[first lines]
Al Bernstein:
Welcome back, everybody, to the 1997 World Series of Poker, where Stu "The Kid" Ungar is attempting to make one of the greatest comebacks in poker history, by winning the no-limit Texas Hold'em Championship a record third time.
Andrew N.S. Glazer:
And Al, the amazing thing about this is, that Stuey would be achieving that feat after sixteen years of personal struggle, where victories were really few and far between.
Al Bernstein:
And standing between Stuey and history is John Stremp, a local casino executive who's shown remarkable fortitude, actually, in making it to this point. And here it is, Stu is raising enough to put Stremp all in.
Andrew N.S. Glazer:
This could be it, Al. If Stremp wins, it'll change the tide of the tournament. If Stuey wins, he's got the championship again after sixteen long years.
Vinny Gambini:
Look, maybe I could have handled the preliminary a little better, okay? I admit it. But what's most important is winning the case. I could do it. I really could. Let me tell you how, okay? The D.A.'s got to build a case. Building a case is like building a house. Each piece of evidence is just another building block. He wants to make a brick bunker of a building. He wants to use serious, solid-looking bricks, like, like these, right? [puts his hand on the wall]
Bill:
Right.
Vinny Gambini:
Let me show you something. [he holds up a playing card, with the face toward Billy]
Vinny Gambini:
He's going to show you the bricks. He'll show you they got straight sides. He'll show you how they got the right shape. He'll show them to you in a very special way, so that they appear to have everything a brick should have. But there's one thing he's not gonna show you. [turns the card, so that its edge is toward Billy]
Vinny Gambini:
When you look at the bricks from the right angle, they're as thin as this playing card. His whole case is an illusion, a magic trick. It has to be an illusion, 'cause you're innocent. Nobody - I mean nobody - pulls the wool over the eyes of a Gambini, especially this one. Give me a chance, one chance. Let me question the first witness. If after that point, you don't think that I'm the best man for the job, fire me then and there. I'll leave quietly, no grudges. All I ask is for that one chance. I think you should give it to me.
Gina Morrison:
So, where are you from? Do you live around here?
Dave:
Yes, of course. I am just a regular person from right here on Earth, just like you. I just don't get out that much.
Gina Morrison:
Yeah, judging from your suit, I'd say since about 1978. [laughs]
Captain:
Note: all-white apparel is not as standardized as we thought.
Gina Morrison:
[laughing] You late for a Bee Gees concert or something?
Dave:
Bee Gees. Barry, Robin and Maurice. The brothers Gibb. Winning ten Grammy Awards and selling over 100 million records.
Dave:
[high-pitched, fast singing] Well, you can tell by the way I can use my walk / I'm a woman's man, no time to talk / Eh, Eh, Eh, Eh, Stayin' Alive / Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Alonzo Harris:
Aww, you motherfuckers. Okay. Alright. I'm putting cases on all you bitches. Huh. You think you can do this shit... Jake. You think you can do this to me? You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you. SHU program, nigga. 23 hour lockdown. I'm the man up in this piece. You'll never see the light of... who the fuck do you think you're fucking with? I'm the police, I run shit around here. You just live here. Yeah, that's right, you better walk away. Go on and walk away... 'cause I'm gonna' burn this motherfucker down. King Kong ain't got shit on me. That's right, that's right. Shit, I don't, fuck. I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose. Yeah, you can shoot me, but you can't kill me.
Ross Garrett:
[takes Annie's hand] I wanna come back.
Annie Garrett:
Why? Do you wanna be a family again?
Ross Garrett:
We could go to Virginia. It's a great horse country. I know I could get on as barn manager at one of those farms, we'd be rollin' in dough.
Annie Garrett:
So we just... we just pull up stakes and go to Virginia?
Ross Garrett:
Well, my truck ain't runnin' right now, but if you got a little bit of cash we could... make her good as new.
Annie Garrett:
Why don't you just use my half of the $2,000 you ran off with?
Ross Garrett:
Who told you about that?
Annie Garrett:
[getting angry] Or... we could tell Taylor she's going with us, and then leave her asleep in a stall!
Ross Garrett:
Look, that was in her head. I never promised her I'd take her.
Annie Garrett:
Oh, you're pathetic! There was a time when I would've smashed your face for walking out on us, now I just feel sorry for you. Get outta here!
Ross Garrett:
[grabs Annie by the collar] You're a loser! You hear me? [Shoves Annie into water trough]
Ross Garrett:
You think you're gonna win today? Huh? Try winning on a lame horse! [bangs Red's leg with a shovel]
Annie Garrett:
Guido!
Annie Garrett:
[to Red] Woah, woah, it's alright. You're alright.
Guido Levits:
What is it? What happened?
Annie Garrett:
[points] He tried to cripple Red. [to Tolo]
Annie Garrett:
Hey, hey, it's alright. It's alright. [to Ross]
Annie Garrett:
Hey, wait a second. I have some papers for you to sign. You sign them, and I won't press any charges. Let's go.
