Just Looking.1999 Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:25,234 [Lenny] When I was nine years old 2 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:27,694 my mother gave me some money to put in the charity box, 3 00:00:27,778 --> 00:00:28,779 at Hebrew School. 4 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:30,781 On the way 5 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,866 I passed the bakery with crisp cookies in the window. 6 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,077 I'm dying to buy one but, 7 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:36,453 my mother would kill me. 8 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:38,872 So, I go to school 9 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:40,374 and put all the charity money in the box. 10 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:42,876 On my way home, 11 00:00:43,085 --> 00:00:44,086 I stop at the bakery 12 00:00:44,336 --> 00:00:45,337 just to look. 13 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:48,173 And this guy dressed in a Santa Claus suit 14 00:00:48,257 --> 00:00:50,801 says, "Hi kid, you like cookies? 15 00:00:51,468 --> 00:00:52,469 I g***t a whole bag full." 16 00:00:52,970 --> 00:00:53,971 And he gives them to me. 17 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:56,890 When I get home, 18 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:58,392 my mother sees the cookies 19 00:00:58,559 --> 00:00:59,560 and she says, 20 00:00:59,852 --> 00:01:01,311 "I gave you money for charity 21 00:01:01,645 --> 00:01:02,771 and you buy Christmas food?" 22 00:01:03,772 --> 00:01:05,774 I say, "No, somebody gave them to me." 23 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:07,860 So she says, "Who?" 24 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:09,611 "Who gave you the cookies?" 25 00:01:10,362 --> 00:01:11,530 And I say, "Santa Claus". 26 00:01:12,990 --> 00:01:15,117 Well, she smacks me on the back of the head 27 00:01:15,492 --> 00:01:16,702 throws the cookies in the garbage, 28 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:18,203 and sends me to bed. 29 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:21,582 The moral is, just because 30 00:01:21,665 --> 00:01:23,750 a kid's story sounds hard to believe 31 00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:25,502 doesn't mean it never happened. 32 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:27,379 Okay? 33 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:29,256 Okay. 34 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:39,725 [background conversations] 35 00:01:52,571 --> 00:01:54,198 Last year when my father died, 36 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:57,201 everybody in the neighborhood came to pay their respects 37 00:01:57,409 --> 00:01:58,577 to me and my mother. 38 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:00,621 One of them, Polinsky, 39 00:02:00,746 --> 00:02:02,414 the fat and creepy butcher 40 00:02:02,706 --> 00:02:03,790 had so much respect 41 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,042 that he kept coming back. 42 00:02:05,834 --> 00:02:07,127 First, just for coffee, 43 00:02:07,836 --> 00:02:09,546 then, he started paying 44 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:10,923 his respects by taking her to a movie 45 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:12,883 or a Chinese restaurant. 46 00:02:14,843 --> 00:02:17,638 A few months later they went to a hotel in Catskills, 47 00:02:17,930 --> 00:02:19,681 where he respected her for the whole weekend. 48 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:22,893 [car horn blasts] 49 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,019 A couple of months after that 50 00:02:24,186 --> 00:02:25,646 he married her and moved in with us. 51 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:28,607 Which is more respect than I could stand. 52 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,859 [children chattering] 53 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:38,742 My story starts at the beginning of summer. 54 00:02:39,952 --> 00:02:41,203 It was a real hot day 55 00:02:41,537 --> 00:02:42,538 but I was pretty cool. 56 00:02:43,205 --> 00:02:44,206 I was in the meat locker 57 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:46,124 thinking about my favorite subject... 58 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:47,835 s***x. 59 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:50,379 When I was so rudely interrupted. 60 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:52,714 [Polinsky] Lenny? 61 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:54,299 Lenny Levine? 62 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:56,343 Now! 63 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,222 Yes Mr. Polinsky? 64 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:03,350 Do you think that a lovely woman like Mrs. Edelberg, here 65 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:05,018 should have to schlep a three 66 00:03:05,269 --> 00:03:07,938 pound brisket, plus a whole bag of 67 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:09,189 groceries from [indistinct], 68 00:03:09,565 --> 00:03:11,358 all the way home, on a hot day? 69 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:14,069 I'll carry for her. 70 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:15,529 Really Mr. Polinsky, 71 00:03:16,071 --> 00:03:17,322 it's not necessary 72 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,449 Oh, necessary, necessary? 