[Train whistle, distant]
[Train brakes screeching]
♪ [Disco]
♪ [Disco continues]
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man no time to talk ♪
♪ music loud, and women warm I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ and now it's all right it's okay, and you may look the other way ♪
♪ and we can try to understand the New York times' effect on man ♪
♪ whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother you're stayin' alive ♪
♪ feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' and we're stayin' alive ♪
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha
♪ stayin' alive
Hiya, Tony. Two or three?
Two. Two. Gimme two. That's good. [Register rings]
♪ Well, now, I get low and I get high ♪
♪ and if I can't get either I really try ♪
♪ got the wings of heaven on my shoes, I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose ♪
♪ you know, it's all right it's okay ♪
♪ I'll live to see another day
♪ we can try to understand
♪ the New York times' effect on man ♪
♪ whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother you're stayin' alive ♪
♪ feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' and we're stayin' alive ♪
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha
♪ stayin' alive
♪ ah
Hey, you guys do layaway?
As long as it don't turn into a 20-year mortgage.
Put me down for $5.00 for that blue shirt in the window.
- Hold it for me. - Hey, wait for your receipt.
I trust you.
Please don't-- don't trust me. [Door closes]
♪ Stayin' alive
♪ well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man no time to talk ♪
♪ music loud, and women warm I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ and now it's all right it's okay and you can look the other way ♪
♪ oh, we can try to understand the New York times' effect on man ♪
♪ whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother you're stayin' alive ♪
♪ feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' and we're stayin' alive ♪
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha [Horn honks]
♪ Stayin' alive, stayin' alive
♪ ha, ha, ha, ha [No audible dialogue]
♪ Stayin' alive
What'd he charge you? $7.98.
Wait'll he runs out of something. You know what to tell her.
Gotta get by. Got a second?
Just a minute-- look what I got for you.
Where have you been? I've been here for a half hour. That's all right.
I'm gonna make you a deal. I'm very angry.
I'm gonna make a nice deal on this. A dollar off for you.
10.98 on this special gold paint.
How do you like that? Thank you.
[Man] I'll take a gallon of this. All right, you got it. Heads up.
That's all right.
Customers like that. It gives them a sense of power. I need some brushes.
How much paintin' you plannin' to do? After these two rooms,
I wouldn't paint my wife's ass purple. What color is it now?
You wanna know what color my wife's ass is? You brung it up.
Actually, it ain't got no color.
Just stripes. Them stretch stripes.
What about them brushes? Right. See that second display counter? Over there.
Mr. fusco, can, uh, can I get an advance?
Payday's Monday. I know payday is Monday.
But everyplace else is Friday or Saturday. And they're broke on Monday.
Boozin', whoring-- oh, come off it.
Pissin' away their money all weekend.
This way, you're paid on a Monday, you got money all week.
You can save a little. Build a future. Aw, fuck the future.
No, Tony. You can't fuck the future.
The future fucks you.
It catches up with you, and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it.
Look, tonight is the future, and I am plannin' for it.
There's a shirt I gotta buy, a beautiful shirt-- sorry, Tony, no exceptions.
Just wait till you need an advance-- hey, big shot.
♪ Life goin' nowhere
♪ somebody help me
♪ somebody help me, yeah
[boy] Thanks, Tony.
♪ Life goin' nowhere
♪ somebody help me, yeah
♪ stayin' alive
Where you been?
Your mother wants to know where you been.
Where you been?
Your father's askin' you! Where you been?
Dinner's late. They was outta things at the market.
But you'd have been late if it was normal.
Hey, Tony. Look-- hey, hot stuff. Gimme a kiss.
Look what I made for you. Here. That is beautiful.
You like it? Yeah.
Gonna put it in your room?
I'll put it in my room now. How's that? Okay.
♪ Night fever, night fever
♪ we know how to do it
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ here I am
♪ prayin' for this moment to last ♪
♪ livin' on the music so fine
♪ borne on the wind
♪ makin' it mine
♪ night fever, night fever
♪ we know how to do it
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ that sweet, city woman she moves through the night ♪
[sigh] ♪ controlling my mind and my soul ♪
♪ when you reach out for me, yeah ♪
♪ and the feelin' is right
♪ then I get night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to do it
Dinner's on the table. I ain't hungry.
Hey, just because you've kickin' in for food, don't mean you don't gotta eat.
You still gotta eat. I got my shirt on, all right?
So? And so I don't want to get everything on it.
You got nothin' to be afraid of.
Your mother's spaghetti sauce don't drip. It don't taste,
and it don't drip.
Let's go.
♪ Makin' it mine
♪ night fever, night fever
how come every day it's the same thing?
I come home. You tell me I'm late for dinner...
When you know that I gotta work till 6:00 and I can't make dinner on time.
You should've been a priest like your brother.
You wouldn't worry about a job.
- Yeah. - Every time you mention Frank Jr., you gotta cross yourself?
He's a priest, ain't he? Father Frank, Jr., your brother.
Your mother doesn't have much to cross herself about.
You're so jealous of Frank, Jr.
Oh, shut up, will you? Hey!
What're you doin'? Hey, the shirt! Watch the shirt, stupid.
Basta! All right. Come on.
Mangia, mangia. Go ahead. Eat, eat.
I got more pork chops, more spaghetti.
You got more pork chops? I'm out of work.
As long as we got a dollar left, we eat good.
I might get a job myself.
Like hell, you will. 25 years in construction work,
I always brought home a paycheck.
What, six, seven months I'm out of work...
Then, all of a sudden, what?
You're hittin' me and talkin' back. Talking about a job. No hitting at the table.
Okay? That's the rule. Hmm?
And you was the one was hittin'. You.
You never hit me before. Never.
Not in front of the kids.
One pork chop! One!
Hey! Frank! It's disgusting, ma. He's sick.
- Would ya just watch the hair? - [Frank grumbles]
You know, I work on my hair a long time, and you hit it.
He hits my hair.
Take care of his hair. I'm gonna take a walk.
[Door opens, shuts]
Tony, you walk me to church later? Didn't you go already today?
Yeah, confession. I gotta go back and pray for somethin'.
For what?
I gotta pray for father Frank Jr. to call me.
[Girl] Why don't you call direct? A son should call his mother.
Wait a minute. You're goin' to church to have God make Frank Jr. call you?
Right. I don't believe it.
You know, you're turnin' God into a telephone operator. [Laughs]
[Horns honking]
[Hooting, laughing]
[Tires screech]
- Go, go. Now. [Laughing] - Hey, you scumbags.
Get back here!
- Assholes. - Come on, fuckhead!
[Man] Hey, the stubborn fuck won't budge.
[Engine approaches, tires screech]
[Tires screech]
[Hooting]
[Horn blaring]
Will you put two hands on the wheel? I got two hands on!
You assholes almost broke my pussy finger.
You wouldn't know which one.
Hey, take some of this, will ya?
Tell 'em what we got. We got some ups, some downs,
three 'ludes, two j's and a half a bottle of vodka.
That's what you got? You get a bigger high from a fart. Ohhh.
You want somethin'? No. We ain't droppin' nothin' till I say so.
Aw, come on. Why the fuck not? Hey, bullshit.
I got my reasons, all right? Oh, fuck, Tony.
What's wrong with you, man?
When are you gonna get new tapes? These are four years old. In the bargain basement.
You don't like my tapes? I-I'll get new tapes.
[Honking] [Laughing, hooting]
♪ Someone mad is goin' wild
♪ and look, uh-oh it's a one man's style ♪
♪ [heavy breathing, screams]
♪ Doctor disco
♪ bah, shoo-bah
mm-bah ♪
Hey, lookin' sharp, huh?
Sharp as you can look without turnin' into a nigger. Or a spic.
Would you put your dick in a spic? Does it get bigger in a nigger?
I don't know. I gotta score tonight. I'm horny, you know?
Yeah, man, I know what you mean. Horny, right? [Laughs]
Anybody scores, in the car for ten minutes, out for the next guy.
Five, you get a medal of honor and a piece of
the pope's ass. The pope don't got no ass.
[Tony] Now, shape up, you assholes. We're the faces.
♪ [Disco]
♪ [Disco continues] [No audible dialogue]
- Ahh. - Tony, how's it goin'? All right?
Hey, moe!
Hey, Tony, you seen pauline around here at all?
No, we ain't seen pauline. Joey, you seen pau-- you seen pauline?
[Waitress] Hi. What would you like?
Oh, give me seven 'n' seven. I'll take a beer.
A vodka and tonic.
You guys want to see the Knicks on Tuesday?
[Chattering]
Tony.
Yeah? What do ya mean, "yeah"?
I could dance with you, but you're not my dream girl or nothin' like that.
[Snickering]
You want a dream girl? Well, then go to sleep and have a nightmare.
Hey, Gus, here's the speed.
What are ya doin'? Here, take this.
Hello. This is beautiful monti, your delicious deejay,
remindin' you about the universal disco
sweepstakes, so get in line to get the prize.
[Cheers] Oh, looks good-- go, baby.
♪ Burn, baby, burn
♪ burn, baby, burn
[monti] A trip. [Grunts]
A good trip. Ahh. Feel the music, baby.
