1. Marker.Copy !req
2. Hey, Jamal!Copy !req
3. Jamal, you awake?Copy !req
4. Jamal! I know you can hear me, boy.Copy !req
5. Jamal, I'm writing all this down.Copy !req
6. I've got that thing with your teacher
and I'm working late.Copy !req
7. So you're gonna have to take care
of yourself for dinner, okay?Copy !req
8. Okay?Copy !req
9. Okay.Copy !req
10. Hey, I thought you wanted
to get up by 7:30.Copy !req
11. - Play the ball.
- Ball!Copy !req
12. - Play the ball.
- Ball!Copy !req
13. - You want to change things?
- Check that.Copy !req
14. Play ball, baby. Stop crying.Copy !req
15. Hold on. What up, J?
Where you been, man?Copy !req
16. - What's up?
- Sleep, yo.Copy !req
17. - Hey, what's up, man?
- Up wondering how to save your ass.Copy !req
18. - What are you saving?
- Hey, Damon.Copy !req
19. Let's go.Copy !req
20. J, break him up, man.Copy !req
21. Take the ball, man, okay?Copy !req
22. - Oh, he broke your ankles, man!
- Yeah!Copy !req
23. You can't give him that.Copy !req
24. - You can't give him that.
- I'm awake.Copy !req
25. Come on, yo.Copy !req
26. - You got something for me?
- What you got?Copy !req
27. Soufflé, baby!Copy !req
28. Where's the D?Copy !req
29. Got nothing for me, man.Copy !req
30. A lot of good that's doing.Copy !req
31. - It's something for The Window.
- You ever seen him?Copy !req
32. - The Window?
- Yeah.Copy !req
33. No. But he see us, man.Copy !req
34. Come on, what's wrong with y'all?
Y'all want to play ball?Copy !req
35. - All right, baby.
- Wake up.Copy !req
36. - You got to help me out, man.
- Shake it!Copy !req
37. Hip-hop, man.Copy !req
38. In 1845, Poe wrote his
most famous piece, "The Raven"...Copy !req
39. a poem he wrote while strung out
on coke and obsessed with death.Copy !req
40. "The Raven" is like the football team.Copy !req
41. There's a team obsessed with death.
Always get their ass kicked.Copy !req
42. Baltimore Ravens, only pro football
team named after a classic poem.Copy !req
43. Anyone read it?Copy !req
44. "Once upon a midnight drearyCopy !req
45. While I pondered, weak and weary..."Copy !req
46. Jamal, how about it?Copy !req
47. No, I never read it.Copy !req
48. Okay, I need those essays
by next Tuesday.Copy !req
49. Yo, man, my dad saw The Window, man.Copy !req
50. Yo, man, my dad saw The Window, man.Copy !req
51. About 20 years ago.Copy !req
52. Just like a ghost, like the ones
that be in our science books.Copy !req
53. - Just like that.
- So, what, he was white?Copy !req
54. Ain't milk white?Copy !req
55. - Ever see a ghost that wasn't white?
- Just playing.Copy !req
56. I heard he killed somebody.
That's why he stays inside.Copy !req
57. You gotta kill an army to hide here.Copy !req
58. - True.
- Y'all play too much.Copy !req
59. Remember Shurrita?Copy !req
60. She used to live below The Window?Copy !req
61. She calls me up this one night,
bugging, dog. Bugging.Copy !req
62. Saying she heard this tapping
from upstairs by The Window's place.Copy !req
63. Tap...Copy !req
64. tap...Copy !req
65. tap.Copy !req
66. While she was on the phone,
she started screaming, dog.Copy !req
67. Because now the tapping made
its way down the stairs somehow.Copy !req
68. Tap...Copy !req
69. tap, tap.
- Listen to him, fool.Copy !req
70. And now it was on
the other side of her door, dog.Copy !req
71. She could tell there was some
type of knife he was tapping with.Copy !req
72. Before she can even hang up,
the phone disconnected.Copy !req
73. - That's the last time we seen her.
- Shurrita from across the street?Copy !req
74. Come on, man, yo.
You know that girl is a crack ho.Copy !req
75. No, no, she was nice.Copy !req
76. Listen, man, all I know is
that The Window's bad news.Copy !req
77. Rules was, you go outside,
you stay away from The Window's place.Copy !req
78. - No, stay away from your lying ass.
- Yo, J, you believe me, right?Copy !req
79. You full of shit, dog.Copy !req
80. Damn.Copy !req
81. So let me guess.
So you'd go up in there, right?Copy !req
82. It's an old man
looking out a window, man.Copy !req
83. - You'll go?
- He won't go.Copy !req
84. - So you'll go up there?
- Let them know, J.Copy !req
85. - He's not gonna go.
- This nigga's scared.Copy !req
86. Yo, I got the next call.Copy !req
87. - So?
- So...Copy !req
88. I dare you to go up there, right?Copy !req
89. Right? Right?Copy !req
90. - Whatever, man. I'll go up there.
- Yeah.Copy !req
91. - He's going.
- Big shot. Superman.Copy !req
92. - Bring it, son.
- That's my dog.Copy !req
93. You feel me.Copy !req
94. D, I believe you, dog.Copy !req
95. Man, shut up.
Go to class or something.Copy !req
96. Here, man, sit over here, son.Copy !req
97. Are you kidding me?
Stop playing with me.Copy !req
98. - It's a vibrant thing. Go over there.
- Fine.Copy !req
99. Here, take your apple too.Copy !req
100. - Ms. Joyce?
- Yeah. Hi.Copy !req
101. Good to see you.
Have a seat here.Copy !req
102. Thank you.Copy !req
103. Okay.Copy !req
104. We got Jamal's test scores
back this week.Copy !req
105. - Test scores?
- Assessment tests.Copy !req
106. The state education department
requires all kids to take them.Copy !req
107. He didn't tell you?Copy !req
108. Mrs. Wallace,
Jamal maintains a C average.Copy !req
109. Which means he does just enough
to get by without standing out.Copy !req
110. Now, what makes Jamal's case
unusual are his test results.Copy !req
111. Oh, my God.Copy !req
112. I see him reading all
these books all the time.Copy !req
113. Books I never read.
Some I never even heard of.Copy !req
114. And he's always writing
in his notebooks.Copy !req
115. Ever since his father left.Copy !req
116. But that's what I see.Copy !req
117. All he ever talks about is basketball.Copy !req
118. Basketball is where
he gets his acceptance.Copy !req
119. Kids don't care about
what he puts down on paper.Copy !req
120. Let's go! Between the yellow lines!
Let's go!Copy !req
121. Yo, T.Copy !req
122. What up, Fly?Copy !req
123. - How you?
- Maintaining.Copy !req
124. Look, look. You looking
for tickets, little bro?Copy !req
125. Dead tonight.Copy !req
126. Sorry about that.Copy !req
127. Come on, man.
We know you got tickets.Copy !req
128. I got four words for you:
Bos-ton Red Sox. All right?Copy !req
129. The Yanks and Sox tickets, they damn
near been sold out almost a month.Copy !req
130. All right, Mr. Fly?Copy !req
131. And by the way, why don't you go
tell Camry boy over there...Copy !req
132. that he need to back up
his little cheap-ass bumper...Copy !req
133. on that Mercedes there.Copy !req
134. Go handle that.
Let's go, Fly! Let's go!Copy !req
135. What the hell, Jamal? Moms called.Copy !req
136. Tell me about the test.
What's up with that?Copy !req
137. - Nothing, man.
- What do you mean, nothing?Copy !req
138. This in the way of your plans?Copy !req
139. Remember, it was your plan first, T.Copy !req
140. Yeah, I know.
A little college ball and all.Copy !req
141. Then start signing checks,
solving everybody else's problems.Copy !req
142. Look at me, though.Copy !req
143. Whoa, hold a minute.Copy !req
144. Hold on to these.Copy !req
145. I guess this makes it our plan now.Copy !req
146. - One thing.
- What up?Copy !req
147. Don't say nothing
about them test scores.Copy !req
148. Don't worry, I'm your brother, dog.Copy !req
149. Whatever me and you discuss,
it stays between me and you.Copy !req
150. - Right.
- Love you, dog. All right?Copy !req
151. Make sure you keep one thing in mind:Copy !req
152. Moms knows when the game ends,
so take your ass straight home.Copy !req
153. - Okay.
- Don't get into no trouble.Copy !req
154. Be careful. Stay safe, all right?Copy !req
155. - Love, dog.
- All right, T. Good looking.Copy !req
156. All right, Jamal. Be careful.Copy !req
157. Stink in here.Copy !req
158. J, you see that window?Copy !req
159. He keeps that one cracked sometime.Copy !req
160. Yo, light's been out
for two hours, dog.Copy !req
161. You sure he asleep?Copy !req
162. That Methuselah's like a thousand
years old. That's all they ever do.Copy !req
163. Yo, J, man. For the reals, son,
I don't know about this.Copy !req
164. - I know.
- I think I'm... Oh, shit!Copy !req
165. I think I'm gonna pull the call, yo.Copy !req
166. - No, yo, I got this one.
- Rats.Copy !req
167. All right. Yo, Fly.Copy !req
168. Keep it.
You gotta bring something out.Copy !req
169. Yo, man, you hear us,
drop down, all right?Copy !req
170. All right.Copy !req
171. Don't stay in there too long.Copy !req
172. Got you.Copy !req
173. Damn, this thing's rickety.Copy !req
174. Lucy Chapman around?Copy !req
175. Last stool on the other end.Copy !req
176. Lucy Chapman?Copy !req
177. - Yeah.
- I'm Bannion, Homicide.Copy !req
178. With this band playing, you need
megaphones to talk at the bar.Copy !req
179. - We can sit in a booth.
- All right.Copy !req
180. - Yo, look, look!
- Oh, shit!Copy !req
181. - Yo, yo, got something?
- Oh, shit!Copy !req
182. - Yo, what happened?
- You son of a bitch!Copy !req
183. Dickheads, he wasn't asleep.Copy !req
184. - Yo, did you see him?
