. (Man on TV) 'So,
this is how they avoid that problem.Copy !req
1272. 'Because he might be Wile E. Coyote,
but he's also Wussy Coyote.Copy !req
1273. 'Because they don't like
getting their feet wet...'Copy !req
1274. Hey!Copy !req
1275. Jamal, he wrote that for you.Copy !req
1276. When?Copy !req
1277. After the game.Copy !req
1278. He's going back to the school
this morning.Copy !req
1279. It's funny, though.Copy !req
1280. They always let you get but so far,Copy !req
1281. before taking everything away from you.Copy !req
1282. God, he's such a good kid, man.
Then he gets to come back to this shit.Copy !req
1283. Is that seat open?Copy !req
1284. I think so.Copy !req
1285. This isn't exactly
where I thought I'd find you.Copy !req
1286. It's still my school, man.Copy !req
1287. They want me out,
they gonna have to do it themselves.Copy !req
1288. They will.Copy !req
1289. Whatever.Copy !req
1290. "The winter's darkness and cold is but
a momentary prelude to the new spring.Copy !req
1291. "And while its grip seems endless,
our own perseverance proves equal.Copy !req
1292. "We renew ourselves once again,Copy !req
1293. "seeking out the bright moments
that will serve..." Uh...Copy !req
1294. "... that will serve therefore..."Copy !req
1295. Uh... Uh...Copy !req
1296. "Therefore serve
as the foundation of our future."Copy !req
1297. - Thank you.Copy !req
1298. Professor Crawford.Copy !req
1299. May I read a few words?Copy !req
1300. What's he doing here?Copy !req
1301. Yes, of course, by all means.Copy !req
1302. Thank you, Professor.Copy !req
1303. My name is William Forrester.Copy !req
1304. Excuse me.Copy !req
1305. I'm that one.Copy !req
1306. Losing FamilyCopy !req
1307. "Losing family obliges us
to find our family.Copy !req
1308. "Not always the family that is our blood,Copy !req
1309. "but the family that
can become our blood.Copy !req
1310. "Should we have the wisdom
to open our door to this new family,Copy !req
1311. "we will find that the wishes we had
for the father, who once guided us,Copy !req
1312. "for the brother, who once inspired us..."Copy !req
1313. "The only thing left to say will be,Copy !req
1314. "'I wish I had seen this,
or I wish I had done that, or I wish..."'Copy !req
1315. Most of you are too young
to know what your wishes will be.Copy !req
1316. But when I read these words,Copy !req
1317. words of hope, dreams,Copy !req
1318. I realize that the one wish that
was granted to me, so late in life,Copy !req
1319. was the gift of friendship.Copy !req
1320. Mr Forrester, I'm sure I speak on behalf
of everyone hereCopy !req
1321. in thanking you for this unexpected visit.Copy !req
1322. The quality of your words...Copy !req
1323. is something we should
all aspire to reach.Copy !req
1324. Mr Forrester...Copy !req
1325. May I ask to what
do we owe this honor?Copy !req
1326. Professor Crawford...Copy !req
1327. I spoke here today because
a friend of mine wasn't allowed to.Copy !req
1328. A friend who had the integrity
to protect meCopy !req
1329. when I was unwilling to protect him.Copy !req
1330. His name is Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
1331. Jamal Wallace is a friend of yours?Copy !req
1332. Yes, he is.Copy !req
1333. I helped him to find his own words
by starting with some of mine.Copy !req
1334. And in return, he promised never
to say anything to anybody about me.Copy !req
1335. - A promise which he kept.
- Mr Forrester...Copy !req
1336. While your visit appears to be heartfelt,
I'm sure you will appreciateCopy !req
1337. it will not change or interfereCopy !req
1338. with this institution reaching a fair
and proper decision in his case.Copy !req
1339. There's one more issue here.Copy !req
1340. Those words that I read today...Copy !req
1341. I didn't write them...Copy !req
1342. Jamal Wallace did.Copy !req
1343. Quiet.Copy !req
1344. Quiet! Quiet, please!Copy !req
1345. Be still.Copy !req
1346. Shush, shush, shush!Copy !req
1347. Quiet, please.Copy !req
1348. - That has no bearing on the decision...
