Original subtitles

Dear god in heaven, it's me, Frankie.

Look, I know I probably ain't

One of your favorite people down here.

I done some bad things here and there,

And I know I been asking for a lot favors lately, too,

So maybe I used most of mine up.

I know you probably tried to help me out

With this lottery thing tonight,

But the way things are going,

It doesn't look as if it's going to work out,

So i'm asking for one more favor--

Please don't add insult to injury here, god.

Please, i'm begging you.

I don't want to win the lottery.

I don't want to win the lottery.

I don't want to win the lottery.

I don't want to win the lottery...

Hi. Name, please.

I'm Frank pesce.

P-e-s...

C-e.

Ok, here you are, Frank. I'm julie.

Welcome to the empire stakes.

Follow me.

I have you down for 6.

Where's the rest of the family?

What?

Where's the rest of the family?

It's only me.

Oh. So, what are you going to do if you win?

I really don't know.

Come on, tell me the truth.

Do you feel lucky tonight?

You have no idea.

Good luck, mr. Pesce.

Hey, how you doing?

Good luck to you, man.

Yeah, you, too.

Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Memory lane himself--

Joe Franklin!

Ok. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

The big moment has arrived at long last--

The very first new york state lottery--

The empire stakes, with some lucky person

Receiving $6,200,000.

The very first in new york state.

I know the excitement has been mounting

And generating and mushrooming

And snowballing and escalating

And skyrocketing,

And the, uh...

Contestants out there,

The audience-- you're kind of palpitating

And drooling and salivating

And getting ready now for the moment.

The moment has arrived.

And the lucky, lucky person is...

Mr. Frank pesce!

Tony Bennett: ♪ OH, THE GOOD LIFE ♪

♪ full of fun ♪

♪ seems to be ♪

♪ the ideal ♪

♪ mmm, the good life ♪

♪ lets you hide all the sadness you feel ♪

♪ please remember ♪

♪ I still want you ♪

♪ and in case you wonder why ♪

♪ well, just wake up ♪

♪ kiss the good life good-bye ♪

Are you happy now?

Are you happy, god?

You had to do this to me!

You weren't happy leaving me alone, were you?

Were you?

I'll kill you!

Aah!

I never wanted the damn ticket!

Why did you give it to me?

I get up every morning!

I'm fine! I'm a nice guy!

I know I do some things wrong!

I was perfectly happy in my life without it!

You couldn't leave me alone, could you?

What's going on out here?

What the hell is your problem?

Frank, is that you?

And you!

What the hell do you want?

Get back in there, lowery!

What are you doing?

Don't you know that it's christmas eve?

A lot of good you ever did me, you priest!

A lot of good you ever did me!

I'm going to call the cops on you, Frank.

I'm catholic!

I can do whatever the hell I want!

Oh, tartaglia, the atheist is here.

Bring him in.

Honey, I got to go. Merry christmas.

Yeah, I love you, too.

Say hello to the kids for me.

Look, sergeant, you got to let me go, all right?

I ain't got a lot of time here.

This priest wants to press charges.

You messed up his manger.

Father lowery, i'm sorry.

All right?

Well, all right.

All right.

But why did you do it, Frankie?

Just let me go, all right?

Look, I just can't sit here

And bullshit with you guys.

Uncuff him.

Great.

You know, Frank, I checked on what you said.

Your brother is a cop with the 1-8.

You got no prior record.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You look like a nice italian kid.

What the hell are you doing

Throwing snowballs at the church,

Scaring the priest?

It's christmas eve. Don't you belong somewhere?

Anchorman on TV: AND THE WINNER TONIGHT--

Frank pesce of queens, new york,

Who will take home $6.2 million.

When his name was called

And he failed to come forward,

Ushers discovered that mr. Pesce

Apparently had left the drawing ceremony.

At any rate, congratulations to Frank pesce

Of queens, new york, wherever you are.

Turn it off, will you?

New yorkers are crying over more bad economic news today.

Some say our city is going down--

That's you?

Same guy?

Yeah.

And then you went and broke windows in the church?

What are you, some kind of mammalucco?

Yeah, well, it's a long story, you know?

You're not going anywhere. Neither am i.

Not until you make some kind of sense out of this.

I swear to god,

The only way I know how to tell this story

Is from the beginning.

I got all night.

You see, I got this, uh...

I got this curse.

I've been lucky since the day I was born.

It's like my mother.

She used to work at lincoln hospital,

So that's where I was supposed to be born.

But she went into labor at a bingo parlor

A couple of blocks from where we live,

So they had to rush her

TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL ON 29th STREET INSTEAD.

Actually, that was my first stroke of luck,

Because on that very night

Lincoln hospital ended up having a huge fire,

And the place nearly burned to the ground.

1-7. Vito, where you--

1-7. Hold it. 603 is the combination.

60 cents.

10 cents a weigh.

No, the others are straight action, shadow.

Straight action.

Madeline, hey, huh, huh?

717 for $1.20.

Mr. Pesce?

Shadow, i'll get right back to you.

Would you like to see your son?

Come on, madeline. Let's go see your brother.

Come on, come on.

Let's go.

My mom said he always cried

When he saw us for the first time--

My brother, my sister, me.

Come on!

We're going to be late.

I'm coming!

20 minutes from here to radio city.

I got you a hot dog. You don't want nothing?

I'm not hungry.

Come on, let's walk. It's such a beautiful day.

All right, let's go.

Come on, we got about 8 blocks, right?

Yeah, but we're going to see

Student prince. Come on.

When I was younger, my dad used to always seem

Like this giant to me,

This guy who knew everything about everything.

What are you looking at?

That.

What's that?

What's that say?

Oh, that says,

"Today is president eisenhower's birthday."

I want to get my name up there.

I wouldn't want to have it any other way, Frankie,

But only great people get their names up there.

How can I get my name up there?

You know, you got to do something big, Frankie.

Big.

How big?

Very, very big, you got to do.

How big?

Well, uh...

This big.

I guess every son

Wants to make his father proud of him,

You know, so he doesn't feel like a jerk for having you.

And I figured if I could get my name up on that building,

At least I could have left

Some kind of mark on the world.

Frank, Sr.: MAYBE YOU'LL SING LIKE MARIO LANZA.

You ever hear of him?

Frank: IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,

There were, like, 2 ways to make it.

One's the right way,

And the other way's the fast way.

And I got to tell you,

The fast way looked pretty attractive to me

As a kid.

Wow, look at that.

♪ you went away and left me a long time ago ♪

That's louie tucci.

He's the biggest wise guy in the neighborhood.

He's poison. Don't even look at him.

Yeah, but I still like his car.

♪ but you can't come in ♪

You'd be better off walking, Frankie.

Come on.

♪ I hear you knockin'... ♪

My dad could always talk circles around everybody.

I swear, the guy should've run for office

And been a politician.

There was this odd thing goin' on

Between him and louie tucci.

I knew my father couldn't stand him,

Yet they seemed to be spending a lot of time together,

Especially when my dad lost his trucking company,

Which i'll get to later.

Hi, Frankie.

Dad, you say don't look at the guy

Because he's no good,

Then you hang around with him.

You mean tucci?

Yeah.

Come on, Frankie. It's business.

You in business with that guy?

Never. You see, Frankie,

I don't want to be in business with him.

I don't want to spend any time

With a guy like that.

That's why you were with him?

Yeah.

Because you don't want to be?

That's right.

You mean, you spend time with him

Because you don't want to spend time with him?

That's exactly right.

If I spent less time with him,

I'd have to spend even more time with him.

So if you spent no time with him...

Then i'd be with him constantly.

I can't wait until I grow up, pop,

So I can know what the hell you're talking about.

Get out of here, wise guy.

