Original subtitles

This gang called the Enforcers, and they're after Amatulo.

Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz cordially invite you to the wedding of their daughter,

Doris, to Mr. Snake.

The Enforcers are moving past Blades and Rumbles and killing people over a piece

of city block.

That's the way it's always been.

And no lightweight ballet dancer is going to change it. Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Watch me try.

going. Dwight, I gotta get out of here. I'm not a tardy slipper. Are you crazy,

man? I've been chased all the way from the Bronx by some street gang.

All the way from the Bronx by a street gang? That's not bad, Amatulo.

What, you think I'm lying?

Of course you're lying.

Okay, you got me.

I have to admit, it's one of the better stories I've heard.

And a man in my position hears a million of them.

Yo, Dwight, you gotta do me a favor. I know it sounds silly, but you gotta say

something for me. You gotta say the silhouettes rule.

Silhouettes? I know it doesn't make any sense. You gotta humor me.

Come on, I am cooperating with you, aren't I?

Silhouettes rule.

That's good. See, but this time you got to put some feeling in it. Come on, belt

it. Throw it in the halls. Come on, do me the favor.

Silhouettes rule.

Who are they?

Not the silhouettes, but those are the enforcers.

Who are the silhouettes?

The enforcers are sworn enemies.

Come on, Dwight, let's go. Come on.

I can't leave my post.

Say something about the silhouettes, man.

Silhouettes are fools.

Everybody around here knows that.

You're right, though. Was that Danny Amatullo you were talking to?

Uh, it's a no, man.

I'm terrible with names, and there's so many of these kids.

Take it out, man.

Don't lie to me.

Go on, man. This is Al. I'll find him. See you around.

You need a ball tap.

What'd you say, man?

I didn't mean that.

Reflex. Lost my head.

Very close, man.

Don't play.

Bye.

Michael.

I want you to work this variation again, and I want to see some sweat when I get

back to prove it. Is that clear?

Yes, Miss Grant. They'll get a workout, and that's a promise. Okay.

I shall return.

Well, looks like I'm in command here.

And I want to see three rows of dancers in front of me.

One, two, and three.

Now, when I call out your name, I want you to take two steps forward, salute,

and boogie.

Dwight, slow down.

Dwight, you're hyperventilating. Now calm down.

Amatulo, all the way from the Bronx.

How am I supposed to make any sense out of that? Now, damn it, Dwight, relax.

That's an order. Mr.

Morlock, may I please?

Be my guest.

Dwight, sweetheart, try to calm down, baby. Breathe, breathe.

Deep breath.

One more time.

Tell us what happened.

There's this gang called the Enforcers, and they're after Amatulo.

That's really all I know.

They're here in the school?

Why do they want Amatulo?

I forgot to ask.

Sweetheart, where are they?

I don't know, but they shouldn't be too hard to find.

All right, Dwight, let's go.

Go? With all due respect, sir, shouldn't we call the police?

Dwight.

Miss Grant, you stay here.

This is a man's job.

Then you are going to need help.

Come here.

Look at this guy here. He's got a tights on.

Hey!

Hey, baby, put that on!

Come in here and take a look at this man.

Is that them?

Is that the ass?

I'm giving you punks to the count of ten to vacate the premises.

Yeah, what are you going to do, man?

I'll call the police.

Check it out, man. We ain't looking for no trouble.

But if he's what you want, he's what you're going to get.

You see, it goes like this, man.

Takes ten minutes for the man to get here, right? After you call him, it

us five minutes to trash this place and be halfway home. So you see your

problem, right?

What do you want?

I want to talk with Danny Amatulo.

Why?

Believe it or not, he's an old acquaintance of mine.

So if you could just tell me where to find him.

Well, uh, he's not here. See, his mother called. He's a little under the

weather.

Ah, man.

Looks like your weather just changed.

Hey, Tino.

Mr. Amatulo.

Need any help, Danny?

I don't know. Am I going to need any help?

No problems, man.

Just want to talk to you.

So talk.

In private, man.

Just a minute. Hey, if he says no trouble, it's no trouble.

Hey, don't pop.

When was the last time you took a bath?

Yeah, you know, I don't take nothing unless I can pawn it.

I believe it.

Johnson, Ray.

Leroy.

Maybe.

Used to be one of the jesters.

Mm -hmm.

Then I grew up.

Oh, yeah?

You know what? I'll work on it, man. Sounds like a good idea.

Yeah? Yeah.

All right. So let me know. You got it. All right.

Let's go.

Check you later, old man.

Bye, Leroy.

Excuse me, Papa.

Huh? Hot and fresh.

