The Color of Money (1986)

1. Nine ball is rotation pool.

2. The balls are pocketed in numbered order.

3. The only ball that means anything— that wins it— is the nine.

4. Now, the player can shoot eight trick shots in a row...

5. blow the nine, and lose.

6. On the other hand, the player can get the nine in on the break...

7. if the balls spread right, and win.

8. Which is to say that luck plays a part in nine ball.

9. But for some players...

10. luck itself is an art.

11. Color.

12. Check the color.

13. Dead giveaway, you know?

14. It`s thick. You can almost feel it.

15. Lay down and just let it roll all over you.

16. That`s single malt.

17. Then on the other hand you got something like Old McDonnell.

18. More like Young McDonnell actually.

19. Tastes like six-year-old bonded.

20. Smell this.

21. - That`s good stuff. - Yeah.

22. Very good stuff.

23. I can get you a case of this for 35.50 less than your wholesaler...

24. can get you a case ofJack Daniel`s.

25. 45.50 less than he can get you a case of Wild Turkey.

26. Why don`t you go peddle that to one of your hotel chains.

27. "Peddle``?

28. I don`t do that. Do I do that?

29. - This is family. - I`m glad to see you too.

30. Come to my house tonight. I`ll make you an omelette.

31. - I make the omelettes. - Okay. You make the omelettes.

32. Did you forget the omelette I made you last time?

33. - No. I didn`t forget. - Yeah? What was it? What was in it?

34. - Eddie. - Sweet sausage.

35. "Sweet sausage. `` Hey, I never made you sweet sausage.

36. - Who the hell made you sweet sausage? - Eddie.

37. - Come on. What was in it? - Uh, um—

38. - Sour. - Sour— Sour cream and caviar, right?

39. - Okay. Excuse me. - Eddie.

40. Aw, Julian, what am I doing here? Am I workin`?

41. I`m workin` too. I`ve got this guy. He`s up to 20 a rack.

42. What guy?

43. We`re playing two, two and a half hours for five a game.

44. - He`s up to 30. - So?

45. So I`ve been playing him off. That`s what`s "so. ``

46. Yo, Vincent!

47. Vincent, we`re on.

48. Hey, Vincent.

49. Can you believe this guy?

50. Hey, Vinnie.

51. I mean, you slide some of this stuff into...

52. a bottle of Old Granddad, Wild Turkey, you`d hardly be lying.

53. Don`t even need iodine. It`s a beautiful bourbon.

54. - Pick me up at 10:00. - What?

55. - I get off at 10:00. - Not without me, you don`t.

56. - Do ya? - Lately.

57. Now wait a minute. Come on. I`m talkin` bourbon, okay?

58. You know the secret? These people— they get a hold of aged kegs.

59. What are you tasting? You`re tasting a low fusel oil content...

60. low acidic content, just like the big guys, honey.

61. - It`s the kegs. - Where do you get the kegs?

62. You don`t just get kegs like that anywhere.

63. Hey. That was fast. What the hell happened?

64. - I slipped. - And if I stumble

65. - He slipped. - If I fall - Yeah.

66. - Where do they get the kegs? - Mmm.

67. They just do. That`s all. Okay, listen. Do whatever you want to do.

68. It`s gonna leave the warehouse one way or the other.

69. - Come on. On the snap, Vincent. - One more night

70. - That kid`s got a sledgehammer break. - One more night

71. One more night

72. - 'Cause I can't wait forever - Bottoms up.

73. - Do you know who loves this stuff? - Who?

74. - The Chinese. - It must be the low fusel oil content.

75. Don`t kid yourself. It has its effect.

76. It`s just like one of those things that you`d never think about...

77. but can make your day, like electricity.

78. 'Cause I can't wait forever

79. - Eddie, loan me another 20. - Who you working, me or him?

80. He`s on the ropes, Eddie. He just lucked out.

81. You know me, right?

82. Take it easy.

83. - And I was wondering, should I call you - Victory.

84. - Maybe you're not alone - Yep.

85. Pick us out a nice bottle of wine for tonight, will ya?

86. - Red or white? - Come on. On the snap, Vincent.

87. One more night 'Cause I can't wait forever

88. - Hey, Eddie. About those labels. - Yeah.

89. Can you get me some Wild Turkey labels?

90. - Ooh, just one more night - Sure.

91. Oh, one more night

92. 'Cause I can't wait forever

93. Give me one more night

94. Give me one more night

95. Give me one more night

96. - I can't wait forever - Hiya. How you doing?

97. Like a river to the sea

98. I will always be with you

99. And if you sail away

100. I will follow you

101. Give me one more night

102. Give me just one more night

103. - Kid draws some bead, huh? - Oh, one more night

104. 'Cause I can't wait forever

105. I know there'll never be a time

106. - You'll ever feel the same - Play him again, Julian.

107. - You really got him on the ropes. - I`m all right, chief.

108. Eddie, I gotta split.

109. - You`re going? - I gotta see somebody.

110. Aw, come on. One more game here.

111. - I`m bust. - So let`s just "play`` play.

112. - What? - Let`s just play for play, man. No money.

113. - Maybe we both can learn - "Play`` play?

114. - Give me just one more night - Show me what you got here. - Vincent.

115. Hey, Julian. I just want your best game.

116. - One more night - I think maybe the money`s what`s throwing you off here today.

117. One more night

118. 'Cause I can't wait forever

119. - Give me just one more night - Okay, how about I win, no money...

120. you win, I`ll throw you 20.

121. One more night

122. - One more night - No?

123. 'Cause I can't wait forever

124. What`s the matter with this guy?

125. All right, Carmen. Who`s next? Nobody.

126. Hey. Excuse me. You wanna play me?

127. For your girlfriend.

128. - No, one game. - No.

129. I`ll spot you the seven and nine.

130. The seven, eight and nine.

131. - I`ll give you the table. - You wanna play him?

132. Me?

133. - Sure. - You really don`t wanna play me?

134. - Twenty a rack. - No. 500 a rack.

135. - I can`t get a game. - Oh, are you serious?

136. I never kid about money.

137. Cowards! Off with their heads.

138. You don`t know what you're doing, do ya?

139. - What do you mean? - Well, you just blew 500 bucks.

140. That kid, he has both arms in traction, he beats anybody in the room.

141. Yeah. Yeah, he could.

142. So I`ll offer it to you again. I`ll play him for 500 bucks.

143. You don`t know what to say, do ya?

144. Maybe I`m hustling you, maybe I`m not. You don`t know.

145. But you should know. See, if you know that, you know when to say yes.

146. You know when to say no.

147. Everybody goes home in a limousine.

148. - So what should I say? Yes or no? - You should say no.

149. You know why? `Cause it`s too much money, and I`m an unknown.

150. He should be the unknown.

151. I mean, that would be nice.

152. That would be beautiful. You could play around with that. You could control that.

153. You know what I mean?

154. I`ll offer it to you again. I`ll play him for 500 bucks.

155. No.

156. Actually, you shoulda said yes.

157. But how you gonna know that? I mean, it`s very hard to know that. It`s very complex.

158. It`s like which twin has got the Toni.

159. Maybe they both got the Toni. Maybe Toni`s a guy. Maybe Toni`s bald.

160. You know? How you gonna know that? It`s very complicated. Plus, too much money.

161. - Jesus, you're crazy. - No, I`m not. Just common sense.

162. How `bout I take you guys out for dinner tonight?

163. - You should ask Vincent. - No. You should ask Vincent.

164. You beat him. You know the last time Julian lost for me?

165. It`s just a game, man. Some balls and a stick.

166. Balls and a stick. This is Vincent.

167. Nine ball`s not that tough. Do you want to know what`s tough? Stocker.

168. - Stocker. - It`s his video game.

169. - Vincent`s the best at it. - I`m the best at it.

170. I mean, in pool, you just got these balls...

171. you're just sitting there, you take your time, you set up a shot, but Stocker—

172. Can you make any money playing Stocker?

173. I`ll tell you what I can do off Stocker. Ten years from now I can get into West Point. That`s what I can do with Stocker.

174. It`s all coming down to video game reflexes. I mean, uh...

175. computerized tanks, uh, Star Wars— you know, that movie.

176. I mean, 10 years from now, a guy who scores heavy on Stocker...

177. is a shoo-in at the Point.

178. - You are beautiful. - You don`t believe me.

179. - What do you mean "money``? - "Money`` money.

180. - Really. - Hey, look.

181. If you got a— an area of excellence— you're good at something—

182. you're the best at something— anything— then rich can be arranged.

183. - I mean, rich can come fairly easy. - Really.

184. Yeah. You got some other area of excellence beside this Stocker?

185. Nine ball? Right?

186. - You`re some piece of work. - I`m some piece of work.

187. - You`re also a natural character. - I been telling her that.

188. - You know, I got natural character. - No, that`s not what I said, kid.

189. I said you are a natural character. You`re an incredible flake.

190. But that`s a gift.

191. See, guys spend half their lives trying to invent somethin` like that.

192. You walk into a poolroom with that "go, go, go``...

193. the guys will be killing each other trying to get to you.

