Galveston (2018) Movie Script
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[RAIN FALLING]
[BANGING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[CRASHING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[HOWLING STOPS]
DR. FINELLI: So let's take
a look at the actual X-ray.
I think you'll get
a better sense
of what we're dealing with here.
It's your lungs.
You see up here in the corner,
that area that... that...
[MAN COUGHS]
Mr. Cady, we need
to talk about this.
- There's a lot...
- [COUGHING CONTINUES]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LAUGHS]
[BUZZER]
[RUMBLING]
Drinking on the job again.
Maybe I'll have one with you.
STAN:
Roy, you're working later.
You and Angelo are visiting
Frank Sinkowski tonight.
Feds are pressing
on the port probe.
Nobody should get hurt bad.
I don't want that now.
I just need the guy
to understand the right thing.
He just needs to play
for the team's all.
One more thing.
No guns.
What?
STAN: I don't want someone
getting shot
over someone's bullshit nerves.
Remember that trucker last year?
I'm telling you,
and I'm telling Angelo.
Don't let me find out
you went in packing.
- The guy going to be there?
- STAN: He will.
I'm sending him a care package.
You, uh, tell that doctor
about your chest?
He... He said it was nothing.
Well, that's excellent news.
Everything's fine, then?
It's fine with me.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[COUGHING]
[WHEEZING]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[WATER RUNS]
[THUDDING,
HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[WHISTLES]
ANGELO: Did you see the boss
with your girl?
Yeah.
Why is she with him?
ROY:
She's a slut.
Don't say that.
I don't need to talk
about her like that.
Then don't talk to me about her.
Let's go.
[CLATTERING]
ANGELO: I don't know how
she could go from you to Ptitko.
If she knew some
of the shit he's done...
ROY:
You gonna tell her?
ANGELO: She knows
exactly what she's doing.
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[GEARSHIFT CRANKS,
ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
ROY: You take the front.
I'll take the back.
ANGELO: Fuck's sake,
it's one goddamn lawyer.
[WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
[CLICKS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[GRUNTS]
[GUNSHOT]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[MUFFLED GUNSHOT]
[GUNSHOTS]
[BODY THUDS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [COUGHING]
- [GUNSHOT]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[GUNSHOTS]
[GUNSHOTS]
[THUDDING]
[CAR ALARM WAILING
IN DISTANCE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPING]
We have to move.
Come on.
We have to get out of here.
Move! Move!
[ANIMAL HOWLS]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
ROCKY:
Are you gonna kill me?
ROY:
No. Get out.
[TRUCK DOOR CLOSES]
[TRUCK DOOR OPENS]
[TRUCK DOOR CLOSES]
[THUDDING]
ROCKY:
Can I have a shirt?
Wait here.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
[RATTLING]
[THUDDING]
[SNIFFLES]
[RATTLING]
[RAIN FALLING]
Why'd those men
want to kill you?
Well, seems like
some kind of setup,
some bullshit over a woman.
How'd you find yourself
there tonight?
I's from Orange, Texas.
[VOICE BREAKING]
I knew this girl.
What?
Vonda.
She told me
she worked for herself.
I didn't really know
anything about that stuff,
so it was in the phone book.
Perfect Choice Escorts.
It was like a real business
in the phone book.
I didn't know.
One of the owners
of that real business
is a guy by the name
of Stan Ptitko.
You ever meet him?
ROCKY: No.
Maybe I heard the name.
Who's that?
He's the guy that tried
to have me killed tonight.
These three guys came in
and just kept hitting this guy
until he showed him
where something was.
And then they shot him.
They made me wait,
told me I was next.
So fucking happy
you killed them.
So we got away?
It may take a while for them
to figure out what happened,
but they can't let us go.
That guy Stan Ptitko,
he don't want any noise.
The only thing we can do now
is get as far out of town
as possible
and then find a place
to lay low.
After that, I don't know.
I really want a drink.
I kind of want several.
Like a whole pitcher
of single malt.
[CHUCKLES] Starting to feel
like I never needed a drink
as bad in my life.
Well, you're young yet.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
Maybe I can just tag along
with you a while.
Drop you in Orange.
You can go back to your family.
Mnh-mnh, no.
I ain't going back there.
You can just
leave me right here.
How much money do you have?
None.
I don't want your money.
I had my own money
in New Orleans.
You're the one who kidnapped me.
I don't even know your name.
I saved you.
Be clear on that.
Cheer up.
You're alive.
I'm buying.
[GLASS BANGS]
I'm Roy.
[POOL BALLS CLACKING]
- Hey.
- Oh, hey.
- How you doing?
- What's your name?
- Davey.
- I'm Rocky.
- Rocky, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I always fold
Whiskey.
I never lose a dime
In a game of chance
They'll surely
draw my number
Roy, this is Curtis and Davey,
and Curtis does rodeo.
Hey.
Y'all want to play some pool?
Every time
Because I'm long gone,
oh, so long
What's your problem?
You understand we're not
trying to meet people here?
I don't like it, but all
my money's back in the city.
What are you doing?
Cut the baby-doll shit.
I met a girl
And I called her
sweet Melinda
Look, I'm offering you
something here.
I'm saying,
you be straight with me,
and I'll be straight with you.
Then on the morning
of my wedding day
She and my buddy,
they ran away
- Deal.
- I'm a loser every time
- [KNOCKS]
- Another round.
You shouldn't walk around
so angry all the time.
You'll give yourself
a heart attack.
Can I have one?
You want whiskey?
[LIQUID POURS]
- I'm a loser every time
- Thank you.
- Because I'm long gone
- Cheers.
Oh, so long
Stay in a place up the road.
As long as there's a bed.
We can do whatever you want,
no charge.
You're disgusting.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCING]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
MAN:
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my... What a pass!
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Sideline left, in bounds.
Looking.
Gets it full.
A dribble to the key.
Stop and pull up.
No!
Rebound, reverse... Sam Jones!
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my goodness!
What a jam!
A reverse follow.
Sam has tied the game at 100!
[DOOR CLOSES,
MUFFLED TALKING ON TV]
[WATER RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
[SOBBING]
MAN: If the lucky number matches
the last four digits
- of your Mastercard...
- [RUSTLING]
...your Visa
or your Discover card,
if it matches
our weekly jackpot,
all you need to do now
is call 1-800-367-9444,
and that will be... that share
of that $25,000 will be yours.
And when that happens,
you could...
If you're sharing in the prize,
if you're sharing the prize,
you could win one
of our grand prizes,
which could be a Mercury Sable.
It could be a, um...
[BABY CRYING IN DISTANCE]
ROCKY:
Morning.
What's that?
Old shipping records mostly.
I grabbed them
from the house last night.
It must be what Ptitko is after.
You almost ready?
We got to go get another car.
Start calling me John.
All my new papers say
John Vatrinet.
ROCKY:
I'm putting my clothes on now.
I'm not trying nothing.
I got the message
last night, John.
What's that supposed to mean?
ROCKY: What?
You think just because
I don't want to fuck you,
there's something wrong with me?
ROCKY:
What? No.
I'm leaving you here.
What?
You're gonna have to
call somebody.
I'll leave you a few bucks.
- Why?
- [COUGHS] But I'm...
I'm leaving [COUGHS]
I'm leaving you here.
- Roy.
- [COUGHING]
Roy, you okay?
What the hell?
- [WATER RUNNING]
- [COUGHING]
Here. Here.
[SHUDDERS]
[GLASS BANGS]
We got to keep moving.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[BELL JINGLES]
[SIGN BUZZING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
ROCKY:
Won't you let me
Walk you home
From school
[HUMMING]
Meet you at
The pool
[HUMMING]
Get tickets for the dance
I will take you
Ooh
Won't you tell your dad
Get off my back
Tell him what we said 'bout
"Paint It Black"
Don't know why
Roy, can you stop
in Orange for me?
