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Faced with a demotion at work due to a drinking problem, Osbourne Cox angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and resolves to write a memoir about his life and career. When his pediatrician wife Katie finds out, she sees it as a justifiable opportunity to file for divorce and continue her adulterous affair unimpeded. Taking her lawyer's advice, she copies financial records and several other files from her husband's computer onto a CD. These files contain a rambling, meaningless diatribe by Cox on purported CIA activities.
When the CD gets left on the locker room floor of Hardbodies, a local gym, by a careless law firm employee, it falls into the hands of dim-witted personal trainer Chad Feldheimer and his co-worker Linda Litzke, who mistakenly believe the numerical data in the Coxes' bank records, and especially, Cox's diatribes, to be highly sensitive government information. After getting the data traced back to Osbourne, who thinks his memoirs have been stolen, Chad and Linda plan to give the disc back to him for a reward, with Linda planning to use the money to pay for plastic surgery. When a phone call and subsequent meeting with Osbourne provoke a furious reaction and go horribly wrong, Chad and Linda turn over the disc to the Russian embassy, offering more information in return for monetary compensation. With no other data to give them, Linda persuades Chad to sneak into the Coxes' home to get more files from their computer.
Meanwhile, Osbourne's increasingly erratic behavior, aggravated in part by his encounters with Chad and Linda, prompt Katie to move ahead with the divorce proceedings. She changes the locks on their house, forcing Osbourne to move onto the sailboat they have docked on the Chesapeake Bay. With her husband out of the picture, Katie invites her lover, Harry Pfarrer, to move in. A womanizing, multi-adulterous deputy U.S. Marshal, Harry is coincidentally also secretly seeing Linda. Harry finds Chad, whom Linda sent to find more files on Osbourne, hiding in a wardrobe in the Coxes' home, panics, and fatally shoots Chad.
Two days later at the CIA headquarters, Palmer Smith, Osbourne's former superior, and his director learn that information from Osbourne has been given to the Russian Embassy. The two men are perplexed, given Osbourne's low-level security clearance, the material delivered to the Russians being of no importance to anyone, and the apparent motive of all involved parties remaining unknown. Smith is told to maintain observation until the situation "makes sense." Harry, burdened by keeping the day prior's events secret, gets into an argument with Katie and decides to leave the house. On his way out, he spots a man who has been trailing him for the past several days. After tackling him to the ground, Harry finds out that the man is a private detective hired by his wife Sandra "Sandy" to gather evidence for impending divorce proceedings. Sandy is shown to be having an extramarital liaison of her own. Harry is devastated and goes to see an agitated Linda, who confides in Harry that Chad is missing. Harry agrees to help find Chad.
The next morning, Harry and Linda meet in a park, and Linda provides him with more information about Chad's disappearance. When Linda mentions the name "Osbourne Cox," Harry figures out that Chad is the man he shot. He panics, realizes that there are strange men in the park (most likely the CIA people trailing Linda) and flees, assuming Linda is a spy. Linda then turns to Ted Treffon, the kindhearted manager of Hardbodies, who has unrequited feelings for her and has been critical of Linda and Chad's scheming thus far. Believing the Russians have kidnapped Chad, he agrees to go to the Coxes' home to search Osbourne's computer. Unemployed and having spent the past several days living on a small boat, Osbourne becomes unhinged when he finds out that Katie has emptied his bank accounts and, no longer having keys, decides to break into the house to get some of his personal belongings. Finding Ted in the basement, Osbourne initially takes him to be Katie's lover. He soon realizes Ted's affiliation with Linda and what he refers to as the "league of morons" he feels that he has been struggling against his whole life and kills Ted.
At CIA headquarters a few days later, Palmer and his director try to understand what exactly happened. It is revealed that while trying to board a flight to Venezuela, Harry was detained because his name was on a hot list and that the CIA is holding Linda, who is promising to "play ball" and "sit on it" if they will pay for her plastic surgery. A CIA agent shot Osbourne during his assault on Ted and the bullet has put Osbourne in a coma. The director instructs Palmer to let Harry fly to Venezuela (as that country has no extradition treaty with the US and therefore will not send him back) and pay for Linda's surgery. The director and Palmer conclude that despite their oversight and the unusual events that have unfolded, there appears to be no lesson for the agency to have learned, be it moral, espionage or otherwise. "I guess we learned not to do it again," the director concludes (despite not knowing exactly what they did) and closes his file.
Meanwhile, staff at the Russian embassy have dismissed the contents of Cox's ramblings in the files from his computer -- arguably the one factor that started off the entire chain of events -- as "drivel".

title: Burn After Reading

title: Burn

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text: the

text: Coxes

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text: to

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text: Osbourne

text: 's

text: computer

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text: the

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text: several

text: days

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text: small

text: boat

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text: finds

text: out

text: that

text: Katie

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text: life

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text: kills

text: Ted

text: At

text: CIA

text: headquarters

text: a

text: few

text: days

text: later

text: Palmer

text: and

text: his

text: director

text: try

text: to

text: understand

text: what

text: exactly

text: happened

text: It

text: is

text: revealed

text: that

text: while

text: trying

text: to

text: board

text: a

text: flight

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: Harry

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text: detained

text: because

text: his

text: name

text: was

text: on

text: a

text: hot

text: list

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: CIA

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text: Linda

text: who

text: is

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text: sit

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text: it

text: if

text: they

text: will

text: pay

text: for

text: her

text: plastic

text: surgery

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text: CIA

text: agent

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text: assault

text: on

text: Ted

text: and

text: the

text: bullet

text: has

text: put

text: Osbourne

text: in

text: a

text: coma

text: The

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text: Palmer

text: to

text: let

text: Harry

text: fly

text: to

text: Venezuela

text: as

text: that

text: country

text: has

text: no

text: extradition

text: treaty

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text: US

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text: not

text: send

text: him

text: back

text: and

text: pay

text: for

text: Linda

text: 's

text: surgery

text: The

text: director

text: and

text: Palmer

text: conclude

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text: oversight

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text: the

text: unusual

text: events

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text: to

text: do

text: it

text: again

text: the

text: director

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text: despite

text: not

text: knowing

text: exactly

text: what

text: they

text: did

text: and

text: closes

text: his

text: file

text: Meanwhile

text: staff

text: at

text: the

text: Russian

text: embassy

text: have

text: dismissed

text: the

text: contents

text: of

text: Cox

text: 's

text: ramblings

text: in

text: the

text: files

text: from

text: his

text: computer

text: arguably

text: the

text: one

text: factor

text: that

text: started

text: off

text: the

text: entire

text: chain

text: of

text: events

text: as

text: drivel

question: Who shoots Ted?

answer: Osbourne

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text: Osbourne

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question: How much is the payment for the cosmetic surgery?

question: Who is Katie Cox having an affair with?

answer: Harry Pfarrer

text: Harry Pfarrer

question: Who has been missing?

answer: Chad

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text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

text: Chad

question: who is an employee of the gym?

answer: Chad Feldheimer

text: Chad Feldheimer

question: who  is a CIA analyst who is fired from his job at the agency ostensibly because of his drinking problem?

answer: Osbourne Cox

text: Osbourne Cox

text: Osbourne Cox

question: who  wants to divorce Osborne?

answer: Katie

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text: Katie

text: Katie

text: Katie

text: Katie

text: Katie

question: who is Osborne Cox's wife?

