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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

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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'?

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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?

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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.

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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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[]

0:13:24.455,0:13:26.457
[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'?

0:16:03.647,0:16:04.915
Oh, shit![br]What happened?

0:16:06.216,0:16:07.918
MAN: You son of a bitch![br]FLY: Shit!

0:16:07.985,0:16:10.321
He wasn't asleep.[br]He was right there.

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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?

0:16:21.532,0:16:23.166
I got Michael Jordan's name

0:16:23.233,0:16:24.802
written in dirt[br]all over my floor.

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Don't worry. I'll clean it.

0:16:27.237,0:16:29.740
I got a better chance[br]of Michael Jordan cleaning it.

0:16:29.807,0:16:31.775
Hey, if you're[br]thinkin' of a shower,

0:16:31.842,0:16:33.744
the hot water's[br]taking a few minutes.

0:16:33.811,0:16:36.847
I wasn't thinking about it.[br]Hey, where's your pack?

0:16:39.283,0:16:40.551
I don't know.[br]Don't know?

0:16:42.019,0:16:44.555
What do you mean,[br]you don't know?

0:16:44.622,0:16:47.825
We wanted you to bring[br]something,[br]not leave something.

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Why don't you leave[br]this one alone?

0:16:49.760,0:16:51.094
What was in your bag, anyway?

0:16:52.663,0:16:54.264
I'm not talkin' about[br]the damn bag.

0:16:55.933,0:16:58.902
Bet you ain't, man.[br]Let me teach you somethin'.

0:16:58.969,0:17:00.904
Now watch the eyes.[br]Watch the eyes.

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

0:17:04.875,0:17:07.210
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?

0:17:15.052,0:17:17.054
[]

0:18:05.335,0:18:07.070
[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?

0:18:12.776,0:18:15.345
You look like I'm about[br]to do something to your car.

0:18:15.413,0:18:17.481
I worry about this car[br]everywhere,

0:18:17.548,0:18:19.282
so don't take it personally.

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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

0:18:27.625,0:18:29.927
knows that[br]it's more than just a car.

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Anybody who knows anything[br]about that company.

0:18:32.663,0:18:34.532
I wouldn't know[br]anything like that?

0:18:34.598,0:18:36.366
That's not what I meant.

0:18:38.035,0:18:39.970
Last thing I knew[br]about B.M.W.

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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.

0:18:50.514,0:18:52.082
Made this one engine[br]before 1920.

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Flew six miles up.

0:18:56.086,0:18:59.356
Popp and his boys, they was[br]just gettin' started, man.

0:18:59.423,0:19:02.359
Made this one engine,[br]the 801, World War II,

0:19:02.426,0:19:04.462
fourteen cylinders,[br]2,300 horsepower,

0:19:05.429,0:19:06.797
seven miles up.

0:19:08.599,0:19:11.301
If they had more time, they[br]would've been bombing England

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and maybe even won the war.

0:19:15.138,0:19:16.507
That's where this comes from.

0:19:17.941,0:19:20.077
White propeller zippin'[br]around a blue sky.

0:19:21.745,0:19:23.046
So after the war, we told 'em

0:19:23.113,0:19:25.382
they couldn't make[br]plane engines anymore.

0:19:25.449,0:19:28.486
That's when B.M.W. gave some[br]serious thought[br]to makin' cars.

0:19:30.187,0:19:31.388
Kinda like this one.

0:19:32.723,0:19:35.493
But you[br]probably knew all that,[br]being as you lease one.

0:19:35.559,0:19:37.027
Thanks for[br]the history lesson.

0:19:38.095,0:19:40.698
No problem, man.

0:19:44.602,0:19:46.604
[LOCK CHIRPS]

0:19:50.140,0:19:52.142
[]

0:20:58.876,0:21:01.478
Messin' with my stuff, man.

0:21:55.933,0:21:57.367
Hey, um,[br]the other night was--

0:22:00.303,0:22:03.406
It was just this dare thing[br]me and my boys do.

0:22:15.919,0:22:17.688
Um--

0:22:20.691,0:22:22.993
Well, I was wonderin'[br]maybe I could bring you

0:22:23.060,0:22:26.063
some more of my stuff,[br]or maybe[br]I could write somethin' else.

0:22:27.297,0:22:28.999
How about 5,000 words

0:22:29.066,0:22:32.703
on why you'll stay the fuck[br]outta my home?

0:22:34.738,0:22:37.741
[WOMAN MOANING,[br]HEADBOARD BANGING WALL]

0:22:41.912,0:22:43.914
WOMAN:[br]Fuck me! Fuck me!

0:22:46.684,0:22:47.885
[MOANING LOUDLY]

0:22:49.687,0:22:51.689
[]

0:23:14.812,0:23:17.414
[SOFTLY][br]Come on, man.[br]I know you in there.

0:23:21.218,0:23:22.820
Take your goddamn hand[br]off my door.

0:23:24.722,0:23:25.923
Um, I-- I just came to--

0:23:27.257,0:23:29.459
to drop off that thing you--[br]you asked me for.

0:23:30.227,0:23:32.162
What thing?

0:23:32.229,0:23:35.165
The 5,000 words on why[br]you wanted me to stay out.

0:23:35.232,0:23:37.267
At least that's kinda[br]the way you said it.

0:23:38.668,0:23:42.205
Try remembering it[br]exactly as I said it.

0:23:46.243,0:23:47.911
[SIGHS]

0:23:50.781,0:23:52.816
I got a crown[br]Up in-a the kingdom

0:23:52.883,0:23:55.185
Ain't-a that good news[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:23:55.252,0:23:57.354
I got a robe[br]Up in-a the kingdom

0:23:57.420,0:23:59.957
Ain't-a that good news[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:24:00.023,0:24:03.026
I'm gonna lay down this world[br]Gonna shoulder up-a my cross

0:24:05.228,0:24:07.798
Gonna take it home to my Jesus[br]Ain't-a that good news

0:24:08.899,0:24:10.100
Good news

0:24:10.801,0:24:12.803
Come on in, Jamal.

0:24:12.870,0:24:15.873
MRS. WALLACE:[br]Hi, honey. It's okay.

0:24:17.975,0:24:20.210
Sit down.

0:24:20.277,0:24:24.081
Mrs. Wallace, Jamal, when[br]we got your[br]recent test scores,

0:24:24.147,0:24:27.851
we figured there might be[br]interest from private schools.

0:24:27.918,0:24:30.153
Well, it turns out[br]we were right. Mr. Bradley?

0:24:32.289,0:24:34.557
Jamal, Mrs. Wallace,[br]my name's David Bradley.

0:24:36.259,0:24:38.261
I'm with the Mailor school[br]in Manhattan.

0:24:38.328,0:24:40.130
Mailor?[br]Mailor-Callow?

0:24:40.197,0:24:41.999
That's right.[br]You familiar with us?

0:24:42.065,0:24:44.134
Yeah.

0:24:44.201,0:24:47.871
Mailor-Callow is not only[br]the best school in the city,

0:24:47.938,0:24:51.141
it's one of the finest private[br]schools on the East Coast.

0:24:51.208,0:24:53.376
Only the best go there.[br]As you might imagine,

0:24:53.443,0:24:55.378
we're a few weeks[br]into our fall term,

0:24:55.445,0:24:57.815
but every year we like[br]to hold some openings

0:24:57.881,0:25:00.250
while we wait for[br]the test scores to come in.

0:25:00.317,0:25:02.419
Jamal, your test scores,[br]to put it mildly,

0:25:04.254,0:25:05.455
caught our attention.

0:25:07.024,0:25:08.859
I'm here to see[br]if you'd be interested

0:25:08.926,0:25:10.593
in attending our school.

0:25:12.796,0:25:14.932
Jamal, we know leaving[br]for another school,

0:25:17.200,0:25:20.070
especially a private school,[br]is not gonna be easy.

0:25:20.137,0:25:23.273
But this isn't the right[br]place for you anymore.

0:25:23.340,0:25:25.708
It's not a difficult choice.[br]Mr. Bradley, um...

0:25:29.146,0:25:31.882
there is no way that[br]we could ever pay for this.

0:25:31.949,0:25:33.150
We're not asking you to.

0:25:34.885,0:25:37.888
Jamal, when Dr.[br]Simon mentioned[br]only the best go to Mailor,

0:25:37.955,0:25:40.490
he neglected to mention[br]our commitment to excellence

0:25:40.557,0:25:42.125
extends beyond the classroom.

0:25:42.192,0:25:44.127
[LOCK CHIRPS][br]I figured that.

0:25:44.194,0:25:45.896
We thought you might.

0:25:45.963,0:25:48.331
Mrs. Wallace, about 40[br]of our students

0:25:48.398,0:25:50.400
have gone on to play[br]college ball,

0:25:50.467,0:25:53.170
and three have made it[br]to the professional level.

0:25:53.236,0:25:55.472
We evaluated your play[br]last year,

0:25:55.538,0:25:58.275
and while this would be[br]strictly an academic offer,

0:25:58.341,0:26:01.311
we won't be disappointed[br]if you choose to play.

0:26:01.378,0:26:03.914
Come out for a couple days,[br]take a look, think it over.

0:26:05.815,0:26:07.017
Okay.[br]Mrs. Wallace.

0:26:07.817,0:26:09.019
Thank you.[br]Jamal.

0:26:09.819,0:26:13.390
Good-bye.[br]We'll be in touch.

0:26:21.999,0:26:24.501
CHOIR:[br]I got a crown[br]up in-a the kingdom

0:26:24.567,0:26:27.070
Ain't-a that good news[br]Aint-a that good news

0:26:27.137,0:26:29.339
I got a crown[br]up in-a the kingdom

0:26:29.406,0:26:32.242
Ain't-a that good news[br]Aint-a that good news

0:26:32.309,0:26:35.312
I'm gonna lay down this world[br]Gonna shoulder up-a my cross

0:26:37.014,0:26:38.481
Gonna take it home[br]to my Jesus

0:26:39.149,0:26:40.350
Ain't-a that good news

0:26:41.051,0:26:42.252
Good news[br]Good news

0:26:43.286,0:26:47.925
Good news[br]My Lord

0:26:58.936,0:27:00.137
[DOOR SLOT OPENS]

0:27:01.638,0:27:04.007
I didn't knock[br]this time, man.

0:27:04.074,0:27:06.243
To whom were you speaking?[br]I'll tell you that

0:27:06.309,0:27:08.946
when I get[br]my 5,000 words back.

0:27:11.481,0:27:12.682
[SLOT SLAMS SHUT]

0:27:14.384,0:27:16.486
[DOOR UNLOCKING]

0:27:49.252,0:27:52.389
Bolt the door,[br]if you're coming in.

0:27:55.425,0:27:57.427
[LOCK CLICKS]

0:27:59.462,0:28:00.663
The man in the car?

0:28:02.232,0:28:04.001
Um--

0:28:06.503,0:28:08.038
He was from[br]this private school.

0:28:09.639,0:28:11.641
They want me[br]to go there.

0:28:15.212,0:28:17.214
We don't have to pay[br]anything though.

0:28:19.282,0:28:21.651
We live a couple of blocks[br]from here, me and my mom.

0:28:23.386,0:28:26.356
Well, brother was there[br]a couple of years ago,

0:28:26.423,0:28:29.592
but he left[br]after my dad left.

0:28:43.506,0:28:44.707
Uh, well,

0:28:46.176,0:28:48.878
my mom got tired of waitin'[br]for my dad to[br]get himself clean.

0:28:49.979,0:28:51.448
Then my dad got tired[br]of trying.

0:28:54.017,0:28:56.253
But that's when[br]I started writing.

0:28:56.319,0:28:57.920
What's your name?[br]Jamal Wallace.

0:29:00.390,0:29:02.059
Sounds like some kind[br]of marmalade.

0:29:02.992,0:29:04.194
How old are you?

0:29:05.728,0:29:06.929
I'm 16.

0:29:08.331,0:29:11.101
Sixteen![br]And you're black.

0:29:14.437,0:29:16.206
It's remarkable.[br]Remarkable? What?

0:29:17.340,0:29:19.576
It's remarkable[br]that I'm black?

0:29:19.642,0:29:22.945
I mean,[br]what does me being black[br]got to do with anything, man?

0:29:28.151,0:29:30.253
You don't know what to do[br]right now, do you?

0:29:31.454,0:29:33.623
If you tell me what you really[br]want to tell me,

0:29:33.690,0:29:35.225
I might not read[br]any more of this.

0:29:36.726,0:29:39.329
But if you let me run you down[br]with this racist bullshit,

0:29:42.399,0:29:45.102
what does that make you?

0:29:48.671,0:29:50.607
I-I'm not playing[br]this game, man.

0:29:50.673,0:29:52.008
Oh, I say[br]you are playing it.

0:29:54.677,0:29:56.713
An expression is worth[br]a thousand words.

0:29:58.648,0:30:00.217
But perhaps in your case[br]just two.

0:30:02.652,0:30:03.853
Hmm?

0:30:04.821,0:30:06.022
[GRUNTS]

0:30:07.790,0:30:08.991
Here.

0:30:26.376,0:30:28.778
[SOFTLY][br]Bum-ass old man.

0:30:30.213,0:30:32.215
[DOOR CLOSES]

0:30:34.684,0:30:36.753
One hand to give,[br]one hand to receive,

0:30:36.819,0:30:39.055
as we eat together in unity.

0:30:39.122,0:30:41.391
May our minds, bodies[br]and spirits grow strong.

0:30:43.126,0:30:44.827
And congratulations[br]to Jamal. Amen.

0:30:46.629,0:30:47.830
Amen.[br]Amen.

0:30:48.731,0:30:50.733
Did you see this?[br]Let me see.

0:30:50.800,0:30:53.136
Don't mess it up, now.[br]Let me see. Let me see.

0:30:53.203,0:30:54.737
Wait a minute.

