Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Page #4

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
1,786 Views


I understand part of this|was inevitable.

Being the son of me,|he lacks initiative.

Since this Meg thing,|his behavior is... worse.

Don't hurt me, man.|Oh, f... Oh! Oww!

And now,

this thing in the schoolyard,|uh, is a fiasco.

My intelligence tells me...

this beat Bruce|is comin' to Denver.

Meet Meg's folks, ask their permission|to marry the little bangtail.

This can't happen.

Meg loved Bernard|for seven years.

She can learn|to love him again.

- What do you want done?|- It's just an action. It's not a piece of work.

Catch the creep|out on the highway...

before he gets to Meg's,|brace him.

Make it so's he'd sooner|f*** the Fryolater than propose to Meg.

- Why me?|- Jimmy, you got the nice suit, you got the $70 haircut,

but you are taking a dump|in your video business.

I gotta call in the note.

What do you mean you gotta call in the|note? I didn't take the note off of you.

- I took it off of New Orleans Sal.|- Took it off New Orleans Sal?

Who do you think New Orleans Sal|took it off of?

Mmm, you ain't|no entrepreneur, Jimmy.

Okay. I need a crew.

- Maybe four.|- I worship you.

I'm payin' 50 Gs straight out.|It's just an action.

Split it|any way you want.

You wanna throw those pathetic yuks|some scratch,

I applaud your...|sensitivity.

For Cynthia, do it.

For Cynthia...

may she rest in peace...|do it!

For the old days,

do it.

For your fag business,|just do it.

Hey. Here's Ellie.|Brought you some seltzer.

Aaarrghh!

Aarrghh! Come back!

- Aye! Got ya!|Arrghh! Got you too!

Ohh!

Oh, ya bloody son of the sea.

Arrghh!

You can't|catch me!

Oh, sh*t.

Things are different now,|Slick.

I mean,|we're dug in here,

and I'm managing|the park now.

I do a few odd jobs,|make a little money.

I got free rent, got|a good situation here.

I understand. A one-shot deal.|We're in, we're out.

Give it a name. If it's so easy,|why do you need a crew?

Safety in numbers.

Plus the man|wants to pay the freight.

- Who am I to argue?|- I don't know, Jimmy.

- I mean, I got more than myself to think about now.|- I understand.

I got Dodie.|She's pregnant again.

- You oughta put a harness|on that tool there.

Yeah, give it a name.|Anyway, I got her and the kids now.

I know.|They're cute kids, man.

My last bit, man,|locked down,

this is all|I thought about.

Ten large.

Your call.|It's not my call.

Ten large there.

Come on. Let's go say|hello to Dodie, huh?

# When I reach that promised land #

- Hey. How ya doin', baby? Come here.|- Where you been?

- Remember Jimmy the Saint?|- Hello, Dodie.

- Jimmy, want a Coke or something?|- Sure.

# Brother, by and by #

# By and by|When I walk down the lonesome valley #

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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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