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♪♪ oh, hello againyou little creep. here again today!how many times can you washthat same dumb window? there's my girlfriend.i love you. - [telephone rings] - oh, jeez. hello? [chuckles] no, only in black.i can give it to youif i call the factory. guess who's on my ledge again?that little jerk.
i know you love me.i know you love me. [squeegee shrieksagainst window] oh, that driving me crazywith that squeaking. yeah. i'll checkwith the factoryand get back to you. ha! i wish he'd take a walk. [creature roars] [chomping sound] [screams] huh? hey, what are youlooking for?
looking for the head. the only place i haven't lookedis up in the parapets. won't be much left of it.you ever drop a cantaloupefrom 40 stories? [engines starts] [sirens sound] all right, so what the helldo you make out of all this? well, i figure something fellout of one of the windows from the floor up aboveand hit him. sheared his head clean off.a big shard of glassor something like that.
there's no brokenwindows up there. oh, shit. maybe his headjust got loose and fell off. look, what do you want from me? [customers chatter] the entire gig shouldn't take more than threeand a half minutes, right? in and out. hey, quinn. take it yes onthe cashew chicken will you?
i'm sorry,i thought you had some. you got to watch this guy,you know. i'm telling you,he's a nervous eater. you got to defend yourselfover here. now, let's talk business. i'm strictly a wheelman.i don't go inside. and i don't carry a piece. and my cut is 20%. oh, no, no, no.your cut is 12.5%.
and you haven't workedin eight months. well, quinn, what's it going to be?in or out? i'll let you know. you better let us knowreal soon, quinn. oh, you're notthe only action in town. oh! no, our friendhas other prospects here. - i might have another job.- oh, yeah, huh, quinn? working, yeah.
[shutter clicks] better step outside, son.you don't want to see this. he told the bellhophe was going to visit a museum. what museum? boy, i'm telling you.somebody did a terrific job on this guy with allthe right tools. peeled him like an orange. not yourordinary psychopath, huh? bought a copy of "q" magazineand took off.
in less than six hours,somebody skinned him. flayed is the correct term i think. but you don't hear it much anymore. at least notin that last ten centuries. well, if you think that's weird.yesterday we had a window washer whose head just floated awaylike a balloon. ♪♪ [funk music plays on radio] [wings flap] [male vocalist] ♪ you never show your emotions ♪
♪ you're always keeping it cool ♪ ♪ you take your time, there's no worry ♪ ♪ now everybody is pushing ♪ ♪ they're trying to get through ♪ ♪ dancing, dancing, go through the plan ♪ ♪ but you know that you're in the air ♪ ♪ when you can't even trust a friend ♪ ♪ and too close to the flame ♪ [woman screams]
♪♪ [music continues to play] what is this?what is this? what--where-- oh, no! oh, my god!get it off! ahh! shit. oh, jesus! hey, who's up there?
hi. hey, we don't opentill six o'clock. oh, yeah, i know that. but i heard that you'relooking for a musician on mondays and tuesday nights. - oh, yeah.- yeah, so i play a little bit. and i thought maybe i show you. where did you hear that? oh, i just, uh--
i heard it. go ahead, help yourself. - oh, thanks.- do something. all right, i will. [laughs] and i won't hurt the pianolike them rock signers. they hurt pianos.i treat them real nice. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.just play something, huh? yeah, i will. and, you know,this piano couldn't be hurt.
♪♪ [vocalizes] ♪ go away, evil dreams ♪ ♪ leave my baby, or don't ♪ [growls] ♪ go away evil dreams ♪ ♪ go away now ♪ ♪♪ [piano play] ♪ she wakes upcrying every night ♪ [sighs]
hey, uh-- did you ever findthat guy's head yet? no, i looked around. ♪♪ [continues to vocalize] ♪ what do you do? ♪ ♪♪ [blues music plays] [male vocalist] ♪ two straight hearts ♪ ♪ too red wine ♪ ♪ tell me a story ♪ hey, that's all right.that's fine.
i got another job anyway. sounded okay to me. yeah, what the fuckdo you mean? yeah, what do i know? [car horn honks] okay, we go in on the hour.give me the paper bag. stash this under your coat. what are you giving me this for?i don't take revolvers. - let's go.- what do you mean?
i'm staying here,i'm not going anywhere. we have a deal, man. - not with me you don't.- hey, come on, dude. you take an equal share,then you take an equal chance. let's go. hey, morgan,i'm gonna wait here. move it. now. - is it loaded?- come on. christ,i could blow my nuts off.
