American Dream

Come on, you're gorgeous. Let's go.

Ten seconds.

Five minutes.

What the hell are we doing in San Pedro?

Bride wanted a view of the ocean.

What could be more romantic than a wedding on a beach?

Ooh, if it was sunset, and the evening mist was coming through the clouds.

The smell of bird shit and diesel fuel.

Stop it!

Right.

Good luck to you both.

Maybe we should get married.

That's the least romantic proposal I've ever heard.

Do you get proposed to a lot?

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, I'm gonna go talk to this guy.

Hey, Yuri, right? Scott.

- Hi. - I go to Max's.

Oh, yeah. I've seen you around.

- Yeah. - You know my sparring partner.

- Troy. - Troy.

Seems that they like each other.

- Oh, your building project. - Yeah.

- Your mother was saying. - Thank you.

I mean, you work your ass off, you can make it here.

You know, you make money. Money gets you power.

Power gets you respect.

Respect gets you even more money,

and all that money gets you a beautiful wife

- who just wants a bigger house. -

That's a problem I'd like to have.

Oh, you will.

Mm, yeah, I can see it.

You're not a guy who's happy just punching a clock

and collecting your check.

You got drive.

You got ambition.

Initiative. Like me.

The forecast, plenty of sunshine through today,

with seasonal temperatures, we should reach our...

- Mm. - Hey.

Hey. Don't work.

No, I'm not.

I think that's it for today.

[man speaking Spanish in background]

I can bring in a half a crew a couple of days.

Nah, it's all right.

Our loan's coming through this week.

We have to get this thing up, you know.

Gotta get people moved in.

This neighborhood, you're gonna have people fighting to get in.

Your lips to God's ears.

Vamanos!

Take care, man.

Hey.

You guys are running out of money.

No, no, no, we got a loan coming through tomorrow.

It's what I've been doing all day.

Can we cover tomorrow?

- Nope. - Shit.

I can always ask my dad.

We've asked him all we can.

Same with my parents,

grandparents, friends, neighbors, strangers.

And that's what this was, man.

Finishing it is on us.

Maybe... maybe we lay the crew off for a couple of days.

For what? Raise a few 1,000?

If we're not pulling in rent by the time property taxes are due, we're screwed.

It won't take long, and this place won't be ours any more.

Nicky, we're gonna get the loan, all right.

This is one of the most desirable and affordable

neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

Mr. Novenchenko, Mr. Yerevanski, I'm sorry,

I can't approve this loan.

If it were two years ago, maybe three,

it would have been approved, but times have changed.

It looks like you've liquidated all your assets to get this far.

Yeah, we have. This is our whole life.

We're gonna be charging between 1,800 and 2,200 dollars a month,

pulling in a total of $30,000 a month.

Just need 700-grand to finish the construction.

That's all. It's a what, eight-year loan?

Why don't we say five, or four years?

I'm sorry, that's not how this works.

Let's say a ten-year loan.

- Mr. Novenchenko... - Nicky...

- No! No, Scott. - Nicky...

You're supposed to fight for what you want, right?

This is what we want.

I'm sorry. Rules are rules.

Nicky! Hey, Nicky!

You think that's how you deal with people?

Screw you, Scott!

You said this was a done deal!

We have people working on our site right now!

No, we don't. I already called Julio.

- Why? - She left me a message yesterday.

She said she had trouble resolving a couple of the issues.

A couple of issues?! We lost the loan!

Well, want do we do now?

Well, Nicky, there are other banks.

I'm sorry, but even with an expedited loan

our process still involves an evaluation period

that can last from six to eight weeks.

But we have all the paperwork right here.

This is how we do business.

I know how you do business,

my dad has been with you for over 15 years.

Of course, I know your dad. He's a wonderful customer.

Is he willing to provide collateral?

No.

I would give you all the money in the world if I could.

But we're just getting by, you know that.

But you have to know somebody, right?

- Who? - Who was that man you were always talking about?

Viktor?

- Oh, Rashnikov. - Rashnikov.

Right, Viktor Rashnikov.

I know the seventh richest man in Russia.

Two-point-five billion dollars.

I went to school with his sister.

You think I can just call him up?

The way you talk about it.

You're right, it's stupid.

But when you come here,

you barely speak the language,

you're a nobody, so to impress people

I would say that I'm a friend of Viktor Rashnikov,

and they say "Oh! Viktor Rashnikov."

Like it makes me very important.

Stuff it.

Do you think he remembers his old friends?

I called him several times, left long messages.

Never called me back.

It's nothing just starting from nothing.

It's a struggle all the way through.

And that's why it's so hard for me

to watch you struggle now.

Baseball. Always baseball.

Soccer, now that makes sense.

You run, you try to score, you run back.

In this baseball you have the rules,

and the counts... and the counts,

you have outs, you have runs.

And then you have home runs and homers.

Yeah, Dad, those are the same thing.

Tell 'em if it's the same thing, call them the same thing.

Well, I think you have 300 channels here,

I'm sure we could find you a soccer game.

Oh, no, no. Leave it.

We watch and you explain.

Would you help, please?

Come, sir.

- Lookie here, my son. - Let's go home.

When are you gonna give me grandchildren?

Oh, Dad. I think I might need to drive him home.

Good to get to know you.

It was nice to meet you, Yuri.

- Have a nice night. - You too.

Somebody has a crush.

My dad came here with nothing,

made some money, and still drives

the cheapest car you can buy.

I'd rather be like Yuri.

Let's go.

This... is gonna cost you an extra 200 bucks.