answer: pediatrician

text: pediatrician

text: Sandy

text: Sandy

question: Who is Linda's manager?

answer: Chad Feldheimer

text: Chad Feldheimer

question: What problem does Osborne Cox have?

answer: A drinking problem

text: A drinking problem


text: We begin with an aerial view of the hotels in Las Vegas, before settling on one called the Shangri-La. Inside one gaming area, the patrons all seem to be winning. Joe, a floor boss, picks up a phone and asks where Bernie is - they need him right away. Moments later, from an elevator emerges Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy), dressed in a seedy-looking ill-fitting suit. As he limps through the casino and passes people, their luck immediately goes sour. Roulette wheels, blackjack cards, crap tables and slot machines all stop paying out. Bernie then wanders over to Doris, the barmaid, who pours him a coffee. He asks for cream, but as she starts to pour it the creamer runs dry.A pretty blonde waitress, Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello) brings a drink order to the bar. Bernie tries to chat with her, but she is clearly distracted. She asks Doris if Shelly left word for her; he was supposed to put her at the tables rather than the nickel slots she's been stuck at. As Natalie leaves, Bernie promises her he'll talk to Shelly but she doesn't seem to notice.Joe tells Bernie he's needed on table 11. Bernie tells Joe to have Natalie bring him a drink - that he talked to Shelly and he wanted her on the tables tonight. Natalie brings him the drink, thanking him for talking to Shelly. Bernie then takes the drink to a player at the crap table who's having a hot streak - which ends immediately. Bernie then plays some blackjack, losing his money and wrecking the luck of all the other players.Next, we see casino boss Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin) in his office. He has a headache and is trying to get a manicure, when a small entourage of men in gray suits barge in . Leading the pack is his casino partner, Nicky Bonnatto (Arthur J. Nascarella). Nicky introduces Shelly to his new VP Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston) and his numbers guy, Marty Goldfarb. After drinks, smokes and jokes, Nicky tells Shelly that Larry has some ideas to revitalize the Shangri-La. Shelly asks why - they raked in $35 million last year. Larry explains that he respects the job Shelly has done the last 16 years, but that things have changed on the strip. Shelly responds in disgust about the "Disneyland" the strip has become. What was once a high class hooker, has now become a cheap, fat whore. Larry points out that other casinos are raking in dough and the Shangri-La just can't compete anymore. Shelly says they're not trying to compete; this is where old-time real money comes to play. Larry counters they only offer nostalgia - fine for museums but not casinos.Later, Shelly meets Bernie on the floor and stops him for a chat. He asks how his knee is and tells him about an orthopedist who can make a kneecap out of titanium. But Bernie reminds him he won't be here past Sunday. Shelly asks him where he's going to go that better than this. But Bernie insists that in seven days he's gone.Bernie goes to his motel room at the Bettor Life motel, a dismal dive. He sits in bed watching TV. He can't even try to sleep because his neighbor is having loud, headboard-banging sex on the opposite side of the wall.Next day, a high roller is on a hot streak. When Natalie brings him his drink, he deliberately takes his time stuffing the money into her cleavage, causing her to topple over into Bernie. She apologizes, but Bernie tells her she might want to stick around. He hands the guy some new dice, and his lucky streak evaporates. The roller sees Natalie smiling at his misfortune, and starts swearing at her, until he is hauled off by security. Natalie smiles at Bernie gratefully.Shelly takes his partner and the new guys out to watch Buddy Stafford (Paul Sorvino), the casino's older, worn-down lounge singer. Larry is clearly not impressed. Shelly goes to see the singer in his dressing room. Buddy is embarrassed about his performance. Shelly tries to pump up his ego, but Buddy is more concerned whether Shelly brought his fix. Shelly did and Buddy quickly shoots up. He tells Shelly about a nature show he saw - how a lion who was once the leader of a pride had gone past his prime and was expelled and left to forage on his own until he died. It would be so much easier, he moans, if he could just walk away with his dignity intact. Shelly disagrees, saying that would be like admitting he was dead already.Bernie walks out to his car and is surprised to find Natalie waiting for him. "Buy you a drink?" she invites. Larry, meanwhile, introduces Shelly to Johnny Capella (Joey Fatone), a new hot singer he thinks should be headlining at the Shangri-La. Shelly tells Larry he already has Buddy signed up for five more years. Johnny is miffed and walks out.Natalie and Bernie are in a diner, where she is reviewing his astrological chart, telling him he is a slow starter when it comes to romance. He tells her it all doesn't matter; he knows what the outcome will be - all bad. He asks if she knows what he does. "You're a cooler", she replies. "You turn winners into losers". He tells her he does it by just being himself. Everyone who's ever been next to him has had their luck turn sour; it's always been that way. That sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy, she retorts. He blurts out that he is leaving in five days anyway, so she suggests they don't waste any time and just go to his place. He nervously tells her he's not sure he can afford her. She is insulted, and he realizes he's made a mistake. I've done it again, he tells her. I've cooled the damn table. But she assures him he hasn't cooled anything yet.They go to his motel room, where she notices his plants are all dead, and he has a cat food dish but no cat. She sits down on the bed, while he dusts off an old record. But as it starts to play the needle scratches across it. He resets it and nervously sits next to her. She tells him to relax - at least one of them has done this before. As the record starts to play, "Luck Be a Lady Tonight", she starts to undress. He notices she has a tattoo of two dice, each reading a two, on her behind. She walks to him coyly and starts to seduce him. But he is nervous, and ends up just rolling on top of her and finishing very quickly. She tells him gently, "It's okay. I've had worse", then gives him other kind reassurances. The next morning Bernie wakes up to find he's alone. Sadly, he picks up her pillow and hugs it. Suddenly she walks out of the bathroom, brushing her teeth, and asks if he wants to go to breakfast. He nods yes with a huge smile.At breakfast, he tells her about his past. He was an out-of-control gambler who built up a huge debt until Shelly broke his legs with a baseball bat. Natalie is horrified, but Bernie says he's actually grateful. His shattered bones are a reminder to keep him from giving into the temptation to gamble. He worked out a repayment plan with Shelly - six years off the books cooling tables, and it's up in five days. The conversation is interrupted as a pregnant girl nearby has labor pains. Bernie sees them and recognizes the husband as his son, Mikey (Shawn Hatosy). Bernie and Natalie escort the pregnant couple, Mikey and Charlene (Estella Warren), to their car. She has settled down and is no longer in labor. When Bernie asks about Mikey's mother, he angrily responds she's getting by as long as she's high. Bernie nervously invites him to come to his motel to "catch up". Mikey says he might do that for the kid's sake.Bernie sits down at a blackjack table with one other player, Mel, who is obviously winning. He bets one hand and the dealer goes bust with it. Afterward, incredibly, the dealer busts on hand after hand, letting Mel rake in the dough. Bernie is perplexed and leaves the table. Shelly wonders if the dealer is cheating, but can't believe it. They run across Larry - who knows Bernie is a cooler. He chides Shelly for sticking to the old ways. He says there are more effective ways nowadays. He shows Shelly a CD with soft music laced with a subliminal message of "Lose. Lose. Lose." Shelly only rolls his eyes.The other partners arrive, and Shelly takes them to Buddy's room only to find Buddy on the floor dead of an overdose. Shelly suggests that the Paradise room stay closed tonight in Buddy's honor, but Larry quickly has Johnny Capella take over and do the show. The partners are impressed, but not Shelly.Bernie and Natalie try the ring toss as a carnival, but she misses all her tosses. They sit down and Natalie looks sadly at a little boy standing next to his dad. She asks Bernie if he noticed the tattoo on her butt: two dice each with a 2 - a Little Joe. She admits she had a son named Joe, but only for a year. She gave him up for adoption ten years ago because she was 17 and wanted her life back. Her family abandoned her after that, and she ran off to become a showgirl. Deep down, she knows she did the right thing, but now feels she was selfish. Bernie stands up as if to leave, and tells her softly, "I think...I could kick your ass at the dime toss". She laughs and they hug tenderly.Afterward, they make love in his motel room. Bernie is now very confident and gives Natalie obvious pleasure. Then with a smile he asks if she'll do something for him. Moments later, it sounds like they are having loud, headboard-banging sex, but the camera pans up to reveal that the two of them are just leaning against the headboard, rocking it and screaming out loudly. Finally, Bernie screams out and the two collapse, quietly laughing as the neighbor yells for them to shut up. "Did we wake you?" Bernie calls out.Later on, Natalie returns to Bernie's apartment to find Charlene and Mikey waiting there. Mikey asks if Bernie is renting her, because he can't figure out how else his loser father could get so lucky. Before she can say something back, Bernie returns from parking his car. He's surprised but happy to see Mikey. Mikey then tells him they're strapped for money and Bernie gives them $3,000 in cash, all the money he has to spare.Meanwhile, Larry presents a model of the new