54 (1998)

Breckin Meyer: Greg Randazzo

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• Greg Randazzo : [he and Shane are cleaning up after closing on Christmas Eve]  Man, look at this pit.

  [drops his bus tub on the floor and sits down at the bar] 

  Shane O'Shea : [standing behind the bar]  Nicotine break.

  [gives Greg a cigarette and lights it] 

  Shane O'Shea : I thought this night would never end.

  Greg Randazzo : Thank God it's Christmas. I can't wait to get out of here. You goin' home tomorrow?

  Shane O'Shea : I don't think so. I haven't talked to my dad in like four months.

  Greg Randazzo : You know, why don't you come with me and Anita to her mother's? Be fun.

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks.

  Greg Randazzo : Yeah. Let's clean this place up. Let's get outta this hole.

  Shane O'Shea : Hey, you hear Romeo's quittin' New Year's Eve?

  Greg Randazzo : If you think I'm ever gonna get that job, you're dreamin'. He's never gonna promote me.

  Shane O'Shea : He might. Listen, I'll talk to him.

  Greg Randazzo : [smiles slightly]  All right.

  Shane O'Shea : Anyway, when we have our own place, we'll do all the hiring, all right?

  Greg Randazzo : All right.

  Shane O'Shea : [walks out from behind the bar]  All right, I'll meet you downstairs when you finish with this stuff.

  Greg Randazzo : Say what?

  Shane O'Shea : Steve doesn't want me to do any more of the bussing or anything.

  Greg Randazzo : Are you for real?

  Shane O'Shea : What?

  Greg Randazzo : You're gettin' so conceited. It's like I don't even know who I'm talkin' to anymore.

  Shane O'Shea : What's your problem, man?

  Greg Randazzo : You pour drinks or you hang out with some high-class, stuck-up assholes and suddenly you're some big star, you can't get your hands dirty?

  Shane O'Shea : Oh, look at you. Dealin' more drugs than Johnson and Johnson.

  Greg Randazzo : Hey, that money's for Anita's studio; you know that.

  Shane O'Shea : Oh, I see.

  Greg Randazzo : You know what, Shane? Your head's fillin' up with so much shit you don't even know what you're talkin' about.

  Shane O'Shea : Hey, Greg, cool it, man. I'm your friend, all right?

  Greg Randazzo : Yeah, a friend who's trying to scope my wife.

  Shane O'Shea : What the hell are you talkin' about?

  Greg Randazzo : Hey, she's the only girl this side of Fifth Avenue you haven't balled.

  Shane O'Shea : You don't know what you're talkin' about.

  Greg Randazzo : Fuck you. Shane 54.

  [leaves] 

• Romeo : [to Shane, at a diner after work with the 54 crew]  Hey, how'd you do tonight?

  Shane O'Shea : [has just worked his first night as a 54 busboy]  Good. I made quite a bit, I think.

  Greg Randazzo : He doesn't mean the tips.

  Anita : You went up to the balcony with Patti, hmm?

  Shane O'Shea : Word gets around fast, I guess.

  Ciel : So did she do the accent?

  Anita : [nudges Ciel]  Um, so how was she?

  Shane O'Shea : Really great, you know. She's a model.

  Atlanta : Really? Have we seen her in anything?

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah, Vogue. French Vogue.

  [everyone else at the table laughs] 

  Busboy #1 : Yeah, she told me Cosmo.

  Anita : She told me Women's Wear Daily.

  Shane O'Shea : Hey, listen, I don't care if it was Sears and Roebuck; it was hot.

• Greg Randazzo : [Director's cut scene. Greg and Shane are in the VIP basement on Christmas Eve, sharing a cigarette and talking]  This is great down here, huh? Usually, I hate Christmas.

  Shane O'Shea : Me too.

  Greg Randazzo : Watching everybody's family celebrate. All I had was my aunt. She'd give me a pair of socks and call it a night.

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah, my family would be glued to "It's A Wonderful Life" or something phony like that.

  Greg Randazzo : I always thought Christmas should be banned.

  Shane O'Shea : Same here. We're in sync, man.

