text: The film opens as an unseen assailant enters a dark house, removes a hammer from a kitchen drawer, and walks though the house to the bedroom of a sleeping man and woman. The killer uses the claw of the hammer to beat the woman to death, and the man is bludgeoned as well, his face mutilated. Then the murderer sets the room on fire. The man in the bed tries to crawl to safety, flames burning his face.Ellie Masters (Melody Patterson) wakes up screaming in bed, the opening incident being the subject of her nightmare. The murdered woman was her mother, Edna, who was a small town prostitute. The man in bed with her was her latest john, and his body has apparently not been recovered. A social worker named Mullins (Milton Selzer) has Ellie temporarily housed in a hospital, but Ellie wants to leave and go in search of her estranged father, whom she has never met. Mullins refuses, since Ellie is still a minor and technically a ward of the state, and Mullins says if she leaves, he will have to report it to the sheriff. Ellie does pack a suitcase and makes a run for it, but a mysterious man follows her in a car. He reveals himself to be Calvin Carruthers (Vic Tayback), a former theater performer and now a detective working for the county Sheriff's department. He tells Ellie he knows who she is, and that he will look out for her, and he takes her back to the hospital. Later, Calvin meets Mullins for a drink in a bar and asks about his intentions regarding Ellie. Mullins says he's placing Ellie in the Deere Youth Home, an isolated orphanage run by a recently widowed woman named Mrs. Deere (Gloria Grahame). Mullins accuses Calvin of having a prurient interest in Ellie, and Calvin admits that he'd like to make Ellie his wife because he considers her good "breeding stock". Mullins tells Calvin that Ellie could never be interested in him because he's too old for her, but Calvin cuts him off by revealing that he knows Mullins has an unorthodox "business arrangement" with Mrs. Deere where he sends certain orphans to her home. Mullins leaves in a huff.At the Deere home, a young man named Ernest attempts to escape but is interrupted by Tom Krege (Len Lesser), a sleazy looking handyman who slaps him around. When Ernest hits him back and makes a run for it, Krege grabs a huge cleaver and pursues him, eventually cutting off the boy's hand. Ernest manages to hide in a bush, and Krege assumes he escaped. Krege collects Ernest's suitcase and repacks it, placing the severed hand inside too. Back at the home, Mrs. Deere accosts Krege for allowing the boy to escape, accusing him of being drunk. She orders him to "get the infirmary ready" because Mullins is bringing Ellie that day. The 'infirmary' is the way Mrs. Deere explains the absence of three children who have run away from the orphanage; they were each hunted down and murdered by either Mrs. Deere or Krege, and their bodies are kept in a large walk-in freezer in the basement. The infirmary is a place to keep their bodies so Mrs. Deere can claim they are "sick" and have Mullins peek in on them and hopefully believe they are alive. When Krege is transporting one body, he tells Mrs. Deere that her business arrangement with him is inadequate, especially when she tells him she gets $150 a month for each child in welfare payments.Later that day, Mullins arrives with Ellie, and right away Mrs. Deere stealthily reveals that her late husband, who died only a year before, was a customer of Ellie's mother. When Mullins tries to perform a head count of the children at the orphanage, Mrs. Deere distracts him with sexual favors. Meanwhile, Ellie attempts to get to know the other children in the home. First she meets Bunch (Terri Messina), who says she is 16. Ellie sees a hunky older boy working across the yard, and Bunch tells Ellie his name is Walter (Ronald Taft), also claiming he is her boyfriend. Ellie flirts with him immediately and reveals Bunch's lie when she asks Walter directly if he and Bunch are a couple, and Walter denies it, obviously attracted to Ellie.Ellie soon discovers that Mrs. Deere runs the home like a concentration camp, rationing each child's meals and forcing them to perform hours of labor in order to "pay their way". She bluntly tells Ellie that her time there will be strictly managed and that the children are constantly working, except for Sundays. Mrs. Deere reveals that her husband strayed after she "wasn't beautiful" anymore, and she hates people who are young and beautiful, and her cruel attitude toward the children seems to be spurred by this. At dinner, Ellie overhears the other children talking about the boy who ran away, as well as several others. When Ellie tells them she saw three children in the "infirmary", all the kids deny that this is possible, saying they're all accounted for--except for the runaways, whom they were told never returned. A boy named Pete (Dennis Christopher) tries to steal a dinner roll by stuffing it in his shirt, but Mrs. Deere comes in and catches him, hitting him and telling him he won't eat the next day because of this. Later, Ellie discovers a girl imprisoned in the attic named Jennifer (Maggie Corey), one of the runaways who was recovered. Jennifer is weak and delirious, moaning that she is thirsty and wants water. Ellie goes to get her a glass, but is caught by Krege, who makes a vague but ominous threat about her getting involved.Carruthers visits Ellie at the home and frightens Mrs. Deere by telling her he would like to search the entire house to look for the runaway Ernest, but he allows Mrs. Deere and Krege to talk him out of the idea. Ellie has a private conversation with him where she tells him about the other kids who have run away, but Carruthers tells her she has to stay because her mother's murderer may still be after her, and being hidden away in an orphanage is a great place to hide. Mrs. Deere goes into the attic with a glass of water and torments Jennifer, drinking the water right in front of her and abandoning her in the dark.Ellie and Bunch get into a conflict over Walter, who repeatedly dismisses Bunch as "too young" while spending time courting Ellie. Ellie tells Walter about her suspicions regarding Mrs. Deere and her sociopathic behavior, pointing out several truths to him, but he stubbornly refuses to believe anything is the matter. Krege lures Ellie into the basement by telling her that he knows a way she can escape, but when she agrees to meet him there, he tries to rape her instead. Meanwhile, Walter sees them and goes straight to Mrs. Deere and tells her. Mrs. Deere interrupts and "saves" Ellie, promising her she'll be punished, but she also confronts Krege and tries to fire him. Krege, however, blackmails her into splitting her ill-gotten welfare gains 50/50, which Mrs. Deere is forced to do when Krege promises to go to the police otherwise. Mrs. Deere "confides" in her dead husband, whose body she is keeping in the walk-in freezer, and she acts as if everything she does at the orphanage is under his direction. When she sends Ellie to clean up the shed, she tells Ellie that she thinks one day medical science will advance to the point where people who have died will be "restored", although Ellie doesn't realize yet that she's keeping dead bodies in the freezer. When Ellie is alone, Walter comes in and admits that he was the one who ratted Ellie out to Mrs. Deere, and for some reason Ellie confides in Walter that she is planning on running away. She even finds Ernest's abandoned suitcase (which still contains his severed hand), and she keeps it in anticipation of making an escape (without looking inside first, though).Meanwhile, a bizarre figure begins to lurk around the orphanage, a lumbering bald man in a plaid shirt and with a face that appears to be deformed or burned. As Ellie sleeps, she awakens to see the man hovering over her bed, brandishing a hammer. When she screams, Mrs. Deere and the others come running but the man is gone. Mrs. Deere tells Ellie she just had a nightmare, but Ellie insists it was real. The next day, Bunch arranges for Ellie to catch her seducing Walter in the shed, and Ellie angrily storms off, telling Walter she's leaving the orphanage. Walter goes to Mrs. Deere and tells her that Ellie intends to escape, and Mrs. Deere confronts Ellie, who tells her she'd rather leave the home than stay and be murdered by the hammer-wielding madman. In turn, Mrs. Deere locks Ellie in her room and plots with Krege to kill her by locking her in the freezer. Their plan is foiled by Pete, who accidentally sees Krege kidnapping Ellie and putting her in the basement freezer. Once inside, Ellie discovers the bodies of the runaway children hanging from meathooks, and she faints. Pete tells Bunch about what he saw, and convinces her to investigate with him, but Bunch doesn't hear anything in the locked freezer and leaves.Suddenly Mullins shows up and demands to search the home, having learned about supposed runaway children from Calvin Carruthers. Mrs. Deere and Krege lure him down to the basement, where Krege strikes him in the back with a cleaver and kills him. They open the freezer to put him inside and are suddenly attacked by the grotesque stranger, who fights Krege with his hammer. Ellie revives and escapes, although Mrs. Deere sees her at the last minute and tries to stop her. Ellie runs outside, where the other kids are working, and tells them what happened to her. Walter becomes furious with her, screaming at her about how she is overreacting, but Pete confirms what she says. Ellie runs off, encouraging everyone else to do the same. Pete wants to join her, but all of the other kids just stand there and stare. Walter points out that they have no place to go.In the basement, the disfigured man strikes a death blow to Krege's head and runs off after Ellie, leaving Mrs. Deere alone. It seems as if Mrs. Deere's problems are over, now that Krege has been mortally wounded and Ellie has the madman chasing after her. Mrs. Deere drags Krege by his legs into the freezer, where she tells him she intends to leave him, to "save" him. He begs her not to leave him in there to die, but she tells him "Why Tom, all your friends are here!" But before she can leave, Jennifer appears in the doorway of the freezer, staring at Mrs. Deere, who screams in horror as Jennifer slams the door, locking her inside the freezer.Outside, Ellie is running through the woods with the madman close behind. She attempts to hide in a bush and discovers Ernest's decomposing body. Her screams summon the madman, who runs up to her brandishing the hammer. Ellie suddenly screams at him that she didn't mean to hurt him, she only meant to hurt her mother, revealing that Ellie herself was the one who murdered Edna. Knowing that she herself was the killer, Ellie thinks the disfigured man is Edna's john who was in bed with her that night, badly burned and out for revenge. But the man removes the grotesque face to reveal Calvin underneath. He reveals that he caught on to the truth about Ellie when he discovered the real john's body within crawling distance of the burned house. He just wanted to force Ellie to confess to him that she was the killer all along. Ellie is confused when he says he doesn't want to arrest her, he wants to marry her. "If you were my wife, I couldn't turn you in, it wouldn't be loyal." Ellie balks at first, due to their drastic age difference, but she relents when Calvin threatens to arrest her if she doesn't comply. Defeated, Ellie smiles at Calvin and says "Well, my other always told me that older men make the best husbands." In a final twist, Calvin tells her, "I bet your mother never told you that I was the first man who ever made love to her." Ellie collapses in shock and hysterics, realizing that her own father has deliberately sought her out, not with the intention to 'rescue' her but to marry her and have children with her.

