54 (1998)

Ryan Phillippe: Shane O'Shea

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• Steve Rubell : Is he gorgeous?

  Viv : He's gorgeous. Look for yourself.

  Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  I was warned that Steven didn't hire any dummies and I should be on my toes because he could ask some really tricky questions.

  Steve Rubell : What's two plus two?

  Shane O'Shea : Huh?

  Steve Rubell : You'll be fine.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  A guy named Steve Rubell had a dream: To throw the best damned party the world had ever seen and to make it last forever. He built a world where fantasy was put up as reality and where an 80-year-old disco queen could dance till dawn. Where models mingled with mechanics, plumbers danced with princes. It was a place where all labels were left behind. A place where there were no rules.

• Billie Auster : [in her penthouse bedroom with Shane, standing behind him and running her hands down his bare chest as he looks at himself in her mirror]  You have the body of David and the face of a Botticelli.

  Shane O'Shea : [confused]  Bottle of what?

  Billie Auster : Just say thanks, darling.

  [she moves in front of Shane and adjusts his pants] 

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks.

  [sighs] 

  Shane O'Shea : It's really funky, but I don't know if it's me.

  Billie Auster : Darling, I don't think you realize what is you.

  Shane O'Shea : I just want to look cool when I'm out, like I'm a New Yorker.

  Billie Auster : What you are is part of Billie's Big Bang Theory.

  [Shane teasingly kisses her and grabs her behind; she laughs and pulls away from him] 

  Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  Billie taught me how the world worked, that I had the power to get whatever it was I wanted.

• Shane O'Shea : [Director's cut scene; Shane and Billie are having sex in her penthouse bedroom]  Rhett? When did he quit?

  Billie Auster : [on top of Shane reverse cowgirl]  Tonight. Oh, I'm crushed. He was incredible.

  [Shane increases his movement and Billie rolls her eyes] 

  Billie Auster : Whoa! Cowboy, easy. Easy! Here, try this.

  [she adjusts her position a bit, causing Shane to drop his head back and moan deeply] 

  Billie Auster : [moans]  Ooh, you learn fast.

  Shane O'Shea : [panting]  I bet I could do that job.

  Billie Auster : [seductively]  Mm. Should I talk to Stevie for you?

  Shane O'Shea : [panting]  I don't know. My friend's been waiting for that job.

  Billie Auster : Do you want it?

  Shane O'Shea : [panting]  Yeah, I want it.

  Billie Auster : [smiles naughtily]  What would you do to get it?

  [Shane flips Billie onto her back and gets on top of her, but she passes out from the cocaine and marijuana she did earlier at 54] 

  Shane O'Shea : [whispers]  Hey... hey.

  [he touches Billie's face to wake her up, but she's still unconscious. He sees his reflection in a nearby mirror and watches himself as he continues to have sex with her] 

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover, epilogue]  So that's how my decade ended. In the year and a half that Steve was in jail, things changed a lot. Big corporations had taken over the New York club world, doing what corporations do: making everything safe and boring. The freedom was gone. I kept in touch with Julie. She was doing all right. She moved to Hollywood and got a small part in a good film. I hadn't seen Greg and Anita in a while. Brought back too many memories. But they were still together, doing fine. Anita recorded a great album with Casablanca, but some people thought it was too disco. I'd been taking business classes at NYU during the day and managing a restaurant in the Village at night. As far as my dad went, things were better there, too. I got to Jersey to see him and my sisters about once a week. When I heard about Stevie's welcome back party, I couldn't resist.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover; Steve's welcome back party]  You see, Steve Rubell had a dream. But like with all dreams, you wake up to reality. Even though Steve was just a consultant now, the new owners gave him this night, this one night, to bring all his friends back - to do it his way. We pretended nothing had changed. But in reality, the party was over.