Yo,

Tino.

Where do I find you?

You don't, man.

I find you.

Am I too low?

You wouldn't believe it if I told you.

Try me.

All the enforcers are looking for is a choreographer.

So what do they need a choreographer for?

Because they're heavily into breakdance. So what?

So what? They're supposed to have a fight with the silhouettes.

What else is new?

What's new is that they're not going to fight. They're going to breakdance

instead. See, there's this kind of organized competition that the enforcers

the silhouettes agree to. The winner of the competition wins the turf.

Well, it's a lot better than zip guns and switchblades. It's a lot better.

But the problem is that the enforcers need someone to coach them.

I hate to tell you, Danny, but you're not a dance major.

That's why I hereby volunteer to buy lunch for Leroy for two weeks if you

me out.

Save your money and save your breath.

Yo, three weeks.

Six months.

Forget it, Danny. It took me too long to pull away from all that stuff.

I don't want to have nothing to do with it, period.

Hey, yo, you know those guys don't like to be turned down.

Hey, come on, Leroy, please help me.

Look, you got the wrong man. I'm retired.

Thanks.

Come on, Schwartz. I need a salesman.

Salesperson, and it's going to cost you.

Tell me something I don't know.

You did the right thing.

Don't I know it?

Look, I need you to help me do the right thing.

Now, would you want advice on whether or not to join a gang?

No.

I want advice on whether or not I should join the road company of pirates.

It leaves town at the end of next week.

Leaves for how long?

For about a year.

But, Leroy, it's a real offer, man.

I got the part if I want it.

And? And you know I want it.

How do you do?

Please let me by.

What's the matter, cutie? Don't you find us attractive?

What's the matter, huh?

Ain't good enough for you or what? Hey, monkey breath, get away from me. You

too, stretch.

You better leave her alone or you're going to be walking real funny.

Don't try and follow us.

Come on.

Daniel, Daniel.

Yeah? I definitely think I'm in love.

Oh, man.

Trust me, man. Cutie ain't worth it. I ain't talking about cutie, man. I'm

talking about the tough one.

I mean, she's bad, man. She's bad.

What's up?

You're looking at a very terrified person, man. You can't.

No. You're laughing and I'm flirting with major bodily damage.

Look, I'm sorry, Danny.

But I can't believe you couldn't find anybody.

Well, all the people who volunteered weren't good enough. And all the people

were good enough, well, they didn't want to get involved.

What about Donald?

You ask him?

Mm -hmm.

Donald's coaching another gang.

It's silhouette.

It's silhouette?

Are you serious?

Hey, yo, man.

You know what they say? They say he's the best.

He's like a legend.

Donald? He ain't no legend, man. Hey, man, don't yell at me. I ain't no

The dude's just got a good rep.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I think it's about time somebody gave his rep a little competition.

That mean you'll do it?

Me coach one gang and Donald the other?

That's right.

Yeah, you got it, man. I'll be there.

All right.

Hey,

back off, bird beak, or I'm going to rearrange your mug.

You know, I'm not trying to ask you or nothing.

What are you trying to do?

What's with the stupid smile? You want to let me in on the joke?

I get off on the way you stand up to me, you know?

My grandma would say you got spunk.

You know what spunk is?

Yeah, I know what spunk is.

Most girls are scared of me, but...

You got guts, you know, real guts.

I like that.

You'll never know how good that makes me feel. Now I have to get to class.

Wait a minute.

I mean, I don't even know your name. What's your name?

Octavia.

Octavia.

I'm Snake.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Snake. Now I really have to go. I was thinking, you

maybe you and me, we could go on a date or something, you know.

Maybe, you know, Chinese food or something, you know. Oh, no, I don't

Are you turning me down?

No, no, no, I'm not.

No, really, I just like time to think, you know, okay?

All right.

I'll see you at the school, Ma, all right?

Be nice to have something to look forward to.

Hey, take it easy, Octavia, all right, huh?

What's it like, really?

Hanging speakers?

Not that exciting. I don't mean hanging speakers.

Man, what's it like being out of school?

I mean, being in the real world.

Do you miss having a place like this to come to every day?

You know what I mean, man. What's it like?

It's a little scary.

But scary can be exciting, too.

Yeah?

So, I gotta go, but I want to talk to you about this more, Bruno, so take your

time finishing up.

I need to have you around.

Hey, Mr. Baca.

Go, go.

Hey, kid.

You back in school?

Sort of. Mr. Swarovski hired me to install the new sound equipment.

You're putting in the new stuff?

Yeah. Is that all right with you?

Yeah, yeah, sure.

