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00:00What are we going to do
00:29about Johnson interfering?
00:31All we have to do is make sure
00:32that Marshall Grant stays in our pocket.
00:34Are you going to tear down the Apollo Theater
00:37to put this up?
00:38I'm selling my property to Bumpy Johnson.
00:44Welcome to Club St. Clair.
00:54Monique!
00:55How's Jerome?
00:56How old is he now?
00:57Almost 18.
00:58I mean, crazy how fast they grow.
01:00He's always playing music now.
01:02He's going to be as good as Teddy was.
01:04You got gambling, you got girls.
01:05Who knows what else?
01:06And cops, they give you a pass.
01:08I'm just saying, you can't say that.
01:09I don't experience prejudice, too.
01:11You want to complain?
01:12Go march the fuck on Washington.
01:14Today, the Italian-American community stands proud
01:17and determined to fight injustice.
01:21What the fuck is he doing?
01:23Their determination has inspired us.
01:25You want me to protect you.
01:27There's one problem.
01:28I don't trust you.
01:29Bumpy Johnson's wife was in my shop today
01:31trying to pawn her valuable jewelry.
01:34I'd have sent her way downtown.
01:36Where?
01:36Stop, D!
01:37What'd you do it?
01:41I don't want to run no more.
01:43You still want my protection?
01:44Hell, I could so use it.
01:45Boy, you're a damn mess.
01:46You know that?
01:47But you got something.
01:48Well, thank you.
02:35Hey.
02:37Hey, what's happening, man?
02:39It's good to see you, man.
02:41This place, man.
02:42This place is great, man.
02:47Bubby, man, you put this club together, man.
02:49Thank you so much.
02:50When I grew up, I want to be just like you.
02:52You're making Harlem look good.
02:54All right.
02:57Hey, how you doing?
02:58Love the dress.
02:59Isn't it, darling?
03:00Tom picked it up for me while he was in Paris.
03:03Stop making the rest of us look bad.
03:05How you feeling?
03:10I'm healing all right.
03:11How's the rake so far tonight?
03:14Well, it'd be higher.
03:15For one for that damn Johnny the Roach.
03:17Motherfucker caught fire on the blackjack table.
03:19All right.
03:21Tell Marty to send over some top-shelf booze,
03:23a couple of girls,
03:24to cheer him on.
03:26See what we can rake back from there.
03:28I'm on it, Bubby.
03:32Look at that country suck-up, motherfucker.
03:35Oh.
03:36So you don't like Frank?
03:38Bumpy wants me to work with him.
03:41Yeah, I'll work with him, all right.
03:43But...
03:44But I'll bust that nigga's head wide open
03:46if he even thinks about making the wrong move.
03:50Serious, right?
03:51You think since that hard thing,
03:54something's wrong with Bumpy's judgment?
03:56Don't even think that.
03:57How could I not think that?
03:59Frank nearly killed Bumpy
04:01while he was laid out in the hospital.
04:02He even go in there to bring him flowers,
04:04he went in there to put a bullet in his head.
04:06Don't you forget.
04:10Yeah, he tore you up a bit, too.
04:15Well...
04:16The kid arrested his life
04:18for a second chance with Bumpy,
04:19so, uh...
04:21I can respect that.
04:24You could suck up to him, too.
04:27I'll trust that motherfucker for a hot second.
04:32Let me get another one.
04:36I'll ever sit.
04:41Sit.
04:45To you.
04:47To you?
04:48You're giving me a place to play again.
04:51Although my fingers are still a bit stiff.
04:54Oh, you couldn't tell?
04:56No, this place...
04:58It's amazing what you've built.
05:01Just wish your big sister could have seen it.
05:04She never would have believed it.
05:06Well, that's right.
05:11I, uh...
05:12I brought you something as a thank you.
05:15Unnecessary.
05:16No, it is.
05:20Something that you gave Mabel long ago.
05:23A book of poems.
05:24You was always reading
05:26and trying to get Mabel to share your love of poetry.
05:34Claude McKay.
05:35And we must die.
05:38And we must die.
05:41And we must die.
05:43Let it not be like hogs
05:45hunted and pinned
05:47in an inglorious spot.
05:50Around us
05:52bark the mad and hungry dogs.
05:56Bringing their mock
05:57and our cursed lot.
06:09You got me.
06:10Mm-hmm.
06:11Thanks.
06:13To you.