0:30:54.804,0:30:57.407
From the cover this look like[br]the funny-man school.

0:30:57.474,0:31:00.343
Terrell, eat your food.[br]Jamal, you gonna be just fine.

0:31:00.410,0:31:03.180
Being broke. Mommy don't[br]make nothin' but soldiers.

0:31:03.246,0:31:04.714
You coulda done[br]the same thing.

0:31:05.482,0:31:07.116
I work at a parking lot,

0:31:07.184,0:31:09.352
and I ain't just[br]no regular attendant.

0:31:09.419,0:31:12.522
I am the supervisor[br]of all the attendants.

0:31:12.589,0:31:15.458
You don't know how much money[br]you gonna make week to week.

0:31:15.525,0:31:17.894
One week $50. One week $100.[br]That's not a real job.

0:31:19.162,0:31:21.198
Leave him alone.[br]Look, I rap, I get busy.

0:31:22.732,0:31:25.335
I got my rap thing going.[br]Don't bring up the rap.

0:31:25.402,0:31:27.437
Eat your food.[br]Wanna hear one of my songs?

0:31:27.504,0:31:30.307
Eat your food.[br]I'm gonna sing it for you now.

0:31:30.373,0:31:32.575
When I come due[br]And I blow the spot

0:31:32.642,0:31:34.911
Your son, the supervisor[br]Of the parking lot

0:31:35.345,0:31:37.480
[LAUGHING]

0:31:37.547,0:31:39.749
Tell her, Jamal. My joints[br]is hot. Right, dude?

0:31:39.816,0:31:41.818
[]

0:32:27.230,0:32:29.131
Jamal Wallace?

0:32:29.198,0:32:31.568
Yeah?[br]Hi. I'm Claire Spence.

0:32:34.271,0:32:36.773
Bradley asked me to show you[br]around this morning.

0:32:36.839,0:32:38.841
All right.

0:32:41.978,0:32:43.179
Come on.

0:32:48.551,0:32:51.821
Don't worry about answering[br]any questions or anything.

0:32:51.888,0:32:54.156
Not till you decide[br]what you're gonna do.

0:32:54.223,0:32:55.492
Besides, the teachers here

0:32:57.327,0:32:59.929
aren't all that into[br]student participation.

0:32:59.996,0:33:02.599
They're too busy[br]listening to themselves talk.

0:33:02.665,0:33:04.000
What you mean?[br]You'll see.

0:33:04.767,0:33:06.403
This morning we begin

0:33:06.469,0:33:09.439
our third required reading[br]of the semester,

0:33:09.506,0:33:11.774
the study of a novel[br]that offers everything...

0:33:11.841,0:33:14.311
and an author who could've[br]offered much more.

0:33:19.015,0:33:21.217
[SOFTLY][br]That's Robert Crawford.

0:33:21.284,0:33:23.486
He's been here as long[br]as most of the buildings.

0:33:23.553,0:33:25.555
When William Forrester[br]was 23, in 1953,

0:33:27.290,0:33:28.858
he set out to write[br]his first book.

0:33:30.026,0:33:31.661
A lot of aspiring authors

0:33:31.728,0:33:34.631
talked about writing[br]the great 20th century novel.

0:33:34.697,0:33:37.033
Well, William Forrester[br]did it on his first try.

0:33:39.469,0:33:40.670
Have you read this?

0:33:42.539,0:33:44.240
Yeah. You?[br]Only about a dozen times.

0:33:46.409,0:33:48.945
This was the only one[br]he chose to publish.

0:33:49.011,0:33:51.648
For all we know, it was[br]the only one he[br]chose to write.

0:33:51.714,0:33:54.351
Your job over the next week--[br][STUDENTS GROANING]

0:33:54.417,0:33:57.019
Your job over the next week,[br]is to read it and tell me why.

0:33:58.455,0:33:59.922
So, you gonna be[br]back tomorrow?

0:34:02.425,0:34:04.794
Yeah. They want me to spend[br]some time on the court.

0:34:05.428,0:34:07.296
Yeah, I heard.

0:34:07.364,0:34:10.900
Graduation was a little rough[br]on last year's team,[br]that's all.

0:34:10.967,0:34:13.570
But it's just like[br]college, right?

0:34:13.636,0:34:16.005
You get an education,[br]and they get what they want.

0:34:17.607,0:34:19.208
Or maybe you both get[br]what you want.

0:34:19.676,0:34:20.877
Yeah, maybe.

0:34:22.011,0:34:24.113
Well, it was very nice[br]meeting you, Jamal.

0:34:25.548,0:34:27.817
You too, Claire.[br]You gonna be around tomorrow?

0:34:28.951,0:34:30.219
Not where you'll be, but...

0:34:31.588,0:34:34.156
you might be able[br]to find me for lunch.

0:34:38.728,0:34:39.929
[EXHALES]

0:34:41.398,0:34:43.500
I didn't say those two words[br]the other day.

0:34:44.501,0:34:46.403
Why didn't you?

0:34:46.469,0:34:48.838
'Cause I want you to read[br]some more of my stuff.

0:34:52.675,0:34:55.144
You know, they talk a lot[br]about you out there, right?

0:34:56.479,0:34:57.714
All this legend bullshit.

0:34:58.648,0:35:00.717
They got some stories, though.

0:35:00.783,0:35:02.685
People wonder[br]if you killed somebody.

0:35:02.752,0:35:05.822
That and wondering why[br]you been in here so long.

0:35:05.888,0:35:08.357
I wouldn't move, though.[br]I'd stay for the quiet.

0:35:08.425,0:35:10.460
You don't hear[br]nothin' in here.

0:35:10.527,0:35:13.029
Our place got[br]these noisy neighbors.

0:35:13.095,0:35:16.298
Their kid's always yellin'[br]'cause he's only a year old.

0:35:16.365,0:35:18.868
Or the pops is yelling[br]'cause the kid's makin' noise.

0:35:18.935,0:35:21.003
And then moms[br]on top of that is yellin'.

0:35:21.070,0:35:23.440
But then that's[br]a different kind of yellin',

0:35:23.506,0:35:26.342
'cause that's when the man's[br]playing the tunes for her

0:35:26.409,0:35:29.045
and she got her head[br]bangin' up against the wall.

0:35:29.111,0:35:31.548
She be screamin' like,[br]"Ah! Ah!" And then--

0:35:31.614,0:35:35.217
You better stir that soup.[br]What?

0:35:36.586,0:35:38.354
Stir the soup[br]before it firms up.

0:35:46.028,0:35:47.997
How come ours never[br]gets anything on it?

0:35:48.064,0:35:49.265
Come on, come on. Closer.

0:35:50.833,0:35:52.769
Closer.

0:35:52.835,0:35:54.370
Now.[br]You got somebody yellin'?

0:35:55.572,0:35:57.106
What I have here[br]is an adult male.

0:35:58.007,0:35:59.942
Quite pretty.

0:36:00.009,0:36:03.513
Probably strayed[br]from the park.

0:36:08.117,0:36:09.318
A Connecticut warbler.

0:36:10.853,0:36:12.522
You ever go outside[br]to do any of this?

0:36:13.723,0:36:16.959
[CASE SNAPS SHUT][br]Stay with the soup question.

0:36:17.026,0:36:19.862
The object of a question[br]is to obtain information

0:36:19.929,0:36:23.199
that matters to us[br]and to no one else.

0:36:24.867,0:36:28.070
You were wondering why[br]your soup doesn't firm up.

0:36:28.137,0:36:31.674
Probably because your mother[br]was brought up in a house

0:36:31.741,0:36:34.443
that never thought about[br]wasting milk in soup.

0:36:34.511,0:36:36.078
Now, that question[br]was a good one,

0:36:37.146,0:36:38.748
in contrast to[br]do I ever go outside,

0:36:41.050,0:36:43.586
which fails to meet[br]the basic criteria

0:36:43.653,0:36:45.955
of obtaining information[br]that matters to you.

0:36:46.022,0:36:48.791
All right, man. Guess I don't[br]have any more soup questions.

0:36:50.192,0:36:51.393
No?

0:36:52.829,0:36:55.632
Why'd you say all that stuff[br]before about me being black?

0:36:55.698,0:36:58.501
It had nothing to do[br]with you being black.

0:36:58.568,0:37:00.737
It had everything to do[br]with me finding out

0:37:00.803,0:37:02.905
just how much bullshit[br]you'd put up with.

0:37:02.972,0:37:05.074
Oh, so you knew I'd come back.[br]Yes.

0:37:05.141,0:37:07.176
Just like I know you'll go[br]to this school.

0:37:07.243,0:37:08.878
Well, how you know that?

0:37:08.945,0:37:11.581
Because there's a question[br]in your writing

0:37:11.648,0:37:14.183
suggesting what is it[br]you wish to do with your life.

0:37:14.250,0:37:15.752
And that is a question

0:37:15.818,0:37:18.387
your present school[br]cannot answer for you.

0:37:22.559,0:37:24.761
Let's match up.[br]Wallace, you take Hartwell.

0:37:25.662,0:37:26.863
[PLAYERS CHATTERING]

0:37:28.698,0:37:30.432
What's up, man?[br]I'm Jamal.

0:37:30.499,0:37:33.002
Just check it, all right?

0:37:36.505,0:37:38.474
Check the ball.[br]COACH: Let's go, guys.

0:37:38.541,0:37:39.742
Come on, now.

0:37:41.510,0:37:43.546
Ball's in.

0:37:51.187,0:37:53.122
COACH:[br]Play him tough,[br]play him tough.

0:37:53.189,0:37:54.390
[PLAYERS CHATTERING]

0:37:56.225,0:37:58.227
Way to go.[br]Way to go, gang.

0:38:01.598,0:38:03.833
Oh, D up. Let's go, garbage.[br]Come on, come on.

0:38:05.702,0:38:06.903
Step up, step up.

0:38:12.241,0:38:15.177
Why don't you leave the trash[br]talkin' back home. All right?

0:38:15.244,0:38:17.680
Huh? What? Get that goofy look[br]off your face. What?

0:38:19.816,0:38:22.184
Gonna make you[br]my son right now.[br]Right.

0:38:22.251,0:38:25.688
You're gonna be my son now.[br]Come on. Huh?

0:38:32.161,0:38:34.163
Let's go.

0:38:36.766,0:38:37.967
Come on, man.[br]What?

0:38:38.768,0:38:40.136
You too small.[br]What? You go.

0:38:42.238,0:38:44.774
Nice handles. Nice handles.[br]Whoa.

0:38:46.676,0:38:49.045
COACH:[br]Hartwell, a little defense[br]would be nice.

0:38:49.111,0:38:51.848
Coach, you're right.[br]A little defense. Let's go.

0:38:51.914,0:38:54.150
Try and get past the line.[br]What did you say?

0:38:54.216,0:38:55.417
I said get past the line.

0:38:58.020,0:38:59.221
[CHUCKLES][br]Pressure.

0:39:00.957,0:39:04.460
Too much. Too much.

0:39:08.765,0:39:11.100
I need some help![br]Ten seconds. Go the other way.

0:39:11.768,0:39:13.169
Shit.

0:39:28.384,0:39:30.252
I'm taking your spot?[br]Taking what?

0:39:30.319,0:39:33.656
I'm taking your spot.[br]Take nothin'.[br]Come on. Come on.

0:39:39.395,0:39:40.596
Ooh. Ooh.

0:39:42.298,0:39:43.632
Let's go.[br]All right.

0:39:43.700,0:39:44.901
[PANTING]

0:39:46.936,0:39:49.071
My court, man.[br]My court.

0:39:54.043,0:39:55.978
That's how we play it[br]down here, man.

0:39:56.045,0:39:58.280
PLAYER:[br]That's right.

0:40:00.282,0:40:02.251
John Hartwell's[br]just a rich kid who wants

0:40:02.318,0:40:05.755
as much of the spotlight[br]as he can get his senior year.

0:40:05.822,0:40:08.190
That's all it is.[br]They take things serious here.

0:40:08.991,0:40:10.259
Well, it's a serious place.

0:40:12.228,0:40:15.297
Serious enough that I end up[br]getting lunch on my books.

0:40:17.233,0:40:18.701
What's that[br]you're workin' on?

0:40:19.969,0:40:21.904
Forrester's book.

0:40:21.971,0:40:23.806
I thought you read it[br]a dozen times.

0:40:23.873,0:40:26.108
Yeah, I know,[br]but look at this.

0:40:26.175,0:40:29.645
My dad got it for me.[br]It's-- It's an early printing.

0:40:34.216,0:40:35.417
Um...listen. I gotta go.

0:40:38.320,0:40:40.723
But you just got here.[br]I know, but...

0:40:40.790,0:40:43.259
I forgot something--[br]I gotta check up on something.

0:40:44.460,0:40:46.462
I'll see you later.

0:41:06.883,0:41:08.084
"Born 1930...

0:41:08.885,0:41:10.887
in Scotland."

0:41:19.195,0:41:21.730
"Moved to New York with[br]his family in his late teens."

0:41:23.165,0:41:26.168
"Mr. Forrester was[br]unavailable for comment."

0:41:27.770,0:41:29.705
Yeah, I bet he was.

0:41:29.772,0:41:33.142
Are we now planning to make[br]these visits a habit?

0:41:34.944,0:41:36.979
Well, you said you knew[br]I'd be coming back.

0:41:37.046,0:41:39.215
Yes, but I thought[br]you meant once.

0:41:39.281,0:41:42.184
I need some help[br]with this thing[br]they got us doing at school.

0:41:42.251,0:41:43.619
Ah, yes, this thing at school.

0:41:45.321,0:41:48.524
And what thing are we[br]talking about now?

0:41:53.996,0:41:56.165
You ever read that?

0:42:00.436,0:42:02.204
I'm trying, man.

0:42:02.271,0:42:05.407
I just can't seem to get past[br]the first ten pages though.