• Shane O'Shea : [opening narration from the director's cut]  I'm not gonna bullshit you. It was the greatest party in the history of the world. My boss used to say, "the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Maybe it did. One thing's for sure, it was the ultimate escape from a fucked-up city in a fucked-up time. But like any great escape, it never lasts. One moment it's all around you, and the next, it's gone forever.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  Even outside the club, I was always workin' it. Getting an article placed in Interview, mingling with the right people, raising my profile. It was all coming together. I could almost taste it.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  So I made it. Bartending was the best job in the world. But for me, the big thing was when you were a bartender at 54, everybody knew your name. You were famous. Steve didn't draw a line between customers and employees. Before 54, most clubs would hide their help. Not Steve - he flaunted his. People made such a big deal about getting into 54, but they didn't know. Because once you got into the door, you wanted to get into the DJ's booth, or the office where the best coke was, or the balcony where the people were getting laid, or the basement where the biggest names hung out. Steve was so fucking smart. I mean, you'd have to be some kind of a genius to take a dirty, wet basement and turn it into a VIP room celebrities would kill to get into. There was always another door.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover; he and Anita are at Liz Vangelder's dinner party on Park Avenue]  So here I was putting my Jersey moves on Park Avenue. I really believed I'd come out of there that night with some good connections.

  Dinner Guest : [to Shane]  You have the essence of Errol Flynn. Hmm?

  Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  Instead, I saw how far I had to go.

  Shane O'Shea : [looks around slightly confused]  Who?

  Billie Auster : Darling, you know who Errol Flynn is.

  Shane O'Shea : Oh, yeah. Arrow Flint, right.

  Dinner Guest : [laughs at Shane]  You know, you are the most gorgeous troglodyte I have ever seen.

  Shane O'Shea : [not realizing he's being insulted]  Thanks.

  [he sips his wine as the dinner guest laughs at him again and Anita, Billie, Liz, and the visiting ambassador look on uncomfortably] 

• 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] 

• Anita : [Director's cut scene. Anita goes to 54's ladies' room after fighting with Greg on Christmas Eve; Shane walks in behind her while she's at the sink]  You know, I told him before we got married, I told him what the deal was. I said, "I love you, but I need my freedom. I need to have fun, you know? Maybe not forever, but for now." And he said, "Okay, okay okay; whatever, you know, whatever you need. I want you to be free." My ass! I could kill him when he fucking gets like this, just kill him!

  [she turns back to Shane] 

  Anita : What's wrong?

  [Shane doesn't answer. Anita walks over to him, puts her hands on his shoulders, and looks at him for a moment. Then he kisses her passionately and they go into a nearby stall to have sex] 

  Anita : [notices Steve behind the stall door watching her and Shane have sex]  Shane. Shane, stop. Shane.

  Shane O'Shea : [panting]  Let him watch. It's his bathroom.

  [Anita then hits him in the groin and runs out of the bathroom past Steve. Shane groans, retches a bit, and looks up to see Steve standing there looking at him. He slams the stall door shut, then leans back against the stall wall, bangs his head against it, and punches the stall door, immediately feeling guilty about what he's just done] 

• 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] 

• Billie Auster : [Director's cut scene. Billie and Shane are in her penthouse bedroom as she dresses him in a brown leather fringe jacket and matching pants]  I expect you to get to the center of it all, Shane. Right where you belong.

  Shane O'Shea : Okay.

  Billie Auster : [turns Shane around to face her]  No, it's not "okay", Shane. If you want something from somebody, you're gonna have to take it. But first, find out what they want and then let them have it.

• Shane O'Shea : [gets a copy of the Interview Magazine issue he posed for in the mail. He sees his Christmas centerfold picture, but not the interview portion he did with it]  Where's the article?

  [he turns back a page, then back to his picture, but he still doesn't see the interview article, leaving him feeling exploited and used] 

  Anita : [knocks on Shane's door and enters his room holding the magazine]  See? If you had let me be involved in the photo shoot, this wouldn't have happened. You should've known with a magazine like this.

  Shane O'Shea : [lying on his bed, still feeling sad]  Anita, lay off, please.

• Shane O'Shea : [Director's cut scene; Shane and Billie's gay associate Julian are alone in the VIP basement]  All right, tell me if you know who this is.

  Shane O'Shea : [impersonates John Travolta]  "What? When? Where? It's like, so weird down here. I mean -" Do you know who that is?

  Julian : [seductively]  A very charming boy.

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks.

