
Manhattan Night
- R
- Year:
- 2016
- 113 min
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I sell mayhem,
scandal, murder, and doom.
Oh, Jesus, I do.
I sell the newborn and the dead.
I sell the wretched, magnificent
city of New York back to its people.
I sell newspapers.
Thanks for your time.
Yeah?
Porter. I got
a shooting, plus a fire.
- Mm. Any bodies?
- At least two, projects on Avenue d.
Paul said something about a kid.
I'm on it. I'm on it.
Thanks.
I'm always running to the place
where the bad thing
just happened,
arriving just after
the danger has passed,
watching from a safe distance,
searching for an angle,
that little wrinkle, the kick to the heart
that makes you want to put down the dollar
and pick up the paper.
I'm always looking
for a good story.
I seen the smoke.
And I'm looking up there.
And that's when Demetrius,
he come jumping
through that window.
And he on fire,
burning like all over.
And Demetrius,
he fall, fall, and fall.
I can see he gonna land
on top of the baby.
And then just before
Demetrius land,
he do this little kind of flip.
And he landed on his back.
And he holding the baby up,
like...
And I can see that
he do that on purpose.
What did you do?
I run over and
I pick up Vernon here.
And I see Demetrius.
He just not gonna make it,
because he landed
on his back like that.
Hey, little man.
I'm sorry that happened to you
and your daddy. You okay?
No, no, no, he don't talk yet.
Fall, fall, fall.
Thanks for your time.
Hey, you're the one that helped
them find that little girl?
I write a column
for a daily newspaper.
In other words,
I'm an endangered species.
I used to think my stories
could make a difference.
Now I just hope they are
enough to feed my family.
These days, eight million kids
have iPhones
and post their videos on YouTube
like they're actually reporting
and commenting on something.
Eh. My wife says I sound old.
I'm heading into a long one, so
you'll probably get home before me.
Josephine needs to get paid.
the pots and pans.
You keep leaving them for me.
Yeah, well, they
have to soak overnight.
Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
- - Really?
Is that what
your mother told you?
Well, look, I got to go, baby.
- Wait, Porter.
- What?
Did you remember your tuxedo?
Yeah, but I don't want to go.
Everyone's going to be
sucking up to Hobbs, uh...
you know, if they're really thinking about
cutting your column, you better go.
I know you are a watcher, Mr.
wren, but it is rude to stare.
I'm sorry. I was just trying to
figure out where I knew you from.
I see you recognize me, though.
From your cheesy picture.
The one that
goes with my column.
Your smug expression
is annoying.
It was, uh, taken last year,
in the waning moments
of my youth.
Right before they retired
the film camera?
- Wow.
- - Sorry.
the newspaper anymore?
Well, I have a few fans
of the print edition.
I'm told they Twitter at me.
I think they Twitter
about how awesome it is,
the feel of the paper,
the smell of the ink.
Hashtag-well-written-column.
Well...
I do like the feel of the paper.
And your column, Mr. wren,
is always very well written,
in an old-time,
classic kind of way.
- Well...
- I do wonder, though.
It must be depressing for you to
be in all those places
has happened.
You must have seen
so many awful things.
I've seen a few things.
People seem to open up to you.
You must have a skill for
asking the right questions.
Usually people want
to tell somebody,
and I'm just there
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