06:14Mm-hmm.
06:14To you.
06:15Good work, fellas.
06:19Good work, fellas.
06:21Night.
06:25Hey, you was right about Johnny Roach.
06:28Motherfuck got drunk on his ass
06:29and lost all his dough.
06:30Freedom booze
06:31are the perfect playmates for a casino.
06:33We know you.
06:35We know you?
06:36I'll blow your fucking head off.
06:39Take your hand out slowly now.
06:42I'm an officer of the court.
06:44Ellsworth Johnson,
06:46you've been served.
06:47Open up my window again.
07:11Open up my window again.
07:13I can't end up calling my name.
07:16I can't end up calling again.
07:19I swear to God,
07:20things ain't gonna change.
07:22I swear to God,
07:23things ain't gonna change.
07:24I keep a revolver with your name.
07:27I keep a revolver with your name.
07:29Just in case.
07:32Lay on my back,
07:32watching the ceiling fan.
07:34I had a dream
07:35to touch a kilogram.
07:37Still at odds
07:38with the Irish mob.
07:39Roast race down
07:40Malcolm X Boulevard.
07:41Lord,
07:42this d**k really out here
07:43praying on me.
07:44Got the 40 on me
07:46and it's staying on me.
07:47Snow white mink
07:48like them Dutch troops.
07:50Run the books
07:50and let me show you
07:51how the numbers look.
07:53You can't be lucky
07:53like you Luciano.
07:55The kilos coming
07:56like they do pianos.
07:58The fat boy
07:59got the big body.
08:01Coast to coast,
08:02I can shoot product.
08:04Open up my window again.
08:07Open up my window again.
08:09I can't end up calling my name.
08:12I can't end up calling again.
08:14I swear to God,
08:15things ain't gonna change.
08:17I swear to God,
08:18things ain't gonna change.
08:20I keep a revolver with your name.
08:22I keep a revolver with your name.
08:25Just in case.
08:26I see.
08:32Right.
08:34Let me think about it
08:35and give it back to you.
08:38Well,
08:38what did the lawyers say?
08:40They tried suing me
08:41for the ownership
08:41of the St. Clair.
08:42How can you be sued
08:43for something you own?
08:44They're claiming
08:45voidable conveyance.
08:47Which is?
08:48Some legal BS
08:49claiming I didn't pay
08:50a fair price for the land.
08:52He's trying to take control
08:53of what I built.
08:53The land was in
08:55Marshal Grant's name.
08:57It's all a scam.
08:59So Straub can control the property.
09:00And he's in with Colombo.
09:02Ellsworth,
09:02if you lose to St. Clair,
09:03the bank can call in the mortgage.
09:05We lose everything.
09:07Palmetto Chemical,
09:08this apartment,
09:10everything.
09:10Well, what are you going to do?
09:13Let me catch up
09:14with the son of a bitch.
09:16I'll get him to back off.
09:17Be careful, Ellsworth.
09:18There are lawyers involved.
09:19Everybody in New York knows
09:21Straub has a history
09:21of suing people into oblivion.
09:23Don't worry.
09:25I'll use all my charms.
09:28Here.
09:40Private.
09:42Have you ever experienced
09:43any mental health issues,
09:45such as depression or anxiety?
09:46No, sir.
09:47Do you have any religious
09:48or moral objections
09:49to military service?
09:51No, sir.
09:52Open your mouth, please.
09:53Are you currently
09:57or have you ever been
09:57a member of any
09:58political organizations?
10:00No, sir.
10:07What was that?
10:08They were them, son.
10:09They're traitors.
10:10Hell, no.
10:11We won't go.
10:12Hell, no.
10:13Get these traitors out of here.
10:14Hell, no.
10:15We won't go.
10:16Hell, no.
10:16We won't go.
10:17Hell, no.
10:18We won't go.
10:19Hell, no.
10:20We won't go.
10:20Hell, no.
10:21We won't go.
10:22Hell, no.
10:23We won't go.
10:24Hell, no.
10:25We won't go.
10:25Hell, no.
10:26We won't go.
10:27Hell, no.
10:28We won't go.
10:29Hell, no.
10:29May I?
10:50Please.
10:54I'm going to hand it to you.
10:57You dug real deep on this.
10:59I have a fantastic legal team best in the country.
11:03I'm never going to give you the St. Clair.
11:05I got good lawyers, too.