Frankie!

Don't be late.

Mama's cooking ciccia baste.

Yeah, dad.

Growing up didn't help.

I still don't know

What the hell he's talking about.

Now, this luck thing

Kept on happening time after time.

Like I remember one time

I was hanging out with my friend jimmy vitello,

Whose father was also in the mob.

In fact, he was the biggest mobster in the tri-state area.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's go.

Wow!

Can you believe it?

It was just laying here.

Hey, let's take it down to irv's and pawn it.

I'll give you $5.00.

$5.00?

Are you nuts?

Thing must be worth

A couple of hundred bucks.

Yeah, don't be a fucking stiff.

Ooh, what a mouth you got.

You kiss your mother with that mouth?

Where did you get this?

Huh?

God left it for us.

Oh, well, I don't want him coming around here

Looking for it.

Get it out of here.

Huh?

Irv, you know who my father is.

We don't want to have a little misunderstanding,

Now, do we?

Jeez, all right.

All right.

You're something else, you know that?

Here.

10 bucks.

That's it.

Now get out of here, little bastards.

Go ahead.

Now, to a kid, this seemed very impressive.

All you had to do

Was mention jimmy vitello's father,

And, boom, you got whatever the hell you wanted.

So no matter how far out of line jimmy got,

The cops never showed up at his house.

However, a member of new york's finest

Did end up in our house.

My brother vito decided to become a cop.

Personally,i think it was like

Getting a wolf to watch the chickens.

Pesce, vito.

But at least somebody was doing something

For the family name.

Vallamone, ronald.

Meanwhile I hung around with a bunch of guys

Who were doing absolutely nothing with their lives.

There was lenny nipton.

You know, we called him needle nose.

This guy was the definition

Of postnasal drip.

Hey, Frank.

You know something, Frank? Girls love poetry.

Dig this.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Creeps, baby, in its petty pace.

Then there was dom the bomb.

♪ hello, Frankie, how are you today ♪

♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, now ♪

This guy actually thought he could sing.

What are you going to do? I got to lose some weight.

I think I got a gland problem.

Rocky sav had a gland problem

Ever since the day he was born.

Poor sal las benas.

He spit on everything in sight whenever he talked.

And then there was jimmy vitello.

Frankie boy, how you doing? Want to make some money?

$10,000 cash, tax-free.

Frank, we had some pizza the other night...

♪ and if you promise not to run away ♪

Extra cheese, sausage, pepperoni...

♪ 'cause i'm your... ♪

What cops?

...of recorded time.

♪ in town ♪

Forget about it.

While I was hanging around in the street

Bullshitting with my friends all day long,

My dad was out breaking his ass.

Ever since he lost his own company,

He had been working as a driver for some other outfit.

So every day he had to take the subway to penn station,

Then he would catch a connecting train

All the way to union city

To drive a truck 5 days a week

Through city traffic.

The yankees are going to win.

Get it out of here. Yankees, big. All right?

Yo, Frankie!

No wonder the guy had problems relaxing.

This city is going to the friggin' dogs.

We got to get out of here.

Yeah, yeah, I seen that.

We need a house out of manhattan,

A nice house with our own lawn.

That's what we need.

You know, pop, it's funny that you're saying that,

Because of what I been thinking.

I can't wait to hear this.

The way I got it figured, right,

Is that the future is in outer space.

Maybe I could become an astronaut.

It's the last frontier, pop.

An astronaut?

Well, think about it.

Look, pop, I could become

The first italian on the moon.

No, don't laugh.

I want to--

I want to do things that I never done before.

Oh, I see.

Why don't you try going inside

And cleaning up your fucking room?

Come on, pop. I'm serious.

I got longings and desires, like everybody.

Are you all right?

Is there little people

Going around in your head, or what?

Are you putting me on?

No.

See, because i'm talking

About reality here, Frankie.

Reality. You get it?

I'm trying to move us to queens,

And you're talking about

Picking up fucking moon rocks.

Well, you know what your problem is, pop?

Yeah, what's my problem?

Your dreams are too small.

Yeah. My dreams are too small.

Dean Martin: ♪ VOLARE... ♪

Frank: ANYWAY, WHEN I WAS 18,

My father got his dream and moved us all to queens.

He got his other dream, too--his own lawn.

Every afternoon, like clockwork,

He'd come home and set up the sprinkler.

♪ no wonder my happy heart sings ♪

♪ your love has given me wings ♪

♪ nel blu de pinto de blu ♪

So, what are we eating tonight?

Shithead ordered a couple of pizzas.

Could you watch your language, please?

Where the hell did he go, yonkers?

When did you stop liking pizza?

It's a waste of money.

But gambling is not a waste of money, huh?

Who's gambling? See me gambling?

I heard you took your son Frankie to the track yesterday.

You couldn't buy him

A miserable hot dog for a buck,

But i'll bet you spent $400 on a horse

That came in dead last.

Go ahead. Tell me i'm wrong.

Huh?

Do you see my name on these?

You see my name anywhere on these stubs, huh?

Oh, i'm so sorry.

That must've been some other guy

Wearing your pants.

HOW MUCH DiALBIA'S COST?

7 bucks.

7 bucks, huh?

You know it probably cost 25 cents to make.

So?

So?

So?

I'm a man of principle.

And I ain't paying 27 times what it's worth!

That's so!

Not for nothing, pop.

Did you pay for this?

You making a joke, Frankie?

My family could start a fight

Over absolutely anything.

What's the weather for tomorrow?

I heard it's going to rain.

That ain't what I heard.

What the hell did you hear?

Never mind, Frankie.

Where did you hear rain?

Madeline, I heard it on the radio.

The weatherman said it's going to rain tomorrow.

Typical, vito.

You listen to the radio.

They're always wrong.

Hold it. Do me a favor with the goddamn weather here.

With the weather, with the rain, with mars.

Who gives a shit?

Who gives a shit about sun and rain?

I do, pop.

You don't pay $10 to get your hair done.

My hair frizzes in the rain.

Vito: LISTEN, WITCH, LEAVE YOUR BROOM AT HOME.

Don't go out. Your hair won't get wet.

That was good one, wasn't it?

Know what, vito? I got a 2-seater,

So you can just jump right on with me.

Fucking shit!

Who's going to marry you with a mouth like that?

2 months later, she married a sicilian guy

Named tony.

And tony didn't make too big of a hit with the family.

Now, the vietnam war was raging full force.

Guys from the neighborhood

Were coming home in boxes every week.

We all got letters in the mail

And had to go to the draft board to sign up,

So we were about to do what was right for our country.

You know, I just developed

A theory on life.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

Ok, listen, because it's very complicated.

First you're born,

And you're like a baby, a child.

And then you start to mature a little

After you hit your "adio-lescence."

Then you grow old.

And then you grow older.

And then you die.

And that's it.

Rocky sav, no offense,

But that's the stupidest fucking thing I ever heard.

Rocky: ALL RIGHT, LAUGH,

But if you stop and think about it,

It makes a lot of sense.

Nearly a thousand 18-year-olds

From every part of the city were there.

Getting a load of these guys,

I figured we could win the vietnam war

In about 15 minutes.

Quiet down!

Quiet down in here!

Hey, rocky, whoa!

When you going to grow up?

Quiet down, you shitheads!

Street trash motherfuckers!

Marrone. This guy looks tough.

Yeah, he looks real tough,

Don't he, Frank?

Yeah.

Sergeant: ALL RIGHT!

As of this minute,

All of you here

Is now the property

Of the united states government!

Now, if anybody here

Has been in jail...

Who is out on bail...

Please move to the right side of the auditorium!

The whole fucking room got up.

You got to be shitting me.

Excuse me, sir?

