First Time Felon Page #4

Synopsis: Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than he thought it would be. He braves it through and comes home a better man. He then has to deal with the real world, and never gives up no matter what the odds.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Charles S. Dutton
Production: HBO Video
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
R
Year:
1997
110 min
664 Views


-Buber, ma'am.

-Ever attempt suicide?

-No, ma'am.

You're sure, with a name like ''Boob''?

You sure look like an idiot to me.

-Yes, ma'am.

-You're a real piece of work, idiot. Shot...

...stabbed. What's that?

Bite mark, ma'am.

-Who bit you, you idiot. Your girlfriend?

-Yes, ma'am.

Being mean to her? Probably deserved it.

A look at your body

and your secret's out, Sims.

We both know you don't belong here!

Ma'am, l have a bullet in my back.

-Now? lt's in your back now?

-Yes, ma'am, right here.

That's just great. What else, you idiot?

l have no feeling in these fingers

from the handcuffs when l got arrested.

You're not gonna get out of work detail

'cause of that!

-l wasn't--

-Shut up! Nobody asked you.

Keep looking straight ahead, dummy!

Everybody!

Prepare to mount!

Mount!

Sleep!

F*** Calhoun!

Everybody on their feet!

-Who wants to f*** Calhoun? You?

-No, no, sir.

-You wanna f*** Calhoun?

-No, sir.

How about you?

-You wanna f*** Calhoun?

-No, sir!

No talking ever!

That means never!

Maybe we should be able to say

whatever we want to...

...in language they understand.

lf they can't take it in here

without losing control...

...how are they gonna make it in the street

where it'll be 10 times worse?

Yes, but within limits.

We have our boundaries

and one of them is no cursing.

That's not what they understand, Captain.

l know what these kids understand!

l grew up with kids like this.

We must be so much worse

than the street to them.

lf you get them early

and just hit them hard!

You can't hit them so hard

that you demoralize them.

You've gotta give them some respect

and some space to come up.

These kids are not

from your neighborhood.

They're not going back

to your neighborhood.

How about you?

Help the ones you can help...

...and l'll work with the ones you can't.

You know what l think?

You should project your voice

from down here.

lt's easier on your throat.

You wear white because you are ghosts.

Ghosts do not exist.

As you have been told,

your milk cartons face front!

Do it!

And your plate touches the tray! Do it!

You'll have exactly 10 minutes

in which to finish your food.

At--

Did you hear what l said, numb-nuts?

Milk carton faces front!

Get up, Yance!

Get up! You'll eat standing. Let's see

how much you can have in five seconds.

Go!

Not good enough! Give me 50 right now!

Everybody else, eat!

Down, sucker!

Down!

One.

-Down!

-Two.

-Down!

-Three.

All right, rodents!

You ate off them,

now it's your turn to clean them!

When l return,

l expect every pot, every pan...

...and every dish in this kitchen

to be spotless!

-Do l make myself clear?

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Daniel Therriault

Daniel Therriault (born 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the stage play Battery and the HBO films First Time Felon and Witness Protection. more…

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