194. You got that. But I`ll tell you somethin`, kiddo...

195. you couldn`t find big time if you had a road map.

196. Pool excellence is not about excellent pool.

197. It`s about becoming somethin`.

198. Yeah?

199. Yeah.

200. - Like what? - A student.

201. You gotta be a student of human moves.

202. See, all the greats that I know of, to a man...

203. were students of human moves.

204. "Students of human moves. ``

205. Yeah. That`s my area of excellence.

206. Oh, yeah?

207. Yeah.

208. What?

209. What?

210. Okay. That guy at the end of the bar in a black suit...

211. he`s been hustlin` that broad for half an hour.

212. He`s gonna throw in the towel in 30 seconds for a buck.

213. You got it. Starting now. Eh.

214. - Ten seconds. - What do you mean "rich can be arranged``?

215. Twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six...

216. twenty-seven, twenty-eight.

217. Guess the news, you lose.

218. Ah, and I just missed it by a couple of seconds.

219. You wanna up the bet?

220. Yeah.

221. Check for the meal says I leave with her in two minutes.

222. Okay. Ready, go. Now.

223. - I`m counting. - I don`t believe this.

224. I know this is gonna sound crazy, but would you come outside and take a look at my car?

225. - Your car? - Yeah.

226. Come on.

227. Hold it here for a second, will ya?

228. Human moves, kid. You study the watch, but I study you.

229. You get the check. Excuse me.

230. Cab`s on me.

231. What`s with the car, Eddie?

232. Nothin`. I`ll drive you home.

233. I just hated to see you sitting alone at the bar, Diane. It`s just— It`s depressing.

234. - Did you seeJimmy in there? - Yeah, I saw him.

235. Has he still got his nighttime job?

236. He wanted to talk to you about something, but, uh, you were busy.

237. Where`d you go?

238. - What? - You certainly weren`t here.

239. Oh, yeah? Where was I?

240. God, the earth moved.

241. Didn`t it move for you a little bit?

242. That was a train.

243. No. It was you.

244. But it certainly wasn`t San Juan.

245. I mean, if you're gonna talk earth-moving, you gotta talk San Juan.

246. Remember that water bed we had?

247. God. Sometimes I think about that week.

248. You know, Eddie, when I`m behind the bar I think— I think...

249. "I`m gonna go and get me a water bed. ``

250. Not tell anybody— just make it a surprise.

251. Get some rum and pineapple juice.

252. You couldn`t tell me one word I just said, could you?

253. No, I couldn`t.

254. What about rum and pineapple juice?

255. Look, that`s—

256. I don`t know. That kid today—

257. It was like watching home movies.

258. Just made me wonder.

259. Wonder what?

260. Made me wonder about San Juan.

261. What did you mean last night...

262. about money and all that stuff?

263. Come here. I want to show you something.

264. - So this is liquor money, huh? - Some.

265. I invest. Do you know what I invest in?

266. Excellence.

267. - You think Vincent`s that good? - Well, he`s got the eye.

268. He`s got the stroke. He`s got the flake. He`s got that down cold.

269. But, uh, can he flake on and flake off? I don`t know.

270. See, I don`t know whether that can be taught. That`s not clear.

271. He`s gotta learn how to be himself, but on purpose.

272. - Yeah. - Do you like to travel?

273. - Yeah, yeah. - You like hotels?

274. Yeah, sure. They`re okay.

275. Are you gonna help me with him?

276. That lady you picked up last night in the bar...

277. you knew her from before, right?

278. Mm-hmm. And the guy.

279. You probably had his schedule down cold, right? Maybe he works around here somewhere. He`s your brother-in-law?

280. - You`re a hard broad. - Uh-huh.

281. What does Vincent see in you?

282. Vincent`s the best. That`s what he sees in me.

283. We`ve just been together for about a year.

284. Vincent made us get a place together.

285. You know how we met?

286. My old boyfriend last year got busted...

287. breaking into Vincent`s parents` house.

288. We met at the police station— me and Vincent.

289. - You were bailing him out— your boyfriend. - No. No, no, no.

290. I got busted too. I was driving the car.

291. See this? Look.

292. - Vincent`s mother`s. - He gave that to you.

293. No. From the robbery.

294. Vince says his mother has one just like it.

295. He`s sweet.

296. Vincent`s real sweet.

297. The problem with this one is that it`s made in Taiwan.

298. Now you want something for your kid to bounce in.

299. What country comes to mind when you think bouncing? What animal bounces?

300. - A kangaroo. It comes from where? - Australia.

301. That`s right. This is Australian-made. I`ll be perfectly honest with you.

302. It`s twice as expensive, but it`s—

303. but it`s three times better than Taiwan over here.

304. And I`ll throw you 15 off on this.

305. - Yeah, okay. - Yeah? - We`ll do it.

306. All right, Mr. and Mrs. Randall. Hey, it`s a good buy.

307. Hey, Lou. Could you write them up? Australia. Fifteen off. All right?

308. - Thank you. - If you ever need anything— Vincent, okay?

309. - Okay. - Thanks.

310. Mr. Felson, what can I do you for here?

311. Uh, Eddie is okay. In fact, just plain Ed, if you want.

312. Ye— Yes, sir.

313. Me and you, is there some place private we can talk?

314. Do you hear the frog?

315. There`s gonna be a nine-ball tournament, end of April.

316. Atlantic City. There`ll be a lot of action there. I think we oughta go.

317. - "We. `` - Yeah. Me, you and Carmen.

318. Yeah? That sounds like a lot of fun.

319. The best part is we ought to leave tomorrow.

320. Tomorrow? Why not leave today? "Tomorrow. ``

321. What is it with this guy? You crack me up.

322. Vincent, if you're gonna take the plunge, give yourself a fair shake.

323. Now, you go at this thing half-assed, nobody`s gonna do any good. Go on the road. Six weeks.

324. Get some seasoning. Put together some stuff.

325. - Why don`t you askJulian? I mean, he`d be into that, right? - Julian`s a face. He`s known.

326. You`re a nobody. I get better bets with you.

327. Now, if you know some other way that I can be honest with you, you gotta tell me.

328. This is my job, Eddie.

329. You think so?

330. Hmm. That`s funny. I don`t think so. I think it`s your problem.

331. - What is? - Well...

332. you're hooked on Carmen, aren`t ya?

333. - Yeah. - Crazy about her?

334. You`re getting a little personal here.

335. - What? - You`re losing her, kiddo.

336. - What do you mean? - She don`t get the allure of this place.

337. - Hey, Vincent. - Wait.

338. - What? - Take a good look at her, Vincent.

339. She's starting to pack.

340. - You don`t know her. - I didn`t know that broad...

341. at that bar last night either.

342. She's bored, Vincent. Are you listening to what I`m telling ya?

343. Vincent.

344. - So what are you saying? - What I`m saying?

345. You, me, her, on the road— six weeks.

346. She`ll be a couple of years catching her breath.

347. - Vincent, you know, these people have got a baby-sitter— - Hey, Lou, can you see I`m talking here?

348. Huh? Do me a favor, will ya? Take care of`em.

349. He`s late for his coffee break.

350. Go on. Get back to work, but think about it. Okay?

351. Take your time. I`ll give you about five seconds.

352. "Five seconds. ``

353. Listen, you know where to find me if you wanna talk.

354. Vincent, don`t worry about it.

355. If I can hold you tonight

356. I might never let go

357. - If anybody asks, I`ll be in the back. - If I can hold you tonight

358. - I might never let go - If I can hold you tonight

359. - I might never - Come on in. - No, never let go

360. - If I can hold you tonight - Hey, Eddie.

361. Uh, I don`t know. What we were talking about yesterday...

362. I just wanted to ask you some questions about it, you know.

363. Um, what happens? You know. I mean, what happens? I—

364. God. Goddamn.

365. It`s a Balabushka.

366. It`s beautiful.

367. Geez, it makes the other ones look like stickball bats.

368. - Is this yours? - You want it?

369. No. I can`t— This isn`t for me.

370. Uh, I don`t know who this is for. This is, uh—

371. No, this isn`t for me.

372. I don`t know. I mean, John Wayne would carry something like this...

373. if he played pool, you know.

374. Babe Ruth. I—

375. Oh, my—

376. No. I— I can`t accept this.

377. Go ahead. Take it.

378. - You`re pushing pretty hard. - You betcha.

379. I`ve been thinking about nothing else all day.

380. - If I can hold you tonight - I don`t know what to tell you, Eddie.

381. - I`ve got a lot of things going on right now. - Whatever. Hey, whatever. It doesn`t matter.

382. Go outside. Horse around with it. If you don`t like it, bring it back.

383. If I can hold you tonight I might never, no, never let go

384. Eddie. Hey, Eddie.

385. Uh, you know, I was talking to Carmen the other night, feeling her out.

386. Oh, Willie. I`m sorry. Hol— Wait a minute.

387. Sorry. Go ahead.

388. I said I was talking to Carmen the other night and feeling her out, you know.

389. Uh, I think you're wrong, man, you know.

390. She's doing good. She's doing real good.

391. Okay. I`m glad I`m wrong. Willie.

392. No, I don`t. Oh, I can make it in half an hour...

393. 45 minutes— something like that.