Excuse me?

I really don't think it's fair

That we got to take a test that we didn't study for.

It's a goddamn urine examination, boy!

I'm sorry. I misunderstood.

I thought it was something else.

What's your name, boy?

Pesce.

Frank pesce, sir.

You know, pesce means fish in italian.

I don't give a good god damn what it means!

I'm sorry, sir.

Is there something wrong with you, boy?

No, n-n-not that i'm aware of, sir.

You got a high school diploma?

No, sir.

You ain't got no high school diploma?

No, sir. No diploma.

No, sir.

I think he likes you.

Ok, cover your left eye

And read line 7 on the chart.

"Tagglethorp."

Get out of here.

All right.

Pesce! Frank pesce!

Where the hell is Frank pesce?

Pesce!

Frank pesce, get the hell over here, boy!

Yes, sir?

Did I not ask you

If you had a high school diploma?

Yes, sir, you asked me that.

I remember you asking me that.

And what did you tell me?

That I didn't have one.

According to my files,

You have a high school diploma.

Well, yeah, I got one...

Just not on me.

You get the hell up there and see the psychiatrist.

Move it, boy! Get the hell up there!

You got 4 cards in your hand--

I don't know what I should do.

It's too early in the game.

You don't want to build it up the back,

Then you wind up in trouble.

You going to tell me?

Here comes general custer.

Jesus. Come here, Frank. I want to talk to you.

10 million guys are tryin' to beat the draft,

And only you can get away with it.

What do you mean?

You see this letter? Know what it says?

It says the united states government

Thinks that you are a calculated risk.

Is that good or bad?

It means that they think you are nuts.

So now the army knows

What the whole neighborhood knows.

You're fucking crazy.

I'm very sorry i'm letting you guys down

By not stepping on a land mine.

What's so funny?

I'm supposed to go to all my friends in the neighborhood

And say that my son's nutjob--

That's why he's not in the army? Huh?

You got to have mental illness, right?

And i'll tell you something else--

You're ruined! You're ruined!

You'll never get a city job! Never!

Oh, excuse me.

I'll just get a rope. I'll hang myself.

Mentally disqualified.

This reflects on the whole family.

Frank: SO I GOT OUT OF THE WAR,

But I knew it was no accident.

It was my lucky star.

All right, wait a minute.

I'm trying to figure out what I got here.

What do you have to figure out?

The Righteous Brothers: ♪ TALKIN' ABOUT MY DREAM ♪

Frank: MY DAD WAS WRONG.

I did end up getting a city job,

And it ended up being

The luckiest thing to happen to me yet.

And it would show itself in the face of maria rios.

♪ she's my groovy little baby, yeah ♪

♪ little latin lupe lou ♪

♪ ba ba ba ba lupe lou ♪

♪ a-shake it, shake it, shake it, lupe... ♪

10 train 30.

Ma'am...

They call it 10 train

Because it leaves 10.

Oh.

You thought that that

Was the number of the train.

I see.

What an idiot.

No, no, no.

45.

Ma'am...

Trust me. On my mother's eyes,

The train to pelham 30.

I don't care.

I don't care!

All right. I tell you what...

Why don't you come 45,

And if the fucking thing starts moving,

Jump on it!

Jerk.

Frankie, you're bad.

You know you got the most beautiful eyes?

Cut it out, Frankie.

We're going to get caught.

We're not going to get caught.

Come on, I own this place.

♪ whaah! ♪

♪ one more time ♪

♪ oh, come on, come on ♪

♪ come on ♪

Frank, Sr.: ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

I want to...

I want to make an announcement. A family announcement here.

I'd like to congratulate my youngest son Frankie, jr.,

Who bears my name, for having been fired today.

Leave him alone.

What are you, kiddin'?

You held that job for what--8 months?

That's a record with you.

I'm pointing out your progress.

Dad, I didn't like that job anyway.

Besides, I got a new angle on my life.

I can't wait to hear this.

Yeah, me, too.

Shut up!

While I was working there,

I was thinking, you know,

I never had to look at the board.

I always knew which trains went where.

I knew every schedule by heart.

You know what that means, right?

Yeah.

You got a natural talent for useless information.

No! It means I got a good head for numbers.

Maybe I could be an accountant or something.

That's a terrific idea, Frankie.

You can't do that on account.

On account of what?

On account of you're a moron!

Oh, stop it!

If they make you a detective,

Anything is possible, you hard-on.

Hey, don't curse.

Can I shoot him for saying that?

Now, hold it. Hold it.

I got something very serious to say here.

I've been thinking about that lawn out there.

Bluegrass of kentucky-- what do you think?

I got a relative in kentucky, pop.

Shut up! What the hell is it?

It's the best grass there is.

Grass is grass, pop.

You know, you don't know a damn thing

About anything do you?

Oh, marrone! Enough with this lawn already!

Yeah, you're driving everybody crazy

With that lawn.

Oh, yeah?

What happened, tony?

Got dressed in a hurry tonight?

You left your shirt home?

Why don't you ask her?

She hasn't done the wash in a week.

What?

What do you mean, "her," "she"?

Her name's madeline.

And what is she, your servant?

Oh, yeah, like i'm not your servant?

That's different.

Ha. How's it different?

It's different, that's all.

Pop, could you just not start tonight, please?

Ma, thanks for the spaghetti.

It was great.

What is this, eat and run? Where you going?

I'm going out. Can't you tell?

Where you going?

I got a date.

With who?

With a girl.

Hmm. What girl?

Vito: MARIA.

Who's maria?

You know the spanish girl from spanish harlem,

The one you told him to stay away from?

3 months he's been a detective,

And already, he's narcing on everybody.

Hey, he's right.

Ma, you know where my gun is?

Frankie, I told you to stay away from her.

Dad, she's a nice girl.

Did you see my service revolver around?

I'm late.

Look, I don't care how nice she is, ok?

She's spanish. She's a puerto rican,

And historically, puerto ricans hate italians.

You go up to spanish harlem, you're gonna get hurt.

Where's my gun?

Enough with the gun!

What, do I got to do everything around here?

I got to find your gun?

Maybe I should ride in the car with you?

Dad, her brother jesus

Loves me like a brother, all right?

Do what you want.

Bye.

Hey, jesus, how you doing?

Quit fucking with my sister!

Help me.

Help me.

Help me!

Help me!

Is this a catholic hospital?

I'm a catholic.

If i'm going to die,

I want to die in a catholic hospital.

Dr. Puccini wants to talk to you.

It's nothing serious. It's just a little problem.

He just wants to talk to you just for a minute.

You all right?

Looks good, huh?

How are you, Frank?

What it is? I'm going to be ok, ain't i?

God was good to you on this one.

If you hadn't received this injury,

We would have never caught

This other problem in time.

What? What is it?

I'm going to be ok, ain't i?

X-rays show that you have a tumor

On one of your ribs,

Right below your stab wound.

A tumor?

That's cancer.

I'm going to have to go in there and remove it.

What's with his eyes?

Mrs. Pesce: IT'S A LITTLE CONDITION OR SOMETHING.

Condition?

It's funny.

No, it ain't funny.

This guy's going to cut me open

And look inside of me?

One minute, he's looking at the air conditioner,

The next minute, he's looking at me.

Frankie, you got to calm down.

You got to take it easy.

This surgeon is one of the finest

In new york.

He operated on cousin ernie's lungs.

Cousin ernie's dead.

That couldn't be helped.

He died of a heart attack.

His lungs were clean.

Announcer on TV: THE NEPTUNE SOCIETY--

A simple, dignified, low-cost alternative

To the high-priced funeral,

Wants you to spend your money on the living,

Not the undertaker...

Oh, yeah, yeah. Look at that.