- No, not for long, yo.Copy !req
185. Jamal, would you stop bouncing
that damn ball in the house?Copy !req
186. I got Michael Jordan's name
written in dirt all over my floor.Copy !req
187. Don't worry, I'll clean it.Copy !req
188. I got a better chance
of Michael Jordan cleaning it.Copy !req
189. If you're thinking of a shower,
the hot water's taking a few minutes.Copy !req
190. - I wasn't thinking about it.
- Hey! Hey, where's your pack?Copy !req
191. - I don't know.
- Don't know?Copy !req
192. What do you mean, you don't know?Copy !req
193. We wanted you to bring something,
not leave something.Copy !req
194. Leave this one alone, man.Copy !req
195. What was in your bag anyway?Copy !req
196. I'm not talking about the damn bag.Copy !req
197. Bet you ain't, man.Copy !req
198. Let me teach you something.
Now watch the eyes.Copy !req
199. He's probably watching you right now.Copy !req
200. Stop. Stop. See?Copy !req
201. You don't know about that, man.Copy !req
202. Here's how you do it.Copy !req
203. I'm not gonna do anything
to your car, man.Copy !req
204. I'm sorry?Copy !req
205. You look worried,
like I'll do something.Copy !req
206. No, I worry about this car
everywhere, not just here.Copy !req
207. - Don't take it personally.
- It's just a car.Copy !req
208. No, it's not just a car. It's a BMW.Copy !req
209. Those who know anything
about that company...Copy !req
210. know that it's more
than just a car.Copy !req
211. Oh, those who know. So I wouldn't
know anything like that, right?Copy !req
212. No, that's not what I meant.Copy !req
213. Last thing I knew about BMW...Copy !req
214. is, they made plane engines
when they first started.Copy !req
215. A guy by the name of Franz Popp
started it all.Copy !req
216. Franz Popp. I like that name.Copy !req
217. Made this one engine before 1920.Copy !req
218. It flew six miles up.Copy !req
219. Well, Popp and his boys were
just getting started, man.Copy !req
220. Made this one engine,
the 801, World War II...Copy !req
221. 14 cylinders,
2300 horsepower, seven miles up.Copy !req
222. With more time, they would have
bombed the shit out of England...Copy !req
223. and maybe even won the war.Copy !req
224. That's where this comes from.Copy !req
225. White propeller zipping
around a blue sky.Copy !req
226. After the war, they couldn't
make plane engines anymore.Copy !req
227. And that's when BMW gave some
serious thought to making cars.Copy !req
228. Kind of like this one.Copy !req
229. But you probably knew all that,
since you lease one.Copy !req
230. Thanks for the history lesson.Copy !req
231. No problem, man.Copy !req
232. Messing with my stuff, man.Copy !req
233. Hey...Copy !req
234. The other night was...Copy !req
235. It was just this dare thing
me and my boys do.Copy !req
236. Well, I was wondering maybe I could
bring you some more of my stuff...Copy !req
237. or maybe I could
write something else.Copy !req
238. How about 5000 words on why you'll
stay the fuck out of my home?Copy !req
239. Come on, man, I know you in there.Copy !req
240. Take your goddamn hand off my door!Copy !req
241. I just came to drop off
that thing you asked me for.Copy !req
242. What thing?Copy !req
243. The 5000 words on why you wanted me
to stay out of your place.Copy !req
244. That's kind of the way you said it.Copy !req
245. Well, try remembering it
exactly as I said it.Copy !req
246. Come on in, Jamal.Copy !req
247. Hi, honey.Copy !req
248. It's okay.Copy !req
249. Sit down.Copy !req
250. Mrs. Wallace, Jamal. When we got
your recent test scores...Copy !req
251. we figured there may be some
interest from private schools.Copy !req
252. Well, it turns out we were right.Copy !req
253. Mr. Bradley.Copy !req
254. Jamal, Mrs. Wallace,
my name's David Bradley.Copy !req
255. I'm with the Mailor School
in Manhattan.Copy !req
256. - Mailor? Mailor-Callow?
- That's right. You familiar with us?Copy !req
257. Yeah.Copy !req
258. Jamal, Mailor-Callow is not only
the best prep school in the city...Copy !req
259. it's one of the finest
private schools in the East.Copy !req
260. Only the best go there.Copy !req
261. You may know we're a few weeks
into our fall term...Copy !req
262. but every year
we hold some openings...Copy !req
263. while we wait
for test scores to come in.Copy !req
264. Jamal, your test scores...Copy !req
265. to put it mildly,
caught our attention.Copy !req
266. I'm here to see if you'd be
interested in attending our school.Copy !req
267. Jamal, we know leaving
for another school...Copy !req
268. especially a private school,
is not gonna be easy.Copy !req
269. But this isn't the right place
for you anymore.Copy !req
270. Jamal, it's not a difficult choice.Copy !req
271. Mr. Bradley...Copy !req
272. there's no way
that we could pay for this.Copy !req
273. We're not asking you to.Copy !req
274. When Dr. Simon said,
"Only the best go to Mailor"...Copy !req
275. he neglected to mention...Copy !req
276. that our excellence extends beyond
the classroom.Copy !req
277. I figured that.Copy !req
278. We thought you might.Copy !req
279. Mrs. Wallace, about 40 of our students
have gone on to play college ball.Copy !req
280. Three have made it
to the professional level.Copy !req
281. We evaluated your play last year.Copy !req
282. While this is strictly
an academic offer...Copy !req
283. we won't be disappointed
if you choose to play.Copy !req
284. All we ask is you come out for a
few days, take a look, think it over.Copy !req
285. - Okay.
- Mrs. Wallace.Copy !req
286. - Thank you.
- Jamal.Copy !req
287. Goodbye.Copy !req
288. We'll be in touch.Copy !req
289. - I didn't knock this time, man.
- To whom were you speaking?Copy !req
290. I'll tell you that
when I get my 5000 words back.Copy !req
291. Bolt the door...Copy !req
292. if you're coming in.Copy !req
293. The man in the car?Copy !req
294. He was from this private school.Copy !req
295. They want me to go there.Copy !req
296. We don't have to pay anything, though.Copy !req
297. We live a couple blocks from here,
me and my mom.Copy !req
298. Well, my brother was there
a couple of years ago...Copy !req
299. but he left after my dad left.Copy !req
300. My mom got tired of waiting
for my dad to get himself clean.Copy !req
301. And my dad got tired of trying.Copy !req
302. But that's when I started writing.Copy !req
303. What's your name?Copy !req
304. Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
305. Sounds like some kind of marmalade.Copy !req
306. How old are you?Copy !req
307. I'm 16.Copy !req
308. Sixteen!Copy !req
309. And you're black!Copy !req
310. - It's remarkable.
- Remarkable? What?Copy !req
311. It's remarkable that I'm black?Copy !req
312. What does me being black
got to do with anything, man?Copy !req
313. You don't know what to do
right now, do you?Copy !req
314. If you say what you
really want to say...Copy !req
315. I might not read any more of this.Copy !req
316. But if you let me run you down
with this racist bullshit...Copy !req
317. what does that make you?Copy !req
318. I'm not playing this game, man.Copy !req
319. Oh, I say you are playing it.Copy !req
320. An expression is worth
a thousand words.Copy !req
321. But perhaps in your case just two.Copy !req
322. Here.Copy !req
323. What an asshole.Copy !req
324. One hand to give, one hand to receive.
As we eat together in unity...Copy !req
325. may our minds, bodies
and spirits grow strong...Copy !req
326. and congratulations to Jamal.Copy !req
327. Amen.Copy !req
328. - Amen.
- Amen.Copy !req
329. Did you see this?Copy !req
330. - Let me see.
- Don't mess it up.Copy !req
331. Wait a minute.Copy !req
332. From the cover this look like
the funny-man school to me.Copy !req
333. Terrell, eat your food.Copy !req
334. You'll be fine, big bro, because
Mommy don't make nothing but soldiers.Copy !req
335. You could have done the same thing.Copy !req
336. I work at a parking lot. And I ain't
no regular parking attendant.Copy !req
337. I am the supervisor
of all the parking attendants.Copy !req
338. You don't know how much
you'll make from week to week.Copy !req
339. One week it's $50,
one week it's $100.Copy !req
340. - That's not a real job.
- Leave him alone.Copy !req
341. Ma, look, I rap, I get busy.
You know I got my rap thing going.Copy !req
342. Don't bring up the rap.
Eat your food.Copy !req
343. - You don't want to hear my songs?
- Eat.Copy !req
344. I'll sing it for you now.Copy !req
345. When I come due
And I blow the spotCopy !req
346. Your son is supervisor
Of the parking lotCopy !req
347. Tell her, Jamal.
My choice is hot, right?Copy !req
348. Jamal Wallace?Copy !req
349. Hi, I'm Claire Spence.Copy !req
350. Bradley asked me to show you around.Copy !req
351. All right.Copy !req
352. Come on.Copy !req
353. Don't worry about answering
any questions or anything.Copy !req
354. Not till you decide
what you're gonna do.Copy !req
355. Besides, the teachers here...Copy !req
356. aren't all that into
student participation.Copy !req
357. They're busy listening
to themselves talk.Copy !req
358. - What do you mean?
