Summer of Sam

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Hello, ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls.

My name is Jimmy Breslin. I'm a writer.

I write about New York,

the city of my birth...

...where I've lived and worked all my life.

The city that I love and hate both equally.

Today things are much different.

Business is booming up, up and up.

Crime is down, down, down.

Homicides are the lowest

it's been since 1961.

Well, it wasn't always like this.

This film is about a different time,

a different place.

The good old days,

the hot, blistering summer of 1977.

There are eight million stories

in the Naked City...

...and this was one of them.

Shut that dog up!

Shut that dog up!

Shut that dog! Shut that dog up!

Shut that dog up!

Shut that dog up!

Shut that dog up!

There was something

in the air that night

The stars were bright

Fernando

They were shining there

for you and me...

Wanna go to the beach tomorrow?

- Yeah, let's go to Jones.

- Yeah.

- Oh, I have a hair appointment.

Tsk. Ah, I'll just cancel it.

Yeah.

- Who's this?

- Can we help you with something?

If I had to do the same again

I would, my friend...

Boogie nights

Boogie nights

Boogie nights, ain't no doubt

We are here to party

Boogie nights, come on out

Got to get it started

Dance with the boogie, get down

Cos boogie nights are always

the best in town

Got to keep on dancin'

Keep on dancin'

Got to keep on dancin'

Keep on dancin'

Boogie nights, get that groove

Let it take you higher

Boogie nights, make it move

Set this place on fire

Dance with the boogie, get down...

Hey, how ya doin'? Good to see you.

All right. Come right in, right in.

- Hey, good to see you.

- Here you go.

- Dionna.

- Don't spend it all in one place.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

To grow up in,

let's find a place that's safe

You look stunning.

With no blacks, no Jews and no gays

There but for the grace of God

There go I

Oh, I

There but for the grace of God

There go I, I, I, I, I

No blacks, no Jews and no gays

There but for the grace of God

There go I

Oh, I

There but for the grace of God

There go I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Carmen and the family

Left the dirty streets

To find a quiet place overseas

And year after year the kid has to hear

The do's and don'ts and the dids

And when she's ten years old

she digs that rock'n'roll

But they banned it from the home

There but for the grace of God

There

Go I

It could be me, it could be you

Who could it be

Ah, you killed me out there.

- You look good tonight.

- You do.

- Oh, I do, do I?

- You kill me.

You get me going.

Billy Martin?

Everybody wants to talk to him.

- Hey, sweetheart.

- Hey, what's the score, Joey?

- Yankees three, A's two. Top of the ninth.

- Nice!

Hey, Dionna, what's with your cousin?

She's stuck up.

She doesn't speak english!

Thank God! I thought I'd lost my touch.

Well, you are, you have.

Mi chiamo Brian.

Sei scimmia, io mi chiamo Garibaldi!

Dionna, mezzanotte.

E meglio che vada a casa.

Vinny, it's midnight.

We gotta take Chiara home.

Hey, Dionna, I could take her home.

That's all my father needs to see,

then we'll all get beatings.

- We'll take you home.

- No, baby. You stay here. I'll take her.

- You're having a good time.

- Yeah?

- Yeah. I don't feel well. I want some air.

- You all right?

Yeah. I just don't feel well.

I don't mind. I don't care.

All right.

Hey, come on, have a shot.

- No, I gotta go.

- Come on, have a shot!

- Oh, have a shot. Come on, baby.

- Peer pressure.

- To the Yankees!

- Yankees!

Hey, Vinny! Vinny, pick me up

a sandwich. BLT. Mustard, not mayo.

- All right, baby.

- OK. I love you.

Oh! Oh, si!

Oh! Oh, Vincente.

I'm f***in' coming! Oh, God!

- F***in' son of a b*tch!

- Che cazzo vogliono, quelli?

Pull your panties back up. Come on!

Che cazzo vogliono?!

Ma stava venendo,

che vogliono questi cornuti?!

- Andiamo, dai.

- I don't deserve this sh*t!

Andiamo!

I must have been through

about a million girls...

Why do they have to come here

and do that?

Right in front of your house.

Like dogs in heat.

No class.

No couth.

Hey, I had a real good time tonight.

Are you busy tomorrow night?

I'd really like to see you again.

But then I fooled around and fell in love

I fooled around and fell in love

Since I met you, baby

I fooled around and fell

In love

Free, on my own

That's the way I used to be

But since I met you, baby

Love's got a hold on me

Ooh, it's got a hold on me now

Dionna!

Cos you been mean to me

Fun, fun, fun

And I've been good to you

Hey, where's my sandwich?

Oh, sh*t. Sh*t. I forgot, baby.

I forgot. I'm sorry.

- Oh, baby, I got the munchies.

- Come on, let's dance.

- I don't wanna dance. Let's just go.

- You wanna go?

Let's go to the diner and have breakfast.

Eggs or something. Then go home.

- Dance some more?

- I'll dance on the way out.

You follow me. I want my breakfast.

You danced so great tonight, baby.

Ah, cos you're beautiful, that's why.

Ah, don't stop. It feels so good.

What... What took you so long?

I just stopped to take a leak.

I drank too much tonight, you know?

Where? At the house?

Come on! What, are you writin' a book

or somethin'?

No, I'm just asking.

Yeah. Yeah, you're asking. Sure.

- I just asked you what took you so long.

- I know, sweetie pie.

You danced beautifully tonight, too,

you know? It was a lot of fun.

Officer, what the hell happened?

What's going on?

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