60 days.
If he doesn't like it,
that's his problem, the fucking prick!
So, you want me to call you a cab?
You make movies, huh?
I produce feature
motion pictures, no TV.
You mentioned Grotesque. Karen Flores
was actually in Grotesque Part II.
She also starred in three
of my Slime Creatures releases.
I got an idea for a movie.
He'd wear wool hats in Miami
in the middle of summer.
He doesn't want anyone to think he's bald,
so he wears a fucking cap.
Karen! Karen, hey!
Say hello to Chili Palmer.
Chili, this is Karen Flores.
Pleasure to meet you.
How d'you get in?
He has an idea for a movie,
it's not bad so far. Have a drink.
Tell Karen.
Maybe you didn't hear me.
I came in the back door.
You broke in?
It was open. It wasn't locked.
What if it were?
Listen to the idea. A dry-cleaner
scams an airline out of 300 grand.
This guy owes a shylock $15,000.
He's three weeks over on the vig.
That's the interest.
I know what vig is.
Anyway, this dry-cleaner -
let's call him Leo-he's scared.
He leaves town. Leo's on a plane
but it just sits there.
They announce over the PA
there's a mechanical problem.
It'll take an hour
but they're to stay seated.
The guy's nervous
so he gets off the plane...
...goes into the cocktail lounge
and starts throwing them down.
He's still in the lounge
when the plane crashes on takeoff.
So when the guy finds out,
he can't believe it.
If he'd stayed on the plane,
he'd be dead.
If everybody thinks he's dead,
he won't have to pay the 15 or the vig.
Keep going.
Leo's wife is brought to the airport...
...to get any personal effects
that weren't destroyed.
Leo's bags were on the plane,
so the wife tells 'em what to look for.
Ah!
Oh, my Leo! My Leo!
Later, the airline people visit his wife...
...and offer her a settlement...
...based on what he would've earned
from the dryBcleaner's the rest of his life.
So how much is that?
300 grand. So they take it.
He gets his wife to cash the cheque
and he goes to Vegas with the dough.
He should call her
to let her know when to come.
She never hears from him,
but he turns the 300,000 into 500,000.
He's winning
and he can't tell anyone who he is!
So we're showing his desire
to be famous.
He's got the dough
to buy his way in...
...mix with the celebs...
he can't resist, so he comes to LA.
I dunno about the celebrities.
That was just added...
...but, yeah, he comes to LA and...
I don't know what happens next.
That's it, that's your movie?
I said I had an idea for a movie.
That's half a movie with holes in it.
There's maybe 40 minutes there.
You don't have a girl, a female lead,
or anybody to sympathise with.
- You don't have a good guy.
- The shylock is a good guy.
The shylock is barely mentioned.
And it's not believable
the wife'd get a settlement that fast.
Harry doesn't realise
it's a true story-that Miami flight?
On the news every day for a week.
Harry must have been busy.
That's where you got the idea?
Part of it, yeah.
You're not the guy, the dry-cleaner?
Leo.
No, you wouldn't be talking to me.
- No, I'm not the guy, Harry.
- But you do work for the casino?
For God's sake, he's the shylock.
That's what you do?
That's what I did. After I'm done here,
I don't know what I'll do.
Well, I got an early call.
No problemo. Go on up to bed.
Harry, I would like you and your
new buddy to get out of my house.
Oh, yeah. Well, sure.
It was absolutely a pleasure
to meet you, Karen.
Hmm.
I guess there's times you have to get
rough, if one of your customers don't pay.
They always pay.
You pack a gun?
Not really.
Ever been arrested?
I've been picked up for loan sharking
and racketeering, but never convicted.
Racketeering.
Covers a lot of ground, doesn't it?
Get to the point, Harry. You want me
to do something for you?
That's us.
Good girl. Good girl.
Don't say nothin', just sit
and act like you're waiting.
What you talkin' about?
Give me the fuckin' money.
Sit