American Beauty - Lester buying drugs from Ricky

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  • Опубликовано: 20 мар 2016
  • This video is for actors who wanna practice acting from some of the great movies of all times. In this scene, Lester goes to Ricky's room to buy some drugs which he smoked with him a night before and he really enjoyed it.

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  • @timdelphey6370
    @timdelphey6370 2 года назад +735

    The line about working all summer to buy an 8-track and saying it was the great is almost a tear jerker, especially when you reach middle age. When you're young, you long for the money; when you're old, you'd kill to have the time back. It's so melancholy. My favorite line of the film.

    • @Flodro250
      @Flodro250 2 года назад +32

      Then never stop moving. I’m 30 and still longboard and smoke everyday. Don’t let the world change you.

    • @chadlyfromcharlotte4298
      @chadlyfromcharlotte4298 2 года назад +14

      Do you think when you are 80 you'll look back on where you are now with nostalgia and say your life was great? Enjoy what you have now.
      That said, I def get what you are saying though!

    • @JR-vi4rl
      @JR-vi4rl Год назад +1

      Absolutely. I wish I didn't take the 60's and 70's for granted.

    • @poopfacemctavish7080
      @poopfacemctavish7080 Год назад +1

      I mean, he was was obviously exaggerating for effect. Flipping burgers “all summer” for a single 8-track? 😂

    • @GOLDENEYE-sd8mc
      @GOLDENEYE-sd8mc Год назад +1

      Beautiful comment.thoughtful and 100% true.

  • @candyapu3
    @candyapu3 7 лет назад +2179

    "This is totally decent and is 300" *hands him a bag of shake*

    • @hammeringhank5271
      @hammeringhank5271 7 лет назад +51

      What's shake?

    • @AntonioProla
      @AntonioProla 7 лет назад +218

      Hammering Hank shake is all the leaf trimmings and weed dust collected be the people who grow it, pretty decent if your vaping it but pretty shitty to smoke cause it's mostly stems and leaf

    • @rasmus7748
      @rasmus7748 6 лет назад +19

      mix it with tobacco

    • @subsamadhi4124
      @subsamadhi4124 6 лет назад +190

      Back in the late 90s weed was really expensive and shitty for some reason. It was a strange time to be a teenage pot head. Thats from personal experience.

    • @XxStonedKillerxX
      @XxStonedKillerxX 6 лет назад +44

      But its Shake from premium bud, thats gotta count for something

  • @Ph.C
    @Ph.C 3 года назад +419

    There's no way in hell that stash isn't making the whole house smell like a reggae festival.

    • @CircleofShit
      @CircleofShit 3 года назад +45

      Those undies he put on top are deliberately covered in shitty skid marks and havnt been washed in years.

    • @juliancovarrubias5828
      @juliancovarrubias5828 2 года назад +18

      Bro, that was some shake, dry as the Gobi. No smell. Literally have to have your nose on it just to recognize it smells like dirt.

    • @napoleonsolo5929
      @napoleonsolo5929 2 года назад +7

      If you store things just right you don't have to worry.

    • @Mannnnnnnn
      @Mannnnnnnn 2 года назад +3

      @@CircleofShit lmfaooo

    • @CircleofShit
      @CircleofShit 2 года назад

      @@Mannnnnnnn Lol.

  • @DrNickRiveria
    @DrNickRiveria 7 лет назад +433

    things have changed since 1999

    • @georgeguja6155
      @georgeguja6155 5 лет назад

      DrNickRiveria what do you mean

    • @jamiebrand269
      @jamiebrand269 5 лет назад +6

      I was born in 1999 so things certainly have changed for me lol

    • @Alhdwfajdgak
      @Alhdwfajdgak 3 года назад +3

      that's not a bad thing

    • @paperchasindude6578
      @paperchasindude6578 3 года назад

      Yup

    • @HailS8nDoDrugs
      @HailS8nDoDrugs 3 года назад +1

      Depends on where you live, bro. I’m out in WV and average $600 for 3 O’s from my dude from CA.

  • @mikeway2223
    @mikeway2223 5 лет назад +959

    I’m 37 now and feel Lester’s pain. I didn’t at 18 when I first saw this movie upon its release. Crazy thing about getting older.

    • @soldinsmoor
      @soldinsmoor 5 лет назад +44

      I am 32 and have no kids yet but in some point we are all Lester. Back in time wanted to have Ricky's attitude. And I Still do ! Regards from Argentina

    • @jamesradskijr.9745
      @jamesradskijr.9745 4 года назад +14

      I totally seeing 20 years ago stoned, and recently seeing it again now I get it.

    • @jamesradskijr.9745
      @jamesradskijr.9745 4 года назад +12

      @Ivana Fagulova courage is within oneself, try getting in sync with your inner soul, salvation lies within.

    • @user-rl2rw3tp6s
      @user-rl2rw3tp6s 4 года назад +6

      Ivana Sonns it’s never to late life how you want

    • @tranzorz6293
      @tranzorz6293 3 года назад +2

      I know how you feel mate

  • @oneGodtobe
    @oneGodtobe 3 года назад +665

    His dad must have lost his sense of smell lol

    • @scottbaican9566
      @scottbaican9566 3 года назад +47

      That’s exactly what I thought ! You know that room reeks

    • @rebeccaellsbury73
      @rebeccaellsbury73 3 года назад +31

      Probably got covid

    • @MrSladej
      @MrSladej 3 года назад +15

      Weed didn’t really smell as potent as it does now back in 99 at least in my experience anyway

    • @overman2306
      @overman2306 3 года назад

      @@MrSladej lol it's a movie

    • @ABHav0k55
      @ABHav0k55 3 года назад +25

      Nah denial overpowers the smell

  • @Mr.paint123
    @Mr.paint123 4 года назад +393

    “ I remember when a dime bag cost a dime”
    - Willie Nelson

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 3 года назад +6

      Yu know what I mean?
      Yu know how much Condoms cost in Them Days?