♪ Burn, baby, burn
♪ disco inferno, yeah burn, baby, burn ♪
♪ that mama down
Look at that chick. I'm gonna dance with her.
Which one?
♪ 100 stories high
[man] Come on, Tony! Dance!
♪ Gettin' down on the roof
♪ do you hear
♪ the funk was flamin'
♪ out of control
♪ it was so entertainin'
all right! ♪ when the boogie
♪ started to explode I heard somebody say ♪
♪ burn, baby, burn
♪ disco inferno, yeah burn, baby, burn ♪
♪ burn that mother down
♪ satisfaction
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh came in a chain reaction ♪
Beautiful. I like your new haircuts.
I like that polyester look. Turn yourself in, baby.
♪ I had to self-destruct
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh
♪ the heat was on
♪ risin' to the top
All right!
Yeah!
[Crowd cheering]
Hey, Tony, you know somethin'?
You're the king out there. You're great. You're a great dancer.
You could do as good as me if you practiced. Yeah?
- Think I'd be a good dancer, Tony? - Sure. Why not?
- No. [Laughs] - No?
Ain't ya gonna ask me to sit down? No. You'd do it.
But you'd ask me to lay down. No. You would not do it.
Double j., move over. I want you to meet my friend.
Hey. Hey, Tony, listen, you want some speed?
It's very good stuff, Tony. You want some?
[Tony] Can't you guys get off on dancing? [Girl] Tony?
Can I wipe off your forehead?
[Snickering] Why not? Sure. Go ahead.
[Laughs]
Hey, Doreen, it ain't no blow job.
[Double j.] You don't know fuck about women, Joey.
You get a blow job easier than you get that. I noticed.
I love to watch you dance, Tony.
Oh, yeah? I love it. I love to watch you dance.
I-- I-- I-- just-- just love it.
- Watchin' you dance-- - hey, Tony, listen, uh, do her a favor.
Why don't you take her for a dance, huh? That's a good idea. Wanna dance?
It's for charity.
Panty kind of dresses with the lace on the side.
Weirdest chick I ever seen.
[Doreen] Ton-- I-I love to watch you dance.
[Laughing]
- I just love it, watchin' you dance. - [Laughing]
[Double j.] Doreen, move up a little.
Doin' a two-step with him. Jesus Christ.
Get your head out of his belt.
- ♪ [Latin disco] - [Tony] Oh, Jesus.
♪ [Latin continues] You can't dance to this shit.
Let's get the fuck out of here. I paid $5.00 to hear this shit?
I fuckin' paid for you to get in.
Hey, monti, what're you playin' that shit for?
What are you talkin' about, baby? Look at that chick.
She's dancin', man. She's groovin'.
Joey? Yeah?
You know-- you know that girl?
- No. - You ever see her before?
No.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I seen her here about a month ago.
She can dance, you know that?
She-- she got the wrong partner, of course, but she-- she can dance.
Go ask her. Fuck you.
Yeah? Which position?
Who the hell's that guy?
Hey, penny. Hey, Tony!
How you doin'? Okay. How ya been?
All right. Ya gonna dance for me?
Sure, why not? Okay.
♪ Don't know why I'm survivin' every lonely day ♪
hello, Lucille. Hello, nureyev. How ya doin'?
You got a seven 'n' seven for me? Sure, doll.
[Laughs] Gimme one of your butts, too, all right?
Sure. ♪ and it doesn't matter how I cry ♪
♪ my tears of love are a waste of time ♪ havin' another sweepstakes.
I know that.
It's double the prize money. $500.
♪ Am I strong enough to see it through ♪
♪ go crazy is what I will do ♪ you gonna enter?
♪ If I can't have you well, you'll need a partner.
♪ I don't want nobody, baby
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
We won before. ♪ if I can't have you
But we're gonna have to practice. ♪ I don't want nobody, baby
♪ if I can't have you we'll have to practice.
They got people comin' in from Manhattan--
revelation, gazebo's-- you know that?
We'll have to practice.
That's "practice," Annette.
It don't mean datin'. It don't mean socializin'.
It means practice.
Why not? We had a date.
Yeah, once. And once was enough.
Why? Why? Annette, the whole time...
You talked about your married sister.
And then, talkin' about your other married sister.
And then your third married sister.
All you was interested in was Bein' a married
sister yourself. I got bored with it.
Hey, look, I told you I'd take care of it, huh?
Double j.'S been in the car 25 minutes with some chick. So what?
So I can't get the selfish prick out.
These guys can't do nothin' without me, you know that?
♪ If I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
♪ if I can't have you I don't want nobody, baby ♪
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
Hey, listen, you gonna make it with Annette?
Nah, I don't think so.
You make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with 'em.
All right, get out. You been in there 20 minutes.
Come on! 25 in the car, 20 in the chick.
Yeah, well, get out before we pull you out.
[Woman moaning] She ain't come yet.
- Since when do you care? - [Panting, grunting]
[Both moaning] Hey, come on!
[Moaning continues] [Double j.] Whoa. Okay.
[Girl] Harder-- okay, it's happenin'!
It's happenin'!
[Woman screams] I'll be out in a minute, man.
[Girl] Harder! I'm coming! I'm coming!
[Double j.] Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah! Whoo!
[Both panting, moaning]
[Woman] Yes.
[Growling]
[Moaning continues] What did you say your name was?
♪ [Disco]
♪ Listen to the ground there is movement all around ♪
♪ there is somethin' goin' down ♪
♪ and I can feel it
♪ on the waves of the air there is dancin' out there ♪ kiss me.
Kiss me! ♪ if it's somethin' we can share, we can steal it ♪
oh! I just kissed Al Pacino!
♪ Controlling my mind and my soul ♪
♪ when you reach out for me, yeah ♪
♪ and the feelin' is right
♪ then I get night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to do it
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ here I am
♪ prayin' for this moment to last ♪
♪ livin' on the music so fine
♪ borne on the wind
♪ makin' it mine
♪ night fever, night fever
♪ we know how to do it
♪ it feels like forever, baby don't you know ♪
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ ooh
♪ here I am
♪ prayin' for this moment to last ♪
♪ livin' on the music so fine
♪ borne on the wind
♪ makin' it mine
♪ night fever, night fever
♪ we know how to do it
♪ it feels like forever, baby don't you know ♪
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ it feels like forever, baby don't you know ♪
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to do it
♪ it feels like forever, baby don't you know ♪
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
♪ it feels like forever, baby don't you know ♪
♪ gimme that night fever night fever ♪
♪ we know how to show it
[quietly] Al Pacino? I don't look like Al Pacino.
Well, I could look like him.
Al Pacino.
Yeah. Al Pacino.
♪ [Opera in distance]
Al Pacino! At-ti-ca! At-ti-ca!
At-ti-ca! [Boy] Hey, gimme the ball.
[Whoops] You wanna go see that Bruce Lee picture at the orpheum?
Bruce Lee's dead, so I don't give a damn. You got no respect for the dead.
What kinda shit is that? You see what the Knicks gonna pay fraizer?
We're never gonna make that much in our whole life.
Hey, douche! Douche! Whoo! It's all right. It's okay.
You know why you don't kill fags on Sunday? They go straight to heaven.
Hey, sweetheart! Your turn, isn't it?
Hey, double j., hey!
[Tony] You know, this is a drag.
What's with you today, huh?
I'd just rather be doin' 2001 tonight. Yeah? Well, fuckin' do it.
Oh, "fuckin' do it." 20, 30 bucks, asshole!
You got 20, 30 bucks to blow twice a week?
Come on. Tony.
Man, I'm gonna get myself one of these.
You're never gonna get yourself one of these.
Cost too much money.
I've had you up to here. That's your favorite speech.
Never. Not you, me, anybody.
Get it together before it's all over the street, huh?
This is a caddy Seville. My Uncle nunzio's got one.
A Mercedes benz too. You know how he go it?
Forced his partner to sell out. Give him a real screwin'.
It's a dog-eat-dog world. Everybody's out for what they can get.
It's true. They got it all locked up.
Nobody gonna give you a chance.
[Double j.] Nobody gives you nothin', Joey. Every man for himself.
It's a stinkin' rat race.
[Man] Stuff goes on beautiful. Best vinyl I ever seen at that price.
See, I told you. You just listen to me, right?
You saved me a bit of change. You know paint.
Want a job as a painter, let me know.
Make twice as much as here, but break your back. Interested?
I dunno. Ah, don't be interested.
You'll make twice as much, but you'll break your back.
[Tony] No advances. It's payday. [Boss] I gave you a raise.
You gave me what? A raise.
You kiddin' me? No. Come on. Look. See how much it is.
You gave me a raise. Thank you.
I can't believe this. Better look first.
I don't gotta. You gave me a raise.
That's the important thing. It's only 2.50.
So what? It's 2 dollars, 50 cents. It ain't much--
the important thing is, it's a raise. Great.
I tell you what, I'm gonna give you 3.50.
You do not have to-- a dollar more--
shut up, will you? Four.
I'll make it an even four.
Never seen anybody so shit-ass happy over a crummy 2.50 raise.
Wait a minute. Two-- you just said $4.00, didn't you?
What the hell are you doin'?
