Gimme the Loot Page #2

Synopsis: When a rival gang buffs Malcolm and Sofia's latest graffiti masterpiece with a replica of the NY Mets home-run apple, they're determined to get spectacular revenge - by tagging the real Mets' apple. Over the course of a whirlwind two-day heat wave, these tough teens from the Bronx must hustle, scramble, and steal to execute the scheme that will make them the most famous writers in New York.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Adam Leon
Production: IFC Films
  4 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
81 min
$97,768
Website
124 Views


He was like, just-

you know what I'm saying?

Just show up, you know,

just meet him across the street,

and we gotta give him $500.

$500?

Yeah.

Where the f***

are we supposed to get $500?

I... I thought we would

bless this nigga, like,

with some weed or something,

but f***in' $500?

Look, you don't understand, man.

This nigga owes so much money.

He f***in' heard about

a fix on a fight

at the Blue Horizon in Philly,

and guess what.

I don't give a f***.

This nigga bet the wrong guy.

How you bet-how you gonna bet

the wrong guy?

What kind of stupid sh*t is that?

How we gonna get this paper?

Well, for starters,

Ronaldo owes me $80

for that custom,

and I got deliveries.

Well, you gonna have to steal

them deliveries.

I'm not stealin' from Donnie.

That nigga'll kill me.

You not stealing from Donnie?

What, you scared

of Donnie's rich ass?

Don't be a f***ing p*ssy.

- Man,

it ain't even about that.

Yo, so-yo, my f***in' mom's

getting on my nerves, man.

Sh*t.

Look, my bad.

I'm just saying, like,

she ain't trying

to give us no loan.

That's all I'm saying.

I feel you.

But I know one thing.

You can sell-

you can sell

the rest of those cans

to f***in'- to the Kaps.

I know you want to do that.

Yeah, I could do that.

Yeah, I bet.

Don't worry about my sh*t.

Why don't you focus

on your sh*t

and gettin' your sh*t

straight?

- Listen, I'm focused on my sh*t

all day.

- Oh, you focused on your sh*t

all day?

So why you going

the wrong f***ing way?

You supposed to be going

to the train station.

- Oh, sh*t, you right.

F***.

I'll see you later, yo.

# Lord, send it on down

# Straight on down

# O Lord,

let the Holy Ghost

# Come on down

# Whoa, send it on down here,

Lord

# Straight on down

# O Lord, let the Holy Ghost

come on down #

Yo, Lenny, what's up?

Malcolm, wow.

It's good to see you, man.

Word, you too.

They got you workin' short pack

today?

Yeah, yeah.

They downstairs?

Yeah, yeah, you could go.

All right, watch your head.

All right.

Appreciate it.

- Motherf***er

from down the block, man,

and he talkin' about going-

garbage cans and sh*t.

Yo, what's good?

Look at this motherfuck.

Where the f*** you been?

- Yo, I've been bombing

like crazy, yo.

Did you see that sh*t I did

on the-um, on the Brooklyn?

Nah.

- Yo, a'ight, just load me up

on some deliveries, then.

I'll sell all that sh*t today.

Nah, man, we good.

Come on, Donnie.

F*** you, man.

Go pick up cans or some sh*t.

Listen, you come in Monday.

You work a whole f***in' day.

Then maybe we'll talk.

- Man, look.

Um...

Yo, I need to borrow some money.

I need, like, $500.

But, look,

it's an emergency situation.

Get the f*** out of here.

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Adam Leon

Adam Leon is an American film director and writer working in New York City. His first feature film, Gimme the Loot, won the Grand Jury Prize at South by Southwest and premiered internationally at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) in 2012. Leon’s second feature, Tramps, wrapped production in March 2016 and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016, where Netflix acquired worldwide rights. Leon's films have received critical acclaim. more…

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