    • @Mr.paint123
      @Mr.paint123 3 года назад +19

      @@MrParkerman6
      “Nope, because we never used them”

    • @socallawrence
      @socallawrence 3 года назад +10

      I want to talk to SAMPSON

    • @HarpersInfiniteSystems
      @HarpersInfiniteSystems 2 года назад +5

      and I remember when a dime meant ten dollars

    • @rottenasss1923
      @rottenasss1923 2 года назад +2

      Sampson I’m sorry!!

  • @kavalere
    @kavalere 2 года назад +324

    "I had my whole life ahead of me." One of the best moments of the film. Look at how he reflects on his past. This is the best movie ever.

    • @matthewkagan6921
      @matthewkagan6921 2 года назад +13

      Kevin Spacey was 40 when this was made. You can tell he felt similiar.

    • @TurnOffYourTV
      @TurnOffYourTV 2 года назад +1

      Agreed. This is the best movie ever. Hollyweird hit a Game7 walkoff Grandslam against the 27' Yankees and Ruth was on the mound.

    • @Francois176
      @Francois176 Год назад +5

      @@matthewkagan6921 I'm not so sure. In 1999, Kevin was a hollywood star making plenty of money and with plenty of job opportunities lying ahead. You could even argue that at 40, he had his whole life ahead of him until it came to a screeching halt 5 yrs ago with that sexual scandal. He must not be too happy now. He's in his 60s and his acting career is pretty much over. At least he's rich so he doesn't have to worry about a meal or a home. I bet today he feels like Lester.

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies Год назад

      @@matthewkagan6921 it wasnt just acting and you can feel it in every scene

    • @dinoXAs2
      @dinoXAs2 Год назад

      @@matthewkagan6921 Yeah. I feel similar at my 41.
      I mean im happy now, but still.... it was nice when it felt like im just starting...

  • @buffylover83
    @buffylover83 7 лет назад +967

    When I was in high school i worked weekends and only made minimum wage (back when that was $5.30 a hour), but had no real expenses, so it was all profit and I just partied and bought whatever i wanted. Now I'm working 46 hours a week and make a lot more money, but because of monthly payments like rent, student loans and car payments, i'm barely scraping by. Somehow it seems like i've gone backwards.

    • @snakegman318
      @snakegman318 7 лет назад +14

      I feel the same way.

    • @Cateranrebel
      @Cateranrebel 7 лет назад +93

      a single guy just taking care of himself making $8 an hour has a much better standard of living than a married man with a family making $15an hour.

    • @HarleyQuinn_93
      @HarleyQuinn_93 7 лет назад +6

      Cateranrebel Regardless of how difficult expenses and other things would be for a married man with kids. I'd rather be that man than what I am now. A single man.

    • @FloofyMinari
      @FloofyMinari 7 лет назад +42

      Man its stories like these that discourage me from going to college. Student debt and a ton of payments. I feel Like I would be a lot happier working minim wage living in a one room apartment. People find success without getting a higher education and don't have to worry about student debt or working for long hours in a shitty desk job. Still I probably should go to college. Everyone around me is talking about how they got into amazing Universities, and I'm sitting in the corner not knowing what I want to do with my life.

    • @feardrinker
      @feardrinker 7 лет назад +18

      +Luis R. - It's a tough choice man, because college is way more expensive than it used to be. And the student loan debt can be scary. My only advice is to go to a community college for a year and see if you find your passion. Maybe you will find out that you love math, or economics, or history or whatever. College makes you a better person, I think.
      But if you like working with your hands, or have a talent for sales, then go for that too. Take it from a middle aged man: you need to enjoy what you do for a living, regardless of what it costs.

  • @madjack821
    @madjack821 5 лет назад +200

    “Never underestimate the power of denial”
    That has got to be the most realistic thing I’ve ever heard from a movie.

    • @jeremiahkirkman100
      @jeremiahkirkman100 4 года назад +2

      legit

    • @dps1689
      @dps1689 2 года назад +6

      You need to watch more movies bro, for real

    • @madjack821
      @madjack821 2 года назад +1

      @@dps1689 I’m open to suggestions

    • @poker4080
      @poker4080 2 года назад +1

      @@madjack821 True Romance w/ Christian Slater

    • @luckyy3691
      @luckyy3691 2 года назад +1

      Specially after he's clearly ripping him off on drugs

  • @STONESGAM
    @STONESGAM 3 года назад +119

    I think Ricky was smart that it seemed like he sold his weed to mostly adult, upper middle class people.
    People who had money but didn't really know the true cost of a bag of pot anymore. So he probably had a lot of the "jacked up" costs coming in installments. And coming from mature, adult professionals who weren't going to rat him out or get caught and blab Ricky's name like high school kids would.

    • @Aman1012
      @Aman1012 2 года назад +6

      a great business

    • @chroylikesfish
      @chroylikesfish 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@Aman1012a buddy of mine did something similar in the day. He would say that his one client was a Doctor at John's Hopkins who would pay 400 for an ounce

    • @Knowledge.to_Come
      @Knowledge.to_Come 9 месяцев назад +1

      Thats how he saved enough money to get away

  • @nunyabiznez4408
    @nunyabiznez4408 7 лет назад +534

    $2k for a z is completely absurd, that's more than gold.