- You'll see.Copy !req
359. This morning we begin our third
required reading of the semester...Copy !req
360. the study of a novel
that offers everything...Copy !req
361. and an author who could
have offered much more.Copy !req
362. That's Robert Crawford.Copy !req
363. Been here as long
as most of the buildings.Copy !req
364. When William Forrester was 23,
in 1953...Copy !req
365. he set out to write his first book.Copy !req
366. Many aspiring authors talk about
writing the great 20th-century novel...Copy !req
367. well, William Forrester did it.Copy !req
368. On his first try.Copy !req
369. Have you read this?Copy !req
370. Yeah, you?Copy !req
371. Only about a dozen times.Copy !req
372. This was the only one
he chose to publish.Copy !req
373. For all we know it was the only one
he chose to write.Copy !req
374. Your job over the next week...Copy !req
375. Your job over the next week
is to read it and tell me why.Copy !req
376. So...Copy !req
377. you gonna be back tomorrow?Copy !req
378. Yeah, they want me to spend
some time on the court.Copy !req
379. Yeah, I heard.Copy !req
380. Graduation was a little rough
on last year's team, that's all.Copy !req
381. But it's just like college, right?Copy !req
382. You get an education,
and they get what they want.Copy !req
383. Maybe you both get what you want.Copy !req
384. Yeah, maybe.Copy !req
385. It was very nice meeting you, Jamal.Copy !req
386. You too, Claire. You gonna
be around tomorrow?Copy !req
387. Not where you'll be...Copy !req
388. but you might be able
to find me for lunch.Copy !req
389. I didn't say those two words.Copy !req
390. Why didn't you?Copy !req
391. Because I want you to read
more of my stuff.Copy !req
392. You know, they talk a lot
about you out there.Copy !req
393. All this "legend" bullshit.Copy !req
394. They got some stories, though.Copy !req
395. People wonder if you killed somebody.Copy !req
396. That, and wondering
why you been in here so long.Copy !req
397. I wouldn't move, though.
I'd stay for the quiet.Copy !req
398. You don't hear nothing in here.Copy !req
399. Our place got these noisy neighbors.Copy !req
400. Their kid's always yelling
because he's only a year old.Copy !req
401. Or pops is yelling
because the kid's making noise.Copy !req
402. Then mom's yelling...Copy !req
403. But that's a different yelling...Copy !req
404. because that's when the old man's
playing the tunes for her...Copy !req
405. and she got her head
banging up against the wall.Copy !req
406. She be screaming like...Copy !req
407. - Then she...
- You better stir that soup.Copy !req
408. What?Copy !req
409. Stir the soup before it foams up.Copy !req
410. How come ours never
gets anything on it?Copy !req
411. Come on. Come on. Closer.Copy !req
412. Now.Copy !req
413. - You got somebody doing that yelling?
- What I have here is an adult male...Copy !req
414. quite pretty...Copy !req
415. probably strayed from the park.Copy !req
416. A Connecticut Warbler.Copy !req
417. You ever go outside to do any of this?Copy !req
418. You should have stayed
with the soup question.Copy !req
419. The object of a question is to obtain
information that matters to us...Copy !req
420. and to no one else.Copy !req
421. You were wondering why
your soup doesn't foam up?Copy !req
422. Probably because your mother
was brought up in a house...Copy !req
423. that never thought
about wasting milk in soup.Copy !req
424. Now that question was a good one.Copy !req
425. In contrast to,
"Do I ever go outside?"Copy !req
426. Which fails to meet
the basic criteria...Copy !req
427. of obtaining information
that matters to you.Copy !req
428. All right, man.Copy !req
429. Guess I don't have
any more soup questions.Copy !req
430. No?Copy !req
431. Why did you say that stuff
about me being black?Copy !req
432. It had nothing to do
with you being black.Copy !req
433. It had to do with me finding out just
how much bullshit you'd put up with.Copy !req
434. You knew I'd come back.Copy !req
435. Yes, just like I know
you'll go to this new school.Copy !req
436. How you know that?Copy !req
437. Because there's a question
in your writing...Copy !req
438. suggesting what is it
you wish to do with your life.Copy !req
439. And that is a question your present
school cannot answer for you.Copy !req
440. Let's match up.
Wallace, you take Hartwell.Copy !req
441. What's up, man? I'm Jamal.Copy !req
442. Just check it, all right?Copy !req
443. - Check the ball.
- Let's go, guys.Copy !req
444. Come on now.Copy !req
445. Ball's in.Copy !req
446. Come on!Copy !req
447. - Cover Danson! Get on him!
- Let's go.Copy !req
448. Play him tough, play him tough.Copy !req
449. Here, Johnny, inside!Copy !req
450. Way to go. Way to go, gang.Copy !req
451. Let's go, D up.Copy !req
452. - Let's go, garbage.
- Come on.Copy !req
453. - Come on.
- Step up. Step up.Copy !req
454. Head's up.Copy !req
455. Leave the trash-talking
back home, all right?Copy !req
456. What?Copy !req
457. Get that goofy look off your face.Copy !req
458. - I'm gonna make you my son.
- Right.Copy !req
459. - You gonna be my son.
- Come on.Copy !req
460. Let's go.Copy !req
461. - Come on, man.
- What?Copy !req
462. - You're too small.
- What?Copy !req
463. Nice handle.Copy !req
464. Hartwell, a little defense
would be real nice.Copy !req
465. Coach is right. A little defense.
Let's go.Copy !req
466. - Try and get it past the line.
- What?Copy !req
467. I said, get it past the line.Copy !req
468. Is this too much? Pressure.Copy !req
469. Too much.Copy !req
470. I need some help!Copy !req
471. Ten seconds. Let's go,
the other way.Copy !req
472. I'm taking your spot?Copy !req
473. - Taking what?
- Your spot.Copy !req
474. Taking nothing. Come on.Copy !req
475. My court, man. My court.Copy !req
476. That's how we play down here.Copy !req
477. That's right.Copy !req
478. Hartwell's just a rich kid...Copy !req
479. who wants as much of the spotlight
as he can get his senior year.Copy !req
480. That's all it is.Copy !req
481. They take things real serious
around here.Copy !req
482. Well, it's a serious place.Copy !req
483. Serious enough I usually end up
here, getting lunch on my books.Copy !req
484. What are you working on?Copy !req
485. Forrester's book.Copy !req
486. I thought you read it.Copy !req
487. I know, but look at this.Copy !req
488. My dad got it for me.Copy !req
489. It's an early printing.Copy !req
490. Listen, I gotta go.Copy !req
491. But you just got here.Copy !req
492. I know, but...Copy !req
493. I forgot something.Copy !req
494. I gotta check up on something.Copy !req
495. I'll see you later.Copy !req
496. "Born 1930.Copy !req
497. In Scotland."Copy !req
498. "Moved to New York with his family
in his late teens.Copy !req
499. Mr. Forrester was unavailable
for comment."Copy !req
500. Yeah, I bet he was.Copy !req
501. Are we now planning
to make these visits a habit?Copy !req
502. Are we now planning
to make these visits a habit?Copy !req
503. - You said you knew I'd be coming back.
- Yes, but I thought you meant once.Copy !req
504. I need some help with
this thing at school.Copy !req
505. Ah, yes, this thing at school.Copy !req
506. And what "thing" are we
talking about now?Copy !req
507. You ever read that?Copy !req
508. I'm trying, man.Copy !req
509. I just can't seem to get past
the first 10 pages.Copy !req
510. As I recall...Copy !req
511. I took a while
to get past those pages myself.Copy !req
512. Oh, Christ, you've
dog-eared one of them.Copy !req
513. Show a little respect
for the author, huh?Copy !req
514. That's you, isn't it?Copy !req
515. You're the author.Copy !req
516. I read the whole thing.
It's not bad. Especially...Copy !req
517. Hey...Copy !req
518. I know what it is.Copy !req
519. I don't need another person
telling me what they think it is.Copy !req
520. I wasn't gonna say that.Copy !req
521. What were you gonna say?Copy !req
522. I should tell you everything about me?Copy !req
523. I told you about me.Copy !req
524. You could learn
a little something about...Copy !req
525. holding back.Copy !req
526. If I ask you not to say
anything to anybody...Copy !req
527. about here, us...Copy !req
528. is that something
I can trust you on?Copy !req
529. Yeah.Copy !req
530. I promise.Copy !req
531. Fine.Copy !req
532. And if I ask you to keep helping
me with my writing?Copy !req
533. There'll be no questions...Copy !req
534. about me, my family...Copy !req
535. or why there was only one book.Copy !req
536. Then I won't ask.Copy !req
537. Good.Copy !req
538. And good night.Copy !req
539. What's it feel like?Copy !req
540. What?Copy !req
541. Writing something the way you did.Copy !req
542. Perhaps you'll find out.Copy !req
543. Listen, you 5-foot-nothing.Copy !req
544. He's probably still
sleeping in the crib.Copy !req
545. Kenzo, how old are you again?Copy !req
546. Why?Copy !req
547. Look at your face!
Did your mom do that to you?Copy !req
548. She started you young.Copy !req
549. You know where that starts from?
Eating too much cookie.Copy !req
550. Teresa told me. She told me.Copy !req
551. I like them big. You got a problem?Copy !req
552. I like them big.Copy !req
553. That big?Copy !req
554. It's like when I'm with
all three of your mothers.Copy !req
555. - You're not talking about my mother.
- Hold on, Oscar Mayer wiener.Copy !req
556. Stop playing. You got beat
like Tina in school one day.Copy !req
557. I seen Duke smack you up.Copy !req
558. Listen, throw it at your mama.Copy !req
559. Everything tilts towards your mama.Copy !req
560. Your mama. Stop throwing your mama.Copy !req
561. Why you laughing?Copy !req
562. Yo, man, your glasses
are like Coke bottles.Copy !req
563. Classics.Copy !req
564. - You ever met somebody famous?
- How famous?Copy !req
565. Like, I don't know...Copy !req
566. somebody people would know.Copy !req
567. Nobody like that
comes around here, man.Copy !req
568. So, you here for good now?Copy !req
569. Yeah, I'm just trying to get started.Copy !req
570. Well, at least they look good.Copy !req
571. Right?Copy !req
572. This year's writing competition
has now been scheduled.Copy !req
573. For those who choose to take part,
entries must be turned in...Copy !req
574. before spring break.Copy !req
575. Meaning, you still have
a few months of procrastination.Copy !req
576. Feel free to experiment with
a more proactive approach. The...Copy !req
577. Mr. Wallace!Copy !req
578. Please.Copy !req
579. I had a chance this morning...Copy !req
580. to review the files sent over
by your former school.Copy !req
581. Test scores, impressive.Copy !req
582. Actual classroom work...Copy !req
583. not so impressive.Copy !req
584. Is this...Copy !req
585. the level of work
I should anticipate, Mr. Wallace?Copy !req
586. Because if it is...Copy !req
587. it will help me determine whether
I should treat you as a student...Copy !req
588. or as someone here
simply to pursue...Copy !req
589. How should I put it?Copy !req
590. Other endeavors?Copy !req
591. Of course your work will give you
ample opportunity to respond.Copy !req
592. Good day, Mr. Wallace.Copy !req
593. Just so you know,
you handled that the right way.Copy !req
594. How's that?Copy !req
595. You didn't say anything.Copy !req
596. It's the ones that do
that run into trouble.Copy !req
597. - John Coleridge.
- Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
598. So how many people do say something?Copy !req
599. And actually stay in Crawford's class?Copy !req
600. Not many.Copy !req
601. I missed what you said.Copy !req
602. I didn't say anything.Copy !req
603. You read all these?Copy !req
604. No, I just keep them
to impress all my visitors.Copy !req
605. All your visitors.Copy !req
606. We talk about your book at school.Copy !req
607. People have been talking
about it for years.Copy !req
608. They just haven't been
saying anything.Copy !req
609. Yeah, I think I got it down, though.Copy !req
610. I figure you were writing
about how life never works out.Copy !req
611. Oh, really? You had to
read a book to figure that out?Copy !req
612. Yeah, but Crawford's
messed up on it anyhow.Copy !req
613. Says the guy having trouble
after the war is really you.Copy !req
614. Some symbolism shit for the problems
you were having with everybody.Copy !req
615. Robert Crawford?Copy !req
616. Yeah, I think it's bullshit, though.Copy !req
617. I think there really was
somebody else.Copy !req
618. Mr. Johannsen?Copy !req
619. Here.Copy !req
620. Mr. Massie! Another trip
to your favorite destination.Copy !req
621. I've got four bags today.
I can leave them.Copy !req
622. Oh, no, no.Copy !req
623. Come right in.Copy !req
624. How you doing, Mr. Johannsen?Copy !req
625. At least a half-hour
before the sun goes down.Copy !req
626. Then you can begin your
panic-driven quest back to Manhattan.Copy !req
627. This should last you till next week.Copy !req
628. Your mail is in...Copy !req
629. this one.Copy !req
630. - Mr. Johannsen?
- Essentials are in...Copy !req
631. Essentials?Copy !req
632. I took care of your bills, and
I put all the copies in this one.Copy !req
633. The phone company wonders
if you still want service...Copy !req
634. as you haven't had a call in six...
Okay.Copy !req
635. I got your socks
for the next couple weeks...Copy !req
636. which are in this one.Copy !req
637. And I have your latest check
from accounting.Copy !req
638. They wanted to know if you
cashed the last one.Copy !req
639. It's still showing up outstanding.Copy !req
640. Not as outstanding as it once was.Copy !req
641. I'm sorry, I didn't realize
you had company.Copy !req
642. Oh, yes. We were just
having a discussion...Copy !req
643. on German automobile history.Copy !req
644. - Care to join us?
- No, I'm in a tow-away.Copy !req
645. Of course you are.Copy !req
646. See you next week?Copy !req
647. Not if I'm lucky.Copy !req
648. Why not give that guy a break
and do your own shopping?Copy !req
649. - And why are your socks inside out?
- Because socks are badly designed.Copy !req
650. The seams are on the inside.
Hurt the toes.Copy !req
651. In some cultures, it's considered good
luck to wear something inside out.Copy !req
652. And you believe that?Copy !req
653. No, but it's like praying.Copy !req
654. What do you risk?Copy !req
655. And I do go outside.Copy !req
656. How do you think those windows
get cleaned?Copy !req
657. Now, about this...Copy !req
658. professor of yours.Copy !req
659. How did it feel having him
tell you what you can't do?Copy !req
660. - Like he knew he was better than me.
- Then let's show him what you can do.Copy !req
661. Why are the words we write
for ourselves...Copy !req
662. always so much better than those
we write for others? Move.Copy !req
663. Sit.Copy !req
664. Go ahead.Copy !req
665. Go ahead and what?Copy !req
666. Write.Copy !req
667. What are you doing?Copy !req
668. I'm writing. Like you'll be...Copy !req
669. when you start punching those keys.Copy !req
670. Is there a problem?Copy !req
671. No, I'm just thinking.Copy !req
672. No. No thinking.Copy !req
673. That comes later.Copy !req
674. You write your first draft...Copy !req
675. with your heart...Copy !req
676. and you rewrite with your head.Copy !req
677. The first key to writing...Copy !req
678. is to write.Copy !req
679. Not to think.Copy !req
680. Jesus!Copy !req
681. Is there a chance you might sit down?Copy !req
682. "A Season of Faith's Perfection."Copy !req
683. - What's this?
- Start typing that.Copy !req
684. Sometimes the simple rhythm
of typing...Copy !req
685. gets us from page one to page two.Copy !req
686. And when you begin to feel
your own words...Copy !req
687. start typing them.Copy !req
688. Punch the keys, for God's sake!Copy !req
689. Yes!Copy !req
690. Yes!Copy !req
691. You're the man now, dog!Copy !req
692. Jamal...Copy !req
693. whatever we write
in this apartment...Copy !req
694. stays in this apartment.Copy !req
695. No exceptions.Copy !req
696. Okay, let's push it, guys. Come on.Copy !req
697. - Heads up.
- Yo, D!Copy !req
698. That's a foul, man.Copy !req
699. - I had the spot.
- You'll know when you got the spot.Copy !req
700. Hey, hey, gentlemen!Copy !req
701. - Hey, hey!
- Our season begins in one week.Copy !req
702. If I see this one more time, you'll
shoot fouls to see who runs today.Copy !req
703. Is that understood?
Is that understood?Copy !req
704. One.Copy !req
705. Two.Copy !req
706. Three.Copy !req
707. Eleven.Copy !req
708. Twelve.Copy !req
709. Thirteen.Copy !req
710. Twenty-nine.Copy !req
711. Forty-eight.Copy !req
712. Forty-nine.Copy !req
713. Hold it.Copy !req
714. One more.Copy !req
715. That's one of the most impressive
things I've ever seen on a court.Copy !req
716. Why do I know it wasn't good
enough for either of you?Copy !req
717. Shower up and get out of here.Copy !req
718. You may think we're the same.
We're not.Copy !req
719. Oh, Mr. Wallace.Copy !req
720. Mr. Wallace!Copy !req
721. - Professor Crawford.
- The latest paper you turned in...Copy !req
722. It showed quite a bit of improvement
from your earlier work.Copy !req
723. - Thank you.
- Yes.Copy !req
724. - How long did it take you to write it?
- I wrote it last night.Copy !req
725. Last night!Copy !req
726. Well, I have some things
to finish up here.Copy !req
727. Good day, Mr. Wallace.Copy !req
728. That's right. Select again.Copy !req
729. - "Birds of a Feather" for 600.
- Answer:Copy !req
730. Vibrant in color, its name borrows
from this Vivien Leigh character.Copy !req
731. - The scarlet tanager.
- It's, "What is the scarlet tanager?"Copy !req
732. What is the scarlet tanager?Copy !req
733. Gotta know the rules to play.Copy !req
734. It was written by a writer
you have never heard of.Copy !req
735. "Thy duty, winged flame of springCopy !req
736. Is but to love and fly and sing."Copy !req
737. He was writing about the song
of the tanager.Copy !req
738. A song about new seasons, new life.Copy !req
739. That's James Lowell, man.Copy !req
740. I know who he is.Copy !req
741. "I'll stay with 'Poor Assumptions'
for 800, Alex."Copy !req
742. You ever see any
scarlet tanagers around here?Copy !req
743. They don't stray that far
from the park.Copy !req
744. So your professor wasn't exactly
full of praise this afternoon.Copy !req
745. No, not exactly.Copy !req
746. Well, there's something you should
know about Robert Crawford.Copy !req
747. He wrote a book
a few years after mine.Copy !req
748. And all the publishers rejected it,
which was the right decision.Copy !req
749. And instead of writing another one...Copy !req
750. he took a job
teaching others how to write.Copy !req
751. How you know all that?Copy !req
752. Just keep in mind that
bitterly disappointed teachers...Copy !req
753. can be either very effective
or very dangerous.Copy !req
754. All right, this is
the first step tonight, guys.Copy !req
755. "Mailor" on three.Copy !req
756. One, two, three, Mailor!Copy !req
757. Gold.Copy !req
758. Black.Copy !req
759. Up here, up straight and high.
Not yet.Copy !req
760. - What up, J?
- What up? You was in there tonight?Copy !req
761. Twenty-six points.Copy !req
762. Eight of 10 from the floor.
Ten of 10 from the line.Copy !req
763. - I'm supposed to miss that?
- All right, it was hot.Copy !req
764. You were putting some serious ink
on that stat page, man.Copy !req
765. What's going on?Copy !req
766. Yo, brothers was going
by Red Rose, man.Copy !req
767. I told them we catch up.
Friday night, kid.Copy !req
768. Come on. Come on.Copy !req
769. Hey, Jamal, you plan
on doing that every night?Copy !req
770. - Worked out, I guess.
- I'd say it worked out.Copy !req
771. This is Fly.Copy !req
772. - Hi, Fly, I'm Claire.
- How you doing?Copy !req
773. - You a friend of Jamal's?
- Claire!Copy !req
774. Come on!Copy !req
775. I'm coming.Copy !req
776. Don't hold that bus up too long.
Nice meeting you, Fly.Copy !req
777. All right! What the hell
you working there, man?Copy !req
778. Shut up, man.Copy !req
779. Yo, about Red Rose.
I ain't gonna make it.Copy !req
780. I gotta go to this dude house.
They do it every year.Copy !req
781. Don't be going off on this.Copy !req
782. You big time. You best be going.
I don't want to hold your bus up.Copy !req
783. You around this weekend?Copy !req
784. Where you think I'm gonna be? In
the Hamptons?Copy !req
785. It was very nice talking with you.
Remember, anything you need...Copy !req
786. please give me a call.