Golden Shangri-La to the partners: 3 floors of gaming, entertainment, boutiques, restaurants - even a roller coaster. Shelly responds by telling them the plot of the movie LOST HORIZON, how Shangri-La was totally untouched by the outside world - a paradise. Thats what the hotel Shangri-La was supposed to be, and you don't mess with that. Shelly insists that someday people will want the old Vegas back and he'll be there to give it to them.Nicky then goes to play some craps but is annoyed by a rude player. After Nick craps out and the guy laughs, Nicky head-butts him and beats him bloody until security, called by Bernie, drags the guy away. Bernie tells Natalie how anxious he is to get out of Vegas and begs her to come with him. She answers that she's done an astrological compatibility chart on them and they're good together - but only if they stay in Vegas.Bernie returns to his job. As he stands by a table, he is appalled to see his son there, playing craps. Natalie finds him and so does Larry, as Mikey rolls two nines and wins big. Shelly arrives in time to see Mike subtly switching back the real dice for his obviously loaded dice. He then throws a losing roll and decides to graciously leave with his winnings. Shelly tells him he doesn't want to lay out that kind of cash on the floor and invites them to come to his office to collect. Mikey agrees, but when Shelly tells him not to bother bringing his chips he knows he's in trouble. Larry suggests they turn them in to the authorities, but Shelly tells Larry to watch him protect his investment the "old school" way. Bernie is torn up, but goes to save his son.Shelly has the couple down in a basement area, about to work Mikey over when Bernie arrives and begs him to stop. Shelly accuses Bernie of being in on the con, but believes him when he denies it. Instead, he tells Bernie they were up 150 grand when they left the table, so he wants $75,000 each for their lives. When they start to punch Mikey, Bernie agrees to cover the 150 G's. Charlene then starts to have contractions and pleads to go to the hospital. Shelly responds by kicking her in the stomach, then pulling up her shirt to reveal that the "baby" was just a large cushion. Shelly mocks the shocked Bernie by cradling the cushion. He gives Bernie a chance to change his mind but the cooler still offers to cover the debt. Shelly then orders Mikey to be put up on the table. Bernie pleads that they had a deal, but Shelly tells him 150 grand buys only their lives. With that he takes a sledge hammer and breaks both of Mikey's legs.Back at his motel, Bernie blames himself for what happened to Mikey. Natalie gently tells him to stop beating up on himself and begins to dance with him instead. Later on, they are in bed together. She sits up and confesses that she knows she loves him. "You blindsided me, Bernie Lootz," she declares. "I never saw it coming". She then tells him there are things about her that he should know, but he doesn't care; it won't change how he feels about her. He's afraid to voice just how he feels about her because of all his rotten luck. But she tells him his rotten luck is all over now, so he admits that he loves her too.As a new day dawns, Bernie awakes to find his cat Trixie has come back, and Natalie has left him a note, "Have a Spectacular Day". He goes off to work with a new confidence. When the waitress pours his coffee, the creamer finally pours out cream for him. As he makes his rounds, people around him start to get very lucky. Even as Shelly takes him aside to find out what's going on, a brand new slot machine rigged for virtually no payouts hits a big jackpot. Bernie tells Shelly theres nothing wrong with him - he's just in love!Shelly has Natalie brought to him. He reminds her he only hired her to be a lover to Bernie, not to actually fall in love with him. Now his falling in love has turned Lootz's bad luck to good and cost the casino at least a million. He demands that she leave him, not even telling him to his face but just leaving a note. She refuses at first until Shelly threatens her life.Bernie returns home to find a note from Natalie that she has left him. Afterward he returns to the casino to find the creamer has run dry again and he is once more bringing bad luck to everyone he touches. He meets Shelly in the lounge and asks if he muscled Natalie into leaving, but Shelly denies everything and acts offended. Bernie comments that the new lounge singer is all flash and no soul and that he misses Buddy. Shelly tells him Buddy was tired and that he gave him an easy way out. He admits that he knew Buddy would never accept the casino buyout. He'd have fought to the end and eventually would have been hurt. So he gave him the overdose instead and let him die peacefully. Bernie is appalled.That night in his motel room, a lonely Bernie hears a knock on the door. Natalie is back, suitcase in hand. He takes her back before she can even say a word. Later, in bed, she suggests they run away together, but he says he can't. He owes Shelly a debt, and if he ran, Shelly would come after him and hurt her as well.At the casino, Bernie is bringing people luck again, so Shelly has Natalie grabbed from the motel. He tells her he could make her disappear and no one would miss her. "Bernie would!" she counters. She tells Shelly it must kill him to know that Bernie loves her. Bernie was your friend, she shouts at him, and you crippled him. Still he stood by you but no more! She and Bernie are leaving tonight and he can't stop them. Shelly slams her face into a mirror which shatters and leaves her face bloody. He then departs quietly.Bernie returns home to find Natalie hiding in the dark. He finds the broken mirror and turns on the light, seeing her with cuts on her face. She confesses that Shelly paid her to get close to him. She thought it was easy money. But as she got to know him, she saw that he wasn't a phony or a hustler but a decent guy. And she loved the way he treated her like a lady. Now Shelly wants her gone because she brought him luck. She just wanted to tell him the truth before leaving him, because she knows he wouldn't want her now. But instead, Bernie rushes her to the hospital, where they stitch up her cuts. He tells her afterward that everything will be all right. And if she ever looks in the mirror and doesn't like what she sees, then don't believe it. Look into my eyes instead, he tells her tenderly, they're the only mirror you're ever going to need.They go back to the Shangri-La. She tells him she lied about his astrological chart that first night - that it was actually the worst she had ever seen. But he assures her that was before he opened his heart to her now he has Lady Luck on his side. She gives him the $3,000 that Shelly had paid her and suggests he give it to Shelly as a down payment.He goes inside to where Shelly is meeting with his partners, throws Natalie's bloody handkerchief on the table and punches Shelly in the stomach swearing to kill him if he touches Natalie again. Shelly and his men drag Bernie up to the roof. Shelly says he hurt Natalie because he never gives up on a good thing, and Bernie is a very good thing - the best cooler ever. Bernie says he's not that man anymore. He promises to leave, get a job and send Shelly half his paycheck, but.Shelly says if he tries to leave the casino without paying his debt, he'll toss both he and Natalie off the roof. Bernie says he won't do that, because with him dead, he'd no longer the biggest loser in the world - Shelly would. What do you have except this place, Bernie challenges, your legacy is an illusion - you've got nothing. Shelly isn't impressed by the speech and walks away.Bernie turns his $3,000 into chips and starts throwing the dice at the crap table and winning. After he has run up some serious money and gotten Shelly's attention (but no interference from him) Larry arrives demanding Shelly shut him down right now and proclaiming that Bernie isn't leaving with one dime. Shelly hauls Larry into the men's room and tells him Bernie is okay and nobody's touching a hair on his head. He pins Shelly down and declares, wait, on a subsonic level, I hear a mantra "Pain! Pain! Pain!" Then he breaks Larry's wrist.At the table, Bernie is up over 100 grand until he craps out. He bets again but craps out a second time. He then takes the rest of his chips - $80,000 in all and places one last bet, throwing the dice nervously. He is next seen walking out of the casino empty-handed. Natalie is just grateful that he is alive as he drives them away. Meanwhile, Shelly is in his office with a headache, refusing to answer his ringing phone. He finally smashes the model of the new Golden Shangri-La to bits.Miles away in the car, Natalie asks Bernie to tell her what happened. He stops the car on the side of a desert road and opens the door as if he has to throw up. Meanwhile, Shelly gets into his car in the parking lot only to find Nicky waiting in his back seat. Bernie, meanwhile, proceeds to pull wads of money out of his pockets. He tells Natalie he won big at the casino. "Bahamas, here we come", he declares. Then a cop appears at their window, ordering them to step out. Bernie tells the cop he's sorry if he was driving carelessly, but that they just won a load of money. The cop pulls out a gun and tells them they didn't win anything - and orders them to get on their knees.Nicky tells Shelly he's just protecting his investment the old school way. He points his gun at Shelly's temple and shoots him dead. Meanwhile, on their knees in the desert, Natalie whispers to Bernie that they should have known it was all too good to be true. They turn to give each other one last loving gaze as the cop cocks his gun. But instead of hearing a gunshot, they hear a loud thud. They turn to see that a car has run down and killed the cop. Bernie realizes it was just a random drunk driver - a freaky, lucky coincidence. Bernie and Natalie get back into the car and drive away with their money.We see Larry being introduced to the investors as the new Director of Casino Operations at the new Golden Shangri-La. "The future looks very bright, gentlemen. Very, very bright," he assures them. And with those words of endorsement ringing in our ears, we watch Bernie and Natalie drive off toward a new life together.