    • @larrydavid3520
      @larrydavid3520 7 лет назад +29

      I know right like wtf? Wonder what profit margin he was making haha.

    • @ryanmccabe5423
      @ryanmccabe5423 7 лет назад +9

      It's called skimping

    • @timothybates8891
      @timothybates8891 5 лет назад +42

      That wasn't even close to an ounce.😆

    • @ryanjones9498
      @ryanjones9498 5 лет назад +22

      Supply and demand. Even if he looked all over the state he might not find that government weed.

    • @Guccicurry
      @Guccicurry 3 года назад +1

      Its really good shit

  • @Collateral0
    @Collateral0 2 года назад +53

    Literally gave him the lie every weed dealer gives. “Altered by the U.S. Government”.

    • @AttilatheThrilla
      @AttilatheThrilla Год назад +2

      It still makes me laugh when they claimed “it’s laced with lsd” 😂

    • @mb2776
      @mb2776 3 месяца назад +1

      Probably was. G13 was used to synthesize some cannabinoids to test them in their G programm. You can look it up in Wikipedia.
      G13 probably was some afghan landstrain crossed with some other local potent strain. The goal was a high thc content to get a better yield when extracting. Even back then, they knew about ethanol extraction

  • @TurnOffYourTV
    @TurnOffYourTV 2 года назад +22

    One of the Greatest films ever made. Rickey Fitts' perfection is absolute.

  • @robertmcknightmusic
    @robertmcknightmusic 3 года назад +415

    This scene always kills me. $2000/oz and he hands him a dimebag containing two rectangular prisms. $300 for "totally decent" shake lmao. Were the writers not into pot?

    • @adzsn5787
      @adzsn5787 3 года назад +28

      Perhaps it was for humour

    • @robertmcknightmusic
      @robertmcknightmusic 3 года назад +50

      @@adzsn5787 It's certainly funny how wrong it is lol

    • @MartyMar908
      @MartyMar908 Год назад +16

      2 bands for a O that must have been that ZA PACK 😂😂😂

    • @kjanvink1981
      @kjanvink1981 Год назад +4

      not worth 2 grand but that's hasj lol that's probably around half an ounce of hasj worth probably 100 bucks in europe where i'm from but i've heard it can get insane in america probably closer to 500 there so not the 2grand but still worth a lot

    • @robertmcknightmusic
      @robertmcknightmusic Год назад +4

      @@kjanvink1981 Hash is more expensive in North America, that's true, but there isn't anything in the scene to suggest it's hash aside from the shape of the package. From the context, I'm pretty sure the scene is trying to convince you it's flower. Also, the prices per gram (at least in Canada) tend to scale down as you buy higher quantities. $500 for an oz of hash is too much even today, let alone when the movie came out.

  • @padraigmurphy3785
    @padraigmurphy3785 7 лет назад +559

    "Never underestimate the power the denial" he says as he charges him 2 grand for a tiny bag of weed. He's definitely intentionally overcharging him because he knows how impressionable Lester is. That was always clear to me. That Ricky is smart enough to know Lester would pay for it, and if he didn't, he'd still make 300 quid off him at least.

    • @blacjackdaniels200
      @blacjackdaniels200 7 лет назад +6

      Padraig Murphy good point

    • @pineapplepeanuts
      @pineapplepeanuts 6 лет назад +56

      Agree. The kid reminds me of people I used to know. Smart people who seem like they're upright or looking out for you but are actually wolves. And yeah, they tend to brag openly about it, as if they're naive or innocent of it. For the kid, he's a victim of his abusive father that goes along creating more victims.

    • @elementengine
      @elementengine 5 лет назад +117

      Nah I think Ricky was being straight with Lester. The writers just didn't know shit about weed.

    • @lufsolitaire5351
      @lufsolitaire5351 3 года назад +18

      There’s the naivety of being too young, but then also the naivety of being too old and certain experiences you wouldn’t of had as kid that makes you sucker when you’re older. Like older people getting scammed on the internet because sure maybe they knew about scammer in irl situations but don’t understand it when it comes to the internet. Same thing with the outrageous price Ricky was charging Lester, too old to have some drugs before and with disposable income.

    • @danzam40
      @danzam40 3 года назад +43

      Lester had just blackmailed his boss for one year’s salary with benefits and he’ll be dead within a couple months. Let him enjoy his expensive weed.

  • @bla-ig4bd
    @bla-ig4bd Год назад +11

    Say what you will, Kevin Spacy is an excellent actor.. Top of the line

    • @Smoove_J
      @Smoove_J 2 месяца назад

      Really? I was just thinking how uncomfortable those gooey gazes were making me. He definitely had plans for that taut young fellow.

  • @jenniferlopez3554
    @jenniferlopez3554 2 года назад +43

    This scene is one of the best scenes . Lester looks so disenchanted … Ricky seems to be the only people he can talk to !

    • @jenniferlopez3554
      @jenniferlopez3554 2 года назад +1

      @@sebcast3173 For your information I took this photo two days ago after a massage session with a doctor in order to relax my body and mind so I can manage to relieve stress . As you can tell by the photo I was wearing a kimono as well as I felt very comfortable and relaxed . I’ve chosen this picture because I think that everybody should go for a massage session sometimes because we live in a world made of stress and pollution and I guess those two things have a very bad influence on people . I’ve chosen this photo as my profile pic because I really want to impact attitudes in a good way . This photo is a way to make people understand if they just take it easy life is becoming a little less complicated and so much better ! No need to be in a hurry or to be upset because everything is coming in due time . And don’t forget if some things don’t happen it is just because they hadn’t to happen 👌🏻

    • @sebcast3173
      @sebcast3173 2 года назад

      REPLY!!!! NOW!!!!