394. Sure.

395. Where`s, uh— Where`s Carmen, my girlfriend?

396. - Uh, she just went in the bathroom. - Bathroom?

397. - Know what this is? - Man.

398. Balabushka.

399. - Balabushka? - Yeah.

400. - Where`d you get a Balabushka at? - Eddie. Eddie, uh, Felson gave it to me.

401. - Eddie Felson gave you a Balabushka? - Yeah.

402. - That`s a pretty good gift. You know what that`s worth? - Yeah.

403. - That guy died about 10 or 15 years ago. - Oh, yeah. - It`s gotta be a collector`s item by now. - Yeah.

404. And still you fire up Snakes in the garden

405. Apples on the tree

406. All of this looks easy

407. None of this is real

408. You might get lucky

409. Got the will to win

410. Need a little failure

411. To thicken your skin, well

412. Everybody's talking

413. They promise you the moon

414. It's made of paper And you'll find out pretty soon

415. Who owns this place

416. Who Who owns this place

417. I'm talking to you And I love you, my babe

418. It`s— It`s my word against yours, right? I`m a middle-aged Jewish man. I`m a rare-book expert.

419. - Have you seen my girlfriend, Julian? - She went out.

420. - Out where? - Hey, she`s your girlfriend, man.

421. - Where was I? - I love you too

422. Hey, is, uh, everything okay?

423. - Yeah. - Where`d you go?

424. - I went out to get cigs. - They sell cigarettes right here.

425. So I went across the street to get `em. So what?

426. Oh, you needed some fresh air, right?

427. What`s your problem?

428. No problem. I don`t— Did I say I have a problem? There`s no problem.

429. - I`m glad to hear it. - I just didn`t know where you went.

430. - You know, I was looking for ya. - Mm-hmm.

431. - I`m gonna sit down now. Is that okay? - Yeah.

432. I might go to the bathroom again in about a half hour. Is that okay?

433. - That`s great, Carmen. - Yeah. I`ll be sure and tell you when though, okay?

434. Hey, look.

435. - I just didn`t know where you went. All right? - Come on.

436. I was looking for you. Let`s not make a federal production out of this, okay?

437. Okay!

438. Okay.

439. - It`s a Balabushka. Eddie gave it to me. - Great.

440. The twilight passes I need a change

441. Ship down to see them That's all been arranged

442. Take everything

443. We can today

444. Who owns this place

445. Push, pull

446. Push, pull

447. - Push, pull - Excuse me.

448. Eddie, uh, I`ve been thinking about it.

449. Let`s do it. Okay?

450. Great.

451. - I wonder what`s upstairs. - Why?

452. Well, there might be somethin` soft...

453. for you to lean against.

454. So you don`t crush your skirt.

455. What do they do in the Bahamas? Do they tango or rumba?

456. Samba, I think.

457. How`s that Old McDonnell working out?

458. - You`re drinkin` it now. - Are you serious?

459. - It`s good stuff. - It`s very good stuff.

460. Yo, Eddie, man. Hey.

461. Why don`t you look in the mirror before you leave the john, huh?

462. I hate that shit.

463. Better than that shit.

464. Hey, listen, Eddie. You gonna be around Monday? There`s a guy I got set up in Camden.

465. No. I`m gonna be out of town for a couple of weeks.

466. Bullshit.

467. What? You taking that guy on the road? What`s his name?

468. - I don`t know his name, and it`s none of your business. - The guy`s a chump.

469. What he do? Beat me one night. I`ll put the nine ball up both your asses.

470. Are you serious? Taking him on the road?

471. When was the last time you did the road? 1960?

472. They didn`t even have cars then.

473. What?

474. Come on. You banging his girlfriend?

475. Right? You can tell me.

476. - Jesus, you are the best, Julian. - Let me play him again tonight.

477. - Winner gets in the car with you. - No. You`re the best, Julian.

478. You know, Eddie, you're not the only stake horse around. You know that?

479. Yeah. I`ll see you in Atlantic City. Okay?

480. Don`t look too hard for me, okay?

481. Hey. We are going to the Bahamas. I just didn`t say when.

482. Appreciate hearing about it from that dope fiend.

483. I didn`t want to tell anybody! What if I get on the road, the kid doesn`t work out?

484. - That makes me feel great, Eddie. Great. - That guy sucks, man.

485. - And so do you. - All right, all right. I am wrong.

486. - Uh-huh. But let me do it my way! - Do it any way you want to do it, Eddie.

487. - Yeah. What I want is I just want to go on the road. I don`t want to tell anybody. - Fine!

488. If you got anything that you need at my apartment, you`ll find it in a suitcase out front, okay?

489. Hey, wait a—

490. I`m sorry.

491. I cover all expenses. Food, room, everything. Entry fees, everything.

492. For that I get 60% of everything you win— all bets.

493. I lay the bets, so I also take the losses if you lose.

494. So, for that, I get 60% of what you win.

495. Sixty percent? What are ya, a slumlord?

496. Honey, you find a newcomer with a better deal than that, you come to me. We talk.

497. Don`t worry. I am not gonna lose often.

498. Oh, yes, you will. That`s what I`m gonna teach ya.

499. Sometimes if you lose, you win. Go.

500. So who`s the heaviest guy?

501. What do you ask that for? I`m the heaviest guy. Right, Eddie?

502. Oh, it doesn`t make any sense. It goes in streaks.

503. - The balls roll funny for everybody, kiddo. - Streaks?

504. There is this guy— Grady Seasons. He`s making the most money straight up on paper, but...

505. - Grady Seasons? - that doesn`t mean anything.

506. - Grady Seasons. - The real money`s in the practice room.

507. That`s where you get a good game.

508. I mean, a guy can get wiped out in the first day of the tournament and...

509. hang around the practice room for a couple of days and make more money than the guy who won the tournament.

510. - Did you hear that? - What? - The practice room!

511. Hey. Watch the paint.

512. What? Oh.

513. - Is that metal on your jacket? - Sorry. - Sorry about that. - Shit.

514. Rub-a-dub, here comes the grub.

515. My pancakes are burned.

516. What`s this? No, no, wait a minute. We ordered four on two up.

517. - I don`t want sausage. - Sorry. I must have given you the wrong order.

518. - That`s a dead giveaway. - What is?

519. - Uh, the four on two. - Oh. Egg talk.

520. Yeah, she was the killer waitress at the Acropolis.

521. - Yes. - And she did them a favor and quit. Ow.

522. What do you think? He`s the only one who has to work?

523. How come you don`t play pool anymore?

524. I quit.

525. Actually, somebody retired me.

526. Sometimes you get in with the wrong kind of people, you know?

527. But, hey, that was a long time ago. Back East. It`s dead and buried.

528. I don`t even think about it. I won my share of medals.

529. Hey, don`t you ever, uh, feel like picking it up again?

530. I mean, you're always around those pool halls, you know. You see these guys—

531. Ah, I`m too old. My wheels are shot. It`s a young man`s game.

532. Beside, there`s drugs now. You know. Kids are playing on coke, speed.

533. I don`t know. When I was younger it was booze.

534. It somehow was more human.

535. - Booze, huh? - Booze. Yeah.

536. Wine. It goes back to the Bible.

537. The Bible never said anything about amphetamines.

538. - Are you religious, Eddie? - Me?

539. I get high on the man upstairs.

540. Isn`t there a masters tournament you can play in?

541. I mean, I`ve seen this on television, you know, them old golfers and stuff.

542. Like an old timers` tournament?

543. If you're too old to cut the mustard, you can still lick the jar, right?

544. Nobody ever asked me for a refund, honey.

545. Not yet.

546. Hey. Now, we`re just talking around things here.

547. It ain`t about pool. It ain`t about sex. It ain`t about love.

548. It`s about money.

549. I mean, the best is the guy with the most. That`s the whole show.

550. The best is the guy with the most in all walks of life.

551. Are you the best liquor salesman?

552. You betcha.

553. Ahh, what a way to get your feet wet, kid.

554. This place is an all-time classic.

555. Hey. Hey, hey.

556. - Put that cue stick in the trunk. - What am I gonna play with?

557. You`ll play with a house cue.

558. You go in there with that, nobody will come near you with a nickel.

559. I can`t believe it. I got goose bumps.

560. I love it. We`ll just sit and watch for a while. I gotta see this guy.

561. I can`t wait to see what`s next.

562. Good— Good thing I— Good thing I didn`t bring the Balabushka, huh?

563. Sixty percent— are we gonna divvy this up in the car?

564. Enough!

565. Great. Nice.

566. Had enough, junior?

567. Hold on.

568. - What the hell are you doing, Vincent? Beat him, eat him and get out of here. - I know. I know.

569. I can`t take this guy`s money.

570. - He`s got a hole in his throat. - So what?