I just feel like it, all right? Girls do that.
I got a raise today. Yeah?
Why didn't you say so? We could've used the conversation. Put them down.
How much you get? It's gonna be $4.00.
It was, um-- it was 2.50, right?
But he raised the raise when he found out I wasn't so, you know, disappointed.
$4.00? Yeah.
Shit. You know what $4.00 buys today?
It don't even buy $3.00.
I don't see nobody givin' you a raise down at unemployment. $4.00.
Shit. I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it, right?
A raise says, like, you're good, you know?
You know how many times somebody told me I was good in my life? Two. Twice:
This raise today, and dancin'. Dancin' at the disco.
You sure as fuck never did. Asshole.
$4.00. [Scoffs] Shit.
Why ain't you waitin' inside?
I wanted to watch you come down the street. I like the way you walk.
Ah, shit.
Tony, um--
listen. I, uh-- I been thinkin'.
Maybe I'll make it with ya. That's what you call thinkin', huh? Jesus Christ.
You know what? You're too much, Annette.
You say we're gonna make it, that means we're gonna make it.
I got no say in this at all, right? It's time we went out.
You told me you wanted to do it, how horny a
man gets when he's 19, how his balls ache...
Morning, noon and night, six days a week-- if he don't get it.
How do you remember those things?
Look, we're gonna be spendin' a lot of time together.
Rehearsin', practicin', whatnot.
If we was ballin', it would be like we was goin' together.
I don't wanna be goin' with you.
Look, what are you, anyway? You a nice girl, or you a cunt? I don't know.
Both? You can't be both.
A girl's gotta decide early on whether you're gonna be a nice girl or a cunt.
How ya doin', Pete? Tony, my man.
You got a studio free? Yeah, two is free.
Good. Hey, how're ya doin'? Ah, steady at 65%.
[Scoffs, laughs] Pete. He's always bustin' my onions.
I send him a lot of customers, he gives me free studio time-- what did he mean, 65%?
♪ [Classical piano] [Tony] Oh, that, uh, means that he--
he scores with 65% of the chicks that come in here.
♪ [Piano continues]
♪ [Disco] And one-two-three, two-two-three.
One, two, one-two-three.
Good-- two-two-three-- good-- one, two.
One-two-three-- good, that's it.
Now do it again.
♪ [Disco continues]
That's it, good. All right. Again.
Tony, it's only dancin'. Jesus. Only dancin'?
If you're not gonna take this seriously, I don't wanna dance.
Don't get mad. Don't get mad.
♪ [Disco stops]
Look, um, I think we done enough dancin' for today.
So why don't-- why don't we dance Wednesday, all right? Yeah. Sure.
All right. Here. You walkin' home now?
No. I'm gonna, uh, stick around...
And talk to Peter a-a little bit and do-- work on some stuff myself.
I'll see you later, all right? Yeah.
You was good today.
♪ [Classical piano]
♪ [Classical stops] Hi. How're ya doin'?
Hey, you know, you're a very good dancer. You know that?
I would like to meet you.
Look, would you, uh-- would you mind just going away, okay?
What? Don't be hurt, but I'd-- I'd--
don't be hurt? Yeah, I wanna be by myself now, you know?
Listen, I seen ya at 2001 the other night-- yeah, so? So?
You was lookin' at me, I was lookin' at you, remember?
What? I look at a guy longer than a millionth
of a second, he gets delusions of grandeur.
You know what you are? I'm gonna tell you.
I bet it begins with a "c," Mr. p. Oh, fine. Fine.
That's, uh--
I know the type. I-I know the type.
Fine--
[crying] [Door closes]
What're ya doin' up so late?
What is this? I walk in, you don't got no criticism of me?
- Your brother's upstairs. - You're kiddin'.
Yo, Frankie! Tony.
Hey, how're ya doin'? Hiya, kid.
It's good to see you. You too.
Yeah. You look good.
No, I don't. You do. You look wonderful.
You checkin' out my trophy? Oh, yeah. That's you, huh?
Yeah. "First prize."
Looks just like you. [Both laugh]
What'd you say to them downstairs?
They look crazy, like zombies. Like somebody died or somethin'.
I think they're in shock, Tony. In shock?
Well, how come they're in shock?
I'm, uh, leaving the church, Tony.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure. Leavin' the church.
Tell me another one. [Chuckles] I'm leaving the priesthood.
Oh, come on. Frank. Don't fool around like that.
Do you think I'm losing my hair?
It looks awful thin right over here and here.
Are you-- are you serious?
Can I borrow some of your clothes until I buy some?
I don't want to wear the uniform.
I'm sorry, Frank. I really am. I'm sorry.
What are you sorry about?
You got fired, huh? [Laughs]
I didn't get fired. I quit.
You quit? Yeah, you can do those things, you know.
What, um-- what did mom say? What-- what did she say about it?
She said, "dear lord, what am I gonna tell Theresa and Marie?"
And dad? What did he say about it? Ashamed. The both of them.
They're ashamed, right?
You ashamed of me, Tony?
[Quietly] Ah, yeah.
- They didn't ask why or nothin'? - Nah.
I think they're afraid to. Like I might say, "celibacy."
[Quietly] But--
[sighs]
You, uh-- you gonna sleep here tonight? You wanna sleep in-- in my room?
Yeah, I thought-- I thought I would. All right. Yeah.
I'll get your blankets for you.
[Crickets chirping]
[Sighs]
Frank, how come you left? Really?
It's not easy to explain, Anthony.
A lot of things.
One day, you look at a crucifix,
and all you see is a man dying on a cross.
But that's only a backdrop to something else:
Mama and papa,
their dreams of pious glory--
they turn you into what they wish at a time...
You can't defend yourself against their fantasies.
All I ever really had any belief in...
Was their image of me as a priest.
That's all.
[Clears throat]
Guess we're gonna have to take your picture down from the mantle.
[Laughs]
Know what's weird?
Like, uh, I always felt like I was the shit of the family.
You was always, like, perfect. Now that I'm the disgrace to the family,
I'm not so perfect anymore.
So maybe you're not shit anymore.
Yeah, maybe if you ain't so good, I ain't so bad, you know?
[Quietly] Yeah.
[Quietly] Ha.
Give me the groceries, motherfucker. I'm hungry.
Don't take my groceries.
I'm hungry, Gus. Hey, come on! Come on. Don't eat the apple.
Give me-- give me it back. Here.
Jesus. What's the matter with you anyway? What are you doin'?
My brother, he quit the church. Do you believe that? Yeah?
I feel wild. I got all this energy. I can't believe it. Yeah?
Listen, I'll call you later tonight, all right?
Yeah, we'll do-- hey!
See ya later, Gus. I'll see ya.
♪ Disco, disco duck higher with the arms. Yeah, that's it.
Yeah, do it to me! ♪ [Scats]
Pete, she come in?
I told you on the phone, she comes in on Tuesday.
I know. So did she come in or what? And what is it today, huh?
- It's Tuesday. - Yeah.
Hey, ton! Watch it, man. That one's practicing to be a bitch.
Come on, people!
Good, yeah. Oh, that's good. You're doing great. Yeah.
♪ [Disco]
Hello, Stephanie mangano. I'm Tony manero.
We both got the same last initials. How do you like that?
Wow. We get married, I don't have to change the monogram on my luggage, huh?
Somebody told me you was practicing to be a bitch. Is that true?
[Chuckles] All right, Mr. manero. What do you want to ask me?
I would like to take you out to coffee. Would that be good?
That's it, huh? You want me to have coffee with you?
You're a very good dancer.
You know that, uh, that, uh, 2001 odyssey...
They got a dance contest now. Hmm.
And I think that we could be a dynamite team together.
How old are you, huh?
I'm 20.
Well, I'm 19 at the moment, but I'll be 20 very shortly.
What I think is this. There's a world of difference between us.
Not just chronologically, but emotionally, culturally, physically, every which way.
And this world would get much bigger and much worse with every passing week.
[Laughs] What kind of shit is that?
Coffee, not sex. Just coffee, huh?
See, look, where I work, the people are very remarkable.
They're not like these bay Ridge people at all.
You mean snobs instead of slobs, right? What?
Nothin'. Hey, bay Ridge ain't the worst part of Brooklyn.
You know what I'm talkin'? I mean, it ain't like a hellhole or nothin'.
Yeah, well, it ain't Manhattan-- isn't Manhattan.
You got no idea how it changes. Just right over there.
Right across the river.
Everything is different. Completely different.
It's beautiful, just beautiful.
The people are beautiful. Offices are beautiful.
The secretaries, you know, they all shop at bonwit Taylor. Oh, yeah?
And, like, the lunch hours are beautiful too.
Like, you know, they'll give you two hours for lunch to do something that's related.
Oh, yeah? Like we seen zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet.
Over here. Romeo and Juliet, yeah? I read that in high school.
That's, uh, that's Shakespeare, right?
No, it's zeffirelli, the director of the movie.
You know, the movie? Film.
You know, what I never understood about that Romeo and Juliet--
I never understood why Romeo, he took the poison so quick.
I feel like he could have waited or something.
It's the way they took the poison in those days.
Here, you gonna eat? Look at a menu. [Clears throat]
No, no. I'll just have tea. Tea with lemon.