title: Blood and Lace

title: Blood

title: and

title: Lace

text: The

text: film

text: opens

text: as

text: an

text: unseen

text: assailant

text: enters

text: a

text: dark

text: house

text: removes

text: a

text: hammer

text: from

text: a

text: kitchen

text: drawer

text: and

text: walks

text: though

text: the

text: house

text: to

text: the

text: bedroom

text: of

text: a

text: sleeping

text: man

text: and

text: woman

text: The

text: killer

text: uses

text: the

text: claw

text: of

text: the

text: hammer

text: to

text: beat

text: the

text: woman

text: to

text: death

text: and

text: the

text: man

text: is

text: bludgeoned

text: as

text: well

text: his

text: face

text: mutilated

text: Then

text: the

text: murderer

text: sets

text: the

text: room

text: on

text: fire

text: The

text: man

text: in

text: the

text: bed

text: tries

text: to

text: crawl

text: to

text: safety

text: flames

text: burning

text: his

text: face

text: Ellie

text: Masters

text: Melody

text: Patterson

text: wakes

text: up

text: screaming

text: in

text: bed

text: the

text: opening

text: incident

text: being

text: the

text: subject

text: of

text: her

text: nightmare

text: The

text: murdered

text: woman

text: was

text: her

text: mother

text: Edna

text: who

text: was

text: a

text: small

text: town

text: prostitute

text: The

text: man

text: in

text: bed

text: with

text: her

text: was

text: her

text: latest

text: john

text: and

text: his

text: body

text: has

text: apparently

text: not

text: been

text: recovered

text: A

text: social

text: worker

text: named

text: Mullins

text: Milton

text: Selzer

text: has

text: Ellie

text: temporarily

text: housed

text: in

text: a

text: hospital

text: but

text: Ellie

text: wants

text: to

text: leave

text: and

text: go

text: in

text: search

text: of

text: her

text: estranged

text: father

text: whom

text: she

text: has

text: never

text: met

text: Mullins

text: refuses

text: since

text: Ellie

text: is

text: still

text: a

text: minor

text: and

text: technically

text: a

text: ward

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: and

text: Mullins

text: says

text: if

text: she

text: leaves

text: he

text: will

text: have

text: to

text: report

text: it

text: to

text: the

text: sheriff

text: Ellie

text: does

text: pack

text: a

text: suitcase

text: and

text: makes

text: a

text: run

text: for

text: it

text: but

text: a

text: mysterious

text: man

text: follows

text: her

text: in

text: a

text: car

text: He

text: reveals

text: himself

text: to

text: be

text: Calvin

text: Carruthers

text: Vic

text: Tayback

text: a

text: former

text: theater

text: performer

text: and

text: now

text: a

text: detective

text: working

text: for

text: the

text: county

text: Sheriff

text: 's

text: department

text: He

text: tells

text: Ellie

text: he

text: knows

text: who

text: she

text: is

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: look

text: out

text: for

text: her

text: and

text: he

text: takes

text: her

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: hospital

text: Later

text: Calvin

text: meets

text: Mullins

text: for

text: a

text: drink

text: in

text: a

text: bar

text: and

text: asks

text: about

text: his

text: intentions

text: regarding

text: Ellie

text: Mullins

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: placing

text: Ellie

text: in

text: the

text: Deere

text: Youth

text: Home

text: an

text: isolated

text: orphanage

text: run

text: by

text: a

text: recently

text: widowed

text: woman

text: named

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: Gloria

text: Grahame

text: Mullins

text: accuses

text: Calvin

text: of

text: having

text: a

text: prurient

text: interest

text: in

text: Ellie

text: and

text: Calvin

text: admits

text: that

text: he

text: 'd

text: like

text: to

text: make

text: Ellie

text: his

text: wife

text: because

text: he

text: considers

text: her

text: good

text: breeding

text: stock

text: Mullins

text: tells

text: Calvin

text: that

text: Ellie

text: could

text: never

text: be

text: interested

text: in

text: him

text: because

text: he

text: 's

text: too

text: old

text: for

text: her

text: but

text: Calvin

text: cuts

text: him

text: off

text: by

text: revealing

text: that

text: he

text: knows

text: Mullins

text: has

text: an

text: unorthodox

text: business

text: arrangement

text: with

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: where

text: he

text: sends

text: certain

text: orphans

text: to

text: her

text: home

text: Mullins

text: leaves

text: in

text: a

text: huff

text: At

text: the

text: Deere

text: home

text: a

text: young

text: man

text: named

text: Ernest

text: attempts

text: to

text: escape

text: but

text: is

text: interrupted

text: by

text: Tom

text: Krege

text: Len

text: Lesser

text: a

text: sleazy

text: looking

text: handyman

text: who

text: slaps

text: him

text: around

text: When

text: Ernest

text: hits

text: him

text: back

text: and

text: makes

text: a

text: run

text: for

text: it

text: Krege

text: grabs

text: a

text: huge

text: cleaver

text: and

text: pursues

text: him

text: eventually

text: cutting

text: off

text: the

text: boy

text: 's

text: hand

text: Ernest

text: manages

text: to

text: hide

text: in

text: a

text: bush

text: and

text: Krege

text: assumes

text: he

text: escaped

text: Krege

text: collects

text: Ernest

text: 's

text: suitcase

text: and

text: repacks

text: it

text: placing

text: the

text: severed

text: hand

text: inside

text: too

text: Back

text: at

text: the

text: home

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: accosts

text: Krege

text: for

text: allowing

text: the

text: boy

text: to

text: escape

text: accusing

text: him

text: of

text: being

text: drunk

text: She

text: orders

text: him

text: to

text: get

text: the

text: infirmary

text: ready

text: because

text: Mullins

text: is

text: bringing

text: Ellie

text: that

text: day

text: The

text: infirmary

text: is

text: the

text: way

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: explains

text: the

text: absence

text: of

text: three

text: children

text: who

text: have

text: run

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: orphanage

text: they

text: were

text: each

text: hunted

text: down

text: and

text: murdered

text: by

text: either

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: or

text: Krege

text: and

text: their

text: bodies

text: are

text: kept

text: in

text: a

text: large

text: walk

text: in

text: freezer

text: in

text: the

text: basement

text: The

text: infirmary

text: is

text: a

text: place

text: to

text: keep

text: their

text: bodies

text: so

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: can

text: claim

text: they

text: are

text: sick

text: and

text: have

text: Mullins

text: peek

text: in

text: on

text: them

text: and

text: hopefully

text: believe

text: they

text: are

text: alive

text: When

text: Krege

text: is

text: transporting

text: one

text: body

text: he

text: tells

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: that

text: her

text: business

text: arrangement

text: with

text: him

text: is

text: inadequate

text: especially

text: when

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: gets

text: a

text: month

text: for

text: each

text: child

text: in

text: welfare

text: payments

text: Later

text: that

text: day

text: Mullins

text: arrives

text: with

text: Ellie

text: and

text: right

text: away

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: stealthily

text: reveals

text: that

text: her

text: late

text: husband

text: who

text: died