[man]paul, who are those guys? put it down! - [glass breaks]- [gun shots] [alarm wails] oh, holy shit,no keys. [police sirens approach] [horn honks] oh, shit. [man speaks spanish]
where's my fucking bag? come on, come on,answer the phone. yes, hello,is howard price there? this is jimmy quinn.i got to talk to howard price. i'm a client of his. no, well, get him on the phone.i'm in big trouble. i don't care if he's ina meeting, get him on the phone. tell him i'm on my waydown there-- not to leave. don't leave for lunchor anything, okay?
jimmy quinn is on his way,all right? okay. hey! it's jimmy quinn!come on. - open up! - [alarms wail] just what i need. [alarm continues to wail] [man]hey! hey! i hear you! come on out!you get a year for this,you fucking wacko. hey!
hey, i hear you! ah, the hell with it. i'm almost afraid of everything, but i never been afraidof heights. look at that. a few minutes agoi was in the gutters. now i'm top of the world. [pants unzip] [cries out]
[pants zip] [creature shrieks] [strains] [pants] [pigeons coo] [workmen]let's go to lunch, fellas! come on, pack your gear,let's go to lunch. hey, who got my lunch pail? what are you looking at me for?look at this, it's me again.
everything he's missing,it's me. your umbrella,your ruler,your popsicle! you wouldn't miss a popsiclein a popsicle would you? come on, let's go downstairs.we got one hour to eat. let's go, fellas,come on. that's the third one this month!cut the shit! you son's of bitches. if anyone ate that sandwich,i'm gonna shove the thermosup your asses one at a time. she's says notto let them see me blow.
what am i supposed to say?thank you? and they make an asshole of me. - [shrieks]- [chomping sound] you know, his wife makesa damn good tuna sandwich. i'm gonna stop by and see herand tell her about itone of these days. [crowd chatters] the aztecs identifiedflayed skin withthe new garments. young vegetation. let me get this straight.
you're talking abouthuman sacrifice now? willing sacrifice. they give themselvesto the god willingly. a ritual was performedusing various objects to indicate cosmic events. collimating in blood sacrificeto strengthen the forcesof nature. performed by the high priest. and the victims,you might call them a skin-- after they're skinned,
the high priest puts the skin upon himself, wearing it as like a garment. of course, we're talking aboutthe ancient aztecs civilization, not this north american culturewe see here. i understand, mexico.the gods they prayed to. one god, quetzalcoatl, the feathered flying serpent. i can give you some interestingbooks on that subject. well, good, i need somethingto put me to sleep at night.
now, if you thinkthat's what happened here, then this case wasn't murder. what do you call it? suicide possibly. oh, your mr. polly might've beencoerced in one way or another. but you must remember bloodmust be giving willingly for the god to appreciate it. he must giveth himself otherwisethe ritual is meaningless. well, they came to this museum.
i think that's very certain. he met someone.he was engaged in conversation. maybe they hada couple of drinks. and they went backto his hotel room,and they did the deed. i find it difficult to phantomwhy a guy with a wifeand two kids and tenure at a university would suddenly decideto give up his life without even a chanceto think about it. you see, gave himself a chance.
why else did hecome to the city? was there any other reasonhe should be here? well, that's what we're tryingto determine. you know,that's an interesting angle. no vacation.no research. just some guy flies thousandof miles to new york city to give his lifeon a sacrificial alter. maybe i should takethose books of yours. i'm not going to be ableto sleep either
if you keep looking at thosehorrible pictures. you don't think anythinglike that serpentever really existed do you? sure it did. and the aztecs killed for it. wouldn't be the first timein history that a monsterwas mistaken for a god. and you have to figure outwhich it was? a monster or a god?some detective. you don't believe inany of this stuff do you? why don't you turn offthe lights?
in a minute. guess that's whyi have to kill it. if i can kill,it's not a god. it's a good old fashion monster. i better takemy birth control pill. god! [both laugh] maybe it's a bird, huh? [knock at the door]
- [jimmy] joanie?- yes. - come on, open up.- oh, okay. lock it. must've been some wild party. so where were you all night? what happened?did you get mugged? well, i hope you didn't goon the job appointmentlooking like this. there wasn't any appointment. well, what happened?
i had an accident. - well, i hope you got--- will you shut up? just give me a drink.shut up. you know you shouldn't drink. never makes things any better. i said i was sorry. and i told younext time you hit me, i'll break a lamp over your headwhile you're asleep. ah, come on,i'm hurting.
just one drink,that's all i'm asking for. okay? just one, all right? at least you haven't thrownany punches lately. and it wasn't my idea. i go for chinese with these guysand they tell me it's goingto be easy. - they said diamonds were easy.- i don't want another fact. and i told them, "you know,i only drive. i don't go in." they say, "you got to go in."i say, "no, i'm not going in."
they take the keys. so what do i do?i got to go in. [groans] and then i go running aroundthe city with this. now, don't worry,i never fired a shot. i just ran.i left them there. they are not your friends! how many timesi got to tell you? why do you think you gotto stick your neck out for them?
you know what?they're probably down atthe police station right now giving out your nameand address. probably sayingit's all your idea. please, take off your pantsand let me look at your leg. oh, no, no.just leave me. i just want to sit here.i think i'm going crazy. preparing your defensealready, huh? no! i mean, i went way upto on this building,75-80 stories up. and i'm up there,and i don't believe what i saw.
i saw a body up there.there was somebodymurdered up there. - what are you talking about?- listen to me. i see this body.i don't know what it is.yeah, i think it's a-- i think it's a womanbecause there's a bracelet on. but it has all been torn away.i've never seen anything like that beforein my entire life. are you back on something? i knew you'd say that! and i knew they think that.
