Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Page #3

Synopsis: Jimmy the Saint's business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give 'Afterlife Advice' to their survivors. He hasn't been doing too well lately and has had to turn to loan-sharks to accomodate his failing business, as well as his expensive personal tastes. When an evil gangster-overlord buys up his note and demands a favor of Jimmy, in exchange for the interest that he can't afford, Jimmy capitulates. Jimmy is to scare someone for the gangster-overlord--really rough them up. Without giving too much away (spoiler), the scene goes down badly and Jimmy and his crew all end up with contracts on their heads for their trouble.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Gary Fleder
Production: Miramax
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
1995
115 min
Website
1,779 Views


- See ya, Jack.|- I'll see ya.

- Oh, m... Oh, my... my lucky f***in' day. What?|- Hey.

- Jimmy the Saint.|- Hello, boys.

- That's a nice suit. Versace?|- No.

- Armani?|- No.

Hugo Boss?

- What's with this?|- Ellie's P. O. said he needed a hobby.

- Fashion is his hobby?|- He tried makin' his own pasta.

Didn't move him.

A three-button ventless.|I like that, Jimmy. Classy.

'Course, uh, you gotta|have the build for it.

- What's up?|- He wants to see you, Jim.

- Aw, come on. What for?|- Hey, what can I tell ya?

He says, "Gus, I wanna|see Jimmy the Saint. "

I said, "Boss, Jimmy the Saint|ain't mixin' it up no more. "

He says, "Gus, I wanna|see Jimmy the Saint. "

Here we are.

The point of me arguing|seemed, uh, specious.

Gus is readin' the dictionary.

Good.

- When does he want to see me?|- Now.

- Now?|- Anon.

You know the dance.

It's been a long time,|huh, Jimmy?

Long time, Jimmy.|You don't come around.

Been busy.|Workin' hard.

Right.

Citizen now.

Legitimate businessman.

I heard|about your endeavor,

some kind of support group thing|for dying fags or something.

- Something.|- I spend all my time with these two f***in' morons...

and my village idiot son.

I miss my wife, Jimmy.

You remember Cynthia?

Beautiful lady. Special.

Thank God she never had|to see me like this.

Look at you.|You got a lady?

- No.|- That's 'cause you're hangin' around...

with the virus breeders,|Jimmy: V. B. s.

You into that yet?|Bitin' the pillow?

- No.|- You will.

It's a liberal thing. One day|you're saving the rain forest,

the next you're chugging cock.

- Am I wrong?|- Talk to me, will ya?

I want peace.

I'm ass-fixed|to this chair. I'm tired.

I'm old.

I sh*t in a bag.|I piss in another.

I got a nurse.

Call the nurse.

Hello, Melanie.|Nod to my friend Jimmy.

- Hello.|- How are you?

Excuse us.

She's a ten.

Jimmy, she's a planet|unto herself.

She can't nurse worth sh*t,|but I keep her on 'cause...

although I can't feel it, I know|I have erections in her presence.

- You understand?|- I understand.

Good. Then you'll understand|when I say this.

Bernard, my son, he's all that's|left of my Cynthia,

and he's crazy|as a shithouse rat.

The other day|they catch him...

in the elementary school|playground...

grabbin' itty-bitty titty.

It was a mess.

And the thing is,|I understand the problem.

Bernard's problem...

Do you remember Meg?

- Yeah.|- Meg was...

Bernard's high-school|sweetheart, you know.

They kept it up|through college.

We thought they was|gonna get hitched.

Until she met|this beat Bruce.

Studying to be|an orthodontist.

She busted up with Bernard and moved|to L. A. with this beat Bruce.

Bernard's never been the same.

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Scott Rosenberg

Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is an American film, television, and comic book producer. He is the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a library of comic-book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media. He is also the former founder and president of Malibu Comics, and is a former senior executive vice president for Marvel Comics. more…

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