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MAN:[br]Marker.

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Yo, nothin' can[br]Keep me detained

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I've retained[br]To numb pain

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Brain insane[br]The opposite of humane

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To go against this Animus,[br]lyricist

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And you shall bear witness[br]For the end of your existence

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I've rapped gloom[br]Give niggas cap wounds

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And pack 'em in catacombs

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'Cause your lives will expire[br]when you test the empire

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A.K.A. body out, Lana[br]I sense a win

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And feast when I release[br]The beast within

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It's time to meet[br]The reaper's twin

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So run from the truth[br]And you might get boost

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My dezzy goose will abuse[br]And misuse your bulletproof

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Then watch you spit red juice[br]When your bones rip loose

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Niggas that's full of it

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Bite the bullet and get[br]Their lead hit and split

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Seeds get eaten in this apple[br]I'm the type of nigga

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That'd clap you while[br]You prayin' in your chapel

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Fillin' caskets with cattle[br]'Cause bastards try to battle

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For example[br]I told this chump to stop

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Didn't know the pump cocked[br]Till the pump was up the block

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So you guys better realize[br]Inflammation what you facin'

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From hell, I'm armed well

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Test the vest[br]I got a medal to chest

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Execution-style sentence[br]To death, no other choice

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Weapons are useless 'cause[br]Verse murders with the voice

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[]

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That's cool.

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WOMAN:[br]Hey, Jamal!

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Jamal, you awake?

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Jamal, I know[br]you hear me, boy.

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Jamal, I'm writin'[br]all this down,

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but I've got that thing[br]with your teacher.

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And they got me workin' late,

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so take care of yourself[br]for dinner.

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Okay? Okay?

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Okay.

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Hey, I thought you wanted[br]to get up by 7:30.

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MAN:[br]Play ball.

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Baby, hear the chains singin'?[br]Check that up, man.

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Stop cryin'.[br]Hold on, hold on.

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What up, J? Where you been?

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Sleep, yo.[br]What's up, man?

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Up late, wondering how[br]I was gonna save your ass.

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What are you savin'?[br]What up, Damon?

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Let's go.[br]J!

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Break him up, man.

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Oh, he broke[br]your ankles, man!

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[Softly][br]Can't give him that.

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Can't give him that.[br]I'm awake now.

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Come on, yo.

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Come on, man.[br]You got something for me?

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Souffle, baby!

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JAMAL: Got nothing for me.[br]Lot of good that's doin'.

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[CAR LOCK CHIRPS]

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Bringin' something[br]for The Window.

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DAMON: You ever seen him?[br]The Window?

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Yeah.[br]No. But he see us, man.

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Come on, man.[br]Y'all don't wanna play ball?

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All right.[br]Wake up.

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DAMON:[br]You got to help me out, man.

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In 1845, Poe wrote his most[br]famous piece, "The Raven,"

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a poem he wrote while[br]he was strung out on coke

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and obsessed with death.

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"The Raven" is like[br]the football team.

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A team obsessed with death.[br]Always get their ass kicked.

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[EVERYONE CHUCKLES]

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TEACHER:[br]Baltimore Ravens,

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only pro football team[br]named after a classic poem.

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Anyone read it?

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"Once upon a midnight dreary,[br]while I pondered,

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weak and weary--"

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Jamal, how 'bout it?

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Nah. I never read it.

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[BELL RINGS]

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I need those essays[br]by next Tuesday.

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Yo,[br]man, my dad saw The Window.[br]'Bout 20 years ago.

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Just like a ghost,[br]like the ones[br]in our science books and all.

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Just like that.[br]So what? He was white?

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Ain't milk white?[br]Seen a ghost[br]that wasn't white?

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I'm just playin', man.[br]He killed somebody.

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That's why he has[br]to stay inside.

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You gotta kill an army[br]to hide here.

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Y'all play too much, man.

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Remember Shurrita? The one[br]that lived below The Window?

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She calls me up[br]this one night, buggin', dog.

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Talkin' 'bout[br]she heard tapping[br]from upstairs by The Window's.

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Tap, tap, tap.[br][KNOCKING ON TABLE]

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While she was on the phone,[br]man,[br]she started screamin', dog.

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'Cause now the tappin',[br]made its way down the stairs.

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Tap, tap, tap.

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Listen to him, fool.

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And now it was on the other[br]side of her door, dog.

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She could tell there was[br]some knife he[br]was tappin' with.

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She didn't know.[br]Before she can even hang up,

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the phone disconnected.[br]That was

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the last time[br]we seen Shurrita.

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Shurrita across the street.

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Oh![br]That girl is a crack ho.

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No, no. She was nice.[br]She'd be pissin'.

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All I know is that[br]The Window is bad news.

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Rules was if you wanted[br]to go outside,

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stay away[br]from The Window's place.

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We need to stay away[br]from your lyin' ass.

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J, what you feel?[br]You believe me?

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You full of shit, dog.[br][LAUGHS]

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Damn.

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Let me guess. So you'd[br]go up in there, right?

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Ooh.[br]Old man lookin' out a window.

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Superman, you'll go, right?[br]He won't go.

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Let them know, J.[br]DAMON: He's not gonna go.

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This nigga's scared.[br]Yo, I got the next call.

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So?[br]So...

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I dare you to go[br]up there, right?

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Right, right?[br]Whatever, man.[br]I'll go up there.

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He's going.[br]Big shot.

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Bring it, son.[br]That's my dog.

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You feel me.[br]D, I believe you, dog.

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Man, shut up, dog.[br]Go to class or something, man.

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Here, man,[br]sit over here, son.

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Stop playin' with me.

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It's a vibrant thing. Go.[br]Fine. Not sittin' next to you.

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Take your apple too.

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[]

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[KNOCKING][br]Ms. Joyce?

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Yeah. Hi.[br]Good to see you.

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Have a seat.[br]Thank you.

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Okay.

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So, we got Jamal's[br]test scores back this week.

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Test scores?[br]Assessment tests.

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The state education department[br]requires all kids take them.

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He didn't tell you,[br]did he?

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Mrs. Wallace, Jamal[br]maintains a "C" average,

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which means he does[br]just enough to get by.

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It also means he does just[br]enough not to stand out.

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What makes Jamal's case[br]unusual are his test results.

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Oh, my God.

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I see him reading[br]all these books all the time--

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books I never read,[br]some I never even heard of.

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And he's always writing[br]in his notebooks.

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Ever since his father left.

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But that's what I see.

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All he ever talks about[br]is basketball.

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Well, basketball is where[br]he gets his acceptance.

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Kids here don't care about[br]what he can put down on paper.

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MAN:[br]Let's go! Between[br]the yellow lines. Let's go!

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Yo, T.[br]What up, Fly? How you, baby?

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Maintainin'.[br]Look.

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You lookin' for tickets,[br]little bro? Dead tonight.

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Sorry 'bout that, fellas.

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Come on, man.[br]We know you got tickets.

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I got four words for you.[br]Bos-ton Red Sox.

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All right?[br]The Yanks and Sox tickets,

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they damn near been[br]sold out almost a month now.

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All right, Mr. Fly?[br]And by the way, why don't you

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go tell Camry boy over there[br]that he need to go and back up

0:11:02.963,0:11:05.733
his cheap ass bumper[br]on that Mercedes over there.

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Go handle that.[br]Let's go, Fly! Let's go.

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What up, Jamal?[br]Moms called.

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Told me about[br]the test you took.[br]What's up with that?

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Nothin', man.[br]What you mean, nothin'?

0:11:18.912,0:11:20.748
This gettin' in the way[br]of your plans?

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Remember, it was[br]your plan first, T.

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I know. A little college ball[br]and all of that.

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Start signin' checks, solving[br]everybody else's problems.

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Look at me, though.

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Whoa. Hold a minute.

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Hold onto these.

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I guess this makes it[br]our plan now.

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One thing.[br]What up?

0:11:48.008,0:11:50.410
Don't say nothin' about[br]them test scores to nobody.

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Don't worry about that.[br]I'm your brother, dog.

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Whatever me and you discuss[br]stay between me and you.

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Right.[br]Love you, dog. All right?

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You just make sure you keep[br]one thing in mind.

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Mom's gonna know when the game[br]is over,[br]so take your ass home.

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All right.[br]Don't get into no trouble.

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Be careful.[br]Stay safe.

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Love, dog.[br]All right, T. Good lookin'.

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All right, Jamal.[br]Be careful, man.

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Stink in here.

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J, see that window? He keeps[br]that one cracked sometime.

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Light's been[br]out for two hours.[br]FLY: You sure he asleep?

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Listen. That Methuselah's[br]like a thousand[br]years old, man.

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That's all he ever do.

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Yo, J, man.[br]For the reals, son,[br]I don't know about this.

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[RAT SQUEAKS][br]I'm thinkin'-- Shit!

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I think I'm gonna[br]pull the call, yo.

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No, yo, I got this one.[br]Rats.

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Yo, Fly.[br]Keep it.

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You gotta bring[br]somethin' out.

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DAMON: You hear us, drop down.[br]All right.

0:12:51.805,0:12:54.374
Make sure you don't[br]stay in there too long, dog.

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I got you.

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Damn, this thing's rickety.

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[]

0:13:25.205,0:13:27.207
[VOICES ON TV]

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[TV CONTINUES]

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[MAN YELLS]

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Look, look, look.

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Oh, shit.[br]Yo, got somethin'?

0:16:04.397,0:16:05.665
Oh, shit![br]What happened?

0:16:06.966,0:16:08.668
MAN: You son of a bitch![br]FLY: Shit!

0:16:08.735,0:16:11.071
He wasn't asleep.[br]He was right there.

0:16:11.138,0:16:14.807
DAMON: Did you see him?[br]Nah, not for long, yo.

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Jamal, would you stop bouncing[br]that damn ball in the house?

0:16:22.282,0:16:23.916
I got Michael Jordan's name

0:16:23.983,0:16:25.552
written in dirt[br]all over my floor.

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Don't worry. I'll clean it.

0:16:27.987,0:16:30.490
I got a better chance[br]of Michael Jordan cleaning it.

0:16:30.557,0:16:32.525
Hey, if you're[br]thinkin' of a shower,

0:16:32.592,0:16:34.494
the hot water's[br]taking a few minutes.

0:16:34.561,0:16:37.597
I wasn't thinking about it.[br]Hey, where's your pack?

0:16:40.033,0:16:41.301
I don't know.[br]Don't know?

0:16:42.769,0:16:45.305
What do you mean,[br]you don't know?

0:16:45.372,0:16:48.575
We wanted you to bring[br]something,[br]not leave something.

0:16:48.641,0:16:50.443
Why don't you leave[br]this one alone?

0:16:50.510,0:16:51.844
What was in your bag, anyway?

0:16:53.413,0:16:55.014
I'm not talkin' about[br]the damn bag.

0:16:56.683,0:16:59.652
Bet you ain't, man.[br]Let me teach you somethin'.

0:16:59.719,0:17:01.654
Now watch the eyes.[br]Watch the eyes.

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He's probably watchin' you[br]right now.

0:17:05.625,0:17:07.960
Stop, stop. See?[br]You don't know[br]about that, man.

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Here's how you do it.

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You saw that, right?

0:17:15.802,0:17:17.804
[]

0:18:06.085,0:18:07.820
[CAR LOCK CHIRPS]

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I'm not gonna do anything[br]to your car, man.

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I'm sorry?

0:18:13.526,0:18:16.095
You look like I'm about[br]to do something to your car.

0:18:16.163,0:18:18.231
I worry about this car[br]everywhere,

0:18:18.298,0:18:20.032
so don't take it personally.

0:18:20.099,0:18:22.735
It's just a car, man.[br]It's not just a car.

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It's a, uh-- a B.M.W.[br]Oh.

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As anybody who knows anything[br]about that company

0:18:28.375,0:18:30.677
knows that[br]it's more than just a car.

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Anybody who knows anything[br]about that company.

0:18:33.413,0:18:35.282
I wouldn't know[br]anything like that?

0:18:35.348,0:18:37.116
That's not what I meant.

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Last thing I knew[br]about B.M.W.

0:18:40.787,0:18:43.790
is they used to make plane[br]engines when they started.

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A guy by the name of[br]Franz Popp started it all.

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Franz Popp.[br]I like that name.

0:18:51.264,0:18:52.832
Made this one engine[br]before 1920.

0:18:54.567,0:18:56.769
Flew six miles up.

0:18:56.836,0:19:00.106
Popp and his boys, they was[br]just gettin' started, man.

0:19:00.173,0:19:03.109
Made this one engine,[br]the 801, World War II,

0:19:03.176,0:19:05.212
fourteen cylinders,[br]2,300 horsepower,

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seven miles up.

0:19:09.349,0:19:12.051
If they had more time, they[br]would've been bombing England

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and maybe even won the war.

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That's where this comes from.

0:19:18.691,0:19:20.827
White propeller zippin'[br]around a blue sky.

0:19:22.495,0:19:23.796
So after the war, we told 'em

0:19:23.863,0:19:26.132
they couldn't make[br]plane engines anymore.

0:19:26.199,0:19:29.236
That's when B.M.W. gave some[br]serious thought[br]to makin' cars.

0:19:30.937,0:19:32.138
Kinda like this one.

0:19:33.473,0:19:36.243
But you[br]probably knew all that,[br]being as you lease one.

0:19:36.309,0:19:37.777
Thanks for[br]the history lesson.

0:19:38.845,0:19:41.448
No problem, man.

0:19:45.352,0:19:47.354
[LOCK CHIRPS]

0:19:50.890,0:19:52.892
[]

0:20:59.626,0:21:02.228
Messin' with my stuff, man.

0:21:56.683,0:21:58.117
Hey, um,[br]the other night was--

0:22:01.053,0:22:04.156
It was just this dare thing[br]me and my boys do.

0:22:16.669,0:22:18.438
Um--

0:22:21.441,0:22:23.743
Well, I was wonderin'[br]maybe I could bring you

0:22:23.810,0:22:26.813
some more of my stuff,[br]or maybe[br]I could write somethin' else.

0:22:28.047,0:22:29.749
How about 5,000 words

0:22:29.816,0:22:33.453
on why you'll stay the fuck[br]outta my home?

0:22:35.488,0:22:38.491
[WOMAN MOANING,[br]HEADBOARD BANGING WALL]

0:22:42.662,0:22:44.664
WOMAN:[br]Fuck me! Fuck me!

0:22:47.434,0:22:48.635
[MOANING LOUDLY]

0:22:50.437,0:22:52.439
[]

0:23:15.562,0:23:18.164
[SOFTLY][br]Come on, man.[br]I know you in there.

0:23:21.968,0:23:23.570
Take your goddamn hand[br]off my door.

0:23:25.472,0:23:26.673
Um, I-- I just came to--

0:23:28.007,0:23:30.209
to drop off that thing you--[br]you asked me for.

0:23:30.977,0:23:32.912
What thing?

0:23:32.979,0:23:35.915
The 5,000 words on why[br]you wanted me to stay out.

0:23:35.982,0:23:38.017
At least that's kinda[br]the way you said it.

0:23:39.418,0:23:42.955
Try remembering it[br]exactly as I said it.

0:23:46.993,0:23:48.661
[SIGHS]

0:23:51.531,0:23:53.566
I got a crown[br]Up in-a the kingdom

0:23:53.633,0:23:55.935
Ain't-a that good news[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:23:56.002,0:23:58.104
I got a robe[br]Up in-a the kingdom

0:23:58.170,0:24:00.707
Ain't-a that good news[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:24:00.773,0:24:03.776
I'm gonna lay down this world[br]Gonna shoulder up-a my cross

0:24:05.978,0:24:08.548
Gonna take it home to my Jesus[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:24:09.649,0:24:10.850
Good news

0:24:11.551,0:24:13.553
Come on in, Jamal.