That's one of dr. Puccini's patients up there right now.

What are you laughing about?

It ain't funny, man.

Now, i'm out of my mind with depression.

I go see this nun on my floor for a little spiritual advice

To help me through all of this.

You know what she says?

Whatever is god's will is god's will, my son.

The truth is, that it was cancer,

But I ended up beating it because they caught it in time.

Needless to say, I recovered quickly.

Even though we lived in queens,

I WAS ALWAYS ON 29th STREET

'cause that's where the action was.

Tony Bennett: ♪ JUST IN TIME ♪

♪ I found you just in time ♪

♪ before you came, my time ♪

♪ was running low... ♪♪

The club was run by philly the nap,

The local bookmaker

Who smelled like he was constantly sucking

On a clove of garlic.

Philly the Nap: YOU DIDN'T FUCKING BET?

How can you get such great cards like this

And be so fucking stupid?

God protects the dumb.

You got lifetime protection.

How about this one, huh?

How does a guy get stabbed up in spanish harlem

And have it turn into the thing that saves his life?

The problem is, you got the luck.

You were born with it.

The pitiful part is,

You don't know what the hell to do with it.

Some people are born with it,

And they know what to do with it.

Now, if i...

There he goes again.

Philly the nap, a narcoleptic.

He would nod out without warning,

And a second later, he'd snap out of it.

How long was I out?

3 1/2 weeks.

You're a wise guy, right?

And you...

Learn what to do with the luck.

You got it.

Jesus, philly,

Take it downwind, will you? Phew.

I don't want that garlic.

Gloria!

What's up, baby? How you doing?

Frank: REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU

About the right way to make it

And the fast way?

The right way wasn't working out too well for me,

So I decided to try the fast way.

These heavyweight wise guys

Came up from mulberry street

To set up a gambling operation.

They chose the bakery next door

AFTER TALKING TO BILLY DeWOLF,

The guy who owned it.

Stay the fuck out!

Man: HEY, BILLY, HUH?

Frank: STILL BEING A JERK-OFF,

I went and looked for a job as a guy at the front door

Instead of looking for honest employment.

So I talked to jimmy about getting a job there.

Look, my name's Frank.

I was told to talk to you.

Yeah? And by who?

I--i can't say.

You know somebody?

Yeah.

But--but I can't say.

Who do you know?

I told you, I can't--i can't say.

What the fuck is his name?

Jimmy vitello.

You know, you should never mention no names.

Never mention names like that in this joint.

That's a bad thing to do. Never, never, never say--

You asked me!

Am I nuts, or did he ask me?

Frank: ANYWAY, I GOT THE JOB,

And I had enough money saved

To go in with vito on a car.

Frank, Sr.: HO! HO! HO!

Who's going to talk to the guy?

I'm talkin'. This is bullshit.

You know what?

I want to order this car before it goes out of date.

I'm going to order the car!

Let him talk to the guy.

Don't forget--white with a white vinyl top,

A rear defroster, am/fm stereo, tinted windows,

And a tilt wheel.

Vito, shut up, all right?

FOR THE 200th TIME,

I know how to order a car!

Just relax!

White with a white vinyl top.

What's this?

This is not our car, is it?

Yeah, it's the car.

What are you talkin' about?

I told you when you went in there,

White with a white vinyl top!

The guy said--

I don't care what the guy said!

I thought it was white.

We're partners on-- I don't want this.

I'm not going to pay for it, either.

What's wrong with it?

You stay there! Come here.

Come here! You stay over there.

Come here for one minute.

Look, don't fuck around.

White with a white vinyl top.

Come--

No. Stay there!

Dad, tell him to stay there.

What is that?

This is our car.

Come here.

Mungo Jerry: ♪ CHH CHH-CHH UH CHH CHH-CHH UH ♪

♪ chh chh-chh uh chh chh-chh uh... ♪

Hey, mr. Pesce. How you doing?

Everything all right?

♪ in the summertime when the weather is hot ♪

♪ you can stretch right up and touch the sky... ♪

Punk.

Pop!

You know, a man is judged

By the company he keeps, Frankie.

That don't bode to well for you, pop.

You're out here keeping company with the crickets.

You're a smart ass, huh?

I'm still very capable

Of smacking the shit out of you if I have to.

I mean, today you're watching the door.

What are you going to do tomorrow?

You going to hold some guy down

While he hits them over the head with a tire iron?

Dad, it's just temporary, all right?

I'm saving the money up

So I can do bigger things.

Yeah, like what?

I don't know.

Frankie, this is it.

This is all there is.

You get a job, you make a living.

You meet a girl, you get married,

And you have kids.

There's nothing else to it.

Pop, this can't be it.

What if I want to do something else?

Like what?

I don't know!

Will you quit asking me?

Look how miserable-- you're miserable.

You are. You're miserable.

You know what you got to do?

You got to find yourself a hobby.

A hobby.

That's right. You got to get something

That's going to give you pleasure,

Like me and my lawn--

Get out!

You little bastard!

Have you gone completely nuts?

Don't hit the cat!

The heat from his body's burning a hole in my lawn.

Ha ha ha ha.

Isn't it a big difference?

What?

The bluegrass of kentucky.

Different nothing, pop.

I don't notice any difference.

You don't notice no difference?

No.

That's because you don't have the eye, Frankie.

The eye.

What eye?

The eye. The eye.

What eye?

If you had the eye,

You'd know what I was talking about.

But obviously you don't have the eye, Frankie.

Well, pop, I tell you, I wish I had this eye,

Because then I would know

What the hell you were talking about.

Well, i'm just listening to a different drum, Frankie.

So now there are drums.

There's a lot of shit happening out here,

I tell you.

That's right. The lottery comes to new york. Take a look.

Yeah, yeah, you and 20 million other people

Seen that today, all right?

There's always hope, kid.

Not for you, pop. There's no hope.

Bullshit.

Hi, mom.

How you doing?

Perfect timing.

Get out of there! What's the matter with you?

Go wash your hands!

You come in bringing them germs

And sticking them in the sauce like that!

Hey, out of my chair, bub. Come on.

Who died and made you king?

Just get out!

I have to go to work.

I have a job,

Not like some people I know.

Yeah? What are you doing,

Staking out a slumber party?

Where's your father?

He's outside with the bluegrass of kentucky

And the eye and the drums.

Frankie, don't give him a hard time today.

Why not?

He got laid off from work.

He got laid off?

You heard her.

Would you go call your father, huh?

Get off your ass

And go call your father!

All right, i'm going!

That was serious.

We were just getting by as it was,

And I knew that we were in for some hard times.

Now, at the same time,

The neighborhood was going nuts.

Everybody had lotto fever.

Me, I wouldn't have anything to do with it.

Hey, rocky,

What you going to do with your millions?

If you don't play, you don't win.

That's original.

You're turning into

A freakin' rockefeller, rocky.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

My father could have probably supported

The new york state lottery commission all by himself.

He was going for the big one.

I know it ain't right,

But i'd been collecting unemployment checks

While I was working at the club.

It was lucky, too,

Because I picked labor day to cash that check.

The banks were closed. The pawn shop

Was the only joint on the block that was open.

Hey, Frankie,

How are you? Everything ok?

How's the family?

Good.

Your mother, your father? Your beautiful sister?

Everybody's fine.

Look, I got to cash a check.

You got an i.d.?

Irv...

How's my sister, how's my mother--

You asking me for i.d.?

Frank, i'm sorry. That's the way it is.

You got to have 2 forms of identification.

You know who my father is?

We don't want to have a misunderstanding.

Hey, hey. Well, ok.

For you, Frankie, i'll make an exception.

Jeez, thanks, irv.