text: only

text: a

text: year

text: before

text: was

text: a

text: customer

text: of

text: Ellie

text: 's

text: mother

text: When

text: Mullins

text: tries

text: to

text: perform

text: a

text: head

text: count

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: at

text: the

text: orphanage

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: distracts

text: him

text: with

text: sexual

text: favors

text: Meanwhile

text: Ellie

text: attempts

text: to

text: get

text: to

text: know

text: the

text: other

text: children

text: in

text: the

text: home

text: First

text: she

text: meets

text: Bunch

text: Terri

text: Messina

text: who

text: says

text: she

text: is

text: Ellie

text: sees

text: a

text: hunky

text: older

text: boy

text: working

text: across

text: the

text: yard

text: and

text: Bunch

text: tells

text: Ellie

text: his

text: name

text: is

text: Walter

text: Ronald

text: Taft

text: also

text: claiming

text: he

text: is

text: her

text: boyfriend

text: Ellie

text: flirts

text: with

text: him

text: immediately

text: and

text: reveals

text: Bunch

text: 's

text: lie

text: when

text: she

text: asks

text: Walter

text: directly

text: if

text: he

text: and

text: Bunch

text: are

text: a

text: couple

text: and

text: Walter

text: denies

text: it

text: obviously

text: attracted

text: to

text: Ellie

text: Ellie

text: soon

text: discovers

text: that

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: runs

text: the

text: home

text: like

text: a

text: concentration

text: camp

text: rationing

text: each

text: child

text: 's

text: meals

text: and

text: forcing

text: them

text: to

text: perform

text: hours

text: of

text: labor

text: in

text: order

text: to

text: pay

text: their

text: way

text: She

text: bluntly

text: tells

text: Ellie

text: that

text: her

text: time

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: strictly

text: managed

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: children

text: are

text: constantly

text: working

text: except

text: for

text: Sundays

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: reveals

text: that

text: her

text: husband

text: strayed

text: after

text: she

text: was

text: n't

text: beautiful

text: anymore

text: and

text: she

text: hates

text: people

text: who

text: are

text: young

text: and

text: beautiful

text: and

text: her

text: cruel

text: attitude

text: toward

text: the

text: children

text: seems

text: to

text: be

text: spurred

text: by

text: this

text: At

text: dinner

text: Ellie

text: overhears

text: the

text: other

text: children

text: talking

text: about

text: the

text: boy

text: who

text: ran

text: away

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: several

text: others

text: When

text: Ellie

text: tells

text: them

text: she

text: saw

text: three

text: children

text: in

text: the

text: infirmary

text: all

text: the

text: kids

text: deny

text: that

text: this

text: is

text: possible

text: saying

text: they

text: 're

text: all

text: accounted

text: for

text: except

text: for

text: the

text: runaways

text: whom

text: they

text: were

text: told

text: never

text: returned

text: A

text: boy

text: named

text: Pete

text: Dennis

text: Christopher

text: tries

text: to

text: steal

text: a

text: dinner

text: roll

text: by

text: stuffing

text: it

text: in

text: his

text: shirt

text: but

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: comes

text: in

text: and

text: catches

text: him

text: hitting

text: him

text: and

text: telling

text: him

text: he

text: wo

text: n't

text: eat

text: the

text: next

text: day

text: because

text: of

text: this

text: Later

text: Ellie

text: discovers

text: a

text: girl

text: imprisoned

text: in

text: the

text: attic

text: named

text: Jennifer

text: Maggie

text: Corey

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: runaways

text: who

text: was

text: recovered

text: Jennifer

text: is

text: weak

text: and

text: delirious

text: moaning

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: thirsty

text: and

text: wants

text: water

text: Ellie

text: goes

text: to

text: get

text: her

text: a

text: glass

text: but

text: is

text: caught

text: by

text: Krege

text: who

text: makes

text: a

text: vague

text: but

text: ominous

text: threat

text: about

text: her

text: getting

text: involved

text: Carruthers

text: visits

text: Ellie

text: at

text: the

text: home

text: and

text: frightens

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: by

text: telling

text: her

text: he

text: would

text: like

text: to

text: search

text: the

text: entire

text: house

text: to

text: look

text: for

text: the

text: runaway

text: Ernest

text: but

text: he

text: allows

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: Krege

text: to

text: talk

text: him

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: idea

text: Ellie

text: has

text: a

text: private

text: conversation

text: with

text: him

text: where

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: about

text: the

text: other

text: kids

text: who

text: have

text: run

text: away

text: but

text: Carruthers

text: tells

text: her

text: she

text: has

text: to

text: stay

text: because

text: her

text: mother

text: 's

text: murderer

text: may

text: still

text: be

text: after

text: her

text: and

text: being

text: hidden

text: away

text: in

text: an

text: orphanage

text: is

text: a

text: great

text: place

text: to

text: hide

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: goes

text: into

text: the

text: attic

text: with

text: a

text: glass

text: of

text: water

text: and

text: torments

text: Jennifer

text: drinking

text: the

text: water

text: right

text: in

text: front

text: of

text: her

text: and

text: abandoning

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: dark

text: Ellie

text: and

text: Bunch

text: get

text: into

text: a

text: conflict

text: over

text: Walter

text: who

text: repeatedly

text: dismisses

text: Bunch

text: as

text: too

text: young

text: while

text: spending

text: time

text: courting

text: Ellie

text: Ellie

text: tells

text: Walter

text: about

text: her

text: suspicions

text: regarding

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: her

text: sociopathic

text: behavior

text: pointing

text: out

text: several

text: truths

text: to

text: him

text: but

text: he

text: stubbornly

text: refuses

text: to

text: believe

text: anything

text: is

text: the

text: matter

text: Krege

text: lures

text: Ellie

text: into

text: the

text: basement

text: by

text: telling

text: her

text: that

text: he

text: knows

text: a

text: way

text: she

text: can

text: escape

text: but

text: when

text: she

text: agrees

text: to

text: meet

text: him

text: there

text: he

text: tries

text: to

text: rape

text: her

text: instead

text: Meanwhile

text: Walter

text: sees

text: them

text: and

text: goes

text: straight

text: to

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: interrupts

text: and

text: saves

text: Ellie

text: promising

text: her

text: she

text: 'll

text: be

text: punished

text: but

text: she

text: also

text: confronts

text: Krege

text: and

text: tries

text: to

text: fire

text: him

text: Krege

text: however

text: blackmails

text: her

text: into

text: splitting

text: her

text: ill

text: gotten

text: welfare

text: gains

text: which

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: is

text: forced

text: to

text: do

text: when

text: Krege

text: promises

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: the

text: police

text: otherwise

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: confides

