Chains of Gold

Synopsis: Scott Barnes (Travolta) is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy (Lawrence) from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack in an organization called YIP, run by Carlos (Bratt).
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Rod Holcomb
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.1
R
Year:
1991
95 min
33 Views


Michael. Jesus, Michael.

- Are you all right?

- What you got there?

Benny, I'm totally clean, I swear.

I'm totally clean. I wasrt doing anything.

I'm totally clean, all right?

He looks bad. We should get him to a doctor.

- You're supposed to sell it, not smoke it.

- Yeah, but...

But what? You supposed to be here?

I was supposed to find him.

You found him.

Get your little butt back on the street

oryou're in the pit!

Take this f*** to Madison House. He's dead.

He's got an address, proof of being disabled,

and there's record of his birth at the hospital.

He needs the birth certificate.

He doesn't have six dollars to buy it.

That's not my problem.

Don't be an a**hole. Just call and verify.

I'm sorry, I can't.

- If you don't, I'll approve it myself.

- You try it.

Watch this.

- I don't believe you did that.

- Believe it.

All right, Mr simms, we are outta here.

- I'm reporting you to Donaldson.

- His extensiors 352.

- How'd it go, scott?

- I don't know, Ed.

For once I would love to solve a problem

without this goddamn paperwork.

You'd better get on it.

There's a review coming up.

Tell somebody who gives a sh*t.

That kind of attitude

will catapult you right to the top.

I gotta get out of here.

Look, I'm gonna do some field work, all right?

I'll coverforyou like I usually do.

- There you go.

- Thanks.

- Beat it!

- Hold it, man!

- Help! Help!

- Hold it!

- Got it!

- Let go! Help!

He's got my briefcase!

Hey!

That's it! Come on, give it up!

Give me the case, man. Come on.

(Black man) Come on, man.

- (# Blaring hip-hop)

- Hey, Pedro. How you doing?

- (Knock at door)

- (TV) 'Don and Barbara, you've won the stereo,

'the furniture and $2,000 in cash... '

- Hi!

- Hi, Rachel.

- scott, how you doing?

- How are you?

- We missed you.

- I missed you. What are you working on?

Puzzle. Mom, scott's here!

- so.

- Hi.

- Finally, you come to see us.

- It hasn't been that long.

- It's been long.

- How's your leg?

You brought food.

You could get fired forthat.

she always says that.

What's this? somebody's had

a pretty good summerthis year?

It's nothing. Tommy bought Mom

a new dress for her birthday.

Oh, yeah? Did he buy herthe TV, too?

- It's nice, huh?

- Where'd he find that kind of money?

- says he found a wallet.

- Awallet?

What'd your mother say?

she says she loves her new TV

and she looks wonderful in her new dress.

- Where is he?

- He's sleeping.

sleeping? It's two in the afternoon.

What's he sleeping for?

Tommy, what are you doing?

- Tommy.

- scott. Where you been?

- I thought you were my pal.

- I am but I'm sleeping.

Well, get up. I want to see you.

Look, I gotta finish this dream.

- What are you dreaming?

- I'm dreaming I'm sleeping.

Well, I got lunch out there foryou,

so get up, OK?

Come on, get up.

scott! Turn that thing off!

Rachel, there was a pack

of cigarettes in this. Thanks.

You know I can't have that.

About time you got up.

- Hey, my show.

- All right, sleepyhead.

You are up.

(Mom) she won the car!

Junk.

Must've been up pretty late last night.

I don't know.

Tom. How's about you and me

going down to the centre tomorrow

and shooting some hoops?

- No. I got otherthings to do.

- Come on, Tom.

Just you and me, like old times.

say yes.

Come on. say yes.

Fine.

(sirens)

You wear some very nice clothes these days.

so you like 'em?

Yeah. Wish I could afford to dress that way.

Where'd you get the money?

- How long you had that tattoo?

- It's awesome, huh?

It's all right. When you're an old man, though,

you gotta wear long-sleeved shirts.

I'll be a rich old man. When you're rich,

nobody cares about tattoos.

Is that right?

You remember when I told you

I had a drinking problem?

And what happened to my kid?

I felt responsible for

his death and everything?

Yeah, I really felt bad about that.

No. I know you did.

That was really, really difficult for me to tell you.

And not many people know about it.

But I did tell you because I trust you.

You're my friend.

- (shattering glass)

- Bingo! All right!

I never bullshit you, so don't bullshit me.

Where'd you get that money?

I found a wallet, OK?

Look, I know. I know it's hard foryou.

You don't have the things you want

orthe things you need.

But there's different ways of getting it, man.

ljust don't want you to be tempted

to do it the wrong way.

You are so smart.

I don't know if there's anyone

in this world I care about more than you.

ljust want to see you do it the right way.

Let's go. One more. Go ahead.

- (shattering glass)

- Yes! Come here.

I didn't break any rules.

The hospital has his record.

It doesn't give you the right

to call an officer a horse's rear end.

- I didn't...

- You smoked in front of a client

- in a nonsmoking area.

- I called him an a**hole.

- Got any other problems, Barnes?

- Damn right I do.

I don't have enough time

and you've doubled our caseload.

How can I do my field work?

You spend too much time in the field.

All you need is in the files.

- Bullshit.

- You've been bucking the system

since you got here.

Get with the programme oryou'll be out of a job.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

I wouldn't mind.

You got a long wait cos I ain't going nowhere.

(Door slams)

We need some food. The way you eat...

All right, Mom. I'll take care of it.

You got a little extra for me? I ran out. I...

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