  [Julian leans in and kisses Shane on the lips; Shane pulls back hesitantly] 

  Julian : [whispers seductively]  Relax, kid.

  [he kisses Shane again and Shane gives in to it] 

• Julie Black : [pulls up beside Shane in a limo after he's been thrown out of 54]  Shane! You want a ride?

  [she gets out of the limo] 

  Julie Black : Look, Shane, I'm sorry. I know I acted like a fool, but you know how it gets in there.

  Shane O'Shea : [cloaked in an old plastic garbage bag]  Where's Roland?

  Julie Black : I lost him in the balcony. I'm sorry. Come on.

  Shane O'Shea : What about your career? I thought that was your big priority.

  Julie Black : Yeah, well, I'm not so sure anymore.

  Shane O'Shea : [looks over at 54, then back at Julie]  Me neither. So now what?

  Julie Black : I like you, Shane. Let's face it, we're Jersey.

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah, we are.

  Julie Black : [smiles]  So... friends?

  [she holds out her hand] 

  Shane O'Shea : [hesitates, then shakes Julie's hand]  Friends.

  [they smile] 

• Julie Black : [at a bowling alley with Shane; she bowls a strike]  Yes!

  Shane O'Shea : [applauding]  Wow! You're good.

  Julie Black : Four brothers and I never lost a game.

  Shane O'Shea : Oh, really?

  Julie Black : Mm-hmm.

  Shane O'Shea : [picks up his ball]  I've been meaning to tell you something.

  Julie Black : [writing her score on the scorepad]  Mm-hmm?

  Shane O'Shea : It's kinda embarrassing.

  Julie Black : You can tell me. What are you talking about?

  Shane O'Shea : [bowls but misses three pins]  When I first saw that picture of you in the gossip column, it was... you know, inspiring.

  Julie Black : What?

  Shane O'Shea : I mean it. Just to see somebody else from Jersey who made it.

  Julie Black : [laughs]  Made it? You're kidding, right? I'm on a soap.

  Shane O'Shea : Right.

  Julie Black : Wrong! Soap work is the pits. Why do you think I'm at 54 every night?

  Shane O'Shea : [bowls his spare]  I don't know. Maybe to meet somebody interesting.

  Julie Black : Exactly.

  [picks up her ball and prepares to bowl] 

  Julie Black : In this business, it's all about who you know, and since I'm gonna get a movie - or die trying - there's no place better than 54.

  [bowls a strike] 

  Julie Black : One big bender with business cards. See, the thing is, if you meet the right producer - like Roland Sachs, for instance - you've got it made. I mean, he's got his hands in everything: music, movies, clubs, everything.

  Shane O'Shea : Right. But you don't need that.

  [picks up his ball] 

  Julie Black : Shane, come on. You're a 54 bartender. You know how things work. I mean, you know what this is all about. I mean, you've had to maneuver. Sometimes use your charm, sometimes other things. Hmm?

  Shane O'Shea : Okay, you got me.

  [bowls and gets all but one pin, then walks up to Julie smiling] 

  Shane O'Shea : This place is really great. You can actually see people here.

  Julie Black : [laughs and playfully taps his nose]  You're cute.

  Shane O'Shea : [kisses her, then smiles]  Starting the decade with the perfect kiss.

  Julie Black : [smiles back]  What could be better than that?

  Shane O'Shea : Picking up that 7-10 split.

  Julie Black : [grabs her ball and runs to bowl]  Oh, yeah? I'm gonna do it first!

  Shane O'Shea : [chasing after her]  No, you're not, it's mine!

  [he playfully wrestles her for the ball, causing it to drop in the middle of the lane and roll into the gutter] 

• Disco Dottie : [at the pharmacy where Shane is buying penicillin for his gonorrhea]  Penicillin, huh? We must be neighbors. I live just - don't worry, your secret is safe with me...

  Disco Dottie : [reads Shane's pill bottle]  Shane O'Shea.

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks.

  [he opens his wallet to pay the pharmacist and discovers that it's empty] 

  Shane O'Shea : [groans]  Shit.

  [Disco Dottie notices and discreetly places some money in his hand] 

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks, Dottie.

