Uptown Saturday Night Page #2

Synopsis: Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During their visit, however, the place is robbed and they are forced to hand over their wallets. Steve's wallet turns out to have contained a winning lottery ticket, and together they must recover their stolen property.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Sidney Poitier
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1974
104 min
581 Views


-How do you do?

-I'm Madame Zenobia Bunight.

-I'm Steve Jackson.

-This is Wardell Franklin.

-Nice to meet you both.

You look like you must be new customers.

That's right. First time.

I certainly hope you enjoy yourselves

enough to want to come back soon.

You will find us candid and to the point.

Your pleasure is our business,

and you'll find plenty here to your liking.

-I already have.

-Why, thank you.

Why don't you fellas move around,

find something nice to do?

If you get bored here

and are looking for real excitement...

there is always the room

with the red door in the back.

-What's in there?

-Happiness...

-or sadness.

-What do you mean by that?

Why don't you go back there and find out?

And, Mr. Jackson,

you behave yourself, hear?

Mr. Jackson,

I think she was digging on you.

-She sure is a fine-looking mama.

-Yeah.

I thought I said that.

-What you think is going on back there?

-I don't know. Hookers maybe.

Okay, get your bets down.

Coming out.

Get your bets down.

Dice coming out. Leggy Peggy rolling.

Right. Dice here for $100.

-You got it. Anybody else want this?

-I'll take $200 of that, Peg.

Who else thinks the dice is wrong?

-Anybody else?

-Got you.

I'm going to get in this game.

-You're going to get your feelings hurt.

-Loan me some money.

-No.

-Come on, man.

You got to be crazy!

-Give me some money.

-No.

You brothers going to participate

or talk stuff?

-We gonna play, man.

-lt costs $150 to get in this game.

If you haven't got it, agitate the gravel...

and take this lame with you.

-We got the money, chump.

-Get down with it.

Bet up. New point coming out.

-That's right. $50 on the dynamite lady!

-That's right, my brother!

You and me.

I thought you said, "Let's stand."

-Let's go, darling.

-Here we go.

Seven, a winner!

-I'm letting it all ride!

-Let it ride. That's right.

$100 on Miss Peggy Leggy.

-That's right.

-Let's go again.

Here we go. One time more.

-Eleven!

-Still rolling.

-Don't touch a thing!

-Don't touch it?

It's all right. How about just a little bit?

It's all riding again.

Now, all you big-time players

jump on that...

if you think you can stand the strain.

That's right, my sister.

And while you at it, jump on that,

and $5 more for the church.

Jump on it! Come on.

Jump on it some more there.

Your hand moves every time mine moves.

-Roll the dice.

-Again!

-Seven, a winner!

-There you go!

How long you all been open down here?

l've been working for a living.

-Yeah. I know, honey.

-Jump on it. You're my man.

-I got your name and number.

-Right on, brother.

Go ahead, brother.

-Peggy, roll it.

-Here we go!

-Eleven, a winner!

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Richard Wesley

Richard Wesley (born July 11, 1945) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is an associate professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing. Wesley was born in Newark, New Jersey, to George and Gertrude Wesley, and grew up in the Ironbound section. After finishing high school, he studied playwriting and dramatic literature at Howard University and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1967.He is married to author Valerie Wilson Wesley. As of 2000, he was a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. more…

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