0:24:13.620,0:24:16.623
MRS. WALLACE:[br]Hi, honey. It's okay.

0:24:18.725,0:24:20.960
Sit down.

0:24:21.027,0:24:24.831
Mrs. Wallace, Jamal, when[br]we got your[br]recent test scores,

0:24:24.897,0:24:28.601
we figured there might be[br]interest from private schools.

0:24:28.668,0:24:30.903
Well, it turns out[br]we were right. Mr. Bradley?

0:24:33.039,0:24:35.307
Jamal, Mrs. Wallace,[br]my name's David Bradley.

0:24:37.009,0:24:39.011
I'm with the Mailor school[br]in Manhattan.

0:24:39.078,0:24:40.880
Mailor?[br]Mailor-Callow?

0:24:40.947,0:24:42.749
That's right.[br]You familiar with us?

0:24:42.815,0:24:44.884
Yeah.

0:24:44.951,0:24:48.621
Mailor-Callow is not only[br]the best school in the city,

0:24:48.688,0:24:51.891
it's one of the finest private[br]schools on the East Coast.

0:24:51.958,0:24:54.126
Only the best go there.[br]As you might imagine,

0:24:54.193,0:24:56.128
we're a few weeks[br]into our fall term,

0:24:56.195,0:24:58.565
but every year we like[br]to hold some openings

0:24:58.631,0:25:01.000
while we wait for[br]the test scores to come in.

0:25:01.067,0:25:03.169
Jamal, your test scores,[br]to put it mildly,

0:25:05.004,0:25:06.205
caught our attention.

0:25:07.774,0:25:09.609
I'm here to see[br]if you'd be interested

0:25:09.676,0:25:11.343
in attending our school.

0:25:13.546,0:25:15.682
Jamal, we know leaving[br]for another school,

0:25:17.950,0:25:20.820
especially a private school,[br]is not gonna be easy.

0:25:20.887,0:25:24.023
But this isn't the right[br]place for you anymore.

0:25:24.090,0:25:26.458
It's not a difficult choice.[br]Mr. Bradley, um...

0:25:29.896,0:25:32.632
there is no way that[br]we could ever pay for this.

0:25:32.699,0:25:33.900
We're not asking you to.

0:25:35.635,0:25:38.638
Jamal, when Dr.[br]Simon mentioned[br]only the best go to Mailor,

0:25:38.705,0:25:41.240
he neglected to mention[br]our commitment to excellence

0:25:41.307,0:25:42.875
extends beyond the classroom.

0:25:42.942,0:25:44.877
[LOCK CHIRPS][br]I figured that.

0:25:44.944,0:25:46.646
We thought you might.

0:25:46.713,0:25:49.081
Mrs. Wallace, about 40[br]of our students

0:25:49.148,0:25:51.150
have gone on to play[br]college ball,

0:25:51.217,0:25:53.920
and three have made it[br]to the professional level.

0:25:53.986,0:25:56.222
We evaluated your play[br]last year,

0:25:56.288,0:25:59.025
and while this would be[br]strictly an academic offer,

0:25:59.091,0:26:02.061
we won't be disappointed[br]if you choose to play.

0:26:02.128,0:26:04.664
Come out for a couple days,[br]take a look, think it over.

0:26:06.565,0:26:07.767
Okay.[br]Mrs. Wallace.

0:26:08.567,0:26:09.769
Thank you.[br]Jamal.

0:26:10.569,0:26:14.140
Good-bye.[br]We'll be in touch.

0:26:22.749,0:26:25.251
CHOIR:[br]I got a crown[br]up in-a the kingdom

0:26:25.317,0:26:27.820
Ain't-a that good news[br]Aint-a that good news

0:26:27.887,0:26:30.089
I got a crown[br]up in-a the kingdom

0:26:30.156,0:26:32.992
Ain't-a that good news[br]Aint-a that good news

0:26:33.059,0:26:36.062
I'm gonna lay down this world[br]Gonna shoulder up-a my cross

0:26:37.764,0:26:39.231
Gonna take it home[br]to my Jesus

0:26:39.899,0:26:41.100
Ain't-a that good news

0:26:41.801,0:26:43.002
Good news[br]Good news

0:26:44.036,0:26:48.675
Good news[br]My Lord

0:26:59.686,0:27:00.887
[DOOR SLOT OPENS]

0:27:02.388,0:27:04.757
I didn't knock[br]this time, man.

0:27:04.824,0:27:06.993
To whom were you speaking?[br]I'll tell you that

0:27:07.059,0:27:09.696
when I get[br]my 5,000 words back.

0:27:12.231,0:27:13.432
[SLOT SLAMS SHUT]

0:27:15.134,0:27:17.236
[DOOR UNLOCKING]

0:27:50.002,0:27:53.139
Bolt the door,[br]if you're coming in.

0:27:56.175,0:27:58.177
[LOCK CLICKS]

0:28:00.212,0:28:01.413
The man in the car?

0:28:02.982,0:28:04.751
Um--

0:28:07.253,0:28:08.788
He was from[br]this private school.

0:28:10.389,0:28:12.391
They want me[br]to go there.

0:28:15.962,0:28:17.964
We don't have to pay[br]anything though.

0:28:20.032,0:28:22.401
We live a couple of blocks[br]from here, me and my mom.

0:28:24.136,0:28:27.106
Well, brother was there[br]a couple of years ago,

0:28:27.173,0:28:30.342
but he left[br]after my dad left.

0:28:44.256,0:28:45.457
Uh, well,

0:28:46.926,0:28:49.628
my mom got tired of waitin'[br]for my dad to[br]get himself clean.

0:28:50.729,0:28:52.198
Then my dad got tired[br]of trying.

0:28:54.767,0:28:57.003
But that's when[br]I started writing.

0:28:57.069,0:28:58.670
What's your name?[br]Jamal Wallace.

0:29:01.140,0:29:02.809
Sounds like some kind[br]of marmalade.

0:29:03.742,0:29:04.944
How old are you?

0:29:06.478,0:29:07.679
I'm 16.

0:29:09.081,0:29:11.851
Sixteen![br]And you're black.

0:29:15.187,0:29:16.956
It's remarkable.[br]Remarkable? What?

0:29:18.090,0:29:20.326
It's remarkable[br]that I'm black?

0:29:20.392,0:29:23.695
I mean,[br]what does me being black[br]got to do with anything, man?

0:29:28.901,0:29:31.003
You don't know what to do[br]right now, do you?

0:29:32.204,0:29:34.373
If you tell me what you really[br]want to tell me,

0:29:34.440,0:29:35.975
I might not read[br]any more of this.

0:29:37.476,0:29:40.079
But if you let me run you down[br]with this racist bullshit,

0:29:43.149,0:29:45.852
what does that make you?

0:29:49.421,0:29:51.357
I-I'm not playing[br]this game, man.

0:29:51.423,0:29:52.758
Oh, I say[br]you are playing it.

0:29:55.427,0:29:57.463
An expression is worth[br]a thousand words.

0:29:59.398,0:30:00.967
But perhaps in your case[br]just two.

0:30:03.402,0:30:04.603
Hmm?

0:30:05.571,0:30:06.772
[GRUNTS]

0:30:08.540,0:30:09.741
Here.

0:30:27.126,0:30:29.528
[SOFTLY][br]Bum-ass old man.

0:30:30.963,0:30:32.965
[DOOR CLOSES]

0:30:35.434,0:30:37.503
One hand to give,[br]one hand to receive,

0:30:37.569,0:30:39.805
as we eat together in unity.

0:30:39.872,0:30:42.141
May our minds, bodies[br]and spirits grow strong.

0:30:43.876,0:30:45.577
And congratulations[br]to Jamal. Amen.

0:30:47.379,0:30:48.580
Amen.[br]Amen.

0:30:49.481,0:30:51.483
Did you see this?[br]Let me see.

0:30:51.550,0:30:53.886
Don't mess it up, now.[br]Let me see. Let me see.

0:30:53.953,0:30:55.487
Wait a minute.

0:30:55.554,0:30:58.157
From the cover this look like[br]the funny-man school.

0:30:58.224,0:31:01.093
Terrell, eat your food.[br]Jamal, you gonna be just fine.

0:31:01.160,0:31:03.930
Being broke. Mommy don't[br]make nothin' but soldiers.

0:31:03.996,0:31:05.464
You coulda done[br]the same thing.

0:31:06.232,0:31:07.866
I work at a parking lot,

0:31:07.934,0:31:10.102
and I ain't just[br]no regular attendant.

0:31:10.169,0:31:13.272
I am the supervisor[br]of all the attendants.

0:31:13.339,0:31:16.208
You don't know how much money[br]you gonna make week to week.

0:31:16.275,0:31:18.644
One week $50. One week $100.[br]That's not a real job.

0:31:19.912,0:31:21.948
Leave him alone.[br]Look, I rap, I get busy.

0:31:23.482,0:31:26.085
I got my rap thing going.[br]Don't bring up the rap.

0:31:26.152,0:31:28.187
Eat your food.[br]Wanna hear one of my songs?

0:31:28.254,0:31:31.057
Eat your food.[br]I'm gonna sing it for you now.

0:31:31.123,0:31:33.325
When I come due[br]And I blow the spot

0:31:33.392,0:31:35.661
Your son, the supervisor[br]Of the parking lot

0:31:36.095,0:31:38.230
[LAUGHING]

0:31:38.297,0:31:40.499
Tell her, Jamal. My joints[br]is hot. Right, dude?

0:31:40.566,0:31:42.568
[]

0:32:27.980,0:32:29.881
Jamal Wallace?

0:32:29.948,0:32:32.318
Yeah?[br]Hi. I'm Claire Spence.

0:32:35.021,0:32:37.523
Bradley asked me to show you[br]around this morning.

0:32:37.589,0:32:39.591
All right.

0:32:42.728,0:32:43.929
Come on.

0:32:49.301,0:32:52.571
Don't worry about answering[br]any questions or anything.

0:32:52.638,0:32:54.906
Not till you decide[br]what you're gonna do.

0:32:54.973,0:32:56.242
Besides, the teachers here

0:32:58.077,0:33:00.679
aren't all that into[br]student participation.

0:33:00.746,0:33:03.349
They're too busy[br]listening to themselves talk.

0:33:03.415,0:33:04.750
What you mean?[br]You'll see.

0:33:05.517,0:33:07.153
This morning we begin

0:33:07.219,0:33:10.189
our third required reading[br]of the semester,

0:33:10.256,0:33:12.524
the study of a novel[br]that offers everything...

0:33:12.591,0:33:15.061
and an author who could've[br]offered much more.

0:33:19.765,0:33:21.967
[SOFTLY][br]That's Robert Crawford.

0:33:22.034,0:33:24.236
He's been here as long[br]as most of the buildings.

0:33:24.303,0:33:26.305
When William Forrester[br]was 23, in 1953,

0:33:28.040,0:33:29.608
he set out to write[br]his first book.

0:33:30.776,0:33:32.411
A lot of aspiring authors

0:33:32.478,0:33:35.381
talked about writing[br]the great 20th century novel.

0:33:35.447,0:33:37.783
Well, William Forrester[br]did it on his first try.

0:33:40.219,0:33:41.420
Have you read this?

0:33:43.289,0:33:44.990
Yeah. You?[br]Only about a dozen times.

0:33:47.159,0:33:49.695
This was the only one[br]he chose to publish.

0:33:49.761,0:33:52.398
For all we know, it was[br]the only one he[br]chose to write.

0:33:52.464,0:33:55.101
Your job over the next week--[br][STUDENTS GROANING]

0:33:55.167,0:33:57.769
Your job over the next week,[br]is to read it and tell me why.

0:33:59.205,0:34:00.672
So, you gonna be[br]back tomorrow?

0:34:03.175,0:34:05.544
Yeah. They want me to spend[br]some time on the court.

0:34:06.178,0:34:08.046
Yeah, I heard.

0:34:08.114,0:34:11.650
Graduation was a little rough[br]on last year's team,[br]that's all.

0:34:11.717,0:34:14.320
But it's just like[br]college, right?

0:34:14.386,0:34:16.755
You get an education,[br]and they get what they want.

0:34:18.357,0:34:19.958
Or maybe you both get[br]what you want.

0:34:20.426,0:34:21.627
Yeah, maybe.

0:34:22.761,0:34:24.863
Well, it was very nice[br]meeting you, Jamal.

0:34:26.298,0:34:28.567
You too, Claire.[br]You gonna be around tomorrow?

0:34:29.701,0:34:30.969
Not where you'll be, but...

0:34:32.338,0:34:34.906
you might be able[br]to find me for lunch.

0:34:39.478,0:34:40.679
[EXHALES]

0:34:42.148,0:34:44.250
I didn't say those two words[br]the other day.

0:34:45.251,0:34:47.153
Why didn't you?

0:34:47.219,0:34:49.588
'Cause I want you to read[br]some more of my stuff.

0:34:53.425,0:34:55.894
You know, they talk a lot[br]about you out there, right?

0:34:57.229,0:34:58.464
All this legend bullshit.

0:34:59.398,0:35:01.467
They got some stories, though.

0:35:01.533,0:35:03.435
People wonder[br]if you killed somebody.

0:35:03.502,0:35:06.572
That and wondering why[br]you been in here so long.

0:35:06.638,0:35:09.107
I wouldn't move, though.[br]I'd stay for the quiet.

0:35:09.175,0:35:11.210
You don't hear[br]nothin' in here.

0:35:11.277,0:35:13.779
Our place got[br]these noisy neighbors.

0:35:13.845,0:35:17.048
Their kid's always yellin'[br]'cause he's only a year old.

0:35:17.115,0:35:19.618
Or the pops is yelling[br]'cause the kid's makin' noise.

0:35:19.685,0:35:21.753
And then moms[br]on top of that is yellin'.

0:35:21.820,0:35:24.190
But then that's[br]a different kind of yellin',

0:35:24.256,0:35:27.092
'cause that's when the man's[br]playing the tunes for her

0:35:27.159,0:35:29.795
and she got her head[br]bangin' up against the wall.

0:35:29.861,0:35:32.298
She be screamin' like,[br]"Ah! Ah!" And then--

0:35:32.364,0:35:35.967
You better stir that soup.[br]What?

0:35:37.336,0:35:39.104
Stir the soup[br]before it firms up.

0:35:46.778,0:35:48.747
How come ours never[br]gets anything on it?

0:35:48.814,0:35:50.015
Come on, come on. Closer.

0:35:51.583,0:35:53.519
Closer.

0:35:53.585,0:35:55.120
Now.[br]You got somebody yellin'?

0:35:56.322,0:35:57.856
What I have here[br]is an adult male.

0:35:58.757,0:36:00.692
Quite pretty.

0:36:00.759,0:36:04.263
Probably strayed[br]from the park.

0:36:08.867,0:36:10.068
A Connecticut warbler.

0:36:11.603,0:36:13.272
You ever go outside[br]to do any of this?

0:36:14.473,0:36:17.709
[CASE SNAPS SHUT][br]Stay with the soup question.

0:36:17.776,0:36:20.612
The object of a question[br]is to obtain information

0:36:20.679,0:36:23.949
that matters to us[br]and to no one else.

0:36:25.617,0:36:28.820
You were wondering why[br]your soup doesn't firm up.