0:42:06.775,0:42:08.044
[CHUCKLES][br]As I recall...

0:42:10.079,0:42:13.682
quite a while to get past[br]those pages myself.

0:42:17.186,0:42:20.156
Oh, Christ, you've[br]dog-eared one of them.

0:42:20.222,0:42:22.591
Show a little respect[br]for the author, huh?

0:42:28.197,0:42:29.966
That's you, isn't it?

0:42:31.367,0:42:33.369
You're the author.

0:42:35.838,0:42:37.874
I read the whole thing.[br]It's not bad.

0:42:37.940,0:42:40.176
Especially the part--[br]Hey! I know what it is.

0:42:42.311,0:42:44.847
The last thing I need[br]is another person telling me

0:42:44.914,0:42:46.282
what they think it is.

0:42:46.348,0:42:48.717
I wasn't gonna say that.[br]What were you gonna say?

0:42:49.919,0:42:51.820
I should tell you[br]everything about me?

0:42:51.888,0:42:53.923
Well, I told you about me.

0:42:53.990,0:42:56.458
You could learn something[br]about, uh, holding back.

0:42:58.560,0:43:01.563
[BREATHING UNEVENLY]

0:43:31.027,0:43:33.229
If I ask you not to say[br]anything to anybody...

0:43:35.164,0:43:36.365
about here, us,

0:43:38.935,0:43:41.070
is that something[br]I can trust you on?

0:43:46.442,0:43:49.478
Yeah. I promise.

0:43:50.913,0:43:53.182
Fine.

0:43:53.249,0:43:55.985
And if I ask you to keep[br]helpin' me with my writin'?

0:44:11.900,0:44:14.236
There'll be no questions[br]about me, my family...

0:44:16.405,0:44:17.839
or why there was[br]only one book.

0:44:18.574,0:44:19.775
Then I won't ask.

0:44:20.909,0:44:22.111
Hmm. Good.

0:44:23.179,0:44:25.347
And good night.

0:44:35.524,0:44:36.858
What's it feel like?[br]What?

0:44:39.061,0:44:40.662
Writin' something[br]the way you did.

0:44:42.564,0:44:45.134
[SIGHS][br]Perhaps you'll find out.

0:45:00.482,0:45:01.683
[HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

0:45:02.618,0:45:04.386
Listen,[br]you five-foot-nothin'.

0:45:04.453,0:45:06.522
[LAUGHS][br]Yo.

0:45:06.588,0:45:09.725
DAMON: That's what I'm saying.[br]Probably sleepin' in the crib.

0:45:11.593,0:45:13.162
FLY:[br]Kenzo, how old are you again?

0:45:14.196,0:45:16.532
Why?[br]'Cause look at your face!

0:45:16.598,0:45:18.900
Your moms didn't do[br]that to you, did she?

0:45:18.967,0:45:20.402
She started you young?

0:45:20.469,0:45:23.005
Know where that starts from?[br]Eating too much cookie.

0:45:24.540,0:45:26.575
Leave it go.[br]CLAY: Yeah, Teresa told me.

0:45:28.344,0:45:31.347
I like 'em big.[br]You got a problem with that?

0:45:31.413,0:45:34.383
Nothin' wrong with a big girl![br]But that big?

0:45:34.450,0:45:37.153
It's like when I'm home[br]with all three[br]of your mothers.

0:45:37.219,0:45:39.888
So it don't really matter![br]Not talkin' about my mother.

0:45:41.290,0:45:44.026
Hold on, Oscar Mayer wiener.[br]Stop playin' with me.

0:45:44.093,0:45:46.062
You got beat like Tina[br]in school one day.

0:45:46.128,0:45:48.030
I seen Duke smack you.

0:45:48.097,0:45:50.866
Listen, throw it at your mama.[br]Every day towards your mama.

0:45:52.734,0:45:55.337
FLY: In your tank.[br]Stop throwing your mama.

0:45:55.404,0:45:57.073
It's all in your tank,[br]brother. Son.

0:45:58.240,0:45:59.941
You laughin'?

0:46:00.008,0:46:02.211
DAMON:[br]Your glasses[br]are like Coke bottles.

0:46:03.512,0:46:04.713
Classics.

0:46:05.514,0:46:07.549
[ALL LAUGHING]

0:46:07.616,0:46:09.751
You ever met somebody famous?[br]How famous?

0:46:10.719,0:46:12.554
Like, I don't know.

0:46:12.621,0:46:14.190
Like somebody[br]people would know.

0:46:17.059,0:46:19.395
Nobody like that[br]comes around here, man.

0:46:22.798,0:46:23.999
So, you here for good now?

0:46:25.801,0:46:28.537
Yeah, I'm just trying[br]to get started.

0:46:33.142,0:46:36.212
Well, at least[br]they look good. Right?

0:46:47.456,0:46:50.058
You'll be pleased[br]this year's[br]writing competition

0:46:50.126,0:46:52.060
has now been scheduled.

0:46:52.128,0:46:55.063
For those who take part,[br]all entries must be turned in

0:46:55.131,0:46:56.998
before spring break.

0:46:57.065,0:46:59.601
Which means you have[br]a few months of[br]procrastination.

0:46:59.668,0:47:01.337
[EVERYONE CHUCKLES]

0:47:01.403,0:47:04.340
Feel free to experiment[br]with a more[br]proactive approach.

0:47:04.406,0:47:06.175
[BELL RINGS][br]The-- Oh.

0:47:08.510,0:47:11.613
Mr. Wallace. Please.

0:47:13.549,0:47:15.484
Mr. Wallace, I had[br]a chance this morning

0:47:15.551,0:47:18.787
to review the files sent[br]by your former school.

0:47:20.256,0:47:21.490
Test scores, impressive.

0:47:22.658,0:47:24.793
Actual classroom work,[br]not so impressive.

0:47:26.562,0:47:31.800
Is this the, uh, level of work[br]I should anticipate?

0:47:33.669,0:47:34.870
Hmm?

0:47:36.138,0:47:38.274
Because if it is,[br]it will go a long way toward

0:47:40.376,0:47:43.078
helping me determine whether[br]to treat you as a student

0:47:43.145,0:47:45.381
or as someone who is here[br]simply to pursue--

0:47:45.447,0:47:47.149
How should I put it?[br]Other endeavors.

0:47:50.519,0:47:53.088
Your work will give you[br]ample opportunity to respond.

0:47:55.757,0:47:57.526
Good day, Mr. Wallace.

0:48:04.700,0:48:07.236
Mmm. Just so you know,[br]you handled[br]that the right way.

0:48:08.404,0:48:10.606
How's that?[br]Well, you didn't say anything.

0:48:11.773,0:48:14.376
It's the ones that do[br]that run into trouble.

0:48:14.443,0:48:16.745
John Coleridge.[br]Jamal Wallace.

0:48:20.182,0:48:21.850
So how many people[br]do say something?

0:48:22.884,0:48:25.387
And actually stay[br]in Crawford's class?

0:48:25.454,0:48:26.622
[SOFTLY][br]Not many.

0:48:26.688,0:48:29.124
Um, I missed what you said.

0:48:31.460,0:48:33.929
I didn't say anything.

0:48:37.766,0:48:38.967
You read all these?[br]No.

0:48:40.469,0:48:43.171
I just keep them[br]to impress all my visitors.

0:48:43.239,0:48:44.606
[SCOFFS][br]All your visitors.

0:48:47.343,0:48:49.578
We've been talking[br]about your book at school.

0:48:49.645,0:48:52.448
People have been talking[br]about it for years.

0:48:52.514,0:48:55.183
They just haven't been[br]saying anything.

0:48:55.251,0:48:57.419
Yeah. I think[br]I got it down, though.

0:48:57.486,0:49:00.155
I figure you were writing[br]about how life[br]never works out.

0:49:00.622,0:49:02.190
Oh, really?

0:49:02.258,0:49:04.260
You had to read a book[br]to figure that out?

0:49:05.627,0:49:07.829
Yeah, but Crawford's[br]messed up on it anyhow.

0:49:09.298,0:49:12.368
Says the guy having trouble[br]after the war is really you.

0:49:12.434,0:49:13.802
Some symbolism shit

0:49:13.869,0:49:16.705
for all the problems[br]you were having[br]with everybody.

0:49:16.772,0:49:17.973
Robert Crawford?

0:49:19.275,0:49:21.577
Yeah. I think[br]it's bullshit, though.

0:49:21.643,0:49:23.645
I think there really[br]was somebody else.

0:49:29.518,0:49:31.887
[KNOCK AT DOOR][br]MAN: Mr. Johannsen?

0:49:33.389,0:49:34.590
Here. Mr. Massie.

0:49:36.392,0:49:39.227
Another trip to your[br]favorite destination, hmm?

0:49:39.295,0:49:41.830
I've got four bags today.[br]I can leave them if you like.

0:49:41.897,0:49:43.265
Oh, no, no, no.[br][DOOR OPENS]

0:49:45.634,0:49:46.835
Come right in.

0:49:47.636,0:49:49.638
How you doin',[br]Mr. Johannsen?

0:49:49.705,0:49:52.207
It's at least a half hour[br]before the sun goes down.

0:49:52.274,0:49:54.410
Then you can begin[br]your panic-driven quest

0:49:55.277,0:49:56.812
back to Manhattan.

0:49:56.878,0:49:58.814
This should last you[br]till next week.

0:49:58.880,0:50:00.081
Your mail is in,

0:50:01.350,0:50:02.784
uh, this one.[br]Mr. Johannsen?

0:50:04.353,0:50:06.388
The essentials are in, uh--[br]Essentials?

0:50:06.455,0:50:08.524
[BOTTLES CLINK][br]I took care of your bills,

0:50:08.590,0:50:10.326
and put the copies[br]in this one.

0:50:10.392,0:50:12.528
Mm-hmm.[br]And the phone company

0:50:12.594,0:50:14.763
wants to know if you want[br]to continue service,

0:50:14.830,0:50:16.798
as you haven't had[br]a call in six weeks.

0:50:16.865,0:50:19.267
Okay. Mr. Johannsen,[br]I got your socks

0:50:19.335,0:50:21.803
for the next couple of weeks,[br]which are in this one.

0:50:21.870,0:50:24.105
And I have your latest check[br]from Accounting.

0:50:25.707,0:50:27.976
They wanted to know if[br]you cashed the last one,

0:50:28.043,0:50:30.412
'cause it's still[br]showing up outstanding.

0:50:30.479,0:50:34.049
Not as outstanding[br]as it once was. Hmm?

0:50:36.685,0:50:39.020
Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't[br]realize you had company.

0:50:40.622,0:50:42.991
Oh, yes, we were just[br]having a discussion

0:50:43.058,0:50:44.726
on, uh, German[br]automobile history.

0:50:47.396,0:50:49.431
Care to join us?[br]Uh, no. I'm in a tow away.

0:50:50.699,0:50:52.901
Of course you are.[br]So I'll see you next week.

0:50:53.535,0:50:55.537
Not if I'm lucky.

0:50:59.741,0:51:02.277
Why not give that guy a break[br]and do your own shopping?

0:51:03.979,0:51:05.947
And why are your socks[br]inside out?

0:51:06.014,0:51:08.350
Because socks[br]are badly designed.

0:51:08.417,0:51:10.519
The seams are on the inside.[br]Hurt the toes.

0:51:12.388,0:51:14.856
In some cultures,[br]it's considered good luck

0:51:14.923,0:51:16.725
to be wearing something[br]inside out.

0:51:16.792,0:51:18.026
And you believe that?[br]No.

0:51:19.761,0:51:21.763
But it's like praying.[br]What do you risk?

0:51:21.830,0:51:23.031
And I do go outside.

0:51:24.332,0:51:26.468
How do you think[br]these windows get cleaned?

0:51:26.535,0:51:28.570
[LOCK CLICKS]

0:51:28.637,0:51:30.305
Now, about this professor[br]of yours.

0:51:32.841,0:51:35.310
How did it feel having him[br]tell you what you can't do?

0:51:37.345,0:51:39.280
Like he knew he was[br]better than me.

0:51:39.347,0:51:40.949
Then let's show him[br]what you can do.

0:51:43.552,0:51:45.687
Why is it the words[br]we write for ourselves

0:51:45.754,0:51:48.624
are always much better than[br]the words we write for others?

0:51:48.690,0:51:49.891
Move.

0:51:53.595,0:51:55.597
Sit.

0:52:01.437,0:52:02.638
[KEYS TAPPING]

0:52:04.406,0:52:05.774
Go ahead.[br]Go ahead and what?

0:52:07.976,0:52:10.311
Write.

0:52:11.947,0:52:13.415
What are you doing?

0:52:13.482,0:52:14.950
I'm writing,[br]like you'll be...

0:52:16.117,0:52:18.186
when you start[br]punching those keys.

0:52:23.625,0:52:26.495
Is there a problem?[br]No. I'm just thinking.

0:52:26.562,0:52:28.163
No. No thinking.[br]That comes later.

0:52:29.998,0:52:31.633
[]

0:52:34.169,0:52:35.537
You write your first draft...

0:52:36.838,0:52:38.039
with your heart.

0:52:39.140,0:52:41.777
And you rewrite[br]with your head.

0:52:45.781,0:52:47.215
The first key[br]to writing is...

0:52:49.551,0:52:52.854
to write, not to think.

0:53:03.164,0:53:06.167
Jesus.[br][BOTTLES CLINKING]

0:53:42.070,0:53:44.405
Is there any chance[br]you might sit down?

0:54:02.524,0:54:04.459
"A Season of Faith's[br]Perfection."

0:54:04.526,0:54:06.094
What's this?[br]Start typing that.

0:54:07.763,0:54:09.531
Sometimes the simple[br]rhythm of typing

0:54:10.566,0:54:12.100
gets us from page one[br]to page two.

0:54:13.735,0:54:15.771
And when you begin[br]to feel your own words,

0:54:16.805,0:54:18.239
start typing them.