11:07Let's make this easy.
11:09Save us both the time and legal costs.
11:11I'll buy the St. Clair from you.
11:14For what you put in.
11:15Plus 10%.
11:16Hell no.
11:21Okay, so then, lose it all in court.
11:24No skin off my back.
11:26Why are you doing this?
11:27You could buy any lot in Harlem.
11:29People seem to think that you bested me, Mr. Johnson.
11:35And despite the fact that I have enough money to buy most of Harlem,
11:39I can't afford to look like a loser.
11:42This is a rough-and-tumble game, real estate in New York City.
11:45I'm a winner, Mr. Johnson.
11:50I like to come out on top.
11:53What is this?
11:54Just a reminder of what you're up against.
11:57It's a signed affidavit from Marshall Grant stating that you forced him to sign over the property.
12:04Marshall would never sign this.
12:06But he did.
12:07Now, if I were you, I'd accept my generous offer and move on to your next endeavor.
12:14Or don't.
12:15And end up in the gutter where you originated.
12:20Go fuck yourself.
12:21Gutter it is, then.
12:37I can't hardly think about nothing else.
12:40Being a soldier wasn't the only thing that made your father a hero.
12:44I know you want to walk in.
12:46I'm walking in my own footsteps.
12:48If you want to risk your life at war, you ought to have a real reason you're fighting.
12:52Mama, I practically have as much chance of catching a bullet here in Harlem as I do in Vietnam.
12:57Tell that to Shirley Hines.
12:59I got the death notice for Dale as soon as he went to Vietnam.
13:07I heard some boys are sneaking into Canada.
13:09It's my duty to fight.
13:11You didn't raise me to turn my back.
13:14I didn't raise you to lose you.
13:18Like I lost your brother, Teddy.
13:20You'd lose me anyway after I was off in Canada.
13:23Yeah.
13:25At least I know you're still alive.
13:29Here's what I'm thinking for my civil rights speech.
13:36So, 75 years ago, my family came to this country with nothing but the clothes on their back.
13:46No one wanted them here.
13:48No one wanted to hire them.
13:50What do you think?
13:51Start with that?
13:52It's good.
13:53I like it.
13:54But I think you should start with how Italian food is the most popular food in the world.
14:03What the fuck is wrong with you?
14:04You're talking about my family.
14:05What are you, fucking hungry?
14:06I want to talk to you.
14:09Sorry, boss.
14:10They just barged in.
14:12Nah, nah, it's okay.
14:13I thought he might stop by.
14:14Hey, I'm working on my civil rights speech.
14:16You want to hear it?
14:17Fuck no.
14:17No.
14:18You want to explain what the fuck you're doing with straw?
14:20Yeah, sure.
14:23Why not?
14:23Uh, fellas, give us a minute.
14:28You too, Frank.
14:30I don't take orders from you.
14:33I see you found your tribe.
14:34That's right.
14:35He's with me.
14:36And he stays.
14:40Okay.
14:40So what can I do for you?
14:46Both.
14:47Straw was trying to take the St. Clair for me.
14:49For which I pay you and the families a tribute.
14:52And you're protecting him.
14:54Yeah, I am.
14:55Maybe I should stop paying you.
14:58Well, that wouldn't be smart.
15:00Look, I'm the one who told Straw to make you a fair offer.
15:03And I told him to go fuck himself.
15:05Okay.
15:05Well, you can't say I didn't try.
15:07We had a deal.
15:08And Straw came to me with a better one.
15:10I don't get it.
15:12Sinclair just boo me.
15:14We're both raking it in.
15:15Yeah, look, I don't have to tell you, Straw, he's got it out for you.
15:18You know, and he's got a lot of powerful people behind him.
15:20People that could make all their lives a living hell.
15:23I just bet the horse is gonna win.
15:24And you think I'm just gonna lay down and let him take what's mine?
15:28No, I don't.
15:29I think you're gonna fight like hell.
15:30But in the end, we both know you're gonna lose.
15:35My word is good.
15:37Yours is shit.
15:39Bumpy, it's just business.
15:41Every businessman is out for himself.
15:44Ain't that right, Frank?
15:47Just business.
15:49Yeah, see, you gotta be wary of this one, Bumpy.
15:52Fucking kid's more trouble than he's worked.
15:54I don't take advice from you.
15:55Well, that's too bad, because if I were you, I'd take Straub's money, pay off my debts, and live to fight another day.
