The King of Staten Island
The King of Staten Island is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Judd Apatow, from a screenplay by Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus. It stars Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi, and follows a young man who must get his life together after his mother starts dating a new man who, like his deceased father, is a firefighter. The film was announced as Apatow's next project in early 2019, with the cast joining that April. Filming took place around New York City in June and July. The film has been called a "semi-biographical" take on the life of Davidson, whose father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks and who has had his own battles with mental illness. Originally intended to be theatrically released in the United States, the film was released digitally via Premium VOD on June 12, 2020, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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- Wait, Stan Carlin was your husband? - Mm-hmm. - Paramount Hotel fire? - Yeah, yeah. Did you know him? - You, you... Or you heard... - No, no, no, I... Hung out with him or...? No, I j... I just heard about him. - Oh. - He was a real brave guy. - Yeah. - He was kind of a, kind of a legend, to be honest with you. Yeah. Yeah. And Scott was only seven when it happened, so... - Oh, that's tough. - A lot of consequences. - Yeah, that's a tough situation, but... - Yeah. But I-I got to tell you, you did a great job, you know? See, I mean, I... I know we had a little bit of a difference there, - but, I mean, he's a good kid. - Uh-huh. And I got to tell you, if-if the worst he's doing is-is, you know, a couple unlawful tattoos, - you-you did a hell of a job. - Yeah. Yeah, I don't think that's the worst he's doing, though. Oh. - Yeah. - Well, I don't know. You know, uh, that's how kids are, you know?
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Everybody gets it at a different time. Anyways, what are you, uh... I-I'm just sitting here, doing all the talking here. What do you, what do you do? I'm a nurse. I'm a school nurse. I'm also an ER nurse. - You work in the ER? - Mm-hmm. Jesus Christ, Margie, we probably met each other. Could be. So, how you doing? I'm... very tired. Really? Well, you don't look tired.
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No, seriously, you look great. - Really? - Yeah. I just don't, like... I mean, are you flirting with me or...? - Yeah. - Yeah? Yeah, a lot. This is, this is what it looks like. It is really subtle. I couldn't... I can't tell what's going on. This is how it looks. I'm very subtle. All right. - I'm rusty. You're subtle. - Okay. - Yeah, yeah. - Nice to meet you.
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Hey, busboy, why is table 12 still dirty? Oh, 'cause they were talking. I didn't think I should interrupt them, but... Interrupt them. Get them out of here. - All right. - Do your job. - Sorry. Whoa. - Take it easy there, brother. - My bad. - Jesus. - Thank you. Uh, hi. Uh, are you done enjoying your meal? There is food in my mouth, and I am chewing. Do you think that I'm finished? I'm just holding this for my health? - Get me some water. - Sorry. - Hey, come here. Come here. Can we order? - Uh, yeah. - I'll go get your waiter. - Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, no. We don't have time for that. We're in a hurry. I'm starving. Okay. Can I go? Usually, the woman goes first, but go ahead. - No, no, no, no. - Oh, yeah? - How about I'm paying? - All right. Can I have a chicken parm with meat sauce? No marinara. Thin. Thin chicken parm. Why aren't you writing it down? Yeah, I-I can't actually because, uh, I'm not a waiter. I'm just a busboy, so they don't even give me a pen. Memorize it. Yeah. Seafood pasta. That's what I want. No clams, okay? Double up on the shrimp. That's how I always get it. We come here all the time. I'm not gonna remember a word you guys just said. It's not rocket science. Just go. - Get our shit. - Oh, I'm... All right. I'm starving. ♪ Send me the addy, I'm hunting 'em down ♪ ♪ Send me the addy, I'm hunting 'em down ♪ ♪ Grrt, grrt... ♪ There a dance party or something? - It's fight night. - All right, fight night! Tournament of champions! Fighting for tips. Who's going? Who's going first? - I, Zoots. - Zoots. - Everyone fights for their tips. - The tips that we earn? Y-Yeah, but you have to fight for them now. Who wants some?! Huh?! - Huh? - Who got it?! - It's you, bro. - No way. No, no way. - Put the gloves on. Get in there. Get in there. Hit him. - Hey, yo. - Hey. I don't want... Please, I don... I-I don't want to do this. - Let's just not do this. - You don't want to do this? - What do you mean? - No, well, 'cause we're friends, right? Yeah, no, for the next 15 seconds, this friendship is over, son. - Understand that? - What? - Hmm? - What? Got to understand, fighting is serious. - I don't like it. - It's sacred. It's how I tribute my Lord and Savior. - What? - It's the way I tribute my Lord and Savior, Jesus. I don't think Jesus would want you to kick my ass right now. He would want me to have these tips. - That's what he means. - You can have the tips. I don't even want 'em. - What is this? - I don't know. What's this shit? I've seen Creed a f... a couple times. - What'd you do? - I seen Creed a couple times. - Oh. - Are we about to do the Cotton Eye Joe? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Come on, son. - Okay. - Yeah. Okay. - Come on, son. Oh, that's right. You gonna come this way? Come this way, boy. - Okay. - Come on. Go ahead, take your shot, boy. - Go ahead, take your shot, boy. - For real? - Uh-huh, yeah. Come on! - Ooh! Now we are friends, - goddamn it! - Oh, geez. Take that shit. Yeah! We friends now, nigga, 'cause that's what friends are for. Out this bitch.
