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What if he asks where I got the money?
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Tell 'em your father gave it to you.
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What if they call him?
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They won't. That's not their jurisdiction.
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You sure?
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Yes! Read the Constitution, it's all in there. And rememberyou don't know anything, nothing.
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I don't know anything!
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Good. Then call him back. And call me back. Don't worry.
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Hello, Natalie, you recognize the voice? I'll give you a hint, you're thinking seriously about marrying me...
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What are you doing here?
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...And you're even lovelier than I pictured. I brought a birthday present for Mr. Gekko.
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First of all, Mr. Fox, you can't just come barging in here. And what makes you think it's his birthday?
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It's in the bible, see. You better go buy him a present. Please, Natalie. Let me give him the gift; Cuban cigarsDavidoff, his favorite and hard to get.
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Stay here, I'll see what I can do.
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...thanks Natalie.
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...have a nice day Mr. Stone. ... Mr. Gekko, the conference call is ready. Mr. Sugarman and Mr. Lorenzo in Delaware. Mr. Bernard in Los Angeles. Mr. Jackson and Ms. Rosco in London. They're all on.
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...leave me alone willya. Only thing makes me feel good anymore. Spaghetti. She makes lousy spaghetti...
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It's called pasta now Dad, spaghetti's out of date.
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... looks like you grown another inch... but you don't look so hot, getting bags under your eyes, starting to look old like me.
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Ah, I had a tough day. Some jerk D.K'd me and I gotta cover his loss.
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Speak English will ya.
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D.K. didn't know who I was when the options he bought took a bath. He reneged on me.
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I told you not to go into that racket. You could've been a doctor or a lawyer,
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Coulda been a contender.
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you coulda stayed at Bluestar and been a supervisor in instead of going customer relations by now, 'stead of going off and bein' a salesman.
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Look Dad, I'm not a salesman. How many times I gotta tell you I'm an account executive, and pretty soon I'm going to the investment banking side of the firm.
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You get on the phone and ask strangers for their money, right? You're a salesman.
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Dad, it takes time. You gotta build a customer list. I'm doing it. I could make more money in one year as a broker than five years at the airline.
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I don't get it, you get a scholarship to NYU, you get 35,000 the first year, and 50 last year, where the hell is it?
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50 K don't get you to first base in the Big Apple, Dad, not any more. I pay 40% in taxes, I got a rent of 15,000, I got school loans, car loans, food, park my car costs me 3 bills a month, I need good suits, that's $500 a pop, shoes...
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So come home and live rent free, 'stead of that cockroach palace you live in. $50,000 Jesus Christ, the world is off its rocker. I made $37,000 last year and you...
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It's Queens, Dad and a 5% mortgage and you rent the top roomI gotta live in Manhattan to be a player, Dad. There's no nobility in poverty anymore, y'know. One day you're going to be proud of me, you'll see...
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It's yourself you've got to be proud of, Huckleberry, how much ya need?
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Can you spare three hundred? Pay you back next month, promise.
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...Got a 100 on me, you...
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Not in here Dad... please. Later.
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... it adds up Buddy, 300 here, 200 there. Your brother never... ...well, I always said money is something you need in case you don't die tomorrow...
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How's Mom?
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...same, pain in the ass, god bless her, talks too much... gonna take her to Florida next month... west coast, near Tampa, like to get out for good, but can't afford it.
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...Work okay?
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...this drug testing is driving my guys nuts. I got flagged for my blood pressure pills. The only good news is, we just met with the comptroller over some union stuff...'member that crash last summer? and the investigation? Well, the FAA is gonna rule it was a manufacturing flaw in the door latch mechanism. I kept telling 'em it wasn't maintenance, it was those goddamn greedy manufacturers out in Cincinnati. And I was right.
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That's great Dad.
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Damn right, it gets us out from under suspension. We'll get those new routes to Pittsburgh and Boston and the equipment we need. We're gonna compete with the big boys now.
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Hey to Bluestar, as your broker all I can advise is hold on to that stock Dad...
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You sure about this FAA announcement?
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About what?
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The FAA announcement.
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Sure I'm sure. Buddy, you got that mischievous look in your eyes. You used to smile just like that when you were a baby sleeping, just like that.
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What brings you out here...