Is everything all right?

You think Mr. Shirovsky gave you the job?

Uh -huh.

Well, then, everything must be Jake.

Hey, look, I don't know about you, but I've got work to do.

Hey!

So what I'm saying to you people is very simple.

Don't mess up.

Now, the competition has been set for Friday the 25th.

You guys can use the center for rehearsals.

Enforcers from 4 to 5.

Silhouettes from 5 to 6. And no exceptions.

And if anybody takes one step out of line,

Salios Mujachos.

Does everybody comprehend?

All right, now, disappear.

Hey, peacefully.

Keep going.

Where are the coaches, please?

Here, here.

Christophe, good to meet you.

Angel, Roger.

Hey,

Mr. Michael.

Except no substitute.

Well, I just wanted to thank you guys for helping out.

Thank us?

Looks like a lot of people ought to be thanking you. That's the truth. I mean,

how did you get involved with this stuff anyway?

The hard way.

I lost two brothers to gangs.

And after a while, putting flowers on their graves, it wasn't enough anymore.

Well, I think you're doing a great thing.

I figure if I can keep these guys from hurting each other, then it's worth it.

Because you can't beat them.

And you're a fool if you join them.

But you can try to change them.

Anyway, thanks for helping out.

I guess my only advice would be to go easy.

You know?

Remember, you're dealing with a lot of quick tempers that explode at the drop

a hat.

And that's exactly what we're trying to avoid with all this.

You hired Bruno Martelli to install the sound system.

Yes, Mr. Trump. But that's a job for a union man.

Larry, I'm sorry. I had no idea I was doing anything wrong. I knew Bruno

the work and that he was qualified for the job. But he's non -union.

But he needs the money.

Mr. Sharofsky, a week ago I turned down a two -week job that would have given me

extra money.

Do you know why I turned that job down?

Because it was non -union.

I'm sorry.

If I ain't been in the rules for myself, I sure ain't been in them for Bruno

Martelli.

So, what do you expect me to do?

I expect you to fire him.

Well, I won't do that.

Then I'll have to report the violation.

You do what you have to do.

Now, if you'll excuse me, this is my classroom. I have plenty of paperwork to

catch up on.

Bye.

Okay.

Look at what I've been taped to my locker.

What is it?

It's a totally illiterate love letter from a Neanderthal who calls himself

Snake. His name's Francis.

Would you change your name if your name was Francis?

Of course, but I wouldn't change it to Snake.

Point.

This was also inside the envelope.

I'm not sure, but I think that's a tooth.

A human tooth.

Yeah, it's Snake's. He got it knocked out during a fight.

Oh, it's Snake's. In that case, we know it's not a human tooth. That's

disgusting. To you. To Snake, man, that's real important.

He's been wearing that thing around his neck for years.

Why doesn't he put it under his pillow like any civilized six -year -old?

Look, I don't care about the tooth. Danny, I want you to get this subhuman

leave me alone.

Yeah, I'd have to have ravioli for brains to tell Snake what to do.

Doris, the guy is not normal.

I don't want him mad at me.

Daniel Amatulo, I can't believe you.

Doris? needs your help and you're sitting here acting like a coward.

No acting involved.

And when it comes to people like Nate, I am a coward.

No, no, no, Tino, man.

Look, you got all the right moves, but if you want to win this thing, you got

make it clean, man. You got to polish it.

Man, give me some music.

Turn it off.

Let me tell you something.

You can already do most of the moves better than me, but you just can't wing

You just can't fake it. I used to think I could get away with doing stuff like

that, but it just don't work.

How come if I can do moves that you don't know how to do, how come you're

coach? Because I can teach you the most important thing. I can teach you how to

work. Well, I ain't going to work until they leave.

Hey, come on, guys. Let's press. We got the gym at 5 o 'clock.

Let them work up. You know they're going to need it.

We're staying.

Maybe we'll learn something, like what not to do.

Hey, man, you better listen to your trainer dog, man.

Because me and my partner's got to squeeze your fat head out the door. You

it's going to get messy.

Donovan, would you get your people out of here?

Hey, I'm trying, man.

Why don't you put a muzzle on Motor Mouth over there?

So, Tino, let's get back to work, all right? Don't pay them any mind.

Look, man, stay out of this, all right? Stick to ballet dancing and leave the

stuff to me, all right? Tino.

Look, man, stay out of it, ballerina.

I'll be the first to say it, man. I messed up.

I should have never hustled you and got you involved with those animals.

I thought you said he volunteered.

He did, but I was definitely pushing.