16:04And if I don't, you'll lose everything.
16:08For what?
16:11Don't be stupid.
16:14All five families are behind us.
16:16Better watch your back.
16:20And Straub better watch his.
16:23He's got the report in three days.
16:37He'll get bussed down to Fort Polk for basic training, then straight to Vietnam.
16:42Oh, Jerome drafted.
16:44I mean, I remember when he was a skinny little boy in the Rucker League.
16:48They got him a week after turning 18.
16:51A lot of white boys are finding a way to get medically disqualified.
16:54Even if Jerome got some sort of fake doctor's note, it don't matter.
16:58He wants to go.
17:00Because of his dad.
17:04All Big Will's honors from World War II.
17:07Fighting the Nazis.
17:09This isn't the same thing at all.
17:11Who knows why and what we fighting for in the first place.
17:15I can try to get Sadiq and some of the other brothers to talk to him.
17:18They burned their draft cards.
17:20Jerome says draft dodgers are shirking their duty to country.
17:24Do you think Daddy could talk some sense into Jerome?
17:33I have an even better idea.
17:35It might be a long shot, but there is someone I can get in touch with.
17:38And if he can't persuade him, no one can.
17:48I'll have the Branzino.
17:51Bring me to Rib-Eye.
17:52Hey, we're with some lemons on the side.
17:55Yes, sir.
17:57You know, the acid from the lemon helps break down the fat.
18:01It's easier to digest.
18:03You're so fucking worldly.
18:05Yeah, well, I've been to all five boroughs, you know?
18:08In a couple of foreign countries, including New Jersey.
18:12Well, Stella, it's been too long since you and I sat down and broke some bread.
18:18Yeah, well, we've both been busy.
18:19I mean, who would have thought that a smart, enterprising, attractive young lady who started
18:26off answering phones for me would wind up running a family?
18:30I'm not running anything.
18:33He knows the boss.
18:34Come on.
18:36We all know what's going on.
18:37Yeah, well, I know you didn't ask me here to talk over my family dynamics.
18:45I'm sure you've heard that things in Harlem are changing.
18:51Are they?
18:51Yeah, trust me, they are.
18:58Might be a shift in power, so to speak.
19:01What, is this some kind of warning?
19:04An invitation.
19:05Something wrong, Bumpy?
19:18Is this your signature?
19:25Yeah.
19:26Yeah, it is.
19:28Why?
19:29Bumpy, why'd you sign it?
19:33I didn't know what it said.
19:35It says that I coerced you into sending me the property into the St. Clair.
19:39It sent me in the back, Marshal.
19:41Bumpy, they put a gun to my head.
19:45Told me to sign.
19:47I didn't read it or know what the hell it was.
19:50They didn't give me time.
19:52So why'd you come and tell me about it?
19:53They told me they'd kill me if I'd talked to anybody.
20:00It's bad, what I sign, isn't it?
20:03It's not good.
20:05It's definitely not good.
20:07Bumpy, I'm sorry.
20:10But you know that I'd never do anything to hurt you.
20:14You know that, right?
20:20Yeah.
20:21I'll do anything to set it straight, huh?
20:27You name it.
20:30I'll let you know if we need your help.
20:33In the meantime, go get ready for your set tonight.
20:35So what's the plan?
20:47The plan is I'm going to get a chance in Pettigrew to deliver a message to Straub.
20:53A clear fucking message.
20:55Stella, you know that I'm not a guy who's satisfied until he has it all.
21:04So that's what I'm going to do.
21:06I'm going to get it all.
21:08Capri tuti capri.
21:10I'm going to take the crown and be king.
21:12The thing is, I'm still looking for a queen.
21:20Is this your way of proposing?
21:23Because it's not very romantic.
21:25Look, you and I, we belong together.
21:29Professionally and personally.
21:31We're together with one.
21:34Our families would be unstoppable.
21:39It's a nice idea.
21:42It's just one problem.
21:45Oh, yeah?
21:45What's that?
21:48I don't love you.
21:49I don't love you.
21:49Yeah, but this ain't about love.
21:54This is about power.
21:57Listen.
21:59When your father's gone, what happens to you then?
22:03Huh?
22:03I mean,
22:05I mean, you know they'll never open up the books to a woman.
22:09Respect?
22:11You won't get none.
22:11Yeah, maybe you get a few envelopes, plus whatever your father has dashed away.