- Robert...Copy !req
1349. I... As director of this competition,
I have final say in this matter.Copy !req
1350. Robert, sit down.Copy !req
1351. I have been a teacher
for more than 30 years.Copy !req
1352. That's long enough to know
that integrity counts for something.Copy !req
1353. I'd say that Mr Forrester has cleared up
this matter very nicely for us allCopy !req
1354. and as chairman of the faculty board,
I have the last word in that matter.Copy !req
1355. Mr Wallace, you are excused
from next week's board meeting.Copy !req
1356. Mr Forrester...Copy !req
1357. should you ever have an interest
in a teaching position...Copy !req
1358. No.Copy !req
1359. Jamal, these are your words?Copy !req
1360. Sixteen.Copy !req
1361. Remarkable.Copy !req
1362. I'm thinking you'll make
your own decisions from here on.Copy !req
1363. I'm thinking you're about to say something
more like, I always could.Copy !req
1364. No more lessons.
I have a question, though.Copy !req
1365. Those two foul shots
at the end of the game...Copy !req
1366. did you miss them
or did you miss them?Copy !req
1367. Not exactly a soup question, is it?Copy !req
1368. Let's go.Copy !req
1369. Do you think our vaudeville act today
will merit the "National Enquirer"?Copy !req
1370. - Oh, yeah. Definitely.
- Well...Copy !req
1371. Whatever happens, I'm off.Copy !req
1372. What's the word you and your friends
would use for that?Copy !req
1373. Leaving?Copy !req
1374. Oh, God.Copy !req
1375. Where you off to?Copy !req
1376. Well... I have a homeland
I haven't seen for too long.Copy !req
1377. You mean Ireland.Copy !req
1378. Scotland, for God's sake.Copy !req
1379. I'm messin' with you, man.Copy !req
1380. Be sure to write.Copy !req
1381. - Hey, Jamal.
- What's up?Copy !req
1382. Hey.Copy !req
1383. What's up, John?Copy !req
1384. You heard from William?Copy !req
1385. Yeah, but I don't know what he's doing,
though. But, er...Copy !req
1386. He keeps sending these letters,
checking up on college recruiters.Copy !req
1387. I was just downstairs.
Looks like you got another one.Copy !req
1388. - Word?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1389. - I'll see you around.
- All right.Copy !req
1390. (Man) Jamal?Copy !req
1391. Hi.Copy !req
1392. - Steve Sanderson.
- How are you doing?Copy !req
1393. Thanks for coming down
at such short notice.Copy !req
1394. No problem.Copy !req
1395. What school are you from?Copy !req
1396. Oh, no, no. I'm a lawyer, here in town.
I work with Roberts & Carter.Copy !req
1397. - A lawyer.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1398. But congratulations with all that.
That's... that's great.Copy !req
1399. Really, really... Really great.Copy !req
1400. We got a bunch of guys in the office
following you...Copy !req
1401. We're the legal representation
for William Forrester.Copy !req
1402. How is he?Copy !req
1403. Sit down.Copy !req
1404. Um...Copy !req
1405. We've received word
that William passed away.Copy !req
1406. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1407. He wanted you to have
these things right away.Copy !req
1408. What happened?Copy !req
1409. William had cancer.Copy !req
1410. They found it a couple of years ago.Copy !req
1411. Jamal, this is crazy.Copy !req
1412. - Oh, my God.
- Wow.Copy !req
1413. Look at all these books.Copy !req
1414. Don't touch anything.Copy !req
1415. "Dear Jamal:Copy !req
1416. "Someone I once knew wrote
that we walk away from our dreams,Copy !req
1417. "afraid that we may fail,
or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.Copy !req
1418. "You need to know that while I knew
early on that you would realize your dreams,Copy !req
1419. "I never imagined
I would once again realize my own.Copy !req
1420. "Seasons change, young man.Copy !req
1421. "While I waited until the winter of my life
to see what I've seen this past year,Copy !req
1422. "there is no doubt I would have waited
too long, had it not been for you."Copy !req
1423. Hey...Copy !req
1424. You gonna be here awhile, man?Copy !req
1425. Just can't watch the eyes this time.Copy !req
1426. You gonna be OK, man. Come on.Copy !req
1427. Come on, man.Copy !req
1428. Get up.Copy !req