0:36:28.887,0:36:32.424
Probably because your mother[br]was brought up in a house

0:36:32.491,0:36:35.193
that never thought about[br]wasting milk in soup.

0:36:35.261,0:36:36.828
Now, that question[br]was a good one,

0:36:37.896,0:36:39.498
in contrast to[br]do I ever go outside,

0:36:41.800,0:36:44.336
which fails to meet[br]the basic criteria

0:36:44.403,0:36:46.705
of obtaining information[br]that matters to you.

0:36:46.772,0:36:49.541
All right, man. Guess I don't[br]have any more soup questions.

0:36:50.942,0:36:52.143
No?

0:36:53.579,0:36:56.382
Why'd you say all that stuff[br]before about me being black?

0:36:56.448,0:36:59.251
It had nothing to do[br]with you being black.

0:36:59.318,0:37:01.487
It had everything to do[br]with me finding out

0:37:01.553,0:37:03.655
just how much bullshit[br]you'd put up with.

0:37:03.722,0:37:05.824
Oh, so you knew I'd come back.[br]Yes.

0:37:05.891,0:37:07.926
Just like I know you'll go[br]to this school.

0:37:07.993,0:37:09.628
Well, how you know that?

0:37:09.695,0:37:12.331
Because there's a question[br]in your writing

0:37:12.398,0:37:14.933
suggesting what is it[br]you wish to do with your life.

0:37:15.000,0:37:16.502
And that is a question

0:37:16.568,0:37:19.137
your present school[br]cannot answer for you.

0:37:23.309,0:37:25.511
Let's match up.[br]Wallace, you take Hartwell.

0:37:26.412,0:37:27.613
[PLAYERS CHATTERING]

0:37:29.448,0:37:31.182
What's up, man?[br]I'm Jamal.

0:37:31.249,0:37:33.752
Just check it, all right?

0:37:37.255,0:37:39.224
Check the ball.[br]COACH: Let's go, guys.

0:37:39.291,0:37:40.492
Come on, now.

0:37:42.260,0:37:44.296
Ball's in.

0:37:51.937,0:37:53.872
COACH:[br]Play him tough,[br]play him tough.

0:37:53.939,0:37:55.140
[PLAYERS CHATTERING]

0:37:56.975,0:37:58.977
Way to go.[br]Way to go, gang.

0:38:02.348,0:38:04.583
Oh, D up. Let's go, garbage.[br]Come on, come on.

0:38:06.452,0:38:07.653
Step up, step up.

0:38:12.991,0:38:15.927
Why don't you leave the trash[br]talkin' back home. All right?

0:38:15.994,0:38:18.430
Huh? What? Get that goofy look[br]off your face. What?

0:38:20.566,0:38:22.934
Gonna make you[br]my son right now.[br]Right.

0:38:23.001,0:38:26.438
You're gonna be my son now.[br]Come on. Huh?

0:38:32.911,0:38:34.913
Let's go.

0:38:37.516,0:38:38.717
Come on, man.[br]What?

0:38:39.518,0:38:40.886
You too small.[br]What? You go.

0:38:42.988,0:38:45.524
Nice handles. Nice handles.[br]Whoa.

0:38:47.426,0:38:49.795
COACH:[br]Hartwell, a little defense[br]would be nice.

0:38:49.861,0:38:52.598
Coach, you're right.[br]A little defense. Let's go.

0:38:52.664,0:38:54.900
Try and get past the line.[br]What did you say?

0:38:54.966,0:38:56.167
I said get past the line.

0:38:58.770,0:38:59.971
[CHUCKLES][br]Pressure.

0:39:01.707,0:39:05.210
Too much. Too much.

0:39:09.515,0:39:11.850
I need some help![br]Ten seconds. Go the other way.

0:39:12.518,0:39:13.919
Shit.

0:39:29.134,0:39:31.002
I'm taking your spot?[br]Taking what?

0:39:31.069,0:39:34.406
I'm taking your spot.[br]Take nothin'.[br]Come on. Come on.

0:39:40.145,0:39:41.346
Ooh. Ooh.

0:39:43.048,0:39:44.382
Let's go.[br]All right.

0:39:44.450,0:39:45.651
[PANTING]

0:39:47.686,0:39:49.821
My court, man.[br]My court.

0:39:54.793,0:39:56.728
That's how we play it[br]down here, man.

0:39:56.795,0:39:59.030
PLAYER:[br]That's right.

0:40:01.032,0:40:03.001
John Hartwell's[br]just a rich kid who wants

0:40:03.068,0:40:06.505
as much of the spotlight[br]as he can get his senior year.

0:40:06.572,0:40:08.940
That's all it is.[br]They take things serious here.

0:40:09.741,0:40:11.009
Well, it's a serious place.

0:40:12.978,0:40:16.047
Serious enough that I end up[br]getting lunch on my books.

0:40:17.983,0:40:19.451
What's that[br]you're workin' on?

0:40:20.719,0:40:22.654
Forrester's book.

0:40:22.721,0:40:24.556
I thought you read it[br]a dozen times.

0:40:24.623,0:40:26.858
Yeah, I know,[br]but look at this.

0:40:26.925,0:40:30.395
My dad got it for me.[br]It's-- It's an early printing.

0:40:34.966,0:40:36.167
Um...listen. I gotta go.

0:40:39.070,0:40:41.473
But you just got here.[br]I know, but...

0:40:41.540,0:40:44.009
I forgot something--[br]I gotta check up on something.

0:40:45.210,0:40:47.212
I'll see you later.

0:41:07.633,0:41:08.834
"Born 1930...

0:41:09.635,0:41:11.637
in Scotland."

0:41:19.945,0:41:22.480
"Moved to New York with[br]his family in his late teens."

0:41:23.915,0:41:26.918
"Mr. Forrester was[br]unavailable for comment."

0:41:28.520,0:41:30.455
Yeah, I bet he was.

0:41:30.522,0:41:33.892
Are we now planning to make[br]these visits a habit?

0:41:35.694,0:41:37.729
Well, you said you knew[br]I'd be coming back.

0:41:37.796,0:41:39.965
Yes, but I thought[br]you meant once.

0:41:40.031,0:41:42.934
I need some help[br]with this thing[br]they got us doing at school.

0:41:43.001,0:41:44.369
Ah, yes, this thing at school.

0:41:46.071,0:41:49.274
And what thing are we[br]talking about now?

0:41:54.746,0:41:56.915
You ever read that?

0:42:01.186,0:42:02.954
I'm trying, man.

0:42:03.021,0:42:06.157
I just can't seem to get past[br]the first ten pages though.

0:42:07.525,0:42:08.794
[CHUCKLES][br]As I recall...

0:42:10.829,0:42:14.432
quite a while to get past[br]those pages myself.

0:42:17.936,0:42:20.906
Oh, Christ, you've[br]dog-eared one of them.

0:42:20.972,0:42:23.341
Show a little respect[br]for the author, huh?

0:42:28.947,0:42:30.716
That's you, isn't it?

0:42:32.117,0:42:34.119
You're the author.

0:42:36.588,0:42:38.624
I read the whole thing.[br]It's not bad.

0:42:38.690,0:42:40.926
Especially the part--[br]Hey! I know what it is.

0:42:43.061,0:42:45.597
The last thing I need[br]is another person telling me

0:42:45.664,0:42:47.032
what they think it is.

0:42:47.098,0:42:49.467
I wasn't gonna say that.[br]What were you gonna say?

0:42:50.669,0:42:52.570
I should tell you[br]everything about me?

0:42:52.638,0:42:54.673
Well, I told you about me.

0:42:54.740,0:42:57.208
You could learn something[br]about, uh, holding back.

0:42:59.310,0:43:02.313
[BREATHING UNEVENLY]

0:43:31.777,0:43:33.979
If I ask you not to say[br]anything to anybody...

0:43:35.914,0:43:37.115
about here, us,

0:43:39.685,0:43:41.820
is that something[br]I can trust you on?

0:43:47.192,0:43:50.228
Yeah. I promise.

0:43:51.663,0:43:53.932
Fine.

0:43:53.999,0:43:56.735
And if I ask you to keep[br]helpin' me with my writin'?

0:44:12.650,0:44:14.986
There'll be no questions[br]about me, my family...

0:44:17.155,0:44:18.589
or why there was[br]only one book.

0:44:19.324,0:44:20.525
Then I won't ask.

0:44:21.659,0:44:22.861
Hmm. Good.

0:44:23.929,0:44:26.097
And good night.

0:44:36.274,0:44:37.608
What's it feel like?[br]What?

0:44:39.811,0:44:41.412
Writin' something[br]the way you did.

0:44:43.314,0:44:45.884
[SIGHS][br]Perhaps you'll find out.

0:45:01.232,0:45:02.433
[HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

0:45:03.368,0:45:05.136
Listen,[br]you five-foot-nothin'.

0:45:05.203,0:45:07.272
[LAUGHS][br]Yo.

0:45:07.338,0:45:10.475
DAMON: That's what I'm saying.[br]Probably sleepin' in the crib.

0:45:12.343,0:45:13.912
FLY:[br]Kenzo, how old are you again?

0:45:14.946,0:45:17.282
Why?[br]'Cause look at your face!

0:45:17.348,0:45:19.650
Your moms didn't do[br]that to you, did she?

0:45:19.717,0:45:21.152
She started you young?

0:45:21.219,0:45:23.755
Know where that starts from?[br]Eating too much cookie.

0:45:25.290,0:45:27.325
Leave it go.[br]CLAY: Yeah, Teresa told me.

0:45:29.094,0:45:32.097
I like 'em big.[br]You got a problem with that?

0:45:32.163,0:45:35.133
Nothin' wrong with a big girl![br]But that big?

0:45:35.200,0:45:37.903
It's like when I'm home[br]with all three[br]of your mothers.

0:45:37.969,0:45:40.638
So it don't really matter![br]Not talkin' about my mother.

0:45:42.040,0:45:44.776
Hold on, Oscar Mayer wiener.[br]Stop playin' with me.

0:45:44.843,0:45:46.812
You got beat like Tina[br]in school one day.

0:45:46.878,0:45:48.780
I seen Duke smack you.

0:45:48.847,0:45:51.616
Listen, throw it at your mama.[br]Every day towards your mama.

0:45:53.484,0:45:56.087
FLY: In your tank.[br]Stop throwing your mama.

0:45:56.154,0:45:57.823
It's all in your tank,[br]brother. Son.

0:45:58.990,0:46:00.691
You laughin'?

0:46:00.758,0:46:02.961
DAMON:[br]Your glasses[br]are like Coke bottles.

0:46:04.262,0:46:05.463
Classics.

0:46:06.264,0:46:08.299
[ALL LAUGHING]

0:46:08.366,0:46:10.501
You ever met somebody famous?[br]How famous?

0:46:11.469,0:46:13.304
Like, I don't know.

0:46:13.371,0:46:14.940
Like somebody[br]people would know.

0:46:17.809,0:46:20.145
Nobody like that[br]comes around here, man.

0:46:23.548,0:46:24.749
So, you here for good now?

0:46:26.551,0:46:29.287
Yeah, I'm just trying[br]to get started.

0:46:33.892,0:46:36.962
Well, at least[br]they look good. Right?

0:46:48.206,0:46:50.808
You'll be pleased[br]this year's[br]writing competition

0:46:50.876,0:46:52.810
has now been scheduled.

0:46:52.878,0:46:55.813
For those who take part,[br]all entries must be turned in

0:46:55.881,0:46:57.748
before spring break.

0:46:57.815,0:47:00.351
Which means you have[br]a few months of[br]procrastination.

0:47:00.418,0:47:02.087
[EVERYONE CHUCKLES]

0:47:02.153,0:47:05.090
Feel free to experiment[br]with a more[br]proactive approach.

0:47:05.156,0:47:06.925
[BELL RINGS][br]The-- Oh.

0:47:09.260,0:47:12.363
Mr. Wallace. Please.

0:47:14.299,0:47:16.234
Mr. Wallace, I had[br]a chance this morning

0:47:16.301,0:47:19.537
to review the files sent[br]by your former school.

0:47:21.006,0:47:22.240
Test scores, impressive.

0:47:23.408,0:47:25.543
Actual classroom work,[br]not so impressive.

0:47:27.312,0:47:32.550
Is this the, uh, level of work[br]I should anticipate?

0:47:34.419,0:47:35.620
Hmm?

0:47:36.888,0:47:39.024
Because if it is,[br]it will go a long way toward

0:47:41.126,0:47:43.828
helping me determine whether[br]to treat you as a student

0:47:43.895,0:47:46.131
or as someone who is here[br]simply to pursue--

0:47:46.197,0:47:47.899
How should I put it?[br]Other endeavors.

0:47:51.269,0:47:53.838
Your work will give you[br]ample opportunity to respond.

0:47:56.507,0:47:58.276
Good day, Mr. Wallace.

0:48:05.450,0:48:07.986
Mmm. Just so you know,[br]you handled[br]that the right way.

0:48:09.154,0:48:11.356
How's that?[br]Well, you didn't say anything.

0:48:12.523,0:48:15.126
It's the ones that do[br]that run into trouble.

0:48:15.193,0:48:17.495
John Coleridge.[br]Jamal Wallace.

0:48:20.932,0:48:22.600
So how many people[br]do say something?

0:48:23.634,0:48:26.137
And actually stay[br]in Crawford's class?

0:48:26.204,0:48:27.372
[SOFTLY][br]Not many.

0:48:27.438,0:48:29.874
Um, I missed what you said.

0:48:32.210,0:48:34.679
I didn't say anything.

0:48:38.516,0:48:39.717
You read all these?[br]No.

0:48:41.219,0:48:43.921
I just keep them[br]to impress all my visitors.

0:48:43.989,0:48:45.356
[SCOFFS][br]All your visitors.

0:48:48.093,0:48:50.328
We've been talking[br]about your book at school.

0:48:50.395,0:48:53.198
People have been talking[br]about it for years.

0:48:53.264,0:48:55.933
They just haven't been[br]saying anything.

0:48:56.001,0:48:58.169
Yeah. I think[br]I got it down, though.

0:48:58.236,0:49:00.905
I figure you were writing[br]about how life[br]never works out.

0:49:01.372,0:49:02.940
Oh, really?

0:49:03.008,0:49:05.010
You had to read a book[br]to figure that out?

0:49:06.377,0:49:08.579
Yeah, but Crawford's[br]messed up on it anyhow.

0:49:10.048,0:49:13.118
Says the guy having trouble[br]after the war is really you.

0:49:13.184,0:49:14.552
Some symbolism shit

0:49:14.619,0:49:17.455
for all the problems[br]you were having[br]with everybody.

0:49:17.522,0:49:18.723
Robert Crawford?

0:49:20.025,0:49:22.327
Yeah. I think[br]it's bullshit, though.

0:49:22.393,0:49:24.395
I think there really[br]was somebody else.

0:49:30.268,0:49:32.637
[KNOCK AT DOOR][br]MAN: Mr. Johannsen?

0:49:34.139,0:49:35.340
Here. Mr. Massie.

0:49:37.142,0:49:39.977
Another trip to your[br]favorite destination, hmm?

0:49:40.045,0:49:42.580
I've got four bags today.[br]I can leave them if you like.

0:49:42.647,0:49:44.015
Oh, no, no, no.[br][DOOR OPENS]

0:49:46.384,0:49:47.585
Come right in.

0:49:48.386,0:49:50.388
How you doin',[br]Mr. Johannsen?