  Disco Dottie : It's Mona, but that's just between you and me too, okay?

  Shane O'Shea : [laughs]  Okay.

• Steve Rubell : [New Year's Eve. Disco Dottie has just died on the dance floor from a cocaine overdose and Shane is extremely upset]  Hey, hey, hey! Princess Grace is here and she's thirsty.

  Shane O'Shea : What?

  Steve Rubell : This way. You're on. Come on.

  Shane O'Shea : No...

  Steve Rubell : Shaney. Shaney, it's been a mean night, okay? And I'll cry about it tomorrow; I will. But tonight, the show must go on.

  Shane O'Shea : I-I-I can't talk to anybody! We did it to her!

  Steve Rubell : Hey! Come on!

  [pulls Shane off the dance floor and towards the VIP basement] 

  Steve Rubell : Hey, you can't blame yourself 'cause she couldn't handle her drugs. Come on, let's go. Come on. Come on.

  [He gives Shane a pill] 

  Steve Rubell : It'll calm you down. Come on. Take it.

  Shane O'Shea : This isn't right.

  Steve Rubell : Princess Grace is here, okay? Princess Grace!

  Shane O'Shea : We lost a friend tonight!

  Steve Rubell : No, no, no, I lost a friend tonight, okay? No offense, but you were just another pretty face to her.

  Shane O'Shea : She was my friend.

  Steve Rubell : She was completely nearsighted. She couldn't tell one of you from the next. Now get it together and get downstairs.

  [Shane shoves Steve into the brick wall behind him] 

  Steve Rubell : [angry]  Hey! Don't forget how replaceable you are, Little Lord Fauntleroy.

  Shane O'Shea : Try tellin' them that, Stevie. Remember, I'm one of New York's finest. I'm Shane 54.

  Steve Rubell : [scoffs]  Oh, like there wasn't a Gabriel 54 or a Rhett 54.

  Shane O'Shea : Bullshit.

  Steve Rubell : Oh, no. Don't tell me that's the first time you ever read an Interview Magazine. Oh, no!

  [he starts laughing at Shane] 

  Shane O'Shea : Fuck you! You troglodyte.

  [walks away] 

  Steve Rubell : [yelling]  Hey! Where ya goin'? Huh? The door's that way!

  [turns to one of his men] 

  Steve Rubell : He's out!

• Shane O'Shea : [rushing up to the DJ's booth to warn Steve about the FBI raid]  They're here.

  Steve Rubell : [smiles at Shane]  Shane. I-I-I knew you'd come to your senses. Meine kleine Shane.

  ["My little Shane" in German] 

  Shane O'Shea : [walks past Steve to the edge of the booth]  I went downstairs to get my keys and they're raiding the office.

  [He and Steve both look down and see a G-man going through the cash register at the bar] 

  Steve Rubell : [blasé]  Even from here, those suits look cheap.

  [he walks away and sits down at the back of the booth] 

  Shane O'Shea : Steve! Aren't you gonna get outta here?

  Steve Rubell : [still blasé]  Where would I go?

• Atlanta : [washing his hands in the men's room as Shane comes in and smacks him on the butt]  Hey.

  Shane O'Shea : [enters a stall and begins to pee, gasping in pain]  Ohh!

  Atlanta : What's wrong?

  Shane O'Shea : I started to take a leak and it felt like razor blades.

  Atlanta : [enters Shane's stall behind him and looks down into the toilet]  Uh-oh.

  Shane O'Shea : What?

  Atlanta : Hey, don't tell me that's your first.

  Shane O'Shea : My first what?

  Atlanta : [puts his hand on Shane's shoulder]  You got the clap, man.

  Shane O'Shea : [groans]  Shit.

  Atlanta : Wake up.

  [slaps Shane on the shoulder and leaves] 

• Shane O'Shea : [hugging his sister Grace as he returns home on Christmas Day]  Hey!

  Grace O'Shea : God, where have you been?

  Shane O'Shea : It's great to see you, Gracie!

  Grace O'Shea : [looks at the Christmas presents Shane brought]  Those for us?

