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Synopsis: Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed. He calls Mikey, his friend since childhood, but when Mikey arrives, Nick won't let him in: his moods swing. So begins a long night as Mike tries to take care of Nick, calm him down and get him out of town. Their sojourn - on foot and in a city bus - takes them to a bar, a club, toward a movie theater, to the cemetery where Nick's mom is buried, and to Nick's girlfriend's apartment. Tempers fray and the friendship is tested. Meanwhile, a hit man who's getting information from someone is indeed looking for Nick.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Elaine May
Production: Criterion Collection
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
1976
119 min
2,358 Views


But there is nobody there.

I'm the only one

that knows you're here.

- Then why don't you go out first?

- I'm going out first.

Wait a minute.

- What's the matter?

- Will you wear my jacket?

- Huh?

- Will you wear my jacket?

What do you think...

I'm fingering you?

No. But you don't believe there's

anyone out there. I do.

So, if I'm right,

why won't you wear my jacket?

Give it to me.

- Here you are.

- Here you are.

- Here's my coat.

- Are you tired?

Make sure you put that on

because it's damp outside.

Give me your coat. You want me

to wear this too, don't you?

Sure.

You want me to leave this open

so they can see the jacket?

- No, that won't be necessary.

- Fine.

Why bother?

There's no one out there, right?

- Can I have your watch?

- You wanna wear my watch?

I'll be very careful. I want it

for luck. It's just for luck.

All right, I'll let you wear my watch.

Will you let me carry your gun?

- What for?

- For luck.

If somebody thinks I'm you

and they shoot at me

it'd be lucky if I could shoot back.

Put this on.

I don't want you to catch cold.

You catch a cold on top of

your ulcer, that's all I need.

There's the gun.

Go ahead.

There's the gun.

You're crazy.

Here's the watch.

- Okay.

- All right.

We'll have to

go away from here.

- You all right?

- I don't know.

All right?

That's right.

Right.

Very good.

B and O.

Initials B and O, right?

Okay. Second and what?

All right, all right.

I got ya. Second Street. All right.

Second and South.

Hold it.

All right. He's wearing

a dark raincoat? A dark navy.

All right. Now, I've got

some instructions to give you.

I figure 15, 20 minutes from here.

That depends on how bad the traffic is.

All right, now, when they get

to Second and South

I'll call the B and O Tavern

I let the phone ring three times.

You understand that?

When you hear the phone ring

I want you out of the bar

on the street.

When you're on the street,

I'm gonna make my move.

I don't want to spend more than ten

minutes out on that street, understand?

Florida. Florida.

Nick?

There's very little

that goes out at night.

T.W.A. No, that's tomorrow.

American. That's tomorrow

to San Francisco.

There's one T.W.A. At 11:00.

I don't want to go to the airport.

- You don't want to go to the airport.

- No.

He could have

the whole airport surrounded.

Nick

He would have to hire an army.

Do you know what it would cost

to cover an entire airport?

Plus the cost of the contract.

You're not worth it.

I don't want to go to the airport.

What do you want to do?

You want to take a train?

- Why can't you drive?

- Where?

I don't know. Where am I goin'?

Wherever I'm goin'.

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Elaine May

Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedienne. She made her initial impact in the 1950s from her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols, performing as Nichols and May. After her duo with Nichols ended, May subsequently developed a career as a director and screenwriter. Her screenwriting has been twice nominated for the Academy Award, for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and the Nichols-directed Primary Colors (1998). May is celebrated for the string of films she directed in the 1970s: her 1971 black comedy A New Leaf, in which she also starred; her 1972 dark romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid; and her 1976 gritty drama Mikey and Nicky, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk. In 1996, she reunited with Nichols to write the screenplay for The Birdcage, directed by Nichols. After studying acting with theater coach Maria Ouspenskaya in Los Angeles, she moved to Chicago in 1955 and became a founding member of the Compass Players, an improvisational theater group. May began working alongside Nichols, who was also in the group, and together they began writing and performing their own comedy sketches, which were enormously popular. In 1957 they both quit the group to form their own stage act, Nichols and May, in New York. Jack Rollins, who produced most of Woody Allen's films, said their act was "so startling, so new, as fresh as could be. I was stunned by how really good they were."They performed nightly to mostly sold-out shows, in addition to making TV appearances and radio broadcasts. In their comedy act, they created satirical clichés and character types which made fun of the new intellectual, cultural, and social order that was just emerging at the time. In doing so, she was instrumental in removing the stereotype of women being unable to succeed at live comedy. Together, they became an inspiration to many younger comedians, including Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin. After four years, at the height of their fame, they decided to discontinue their act. May became a screenwriter and playwright, along with acting and directing. Their relatively brief time together as comedy stars led New York talk show host Dick Cavett to call their act "one of the comic meteors in the sky." Gerald Nachman noted that "Nichols and May are perhaps the most ardently missed of all the satirical comedians of their era." more…

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