text: in

text: her

text: dead

text: husband

text: whose

text: body

text: she

text: is

text: keeping

text: in

text: the

text: walk

text: in

text: freezer

text: and

text: she

text: acts

text: as

text: if

text: everything

text: she

text: does

text: at

text: the

text: orphanage

text: is

text: under

text: his

text: direction

text: When

text: she

text: sends

text: Ellie

text: to

text: clean

text: up

text: the

text: shed

text: she

text: tells

text: Ellie

text: that

text: she

text: thinks

text: one

text: day

text: medical

text: science

text: will

text: advance

text: to

text: the

text: point

text: where

text: people

text: who

text: have

text: died

text: will

text: be

text: restored

text: although

text: Ellie

text: does

text: n't

text: realize

text: yet

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: keeping

text: dead

text: bodies

text: in

text: the

text: freezer

text: When

text: Ellie

text: is

text: alone

text: Walter

text: comes

text: in

text: and

text: admits

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: the

text: one

text: who

text: ratted

text: Ellie

text: out

text: to

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: for

text: some

text: reason

text: Ellie

text: confides

text: in

text: Walter

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: planning

text: on

text: running

text: away

text: She

text: even

text: finds

text: Ernest

text: 's

text: abandoned

text: suitcase

text: which

text: still

text: contains

text: his

text: severed

text: hand

text: and

text: she

text: keeps

text: it

text: in

text: anticipation

text: of

text: making

text: an

text: escape

text: without

text: looking

text: inside

text: first

text: though).Meanwhile

text: a

text: bizarre

text: figure

text: begins

text: to

text: lurk

text: around

text: the

text: orphanage

text: a

text: lumbering

text: bald

text: man

text: in

text: a

text: plaid

text: shirt

text: and

text: with

text: a

text: face

text: that

text: appears

text: to

text: be

text: deformed

text: or

text: burned

text: As

text: Ellie

text: sleeps

text: she

text: awakens

text: to

text: see

text: the

text: man

text: hovering

text: over

text: her

text: bed

text: brandishing

text: a

text: hammer

text: When

text: she

text: screams

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: the

text: others

text: come

text: running

text: but

text: the

text: man

text: is

text: gone

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: tells

text: Ellie

text: she

text: just

text: had

text: a

text: nightmare

text: but

text: Ellie

text: insists

text: it

text: was

text: real

text: The

text: next

text: day

text: Bunch

text: arranges

text: for

text: Ellie

text: to

text: catch

text: her

text: seducing

text: Walter

text: in

text: the

text: shed

text: and

text: Ellie

text: angrily

text: storms

text: off

text: telling

text: Walter

text: she

text: 's

text: leaving

text: the

text: orphanage

text: Walter

text: goes

text: to

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: that

text: Ellie

text: intends

text: to

text: escape

text: and

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: confronts

text: Ellie

text: who

text: tells

text: her

text: she

text: 'd

text: rather

text: leave

text: the

text: home

text: than

text: stay

text: and

text: be

text: murdered

text: by

text: the

text: hammer

text: wielding

text: madman

text: In

text: turn

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: locks

text: Ellie

text: in

text: her

text: room

text: and

text: plots

text: with

text: Krege

text: to

text: kill

text: her

text: by

text: locking

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: freezer

text: Their

text: plan

text: is

text: foiled

text: by

text: Pete

text: who

text: accidentally

text: sees

text: Krege

text: kidnapping

text: Ellie

text: and

text: putting

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: basement

text: freezer

text: Once

text: inside

text: Ellie

text: discovers

text: the

text: bodies

text: of

text: the

text: runaway

text: children

text: hanging

text: from

text: meathooks

text: and

text: she

text: faints

text: Pete

text: tells

text: Bunch

text: about

text: what

text: he

text: saw

text: and

text: convinces

text: her

text: to

text: investigate

text: with

text: him

text: but

text: Bunch

text: does

text: n't

text: hear

text: anything

text: in

text: the

text: locked

text: freezer

text: and

text: leaves

text: Suddenly

text: Mullins

text: shows

text: up

text: and

text: demands

text: to

text: search

text: the

text: home

text: having

text: learned

text: about

text: supposed

text: runaway

text: children

text: from

text: Calvin

text: Carruthers

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: and

text: Krege

text: lure

text: him

text: down

text: to

text: the

text: basement

text: where

text: Krege

text: strikes

text: him

text: in

text: the

text: back

text: with

text: a

text: cleaver

text: and

text: kills

text: him

text: They

text: open

text: the

text: freezer

text: to

text: put

text: him

text: inside

text: and

text: are

text: suddenly

text: attacked

text: by

text: the

text: grotesque

text: stranger

text: who

text: fights

text: Krege

text: with

text: his

text: hammer

text: Ellie

text: revives

text: and

text: escapes

text: although

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: sees

text: her

text: at

text: the

text: last

text: minute

text: and

text: tries

text: to

text: stop

text: her

text: Ellie

text: runs

text: outside

text: where

text: the

text: other

text: kids

text: are

text: working

text: and

text: tells

text: them

text: what

text: happened

text: to

text: her

text: Walter

text: becomes

text: furious

text: with

text: her

text: screaming

text: at

text: her

text: about

text: how

text: she

text: is

text: overreacting

text: but

text: Pete

text: confirms

text: what

text: she

text: says

text: Ellie

text: runs

text: off

text: encouraging

text: everyone

text: else

text: to

text: do

text: the

text: same

text: Pete

text: wants

text: to

text: join

text: her

text: but

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: other

text: kids

text: just

text: stand

text: there

text: and

text: stare

text: Walter

text: points

text: out

text: that

text: they

text: have

text: no

text: place

text: to

text: go

text: In

text: the

text: basement

text: the

text: disfigured

text: man

text: strikes

text: a

text: death

text: blow

text: to

text: Krege

text: 's

text: head

text: and

text: runs

text: off

text: after

text: Ellie

text: leaving

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: alone

text: It

text: seems

text: as

text: if

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: 's

text: problems

text: are

text: over

text: now

text: that

text: Krege

text: has

text: been

text: mortally

text: wounded

text: and

text: Ellie

text: has

text: the

text: madman

text: chasing

text: after

text: her

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: drags

text: Krege

text: by

text: his

text: legs

text: into

text: the

text: freezer

text: where

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: intends

text: to

text: leave

text: him

text: to

text: save

text: him

text: He

text: begs

text: her

text: not

text: to

text: leave

text: him

text: in

text: there

text: to

text: die

text: but

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: Why

text: Tom

text: all

text: your

text: friends

text: are

text: here

text: But

text: before

text: she

text: can

text: leave

text: Jennifer

text: appears

text: in

text: the

text: doorway

text: of

text: the

text: freezer

text: staring

text: at

text: Mrs.