Okay? Anything.Copy !req
787. Okay?Copy !req
788. Building up a collection
of those things?Copy !req
789. Yeah, a few.Copy !req
790. Do you want to get outside
for a while?Copy !req
791. Yeah. You know this place?Copy !req
792. I live in this place. Come on.Copy !req
793. They'll be in there till midnight,
congratulating themselves on your game.Copy !req
794. Which means I get to cram tomorrow
for this test on Monday.Copy !req
795. Test on what?Copy !req
796. It's on the Sherlock Holmes books.Copy !req
797. They have us tracking down
all this worthless stuff, like:Copy !req
798. "Who introduced Watson to Holmes?"Copy !req
799. They give it to you
to force you to read everything.Copy !req
800. Looks like it might be a while.Copy !req
801. Maybe so.Copy !req
802. So this friend Fly.
How long have you known each other?Copy !req
803. For a while. He was born there,
and I was born there too.Copy !req
804. - In the Bronx?
- Yeah.Copy !req
805. Must be hard.Copy !req
806. What?Copy !req
807. I don't know. New people, new school.Copy !req
808. It's not?Copy !req
809. No, what's hard is growing up
in a place...Copy !req
810. where the cops don't
even want to be after dark.Copy !req
811. What's hard is knowing
that you're safe there...Copy !req
812. because the people
you need to worry about...Copy !req
813. know you got nothing
to give them.Copy !req
814. So it's a good thing you're here.Copy !req
815. Yeah, but these people don't think
I got anything to give them either.Copy !req
816. Don't let me get by you.
Once I get by you, I'll score.Copy !req
817. - Okay.
- You ready?Copy !req
818. - Ready.
- Stay in front of me now.Copy !req
819. - All right?
- Okay.Copy !req
820. I got by you, man.Copy !req
821. You're bigger than I am.Copy !req
822. You still got to play defense.Copy !req
823. How do I do that?Copy !req
824. How do you play...?
I'll show you one right here.Copy !req
825. Turn around.Copy !req
826. Turn around.Copy !req
827. Feel that?Copy !req
828. I feel it.Copy !req
829. I know where you'll go because
I can feel where you're gonna move.Copy !req
830. All right, now try and move left.Copy !req
831. I'm still here. You can't get around
me because I feel you moving left.Copy !req
832. Try and go right.Copy !req
833. See, I'm still here.Copy !req
834. I feel when you try and go right.
So you can't go there neither.Copy !req
835. Now try and get by me.Copy !req
836. Hold on.Copy !req
837. You gotta dribble first.Copy !req
838. Dribble.Copy !req
839. Dribble. Okay. Like this?Copy !req
840. Yeah.Copy !req
841. - Sorry.
- Claire.Copy !req
842. Daddy.Copy !req
843. Some of our guests are leaving.Copy !req
844. I'll see you on Monday, okay?Copy !req
845. Oh, Claire.Copy !req
846. Yeah?Copy !req
847. It was Stamford.Copy !req
848. Excuse me?Copy !req
849. At the bar in London.Copy !req
850. He's the one who
introduced Watson to Holmes.Copy !req
851. Might save you some time
after everybody's done in there.Copy !req
852. You know how long I worked on that?Copy !req
853. "One season of faith's perfection"?Copy !req
854. Feels like I worked on it
for two or three seasons.Copy !req
855. Oh, you're in that place where
you can't even hear me.Copy !req
856. Like I could ask why you
never moved from here...Copy !req
857. and you wouldn't even get pissed...
- Paragraph three starts...Copy !req
858. with a conjunction, "and."Copy !req
859. Never start a sentence
with a conjunction.Copy !req
860. - Sure you can.
- Oh, no.Copy !req
861. It's a firm rule.Copy !req
862. No, no, no, see...Copy !req
863. it was a firm rule.Copy !req
864. If you use a conjunction
at the start of a sentence...Copy !req
865. it can make it stand out a bit.Copy !req
866. And that may be what the writer wants.Copy !req
867. And what is the risk?Copy !req
868. Well, the risk is doing it too much.Copy !req
869. It's a distraction. It could
give the piece a run-on feeling.Copy !req
870. But for the most part,
the rule on "and" or "but"...Copy !req
871. at the start is still pretty shaky.Copy !req
872. Even though it's taught
in many schools by many teachers.Copy !req
873. Some of the best writers
have ignored that rule for years...Copy !req
874. including you.Copy !req
875. Well, you've taken...Copy !req
876. something which was mine...Copy !req
877. and made it yours.Copy !req
878. That's quite an accomplishment.Copy !req
879. Thank you.Copy !req
880. The title is still mine, isn't it?Copy !req
881. I guess.Copy !req
882. Now, it was the neighborhood
that changed. Not me.Copy !req
883. I ain't seen nothing change.Copy !req
884. You "ain't seen nothing"?Copy !req
885. What in the hell kind
of sentence is that? Huh?Copy !req
886. When you're in here,
don't talk like you do out there.Copy !req
887. I was messing with you, man.
It was a joke.Copy !req
888. I want to hear
about the neighborhood...Copy !req
889. back when people
still read your book.Copy !req
890. What did you say?Copy !req
891. Nothing.Copy !req
892. You said, "back when people
still read my book."Copy !req
893. Didn't you?Copy !req
894. We have 24 copies.Copy !req
895. But I'm sorry. They're checked out.Copy !req
896. Oh. Well, thank you, anyway.Copy !req
897. You're welcome.Copy !req
898. Any luck?Copy !req
899. Did you get on the waiting list?Copy !req
900. Yeah, man, your book was checked out.Copy !req
901. And yes...Copy !req
902. I did pay for dinner.Copy !req
903. It cost me $13,
so I guess you made your point.Copy !req
904. I called to see what kind of
food you wanted, but it kept ringing.Copy !req
905. I took the bell out 20 years ago.Copy !req
906. Let me ask you something.Copy !req
907. How come a guy like you...Copy !req
908. wastes his time reading
The National Enquirer?Copy !req
909. What's wrong with it?Copy !req
910. I mean, it's trash, man.Copy !req
911. You should be reading
the Times or something.Copy !req
912. I read the Times for dinner.Copy !req
913. But this...Copy !req
914. This is my dessert.Copy !req
915. They got a contest at school.
This writing thing.Copy !req
916. - You ever enter one of those?
- Writing contest?Copy !req
917. - Yeah.
- Once.Copy !req
918. A long time ago.Copy !req
919. Did you win?Copy !req
920. Well, of course I won..Copy !req
921. Like money or something?Copy !req
922. The Pulitzer.Copy !req
923. Oh.Copy !req
924. The students have to read
in front of everybody.Copy !req
925. What the hell's that got
to do with writing?Copy !req
926. Writers write
so that readers can read.Copy !req
927. Let someone else read it.Copy !req
928. You ever read your own book?Copy !req
929. In public? Hell, no.Copy !req
930. Barely read it in private.Copy !req
931. You know those things you do,
that coffee-shop reading shit?Copy !req
932. You know why they do it?Copy !req
933. Sell books, I guess.Copy !req
934. Because they want to get laid.Copy !req
935. Really? Women will sleep with you
if you write a book?Copy !req
936. Women will sleep with you
if you write a bad book.Copy !req
937. - Did it ever happen to you?
- Sure.Copy !req
938. Did you ever get married?Copy !req
939. Not exactly a soup question, is it?Copy !req
940. No. No, I never did.Copy !req
941. I learned a few things
along the way...Copy !req
942. which might be of help with this
young lady you always talk about.Copy !req
943. Like what?Copy !req
944. The key to a woman's heart...Copy !req
945. is an unexpected gift
at an unexpected time.Copy !req
946. You're giving me advice on women?Copy !req
947. Unexpected gift, unexpected time.?Copy !req
948. This is so unexpected!Copy !req
949. This is so unexpected!Copy !req
950. Oh, Jamal.Copy !req
951. It's not a first printing
or anything, but...Copy !req
952. Oh, my God.Copy !req
953. - What happened?