0:54:40.228,0:54:42.463
Punch the keys,[br]for God's sake!

0:54:47.235,0:54:49.738
[TAPPING LOUDER]

0:54:52.974,0:54:54.175
Yes!

0:54:55.076,0:54:56.277
Yes!

0:54:58.680,0:54:59.881
You're the man now, dog.

0:55:01.149,0:55:03.151
[CHUCKLES]

0:55:44.225,0:55:46.227
[]

0:56:04.646,0:56:05.847
Jamal, whatever we write

0:56:07.649,0:56:09.851
in this apartment,[br]stays in this apartment.

0:56:13.054,0:56:15.123
No exceptions.

0:56:28.704,0:56:30.906
MAN NEXT DOOR:[br]That's my angel. There you go.

0:56:32.974,0:56:35.376
[WOMAN MOANING PLEASURABLY]

0:56:37.913,0:56:39.147
[HEADBOARD BANGING WALL]

0:56:39.915,0:56:42.583
[WOMAN MOANING LOUDLY]

0:56:47.322,0:56:49.891
Okay, let's push it, guys.[br]Come on.

0:56:51.993,0:56:53.995
BOY:[br]Yo, D.

0:56:55.697,0:56:57.999
That's a foul.[br]What? I had the spot.

0:56:58.066,0:56:59.968
I'll let you know[br]when you got the spot.

0:57:00.035,0:57:02.270
Hey, hey, hey.[br]Gentlemen, gentlemen.

0:57:02.337,0:57:06.007
Our season begins in one week.[br]If I see this one more time,

0:57:06.074,0:57:08.877
I'm gonna have you shooting[br]fouls to see who runs today.

0:57:08.944,0:57:10.979
Is that understood?[br]Is that understood?

0:57:11.446,0:57:13.448
One.

0:57:18.954,0:57:20.155
Two.

0:57:23.759,0:57:24.960
Three.

0:57:27.395,0:57:29.931
Eleven.

0:57:34.736,0:57:36.738
Twelve.

0:57:39.107,0:57:41.109
Thirteen.

0:57:42.811,0:57:45.313
Twenty-nine.

0:57:52.921,0:57:54.923
Forty-eight.

0:57:57.458,0:57:59.961
Forty-nine.

0:58:04.132,0:58:05.633
Hold it.

0:58:07.168,0:58:08.703
One more.

0:58:22.217,0:58:24.352
That was one of the most[br]impressive things

0:58:24.419,0:58:26.721
I've ever seen[br]on a basketball court.

0:58:26.788,0:58:29.690
Why do I know it was not good[br]enough for either one of you?

0:58:29.757,0:58:32.260
Shower up and get out of here.

0:58:34.863,0:58:37.866
You may think we're[br]the same. We're not.

0:58:45.273,0:58:46.541
Oh, Mr. Wallace.

0:58:48.877,0:58:50.545
Mr. Wallace.[br]Professor Crawford.

0:58:51.880,0:58:53.348
The latest paper[br]you turned in,

0:58:55.083,0:58:57.085
it displayed quite[br]a bit of improvement

0:58:57.919,0:58:59.120
from your earlier work.

0:59:00.155,0:59:01.422
Thank you.[br]Yes.

0:59:01.489,0:59:03.024
How long did it take[br]to write?

0:59:03.091,0:59:04.292
I wrote it last night.

0:59:05.260,0:59:06.461
[CHUCKLES][br]Last night?

0:59:07.929,0:59:10.198
Well, I have some, uh,[br]things to finish up here.

0:59:11.066,0:59:13.068
Good day, Mr. Wallace.

0:59:21.042,0:59:23.811
That's right. Select again.[br]"Birds of a feather" for 600.

0:59:24.812,0:59:27.182
TREBEK:[br]Answer: Vibrant in color,

0:59:27.248,0:59:29.184
its name borrows[br]from Vivien Leigh.

0:59:29.250,0:59:31.119
The scarlet tanager.

0:59:31.186,0:59:33.288
It's, "What is[br]the scarlet tanager?"

0:59:33.354,0:59:35.456
What is the scarlet tanager?[br]See?

0:59:35.523,0:59:37.425
Gotta know the rules[br]if you wanna play.

0:59:37.492,0:59:39.861
It was written by a writer[br]you have never heard of.

0:59:41.262,0:59:42.864
"Thy duty,[br]winged flame of spring,

0:59:45.300,0:59:46.767
is but to love and fly[br]and sing."

0:59:49.104,0:59:51.306
He was writing about[br]the song of the tanager.

0:59:52.407,0:59:54.009
A song about new seasons,[br]new life.

0:59:57.012,0:59:58.246
That's James Lowell, man.

0:59:59.414,1:00:00.615
I know who he is.

1:00:02.150,1:00:04.519
I'll stay with "Poor[br]Assumptions" for 800, Alex.

1:00:06.854,1:00:09.357
You ever seen any[br]scarlet tanagers around here?

1:00:09.424,1:00:12.127
They don't stray that far[br]from the park.

1:00:17.565,1:00:19.200
So, your professor

1:00:19.267,1:00:21.536
wasn't exactly[br]full of praise this afternoon.

1:00:22.570,1:00:23.771
No, not exactly.

1:00:25.073,1:00:27.842
There's something you should[br]know about Robert Crawford.

1:00:30.511,1:00:32.213
He wrote a book[br]a few years after mine.

1:00:34.015,1:00:36.384
And all the publishers[br]rejected it,

1:00:36.451,1:00:38.386
which was[br]the right decision.

1:00:38.453,1:00:40.121
And instead of[br]writing another one,

1:00:42.190,1:00:45.760
he took a job teaching[br]others how to write.

1:00:47.462,1:00:49.464
How you know all that?[br]Just keep in mind

1:00:50.465,1:00:52.233
that bitterly[br]disappointed teachers

1:00:53.034,1:00:54.402
can be either[br]very effective

1:00:56.471,1:00:57.672
or very dangerous.

1:00:59.307,1:01:01.309
[]

1:01:13.454,1:01:16.457
[POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT]

1:01:24.499,1:01:26.767
[THUNDER]

1:01:45.686,1:01:48.023
All right, this is[br]the first step tonight, guys.

1:01:48.990,1:01:50.191
Mailor, on three.

1:01:50.992,1:01:53.328
One, two, three.[br]Mailor!

1:01:54.695,1:01:57.698
[HEART BEATING]

1:02:06.474,1:02:08.809
[CROWD CHEERING]

1:02:17.752,1:02:18.953
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

1:02:19.554,1:02:21.989
Gold. Black.

1:02:23.658,1:02:25.860
Here we go. Straight[br]and high, boys. Not yet.

1:02:27.695,1:02:30.298
[CROWD CHEERING, SHOUTING]

1:02:38.206,1:02:40.508
What up, J?[br]You was in there tonight?

1:02:40.575,1:02:43.978
Twenty-six points.[br]Eight out of ten[br]from the floor,

1:02:44.045,1:02:46.614
ten for ten from the line.[br]I'm supposed to miss that?

1:02:46.681,1:02:49.217
All right, it was hot.[br]Serious ink on that stat page.

1:02:51.419,1:02:52.620
What's going on?[br]Yo.

1:02:54.055,1:02:56.624
Brothers was[br]going by Red Rose.[br]Told 'em we'd catch up.

1:02:57.592,1:03:00.061
Friday night, kid.[br]Come on. Come on.

1:03:00.128,1:03:03.098
Hi, Jamal. You plan on[br]doing that every night?

1:03:03.164,1:03:05.300
Worked out, I guess.[br]I'd say it worked out.

1:03:07.168,1:03:08.369
This is Fly.

1:03:09.504,1:03:11.439
Hi, Fly. I'm Claire.[br]How you doin'?

1:03:11.506,1:03:13.608
You a friend of Jamal's?[br]Claire! Come on.

1:03:15.110,1:03:17.445
I'm coming. Hey, don't[br]hold that bus up too long.

1:03:18.346,1:03:19.647
Nice meeting you, Fly.

1:03:19.714,1:03:22.049
All right. What the hell[br]you working there, man?

1:03:25.120,1:03:26.887
Shut up, man.

1:03:28.489,1:03:30.591
Yo, about Red Rose--[br]I ain't gonna make it.

1:03:33.094,1:03:35.563
I gotta go to[br]this dude's house.[br]They do it every year.

1:03:35.630,1:03:37.732
Hey, don't be goin' off[br]on this, man.

1:03:37.798,1:03:40.501
You big-time. Best be goin'.[br]Don't wanna hold your bus up.

1:03:41.769,1:03:44.172
You gonna be around[br]this weekend?

1:03:44.239,1:03:47.642
Where you think[br]I'm gonna be? The Hamptons?

1:03:49.444,1:03:51.446
[PLAYING SLOW JAZZ]

1:03:58.553,1:04:00.555
[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

1:04:38.293,1:04:39.827
It was very nice[br]talking with you.

1:04:39.894,1:04:42.363
Remember, anything you need,[br]please give me a call.

1:04:43.531,1:04:44.732
Okay? Anything.

1:04:45.866,1:04:47.868
Okay.

1:04:52.740,1:04:54.842
Building up a collection[br]of those things?

1:04:56.211,1:04:58.145
Yeah, a few.

1:04:58.213,1:04:59.880
Do you wanna get outside[br]for a while?

1:05:00.881,1:05:02.149
Yeah. You know[br]this place?

1:05:04.485,1:05:07.021
I live in this place.[br]Come on.

1:05:14.862,1:05:16.697
They'll be in there[br]till midnight

1:05:16.764,1:05:19.334
congratulating themselves[br]on your game.

1:05:19.400,1:05:21.336
Which means that[br]I get to cram tomorrow

1:05:21.402,1:05:23.571
for this test on Monday.

1:05:23.638,1:05:25.840
Test on what?[br]On the Sherlock Holmes books.

1:05:27.208,1:05:30.110
They've got us tracking down[br]completely worthless stuff,

1:05:30.177,1:05:32.580
like who introduced[br]Watson to Holmes.

1:05:32.647,1:05:35.416
They give it to you 'cause it[br]forces you to read everything.

1:05:36.251,1:05:37.585
[PARTY GUESTS LAUGHING]

1:05:37.652,1:05:39.554
Looks like[br]it might be a while.

1:05:39.620,1:05:41.055
Maybe so.[br]So, this friend Fly,

1:05:43.591,1:05:45.192
how long have you[br]known each other?

1:05:45.793,1:05:47.428
For a while.

1:05:47.495,1:05:49.530
He was born there,[br]and I was born there too.

1:05:49.597,1:05:50.798
In the Bronx?[br]Yeah.

1:05:51.599,1:05:52.800
Must be hard.[br]What?

1:05:54.569,1:05:56.271
I don't know,[br]new people, new school.

1:05:58.406,1:05:59.607
It's not?

1:06:00.641,1:06:03.244
No. What's hard[br]is growing up in a place

1:06:03.311,1:06:05.680
where the cops don't even[br]want to be in after dark.

1:06:07.382,1:06:10.251
What's hard is knowing[br]that you're safe there,

1:06:10.318,1:06:12.720
'cause the people[br]you need to worry about,

1:06:12.787,1:06:14.489
they know you got[br]nothin' to give 'em.

1:06:15.623,1:06:17.191
So, it's a good thing[br]you're here.

1:06:19.427,1:06:21.228
Yeah, but these people[br]don't think

1:06:21.296,1:06:22.863
I got anything[br]to give 'em either.

1:06:23.764,1:06:25.566
Don't let me get by you now.

1:06:25.633,1:06:27.368
Once I get by you,[br]I'm gonna score.

1:06:27.435,1:06:29.370
Okay.[br]You ready?

1:06:29.437,1:06:31.372
Ready.[br]Now stay in front of me now.

1:06:31.439,1:06:33.441
Yeah.[br]All right?

1:06:36.777,1:06:37.978
I got by you, man.

1:06:38.779,1:06:39.980
You're bigger[br]than I am.

1:06:41.482,1:06:43.684
Doesn't matter.[br]You still gotta play defense.

1:06:43.751,1:06:45.920
How do I do that?

1:06:45.986,1:06:48.356
How do you play def--[br]I'll show you one right here.

1:06:50.491,1:06:54.028
Turn around. Turn around.

1:06:56.464,1:06:57.665
Feel that?[br]I feel it.

1:06:59.300,1:07:00.601
I know where[br]you're gonna go

1:07:00.668,1:07:02.703
'cause I can feel[br]where you're gonna move.

1:07:02.770,1:07:05.306
All right.[br]Now try and move left.

1:07:07.308,1:07:08.909
Okay, see, I'm still here.

1:07:08.976,1:07:11.646
You can't get around me[br]'cause I feel you movin' left.

1:07:11.712,1:07:13.247
Try and go right.

1:07:15.650,1:07:17.952
See, I'm still here.

1:07:18.018,1:07:20.988
I feel when you go right,[br]so you can't go there neither.

1:07:21.055,1:07:22.256
Now try and get by me.

1:07:24.692,1:07:25.893
Hold on.

1:07:26.961,1:07:28.629
You gotta dribble first.[br]Dribble.

1:07:30.431,1:07:31.666
Mm-hmm.[br]Dribble. Okay.

1:07:32.567,1:07:35.636
Like this?[br]Yeah.

1:07:37.472,1:07:38.673
Sorry.[br]Claire.

1:07:40.475,1:07:42.410
Daddy?

1:07:42.477,1:07:44.244
Some of our guests[br]are leaving.

1:07:45.880,1:07:48.182
I'll see you[br]on Monday, okay?

1:08:01.028,1:08:02.229
Oh, Claire.[br]Yeah?

1:08:04.865,1:08:06.233
It was Stamford.[br]Excuse me?

1:08:08.769,1:08:09.970
At the bar in London.

1:08:11.338,1:08:13.641
He's the one who introduced[br]Watson to Holmes.