text: Deere

text: who

text: screams

text: in

text: horror

text: as

text: Jennifer

text: slams

text: the

text: door

text: locking

text: her

text: inside

text: the

text: freezer

text: Outside

text: Ellie

text: is

text: running

text: through

text: the

text: woods

text: with

text: the

text: madman

text: close

text: behind

text: She

text: attempts

text: to

text: hide

text: in

text: a

text: bush

text: and

text: discovers

text: Ernest

text: 's

text: decomposing

text: body

text: Her

text: screams

text: summon

text: the

text: madman

text: who

text: runs

text: up

text: to

text: her

text: brandishing

text: the

text: hammer

text: Ellie

text: suddenly

text: screams

text: at

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: did

text: n't

text: mean

text: to

text: hurt

text: him

text: she

text: only

text: meant

text: to

text: hurt

text: her

text: mother

text: revealing

text: that

text: Ellie

text: herself

text: was

text: the

text: one

text: who

text: murdered

text: Edna

text: Knowing

text: that

text: she

text: herself

text: was

text: the

text: killer

text: Ellie

text: thinks

text: the

text: disfigured

text: man

text: is

text: Edna

text: 's

text: john

text: who

text: was

text: in

text: bed

text: with

text: her

text: that

text: night

text: badly

text: burned

text: and

text: out

text: for

text: revenge

text: But

text: the

text: man

text: removes

text: the

text: grotesque

text: face

text: to

text: reveal

text: Calvin

text: underneath

text: He

text: reveals

text: that

text: he

text: caught

text: on

text: to

text: the

text: truth

text: about

text: Ellie

text: when

text: he

text: discovered

text: the

text: real

text: john

text: 's

text: body

text: within

text: crawling

text: distance

text: of

text: the

text: burned

text: house

text: He

text: just

text: wanted

text: to

text: force

text: Ellie

text: to

text: confess

text: to

text: him

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: the

text: killer

text: all

text: along

text: Ellie

text: is

text: confused

text: when

text: he

text: says

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: arrest

text: her

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: marry

text: her

text: If

text: you

text: were

text: my

text: wife

text: I

text: could

text: n't

text: turn

text: you

text: in

text: it

text: would

text: n't

text: be

text: loyal

text: Ellie

text: balks

text: at

text: first

text: due

text: to

text: their

text: drastic

text: age

text: difference

text: but

text: she

text: relents

text: when

text: Calvin

text: threatens

text: to

text: arrest

text: her

text: if

text: she

text: does

text: n't

text: comply

text: Defeated

text: Ellie

text: smiles

text: at

text: Calvin

text: and

text: says

text: Well

text: my

text: other

text: always

text: told

text: me

text: that

text: older

text: men

text: make

text: the

text: best

text: husbands

text: In

text: a

text: final

text: twist

text: Calvin

text: tells

text: her

text: I

text: bet

text: your

text: mother

text: never

text: told

text: you

text: that

text: I

text: was

text: the

text: first

text: man

text: who

text: ever

text: made

text: love

text: to

text: her

text: Ellie

text: collapses

text: in

text: shock

text: and

text: hysterics

text: realizing

text: that

text: her

text: own

text: father

text: has

text: deliberately

text: sought

text: her

text: out

text: not

text: with

text: the

text: intention

text: to

text: rescue

text: her

text: but

text: to

text: marry

text: her

text: and

text: have

text: children

text: with

text: her

question: Where does Kredge and Mrs. Deere bring the body of mullins?

answer: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

text: The freezer

question: What is the name of the detective interested in Ellie?

answer: Calvin Carruthers

text: Calvin Carruthers

text: Calvin Carruthers

question: What do Mrs. Deere and Tom operate?

answer: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: Orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

text: orphanage

question: who is ellie attracted to?

answer: probably Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

text: Walter

question: Who does Ellie agrees to mary?

answer: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Carruthers

text: Carruthers

text: Carruthers

text: Carruthers

question: What is used to kill Ellie's mother?

answer: Fire

text: Fire

text: Fire

text: a hammer

text: a hammer

text: a hammer

text: a hammer

text: a hammer

text: a hammer

text: Hammer

text: Hammer

text: Hammer

text: Hammer

text: Hammer

text: Hammer

question: Who does Ellie see in bed together?

answer: Walter and Bunch

question: Who severs Ernest's hand?

answer: Tom Krege

text: Tom Krege

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

text: Ernest

question: Who murders Mullins?

answer: Kredge and Mrs. Deere

question: Who attempts to rape Ellie?

answer: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

text: Krege

question: how old is bunch?

answer: sixteen-year-old


text:
After a textual montage summarizing Edgar Allan Poe's life, the film begins in late September 1849 with Poe awakening from a hallucination where he is buried alive. He prepares to take a trip to New York City via a ferry steamboat from Richmond, Virginia, to Baltimore, and from there, another ferry to New York City itself. He discusses his plans to marry his childhood sweetheart Sarah Elmira Royster with a stranger taking the same steamboat, who suggests that he meet with a few potential investors for his planned magazine The Stylus. Though Poe had intended only to pass through Baltimore, he agrees to meet the investors who, one by one, turn down his request for funding.
Poe is depicted as having some type of memory loss, which is first evident when he offers to pay his boat fare twice after forgetting he had already paid. In Baltimore, he more than once forgets the arrangements he has made at his hotel as his stay in the city is extended. One night, he chooses to dine in a local tavern rather than at the hotel. There, he meets an old friend from his days at West Point. In desperation, he asks his former classmate and the classmate's companion for money to help start a magazine, saying proudly he has already raised $1,000. Poe leaves the tavern to retrieve his prospectus for the magazine. His classmate follows him and beats him up to steal the $1,000 he had collected.
An injured and delirious Poe is then found by organizers of a cooping ring. The author, along with several others, are forced to multiple polling locations around Baltimore to place multiple votes for the candidate for mayor. A couple of victims of the scam die amidst the brutality of their captors.
Afterwards, Poe is released and he eventually collapses in the street and is found by a local tavern owner. The man calls for Poe's uncle Henry Herring and Dr. Joseph Snodgrass. The men discuss what to do with the incoherent, half-conscious Poe. Snodgrass assumes he is drunk and suggests they let him sleep it off - a theory the film seems to dispute by showing him early in the film declining offered alcohol several times. Herring becomes more concerned and demands Poe be taken to Washington College Hospital, despite the expense.
At the hospital, Dr. John Moran tends to Poe, unable to accurately determine his situation or the cause of his failing health, or how he received his injuries. He muses to his wife, Mrs. Moran, that he does not want to be known as the physician who killed Edgar Allan Poe. Over the next three days, the bedridden Poe is kept in seclusion in a private room as Moran denies Poe visitors, including his Baltimore cousin Nielson Poe, who becomes convinced that his cousin is about to die. Poe ultimately does die after one final hallucination or perhaps a flashback where he sees his dead wife Virginia Clemm.