0:49:50.455,0:49:52.957
It's at least a half hour[br]before the sun goes down.

0:49:53.024,0:49:55.160
Then you can begin[br]your panic-driven quest

0:49:56.027,0:49:57.562
back to Manhattan.

0:49:57.628,0:49:59.564
This should last you[br]till next week.

0:49:59.630,0:50:00.831
Your mail is in,

0:50:02.100,0:50:03.534
uh, this one.[br]Mr. Johannsen?

0:50:05.103,0:50:07.138
The essentials are in, uh--[br]Essentials?

0:50:07.205,0:50:09.274
[BOTTLES CLINK][br]I took care of your bills,

0:50:09.340,0:50:11.076
and put the copies[br]in this one.

0:50:11.142,0:50:13.278
Mm-hmm.[br]And the phone company

0:50:13.344,0:50:15.513
wants to know if you want[br]to continue service,

0:50:15.580,0:50:17.548
as you haven't had[br]a call in six weeks.

0:50:17.615,0:50:20.017
Okay. Mr. Johannsen,[br]I got your socks

0:50:20.085,0:50:22.553
for the next couple of weeks,[br]which are in this one.

0:50:22.620,0:50:24.855
And I have your latest check[br]from Accounting.

0:50:26.457,0:50:28.726
They wanted to know if[br]you cashed the last one,

0:50:28.793,0:50:31.162
'cause it's still[br]showing up outstanding.

0:50:31.229,0:50:34.799
Not as outstanding[br]as it once was. Hmm?

0:50:37.435,0:50:39.770
Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't[br]realize you had company.

0:50:41.372,0:50:43.741
Oh, yes, we were just[br]having a discussion

0:50:43.808,0:50:45.476
on, uh, German[br]automobile history.

0:50:48.146,0:50:50.181
Care to join us?[br]Uh, no. I'm in a tow away.

0:50:51.449,0:50:53.651
Of course you are.[br]So I'll see you next week.

0:50:54.285,0:50:56.287
Not if I'm lucky.

0:51:00.491,0:51:03.027
Why not give that guy a break[br]and do your own shopping?

0:51:04.729,0:51:06.697
And why are your socks[br]inside out?

0:51:06.764,0:51:09.100
Because socks[br]are badly designed.

0:51:09.167,0:51:11.269
The seams are on the inside.[br]Hurt the toes.

0:51:13.138,0:51:15.606
In some cultures,[br]it's considered good luck

0:51:15.673,0:51:17.475
to be wearing something[br]inside out.

0:51:17.542,0:51:18.776
And you believe that?[br]No.

0:51:20.511,0:51:22.513
But it's like praying.[br]What do you risk?

0:51:22.580,0:51:23.781
And I do go outside.

0:51:25.082,0:51:27.218
How do you think[br]these windows get cleaned?

0:51:27.285,0:51:29.320
[LOCK CLICKS]

0:51:29.387,0:51:31.055
Now, about this professor[br]of yours.

0:51:33.591,0:51:36.060
How did it feel having him[br]tell you what you can't do?

0:51:38.095,0:51:40.030
Like he knew he was[br]better than me.

0:51:40.097,0:51:41.699
Then let's show him[br]what you can do.

0:51:44.302,0:51:46.437
Why is it the words[br]we write for ourselves

0:51:46.504,0:51:49.374
are always much better than[br]the words we write for others?

0:51:49.440,0:51:50.641
Move.

0:51:54.345,0:51:56.347
Sit.

0:52:02.187,0:52:03.388
[KEYS TAPPING]

0:52:05.156,0:52:06.524
Go ahead.[br]Go ahead and what?

0:52:08.726,0:52:11.061
Write.

0:52:12.697,0:52:14.165
What are you doing?

0:52:14.232,0:52:15.700
I'm writing,[br]like you'll be...

0:52:16.867,0:52:18.936
when you start[br]punching those keys.

0:52:24.375,0:52:27.245
Is there a problem?[br]No. I'm just thinking.

0:52:27.312,0:52:28.913
No. No thinking.[br]That comes later.

0:52:30.748,0:52:32.383
[]

0:52:34.919,0:52:36.287
You write your first draft...

0:52:37.588,0:52:38.789
with your heart.

0:52:39.890,0:52:42.527
And you rewrite[br]with your head.

0:52:46.531,0:52:47.965
The first key[br]to writing is...

0:52:50.301,0:52:53.604
to write, not to think.

0:53:03.914,0:53:06.917
Jesus.[br][BOTTLES CLINKING]

0:53:42.820,0:53:45.155
Is there any chance[br]you might sit down?

0:54:03.274,0:54:05.209
"A Season of Faith's[br]Perfection."

0:54:05.276,0:54:06.844
What's this?[br]Start typing that.

0:54:08.513,0:54:10.281
Sometimes the simple[br]rhythm of typing

0:54:11.316,0:54:12.850
gets us from page one[br]to page two.

0:54:14.485,0:54:16.521
And when you begin[br]to feel your own words,

0:54:17.555,0:54:18.989
start typing them.

0:54:40.978,0:54:43.213
Punch the keys,[br]for God's sake!

0:54:47.985,0:54:50.488
[TAPPING LOUDER]

0:54:53.724,0:54:54.925
Yes!

0:54:55.826,0:54:57.027
Yes!

0:54:59.430,0:55:00.631
You're the man now, dog.

0:55:01.899,0:55:03.901
[CHUCKLES]

0:55:44.975,0:55:46.977
[]

0:56:05.396,0:56:06.597
Jamal, whatever we write

0:56:08.399,0:56:10.601
in this apartment,[br]stays in this apartment.

0:56:13.804,0:56:15.873
No exceptions.

0:56:29.454,0:56:31.656
MAN NEXT DOOR:[br]That's my angel. There you go.

0:56:33.724,0:56:36.126
[WOMAN MOANING PLEASURABLY]

0:56:38.663,0:56:39.897
[HEADBOARD BANGING WALL]

0:56:40.665,0:56:43.333
[WOMAN MOANING LOUDLY]

0:56:48.072,0:56:50.641
Okay, let's push it, guys.[br]Come on.

0:56:52.743,0:56:54.745
BOY:[br]Yo, D.

0:56:56.447,0:56:58.749
That's a foul.[br]What? I had the spot.

0:56:58.816,0:57:00.718
I'll let you know[br]when you got the spot.

0:57:00.785,0:57:03.020
Hey, hey, hey.[br]Gentlemen, gentlemen.

0:57:03.087,0:57:06.757
Our season begins in one week.[br]If I see this one more time,

0:57:06.824,0:57:09.627
I'm gonna have you shooting[br]fouls to see who runs today.

0:57:09.694,0:57:11.729
Is that understood?[br]Is that understood?

0:57:12.196,0:57:14.198
One.

0:57:19.704,0:57:20.905
Two.

0:57:24.509,0:57:25.710
Three.

0:57:28.145,0:57:30.681
Eleven.

0:57:35.486,0:57:37.488
Twelve.

0:57:39.857,0:57:41.859
Thirteen.

0:57:43.561,0:57:46.063
Twenty-nine.

0:57:53.671,0:57:55.673
Forty-eight.

0:57:58.208,0:58:00.711
Forty-nine.

0:58:04.882,0:58:06.383
Hold it.

0:58:07.918,0:58:09.453
One more.

0:58:22.967,0:58:25.102
That was one of the most[br]impressive things

0:58:25.169,0:58:27.471
I've ever seen[br]on a basketball court.

0:58:27.538,0:58:30.440
Why do I know it was not good[br]enough for either one of you?

0:58:30.507,0:58:33.010
Shower up and get out of here.

0:58:35.613,0:58:38.616
You may think we're[br]the same. We're not.

0:58:46.023,0:58:47.291
Oh, Mr. Wallace.

0:58:49.627,0:58:51.295
Mr. Wallace.[br]Professor Crawford.

0:58:52.630,0:58:54.098
The latest paper[br]you turned in,

0:58:55.833,0:58:57.835
it displayed quite[br]a bit of improvement

0:58:58.669,0:58:59.870
from your earlier work.

0:59:00.905,0:59:02.172
Thank you.[br]Yes.

0:59:02.239,0:59:03.774
How long did it take[br]to write?

0:59:03.841,0:59:05.042
I wrote it last night.

0:59:06.010,0:59:07.211
[CHUCKLES][br]Last night?

0:59:08.679,0:59:10.948
Well, I have some, uh,[br]things to finish up here.

0:59:11.816,0:59:13.818
Good day, Mr. Wallace.

0:59:21.792,0:59:24.561
That's right. Select again.[br]"Birds of a feather" for 600.

0:59:25.562,0:59:27.932
TREBEK:[br]Answer: Vibrant in color,

0:59:27.998,0:59:29.934
its name borrows[br]from Vivien Leigh.

0:59:30.000,0:59:31.869
The scarlet tanager.

0:59:31.936,0:59:34.038
It's, "What is[br]the scarlet tanager?"

0:59:34.104,0:59:36.206
What is the scarlet tanager?[br]See?

0:59:36.273,0:59:38.175
Gotta know the rules[br]if you wanna play.

0:59:38.242,0:59:40.611
It was written by a writer[br]you have never heard of.

0:59:42.012,0:59:43.614
"Thy duty,[br]winged flame of spring,

0:59:46.050,0:59:47.517
is but to love and fly[br]and sing."

0:59:49.854,0:59:52.056
He was writing about[br]the song of the tanager.

0:59:53.157,0:59:54.759
A song about new seasons,[br]new life.

0:59:57.762,0:59:58.996
That's James Lowell, man.

1:00:00.164,1:00:01.365
I know who he is.

1:00:02.900,1:00:05.269
I'll stay with "Poor[br]Assumptions" for 800, Alex.

1:00:07.604,1:00:10.107
You ever seen any[br]scarlet tanagers around here?

1:00:10.174,1:00:12.877
They don't stray that far[br]from the park.

1:00:18.315,1:00:19.950
So, your professor

1:00:20.017,1:00:22.286
wasn't exactly[br]full of praise this afternoon.

1:00:23.320,1:00:24.521
No, not exactly.

1:00:25.823,1:00:28.592
There's something you should[br]know about Robert Crawford.

1:00:31.261,1:00:32.963
He wrote a book[br]a few years after mine.

1:00:34.765,1:00:37.134
And all the publishers[br]rejected it,

1:00:37.201,1:00:39.136
which was[br]the right decision.

1:00:39.203,1:00:40.871
And instead of[br]writing another one,

1:00:42.940,1:00:46.510
he took a job teaching[br]others how to write.

1:00:48.212,1:00:50.214
How you know all that?[br]Just keep in mind

1:00:51.215,1:00:52.983
that bitterly[br]disappointed teachers

1:00:53.784,1:00:55.152
can be either[br]very effective

1:00:57.221,1:00:58.422
or very dangerous.

1:01:00.057,1:01:02.059
[]

1:01:14.204,1:01:17.207
[POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT]

1:01:25.249,1:01:27.517
[THUNDER]

1:01:46.436,1:01:48.773
All right, this is[br]the first step tonight, guys.

1:01:49.740,1:01:50.941
Mailor, on three.

1:01:51.742,1:01:54.078
One, two, three.[br]Mailor!

1:01:55.445,1:01:58.448
[HEART BEATING]

1:02:07.224,1:02:09.559
[CROWD CHEERING]

1:02:18.502,1:02:19.703
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

1:02:20.304,1:02:22.739
Gold. Black.

1:02:24.408,1:02:26.610
Here we go. Straight[br]and high, boys. Not yet.

1:02:28.445,1:02:31.048
[CROWD CHEERING, SHOUTING]

1:02:38.956,1:02:41.258
What up, J?[br]You was in there tonight?

1:02:41.325,1:02:44.728
Twenty-six points.[br]Eight out of ten[br]from the floor,

1:02:44.795,1:02:47.364
ten for ten from the line.[br]I'm supposed to miss that?

1:02:47.431,1:02:49.967
All right, it was hot.[br]Serious ink on that stat page.

1:02:52.169,1:02:53.370
What's going on?[br]Yo.

1:02:54.805,1:02:57.374
Brothers was[br]going by Red Rose.[br]Told 'em we'd catch up.

1:02:58.342,1:03:00.811
Friday night, kid.[br]Come on. Come on.

1:03:00.878,1:03:03.848
Hi, Jamal. You plan on[br]doing that every night?

1:03:03.914,1:03:06.050
Worked out, I guess.[br]I'd say it worked out.

1:03:07.918,1:03:09.119
This is Fly.

1:03:10.254,1:03:12.189
Hi, Fly. I'm Claire.[br]How you doin'?

1:03:12.256,1:03:14.358
You a friend of Jamal's?[br]Claire! Come on.

1:03:15.860,1:03:18.195
I'm coming. Hey, don't[br]hold that bus up too long.

1:03:19.096,1:03:20.397
Nice meeting you, Fly.

1:03:20.464,1:03:22.799
All right. What the hell[br]you working there, man?

1:03:25.870,1:03:27.637
Shut up, man.

1:03:29.239,1:03:31.341
Yo, about Red Rose--[br]I ain't gonna make it.

1:03:33.844,1:03:36.313
I gotta go to[br]this dude's house.[br]They do it every year.

1:03:36.380,1:03:38.482
Hey, don't be goin' off[br]on this, man.

1:03:38.548,1:03:41.251
You big-time. Best be goin'.[br]Don't wanna hold your bus up.

1:03:42.519,1:03:44.922
You gonna be around[br]this weekend?

1:03:44.989,1:03:48.392
Where you think[br]I'm gonna be? The Hamptons?

1:03:50.194,1:03:52.196
[PLAYING SLOW JAZZ]

1:03:59.303,1:04:01.305
[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

1:04:39.043,1:04:40.577
It was very nice[br]talking with you.

1:04:40.644,1:04:43.113
Remember, anything you need,[br]please give me a call.

1:04:44.281,1:04:45.482
Okay? Anything.

1:04:46.616,1:04:48.618
Okay.

1:04:53.490,1:04:55.592
Building up a collection[br]of those things?

1:04:56.961,1:04:58.895
Yeah, a few.

1:04:58.963,1:05:00.630
Do you wanna get outside[br]for a while?

1:05:01.631,1:05:02.899
Yeah. You know[br]this place?

1:05:05.235,1:05:07.771
I live in this place.[br]Come on.

1:05:15.612,1:05:17.447
They'll be in there[br]till midnight

1:05:17.514,1:05:20.084
congratulating themselves[br]on your game.

1:05:20.150,1:05:22.086
Which means that[br]I get to cram tomorrow

1:05:22.152,1:05:24.321
for this test on Monday.

1:05:24.388,1:05:26.590
Test on what?[br]On the Sherlock Holmes books.

1:05:27.958,1:05:30.860
They've got us tracking down[br]completely worthless stuff,

1:05:30.927,1:05:33.330
like who introduced[br]Watson to Holmes.

1:05:33.397,1:05:36.166
They give it to you 'cause it[br]forces you to read everything.

1:05:37.001,1:05:38.335
[PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING]

1:05:38.402,1:05:40.304
Looks like[br]it might be a while.

1:05:40.370,1:05:41.805
Maybe so.[br]So, this friend Fly,

1:05:44.341,1:05:45.942
how long have you[br]known each other?

1:05:46.543,1:05:48.178
For a while.

1:05:48.245,1:05:50.280
He was born there,[br]and I was born there too.

1:05:50.347,1:05:51.548
In the Bronx?[br]Yeah.

1:05:52.349,1:05:53.550
Must be hard.[br]What?