so i ran again.i ran twice in one day, i ran. and kept runningtill i couldn't run anymore. until my side hurt so muchi couldn't run anymore. then i go to sleep.i go to sleep undera god damn stair case. i don't sleep, you know,because try to sleep.i can't sleep. come here. - feel better?- i stink.and i just want to cry. you know, i haven't criedsince i was a little kid. - i just want to cry.- go ahead, it's okay.
no, but i'm supposedto be a man. christ. i don't know whati'm supposed to be. you know, everything i touchon the outside turns to shit! maybe i aman institutionalized person. maybe i can't makeit outside the slammer. that i belong inside therelike an animal in a cage. right, we can havethose conjugal visitsonce every four months if we got married. [whimpers]
why do i staywith a dumb ex-junkie. i don't know. why? well, i think there's a lotof good in you somewhere. yeah, where? i'm looking.i'm looking. i get all this evil dreams,you know? evil dream! go up way! and i walk upside up topof this building.
and i see dead thingsand a nest, you know? a rat's nest. no, well-- no, it couldn't havebeen a rat's nest. it was bigger than that.it was big. and there was something in itthat looked like an egg. but it couldn't have beenan egg, i mean, there aren't any eggs--i mean, there's no eggsthat big. jesus. and there's a holein the roof so it can get in and get out.
so it can get in and out? yeah. i just want to sleep. when you wake up, we'll havesome nice bacon and eggs. no eggs.i don't want to ever seeanother egg ever. quetzalcoatl,i am the plume serpent. i fly and i crawl. earth and air. mud and sky.
i have fallen, but i will rise again. all right, what did youbring me down here for? i hope it's something good. i thought you might wantto look at this one. what is it?another skinning job? almost as crazy.doctor said the heart was removed quite carefullyand quite precisely. number two.
the human sacrifice theory, huh? well, listen. the donor's heartis ritually removed, be presented to the gods. sure sounds like itdoesn't it? luckily all we have to donowadays is take the waferand drink the wine. that's what i callbeing civilized. personally i trust that curatoror anybody else we talked toover there. i think they're alla bunch of freaks.
and one of those freaksis probably the personrunning around, slicing people up. well, then what we need is to have a run down on allof the employees of the museum. everybody from the night porterto the security guard,the works. well, what i'mparticularly interested in is anyone who hasany medical background. you know, someone with someexpertise with surgical tools. okay, captain.
yeah, we all love you, shepard. [kisses] [man screams] so you don't thinkit's a lot of baloney. no, i think therewas basis in fact. see, there was somekind of giant bird creature. and it would appear againin nature. but i doubt if new yorkerswould mistaken it as a god. why not?if they come to fear it enough.
what else is godbut an invisible forcethat we fear. for centuries we've triedto make it into our image. give god two legs,pair of hands,lips, eyes. perhaps it's only our vanity. i mean, we're only living inone small second of timein history of man kind. look at the tabletsof ancient egypt. the babylonians,go all the way back. the figure of that serpentkeeps turning up all the time. the flying serpent in placesas far away as egypt, mexico,
and deep in the interiorof china. you know, perhaps at one timethe whole world was covered with these kinds of birds. and then they became extinct or almost extinct. i want to thank youfor the information. i don't know what goodit'll do me. i can't even pronouncethis quetzalcoatl much less spell it.
well, god is a muchshorter word. just what do you believe? who knows? i do know i'd like to getmy hands on that thingonce it's dead. what an exhibit. remember the linesfor the king tutover at the metropolitan? gods stuff and mounted. try not to damage it too muchin the taking. are you kidding?
thanks for the information.you scared the hell out of me. [female newscaster] of the dozens of witnesses, most admitted under questioning that they saw only a shadow or some unidentifiable form. [man]open up, quinn! [female caster] ...a huge bird might escape detection by maintaining high altitude. we want to talk to you. i said get your ass out here!
[doorbell buzzes] open up, quinn! hey, quinn, you got goodsthat belong to us. no, i don't. no, listen,i got hit by a cab. and all the stuffwent under a truck.i don't have a thing. well, then there's no reasonfor you to be scaredto talk to us. - come on out!- [doorbell buzzes] [doorbell continues to buzz]
okay, i warned you! now stay away! i still got a gun! ha! you got a gun,huh, quinn? hey, quinn, they don't sell gunswith nerve. you got to use your own. and i'll use it! this time i'll use it! we won't hurt you.
[male vocalist] ♪ what do you do ♪ ♪ what you do to make my baby fear? ♪ ♪ what do you do ♪ ♪ go away evil dreamer ♪ ♪ you better quit messing around ♪ ♪ because i'm gonna get myself a gun ♪ ♪ after i shoot you to pieces ♪ ♪ right under the evening sun ♪ ♪ i'm gonna shoot you to pieces ♪
♪♪ [vocalizes] listen! listen. let me tell you something. the diamond company reportedto the insurance company that the man that escapedgot away with a pouch valued at $77,000. now, you're no crook are you,quinn? - i lost it.- oh, yeah? then we're gonna hurt you.
personally, i don't thinkyou can stand very much. so you're gonna tell useverything. [grunts] no! i'll tell you.i'll tell you. yeah, i'll tell you everything. well, take us there, quinn. i'll show you where it is. we gonna havetrouble getting in? there's a watchman on duty.