title: The Death of Poe

title: The

title: Death

title: of

title: Poe

text: After

text: a

text: textual

text: montage

text: summarizing

text: Edgar

text: Allan

text: Poe

text: 's

text: life

text: the

text: film

text: begins

text: in

text: late

text: September

text: with

text: Poe

text: awakening

text: from

text: a

text: hallucination

text: where

text: he

text: is

text: buried

text: alive

text: He

text: prepares

text: to

text: take

text: a

text: trip

text: to

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: via

text: a

text: ferry

text: steamboat

text: from

text: Richmond

text: Virginia

text: to

text: Baltimore

text: and

text: from

text: there

text: another

text: ferry

text: to

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: itself

text: He

text: discusses

text: his

text: plans

text: to

text: marry

text: his

text: childhood

text: sweetheart

text: Sarah

text: Elmira

text: Royster

text: with

text: a

text: stranger

text: taking

text: the

text: same

text: steamboat

text: who

text: suggests

text: that

text: he

text: meet

text: with

text: a

text: few

text: potential

text: investors

text: for

text: his

text: planned

text: magazine

text: The

text: Stylus

text: Though

text: Poe

text: had

text: intended

text: only

text: to

text: pass

text: through

text: Baltimore

text: he

text: agrees

text: to

text: meet

text: the

text: investors

text: who

text: one

text: by

text: one

text: turn

text: down

text: his

text: request

text: for

text: funding

text: Poe

text: is

text: depicted

text: as

text: having

text: some

text: type

text: of

text: memory

text: loss

text: which

text: is

text: first

text: evident

text: when

text: he

text: offers

text: to

text: pay

text: his

text: boat

text: fare

text: twice

text: after

text: forgetting

text: he

text: had

text: already

text: paid

text: In

text: Baltimore

text: he

text: more

text: than

text: once

text: forgets

text: the

text: arrangements

text: he

text: has

text: made

text: at

text: his

text: hotel

text: as

text: his

text: stay

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: is

text: extended

text: One

text: night

text: he

text: chooses

text: to

text: dine

text: in

text: a

text: local

text: tavern

text: rather

text: than

text: at

text: the

text: hotel

text: There

text: he

text: meets

text: an

text: old

text: friend

text: from

text: his

text: days

text: at

text: West

text: Point

text: In

text: desperation

text: he

text: asks

text: his

text: former

text: classmate

text: and

text: the

text: classmate

text: 's

text: companion

text: for

text: money

text: to

text: help

text: start

text: a

text: magazine

text: saying

text: proudly

text: he

text: has

text: already

text: raised

text: Poe

text: leaves

text: the

text: tavern

text: to

text: retrieve

text: his

text: prospectus

text: for

text: the

text: magazine

text: His

text: classmate

text: follows

text: him

text: and

text: beats

text: him

text: up

text: to

text: steal

text: the

text: he

text: had

text: collected

text: An

text: injured

text: and

text: delirious

text: Poe

text: is

text: then

text: found

text: by

text: organizers

text: of

text: a

text: cooping

text: ring

text: The

text: author

text: along

text: with

text: several

text: others

text: are

text: forced

text: to

text: multiple

text: polling

text: locations

text: around

text: Baltimore

text: to

text: place

text: multiple

text: votes

text: for

text: the

text: candidate

text: for

text: mayor

text: A

text: couple

text: of

text: victims

text: of

text: the

text: scam

text: die

text: amidst

text: the

text: brutality

text: of

text: their

text: captors

text: Afterwards

text: Poe

text: is

text: released

text: and

text: he

text: eventually

text: collapses

text: in

text: the

text: street

text: and

text: is

text: found

text: by

text: a

text: local

text: tavern

text: owner

text: The

text: man

text: calls

text: for

text: Poe

text: 's

text: uncle

text: Henry

text: Herring

text: and

text: Dr.

text: Joseph

text: Snodgrass

text: The

text: men

text: discuss

text: what

text: to

text: do

text: with

text: the

text: incoherent

text: half

text: conscious

text: Poe

text: Snodgrass

text: assumes

text: he

text: is

text: drunk

text: and

text: suggests

text: they

text: let

text: him

text: sleep

text: it

text: off

text: a

text: theory

text: the

text: film

text: seems

text: to

text: dispute

text: by

text: showing

text: him

text: early

text: in

text: the

text: film

text: declining

text: offered

text: alcohol

text: several

text: times

text: Herring

text: becomes

text: more

text: concerned

text: and

text: demands

text: Poe

text: be

text: taken

text: to

text: Washington

text: College

text: Hospital

text: despite

text: the

text: expense

text: At

text: the

text: hospital

text: Dr.

text: John

text: Moran

text: tends

text: to

text: Poe

text: unable

text: to

text: accurately

text: determine

text: his

text: situation

text: or

text: the

text: cause

text: of

text: his

text: failing

text: health

text: or

text: how

text: he

text: received

text: his

text: injuries

text: He

text: muses

text: to

text: his

text: wife

text: Mrs.

text: Moran

text: that

text: he

text: does

text: not

text: want

text: to

text: be

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: physician

text: who

text: killed

text: Edgar

text: Allan

text: Poe

text: Over

text: the

text: next

text: three

text: days

text: the

text: bedridden

text: Poe

text: is

text: kept

text: in

text: seclusion

text: in

text: a

text: private

text: room

text: as

text: Moran

text: denies

text: Poe

text: visitors

text: including

text: his

text: Baltimore

text: cousin

text: Nielson

text: Poe

text: who

text: becomes

text: convinced

text: that

text: his

text: cousin

text: is

text: about

text: to

text: die

text: Poe

text: ultimately

text: does

text: die

text: after

text: one

text: final

text: hallucination

text: or

text: perhaps

text: a

text: flashback

text: where

text: he

text: sees

text: his

text: dead

text: wife

text: Virginia

text: Clemm

question: What political position are Poe and the other people caught in the cooping ring forced to vote for?

answer: Mayor

text: Mayor

question: What is the name of Poe's planned magazine?

answer: the Stylus

text: the Stylus

question: What is the name of the magazine Poe was collecting money to start?

answer: The Stylus.

text: The Stylus.

question: At the hospital, what is the name of the doctor who tends to Poe?

answer: Dr. John Moran

text: Dr. John Moran

question: Who is Poe's uncle that demands he be taken to the hospital?

answer: Henry Herring

text: Henry Herring

question: What is the name of Poe's childhood sweetheart?

answer: Sarah Elmira Royster

text: Sarah Elmira Royster

question: Who is the doctor who treats Poe at Washington College Hospital?

answer: Dr. John Moran

text: Dr. John Moran

question: Where does Herring demand Poe be taken to?

answer: Washington College Hospital

text: Washington College Hospital

question: What is the name of Poe's dead wife?

answer: Virginia Clemn

question: How much money does Poe's friend steal from him?