But you got to buy something. Minimum of 10 bucks.

I got to buy something?

Yeah.

What am I going to buy in this place,

What, a fucking ukulele?

I'm no chase manhattan. Minimum of 10 bucks.

Irv, I swear to god, this looks like

The same shit you had here 20 years ago.

All right, give me

That piece of shit binoculars over there.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Frank, these are beautiful.

Everything's beautiful.

He wants to sell it. What do you think?

9 bucks.

Irv, come on!

I got to charge you 10.

No.

No, no.

Make up the difference.

Give me one of them lottery tickets.

Beautiful.

You got it, Frankie.

You got it.

Everything is a chore with this guy.

You got a beautiful pair of binoculars there.

Yeah, beautiful.

There you are.

All right.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

Today, irv! Come on!

Come on, irv, huh?

Come on, irv!

Don't forget the binoculars.

I ain't going to forget them.

Cost me 9 bucks.

Ha ha ha ha!

Put it on layaway.

That was it. I thought it was such a waste of money,

I never told my father I bought it.

And then it happened.

I was on the subway sometime in november.

Holy shit.

Holy shit. I don't believe it.

I don't believe it.

I'm a finalist in the lottery!

Right here! I'm a finalist in the lottery!

I'm not kidding! I'm not kidding! Look!

Wait, wait, wait, look at this!

Here! Here's the ticket!

I got a shot at $6.2 million!

$6.2 million!

Yay! Yay!

Mom, vito, you'll never believe what happened!

Mom, vito! Mom, mom!

I'm a finalist in the new york state lottery!

Are you serious?

Yes! Right there in the paper!

Oh, Frankie!

They laughed at christopher columbus!

They laughed at the wright brothers!

They laughed at einstein!

Mama, they even laughed at me.

But nobody's going to laugh at me

After christmas eve

Because i'm a finalist

In the new york state lottery,

And i'm going to win that $6.2 million,

And i'm going to spend it!

And, honey, honey,

I'm going to buy you a beautiful home

With a big lawn for me.

Frankie, don't worry about a career,

Not that you'll ever get one anyway.

Read it, kid. Answer that.

Who's on the phone?

It's madeline.

Madeline! Madeline!

I'm going to buy you a washer, a dryer,

Every appliance you ever hoped for.

Then--

She must have fainted.

Celebration!

Wine!

And what about you, detective pesce?

What can I buy for you?

Pop, can I talk to you?

Not now. I'm busy spending my money over here.

Honey, listen to Frankie.

Yes, my baby boy, who bears my name?

That's exactly the point, pop.

Yeah? So?

We both got the same name.

I know. It's my name. I gave it to you.

But it's my name in the paper.

What are you trying to tell me, Frankie?

Pop, it's my ticket.

What do you mean, your ticket?

I know. I know.

You don't think i'm going to share it with you.

Is that it, you greedy bastard?

It's my ticket. I'll buy you whatever the hell you want.

You're a riot, kid. You are absolutely a riot.

For a minute there, you had me going.

Salute!

Ahh.

What's going on?

Honey, it's Frankie's ticket.

Yeah, pop.

I went to irv's to cash a check

'cause the banks were closed,

And he made me buy something.

So--so I bought

Binoculars and a ticket.

You're telling me you bought one ticket?

I got 8 million tickets

Sitting in a shoe box upstairs,

And you bought one ticket.

Yeah, well, pop,

You know, I mean... I'm lucky.

Could I see the ticket, Frankie?

Yeah.

You're going to win

This miserable fucking thing.

You know that, don't you?

Yeah, well, pop, you know,

What's mine is yours.

Yeah, likewise, Frankie.

I got nothin'.

Suddenly, everyone was my best friend.

Congratulations.

Thank you very much.

♪ how many days ♪

♪ has it been ♪

♪ since I was born ♪

♪ how many days ♪

♪ will I die... ♪

He's a lucky bastard.

Frankie pesce is a finalist in the state lottery.

Frank: IT WAS REALLY RIDICULOUS.

I was 1 of 50 finalists.

Everybody was acting like I'd already won the thing.

Would you bet on a horse going for 50 to 1?

I wouldn't.

But my friends were betting on me.

Zippas was convinced I could do anything.

So he took us down to mulberry street

To this real big gambling joint

To see if I could throw some dice.

♪ tell me why ♪

♪ he's a stranger in a strange land ♪

♪ just a stranger in a strange land ♪

♪ tell me why ♪

♪ he's a stranger in a strange land ♪

♪ he's a stranger in a strange land ♪

Throw the man the dice.

Go, go, go.

That's too fast, baby.

Place your bets!

180 grab.

A 9!

How you feel?

I feel kinetic.

Kinetic. I love that word. I love that word.

All right. We're going to show them.

3 coming up. Place your bets.

100 says you don't make that 9.

Come on.

All right.

A 4!

It's all right. It's fine.

Let's try once again.

400 on 9.

Come on, Frankie boy.

Take their money, baby.

Take their money.

Come on! Come on!

Hey, hey, hey.

Ain't that louie tucci over there?

Don't offend him, Frankie.

He's got his own graveyard in jersey.

He'll cut your throat then go out for calzone afterwards.

He don't give a shit, man.

Yeah, fuck him. I have friends, too.

Hey, how you doing?

Roll the fucking dice, will ya?

What's with this kid? He got fucking palsy?

What, are you jerking off? Let's go!

Relax now, Frankie.

You can do it. You can do it.

All right. Come on.

Ho!

A 9!

Yeah!

Right here!

Let him ride.

Anybody got any briasci?

Fucking s.i.

Fuck it up, fat boy.

Then it happened.

I made history.

I was about to do something

Nobody had ever seen ever anywhere.

Incredible. You see this?

Frankie, ba--

Get that fucking kid outta here.

Gimme an ax, i'll chop your fucking hands off.

Come on. It's just a game.

He was really upset.

What are you looking at?

What, you think this is a fucking joke?

Hey!

I'm just playing some dice.

Come on.

Come here, you cock sucker.

Come on!

Come here!

Fucking douche bag.

Hey! Hey! Come back here!

Say good morning to vinnie, dad.

Ha ha ha.

You think it's a big joke, don't you?

What?

Hanging out with the mob guys

And shooting dice, huh?

What the hell are you talking about?

You're a legend on mulberry street.

Frankie fish's kid, the man with the golden arm...

You know, the golden arm and head up his ass.

Keep it up. Watch what happens.

Just relax, all right?

I'm having fun.

It's just recreational.

Ok, sonny, ok.

Don't get yourself killed before the drawing.

Then you can do whatever the hell you want.

Great. Thank you.

What the hell is that smell in here?

Smells like old gym sneakers or something.

It's pizza.

That don't look like

No pizza I ever seen, pop.

Just shut up and have a slice.

Did you make that?

Did I make it? Do you see your mother here?

Yeah, I made it.

It cost me a dollar to make $1.00.

The shit you buy--

7 bucks.

Have a piece. Come on.

Have a piece.

The dough's a little hard.

What's wrong? What's the matter?

Pop, pop, you get better pizza in korea.

Who the hell made that, michelin?

Put it in the trunk and use it as a spare.

I'm going to back to bed.

That's the worst pizza

I've ever had in my life.

The only member of our family

To appreciate my father's pizza

Was vinnie.

Obviously, my father's not the kind of guy

To sit around the house like a normal person.

The boredom was driving him crazy.

And remember, the idle mind

Is the devil's playground,

And in my father's case,

It was about to become an amusement park.

Hey.

Where the hell are you three going, huh?

We're going bowling.

That's right. Bowling.

Bowling, huh?

You haven't been bowling since christ left chicago.

Well, maybe we'll go bowling

And maybe we won't go bowling.