1:05:55.319,1:05:57.021
I don't know,[br]new people, new school.

1:05:59.156,1:06:00.357
It's not?

1:06:01.391,1:06:03.994
No. What's hard[br]is growing up in a place

1:06:04.061,1:06:06.430
where the cops don't even[br]want to be in after dark.

1:06:08.132,1:06:11.001
What's hard is knowing[br]that you're safe there,

1:06:11.068,1:06:13.470
'cause the people[br]you need to worry about,

1:06:13.537,1:06:15.239
they know you got[br]nothin' to give 'em.

1:06:16.373,1:06:17.941
So, it's a good thing[br]you're here.

1:06:20.177,1:06:21.978
Yeah, but these people[br]don't think

1:06:22.046,1:06:23.613
I got anything[br]to give 'em either.

1:06:24.514,1:06:26.316
Don't let me get by you now.

1:06:26.383,1:06:28.118
Once I get by you,[br]I'm gonna score.

1:06:28.185,1:06:30.120
Okay.[br]You ready?

1:06:30.187,1:06:32.122
Ready.[br]Now stay in front of me now.

1:06:32.189,1:06:34.191
Yeah.[br]All right?

1:06:37.527,1:06:38.728
I got by you, man.

1:06:39.529,1:06:40.730
You're bigger[br]than I am.

1:06:42.232,1:06:44.434
Doesn't matter.[br]You still gotta play defense.

1:06:44.501,1:06:46.670
How do I do that?

1:06:46.736,1:06:49.106
How do you play def--[br]I'll show you one right here.

1:06:51.241,1:06:54.778
Turn around. Turn around.

1:06:57.214,1:06:58.415
Feel that?[br]I feel it.

1:07:00.050,1:07:01.351
I know where[br]you're gonna go

1:07:01.418,1:07:03.453
'cause I can feel[br]where you're gonna move.

1:07:03.520,1:07:06.056
All right.[br]Now try and move left.

1:07:08.058,1:07:09.659
Okay, see, I'm still here.

1:07:09.726,1:07:12.396
You can't get around me[br]'cause I feel you movin' left.

1:07:12.462,1:07:13.997
Try and go right.

1:07:16.400,1:07:18.702
See, I'm still here.

1:07:18.768,1:07:21.738
I feel when you go right,[br]so you can't go there neither.

1:07:21.805,1:07:23.006
Now try and get by me.

1:07:25.442,1:07:26.643
Hold on.

1:07:27.711,1:07:29.379
You gotta dribble first.[br]Dribble.

1:07:31.181,1:07:32.416
Mm-hmm.[br]Dribble. Okay.

1:07:33.317,1:07:36.386
Like this?[br]Yeah.

1:07:38.222,1:07:39.423
Sorry.[br]Claire.

1:07:41.225,1:07:43.160
Daddy?

1:07:43.227,1:07:44.994
Some of our guests[br]are leaving.

1:07:46.630,1:07:48.932
I'll see you[br]on Monday, okay?

1:08:01.778,1:08:02.979
Oh, Claire.[br]Yeah?

1:08:05.615,1:08:06.983
It was Stamford.[br]Excuse me?

1:08:09.519,1:08:10.720
At the bar in London.

1:08:12.088,1:08:14.391
He's the one who introduced[br]Watson to Holmes.

1:08:14.458,1:08:17.861
Might save you some time[br]after[br]everybody's done in there.

1:08:24.801,1:08:27.437
You know how long[br]I been working on that, man?

1:08:27.504,1:08:29.606
It ain't one season[br]of Faith's perfection.

1:08:29.673,1:08:33.109
Feel like I been working on it[br]for two or three seasons.

1:08:37.247,1:08:40.650
You're in that place where[br]you can't even hear me, huh?

1:08:40.717,1:08:44.254
I could ask you why you never[br]moved out, and you wouldn't--

1:08:44.321,1:08:46.790
Paragraph three starts[br]with a conjunction, "and."

1:08:50.694,1:08:53.630
You should never start[br]a sentence with a conjunction.

1:08:53.697,1:08:55.465
Sure you can.[br]Oh, no. It's a firm rule.

1:08:56.733,1:08:58.302
No, no, no, see.[br]It was a firm rule.

1:09:00.737,1:09:03.407
Sometimes if you use[br]a conjunction at the start,

1:09:03.473,1:09:05.442
it can make it[br]stand out a little bit.

1:09:05.509,1:09:07.677
And that may be what[br]the writer's trying to do.

1:09:07.744,1:09:08.945
And what is the risk?

1:09:10.380,1:09:12.216
Well, the risk is[br]doing it too much.

1:09:12.282,1:09:13.583
It's a distraction,

1:09:13.650,1:09:15.819
and it could give your piece[br]a run-on feeling.

1:09:15.885,1:09:19.189
But for[br]the most part, the rule[br]on using "and" or "but"

1:09:19.256,1:09:21.391
at the start[br]of a sentence is shaky,

1:09:21.458,1:09:23.693
though it's still taught[br]in too many schools.

1:09:24.528,1:09:26.162
Some of the best writers

1:09:26.230,1:09:28.498
have been ignoring that rule,[br]including you.

1:09:32.202,1:09:34.538
Well, you've taken[br]something which was mine...

1:09:36.840,1:09:38.775
and made it yours.

1:09:38.842,1:09:40.844
That's quite[br]an accomplishment.

1:09:42.746,1:09:44.548
Thank you.

1:09:44.614,1:09:46.616
The title is still mine,[br]isn't it?

1:09:48.918,1:09:50.520
I guess.

1:09:50.587,1:09:53.022
Now, it was the neighborhood[br]that changed, not me.

1:09:54.524,1:09:57.761
I ain't seen nothing change.[br]"Ain't seen nothing"?

1:09:57.827,1:09:59.863
What in the hell[br]kind of sentence is that?

1:10:01.765,1:10:04.301
When you're in here, don't[br]talk like you do out there.

1:10:05.702,1:10:07.737
I was messing with you, man.[br]It was a joke.

1:10:09.673,1:10:11.675
[SIGHS]

1:10:11.741,1:10:13.777
I wanna hear[br]about the neighborhood

1:10:13.843,1:10:16.480
back when people were[br]still reading your book.

1:10:16.546,1:10:19.015
[COUGHS][br]What did you say?

1:10:22.252,1:10:24.153
Nothin'.[br]You said,

1:10:24.220,1:10:26.423
back when people[br]were still reading my book.

1:10:27.824,1:10:29.859
Didn't you?

1:10:37.601,1:10:39.636
WOMAN:[br]We have 24 copies,[br]but I'm sorry.

1:10:41.405,1:10:42.606
They're checked out.

1:10:43.773,1:10:45.108
Oh. Well,[br]thank you anyway.

1:10:46.843,1:10:48.845
You're welcome.

1:10:50.480,1:10:51.681
[DOOR CLOSES]

1:10:52.549,1:10:53.750
Any luck?

1:10:55.352,1:10:56.820
Did you get on[br]the waiting list?

1:10:57.754,1:10:59.456
Yeah, man, your book[br]was checked out.

1:11:01.257,1:11:02.626
And yes, I did pay[br]for dinner.

1:11:04.861,1:11:07.063
It cost me $13,[br]so I guess you[br]made your point.

1:11:08.432,1:11:11.435
I tried to call you to see[br]what kind of food you wanted,

1:11:11.501,1:11:13.236
but the phone kept ringing.

1:11:13.303,1:11:16.473
I took the bell out[br]20 years ago.

1:11:21.778,1:11:25.315
Let me ask you somethin'.[br]How come a guy like you...

1:11:27.684,1:11:30.019
wastes his time reading[br]the National Enquirer?

1:11:30.854,1:11:32.255
What's wrong with it?

1:11:32.322,1:11:33.523
I mean, it's trash, man.

1:11:34.724,1:11:37.827
You should be reading[br]like the Times or something.

1:11:37.894,1:11:39.663
I read the Times for dinner.[br]But this--

1:11:41.598,1:11:42.799
this is my dessert.

1:11:44.033,1:11:46.570
They got some contest[br]at school, this writing thing.

1:11:47.303,1:11:48.605
You ever enter one of those?

1:11:48.672,1:11:50.607
A writing contest?[br]Yeah.

1:11:50.674,1:11:52.275
Once, a long time ago.[br]Did you win?

1:11:54.878,1:11:56.079
Well, of course I won.

1:11:57.847,1:11:59.048
Like money or something?

1:12:00.684,1:12:02.852
The Pulitzer.

1:12:05.321,1:12:07.391
Oh. Well, they make[br]all the students

1:12:07.457,1:12:09.292
get up and read[br]in front of everybody.

1:12:09.359,1:12:12.028
What the hell's that[br]got to do with writing?

1:12:12.095,1:12:14.798
Writers write[br]so that readers can read.

1:12:14.864,1:12:17.767
Let someone else read it.[br]You ever read your own book?

1:12:17.834,1:12:19.035
In public?[br]Hell no!

1:12:20.904,1:12:22.138
Barely read it in private.

1:12:23.707,1:12:25.308
You know[br]those things they do,

1:12:25.375,1:12:27.043
that, uh, coffee shop[br]reading shit?

1:12:28.645,1:12:29.846
You know why they do it?

1:12:31.448,1:12:33.817
Sell books, I guess.[br]'Cause they wanna get laid.

1:12:35.385,1:12:36.786
Oh, really?

1:12:36.853,1:12:39.022
Women will sleep with you[br]if you write a book?

1:12:39.088,1:12:41.425
Women will sleep with you[br]if you write a bad book.

1:12:42.526,1:12:45.695
Did it ever happen to you?[br]Sure.

1:12:47.997,1:12:49.766
Did you ever get married?

1:12:52.502,1:12:54.671
Not exactly[br]a soup question, is it?

1:12:55.939,1:12:58.508
No. No, I never did.

1:13:01.077,1:13:03.480
But I learned a few things[br]along the way,

1:13:03.547,1:13:05.749
which might be of help[br]with this young lady

1:13:05.815,1:13:07.183
you're always talking about.

1:13:08.618,1:13:10.720
Like what?

1:13:12.822,1:13:14.023
The key to a woman's heart

1:13:15.659,1:13:17.861
is an unexpected gift[br]at an unexpected time.

1:13:20.430,1:13:21.998
You're giving me[br]advice on women?

1:13:23.433,1:13:26.069
Unexpected gift,[br]unexpected time.

1:13:27.103,1:13:29.506
This is so unexpected.

1:13:31.841,1:13:33.743
Oh, Jamal.

1:13:33.810,1:13:36.012
It's not a first printing[br]or anything, but--

1:13:37.113,1:13:38.448
Oh, my God![br]What happened?

1:13:39.549,1:13:40.750
This is a signed copy.

1:13:42.786,1:13:45.522
I can't accept this.[br]It must have[br]cost you a fortune.

1:13:45.589,1:13:47.156
It didn't cost[br]that much, really.

1:13:48.558,1:13:50.026
Maybe the bookstore[br]missed it.

1:13:51.661,1:13:53.797
Bookstores don't usually[br]miss this stuff.

1:13:55.832,1:13:58.034
JAMAL:[br]So, how'd you end up[br]going to Mailor?

1:13:59.469,1:14:02.572
Mailor was originally[br]an all-boy's school.

1:14:02.639,1:14:05.174
So my father did what anyone[br]in his position would do.

1:14:07.711,1:14:09.979
He got on the board[br]and changed the rules.

1:14:10.046,1:14:11.414
And every kid there[br]knows it.

1:14:12.849,1:14:14.784
They would've[br]done it anyway.

1:14:14.851,1:14:18.488
That doesn't change anything.[br]I'm still Dr.[br]Spence's daughter.

1:14:21.758,1:14:22.959
Jamal?[br]Yeah?

1:14:23.993,1:14:25.695
That night at my home,[br]after the game,

1:14:26.896,1:14:29.232
when you were showing me[br]how to play basketball,

1:14:32.636,1:14:35.338
was that all[br]you were showing me?

1:14:37.073,1:14:39.075
Listen, I don't think[br]that's gonna work.

1:14:39.142,1:14:40.343
What?

1:14:41.511,1:14:44.213
That.[br]Why not?

1:14:47.050,1:14:48.251
Ask your father.

1:14:49.052,1:14:50.887
Jamal...

1:14:50.954,1:14:53.857
I'm not asking for some kind[br]of prenuptial agreement here.

1:14:53.923,1:14:55.124
It's just a question.

1:14:56.693,1:15:01.464
Why does everything have to be[br]so black and white with you?

1:15:03.199,1:15:05.134
I forgot what[br]the question was.

1:15:05.201,1:15:09.472
You don't forget anything,[br]Mr. Stamford.

1:15:11.541,1:15:14.544
[CROWD SHOUTING, CHEERING]

1:15:22.819,1:15:24.854
MAN:[br]You don't think[br]he wrote it?

1:15:24.921,1:15:27.456
That's a serious accusation,[br]Robert.

1:15:27.523,1:15:29.759
You come to the faculty board[br]with this--

1:15:29.826,1:15:31.260
I'm aware[br]of how serious it is.

1:15:32.028,1:15:33.229
It's remarkable work.

1:15:34.030,1:15:35.231
You recognize any of it?

1:15:36.900,1:15:38.935
It smacks of something.[br]But I don't know.

1:15:41.104,1:15:43.807
The boy does well in my class.[br]He had good scores coming in.

1:15:46.209,1:15:48.912
Maybe all he needed[br]was some direction.

1:15:48.978,1:15:51.247
Carl, he's a basketball player[br]from the Bronx.

1:15:52.582,1:15:54.618
Who just happens[br]to have won 17 straight.

1:15:56.119,1:15:57.687
For a school[br]that likes winning--

1:15:59.856,1:16:03.893
Robert, have you considered[br]he might just be that good?

1:16:08.632,1:16:09.833
Not this good.

1:16:11.300,1:16:14.303
[NUMEROUS SPEAKERS OVER TV]

1:16:53.242,1:16:55.879
[TYPING RESUMES]

1:17:00.216,1:17:02.418
Do you know what[br]the absolute best moment is?

1:17:04.187,1:17:06.690
It's when you've finished[br]your first draft,

1:17:06.756,1:17:09.458
and you read it by yourself...

1:17:11.260,1:17:12.495
before these assholes...

1:17:13.730,1:17:16.299
take something that they[br]couldn't do in a lifetime...

1:17:17.801,1:17:20.269
and tear it down[br]in a single day.

1:17:21.871,1:17:23.139
People love that book, man.

1:17:24.373,1:17:26.142
[CHUCKLES][br]I didn't write it for them.

1:17:27.643,1:17:28.845
And when the critics...

1:17:29.645,1:17:31.815
started all this bullshit...

1:17:31.881,1:17:34.017
about what it was I was[br]really trying to say,

1:17:36.152,1:17:37.721
[SCOFFS][br]well, I decided then...

1:17:40.156,1:17:42.158
one book was enough.

1:17:44.127,1:17:46.863
William, that was[br]50 years ago, man.

1:18:04.247,1:18:05.448
[GROANS]

1:18:07.183,1:18:09.318
William.[br][GRUNTS]

1:18:21.330,1:18:23.967
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

1:18:37.914,1:18:40.149
[]

1:20:58.121,1:21:01.224
William, I actually spent[br]money on these tickets.[br]Come on.

1:21:01.290,1:21:02.525
Is it still light outside?

1:21:04.027,1:21:05.361
It's nighttime, man.

1:21:13.869,1:21:16.239
Well?