571. The guy`s breakin` my heart, man. Look at— Look at him.

572. He looks like he`s on his last legs.

573. I mean, what is it so far, 60 bucks? It`s no big deal.

574. No big deal?

575. - You want me to quit? - Yeah.

576. If you're gonna keep on dumping like this.

577. Unless— Show me.

578. Make it a real performance. Show me you can dump like a professional. It`ll be worth it.

579. Like a professional?

580. Okay, chief. Play you for 30.

581. - Go on out and get the car. - Why? What for?

582. Just bring it around front. Head it that way.

583. - Okay, but that`s the wrong way, Eddie. - Just do what I tell ya.

584. Yeah, right.

585. Easy shot. I miss this I`m a real chump, huh?

586. Easy. Straight in.

587. It`s— The tough one`s the four though.

588. Huh? I don`t know.

589. Oh, my God. I—

590. Holy—

591. Oh, my God. Do you b—

592. Don`t— Don`t even bother. I just can`t hit nothin`.

593. - That`s it. - Jesus!

594. - That`s it, kid. Where`s the money? - Yeah, I know. That`s it. Hol—

595. Uh, Eddie?

596. - Eddie. - Where`s that money, you little prick?

597. What are you talk— Hey, Eddie`s got the money.

598. - Did you see where they went? Where`d they go? - Hey, it looks like they left.

599. Hey, relax. Take it easy. What are you— What the fuck`s the matter with you guys?

600. Take— Get your fuckin` hands off— Whoa! Come on. I`m gonna get your money.

601. What the fuck are you doing? Just hold it. Just relax.

602. Hold it! Hey, easy! Take it easy!

603. Hey!

604. Okay! Enough! Come on.

605. Come on. I`m his father.

606. - Father? - You little bastard! Huh?

607. What do I do? I tell you not to play. I tell you to play.

608. Aah! Ease off. Family. Get out of here.

609. Yo-yo.

610. You little punk! I hope your mother kicks the shit out of you.

611. Okay. Go, go, go, go!

612. - Drive! - Where to? Where? - Just take the parkway south.

613. - All right, all right. - You never—

614. Damn it. You never ease off on somebody like that...

615. not when there`s money involved.

616. That`s the problem of mercy, kid. It just ain`t professional.

617. Let me look at your face.

618. Ah, you`ll live. You`re gonna live, right?

619. Get out of my face, will ya? Jesus Christ.

620. - "My father. `` - Saved your ass.

621. Carmen, what`s to be learned from this?

622. Nice guys finish last.

623. Oh, is that original, or you just make that up?

624. Oh, Vincent. You look so sexy with that bloody lip.

625. Shut up.

626. - Do you guys want me to drive? - No, I`m good.

627. - Slimy son of a bitch. - What?

628. That guy. The hole. The—

629. Stick a pool cue down his throat. Go back there with a fucking cannon and blow all their asses away!

630. Oh, Vincent, that`s gross.

631. - Next time, kid. - I`m sorry.

632. One of you guys know where the Triant Motel is?

633. The what? The what? Yeah.

634. - Tri— Triant Motel. - Yeah, yeah.

635. Go left on Aurora and right on Seneca.

636. - Chalkie`s still around? - Chalkie`s?

637. - Yeah. It`s a pool hall. - I know what it is, man.

638. Yeah, it`s still around. What, it`s supposed to move somewhere?

639. Some things never change, eh?

640. Man, I wouldn`t bet on it.

641. - Eddie. - Enter.

642. Hey, good morning.

643. What`s happening? Come on. Let`s get going, guys.

644. I`m ordering room service. You want anything?

645. The Mississippi Valley and parts of the Tennessee Valley—

646. - Food. You hungry? - We are also—

647. - I hate the weather. - For the Chicago area—

648. Can`t get room service in a motel.

649. Come on. Let`s check out Chalkie`s. Tell your girlfriend to get goin`.

650. Meet you out downstairs in the lobby.

651. Well, what about food? I`m starved.

652. - Vincent. - Yeah?

653. Don`t change the shirt. It`s a nice touch.

654. - The shirt? - And leave the cue stick.

655. What the hell`s the use of having it?

656. This used to be a nice, average bad neighborhood. Now look at it.

657. Yeah. Look at this. All the places gonna be like this?

658. I mean, on your pool hall scale of one to 10, what do you rate this?

659. - Ten. - At least this one`s got tables.

660. - Hi, guys. - How you doin`?

661. Squeeze me in?

662. Table number seven for Fast Eddie.

663. It's in the way that you use it

664. Yeah, so you don`t recognize Orvis from way back when.

665. - Boy, don't you know - You son of a bitch.

666. - What the hell are you doin` here? - Now you're startin` to remember. - It's in the way that you use it

667. - How long you want it for? - A couple hours.

668. - Hmm. - Geez, the last time I saw you you were sweeping up at McGeer`s.

669. Sweeping up at McGeer`s. That`s right.

670. Then I started working here for Chalkie...

671. till he got scared of a bad element moving in and sold out.

672. Since then I`ve been runnin` Chalkie`s.

673. Well, what can I do for ya? Lookin` for some action?

674. Usually I steer for 20%, but for you it`s 10.

675. Sure, but not me. My friend here wants a game.

676. - How you doin`, Orvis? - No one gets lucky

677. Till luck comes along

678. - Nobody's lonely - Wild place you got here. - Till somebody's gone

679. It's in the way that you use it

680. What you doin`, Eddie, stake-horsin`?

681. - It comes and it goes - You know who you got here stake-horsin` for you?

682. - This here`s Fast Eddie Felson. - It's in the way that you use it

683. Who the hell are you, the end of the world?

684. - Come on. Ease— Ease it up, will ya, Orvis? - It comes and it goes

685. Him I`ll steer for 15 since he`s staked by Fast Eddie the stake horse.

686. What you playin`, nine ball or straight?

687. I`ll set it up for ya.

688. The table`ll cost you $12.

689. It's in the way that you use it

690. - Maybe you should go back to the motel. - Why?

691. Why? What, are you kidding me? Take a look around this place.

692. There`s gotta be tons of rape artists here. "Why? ``

693. - Maybe you should go back to the motel. - Me?

694. - Pretty boy like you. - Cut it out. - Cute boy like you.

695. - I`m serious. - Ooh, you're such a cute boy. - Carmen. - Vincent.

696. - Hey. - Not here. - Let me give you the scoop, killer.

697. See that guy with the tiepin in his nose over there?

698. - Hmm? - Yeah. - Okay. That`s Moselle.

699. - Him we stay away from. - Don't you ever abuse it - No shit.

700. Grow up. Him we stay away from `cause he`s the main stick around here.

701. You beat him, scares away that gentleman over there.

702. - Who`s he? - That`s Earl.

703. He comes in here and he`s got $5,000, $6,000 in his pocket.

704. - Jesus. - Yeah.

705. Runs the numbers. Orvis says he don`t mind losing.

706. He just don`t like to give it away.

707. So, you beat Moselle...

708. and old Earl over there loses interest.

709. - What happens now? - Uh, nothin` for a little while.

710. We`ll play over here.

711. He`ll be watchin` ya, and he`ll come to ya.

712. - Who am I gonna play? - Me.

713. You? Okay.

714. Eddie, but before we go, I want her to go back to the motel.

715. - Oh, Christ. - I`m sorry, but this place is goddamn bird land.

716. Look, I been in worse places. I dated worse guys.

717. - Hey, Carmen. - You have? Who? - Hey! Watch your hands.

718. - Who? - Okay. Okay. Okay. - Vincent!

719. - Okay. That`s enough. That`s enough. - You gotta tell me. - Okay, okay. - Let go, Vincent.

720. - Vincent! - That`s enough.

721. Orvis`ll get you a cab back to the hotel.

722. - I don`t want a damn cab. - Carmen, Carmen. - Goddamn it!

723. Jesus Christ!

724. Okay, no thunderbolt breaks, no runs over four balls.

725. Just take it nice and easy.

726. She never went out with any guys like this.

727. Vincent, will you pay attention?

728. That guy Earl is paying attention.

729. - Oh, what a fool - Are you listening to me?

730. Yeah. Yeah.

731. I needed someone

732. You want me to break, or you want to break?

733. - To call my own - No, I`ll break.

734. What`d they do, saw the legs off this thing? This is a table for dwarfs or something.

735. Ah, come on, Fast Eddie.

736. Let`s see some heavy legend action here.

737. I see 35 balls down there.

738. I'll never be

739. - Not bad, huh? - Love came

740. This isn`t pool. This is for bangers. Straight pool is pool.

741. This is like handball or cribbage or something.

742. Straight pool you gotta be a—

743. a real surgeon to get over.

744. It was all finesse.

745. Now everything is nine ball `cause it`s fast.

746. Good for TV. Good for a loud break shot.

747. Oh, well. What the hell. Checkers sells more than chess.

748. - Pretty damn good. - Not bad for a blind man.

749. - Rack `em up. - Yes, sir, boss.