we'll take care of the watchmen. excuse me, sport. have you seenthis guy around herelast couple of days? - yeah, that's him.- when was the last timeyou've seen him around here? couple of days ago.he got-- - [telephone rings] - no, no, no, that's it.that's enough, he's out cold. you want the jewels don't you?let's go. come on.come on, let's go. you know, quinn,if that stuff is not here,
you and your assis going right downthis elevator shaft. personally, i'll punch a holein your chest. oh, shit.the heights again. what? what's up there? this is a dome.we're up under the needle. there's a lot of stashes here.you sure can hide something. you know, we'd have never foundthis place without you. yeah, it's a great ideaisn't it? - slow down, quinn.- yeah, hold it, quinn.
i got the gun right hereso don't get cute. all right. don't shake up there, quinn. right behind you, quinn. do you like heights, quinn? yeah, he likes heightsall right. he likes heights all right. what the shit? what is this, quinn, huh?son of a bitch.
more heights, huh? yeah, we got to go up one more. yeah, don, our friend saysone more. son of a bitch. your ass, quinn. hey, webb,is this fantastic, huh? didn't i tell youthis is an incredible placeto hide things? yeah, i thought of that, dan. look at that sight!isn't that incredible!
huh? look!you know, it's fantastic! you got the wholelower of manhattan. yeah, it's incredible here! - yeah, yeah, he's doing fine.- [gasps] [roars] he's doing great. hey, quinn, is thereanother way out of here? get it, don!bring it down here! you stay right where you are,you hear me?
you stay right where you are.no. i'm going up. hey, don.don! don, you better notbe getting slick. i'll kill you! doyle's already up there.just keep going. i'm sure it's up there. - [creature roars]- [gun fires] get him!get him! eat him!eat him!
[eating sounds] oh! eat them! you said you wantedto find it, huh? oh, boy, did you find it. it's not my fault.it's not my fault. i never killedanybody in my life. i didn't kill you guys.you asked for it. sure as i'm standing here.
40, 41, 42, 43-- i am havingsuch a good time. i can't begin to tell you.47, 48, 49, 50. you dragged meall the way up here,so i can watch you do push-ups. 58--i'm having more funas the moments go by. 60, 61--well, you have a wonderful time. oh! look out! hiya, quinn.where you going, fella?
oh, harry,look at what we got here. now, that's it.you know the routine. - look, just read me my rights.- you want your rights, huh? - read his rights.- yeah, you got the rightto remain silent, quinn. so shut the fuck up! also the rightto take you up on charges. should have neverturned my back on those guys. well, nothing was taken. we checkedall top floor offices.
nothing was broken into. what do you thinkthose guys where after? there must be somethingof value around. otherwise why would they hire meto guard the place? i mean, they sure as hellweren't vandals. i mean, there wasno graffiti on the wallor nothing like that. let's take a seatdown over there, all right? not to--i can't remember too much. hey, somebody really dida professional jobon your ass, huh?
i fell on my ass.i'm clumsy. yeah, right. i understand you bumpedinto a taxi also, huh? beautiful fucking fee,but i'll tell you. you know, your friends made you. they named youand we got an apbout on a doyle and a webb. oh, those names don't meananything to me. they don't, huh? come on, sweetheart.you're not gonna tell me
you're gonna take the fallfor those guys, huh? they said it was your ideafrom the start. said you got them togetherand then you ran out on them and didn't even use your gun. shit, i only told them,you know, i drive. that's all i do.i don't go in. i told them i don't go in. tell what i'm going to do. get somebody in hereto type up your statement
so you don't have to keeprepeating it, okay. yeah, but i didn't say a thing. so you better call my attorney. that constitution doesn't meana god damn thing in a prison,you got that? i think you miss the place,don't you? i think you miss it.you like it up there. you like the treatment,don't you? that's why all you guys go back,isn't it? shut up!
big black cops are worsethan the white ones. you damn right. you got that message,didn't you? [man]an empty box or something? maybe it was three guyslooking for a place to stay. uh, listen, can i, uh-- can i go to another room,you know, that's quieter? - another room, huh?- yeah, can't standall the noise in here. um. you know, then i'll makea statement to you.
that's what i like. a man who wants his privacy. i think i might be ableto find something for you. a nice little quiet cubicle.come on, get the fuckout of here. come on. uh, paul, let me talk to youfor a minute, will you? shepard,let me see you out here. just a sec. joey, take careof this piece, huh
you guys cancall this anything you want. mass hysteria,anything you want. but 43 witnessesand they all concur, okay? rooftop pool,57th street and 2nd avenue, luxury co-op,a guy is snatched outof the pool and carried away. joseph peadrian,divorced, has a firm someplacein the garment district. i mean, he's snatched outof the pool and carried offby something that flies. that son of a bitchis getting bold.
you know, something i don'tquite understand. you don't seem at allsurprised by this.why is that? maybe it's timei showed you my report. what is he talking about? i'm becomingkind of a bird watcher. you know, birds are six timesstronger than menfor their size. and some of them have to eatup to seven times their weightjust to stay alive everyday. this is a very large birdwe're talking about. he's not putting us on?