1:08:13.708,1:08:17.111
Might save you some time[br]after[br]everybody's done in there.

1:08:24.051,1:08:26.687
You know how long[br]I been working on that, man?

1:08:26.754,1:08:28.856
It ain't one season[br]of Faith's perfection.

1:08:28.923,1:08:32.359
Feel like I been working on it[br]for two or three seasons.

1:08:36.497,1:08:39.900
You're in that place where[br]you can't even hear me, huh?

1:08:39.967,1:08:43.504
I could ask you why you never[br]moved out, and you wouldn't--

1:08:43.571,1:08:46.040
Paragraph three starts[br]with a conjunction, "and."

1:08:49.944,1:08:52.880
You should never start[br]a sentence with a conjunction.

1:08:52.947,1:08:54.715
Sure you can.[br]Oh, no. It's a firm rule.

1:08:55.983,1:08:57.552
No, no, no, see.[br]It was a firm rule.

1:08:59.987,1:09:02.657
Sometimes if you use[br]a conjunction at the start,

1:09:02.723,1:09:04.692
it can make it[br]stand out a little bit.

1:09:04.759,1:09:06.927
And that may be what[br]the writer's trying to do.

1:09:06.994,1:09:08.195
And what is the risk?

1:09:09.630,1:09:11.466
Well, the risk is[br]doing it too much.

1:09:11.532,1:09:12.833
It's a distraction,

1:09:12.900,1:09:15.069
and it could give your piece[br]a run-on feeling.

1:09:15.135,1:09:18.439
But for[br]the most part, the rule[br]on using "and" or "but"

1:09:18.506,1:09:20.641
at the start[br]of a sentence is shaky,

1:09:20.708,1:09:22.943
though it's still taught[br]in too many schools.

1:09:23.778,1:09:25.412
Some of the best writers

1:09:25.480,1:09:27.748
have been ignoring that rule,[br]including you.

1:09:31.452,1:09:33.788
Well, you've taken[br]something which was mine...

1:09:36.090,1:09:38.025
and made it yours.

1:09:38.092,1:09:40.094
That's quite[br]an accomplishment.

1:09:41.996,1:09:43.798
Thank you.

1:09:43.864,1:09:45.866
The title is still mine,[br]isn't it?

1:09:48.168,1:09:49.770
I guess.

1:09:49.837,1:09:52.272
Now, it was the neighborhood[br]that changed, not me.

1:09:53.774,1:09:57.011
I ain't seen nothing change.[br]"Ain't seen nothing"?

1:09:57.077,1:09:59.113
What in the hell[br]kind of sentence is that?

1:10:01.015,1:10:03.551
When you're in here, don't[br]talk like you do out there.

1:10:04.952,1:10:06.987
I was messing with you, man.[br]It was a joke.

1:10:08.923,1:10:10.925
[SIGHS]

1:10:10.991,1:10:13.027
I wanna hear[br]about the neighborhood

1:10:13.093,1:10:15.730
back when people were[br]still reading your book.

1:10:15.796,1:10:18.265
[COUGHS][br]What did you say?

1:10:21.502,1:10:23.403
Nothin'.[br]You said,

1:10:23.470,1:10:25.673
back when people[br]were still reading my book.

1:10:27.074,1:10:29.109
Didn't you?

1:10:36.851,1:10:38.886
WOMAN:[br]We have 24 copies,[br]but I'm sorry.

1:10:40.655,1:10:41.856
They're checked out.

1:10:43.023,1:10:44.358
Oh. Well,[br]thank you anyway.

1:10:46.093,1:10:48.095
You're welcome.

1:10:49.730,1:10:50.931
[DOOR CLOSES]

1:10:51.799,1:10:53.000
Any luck?

1:10:54.602,1:10:56.070
Did you get on[br]the waiting list?

1:10:57.004,1:10:58.706
Yeah, man, your book[br]was checked out.

1:11:00.507,1:11:01.876
And yes, I did pay[br]for dinner.

1:11:04.111,1:11:06.313
It cost me $13,[br]so I guess you[br]made your point.

1:11:07.682,1:11:10.685
I tried to call you to see[br]what kind of food you wanted,

1:11:10.751,1:11:12.486
but the phone kept ringing.

1:11:12.553,1:11:15.723
I took the bell out[br]20 years ago.

1:11:21.028,1:11:24.565
Let me ask you somethin'.[br]How come a guy like you...

1:11:26.934,1:11:29.269
wastes his time reading[br]the National Enquirer?

1:11:30.104,1:11:31.505
What's wrong with it?

1:11:31.572,1:11:32.773
I mean, it's trash, man.

1:11:33.974,1:11:37.077
You should be reading[br]like the Times or something.

1:11:37.144,1:11:38.913
I read the Times for dinner.[br]But this--

1:11:40.848,1:11:42.049
this is my dessert.

1:11:43.283,1:11:45.820
They got some contest[br]at school, this writing thing.

1:11:46.553,1:11:47.855
You ever enter one of those?

1:11:47.922,1:11:49.857
A writing contest?[br]Yeah.

1:11:49.924,1:11:51.525
Once, a long time ago.[br]Did you win?

1:11:54.128,1:11:55.329
Well, of course I won.

1:11:57.097,1:11:58.298
Like money or something?

1:11:59.934,1:12:02.102
The Pulitzer.

1:12:04.571,1:12:06.641
Oh. Well, they make[br]all the students

1:12:06.707,1:12:08.542
get up and read[br]in front of everybody.

1:12:08.609,1:12:11.278
What the hell's that[br]got to do with writing?

1:12:11.345,1:12:14.048
Writers write[br]so that readers can read.

1:12:14.114,1:12:17.017
Let someone else read it.[br]You ever read your own book?

1:12:17.084,1:12:18.285
In public?[br]Hell no!

1:12:20.154,1:12:21.388
Barely read it in private.

1:12:22.957,1:12:24.558
You know[br]those things they do,

1:12:24.625,1:12:26.293
that, uh, coffee shop[br]reading shit?

1:12:27.895,1:12:29.096
You know why they do it?

1:12:30.698,1:12:33.067
Sell books, I guess.[br]'Cause they wanna get laid.

1:12:34.635,1:12:36.036
Oh, really?

1:12:36.103,1:12:38.272
Women will sleep with you[br]if you write a book?

1:12:38.338,1:12:40.675
Women will sleep with you[br]if you write a bad book.

1:12:41.776,1:12:44.945
Did it ever happen to you?[br]Sure.

1:12:47.247,1:12:49.016
Did you ever get married?

1:12:51.752,1:12:53.921
Not exactly[br]a soup question, is it?

1:12:55.189,1:12:57.758
No. No, I never did.

1:13:00.327,1:13:02.730
But I learned a few things[br]along the way,

1:13:02.797,1:13:04.999
which might be of help[br]with this young lady

1:13:05.065,1:13:06.433
you're always talking about.

1:13:07.868,1:13:09.970
Like what?

1:13:12.072,1:13:13.273
The key to a woman's heart

1:13:14.909,1:13:17.111
is an unexpected gift[br]at an unexpected time.

1:13:19.680,1:13:21.248
You're giving me[br]advice on women?

1:13:22.683,1:13:25.319
Unexpected gift,[br]unexpected time.

1:13:26.353,1:13:28.756
This is so unexpected.

1:13:31.091,1:13:32.993
Oh, Jamal.

1:13:33.060,1:13:35.262
It's not a first printing[br]or anything, but--

1:13:36.363,1:13:37.698
Oh, my God![br]What happened?

1:13:38.799,1:13:40.000
This is a signed copy.

1:13:42.036,1:13:44.772
I can't accept this.[br]It must have[br]cost you a fortune.

1:13:44.839,1:13:46.406
It didn't cost[br]that much, really.

1:13:47.808,1:13:49.276
Maybe the bookstore[br]missed it.

1:13:50.911,1:13:53.047
Bookstores don't usually[br]miss this stuff.

1:13:55.082,1:13:57.284
JAMAL:[br]So, how'd you end up[br]going to Mailor?

1:13:58.719,1:14:01.822
Mailor was originally[br]an all-boy's school.

1:14:01.889,1:14:04.424
So my father did what anyone[br]in his position would do.

1:14:06.961,1:14:09.229
He got on the board[br]and changed the rules.

1:14:09.296,1:14:10.664
And every kid there[br]knows it.

1:14:12.099,1:14:14.034
They would've[br]done it anyway.

1:14:14.101,1:14:17.738
That doesn't change anything.[br]I'm still Dr.[br]Spence's daughter.

1:14:21.008,1:14:22.209
Jamal?[br]Yeah?

1:14:23.243,1:14:24.945
That night at my home,[br]after the game,

1:14:26.146,1:14:28.482
when you were showing me[br]how to play basketball,

1:14:31.886,1:14:34.588
was that all[br]you were showing me?

1:14:36.323,1:14:38.325
Listen, I don't think[br]that's gonna work.

1:14:38.392,1:14:39.593
What?

1:14:40.761,1:14:43.463
That.[br]Why not?

1:14:46.300,1:14:47.501
Ask your father.

1:14:48.302,1:14:50.137
Jamal...

1:14:50.204,1:14:53.107
I'm not asking for some kind[br]of prenuptial agreement here.

1:14:53.173,1:14:54.374
It's just a question.

1:14:55.943,1:15:00.714
Why does everything have to be[br]so black and white with you?

1:15:02.449,1:15:04.384
I forgot what[br]the question was.

1:15:04.451,1:15:08.722
You don't forget anything,[br]Mr. Stamford.

1:15:10.791,1:15:13.794
[CROWD SHOUTING, CHEERING]

1:15:22.069,1:15:24.104
MAN:[br]You don't think[br]he wrote it?

1:15:24.171,1:15:26.706
That's a serious accusation,[br]Robert.

1:15:26.773,1:15:29.009
You come to the faculty board[br]with this--

1:15:29.076,1:15:30.510
I'm aware[br]of how serious it is.

1:15:31.278,1:15:32.479
It's remarkable work.

1:15:33.280,1:15:34.481
You recognize any of it?

1:15:36.150,1:15:38.185
It smacks of something.[br]But I don't know.

1:15:40.354,1:15:43.057
The boy does well in my class.[br]He had good scores coming in.

1:15:45.459,1:15:48.162
Maybe all he needed[br]was some direction.

1:15:48.228,1:15:50.497
Carl, he's a basketball player[br]from the Bronx.

1:15:51.832,1:15:53.868
Who just happens[br]to have won 17 straight.

1:15:55.369,1:15:56.937
For a school[br]that likes winning--

1:15:59.106,1:16:03.143
Robert, have you considered[br]he might just be that good?

1:16:07.882,1:16:09.083
Not this good.

1:16:10.550,1:16:13.553
[NUMEROUS SPEAKERS OVER TV]

1:16:52.492,1:16:55.129
[TYPING RESUMES]

1:16:59.466,1:17:01.668
Do you know what[br]the absolute best moment is?

1:17:03.437,1:17:05.940
It's when you've finished[br]your first draft,

1:17:06.006,1:17:08.708
and you read it by yourself...

1:17:10.510,1:17:11.745
before these assholes...

1:17:12.980,1:17:15.549
take something that they[br]couldn't do in a lifetime...

1:17:17.051,1:17:19.519
and tear it down[br]in a single day.

1:17:21.121,1:17:22.389
People love that book, man.

1:17:23.623,1:17:25.392
[CHUCKLES][br]I didn't write it for them.

1:17:26.893,1:17:28.095
And when the critics...

1:17:28.895,1:17:31.065
started all this bullshit...

1:17:31.131,1:17:33.267
about what it was I was[br]really trying to say,

1:17:35.402,1:17:36.971
[SCOFFS][br]well, I decided then...

1:17:39.406,1:17:41.408
one book was enough.

1:17:43.377,1:17:46.113
William, that was[br]50 years ago, man.

1:18:03.497,1:18:04.698
[GROANS]

1:18:06.433,1:18:08.568
William.[br][GRUNTS]

1:18:20.580,1:18:23.217
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

1:18:37.164,1:18:39.399
[]

1:20:57.371,1:21:00.474
William, I actually spent[br]money on these tickets.[br]Come on.

1:21:00.540,1:21:01.775
Is it still light outside?

1:21:03.277,1:21:04.611
It's nighttime, man.

1:21:13.119,1:21:15.489
Well?

1:21:15.555,1:21:18.792
You look good, man. I mean,[br]it's not[br]the latest stuff out--

1:21:18.858,1:21:20.660
I wasn't asking how I look!

1:21:20.727,1:21:22.462
I was asking,[br]are we ready to go?

1:21:22.529,1:21:24.831
Oh, yeah.[br]Come on, man.

1:21:26.233,1:21:28.235
Let's go.

1:21:33.173,1:21:34.941
Come on.

1:21:45.185,1:21:46.720
We're playing here[br]in two weeks.

1:21:47.887,1:21:49.823
I said, we're playing[br]here in two weeks.

1:21:49.889,1:21:51.358
State tournament.

1:21:58.298,1:22:00.334
Come on.

1:22:11.177,1:22:14.180
Hold on. They got programs.[br]Let me get a program.

1:22:17.551,1:22:18.752
[AIR HORN BLOWS]

1:22:19.519,1:22:21.521
[]

1:22:28.695,1:22:30.697
[STADIUM ORGAN PLAYING]

1:22:39.839,1:22:41.841
William.

1:22:44.544,1:22:45.745
Yo, William!

1:22:47.447,1:22:49.215
Damn.

1:22:59.793,1:23:00.994
Hey, William!

1:23:02.796,1:23:03.997
Hey, William!

1:23:04.798,1:23:06.266
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1:23:57.384,1:23:58.585
William.

1:24:05.325,1:24:07.861
Come on.[br]Let's get you out of here.

1:24:08.928,1:24:10.930
I got you.

1:24:39.693,1:24:40.960
You used to get out,[br]right?