I started drinking tea recently. It's really a lot more refined.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
All those women executives in my office, they all drink tea with lemon.
Oh, yeah? Yeah. Do you notice, I do too.
I like coffee. I drink coffee.
Yeah.
You see, I've only been at this agency a really short time,
but, uh, already I'm functioning in a kind of public relations capacity.
I fill in for the agents when they're elsewhere.
Like, this week, I had business lunches with Eric Clapton at LA "coty" basque...
And cat Stevens at le madrigal. Oh, far-out.
Yeah. You heard of those restaurants, huh?
No, I don't know those exact restaurants.
I know the type.
Yeah, but you must have heard of the artists.
No, I-- you know-- not really.
So what'd you say "far-out" for, huh?
'Cause it sounded like far-out, wasn't it? I mean-- well, yeah.
We'd like a lemon with some tea now.
And I'd like a cheeseburger and some coffee.
Hey, you know who came in the office the other day? Who?
Laurence Olivier. Who's that?
Who's Laurence Olivier? You don't know who he is?
Laurence Olivier, man! He's the greatest actor in the whole world.
Oh, come on. You know who he is. He's the English actor.
The one on television who does all those polaroid commercials.
You know, Laurence Olivier.
Oh! Oh, him. He's good. He is good. Yeah.
Anyway, he comes into the office, right? I do a few errands for him.
So, he goes around, he tells everybody in the entire office--
he says I'm the brightest, I'm the most "vivatious" thing in the entire office...
He's seen in years. Oh, yeah?
Do you think that you could get, like, a camera from him at a discount?
I didn't ask him about a camera.
'Cause you got one already, you sly fox, you.
Are you enjoying all this stuff I'm telling you?
Sure. I think it's good.
I think maybe you can't handle hearing about a
life that is so completely different than yours.
You mean better, don't you? Yes, I mean better.
Sure, it's better.
Can I have some ketchup, please?
I'm outta this scene almost completely. You know, this bay Ridge scene.
I'm moving into Manhattan. I'm getting my own apartment. I'm changing.
I'm really changing as a person, and I'm growing.
You know what I mean?
Nobody has any idea how much I'm growing. Why don't you go on a diet?
Okay, listen. I like you. We could dance together.
But that's it. We could just dance together and nothing more.
Nothing personal. I don't want you coming on to me. Why not?
Because I don't date guys like you anymore for one thing.
You're too young, you haven't got any class, and, yeah,
I'm sick of jerk-off guys ain't got their shit together!
Oh, come on. It's easy to get your shit together.
All you need is a salad bowl, a potato masher--
get your shit together.
Would you like to know what I do? It's not necessary.
I'll tell you what I do. I work in a paint store, and I got a raise this week.
Right. You work in a paint store, right? You live with your family,
you hang out with your buddies and on Saturday
night you go, you blow it off at 2001, right?
That's right. You're a cliché.
You're nowhere. On your way to no place.
What do you got? A fuckin' stairway to the stars, or what?
Yeah, maybe. I'm taking a course nights at the new school.
Next semester, I'm gonna take two.
Now, you, you probably didn't get no college, did you? No, I did not.
Well, did you ever think about going to college? No.
Not ever? No. Did you?
Not back then-- then what you bugging me about it for?
Why didn't you ever want to go?
Just fuck off, will ya? Well, tell me, why not?
Jesus Christ! I didn't.
The thing is, the high I get at 2001 is just dancin'.
It's not being the best or nothing like that.
The only thing is that I-I would like to get that high someplace else in my life.
You know? Like where?
I don't know where. I don't know. Someplace.
You see, dancin', it can't last forever. It's a short-lived thing.
But, I'm getting older, you know.
You know, I feel like-- I feel like, so what, I'm gettin' older.
Does that mean, like, I can't feel that way about nothin' left in my life?
Is that it? Listen, uh, we gotta split here.
No, I'll walk you the rest of the way.
No, I'll meet you at the dance studio, just like we said.
Stephanie, I can walk you home. Look, nothing personal, right?
Oh, come on, Stephanie. I could walk you.
Aw, Jesus Christ! You know?
I don't know where he is. Did you call him? No.
What's the matter? What's goin' on?
It's Gus, man. He's in the hospital. The spics got him.
Spanish barons? Barracudas.
That's my fucking car! Your car?
Save it for the spics. Give me the keys.
You're asking for it. I can't believe it. I just saw him.
[Double j.] He could've run, you know? But he hung tight. That's Gus.
[Tony] Don't worry about it.
I got in the hospital to see him. He got a broken nose, busted ribs,
a broken leg and four teeth knocked out. Shit.
All he was doin' was walking along the street carrying his groceries,
and three of 'em do a shove number on him.
They spill his fuckin' groceries into the street.
So, he says under his breath, "greaseballs, spic dicks," and they laid into him.
[Tires screeching] [Horn honks]
[Tony] All right. Go check it out.
Nobody in there, man.
All right, all right. This is what we're gonna do.
We're just gonna cruise around until there's enough of them that we can handle.
Yeah, we'll just pick off a couple on the street.
Aw, you-- that's pussy, man! You're fucked up! Fuck, man.
There was no one there, Joey. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You're sorry. Aw, forget it. We'll get 'em tomorrow.
All right, dream good. Jerk off better.
Tony? I'm gettin' married. Will you cut it with that shit?
No, listen. I just wanted to let you know, all right?
Look. If you get married, we'll all go with you on your honeymoon, all right?
You will? Okay. Take it easy. [Laughs]
Come on, Bobby. Get in the car.
Hey, you know, we should go to the hospital tomorrow.
Know what I'm talkin'? And you, cool off!
You know? All right. Good night.
[Utensils clattering]
Tony, what did you say to father Frank Jr.?
What?
What did you say? What did you do? Yeah, what did you say?
What are you talking about? You must have said something to him.
You sleep in the same room. You talk to him.
The next night he stays out all night. He don't come back. I said nothing to him.
A priest staying out all night. A priest is not a priest no more.
And he's grown up, so he can do what he wants.
Something you said to him.
You try and blame me now he ain't a priest no more?
You were writin' to him.
I don't believe this. You're trying to hang this on me!
Forget it, all right? He called. He called.
In a couple of days he's gonna see he's wrong.
He's goin' through, like, a trial of the soul, you know?
He's goin' back to the church.
No, he won't. He's not goin' back. He is. He's goin' back!
He's goin' back! He's not ever goin' back! You don't got a priest no more!
You got no say! You got nothin' but three shit children now!
[Crying] Good. Good.
No. [Sobs]
I'm sorry, mom. [Crying]
I--
I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.
I love you, mom. I really do.
Go on. Get outta here.
How ya doin', Annette? Okay.
That's good. Yeah.
Listen, uh, look, Annette. I gotta tell you something, all right?
It's very hard to tell you this, but, uh,
I changed my mind about us dancin' together.
I got another partner.
Look, it's professional. You know what I mean?
Things like this happen when it's professional.
Aw, Jesus Christ. My fuckin' mother, now you.
Why do you hate me so much? All I ever did to you was like you.
Give me a break, huh?
[Coughs] Hi.
You're late.
Five minutes. That's not late. How long you been here?
I don't know. Six, seven, something like that.
Pete said you been here 15. Oh, who's he?
Hey, I got some records over here. I don't know if you like them or not.
You like these guys? Yeah, yeah. Super.
You do the New York hustle, the Latin hustle, or what?
New York, Latin, I do it all. Okay.
♪ [Dance]
♪ Girl, I've known you very well ♪
♪ I've seen you growing every day ♪
♪ I never really looked before
♪ but now you take my breath away ♪
♪ suddenly you're in my life part of everything I do ♪
♪ you got me working day and night ♪
♪ just trying to keep a hold on you ♪
follow me this time. ♪ here in you arms I found my paradise ♪
♪ my only chance for happiness
♪ and if I lose you now I think I would die ♪
that's really nice. What'd you do, make that up?
Yeah-- no, I saw it on TV.
[Sighs] Hey, you know what? I learned this one.
What I do is-- wait a minute. Lemme just check something out.
♪ More than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me baby ♪
♪ more than a woman
come on. Come on. [Laughs] What are you doing?
Okay, stay right there.
Now we can dance.
Let me show you the step, okay? The Latin one I was going to show you.
Now take your hand like this and count one, two, three.
Two, two, three. Three, two, three, kick, two, three.
Okay, I got that. Okay?
Looks good. All right.
♪ More than a woman to me baby ♪
♪ more than a woman that's good. I like that.
Do-do you know the tango hustle? Yeah, yeah.
Okay, let's try that.
♪ [Vocalizing] ♪ more than a woman
♪ there are stories old and true ♪
♪ of people so in love like you and me ♪
♪ and I can see myself let history repeat itself ♪
♪ reflecting how I feel for you ♪
♪ thinking about those people then ♪
♪ I know that in a thousand years ♪
♪ I'd fall in love with you again ♪
♪ this is the only way that we should fly ♪
♪ this is the only way to go ♪
♪ and if I lose you I know I would die ♪
♪ oh, say you'll always be my baby ♪
♪ we can make it shine
♪ we can take forever just a minute at a time ♪
♪ minute at a time
♪ more than a woman ♪ more than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ yes, you are, baby
♪ more than a woman ♪ more than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ [vocalizing]
Would you like some coffee? Yeah-- no, uh, no.