  Shane O'Shea : Whoa! Tinsel teeth!

  [referring to her new braces] 

  Grace O'Shea : Thanks to you. I shouldn't have took your money.

  Shane O'Shea : Let's go in, I'm freezing.

  Grace O'Shea : [notices Shane's Camaro]  Whoa, nice car! Is it yours?

  Shane O'Shea : I'm famous, you know.

  Grace O'Shea : Yeah, I know. We saw you in the paper dancin' with some old lady. And I read that Princess Grace showed up there, too. Did you tell her about us?

  Shane O'Shea : I was off that night.

  Grace O'Shea : Oh.

  Shane O'Shea : Come on, I'm starved.

  Grace O'Shea : Why don't we go for a ride? I mean, no one's home anyway.

  Shane O'Shea : What?

  Grace O'Shea : [lies]  They - they went to Aunt Mary's.

  [Shane notices their father Harlan looking coldly at him from his bedroom window before closing the curtains, a sign that he has rejected Shane. Hurt by this, Shane gives Grace her Christmas present and gets in his car to leave] 

  Grace O'Shea : Ricko's aunt got into the Studio one night and she told Dad she saw you putting somethin' up your nose. I mean, she's such a liar, right?

  [Shane slams the car door shut] 

  Grace O'Shea : Hey, maybe you can come in after I talk him into it.

  Shane O'Shea : No thanks!

  Grace O'Shea : But - but, Shane!

  [she drops her Christmas present on the sidewalk and gets into the passenger seat of Shane's car where she finds a bong; Shane grabs it from her and tosses it into the back seat before looking up at his father's bedroom window, still hurt] 

  Grace O'Shea : Don't make him right about you, Shane.

  Shane O'Shea : There's nothin' wrong with this stuff, Gracie. He drinks; it's the same thing.

  Grace O'Shea : Good. I wanna try one of these.

  [grabs a package of Shane's pills before he knocks them out of her hand. She hugs him] 

• Shane O'Shea : [flipping off New Jersey as he and his friends drive to 54]  Fuck you, Jersey!

• 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 : [Director's cut scene; Disco Dottie walks up to the bar and swats Shane with a long yellow feather on his first night as a bartender]  I told you you were a winner.

  Shane O'Shea : [smiles]  You did.

  Disco Dottie : Bet you'll rule this place by New Year's.

  Shane O'Shea : How about a drink on me?

  Disco Dottie : How about the best fuck of your lifetime?

  [she laughs and gives Shane a big kiss on the lips] 

• 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.

• Roland Sachs : [runs into Shane outside the cloak room on New Year's Eve]  Hey, it's Errol Flynn!

  Shane O'Shea : Hey, Roland! It's great to see you, man. I've been tryin' to reach you...

  Roland Sachs : H-H-Hold on, my date's getting crushed.

  Julie Black : [appears next to Roland]  Oh. Hi.

  Shane O'Shea : [looking at Julie in shock and disbelief]  Hi.

  Roland Sachs : I've got a great idea.

  [he and Julie whisper amongst themselves] 

  Roland Sachs : Oh, come on; it'll be wild.

  Julie Black : Listen, some of us are going back to Roland's house later. He wants to know, do you want to come?

  Roland Sachs : [holds Julie's hand and kisses it]  Actually, it'll, uh, just be the three of us.

  [looks at Julie, then notices someone offscreen] 

  Roland Sachs : There goes Donald. Excuse me.

  [leaves] 

  Shane O'Shea : [still in disbelief]  I, I don't understand. I thought we, you know, connected.

  Julie Black : Shane, I already explained this to you. My career is really important to me right now. Listen, Shane. I like you, I really do, but drop the fantasy, okay? I'm building something here, and I thought you wanted to get ahead, too. Now Roland's the kind of guy who can make that happen for you. Don't you want that?

  Shane O'Shea : [shakes his head]  Not that way.

  [walks off in disgust] 

• 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] 

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  I couldn't believe all the shit Greg told me was going on at the club. Bartenders, they had it made. Drugs, sex, connections, money. There was an endless supply coming across the bar. Greg told me that halfway through the night, Steve had the bartenders dump the cash, send it downstairs, and change the tape in the registers. It was a skim job straight of a Vegas casino and Steve Rubell was making a fortune off of it.