1:21:16.305,1:21:19.542
You look good, man. I mean,[br]it's not[br]the latest stuff out--

1:21:19.608,1:21:21.410
I wasn't asking how I look!

1:21:21.477,1:21:23.212
I was asking,[br]are we ready to go?

1:21:23.279,1:21:25.581
Oh, yeah.[br]Come on, man.

1:21:26.983,1:21:28.985
Let's go.

1:21:33.923,1:21:35.691
Come on.

1:21:45.935,1:21:47.470
We're playing here[br]in two weeks.

1:21:48.637,1:21:50.573
I said, we're playing[br]here in two weeks.

1:21:50.639,1:21:52.108
State tournament.

1:21:59.048,1:22:01.084
Come on.

1:22:11.927,1:22:14.930
Hold on. They got programs.[br]Let me get a program.

1:22:18.301,1:22:19.502
[AIR HORN BLOWS]

1:22:20.269,1:22:22.271
[]

1:22:29.445,1:22:31.447
[STADIUM ORGAN PLAYING]

1:22:40.589,1:22:42.591
William.

1:22:45.294,1:22:46.495
Yo, William!

1:22:48.197,1:22:49.965
Damn.

1:23:00.543,1:23:01.744
Hey, William!

1:23:03.546,1:23:04.747
Hey, William!

1:23:05.548,1:23:07.016
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1:23:58.134,1:23:59.335
William.

1:24:06.075,1:24:08.611
Come on.[br]Let's get you out of here.

1:24:09.678,1:24:11.680
I got you.

1:24:40.443,1:24:41.710
You used to get out,[br]right?

1:24:43.179,1:24:45.114
Yeah, a long time ago.

1:24:45.181,1:24:47.350
What happened?[br]How the hell should I know?

1:24:47.416,1:24:49.652
I didn't keep track[br]of the time.

1:24:49.718,1:24:52.255
Sorry for losing[br]you back there.[br]No apology needed.

1:24:53.422,1:24:55.558
Well, good, 'cause I got[br]one more place.

1:24:55.624,1:24:57.293
It's quiet,[br]and it's on the way home.

1:25:03.098,1:25:05.634
You only got ten minutes, yo.[br]All right.

1:25:05.701,1:25:07.703
Keep it goin'. It's all good.[br]Take that.

1:25:07.770,1:25:09.772
Thanks a lot.

1:25:22.818,1:25:25.521
Ah, ground level.

1:25:26.855,1:25:28.924
House that Ruth built.

1:25:35.698,1:25:36.899
Why did you bring me here?

1:25:38.567,1:25:40.169
Because it's[br]your birthday, man.

1:25:42.371,1:25:43.739
I looked it up[br]in the almanac.

1:25:45.208,1:25:47.810
They don't even have you[br]in the dead[br]people section yet.

1:25:52.881,1:25:55.418
I figure with all the games[br]you watched,

1:25:57.653,1:25:59.255
with whoever[br]you watched 'em with,

1:26:00.289,1:26:02.225
you probably never[br]got down this close.

1:26:02.291,1:26:04.293
What the hell are they[br]doing on the dirt?

1:26:05.561,1:26:07.696
What you worried about, man?[br]You acting like

1:26:07.763,1:26:10.466
they gonna play a World Series[br]championship game. Relax.

1:26:11.734,1:26:16.239
My brother and I,[br]we were here for every game.

1:26:18.574,1:26:20.576
Till he left for the war.

1:26:22.878,1:26:25.481
I thought it would be the same[br]when he came back, but, uh,

1:26:27.783,1:26:28.984
he talked a little less,

1:26:30.353,1:26:31.554
he drank a little more.

1:26:33.856,1:26:35.324
I promised my mother[br]I would...

1:26:36.225,1:26:38.594
help him[br]get through it all.

1:26:42.531,1:26:45.133
So I caught up with him[br]this one night...

1:26:45.200,1:26:47.436
and I was already[br]a half a dozen drinks behind.

1:26:49.905,1:26:51.106
So we had a few more.

1:26:52.308,1:26:54.443
And after a while,[br]he tells me he wants to...

1:26:56.412,1:26:57.880
drive me back[br]to the apartment.

1:26:58.814,1:27:01.049
[CHUCKLES][br]I said, "No thanks."

1:27:03.786,1:27:06.389
We were all still[br]living there then.

1:27:08.223,1:27:09.425
I just stood there and...

1:27:11.427,1:27:14.096
watched him drive off.

1:27:15.331,1:27:16.532
[CHUCKLES]

1:27:17.600,1:27:19.602
Makes it through[br]the whole goddamn war.

1:27:21.537,1:27:23.739
I let him drive.

1:27:26.975,1:27:28.911
Later that night,

1:27:28.977,1:27:31.547
the nurse was typing--[br]well,[br]whatever it is they type.

1:27:34.450,1:27:35.884
And you know what[br]she tells me?

1:27:38.287,1:27:40.323
She tells me how much[br]my book meant to her.

1:27:42.425,1:27:44.560
My brother's getting[br]cold in the next room,

1:27:46.962,1:27:49.565
and all she can talk about[br]is a book.

1:27:50.966,1:27:55.638
Well, everything changed[br]from there on.

1:27:58.707,1:28:00.909
Within five months,[br]I buried him, my mother,

1:28:02.745,1:28:03.946
my father.

1:28:04.947,1:28:08.150
All of them here,[br]in the Bronx.

1:28:13.356,1:28:15.958
We'd spend our summers here.

1:28:17.526,1:28:18.961
And if we were lucky,[br]the fall.

1:28:20.529,1:28:21.997
A lot of falls[br]with those teams.

1:28:23.499,1:28:24.700
Yeah.

1:28:25.501,1:28:26.702
Well, not enough.

1:28:27.970,1:28:30.172
"The rest of those[br]who have gone before us...

1:28:32.040,1:28:36.712
cannot steady the unrest[br]of those... to follow."

1:28:39.748,1:28:42.284
You wrote that[br]in your book.

1:28:51.494,1:28:53.496
[]

1:29:07.976,1:29:10.245
Jamal, I realize that[br]if I give you enough time,

1:29:12.047,1:29:15.584
you'll find a way[br]to amaze even me.

1:29:18.086,1:29:19.287
Does he know?

1:29:21.557,1:29:23.492
No, he doesn't know.

1:29:23.559,1:29:25.428
This was one[br]of the best evenings

1:29:25.494,1:29:26.829
I've had[br]in quite some time.

1:29:28.130,1:29:29.331
All of it?

1:29:30.666,1:29:31.867
Yes, all of it.

1:29:33.936,1:29:35.938
Well, I--

1:29:43.979,1:29:45.748
This guy, man.

1:29:47.416,1:29:49.184
So, how you say[br]you know this guy again?

1:29:50.085,1:29:51.420
He's my teacher.[br]Oh, yeah?

1:29:52.455,1:29:54.389
Yeah.

1:29:54.457,1:29:56.659
Seem like a different[br]kind of a dude, man.

1:30:03.566,1:30:05.834
CRAWFORD:[br]Anyone in particular?

1:30:07.169,1:30:08.871
I sometimes come here[br]in the morning.

1:30:10.639,1:30:11.874
Just me,[br]the aspiring...

1:30:13.442,1:30:15.544
and all of them.

1:30:19.715,1:30:23.251
There was a note downstairs,[br]said I should[br]come and see you.

1:30:24.587,1:30:26.522
Mr. Wallace,

1:30:26.589,1:30:29.792
I think it's time you and I[br]had a very honest...

1:30:29.858,1:30:32.094
and very open discussion[br]about your writing.

1:30:33.629,1:30:34.830
I thought you liked it.

1:30:36.164,1:30:37.500
Your recent work?[br]Heh, heh.

1:30:38.767,1:30:40.469
I liked it very much.[br]No, Mr. Wallace,

1:30:42.170,1:30:44.607
the question concerning[br]your most recent work...

1:30:46.509,1:30:47.710
isn't whether it's good.

1:30:49.645,1:30:51.379
It's whether it's too good.

1:30:53.782,1:30:55.518
The acceleration[br]in your progress

1:30:55.584,1:30:57.686
from your old school[br]to this one is unusual

1:30:59.154,1:31:03.191
to the point I'm faced with[br]drawing one of[br]two conclusions.

1:31:05.027,1:31:07.563
Either you've been blessed[br]with an uncommon gift

1:31:07.630,1:31:09.331
that has suddenly decided[br]to kick in,

1:31:10.766,1:31:11.967
or...

1:31:14.036,1:31:16.972
you're getting[br]your inspiration[br]from elsewhere.

1:31:17.039,1:31:19.575
Given your previous education[br]and your background,

1:31:21.977,1:31:23.579
I'm sure you'll forgive me

1:31:23.646,1:31:26.081
for coming to some[br]of my own conclusions.

1:31:26.148,1:31:27.382
I wrote those papers, man.

1:31:28.584,1:31:30.052
Then you won't mind[br]showing me.

1:31:31.587,1:31:33.822
The next assignment[br]is due in two weeks.

1:31:33.889,1:31:36.358
I'll schedule some time[br]for you to come to my office.

1:31:36.992,1:31:38.927
I, uh--

1:31:38.994,1:31:41.597
I'd like to have you[br]write it there.

1:31:43.666,1:31:45.000
In the meantime,

1:31:45.067,1:31:47.603
if there's anything[br]you wish to talk about--

1:31:49.738,1:31:52.207
I'm not writing anything, man![br]Which proves what?

1:31:53.709,1:31:56.645
Think if one of his two-comma[br]kids was writing these papers

1:31:56.712,1:31:59.815
he'd be doing this shit?[br]"Two-comma kids"?

1:31:59.882,1:32:02.217
A million dollars.[br]One comma, two commas.

1:32:02.284,1:32:03.485
No, I don't.

1:32:05.821,1:32:08.557
Do you know what people[br]are most afraid of?

1:32:08.624,1:32:10.292
What?[br]What they don't understand.

1:32:12.060,1:32:15.764
And when we don't understand,[br]we turn to our assumptions.

1:32:17.833,1:32:19.568
Crawford cannot understand

1:32:19.635,1:32:22.170
how a black kid from the Bronx[br]can write the way you do.

1:32:23.005,1:32:25.273
So, he assumes you can't.

1:32:27.109,1:32:29.111
Just like I assume[br]he's an asshole.

1:32:30.245,1:32:31.446
You knew him, didn't you?

1:32:32.247,1:32:33.448
Crawford? No.

1:32:35.651,1:32:36.885
But he thought[br]he knew me.

1:32:37.820,1:32:40.088
What's all this[br]about his book then?

1:32:40.155,1:32:42.390
A lot of writers know[br]the rules about writing,

1:32:44.126,1:32:45.828
but they don't know[br]how to write.

1:32:45.894,1:32:47.329
So?[br]So, Crawford wrote a book

1:32:48.296,1:32:49.832
about four authors[br]who did know.

1:32:51.667,1:32:53.335
I was the only[br]one still alive.[br]And?

1:32:54.870,1:32:56.905
Well, he convinced[br]a publisher to buy it.

1:32:58.073,1:33:00.075
So, I made a polite[br]telephone call to...

1:33:02.778,1:33:05.681
this publisher[br]telling him and others,

1:33:05.748,1:33:08.116
that I was in the process[br]of writing a second book,

1:33:09.317,1:33:10.786
and if they wished[br]to bid on it--

1:33:11.887,1:33:14.156
Oh, so that's why[br]Crawford's book went away.

1:33:14.222,1:33:15.924
[CHUCKLES]

1:33:15.991,1:33:18.794
But you already knew there[br]wasn't gonna be a second book.

1:33:18.861,1:33:20.362
Yeah, but they didn't.

1:33:26.635,1:33:28.236
Interesting what happens

1:33:28.303,1:33:31.640
when the resources aren't[br]close at hand, isn't it?

1:34:10.813,1:34:12.881
CRAWFORD:[br]Sounds like the rich tradition

1:34:12.948,1:34:14.717
of handing in[br]competition entries

1:34:14.783,1:34:19.822
on the final day continues[br]for yet another year.

1:34:26.061,1:34:27.262
Ladies and gentlemen,

1:34:28.430,1:34:30.032
may I have your attention,[br]please?

1:34:32.234,1:34:33.435
If you don't mind.

1:34:34.937,1:34:36.638
"Ere sin could blight[br]or sorrow fade,

1:34:37.806,1:34:39.975
"death came[br]with friendly care.

1:34:40.042,1:34:42.144
The opening bud[br]to heaven convey'd and--"

1:34:43.045,1:34:44.246
How nice of you to join us.

1:34:45.848,1:34:47.315
That's not part[br]of the poem. Hm?

1:34:49.251,1:34:50.585
"And bade it blossom there."

1:34:51.754,1:34:52.955
Anyone?

1:34:55.057,1:34:57.793
A little more early morning[br]reticence than usual.

1:34:57.860,1:34:59.627
Mr. Coleridge.

1:35:03.465,1:35:04.666
Please. Mr. Coleridge,

1:35:06.769,1:35:10.172
how many[br]students would you say[br]we have here today?

1:35:11.807,1:35:13.008
Uh, I'm not sure.

1:35:15.010,1:35:18.313
Perhaps you could, uh,[br]humor us with a guess.

1:35:20.048,1:35:22.417
Thirty.[br]Thirty? And of that 30,

1:35:22.484,1:35:26.021
there isn't one[br]person who knows[br]the author of that passage.

1:35:26.088,1:35:28.523
I find that remarkable,[br]don't you, Mr. Coleridge?

1:35:30.993,1:35:32.560
Perhaps we should[br]back into this.

1:35:34.162,1:35:36.231
Mr. Coleridge,[br]in looking at this,

1:35:36.298,1:35:39.434
what, if any, conclusions[br]might we be able to draw?

1:35:39.501,1:35:40.936
Um, you mean[br]about the author?

1:35:43.171,1:35:44.372
About anything.

1:35:45.908,1:35:47.242
Um--

1:35:47.309,1:35:50.779
Do any of the words[br]strike you as unusual?

1:35:53.949,1:35:56.118
Mr. Coleridge,[br]feel free to view this

1:35:56.184,1:35:58.686
as the appropriate time[br]for a response.

1:36:00.322,1:36:02.257
Um, "ere."

1:36:02.324,1:36:04.659
"Ere." And why is[br]that unusual?

1:36:06.028,1:36:07.262
Because... it sounds old.

1:36:09.531,1:36:11.900
It does sound old,[br]doesn't it?

1:36:11.967,1:36:14.202
And you know why[br]it sounds old, Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:15.237,1:36:17.305
Um--

1:36:17.372,1:36:19.774
It's because it is old,[br]more than 200 years old.

1:36:19.842,1:36:22.744
Written before you were born,[br]before your father was born,

1:36:22.811,1:36:24.947
before your father's father.

1:36:25.013,1:36:27.082
But that still does not[br]excuse the fact

1:36:27.149,1:36:32.154
you don't know who wrote it,[br]now does it, Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:33.521,1:36:36.024
Um, I-- I'm sorry, sir.[br]I don't--

1:36:36.091,1:36:38.693
You,[br]of all people, should know[br]who wrote that passage.

1:36:40.428,1:36:42.030
And do you know why,[br]Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:42.965,1:36:44.166
I repeat, do you know why?

1:36:45.100,1:36:48.270
Just say your name.

1:36:50.405,1:36:53.808
Excuse me. Did you have[br]something to contribute?

1:36:56.244,1:36:58.746
I just said that[br]he should say his name.

1:36:58.813,1:37:01.816
And why would[br]it be helpful for[br]Mr. Coleridge to say his name?

