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Synopsis: Gino, an Italian-American shoe-shiner with a remarkable similarity to a certain mafia don, is paid to take the rap for a murder. Jerry, a two-bit gangster on probation, is given a chance for redemption by guarding Gino for the weekend. But instead of sitting around a dingy hotel room, Jerry decides to give Gino a weekend to remember, taking him to Lake Tahoe. Jerry's bragging to his friends of his important charge, as well as Gino's dignified, quiet demeanor, soon result in much complication for them both.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
PG
Year:
1988
100 min
382 Views


I'll show you what's okay.

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

Take care now.

Thank you.

You like to travel?

Sure.

Okay, good.

I like.

Good.

Glad to hear it.

Here to make you happy.

Anything to please.

That's me.

Two days, you understand?

A little fun, a little memory,

then back to Chicago.

Back-a to Chicago. I shoot

the son of a b*tch in the heart.

And when I say it, out here, do it.

You the boss.

I am the boss.

You keep that clear,

we're gonna get on fine.

Jerry!

Vegas Air announces

the arrival of flight 16

from New York at Gate 8.

Flight 16 at Gate 8.

How ya doin'?

What are you doin' here?

Hey, how are you? I'm doin'

fine. How should I be doin'?

You know, heard you

mucked-up back there last month.

What does that mean?

Heard they slapped your wrists.

What wrists?

You had to stay after school,

couldn't obey orders.

"Stay after school"?

"Stay after school."

Are you joking me?

Does this look like staying after school?

Who is it?

If you don't know,

then maybe you shouldn't know.

Are you staying at the hotel?

Yeah, we're staying at the hotel.

Someone picking you up?

I think they're sending

somebody down to...

Get in the car.

No, get in the car.

Vegas Air flight 271

to Sacramento and San Francisco

now leaving at gate three.

You know, I heard you got

in some deep powder back there.

I heard they put you on probation.

Well, you can't believe

everything you hear.

Sometimes they put out a story.

And so, you're...

What? So, you're...

What I am is what you see.

And so your guy, he's big back there.

Babe, this is the guy behind the guy,

behind the guy.

But what I gotta tell you is,

I cannot talk about it.

I understand.

He wants to come out here,

a quiet weekend.

I understand.

A bit of this, a bit of that.

No fuss.

Billy, thanks, pal.

I'll walk you in.

Thanks, pal.

I'll take it from here.

No problem, no problem.

Hey.

Right this way.

I'm trying to keep a low profile

here. You understand?

We like to go in quiet.

Could we get some attention here?

- May I help you?

- Ahem!

Yes, I'll have to get

right back to you. Thank you.

Good morning, gentlemen.

Good to have you with us.

Shall we go right up to the room?

We're going upstairs.

We'll be going to the Criterion floor.

Welcome to the Galaxy, gentlemen.

Call the top floor.

Tell them our guests are coming.

Yes, sir.

Anything you might need

in Lake Tahoe, sir,

I'd be honored if you'd

ask for me. Billy Drake.

Who is he?

From Chicago.

Yes, sir.

I understand.

Absolutely.

I understand.

Yes, sir.

I understand completely.

Here they are now.

Hi.

Welcome to the Criterion floor, Mr...

Johnson.

Look, it's a good idea...

It's very important...

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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