1:24:42.429,1:24:44.364
Yeah, a long time ago.

1:24:44.431,1:24:46.600
What happened?[br]How the hell should I know?

1:24:46.666,1:24:48.902
I didn't keep track[br]of the time.

1:24:48.968,1:24:51.505
Sorry for losing[br]you back there.[br]No apology needed.

1:24:52.672,1:24:54.808
Well, good, 'cause I got[br]one more place.

1:24:54.874,1:24:56.543
It's quiet,[br]and it's on the way home.

1:25:02.348,1:25:04.884
You only got ten minutes, yo.[br]All right.

1:25:04.951,1:25:06.953
Keep it goin'. It's all good.[br]Take that.

1:25:07.020,1:25:09.022
Thanks a lot.

1:25:22.068,1:25:24.771
Ah, ground level.

1:25:26.105,1:25:28.174
House that Ruth built.

1:25:34.948,1:25:36.149
Why did you bring me here?

1:25:37.817,1:25:39.419
Because it's[br]your birthday, man.

1:25:41.621,1:25:42.989
I looked it up[br]in the almanac.

1:25:44.458,1:25:47.060
They don't even have you[br]in the dead[br]people section yet.

1:25:52.131,1:25:54.668
I figure with all the games[br]you watched,

1:25:56.903,1:25:58.505
with whoever[br]you watched 'em with,

1:25:59.539,1:26:01.475
you probably never[br]got down this close.

1:26:01.541,1:26:03.543
What the hell are they[br]doing on the dirt?

1:26:04.811,1:26:06.946
What you worried about, man?[br]You acting like

1:26:07.013,1:26:09.716
they gonna play a World Series[br]championship game. Relax.

1:26:10.984,1:26:15.489
My brother and I,[br]we were here for every game.

1:26:17.824,1:26:19.826
Till he left for the war.

1:26:22.128,1:26:24.731
I thought it would be the same[br]when he came back, but, uh,

1:26:27.033,1:26:28.234
he talked a little less,

1:26:29.603,1:26:30.804
he drank a little more.

1:26:33.106,1:26:34.574
I promised my mother[br]I would...

1:26:35.475,1:26:37.844
help him[br]get through it all.

1:26:41.781,1:26:44.383
So I caught up with him[br]this one night...

1:26:44.450,1:26:46.686
and I was already[br]a half a dozen drinks behind.

1:26:49.155,1:26:50.356
So we had a few more.

1:26:51.558,1:26:53.693
And after a while,[br]he tells me he wants to...

1:26:55.662,1:26:57.130
drive me back[br]to the apartment.

1:26:58.064,1:27:00.299
[CHUCKLES][br]I said, "No thanks."

1:27:03.036,1:27:05.639
We were all still[br]living there then.

1:27:07.473,1:27:08.675
I just stood there and...

1:27:10.677,1:27:13.346
watched him drive off.

1:27:14.581,1:27:15.782
[CHUCKLES]

1:27:16.850,1:27:18.852
Makes it through[br]the whole goddamn war.

1:27:20.787,1:27:22.989
I let him drive.

1:27:26.225,1:27:28.161
Later that night,

1:27:28.227,1:27:30.797
the nurse was typing--[br]well,[br]whatever it is they type.

1:27:33.700,1:27:35.134
And you know what[br]she tells me?

1:27:37.537,1:27:39.573
She tells me how much[br]my book meant to her.

1:27:41.675,1:27:43.810
My brother's getting[br]cold in the next room,

1:27:46.212,1:27:48.815
and all she can talk about[br]is a book.

1:27:50.216,1:27:54.888
Well, everything changed[br]from there on.

1:27:57.957,1:28:00.159
Within five months,[br]I buried him, my mother,

1:28:01.995,1:28:03.196
my father.

1:28:04.197,1:28:07.400
All of them here,[br]in the Bronx.

1:28:12.606,1:28:15.208
We'd spend our summers here.

1:28:16.776,1:28:18.211
And if we were lucky,[br]the fall.

1:28:19.779,1:28:21.247
A lot of falls[br]with those teams.

1:28:22.749,1:28:23.950
Yeah.

1:28:24.751,1:28:25.952
Well, not enough.

1:28:27.220,1:28:29.422
"The rest of those[br]who have gone before us...

1:28:31.290,1:28:35.962
cannot steady the unrest[br]of those... to follow."

1:28:38.998,1:28:41.534
You wrote that[br]in your book.

1:28:50.744,1:28:52.746
[]

1:29:07.226,1:29:09.495
Jamal, I realize that[br]if I give you enough time,

1:29:11.297,1:29:14.834
you'll find a way[br]to amaze even me.

1:29:17.336,1:29:18.537
Does he know?

1:29:20.807,1:29:22.742
No, he doesn't know.

1:29:22.809,1:29:24.678
This was one[br]of the best evenings

1:29:24.744,1:29:26.079
I've had[br]in quite some time.

1:29:27.380,1:29:28.581
All of it?

1:29:29.916,1:29:31.117
Yes, all of it.

1:29:33.186,1:29:35.188
Well, I--

1:29:43.229,1:29:44.998
This guy, man.

1:29:46.666,1:29:48.434
So, how you say[br]you know this guy again?

1:29:49.335,1:29:50.670
He's my teacher.[br]Oh, yeah?

1:29:51.705,1:29:53.639
Yeah.

1:29:53.707,1:29:55.909
Seem like a different[br]kind of a dude, man.

1:30:02.816,1:30:05.084
CRAWFORD:[br]Anyone in particular?

1:30:06.419,1:30:08.121
I sometimes come here[br]in the morning.

1:30:09.889,1:30:11.124
Just me,[br]the aspiring...

1:30:12.692,1:30:14.794
and all of them.

1:30:18.965,1:30:22.501
There was a note downstairs,[br]said I should[br]come and see you.

1:30:23.837,1:30:25.772
Mr. Wallace,

1:30:25.839,1:30:29.042
I think it's time you and I[br]had a very honest...

1:30:29.108,1:30:31.344
and very open discussion[br]about your writing.

1:30:32.879,1:30:34.080
I thought you liked it.

1:30:35.414,1:30:36.750
Your recent work?[br]Heh, heh.

1:30:38.017,1:30:39.719
I liked it very much.[br]No, Mr. Wallace,

1:30:41.420,1:30:43.857
the question concerning[br]your most recent work...

1:30:45.759,1:30:46.960
isn't whether it's good.

1:30:48.895,1:30:50.629
It's whether it's too good.

1:30:53.032,1:30:54.768
The acceleration[br]in your progress

1:30:54.834,1:30:56.936
from your old school[br]to this one is unusual

1:30:58.404,1:31:02.441
to the point I'm faced with[br]drawing one of[br]two conclusions.

1:31:04.277,1:31:06.813
Either you've been blessed[br]with an uncommon gift

1:31:06.880,1:31:08.581
that has suddenly decided[br]to kick in,

1:31:10.016,1:31:11.217
or...

1:31:13.286,1:31:16.222
you're getting[br]your inspiration[br]from elsewhere.

1:31:16.289,1:31:18.825
Given your previous education[br]and your background,

1:31:21.227,1:31:22.829
I'm sure you'll forgive me

1:31:22.896,1:31:25.331
for coming to some[br]of my own conclusions.

1:31:25.398,1:31:26.632
I wrote those papers, man.

1:31:27.834,1:31:29.302
Then you won't mind[br]showing me.

1:31:30.837,1:31:33.072
The next assignment[br]is due in two weeks.

1:31:33.139,1:31:35.608
I'll schedule some time[br]for you to come to my office.

1:31:36.242,1:31:38.177
I, uh--

1:31:38.244,1:31:40.847
I'd like to have you[br]write it there.

1:31:42.916,1:31:44.250
In the meantime,

1:31:44.317,1:31:46.853
if there's anything[br]you wish to talk about--

1:31:48.988,1:31:51.457
I'm not writing anything, man![br]Which proves what?

1:31:52.959,1:31:55.895
Think if one of his two-comma[br]kids was writing these papers

1:31:55.962,1:31:59.065
he'd be doing this shit?[br]"Two-comma kids"?

1:31:59.132,1:32:01.467
A million dollars.[br]One comma, two commas.

1:32:01.534,1:32:02.735
No, I don't.

1:32:05.071,1:32:07.807
Do you know what people[br]are most afraid of?

1:32:07.874,1:32:09.542
What?[br]What they don't understand.

1:32:11.310,1:32:15.014
And when we don't understand,[br]we turn to our assumptions.

1:32:17.083,1:32:18.818
Crawford cannot understand

1:32:18.885,1:32:21.420
how a black kid from the Bronx[br]can write the way you do.

1:32:22.255,1:32:24.523
So, he assumes you can't.

1:32:26.359,1:32:28.361
Just like I assume[br]he's an asshole.

1:32:29.495,1:32:30.696
You knew him, didn't you?

1:32:31.497,1:32:32.698
Crawford? No.

1:32:34.901,1:32:36.135
But he thought[br]he knew me.

1:32:37.070,1:32:39.338
What's all this[br]about his book then?

1:32:39.405,1:32:41.640
A lot of writers know[br]the rules about writing,

1:32:43.376,1:32:45.078
but they don't know[br]how to write.

1:32:45.144,1:32:46.579
So?[br]So, Crawford wrote a book

1:32:47.546,1:32:49.082
about four authors[br]who did know.

1:32:50.917,1:32:52.585
I was the only[br]one still alive.[br]And?

1:32:54.120,1:32:56.155
Well, he convinced[br]a publisher to buy it.

1:32:57.323,1:32:59.325
So, I made a polite[br]telephone call to...

1:33:02.028,1:33:04.931
this publisher[br]telling him and others,

1:33:04.998,1:33:07.366
that I was in the process[br]of writing a second book,

1:33:08.567,1:33:10.036
and if they wished[br]to bid on it--

1:33:11.137,1:33:13.406
Oh, so that's why[br]Crawford's book went away.

1:33:13.472,1:33:15.174
[CHUCKLES]

1:33:15.241,1:33:18.044
But you already knew there[br]wasn't gonna be a second book.

1:33:18.111,1:33:19.612
Yeah, but they didn't.

1:33:25.885,1:33:27.486
Interesting what happens

1:33:27.553,1:33:30.890
when the resources aren't[br]close at hand, isn't it?

1:34:10.063,1:34:12.131
CRAWFORD:[br]Sounds like the rich tradition

1:34:12.198,1:34:13.967
of handing in[br]competition entries

1:34:14.033,1:34:19.072
on the final day continues[br]for yet another year.

1:34:25.311,1:34:26.512
Ladies and gentlemen,

1:34:27.680,1:34:29.282
may I have your attention,[br]please?

1:34:31.484,1:34:32.685
If you don't mind.

1:34:34.187,1:34:35.888
"Ere sin could blight[br]or sorrow fade,

1:34:37.056,1:34:39.225
"death came[br]with friendly care.

1:34:39.292,1:34:41.394
The opening bud[br]to heaven convey'd and--"

1:34:42.295,1:34:43.496
How nice of you to join us.

1:34:45.098,1:34:46.565
That's not part[br]of the poem. Hm?

1:34:48.501,1:34:49.835
"And bade it blossom there."

1:34:51.004,1:34:52.205
Anyone?

1:34:54.307,1:34:57.043
A little more early morning[br]reticence than usual.

1:34:57.110,1:34:58.877
Mr. Coleridge.

1:35:02.715,1:35:03.916
Please. Mr. Coleridge,

1:35:06.019,1:35:09.422
how many[br]students would you say[br]we have here today?

1:35:11.057,1:35:12.258
Uh, I'm not sure.

1:35:14.260,1:35:17.563
Perhaps you could, uh,[br]humor us with a guess.

1:35:19.298,1:35:21.667
Thirty.[br]Thirty? And of that 30,

1:35:21.734,1:35:25.271
there isn't one[br]person who knows[br]the author of that passage.

1:35:25.338,1:35:27.773
I find that remarkable,[br]don't you, Mr. Coleridge?

1:35:30.243,1:35:31.810
Perhaps we should[br]back into this.

1:35:33.412,1:35:35.481
Mr. Coleridge,[br]in looking at this,

1:35:35.548,1:35:38.684
what, if any, conclusions[br]might we be able to draw?

1:35:38.751,1:35:40.186
Um, you mean[br]about the author?

1:35:42.421,1:35:43.622
About anything.

1:35:45.158,1:35:46.492
Um--

1:35:46.559,1:35:50.029
Do any of the words[br]strike you as unusual?

1:35:53.199,1:35:55.368
Mr. Coleridge,[br]feel free to view this

1:35:55.434,1:35:57.936
as the appropriate time[br]for a response.

1:35:59.572,1:36:01.507
Um, "ere."

1:36:01.574,1:36:03.909
"Ere." And why is[br]that unusual?

1:36:05.278,1:36:06.512
Because... it sounds old.

1:36:08.781,1:36:11.150
It does sound old,[br]doesn't it?

1:36:11.217,1:36:13.452
And you know why[br]it sounds old, Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:14.487,1:36:16.555
Um--

1:36:16.622,1:36:19.024
It's because it is old,[br]more than 200 years old.

1:36:19.092,1:36:21.994
Written before you were born,[br]before your father was born,

1:36:22.061,1:36:24.197
before your father's father.

1:36:24.263,1:36:26.332
But that still does not[br]excuse the fact

1:36:26.399,1:36:31.404
you don't know who wrote it,[br]now does it, Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:32.771,1:36:35.274
Um, I-- I'm sorry, sir.[br]I don't--

1:36:35.341,1:36:37.943
You,[br]of all people, should know[br]who wrote that passage.

1:36:39.678,1:36:41.280
And do you know why,[br]Mr. Coleridge?

1:36:42.215,1:36:43.416
I repeat, do you know why?

1:36:44.350,1:36:47.520
Just say your name.

1:36:49.655,1:36:53.058
Excuse me. Did you have[br]something to contribute?