- This is a signed copy.Copy !req
954. I can't accept it.
It must've cost a fortune.Copy !req
955. It didn't cost that much. Really.Copy !req
956. Maybe the bookstore missed it.Copy !req
957. Bookstores don't
usually miss this stuff.Copy !req
958. How did you end up going to Mailor?Copy !req
959. Mailor was originally
an all-boys school.Copy !req
960. So my father did what anyone
in his position would do.Copy !req
961. He got on the board
and changed the rules.Copy !req
962. And every kid there knows it.Copy !req
963. They would've done it anyway.Copy !req
964. That doesn't change anything.Copy !req
965. I'm still "Dr. Spence's daughter.".Copy !req
966. Jamal.Copy !req
967. Yeah?Copy !req
968. That night at my home,
after the game...Copy !req
969. when you were showing me
how to play basketball.Copy !req
970. Was that all you were showing me?Copy !req
971. Listen, I don't think
that's gonna work.Copy !req
972. What?Copy !req
973. That.Copy !req
974. Why not?Copy !req
975. Ask your father.Copy !req
976. Jamal, I'm not asking for some
kind of prenuptial agreement here.Copy !req
977. It's just a question.Copy !req
978. Why does everything have to be
so black and white with you?Copy !req
979. I forgot what the question was..Copy !req
980. You don't forget anything,
Mr. Stamford.Copy !req
981. You don't think he wrote it?Copy !req
982. That's a serious accusation, Robert.Copy !req
983. You come to the board
with something like this...Copy !req
984. I'm aware of how serious it is.Copy !req
985. It's remarkable work..Copy !req
986. You recognize any of it?Copy !req
987. It smacks of something.Copy !req
988. But I don't know.Copy !req
989. The boy does well in my class.Copy !req
990. He had good scores coming in.Copy !req
991. Maybe all he needed was direction.Copy !req
992. Carl, he's a basketball player...Copy !req
993. from the Bronx.Copy !req
994. Who just happens
to have won 17 straight...Copy !req
995. for a school that likes winning.Copy !req
996. Robert, have you considered
that he might just be that good?Copy !req
997. Not this good.Copy !req
998. Do you know what
the absolute best moment is?Copy !req
999. It's when you've finished
your first draft...Copy !req
1000. and you read it by yourself.Copy !req
1001. Before these assholes
take something...Copy !req
1002. that they couldn't do
in a lifetime...Copy !req
1003. and tear it down in a single day.Copy !req
1004. People love that book, man.Copy !req
1005. I didn't write it for them.Copy !req
1006. And when the critics
started all this bullshit...Copy !req
1007. about what it was
I was really trying to say...Copy !req
1008. Well, I decided then...Copy !req
1009. one book was enough.Copy !req
1010. William, that was 50 years ago, man.Copy !req
1011. William.Copy !req
1012. William, I actually spent money
on these tickets. Come on.Copy !req
1013. Is it still light outside?Copy !req
1014. It's nighttime, man.Copy !req
1015. Well?Copy !req
1016. You look good, man.
It's not the latest stuff out...Copy !req
1017. I wasn't asking how I look.
I was asking, are we ready to go?Copy !req
1018. Oh, yeah. Come on, man.'Copy !req
1019. Let's go.Copy !req
1020. Come on.Copy !req
1021. We're playing here in two weeks.Copy !req
1022. I said we're playing in two weeks.
State tournament.Copy !req
1023. Come on.Copy !req
1024. Hold on. They got programs.
Let me get a program.Copy !req
1025. William.Copy !req
1026. Yo, William!Copy !req
1027. Damn.Copy !req
1028. William!rCopy !req
1029. Hey, William!hCopy !req
1030. William.Copy !req
1031. Come on, let's get you out of here.Copy !req
1032. I got you.Copy !req
1033. You used to get out, right?Copy !req
1034. Yeah, a long time ago.Copy !req
1035. - What happened?
- How the hell should I know?Copy !req
1036. I didn't keep track of the time.Copy !req
1037. Sorry for losing you back there.Copy !req
1038. No apology needed.Copy !req
1039. Good, because I got one more place.
It's quiet and it's on the way home.Copy !req
1040. You only got 10 minutes.Copy !req
1041. - All right.
- Keep it going.Copy !req
1042. - Take that. It's all good.
- Thanks a lot.Copy !req
1043. Ground level.Copy !req
1044. House that Ruth built.Copy !req
1045. Why did you bring me here?Copy !req
1046. Because it's your birthday, man.Copy !req
1047. I looked it up in the almanac.Copy !req
1048. They don't even have you
in the dead people section yet.Copy !req
1049. I figure with all
the games you watched...Copy !req
1050. with whoever you watched them with,
you never got down this close.Copy !req
1051. - What the hell are they doing?
- What you worried about, man?Copy !req
1052. You acting like they gonna play
a World Series championship game.Copy !req
1053. Relax.Copy !req
1054. My brother and I,
we were here for every game.Copy !req
1055. Till he left for the war.Copy !req
1056. I thought it'd be the same
when he came back...Copy !req
1057. but he talked a little less...Copy !req
1058. and drank a little more.Copy !req
1059. I promised my mother I would
help him get through it all.Copy !req
1060. So I caught up with him
this one night...Copy !req
1061. and I was already
half a dozen drinks behind.Copy !req
1062. So we had a few more.Copy !req
1063. And after a while
he tells me he wants...Copy !req
1064. to drive me back to the apartment.Copy !req
1065. I said, "No, thanks."Copy !req
1066. We were all still living there then.Copy !req
1067. I just stood there...Copy !req
1068. and watched him drive off.Copy !req
1069. Makes it through
the whole goddamn war...Copy !req
1070. and I let him drive.Copy !req
1071. Later that night...Copy !req
1072. the nurse was typing
whatever it is they type...Copy !req
1073. and you know what she tells me?Copy !req
1074. She tells me how much
my book meant to her.Copy !req
1075. My brother's getting cold
in the next room...Copy !req
1076. and all she can talk
about is a book.Copy !req
1077. Well...Copy !req
1078. everything changed from then on.Copy !req
1079. Within five months,
I buried him, my ma, my father.Copy !req
1080. All of them here...Copy !req
1081. in the Bronx.Copy !req
1082. We'd spent our summers here.Copy !req
1083. And if we were lucky, the fall.Copy !req
1084. A lot of falls with those teams.Copy !req
1085. Yeah, well...Copy !req
1086. not enough.Copy !req
1087. "The rest of those
who have gone before us...Copy !req
1088. cannot steady
the unrest of those...Copy !req
1089. to follow."Copy !req
1090. You wrote that in your book.Copy !req
1091. Jamal, I realize that
if I give you enough time...Copy !req
1092. you'll find a way to amaze even me.Copy !req
1093. Does he know?Copy !req
1094. No, he doesn't know.Copy !req
1095. This was one of the best evenings
I've had in quite some time.Copy !req
1096. All of it?Copy !req
1097. Yes, all of it.'Copy !req
1098. Well, I...Copy !req
1099. This guy, man.Copy !req
1100. How do you say you know
this guy again?Copy !req
1101. - He's my teacher.
- Oh, yeah?Copy !req
1102. Seems like a different kind of dude.rCopy !req
1103. Anyone in particular?Copy !req
1104. I sometimes come here in the morning.Copy !req
1105. Just me, the aspiring...Copy !req
1106. and all of them.Copy !req
1107. I got a note saying
I should come and see you..Copy !req
1108. Mr. Wallace...Copy !req
1109. I think it's time you and I
had a very honest...Copy !req
1110. and very open discussion
about your writing.Copy !req
1111. I thought you liked it.Copy !req
1112. Your recent work?Copy !req
1113. I liked it very much.Copy !req
1114. No, Mr. Wallace, the question
concerning your most recent work...Copy !req
1115. isn't whether it's good.Copy !req
1116. It's whether it's too good.Copy !req
1117. The speed in your progress...Copy !req
1118. from your old school
to this one is unusual.Copy !req
1119. To the point that I must draw
one of two conclusions.Copy !req
1120. Either you've been blessed with a rare
gift that has suddenly kicked in...Copy !req
1121. or...Copy !req
1122. you're getting your inspiration
from elsewhere.Copy !req
1123. Given your previous education
and your background...Copy !req
1124. I'm sure you'll forgive me
for reaching my own conclusions.Copy !req
1125. I wrote those papers, man.Copy !req
1126. Then you won't mind showing me.rCopy !req
1127. The next assignment
is due in two weeks.Copy !req
1128. I'll schedule some time
for you to come to my office.Copy !req
1129. I'd like you to write it there.Copy !req
1130. In the meantime, if there's anything
you wish to talk about...Copy !req
1131. I'm not writing anything, man.Copy !req
1132. Which proves what?Copy !req
1133. If a two-comma kid wrote the papers,
would he use this "background" shit?Copy !req
1134. - Two-comma kid?
- A million dollars.Copy !req
1135. - One comma, two commas.
- No.Copy !req
1136. No, I don't.Copy !req
1137. Do you know what people
are most afraid of?Copy !req
1138. - What?
- What they don't understand.Copy !req
1139. When we don't understand,
we turn to our assumptions.Copy !req
1140. Crawford cannot understand...Copy !req
1141. how a black kid from the Bronx
can write the way you do.Copy !req
1142. So he assumes you can't.Copy !req
1143. Just like I assume he's an asshole.Copy !req
1144. You knew him, didn't you?Copy !req
1145. Crawford?Copy !req
1146. No.Copy !req
1147. But he thought he knew me.Copy !req
1148. So what's all this stuff
about his book?Copy !req
1149. A lot of writers know
the rules about writing...Copy !req
1150. but don't know how to write.
- So?Copy !req
1151. So Crawford wrote a book
about four authors who did know.Copy !req
1152. And I was the only one still alive.Copy !req
1153. - And?
- He convinced a publisher to buy it.Copy !req
1154. So I made a polite telephone call...Copy !req
1155. to this publisher,
telling him and others...Copy !req
1156. that I was in the process
of writing a second book.Copy !req
1157. And if they wished to bid on it...Copy !req
1158. Oh, so that's why
Crawford's book went away.Copy !req
1159. But you knew there wouldn't
be a second book.Copy !req
1160. Yeah, but they didn't.Copy !req
1161. Interesting what happens when
the resources aren't close at hand.Copy !req
1162. The rich tradition of handing
in competition entries...Copy !req
1163. on the final day continues...Copy !req
1164. for yet another year.Copy !req
1165. Ladies and gentlemen...Copy !req
1166. may I have your attention...Copy !req
1167. please, if you don't mind.Copy !req
1168. "Ere sin could blight or sorrow fadeCopy !req
1169. Death came with friendly careCopy !req
1170. The opening bud to heaven convey'd..."Copy !req
1171. How nice of you to join us.Copy !req
1172. That's not part of the poem.Copy !req
1173. "And bade it blossom there."
Anyone?Copy !req
1174. A little more early morning
reticence than usual.Copy !req
1175. Mr. Coleridge.Copy !req
1176. Please.Copy !req
1177. Mr. Coleridge...Copy !req
1178. how many students would you say
we have here today?Copy !req
1179. I'm not sure.Copy !req
1180. Perhaps you could
humor us with a guess.Copy !req
1181. - Thirty?