I gotta go home.
You know something? I like you when you're like this.
When you're quiet and ya ain't laying all that shit on me and everything.
Oh, yeah? Well, as a matter of fact, guess who I had lunch with today? Paul anka.
I had to open my big mouth. It was very
"inneresting." Interesting. Very interesting.
Very intelligent fellow. Inner-rest-- you cream over that word, "interesting."
What's wrong with interesting? I don't know. Something.
You know, I want to tell you somethin'. I've never told you this before.
But I think you're full of shit. Oh, you do, do you?
Yeah. Except I'm not sure-- I'm not sure how much is shit and how much is bullshit.
Listen, when you figure it out, just let me know, all right?
We should really practice a couple more times.
Maybe go to 2001 with a crowd.
How about Saturday, would that be good? Maybe.
Stephanie, I wanna ask you somethin', all right?
I don't know how to say this.
Do you think that I am either interesting or intelligent?
Interesting, yeah. Yeah.
Intelligent--
[laughs] No-- maybe.
I gotta know you better. You know what I mean?
You gotta way of putting things together.
Seeing things a certain way. Interesting, yeah, yeah.
Intelligent? Yeah, maybe. Maybe intelligent.
Well, what do ya know? Da-dash! All right.
Hey, Stephanie, how come we never talk about how we feel when we're dancin'?
How come we never talk about that? Good night and thanks.
No, but-but-but, maybe I could walk you the rest of the way.
Let me do that. Nope.
You shouldn't of asked. You shoulda just done it.
Oh, hot stuff, Jesus.
♪ O-h-h-h
♪ oh, if I can't have you I don't want nobody, baby ♪
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
♪ if I can't have you I don't want nobody, baby ♪
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
♪ if I can't have you I don't want nobody, baby ♪
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, no ♪
♪ [continues]
Hey, what's happening, Tony? Bob, what's up.
My brother, Frank.
Hey, how ya doin', Frank?
♪ Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day ♪
♪ when there's got to be no chance for me ♪
♪ my life would end
♪ and it doesn't matter how I cry ♪
♪ my tears of love are a waste of time ♪
♪ if I turn away am I strong enough to see it through ♪
♪ go crazy is what I will do ♪
you guys have the Moses effect. You arrive and the crowd parts like the red sea.
They know we're the faces, that's all.
How do you like it, father? What, "father"? I look like your father?
Please don't call me that. I never could stand that.
But, yeah, I think the place is... energizing. It's all right, huh?
♪ Burn, baby, burn burn 'em up now ♪
♪ burn, baby, burn disco inferno burn, baby, burn ♪
- Tony. - Hey.
Hey. Are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?
Well, are you?
Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?
Hey, he never made it in a bed. [Laughs]
Watch this. That ain't my regular partner, but, you'll see.
Ton, what are you gonna have to drink? We'll get you something?
Seven 'n' seven. Seven 'n' seven.
♪ Just can't stop
♪ my spark gets hot
so when's Connie gonna get her answer, huh?
You know, Connie-- yeah?
If you're as good in bed as you are on the
dance floor, I'll bet you're one lousy fuck.
So how come they always send me flowers the next day?
Some guys don't know a lousy fuck when they got one. Yeah?
Maybe they thought you was dead.
Father? Wanna hear something? Listen.
Got a girlfriend of mine, she's such a good catholic, father,
she tells me she loves the taste of communion wafers.
[Frank Jr. laughs] Hey, Mr. manero, could I talk to you--
hey, what's he doin'? Frank.
Oh, forget this.
[Man] Give the kid some room. He's taking over again.
♪ My baby moves at midnight
♪ goes right on to the dawn ♪
♪ my woman takes me higher
♪ my woman keeps me warm
♪ what you doin' on your back ♪
♪ you should be dancin' yeah ♪
♪ dancin', yeah
♪ she's juicy and she's trouble ♪
♪ she gets it to me good
♪ my woman gives me power
♪ goes right down to my blood
♪ what you doin' on your back, ahh ♪
♪ you should be dancin' yeah ♪
♪ dancin', yeah
♪ what you doin' on your back ♪
♪ what you doin' on your back, ah ♪
♪ dancin', yeah
♪ my baby moves at midnight
♪ goes right on till the dawn, yeah ♪
♪ my woman takes me higher
♪ my woman keeps me warm
♪ what you doin' on your back, ahh ♪
♪ you should be dancin'
♪ yeah all right.
♪ Dancin', yeah
he's very good, yeah. He's the king out there, father.
Uh, hey, man, he's great. He's great. He's the best.
You know, man?
♪ Dancin', yeah [Whistle blowing]
Listen, can I talk to you for a second, father?
Yes. Call me Frank.
Frank? Frank, listen. C'mere, you wanna hear something?
I got-- my girlfriend, you know-- can I tell you something?
Listen, Frank. Wanna hear something? I-I-I--
I got a lot of ideas. You see, like I was reading up about the pope.
Hey, father? Frank. Yeah, Frank. Yes? Frank, Frank.
Okay, Frank. Listen, Frank, uh, I gotta-- I gotta girlfriend, you know?
She's pauline. Her name's pauline. And-and-- yeah?
What do ya mean, you gotta-- did you get her pregnant?
Yes, I did. Yes. Yes, I did.
She loves the taste of communion wafers.
Well, I gotta lot of ideas, you know, swimmin' around in my head.
I was readin' a lot of stuff lately. I heard, like, the pope,
he-he gives special, uh, what is it? Dispensation.
Yeah. Do you think the pope could give pauline an abortion?
You mean give you a dispensation for an abortion?
Yeah, you think you could do this?
I don't think so, Bobby. Well, maybe, you know, maybe he could do it.
Maybe? I'm sorry, Bobby. I don't think so.
I was just thinkin'. Have you talked to your priest about this?
Yeah, I talked to everybody about it.
I talked to a lot of people. A lot of people. Thank you.
Thanks a lot. All right? You play, you pay. It's funny, huh?
Don't forget, everybody. You could win, too, man.
Disco universe sweepstakes are just a week away.
Five hundred bucks.
Do you know Stephanie mangano? No? No.
Yeah, I know Stephanie. Did-did she come in yet?
No, she didn't get here yet. Yeah, I'm sure. You sure?
[Monti] Universal disco sweepstakes, just a week away.
Tony! Tony, that was really great. Oh, you liked it?
Yeah. Listen, I'm gonna go home now. You're gonna go home?
Yeah. No, stay a little longer, Frank. The night's just beginning.
Yeah, I know. But it's not my scene, you know?
Come on. You didn't expect me to stay the whole night, did you?
No, no. I didn't-- well, yes, I thought maybe you'd stay a little longer.
Nah, it's not your scene. Of course not. I'm sorry, Tony.
Don't worry about it. It's nothin', you know-- so what? Come on.
I'll walk you to the door.
Hey, you know, your dancing is really marvelous. It's exciting.
I mean, it's exciting to watch you out there.
They can't keep their eyes off you.
Look, I gotta go now. Okay? See you later.
Have a good night. I'll see you later.
Hey, she come in or what? You just asked me, and I told you she isn't here.
Tony, your brother. Is he okay? He's fine.
He just had a stomach thing. I don't know.
♪ I wanna put on my, my, my, my my boogie shoes ♪
♪ and boogie with you
♪ I wanna put on my, my, my, my my boogie shoes ♪
♪ and boogie with you
we could make it now. What?
We ain't practicin', seeing each other like you said. So, we could make it.
Look, Annette, we make it when I decide, all right? No other time.
All right. When I say so, all right?
I'll just make it with somebody else. Who? Who?
Somebody. I don't care. Anybody here.
Oh, somebody here? Yeah.
Double j., Joey.
Oh, the fuck you will. Hey, look. Hey, Bobby,
we're going to go out to the car and when I get back, we'll go to the bridge.
You fixed? Huh?
Mmm? What do ya mean? You fixed?
You know, are you on the pill or what? No.
No? What do ya got, the I.O.U., that thing?
Huh? No.
No diaphragm? Nothin'? It doesn't matter, though.
You don't got nothin'? It doesn't matter. Tony, I love you.
Are you kidding me? Ah, forget it.
Just give me a blow job, all right?
[Chattering]
Just a minute. Hey, Tony!
Forget it. Forget it. Just-just fix yourself up.
Everything was cool. Everything was all right.
You had a good time.
[Indistinct]
Annette, cigarette?
Guess not.
Whoo!
Whoo! Whoo!
Bunch of stupid--
hey, Annette, can you dig it?
I knew that you could. ♪ [Scatting]
- Joey! - You're fucked, double j.
- [Joey] Hey, Tony! - What?
Come on. Let's get the son of a bitch, mother fuck down.
- All right. - Let's push him off!
- [Tony] All right! - You're going in you big, fuckin' hump!
Hey, [In italian] ! Yeah?
[Joey] Come on, ton. Let's get 'im.
Come on. Let's go. Shit.
[Joey yelling, indistinct]
[Double j.] Hey, Tarzan!
