Brooklyn (2015)
Emory Cohen: Tony
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Eilis : You remember that after I had dinner at your house, you told me that you loved me?
[Tony nods, sombre and nervous]
Eilis : Well, I didn't really know what to say. But I know what to say now. I have thought about you and I like you, and I like seeing you, and maybe I feel the same way. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, I'll, I'll say I love you too.
Tony : Are you serious?
Eilis : Yes.
Tony : Holy shit! Excuse my language, but I thought we were going to have a different kind of talk. You mean it?
Eilis : I mean it.
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Tony : Home is home.
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Tony : [walking Eilis home from school] So, ten minutes before I'm supposed to meet you, and I'm standing ankle-deep in sewage that's pouring through this old lady's ceiling. Yeah. Even if you're thinking of inviting me in for a coffee, I'd have to say no for your sake.
Eilis : So how did you fix it in ten minutes?
Tony : I didn't. I spent the whole ten minutes explaining to the lady I had to be somewhere and I'd be back, and she don't wanna let me go.
Eilis : So the sewage is still pouring through the ceiling?
Tony : Oh... well, what's the difference between six inches of sewage and a foot?
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Tony : You wanna go see the Dodgers on Saturday?
Frankie Fiorello : Sure.
Tony : Okay. Will you do something for me?
Frankie Fiorello : What?
Tony : If you laugh or you say anything about this to anybody in the family, you don't get to go see the Dodgers on Saturday or any other day of the season. Also, you get a beating.
Frankie Fiorello : Maybe it's just better if I don't get involved.
Tony : I really need your help, Frankie. You know you're the best writer and reader in the family?
Frankie Fiorello : Yeah.
Tony : I'm trying to write to Eilis. And I want it to be... I don't know.
Frankie Fiorello : You've wrote before already about five times.
Tony : Yeah, but they're no good, Frankie, and... she's only written back once. Look, she's never read my writing before. I'm worried I'm putting her off me.
Frankie Fiorello : Listen, I'm eight years old. I don't know anything about kissing.
Tony : You don't need to know anything about kissing. You need to know about spelling and... and...
Frankie Fiorello : Grammar.
Tony : Yeah.
[offering the letter]
Tony : Will you look?
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Tony : I'm not Irish.
Eilis : You don't sound Irish.
Tony : I need to make this clear. No part of me is Irish. I don't have Irish parents or grandparents or anything. I'm Italian. Well, my... my parents are, anyway.
Eilis : So what were you doing at an Irish dance? Don't the Italians have dances?
Tony : Yeah, and I wouldn't wanna take you to one. They behave like Italians all night.
Eilis : What does that mean?
Tony : Oh, you know.
Eilis : No.
Tony : Hands.
Eilis : Too many of 'em?
Tony : Well, I guess you could see it that way if you was a girl. Listen... I want everything out in the open. I came to the Irish dance... because I really like Irish girls.
Eilis : And I was the only one who would dance with you?
Tony : Oh, no, it wasn't...
Eilis : Oh, so you danced with loads of others?
[he realizes she's teasing him]
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Tony : Where do you live?
Eilis : Clinton Street.
Tony : Yeah? That's on my way home. Can I walk you?
Eilis : I'm going to say yes, and then I'm going to tell you why.
Tony : So I don't get the wrong idea?
Eilis : Mmm, I suppose so. Is there a girl in a white shirt sitting on her own over there?
Tony : [spotting Dolores] You don't know her?
Eilis : I do. She lives in my boarding house and she's awful. If I leave with you, I'm sure she'd understand. You'd be rescuing me.
Tony : I get it.
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Tony : [bringing Eilis to meet his family] Oh, and I better warn you about Frankie.
Eilis : He's the little one?
Tony : Yeah, he's 8 going on 18. I mean, he's nice and he's smart, but he's been talking and he's talking about all the things he's gonna say to you.
Eilis : What sort of things?
Tony : We don't know. It could be anything. I mean, I tried to pay him money to go out and play ball with his friends, and my dad, he threatened him, but I think he's looking forward to causing trouble, so much so he'll happily take a beating.
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Tony : I wanna ask you something and you're gonna say, "Oh, it's too soon. I don't really know him well enough. We only been out a couple of times." Oh, it's nothing so bad. It's just something that most guys, they...
Eilis : Please just ask. You're beginning to terrify me.
Tony : Oh. Sure. Will you come for dinner and meet my family sometime?
Eilis : That's it? I'd love to.
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Eilis : [deciding to return to Ireland after her sister dies] It's just for a month or so. I know it'd make her feel a little better.
Tony : Will you marry me before you leave?
Eilis : You don't trust me to come back?
Tony : Marry me. Marry me. We don't have to tell anybody. We just do it quickly, just keep it between us.
Eilis : Why do you want to do it?
Tony : Because if we don't, I'm gonna go crazy.
Eilis : Would a promise not be the same?
Tony : If you can promise, you can easily do this.
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Tony : [showing Eilis an empty field] This is it. We're gonna build five houses here if we can, and Mom and Dad, they're gonna have one 'cause Ma always wanted a house with a backyard. We'll sell three. And the other one, my brothers, they asked me if I wanted it and I said that I did. So I guess what I'm saying is, you wanna live out here on Long Island? I mean, I know it doesn't look like much right now, but all the land around here has been sold, so we wouldn't be on our own, and-and there'd be telephone cables and electricity, everything. We're gonna set up a company. A building company, the three of us. And I'm gonna do the plumbing, and Laurence'll do the carpentry and... don't go all quiet on me. At least tell me you'll think about it.
Eilis : I don't need to think about it.
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Tony : Hey, are you Irish?
Boy's Father : Is it so obvious?
Tony : Oh, I'm j... I'm just about to marry an Irish girl, so I guess I notice it more. There are a lot of you in Brooklyn.
Boy's Father : Sometimes it seems as though there can't be anybody left at home.
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Tony : Dear Eilis. I hope that you are doing well in Ireland. I hope that your mother's feeling less sad. It will not be long before your friend gets married and you can come home. This week, it's like the whole world's basements are flooding. I've fixed three. I've been working hard. I've been saving money. And evrybody asks me about you all the time.
Frankie Fiorello : You missed out an "E", I think. It's "everybody".
Tony : Anyway, I think that is all my news. Mom and Dad and all my brothers, they all say hello. I think about you most minutes of most days. Even when I go see the Dodgers, I do not concentrate on the games. With love, your Tony.