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Client. Got a private jet over at Butler Aviation... Dad, you always gotta light up when you see me, it's the...
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Don't start, alright.
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Alright. Why so pissed?
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Goddamn fare wars are murdering us. Had to lay off five guys. Nothing I could do. What is it... money?
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Sure...lots of guys at the track talk like that... but how do you know you'll have any dough next month... What's this? I gave you two hundred.
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Dividend. I figure I owe you about five thousand in nickels and dimes...
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...don't be crazy. Put it to your school loans.
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Don't worry about the loans. I'm doing good Dad and it's gonna stay that way now... least buy yourself a new suit.
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What do I need a fancy suit for. I don't hobnob with the jet set. I just fix their planes.
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Problem with money is you never have enough or you got too much and when you got it you're never happy 'cause somebody's always trying to take it away from you. Money's one giant pain in the ass y'ask me... thanks.
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... Dad, you should've been a CEO. How about dinner?
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Whatever night you like.
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Wait... next week's booked. Let me check with my girl and get back to you on Monday.
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Yeah, you do that huckleberry. I'll still be here.
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...gotta run Dad. You stop smoking, you hear?
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Dad, you know Duncan Wilmore, pilot's union, and Toni Carpenter, flight attendants...
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I met them before you were born.
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He's got your prick in his back pocket, son, and you're standing naked in the display window of Macy's. He's using you. Only you're too blind to see it.
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No, what I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand that his son's become more successful than himself.
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What you see, son, is a man who never measured success by the size of a man's wallet.
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That's because you never had the guts to go out into the world and stake your claim.
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Boy, if that's what you think, I must've really screwed up my job as a father.
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...as far as being axed, I'm still here and as long as I am, I have a responsibility not just to me but to the union members I represent...
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Your responsibility, Dad, is to present the facts, not your opinions, to the men... you're gonna destroy their lives, Dad! Don't do it to 'em. Give it a chance. Let the membership decide for themselves, Dad. Please.
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I'll be damned that when my men come to me tomorrow morning, wanting to know what's going on, I'm going to lie to them!
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Your men! All my life "your men" have been able to count on you? Why is it that you've never been there for me?
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Your words, not mine...
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You speak for me, son.
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Another cup of coffee?
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No, thanks, I'm nervous enough.
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I guess it's time to hit the road.
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Yeah, don't want to be late for my own funeral.
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Dad, I'm going to jail and you know it.
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Maybe that's the price, Bud, maybe so. It's gonna be rough on you but maybe in some screwed up way, that's the best thing that can happen to you...stop trading for the quick buck and go produce something with your life, create, don't live off the buying and selling of others...
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I gotta feeling we're going to make a killing today, Marv.
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Yeah, where's your machine gun.
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Joke about it. I was up all night charting these stocks. You want to see this or what?
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Looks bearish to me, buddy. You got it all upside down. Okay, I'm giving this to you and you alone, 'cause I feel sorry for you. Take the Knicks against the Bullets, and my pick of the day Duke to beat the spread against Wake Forest.
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Thanks, Marv, with that I might be able to qualify for welfare.
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Buddy, buddy, buddy; little trouble, huh, today.
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Howard the Jerk reneged on me. I've got to cover his loss to the tune of about seven grand! I'm tapped out man, American Express got a hit man looking for me.
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Hey, things could be worse. It could've been my money. Let me help you out, rookie.
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Thanks Marv, I'll make it good to you. You know what my dream is? One day to be on the other end of that phone...
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Just put me on the institutional side of the room where the real cheesecake is. You forgetting something?
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Buddy, buddy, when ya gonna realize it's big game hunters that bag the elephants, not retail brokers. I heard this story about Gekko... he was on the phone 30 seconds after the Challenger blew up selling NASA stocks short.
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Hello, Natalie guess who? That's right, and you know everyday I say to myself, today could be the day... So what do you say... will you marry me? Then please can you get me through to Mr. Gekko?
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It concerns his future!
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Of course he's busy, and so am I. Five minutes. That's all I'm asking. I know that if he could only hear what I have to say... it would change his life.
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...well, see him?
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Yeah, but he didn't see me.
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Cheer up buddy buddy. You shook Gekko the Great's hand and you still got all your fingers. He's not the only elephant in the jungle.
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