1:36:55.494,1:36:57.996
I just said that[br]he should say his name.

1:36:58.063,1:37:01.066
And why would[br]it be helpful for[br]Mr. Coleridge to say his name?

1:37:02.101,1:37:03.436
Because that's who wrote it.

1:37:05.138,1:37:06.339
Very good, Mr. Wallace.

1:37:08.741,1:37:11.777
Perhaps your skills do extend[br]a bit farther than basketball.

1:37:15.248,1:37:17.850
Now if we can[br]turn to-- You may[br]be seated, Mr. Coleridge.

1:37:19.518,1:37:22.087
Turn to page 120.[br]The blue book[br]I'm certain all of you--

1:37:23.088,1:37:24.290
Further.

1:37:26.559,1:37:27.760
I'm sorry?

1:37:28.727,1:37:29.928
[WHISPERS][br]Don't.

1:37:32.131,1:37:34.500
You said my skills extend[br]farther than the court.

1:37:35.834,1:37:37.303
"Farther" relates to distance.

1:37:38.271,1:37:39.972
"Further"[br]is a definition of degree.

1:37:41.174,1:37:42.575
You should have[br]said "further."

1:37:42.641,1:37:44.343
Are you challenging me,[br]Mr. Wallace?

1:37:45.878,1:37:49.047
Not any more than[br]you challenged Coleridge.

1:37:49.114,1:37:52.651
Perhaps the challenge should[br]have been directed elsewhere.

1:37:54.520,1:37:56.755
"It is a melancholy truth[br]that even great--"

1:37:56.822,1:37:58.357
"Great men have[br]poor relations."

1:37:59.124,1:38:01.427
Dickens.

1:38:02.828,1:38:04.730
"You will hear the beat[br]of a horse's--"

1:38:04.797,1:38:06.465
Kipling.

1:38:06.532,1:38:08.133
"All great truths begin--"[br]Shaw.

1:38:10.135,1:38:12.371
"Man is the only animal--"[br]"That blushes...

1:38:14.307,1:38:16.875
or needs to."

1:38:18.477,1:38:20.746
It's Mark Twain.[br]Come on, Professor Crawford.

1:38:21.514,1:38:22.715
Get out!

1:38:24.517,1:38:26.952
Get... out.

1:38:34.727,1:38:36.729
Yeah, I'll get out.

1:38:48.874,1:38:50.643
Jamal.[br]Leave it alone, Claire.

1:38:50.709,1:38:52.511
Hold on, please.

1:38:52.578,1:38:55.314
That's what they do? Kick you[br]out if you know something?

1:38:55.381,1:38:57.883
You have no idea what Crawford[br]does to students.

1:38:57.950,1:38:59.151
You're right about that.

1:39:00.419,1:39:01.620
Jamal!

1:39:03.289,1:39:04.857
Think you should apologize?[br]No.

1:39:07.593,1:39:09.194
Do you?[br]No. You did nothing wrong.

1:39:11.564,1:39:13.899
Just beat him[br]at his own game.

1:39:13.966,1:39:16.402
But, uh, however, it'd be[br]a good time to be careful.

1:39:19.372,1:39:20.573
Careful?[br]Mm.

1:39:21.307,1:39:22.708
Careful about what?

1:39:22.775,1:39:25.611
You've been blessed with[br]a gift that should allow you

1:39:25.678,1:39:27.646
to do remarkable things[br]with your life.

1:39:27.713,1:39:29.448
That is, if you don't[br]screw it up

1:39:29.515,1:39:33.252
by being a 16 year old[br]right now, okay?

1:39:40.926,1:39:42.928
Jamal.

1:39:42.995,1:39:44.563
Yeah?[br]Got a call from the office.

1:39:45.398,1:39:47.400
All right.

1:39:52.571,1:39:54.807
Mr. Wallace, please.

1:39:57.710,1:39:59.177
As you know,

1:39:59.244,1:40:01.414
Professor Matthews[br]is on the faculty board,

1:40:01.480,1:40:03.849
and Dr. Spence is chair[br]of the trustees board.

1:40:03.916,1:40:06.218
The three of us have been[br]reviewing work

1:40:06.285,1:40:08.754
submitted for this year's[br]writing competition.

1:40:08.821,1:40:10.656
And we were hoping[br]you might clarify

1:40:10.723,1:40:13.592
a couple of points[br]concerning your submission.

1:40:13.659,1:40:15.761
The, uh, "Season[br]of Faith's Perfection."

1:40:17.330,1:40:18.531
Your piece, correct?

1:40:20.899,1:40:23.235
Yeah, that's it.

1:40:23.302,1:40:25.871
Mr. Wallace, it is standard[br]policy to ask our students

1:40:27.306,1:40:29.375
if they wish to credit[br]any source material

1:40:29.442,1:40:32.478
or acknowledge other writers[br]when turning in an assignment.

1:40:34.713,1:40:37.416
Um, do you wish[br]to do that?

1:40:42.388,1:40:44.390
CRAWFORD:[br]1960.

1:40:45.958,1:40:48.060
An essay titled,[br]"Baseball's Best Year,"

1:40:50.396,1:40:51.664
with a subtitle that reads,

1:40:53.065,1:40:54.667
"A Season of Faith's[br]Perfection."

1:40:56.902,1:40:59.472
Published in the New Yorker[br]and written by one...

1:40:59.538,1:41:02.675
William Forrester.

1:41:06.445,1:41:08.614
Your version is actually[br]quite original,

1:41:08.681,1:41:11.450
but there is the title and[br]the first[br]paragraph to consider.

1:41:13.386,1:41:14.587
Isn't there?

1:41:16.489,1:41:19.291
MATTHEWS:[br]Jamal,[br]either you happen to have

1:41:19.358,1:41:22.895
the permission[br]of William Forrester or--

1:41:24.397,1:41:25.964
Have you[br]some other explanation?

1:41:26.865,1:41:28.066
No. That's my paper.

1:41:31.404,1:41:33.572
Well then, your entry's[br]now withdrawn,

1:41:33.639,1:41:36.108
and this becomes a matter[br]for the board to consider.

1:41:37.910,1:41:40.846
And bear in mind the board[br]does have the authority

1:41:40.913,1:41:43.482
to place you[br]on academic probation,

1:41:43.549,1:41:47.219
which would prevent you[br]from playing basketball here.

1:41:49.522,1:41:50.723
DR. SPENCE:[br]Jamal,

1:41:52.458,1:41:55.494
look, being as the board[br]doesn't meet until next week,

1:41:55.561,1:41:58.497
we've decided to let you play[br]this weekend's championship.

1:41:58.564,1:42:01.133
But the board has a history[br]of taking these matters...

1:42:03.569,1:42:04.770
quite seriously.

1:42:05.704,1:42:07.506
So, we would like to suggest

1:42:07.573,1:42:11.677
what we feel is a solution[br]that may satisfy[br]these concerns.

1:42:13.812,1:42:15.013
Robert.

1:42:15.714,1:42:17.349
The most important thing

1:42:17.416,1:42:19.852
is making certain[br]this doesn't repeat itself.

1:42:19.918,1:42:22.387
So, you will be required[br]to write a letter of apology

1:42:24.490,1:42:26.692
to the students[br]you took advantage of

1:42:26.759,1:42:28.694
by submitting this piece.

1:42:28.761,1:42:31.196
And you are to[br]read that letter[br]in front of my class.

1:42:32.531,1:42:36.034
I'm not reading anything.[br]The board will consider that

1:42:36.101,1:42:38.504
deciding whether to renew[br]your scholarship.

1:42:38.571,1:42:41.173
DR. SPENCE:[br]You haven't left us[br]with too many options.

1:42:42.441,1:42:44.710
Excuse me.

1:42:58.757,1:43:01.894
Don't ever embarrass me[br]in front of my class.

1:43:06.965,1:43:09.568
Please return the pen[br]when you're finished.

1:43:17.476,1:43:19.077
No conventional[br]greetings today?

1:43:20.913,1:43:23.582
How come you had me rewrite[br]something you published?

1:43:23.649,1:43:26.251
Be careful[br]where you take this.[br]Why didn't you tell me?

1:43:27.620,1:43:30.222
Why the hell should it matter?[br]You should have told me.

1:43:31.990,1:43:33.759
What did you do with it?[br]I turned it in.

1:43:36.562,1:43:38.664
I turned it in.[br]I had to show 'em something.

1:43:40.666,1:43:43.268
You promised me anything[br]we wrote here would stay here.

1:43:44.770,1:43:46.972
I know.

1:43:49.742,1:43:51.810
I just thought--[br]Shut up.

1:43:57.182,1:43:58.951
What are they telling you?

1:44:02.020,1:44:03.556
I go on[br]probation unless I write

1:44:03.622,1:44:05.591
some letter[br]saying I was wrong.

1:44:05.658,1:44:07.693
Then write the letter.

1:44:07.760,1:44:09.762
I told you[br]I'm not writing anything.

1:44:09.828,1:44:11.930
You got him, he gets you.[br]Write the letter.

1:44:13.532,1:44:14.767
And you'd let him[br]do that?

1:44:16.068,1:44:17.469
[GROANS]

1:44:17.536,1:44:20.706
This is supposed to be[br]another lesson, huh?

1:44:20.773,1:44:24.142
I'm getting tired of all[br]these lessons,[br]man, every time.

1:44:26.679,1:44:29.181
So the title of your essay's[br]at the top of my paper.

1:44:29.247,1:44:30.916
What's the lesson in that?

1:44:30.983,1:44:32.718
I'm not the one[br]who turned it in.

1:44:32.785,1:44:35.754
But you talked all this trash[br]when all you had to say was,

1:44:35.821,1:44:39.191
"Keep this one here 'cause it[br]got printed in[br]the New Yorker."

1:44:39.257,1:44:40.693
That's all you had[br]to say, man.

1:44:42.895,1:44:44.563
I could use a little help[br]on this one.

1:44:45.598,1:44:46.965
Oh, no.[br]That's not an option.

1:44:48.701,1:44:52.137
You don't have to go anywhere.[br]I said, that's not an option!

1:44:52.204,1:44:53.739
That's all right.

1:44:53.806,1:44:56.241
Got a nice little history[br]of people not helping me.

1:44:56.308,1:44:59.444
[MUTTERING][br]Oh, Christ. Not that[br]self-pity father bullshit.

1:45:01.714,1:45:03.716
What'd you say?

1:45:08.253,1:45:09.454
Man, fuck you, William!

1:45:10.555,1:45:12.190
You wanna hear[br]the real bullshit?

1:45:12.257,1:45:14.092
How about you let me[br]take it on this one

1:45:14.159,1:45:16.995
'cause you're too scared[br]to walk out the door

1:45:17.062,1:45:18.997
and do something[br]for somebody else.

1:45:19.064,1:45:21.767
You're too damn scared, man.[br]That's the only damn reason.

1:45:22.735,1:45:23.936
[GLASS SHATTERS]

1:45:24.903,1:45:27.039
You don't know a thing[br]about reasons.

1:45:27.105,1:45:29.441
There are no reasons![br]Reasons why some of us live

1:45:30.709,1:45:32.678
and why some of us don't.

1:45:32.745,1:45:35.213
Fortunately, you have decades[br]to figure that out.

1:45:35.280,1:45:37.716
What's the reason having[br]a file full of writin'

1:45:37.783,1:45:40.452
and keepin' the shit locked[br]so nobody could ever read it?

1:45:41.887,1:45:44.389
What is that, man?

1:45:46.625,1:45:49.695
I'm done with this shit.

1:45:52.130,1:45:54.132
[DOOR CLOSES]

1:45:57.235,1:46:00.973
Oh, look. Jamal Wallace,[br]here to pay us a visit, man.

1:46:03.942,1:46:05.177
What's up, J?[br]What's up?

1:46:06.311,1:46:07.512
What's up, y'all?

1:46:09.181,1:46:11.483
Come on, Hill.

1:46:15.353,1:46:17.355
[BOYS CHATTERING]

1:46:28.233,1:46:30.635
BOY:[br]That should do it, Ash.

1:46:35.273,1:46:37.676
[CROWD SHOUTING, CHEERING]

1:46:39.211,1:46:41.747
How's your first game[br]in the Garden feel?

1:46:43.315,1:46:44.783
A little closer[br]than I thought.

1:46:46.318,1:46:49.587
That's why I[br]thought it might be[br]a good time for us to talk.

1:46:49.654,1:46:53.125
Listen, I know it's difficult[br]handling all of these classes

1:46:53.191,1:46:55.761
with all the time they ask you[br]to spend on the court.

1:46:55.828,1:46:58.831
I couldn't handle that load.[br]Not at this school.

1:46:58.897,1:47:01.133
And maybe it was unfair of us[br]to ask you to do it.

1:47:03.068,1:47:05.771
I've been talking to other[br]board members and to Crawford,

1:47:06.939,1:47:08.140
and the bottom line is,

1:47:09.708,1:47:12.811
we don't want to pursue this[br]any more than[br]you do, any of it.

1:47:12.878,1:47:15.180
So I'm here to present you[br]with an offer.

1:47:15.247,1:47:17.382
We forget about[br]the whole thing.

1:47:17.449,1:47:20.786
We set you up with an academic[br]schedule that's[br]less demanding.

1:47:20.853,1:47:22.788
You mean Crawford[br]wanted that?

1:47:22.855,1:47:25.457
Crawford wants what's best[br]for you, and for the school.

1:47:26.992,1:47:29.227
So then what am[br]I supposed to do?

1:47:29.294,1:47:31.663
You hold up a trophy[br]at the end of this tournament.

1:47:33.131,1:47:35.667
You make that happen.[br]I'll make[br]the rest of it happen.

1:47:36.301,1:47:38.270
All right?

1:47:38.336,1:47:41.106
Now go finish up[br]what you came here to do.