- ROY: Why?
- I just need to do something.
ROY:
Now you want to stop?
Somebody owes me money.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Get some money and clothes.
Just give me 10 minutes.
[RADIO TURNS ON]
Lonesome city's got
a hold on my soul
But people got their foot
on my toes
I got no woman
I can call my own
Lonesome city
Has got a hold
- On my soul
- [GUNSHOT]
Drive!
Drive! Drive!
[TIRES SCREECH]
- The fuck is this?
- ROCKY: It's my sister, Tiffany.
You can drop us off wherever you
want, but she's coming with me.
- What was that shot?
- ROCKY: He's fine.
- Who's he?
- ROCKY: My stepfather.
I shot a wall.
He got off lucky.
- ROY: This is kidnapping.
- It is not.
I'm gonna take care of her now.
She's gonna have a better life.
There's people looking for us.
Y-Y-You're bringing her
into that.
You think about that.
ROCKY: All right, baby.
We're going on a trip.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
ROY: Gonna get us off the road
for a bit, let the dust settle.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
[BELL JINGLES]
- Help you?
- Two single, each for a week.
They yours?
Nieces, my sister's.
$387 with tax.
You're a darling little girl.
How old are you?
ROCKY:
3 1/2.
Well...
[KEYS JINGLE]
105 and 106, just right outside.
I'm Nancy Covington.
I'm always here.
I'm good friends with lots
of policemen, just so you know.
I mind what goes on
in those rooms.
I appreciate it, Nance.
Good Lord, that's
a beautiful little girl.
You're the cutest thing
I ever did see.
- ROCKY: What do you say?
- TIFFANY: Thank you.
ROCKY:
Thank you.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
MAN: Every day,
I hear complaints from you!
Who paid for the room?
Who takes care of the kid?
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
Here's your shirt back.
Can I have a cigarette?
I've been thinking.
How old are you?
Mm... 40.
I'm 19.
Man, that's nothing, right,
no matter what's happened?
That's right. You got... You got
your whole life ahead of you.
You can start your life over
three, four times if you want.
ROCKY:
What were you doing at 19?
Running playback bets
in Louisiana
and Mississippi mostly.
ROCKY:
How'd you get into that?
Hmm.
ROCKY: Think I really kind of
fucked things up.
You don't need to
think about it that way.
ROCKY:
I grew up in Orange.
Nothing changed out there.
Hot, same fields, same grass.
Nothing to do day after day.
I just kept thinking
I wanted a real life.
You want to leave, it's okay.
Get some sleep.
We'll figure it out tomorrow.
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[MUMBLING]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- [GASPS]
I had a nightmare.
Can I stay with you?
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
ROY: What?
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
MAN:
Hot one over here.
WOMAN: The one on the grill
or the one standing?
[LAUGHTER]
GERALD: No word on the Kestrel.
I just found out.
So that's a bust.
I don't know what that is.
Offshore rig.
Well, we came down here
'cause I was supposed to
get work on one
for City Service.
Mama said she's hungry.
She don't need no sausage.
You tell her I said so.
Well, I get down here, and they
say they never hired me.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I tell them I got a letter.
Well, they tell me the letter
don't say what it says,
and I'm holding the letter.
You got another?
ROCKY: You know, she's never
been to the ocean.
[BIRDS SQUAWKING,
INDISTINCT TALKING]
Aah!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[LAUGHS]
Thank you.
[LAUGHS]
[GIGGLES]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
TRAY: Hey, brother.
Want a cold one?
I got a long-term deal here,
kind of come and go as I please.
I seen a lot of crazy shit
but never a murder.
One of the kids finally said
something to the owner.
I guess he did it to her
earlier in the day.
Where'd you do your time, bro?
Them girls your nieces?
ROY: Yeah.
Yeah, we're on vacation.
Cool. Listen, I was...
I was wantin' to talk to you.
I was... I was wondering if
you're looking for work at all
while you're, you know,
on vacation.
Yeah, what you got, kid?
TRAY:
Got like $20,000, man.
There's a guy runs a clinic
on Broadway.
Place is a drug jug.
I know the cleaning lady.
What?
You take down doctors?
I am a thief,
and I'm a real, real good one.
This guy has a sampler pharmacy
on the premises.
I'm talking now benzies, dixies,
biphetamine, amphetamine.
My maid, she fronted me
Polaroids of the layout.
Three days for us to move it
in Corpus and Houston.
$20,000 might be
low-balling it, even.
ROY:
What do you need me for?
I need somebody to front a van,
help me move it.
I got all the clients,
but, you know,
people wanting product are,
more or less, scum of the earth.
Someone like you at the table
when the deal goes down,
things go smoother.
You seem like a good kid,
but you got the wrong idea.
We're just down
for some sun and waves.
You could take care
of them girls a lot better
with this score.
You don't need 10 grand, man?
Not where I'm going.
Thanks for the beer.
[DOOR OPENS]
[BOTTLE CAP CLATTERS]
[RINGING]
DR. FINELLI:
Who is this?
ROY: You know who this is,
you son of a bitch.
You took pictures of my lungs.
DR. FINELLI:
Yes. I remember, Mr. Cade.
ROY:
How long do I have?
DR. FINELLI:
I can't say. I just...
ROY:
How long?
DR. FINELLI:
You need to come back in.
We need... Roy, you didn't...
We need to do a biopsy.
You just left, and we...
You sawbone quack motherfucker.
You want me to come back in?
I'll come back in, see about
getting a straight answer.
- DR. FINELLI: Roy.
- I got the address.
It's right here.
DR. FINELLI: Wait just a minute.
You got...
2341 Royale.
DR. FINELLI:
How did you get that address?
You can't just call here
at this hour of the night.
Your wife know
about the gambling? Hmm?
DR. FINELLI: My wife?
What are you talking about it?
She know how deep in
you are with Ptitko,
you degenerate prick?
I'll come pay you
a fucking visit.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Oh! [LAUGHS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
It's okay.
It's okay.
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
TRAY:
Hi, there.
Hi.
TRAY:
Good dive.
Thank you.
- TRAY: What's your name?
- ROCKY: Rocky.
TRAY:
You on vacation?
Mm-hmm.
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
TRAY:
Where y'all coming from?
ROCKY:
We's from Orange, Texas.
TRAY:
Your Uncle John from there, too?
WOMAN:
I got it, baby.
ROCKY: No.
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
I think watching
a game in the dark,
you lose all sense of time,
so to speak.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Well, they always use
the backup system anyways.
The stopwatches down
in the timekeeper's tent
just in case
something does happen
during the course
of the period.
What we'll probably see...
And just use the stopwatch...
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES,
ENGINE STARTS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
You can do it so good!
[GASPS]
- [LAUGHS]
- I can do it myself.
WOMAN:
You can.
ROY:
No, no, nothing like that.
Just... Just leaving Galveston,
remembered you were close.
No, I-I was on a welding job
out on... on a rig.
It's over now.
No, I don't...
I don't want nothing.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON RADIO]
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
IN DISTANCE]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[DOG BARKS]
[DOG BARKING]
Loraine, Loraine.
LORAINE:
What do you want?
Talk, catch up a little.
Just passing through.
LORAINE:
I told you I was busy.
[SIGHS] Okay,
just for a minute, though.
But you come inside here.
I don't want you out front.
Seems you changed your mind
about marriage.
Well, when you meet
the right man...
What are you doing here?
Well, like I said, I was just
passing through, and I-I...
and I was... curious
to hear how you been.
Been? Been since when,
11 years ago?
Yeah.
The last 11 years
have been absolutely wonderful.
There.
You know, you're not as handsome
as I used to think.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I actually get that a lot.
You're drunk.
You really can't stick around.
I am busy.
Well, I'm not staying.
