Sleepers (1996): Hearing About Michaelangelo

The clip hearing about michaelangelo from Sleepers (1996) with Robert De Niro, Jason Patric

Father Bobby knew my friends and I worked for King Benny...
and he wasn't pleased.
He wasn't worried about the pocket money, but the next step...
when they ask you to pick up a gun.
He didn't want that to happen to us.
You think running for King Benny is a good idea, huh?
It pays.
Pays? A lot of things pay.
Not like this. Whoa!
Most priests liked to preach from the pulpit.
Father Bobby liked to talk during the bump and shove of a pickup game.
Oh, good shot!
All right, you the man.
I found an art class for you to take.
You know I can't afford to take any art classes.
No, you don't have to pay anything. Teacher's a friend of mine. Hmm?
I don't know. It could be nothing but a waste of time, Father.
Maybe.
Or it could be the first step.
First step to what?
To doing somethin' with your life.
You never know. It may help you get out of here.
You all could get out of here.
Guys, are we gonna talk or play basketball?
Come on. Let's play.
Listen, I got a story I wanna tell you.
It ain't the one about the lepers, is it?
'Cause that one gave me nightmares.
No lepers. Michelangelo.
He was born poor just like you guys. He was a painter. He was a sculptor.
He takes this job from the pope. Good money, good work.
Okay, Father, but, uh, why'd the pope call him?
Because the pope was looking for the best guy he could find...
to paint the ceiling of his church in Rome.
Don't sound like that big a job, Father.
Well, to Michelangelo, it was.
Michelangelo needed the... needed the job...
'cause it paid more money than he ever had in his life.
That way, he could pay off the loan sharks that were chasing his father down.
What's his father?
He was, uh, like a low-level con guy.
He conned people out of money, goats, sheep.
Goats?
Chickens, whatever he could.
Chickens? - Chickens?
Chickens?
You know what happened?
What?
What?
He painted a ceiling no one will ever forget.

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