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text: to

text: romance

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: it

text: all

text: does

text: n't

text: matter

text: he

text: knows

text: what

text: the

text: outcome

text: will

text: be

text: all

text: bad

text: He

text: asks

text: if

text: she

text: knows

text: what

text: he

text: does

text: You

text: 're

text: a

text: cooler

text: she

text: replies

text: You

text: turn

text: winners

text: into

text: losers

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: does

text: it

text: by

text: just

text: being

text: himself

text: Everyone

text: who

text: 's

text: ever

text: been

text: next

text: to

text: him

text: has

text: had

text: their

text: luck

text: turn

text: sour

text: it

text: 's

text: always

text: been

text: that

text: way

text: That

text: sounds

text: like

text: a

text: self

text: fulfilling

text: prophecy

text: she

text: retorts

text: He

text: blurts

text: out

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: leaving

text: in

text: five

text: days

text: anyway

text: so

text: she

text: suggests

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: waste

text: any

text: time

text: and

text: just

text: go

text: to

text: his

text: place

text: He

text: nervously

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: 's

text: not

text: sure

text: he

text: can

text: afford

text: her

text: She

text: is

text: insulted

text: and

text: he

text: realizes

text: he

text: 's

text: made

text: a

text: mistake

text: I

text: 've

text: done

text: it

text: again

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: I

text: 've

text: cooled

text: the

text: damn

text: table

text: But

text: she

text: assures

text: him

text: he

text: has

text: n't

text: cooled

text: anything

text: yet

text: They

text: go

text: to

text: his

text: motel

text: room

text: where

text: she

text: notices

text: his

text: plants

text: are

text: all

text: dead

text: and

text: he

text: has

text: a

text: cat

text: food

text: dish

text: but

text: no

text: cat

text: She

text: sits

text: down

text: on

text: the

text: bed

text: while

text: he

text: dusts

text: off

text: an

text: old

text: record

text: But

text: as

text: it

text: starts

text: to

text: play

text: the

text: needle

text: scratches

text: across

text: it

text: He

text: resets

text: it

text: and

text: nervously

text: sits

text: next

text: to

text: her

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: to

text: relax

text: at

text: least

text: one

text: of

text: them

text: has

text: done

text: this

text: before

text: As

text: the

text: record

text: starts

text: to

text: play

text: Luck

text: Be

text: a

text: Lady

text: Tonight

text: she

text: starts

text: to

text: undress

text: He

text: notices

text: she

text: has

text: a

text: tattoo

text: of

text: two

text: dice

text: each

text: reading

text: a

text: two

text: on

text: her

text: behind

text: She

text: walks

text: to

text: him

text: coyly

text: and

text: starts

text: to

text: seduce

text: him

text: But

text: he

text: is

text: nervous

text: and

text: ends

text: up

text: just

text: rolling

text: on

text: top

text: of

text: her

text: and

text: finishing

text: very

text: quickly

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: gently

text: It

text: 's

text: okay

text: I

text: 've

text: had

text: worse

text: then

text: gives

text: him

text: other

text: kind

text: reassurances

text: The

text: next

text: morning

text: Bernie

text: wakes

text: up

text: to

text: find

text: he

text: 's

text: alone

text: Sadly

text: he

text: picks

text: up

text: her

text: pillow

text: and

text: hugs

text: it

text: Suddenly

text: she

text: walks

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: bathroom

text: brushing

text: her

text: teeth

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: he

text: wants

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: breakfast

text: He

text: nods

text: yes

text: with

text: a

text: huge

text: smile

text: At

text: breakfast

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: about

text: his

text: past

text: He

text: was

text: an

text: out

text: of

text: control

text: gambler

text: who

text: built

text: up

text: a

text: huge

text: debt

text: until

text: Shelly

text: broke

text: his

text: legs

text: with

text: a

text: baseball

text: bat

text: Natalie

text: is

text: horrified

text: but

text: Bernie

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: actually

text: grateful

text: His

text: shattered

text: bones

text: are

text: a

text: reminder

text: to

text: keep

text: him

text: from

text: giving

text: into

text: the

text: temptation

text: to

text: gamble

text: He

text: worked

text: out

text: a

text: repayment

text: plan

text: with

text: Shelly

text: six

text: years

text: off

text: the

text: books

text: cooling

text: tables

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: up

text: in

text: five

text: days

text: The

text: conversation

text: is

text: interrupted

text: as

text: a

text: pregnant

text: girl

text: nearby

text: has

text: labor

text: pains

text: Bernie

text: sees

text: them

text: and

text: recognizes

text: the

text: husband

text: as

text: his

text: son

text: Mikey

text: Shawn

text: Hatosy

text: Bernie

text: and

text: Natalie

text: escort

text: the

text: pregnant

text: couple

text: Mikey

text: and

text: Charlene

text: Estella

text: Warren

text: to

text: their

text: car

text: She

text: has

text: settled

text: down

text: and

text: is

text: no

text: longer

text: in

text: labor

text: When

text: Bernie

text: asks

text: about

text: Mikey

text: 's

text: mother

text: he

text: angrily

text: responds

text: she

text: 's

text: getting

text: by

text: as

text: long

text: as

text: she

text: 's

text: high

text: Bernie

text: nervously

text: invites

text: him

text: to

text: come

text: to

text: his

text: motel

text: to

text: catch

text: up

text: Mikey

text: says

text: he

text: might

text: do

text: that

text: for

text: the

text: kid

text: 's

text: sake

text: Bernie

text: sits

text: down

text: at

text: a

text: blackjack

text: table

text: with

text: one

text: other

text: player

text: Mel

text: who

text: is

text: obviously

text: winning

text: He

text: bets

text: one

text: hand

text: and

text: the

text: dealer

text: goes

text: bust

text: with

text: it

text: Afterward

text: incredibly

text: the

text: dealer

text: busts

text: on

text: hand

text: after

text: hand

text: letting

text: Mel

text: rake

text: in

text: the

text: dough

text: Bernie

text: is

text: perplexed

text: and

text: leaves

text: the

text: table

text: Shelly

text: wonders

text: if

text: the

text: dealer

text: is

text: cheating

text: but

text: ca

text: n't

text: believe

text: it

text: They

text: run

text: across

text: Larry

text: who

text: knows

text: Bernie

text: is

text: a

text: cooler

text: He

text: chides

text: Shelly

text: for

text: sticking

text: to

text: the

text: old

text: ways

text: He

text: says

text: there

text: are