I'm going, leaving town.
I was just...
You remember when
we went to Galveston?
You remember that week
when you...
you told me about your sister
and your dad.
Remember?
I was remembering that we were
drunk on mojitos before noon,
and we were just
scarfing crabmeat.
[LAUGHING] And we cou...
we couldn't get the smell off.
We were showering off,
and it... it rained,
and we went inside,
just stayed inside.
Just two days, just,
you know, fuckin'.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Mm-hmm.
I'm a dynamite piece of ass.
- ROY: Yes, you are.
- Hmm. Thank you, Roy.
I can't do this
all day with you.
I'm just leaving t-the country,
and I was thinking, uh...
We... We... I... We...
I believe we had good times.
LORAINE: I was glad
when you went to prison.
[SIGHS]
Look, the past isn't real.
You... You remember it
how you want to remember it.
You'd sober up for a week,
and then you'd start
talking about how things
are gonna be different,
and then you'd be drunk
for three weeks straight.
You made it so that
I couldn't be around you
without being shit-faced.
And you threw me
around a little.
You remember that?
What'd you ever like
about me, then?
I don't remember.
There haven't been many
like you for me.
You see this here?
It sends an alarm
to all those Hallivan boys
that patrol the neighborhood.
I was just saying goodbye.
Sure you were.
I'm dying.
Aren't we all?
[SNIFFLES]
[SNIFFLES]
Do you think I look pretty?
[SNIFFLES]
[SOBBING]
It'll only be for
a few hours tonight.
I'll have money
for you tomorrow.
Well, we really do enjoy her.
NANCY:
What are you up to?
How you bringing money back
when you haven't had any here?
Well, I got a job today
at this restaurant on the strip.
I'm a hostess at Scarpetto's.
I get a tip-out.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, right.
DEE:
Good for you.
We'll take care of her.
Of course we will.
Thank you.
You're just drunk, baby.
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
[HORNS BLARING IN DISTANCE]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
[BELL JINGLES]
Hello! Hello!
Hello!
Hey. Do you know where, uh...
You know, normally I let folks
keep to themselves,
but after what happened here,
that man murdering his wife,
I got to know what's going on.
That gal of yours,
she had men in her room
twice since you left.
She's been putting that little
baby off on Dee and Nonie,
and I believe
there was some confusion
as to whether you would be back.
Of course I would.
I paid up.
How's the kid?
NANCY:
She deserves better than this.
You know, I don't know if you're
that gal's pimp or not,
but you look like hell,
and you smell like it, too.
Normally, I'd have had you
tossed out of here,
called the sheriff's,
but that little one,
she don't need to be
put in no system.
However bad you think
she has it,
where she's coming from
was worse.
Now, her sister's just a girl
I helped out, bad spot.
Look, I didn't know her
till a few days back.
- She wanted a ride to Texas.
- NANCY: Who are you?
I'm just a guy who tried
to help out a couple people,
and it's brought me here.
[LAUGHS]
ROY:
Listen, they're not my problem.
I'll call the sheriff myself,
tell him some hitchhiking tramp
dropped her kid off on me.
NANCY: I don't think
you're gonna call any sheriff
and say anything,
but I do think
if you were gonna leave
those girls, you would've.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
- TIFFANY: Ice cream cone.
- WOMAN: Ice cream cone?
[DOG BARKING]
ROY:
I'm looking for the girl.
You seen her?
TRAY:
Saw you leave.
Saw you toss the paper,
dug it out the trash.
I's just reading along,
realized,
hey, them girls in that article
got the same name
as these girls here.
One plus one, you know?
Ain't none of my business, man.
I ain't got no desire
to screw you over or nothing.
I'm just saying, you know,
if it come to that.
Come to what?
TRAY: Listen, if I don't have
a partner for that score,
I could get busted.
Cops come down on me hard,
I could break easy.
But I could say, "Listen,
y'all lend me some grace,
and I can give you a murder.
I can tell you something
about some missing girls."
I ain't a rat.
I'm just... I'm just saying.
Let's make some money, man,
you know?
Just come check out
the place with me.
I'll lay it all out for you,
and you'll see I'm a pro, man.
I'm a pro.
All right.
I want to wait till dark,
though.
People around here probably
shouldn't see us hanging out,
so meet me in the parking lot
down by the Zippy Trip, 8:00.
You're paranoid, brah.
[CHUCKLES]
Ain't nobody here
gonna know anything.
You want me in, we're gonna
start being careful right now.
If I could only fly
If I could only fly
I'd bid this place goodbye
To come and be with you
But I can hardly stand
Got nowhere to run
It's not far,
just down Broadway.
I'm really glad
you changed your mind, bro.
You're gonna see.
I'm a real pro.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[GEARSHIFT CLICKS]
On the next block up.
[GASPING]
[GAGGING]
[CRACK]
[ROY BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[THUD]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- [WHEEZING]
- [MUFFLED TALKING]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[COUGHS]
[ENGINE REVVING IN DISTANCE]
[DOOR OPENS]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[WATER RUNNING]
No! Ah!
You start whoring
the second I'm gone?
[SOBBING] You were gone!
Hmm?
[SCREAMING]
Pick up your fucking head!
That woman talking about
calling social services,
saying some whore
abandoned her sister.
You fucking killed someone!
- ROCKY: You killed someone.
- We are not the same.
- ROCKY: Yes, we are.
- [COUGHING]
[SCREAMS]
[CRYING]
Roy, you okay?
You okay?
Roy? Roy?
Roy, should I call a doctor?
[GASPING]
[ROY GROANING]
Roy.
Roy, back in Orange...
ROY:
I don't doubt he deserved it.
I mean, she's not
your sister, is she?
No.
You want... want to tell me
about him?
[ROCKY SOBBING]
[SOBBING]
My mom wasn't around,
and so it was just Gary and I.
And he moved the... t-the TV
in my room for me.
And he was drinking whiskey.
So he sat in my room with me...
...watching the TV.
And then he...
And I left her.
I left her.
I left her.
I-I left her.
I left her with him.
Well...
It's all right.
Forget it.
That's over now.
[GASPING]
I'm gonna square with Nancy.
We can't stay here no more.
ROCKY: Roy.
Don't leave us.
I won't.
Okay.
[CRYING]
- ROY: Surprise, surprise!
- STAN: Damn, Roy.
I wondered if we'd
hear from you again.
That was some show you put on.
Cost me three good men.
I was actually impressed.
ROY:
Yeah, well, I got something.
Cargo manifests,
your name everywhere.
And real long,
real detailed letter
explaining the whole operation.
- STAN: On my eyes...
- On your eyes, then,
you carpetbagging
Pollock motherfucker!
This is what your boys
were after?
- Yeah? Well, I got it.
- STAN: What you want?
75K deposited.
It's a bargain.
STAN:
I think it's a bit much.
Copies go out. Times-Picayune.
Baton Rouge.
Originals to the feds.
"Ptitko," it says,
nearly every page.
"Ptitko, Ptitko,
Ptitko, Ptitko, Ptitko."
Get a pen 'cause
I'm about to hang up.
STAN:
What assurances do I have?
Guess you're gonna
have to reckon
my word's a little better
than yours.
This buys me out.
I'm done.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Appreciate how y'all have
taken to the little one.
NONIE:
She's very special.
May be the case they end up
sticking around after I leave.
They need people
to be nice to them.
That little one needs people
looking out for her.
What do you mean?
I mean, if I wasn't around
and the little one
needed something,
I know you'd look after her.
You want to try?
Well, I just figured I could
take you out tonight
and get dinner or something.
Sure.
Sounds good.
All right.
ROY: All right.
Well, I'll pick you up at 5:00?
All right.
Yeah.
[VEHICLE APPROACHES,
BRAKES SQUEAL]
Don't... Don't get too excited,
but I got something going on
that could help you out
a little bit,
get you some... some money.