1:37:02.851,1:37:04.186
Because that's who wrote it.

1:37:05.888,1:37:07.089
Very good, Mr. Wallace.

1:37:09.491,1:37:12.527
Perhaps your skills do extend[br]a bit farther than basketball.

1:37:15.998,1:37:18.600
Now if we can[br]turn to-- You may[br]be seated, Mr. Coleridge.

1:37:20.268,1:37:22.837
Turn to page 120.[br]The blue book[br]I'm certain all of you--

1:37:23.838,1:37:25.040
Further.

1:37:27.309,1:37:28.510
I'm sorry?

1:37:29.477,1:37:30.678
[WHISPERS][br]Don't.

1:37:32.881,1:37:35.250
You said my skills extend[br]farther than the court.

1:37:36.584,1:37:38.053
"Farther" relates to distance.

1:37:39.021,1:37:40.722
"Further"[br]is a definition of degree.

1:37:41.924,1:37:43.325
You should have[br]said "further."

1:37:43.391,1:37:45.093
Are you challenging me,[br]Mr. Wallace?

1:37:46.628,1:37:49.797
Not any more than[br]you challenged Coleridge.

1:37:49.864,1:37:53.401
Perhaps the challenge should[br]have been directed elsewhere.

1:37:55.270,1:37:57.505
"It is a melancholy truth[br]that even great--"

1:37:57.572,1:37:59.107
"Great men have[br]poor relations."

1:37:59.874,1:38:02.177
Dickens.

1:38:03.578,1:38:05.480
"You will hear the beat[br]of a horse's--"

1:38:05.547,1:38:07.215
Kipling.

1:38:07.282,1:38:08.883
"All great truths begin--"[br]Shaw.

1:38:10.885,1:38:13.121
"Man is the only animal--"[br]"That blushes...

1:38:15.057,1:38:17.625
or needs to."

1:38:19.227,1:38:21.496
It's Mark Twain.[br]Come on, Professor Crawford.

1:38:22.264,1:38:23.465
Get out!

1:38:25.267,1:38:27.702
Get... out.

1:38:35.477,1:38:37.479
Yeah, I'll get out.

1:38:49.624,1:38:51.393
Jamal.[br]Leave it alone, Claire.

1:38:51.459,1:38:53.261
Hold on, please.

1:38:53.328,1:38:56.064
That's what they do? Kick you[br]out if you know something?

1:38:56.131,1:38:58.633
You have no idea what Crawford[br]does to students.

1:38:58.700,1:38:59.901
You're right about that.

1:39:01.169,1:39:02.370
Jamal!

1:39:04.039,1:39:05.607
Think you should apologize?[br]No.

1:39:08.343,1:39:09.944
Do you?[br]No. You did nothing wrong.

1:39:12.314,1:39:14.649
Just beat him[br]at his own game.

1:39:14.716,1:39:17.152
But, uh, however, it'd be[br]a good time to be careful.

1:39:20.122,1:39:21.323
Careful?[br]Mm.

1:39:22.057,1:39:23.458
Careful about what?

1:39:23.525,1:39:26.361
You've been blessed with[br]a gift that should allow you

1:39:26.428,1:39:28.396
to do remarkable things[br]with your life.

1:39:28.463,1:39:30.198
That is, if you don't[br]screw it up

1:39:30.265,1:39:34.002
by being a 16 year old[br]right now, okay?

1:39:41.676,1:39:43.678
Jamal.

1:39:43.745,1:39:45.313
Yeah?[br]Got a call from the office.

1:39:46.148,1:39:48.150
All right.

1:39:53.321,1:39:55.557
Mr. Wallace, please.

1:39:58.460,1:39:59.927
As you know,

1:39:59.994,1:40:02.164
Professor Matthews[br]is on the faculty board,

1:40:02.230,1:40:04.599
and Dr. Spence is chair[br]of the trustees board.

1:40:04.666,1:40:06.968
The three of us have been[br]reviewing work

1:40:07.035,1:40:09.504
submitted for this year's[br]writing competition.

1:40:09.571,1:40:11.406
And we were hoping[br]you might clarify

1:40:11.473,1:40:14.342
a couple of points[br]concerning your submission.

1:40:14.409,1:40:16.511
The, uh, "Season[br]of Faith's Perfection."

1:40:18.080,1:40:19.281
Your piece, correct?

1:40:21.649,1:40:23.985
Yeah, that's it.

1:40:24.052,1:40:26.621
Mr. Wallace, it is standard[br]policy to ask our students

1:40:28.056,1:40:30.125
if they wish to credit[br]any source material

1:40:30.192,1:40:33.228
or acknowledge other writers[br]when turning in an assignment.

1:40:35.463,1:40:38.166
Um, do you wish[br]to do that?

1:40:43.138,1:40:45.140
CRAWFORD:[br]1960.

1:40:46.708,1:40:48.810
An essay titled,[br]"Baseball's Best Year,"

1:40:51.146,1:40:52.414
with a subtitle that reads,

1:40:53.815,1:40:55.417
"A Season of Faith's[br]Perfection."

1:40:57.652,1:41:00.222
Published in the New Yorker[br]and written by one...

1:41:00.288,1:41:03.425
William Forrester.

1:41:07.195,1:41:09.364
Your version is actually[br]quite original,

1:41:09.431,1:41:12.200
but there is the title and[br]the first[br]paragraph to consider.

1:41:14.136,1:41:15.337
Isn't there?

1:41:17.239,1:41:20.041
MATTHEWS:[br]Jamal,[br]either you happen to have

1:41:20.108,1:41:23.645
the permission[br]of William Forrester or--

1:41:25.147,1:41:26.714
Have you[br]some other explanation?

1:41:27.615,1:41:28.816
No. That's my paper.

1:41:32.154,1:41:34.322
Well then, your entry's[br]now withdrawn,

1:41:34.389,1:41:36.858
and this becomes a matter[br]for the board to consider.

1:41:38.660,1:41:41.596
And bear in mind the board[br]does have the authority

1:41:41.663,1:41:44.232
to place you[br]on academic probation,

1:41:44.299,1:41:47.969
which would prevent you[br]from playing basketball here.

1:41:50.272,1:41:51.473
DR. SPENCE:[br]Jamal,

1:41:53.208,1:41:56.244
look, being as the board[br]doesn't meet until next week,

1:41:56.311,1:41:59.247
we've decided to let you play[br]this weekend's championship.

1:41:59.314,1:42:01.883
But the board has a history[br]of taking these matters...

1:42:04.319,1:42:05.520
quite seriously.

1:42:06.454,1:42:08.256
So, we would like to suggest

1:42:08.323,1:42:12.427
what we feel is a solution[br]that may satisfy[br]these concerns.

1:42:14.562,1:42:15.763
Robert.

1:42:16.464,1:42:18.099
The most important thing

1:42:18.166,1:42:20.602
is making certain[br]this doesn't repeat itself.

1:42:20.668,1:42:23.137
So, you will be required[br]to write a letter of apology

1:42:25.240,1:42:27.442
to the students[br]you took advantage of

1:42:27.509,1:42:29.444
by submitting this piece.

1:42:29.511,1:42:31.946
And you are to[br]read that letter[br]in front of my class.

1:42:33.281,1:42:36.784
I'm not reading anything.[br]The board will consider that

1:42:36.851,1:42:39.254
deciding whether to renew[br]your scholarship.

1:42:39.321,1:42:41.923
DR. SPENCE:[br]You haven't left us[br]with too many options.

1:42:43.191,1:42:45.460
Excuse me.

1:42:59.507,1:43:02.644
Don't ever embarrass me[br]in front of my class.

1:43:07.715,1:43:10.318
Please return the pen[br]when you're finished.

1:43:18.226,1:43:19.827
No conventional[br]greetings today?

1:43:21.663,1:43:24.332
How come you had me rewrite[br]something you published?

1:43:24.399,1:43:27.001
Be careful[br]where you take this.[br]Why didn't you tell me?

1:43:28.370,1:43:30.972
Why the hell should it matter?[br]You should have told me.

1:43:32.740,1:43:34.509
What did you do with it?[br]I turned it in.

1:43:37.312,1:43:39.414
I turned it in.[br]I had to show 'em something.

1:43:41.416,1:43:44.018
You promised me anything[br]we wrote here would stay here.

1:43:45.520,1:43:47.722
I know.

1:43:50.492,1:43:52.560
I just thought--[br]Shut up.

1:43:57.932,1:43:59.701
What are they telling you?

1:44:02.770,1:44:04.306
I go on[br]probation unless I write

1:44:04.372,1:44:06.341
some letter[br]saying I was wrong.

1:44:06.408,1:44:08.443
Then write the letter.

1:44:08.510,1:44:10.512
I told you[br]I'm not writing anything.

1:44:10.578,1:44:12.680
You got him, he gets you.[br]Write the letter.

1:44:14.282,1:44:15.517
And you'd let him[br]do that?

1:44:16.818,1:44:18.219
[GROANS]

1:44:18.286,1:44:21.456
This is supposed to be[br]another lesson, huh?

1:44:21.523,1:44:24.892
I'm getting tired of all[br]these lessons,[br]man, every time.

1:44:27.429,1:44:29.931
So the title of your essay's[br]at the top of my paper.

1:44:29.997,1:44:31.666
What's the lesson in that?

1:44:31.733,1:44:33.468
I'm not the one[br]who turned it in.

1:44:33.535,1:44:36.504
But you talked all this trash[br]when all you had to say was,

1:44:36.571,1:44:39.941
"Keep this one here 'cause it[br]got printed in[br]the New Yorker."

1:44:40.007,1:44:41.443
That's all you had[br]to say, man.

1:44:43.645,1:44:45.313
I could use a little help[br]on this one.

1:44:46.348,1:44:47.715
Oh, no.[br]That's not an option.

1:44:49.451,1:44:52.887
You don't have to go anywhere.[br]I said, that's not an option!

1:44:52.954,1:44:54.489
That's all right.

1:44:54.556,1:44:56.991
Got a nice little history[br]of people not helping me.

1:44:57.058,1:45:00.194
[MUTTERING][br]Oh, Christ. Not that[br]self-pity father bullshit.

1:45:02.464,1:45:04.466
What'd you say?

1:45:09.003,1:45:10.204
Man, fuck you, William!

1:45:11.305,1:45:12.940
You wanna hear[br]the real bullshit?

1:45:13.007,1:45:14.842
How about you let me[br]take it on this one

1:45:14.909,1:45:17.745
'cause you're too scared[br]to walk out the door

1:45:17.812,1:45:19.747
and do something[br]for somebody else.

1:45:19.814,1:45:22.517
You're too damn scared, man.[br]That's the only damn reason.

1:45:23.485,1:45:24.686
[GLASS SHATTERS]

1:45:25.653,1:45:27.789
You don't know a thing[br]about reasons.

1:45:27.855,1:45:30.191
There are no reasons![br]Reasons why some of us live

1:45:31.459,1:45:33.428
and why some of us don't.

1:45:33.495,1:45:35.963
Fortunately, you have decades[br]to figure that out.

1:45:36.030,1:45:38.466
What's the reason having[br]a file full of writin'

1:45:38.533,1:45:41.202
and keepin' the shit locked[br]so nobody could ever read it?

1:45:42.637,1:45:45.139
What is that, man?

1:45:47.375,1:45:50.445
I'm done with this shit.

1:45:52.880,1:45:54.882
[DOOR CLOSES]

1:45:57.985,1:46:01.723
Oh, look. Jamal Wallace,[br]here to pay us a visit, man.

1:46:04.692,1:46:05.927
What's up, J?[br]What's up?

1:46:07.061,1:46:08.262
What's up, y'all?

1:46:09.931,1:46:12.233
Come on, Hill.

1:46:16.103,1:46:18.105
[BOYS CHATTERING]

1:46:28.983,1:46:31.385
BOY:[br]That should do it, Ash.

1:46:36.023,1:46:38.426
[CROWD SHOUTING, CHEERING]

1:46:39.961,1:46:42.497
How's your first game[br]in the Garden feel?

1:46:44.065,1:46:45.533
A little closer[br]than I thought.

1:46:47.068,1:46:50.337
That's why I[br]thought it might be[br]a good time for us to talk.

1:46:50.404,1:46:53.875
Listen, I know it's difficult[br]handling all of these classes

1:46:53.941,1:46:56.511
with all the time they ask you[br]to spend on the court.

1:46:56.578,1:46:59.581
I couldn't handle that load.[br]Not at this school.

1:46:59.647,1:47:01.883
And maybe it was unfair of us[br]to ask you to do it.

1:47:03.818,1:47:06.521
I've been talking to other[br]board members and to Crawford,

1:47:07.689,1:47:08.890
and the bottom line is,

1:47:10.458,1:47:13.561
we don't want to pursue this[br]any more than[br]you do, any of it.

1:47:13.628,1:47:15.930
So I'm here to present you[br]with an offer.

1:47:15.997,1:47:18.132
We forget about[br]the whole thing.

1:47:18.199,1:47:21.536
We set you up with an academic[br]schedule that's[br]less demanding.

1:47:21.603,1:47:23.538
You mean Crawford[br]wanted that?

1:47:23.605,1:47:26.207
Crawford wants what's best[br]for you, and for the school.

1:47:27.742,1:47:29.977
So then what am[br]I supposed to do?

1:47:30.044,1:47:32.413
You hold up a trophy[br]at the end of this tournament.

1:47:33.881,1:47:36.417
You make that happen.[br]I'll make[br]the rest of it happen.

1:47:37.051,1:47:39.020
All right?

1:47:39.086,1:47:41.856
Now go finish up[br]what you came here to do.

1:47:49.597,1:47:51.633
Let's go, Pilgrims![br]Let's go, Pilgrims!

1:47:53.167,1:47:55.603
Okay, let's go![br]Throw it to Jamal.

1:47:57.071,1:48:00.642
CROWD [CHANTING]:[br]Defense! Defense!

1:48:08.983,1:48:10.985
Three!

1:48:21.996,1:48:23.197
[CROWD GROANS]

1:48:23.965,1:48:25.967
Damn, man. Come on, man.

1:48:26.033,1:48:29.270
CROWD [CHANTING]:[br]Defense! Defense!

1:48:39.947,1:48:43.017
Oh, oh, oh, oh.[br]Jamal, get the ball!

1:48:50.992,1:48:53.628
Yeah! Yeah!

1:49:01.235,1:49:03.638
Good pass, man. Good pass.

1:49:11.145,1:49:13.380
Pick it up.

1:49:23.691,1:49:25.359
REFEREE:[br]Offensive foul! That way!

1:49:26.227,1:49:27.695
Ten gold, offensive.[br]That way.

1:49:29.864,1:49:31.332
Okay, you got 'em now.[br]Let's go.

1:49:32.199,1:49:34.201
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

1:49:35.737,1:49:37.739
Five.

1:49:45.146,1:49:46.513
COACH:[br]Time-out! Time-out!

1:49:48.149,1:49:49.884
Okay, this is still our game.

1:49:49.951,1:49:52.920
We make a stop here,[br]and they'll[br]have to put us on the line.

1:49:52.987,1:49:54.689
And when that happens,[br]it's all over.

1:49:55.623,1:49:57.558
Don't lose your composure[br]out there.

1:49:57.625,1:50:00.127
If they score, we're not[br]gonna call a time-out.

1:50:00.194,1:50:02.864
I want the ball to go[br]to Hartwell or Wallace.

1:50:02.930,1:50:05.066
Okay? Hartwell or Wallace.[br]Let's go, guys.