• [Liz Vangelder's dinner party. Shane and Anita are in another room of Liz's townhouse after Shane embarrasses himself at the dinner table] 

  Anita : I don't know who the fuck Arrow Flint is either, but don't you know what a troglodyte is?

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah, it's like a diamond.

  Anita : No, Shane. A troglodyte is like a caveman. He called you a caveman. And that makes me a cavewoman.

• Shane O'Shea : [voiceover]  In the morning, I went to breakfast at the Alpine Inn like we used to the day after Christmas when Mom was alive.

  Shane O'Shea : [to the waitress]  Could I get a cappuccino, please?

  Alpine Inn Waitress : [confused]  Excuse me?

  Julie Black : [laughs from her table across the room and lifts up her sunglasses]  Wrong side of the river.

  Shane O'Shea : [turns around and sees Julie, smiles]  Hey!

  Julie Black : [whispers]  Shh! Hi.

  [puts her sunglasses back on] 

  Shane O'Shea : I'm Shane. We met at the...

  Julie Black : Yeah. I know who you are.

  Shane O'Shea : [gesturing towards Julie's table]  Uh, would you mind? Could I?

  Julie Black : [kicks out a chair]  Sure.

  Shane O'Shea : [comes over and sits with her; she takes off her sunglasses]  Uh, what are you doin' out here?

  Julie Black : Spending the week with my parents.

  [groans] 

  Shane O'Shea : [laughs]  Yeah.

  Julie Black : You look like you crawled out from under a rock.

  Shane O'Shea : [sighs]  Well, it hasn't been the greatest homecoming.

  Julie Black : I see.

  Julie Black : [in her New Jersey accent]  Hey waitress, two cups of coffee, please?

  Julie Black : [in her regular voice]  When in Rome.

  Shane O'Shea : [after the waitress pours them their coffee]  It's a whole 'nother world, huh?

  Julie Black : You'll learn. Two languages, two sets of clothes, two sets of friends.

  Shane O'Shea : You kept your friends out here?

  Julie Black : Well, no, actually. The clothes were a lot easier.

  [laughs] 

  Shane O'Shea : [sighs]  It's insane, isn't it? I mean, Manhattan is a whole 'nother problem; I mean, it's up one minute, down the next.

  Julie Black : The story of my life, one thousand percent.

  Shane O'Shea : Two thousand percent.

  [takes off his coat as Julie smiles] 

• [Shane walks Julie to her car after they have breakfast at the Alpine Inn the day after Christmas] 

  Julie Black : You know, I've had so much coffee, I'm ready to take flight.

  [she and Shane stop and look at each other for a moment] 

  Shane O'Shea : [strokes her hair]  Hold on.

  [he reaches into his coat pocket and gives her his key ring] 

  Shane O'Shea : So you remember today.

  Julie Black : [looks at it]  Thank you.

  [she kisses Shane on the lips] 

  Shane O'Shea : [laughs]  Whoa.

  Julie Black : Who'd have thought?

  Shane O'Shea : Huh?

  Julie Black : You were so sweet.

• Shane O'Shea : Listen, Grace, you know, I'm sorry about leaving you and Kelly like this; but, I should have been out of the house two years ago.

  Grace O'Shea : No shit, Shaney.

• Harlan O'Shea : I saw a star once. Bob Hope. Did you see him there?

  Shane O'Shea : Thanks for the memories, Dad, but, it wasn't a Korean War show.

• Kelly O'Shea : So, Shane, tell him about that black lady you danced with.

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah, she was up on this bridge singing and she looked right down on me.

  Harlan O'Shea : A negro.

  Shane O'Shea : Yeah.

• Harlan O'Shea : All them weirdos runnin' around like something out of National Geographic.

  Shane O'Shea : You don't understand.

  Harlan O'Shea : Hey, I understand a lot more than you think. Female impersonators. Dancing with negroes.

  Shane O'Shea : Dad.

  Harlan O'Shea : I don't think that a kid like you should be around that.