- Thirty.Copy !req
1182. And of that 30, there isn't one person
who knows the author of that passage.Copy !req
1183. I find that remarkable.
Don't you, Mr. Coleridge?Copy !req
1184. Perhaps we should back into this.Copy !req
1185. In looking at this, what, if any,
conclusions might we be able to draw?Copy !req
1186. You mean about the author?Copy !req
1187. About anything.Copy !req
1188. Do any of the words
strike you as unusual?Copy !req
1189. Feel free to view this as
the appropriate time for a response.Copy !req
1190. "Ere."Copy !req
1191. "Ere." And why is that unusual?Copy !req
1192. Because...Copy !req
1193. it sounds old.Copy !req
1194. It does sound old, doesn't it?Copy !req
1195. And you know why
it sounds old, Mr. Coleridge?Copy !req
1196. Because it is old.
More than 200 years old.Copy !req
1197. Written before your father was born,
before your father's father was born.Copy !req
1198. But that still does not
excuse the fact...Copy !req
1199. that you don't know who wrote it,
now does it, Mr. Coleridge?Copy !req
1200. I'm sorry, sir, I don't...Copy !req
1201. You, of all people in this room,
should know who wrote that passage.Copy !req
1202. And do you know why, Mr. Coleridge?Copy !req
1203. I repeat, do you know why?Copy !req
1204. Just say your name, man.Copy !req
1205. Did you have something
to contribute, Mr. Wallace?Copy !req
1206. I just said that
he should say his name.Copy !req
1207. And why would it be helpful
for Mr. Coleridge to say his name?Copy !req
1208. Because that's who wrote it.Copy !req
1209. Very good, Mr. Wallace.Copy !req
1210. Perhaps your skills...Copy !req
1211. do extend a bit farther
than basketball.Copy !req
1212. If we can turn to page...
You may be seated, Mr. Coleridge.Copy !req
1213. Turn to page 120
in the little blue book that...Copy !req
1214. Further.Copy !req
1215. I'm sorry?Copy !req
1216. Don't.Copy !req
1217. You said my skills extend "farther"
than the basketball court.Copy !req
1218. "Farther" relates to distance.
"Further" is a definition of degree.Copy !req
1219. - You should have said "further."
- Are you challenging me, Mr. Wallace?Copy !req
1220. No more than you challenged Coleridge.Copy !req
1221. Perhaps the challenge
should have been directed elsewhere.Copy !req
1222. "It is a melancholy truth that even..."Copy !req
1223. "... great men have poor relations."Copy !req
1224. Dickens.Copy !req
1225. "You will hear the beat of..."Copy !req
1226. Kipling.Copy !req
1227. - "All great truths begin..."
- Shaw.Copy !req
1228. - "Man is the only animal..."
- "... that blushes...Copy !req
1229. "... or needs to."Copy !req
1230. It's Mark Twain.
Come on, Professor Crawford...Copy !req
1231. Get out!Copy !req
1232. Get out.Copy !req
1233. Yeah. I'll get out.Copy !req
1234. - Leave it alone.
- Hold on, please.Copy !req
1235. So they kick you out
if you know something here?Copy !req
1236. You don't know what Crawford will do.Copy !req
1237. You're right about that.Copy !req
1238. Jamal!Copy !req
1239. - Do you think you should apologize?
- No.Copy !req
1240. - Do you?
- No.Copy !req
1241. You did nothing wrong.
Just beat him at his own game.Copy !req
1242. But...Copy !req
1243. it would be a good time
to be careful.Copy !req
1244. Careful? Careful about what?Copy !req
1245. You have a gift that will allow you to
do remarkable things with your life.Copy !req
1246. That is, if you don't screw it up...Copy !req
1247. by being a 16-year-old
right now.Copy !req
1248. - Jamal.
- Yeah.Copy !req
1249. - You got a call from the office.
- All right.Copy !req
1250. Mr. Wallace. Please.Copy !req
1251. As you know, Professor Matthews
is on the faculty board.Copy !req
1252. And Dr. Spence is chair
of the trustees board.Copy !req
1253. We've been reviewing the writing
competition submissions.Copy !req
1254. We were hoping you might clarify some
points concerning your submission.Copy !req
1255. "A Season of Faith's Perfection."Copy !req
1256. Your piece, correct?Copy !req
1257. Yeah, that's it.Copy !req
1258. Mr. Wallace, it is standard policy
with us to ask students...Copy !req
1259. if they wish to credit
any source material...Copy !req
1260. or acknowledge any other writers
when turning in an assignment.Copy !req
1261. Do you wish to do that?Copy !req
1262. 1960.Copy !req
1263. An essay titled
"Baseball's Best Year"...Copy !req
1264. with a subtitle that reads
"A Season of Faith's Perfection."Copy !req
1265. Published in The New Yorker
and written by...Copy !req
1266. one William Forrester.Copy !req
1267. Your version is actually
quite original...Copy !req
1268. but there is the title
and first paragraph to consider.Copy !req
1269. Isn't there?Copy !req
1270. Jamal, either you happen to have...Copy !req
1271. the permission
of William Forrester, or...Copy !req
1272. Have you some other explanation?Copy !req
1273. No.Copy !req
1274. That's my paper.Copy !req
1275. Well, then,
your entry is now withdrawn...Copy !req
1276. and it becomes a matter
for the board to consider.Copy !req
1277. The board does have the authority
to place you on academic probation...Copy !req
1278. which would, among other things,
prevent you from playing basketball.Copy !req
1279. Since the board doesn't meet
till next week...Copy !req
1280. you can play in this
weekend's state championship.Copy !req
1281. But I have to warn you, the board has
a history of taking these matters...Copy !req
1282. quite seriously.Copy !req
1283. So we would like to suggest
what we feel...Copy !req
1284. is a solution that
may satisfy these concerns.Copy !req
1285. Robert.Copy !req
1286. What matters most is to ensure
this type of violation isn't repeated.Copy !req
1287. So...Copy !req
1288. you will write an apology to the
students you took advantage of...Copy !req
1289. by submitting this piece.Copy !req
1290. - You'll read it in front of my class.
- I'm not reading anything.Copy !req
1291. Then I'm sure the board will consider
that when reviewing your scholarship.Copy !req
1292. You haven't left us
with too many options, Jamal.Copy !req
1293. Excuse me.Copy !req
1294. Don't ever embarrass me
in front of my class.Copy !req
1295. Please return the pen
when you're finished.Copy !req
1296. No conventional greetings today?Copy !req
1297. Why have me rewrite
something you published?Copy !req
1298. - Be careful where you take this.
- Why not tell me some magazine ran it?Copy !req
1299. Why the hell does it matter?Copy !req
1300. Man, you should have told me.Copy !req
1301. What did you do with it?Copy !req
1302. I turned it in.Copy !req
1303. I turned it in.
I had to show them something.Copy !req
1304. You promised me anything we wrote
in here would stay in here.Copy !req
1305. I know!Copy !req
1306. - I just thought...
- Shut up.Copy !req
1307. What are they telling you?Copy !req
1308. I go on probation unless I write
a letter saying I was wrong.Copy !req
1309. Then write the letter.Copy !req
1310. I said I'm not writing anything.Copy !req
1311. You got him, he gets you.
Write the letter.Copy !req
1312. And you'd let him do that?Copy !req
1313. Is this supposed to be
another damn lesson?Copy !req
1314. I'm tired of all these lessons
every time I come here.Copy !req
1315. So your title's
at the top of my paper.Copy !req
1316. - What's the lesson in that?
- I'm not the one who turned it in.Copy !req
1317. Yeah, but you were the one
who just had to say:Copy !req
1318. "Keep this one here because
it got printed in The New Yorker."Copy !req
1319. That's all you had to say, man.Copy !req
1320. - I could use some help on this one.
- Oh, no. That's not an option.Copy !req
1321. - You don't even have to go...
- I said that's not an option.Copy !req
1322. That's all right, man.Copy !req
1323. Got a nice history
of people not helping me.Copy !req
1324. Oh, Christ. Not that self-pity,
father bullshit.Copy !req
1325. What did you say?Copy !req
1326. Man, fuck you, William!yCopy !req
1327. The real bullshit
is me taking it on this one...Copy !req
1328. because you won't
walk out the door...Copy !req
1329. and do something for somebody else.
You're too damn scared, man!Copy !req
1330. That's the only damn reason.Copy !req
1331. You don't know
a goddamn thing about reasons.Copy !req
1332. There are no reasons!Copy !req
1333. Reasons why some of us live
and why some of us don't.Copy !req
1334. Fortunately, you have decades
to figure that out.Copy !req
1335. What's the reason for having a cabinet
full of writing nobody ever reads?Copy !req
1336. What is that, man?Copy !req
1337. I'm done with this shit.Copy !req
1338. Give him the ball again.Copy !req
1339. Oh, look. Jamal Wallace,
here to pay us a visit.Copy !req
1340. What's up?Copy !req
1341. - What's up, man?
- What's up, y'all?Copy !req
1342. Come on.Copy !req
1343. I know, I know. I've seen it.Copy !req
1344. How's your first game
in the Garden feel?Copy !req
1345. A little closer than I thought.Copy !req
1346. That's why I thought it might be
a good time for us to talk.Copy !req
1347. I know it's difficult handling classes
with the time you spend on the court.Copy !req
1348. I couldn't handle that load.
Not at this school.Copy !req
1349. And maybe it was unfair of us
to ask you to do it.Copy !req
1350. I talked to the board members
and to Crawford...Copy !req
1351. and...Copy !req
1352. we don't want to pursue this
any more than you do. Any of it.Copy !req
1353. I'm here to present you with an offer.
We forget about the whole thing.Copy !req
1354. Next year, your academic schedule
will be less demanding.Copy !req
1355. You mean Crawford wanted that?Copy !req
1356. Crawford wants what's best for you
and for the school.Copy !req
1357. So, what am I supposed to do?Copy !req
1358. You hold up a championship trophy
at the end of this tournament.Copy !req
1359. You make that happen,
I'll make the rest of it happen.Copy !req
1360. All right?Copy !req
1361. Now go finish up
what you came here to do.Copy !req
1362. Let's go, Pilgrims!
Let's go, Pilgrims!Copy !req
1363. Okay, let's go! Throw it to Jamal!Copy !req
1364. Damn, man. Come on, man!Copy !req
1365. Defense! Defense!Copy !req
1366. Jamal, get the ball!Copy !req
1367. Good pass, man. Good pass.
Get up there.Copy !req
1368. Pick it up!hCopy !req
1369. Offensive foul! That way!eCopy !req
1370. Ten, gold. Offensive! That way.Copy !req
1371. Okay, you got them now. Let's go.Copy !req
1372. Time-out! Time-out!Copy !req
1373. This is still our game.Copy !req
1374. We make a stop here,
they'll have to put us on the line.Copy !req
1375. When that happens, it's all over.
Don't lose your composure out there.Copy !req
1376. If they score,
we don't call a time-out.Copy !req
1377. The ball goes to Hartwell or Wallace.Copy !req
1378. Okay? Hartwell or Wallace.
Let's go, guys.Copy !req
1379. Go!Copy !req
1380. What's the score?Copy !req
1381. It ain't looking good, Ma.
It ain't looking good.Copy !req
1382. Foul, 22 blue! Two shots.Copy !req
1383. Foul's blue team, 22.
Hit, two. Go line up, guys.Copy !req
1384. Two shots.Copy !req
1385. Come on. We're gonna make these.Copy !req
1386. I can't look.Copy !req
1387. It's gonna be all right, Ma.Copy !req
1388. Do it.Copy !req
1389. Damn.Copy !req
1390. One shot.Copy !req
1391. That's game.Copy !req
1392. Thank God!Copy !req
1393. He must have come in after we left.Copy !req
1394. Let him sleep.Copy !req
1395. - I'm gonna turn his bedroom light off.