750. - Rack `em up for Mr. Fast Eddie. - I haven`t played serious pool since before you were born...

751. and right off the bat I`m laying `em to waste.

752. Watch this. Nine on the break.

753. - Oh! - Oh! Jesus, Eddie!

754. - Damn! - All yours.

755. That was phenomenal.

756. I`d like to play that big dude Moselle. I bet he ain`t that good.

757. Yeah?

758. I don`t know, Eddie.

759. Maybe you're right.

760. Maybe this game is just for bangers.

761. She made a mountain of love

762. - Cool it. - But the thing is...

763. even if it is just for bangers, everybody`s doin` it.

764. Everybody`s doin` it.

765. There`s a lot of guys doin` it.

766. A lot of guys doin` it...

767. but only one guy can, uh, be the best.

768. Eddie. Hey.

769. Hey!

770. Eddie.

771. Eddie! Eddie, what?

772. Where are you goin`? All right. Hey.

773. Those were easy shots, man.

774. Come on. All right. Okay.

775. I`m sorry. I`m a smart-ass. I was showing off.

776. - I`m sorry. All right. - You know what this is turning into?

777. - What? - A waste of my time and a waste of my money.

778. Where are you goin`, huh? Eddie, what—

779. You`re gonna leave me here? What—

780. I don`t believe this guy!

781. Child care.

782. Eddie.

783. - I know how you feel about me. - Vincent back?

784. - Yeah, but he`s out. - What do you mean "out``?

785. - "Out`` like not in the room. - Mind getting dressed?

786. Why, are we going somewheres?

787. A guy comes into the room. What if I was somebody else?

788. - Like who? - That`s not the point.

789. Look, I`m not naked or anything.

790. And another thing. Work with me, not against me.

791. Don`t go saying to Vincent what you said to him at Chalkie`s. Gets him all upset.

792. If you're gonna use that thing, use it right.

793. - Use what thing? - Hal Lefty. Well, you know him, don't ya?

794. Yeah. He just got back from vacation.

795. - Come on. - What are you doing? - Me and you, huh?

796. - Ow! Let me go! - I like it in the shower, huh?

797. - No! - A quick one before Vincent gets back. - Goddamn it!

798. All right? Hey.

799. I`m not your daddy. I`m not your boyfriend. So don`t be playing games with me.

800. I`m your partner.

801. You don`t flirt with me, you don`t come on with me.

802. - Take a shower, you shut the goddamn door. - Don`t flatter yourself.

803. Geez. Don`t waste my time with bullshit, Carmen.

804. Palm Springs for the NIHT.

805. That's the National Invitational Handball Tournament.

806. Oh, yeah. He's really good at it, aren't you?

807. We got a racehorse here. A thoroughbred.

808. You make him feel good, I teach him how to run.

809. Do you understand me? We`re businesspeople.

810. Gotcha.

811. - Hey, get it off! Oh.! - Sure.

812. - Where`s the Balabushka? - You what?

813. - Vincent took it. - I thought you said he was out.

814. Yeah. He was in, he was out.

815. - He took the cue stick? - Yes.

816. - And you let him? - Well, so what?

817. No.! No, I don't want—

818. - Why, Laura? - Shit.

819. Why are you so afraid?

820. - I`m sorry. - Jesus. Goddamn!

821. - Child care! - Oh, nothing, Laura. Nothing.

822. Shit.

823. Good game. Good game.

824. What you got in there?

825. In here?

826. Doom.

827. - Come on, boy. Let`s play. - Yeah. Let`s play.

828. We`re gonna have a lot of fun.

829. Werewolves of London

830. He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent

831. Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair

832. You better stay away from him

833. He'll rip your lungs out, Jim

834. Huh I'd like to meet his tailor

835. Werewolves of London

836. Werewolves of London

837. Well, I saw Lon Chaney walkin'with the queen

838. Doing the werewolves of London

839. I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. Walking with the queen

840. Doing the werewolves of London

841. I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's

842. - His hair was perfect - His hair was perfect

843. Werewolves of London

844. Hah Draw blood

845. All right. All right.

846. Not bad, my man. Not bad.

847. - When you leaving town? Now, right? - You don`t wanna play me again?

848. - Eh. - Moselle, I`m joking. Don`t kill me. All right? Please.

849. That boy`s hot.

850. Did you see me tonight?

851. Hey. What?

852. I ma— I made money.

853. You lost money. The town is dead for ya.

854. Now what the hell is it? Do I not speak your native language?

855. - What is the matter? - Look, you give me this stick, okay, and then you tell me to lay low.

856. I mean, the goddamn thing, I lay it down, it just jumps up at me, man.

857. You don`t deserve this stick.

858. I don`t deserve this?

859. You don`t deserve this stick!

860. All you do is you sit in there, you talk. You know. You tell me things.

861. Did you see me in there tonight? I played.

862. I`m a fuckin` pool player, Eddie.

863. You know something? I`m a fuckin` animal!

864. Animal!

865. Vincent, get in the car. This is embarrassing.

866. You`re acting like some girl who got felt up in a drive-in.

867. It looks terrible. Get in, will ya?

868. Tough shit.

869. How much did you take off of Moselle? I heard a hundred.

870. - 150. - 150?

871. Yeah. 150.

872. You walk into a shoe store with 150 bucks, you come out with one shoe!

873. We were working on 5,000.

874. Come on. Get in. It`s cold.

875. Love me baby

876. - Vincent. - Love me all night

877. Well, I gotta hand it to ya, kid.

878. You got me talking to myself.

879. I got half of me that says I got ahold of the best thing that I ever seen...

880. and half of me that says it just ain`t worth it.

881. I mean, either I don`t teach you right, or you don`t listen.

882. Or you listen but you don`t hear.

883. What was that voodoo stuff back there? That wasn`t pool. That was a circus.

884. You dropped your pants.

885. You wanna get known? Good. You and Gypsy Rose Lee.

886. I can always go back to whiskey. It`s been very good to me.

887. I mean, you're sitting in it, and I`m wearin` it.

888. But it`s tired.

889. You know, it`s just kind of run on.

890. All of a sudden you appear on the scene, I`m jumpin` again.

891. You remind me that— that money won...

892. is twice as sweet as money earned.

893. Twenty-five years ago I had the screws put on me.

894. I mean, it was over for me before it really got started.

895. But I`m hungry again, and you bled that back into me.

896. You gotta have two things to win.

897. You gotta have brains, and you gotta have balls.

898. Now you`ve got too much of one and not enough of the other.

899. I mean—

900. I don`t know. Just tell me what you want to do.

901. Give me a clue.

902. Uh...

903. yeah.

904. I`ll try. Uh, I`ll really try.

905. You know? Let`s go for it.

906. You know, Eddie, I mean, uh—

907. It`s just tough for me to lay down, you know? It`s just—

908. I get in there, and it`s just— it`s just tough.

909. It`s just, uh, just tough to lay down.

910. But I`ll try. Okay?

911. Tough to lay down, huh?

912. Well, roll over, sweetheart. Gimme.

913. - What? - Ninety bucks.

914. Sixty percent of 150 is 90 bucks.

915. I wake you up?

916. Well, do you want to hang up?

917. Are you still pissed off at me?

918. Well, uh, if you were, uh, I`d understand.

919. I don`t know. Uh, I`m having nightmares, sweats and everything.

920. What kind of rent are you paying?

921. I said, what kind of rent do you pay?

922. Well, listen.

923. After the Bahamas...

924. maybe you could move in with me...

925. just for practice.

926. What do you mean? No, nothing`s going on. What are you, a shrink?

927. I miss you. I say nice things to you.

928. Fine.

929. Uh, a couple of curve balls every now and then.

930. They`re young. They`re kids. No, no. You`re perfect.

931. I love this. Hey. Carmen, you should have seen Eddie play last night.

932. - You were terrific. - Are we going to make some money today, or am I still talking to Our Lady of the Cue Balls?

933. We`ll make some money. Definitely.

934. I`m a wild man today.

935. Did you ever hear of a hustle called two brothers and a stranger?

936. Uh, yeah. That`s the guy in the Bible with the many-colored coats, right?

937. Jesus, Vincent.

938. Hey, I`m joking, you guys. Come on. I`m— I`m just—

939. Did I get through to you last night, kid?

940. `Cause if I didn`t, I`ll run it by you another way.

941. If you`d have kicked ass in any other place but Chalkie`s...

942. Atlantic City would be dead for us.

943. The guys never leave the street.

944. Otherwise, it would be all around.

945. Hey, let me tell you something. Uh—

946. Last night— You know, people never talked to me like that before.

947. You really talked to me.

948. And just I want you to know that I appreciate it.

949. - And... - Okay.

950. I want to thank you, you know, for everything.

951. Uh—

952. Don`t worry, kid. Don`t worry.

953. Two brothers and a stranger. Okay?

954. You got two guys that go into a bar, see?

955. Give me two hours, they`ll be building me a trophy wall in there, huh?

956. Look at that kid. He gets to have all the fun.

957. Lock and load.

958. All right. Who`s next here? You guys, you want to play? No? Anybody.

959. You— You want to play? What about you? You want to play?

960. - Forget it. - Spot you the break here.