22:16Live a few good years.
22:19And then the money's gone.
22:21You find yourself living in a townhouse in Staten Island, downwind of the dump.
22:27No kids.
22:29That's a miserable life.
22:30That's what you want.
22:31Try it up.
22:37Joe, did you ever read The Man Who Would Be King?
22:43Nah.
22:45Well, in the end, his hubris, it causes him to die.
22:49He's going to die a violent death.
22:53He gets his companion killed, too.
22:57Oh, yeah?
22:59I'll have to go down to the library and check that one out.
23:03You should.
23:03Well, in the meantime, think about my offer, you know, especially as things unfold.
23:12You always order this much food on your lunch break.
23:24We expecting company.
23:26Who?
23:27Come on, Mama.
23:28Who?
23:29Look, I hope you ain't hiring no clown, because it ain't my birthday.
23:32Ain't no clown.
23:33Well, I hope it's not someone going to try and talk me out of what I want to do.
23:43How you doing?
23:46Ali, it's a jam.
23:48How you doing?
23:51How you doing?
23:52Oh, man.
23:53How you doing, Ali?
23:54It's a Muhammad Ali.
23:56Oh, shoot, is that?
24:01It is, and I can hardly believe it myself.
24:05Is that him?
24:05Sure is.
24:07Just see if you can talk some sense into him.
24:09Okay, baby.
24:11I'll do my best.
24:13You're bumping my regards.
24:14Of course.
24:22How you doing, ma'am?
24:24Muhammad Ali.
24:25My pleasure.
24:27You must be Jerome.
24:29Mm-hmm.
24:30So, tell me again why you want to go fight white-ish, big, fat war.
24:39To be honest, Mr. Ali, I want to become an engineer, and my mama got no way of sending
24:44me to school.
24:45Plenty of school is here.
24:46Study hard.
24:48Maybe you'll get a scholarship.
24:49It's not just that.
24:51My dad was a war hero.
24:54War hero.
24:56You want to be one, too?
24:58I'll never be as great as him.
25:00But I would want him to be proud of me.
25:03I'm not a coward.
25:05Coward.
25:12Takes courage to stand up to the system.
25:16Hey, I've lost millions of dollars.
25:18Been banned from boxing, facing jail time.
25:22You think that don't require courage?
25:24It does.
25:26But you're a fighter.
25:28Why don't you just go fight?
25:29My conscience won't let me go shoot some poor, hungry folks in the mud for white America.
25:34No Viacom has ever called me nigger.
25:39Yeah, but if we let one country fall to communism, others are going to fall, too.
25:44Aren't you worried about that?
25:46Not at all.
25:46Why are you?
25:54Listen.
25:55If I thought the Vietnam War was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people,
26:02they wouldn't have to draft me.
26:05I'd join tomorrow.
26:06I see.
26:09One more thing.
26:12You may be willing to sacrifice your life, but others may pay.
26:18Your mama, your friends, the children you'll never have, and the God you'll never serve.
26:26Hey, I want you to think about that.
26:31Thank you, chap.
26:40Hey, uh, can I get your autograph?
26:45So what do you think, Ms. Will?
26:47Well, legally, you don't have a leg to stand on.
26:50But if I were a betting woman, I'd say the court is going to favor a white developer like Straub.
26:55And the offer?
26:57You walk away with some money in your pocket.
26:59You still got the Geechee, and, uh, you can move on.
27:03And Mr. Grant will live out his life in luxury.
27:06So you're saying that I should take the deal?
27:10You know I grew up in the Bronx, right?
27:13Yeah.
27:14Then Robert Moses came along and built that expressway.
27:17They crossed Bronx.
27:19Yeah.
27:21And they blew up my neighborhood.
27:24Blew it up.
27:26Did you know my father had a grocery store?
27:30No.
27:31I used to help him stack the produce.
27:35And, I mean, we knew everybody, and everybody knew us.
27:40It was a neighborhood.
27:41And he gave everybody credit.
27:43Everybody.
27:44I think that's why I became an accountant.
27:49Didn't want to make the same mistakes.
27:51No, I didn't.
27:53Bumpy, we had a neighborhood.
27:55I mean, I felt like I was raised by every woman in that neighborhood.
28:01I got a thousand cousins out there.
28:06Well, that's nice.
28:08It was.
28:10And the problem with Straub is that what he builds destroys communities.