73 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:22,160 Is it necessary for you to walk past 74 00:03:22,244 --> 00:03:24,788 Leviton's meat market just to buy from me? 75 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:25,998 -Hmm? Hmm? -[giggles] 76 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:33,130 You don't know how lucky you are to have Mr. Polinsky 77 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,464 as your father, oh! 78 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:35,591 He's not my father. 79 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:38,427 Hmm, the man who puts food in your belly 80 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:39,511 and clothes on your back, 81 00:03:39,595 --> 00:03:41,763 doesn't have to be blood to be considered a father. 82 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:44,892 And who paid off the caterer for your bar mitzvah. 83 00:03:46,476 --> 00:03:49,354 Deeds Lenny. Deeds make a father. 84 00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:52,816 Mrs. Edelberg talks your ear off 85 00:03:53,317 --> 00:03:54,985 then she gives you a nectarine for a tip, 86 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:57,362 but I didn't mind carrying her groceries home. 87 00:03:57,696 --> 00:03:59,448 It gave me a chance to get out and take in the scenery. 88 00:04:00,324 --> 00:04:01,366 Huh, believe me, 89 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,994 The Bronx has some lovely scenery this time or year! 90 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:07,080 I cry my eyes out, 91 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:08,999 but it's worth it makes the brisket. 92 00:04:09,333 --> 00:04:10,918 Not like that watery crap they-- 93 00:04:11,335 --> 00:04:13,420 Lenny? Are you listening? 94 00:04:13,712 --> 00:04:14,838 You're always so engrossed, 95 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:16,924 what are you thinking about that could be so engrossing? 96 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:19,885 Baseball. 97 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:26,725 S***x. 98 00:04:30,062 --> 00:04:31,271 Have you ever noticed that a lot of 99 00:04:31,355 --> 00:04:32,356 things that aren't about s***x, 100 00:04:32,523 --> 00:04:33,565 remind you of s***x? 101 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,693 Lately, everything I see reminds me of s***x. 102 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,570 And I haven't even seen real s***x. 103 00:04:39,905 --> 00:04:40,906 Not yet. 104 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:42,783 [jazzy music] 105 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:49,706 Lenny... 106 00:04:50,541 --> 00:04:52,084 look at this beautiful roast! 107 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:54,002 I don't want any roast Ma. 108 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:55,963 I don't understand. 109 00:04:56,588 --> 00:04:59,049 I marry a butcher and suddenly you're a vegetarian. 110 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:00,968 Is this my punishment Lenny? 111 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:02,719 Because if it is you're only hurting yourself. 112 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:05,430 Jewish boys do not eat just vegetables. 113 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:07,641 You're still growing, you need your red meat. 114 00:05:08,183 --> 00:05:09,268 [door opens] Shh, he's here. 115 00:05:09,393 --> 00:05:10,602 I don't want a scene at the table. 116 00:05:19,736 --> 00:05:20,737 What are you doing? 117 00:05:22,614 --> 00:05:25,158 They are, they um g***t, g***t locked together. 118 00:05:25,367 --> 00:05:26,410 [laughs] 119 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:27,870 Go throw some cold water on them. 120 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:30,622 So, Lenny, were you um, 121 00:05:31,248 --> 00:05:33,166 charming to Mrs. Edelberg this afternoon? 122 00:05:34,084 --> 00:05:35,127 I told her she had a nice dress. 123 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:38,046 Oh, good boy, good boy. 124 00:05:38,547 --> 00:05:40,465 That's the secret to a successful business, 125 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:42,301 always flatter the ladies. 126 00:05:42,801 --> 00:05:44,636 A wink, a smile, a compliment. 127 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:48,932 Ah Sylvia, you look gorgeous tonight. 128 00:05:49,308 --> 00:05:50,392 [kissing] 129 00:05:50,517 --> 00:05:53,061 Ah, ok stop it. Not in front on the boy. 130 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:54,146 [giggling] 131 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:55,230 It was disgusting. 132 00:05:55,606 --> 00:05:56,607 But I was determined 133 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,609 I was going to see two people doing it. 134 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:00,944 No matter what. 135 00:06:03,739 --> 00:06:05,949 That night while my friends were watching Uncle Miltie 136 00:06:06,783 --> 00:06:08,160 I set out to watch my mother 137 00:06:08,452 --> 00:06:09,453 hump Polinsky. 138 00:06:09,786 --> 00:06:11,288 [drum roll] 139 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:13,540 [door creaks open] Given the choice 140 00:06:13,957 --> 00:06:15,667 the people I really wanted to see doing it 141 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:17,252 were Roy Rudders and Del Evans, 142 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:18,754 but, you've gotta be realistic. 143 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:20,506 What are the odds of Roy and Del 144 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:21,715 spending a night in The Bronx. 145 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,425 My Father always said, 146 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:24,801 "Make the best of what you g***t." 147...