[Yelling]
[Screams] [Joey] Look out, double j.!
I'm coming!
- You fuckers! - Can you dig it? I knew that you could.
[All laughing]
You stupid bitch.
I wish you was staying longer, you know, Frank?
Ex-priests don't stay back home.
Listen, everyone's too shocked and disgraced.
A family raises a priest, they think they've scored points in heaven.
Hey, Frank. How ya doin'? And now they're gonna lose 'em.
Okay. We better get movin', I gotta pick some people on the way.
Okay. Listen, we gotta keep in touch.
Yeah. You gonna like this settlement house, or what do ya think?
It'll do until I figure out my next move. Yeah.
What about you? What about me?
Are you gonna do something with your dancing? I don't know.
People ask me all the time. But I don't know, I mean, you know,
I feel like my whole life, right, I-I've been told I'm the no-good in the family--
Tony, the only way you're gonna survive, is to do what you think is right.
Not what they keep trying to jam you into.
You let 'em do that, and you're gonna end up nothing but miserable.
Huh? [Chuckles]
Hey, have a good trip, all right?
I left you something in your room. What'd you leave me?
A souvenir. [Engine starts]
Money? [Laughs]
Hey, leave me money.
♪ [Disco, distant]
Hi. So, what are you standing there for?
How come you wasn't there Saturday night?
I-I didn't say I was going to be there Saturday night.
- The fuck you didn't. - I said maybe. Maybe's a maybe.
I didn't think you'd go and get upset about it.
Oh, forget upset. I'm not upset. It's just that we needed to practice.
- I mean, you know, you shoulda been there. - All right, let's practice.
We can't. I didn't bring the records, 'cause
I didn't think you was gonna be here.
Yeah? So what'd you come for, huh? [Laughs]
[Speaking italian] You know [Italian] ?
Yeah, I know [Italian] . All right, we'll use some of this stuff.
"If you're not of a mind to break up--" [Continues, indistinct]
What's up?
We've been waitin', man. Pete said you was practicing.
Hey, Tony, we were cruisin' you know who? Lookin' good.
Not now. Don't talk about it now. Talk about it later.
Stephanie, this is Joey, this is double j., this is Bobby c.
[Joey] How ya doin', Stephanie? How do you do?
- You a dancer? - You hungry?
- Yeah. - Where do you wanna eat, huh?
- [Laughing] - I'm gonna change and then, uh--
hey, ooh, man. What maracas. She's got maracas.
She's got nice tits.
It's like, I'm gonna be travelin'. Promotional
tours with authors and performers.
Course I'm gonna hate to leave Manhattan, even briefly.
There's certain ballets and concerts I'm just gonna have to miss.
[Tony] Tell 'em about the people who come into the office. Tell 'em that.
[Stephanie] Oh, oh, you know who came in today?
This guy, David bowie.
He comes in, has this astrakhan coat-- he's a faggot.
He's a half-faggot, man. Hey, relax! Come on. Sit down.
You mean, he's a bisexual. Yeah, he swings both ways. Men and boys.
[Girl laughs] What's so funny?
You know who came in today? Joe namath. You know Joe namath.
He comes in, and he wants coffee, so I brought him coffee.
And he asked me to sit down and have some coffee with him.
You had coffee with Joe namath? Yeah, that's right.
We were talking a little.
He wanted to know what it was like to be 21.
I told him I didn't know because I was just 20.
Yeah, what else?
That's all. Ain't that enough?
Hey, don't you never chew, Tony? Don't you never chew?
Hey, look, when my mother dies, I'll give you the job, all right?
You know what's goin' down your throat, man?
Big chunks of hamburger.
Big gobs. Like dog food. Dog friskies. Dog yummies.
You know something, Joey? He's gonna turn into a dog. [Barks]
[Both barking]
Stephanie, listen, can I talk to you for a second?
I was listening to what you said in there before, and you seem to know...
A lot of people and a lot of places and a lot of things.
Um, I got a friend of mine, you know, he's a very good friend...
And he-he got a girl pregnant.
He got a girl pregnant, and I wanted to know if you had to make a choice...
Between getting an abortion and have to get married to somebody, what would you do?
Well, who'd I have to marry?
You'd have to marry me. You'd have to marry me. Yeah.
I think I'd get an abortion. So long, Tony.
It's very nice meeting you.
So what'd you guys think of her?
Hey, Tony, I liked her. I thought she was nice.
I liked her a lot.
She's a snotty bitch, man.
She's cool. You just gotta get to know her.
Did you fuck her, yet? I don't think so. What do you think?
You guys got a lot of growing up to do, you know that?
A lot of growing. You're babies.
[Laughing]
- [Tony] Hey, Mr. fusco? - Mm?
I need the afternoon off. Sam's out. Harold's sick. Here, take these.
But-but, I gotta, mister fusco. Sorry, Tony.
Look, all I'm asking for is one afternoon off.
I've been here almost eight months. I didn't miss a day yet!
Not today, Tony. Come on, Mr. fusco.
Some of those old farts, they-- they miss
three, four days you don't say nothing to them.
Hey, cool off. Look, I gotta have the afternoon off. I'm takin' it.
You do, you're fired. I'm doin' it.
Then you're fired! Then fuck you, asshole!
And the horse you rode in on.
Fuckin' cocksucker asshole! Hey, Tony.
Tony, I-I don't wanna marry pauline. I don't give a fuck about this cunt.
So, don't marry her! Tony, I gotta marry her!
She won't get the abortion.
Everyone says I gotta marry her. Who says that?
Oh, fuck, her fuckin' parents, my fuckin' parents.
Fuckin' priest on the corner.
Her fuckin' high school guidance counselor.
Tony, I'm paralyzed. I got no more control.
I mean, you and me, Tony, we've been friends for so long-- I mean, I'm hurtin'.
Shit! You're always-- you're always together.
I'm always fucking up and you're always all right, you know?
I nev-- oh, come on. Everybody fucks up.
Really. Don't worry about nothin'. You-you're great.
I'm in a terrible rush. I hate to leave you like this.
You've got no idea how much I appreciate this.
I mean, this car's real important today.
Will you call me tonight? Yeah, I'll call you.
I'll call. Don't worry 'bout nothin'.
Take care. Yeah. I'll talk to you later then?
Call me tonight, right? Yeah.
You're gonna call me tonight?
[Horn honks] [Crying]
Hey, you know, Stephanie, this got me fired. What?
This got me fired. You couldn't do it on Sunday, so, uh, my boss, he fired me.
Well, I just wanted to get everything in so I could start fixin' up when I moved in.
Yeah. Nobody bitched at my office. I got the whole day off.
[Engine starts] Hey, I'm sorry.
Oh, it's all right. No problem. No big deal. I can handle it.
Come on in.
Now, put that over here.
Hey!
I thought you were gonna be out of town? I postponed the trip.
Um, Jay, this is Tony manero. He's a friend.
Tony, this is Jay langhart. Unspecified status.
How do you do?
Well, I've decided to leave you all the furniture.
What, are you kidding?
You're not gonna take any of this stuff? I'm gonna start fresh.
You picked out most of it anyway. Well, super.
Stephanie, I told you not to say super. Nobody says super anymore.
Uh, can I get you a beer? Glass of wine?
No, man, it's all right.
Hey, I read that book you told me to. You know, the-- kerr or the Lawson?
The kerr. Should've read the Lawson.
Listen, if I can help you guys move in, you just say the word. Be glad to help.
I'll get the rest of the stuff.
Stephanie, who is that guy?
He's an arranger, a record producer. He wants to do films.
Uh, he's going to move to a more expensive apartment.
I met him at the agency.
He didn't want his wife to know how much money he had until the divorce was final.
Come on. Let's go. I mean, who is he to you?
That's what I'm talkin' about.
He's a friend of mine, okay? He's a friend.
And I was living with him for a little while.
Are you in love with this man, or what? Tell me the story.
That's all I'm asking, is the story. No, I'm not. We had a thing.
It didn't work out. It's over now and he's my friend...
And he still likes me. He likes you. He likes
to have you around for a quick piece...
When he feels like it. He helped me, man.
You don't know what it's like at that place.
It's crazy. You don't know shit!
You know? I didn't know how to do stuff, so I'd go to him and I would ask him,
and he would tell me how to do things.
Then I'd go back to work and everything would be all right.
Otherwise, I'd be walking around like an idiot,
going, "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know."
He helps me. He does. He helps you. Helps you what?
Get in and out of the sack?
[Groans] He helped me. Is that what he helps you do?
What the hell do you expect me to do, man?
What do you expect me to do? He helped me. [Crying]
Don't cry about it. I mean, you know-- all right, so he helped you.
That's good for you.
All right. Come on. Let's get out of here. [Engine starts]
[Stephanie] I'm sorry. It's all right.
Don't worry about nothin'. Don't worry about that.
Don't worry about nothin'.
Stephanie, don't.
Look, we'll stop here for a while. We'll sit down. All right?
Don't stop. Just take me home. Just take me home, man.
We'll sit here for a while, all right? Don't worry about nothin'.
It's pretty, isn't it?
Sit down.
You know how tall that bridge is?
That bridge-- that tower right there goes up 690 feet.
They got 40 million cars going across there a year.