28:17And he says, yeah, there are going to be jobs, but you know none of those jobs are going to black people.
28:25Not one.
28:27We can't even afford to live in any of these luxury condos.
28:31He's going to come in here, destroy the culture, destroy the community.
28:36But you'll be fine.
28:43I get the point.
28:45I just wanted a professional opinion.
28:48Well, my professional opinion is this man should burn in hell.
28:51I can't believe I met Muhammad Ali.
29:00Thanks to Mamie.
29:02So what did he say?
29:04Did y'all talk about the war?
29:05Yeah.
29:07And?
29:08Did you know he's giving up boxing at millions of dollars?
29:11It's crazy.
29:12I mean, he's a celebrity.
29:13You think they're going to put him in the line of fire?
29:15No way.
29:16That ain't the point.
29:17He's a black Muslim, Ma.
29:18That's a whole other thing.
29:19I ain't like him.
29:21I'm not religiously opposed to fighting for my country.
29:25And what's this country ever done for you other than enslave your people?
29:29Mama, not everything about this country is bad.
29:33I'm not afraid to fight.
29:35And I'm not afraid to die.
29:38And I'm an adult.
29:40I gotta think for myself, okay?
29:42I gotta make my own decisions.
29:49Mr. Straub, can we have a word?
30:03We have a message from Bumpy Johnson.
30:05We just want you to look over this affidavit you gave Marshall Grant to sign.
30:11You'll have to talk to my lawyer.
30:12No, I need you to sign this affidavit that gives the St. Clair back to Bumpy Johnson.
30:18Or else you'll see the business end of my .45.
30:24Shit!
30:26He's got backup.
30:27It's Columbo's guys.
30:28I'm out.
30:48I'm out, too.
30:48Let's go!
31:02Let's go!
31:02I'm here to see Stella Gigante.
31:29Delia.
31:31What are you doing here?
31:32You said if I ever needed help, I could come to you.
31:36Yeah, of course.
31:40Come on, let's sit down.
31:51I'm telling you, Stella, not even Muhammad Ali.
31:55Muhammad Ali himself could convince that boy.
31:58Wow.
31:59I'm so worried.
32:00I'm worried sick.
32:02I understand.
32:05I don't want to loosen up.
32:08You can imagine how I feel.
32:11Of course.
32:13How can I help?
32:16Can't you get him out of it somehow?
32:18Well, you know a lot of powerful people.
32:20It's tough to avoid the draft if he wants to go, and if Muhammad Ali can't convince him otherwise.
32:27I think he has a need to prove himself, or after his father died and Teddy died?
32:33I think he has a need to prove himself or after his father died and Teddy died.
32:33He's a need to prove himself, but I'm not afraid to prove himself.
32:39I don't know.
32:40I don't know.
32:41I don't know.
32:42I don't know.
32:42I don't know.
32:42I don't know.
32:43It's all psychological, and he's so damn stubborn.
32:48Just like Teddy.
32:57What can I do?
33:03I was thinking maybe you could kidnap him
33:05and send him up to Canada.
33:08Delia.
33:09Please.
33:10I need your help. You all I got.
33:19Let me talk to some of the boys.
33:22I'll see what I can do.
33:29So you're advising me to take this to trial?
33:32If you think that's our best shot, then let's do it.
33:37Huh?
33:40I think we can win this case.
33:43Ain't nothing going our way lately.
33:45No, it ain't.
33:47I knew getting out of the duchy business was the wrong move.
33:50Right.
33:52If we lose to St. Clair, then what?
33:55I don't know.
33:56Well, I'll tell you.
33:57We're going to be scraping for times to get by.
34:05You best keep your mouth shut before Bobby catches wind of your hot air.
34:09You hear me?
34:13That was my lawyer.
34:15What did he say?
34:16We're going to file the motion to dismiss the case.
34:19Marshall's going to have to go in front of the judge and say that he was coerced in deciding those papers.
34:24Then you get to keep St. Clair?
34:26Yeah.
34:27What if you lose the case?
34:29I ain't going to lose.
34:31It's trouble with the judges, but it's the jury that decides.
34:34And they'll believe Marshall.
34:36I'm going to go talk to him now.
34:38No fucking way.
34:39No.
34:40Come on, Pino. It's not a difficult job.
34:41I don't give a fuck.
34:42We got bigger problems.
