Tin Men Page #3

Synopsis: One step short of larceny, the aluminum siding salesmen in this movie sell their wares, compete with each other, and engage in a lot of great dialog. Tin Men focuses on the rivalry between BB Babowsky and Ernest Tilley. At the same time, the end of small world of which they are kings looms near as a government probe investigates their industry.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
1987
112 min
715 Views


invites a strange colored guy in...

invited him in to stay. Is that

crazy or what? If a colored guy

came to my door and said 'can I

stay the night,' I'd tell him

'get the f*** out of here'! It's

nothing personal, mind you.

MOUSE:

You're not a bigot, is that what

you're telling us?

SAM:

Me? No, I'm not a bigot.

GIL:

If you're not, how come you're

making such a big thing out of it?

SAM:

It's the fact the Ben Cartwright's

on the Ponderosa... he's in the

middle of nowhere. It's not like

he's living on Reisterstown Road

with houses all around... we're

talking about the West here. It's

the idea that a strange guy comes

to the door in the middle of the

West. It doesn't make sense,

that's all I'm saying.

MOUSE:

Come on... you're a bigot, that's

what you are.

(CONTINUED)

9.

15 CONTINUED:
(2) 15

SAM:

Listen, I'll sell tin to anybody... I don't care who he is. A

mark's a mark, whether he's

Chinese, Indian or from Mars...

I'm thoroughly integrated. Makes

no difference to me... I justwouldn't have one of those guyssleep in my house.

CUT TO:

16 EXT. DINER PARKING LOT - DAY 16

Tilley gets out of his car and enters the diner.

17 INT. DINER - DAY 17

He starts walking to the booth where the other tin men

are. On his way he yells over to the waitress.

TILLEY:

Florence, eggs and the toast,

the way I like it.

FLORENCE, who doesn't have too much energy, calls backto Tilley.

FLORENCE:

Not too gooey. Coffee right

away.

She trails the last word. Sam is still talking abouthis problem with "Bonanza."

SAM:

I just don't believe that 'Bonanza'is an accurate description of theWest. I say no more.

Tilley slips into the booth next to Sam.

for Sam to give him more room.

He indicates

TILLEY:

Come on, give me a couple of moreinches.

SAM:

You want me to take my plate...

I'll eat in the parking lot.

(CONTINUED)

10.

17 CONTINUED:
17

TILLEY:

Come on, Sam, I'm having a terrible

morning. You're not going to

believe this, some guy just crashed

into me... right in the middle of

the street... then he attacks me.

One of the loonies.

SAM:

(biting into his

toast)

Did ya live?

MOUSE:

Did you get his name?

TILLEY:

Yeah, I got his name. The police

came... God, I can't believe it...

the guy's an idiot.

He pulls a piece of paper from his pocket.

TILLEY:

Yeah, here it is... some Polish

name... Babowski... Bill Babowski

... f***ing son of a b*tch.

GIL:

I know the guy... they call him

BB.

TILLEY:

You know the son of a b*tch?

GIL:

Yeah, he works with Bagel.

TILLEY:

He sells aluminum siding? I

don't believe it... of all the

people that could run into me, it

has to be a f***ing tin man. How

come I don't know him?

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Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. Levinson's best-known works are comedy-drama and drama films such as Diner (1982); The Natural (1984); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Bugsy (1991); and Wag the Dog (1997). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988) which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture. more…

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