961. Come on, I`ll spot you the break. How `bout it?

962. - I want the seven ball too. - Seven.

963. How about the eight? I`ll give you the eight.

964. Come on. The eight, the break. What do you want? All right? You up?

965. Let`s go.

966. Why don`t you keep it down, huh?

967. What did I say? I coughed.

968. - Well. - Stop it, Eddie.

969. - Do you mind? - Excuse me?

970. I said, do you mind? I mean, It`s a money game here, guy. Okay?

971. - Big money game. - Yeah, that`s right. A big money game.

972. So why don`t you take your hands off the girl and let us play, okay, guy?

973. What do you care where I put my hand?

974. - Why don`t you mind your own business. - Hey, Gramps.

975. Put your teeth back in, get your hands off your daughter there and pay attention. You just might learn something here today.

976. I`ll change my teeth, you change your goddamn diapers.

977. Hey, we`ve got a game going here.

978. Really? What are you playing for?

979. - What`s it to you? - What are you playing for?

980. - Fifty. - You want to win?

981. I`ll bet 500 bucks on this guy right here.

982. Huh?

983. I think you're a choker, kiddo. Five hundred bucks says you choke right now.

984. - Why don`t you take a walk, asshole? - Anybody want to bet 500 bucks the kid chokes?

985. - Come on. What are you starting trouble for? - Eddie, cut it out. - I`m not starting any trouble.

986. - You`re starting trouble. - Come on. Any takers? - Eddie, I`m gonna leave.

987. - Any takers? - This guy`s a jerk. - Want to go for a thousand?

988. I know. I mean, you`d think he would have seen it before.

989. What— Oh, my God, he got suckered into that so good.

990. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

991. - Hey. - What`s up? What do you think?

992. - Get in the car. - Hey.

993. - Get away from me. - Hey, hey. Vincent! What the hell is the matter with you?

994. - Did you have a good time? Huh, Eddie? - I`m a little disappointed in you, frankly.

995. "Frankly, `` huh? Well, frankly, your ass! I seen you, man.

996. - Seen what? - Don`t give me that. I seen you! - Seen what? Seen what?

997. Screw this. You know what I mean? I don`t need this. I`m gone.

998. I`m going home. Come on, Carmen. We`re going home.

999. - The hell you are. - Oh, the hell I am? - You`re going home alone, man.

1000. Oh, is that right? Now I`m going home alone.

1001. Yeah, what, is it you and Eddie now? Are you gonna go to bars and get felt up by Eddie? Is that it?

1002. - Vincent. - Come on. - Vincent.

1003. You go in that place, you play your part. It`s nice, huh?

1004. I put my hands on her, I`m playing a part. It`s acting.

1005. - Your hands were all over her, Eddie! - I`m acting! It`s acting!

1006. Hey, look, Vincent, when you— when you go into movies...

1007. and you see people kissing, what do you— what do you think, they go home together?

1008. - They`re professionals, Vincent. - We`re just trying to be professionals.

1009. Okay, you guys. It was just a little rough. Okay?

1010. - I mean, I— You know, I ain`t used to that, Carmen. - Vincent. Vincent.

1011. - I-I don`t know about this. - Vincent, Vincent, Vincent.

1012. Vincent the kid, huh?

1013. You are gonna be one of the greats, kiddo.

1014. - One of the greats. I got a good feeling about this. - Yeah?

1015. You say it's black and you know it's white

1016. You say it's day when you know it's night

1017. You say it's good and you know it's mean

1018. It's the finest music that I ever seen

1019. Don't tell me nothin'

1020. Don't you tell me nothin'

1021. Don't tell me nothin' I can see

1022. That rock and roll is good for me

1023. You say it's a dog when you know it's a cat

1024. You say it's a mouse when you know it's a rat

1025. You say it's meat and you know it's bread

1026. You tell me it's gold and it's a hunk oflead

1027. No, don't you tell me nothin'

1028. Oh, don't you tell me nothin'

1029. Don't tell me nothin' I can see

1030. That rock and roll is good for me

1031. No, don't you tell me nothin'

1032. Don't you tell me nothin'

1033. You say it's right and you know it's wrong

1034. You say it's short and you know it's long

1035. You say it's low when you know it's high

1036. Tell me the truth and don't tell no lie

1037. Tell me nothin'

1038. Don't you tell me nothin'

1039. Don't you tell me nothin' I can see

1040. - That rock and rollin'is good for me - This is too much. No, really. - Don't you tell me nothin'

1041. I can`t— Are you sure you don`t want to play again? I mean—

1042. Do you smell what I smell?

1043. Smoke?

1044. Money.

1045. Let`s take a stroll around. See what`s what.

1046. A starry black sky revealed

1047. Somewhere in America

1048. I can feel the tears

1049. All lost and alone

1050. And I feel

1051. Hey.

1052. Check out that guy that`s playing back there.

1053. - That guy? - Yeah.

1054. This is a golden opportunity. You know who that is?

1055. That`s Grady Seasons. He`s the best money player in the world.

1056. That`s Grady Seasons?

1057. You want me to play him?

1058. You bet.

1059. And you are gonna dump. You are gonna lose something fierce.

1060. You`re gonna ask for a spot and you're gonna ask for the break. Everything.

1061. It`s gonna be humiliating. This is beautiful.

1062. - What do you mean, dump? - What do I mean, dump?

1063. Because if you lose bad now to this guy...

1064. you`ll be a super nobody in Atlantic City, and the odds on you will drop to nothing.

1065. - Right? - See? She learns.

1066. Let me ask you something. I mean, I seen these guys, they hustle and they win.

1067. How come I always got to play the jerk? I mean, why can`t we have a hustle where I win?

1068. Because this is better than that. I mean, there`s something at the end of this.

1069. I wouldn`t even tell you to do it unless the payoff was phenomenal.

1070. Look, do whatever you want to do. Do it your way. Whatever you want.

1071. I`m gonna play. I mean, I ask this guy a question, he gets his panties in a bunch.

1072. It`s like a nightmare, isn`t it?

1073. It just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn`t it?

1074. Are you gonna fall for this

1075. We're gonna pay hell for it

1076. And now we can win for it

1077. - The impossible dream. - We'll let ourselves in for it

1078. Wild calculation

1079. Exert fascination

1080. Tame speculation

1081. And let ourselves in for it

1082. Don`t choke now. It`s not that hard a shot.

1083. - Did you just say "Don`t choke now``? - Yeah. You heard me.

1084. Yeah. Yeah, I heard you.

1085. And let ourselves in for it

1086. And we're bound to make the most of it

1087. Let's get the best of it Let yourself in

1088. Any way that you figure it

1089. We got it at our fingertips

1090. Gotta give in

1091. Hey, Grady. Up your ass with the spot. Okay with you?

1092. That`s fine with me.

1093. How you doing?

1094. - Carmen... - Hmm? - I`m playing here.

1095. Yeah, I know. I know. Listen.

1096. You win one more game, you're gonna be humping your fist for a long time.

1097. Okay, Vincent?

1098. Got that?

1099. Let's disprove the allegation

1100. No longer recreation

1101. What are you doing, meditating?

1102. Get yourself into it

1103. Yeah?

1104. Yeah? Hey.

1105. - Can I have the Balabushka? - Yeah.

1106. - Are you gonna play, Eddie? - Yeah, maybe.

1107. Where?

1108. - I don`t know. Gunther`s. - Gunther`s?

1109. - Want me to go with you? - No, that`s okay. - You`re not mad at me, are ya?

1110. - About last night? - No. You done good.

1111. - Where`s he going? - He`s going to Gunther`s. Ja.

1112. Hey, Bill.

1113. Why don`t you call Dud?

1114. Just about to lose my mind

1115. Never gonna let your love

1116. Thank you.

1117. Bill, I`ll have another Drambuie and potato salad.

1118. And while you're at it, give my friend Eddie here anotherJTS Brown.

1119. - One more time? - Absolutely.

1120. You know, you remind me a lot...

1121. of a guy I played about 20 years ago.

1122. Matter of fact, it was right after that that five of us went on a road trip...

1123. to San Antonio.

1124. We didn`t get any action. The windup was...

1125. all five of us ended up playing each other.

1126. That`s all she wrote.

1127. - Nice book, though. - Buy you one?

1128. No, I`ll buy you one. I`m gonna play for a while.

1129. It`s crazy, you know? I mean...

1130. I was working at this job, busting my butt for about a year and a half.

1131. They didn`t give me a raise.

1132. So my old lady, she leaves me `cause she says I`m a bum...

1133. `cause I quit.

1134. Then after, I get this job working at the university...

1135. strictly for the experience.

1136. - Guess what it was. - What?

1137. - What? - Well, what were you?

1138. - I was a subject. - A what?

1139. A subject in the psych department.

1140. I was a subject for experiments—

1141. reflexes, memory things.