    • @Gameboy-Unboxings
      @Gameboy-Unboxings 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@sebcast3173wtf..

  • @kevycanavan
    @kevycanavan 2 года назад +24

    “There’s a card in there with my beeper number.”
    Just to make sure I’m completely and utterly fucked even if I don’t get raided here.

  • @davidherbella7165
    @davidherbella7165 5 лет назад +306

    $2000 for what looks like an eighth, seems legit.

    • @beewalk34
      @beewalk34 3 года назад +2

      Lmaooooo

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 3 года назад +7

      No way is that an Eighth, dumbass. Two Grams at the most.

    • @keefwins04
      @keefwins04 3 года назад +2

      That’s almost Pennsylvania medical prices. 😆

    • @ClassicKrusty
      @ClassicKrusty 3 года назад +2

      Depends how dense it is and that looked quite dense

    • @brandonbeavers4668
      @brandonbeavers4668 3 года назад +3

      its hash

  • @ryanmrdmpro8251
    @ryanmrdmpro8251 2 года назад +16

    “Never deny the power of underestimation”
    I feeled that.

  • @mrxxbrian
    @mrxxbrian 7 лет назад +48

    When he mentioned to beep him.
    damn, made me feel old

  • @verdaderoamor980
    @verdaderoamor980 4 года назад +38

    1:51 => The nostalgic look in kevin Spacey's face when he says : " I had my whole life ahead of me !".

  • @lucioetchamendi6362
    @lucioetchamendi6362 8 лет назад +216

    Line of my life: Never NEVER underestimate the power of denial.

    • @bhupinderfilm
      @bhupinderfilm  7 лет назад

      Do you wanna learn how to cook some food. Watch this out [ruclips.net/channel/UC2H1pn-e8lWrf5bbF2ZuBLA]!

    • @Tyrannosaurine
      @Tyrannosaurine 7 лет назад +13

      That line just hit me like a ton of bricks. Makes a lot of sense in America right now.

    • @chicobond89
      @chicobond89 4 года назад

      until your father beats the shit out of you, and the only thing you have to do is confront the man.

  • @matthewhooks452
    @matthewhooks452 2 года назад +19

    There’s no way that dude had all that weed in his room and his dad didn’t smell it

  • @chrisbilling
    @chrisbilling Год назад +6

    Whoever wrote this scene has never experienced life outside of a gated community

  • @johndavis_
    @johndavis_ 3 года назад +54

    First saw this when I was 31 and his struggle impacted me alot. Now I am 52 and retired early as planned. Great movies like this and Fight Club, and great people I met along the way, helped me wake up from running the rat race and struggling in the muck. What a relief.

    • @HaIsKuL
      @HaIsKuL 3 года назад +1

      How'd you do it?

    • @CB-rv2lj
      @CB-rv2lj 3 года назад +1

      @@HaIsKuL I'm going to guess he found a way to work for himself.

    • @tyler_drdn
      @tyler_drdn 3 года назад +1

      @@CB-rv2lj Not necessarily. There are stressful, but good paying corp jobs in Tech, Finance where one can retire in 10-15 years. Assuming they save and invest.

    • @johndavis_
      @johndavis_ 3 года назад

      @@HaIsKuL I am 52 so I would not call it a miracle; but be financially literate, save alot, invest wisely...read John Bogle

    • @hermanios2152
      @hermanios2152 2 года назад

      @@johndavis_ how did you do it?

  • @DanielFlores-hn9bd
    @DanielFlores-hn9bd 2 года назад +9

    “My dad thinks I get my stuff and clothes from cutting grass”

  • @anunusualironiccircumstanc2246
    @anunusualironiccircumstanc2246 4 года назад +95

    No bag of weed that small is worth $2000.

    • @austinaguillar3847
      @austinaguillar3847 4 года назад +15

      Well if it’s g13 that’s a good deal only government officials have that strain

    • @frankiegee6135
      @frankiegee6135 4 года назад +5

      Charlie from Starkville, Mississippi maybe the stuff you had. Back in the 90s I had a friend who got medical grade and I’ve never seen bud like that ever before. The skunk smell alone was like 100 times more than what I’ve seen today. It had so much thc and so dense it looked like a huge white biscuit from all the crystals and it was supposed to be g-13

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 3 года назад

      @Charlie from Starkville, Mississippi
      That is not a compressed Ounce, dumb fuck. It isn't even an Eighth, dumbass. It is like two grams.

    • @adzsn5787
      @adzsn5787 3 года назад

      @@frankiegee6135 damn that acc sounds so sick, any idea how much it was?

    • @sponish0
      @sponish0 3 года назад +2

      @@austinaguillar3847 thats a myth lol it just a good strain of weed the stories of about the governments involvement are urban legens

  • @davida6146
    @davida6146 6 лет назад +25

    I've never seen this movie but every time I watch clips of it, I'm completely drawn into the scene. I can tell this is great film, not many movies have this effect on me!

