of his mind.
Why don't they just leave me alone
with my dream?
Okay. There.
Billy, take this in the back room.
Field strip it.
Careful with that thing!
Boys, tourniquet!
-Calamari.
-Mr. Raymond.
Thought you'd be in prison by now.
What can I do for you?
We're looking for Acky.
This is my friend, Hoops McCann.
Quit monkeying with that thing!
Sorry.
Another wasted summer, boys?
Why don't you go in with Acky?
Just think of it.
Death from above! Airborne!
Excuse me if I'm wrong, sir,
but Acky throws up on the ferris wheel...
at the children's park.
You've got no college acceptance.
You've got no direction with your lives.
No plan.
When there's no plan, there's no attack.
No attack, no victory.
This! This is what makes men, men.
I'll have to pick one up.
Anyway, where's Acky?
He's out on a mission for his old man.
A mission, sir?
He's on the beach collecting shells.
That's a little more like Acky's speed.
Acky, what are you doing?
George, take cover.
Your dad said you were collecting shells.
Shells. 57 millimeter.
My dad gets $12 apiece for them.
They make great paperweights.
Hi, I'm Ack Ack.
-Let's get out of here.
-Over the top, boys!
Nobody lives forever!
My God!
You could have waited
till they were done bombing the beach.
When the man says go, you go.
You could have been killed.
My god!
Do you realize
for every lost, mangled doll...
there's a little girl with a broken heart?
Sure you want to be a Marine, Acky?
I just don't see you
having the killer instinct.
"He leadeth me in the paths
of righteousness for his name's sake.
"Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death.... "
What's going on?
"Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
"thou anointest my head with oil.
"Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life. "
For God's sake.
Excuse me for just one....
Leave me.
Old man Eldridge finally kicked, Ted?
Doing my laps, Dad.
I would like to have a word with you.
In a minute, Dad.
I'll try not to take up
too much of your time.
Okay.
Are you ready for the regatta, Ted?
Sure, I'm ready.
The new sloop's a beauty. I can't lose.
If you screw it up this year,
you and I are out....
Hi, Daddy.
-Hi, Grandpa.
-How are you?
Good.
If you screw it up this year,
that decaying old man, your grandfather...
takes everything away.
Do you understand, Ted?
If you don't come home with that trophy,
we lose it all.
No more pools, no more Ferrari.
Do you know what happens then?
-Don't say it, Dad.
-That's right, Ted.
You'll have to go to....
-No!
-Work, Teddy, work!
Don't say that word!
I'll win! Just don't say that word!
That's why I need this Eldridge land.
With this land, I can finally start building...
Beckerstead Estates.
And that crazy old man....
-Hi, Daddy!
-Hi, Grandpa!
Have a wonderful day.
That crazy old man can't hold
that race over my head every year.
What did you find out about this place?
Chong says he left it to his granddaughter.
She's got one week
to pay the back mortgage.
I've seen this girl. She's a real hippie type.
She wears these braids.
What do they call them, cornhusks?
If she don't get the money,
you get the house.
They're already doing the paperwork.
Wonderful.
This will be...
my most beautiful restaurant yet.
I used to come down here
with him all the time.
Your grandfather sounds
like he was a really nice man.
I'm really sorry.
Old Mr. Peckerhead's been trying...
-Who?
-Beckerstead.
He's been trying to drive Grandpa
out of that house since I was a baby.
I guess he finally got him.
So what's gonna happen to the house
and all his friends?
The bank's given me one week...
to come up with
the back mortgage of $3,000.
It might as well be $1 million.
I can't let those people
be thrown out on the streets.
I just wish I had more time.
I wish I could help.
I'm not going to give up.
I figure I can sell some of the furniture...
and I'm