1142. Except for I didn`t do anything where I got that electric shock.

1143. Well, I did just once, but I just did that for the experience, so it don`t count.

1144. Thank you.

1145. Okay.

1146. That`s 80.

1147. - Do it again? - Yeah, sure, I don`t care.

1148. - Double or nothing? - "Double or nothing``?

1149. What is there, an echo in here?

1150. Let`s just do it, all right? Let`s play.

1151. Eddie, how you doing?

1152. - Holding my own and a little bit of his. - Good man.

1153. Here.

1154. Go! Go!

1155. Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

1156. Fall!

1157. Is that it?

1158. Do it again.

1159. Double or nothing?

1160. What else?

1161. All right.

1162. That is bullshit. I never did that!

1163. That is luck, man!

1164. Uh, I`m really sorry.

1165. There`s nothing I can do. The nine ball fell.

1166. I can`t believe that.

1167. You a hustler, Amos?

1168. Come on, Eddie, man. Luck.

1169. Are you a hustler?

1170. Hey, you don`t want to pay me?

1171. Keep it. Forget it.

1172. I don`t want no bad feelings.

1173. I mean, a guy loses—

1174. I lost, I paid. I don`t—

1175. - Oh, well - Are you a hustler, Amos?

1176. What? You want to quit?

1177. Fuck you, kid.

1178. - Double it again. - Somebody help me, oh

1179. With these blues

1180. Well, now, she's the one I'm loving

1181. I do hate to lose

1182. I do hate to lose

1183. I do hate to lose

1184. Oh, Lord

1185. Sure enough I do

1186. Oh, well

1187. - Hey, I want to ask you something. - I been crazy

1188. I want you to be real honest with me.

1189. Yes, I been a fool

1190. - You think I need to lose some weight? - I been crazy, oh

1191. All of my life

1192. Well, I done fell in love

1193. With another man's wife

1194. With another man's wife

1195. How could I get...

1196. suckered like that?

1197. You gotta work hard. I mean, that takes a real gift to...

1198. show your ass like that.

1199. Everything kinda stacked.

1200. Everything—Just probably a little too much booze...

1201. a little too cocky...

1202. right amount of jerk...

1203. to miss all those fuckin` signals.

1204. Hey.

1205. Eddie, you`ll get him next time, huh?

1206. How much would you need to go it on your own...

1207. from here to Atlantic City?

1208. What?

1209. Should have wiped the floor with that guy.

1210. Yeah? So?

1211. How much would you need to go from here to Atlantic City?

1212. A couple thousand?

1213. Come on, Eddie. You had a little too much to drink.

1214. - Let`s go back to the motel, forget about it. - Hey.

1215. I got nothing left to teach you, kid. That was the last lesson in here.

1216. Come on. Take the money.

1217. Front for yourself. You`ll do fine.

1218. What are you talking, man. You`re walking off?

1219. - Dumping us. - Dumping you? I`m giving you a stake.

1220. I showed you all I got. I showed you my ass in here.

1221. Now, what the hell else do you want? That`s it! That`s all!

1222. Well, what are we supposed to do? I mean...

1223. where we supposed to go from here?

1224. Well, here is you, see? Here is Atlantic City.

1225. In between is about 27 pool halls. Three weeks, a couple thousand dollars.

1226. - What the hell else do you need? An Indian guide? Use your brains! - Why you talking to us this way, huh?

1227. I mean, some guy comes in here and plays you for a chump, so you walk out on us?

1228. I mean, come on! We`ll get this guy next time, Eddie.

1229. Hey, hey!

1230. Eddie. Eddie, you do this to some guy on the street. You don`t do this to me.

1231. What about all the stuff you told me? You know, what we talked about, me and you.

1232. - Huh? Now you're gonna ruin everything. - Get out of here.

1233. Carmen and me, huh? Well, you told me about that.

1234. Okay, look, Eddie. Hey, it`s my attitude, right?

1235. - Okay. From now on— - Attitude, bullshit. - Eddie, I swear to you. No, no, no. Swear—

1236. Kiddo, you always do what you want to do!

1237. - Don`t tell me that! - If I tell you to do this, you do that. - Don`t tell me that! I try to do everything—

1238. - I`m tired! - I try to do everything that you tell me to do!

1239. You don`t need me anymore. Take the money, huh?

1240. - It`s the last thing I got left to give you. - Let it go, Vincent.

1241. - You wanna give me money to get rid of me. - You`re young, kid. You got a long way to go.

1242. You want to give me money, give me money, `cause this is nickel-and-dime shit you been giving me.

1243. - I`ll give you money, but don`t you tell me what I`m about. - Shut up and give me money.

1244. - Make it 3,000. It`s our money. - I`ll give you what I got! - Yeah, that`s right. It`s our fuckin` money anyway!

1245. I`ll give you what I got!

1246. You know something? Just keep your fuckin` money, pal.

1247. Here.

1248. Fuck it!

1249. Fuck!

1250. Yeah, well—

1251. Feel good, don`t it?

1252. - Oh, I`m blind. - Aw, you're cool.

1253. The same? Worse?

1254. Better.

1255. Better? Same? Worse?

1256. Better.

1257. Better? Same? Worse?

1258. - I like the glasses. - Yeah?

1259. Fast Eddie, this here`s Moselle. He plays pool.

1260. No kidding.

1261. - That`s a nice stick. - I get the break.

1262. - What`s the book? - Fifty on Fast Eddie wins you a hundred.

1263. - Fifty on Moselle wins you 25. - Well, thanks.

1264. Facts of life, my man.

1265. - Hundred on the side? - Read my mind.

1266. Rack `em up.

1267. - Eddie, Eddie, Eddie— - Moselle.

1268. Moselle, Moselle. Thank you.

1269. You guys going to Atlantic City?

1270. That`s $4.00. You need at least five.

1271. Resorts International Hotel And Casino...

1272. on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City...

1273. welcomes you to our casino.

1274. As anyone can tell you, the greatest single secret to success...

1275. on the casino floor is knowing how to play the game.

1276. There are slot machines, roulette, blackjack, craps...

1277. deep-six and baccarat tables.

1278. Some have simple, easy-to-learn rules...

1279. but most are more complicated—

1280. The rules, regulations and pay-out odds...

1281. are established and supervised...

1282. by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

1283. Knock `em dead.

1284. Gonna try.

1285. Hey!

1286. Keep saying now Daddy, I have to leave you

1287. Oh, yeah

1288. But I'm in love with another guy

1289. Oh, no, no

1290. I couldn't believe

1291. - Hey, Eddie. - Couldn't believe

1292. What?

1293. You playing?

1294. - Yeah. You got a problem with that? - I don`t got any problem with that. You got any problem with that?

1295. - I got no problem. - If it makes you happy, do it.

1296. I just wanted to say hello.

1297. The tears came down like rain

1298. Hello, test, test. One, two, three.

1299. One, test.

1300. Ladies and gentlemen, it's nice to see so many faces here...

1301. for today's nine-ball classic.

1302. Players, start your matches.

1303. I didn`t deserve that.

1304. Is this your first tournament, Duke?

1305. Match to Mr. Felson...

1306. eleven games to five.

1307. I didn`t deserve that.

1308. Yes, you did.

1309. Tall and tan and young and handsome

1310. The boy from Ipanema goes walking

1311. And when he passes each girl he passes goes

1312. We`ll play 10 games. You only have to win eight. I got to win 10.

1313. And I`ll put up $1,200, and you only have to put up $800.

1314. - Okay, wait a minute. I only have to win eight games to your 10? - That`s right.

1315. - And you're gonna put up 1,200 to my $800? - That`s right.

1316. - Carmen, that sounds like a good deal. I mean, this is a good deal, isn`t it? - It is a good deal.

1317. This guy won the Akron Open, Vincent. Don`t be a jerk.

1318. There is no such thing as the Akron Open. Where did you hear that?

1319. Oh, no? What have I been reading about?

1320. Hey, Carmen. I can win eight games here. Now, don`t blow this. Let me play this guy.

1321. No, I know you can— I`m not gonna blow it. I just don`t like the deal.

1322. - What don`t you like about it, lady? - I think maybe you should up your end to about 1,500. - Up my end?

1323. - Hey. Hey. - That`s right. $300, Vincent, is not gonna kill the guy! Fifteen hundred.

1324. All right. All right. I`ll tell you what. I shouldn`t, but I will. $1,500. How`s that? Is that a deal?

1325. Okay. Yeah. Hey, I`m sorry about—

1326. Don`t be sorry.

1327. All right, it`s 8:30. I got a few things to do.

1328. - How about 12:30 in the green room? - 12:30. Great.

1329. Terrific.

1330. - You can get these, right? - No problem.

1331. We got it covered here.

1332. - $1,500? - Not bad, huh?

1333. "Not bad, huh``?

1334. - He wouldn`t go for more, Vincent. - You wouldn`t go for more. That guy had $2,000 written all over his face.

1335. You just gave him $500. You`re gonna buy his drink too? Huh?

1336. - Thank you. - Why don`t you do it yourself next time. - Hey.