Maybe we'll do something else.

But I figured it would be nice

For a father to spend the evening

With his sons.

Got a problem with that?

You are so full of shit.

Ah, faccia due...

I don't know.

With dad out of work,

Our money situation was getting worse and worse.

The three of us decided to get rid of the t-bird

For the insurance money.

Frankie, Frankie.

What?

Wait a minute. Stand over there.

What are you talkin' about?

Stand over there.

Turn around. Come on.

Turn around.

Let's go home.

They found the car completely untouched,

Except for the damage my father had done,

Just where we left it in the bronx.

See, there are times

When you don't want to be lucky,

But that lucky star keeps on shining no matter what.

Bowling, huh?

♪ the best things in life are free ♪

♪ but you can give them to the birds and bees ♪

To make matters worse,

We had a $500 deductible on the car.

A broken windshield cost 380 bucks

And 40 for the tow.

Now we had to pay 420 bucks

To get the car back in the shape it was.

We don't-- we don't--

We don't have $420!

Well, insurance companies

Are not in business to be taken

By stupid idiots like you guys.

Oh, yeah? Yeah? Idiots, huh?

The car really did get stolen in the bowlin' alley.

I don't want to get into it again.

Yeah, like i'm 5'2" and blonde.

The car didn't get stolen

Because it's under his name.

You know him with that lucky curse,

They'll find it no matter where we hide it.

This is all your fault.

You know what? You're full of shit.

I'm full of shit?

Where you going now?

I got something I got to do, all right?

I paid my cousin leo a visit in budd lake, new jersey.

Together we figured out a way to dump the car.

Leo, you stinking crook, get over here.

Leo! What's the matter with you?

You know, this stuff really works.

Forget that shit. Come here.

Let me ask you something.

♪ money ♪

♪ that's what I want ♪

♪ lots of money ♪

Get in there!

♪ that's what I want ♪

30 days later we were told to go to the insurance company

To pick up the check.

The month had come and gone and no one had found the car...

As I was sure would be the case.

Let's not look like 3 gaboons going in there.

Who says we look like gaboons?

We look like a family gonna pick up a check.

Look like a pack of fucking wild dogs--

That's what we look like. I'm going in by myself.

You wait out here.

You don't want us to come in?

Frankie, tell him what I said.

I'm sorry, mr. Pesce, but it seems

That nobody's found your son's car.

Aw, that's too bad.

You know, my son Frankie...

He's been sick for the whole month.

You know what he says to me?

He says, "daddy, losing my car

Is like losing my brother."

I mean, the kid's heartbroken.

Gee, you know,

I feel terrible about this.

Listen...

Let me make one more phone call.

Oh, no, no--

Maybe we'll get lucky.

Yeah. Hi, this is lucy sills.

I was wondering if there was anything

New with case, uh...

"102169."

Thanks.

They're checking.

Yeah.

What?

Ivory gold mist?

Uh, no, no. Aqua velva.

Oh, no.

The car. Is it ivory gold mist,

A ford thunderbird,

License plates "my way"?

Yes. That's it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

It seems they found your son's car

Over the weekend in budd lake, new jersey.

Isn't that wonderful? I'm so glad I checked.

Budd lake, new jersey?

Budd lake.

...bullshit me. Automatic, my ass.

Budd lake, new jersey? Are you fucking crazy?

What the hell are you talking about?

They found the car

In budd fucking lake, new jersey!

What a coincidence. We got family there.

I don't think the insurance company's

Gonna put that together. Who'd you go with,

Your cousin leo, that fucking moron?

You, come! Drive the car!

Drive the car!

Shut the fuck up, all right?

Get in the car!

I'm getting in the car.

I ended up selling the car to my cousin leo.

2 days after the sale, it got stolen.

But that money didn't last long.

Now we were hitting rock bottom.

Frankie, give me the keys.

Come on, car keys. Give me the keys.

I got to go out.

Gimme the keys. I need them.

I'm going to the garden.

Come on. Come on.

Come. Come. Come. Come.

Got any money? What?!

You got some money? I need some money.

Dad, not now.

Frankie, look. I'm way behind here.

What do you got?

I've got $400.

Go get it.

No, dad. What for?

Frankie, I got a feeling tonight--

I got a feeling

That I can't lose on a fight tonight.

Please. You're my partner.

We'll be partners.

Not again, dad.

It's the first time I ask for money--

All right. I'm going to get the money.

All right. Hurry up.

Come on.

Of course, I got him the money.

Frankie, it's in the blue sock

On the left side of the drawer.

Believe it or not,

My father actually won on a fight.

So I went down to the club

To stop him before he did any more damage.

But philly said my father doubled his money,

Took the 800 bucks, put it on a horse.

He got it up to 1,100

And took off like a bat out of hell

With johnny cake and joe numbers,

Saying something about going to yonkers raceway.

What are you doing?

I'm waiting for you.

Is your mother up?

Yeah. She's up.

Aw, christ. I'm getting out of here.

Hey, what happened?

I lost 400.

Good.

Good. I was really worried there.

Listen, pop.

Why don't you let me hold the rest of the money?

There's no money, Frank.

I thought you said you lost 400.

Right. I lost the 400 bucks.

You had 1,100 when you left the club.

Yeah, I did.

That means you've got 700 on you now.

No. I don't have shit on me now.

How can you lose 400 out of 1,100

And not have anything on you now?

I lost the 400 bucks you gave me.

You lost $1,100?

No. I lost the 400 you gave me.

Then where's the other 700?

It's gone.

You lost it all.

No.

Yeah.

Technically.

Technically?

What "technically"?

You had 1,100 and now you don't have shit!

That means that you lost 1,100!

I don't count the other 700.

Oh, you don't count it. That money ain't real?

It's no good?

It doesn't pay the mortgage, the gas, the electric.

Look, I don't count it because it's their money.

You see, I gambled with their money.

I lost your 400,

But their money is their money.

You had their money in your pocket, didn't you?

Frankie...

I'm out of fucking work!

What the hell do you want from me?

Besides, what the hell are you worried about?

You're going to win the lottery

And then hang out on the street

And be a jerk-off for the rest of your life!

How the hell do you know i'm going to win that lottery?

Even if I do, it's not included in my plans

I'm going to hang out on some street corner.

I'm going to do something with my life.

Yeah? Yeah, like what?

I don't know,

But i'm going to get a real life.

And what am i?

A fucking cartoon character?

Oh, shit.

F-Frank.

Frank.

I'm sorry what I did to youse.

You listen to me, Frank pesce.

Listen to me good, huh?

I don't want to hear this shit.

Just don't you die on me, you bastard.

That's all. Not now.

Ma, relax.

You're not going nowhere.

You're going to get well.

You're going to come home.

I want the house

To stink of them rotten pizzas

You've been making.

I want you to see your son Frankie

Just make something out of his life.

Do you think I want to live till 106?

I'm not kidding, Frank.

I'm not kidding.

You and i, we made a deal.

We made a promise to each other

To live together happily ever after.

Antoinette?

What?

Come here.

Come here.

What did he say, mama?

He said, "keep the cat off the lawn."

Hey, pops.

Be careful with him, Frank.

You all right?

He looks good, doesn't he?

He said we ruined his lawn

While he was gone.

That's when I knew he was all right.

He was back to terrorizing everybody.

I went for the first available job I could find.

And I got one

Over at sheldon toys as a sales representative.

Listen, i'm from sheldon toy company.

I got the greatest little electric cars

You've ever seen. These electric cars,

They're incredible. The kids will go nuts.

You should order 20, 30 because the first day--

Bang! They're out the door. I'm serious.

I'm not kidding ya. How many would you like?