putting you on, huh? like a window washerwith his head cut off? a construction worker? that woman taking a napon a roof? yeah, big laugh.big laugh. hey, hey, hey.keep the voice downa little bit, all right? here. come on, come on,come on. can we contain this a little bitamong ourselves, huh? yeah, well, how do youexpect to do that?
why don't you askthe commissioner?how is he gonna stop a panic? hey, look, what aboutthe ritual murders? i mean, are we off that caseor what? oh, will you shut up.this is that case, get it? i don't see how it isthe same case. hey! hey. hey. i'll tell you what.fuck off, shepard. all right. all right. hey, you guysthrough with me now?
uh, yeah!pal, i'm sorry. we forgot about you. it's okay,you can go home now. we'll call you if we need you. you're a little dense,do you know that? would you please come over here? just a littlejust a little. you know, it can take us weeksto find where this thing'shold up. i mean,it could be in the woods.
away from the city someplace.it could be overin jersey someplace. my god, with a wingspanlike you're talking about here, that thing could fly milesinto new york city every day. and it would do that of coursebecause, you know, new york is famousfor good eating. bull shit.it flew that far,it would get spotted. nah, midtown manhattan. moves out quickly,takes its prey back to the nest. look, the thing could bejust smart enough to flyright in line with the sun.
so when people look up at it,it's blinded from it. what i want to know is, how the hell does this tie inwith the murdersand the mutilations? well, that's whatbrought it back. awakened itfrom its centuries of sleep. this thing has been prayedback into existence. right. okay, okay. before you putthe straight jacket on me--
excuse me, captain. read the fucking report, okay? i got to read a fucking report.i'll deal with your ass later. joe, take him downstairs. hold it.you got something to say to me? you want to talk to me, huh? yeah, happy hunting. yeah, you gotbig ears also, huh? get him out of here.
ease up. listen, you shouldn'tdone that to me. you know,they're gonna hear from me! because withthe stuff i know, man! right now, i amthe most important manin new york city. and, you know, i'm sittingin the tank back there thinking about it,thinking it over. and i'm not talking aboutjust burying this wrap. more than that.
i'm talking abouttens of millions-- fifty hundred million dollarsin loses every time this city hasto grind to a screeching halt. and only yours trulycan prevent that. you're talking crazy. if you know something,you have to tell them. well, sure, make them heroes? yeah, get promotionsand i go to the shit housefor five to ten. you know, someone triedto break into the apartment.
tell me somethingi don't already know. and those two-- boy, they're no longer alive. i took them on a little trip. i mean, i set them up, and they got it good. okay, so that's something i got to square awaywith the police. that i'm notresponsible for that.
i did that in self-defense. - are you all right, lady?- yeah. - yeah, sure, she's fine.- just take it easy. you got three more minutes. i don't thinkwe're gonna need the time. where are you going? quinn, you got to dothe decent thing. forget your charges. you got to tell them.
all my life i've been a nobody. and right nowi can be somebody important. you expect me to give that up? what are you going to doif somebody dies tomorrow or the next dayor the next day? i'm not gonna think about it.you know, it won't be my fault. it'll be there's if they don'tgive me what i want. i think i liked you betteras a small time crook. i'm only asking to be a big manfor one lousy minutefor christ's sake!
hold it down. i want to get a messageto the commissioner of police. and try to get it straight. [cries] from the reports,the damn thingis growing in size. getting bigger every day. another sighting,negative contact. it didn't even come close. there's no doubtingits existence now.
if i may interject, sir, we have a very definite lead onthese ritual killings. traces back to the museum.former medical studentwho is now employed-- save it, sergeant powell. we're here to hear whatmr. quinn has to sayfor himself. well, i see we gotall the heavy weightshere today, huh? look, you said you wantedto speak your peace,now go ahead. mr. quinn, i assume you broughtyour attorney with you. oh, no.i do my own negotiating.
this is commissioner o'connell. - hello, how are you.- mr. quinn. - jimmy quinn.- would you sitover here, please, sir? yeah, sure. hello, sir, i don't believe-- uh, mr. quinn, just sit here,will you? now, wait a minute.don't push me. you guys got the educationon me. got the experience.
i am just a little kidfrom the streets. i'm out there with a lotof other guys shouting into wind and nobody herewas listening, right? we're listening to you now,jimmy. we can't ascertainif you're telling the truthor not, mr. quinn. sir, don't try our patience. i understand that, commissioner.you want a little credibility. that's whatthe new york times says, "we want credibility."
well, what aboutone of the victims,female i think, with a gold braceleton her wrist. the kind of braceletthat once you put onyou can't get it off. shepard? powell, what do you got? charm bracelet. yeah, that's correct. she was sunbathingup on her roof. it's the only piece of jewelryshe had on.
we checked it outwith her roommate. it's missing. was this ever releasedto the press? no, not to my knowledge. oh, come on, what, you thinki read that in the press? well, did i read there werelittle dainty elephants? little itty-bitty,dainty elephants on that chain? now, mr. quinn,these little bittydainty elephants were gold. they must've been valuable.why didn't you take them?
you don't strike meas the kind of guy who'd leavethat kind of stuff lying around. well, i'm not the kind of guywho plays aroundwith dead bodies. are you into that, huh? told them what else you saw. a nest, big nest. what do you want,polaroid shots? we believe you, mr. quinn. what's the locationof this nest? well, mr. commissioner,you know there is nothingin the world that is for free.