34:43And I don't want my guys getting all bent out of shape over helping some fucking Moulignan.
34:50Delia's my friend.
34:51Do you understand?
34:52Well, I understand you need better friends.
34:54Be honest, Stella.
34:55What does that old black lady have over you?
34:57She doesn't have anything over me.
34:59I consider her like family.
35:01She's not your family, Stel.
35:03She's the kind of family I would have wanted.
35:07I was in love with her son, Teddy.
35:12I wanted her to be my mother-in-law.
35:15But I'm partly responsible for Teddy, Seth.
35:19So not only do I love her, but I owe her and you're going to fucking help me.
35:26All right.
35:28All right. You want to help her so bad, you take a kid up to Canada yourself.
35:32Me?
35:33I'm concerned with this fucking family.
35:35The Genovese family.
35:38Just like your father wanted me to, I'm going to be here taking care of business.
35:41You?
35:42I don't give a flying fuck what you do.
35:45You hear me?
35:46But I'm sorry, Stella.
35:47This is not our problem.
35:48End the fucking story.
35:50Hey.
36:06May we come in?
36:08Who the hell are you?
36:10Why you got this white woman with you?
36:12This is Stella Gigante.
36:15She's my friend and we're here to see Elise.
36:17Yeah.
36:18Well, we don't make a habit of letting white folks have been here since most of them is police.
36:21Hold on, Sadie.
36:28I know you.
36:30Yeah.
36:31I know your father.
36:35Can we please talk to you?
36:41Stella's good people.
36:43She can be trusted.
36:44If you can get Jerome up to Canada, I'll provide the car, money for gas, supplies for whoever goes with him, and money for him to settle once he gets across the border.
36:54Look, we've helped smuggle young black men out of Harlem if they're draft resistors.
36:59Hell, most of us burned out draft cards the minute they arrived.
37:02But you talking about a boy who wants to go to Vietnam?
37:05He's young and confused.
37:07If he wants to fight, there ain't nothing we can do about that.
37:10Yeah, there is.
37:11Kidnap him.
37:15Take him no matter what he says.
37:18That's gangster tactics and we don't do that.
37:21Sometimes the only way to go is gangster.
37:24I'm sure Elise can tell you about that.
37:34How can I help you?
37:35Hey there, young fella.
37:36I'm looking for some peaches.
37:37You got those?
37:38Uh, right here.
37:39How many you want?
37:41Enough for an eight-hour car ride.
37:44Wow. Long trip.
37:46Four should do you.
37:48And what's your favorite fruit, Jerome?
37:50How do you know my name?
37:52Oh, we know all about you, brother.
37:55We gonna take all that shit to go, Jerome.
37:57Elise?
37:58What are you doing here?
38:00Got a message from your mama.
38:02Oh yeah?
38:04What's that?
38:06Goodbye.
38:08Hey!
38:09Hey, get off me!
38:13Elise, wait!
38:14Oh yeah!
38:15It's my favorite.
38:24Oh yeah!
38:25Oh go!
38:26Hey!
38:31Oh my God!
38:33Hey!
38:34I don't know.
39:04I'm sorry, Bobby.
39:12I know how much you meant to you.
39:28I had to bring you here for a reason.
39:32To say goodbye.
39:34To the men this family has lost and to me.
39:37What the hell?
39:39I can't believe this.
39:40Because if you died, they'd have to bury me too, right next to your father.
39:44Jerome, we're taking you to Canada.
39:47Whether you want to go or not.
39:48I packed your clothes, there's money in here for rent, and you'll need a good winter jacket.
39:53You do this against my will.
39:55Even if it makes you hate me.
39:59If Muhammad Ali could give up the thing he loves most, boxing, I can give you up.
40:04Mama, if you do this, I'll just come back.
40:09You can't stop me from fighting.
40:11I guess you're right.
40:14But you'll break my heart.
40:18When you become a parent, you'll understand.
40:21Jerome, the military requires black people to fight their battles.
40:26They're willing to risk your life, but here at home, they treat you like shit.
40:29They're throwing you into the meat grinder.
40:31Can't you see that?
40:33My conscience won't let me go shoot some poor hungry folks in the mud for white America.
40:38No via con has ever called me nigger.
40:41I just want to do something with my life.
40:45I feel like I'm suffocating here in Harlem.
40:48Why not make a better life here in Harlem?
40:52How?
40:53By joining the Panthers.
