Ruby

(haunting piano over expressive orchestral music)

(expressive trumpet over flowing orchestral music)

(haunting piano over expressive orchestral music)

(Ruby gasping over unsettling orchestral music)

That was the night Ruby's baby was born.

That was the night The Dade County Gang

killed for the last time, they killed one of their own.

Ruby lived with her daughter

in the old road house by the swamp.

She forgot the past and started a legitimate business.

One by one, the old gang members returned,

and she found jobs for them at her drive-in theater.

What's playin'?

I can't read that poster without my glasses.

One of them horror pictures.

It's about a giant, 50 foot woman.

With a 25 foot bosom, I suppose.

Now, May, don't start on me!

Better be good, I ain't missin' I Love Lucy...

C'mon, c'mon, I haven't got all night!

Eh, gimme a minute, man.

You're holdin' up the damn line!

What line'?

Nobody wants to come here much anyway.

She does, I've seen her here every night.

That ain't true!

Gimme a buck.

Your turn.

That'll be a buck.

Who's in back?

Nobody, just us.

Think I'll take a look.

Aw, you're hidin' back here, huh?

You little creep!

You creep, ow!

Hey!

Come on, come on!

All right, gimme another quarter or get out.

Go on.

Doctor, Doctor,

give us a hand with the door!

It's the sheriff's car!

We've got to warn the town!

She's grown into a giant!

Never mind, get in the car,

we're too late to call now, drive to town!

C'mon, listen, now.

I heard, hey, c'mon!

If my husband ever caught us, I don't what'd happen!

Relax, honey, now, he won't!

Heh, help me undo your bra!

Well, he might, he comes here all the time!

He's the sheriff!

What!

Can't you drive any faster?

(tense and menacing orchestral music from movie screen)

(jarring and unsettling strings over low rumbling tones)

What the hell's going on down there?

(phone line buzzing over distant car horns honking)

Damn!

(patrons shouting and chattering over honking car horns)

(patrons shouting and chattering over honking car horns)

Open the door, dammit!

The damn door was locked, I couldn't get in.

Just found the key.

I told you to keep him off the bottle.

Ruby, I've been doin' a good job of it!

Will you get on the speaker, dammit, shut them up.

All right.

Listen, Jess, you get that reel on or get out!

Damn!

Jess?

Jess, what the hell are you doing in the dark'?

Ruby, we gotta get something on the screen.

Oh, Jesus.

Cut him down, get him out of here.

Ruby?

Don't talk to me, just get him outta here!

Get rid of him.

I'll do that, go on back to the house.

Start the movie first.

OK, I'll see ya at the house later.

Vince?

Yeah.

I got him in the truck.

Ruby, we oughta call the cops.

We've been running from the cops for 20 years,

we'll handle it our way.

But Ruby, Jess just wouldn't hang himself!

What do you mean, he wouldn't just hang himself?

He was a drunk.

Just get rid of him and don't talk to me about cops.

Ruby, he was part of the old gang.

He was a dead shot.

You know, it's, it's mighty funny, but,

but I know Jess could take care of himself.

Ruby, Ruby, why?

Why after all these years?

Oh, Vince, come on!

We've seen it all, you and me.

Don't fall apart now.

Yeah, screw him, huh?

Ain't nobody gonna push us around.

That's my Vince.

Now, look, do what I told ya.

Do it now.

You know Ruby always takes care of her boys.

OK, Ruby, OK.

Jess didn't kill himself, somethin' else did.

Will ya get out and do what I told ya?

Yeah.

Harry!

She'll tear up the whole town

till she finds Harry!

Yeah, then she'll tear up Harry!

Here comes that little bitch again.

Ah, lay off, Barney, she's OK!

What'll it be, honey, anything I can give ya?

Hey, give him one for me, will ya?

You pay no attention to him.

I don't pay no attention to jail birds.

Whatta you mean?

Never you mind, jail bird!

Here, honey, on the house.

I'll see ya in a bit, I got somethin' special for ya.

Yeah?

Well, all right, but you better hurry,

I got someone waitin' in the car.

Yeah, I'll see ya outside.

OK.

What's happenin', baby?

Shove off!

I, uh, I brought ya a Coke to go with that, honey.

I like Dr. Pepper, don't you remember nothin'?