1:50:06.167,1:50:07.935
Go!

1:50:21.983,1:50:23.517
Come on, man.[br]What's the score?

1:50:24.719,1:50:27.822
Ain't looking good, Ma.[br]It ain't looking good.

1:50:38.933,1:50:42.203
REFEREE:[br]Foul! Twenty-two, blue.[br]Two shots.

1:50:44.706,1:50:46.140
Foul, blue team,[br]twenty-two.

1:50:47.208,1:50:49.777
Hit two.[br]Go line up, guys.

1:50:56.984,1:50:58.986
Two shots.

1:51:01.055,1:51:02.589
Come on.[br]We're gonna make these.

1:51:03.657,1:51:05.026
I can't look.

1:51:05.092,1:51:07.261
He's gonna be all right.

1:51:08.996,1:51:10.998
MAN:[br]Put it in, baby!

1:51:17.138,1:51:18.639
Do it.

1:51:24.746,1:51:27.514
[CROWD GROANS][br]Damn.

1:51:34.856,1:51:36.858
One shot.

1:52:01.983,1:52:06.220
[CROWD SIGHS][br]REFEREE: That's game.

1:52:21.769,1:52:23.771
[]

1:54:06.040,1:54:08.042
[]

1:54:52.619,1:54:53.820
Ma.

1:54:55.656,1:54:58.759
MRS. WALLACE:[br]Oh, thank God! He must've[br]come in after we left.

1:55:00.061,1:55:02.997
Just let him sleep.[br]I'm gonna turn his light off.

1:55:03.064,1:55:06.167
Turn the light[br]off and come on.[br]All right.

1:55:11.538,1:55:14.808
You started cleaning up[br]your room, Jamal?

1:55:29.690,1:55:33.160
MAN ON TV:[br]He looks happy with himself,[br]that coyote. Ears down.

1:55:33.227,1:55:35.662
[KNOCKING]

1:55:38.065,1:55:40.334
So this is how they avoid[br]that problem.

1:55:40.401,1:55:42.136
Because he might be[br]Wile E. Coyote,

1:55:42.203,1:55:44.138
but he's also wussy coyote,

1:55:44.205,1:55:46.573
because they don't like[br]getting their feet wet.

1:55:46.640,1:55:48.409
Hey!

1:55:51.145,1:55:53.414
Jamal, he wrote that for you.

1:55:55.382,1:55:56.583
When?[br]After the game.

1:55:59.453,1:56:01.588
He's going back[br]to the school this morning.

1:56:02.456,1:56:04.391
It's funny, though.

1:56:04.458,1:56:06.127
They always let you get[br]but so far...

1:56:07.394,1:56:09.530
before they take[br]everything away from you.

1:56:11.398,1:56:12.766
God,[br]he's such a good kid, man.

1:56:14.001,1:56:15.702
Then he gets to come back[br]to this shit.

1:56:31.485,1:56:34.488
[FOOTSTEPS]

1:56:56.677,1:56:58.945
That seat open?

1:57:01.048,1:57:02.249
Think so.

1:57:03.484,1:57:06.487
This isn't exactly where[br]I thought I'd find you.

1:57:08.555,1:57:09.756
Still my school, man.

1:57:11.692,1:57:14.228
They want me out, they gonna[br]have to do it themselves.

1:57:15.196,1:57:16.397
They will.

1:57:17.564,1:57:19.600
Whatever.

1:57:32.379,1:57:34.081
"The winter's darkness[br]and cold

1:57:34.148,1:57:37.384
"is but a momentary prelude[br]to the new day of spring.

1:57:37.451,1:57:40.587
"While its grip seems endless,[br]our perseverance proves equal.

1:57:41.655,1:57:44.024
"We renew[br]ourselves once again,

1:57:44.091,1:57:46.660
"seeking out[br]the bright moments[br]that will serve, uh--

1:57:47.528,1:57:48.995
"that will[br]serve therefore, uh,

1:57:50.564,1:57:52.533
"uh, uh--

1:57:52.599,1:57:55.869
therefore serve as[br]the foundation of our future."

1:57:57.171,1:57:59.173
Thank you.

1:58:08.815,1:58:11.185
FORRESTER:[br]Professor Crawford?

1:58:13.387,1:58:16.623
May I read a few words?

1:58:21.228,1:58:22.996
What's he doing here?

1:58:24.498,1:58:27.934
Yes, of course,[br]by all means.

1:58:30.471,1:58:32.673
Thank you, Professor.

1:58:46.353,1:58:47.721
My name is William Forrester.

1:58:50.191,1:58:52.459
[STUDENTS WHISPERING]

1:58:55.296,1:58:57.864
Excuse me.

1:59:01.768,1:59:03.770
I'm that one.

1:59:08.242,1:59:09.443
"Losing Family.

1:59:11.745,1:59:13.980
"Losing family obliges us[br]to find our family.

1:59:16.817,1:59:18.852
"Not always the family[br]that is our blood,

1:59:20.887,1:59:22.989
"but the family[br]that can become our blood.

1:59:24.725,1:59:26.360
"And should we have the wisdom

1:59:26.427,1:59:28.094
"to open our door[br]to this new family,

1:59:29.796,1:59:32.366
"we will find[br]that the wishes we[br]once had for the father

1:59:33.434,1:59:34.635
"who once guided us,

1:59:35.802,1:59:37.571
"for the brother[br]who once inspired us,

1:59:39.706,1:59:41.808
those wishes are there[br]for us once again."

1:59:42.843,1:59:44.845
[]

2:00:15.476,2:00:17.077
"The only thing left[br]to say will be,

2:00:18.512,2:00:21.114
I wish I had[br]seen this or I wish[br]I had done that or I wish--"

2:00:22.616,2:00:23.984
Well,[br]most of you are too young

2:00:27.988,2:00:30.757
to know[br]what your wishes will be.

2:00:32.426,2:00:33.694
But when I read these words,

2:00:35.996,2:00:37.197
words of hope and dreams,

2:00:39.900,2:00:42.269
I realize that the one wish[br]that was granted to me,

2:00:45.272,2:00:47.341
so late in life,

2:00:47.408,2:00:50.110
was the gift of friend--[br]of friendship.

2:00:53.314,2:00:55.849
Mr. Forrester, I'm sure[br]I speak on behalf of everyone

2:00:56.917,2:00:59.052
in thanking you[br]for this unexpected visit.

2:01:00.421,2:01:01.622
The quality of your words

2:01:04.591,2:01:07.328
is something we should[br]all aspire to reach.

2:01:09.730,2:01:10.931
Mr. Forrester.

2:01:12.399,2:01:13.634
Mr. Forrester.[br]May I ask,

2:01:15.436,2:01:16.703
to what do we owe this honor?

2:01:18.038,2:01:19.239
Professor Crawford,

2:01:20.674,2:01:22.042
I spoke here today because...

2:01:23.844,2:01:25.446
a friend of mine[br]wasn't allowed to.

2:01:26.813,2:01:28.949
A friend who had[br]the integrity to protect me

2:01:30.917,2:01:32.586
when I was unwilling[br]to protect him.

2:01:35.722,2:01:38.124
His name is Jamal Wallace.

2:01:43.464,2:01:45.065
Jamal Wallace[br]is a friend of yours?

2:01:46.367,2:01:47.568
Yes. Yes, he is.

2:01:49.970,2:01:51.505
I helped him to find[br]his own words

2:01:52.839,2:01:54.274
by starting[br]with some of mine.

2:01:55.075,2:01:56.343
And in return,[br]he promised

2:01:58.412,2:02:01.648
never to say anything[br]to anybody about me.

2:02:03.016,2:02:04.217
A promise which he kept.

2:02:05.619,2:02:08.321
Mr.[br]Forrester, while your visit[br]appears to be heartfelt,

2:02:09.890,2:02:12.659
I'm sure you[br]will appreciate that...

2:02:12.726,2:02:15.295
it will not[br]change or interfere[br]with this institution

2:02:16.930,2:02:19.265
reaching a fair and proper[br]decision in his case.

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Oh, there's one more[br]issue here.

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Those words[br]that I read today,

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I didn't write them.

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Jamal Wallace did.

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CRAWFORD:[br]Quiet. Shh, shh.

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Quiet! Quiet, please![br]Be still.

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Shush, shush, shush!

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Quiet, please.

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That has no bearing[br]on the decision--

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Robert.[br]I--

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As director of[br]this competition,[br]I have final say.

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Robert, sit down.

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I have been a teacher[br]for more than 30 years.

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That's long enough to know[br]integrity[br]counts for something.

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I'd say that Mr. Forrester[br]has cleared up

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this matter very nicely[br]for us all.

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And as chairman[br]of the faculty board, I have

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the last word[br]in that matter.

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Mr. Wallace, you are excused[br]from next[br]week's board meeting.

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Mr. Forrester,[br]should you ever

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have an interest[br]in a teaching position--

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Oh, no.

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Jamal, these are your words?

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Sixteen.

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[SMACKS LIPS][br]Remarkable.

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Well done!

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Whoo!

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I'm thinking you'll make your[br]own decisions[br]from here on, hmm?

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I'm thinking you're about[br]to say, "I always could."

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Oh, no.[br]No more lessons.

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But I have a question,[br]though.

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Those two foul shots[br]at the end of the game,

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did you miss them,[br]or did you miss them?

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Not exactly[br]a soup question, is it?

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[CHUCKLES][br]Let's go.

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Do you think[br]our vaudeville act today

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will merit[br]the National Enquirer?

2:04:53.820,2:04:55.756
Oh, yeah, definitely.

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Well, whatever happens,[br]I'm off.

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What's, uh, the word

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you and your friends[br]would use for that?

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Leaving?[br]Oh, God.

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Where you off to?

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Well, I have a homeland[br]I haven't seen for too long.

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You mean Ireland.[br]Scotland, for God's sake!

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I'm messing with you, man.

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Be sure to write.

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Hey, Jamal.[br]What's up?

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Hey.

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What's up, John?[br]Have you heard from William?

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Yeah, but I don't know[br]what he's doing.

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But he keeps sending letters[br]checking on[br]college recruiters.

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I was just downstairs.[br]Looks like you[br]got another one.

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Word?[br]Heh.[br]Yeah. I'll see you around.

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All right.

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MAN: Jamal? Hi.[br]Yeah.

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Steve Sanderson.[br]Hi, how ya doin'?

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Good.[br]Thanks for coming down on[br]such short notice.

2:06:29.182,2:06:31.317
No problem. Uh, so what[br]school are you from?

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Oh, no, I'm a lawyer[br]here in town.

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I work with[br]Roberts and Carter.[br]Oh, a lawyer.

2:06:38.692,2:06:41.527
Yeah. But congratulations[br]with all that. That's great.

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That's really, really,[br]really great.

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We got a bunch of the guys[br]in the office following you.

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So-- But we're[br]the legal representation

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for William Forrester.

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How is he?[br]Here.

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Sit down.

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Um...

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we've received word that,[br]uh, William passed away.

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I'm sorry.

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He wanted you to have...

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these things right away.

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What happened?

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William had cancer.

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Uh, they found it[br]a couple years ago.

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Jamal, this is crazy.

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Oh, my God![br]Wow!

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Look at all these books.[br]Don't touch anything.

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FORRESTER:[br]"Dear Jamal,[br]someone I once knew

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"wrote that we walk away[br]from our dreams

2:09:44.277,2:09:45.846
"afraid that we may fail,

2:09:45.912,2:09:47.613
"or worse yet,[br]afraid we may succeed.

2:09:49.315,2:09:51.784
"You need to know that[br]while I knew so very early

2:09:51.852,2:09:54.020
"that you would realize[br]your dreams,

2:09:54.087,2:09:56.556
"I never imagined I would[br]once again realize my own.

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"Seasons change, young man,[br]and while I may have waited

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"until the winter of my life

2:10:04.264,2:10:06.732
"to see the things I've seen[br]this past year,

2:10:06.799,2:10:09.302
"there is no doubt[br]I would have waited too long

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had it not been for you."

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Hey.

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You gonna be here[br]a while, man?

2:10:26.819,2:10:29.089
Just can't watch[br]the eyes this time.

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You're gonna be okay,[br]man. Come on.

2:10:34.227,2:10:36.229
Come on, man.

2:10:37.297,2:10:39.299
Get up.

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Somewhere

2:11:25.946,2:11:28.481
Over the rainbow

2:11:30.316,2:11:32.318
Way up high

2:11:32.385,2:11:34.820
Messing up lay-ups now?[br]What happened to you, boy?

2:11:36.589,2:11:38.024
And dreams[br]That you dream of

2:11:40.060,2:11:41.461
Once in a lullaby

2:11:41.527,2:11:43.629
Where'd the first[br]step go, man?

2:11:47.600,2:11:48.801
Oh, somewhere

2:11:51.237,2:11:52.438
Over the rainbow

2:11:55.475,2:11:56.676
Bluebirds fly

2:12:00.013,2:12:01.581
And the dreams[br]That you dream of

2:12:05.351,2:12:11.057
Dreams really do come true

2:12:13.526,2:12:15.095
Someday you'll wish[br]Upon a star

2:12:16.629,2:12:22.235
Wake up where the clouds[br]Are far behind

2:12:25.005,2:12:27.007
Where trouble melts[br]Like lemon drops

2:12:27.974,2:12:29.342
High above[br]The chimney top

2:12:30.643,2:12:31.844
That's where

2:12:33.379,2:12:34.580
You'll find me

2:12:35.715,2:12:36.916
Oh, somewhere

2:12:39.152,2:12:40.353
Over the rainbow

2:12:43.389,2:12:44.590
Bluebirds fly

2:12:47.660,2:12:49.195
And the dreams[br]That you dare to

2:12:53.233,2:12:58.671
Oh, why, oh, why can't I

2:13:00.673,2:13:01.941
Well, I see trees of green

2:13:03.709,2:13:04.910
And red roses too

2:13:07.313,2:13:09.015
I'll watch them bloom[br]For me and you

2:13:12.285,2:13:13.486
And I think to myself

2:13:16.489,2:13:20.560
What a wonderful world

2:13:23.463,2:13:24.697
Well, I see skies of blue

2:13:26.299,2:13:27.533
And I see clouds of white

2:13:29.202,2:13:31.337
And the bright blessed day[br]I like the dark

2:13:35.175,2:13:36.376
And I think to myself

2:13:39.145,2:13:43.316
What a wonderful world

2:13:46.652,2:13:47.920
The colors of the rainbow

2:13:49.389,2:13:50.590
So pretty in the sky

2:13:52.158,2:13:53.359
Are also on the faces

2:13:54.727,2:13:55.928
Of people passing by

2:13:57.697,2:13:59.132
I see friends[br]Shaking hands

2:14:00.300,2:14:01.501
Saying how do you do

2:14:04.137,2:14:05.338
They're really saying

2:14:06.506,2:14:07.707
I, I love you

2:14:11.577,2:14:12.778
I hear babies cry

2:14:14.614,2:14:15.815
And I watch them grow

2:14:17.717,2:14:18.951
They'll learn much more

2:14:20.753,2:14:21.954
Than we'll know

2:14:22.755,2:14:23.956
And I think to myself

2:14:26.659,2:14:31.297
What a wonderful world

2:14:34.434,2:14:35.801
Somewhere over the rainbow

2:14:41.574,2:14:42.775
Way up high

2:14:45.745,2:14:47.280
And the dreams[br]That you dare to

2:14:51.517,2:14:52.718
Why, oh, why can't I

2:14:56.856,2:14:59.892
I

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