well, no doubt you'vethought of terms. would you careto let us in on them? yeah, sure.and i don't need this. i got my own little paper here. immunity for the jobyou got me on now nd for anything elsethat might crop up on me. you are beautiful,do you know that? you think we can give youimmunity for crimes we don't even know about?
yeah, didn't fordpardon nixon for anythingand everything? i'm just asking fora nixion-like pardon. and if that could be arranged,what else? money.one million dollars in cash,tax free. sweet jesus christ. and you pay the taxes on it. i suppose if you pay the taxes,i got to pay the tax on the tax. but you can work that outwith the irs. i have never paid taxin my life,
and i'm not about to start now. excessive, the city will nevergo along with that. you paid that god damnlottery winnerone million dollars! and i'm savingthe big apple ten--a hundred million dollars! maybe a billion dollars.and you're gonna welchon one million lousy dollars? you know,if i had decent negotiator, he'd be askingten million dollarsand you know it. - and that's it?- no, not exactly. i want exclusive rightsto all the photographsof the nest and--
of the nest and everythingelse up there, including of the remainsof the thing once you killed it or whatever. i want to sell themand own them and rent them. i own the negativesand the book rights. you want to make a bundle, huh? huh? yeah, well, why not? you know, a lot of murdersand crooked politianshave done that. so what's wrong with me?
very well, mr. quinn,we can arrange to havethe press kept out and the police photographerswill be instructed to surrender the negativesto you or a representative. what else? yeah, i want it all signed,sealed, and notarizedwith witnesses and then handed overto my lawyer in cash. banks are closeduntil tomorrow morning. open one. hey.
a man died yesterday. you've been sittingon this damn information. you could've prevented it.how the hell does thatmake you feel? like a herobecause i'm preventingtomorrow's death and the day after thatand the day after that. so kiss my ass in public. i'm the johnny carson shit. piss ass! behave yourself,sergeant powell.
because i'm pissing all over you and there's nothingyou can do about it. i don't believeyou're sitting in here, buying this garbage. sergeant powell,you better wait outside. powell, you heard what he said. yeah, i'll wait outside.the stench in here is enoughto make you throw up. and i don't want any assholeslike powell layingcocaine on me! and bum repping me!
two years, three months! nineteen-years-old,i was bum reppedby a cop like powell because he wantedto get a conviction. the other one i did.i'm all right, let me go! i'm all right!the next one i did,that was legit but the city owes me one! you set me up in business! all right, mr. quinn,we get your point. if it makes you feel any better.
oh, what do you mean,"feel any better"? i feel great. do you? can we get the god damntypist in here, so we canget started this thing? i'll have to get the mayor'sapproval on the money. what do you mean?you probably already got it. i bet he authorizeda million and half--two million, didn't he? didn't he?i see you're not answering me.
while they're typing it up,why don't you let me buy youa cup of coffee, huh? you buy me,i'll buy you. everything should be readyfor signature in about20 minutes. all the units are ready to movejust as soon as we ascertainthe location. at mr. quinn's convenience,of course. well, all you have to do is handall the cash over to my lawyer who is that dull looking fellowin the next room. you know,i met you once before, quinn. right here if you don't mind.
the bar in the village,you remember that? you were signingsome kind of scat song. [vocalizes] there's a big dog on the floor. oh, you heard me play? yeah, you were pretty good. yeah, you told me to fuck off.excuse me. madam, we're goingto have two coffees,and i will pay the bill. - so you heard me play, huh?- sure.
you know who taught mehow to do that? a big seven foot spookin the box taught me that. that big niger maniacwho came to me. he killed five white punks.and he comes to me and says, "i'm goingto teach you something, boy." and he teaches it to me,you know? it's one of the best thingsanyone has ever gave to me. it's morethan you'll ever give me. come on, jimmy.i've given every thing i can.
you know, i talkedto your girlfriend. my ex,she turned on me. ah, she just wanted youto do the right thing. oh, come on, man.what is a white chick doingwith a con like me? i accept she wantsto rehabilitate me. she wants to control me. she can go and shakeher tambourines somewhere else. - thank you.- old quinny is gonnatake care of himself. ha! sure you are, quinn.
couldn't even use that gunwhen you needed itto protect yourself. you're not much of a killer,jimmy. but, you know, yesterday, that guy upin the swimming pool, well, you killed him. shepard, how dumbdo you think i am? you know damn wellthe bird killed him. what? you thinki trained the bird? you're unbelievable.you come on to meall about my music, right?
give me thisnice song and dance. and then you startlaying a bum rep on me. who do you think i am? no, no.no bum rap. you say i have no nerve, huh? two guys up there,webb and doyle.i took them up. you won't be ableto recognize them because they'reall over the place. they're in little pieces.
and i lead them up therebecause they were puttingheavy pressure on me. and i walked themright into it. quinn, you're not goingto lead us into anythinglike that are you? well, a few cops may die.i've seen this bitch in action. she can move anywhereshe pleases, in or out. - in and out of what?- the roof. there's a hole in the roof,and she goes into the roof. - did you actuallysee this thing?- hey, what is this? hey, mousekewtiz,get these guys out of here.get them out of here.
take another photo.no, shepard, get them back here. i want my photo op here.come on! this city needs me now! and get the ownerof that newspaper. what's his name?murdoch! get rupert murdoch down herewith his arm around me. come on, sit down. i'll be on television. i'm going to beon all the shows.
yeah. you're just jealous,shepard. jealous,what can i say? you know, the only way you guysget your picture in the papers is when you get shot. look, you're eisenhower, right? this is d-day. we're your soldiers.tell us what to do. what i do is i geta whole fleet of helicopters. no, i'm with you.fleet of helicopters.