1:47:48.847,1:47:50.883
Let's go, Pilgrims![br]Let's go, Pilgrims!

1:47:52.417,1:47:54.853
Okay, let's go![br]Throw it to Jamal.

1:47:56.321,1:47:59.892
CROWD [CHANTING]:[br]Defense! Defense!

1:48:08.233,1:48:10.235
Three!

1:48:21.246,1:48:22.447
[CROWD GROANS]

1:48:23.215,1:48:25.217
Damn, man. Come on, man.

1:48:25.283,1:48:28.520
CROWD [CHANTING]:[br]Defense! Defense!

1:48:39.197,1:48:42.267
Oh, oh, oh, oh.[br]Jamal, get the ball!

1:48:50.242,1:48:52.878
Yeah! Yeah!

1:49:00.485,1:49:02.888
Good pass, man. Good pass.

1:49:10.395,1:49:12.630
Pick it up.

1:49:22.941,1:49:24.609
REFEREE:[br]Offensive foul! That way!

1:49:25.477,1:49:26.945
Ten gold, offensive.[br]That way.

1:49:29.114,1:49:30.582
Okay, you got 'em now.[br]Let's go.

1:49:31.449,1:49:33.451
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

1:49:34.987,1:49:36.989
Five.

1:49:44.396,1:49:45.763
COACH:[br]Time-out! Time-out!

1:49:47.399,1:49:49.134
Okay, this is still our game.

1:49:49.201,1:49:52.170
We make a stop here,[br]and they'll[br]have to put us on the line.

1:49:52.237,1:49:53.939
And when that happens,[br]it's all over.

1:49:54.873,1:49:56.808
Don't lose your composure[br]out there.

1:49:56.875,1:49:59.377
If they score, we're not[br]gonna call a time-out.

1:49:59.444,1:50:02.114
I want the ball to go[br]to Hartwell or Wallace.

1:50:02.180,1:50:04.316
Okay? Hartwell or Wallace.[br]Let's go, guys.

1:50:05.417,1:50:07.185
Go!

1:50:21.233,1:50:22.767
Come on, man.[br]What's the score?

1:50:23.969,1:50:27.072
Ain't looking good, Ma.[br]It ain't looking good.

1:50:38.183,1:50:41.453
REFEREE:[br]Foul! Twenty-two, blue.[br]Two shots.

1:50:43.956,1:50:45.390
Foul, blue team,[br]twenty-two.

1:50:46.458,1:50:49.027
Hit two.[br]Go line up, guys.

1:50:56.234,1:50:58.236
Two shots.

1:51:00.305,1:51:01.839
Come on.[br]We're gonna make these.

1:51:02.907,1:51:04.276
I can't look.

1:51:04.342,1:51:06.511
He's gonna be all right.

1:51:08.246,1:51:10.248
MAN:[br]Put it in, baby!

1:51:16.388,1:51:17.889
Do it.

1:51:23.996,1:51:26.764
[CROWD GROANS][br]Damn.

1:51:34.106,1:51:36.108
One shot.

1:52:01.233,1:52:05.470
[CROWD SIGHS][br]REFEREE: That's game.

1:52:21.019,1:52:23.021
[]

1:54:05.290,1:54:07.292
[]

1:54:51.869,1:54:53.070
Ma.

1:54:54.906,1:54:58.009
MRS. WALLACE:[br]Oh, thank God! He must've[br]come in after we left.

1:54:59.311,1:55:02.247
Just let him sleep.[br]I'm gonna turn his light off.

1:55:02.314,1:55:05.417
Turn the light[br]off and come on.[br]All right.

1:55:10.788,1:55:14.058
You started cleaning up[br]your room, Jamal?

1:55:28.940,1:55:32.410
MAN ON TV:[br]He looks happy with himself,[br]that coyote. Ears down.

1:55:32.477,1:55:34.912
[KNOCKING]

1:55:37.315,1:55:39.584
So this is how they avoid[br]that problem.

1:55:39.651,1:55:41.386
Because he might be[br]Wile E. Coyote,

1:55:41.453,1:55:43.388
but he's also wussy coyote,

1:55:43.455,1:55:45.823
because they don't like[br]getting their feet wet.

1:55:45.890,1:55:47.659
Hey!

1:55:50.395,1:55:52.664
Jamal, he wrote that for you.

1:55:54.632,1:55:55.833
When?[br]After the game.

1:55:58.703,1:56:00.838
He's going back[br]to the school this morning.

1:56:01.706,1:56:03.641
It's funny, though.

1:56:03.708,1:56:05.377
They always let you get[br]but so far...

1:56:06.644,1:56:08.780
before they take[br]everything away from you.

1:56:10.648,1:56:12.016
God,[br]he's such a good kid, man.

1:56:13.251,1:56:14.952
Then he gets to come back[br]to this shit.

1:56:30.735,1:56:33.738
[FOOTSTEPS]

1:56:55.927,1:56:58.195
That seat open?

1:57:00.298,1:57:01.499
Think so.

1:57:02.734,1:57:05.737
This isn't exactly where[br]I thought I'd find you.

1:57:07.805,1:57:09.006
Still my school, man.

1:57:10.942,1:57:13.478
They want me out, they gonna[br]have to do it themselves.

1:57:14.446,1:57:15.647
They will.

1:57:16.814,1:57:18.850
Whatever.

1:57:31.629,1:57:33.331
"The winter's darkness[br]and cold

1:57:33.398,1:57:36.634
"is but a momentary prelude[br]to the new day of spring.

1:57:36.701,1:57:39.837
"While its grip seems endless,[br]our perseverance proves equal.

1:57:40.905,1:57:43.274
"We renew[br]ourselves once again,

1:57:43.341,1:57:45.910
"seeking out[br]the bright moments[br]that will serve, uh--

1:57:46.778,1:57:48.245
"that will[br]serve therefore, uh,

1:57:49.814,1:57:51.783
"uh, uh--

1:57:51.849,1:57:55.119
therefore serve as[br]the foundation of our future."

1:57:56.421,1:57:58.423
Thank you.

1:58:08.065,1:58:10.435
FORRESTER:[br]Professor Crawford?

1:58:12.637,1:58:15.873
May I read a few words?

1:58:20.478,1:58:22.246
What's he doing here?

1:58:23.748,1:58:27.184
Yes, of course,[br]by all means.

1:58:29.721,1:58:31.923
Thank you, Professor.

1:58:45.603,1:58:46.971
My name is William Forrester.

1:58:49.441,1:58:51.709
[STUDENTS WHISPERING]

1:58:54.546,1:58:57.114
Excuse me.

1:59:01.018,1:59:03.020
I'm that one.

1:59:07.492,1:59:08.693
"Losing Family.

1:59:10.995,1:59:13.230
"Losing family obliges us[br]to find our family.

1:59:16.067,1:59:18.102
"Not always the family[br]that is our blood,

1:59:20.137,1:59:22.239
"but the family[br]that can become our blood.

1:59:23.975,1:59:25.610
"And should we have the wisdom

1:59:25.677,1:59:27.344
"to open our door[br]to this new family,

1:59:29.046,1:59:31.616
"we will find[br]that the wishes we[br]once had for the father

1:59:32.684,1:59:33.885
"who once guided us,

1:59:35.052,1:59:36.821
"for the brother[br]who once inspired us,

1:59:38.956,1:59:41.058
those wishes are there[br]for us once again."

1:59:42.093,1:59:44.095
[]

2:00:14.726,2:00:16.327
"The only thing left[br]to say will be,

2:00:17.762,2:00:20.364
I wish I had[br]seen this or I wish[br]I had done that or I wish--"

2:00:21.866,2:00:23.234
Well,[br]most of you are too young

2:00:27.238,2:00:30.007
to know[br]what your wishes will be.

2:00:31.676,2:00:32.944
But when I read these words,

2:00:35.246,2:00:36.447
words of hope and dreams,

2:00:39.150,2:00:41.519
I realize that the one wish[br]that was granted to me,

2:00:44.522,2:00:46.591
so late in life,

2:00:46.658,2:00:49.360
was the gift of friend--[br]of friendship.

2:00:52.564,2:00:55.099
Mr. Forrester, I'm sure[br]I speak on behalf of everyone

2:00:56.167,2:00:58.302
in thanking you[br]for this unexpected visit.

2:00:59.671,2:01:00.872
The quality of your words

2:01:03.841,2:01:06.578
is something we should[br]all aspire to reach.

2:01:08.980,2:01:10.181
Mr. Forrester.

2:01:11.649,2:01:12.884
Mr. Forrester.[br]May I ask,

2:01:14.686,2:01:15.953
to what do we owe this honor?

2:01:17.288,2:01:18.489
Professor Crawford,

2:01:19.924,2:01:21.292
I spoke here today because...

2:01:23.094,2:01:24.696
a friend of mine[br]wasn't allowed to.

2:01:26.063,2:01:28.199
A friend who had[br]the integrity to protect me

2:01:30.167,2:01:31.836
when I was unwilling[br]to protect him.

2:01:34.972,2:01:37.374
His name is Jamal Wallace.

2:01:42.714,2:01:44.315
Jamal Wallace[br]is a friend of yours?

2:01:45.617,2:01:46.818
Yes. Yes, he is.

2:01:49.220,2:01:50.755
I helped him to find[br]his own words

2:01:52.089,2:01:53.524
by starting[br]with some of mine.

2:01:54.325,2:01:55.593
And in return,[br]he promised

2:01:57.662,2:02:00.898
never to say anything[br]to anybody about me.

2:02:02.266,2:02:03.467
A promise which he kept.

2:02:04.869,2:02:07.571
Mr.[br]Forrester, while your visit[br]appears to be heartfelt,

2:02:09.140,2:02:11.909
I'm sure you[br]will appreciate that...

2:02:11.976,2:02:14.545
it will not[br]change or interfere[br]with this institution

2:02:16.180,2:02:18.515
reaching a fair and proper[br]decision in his case.

2:02:19.617,2:02:21.152
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?

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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.

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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.

2:06:37.942,2:06:40.777
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

2:09:43.527,2:09:45.096
"afraid that we may fail,

2:09:45.162,2:09:46.863
"or worse yet,[br]afraid we may succeed.

2:09:48.565,2:09:51.034
"You need to know that[br]while I knew so very early

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"that you would realize[br]your dreams,

2:09:53.337,2:09:55.806
"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

2:10:03.514,2:10:05.982
"to see the things I've seen[br]this past year,

2:10:06.049,2:10:08.552
"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?

2:10:26.069,2:10:28.339
Just can't watch[br]the eyes this time.

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You're gonna be okay,[br]man. Come on.

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Come on, man.

2:10:36.547,2:10:38.549
Get up.

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Somewhere

2:11:25.196,2:11:27.731
Over the rainbow

2:11:29.566,2:11:31.568
Way up high

2:11:31.635,2:11:34.070
Messing up lay-ups now?[br]What happened to you, boy?

2:11:35.839,2:11:37.274
And dreams[br]That you dream of

2:11:39.310,2:11:40.711
Once in a lullaby

2:11:40.777,2:11:42.879
Where'd the first[br]step go, man?

2:11:46.850,2:11:48.051
Oh, somewhere

2:11:50.487,2:11:51.688
Over the rainbow

2:11:54.725,2:11:55.926
Bluebirds fly

2:11:59.263,2:12:00.831
And the dreams[br]That you dream of

2:12:04.601,2:12:10.307
Dreams really do come true

2:12:12.776,2:12:14.345
Someday you'll wish[br]Upon a star

2:12:15.879,2:12:21.485
Wake up where the clouds[br]Are far behind

2:12:24.255,2:12:26.257
Where trouble melts[br]Like lemon drops

2:12:27.224,2:12:28.592
High above[br]The chimney top

2:12:29.893,2:12:31.094
That's where

2:12:32.629,2:12:33.830
You'll find me

2:12:34.965,2:12:36.166
Oh, somewhere

2:12:38.402,2:12:39.603
Over the rainbow

2:12:42.639,2:12:43.840
Bluebirds fly

2:12:46.910,2:12:48.445
And the dreams[br]That you dare to

2:12:52.483,2:12:57.921
Oh, why, oh, why can't I

2:12:59.923,2:13:01.191
Well, I see trees of green

2:13:02.959,2:13:04.160
And red roses too

2:13:06.563,2:13:08.265
I'll watch them bloom[br]For me and you

2:13:11.535,2:13:12.736
And I think to myself

2:13:15.739,2:13:19.810
What a wonderful world

2:13:22.713,2:13:23.947
Well, I see skies of blue

2:13:25.549,2:13:26.783
And I see clouds of white

2:13:28.452,2:13:30.587
And the bright blessed day[br]I like the dark

2:13:34.425,2:13:35.626
And I think to myself

2:13:38.395,2:13:42.566
What a wonderful world

2:13:45.902,2:13:47.170
The colors of the rainbow

2:13:48.639,2:13:49.840
So pretty in the sky

2:13:51.408,2:13:52.609
Are also on the faces

2:13:53.977,2:13:55.178
Of people passing by

2:13:56.947,2:13:58.382
I see friends[br]Shaking hands

2:13:59.550,2:14:00.751
Saying how do you do

2:14:03.387,2:14:04.588
They're really saying

2:14:05.756,2:14:06.957
I, I love you

2:14:10.827,2:14:12.028
I hear babies cry

2:14:13.864,2:14:15.065
And I watch them grow

2:14:16.967,2:14:18.201
They'll learn much more

2:14:20.003,2:14:21.204
Than we'll know

2:14:22.005,2:14:23.206
And I think to myself

2:14:25.909,2:14:30.547
What a wonderful world

2:14:33.684,2:14:35.051
Somewhere over the rainbow

2:14:40.824,2:14:42.025
Way up high

2:14:44.995,2:14:46.530
And the dreams[br]That you dare to

2:14:50.767,2:14:51.968
Why, oh, why can't I

2:14:56.106,2:14:59.142
I

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