1337. - I got to go rest. - Great.

1338. Hey.

1339. You got new glasses, huh? They look good.

1340. - Well, it`s Vincent the kid and Carmen. - Hey, Eddie. You look real good today.

1341. - So how`s it going? - Can`t complain. How about you?

1342. Uh, $4,000 in three weeks. I guess it could have been better, could have been worse.

1343. Well, I`m happy for you.

1344. At 12:30 in the green room, we`re gonna take out that lame from Akron. Did you see what we did to that guy?

1345. You want in on it?

1346. Well, thanks. Uh—

1347. Listen, I— I`ll pass up on that. I got to play at 10:00, and I just pack it in early.

1348. All right. It`s on you.

1349. - Good luck tomorrow. - Same to you. - Thank you.

1350. Uh, I got to go rest.

1351. Uh, come and get me in about three hours, okay?

1352. - In three? - Yeah. Yeah.

1353. Going good?

1354. Yeah. Yeah. We`re doing okay.

1355. You were right, you know. We— We really didn`t need you anymore.

1356. That`s what I said.

1357. You wouldn`t believe Vincent now. I mean, you-you wouldn`t even recognize him.

1358. Oh, he`s a new man, huh?

1359. - Why don`t you take him up on tonight? - Well, like I said, I got to get up early and play, so—

1360. Well, see you around.

1361. He's tall and tan And young and handsome

1362. The boy from Ipanema goes walking

1363. And when he passes I smile

1364. It`s like a nightmare, isn`t it?

1365. You got lucky, you lucky prick.

1366. Wipe your nose, will you, Julian?

1367. You`re going down, Eddie.

1368. Oh, goddamn.

1369. Jesus Christ.

1370. Yeah, and it just keeps getting worse and worse, doesn`t it?

1371. Take it on off. I can`t help it.

1372. Eddie.

1373. - Nice game, Eddie. - Thank you.

1374. - Dynamite game, Eddie. - Good game.

1375. - Excuse me. - Way to go. - Good game.

1376. I`m doing fine.

1377. Yeah, I`m really feeling nervous `cause I feel good.

1378. Yeah. Eyes feel good, legs feel great.

1379. I get no grief down here. Come on down here and give me some grief.

1380. Forget the Bahamas. This is it.

1381. Hey.

1382. It would be good having you here.

1383. Hey.

1384. I`m gonna beat him, you know.

1385. Well...

1386. maybe.

1387. Hello, Eddie.

1388. It`s nice.

1389. Ron Albrecht and Larry Schwartz.

1390. Following match on table number eight...

1391. Vincent Lauria and Eddie Felson.

1392. Hey, you shot a great game.

1393. Well, the balls roll funny for everybody. I told you that. I mean, you shot a great game.

1394. Good job.

1395. Nice game, Eddie.

1396. - Oh, come on. - Eddie!

1397. - Who is it? - Vincent!

1398. Oh, I can`t believe it.

1399. - Hi, guys. - Oh, I`m sorry. Should we come back later?

1400. No, no. No. We were just, uh—

1401. Janelle`s having a glass of cham— early bubbly. Come on in.

1402. Listen, I— I drew this guy Kennedy...

1403. uh, in the semifinals.

1404. You know anything about him?

1405. - What`s that? - That`s for you.

1406. - Hey, how you doing? That`s your cut. - Cut of what?

1407. - For the game. - What game?

1408. Our game, man. I dumped. Got a front to lay all 4,000 on you, and then I dumped.

1409. Alls I had to do was dog about four shots, you know?

1410. But, Eddie, you know something, you are a very, very good player.

1411. I feel shitty about getting booted, but there`s other tournaments, right?

1412. Right. You dumped, huh?

1413. Carmen didn`t want to go for it, but I told her, hey, you`d appreciate it. I mean, of all people.

1414. There`s $8,000 in there.

1415. After I beat Grady Seasons, the odds between me and him were a joke.

1416. Two brothers and a stranger, Eddie, just like you laid it out. You know, it was beautiful.

1417. It was beautiful. It was just— It was— It was fuckin` beautiful.

1418. When I banked the five— Hey, when I saw the lay of the table, I knew that it was gonna be the five.

1419. That`s the art of the dump, right— to be able to just—just miss the pocket by a hair.

1420. I mean, the audience—"Oh! `` It was—

1421. It was— I—

1422. $8,000 in there.

1423. Hey, we got to split. Look...

1424. I got green room games for the next three nights.

1425. These guys, they just won`t leave me alone. Are you sure you don`t want in on this? We`re talking about a lot of money.

1426. Yeah. Maybe.

1427. Okay.

1428. I`ll call you, okay?

1429. Look, good luck with Kennedy, all right?

1430. He`s a little prick.

1431. Ladies and gentlemen, it's good to see you all here today...

1432. for the semifinals of today's nine-ball classic.

1433. Right now on table one will be...

1434. competing from Chicago, Larry Schwartz.

1435. Larry will be playing, out of St. Louis, Missouri...

1436. the the incomparable St. Louis Louis, Louis Robbins.

1437. regional nine-ball champion Lorenzo Kennedy...

1438. will be playing, as we welcome back...

1439. Fast Eddie Felson.

1440. Players, begin your matches.

1441. What are you doing?

1442. - I forfeit. - Forfeit.

1443. - Forfeit? - Felson just forfeited his match. - What do you mean, forfeit?

1444. You can`t forfeit.

1445. - What`s he talking about? What kind of bullshit is this? - Well, he just threw 50,000 away.

1446. Come on, Eddie. Don`t forfeit. I don`t want to win like this.

1447. Yeah, but I didn`t want to win like that, though.

1448. The match on table three has been forfeited by Eddie Felson.

1449. Lorenzo Kennedy, win by default.

1450. So what do you say? Why don`t we get the hell out of here?

1451. The Bahamas are looking real good to me about now.

1452. Anyway, I got out of my lease.

1453. All my stuff` s in boxes.

1454. That`s nice.

1455. I`m a real big fan of character in people.

1456. I don`t know if you knew that about me.

1457. - Character, huh? - Yeah.

1458. Here it comes.

1459. Vincent says this is yours. You don`t want it, you should give it to charity.

1460. - What`ll that solve? - I don`t know.

1461. I don`t know anything anymore.

1462. I want his best game.

1463. Look, if you want his best game, Eddie, go talk to him yourself.

1464. - He won`t listen to me. - So, what, I got to cover your ass now?

1465. No. You got to save it.

1466. Well, why should I?

1467. I`ll be in the green room.

1468. - Stings like a bitch, don`t it? - Yes, it does.

1469. You got brass, man. I`ll give you that.

1470. You want my game? You couldn`t deal with my game, jack. You`re outmanned.

1471. Let`s find out. I`m asking you.

1472. - I ain`t got a leg to stand on, but I`m asking you. - Shove it!

1473. - Don`t do that, kid. - I call the shots. I do what I want to do.

1474. Don`t do it. I don`t have that many games left in me.

1475. God! You used us! You used me!

1476. Yes, I did...

1477. but you're in Atlantic City now with the big boys.

1478. You`re not back there in the stockroom playing around with baby dolls.

1479. Think about it. It`s a wash.

1480. About all that other stuff, I don`t take much pride in that.

1481. It`s even, but it ain`t settled. Let`s settle it.

1482. Why should I?

1483. How long do you want me to fry, huh? Five years? Ten years?

1484. You want to play kick the dog for the rest of your life?

1485. Come on. Let`s clean it up.

1486. Listen to this. What, you want to play for the envelope? Is that it?

1487. Whatever.

1488. Thank you.

1489. Eddie, what are you gonna do when I kick your ass?

1490. Pick myself up and let you kick me again.

1491. Oh, yeah?

1492. Yeah.

1493. Just don`t put the money in the bank, kid.

1494. `Cause If I don`t whip you now, I`m gonna whip you next month in Dallas.

1495. You mean Houston. There`s nothing coming up in Dallas.

1496. Houston, Dallas. And if not then, then the month after that in New Orleans.

1497. Oh, yeah? What makes you so sure?

1498. Hey, I`m back.

1499. I feel so doggone lonely

1500. Todayjust isn't my day

1501. When I got home this mornin'

1502. I found a letter on my bed

1503. When I opened up that letter

1504. I broke right down and cried

1505. She said, now, daddy I hate to leave you

1506. Oh, yeah

1507. But I'm in love with another guy

1508. Oh, no, no I couldn't believe

1509. I couldn't believe she wrote it

1510. So I read her letter again

1511. And when I was finished

1512. The tears came down like rain

1513. The more I read this doggone letter

1514. The more my poor heart cries

1515. She said, now, daddy I hate to leave you

1516. Oh, yeah

1517. But I'm in love with another guy

1518. My baby, she said

1519. Oh, yeah My baby, she said

1520. My baby, she said

1521. My baby, she said

1522. This what she said

1523. She said, now, daddy I hate to leave you

1524. Oh, yeah

1525. But I'm in love with another guy