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- ♪ Nice ♪ - ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ You what's up, girl, ain't got to ask it ♪ ♪ I dead 'em all now, I buy the caskets ♪ ♪ They should arrest you or whoever dressed you ♪ ♪ Ain't gon' stress you ♪ ♪ But I'm-a let you know, girl, you be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ You be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ Girl, you be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ Uh-uh, oh ♪ ♪ Often imitated, never duplicated ♪ ♪ They say she a dime, I say she underrated ♪ - ♪ Nice ♪ - ♪ I just met her ♪ ♪ So the next solution ♪ ♪ Dead my old chick, execution ♪ ♪ You what's up, girl, ain't got to ask it ♪ ♪ I dead 'em all now, I buy the caskets ♪ ♪ Girl, you be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ You be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ Girl, you be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ You be killin' 'em ♪ ♪ Girl, you be killin' 'em... ♪ - Scott? - Yo. Come sit down. I need to talk to you about something. What's up? Someone die? No, no, nobody's dead. Thank God.
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I'm seeing somebody. What does that mean? Uh, uh, I'm seeing a man. Well, I-I've been dating someone for a little while now. You're dating someone? That-That's awesome. Like, w-why are you dating him secretly, you little slut? W-Why didn't you tell me? Is he, like, really, really old or... or is he really, really young? Is it one of my friends? Is it Igor? No, no, no. I just, I... I just didn't want to bother you unless it was really serious. Bother? You're my mom. I hope you're getting banged out real good. Who's the lucky guy? Uh, it's, um...
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It's Ray. Who's Ray? Remember the kid you tattooed? His father. - That fucking prick? - Yeah, I know. He's a really nice man, and he's really good to me. - And he's a fireman. - He's a fireman?! That's fucked up. - Why? - W-What do you mean, why? I mean, uh, you haven't dated anyone in 17 years since Dad, and the first guy you date is a fireman? You don't think that's a little fucking weird? I got nothing against firemen. Neither do I, but the-the guy doesn't like me, and he has the same job as Dad, like... I'm fucked up as it is, Mom. Like, I have Crohn's, okay? There's something wrong up here. Huh. I can't find my watch! What are you trying to do to me here?! Haven't I been through enough?! Wait, what did I, what did I do wrong? W-What did I do wrong? What did I do? What... I'm sorry. Like, what did I do? I'm not, I'm not doing it to you. I just... I-I don't want to be alone the rest of my life. I don't want you to be alone, either. That would suck, but, like, come on. This is, like... This is pretty obvious this is not a good choice, right?
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I would like us to have dinner. I... This is very, very important to me. I am in a serious relationship... - You're in a serious rela... - ...with a very nice man. With that guy?! Come on! Y-You don't love him, do you? You're not say... You're not, like, saying that, right? I-I... Well, we don't use that word yet. But if he said it to me, I-I would say it back. Oh, my God! Jesus! Do you not learn?! Look what happened last time! - You want to do that again? - Okay. All right? How about this? How about we come by the restaurant and we have dinner when you're working and you just come by and you just say hi? Just say hi a couple times. How about that? How about that? How about... Why don't you ask him? Huh? Why don't you just build another shrine to Ray while you're at it? Right across from Dad's so they can be fucking pals!
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Look at this guy. - Having the time of his life. - Mm-hmm. Acting like he owns the place. I know that guy. Eggplant parmesan. Oh. I'll be. Your moms is a bit of a baddie. She look postcoital. - What's "postcoital"? - It's like post-fucking, but it's your mom, so I want to be nice. But, uh, oh, it's definitely happening.
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Postcoital. If you ever come to see me, if you ever come see me, that's... - It'll happen that night, I guarantee it. - Yeah, I know. Oh, here he is. - Hey. - Hey. - How you doing? - Good. How are you? Good to see you again. Yeah. Uh, I'm-I'm really sorry for branding your kid. Oh, no, no, no. It's-it's fine. It's fine. Cost 350, but I didn't make your mom pay for it.
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But, uh, hey, no harm, no foul. You know? 'Cause, uh, if that didn't happen, I, uh... wouldn't have met this lovely lady. Oh, well, happy to help. Things work out. Yeah. Thank God I did what I did, then. Uh, would you guys like to start with still or, uh, sparkling water? - Oh, let's go sparkling. - Uh, spar... Yeah. Yeah? You like sparkling? - Yeah. - Okay. Yeah. Oh, can we get some more bread, too? - Usually go still. - You know? Last time I came here, it came out hot. - Yeah. - It was... oh, it was perfect. It's like my mom made it. Sure. Sparkling and hot bread. All right. Thanks, buddy.
The King of Staten Island