text: more

text: effective

text: ways

text: nowadays

text: He

text: shows

text: Shelly

text: a

text: CD

text: with

text: soft

text: music

text: laced

text: with

text: a

text: subliminal

text: message

text: of

text: Lose

text: Lose

text: Lose

text: Shelly

text: only

text: rolls

text: his

text: eyes

text: The

text: other

text: partners

text: arrive

text: and

text: Shelly

text: takes

text: them

text: to

text: Buddy

text: 's

text: room

text: only

text: to

text: find

text: Buddy

text: on

text: the

text: floor

text: dead

text: of

text: an

text: overdose

text: Shelly

text: suggests

text: that

text: the

text: Paradise

text: room

text: stay

text: closed

text: tonight

text: in

text: Buddy

text: 's

text: honor

text: but

text: Larry

text: quickly

text: has

text: Johnny

text: Capella

text: take

text: over

text: and

text: do

text: the

text: show

text: The

text: partners

text: are

text: impressed

text: but

text: not

text: Shelly

text: Bernie

text: and

text: Natalie

text: try

text: the

text: ring

text: toss

text: as

text: a

text: carnival

text: but

text: she

text: misses

text: all

text: her

text: tosses

text: They

text: sit

text: down

text: and

text: Natalie

text: looks

text: sadly

text: at

text: a

text: little

text: boy

text: standing

text: next

text: to

text: his

text: dad

text: She

text: asks

text: Bernie

text: if

text: he

text: noticed

text: the

text: tattoo

text: on

text: her

text: butt

text: two

text: dice

text: each

text: with

text: a

text: a

text: Little

text: Joe

text: She

text: admits

text: she

text: had

text: a

text: son

text: named

text: Joe

text: but

text: only

text: for

text: a

text: year

text: She

text: gave

text: him

text: up

text: for

text: adoption

text: ten

text: years

text: ago

text: because

text: she

text: was

text: and

text: wanted

text: her

text: life

text: back

text: Her

text: family

text: abandoned

text: her

text: after

text: that

text: and

text: she

text: ran

text: off

text: to

text: become

text: a

text: showgirl

text: Deep

text: down

text: she

text: knows

text: she

text: did

text: the

text: right

text: thing

text: but

text: now

text: feels

text: she

text: was

text: selfish

text: Bernie

text: stands

text: up

text: as

text: if

text: to

text: leave

text: and

text: tells

text: her

text: softly

text: I

text: think

text: I

text: could

text: kick

text: your

text: ass

text: at

text: the

text: dime

text: toss

text: She

text: laughs

text: and

text: they

text: hug

text: tenderly

text: Afterward

text: they

text: make

text: love

text: in

text: his

text: motel

text: room

text: Bernie

text: is

text: now

text: very

text: confident

text: and

text: gives

text: Natalie

text: obvious

text: pleasure

text: Then

text: with

text: a

text: smile

text: he

text: asks

text: if

text: she

text: 'll

text: do

text: something

text: for

text: him

text: Moments

text: later

text: it

text: sounds

text: like

text: they

text: are

text: having

text: loud

text: headboard

text: banging

text: sex

text: but

text: the

text: camera

text: pans

text: up

text: to

text: reveal

text: that

text: the

text: two

text: of

text: them

text: are

text: just

text: leaning

text: against

text: the

text: headboard

text: rocking

text: it

text: and

text: screaming

text: out

text: loudly

text: Finally

text: Bernie

text: screams

text: out

text: and

text: the

text: two

text: collapse

text: quietly

text: laughing

text: as

text: the

text: neighbor

text: yells

text: for

text: them

text: to

text: shut

text: up

text: Did

text: we

text: wake

text: you

text: Bernie

text: calls

text: out

text: Later

text: on

text: Natalie

text: returns

text: to

text: Bernie

text: 's

text: apartment

text: to

text: find

text: Charlene

text: and

text: Mikey

text: waiting

text: there

text: Mikey

text: asks

text: if

text: Bernie

text: is

text: renting

text: her

text: because

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: figure

text: out

text: how

text: else

text: his

text: loser

text: father

text: could

text: get

text: so

text: lucky

text: Before

text: she

text: can

text: say

text: something

text: back

text: Bernie

text: returns

text: from

text: parking

text: his

text: car

text: He

text: 's

text: surprised

text: but

text: happy

text: to

text: see

text: Mikey

text: Mikey

text: then

text: tells

text: him

text: they

text: 're

text: strapped

text: for

text: money

text: and

text: Bernie

text: gives

text: them

text: in

text: cash

text: all

text: the

text: money

text: he

text: has

text: to

text: spare

text: Meanwhile

text: Larry

text: presents

text: a

text: model

text: of

text: the

text: new

text: Golden

text: Shangri

text: La

text: to

text: the

text: partners

text: floors

text: of

text: gaming

text: entertainment

text: boutiques

text: restaurants

text: even

text: a

text: roller

text: coaster

text: Shelly

text: responds

text: by

text: telling

text: them

text: the

text: plot

text: of

text: the

text: movie

text: LOST

text: HORIZON

text: how

text: Shangri

text: La

text: was

text: totally

text: untouched

text: by

text: the

text: outside

text: world

text: a

text: paradise

text: That

text: s

text: what

text: the

text: hotel

text: Shangri

text: La

text: was

text: supposed

text: to

text: be

text: and

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: mess

text: with

text: that

text: Shelly

text: insists

text: that

text: someday

text: people

text: will

text: want

text: the

text: old

text: Vegas

text: back

text: and

text: he

text: 'll

text: be

text: there

text: to

text: give

text: it

text: to

text: them

text: Nicky

text: then

text: goes

text: to

text: play

text: some

text: craps

text: but

text: is

text: annoyed

text: by

text: a

text: rude

text: player

text: After

text: Nick

text: craps

text: out

text: and

text: the

text: guy

text: laughs

text: Nicky

text: head

text: butts

text: him

text: and

text: beats

text: him

text: bloody

text: until

text: security

text: called

text: by

text: Bernie

text: drags

text: the

text: guy

text: away

text: Bernie

text: tells

text: Natalie

text: how

text: anxious

text: he

text: is

text: to

text: get

text: out

text: of

text: Vegas

text: and

text: begs

text: her

text: to

text: come

text: with

text: him

text: She

text: answers

text: that

text: she

text: 's

text: done

text: an

text: astrological

text: compatibility

text: chart

text: on

text: them

text: and

text: they

text: 're

text: good

text: together

text: but

text: only

text: if

text: they

text: stay

text: in

text: Vegas

text: Bernie

text: returns

text: to

text: his

text: job

text: As

text: he

text: stands

text: by

text: a

text: table

text: he

text: is

text: appalled

text: to

text: see

text: his

text: son

text: there

text: playing

text: craps

text: Natalie

text: finds

text: him

text: and

text: so

text: does

text: Larry

text: as

text: Mikey

text: rolls

text: two

text: nines

text: and

text: wins

text: big

text: Shelly

text: arrives

text: in

text: time

text: to

text: see

text: Mike

text: subtly

text: switching