    • @steveneumeyer681
      @steveneumeyer681 3 года назад +4

      it is a great film. i was lucky enough to see it in the theater

    • @chadster123
      @chadster123 3 года назад +1

      Snag it second hand on Amazon. You will pay more for the postage. Great movie

    • @VoiceOfThe
      @VoiceOfThe 7 месяцев назад

      Hope you’ve seen it by now. It’s a great film. Keeps you riveted and easy to watch.

  • @ahmedelsheikh1987
    @ahmedelsheikh1987 6 лет назад +15

    @ 02:00 just look at his face saying: I had my whole life ahead of me.... I cried!

    • @Joel-fq5xl
      @Joel-fq5xl 3 года назад +3

      no you didnt, if you cried over something like that, well god help you.

  • @z7123
    @z7123 3 года назад +16

    Never estimate the power of Denial.

  • @geraldspencer8679
    @geraldspencer8679 Год назад +16

    I love how, in the scene before this, Lester managed to stay under Ricky's dad's radar by asking about the movie they talked about at the party.
    "Yo, Ricky! I was wondering if I could...the movie we talked about!"
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

  • @JB-zo7ln
    @JB-zo7ln 3 года назад +77

    "All I did was party and get laid. I had my whole life ahead of me." Wow...so true

    • @DrJones20
      @DrJones20 Год назад

      Huh.. I never got laid

  •  4 года назад +2

    Wes Bentley killed it. So many people are like Ricky, the “weird” kid is is more logical and lucid than anybody else. Lester instantly sees his younger self in him, and even idolizes him a bit as the “cool kid” after watching him quit his job so coldly.

  • @evanbeck4651
    @evanbeck4651 2 года назад +2

    2 grand for like a 1/4 and $300 for an oz of shake ? Who ever wrote and did the prop work had no idea what they were doing

  • @Ristopistox
    @Ristopistox 3 года назад +13

    As I get older I can understand this movie more and more.

  • @minerva6
    @minerva6 2 года назад +5

    This is the film people watch again when they become adults, feel the monotony of life, and consequently get back into weed in search of meaning and direction, or just that feeling they had then they were 18

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 6 лет назад +15

    Fitts keeps the family in a constant state of fear. Ricky has been to military school, as well as a psych ward. His father also beats him. So for him to be standing in his bedroom pitching different kinds of weed, in a manner more in keeping with a car salesman, does not ring true.

  • @lander77477
    @lander77477 11 месяцев назад +3

    I was 16 when this movie was in theaters, Kevin Spacey was 39 when they filmed it, which means he was a year younger then I am now when he was in front of the camera, how the hell did that happen

  • @yoloswaggins1579
    @yoloswaggins1579 2 года назад +10

    Back then the ultimate hifi setup was having 2 vhs decks.😂

    • @sammencia7945
      @sammencia7945 2 года назад

      Could be used as digital audio recorders

  • @jamescollinson2179
    @jamescollinson2179 2 года назад +8

    Runs a high dollar marijuana business out of his bedroom and fakes out drug tests with children's "clean" piss he gets from a buyer who's a nurse for a pediatrician. Ricky is one smart dude.

  • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
    @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 2 года назад +2

    Lol I'd be like "300 an oz.... For this shit?"

  • @ZenDeividdo
    @ZenDeividdo 4 года назад +9

    In this film, ironic how (as some have pointed out) the drug dealing teenager has his shit more together than just about any other character...

    • @sunkintree
      @sunkintree Год назад

      @Arch5tanton garbage bags are sad tho

  • @robertpoole9786
    @robertpoole9786 7 лет назад +23

    Things HAVE changed since 1973!

  • @charleswillis614
    @charleswillis614 4 года назад +10

    I remember seeing this and thinking, this guy is telling someone a quarter, if that, is 2 thousand dollars. I wish they had it more realistic with the prices because that's just completely absurd.

    • @jamesmiller4085
      @jamesmiller4085 3 года назад +2

      It was a ounce of hash

    • @TonyDanza4Lyfe
      @TonyDanza4Lyfe Год назад

      @@jamesmiller4085 not once do they say that

    • @jesusantispray
      @jesusantispray 11 месяцев назад

      @@TonyDanza4Lyfe they didnt need to say it. If you look at whats in the bag its hash lol. Also good chance he's just upselling to privileged which folks who dont know better and he can charge whatever he wants lol

  • @seanthebaptist6757
    @seanthebaptist6757 6 лет назад +2

    It's a movie guys, calm down.

  • @dallas-cole
    @dallas-cole 11 месяцев назад +2

    This movie grows deeper as I get older

  • @Shatamx
    @Shatamx 7 лет назад +50

    Being 17 with two jobs was something I took for granted. I had money to spend. Back then it was just trivial things. CD's, movies, nights out with my friends etc. Still I could afford it. No rent, car payment, or cell phone bill. Only monthly expense was my car insurance. That was around 120$ a month. Which is definitely a good chunk of $$. Now fast forward. I'm 31 making way more $$. Seems I have less of it to spend. Family and bills. Lester is right. My life was ahead of me. Insane how different life is after a few years.

    • @francisalbert1799
      @francisalbert1799 7 лет назад +2

      I'm gonna be 33 next month I hear ya pal

    • @alexbutler9343
      @alexbutler9343 4 года назад +2

      you were paying 120 a month for car insurance in 2004? How many accidents did you get in lol

    • @Shatamx
      @Shatamx 3 года назад

      @@alexbutler9343 Zero. New drivers get smoked for insurance payments in MA. I still have a few of my stubs haha.