  Greg Randazzo : Right on.

  [they high five each other and link fingers] 

  Greg Randazzo : The only other person I felt in sync with my entire life was Anita.

  Shane O'Shea : You're lucky. So is she.

  Greg Randazzo : What?

  Shane O'Shea : You got her, she's got you.

  Greg Randazzo : And you got us. Most of all, you got you. I mean, you're somebody. You're Shane 54.

  [Shane starts to cry and Greg puts his arm around him] 

  Greg Randazzo : Don't cry, man. You're the lucky one. Don't you get it? I would give anything to be in your shoes.

  [He and Shane look at each other for a moment, then Shane leans in and kisses Greg until Greg backs off and walks away, stunned at what he's just done] 

• Greg Randazzo : [counting his money in the cloak room while Anita rubs his shoulders]  We were both right.

  Anita : Hmm?

  Greg Randazzo : I'm too short and I don't suck cock.

  Anita : [quips]  Well, there's nothing you can do about being short.

  Greg Randazzo : Right.

  [Anita laughs and kisses him on the lips] 

• Steve Rubell : [to Greg while lying on top of his money on his bed]  Rhett, the brand-new bartender, quit. Thinks he's gonna model.

  Greg Randazzo : Really?

  Steve Rubell : Yeah. He, uh, met Scavullo and he thinks he's got it made.

  [chuckles] 

  Steve Rubell : You're a handsome guy. Bet you could model if you were a little taller. You're from Iowa or something, right?

  Greg Randazzo : New Jersey.

  Steve Rubell : And now you're rubbing elbows with the most influential people on the planet. Not bad for a kid from, uh, somewhere.

  Greg Randazzo : New Jersey. Thanks.

  Greg Randazzo : [Steve offers him a pill]  No.

  Steve Rubell : [he takes the pill with water]  It's a new world out there. Old labels and prejudices don't apply anymore.

  Greg Randazzo : Right.

  Steve Rubell : Right. You do a special job for us. Important. Before you, I only let bartenders deal with Anthony, but Viv trusts you.

  Greg Randazzo : It's a good job. I take it seriously.

  Steve Rubell : Yeah. She also says that you're married to Anita.

  Greg Randazzo : Yeah.

  Steve Rubell : And that you never go with the other boys.

  Greg Randazzo : Yeah. I mean, no. I, uh, I'm not - I'm not gay.

  Steve Rubell : Labels!

  Greg Randazzo : I'm sorry. I forgot, Mr. Rubell.

  Steve Rubell : Mr. Oh, now I'm Mr.

  Steve Rubell : [laughs]  I'm Mr. Oh, that's good. Well, you know what? I'm not gay, either.

  Steve Rubell : [sighs]  I want to suck your cock.

  Greg Randazzo : I'm married.

  Steve Rubell : No one gets married at your age unless they're trying to prove something.

  Greg Randazzo : I have to go. Sorry, okay?

  [begins to leave] 

  Steve Rubell : [holds up a wad of cash]  Bartenders make a lot of this.

  Greg Randazzo : I know.

  Steve Rubell : Come here.

  Steve Rubell : [whispers]  Come here.

  [Greg approaches Steve and begins unbuckling his belt; Steve's bodyguard laughs as he reads a comic book in the corner] 

  Greg Randazzo : [reconsiders]  I, I can't. I'm married, and she's waiting.

  Steve Rubell : You really ARE that straight.

  Greg Randazzo : I'm sorry.

  Steve Rubell : No, no, no, no. I, I respect that. Let me apologize to you.

  [holds up a wad of cash, then vomits] 

• Steve Rubell : [Director's cut scene; Steve sits on his office couch on New Year's Eve while Greg stands in front of him with his eyes closed, slowly pulling his shorts down to let Steve perform oral sex on him so he can promote him to bartender]  Good, you're awake.

  Greg Randazzo : [opens his eyes]  You don't want to...

  Steve Rubell : No, no. But you know what? I wouldn't watching you and your wife Anita - watching you two wrestle around a little.