♪ you'll look so good that you'll be glad ♪

♪ you decided to smile ♪

♪ pick out a pleasant outlook... ♪

It was the best job I'd had yet.

They even let me order a company car.

♪ slap on a happy grin ♪

What's this?

It's my new car.

Yeah, white with a white vinyl top?

It's a company car.

You order a car for yourself, you get the right color.

Me and you go partners, you get ivory gold fuckin' mist.

Why not take it to budd lake and show it to your cousin leo?

Show him the car you shoulda got the first time.

This car better not be under my fucking name

With the insurance, i'm warning you.

Hey, vito...

Looks good, don't it?

Come here and say that, you fuck.

I'll give you "looks good."

Come here.

Then about a week ago,

Jimmy vitello said there was a guy

Who was real interested in meeting me.

All jimmy would tell me

Was that it had something to do with my lottery ticket.

Hey, pesce!

Get in the car.

I'm going. I'm going.

Get in.

Brr.

Ha ha ha ha.

You?

Yeah. Why,

What's wrong with me?

Well, nothing. I mean...

Last time it looked like you wanted to kill me.

Naw. That was just that night.

A lotta guys get killed

Because people are in bad moods.

You're a legend down on mulberry street,

You know that?

What you did that night with them dice

And everything else lucky

That's happening to you.

Got the lottery ticket on you?

Yeah. Why?

I might be interested in buying it.

Well, it ain't for sale, you know?

For 10,000?

You want to give me 10 grand?

Ain't that what I just said?

Word is you got a shot at this thing

With your luck and all.

Maybe you do and maybe you don't,

But if you want to sell and do the right thing

And keep it in the family,

Remember, i'm with you and you're with me,

And everybody's with us, capisce?

Hey, 2 minutes I know you guys

And already i'm in the family.

Well, you just think about it.

These things

Have a way of working out,

And i'm easy to find.

I'm hungry. Are you hungry?

Yeah, i'm hungry. You hungry?

Absolutely. I'm hungry.

Me, too. I'm really hungry.

Get the fuck out of here.

Frankie!

Frankie!

Frankie, come on, wake up. Frankie!

What?

Wake up. What?!

I really think i nailed it this time.

Oh, no! Get that out of here!

Not this morning.

Isn't it better, what you're doing here--

Staying at home,

Away from these mob guys

And all those hangouts?

Watch, you'll amount to something.

You keep your nose to the grindstone,

And you're gonna do better

Than that cop upstairs.

I never heard you talk like this before, pop.

Sometimes it takes something like this

To open your eyes.

Frankie, I want to ask you a question--

When you win the lottery,

You're not gonna use that as an excuse

To sit on your ass, are ya?

I'll tell you what I want to do.

What?

Don't laugh, all right?

I'm not going to laugh.

I think i'm going to go to college.

How about that?

A college graduate in the family.

You could be a doctor.

Why don't you put the cigarette out, huh?

She worries about me.

No, no doctor. What about a lawyer?

You be a lawyer.

Your brother can throw everybody in jail,

And you can get them all back out in the street.

Keep everybody busy.

Very funny. Come on.

First he'd have to arrest someone.

If he can find his gun.

That's culture, son.

I forgot to tell you--

Jimmy vitello called.

What did he want?

Go down and see him.

Don't make him feel bad, all right?

I got you, pop. I got you.

I'll see you, kid. Have a good one.

All right, pop.

Get out of here.

I love you can still sing,

Real good.

Come on.

May I say something?

Well, you know I got a bad heart.

I know you got a bad heart.

Well, uh, you don't want to

Break it, do you?

Oh, Frank.

I would never--

Wait a minute, now. Wait a minute.

Wait, wait, wait. Excuse me.

You're crazy, you know that?

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Can I have this dance?

It would be my pleasure.

Oh, Frank...

♪ please, won't you think that I am ♪

♪ unforgettable ♪

♪ too ♪

I went to the club

To kill some time before the drawing.

It was here that everything started to fall apart.

Hey, Frankie.

♪ o come, all ye faithful ♪

♪ joyful and triumphant ♪

♪ o come ye, o come ye to bethlehem ♪

Well, in a couple of more hours,

You're gonna find out if you're a millionaire.

You know I wish you nothin' but the best of luck,

You lucky son of a bitch, you.

Thanks, philly.

Hey, richie,

Where's my hot cider?

It's not hot yet.

You'll let me know before I die, huh?

Where's Frank pesce?

Uh-oh.

Right here.

Not you, scumbag. Your father.

Hey. Hey, hey.

Not in the club.

Your old man owes my uncle a lotta money.

I'm talking to you. What are you, deaf?!

What the hell are you talkin' about? What money?

What money?

Hey! Hey! Hey!

You scumbag! Ho, ho, ho!

What do you take us for, jerk-offs?

Your father been ducking us for 3 fucking weeks.

Not here. Not in the club.

You're fucking with him,

You're fucking with me!

You don't have anything to do with this, jimmy.

Bullshit, man!

You know why we're here, philly.

You want to start a war over this?

You come in my club at christmas eve

And you start this shit?

Get out of here!

We're coming to your house tonight.

We're gonna give your father a christmas present

He'll never forget.

Get the fuck out of my club now.

Remember who you work for, you fat fuck!

Get out before I cut your friggin' nuts off

And have them with my calimare!

What are you looking at, you potato-nosed sucker?

He called me a fat fuck.

Guys, go sit down. Have fun.

It's christmas eve. Don, sing a song.

Do you know anything about this?

Your old man's into tucci for 10 grand.

10 grand?

And he's 3 weeks behind, all right?

What is he, out of his fucking mind?

How can he be 3 weeks behind?

Hey, I don't sleep with your father.

How do I know?

He's got a mortgage, he's got bills.

He's losing his ass here.

Talk to your old man.

You got to help me.

I ain't getting friggin' involved.

I'll kill that son of a bitch.

Jimmy, come on, you got to help me.

Hey, I can't, Frank.

Why not?

I can't, man.

Forget it. All right?

Forget it.

Frankie, Frankie, i--Frankie.

Fuck.

Oh, thank god, Frankie. What happened to you?

We're almost late.

We got an hour and a half to get to the garden.

I was scared stiff. I thought you was hurt.

No. Everything's fine, ma.

Where's dad?

He--he's upstairs getting dressed.

Something wrong?

No. Look...

I been thinking...

I think that I should go to the drawing alone.

Are you crazy? He hears that, he'll go nuts.

Frankie, we been

Looking forward to tonight.

I know, ma.

I bought a new dress, for christ's sakes.

Frankie, what is wrong?

No, ma. I told you everything's ok,

All right? I just been thinkin' about it,

And I think I should go to the drawing alone.

That's it, all right?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute, wait a minute!

This is the biggest night of your life,

And you're going to screw it up?

Shut the fuck up.

Don't tell me to shut the fuck up!

Don't you guys ever stop? What's going on?

Frankie don't want us

To go with him.

You don't want us to go?

Just a thought I had, pop.

Well, it's a bad thought.

Get it out of your head. Let's go. It's gettin' late.

No, pop. Forget it. I'm going by myself.

Come on, Frankie.

What is it?

We put too much pressure on you, am I right?

You're afraid if you don't win,

We'll be disappointed in you? Forget that shit.

Let's just go and enjoy ourselves.

Whatever happens happens.

No, pop. This is what's going to happen.

I'm going up to my room, i'm getting my ticket,

And i'm going by myself.

Please get out of my way.

What's the hell's wrong with you?

You know what this means to us.

This is the most important moment

Of our lives, for christ's sake.

No, pop, it's not your moment.

It's my moment.

You leave this house without us,

Win or lose, don't come back.

With you setting the example,

I stand a good chance of losing.