You take yourself
a high-school-degree test.
I'm serious.
You...
You take yourself
a high-school-degree test.
You help... Y-You hire somebody
to help you out
with the little one,
and... and you go to school
for something.
For what?
Learn to do something.
You're quick.
You do it for yourself.
You do it for her.
You just do it.
Give the two of you a life.
["FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN"
PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Took my family
from our Carolina home
Had dreams about the west
and started to roam
Six long months
on a dust-covered trail
They say heaven's at the end,
but so far it's been hell
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
We were diggin' and siftin'
from 5:00 to 5:00
Sellin' everything we found
just to stay alive
Gold flowed free
like the whiskey in the bars
Sinning was the big thing,
Lord, Satan was the star
There's fire on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Dance-hall girls
were the evening treat
Empty cartridges and blood
Lined the gutters
of the street
Men were shot down
for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise
of their .44 guns
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Now my widow,
she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man
she couldn't save
Shot down in cold blood
by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless
and no-good worthless claim
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
[LAUGHING]
Like her mom,
taking after her mom.
- My hair's up... now.
- Yeah.
- Now.
- My hair's up.
- Yeah.
- I like it.
What was the game
she was playing?
I spy.
I spy with my little eye.
- Something...
- She always looks at the thing.
- ROY: And you...
- ROCKY: And so I know.
But she gets sad
'cause I always get it.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMING]
Roy!
- [SCREAMING]
- Rocky!
[SCREAMING] Roy!
- Rocky!
- Roy!
Rocky!
Roy!
Aah!
[GRUNTS, COUGHING]
STAN:
Same old Roy.
You just couldn't
help yourself, could you?
Calling me up,
making demands, even.
It's too bad
you weren't as careful
when you called the doctor.
Remember?
He came to me scared shitless.
That little whore of yours
put up a hell of a fight.
[ROY WHEEZING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
CARMEN: Roy?
Roy?
Roy?
Hey, shh!
Roy, Roy, they're coming back.
They're coming back.
Stand up.
Stand up.
You have to go now.
Okay. Take that.
Please go. Go.
Go. Go.
[COUGHING]
[BANG]
[SOBS]
Oh.
[CRYING]
No.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[CRYING] Come on.
No.
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING,
MACHINES RUMBLING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
["IF YOU WANT EVIL" PLAYING]
Ah! Ugh!
If you're hungry,
full of greed
If you're into politics
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[GUNSHOTS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
People turn to evil
each and every day
Fall here by the thousands
so I can hear them pray
People by the thousands
screaming, "Take me!
Take me!"
Mothers and their daughters
screaming, "Take me!
Take me!"
[CRASH]
[HIGH-PITCH TONE]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
[FOOTSTEPS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
DOCTOR:
We took a look at your lungs.
I suspect aspergillosis.
We'll do a biopsy to confirm,
but this is not
life-threatening.
No.
Mr. Cady,
there are treatment options,
and the state will pay.
SNOWBARGER: Mr. Cady,
I am speaking to you now
as outside counsel
for an unnamed party
concerned with
your recent felonies.
Assault, theft, homicide.
Quite a list of charges,
Mr. Cady.
Though I understand you intend
to indict other persons
to avoid serving time.
In other words, you're planning
to make it easy on yourself
by informing on my client.
Naturally, my client's defense
would include a body
of witnesses to cross-examine,
such as Nancy Covington,
owner of the Emerald Shores
Motel in Galveston, Texas.
And a young child,
3-year-old girl.
Name I have here
is Tiffany Benoit,
currently residing with
Nonie and Dehra Ellison
at 540 Briarwood Lane,
Round Rock, Texas.
That's correct, isn't it?
Well, there's no need
to involve them, of course,
if you just serve
your time quietly
and leave my client out of it.
[WIND RUSHING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
[RAIN FALLING]
[BANG, THUNDER RUMBLING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[KEYS CLATTER]
MAN: Now, including
this information,
this storm is becoming
quite large.
This is gonna be
a major hurricane.
Could be a Category 3 or a 4
by landfall.
Truly massive storm,
appears to be.
But right now, as you can see,
it really seems to be
splitting the difference
on the Hurricane Center.
Most likely to make landfall
on the Gulf Coast of Texas,
hitting somewhere between
Corpus Christi and Galveston.
This is taking up around
a half of the Gulf of Mexico.
This storm could be
more Allen-like in power.
You just can't say,
but we've really got to listen
to what the mayor
and county judge said.
When you're dealing
with a storm of this size,
really, Category 4 hurricane...
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- ...storm surges 13 to 18 feet,
winds 131
to 155 miles per hour.
[WIND HOWLING]
WOMAN: Hi.
I'm looking for Roy.
Don't take this storm
for granted.
We are dealing with...
How did you find me?
Oh, it was the lady
from the hotel a long time ago.
She, uh, said
your real name was Roy.
I hired a man who found
your prison records and photos.
Took him a while, though.
You don't look the same.
[LAUGHS]
It's 20 years ago.
Where do you live?
Austin.
ROY:
What do you do there?
Uh, I do graphic design
and advertisement stuff,
but I'm an artist, too.
ROY:
You married?
Not yet.
Maybe soon.
You in love?
[TIFFANY CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
- ROY: Yeah.
That's good,
that you're in love.
Yeah.
He's the one
who encouraged me to...
I'm sorry.
[SNIFFLES]
I spent a lot of time
and money to find you,
and I have questions.
Uh, how much do you...
how much do you know?
[CHUCKLES]
I remember my sister.
A little.
I remember us
going to the beach.
But then, one day,
she just left me.
No, uh, wasn't like that.
We... We were going out
for the night,
and we were coming
right back for you.
TIFFANY: But then you were
in New Orleans.
- You were in prison?
- Yeah, uh, I was in a...
a car accident and...
...got banged up.
And there was a warrant
out on me.
I don't... I don't understand
what happened
after you both left me.
Why won't you answer me?
Stop putting me off.
Stop lying to me.
I just... I need to know.
Please.
You know, all this...
All this time,
uh, I was your friend.
I'll tell you everything
that happened.
But I-I got a condition.
Uh, there's a...
there's a storm coming,
and you got to get out of town.
What about you?
Let's go now.
- You can come with me.
- ROY: No.
No.
I'll talk to you now.
And if I talk, you leave.
That's the deal.
Deal.
That other little girl
in the picture...
...uh, she isn't your sister.
She's your mother.
[CRYING]
[SNIFFLES]
Don't blame her.
She had a hard life.
But she did a brave thing once.
She didn't leave you.
You weren't abandoned.
Never abandoned.
[SNIFFLES]
[BANGING]
WOMAN: The water is spraying
up off the seawall
onto the shore now
this evening.
It seems the waves are
getting bigger, much bigger.
- The entire...
- [CRASHING, WIND HOWLING]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[RAIN FALLING,
THUNDER RUMBLING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[WIND ROARING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[SLOW MUSIC PLAYS]
[WIND ROARING]
["THIRTEEN" PLAYS]
Won't you let me
walk you home from school?
Won't you let me
meet you at the pool?
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you
Ooh-ooh
Won't you tell your dad,
get off my back?
Tell him what we said
'bout "Paint It Black"
Rock 'n' roll
is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you
Ooh-ooh
Won't you tell me
what you're thinking of?
Would you be an outlaw
for my love?
If it's so,
well, let me know
If it's no, well, I can go
I won't make you
Ooh-ooh
[SONG ENDS]
[DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYS]
[SUSPENSEFUL DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC
PLAYS]
[RAIN FALLING]
[BANGING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[CRASHING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[HOWLING STOPS]
DR. FINELLI: So let's take
a look at the actual X-ray.
I think you'll get
a better sense
of what we're dealing with here.