  • @CB-rv2lj
    @CB-rv2lj 3 года назад +3

    Turning 30 this year. I worked at Culvers a fast food restaurant from 16 to 22. 6 years of my life. When its brought up in random conversations I say I hated it and that I'd never want to do it again. Which I wouldn't. But looking back on it, it was good. It was life. I experienced it. Thats what this whole movies about and I never realized that. It was great. I bought my own xbox 360 by myself making $5.25 an hour. It cost $300. That was a lot of hours to save up to that much back then. But I did it.

    • @chadster123
      @chadster123 3 года назад

      Yea. It made you appreciate the things you bought and owned so much more too. Good times in hindsight.

  • @user-rz8bu6vl8x
    @user-rz8bu6vl8x 6 месяцев назад +1

    One of the best movies I've seen!

  • @billbixby557
    @billbixby557 2 года назад +13

    1:53 - 2:03 the way he doesn't even look at the other person in the room, he simply zones out to that middle space, that memory world.
    Sooner or later his last line will hit us all the same way, just different people populating each of our thoughts.

  • @Casablumpkin01
    @Casablumpkin01 2 года назад +18

    I remember being so scandalised by this scene as a child. Cut to now where Seth Rogen is lighting up with Conan on Primetime. Oh how far we’ve come.

    • @chadlyfromcharlotte4298
      @chadlyfromcharlotte4298 2 года назад +1

      The funniest thing about that clip is how fast Conan immediately exhales it. No way he inhaled any of that.

    • @unstableordinance
      @unstableordinance 2 года назад

      @@chadlyfromcharlotte4298 Doesnt matter how fast you exhale, it still has the same effect

    • @chadlyfromcharlotte4298
      @chadlyfromcharlotte4298 2 года назад

      @@unstableordinance not if you don't actually inhale it. What I was saying was he just put it in his mouth and immediately blew it out. He didn't breathe in.

    • @unstableordinance
      @unstableordinance 2 года назад

      @@chadlyfromcharlotte4298 Dont matter at all if you keep it in for a second or keep it in for 20, the effect is still the same

    • @chadlyfromcharlotte4298
      @chadlyfromcharlotte4298 2 года назад

      @@unstableordinance Correct, but that is only if you inhale it into your lungs. In this clip Conan didn't inhale it into his lungs, just into his mouth. You do not get high by just putting the smoke into your mouth.

  • @mattsivits9834
    @mattsivits9834 3 года назад +20

    As a grown man now at the age of 42 I understand what he meant.... “It was the greatest time of my life”

  • @maritimezhang
    @maritimezhang 3 года назад +8

    Been working with this 19 year old kid last couple weeks. He doesn't know much but the confidence of "i have my whole life ahead of me" attitude he got is one thing i miss. I think that attitude dies down a bit as we get older. Even though we have gained more experience and skills, the thought of time is limited is pretty sad.

    • @jackmiddleton2080
      @jackmiddleton2080 Год назад

      When I was 19 I already had Walter's outlook on life. I could just see my future laid before me and how I would probably go nowhere.

  • @conatcha
    @conatcha Месяц назад

    How cool is that Ricky gets along with both Lester and Jane. If all had been through well they would have had a great father/son-in-law relationship.

  • @cooperanderson4609
    @cooperanderson4609 7 лет назад +30

    It was bothering me so much but I just realized Ricky is in Ghost Rider lol

  • @ThereBeGoldInThemTharHills
    @ThereBeGoldInThemTharHills 6 лет назад +21

    You can find that whole wall in a thrift store nowadays

  • @RunOfTheHind
    @RunOfTheHind 5 месяцев назад +1

    Seeing this at 20 I was like "Yeah...whatever, grandad!". Now, at 43, all I seem to do is look back on a life of mistakes and regrets and wish to do it all again.

  • @oscarsmack141
    @oscarsmack141 11 месяцев назад +1

    That's the most 90s looking room I've ever seen.

  • @claytonlusby2505
    @claytonlusby2505 4 года назад +5

    I'd love to live next door to a guy like Ricky. Seems like a good and fair guy to do business with and hang out with. Especially giving it to you on credit. That takes some real trust there. My kind of cool dealer.

    • @xMorbidArtx
      @xMorbidArtx 11 месяцев назад +1

      2k for some bullshit. ok dude

  • @daisychainmilk
    @daisychainmilk 7 лет назад +70

    2 grand????? For a little bit of weed!!!???

    • @ericanulph1980
      @ericanulph1980 7 лет назад +5

      Milk Prince it's that good shit. lol

    • @jincollects
      @jincollects 7 лет назад +4

      $300 for an ounce is fuckeddd

    • @larrydavid3520
      @larrydavid3520 7 лет назад +4

      $300 is shit for hydro but good for strain.

    • @artemnoelgames
      @artemnoelgames 7 лет назад +5

      Milk Boy that was 1999. Now it's off the radar

    • @00bean00
      @00bean00 7 лет назад +24

      When Hollywood writes movies

  • @Hhhhhrro
    @Hhhhhrro 5 месяцев назад +1

    This movie is actually just what the suburbs is like.

  • @sidd_not_vicious2609
    @sidd_not_vicious2609 Год назад +2

    and things have REALLY changed since 1999...now you can just go to the store

  • @jamesvickery3482
    @jamesvickery3482 2 года назад +3

    Funny I can't take my own advice but when he said "I have my whole life ahead of me" I wanted to tell him "you still do",

  • @mikecummings3149
    @mikecummings3149 3 года назад +14

    Never underestimate the amount of eyeliner used in this scene..

  • @northernking2604
    @northernking2604 11 месяцев назад +1

    This movie was brilliant..