- yeah, and they come--- okay. they come upand they fly around. and between them is this canvasthing that they take it overthe top of the building. drop right down like-- canvassing, yeah. like a tent.like a circus tent. circus tent?is that goingto be strong enough? well, it'll be strong enoughto keep the mother in there, you know, while they'repumping shots into it.
you know, slow it down. what?it is a mother, you know? i'd seen an egg there.boy, is it a mother! - egg?- yeah. - there's an egg?- yeah. okay. all right,let me get this straight. we call up ringling brothers, and we say,"lend us a circus tent." of course, it's not goingto be in very good shapewhen we send it back.
yeah, well,they can sue the city. yeah, why not?everybody else is doing it. like what is the building look-- it's top of it? you want to knowthe shape of it? it's a cone. like a cone. - well, you know the building.- yeah? it's--
great timing. you know, pal, if you hadn'twalked in that door, i would've spilled my gutsall over the table. shepard, give me 15 minutesalone with her and i'll getany answer you want. that's fine.documents are in order. have my client brought back up. so i guess we got to findsomebody to tell
what's his namethat he's a rich man. oh, i want do that myself.i want to talk to that bastard. - now, captain.- hmm? be polite. that's the only way. uh, shep. yes, sir. i like you most of the time. and that's why i'm giving youback this report unread.
i never saw.never heard of quetzal. - quetzalcoatl.- quite so. unless you're looking fora sanity hearing, my dear boy. sir, two days ago,you didn't even believe this creature existed. now, wouldn't it be possiblefor you to suspendyour disbelief just for onelittle degree further. you are talking aboutthe incarnation of someancient aztec god. and it's my duty to kill it.
now, it's much easier for meto think of killing a birdthan a god. so do away with that report. a connection.a connection betweenthe ritual killings-- there is no connection. - the appearance of--- two separate cases. keep them that way.a mere coincidence. i don't suppose you haveany objection if we continue to pursue this murdervigorously. not at all.
get him without no connections, no linkages, understand? get me that bird! all right, come on,let's go! looking good! [officers chatter] that's it, move in.that's it, go, go. all right, here we go. we're going, all set.move those doors.
okay, guys,she's right up there. go on up the stairsand keep going. and when you hit the ladder,keep going up the ladder, you'll run right into it. all right, come on.let's go. come on, easy.don't push me. it's in the nest.where the hell is the canvasto cover up the roof? oh, we didn't havetime for that. that was a good idea though.
we got our own wayof covering the hole. - quinn, lead the way.- what are you talking about? well, you gotyour million dollars,now you're going to earn it. oh, come on,i want nothing to do with it. come on, go.come on, go. go, move it. move on up there.come on, let's get going. jesus, it's another one.thing brings them up here and stashes the leftovers.
it so stinks. i don't know why it didn'tcome down after me both times. maybe it's using you.maybe it wanted youto bring us back here. here. we don't want youto go on up there unarmed. what are you talking about?why is everybody giving merevolvers? i mean, i don't want a gun.i point, you go. it's up there, go. okay, quinn, i'm first,you're second.
what do you mean? why do i have to go up there? jesus. [whistles] jesus, look at thatfucking omelet. [man over the radio] swat team moving into position below second level tower. all other units stand fast. [man 2]shepard only makeswith the jokes
when he's scared of something. everybody just staywhere you are, okay? just hold back down there. fry up about500 pounds of bacon. we're gonna have ussome breakfast. get the hell up here, come on. now, leave it.the scientist willwant to look at it. they didn't even get the bird.they got the egg. if they had donewhat i told them to,
put the canvas over the top. hey, quinn, come on up here. i'm coming as a witness. this trip's wortha million bucks to me. hey, that's it. that's my baby. hey, shepard,one million dollar egg. it's just a reflex action. that's it!
i'll meet you downstairs. i can't believe you guys,you know? i told you how to do it.you put the canvasright over the top and what do you do? well, i guess you blewthe big bucks. what are you talking about? well, the money was forthe mama bird,not the baby bird oh, come on, man.i told you everything i knew. that was the deal.you fucked up.
you let the thing get away. i let him get away.i told you how to do it. put the canvas over the topand the thing wouldn't get away. yeah, you screwed yourself.city is gonna demanda full refund, the unused portion of the funds. horse shit!i got that in black and white. now, just so it's nota complete lose. that's for the coffeeyou bought me. oh, come on, man.you can't feed mean act like that.
i had that signed.police commissioner signed that. and i'll have my lawyersue your ass. okay, you do that!you do that. i don't know if we're gonnahonor that amenity partof the agreement either. it's in black and white.you can't touch that. and i'll have you dropped. if you'd done what i told you,you'd had that bird. and here, take thisand stick it-- stick it up your--up your brain.
your small little brain. oh, yeah? [mimics bird caw] see you later charlie christian. i'm staked out in frontof the museum. the suspect just entered with what it looked like a medical bag. yeah, but there wasanother guy with him. like a prearrangedmeeting our something.