You know, the way I figure it, they asked for a choreographer. They got a

choreographer. They can't hold on to him, so... I'm a tumor. No, sit still,

Hey, I got you into this mess, and I'm gonna get you out. I don't want out.

What do you mean you don't want out? I mean that the enforcers still got

themselves a coach.

Me. Even after what they did?

Especially after what they did.

Do I look confused?

Very. On account of I am.

You people don't understand.

I threw the first punch.

But don't get me wrong, that dude Tino was out of line, way out of line.

But it was up to me what to throw back at him.

And I threw this.

I heard you had every right to.

Maybe, maybe not.

But what this whole thing's about is trying to find different ways of

stuff. Even when it gets low down.

You know, I can't figure out whether you're some kind of hero.

A complete fool.

Well, I ain't no fool.

Not completely at any rate.

He's a fool.

You know,

like, you really hate me, don't you?

No, Francis.

Snake. I don't hate you.

You sure don't like me.

I never even done anything bad or weird to you or nothing.

Look, with you and me, it's not a question of like or dislike.

It's just that we're completely incompatible.

You know, is that good or bad?

No, it just means that we're two very different people and we don't have

anything in common.

We're both tough.

Yeah, but you can't build a relationship on tough.

Look, we're from two different worlds. We're like the star -crossed lovers in

West Side Story.

I saw that movie.

I don't remember too much about no lovers, but I remember there was the

the Sharks, you know.

Snake, it's not important.

What's important is that you and I cannot go out together.

It would be totally disastrous for both of us.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yeah.

You really don't like me.

I mean, you even lied about your name.

It's not Octavia. It's like Doris. Okay, look.

Octavia is my middle name.

Doris is my Christian name. Hey, Schwartz.

Oh, sorry, I didn't know you had company.

Schwartz. It's my Jewish name. I had a very strange childhood.

Oh, but mine was even stranger.

Yeah, I would probably agree on that.

See, right there. I mean, that's something we could talk about, you know?

on.

Look, agreed.

But now I have to go to class.

Doris, I want you to know, I'm not going to give up, okay?

Because then I know you'll lose respect for me.

Yeah, and we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?

Hi, kid.

Hi, Louie. How you doing?

Fair.

I guess Mr. Shirovsky didn't tell you, huh?

Tell me why.

You can't do this job.

In fact, you shouldn't have been hired in the first place.

Why not?

Because you're not a member of the union.

This is a union job?

I'm afraid so.

Look, I don't know if your Mr. Shirovsky knows anything about unions, but if he

does, he's definitely got a blind spot when it comes to you, kid.

Don't worry. I'll explain.

You realize you're raising yourself up enough.

Look, a kid couldn't grow up in my household without hearing about the

My pop, my uncles, my aunts, all of them, union people.

I know all about it.

What were you going to do with the extra bucks?

I'm just a modification for a synthesizer. It wouldn't mean much to

But it means a lot to you.

Yeah, it did.

And he keeps following you around and he will not leave you alone. So what does

he do when you keep telling him that you're not interested?

He just smiles.

That's it?

No, sometimes he drools a little. How charming.

You know, the more I tell him I'm not interested, the more interested he gets.

So what are you going to do?

Ask a friend for help.

Help!

Um, well, you could always try a reverse.

What's the reverse?

Instead of being so negative, come on to him like gangbusters. I bet it'll turn

him right off. Oh, no, you don't understand.

I don't think I can do that with Snake. When I look at him, my stomach turns

into acid rain.

Doris, you've got to look at it as an acting exercise.

Play the role of a woman who is genuinely interested in me.

If you believe it, you'll be convincing.

What if it backfires?

Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz cordially invite you to the wedding of their daughter

Doris to Mr. Snake.

Do people ask names? I don't know.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight. Three, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

See ya.

That's right. That's right. Keep going.

Why'd you do that?

Rehearsal's over.

Maybe for you.

If it's over for me, it's over for the enforcers.

Obviously, you didn't take a very good look at what was going down.

All right.

Got some business to take care of, and I need some backup.

Are you with me?

No. Not me.

I think you got your answer.

All right, I'm calling this dance thing off with a silhouette.

Because this is not the way we do business.

Am I right?

Man, give it up.

Don't push, man.

Now, I'm turning and walking away.

And any of you who call yourself an enforcer better be right behind me.

You pay for this, man.

I thought you said you had some business to take care of.

Count on it.

Man, somebody punch up the music, man.

Take it from the top.

Let's go.

It's Jurassic.

The sound equipment's been stolen.

I heard.

Everyone has.

I'm sorry.

Me too.

Are you in trouble?

Michael said he's working on it.

This is an equity contract.