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia7945 3 года назад +1

    I'm the guy who you aren't.
    Never married, no kids no alimony no child support, student loans were $49.01 a month and paid off in 1992.
    I have always done exactly what I wanted to do.
    As a result by age 48 I had done all I set out to and had zero regrets.
    That was a decade ago.
    I have the next 15 years of good health to do even more.
    This was all an intentional choice.
    Those of you 20, follow my path
    Those of you older, you can always change. It is never too late.

  • @nikolai3620
    @nikolai3620 4 года назад +11

    All of that weed looked like dried oregano.

  • @geddoe316
    @geddoe316 7 лет назад +144

    "weed is not a drug"....yep, never underestimate the power of denial

    • @stendaalcartography3436
      @stendaalcartography3436 7 лет назад +16

      Well the actuality is that we're all made of drugs. Serotonin makes you happy. Melatonin makes you sleepy. Dopamine gives you pleasure. Oxytocin gives you feeling of love. Cortisol gives you stress. DMT gives you dreams. Shit just goes on and on.

    • @TonySoprano55
      @TonySoprano55 7 лет назад

      Stendaal ARTS finally someone who knows what they are talking about

    • @saint52vvs
      @saint52vvs 3 года назад

      It’s not you moron

  • @jillimyjilikers2036
    @jillimyjilikers2036 4 года назад +2

    Grim Reefer....Bongzilla

  • @minerva6
    @minerva6 5 месяцев назад +2

    His dad walks in and smells 50kg of weed and thinks “my son, the waiter”…

  • @zumis1011
    @zumis1011 7 лет назад +30

    300 for an ounce of shake? Wtf, then following up with a tiny amount of something that doesn't even look like weed for 2 fucking thousand? No way anyone payed that much back then, probably even now.

    • @jimmyfartboi5990
      @jimmyfartboi5990 7 лет назад +1

      what if it was shatter

    • @r5t6y7u8
      @r5t6y7u8 3 года назад +1

      Someone else commented that Ricky is overcharging Lester because 1) he has more money 2) he's desperate for an escape and 3) he never bothers to negotiate.
      Know your customers. And always negotiate.

    • @napoleonsolo5929
      @napoleonsolo5929 2 года назад +1

      @@r5t6y7u8 I never need to negotiate. I'm always able to get weed for a decent price. Just be friends with the right people.

    • @thewinterwoods
      @thewinterwoods 2 года назад +1

      @@jimmyfartboi5990 he said that is what they smoked, you can't smoke shatter in a joint.

    • @kasperkilledyou
      @kasperkilledyou 2 года назад

      @@jimmyfartboi5990 I get ounces of shatter for 400$

  • @danielsnook5029
    @danielsnook5029 3 года назад +5

    Two grand?? Wow, that's nearly my annual Astroglide budget.😆

    • @rong2912
      @rong2912 2 года назад +2

      Astroglide is expensive bro.

  • @ChristianFrates1997
    @ChristianFrates1997 3 месяца назад

    Mark Steven Johnson saw American Beauty and was impressed by Wes Bentley’s performance and cast him as Blackheart in Ghost Rider.

  • @sammencia7945
    @sammencia7945 2 года назад +1

    43 in 1999.
    17 in 1973.
    Weed was 20 an ounce in 1973.
    Carter sprayed the fields, rose to $35 in 1977.
    Everyone acted as though the world ended.
    Nickle bag was one finger.
    4 fingers for an ounce in a sandwich baggie. No Ziploc then.

  • @alecjones4676
    @alecjones4676 Год назад +8

    Wes Bentley was criminally underrated in this

  • @riot-jacket142
    @riot-jacket142 7 лет назад +10

    1:45 -Key scene into Lester's character

  • @Digginbehindthedikes
    @Digginbehindthedikes 2 месяца назад

    Coltrane jazz album in the background. Ricky's got my respect.

  • @ppuh6tfrz646
    @ppuh6tfrz646 11 месяцев назад +2

    I saw American Beauty when it first came out and I couldn't understand why people raved about it so much.
    Since then even Sam Mendes has said it received too much praise.
    I guess I was right all along.
    I usually am. 😉

    • @nolagospeltracts8264
      @nolagospeltracts8264 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, I had a GF back in 1999 that tried to get me into this movie.I didn't even want to watch the rest of the film after this scene. Fight Club which came out the same year was far superior in my opinion

    • @johngotti4286
      @johngotti4286 9 месяцев назад

      Thomas Newman and Conrad hall, that’s why it gets praise!

    • @ppuh6tfrz646
      @ppuh6tfrz646 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@johngotti4286 Right...
      So the reason it won Oscars for best picture, director, lead actor and screenplay was because of the music and photography...
      Listen to yourself.

  • @tomc6944
    @tomc6944 Год назад +9

    Lester reminiscing about his youth makes it so apparent that, despite being broke as a kid, he was so happy - happier than Rick, even though Rick has a lot of money and material items.
    People like to think Rick is some sort of hero; the movie isn't saying that at all. Rick is a high school drug dealer who is just as invested in material items as the adults around him. He is no better than them. He is also regularly seen to be inhumane, devoid of any emotion- to the point of being a sociopath.
    Lester's rebuttal of Ricky saying "that sucks" - "no, it was great" emphasises the fact that the only person in this movie that was happy, was childhood Lester - the only person who had nothing.

    • @jonathanbirch2022
      @jonathanbirch2022 Год назад +2

      I don’t think Ricky Fitts is devoid of emotion. He cried over a plastic bag. Ricky just suffered from abuse so learned to avoid being too outgoing. I think he might even be on the spectrum.