answer: $1,000


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The film begins with a scene set in Brooklyn, New York in 1969. A group of four boys walk up to Bleek Gilliam's brownstone and ask him to come out and play baseball with them. Bleek's mother insists that he continue his trumpet lesson, to his chagrin. His father becomes concerned that Bleek will grow up to be a sissy, and a family argument ensues. In the end, Bleek continues playing his trumpet, and his friends go away.
The next scene brings us to the present (over twenty years later), with an adult Bleek (Denzel Washington) performing on the trumpet at a busy nightclub with his jazz band, The Bleek Quintet (Jeff "Tain" Watts, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito and Bill Nunn). Giant (Spike Lee, one of his boyhood friends from the previous scene and current manager of Bleek's band), is waiting in the wings, and advises him to stop allowing his saxophone player Shadow Henderson (Snipes) to grandstand with long solos.
The next morning Bleek wakes up with his girlfriend, Indigo Downes (Joie Lee). She leaves to go to class, while he meets his father by the Brooklyn Bridge for a game of catch, telling him that while he does like Indigo, he likes other women too and is not ready to make a commitment. Later in the day while he is practicing his trumpet, another woman named Clarke Bentancourt (Cynda Williams) visits him. She suggests he fire Giant as his manager; he suggests that they make love (which he refers to as "moâ better"). She bites his lip and he becomes upset about it, saying, "I make my living with my lips", as he examines the bleeding bottom lip.
Giant is with his bookie, betting on baseball. Then he goes to the nightclub and argues with the doormen about what time to let the patrons into the club. He meets Bleek inside with the rest of the band, except for the pianist, Left Hand Lacey (Esposito), who arrives late with his French girlfriend and is scolded by Giant. Later Giant goes to the club ownersâ office, points out how busy the club has been since Bleek and his band began playing there, and unsuccessfully attempts to renegotiate their contract.
Giant meets his bookie (RubÃ©n Blades) the next morning, who is concerned that Giant is going too deep into debt. Giant shrugs it off, and places several new bets. He then stops off at Shadow's home to drop off a record. Shadow confides in him that he is cheating on his girlfriend. This leads to the next scene where Bleek is in bed with Clarke, and she asks him to let her sing a number at the club with his band, to which he declines.
Bleek and Giant are fending off requests from the other members of the band, especially Shadow, for a raise due to the band's success at the club. Bleek goes to the club owners to see about more money, which they refuse, reminding him that it was Giant who locked him into the current deal.
That night at the club, both Clarke and Indigo arrive at the club to see Bleek. They are wearing the same style dress, which Bleek had purchased for them both. Bleek attempts to work it out with each girl, but they are both upset with him over the dresses, and though he sleeps with them each again they leave him (after he calls each of them by the other's name). However, tension rises with Shadow, who has feelings for Clarke.
Bleek and Giant go for a bike ride, where Bleek insists to Giant that he do a better job managing and bringing in money. Giant promises to do so, then asks Bleek for a loan to pay off his gambling debt. Bleek declines, and later Giant is apprehended by two loan sharks (Samuel L. Jackson and Leonard L. Thomas) who demand payment. Giant canât pay and gets his fingers broken. Later Giant tells Bleek that he fell off his bike on the ride home, but Bleek does not believe him. Giant asks the other band members for money and Left loans him five hundred dollars. When loan sharks stake out Giant's home, he goes to Bleek for a place to stay. Bleek agrees to help him raise the money, but fires him as manager.
Bleek misses both his girlfriends, leaving messages for each, but Clarke has begun a new relationship with Shadow. Bleek finds out about it, and fires Shadow after the two fight backstage before a gig. The loan sharks track Giant down at the club before Bleek can come up with the money, take him outside and beat him while Bleek plays. Bleek goes outside to intervene, and gets beaten as well. Additionally, one loan shark (Samuel L. Jackson) takes Bleek's own trumpet, and smacks him across the face with it. This not only puts Bleek in the hospital, but it also permanently injures his lip, making him unable to continue playing trumpet.
Months later, Bleek reunites with Giant, who has gotten a job as a doorman and stopped gambling. He drops in to see Shadow and Clarke, who are now performing together with the rest of Bleek's former band. Shadow invites him on stage, and they play together. Bleek still has scars to his lips, and is unable to play correctly. He walks off the stage, gives his trumpet to Giant, and goes directly to Indigo's house. She is angry with him because she hasnât heard from him in over a year. She tries to reject him, but agrees to take him back when he begs her to save his life.
A montage flashes through their wedding, the birth of their son, Miles, and Bleek teaching his son to play the trumpet. In the final scene of the movie, Miles is ten years old, and wants to go outside to play with his friends. Indigo wants him to finish practicing his trumpet lessons. However, unlike the (almost identical) opening scene in the beginning of the film, Bleek relents and allows his son to leave and play with friends. This final scene uses exactly the same dialogue as the first, with changes only in the delivery of the dialogue. A major part of the film's themes is cause and effect and fate. In letting Miles stop practicing which Bleek never did, then maybe his life will lead to an alternate, and ultimately happier, conclusion.