- Turn it off and come on.Copy !req
1396. You started cleaning up
your room, Jamal.Copy !req
1397. He looks very happy with himself,
that coyote. Look, ears down...Copy !req
1398. Jamal, he wrote that for you.Copy !req
1399. When?Copy !req
1400. After the game.Copy !req
1401. He's going back to the school
this morning.Copy !req
1402. It's funny, though.Copy !req
1403. They always let you get but so far...Copy !req
1404. before they take
everything away from you.Copy !req
1405. God, he's such a good kid, man. Then
he gets to come back to this shit.Copy !req
1406. That seat open?Copy !req
1407. I think so.Copy !req
1408. This isn't exactly
where I thought I'd find you.Copy !req
1409. This is still my school.Copy !req
1410. They want me out,
they'll have to do it themselves.Copy !req
1411. They will.Copy !req
1412. Whatever.Copy !req
1413. "The winter's darkness and cold
is but a momentary prelude...Copy !req
1414. to the new day of spring.
And while its grip seems endless...Copy !req
1415. our perseverance proves equal.
We renew ourselves once again...Copy !req
1416. seeking out the bright moments
that will serve...Copy !req
1417. That will serve therefore...Copy !req
1418. Therefore serve as the foundation
of our future."Copy !req
1419. Thank you.Copy !req
1420. Professor Crawford...Copy !req
1421. may I read a few words?Copy !req
1422. What's he doing here?Copy !req
1423. Yes, of course...Copy !req
1424. by all means.Copy !req
1425. Thank you, professor.Copy !req
1426. My name is...Copy !req
1427. William Forrester.Copy !req
1428. Excuse me.Copy !req
1429. I'm that one.Copy !req
1430. "Losing Family."Copy !req
1431. "Losing family...Copy !req
1432. obliges us to find our family.Copy !req
1433. Not always the family
that is our blood...Copy !req
1434. but the family
that can become our blood.Copy !req
1435. And should we have the wisdom
to open our door to this new family...Copy !req
1436. we will find that the wishes
we once had for the father...Copy !req
1437. who once guided us...Copy !req
1438. for the brother,
who once inspired us...Copy !req
1439. - the only thing left to say will be:Copy !req
1440. 'I wish I had seen this, or I wish
I had done that, or I wish..."'Copy !req
1441. Most of you are too young...Copy !req
1442. to know what your wishes will be.Copy !req
1443. But when I read these words...Copy !req
1444. words of hope and dreams...Copy !req
1445. I realize that the one wish...Copy !req
1446. that was granted to me
so late in life...Copy !req
1447. was the gift of frien...Copy !req
1448. Of friendship.Copy !req
1449. Mr. Forrester, I'm sure I speak
on behalf of everyone here...Copy !req
1450. in thanking you for this
unexpected visit.Copy !req
1451. The quality of your words...Copy !req
1452. is something we should all
aspire to reach.Copy !req
1453. Mr. Forrester?Copy !req
1454. Mr. Forrester, may I ask...Copy !req
1455. to what do we owe this honor?Copy !req
1456. Professor Crawford...Copy !req
1457. I spoke here today...Copy !req
1458. because a friend of mine
wasn't allowed to.Copy !req
1459. A friend who had the integrity
to protect me...Copy !req
1460. when I was unwilling
to protect him.Copy !req
1461. His name is Jamal Wallace.Copy !req
1462. Jamal Wallace is a friend of yours?Copy !req
1463. Yes. Yes, he is.Copy !req
1464. I helped him to find his own words...Copy !req
1465. by starting with some of mine.Copy !req
1466. And in return, he promised...Copy !req
1467. never to say anything to anybody
about me.Copy !req
1468. A promise which he kept.Copy !req
1469. Mr. Forrester...Copy !req
1470. while your visit
appears to be heartfelt...Copy !req
1471. I'm sure you will appreciate...Copy !req
1472. that it will not change
or interfere...Copy !req
1473. with this institution reaching a
fair and proper decision in his case.Copy !req
1474. There's one more issue here.Copy !req
1475. Those words that I read today...Copy !req
1476. I didn't write them.Copy !req
1477. Jamal Wallace did.Copy !req
1478. Quiet.Copy !req
1479. Quiet! Quiet, please!Copy !req
1480. Be still.Copy !req
1481. Quiet, please.Copy !req
1482. That has no bearing...Copy !req
1483. on the decision concerning...Copy !req
1484. As director of this competition,
I have final say in this matter.Copy !req
1485. Robert, sit down.Copy !req
1486. I have been a teacher
for more than 30 years.Copy !req
1487. That's long enough to know that
integrity counts for something.Copy !req
1488. I'd say that Mr. Forrester...Copy !req
1489. has cleared up this matter
very nicely for us all.Copy !req
1490. And as chairman
of the faculty board...Copy !req
1491. I have the last word
in that matter.Copy !req
1492. Mr. Wallace, you are excused
from next week's board meeting.Copy !req
1493. Mr. Forrester...Copy !req
1494. should you ever have an interest
in a teaching position...Copy !req
1495. No.Copy !req
1496. Jamal, these are your words?Copy !req
1497. Sixteen.Copy !req
1498. Remarkable.Copy !req
1499. Well done.Copy !req
1500. I'm thinking you'll make
your own decisions from here on.Copy !req
1501. I'm thinking you're about to say
something more like, "I always could."Copy !req
1502. No. No more lessons.Copy !req
1503. But I have a question, though.Copy !req
1504. Those two foul shots
at the end of the game...Copy !req
1505. did you miss them?Copy !req
1506. Or did you miss them?Copy !req
1507. Not exactly a soup question, is it?Copy !req
1508. Let's go.Copy !req
1509. Do you think our vaudeville act today
will merit the National Enquirer?Copy !req
1510. Yeah, definitely.Copy !req
1511. Whatever happens...Copy !req
1512. I'm off.Copy !req
1513. What's the word that you and
your friends would use for that?Copy !req
1514. Leaving?Copy !req
1515. Oh, God.Copy !req
1516. Where are you off to?Copy !req
1517. I have a homeland I haven't seen
for too long.Copy !req
1518. You mean Ireland.Copy !req
1519. Scotland, for God's sake.Copy !req
1520. I'm messing with you, man.Copy !req
1521. Be sure to write.Copy !req
1522. - Hey, Jamal.
- What's up?Copy !req
1523. What's up, John?Copy !req
1524. You heard from William?Copy !req
1525. Yeah, but I don't know
what he's doing.Copy !req
1526. He keeps sending letters checking up
on these college recruiters.Copy !req
1527. I was just downstairs.
Looks like you got another one.Copy !req
1528. Word?Copy !req
1529. I'll see you around.Copy !req
1530. Jamal?Copy !req
1531. Steve Sanderson.?Copy !req
1532. - How you doing?
- Good.Copy !req
1533. Thanks for coming
on such short notice.Copy !req
1534. No problem.
So, what school are you from?Copy !req
1535. Oh, no. I'm a lawyer here in town.Copy !req
1536. - I work with Roberts and Carter.
- Oh, a lawyer.Copy !req
1537. Yeah, but congratulations with that.
That's great.Copy !req
1538. That's really, really... great.Copy !req
1539. We got a bunch of the guys
in the office following you.Copy !req
1540. But we're the legal representation
for William Forrester.Copy !req
1541. How is he?Copy !req
1542. Here...Copy !req
1543. sit down.Copy !req
1544. We've received word that William...Copy !req
1545. passed away.Copy !req
1546. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1547. He wanted you to have...Copy !req
1548. these things right away.Copy !req
1549. What happened?Copy !req
1550. William had cancer.Copy !req
1551. They found it a couple years ago.Copy !req
1552. Jamal, this is crazy.Copy !req
1553. Oh, my God.Copy !req
1554. Wow!Copy !req
1555. - Look at all these books.
- Don't touch anything.Copy !req
1556. Dear Jamal:Copy !req
1557. Someone I once knew wrote that
we walk away from our dreams...Copy !req
1558. afraid that we may fail,
or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.Copy !req
1559. While I knew so early
that you would realize your dreams...Copy !req
1560. I never imagined
I would once again realize my own.Copy !req
1561. Seasons change, young man.Copy !req
1562. And while I waited
until the winter of my life...Copy !req
1563. to see the things I've seen
this past year...Copy !req
1564. there is no doubt
I would have waited too long...Copy !req
1565. had it not been for you.Copy !req
1566. You gonna be here a while, man?Copy !req
1567. Just can't watch the eyes this time.Copy !req
1568. You'll be okay, man. Come on.Copy !req
1569. Come on, man.Copy !req
1570. Get up.Copy !req
1571. You're missing lay-ups now?Copy !req
1572. What happened to you, boy?Copy !req
1573. Where did the first step go, man?Copy !req