A hundred twenty-seven thousand tons of steel is involved in that.
The concrete there, they got almost
Three-quarter of a million yards of concrete.
That's right. The center span, right there,
is 4,260 feet long.
And with the on-ramps, it all together totals
something like two and one-half Miles.
You know all about the bridge, don't you. That's right.
I know everything about that bridge.
You know what else? They got-- they got a guy buried in the cement.
Yeah?
Know how it happened?
Well, they was working on it, apparently, at the time.
And they, um, I guess they were pouring the cement,
and he slipped off, you know, on the upper part of the bridge and fell in.
[Both chuckle] Dumb fuck.
What a way to go. I come down here a lot. I get ideas.
Oh, yeah? What kind of ideas you get?
I don't know. Daydreams, you know. I daydream a lot.
Mr. fusco, I come for what I got comin'. Ah, Tony. Come on.
Things got a little hot under the collar, don't you think?
What are you talkin' about? I don't want to lose you. You're a good kid.
Customers like you. I want you to stay on.
You mean, I ain't fired? No. Come on. Here.
Jesus Christ. I don't believe this. You got a future here, Tony.
Harold's with me 18 years. Since I opened. Mike, 15 years, huh?
Come on. Give Harold a hand. He's making a mess.
♪ [Disco]
Pete, what are you doing?
Trying to get up to 70 percent?
Whoa, man. I didn't know you hung your label on her.
What are you doing? That guy's the biggest cunt hound in bay Ridge.
- Oh, my God. I've been in serious danger. - It's no fuckin' joke.
- That guy's a fuckin' sleazy whore. - [Laughs]
I was dancin' with the fella, you know? Dancin'.
- No, no. No, forget it. - Come on. Let's dance, huh?
You disgust me, you know that? Well, what do ya mean?
Tony, I was just dancin' with the guy. ♪ if I can't have you
♪ I don't want nobody, baby
♪ if I can't have you Tony! Tony!
Oh, Annette, what do you want? Just look. Look.
Oh, Jesus.
♪ If I can't have you I don't want nobody, baby ♪
♪ if I can't have you oh, oh, oh, nobody ♪
[tires screech]
♪ [Latin dance, distant]
Beautiful, man. They got six or seven of 'em in there and a couple of chicks.
Why don't we wait till they get down to about three, four people?
Or one or two? Tony!
I'm thinkin'. I'm thinkin'. Tony, listen, you gotta help--
[together] Shut up! Shut up! Back up, all right?
What are you doin'? What are you doin'? What are you doin', double j.?
Tryin' to back it up! What are you, crazy?
[Tires squealing] [Bobby] Tony, I'm gonna get married.
Shut up!
Come on, fuckers!
[Yelling]
- [Yelling, indistinct] - Tony!
Tony! Tony, help me! Please, God!
Hey, what the hell you think you're doing, huh?
Ton!
Ton! Come here, it's me! Come on!
Let's get outta here. You okay?
- He chickened, man! Where is he? - [Tires screeching]
[Double j.] Go, man! Go!
Where the hell were you? Tony, I was just driving around.
Oh, Jesus Christ! I was looking for you. Where were you?
[Tony] Hey, Gus. Get the number of the truck that hit you?
Don't make me laugh. Do not make me laugh.
Look at this. We don't love you, right? Yeah.
[Double j.] We got 'em. Does that hurt?
You guys really, you know, you really kicked their asses.
Hey, come on. We got 'em where they breathe.
Eh? Italian style.
Yeah, that's great, you know. Only, uh, you
know, I ain't so sure it was the barracudas.
What are you talking about? You said it was.
I said it probably was. Don't be pullin' our legs now.
Wait a minute. You said it probably was. That's right.
That's what you told us. I said probably because I wasn't sure.
- I mean, it could've been a Spanish-- - stupid, fuckin' bastard.
- We almost got our heads busted. - Yeah, not you, lover.
[Tony] You got some fuckin' pair of balls on you, you know that?
Hey, you know, I had to say something. I had to lay somebody out for it.
What are you, stupid? You can't see who hurt you, right?
What are you doing? If I said I didn't know, they would have got off.
Well, fuck you, Gus. You know what I feel like doing?
I feel like breaking your broken leg. Let's get out of here.
[Groans] Oh, God, I can't believe this whole fuckin' thing.
You wanna know something? I coulda killed him.
- You couldn't kill a fuckin' crab lice. - What do you think I am?
You think I'm a coward? What do you think you are?
Enough of that shit, already. I'm bored. I'm bored with it.
Hey, hey. Geez, look at this. You're beautiful, babe.
Come on. We got the winners here. Let's get a table.
[Double j.] Yeah. Let's get a table.
How ya doin'? I'm all right.
And what happened to your face, huh?
I cut myself shaving.
With a switchblade, huh?
Come on.
♪ [Disco]
[Man] Climb aboard my magic carpet and let's take a ride...
To the oasis.
Feel my power.
♪ Open sesame
a big hand for Shirley and Charles tuck.
[Applauding and booing] [Continues, indistinct]
What are you booing? Come on. Be cool, everybody.
No way. No good. No way.
Now we have Stephanie mangano and Tony manero!
[Cheering, whistling] All right.
Joey, hey, give me another one of those, huh?
Come on. You had enough.
They're good. Come on. All right. Get high. It's your head.
That's right. Here you go.
♪ Oh, girl I've known you very well ♪
♪ I've seen you growing every day ♪
♪ I never really looked before ♪
♪ now you take my breath away
♪ suddenly, you're in my life
♪ part of everything I do
♪ you got me workin' day and night ♪
♪ just trying to keep a hold on you ♪
♪ here in your arms I found my paradise ♪
♪ my only chance for happiness ♪
♪ and if I lose you now I think would die ♪
♪ oh, say you'll always be my baby ♪
♪ we could make it shine
♪ we can take forever just a minute at a time ♪
♪ oh-h, oh
♪ more than a woman
to me ♪
♪ more than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ [vocalizing]
♪ There are stories old and true ♪
♪ of people so in love like you and me ♪
♪ and I can see myself let history repeat itself ♪
♪ reflecting how I feel for you ♪
♪ thinking about those people then ♪
♪ I know that in a thousand years ♪
♪ I'd fall in love with you again ♪
♪ this is the only way that we should fly ♪
♪ this is the only way to go
♪ and if I lose your love I know I would die ♪
♪ oh, say you'll always be my baby ♪
♪ we can make it shine
♪ we can take forever just a minute at a time ♪
♪ more than a woman
♪ you are more than a woman to me ♪
♪ more than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ [vocalizing]
♪ More than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ more than a woman ♪ oh, baby
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ more than a woman
♪ more than a woman to me
♪ more than a woman [Cheering, whistling]
♪ More than a woman to me
right on! That is the money.
[Chattering]
Hey! Hey, be cool, baby!
Here now, we have couple number 15--
[in spanish] Maria huerta y Cesar Rodriguez!
[Cheering]
Wrong neighborhood, huh? Tony, listen to me, you're gonna take the prize.
♪ [Latin dance]
Jesus Christ. They're so fuckin' good.
[Joey] How could they be? They're spics.
Look at 'em greasin' up the floor.
Numero uno!
[Double j.] No contest, man. No contest.
I don't want to hear that shit. They was fuckin' better than us.
- They weren't better, they was different. - Bullshit.
All right, folks! We have the decision of the judges.
In third place, we have Elizabeth and Joseph cursa! Give 'em a hand!
Second prize! From Puerto Rico. We have Cesar Rodriguez, Maria huerta!
Oh, fixed! You're doin' 'em a favor. [Jeering]
Don't spend it all in one place, baby. Thank you.
In first place, the coolest, the Fred Astaire of Brooklyn, the boogie-woogie man.
The man who gave you coolness, hotness and everything you wanted.
He was hot! He was right on!
Stephanie mangano and Tony manero. [Applause, cheering]
Come on, Stephanie. We won, Tony.
Come on. Come on. Come on!
Whoo!
♪ Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man no time to talk ♪
♪ music loud and women warm I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ and now it's all right it's okay you may look the other way ♪
♪ we can try to understand the New York times' effect on man ♪
♪ [continues] You put them down is what you did, huh?
You phony bastards! You know who should have won that contest.
My own fuckin' friends can't even be straight with me.
Gotta lie through your teeth.
Come on! What's up your ass, man?
We won it. Stephanie, that was rigged.
That's like family. They can't give it to no spic or no stranger.
What are you, crazy? We was just as good as they were, Tony. I know it.
Oh, you think so, huh? Yeah!
Here. Come with me.
Excuse me. Congratulations. Here.
I'd like to give this and I'd like to give you that.
'Cause I think you deserve it.
Goddamn it! Good is good.
If the spics are good, they deserve it. But we won! They didn't.
This is a fuckin' shithole, you know that? A fuckin' shithole!
Goddamn it. My friends, the assholes I hang out with.
I can't believe them sometimes.
Everybody's gotta dump on somebody, right? Of course.
I mean, everybody-- everybody can't do it straight.
My pa goes to work, he gets dumped on. So he
comes home and dumps on my mother, right?
Then the spics dump on us, so we gotta dump on the spics. Of course, right?