It's your lungs.
You see up here in the corner,
that area that... that...
[MAN COUGHS]
Mr. Cady, we need
to talk about this.
- There's a lot...
- [COUGHING CONTINUES]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LAUGHS]
[BUZZER]
[RUMBLING]
Drinking on the job again.
Maybe I'll have one with you.
STAN:
Roy, you're working later.
You and Angelo are visiting
Frank Sinkowski tonight.
Feds are pressing
on the port probe.
Nobody should get hurt bad.
I don't want that now.
I just need the guy
to understand the right thing.
He just needs to play
for the team's all.
One more thing.
No guns.
What?
STAN: I don't want someone
getting shot
over someone's bullshit nerves.
Remember that trucker last year?
I'm telling you,
and I'm telling Angelo.
Don't let me find out
you went in packing.
- The guy going to be there?
- STAN: He will.
I'm sending him a care package.
You, uh, tell that doctor
about your chest?
He... He said it was nothing.
Well, that's excellent news.
Everything's fine, then?
It's fine with me.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[COUGHING]
[WHEEZING]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[WATER RUNS]
[THUDDING,
HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
[WHISTLES]
ANGELO: Did you see the boss
with your girl?
Yeah.
Why is she with him?
ROY:
She's a slut.
Don't say that.
I don't need to talk
about her like that.
Then don't talk to me about her.
Let's go.
[CLATTERING]
ANGELO: I don't know how
she could go from you to Ptitko.
If she knew some
of the shit he's done...
ROY:
You gonna tell her?
ANGELO: She knows
exactly what she's doing.
[BRAKES SQUEAL]
[GEARSHIFT CRANKS,
ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
ROY: You take the front.
I'll take the back.
ANGELO: Fuck's sake,
it's one goddamn lawyer.
[WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
[CLICKS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[GRUNTS]
[GUNSHOT]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[MUFFLED GUNSHOT]
[GUNSHOTS]
[BODY THUDS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [COUGHING]
- [GUNSHOT]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
[GUNSHOTS]
[GUNSHOTS]
[THUDDING]
[CAR ALARM WAILING
IN DISTANCE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPING]
We have to move.
Come on.
We have to get out of here.
Move! Move!
[ANIMAL HOWLS]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
ROCKY:
Are you gonna kill me?
ROY:
No. Get out.
[TRUCK DOOR CLOSES]
[TRUCK DOOR OPENS]
[TRUCK DOOR CLOSES]
[THUDDING]
ROCKY:
Can I have a shirt?
Wait here.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
[RATTLING]
[THUDDING]
[SNIFFLES]
[RATTLING]
[RAIN FALLING]
Why'd those men
want to kill you?
Well, seems like
some kind of setup,
some bullshit over a woman.
How'd you find yourself
there tonight?
I's from Orange, Texas.
[VOICE BREAKING]
I knew this girl.
What?
Vonda.
She told me
she worked for herself.
I didn't really know
anything about that stuff,
so it was in the phone book.
Perfect Choice Escorts.
It was like a real business
in the phone book.
I didn't know.
One of the owners
of that real business
is a guy by the name
of Stan Ptitko.
You ever meet him?
ROCKY: No.
Maybe I heard the name.
Who's that?
He's the guy that tried
to have me killed tonight.
These three guys came in
and just kept hitting this guy
until he showed him
where something was.
And then they shot him.
They made me wait,
told me I was next.
So fucking happy
you killed them.
So we got away?
It may take a while for them
to figure out what happened,
but they can't let us go.
That guy Stan Ptitko,
he don't want any noise.
The only thing we can do now
is get as far out of town
as possible
and then find a place
to lay low.
After that, I don't know.
I really want a drink.
I kind of want several.
Like a whole pitcher
of single malt.
[CHUCKLES] Starting to feel
like I never needed a drink
as bad in my life.
Well, you're young yet.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
Maybe I can just tag along
with you a while.
Drop you in Orange.
You can go back to your family.
Mnh-mnh, no.
I ain't going back there.
You can just
leave me right here.
How much money do you have?
None.
I don't want your money.
I had my own money
in New Orleans.
You're the one who kidnapped me.
I don't even know your name.
I saved you.
Be clear on that.
Cheer up.
You're alive.
I'm buying.
[GLASS BANGS]
I'm Roy.
[POOL BALLS CLACKING]
- Hey.
- Oh, hey.
- How you doing?
- What's your name?
- Davey.
- I'm Rocky.
- Rocky, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I always fold
Whiskey.
I never lose a dime
In a game of chance
They'll surely
draw my number
Roy, this is Curtis and Davey,
and Curtis does rodeo.
Hey.
Y'all want to play some pool?
Every time
Because I'm long gone,
oh, so long
What's your problem?
You understand we're not
trying to meet people here?
I don't like it, but all
my money's back in the city.
What are you doing?
Cut the baby-doll shit.
I met a girl
And I called her
sweet Melinda
Look, I'm offering you
something here.
I'm saying,
you be straight with me,
and I'll be straight with you.
Then on the morning
of my wedding day
She and my buddy,
they ran away
- Deal.
- I'm a loser every time
- [KNOCKS]
- Another round.
You shouldn't walk around
so angry all the time.
You'll give yourself
a heart attack.
Can I have one?
You want whiskey?
[LIQUID POURS]
- I'm a loser every time
- Thank you.
- Because I'm long gone
- Cheers.
Oh, so long
Stay in a place up the road.
As long as there's a bed.
We can do whatever you want,
no charge.
You're disgusting.
[ENGINE STARTS]
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCING]
[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]
MAN:
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my... What a pass!
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Sideline left, in bounds.
Looking.
Gets it full.
A dribble to the key.
Stop and pull up.
No!
Rebound, reverse... Sam Jones!
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my goodness!
What a jam!
A reverse follow.
Sam has tied the game at 100!
[DOOR CLOSES,
MUFFLED TALKING ON TV]
[WATER RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
[SOBBING]
MAN: If the lucky number matches
the last four digits
- of your Mastercard...
- [RUSTLING]
...your Visa
or your Discover card,
if it matches
our weekly jackpot,
all you need to do now
is call 1-800-367-9444,
and that will be... that share
of that $25,000 will be yours.
And when that happens,
you could...
If you're sharing in the prize,
if you're sharing the prize,
you could win one
of our grand prizes,
which could be a Mercury Sable.
It could be a, um...
[BABY CRYING IN DISTANCE]
ROCKY:
Morning.
What's that?
Old shipping records mostly.
I grabbed them
from the house last night.
It must be what Ptitko is after.
You almost ready?
We got to go get another car.
Start calling me John.
All my new papers say
John Vatrinet.
ROCKY:
I'm putting my clothes on now.
I'm not trying nothing.
I got the message
last night, John.
What's that supposed to mean?
ROCKY: What?
You think just because
I don't want to fuck you,
there's something wrong with me?
ROCKY:
What? No.
I'm leaving you here.
What?
You're gonna have to
call somebody.
I'll leave you a few bucks.
- Why?
- [COUGHS] But I'm...
I'm leaving [COUGHS]
I'm leaving you here.
- Roy.
- [COUGHING]
Roy, you okay?
What the hell?
- [WATER RUNNING]
- [COUGHING]
Here. Here.
[SHUDDERS]
[GLASS BANGS]
We got to keep moving.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[BELL JINGLES]
[SIGN BUZZING]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
ROCKY:
Won't you let me
Walk you home
From school
[HUMMING]
Meet you at
The pool
[HUMMING]
Get tickets for the dance
I will take you
Ooh
Won't you tell your dad
Get off my back
Tell him what we said 'bout
"Paint It Black"
Don't know why
Roy, can you stop
in Orange for me?
- ROY: Why?
- I just need to do something.
ROY:
Now you want to stop?
Somebody owes me money.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Get some money and clothes.