text: back

text: the

text: real

text: dice

text: for

text: his

text: obviously

text: loaded

text: dice

text: He

text: then

text: throws

text: a

text: losing

text: roll

text: and

text: decides

text: to

text: graciously

text: leave

text: with

text: his

text: winnings

text: Shelly

text: tells

text: him

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: want

text: to

text: lay

text: out

text: that

text: kind

text: of

text: cash

text: on

text: the

text: floor

text: and

text: invites

text: them

text: to

text: come

text: to

text: his

text: office

text: to

text: collect

text: Mikey

text: agrees

text: but

text: when

text: Shelly

text: tells

text: him

text: not

text: to

text: bother

text: bringing

text: his

text: chips

text: he

text: knows

text: he

text: 's

text: in

text: trouble

text: Larry

text: suggests

text: they

text: turn

text: them

text: in

text: to

text: the

text: authorities

text: but

text: Shelly

text: tells

text: Larry

text: to

text: watch

text: him

text: protect

text: his

text: investment

text: the

text: old

text: school

text: way

text: Bernie

text: is

text: torn

text: up

text: but

text: goes

text: to

text: save

text: his

text: son

text: Shelly

text: has

text: the

text: couple

text: down

text: in

text: a

text: basement

text: area

text: about

text: to

text: work

text: Mikey

text: over

text: when

text: Bernie

text: arrives

text: and

text: begs

text: him

text: to

text: stop

text: Shelly

text: accuses

text: Bernie

text: of

text: being

text: in

text: on

text: the

text: con

text: but

text: believes

text: him

text: when

text: he

text: denies

text: it

text: Instead

text: he

text: tells

text: Bernie

text: they

text: were

text: up

text: grand

text: when

text: they

text: left

text: the

text: table

text: so

text: he

text: wants

text: each

text: for

text: their

text: lives

text: When

text: they

text: start

text: to

text: punch

text: Mikey

text: Bernie

text: agrees

text: to

text: cover

text: the

text: G

text: 's

text: Charlene

text: then

text: starts

text: to

text: have

text: contractions

text: and

text: pleads

text: to

text: go

text: to

text: the

text: hospital

text: Shelly

text: responds

text: by

text: kicking

text: her

text: in

text: the

text: stomach

text: then

text: pulling

text: up

text: her

text: shirt

text: to

text: reveal

text: that

text: the

text: baby

text: was

text: just

text: a

text: large

text: cushion

text: Shelly

text: mocks

text: the

text: shocked

text: Bernie

text: by

text: cradling

text: the

text: cushion

text: He

text: gives

text: Bernie

text: a

text: chance

text: to

text: change

text: his

text: mind

text: but

text: the

text: cooler

text: still

text: offers

text: to

text: cover

text: the

text: debt

text: Shelly

text: then

text: orders

text: Mikey

text: to

text: be

text: put

text: up

text: on

text: the

text: table

text: Bernie

text: pleads

text: that

text: they

text: had

text: a

text: deal

text: but

text: Shelly

text: tells

text: him

text: grand

text: buys

text: only

text: their

text: lives

text: With

text: that

text: he

text: takes

text: a

text: sledge

text: hammer

text: and

text: breaks

text: both

text: of

text: Mikey

text: 's

text: legs

text: Back

text: at

text: his

text: motel

text: Bernie

text: blames

text: himself

text: for

text: what

text: happened

text: to

text: Mikey

text: Natalie

text: gently

text: tells

text: him

text: to

text: stop

text: beating

text: up

text: on

text: himself

text: and

text: begins

text: to

text: dance

text: with

text: him

text: instead

text: Later

text: on

text: they

text: are

text: in

text: bed

text: together

text: She

text: sits

text: up

text: and

text: confesses

text: that

text: she

text: knows

text: she

text: loves

text: him

text: You

text: blindsided

text: me

text: Bernie

text: Lootz

text: she

text: declares

text: I

text: never

text: saw

text: it

text: coming

text: She

text: then

text: tells

text: him

text: there

text: are

text: things

text: about

text: her

text: that

text: he

text: should

text: know

text: but

text: he

text: does

text: n't

text: care

text: it

text: wo

text: n't

text: change

text: how

text: he

text: feels

text: about

text: her

text: He

text: 's

text: afraid

text: to

text: voice

text: just

text: how

text: he

text: feels

text: about

text: her

text: because

text: of

text: all

text: his

text: rotten

text: luck

text: But

text: she

text: tells

text: him

text: his

text: rotten

text: luck

text: is

text: all

text: over

text: now

text: so

text: he

text: admits

text: that

text: he

text: loves

text: her

text: too

text: As

text: a

text: new

text: day

text: dawns

text: Bernie

text: awakes

text: to

text: find

text: his

text: cat

text: Trixie

text: has

text: come

text: back

text: and

text: Natalie

text: has

text: left

text: him

text: a

text: note

text: Have

text: a

text: Spectacular

text: Day

text: He

text: goes

text: off

text: to

text: work

text: with

text: a

text: new

text: confidence

text: When

text: the

text: waitress

text: pours

text: his

text: coffee

text: the

text: creamer

text: finally

text: pours

text: out

text: cream

text: for

text: him

text: As

text: he

text: makes

text: his

text: rounds

text: people

text: around

text: him

text: start

text: to

text: get

text: very

text: lucky

text: Even

text: as

text: Shelly

text: takes

text: him

text: aside

text: to

text: find

text: out

text: what

text: 's

text: going

text: on

text: a

text: brand

text: new

text: slot

text: machine

text: rigged

text: for

text: virtually

text: no

text: payouts

text: hits

text: a

text: big

text: jackpot

text: Bernie

text: tells

text: Shelly

text: there

text: s

text: nothing

text: wrong

text: with

text: him

text: he

text: 's

text: just

text: in

text: love!Shelly

text: has

text: Natalie

text: brought

text: to

text: him

text: He

text: reminds

text: her

text: he

text: only

text: hired

text: her

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: lover

text: to

text: Bernie

text: not

text: to

text: actually

text: fall

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: him

text: Now

text: his

text: falling

text: in

text: love

text: has

text: turned

text: Lootz

text: 's

text: bad

text: luck

text: to

text: good

text: and

text: cost

text: the

text: casino

text: at

text: least

text: a

text: million

text: He

text: demands

text: that

text: she

text: leave

text: him

text: not

text: even

text: telling

text: him

text: to

text: his

text: face

text: but

text: just

text: leaving

text: a

text: note

text: She

text: refuses

text: at

text: first

text: until

text: Shelly

text: threatens

text: her

text: life

text: Bernie

text: returns

text: home

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: note

text: from

text: Natalie

text: that

text: she

text: has

text: left

text: him

text: Afterward

text: he

text: returns

text: to

text: the

text: casino

text: to

text: find

text: the

text: creamer

text: has

text: run

text: dry

text: again

text: and

text: he

text: is

text: once

text: more

text: bringing