Everybody's dump-- dumpin' on everybody.
Even the humpin's dumpin' most of the time. All right. Okay.
Listen, would you just tell me what's wrong?
What is it? Get in.
Get in! Just tell me--
what the hell is wrong with you?
Wait. Stop it. Look, just stop it!
Let me alone, man! Come on. Get away!
You're such a fuckin' cocktease, you know that?
Don't you fuckin' call me no goddamn cockteaser!
You are a cockteaser! Why you hangin' around with me? Dancin', that's why.
Oh, dancin', huh? Why else? Yeah!
You wanna know? It's bullshit, that's why. Bullshit! Yeah.
I've just been dumping my bullshit all over you.
Sellin' my act on you.
Usin' you, making you think that I love you!
It's all bullshit, man!
You fuckin' cunt! Don't fuckin' start! You stop it! Don't!
[Groans] Ohh! [Whimpering]
Oh, Stephanie! [Groans]
[Crying] [Horns honking]
Ohh!
[Laughing, chattering]
I'm mad at you, Tony. Hey, Tony. Come on.
Annette's gonna give everybody a piece of snatch pie.
Oh, yeah? The fuck you are. I wanna talk to you.
What are you doin'? What is with you, huh?
What is with you, you little punk? What are you doin'?
What the fuck is it? You don't give a shit about her!
[Joey] Come on, Annette. Get in the car.
Come on. Let's do it.
[Annette giggling] [Joey] I told ya. You can fuck all night on speed.
Joey, whatcha doin' back there?
Hey, you fuck. The first is always the best.
That's right.
[Annette laughing]
Oh.
[Joey moaning] Yes. Yes. [Annette crying]
Joey? [Moans]
[Joey] Come on, double j. You're up.
[Double j.] See you guys later.
[Annette crying] [Double j.] Come on, mother.
No, double j. No, no. You don't wanna do it.
[Annette crying]
Fuck! Hey!
Aw, shit. With me she's gotta cry?
[Double j.] Goddamn, Annette. Come on. No. No. Don't.
Whoo! Yeah!
Whoo! Fuck! Double j.!
Come on, double j.! Come on. Whoo!
Give me a beer huh? Hey! Hey! With no pants...
And no hands! Here, beer.
[Joey] Whoo! All right!
[Joey] Fuck you, Manhattan! Come to Brooklyn!
[Continues whooping]
I'm so big, I gotta strap it to my leg.
[Joey] Anita says I got the biggest thing in town.
[Crying] Proud of yourself now?
Is that what you wanted? Good.
- Now you're a cunt. - [Double j.] What are you doing?
[Indistinct]
Where you goin'? Annette.
[Sobbing]
No. No. No.
[Sobbing]
Come on, Annette. I'm sorry. [Sobbing]
Annette, I said I'm sorry. I didn't want to do it.
Look at this guy.
Hey, Bobby! Hey, you punk!
Tony! Look at me!
Look at the punk. Bobby, get down. It's too dangerous.
Look at me, Tony. Hey, Tony, look at me!
Look! Hey, Tony!
- [Laughing]
- I'm not kidding, Bobby. Get down from there.
I'm all right. I'm all right.
I'm all right, Tony. I'm all right. Watch me.
Hey, Tony. Look at me! That's crazy. Now you're being crazy.
Look at me, look at me, look at me. I'm doin' it.
- It's dangerous. - Look at me.
[Tony] Oh, Jesus. [Bobby laughing hysterically]
[Tony] It's a long way down there.
Give me your hand. [Laughing] I did it!
Come back, Bobby. Come back here. Come on.
- Watch. - Don't, don't.
You're making me very nervous now, Bobby.
- Don't do that. Jesus Christ. - [Giggling]
Get over here. Get over here, right now! Give me your hand.
[Bobby screams] [Tony] Oh, Jesus! No. No!
- Oh, come on. - I did it.
- [Tony] What'd you do? - I did it.
[Tony] Come on, Bobby. Get over here. Right now.
No, don't get upset. Come on. We'll talk in the car. It's warmer there.
You didn't talk to me before.
How come you never called me? [Crying]
- I didn't want to fuck up. - You didn't fuck up, Bobby.
Come on. We'll talk, all right?
I didn't wanna fuck up this time.
[Screams]
[Annette screaming] Oh, God! Oh, God!
- [Indistinct] - [Hysterical sobbing]
[Police radio, indistinct]
Any of you guys think maybe he killed himself?
No.
There's ways of killing yourself without killing yourself.
Yeah. Okay, you can go now.
Forget the number, chief. We ain't gonna find nothin' out there tonight.
Shit.
Ton? Hey, Tony?
♪ I know your eyes in the morning sun ♪
♪ I feel you touch me in the pouring rain ♪
♪ and the moment that you wander far from me ♪
♪ I wanna feel you in my arms again ♪
♪ and you come to me on a summer breeze ♪
♪ keep me warm in your love then you softly leave ♪
♪ and it's me you need to show ♪
♪ how deep is your love ♪ how deep is your love
♪ I really need to learn
♪ 'cause we're livin' in a world of fools ♪
♪ breakin' us down
♪ when they all should let us be ♪
Stephanie? [Knocking on door]
- Is that you? - Yeah, it's me, Stephanie.
Hey, look, I'm really sorry about last night. You're sorry?
Yeah, I'm sorry, Stephanie. I just-- it won't happen again, I promise you.
I just-- I really need to talk to you.
What are you talking about, you need to talk to me?
It's like what I said. I need to talk to you.
Okay, listen. If I open this door, you're not gonna pull any funny stuff on me?
No, of course not. [Lock clicks]
First time I ever let a known rapist in my apartment.
Look, I'll just-- I'll just stay right here, all right?
That way you don't think that I'm gonna, you know, jump you or nothin'.
What's wrong with you, man?
Nothin'. I'll tell you later.
Well, you can't stand there. This is ridiculous. Come on.
I've been up all night, walkin' and lookin' around.
And, you know, I'm gonna get myself my own place.
You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gettin' my money and I'm comin' back.
'Cause I ain't goin' back there. Wait a minute.
Why don't you sit down.
Come on.
So, what are you doin'? What am I doin'?
I'm just not goin' back there, that's all. They're assholes back there.
I'm fed up to here with it. It's bullshit. Okay. Okay.
What are you gonna do? What do you do? You come in. You get a job.
Do what you do. Get a nice apartment. Okay, what kind of job?
I don't know. I-- what'd you do?
You came in, you couldn't do nothing, right?
I could type when I came.
No big deal. I'm an able person. I could do these things.
Yeah, of course you can.
Tony, I wanna tell you something.
Now, you know I said all that stuff to you about...
Using you, practicing my act on you, you know?
It wasn't true. There's a lot of other reasons that I was hanging around you.
What do you mean? You made me feel better.
You gave me, like, admiration, you know? Respect. Support.
Stephanie, maybe now that, you know, I'm gonna be in town like I planned,
um, maybe like, we could see each other.
I don't mean like that. I know what you're thinkin'.
You're thinkin' like I'm promotin' your pussy. But I ain't.
I mean, like friends, right?
You know, like you once said, we could help each other.
- Wanna be friends? - Yeah. I'd like to be friends with you.
Think you know how, huh?
Think you could be friends with a girl? Could you stand being friends with a girl?
The truth? I don't know. Yeah.
[Both laugh] I don't know. I mean, I could try.
That's all I can say, Stephanie. I could try.
Okay. Okay.
Let's be friends, all right? We'll just be friends.
All right.
[Chuckles] Friends, man.
♪ I know your eyes in the morning sun ♪
♪ I feel you touch me in the pouring rain ♪
♪ and the moment that you wander far from me ♪
♪ I wanna feel you in my arms again ♪
♪ and you come to me on a summer breeze ♪
♪ keep me warm in your love then you softly leave ♪
♪ and it's me you need to show ♪
♪ how deep is your love ♪ how deep is your love
♪ I really need to learn
♪ 'cause we're livin' in a world of fools ♪
♪ breakin' us down
♪ when they all should let us be ♪
♪ we belong to you and me
♪ I believe in you
♪ you know the door to my very soul ♪
♪ you're the light in my deepest, darkest hour ♪
♪ you're my savior when I fall ♪
♪ and you may not think I care for you ♪
♪ when you know down inside that I really do ♪
♪ and it's me you need to show ♪
♪ how deep is your love ♪ how deep is your love
♪ well, you can tell by the way I use my walk ♪
♪ I'm a woman's man no time to talk ♪
♪ music loud and women warm I've been kicked around since I was born ♪
♪ and now it's all right it's okay you may look the other way ♪
♪ we can try to understand the New York times' effect on man ♪
♪ whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother ♪
♪ you're stayin' alive stayin' alive ♪
♪ feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' ♪
♪ and we're stayin' alive stayin' alive ♪
♪ ah, ha, ha, ha stayin' alive, stayin' alive ♪
♪ ah, ha, ha, ha
♪ stayin' alive
♪ well, now, I get low and I get high ♪
♪ and if I can't get either I really try ♪
♪ got the wings of heaven on my shoes ♪
♪ I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose ♪
♪ you know it's all right it's okay I'll live to see another day ♪
♪ we can try to understand ♪