Are you leaving?

What are you going to do about graduating?

I can take the equivalency test.

Wow.

Have you told anyone about this?

No.

I'm not going to.

Look, Monday I'll be gone.

And Tuesday there'll be letters to the people that matter. You know, telling

them why.

Telling them I love them.

You know, telling them the things that are important.

So why are you telling me this now? Why don't you send me a letter?

Because you and me are not people for letters.

We're people for songs.

I had it this time I thought the dream

would be mine Hoping to fly,

I thought Oh, how I wish I just

didn't care at all Cause when you

don't care

It won't hurt if you don't cry.

But I still believe in all my dreams

and all that I can be.

I'll learn from mistakes and all that it takes to

make.

To help me get through this part

And I swear I'll never rest

Until I am standing up there with the very

best Oh, but beg no heart that

won't rest

Sometimes it's all a day.

But I still believe in all my dreams

and all that I can be.

I'll learn from mistakes and all that it takes

to make.

Growing up teaches you a lot about goodbyes.

I'm not sure I approve.

Where's what?

The sound equipment.

You saying I stole your sound equipment?

How'd you know it was stolen?

Mm -hmm.

Pretty good, man.

But I told you you were going to have to pay.

But you didn't believe me, did you?

And I told you the enforcers were going to move on without you.

And you didn't believe me, did you?

Man, don't tell me about the enforcers, because you don't know.

You turn my partners against me? What is that?

What this is is a little game we're going to play.

Let's see if I can tell what you're thinking.

Okay?

Let's see.

Right now you're thinking, these guys think they've got me.

But I've got an ace up my sleeve.

I've got the sound equipment.

I've got it all stashed away at Stacy's billions.

How am I doing so far?

Now you're thinking, uh -oh.

They know that's where I hid it. And that means they've already got it.

And there goes my aid.

And if that's what you're thinking, Tino, you're right.

Oh, but don't worry, man.

We're not going to turn you in.

We're going to turn you out.

What's that supposed to mean? That means the enforcers are moving past blades

and rumbles and killing people over a piece of city block.

That's the way it's always been.

And no lightweight ballet dancer is going to change it. Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Watch me try it.

Nate!

Oh, I'm so glad you came.

Yeah? You know, like when I'm a tool, you told me you wanted to see me. I

figured you was pulling me on or something.

Oh, I'm sorry you got the wrong impression of me the other day.

I acted like a shrew, and I just hate myself.

Okay.

Don't act like that.

I don't know what the shrew thing is, but I know it in you.

Well, I'm so glad you're not mad, because I want us to be really good

You know, like, are you sick or something, Doris?

Snake!

We'd be good together.

I could expand our horizons.

Doris, I don't even know what you're talking about. What horizons? I ain't

any horizons.

You will. You will, Snake. I'll make sure you do.

What's with you, huh?

Where's the old Doris, the little tough chick that I craved, huh?

Well, that was just an act to cover up how scared I was of you.

Don't do that.

It was a test, and you passed.

Is that my toot you got on?

Yes, I always keep it close to my heart.

Come on, listen, I want to get it back, all right?

Snake, no!

Doris, come on, this is not going to work out between you and me, you know?

Look, I don't want it to you anymore.

Nick, please.

Give me another chance. Come on, man. Don't beg like that. Oh, I hate it when

you beg like that. Okay, I won't beg.

Come on, don't do that either, all right? Just give me my tooth back, all

Snake. Come on, give me my tooth back.

Come on.

Snake!

I want to have your baby.

Oh, man, you're crazy.

And for Best Supporting Actress, the winner is Doris Schwartz in her role of

Octavia.

Who's that?

It's Bruno Martelli. Just came by to see how Unionite does the job. Very

impressive. Piece of cake.

I tell you, whoever installed those speaker frames knew what he was doing

Obviously. Listen, Bruno, I wonder if you could do me a small favor.

Sure what? I got a call for a job today. No big thing. Some decent box, couple

of days work.

Thing is, I got this problem with it.

Let me guess.

It's non -union?

How'd you guess?

Well seeing as I'm in the union and all I figured maybe you could help me out

Thanks, thanks a lot

Break it. Break it down.

Break it. Break it down.

I'm sure it was fine. If they had had any problems, we would have heard about

by now.

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well, good night.

Good night.

Hernandez?

How'd you get in here?

Um, Mr. Koenig let me in. He's one of the janitors.

Yeah, I know who he is, but why'd he let you in here at this hour?

So I can get my stuff.

I gotta go on a trip.

Fernandes!

Where's this trip taking you?

To the stars, man.

To the stars.