text: bad

text: luck

text: to

text: everyone

text: he

text: touches

text: He

text: meets

text: Shelly

text: in

text: the

text: lounge

text: and

text: asks

text: if

text: he

text: muscled

text: Natalie

text: into

text: leaving

text: but

text: Shelly

text: denies

text: everything

text: and

text: acts

text: offended

text: Bernie

text: comments

text: that

text: the

text: new

text: lounge

text: singer

text: is

text: all

text: flash

text: and

text: no

text: soul

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: misses

text: Buddy

text: Shelly

text: tells

text: him

text: Buddy

text: was

text: tired

text: and

text: that

text: he

text: gave

text: him

text: an

text: easy

text: way

text: out

text: He

text: admits

text: that

text: he

text: knew

text: Buddy

text: would

text: never

text: accept

text: the

text: casino

text: buyout

text: He

text: 'd

text: have

text: fought

text: to

text: the

text: end

text: and

text: eventually

text: would

text: have

text: been

text: hurt

text: So

text: he

text: gave

text: him

text: the

text: overdose

text: instead

text: and

text: let

text: him

text: die

text: peacefully

text: Bernie

text: is

text: appalled

text: That

text: night

text: in

text: his

text: motel

text: room

text: a

text: lonely

text: Bernie

text: hears

text: a

text: knock

text: on

text: the

text: door

text: Natalie

text: is

text: back

text: suitcase

text: in

text: hand

text: He

text: takes

text: her

text: back

text: before

text: she

text: can

text: even

text: say

text: a

text: word

text: Later

text: in

text: bed

text: she

text: suggests

text: they

text: run

text: away

text: together

text: but

text: he

text: says

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: He

text: owes

text: Shelly

text: a

text: debt

text: and

text: if

text: he

text: ran

text: Shelly

text: would

text: come

text: after

text: him

text: and

text: hurt

text: her

text: as

text: well

text: At

text: the

text: casino

text: Bernie

text: is

text: bringing

text: people

text: luck

text: again

text: so

text: Shelly

text: has

text: Natalie

text: grabbed

text: from

text: the

text: motel

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: he

text: could

text: make

text: her

text: disappear

text: and

text: no

text: one

text: would

text: miss

text: her

text: Bernie

text: would

text: she

text: counters

text: She

text: tells

text: Shelly

text: it

text: must

text: kill

text: him

text: to

text: know

text: that

text: Bernie

text: loves

text: her

text: Bernie

text: was

text: your

text: friend

text: she

text: shouts

text: at

text: him

text: and

text: you

text: crippled

text: him

text: Still

text: he

text: stood

text: by

text: you

text: but

text: no

text: more

text: She

text: and

text: Bernie

text: are

text: leaving

text: tonight

text: and

text: he

text: ca

text: n't

text: stop

text: them

text: Shelly

text: slams

text: her

text: face

text: into

text: a

text: mirror

text: which

text: shatters

text: and

text: leaves

text: her

text: face

text: bloody

text: He

text: then

text: departs

text: quietly

text: Bernie

text: returns

text: home

text: to

text: find

text: Natalie

text: hiding

text: in

text: the

text: dark

text: He

text: finds

text: the

text: broken

text: mirror

text: and

text: turns

text: on

text: the

text: light

text: seeing

text: her

text: with

text: cuts

text: on

text: her

text: face

text: She

text: confesses

text: that

text: Shelly

text: paid

text: her

text: to

text: get

text: close

text: to

text: him

text: She

text: thought

text: it

text: was

text: easy

text: money

text: But

text: as

text: she

text: got

text: to

text: know

text: him

text: she

text: saw

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: n't

text: a

text: phony

text: or

text: a

text: hustler

text: but

text: a

text: decent

text: guy

text: And

text: she

text: loved

text: the

text: way

text: he

text: treated

text: her

text: like

text: a

text: lady

text: Now

text: Shelly

text: wants

text: her

text: gone

text: because

text: she

text: brought

text: him

text: luck

text: She

text: just

text: wanted

text: to

text: tell

text: him

text: the

text: truth

text: before

text: leaving

text: him

text: because

text: she

text: knows

text: he

text: would

text: n't

text: want

text: her

text: now

text: But

text: instead

text: Bernie

text: rushes

text: her

text: to

text: the

text: hospital

text: where

text: they

text: stitch

text: up

text: her

text: cuts

text: He

text: tells

text: her

text: afterward

text: that

text: everything

text: will

text: be

text: all

text: right

text: And

text: if

text: she

text: ever

text: looks

text: in

text: the

text: mirror

text: and

text: does

text: n't

text: like

text: what

text: she

text: sees

text: then

text: do

text: n't

text: believe

text: it

text: Look

text: into

text: my

text: eyes

text: instead

text: he

text: tells

text: her

text: tenderly

text: they

text: 're

text: the

text: only

text: mirror

text: you

text: 're

text: ever

text: going

text: to

text: need

text: They

text: go

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: Shangri

text: La

text: She

text: tells

text: him

text: she

text: lied

text: about

text: his

text: astrological

text: chart

text: that

text: first

text: night

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: actually

text: the

text: worst

text: she

text: had

text: ever

text: seen

text: But

text: he

text: assures

text: her

text: that

text: was

text: before

text: he

text: opened

text: his

text: heart

text: to

text: her

text: now

text: he

text: has

text: Lady

text: Luck

text: on

text: his

text: side

text: She

text: gives

text: him

text: the

text: that

text: Shelly

text: had

text: paid

text: her

text: and

text: suggests

text: he

text: give

text: it

text: to

text: Shelly

text: as

text: a

text: down

text: payment

text: He

text: goes

text: inside

text: to

text: where

text: Shelly

text: is

text: meeting

text: with

text: his

text: partners

text: throws

text: Natalie

text: 's

text: bloody

text: handkerchief

text: on

text: the

text: table

text: and

text: punches

text: Shelly

text: in

text: the

text: stomach

text: swearing

text: to

text: kill

text: him

text: if

text: he

text: touches

text: Natalie

text: again

text: Shelly

text: and

text: his

text: men

text: drag

text: Bernie

text: up

text: to

text: the

text: roof

text: Shelly

text: says

text: he

text: hurt

text: Natalie

text: because

text: he

text: never

text: gives

text: up

text: on

text: a

text: good

text: thing

text: and

text: Bernie

text: is

text: a

text: very

text: good

text: thing

text: the

text: best

text: cooler

text: ever

text: Bernie

text: says

text: he

text: 's

text: not

text: that

text: man

text: anymore

text: He

text: promises

text: to

text: leave

text: get

text: a

text: job

text: and

text: send

text: Shelly

text: half

text: his

text: paycheck

text: but

text: Shelly

text: says

text: if

text: he

text: tries

text: to

text: leave

text: the

text: casino

text: without

text: paying

text: his

