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* ThePowerofFamily: Why Charlie keeps Paulie around, even though everyone tells Charlie he's bad news. Diane leaves him over it.

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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/EricRoberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page in one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who start out working in a restaurant pulling petty schemes. Desperate for money after they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....

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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/EricRoberts, Darryl Hannah Creator/DarylHannah and Geraldine Page in one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who start out working in a restaurant pulling petty schemes. Desperate for money after they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....
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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page in one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who start out working in a restaurant pulling petty schemes. Desperate for money after they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....

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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/EricRoberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page in one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who start out working in a restaurant pulling petty schemes. Desperate for money after they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....
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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page, who was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for a role that spanned only 2 scenes. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who work in a restaurant and are pulling petty schemes. After they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....

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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page, who was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for a role that spanned only 2 scenes. Page in one of the shortest Oscar-nominated performances. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who work start out working in a restaurant and are pulling petty schemes. After Desperate for money after they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....
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* RobbingTheMobBank: Desperate for money, Charlie and Paulie find a retired safecracker named Barney and crack open a safe. Too bad it belonged to Bed Bug Eddie's company and he had revenge on his mind.
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* HonorAmongThieves: Two examples. First, Paulie refuses to rat Charlie out. Second, Barney, knowing that Paulie will snitch on him soon, tells Charlie he will have to go on the run soon, and begs for help, specifically saying he knows Charlie has honor. Charlie sends him his part of the loot.


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* TheCaper: Charlie and Paulie decide to rob a safe, and team up with a
* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Charlie alludes to being this. He owes not one LoanShark, but two. When coming out of a horse betting parlor, he admits he spends too much money there. [[spoiler: When he wins $20,000 Paulie sees this as a reprieve.]]
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* Fingore: Bed Bug Eddie's crew cuts off Paulie's thumb.

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* Fingore: {{Fingore}}: Bed Bug Eddie's crew cuts off Paulie's thumb.
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*SharpDressedMan: The movie opens with Charlie getting dressed for work and shows off his wardrobe of suits. Even though he loses his job in the beginning of the movie, he wears a suit every day. At one point him and his friends play stickball in their suits.
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*Fingore: Bed Bug Eddie's crew cuts off Paulie's thumb.

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* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Charlie goes to confront Bed Bug Eddie with an incriminating tape that could get him 20 years in prison, in exchange for the freedom of Charlie and Paulie; but Paulie puts lye in Eddie's coffee, and the two of them walk away from the injured Eddie. Is Eddie dying? Will he chase them down? Are they going to Miami? Is there still a $5,000 price on their heads?]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Virtually everything that Paulie says. There is no justification too wacky for him to use.

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* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Charlie goes to confront Bed Bug Eddie with an incriminating tape that could get him 20 years in prison, in exchange for the freedom of Charlie and Paulie; but Paulie puts lye in Eddie's coffee, and the two of them walk away from the injured Eddie. Is Eddie dying? Will he chase them down? Are they going to Miami? Is there still a $5,000 price on their heads?]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Virtually everything that Paulie says. There is no justification too wacky for him to use.he won't use, and he is shameless about it.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village is a 1984 Black Comedy crime film starring Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Darryl Hannah and Geraldine Page, who was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for a role that spanned only 2 scenes. The film is about two cousins, Charlie and Paulie, who work in a restaurant and are pulling petty schemes. After they're caught and fired, they decide to rob a local mobster. The robbery doesn't work out so well....

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!!This film contains examples of:
*EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Charlie goes to confront Bed Bug Eddie with an incriminating tape that could get him 20 years in prison, in exchange for the freedom of Charlie and Paulie; but Paulie puts lye in Eddie's coffee, and the two of them walk away from the injured Eddie. Is Eddie dying? Will he chase them down? Are they going to Miami? Is there still a $5,000 price on their heads?]]
*InsaneTrollLogic: Virtually everything that Paulie says. There is no justification too wacky for him to use.
*NeverMyFault: Paulie.
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*TheMafia: Bed Bug Eddie and Uncle Pete are implied to be part of it.
*ThePowerofFamily: Why Charlie keeps Paulie around, even though everyone tells Charlie he's bad news. Diane leaves him over it.

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