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Forest Whitaker in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Gene Ruffini: Old Consigliere

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Gene Ruffini credited as playing...

Old Consigliere

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  • Sonny Valerio: What the fuck is his name?
  • Louie: Ghost Dog.
  • Sonny Valerio: What?
  • Louie: Ghost Dog.
  • Sonny Valerio: Ghost Dog?
  • Old Consigliere: He said Ghost Dog!
  • Louie: Yeah. He calls himself Ghost Dog. I don't know, a lot of these Black guys today, these gangster-type guys, they make up names like that.
  • Ray Vargo: Is that true?
  • Sonny Valerio: Sure. He means like the rappers, you know, All the rappers, they got names like that: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, Q-Tip, Method Man. My favorite was always Flavor Flav from Public Enemy. You got the funky fresh fly flavor.
  • [rhymes hip-hop verse]
  • Ray Vargo: I don't know about that, but it makes me think of Indians. They got name like, uhh, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Running Bear, Black Elk.
  • [makes elk noise]
  • Sonny Valerio: Yeah. That kind of shit.
  • Old Consigliere: Yeah. Indians, Niggers, Same thing.
  • [Ghost Dog storms in and aims his guns at Vargo and his Consigliere]
  • Old Consigliere: JESUS, IT'S THE FUCKING BIRD MAN!
  • [has heart attack and dies instead of getting shot]
  • [Deleted scene; accountant exits after sharing some bad news]
  • Ray Vargo: [stunned] Is he gay?
  • Sonny Valerio: He drives a Porsche...
  • [pause]
  • Old Consigliere: He's gay!
  • Louie: It's a pigeon. It must be a carrier pigeon or whatever.
  • Old Consigliere: Passenger pigeon! They've been extinct since 1914!
  • Sonny Valerio: Am I fucking dreaming here or what? All right, Louie, forget about the bird, okay?
  • Louie: He's black. He's a big black guy.
  • Ray Vargo: He's what?
  • Old Consigliere: He SAID he's a NIGGER!
  • Old Consigliere: PASSENGER PIGEON!

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