- maybe another victim. - okay, hold your position. i'll notify powell and getright over there to the museum. is shepard coming? no, no, shepard's stayingright here in the tower. he thinks the fucking thingis coming back. okay. hurry up. all right, mr. magic,that's the man with the bag. what do you say we nail him? i found out he wasa medical student at columbia.
i knew he had to havesome scalpels around. pick up your money. - how much did you make?- not much. bird must've been badfor business. [male dispatcher] attention all units, suspect and possible victim heading south. yellow cab,new york, 6-7-george-4-1-frank. continue surveillance. it's by one of thosegod damn lofts down there.
what the hell are waiting for?catch him in the act? this is a farce.there ain't no way we'regonna get a conviction. all they're gonna dois throw him in the looney binalong with his victim. - i know. i know.- who the hell is gonna believe a ritual sacrificial murderin 1982. who the hell is gonna believea cop in that get up? what the hell isthe statue of libertydoing up there? yeah, it's the original modelthey used to build the statue. the liberty warehouse bought itand put it up there.
how do you feel? it's cold. the lights will warm you upin a bit. that pal and the kid must be upon the roof by now. i am the plume serpent. i crawl and i fly. drop that scalpel. leave him alone! let us finish in peace!get out!
he ws coming from me.he ws coming from me. he's heading up to that statue! listen, know that all the doorsof the roof tops are lockedfrom the inside. that means we got himtrapped up here. check the other end. damn kite. [powell screams] [shrieks] okay, okay, so they trashed you!
why trash upthe whole apartment? how do you likethat asshole lawyer? he's sending themtheir money back! no fucking loyalty! well, maybe you're better offby forgetting the whole thing! i mean, those two extra bodiesup there. that got talked about in court. they press charges against you.they say you killed those twoon purpose. then you're on their side, huh?
huh? if you're through smashing upthis place, why don't you take a walk! i'm sure there's a park benchout there somewhere that it's going to fit you! you mean that? yeah. i always thought,"well what the hell? "this guy hurts so bad.he's been kick around so much that you can forgive himalmost for anything."
but i saw you, quinn.when you thoughtyou had some power and it wasn't pretty. and i don't wantto share in that! so you just take a walk! okay, fine. i'll send for my things. and if you can't wait, throw them inthe fucking incinerator. all right, it's coming back.
[shepard]load tracer ammunition.i want to see the trajectory. get those guys into the basket! look at the size of thing. told you, didn't i? - feel like saying a prayer?- yeah. let her have it! come on,feel like climbing, huh? - not exactly.- ah, come on. well, if shootingdoesn't kill it,
i just might startpraying to it myself. give me another magazineup here! shepard! shepard!don't! we got that damn thing. shep, we did it!we did it! okay, everybody holdyour positions! everybody stayright where you are, all right? don't move.
- big.- yes. [crowd panics] i saved you all.i saved the whole fucking city. and what do i get for it, huh? [knocking at the door] don't move, mr. quinn.don't turn around. what are you doing? it was meantthat we should meet. unit, check out the hotelson 8th avenue.
you guys,across the street. i'll go up here.put quinn underprotective custody. you are the betrayer.and now you musthumble yourself. what? what did i betray? you must give yourselfto receive forgiveness. no, i understand.i understand. you must make flesh holy, so it is good as a sacrifice. i understand.i understand.
- i fucked up all my life.- shh! with your sacrificeand the sacrifice of the others, the plumed serpentwill rise again. a serpent? a plumed serpent? what? do you meanthat fucking bird? but if you saythe prayer with me, you will have salvation. piss-- piss on your prayer.
i ain't sayingany god damn prayers. i never did.i never will. fucking priest told meto say my prayers. i didn't say my fucking prayers. cops tell me to say my prayers.i'm not saying my prayers. and i ain't saying your prayers. [speaks foreign language] i've eaten shit from you. i've eaten shit from city hall!do it!
look, i cannot do ituntil you say the prayer. i'm not saying shit for you. hope you had your tetanus shots. how did you find me? we've been searching everyflea bag hotel in townfor hours. ever since-- this guy does not die easily. i figuredour fanatic friend here might look you upto get you to repent your sins.
thought he wasgonna get up again, huh? all right, come on.i'll take you back to your girl. no, i'm not going by there. what're you talking about? well, we're notgood for each other. you know, she's doing mefavors all the time. i'm getting her into trouble.i got her in there. what are you talking about?she's there waiting for you. next time i see,i'm gonna have a job.
- look, you with a job?- yeah. - what are you talking about?- i'll be playingpiano somewhere. i'm pretty good. yeah, what the fuck do you know? yeah, that's right.what the fuck do i know? but i know i'm notafraid anymore. just yourgood old fashion monster.