text: debt

text: he

text: 'll

text: toss

text: both

text: he

text: and

text: Natalie

text: off

text: the

text: roof

text: Bernie

text: says

text: he

text: wo

text: n't

text: do

text: that

text: because

text: with

text: him

text: dead

text: he

text: 'd

text: no

text: longer

text: the

text: biggest

text: loser

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Shelly

text: would

text: What

text: do

text: you

text: have

text: except

text: this

text: place

text: Bernie

text: challenges

text: your

text: legacy

text: is

text: an

text: illusion

text: you

text: 've

text: got

text: nothing

text: Shelly

text: is

text: n't

text: impressed

text: by

text: the

text: speech

text: and

text: walks

text: away

text: Bernie

text: turns

text: his

text: into

text: chips

text: and

text: starts

text: throwing

text: the

text: dice

text: at

text: the

text: crap

text: table

text: and

text: winning

text: After

text: he

text: has

text: run

text: up

text: some

text: serious

text: money

text: and

text: gotten

text: Shelly

text: 's

text: attention

text: but

text: no

text: interference

text: from

text: him

text: Larry

text: arrives

text: demanding

text: Shelly

text: shut

text: him

text: down

text: right

text: now

text: and

text: proclaiming

text: that

text: Bernie

text: is

text: n't

text: leaving

text: with

text: one

text: dime

text: Shelly

text: hauls

text: Larry

text: into

text: the

text: men

text: 's

text: room

text: and

text: tells

text: him

text: Bernie

text: is

text: okay

text: and

text: nobody

text: 's

text: touching

text: a

text: hair

text: on

text: his

text: head

text: He

text: pins

text: Shelly

text: down

text: and

text: declares

text: wait

text: on

text: a

text: subsonic

text: level

text: I

text: hear

text: a

text: mantra

text: Pain

text: Pain

text: Pain

text: Then

text: he

text: breaks

text: Larry

text: 's

text: wrist

text: At

text: the

text: table

text: Bernie

text: is

text: up

text: over

text: grand

text: until

text: he

text: craps

text: out

text: He

text: bets

text: again

text: but

text: craps

text: out

text: a

text: second

text: time

text: He

text: then

text: takes

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: his

text: chips

text: in

text: all

text: and

text: places

text: one

text: last

text: bet

text: throwing

text: the

text: dice

text: nervously

text: He

text: is

text: next

text: seen

text: walking

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: casino

text: empty

text: handed

text: Natalie

text: is

text: just

text: grateful

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: alive

text: as

text: he

text: drives

text: them

text: away

text: Meanwhile

text: Shelly

text: is

text: in

text: his

text: office

text: with

text: a

text: headache

text: refusing

text: to

text: answer

text: his

text: ringing

text: phone

text: He

text: finally

text: smashes

text: the

text: model

text: of

text: the

text: new

text: Golden

text: Shangri

text: La

text: to

text: bits

text: Miles

text: away

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: Natalie

text: asks

text: Bernie

text: to

text: tell

text: her

text: what

text: happened

text: He

text: stops

text: the

text: car

text: on

text: the

text: side

text: of

text: a

text: desert

text: road

text: and

text: opens

text: the

text: door

text: as

text: if

text: he

text: has

text: to

text: throw

text: up

text: Meanwhile

text: Shelly

text: gets

text: into

text: his

text: car

text: in

text: the

text: parking

text: lot

text: only

text: to

text: find

text: Nicky

text: waiting

text: in

text: his

text: back

text: seat

text: Bernie

text: meanwhile

text: proceeds

text: to

text: pull

text: wads

text: of

text: money

text: out

text: of

text: his

text: pockets

text: He

text: tells

text: Natalie

text: he

text: won

text: big

text: at

text: the

text: casino

text: Bahamas

text: here

text: we

text: come

text: he

text: declares

text: Then

text: a

text: cop

text: appears

text: at

text: their

text: window

text: ordering

text: them

text: to

text: step

text: out

text: Bernie

text: tells

text: the

text: cop

text: he

text: 's

text: sorry

text: if

text: he

text: was

text: driving

text: carelessly

text: but

text: that

text: they

text: just

text: won

text: a

text: load

text: of

text: money

text: The

text: cop

text: pulls

text: out

text: a

text: gun

text: and

text: tells

text: them

text: they

text: did

text: n't

text: win

text: anything

text: and

text: orders

text: them

text: to

text: get

text: on

text: their

text: knees

text: Nicky

text: tells

text: Shelly

text: he

text: 's

text: just

text: protecting

text: his

text: investment

text: the

text: old

text: school

text: way

text: He

text: points

text: his

text: gun

text: at

text: Shelly

text: 's

text: temple

text: and

text: shoots

text: him

text: dead

text: Meanwhile

text: on

text: their

text: knees

text: in

text: the

text: desert

text: Natalie

text: whispers

text: to

text: Bernie

text: that

text: they

text: should

text: have

text: known

text: it

text: was

text: all

text: too

text: good

text: to

text: be

text: true

text: They

text: turn

text: to

text: give

text: each

text: other

text: one

text: last

text: loving

text: gaze

text: as

text: the

text: cop

text: cocks

text: his

text: gun

text: But

text: instead

text: of

text: hearing

text: a

text: gunshot

text: they

text: hear

text: a

text: loud

text: thud

text: They

text: turn

text: to

text: see

text: that

text: a

text: car

text: has

text: run

text: down

text: and

text: killed

text: the

text: cop

text: Bernie

text: realizes

text: it

text: was

text: just

text: a

text: random

text: drunk

text: driver

text: a

text: freaky

text: lucky

text: coincidence

text: Bernie

text: and

text: Natalie

text: get

text: back

text: into

text: the

text: car

text: and

text: drive

text: away

text: with

text: their

text: money

text: We

text: see

text: Larry

text: being

text: introduced

text: to

text: the

text: investors

text: as

text: the

text: new

text: Director

text: of

text: Casino

text: Operations

text: at

text: the

text: new

text: Golden

text: Shangri

text: La

text: The

text: future

text: looks

text: very

text: bright

text: gentlemen

text: Very

text: very

text: bright

text: he

text: assures

text: them

text: And

text: with

text: those

text: words

text: of

text: endorsement

text: ringing

text: in

text: our

text: ears

text: we

text: watch

text: Bernie

text: and

text: Natalie

text: drive

text: off

text: toward

text: a

text: new

text: life

text: together

question: What does Shelly Kaplow do for a living?

answer: Shangri-La casino boss

question: Who is unlucky?

answer: a casino "cooler"

question: Who paid Bernie's casino debts?

answer: Kaplow

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question: What city does  Bernie Lootz live?

answer: a studio apartment

question: Who is lessening Shelly's grip on casinos?

answer: new young Ivy League casino owners

question: Who takes an interest in Bernie?

answer: Shelly

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