40:55We got plenty of draft dodgers in our ranks.
40:57If you're going to fight a war, fight a just war.
41:00Fight with us for what we deserve as a people.
41:03Hope.
41:04A future.
41:05You may be willing to sacrifice your life.
41:08Others may pay.
41:10Your mama.
41:12Your friends.
41:14The children you'll never have.
41:16Elise.
41:17Delia, this boy's not going to sit up in Canada twiddling his thumbs.
41:20He needs a cause.
41:22And there's one right here at home.
41:24But that's just as dangerous.
41:28Mama.
41:32I hear what she's saying.
41:35Look, Muhammad Ali was right.
41:39Ain't no via con ever called me nigger.
41:44I won't join the military if I can join the Panthers.
41:53At least you'll be home.
41:57Anybody got a lighter?
41:58I don't know.
42:05Welcome to the Panthers.
42:17Oh, hey.
42:34What are you doing home so early?
42:37What was I thinking?
42:41What?
42:42You could have told me that rebuilding Harlem was a crazy idea.
42:46Belsworth, what is going on?
42:51What happened?
42:54Watch your grand.
42:55He's dead.
42:56What?
42:57They outplayed me, Mamie.
43:02They're going to get to St. Clair.
43:03No, you don't know that.
43:06I lost, Mamie.
43:09I lost.
43:10And it cost a man his life.
43:14I'm going to give them what they want.
43:17I'm going to take the money, pay off all our debts.
43:20And we're going to live to see another day.
43:26You know, for what it's worth, I am sick of this shit, too.
43:34And I am sorry about Marshall.
43:36You know, I love this place.
44:03It's so real, so Italian.
44:07It's very Italian, yeah.
44:08I come here a lot with some friends of mine.
44:11You know, we like it because it's old school cooking, and they fly all the ingredients in from all over.
44:16Can we get down the business?
44:17I want to get this overweight.
44:20Okay.
44:22Seems our friend there is in a bad mood.
44:25I don't know why.
44:26You're going to make a tiny profit on this sale.
44:29A very good man is dead.
44:31A man who was my friend.
44:33Oh, yeah, it's just...
44:34Jesus, we heard about that, dude.
44:37It's such a shame.
44:38It said he offed himself.
44:40I'm not so sure that's how it happened.
44:41And if it didn't, whoever is responsible, they'll pay.
44:50Are you accusing us of something?
44:53Marshall Grant could easily blow up your whole bullshit case against me.
44:56Maybe yes, maybe no.
44:59But the poor man is not here anymore.
45:01Now, uh...
45:02Joe and I are glad that you came to your senses.
45:08Let's cross the T's and dot the I's on this.
45:13Money first.
45:15Of course.
45:15Yeah, make sure it's all there.
45:25I wouldn't want Mr. Straub here to take advantage.
45:27Sure.
45:28I'd never cheat on a business deal.
45:30As partners, I don't want you to ever worry about that.
45:32All right.
45:50Let's get on with it.
45:53Let's get on with it.
46:23Time's a change in Sweetheart.
46:34Think about my offer.
46:35Ciao.
46:36Let's get on with it.
46:49Let's get on with it.
47:02Let's get on with it.
47:06Let's get on with it.
47:19We're good?
47:47Yes, we are.
47:52Good.
47:54What the fuck, Joe?
47:57You think you can trust this fucking guy?
47:59Fellas, let me take these off your fucking hands.
48:02That's my money.
48:06Money more.
48:08Now that you're broke, you can go back to doing what you do best.
48:10You're selling dope in Harlem.
48:13But hey, listen, no heart feelings.
48:16Don't feel free to stop by the St. Clair, whatever you want.
48:19Drinks are on me.
48:22Hey, Dom, get the fucking contract.
48:24Of course.
48:24Let's go.
48:25Don't feel free to stop by the St. Clair, whatever you want.
48:40Don't feel free to stop by the St. Clair, whatever you want.
48:57If I miss you, what will I do if the black aurora of the morning was black?
49:05I'll see you next time.
49:07The black hole has become the green sea,
49:16from when I know that I can't return anymore.
49:27The black hole has become the green sea,
49:34from when I know that I can't return anymore.
49:37I'll see you next time.
49:39The Black hole has become the green sea,
49:43and the black hole has become the green sea.
49:47The black hole has become the green sea,
49:52and the black hole has become the green sea.
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