Just give me 10 minutes.
[RADIO TURNS ON]
Lonesome city's got
a hold on my soul
But people got their foot
on my toes
I got no woman
I can call my own
Lonesome city
Has got a hold
- On my soul
- [GUNSHOT]
Drive!
Drive! Drive!
[TIRES SCREECH]
- The fuck is this?
- ROCKY: It's my sister, Tiffany.
You can drop us off wherever you
want, but she's coming with me.
- What was that shot?
- ROCKY: He's fine.
- Who's he?
- ROCKY: My stepfather.
I shot a wall.
He got off lucky.
- ROY: This is kidnapping.
- It is not.
I'm gonna take care of her now.
She's gonna have a better life.
There's people looking for us.
Y-Y-You're bringing her
into that.
You think about that.
ROCKY: All right, baby.
We're going on a trip.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
ROY: Gonna get us off the road
for a bit, let the dust settle.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
[BELL JINGLES]
- Help you?
- Two single, each for a week.
They yours?
Nieces, my sister's.
$387 with tax.
You're a darling little girl.
How old are you?
ROCKY:
3 1/2.
Well...
[KEYS JINGLE]
105 and 106, just right outside.
I'm Nancy Covington.
I'm always here.
I'm good friends with lots
of policemen, just so you know.
I mind what goes on
in those rooms.
I appreciate it, Nance.
Good Lord, that's
a beautiful little girl.
You're the cutest thing
I ever did see.
- ROCKY: What do you say?
- TIFFANY: Thank you.
ROCKY:
Thank you.
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
MAN: Every day,
I hear complaints from you!
Who paid for the room?
Who takes care of the kid?
[SHOUTING CONTINUES]
Here's your shirt back.
Can I have a cigarette?
I've been thinking.
How old are you?
Mm... 40.
I'm 19.
Man, that's nothing, right,
no matter what's happened?
That's right. You got... You got
your whole life ahead of you.
You can start your life over
three, four times if you want.
ROCKY:
What were you doing at 19?
Running playback bets
in Louisiana
and Mississippi mostly.
ROCKY:
How'd you get into that?
Hmm.
ROCKY: Think I really kind of
fucked things up.
You don't need to
think about it that way.
ROCKY:
I grew up in Orange.
Nothing changed out there.
Hot, same fields, same grass.
Nothing to do day after day.
I just kept thinking
I wanted a real life.
You want to leave, it's okay.
Get some sleep.
We'll figure it out tomorrow.
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[MUMBLING]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- [GASPS]
I had a nightmare.
Can I stay with you?
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
ROY: What?
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
MAN:
Hot one over here.
WOMAN: The one on the grill
or the one standing?
[LAUGHTER]
GERALD: No word on the Kestrel.
I just found out.
So that's a bust.
I don't know what that is.
Offshore rig.
Well, we came down here
'cause I was supposed to
get work on one
for City Service.
Mama said she's hungry.
She don't need no sausage.
You tell her I said so.
Well, I get down here, and they
say they never hired me.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I tell them I got a letter.
Well, they tell me the letter
don't say what it says,
and I'm holding the letter.
You got another?
ROCKY: You know, she's never
been to the ocean.
[BIRDS SQUAWKING,
INDISTINCT TALKING]
Aah!
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[LAUGHS]
Thank you.
[LAUGHS]
[GIGGLES]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
TRAY: Hey, brother.
Want a cold one?
I got a long-term deal here,
kind of come and go as I please.
I seen a lot of crazy shit
but never a murder.
One of the kids finally said
something to the owner.
I guess he did it to her
earlier in the day.
Where'd you do your time, bro?
Them girls your nieces?
ROY: Yeah.
Yeah, we're on vacation.
Cool. Listen, I was...
I was wantin' to talk to you.
I was... I was wondering if
you're looking for work at all
while you're, you know,
on vacation.
Yeah, what you got, kid?
TRAY:
Got like $20,000, man.
There's a guy runs a clinic
on Broadway.
Place is a drug jug.
I know the cleaning lady.
What?
You take down doctors?
I am a thief,
and I'm a real, real good one.
This guy has a sampler pharmacy
on the premises.
I'm talking now benzies, dixies,
biphetamine, amphetamine.
My maid, she fronted me
Polaroids of the layout.
Three days for us to move it
in Corpus and Houston.
$20,000 might be
low-balling it, even.
ROY:
What do you need me for?
I need somebody to front a van,
help me move it.
I got all the clients,
but, you know,
people wanting product are,
more or less, scum of the earth.
Someone like you at the table
when the deal goes down,
things go smoother.
You seem like a good kid,
but you got the wrong idea.
We're just down
for some sun and waves.
You could take care
of them girls a lot better
with this score.
You don't need 10 grand, man?
Not where I'm going.
Thanks for the beer.
[DOOR OPENS]
[BOTTLE CAP CLATTERS]
[RINGING]
DR. FINELLI:
Who is this?
ROY: You know who this is,
you son of a bitch.
You took pictures of my lungs.
DR. FINELLI:
Yes. I remember, Mr. Cade.
ROY:
How long do I have?
DR. FINELLI:
I can't say. I just...
ROY:
How long?
DR. FINELLI:
You need to come back in.
We need... Roy, you didn't...
We need to do a biopsy.
You just left, and we...
You sawbone quack motherfucker.
You want me to come back in?
I'll come back in, see about
getting a straight answer.
- DR. FINELLI: Roy.
- I got the address.
It's right here.
DR. FINELLI: Wait just a minute.
You got...
2341 Royale.
DR. FINELLI:
How did you get that address?
You can't just call here
at this hour of the night.
Your wife know
about the gambling? Hmm?
DR. FINELLI: My wife?
What are you talking about it?
She know how deep in
you are with Ptitko,
you degenerate prick?
I'll come pay you
a fucking visit.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Oh! [LAUGHS]
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
It's okay.
It's okay.
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
TRAY:
Hi, there.
Hi.
TRAY:
Good dive.
Thank you.
- TRAY: What's your name?
- ROCKY: Rocky.
TRAY:
You on vacation?
Mm-hmm.
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
TRAY:
Where y'all coming from?
ROCKY:
We's from Orange, Texas.
TRAY:
Your Uncle John from there, too?
WOMAN:
I got it, baby.
ROCKY: No.
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
I think watching
a game in the dark,
you lose all sense of time,
so to speak.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Well, they always use
the backup system anyways.
The stopwatches down
in the timekeeper's tent
just in case
something does happen
during the course
of the period.
What we'll probably see...
And just use the stopwatch...
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES,
ENGINE STARTS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
You can do it so good!
[GASPS]
- [LAUGHS]
- I can do it myself.
WOMAN:
You can.
ROY:
No, no, nothing like that.
Just... Just leaving Galveston,
remembered you were close.
No, I-I was on a welding job
out on... on a rig.
It's over now.
No, I don't...
I don't want nothing.
[RECEIVER CLICKS]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON RADIO]
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
IN DISTANCE]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[CHILDREN SHOUTING PLAYFULLY]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[DOG BARKS]
[DOG BARKING]
Loraine, Loraine.
LORAINE:
What do you want?
Talk, catch up a little.
Just passing through.
LORAINE:
I told you I was busy.
[SIGHS] Okay,
just for a minute, though.
But you come inside here.
I don't want you out front.
Seems you changed your mind
about marriage.
Well, when you meet
the right man...
What are you doing here?
Well, like I said, I was just
passing through, and I-I...
and I was... curious
to hear how you been.
Been? Been since when,
11 years ago?
Yeah.
The last 11 years
have been absolutely wonderful.
There.
You know, you're not as handsome
as I used to think.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I actually get that a lot.
You're drunk.
You really can't stick around.
I am busy.
Well, I'm not staying.
I'm going, leaving town.
I was just...