  • @apark8787
    @apark8787 3 года назад +5

    @1:55 that line really hits me hard

  • @gilpinsteven
    @gilpinsteven 11 месяцев назад

    whoo boy what a great piece of dialogue my goodness

  • @Jose-se9pu
    @Jose-se9pu 11 месяцев назад +1

    1:51
    When you hit a certain age, this little scene hits like a truck.

  • @PhilospherDjPsychologist24
    @PhilospherDjPsychologist24 2 года назад +3

    I think Ricky was bluffing about the 2 grand and Lester fell for it

  • @machinech183
    @machinech183 3 года назад +8

    Right, so I just wanna set one thing straight. There is NO way in hell you have that much weed of any decent quality in those bags under a false bottom with a few shirts on it without that room reeking of weed.

  • @siddridiculous
    @siddridiculous 8 месяцев назад

    yep..you for sure look back at some times in your youth with extremely fond eyes

  • @prathification
    @prathification 2 года назад +1

    FYI drug dealers don’t show you their entire collection of drugs, including their secret stash locations.

  • @alievmakmud6439
    @alievmakmud6439 6 лет назад +3

    $2000 grand is BS for what looks like a quarter. A ounce around here ( Ottawa Canada) goes for $140-$220 from your local dealer ...$100 a ounce during harvest and pounds can be bought for anywhere from $800+ during harvest. Cheapest pound I have bought was last year for $500 or $31.25 cents a ounce Canadian. No the weed was not crap it was outdoor and good. Hydro is of course a completely different ballgame.

  • @thesoundpurist
    @thesoundpurist 3 года назад +8

    "never underestimate the power of denial" this is a strong line, considering how the the script is organized.

    • @blacjackdaniels200
      @blacjackdaniels200 2 года назад +2

      Yeah you’re right
      The father’s sexuality
      The husband knowing his wife is cheating
      The girl angela knowing she’s a clueless virgin.
      The only people in this whole movie who were mentally together were the gay neighbors Jim and Jim Lol

  • @sdbplumbing5595
    @sdbplumbing5595 2 года назад

    Dealing 101
    Never let the fiends know where the stash at.....

  • @NickatYouTubeSucksJK
    @NickatYouTubeSucksJK Год назад +2

    Never underestimate the power of denial

  • @ZombryaTheDark
    @ZombryaTheDark 7 лет назад +26

    1:44 to the end is one of my favorite Kevin spacey moments.

    • @FloydGirl51
      @FloydGirl51 4 года назад +1

      One of my favorite moments ever recorded... but back it up a bit as I LOVE that Alan Ball threw in Pink Floyd....
      So basically back to the beginning. SPEC-TAC-ULAR!!!!!

    • @gastondoumerc7863
      @gastondoumerc7863 3 года назад +4

      Mine too. I could totally relate... not only to what he said about working all summer, but how he said it with a bit of wistful nostalgia. Best of times when things were just more simple.

    • @napoleonsolo5929
      @napoleonsolo5929 2 года назад

      @@gastondoumerc7863 Yep, I always had money to spare and there were always good times to be had.

  • @tewksburydriver8624
    @tewksburydriver8624 3 года назад +18

    I was making $4 an hour in high school and it was plenty of $ to have a decent set of wheels and money in my pocket to hang out with my friends. Life was good, better than good, and the sad part is it took getting old to realize it.

    • @esau82
      @esau82 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, but you cant be a teenager for ever, back them we probably lived with our parents and they paid for rent, food and bills. Now once you get older you have kids, you have to buy a home, car(s), bills, etc. Circle of life, just try to enjoy every part of it

    • @tewksburydriver8624
      @tewksburydriver8624 3 года назад +2

      Agreed, but the point is that most teenagers don’t realize how good things are until they are much older and look back. My life is good now, but much more complex and difficult.

    • @cancel.lgbtq.6892
      @cancel.lgbtq.6892 2 года назад +2

      My first job as a box boy was paying $4.25/hr. I remember my first check was $110 and I thought I was rich at the age of 16. Life was much simpler back then , $1/ gallon of gas , $5 / big mac meal , $4 / movie ticket. Funny thing is that I wanna be an adult when I was a kid and now that I'm an adult. I just wanna go back and be kid again.

    • @omieg89
      @omieg89 2 года назад +1

      Teenage years to college years hit the sweet spot of having freedom with little to no responsibility.

  • @garrettsanders4832
    @garrettsanders4832 2 месяца назад

    Most unrealistic scene in this movie is that Ricky's dad just allows another grown man to enter his house with his 17/18 year old High School age son and then remain up in his room, with doors closed, for a number of minutes.

  • @spiritnphysical
    @spiritnphysical 6 лет назад +12

    "Never underestimate the power of Denial." And that's exactly why this civilization, is at where it's at.

  • @MontyQueues
    @MontyQueues 7 лет назад +5

    well you ever hear the rule
    don't get high on your own supply

  • @chestermarcol3831
    @chestermarcol3831 День назад

    I came up in the late 70's/early 80's. Mostly that brownish "brick weed". I still can't believe how much better grass is now. Just a completely different ball game. LOL

  • @bigdaddy3662
    @bigdaddy3662 2 года назад

    Goodwill now won't accept Ricky's state of the art TV as a donation

  • @mathiasschneider7690
    @mathiasschneider7690 7 лет назад +120

    Ricky reminds me of Ben Shapiro