  [Greg looks at Steve in disbelief and walks out] 

  Steve Rubell : Oh, come on. Hey, hey, hey, she didn't mind putting on a show for me with Shane, banging away in the bathroom on Christmas Eve. You would've been proud; it was a good show.

  [cut to the cloak room where Shane and Anita are talking] 

  Shane O'Shea : [holding a bottle of champagne]  All right, I know I screwed up a lot last year. But I want to start all over, all new, and I wanna be your friend. Just your friend.

  Anita : [smiles]  Friends.

  Shane O'Shea : [pops the champagne cork]  Happy New Year.

  [they each take a drink and hug when Greg walks in and punches Shane in the face. They fight] 

  Anita : Greg! Greg, what are you doing? Oh, my God!

  [puts down the champagne bottle and tries to break up the fight] 

  Anita : Have you gone crazy? Greg!

  Shane O'Shea : [pinning Greg on the floor on his back, holding him by his wrists]  What the fuck is wrong with you?

  Greg Randazzo : I let you into my family and you fucked my wife!

  [he gets up off the floor and Anita tries to stop him from leaving but he pushes her away and storms out] 

  Shane O'Shea : [stands up, mutters]  Fuck.

  Anita : It's over.

  [Shane places his hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but she pushes him away] 

  Anita : Don't! Just stay away from me.

• Disco Dottie : [walks up to the bar laughing]  Hey, midget! I hear you've got some choice MDA.

  Greg Randazzo : [behind the bar]  Yeah, 20 each. For you, 25.

  Disco Dottie : Oh, eat me raw, Tom Thumb! I never pay for my drugs!

  Greg Randazzo : And I don't take Medicare!

  Disco Dottie : Ooh!

  [laughs and goes back onto the dance floor] 

• Shane O'Shea : [Director's cut scene; he and Greg are eating burgers at a diner]  What're you talkin'?

  Greg Randazzo : Talkin' about scruples, man.

  Shane O'Shea : You should talk. Who got me into party favors?

  Greg Randazzo : That's just for the dough. I ain't doin' everything else.

  Shane O'Shea : I ain't doin' everything neither. Shit, man, I got plenty of scruples.

  Greg Randazzo : Yeah, when they're convenient.

  Shane O'Shea : Listen, I've been in Interview Magazine. I ate breakfast with Cheryl Tiegs. I stood on the terrace of a Park Avenue penthouse and watched the fuckin' sunrise over Midtown naked. You see what I'm sayin'?

  Greg Randazzo : No.

  Shane O'Shea : I'm saying I'm getting closer and closer. I can almost touch it.

  Greg Randazzo : Touch what?

  Shane O'Shea : Everything. Just everything.

• Shane O'Shea : [Director's cut scene; at the apartment with Greg the day after he becomes bartender]  I'm sorry about the job. I apologize.

  Greg Randazzo : [hooking up new recording equipment for Anita]  Steve screwed me again, okay? No surprise.

  Shane O'Shea : Well, I'll get you in the next spot that opens up, I promise.

  Greg Randazzo : I can do it on my own, okay?

  Shane O'Shea : But I want to help. You guys are like my family now.

  Greg Randazzo : Thanks, man. All right.

  [resumes smoking his lit cigarette] 

  Shane O'Shea : [takes Greg's cigarette and smokes it]  But you gotta prove you're into it. That you'd do anything for it.

  Greg Randazzo : No, not me.

  Shane O'Shea : All right. Listen, man. Do you know how lucky we are? We're at the center of the entire freakin' universe. You gotta go for it.

  Greg Randazzo : I don't care about all that bull, alright? I'm there for the money, you know? I'm there for Anita.

  Shane O'Shea : Then do it for the money. Do it for Anita.

  Greg Randazzo : Let my boss suck my cock for my wife's sake? That makes tons of sense.

  Shane O'Shea : Don't be so literal, man. I'm just sayin' get in the game.

  Greg Randazzo : I'm makin' a home here, Shane. This is what counts.

  Shane O'Shea : All right, suit yourself. I'm goin' for the palace of wisdom.

  [leaves]