title: Mo' Better Blues

title: Mo

title: Better

title: Blues

text: The

text: film

text: begins

text: with

text: a

text: scene

text: set

text: in

text: Brooklyn

text: New

text: York

text: in

text: A

text: group

text: of

text: four

text: boys

text: walk

text: up

text: to

text: Bleek

text: Gilliam

text: 's

text: brownstone

text: and

text: ask

text: him

text: to

text: come

text: out

text: and

text: play

text: baseball

text: with

text: them

text: Bleek

text: 's

text: mother

text: insists

text: that

text: he

text: continue

text: his

text: trumpet

text: lesson

text: to

text: his

text: chagrin

text: His

text: father

text: becomes

text: concerned

text: that

text: Bleek

text: will

text: grow

text: up

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: sissy

text: and

text: a

text: family

text: argument

text: ensues

text: In

text: the

text: end

text: Bleek

text: continues

text: playing

text: his

text: trumpet

text: and

text: his

text: friends

text: go

text: away

text: The

text: next

text: scene

text: brings

text: us

text: to

text: the

text: present

text: over

text: twenty

text: years

text: later

text: with

text: an

text: adult

text: Bleek

text: Denzel

text: Washington

text: performing

text: on

text: the

text: trumpet

text: at

text: a

text: busy

text: nightclub

text: with

text: his

text: jazz

text: band

text: The

text: Bleek

text: Quintet

text: Jeff

text: Tain

text: Watts

text: Wesley

text: Snipes

text: Giancarlo

text: Esposito

text: and

text: Bill

text: Nunn

text: Giant

text: Spike

text: Lee

text: one

text: of

text: his

text: boyhood

text: friends

text: from

text: the

text: previous

text: scene

text: and

text: current

text: manager

text: of

text: Bleek

text: 's

text: band

text: is

text: waiting

text: in

text: the

text: wings

text: and

text: advises

text: him

text: to

text: stop

text: allowing

text: his

text: saxophone

text: player

text: Shadow

text: Henderson

text: Snipes

text: to

text: grandstand

text: with

text: long

text: solos

text: The

text: next

text: morning

text: Bleek

text: wakes

text: up

text: with

text: his

text: girlfriend

text: Indigo

text: Downes

text: Joie

text: Lee

text: She

text: leaves

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: class

text: while

text: he

text: meets

text: his

text: father

text: by

text: the

text: Brooklyn

text: Bridge

text: for

text: a

text: game

text: of

text: catch

text: telling

text: him

text: that

text: while

text: he

text: does

text: like

text: Indigo

text: he

text: likes

text: other

text: women

text: too

text: and

text: is

text: not

text: ready

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: commitment

text: Later

text: in

text: the

text: day

text: while

text: he

text: is

text: practicing

text: his

text: trumpet

text: another

text: woman

text: named

text: Clarke

text: Bentancourt

text: Cynda

text: Williams

text: visits

text: him

text: She

text: suggests

text: he

text: fire

text: Giant

text: as

text: his

text: manager

text: he

text: suggests

text: that

text: they

text: make

text: love

text: which

text: he

text: refers

text: to

text: as

text: moâ

text: better

text: She

text: bites

text: his

text: lip

text: and

text: he

text: becomes

text: upset

text: about

text: it

text: saying

text: I

text: make

text: my

text: living

text: with

text: my

text: lips

text: as

text: he

text: examines

text: the

text: bleeding

text: bottom

text: lip

text: Giant

text: is

text: with

text: his

text: bookie

text: betting

text: on

text: baseball

text: Then

text: he

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: nightclub

text: and

text: argues

text: with

text: the

text: doormen

text: about

text: what

text: time

text: to

text: let

text: the

text: patrons

text: into

text: the

text: club

text: He

text: meets

text: Bleek

text: inside

text: with

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: band

text: except

text: for

text: the

text: pianist

text: Left

text: Hand

text: Lacey

text: Esposito

text: who

text: arrives

text: late

text: with

text: his

text: French

text: girlfriend

text: and

text: is

text: scolded

text: by

text: Giant

text: Later

text: Giant

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: club

text: ownersâ

text: office

text: points

text: out

text: how

text: busy

text: the

text: club

text: has

text: been

text: since

text: Bleek

text: and

text: his

text: band

text: began

text: playing

text: there

text: and

text: unsuccessfully

text: attempts

text: to

text: renegotiate

text: their

text: contract

text: Giant

text: meets

text: his

text: bookie

text: RubÃ

text: n

text: Blades

text: the

text: next

text: morning

text: who

text: is

text: concerned

text: that

text: Giant

text: is

text: going

text: too

text: deep

text: into

text: debt

text: Giant

text: shrugs

text: it

text: off

text: and

text: places

text: several

text: new

text: bets

text: He

text: then

text: stops

text: off

text: at

text: Shadow

text: 's

text: home

text: to

text: drop

text: off

text: a

text: record

text: Shadow

text: confides

text: in

text: him

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: cheating

text: on

text: his

text: girlfriend

text: This

text: leads

text: to

text: the

text: next

text: scene

text: where

text: Bleek

text: is

text: in

text: bed

text: with

text: Clarke

text: and

text: she

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: let

text: her

text: sing

text: a

text: number

text: at

text: the

text: club

text: with

text: his

text: band

text: to

text: which

text: he

text: declines

text: Bleek

text: and

text: Giant

text: are

text: fending

text: off

text: requests

text: from

text: the

text: other

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: band

text: especially

text: Shadow

text: for

text: a

text: raise

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: band

text: 's

text: success

text: at

text: the

text: club

text: Bleek

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: club

text: owners

text: to

text: see

text: about

text: more

text: money

text: which

text: they

text: refuse

text: reminding

text: him

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: Giant

text: who

text: locked

text: him

text: into

text: the

text: current

text: deal

text: That

text: night

text: at

text: the

text: club

text: both

text: Clarke

text: and

text: Indigo

text: arrive

text: at

text: the

text: club

text: to

text: see

text: Bleek

text: They

text: are

text: wearing

text: the

text: same

text: style

text: dress

text: which

text: Bleek

text: had

text: purchased

text: for

text: them

text: both

text: Bleek

text: attempts

text: to

text: work

text: it

text: out

text: with

text: each

text: girl

text: but

text: they

text: are

text: both

text: upset

text: with

text: him

text: over

text: the

text: dresses

text: and

text: though

text: he

text: sleeps

text: with

text: them

text: each

text: again

text: they

text: leave

text: him

text: after

text: he

text: calls

text: each

text: of

text: them

text: by

text: the

text: other

text: 's

text: name

text: However

text: tension

text: rises

text: with

text: Shadow

text: who

text: has

text: feelings

text: for

text: Clarke

text: Bleek

text: and

text: Giant

text: go

text: for

text: a

text: bike

text: ride

text: where

text: Bleek

text: insists

text: to

text: Giant

text: that

text: he

text: do

text: a

text: better

text: job

text: managing

text: and

text: bringing

text: in

text: money

text: Giant

text: promises

text: to

text: do

text: so

text: then

text: asks

text: Bleek

text: for

text: a

text: loan

text: to

text: pay

text: off

text: his

text: gambling

text: debt

text: Bleek

text: declines

text: and

text: later

text: Giant

text: is

text: apprehended

text: by

text: two

text: loan

text: sharks

text: Samuel

text: L.

text: Jackson

text: and

text: Leonard

text: L.

text: Thomas

text: who

text: demand

text: payment

text: Giant

text: canât

text: pay

text: and

text: gets

text: his

text: fingers

text: broken

text: Later

text: Giant

text: tells

text: Bleek

text: that

text: he

text: fell

text: off

text: his

text: bike

text: on

text: the

text: ride

text: home

text: but

text: Bleek

text: does

text: not

text: believe

text: him

text: Giant

text: asks

text: the

text: other

text: band

text: members

text: for

text: money

text: and

text: Left

text: loans

text: him

text: five

text: hundred

text: dollars

text: When

text: loan

text: sharks

text: stake

text: out

text: Giant

text: 's

text: home

text: he

text: goes

text: to

text: Bleek

text: for

text: a

text: place

text: to

text: stay

text: Bleek

text: agrees

text: to

text: help

text: him

text: raise

text: the

text: money

text: but

text: fires

text: him

text: as

text: manager

text: Bleek

text: misses

text: both

text: his

text: girlfriends

text: leaving

text: messages

text: for

text: each

text: but

text: Clarke

text: has

text: begun

text: a

text: new

text: relationship

text: with

text: Shadow

text: Bleek

text: finds

text: out

text: about

text: it

text: and

text: fires

text: Shadow

text: after

text: the

text: two

text: fight

text: backstage

text: before

text: a

text: gig

text: The

text: loan

text: sharks

text: track

text: Giant

text: down

text: at

text: the

text: club

text: before

text: Bleek

text: can

text: come

text: up

text: with

text: the

text: money

text: take

text: him

text: outside

text: and

text: beat

text: him

text: while

text: Bleek

text: plays

text: Bleek

text: goes

text: outside

text: to

text: intervene

text: and

text: gets

text: beaten

text: as

text: well

text: Additionally

text: one

text: loan

text: shark

text: Samuel

text: L.

text: Jackson

text: takes

text: Bleek

text: 's

text: own

text: trumpet

text: and

text: smacks

text: him

text: across

text: the

text: face

text: with

text: it

text: This

text: not

text: only

text: puts

text: Bleek

text: in

text: the

text: hospital

text: but

text: it

text: also

text: permanently

text: injures

text: his

text: lip

text: making

text: him

text: unable

text: to

text: continue

text: playing

text: trumpet

text: Months

text: later

text: Bleek

text: reunites

text: with

text: Giant

text: who

text: has

text: gotten

text: a

text: job

text: as

text: a

text: doorman

text: and

text: stopped

text: gambling

text: He

text: drops

text: in

text: to

text: see

text: Shadow

text: and

text: Clarke

text: who

text: are

text: now

text: performing

text: together

text: with

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: Bleek

text: 's

text: former

text: band

text: Shadow

text: invites

text: him

text: on

text: stage

text: and

text: they

text: play

text: together

text: Bleek

text: still

text: has

text: scars

text: to

text: his

text: lips

text: and

text: is

text: unable

text: to

text: play

text: correctly

text: He

text: walks

text: off

text: the

text: stage

text: gives

text: his

text: trumpet

text: to

text: Giant

text: and

text: goes

text: directly

text: to

text: Indigo

text: 's

text: house

text: She

text: is

text: angry

text: with

text: him

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question: Who is the band's manager in the movie?

answer: spike lee

text: spike lee

question: How ol.d was Miles at the end of the movie?

answer: ten years old

text: ten years old

question: Who invited bleek on stage?

answer: Shadow

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question: What place and year did the movie take place?

answer: New York in 1969

text: New York in 1969

question: who insisted that Bleek continue his trumpet lessons?

answer: Bleek's mother

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question: What is Bleek's son's name?

answer: miles

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question: What is the name of Bleek's jazz band?

answer: the Bleek quintet

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question: What instrument does Bleek Gilliam play in the movie?

answer: he plays trumpet

question: What was the name of Bleek's band?

answer: jazz band

text: jazz band

question: What was the name of the loan shark that took bleek's trumpet?

answer: Madlock