What the fuck did you say?

You heard.

Frank, don't!

Are you calling me a loser?

I'm not a loser!

Have it your way, dad.

I'm not a loser!

All right! You're a winner!

Is that what you want to hear,

You're a winner?

What the hell did you do that was so great

Except gamble away everything you ever owned,

Including your own business.

I stayed.

That's what I did.

I stayed for 35 years.

I stayed and raised a family for 35 years.

I did anything I had to do

To keep a roof over our heads.

That's what the fuck I did!

You stayed, huh?

Big fucking deal.

You stayed? That's what you're supposed to do.

It would be better if you left

Rather than put up with your shit my whole life!

You squashed every dream I ever had! It's not bad enough

You pissed your own dreams against the fuckin' wall--

You took me down with you!

You don't know shit about my dreams,

Not a fucking thing about my dreams.

You think I gambled my business away?

You don't know

What the fuck you're talking about.

I loved my business.

It was the only thing that I fucking owned!

I didn't gamble it away.

They took it away!

That's your fucking big explanation?

It's the same old shit, dad.

You know something, son?

We were doing pretty damned good

Until you came along.

You know, I didn't want you.

Your mother did,

And she nearly died having you,

You sorry son of a bitch,

And I borrowed the money

To keep you and your mother alive.

Keep your fucking hands off me.

I got down on my fucking knees

And begged louie tucci to give me the money

To pay off the hospital bills,

And when I couldn't pay it back,

He took control of my company and my life!

You get this straight,

You ungrateful son of a bitch,

I am not a loser!

You get your fucking hands off me.

I'm not a loser.

I'm not a loser!

I'm not a loser!

Oh, Frankie.

This ain't right, Frank.

I'm not a loser!

I am not a fucking loser!

Please, Frank.

♪ fall on your knees ♪

Jerk.

♪ o hear ♪

♪ the angel voices ♪

♪ o night ♪

♪ divine ♪

♪ o night ♪

♪ when christ was born ♪

♪ o night ♪

♪ divine ♪

♪ o night ♪

♪ o night... ♪

Whoa, whoa, whoa! What do you want?

I'm looking for tucci. Do you know where he is?

No. He ain't here.

Who the hell are you?

I work for him. Want to see my fuckin' resume?

I haven't got time to screw around.

You can't see him. Who are you? Come over here.

Look, my name is Frank pesce.

Tucci wants to buy a lottery ticket that I have.

Couple weeks ago, he offered me 10 grand.

Yeah, yeah, I know all about that. Hurry up.

I'm freezing my balls off.

I want to exchange the ticket

For what my father owes him.

But he's got to promise me that he won't hurt him.

All right. You wait here.

You wait right here.

All right. It sounds fair.

You got the ticket on you?

Yeah. I got it.

Let's have it.

Buon natale, kid.

So that's that.

I guess tucci's a very happy guy tonight

Because he won 6.2 million bucks.

But I saved my father.

Hey, I had to do what I had to do,

You know what I mean?

Then I went down to the gordon,

Check the results.

Lucky me, huh?

The rest you know.

I went crazy down at the church.

You guys picked me up and you brought me here.

Do what you want with me.

I just want to go home

And make sure that my father's all right.

Go on home, boy.

Let's forget it ever happened.

Tolan.

Yes, sir?

Give him a hand. Take him home.

Anything else he needs.

Thanks, guys.

Frank...

You're no mammalucco.

Thanks, sarge.

God bless, father lowery.

Hey, Frank, want us to walk you up?

No. I'll be all right.

Hey, Frank...

Merry christmas.

Thank you.

Hey, Frankie, congratulations.

We heard about you on tv.

This is my girlfriend sheila.

She's been dying to meet you, Frankie.

This is so great.

Oh, god bless you, Frankie.

Mom, listen to me.

Mom, we got problems.

I got to talk to dad. Where is he?

He's in the kitchen. He's making a pizza.

We're having a party. Everybody's here.

Yay, Frankie!

My hero is right here.

Yay! yay! Yay!

Ma, everybody's here. Get rid of them.

Of course they're here.

What's the matter with you?

I knew you were gonna win!

The man of the hour finally comes home!

Congratulations, son.

Yeah! All right!

Excuse me.

Oh!

Excuse me.

What the hell are you doin' here?

I thought we straightened this out.

I don't know

What the fuck you're talking about.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me here.

Can I say something here, louie?

I want everybody to hear this.

Tucci, I can't borrow money off you anymore.

You want to know why?

My son Frankie's a millionaire,

And he's choosy who I borrow money from.

There's something I got to tell you.

Frank, you're not going to ruin my moment, are ya?

I've been waiting my whole life for this.

I'd like to say something.

I said some bad things

To my son Frankie earlier tonight,

Things that i'm sorry I said.

Me and my kid, we're big dreamers.

But my problem is

That most of my dreams didn't work out.

And I think I stepped on a lot of Frankie's dreams.

You know, you get a little older,

You get harder and you get harder.

Sometimes you forget what's important.

But today...

One of my dreams came true.

I found out why my son Frankie was born.

What is this, a fucking christening?

Where's my money?

Tucci...

You know what's in here?

Huh?

$10,000.

That's what I owe you.

Vito, give it to tucci.

Give it to him. Go on.

No. You don't owe him anything.

Merry christmas, pesce.

Likewise, louie.

What are you doing?

I owe him money.

Hey, hey!

You can't take that!

I owe it to him.

He can't take that money!

He can't take that money.

He loaned me the money.

I owed it to him. I paid him.

Dad...

I heard that you were in trouble.

So I gave tucci the ticket.

You gave tucci the ticket?

I gave tucci the ticket.

You gave him the ticket.

I gave him the ticket.

You didn't give him the ticket.

Did you give him the ticket?

Pop, for christ's sake,

Don't do one of these in front of everybody.

I gave the ticket away at the restaurant.

I gave it to one of his goons.

I got a call from philly the nap.

He told me what happened at the club tonight.

You're my son. I'm your father.

So I figured out what you were going to do.

The guy you gave the ticket to?

Big friend of mine.

Frankie...

You gave the ticket...

Back to yourself.

What?

We got it.

We got it!

You got the ticket?

We got it!

You got the ticket?

Right here!

You got the ticket.

He's got the ticket.

Where...

Where'd you get the money?

WHERE'D I GET THE MONEY, THE 10 Gs? JIMMY V...

Am I good for the 10 g?

You got it, mr. Pesce.

This one you're going to love.

Oh, no. I can't eat that.

Come on. Get in there.

Come on. Have a piece.

No! No!

Put her there. God bless you.

Buon natale, kid.

You bastard.

What the hell did you say to those guys in the car?

I wished them a merry christmas.

Ha ha ha!

Thank you.

♪ peace on earth and mercy mild ♪

♪ god and sinners... ♪

Frankie.

Hey, pop.

This is yours.

Frankie...

Did you know the first time I saw you,

You made me cry?

What you did tonight was great.

I want to thank you for it.

It's just a good thing

That you're smarter than me.

Uh-uh.

No, Frank, I ain't smarter than you.

I'm just older.

You know you said

Some beautiful things in there tonight.

But would you finish...

Saying what you started saying in there?

What?

You know.

About why I was born.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Why don't you go out there

And find out for yourself?

From time to time,

I think back on rocky sav's theory of life.

You know--you're born, you grow old, and you die.

Maybe that's all there is to it,

And we just keep making it more complicated

Than we need to.

My father's gone now,

But I remember how years later

When we were up at the new house on glencove,

Overlooking his new lawn of kentucky bluegrass

About half the size of a football field,

I said to him,

"I guess there's a happy ending for us after all."

"Happy ending," he said.

"I wouldn't have it any other way."