You remember when
we went to Galveston?
You remember that week
when you...
you told me about your sister
and your dad.
Remember?
I was remembering that we were
drunk on mojitos before noon,
and we were just
scarfing crabmeat.
[LAUGHING] And we cou...
we couldn't get the smell off.
We were showering off,
and it... it rained,
and we went inside,
just stayed inside.
Just two days, just,
you know, fuckin'.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Mm-hmm.
I'm a dynamite piece of ass.
- ROY: Yes, you are.
- Hmm. Thank you, Roy.
I can't do this
all day with you.
I'm just leaving t-the country,
and I was thinking, uh...
We... We... I... We...
I believe we had good times.
LORAINE: I was glad
when you went to prison.
[SIGHS]
Look, the past isn't real.
You... You remember it
how you want to remember it.
You'd sober up for a week,
and then you'd start
talking about how things
are gonna be different,
and then you'd be drunk
for three weeks straight.
You made it so that
I couldn't be around you
without being shit-faced.
And you threw me
around a little.
You remember that?
What'd you ever like
about me, then?
I don't remember.
There haven't been many
like you for me.
You see this here?
It sends an alarm
to all those Hallivan boys
that patrol the neighborhood.
I was just saying goodbye.
Sure you were.
I'm dying.
Aren't we all?
[SNIFFLES]
[SNIFFLES]
Do you think I look pretty?
[SNIFFLES]
[SOBBING]
It'll only be for
a few hours tonight.
I'll have money
for you tomorrow.
Well, we really do enjoy her.
NANCY:
What are you up to?
How you bringing money back
when you haven't had any here?
Well, I got a job today
at this restaurant on the strip.
I'm a hostess at Scarpetto's.
I get a tip-out.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, right.
DEE:
Good for you.
We'll take care of her.
Of course we will.
Thank you.
You're just drunk, baby.
[LIGHTER CLICKS]
[HORNS BLARING IN DISTANCE]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
[BELL JINGLES]
Hello! Hello!
Hello!
Hey. Do you know where, uh...
You know, normally I let folks
keep to themselves,
but after what happened here,
that man murdering his wife,
I got to know what's going on.
That gal of yours,
she had men in her room
twice since you left.
She's been putting that little
baby off on Dee and Nonie,
and I believe
there was some confusion
as to whether you would be back.
Of course I would.
I paid up.
How's the kid?
NANCY:
She deserves better than this.
You know, I don't know if you're
that gal's pimp or not,
but you look like hell,
and you smell like it, too.
Normally, I'd have had you
tossed out of here,
called the sheriff's,
but that little one,
she don't need to be
put in no system.
However bad you think
she has it,
where she's coming from
was worse.
Now, her sister's just a girl
I helped out, bad spot.
Look, I didn't know her
till a few days back.
- She wanted a ride to Texas.
- NANCY: Who are you?
I'm just a guy who tried
to help out a couple people,
and it's brought me here.
[LAUGHS]
ROY:
Listen, they're not my problem.
I'll call the sheriff myself,
tell him some hitchhiking tramp
dropped her kid off on me.
NANCY: I don't think
you're gonna call any sheriff
and say anything,
but I do think
if you were gonna leave
those girls, you would've.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
- TIFFANY: Ice cream cone.
- WOMAN: Ice cream cone?
[DOG BARKING]
ROY:
I'm looking for the girl.
You seen her?
TRAY:
Saw you leave.
Saw you toss the paper,
dug it out the trash.
I's just reading along,
realized,
hey, them girls in that article
got the same name
as these girls here.
One plus one, you know?
Ain't none of my business, man.
I ain't got no desire
to screw you over or nothing.
I'm just saying, you know,
if it come to that.
Come to what?
TRAY: Listen, if I don't have
a partner for that score,
I could get busted.
Cops come down on me hard,
I could break easy.
But I could say, "Listen,
y'all lend me some grace,
and I can give you a murder.
I can tell you something
about some missing girls."
I ain't a rat.
I'm just... I'm just saying.
Let's make some money, man,
you know?
Just come check out
the place with me.
I'll lay it all out for you,
and you'll see I'm a pro, man.
I'm a pro.
All right.
I want to wait till dark,
though.
People around here probably
shouldn't see us hanging out,
so meet me in the parking lot
down by the Zippy Trip, 8:00.
You're paranoid, brah.
[CHUCKLES]
Ain't nobody here
gonna know anything.
You want me in, we're gonna
start being careful right now.
If I could only fly
If I could only fly
I'd bid this place goodbye
To come and be with you
But I can hardly stand
Got nowhere to run
It's not far,
just down Broadway.
I'm really glad
you changed your mind, bro.
You're gonna see.
I'm a real pro.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[GEARSHIFT CLICKS]
On the next block up.
[GASPING]
[GAGGING]
[CRACK]
[ROY BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[THUD]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- [WHEEZING]
- [MUFFLED TALKING]
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[COUGHS]
[ENGINE REVVING IN DISTANCE]
[DOOR OPENS]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[WATER RUNNING]
No! Ah!
You start whoring
the second I'm gone?
[SOBBING] You were gone!
Hmm?
[SCREAMING]
Pick up your fucking head!
That woman talking about
calling social services,
saying some whore
abandoned her sister.
You fucking killed someone!
- ROCKY: You killed someone.
- We are not the same.
- ROCKY: Yes, we are.
- [COUGHING]
[SCREAMS]
[CRYING]
Roy, you okay?
You okay?
Roy? Roy?
Roy, should I call a doctor?
[GASPING]
[ROY GROANING]
Roy.
Roy, back in Orange...
ROY:
I don't doubt he deserved it.
I mean, she's not
your sister, is she?
No.
You want... want to tell me
about him?
[ROCKY SOBBING]
[SOBBING]
My mom wasn't around,
and so it was just Gary and I.
And he moved the... t-the TV
in my room for me.
And he was drinking whiskey.
So he sat in my room with me...
...watching the TV.
And then he...
And I left her.
I left her.
I left her.
I-I left her.
I left her with him.
Well...
It's all right.
Forget it.
That's over now.
[GASPING]
I'm gonna square with Nancy.
We can't stay here no more.
ROCKY: Roy.
Don't leave us.
I won't.
Okay.
[CRYING]
- ROY: Surprise, surprise!
- STAN: Damn, Roy.
I wondered if we'd
hear from you again.
That was some show you put on.
Cost me three good men.
I was actually impressed.
ROY:
Yeah, well, I got something.
Cargo manifests,
your name everywhere.
And real long,
real detailed letter
explaining the whole operation.
- STAN: On my eyes...
- On your eyes, then,
you carpetbagging
Pollock motherfucker!
This is what your boys
were after?
- Yeah? Well, I got it.
- STAN: What you want?
75K deposited.
It's a bargain.
STAN:
I think it's a bit much.
Copies go out. Times-Picayune.
Baton Rouge.
Originals to the feds.
"Ptitko," it says,
nearly every page.
"Ptitko, Ptitko,
Ptitko, Ptitko, Ptitko."
Get a pen 'cause
I'm about to hang up.
STAN:
What assurances do I have?
Guess you're gonna
have to reckon
my word's a little better
than yours.
This buys me out.
I'm done.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Appreciate how y'all have
taken to the little one.
NONIE:
She's very special.
May be the case they end up
sticking around after I leave.
They need people
to be nice to them.
That little one needs people
looking out for her.
What do you mean?
I mean, if I wasn't around
and the little one
needed something,
I know you'd look after her.
You want to try?
Well, I just figured I could
take you out tonight
and get dinner or something.
Sure.
Sounds good.
All right.
ROY: All right.
Well, I'll pick you up at 5:00?
All right.
Yeah.
[VEHICLE APPROACHES,
BRAKES SQUEAL]
Don't... Don't get too excited,
but I got something going on
that could help you out
a little bit,
get you some... some money.
You take yourself
a high-school-degree test.
I'm serious.
You...
You take yourself
a high-school-degree test.
You help... Y-You hire somebody
to help you out
with the little one,
and... and you go to school
for something.
For what?
Learn to do something.
You're quick.
You do it for yourself.
You do it for her.
You just do it.
Give the two of you a life.
["FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN"
PLAYING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Took my family
from our Carolina home
Had dreams about the west
and started to roam
Six long months
on a dust-covered trail
They say heaven's at the end,
but so far it's been hell
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
We were diggin' and siftin'
from 5:00 to 5:00
Sellin' everything we found
just to stay alive
Gold flowed free
like the whiskey in the bars
Sinning was the big thing,
Lord, Satan was the star
There's fire on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Dance-hall girls
were the evening treat
Empty cartridges and blood
Lined the gutters
of the street
Men were shot down
for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise
of their .44 guns
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Now my widow,
she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man
she couldn't save
Shot down in cold blood
by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless
and no-good worthless claim
And there's fire
on the mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in them hills,
and it's waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
[LAUGHING]
Like her mom,
taking after her mom.
- My hair's up... now.
- Yeah.
- Now.
- My hair's up.
- Yeah.
- I like it.
What was the game
she was playing?
I spy.
I spy with my little eye.
- Something...
- She always looks at the thing.
- ROY: And you...
- ROCKY: And so I know.
But she gets sad
'cause I always get it.
[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMING]
Roy!
- [SCREAMING]
- Rocky!
[SCREAMING] Roy!
- Rocky!
- Roy!
Rocky!
Roy!
Aah!
[GRUNTS, COUGHING]
STAN:
Same old Roy.
You just couldn't
help yourself, could you?
Calling me up,
making demands, even.
It's too bad
you weren't as careful
when you called the doctor.
Remember?
He came to me scared shitless.
That little whore of yours
put up a hell of a fight.
[ROY WHEEZING]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]
CARMEN: Roy?
Roy?
Roy?
Hey, shh!
Roy, Roy, they're coming back.
They're coming back.
Stand up.
Stand up.
You have to go now.
Okay. Take that.
Please go. Go.
Go. Go.
[COUGHING]
[BANG]
[SOBS]
Oh.
[CRYING]
No.
[DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[CRYING] Come on.
No.
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING,
MACHINES RUMBLING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING]
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
["IF YOU WANT EVIL" PLAYING]
Ah! Ugh!
If you're hungry,
full of greed
If you're into politics
[TIRES SQUEAL]
[GUNSHOTS]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
People turn to evil
each and every day
Fall here by the thousands
so I can hear them pray
People by the thousands
screaming, "Take me!
Take me!"
Mothers and their daughters
screaming, "Take me!
Take me!"
[CRASH]
[HIGH-PITCH TONE]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
[FOOTSTEPS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
DOCTOR:
We took a look at your lungs.
I suspect aspergillosis.
We'll do a biopsy to confirm,
but this is not
life-threatening.
No.
Mr. Cady,
there are treatment options,
and the state will pay.
SNOWBARGER: Mr. Cady,
I am speaking to you now
as outside counsel
for an unnamed party
concerned with
your recent felonies.
Assault, theft, homicide.
Quite a list of charges,
Mr. Cady.
Though I understand you intend
to indict other persons
to avoid serving time.
In other words, you're planning
to make it easy on yourself
by informing on my client.
Naturally, my client's defense
would include a body
of witnesses to cross-examine,
such as Nancy Covington,
owner of the Emerald Shores
Motel in Galveston, Texas.
And a young child,
3-year-old girl.
Name I have here
is Tiffany Benoit,
currently residing with
Nonie and Dehra Ellison
at 540 Briarwood Lane,
Round Rock, Texas.
That's correct, isn't it?
Well, there's no need
to involve them, of course,
if you just serve
your time quietly
and leave my client out of it.
[WIND RUSHING]
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
[RAIN FALLING]
[BANG, THUNDER RUMBLING]
[WIND HOWLING]
[KEYS CLATTER]
MAN: Now, including
this information,
this storm is becoming
quite large.
This is gonna be
a major hurricane.
Could be a Category 3 or a 4
by landfall.
Truly massive storm,
appears to be.
But right now, as you can see,
it really seems to be
splitting the difference
on the Hurricane Center.
Most likely to make landfall
on the Gulf Coast of Texas,
hitting somewhere between
Corpus Christi and Galveston.
This is taking up around
a half of the Gulf of Mexico.
This storm could be
more Allen-like in power.
You just can't say,
but we've really got to listen
to what the mayor
and county judge said.
When you're dealing
with a storm of this size,
really, Category 4 hurricane...
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- ...storm surges 13 to 18 feet,
winds 131
to 155 miles per hour.
[WIND HOWLING]
WOMAN: Hi.
I'm looking for Roy.
Don't take this storm
for granted.
We are dealing with...
How did you find me?
Oh, it was the lady
from the hotel a long time ago.
She, uh, said
your real name was Roy.
I hired a man who found
your prison records and photos.
Took him a while, though.
You don't look the same.
[LAUGHS]
It's 20 years ago.
Where do you live?
Austin.
ROY:
What do you do there?
Uh, I do graphic design
and advertisement stuff,
but I'm an artist, too.
ROY:
You married?
Not yet.
Maybe soon.
You in love?
[TIFFANY CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
- ROY: Yeah.
That's good,
that you're in love.
Yeah.
He's the one
who encouraged me to...
I'm sorry.
[SNIFFLES]
I spent a lot of time
and money to find you,
and I have questions.
Uh, how much do you...
how much do you know?
[CHUCKLES]
I remember my sister.
A little.
I remember us
going to the beach.
But then, one day,
she just left me.
No, uh, wasn't like that.
We... We were going out
for the night,
and we were coming
right back for you.
TIFFANY: But then you were
in New Orleans.
- You were in prison?
- Yeah, uh, I was in a...
a car accident and...
...got banged up.
And there was a warrant
out on me.
I don't... I don't understand
what happened
after you both left me.
Why won't you answer me?
Stop putting me off.
Stop lying to me.
I just... I need to know.
Please.
You know, all this...
All this time,
uh, I was your friend.
I'll tell you everything
that happened.
But I-I got a condition.
Uh, there's a...
there's a storm coming,
and you got to get out of town.
What about you?
Let's go now.
- You can come with me.
- ROY: No.
No.
I'll talk to you now.
And if I talk, you leave.
That's the deal.
Deal.
That other little girl
in the picture...
...uh, she isn't your sister.
She's your mother.
[CRYING]
[SNIFFLES]
Don't blame her.
She had a hard life.
But she did a brave thing once.
She didn't leave you.
You weren't abandoned.
Never abandoned.
[SNIFFLES]
[BANGING]
WOMAN: The water is spraying
up off the seawall
onto the shore now
this evening.
It seems the waves are
getting bigger, much bigger.
- The entire...
- [CRASHING, WIND HOWLING]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[RAIN FALLING,
THUNDER RUMBLING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[WIND ROARING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[SLOW MUSIC PLAYS]
[WIND ROARING]
["THIRTEEN" PLAYS]
Won't you let me
walk you home from school?
Won't you let me
meet you at the pool?
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you
Ooh-ooh
Won't you tell your dad,
get off my back?
Tell him what we said
'bout "Paint It Black"
Rock 'n' roll
is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you
Ooh-ooh
Won't you tell me
what you're thinking of?
Would you be an outlaw
for my love?
If it's so,
well, let me know
If it's no, well, I can go
I won't make you
Ooh-ooh
[SONG ENDS]
[DRAMATIC PIANO MUSIC PLAYS]
[SUSPENSEFUL DOWN-TEMPO MUSIC
PLAYS]