The Sopranos (TV Series)
Stage 5 (2007)
Vincent Curatola: Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni
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Quotes
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Warren Feldman : Why are you in here?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : I've been accused of being part of a certain Italian-American sub-culture.
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John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [Last words when dying in the hospital from stage 4 lung cancer because stage 5 doesn't exist with his wife and two daughters by his side, referring to his own biological mother] Mom.
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Dr. Uri Rosen : [Giving him his prognosis] I wish I had better news, based on the latest pictures the cancer has continued to metastasize from the lungs we. We now show masses in the Mediastinal lymph nodes both kidneys, and the brain
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : The headaches, so the lobotomy, radiation, the God damn chemo. What was all that? For kicks?
Dr. Uri Rosen : Those were our options at the time
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : Now what are our options?
Dr. Uri Rosen : Limited to the extent that I wouldn't recommend any. At this point we're looking at stage four small cell carcinoma of the lungs
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : And there is no stage five
Dr. Uri Rosen : That's correct
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : [Referring his life expectancy] how long?
Dr. Uri Rosen : Difficult to say, I have seen miracles over the years
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : Forget the miracles
Dr. Uri Rosen : Three months: give or take
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U.S. Marshal Lunt : [after leaving the doctor's office while on their way back to prison] how you doing John?
Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni : It's funny, neurotic. When I got here, quit smoking after thirty-eight years, exercised, ate right, and for what?
U.S. Marshal Lunt : Even still, it was the right move
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Warren Feldman : [shows him the book] there's my pal, how you doing? "Billy Bathgate", they had it in the library, it made me think of you. I don't know if you've heard but Gerry Torciano, he was "hit" last week in Brooklyn?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : who?
Warren Feldman : [speaks louder] Gerry Torciano: it was all over the news, they "whacked" him in some restaurant, did you know him?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : yeah, good guy... it's hard to breathe
Warren Feldman : [referring to his prison hospital doctor and the medication his being treated with] I'll talk to Gupte, see if I can get him to "up" the Becotrol
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : I'm dying, aren't I?
Warren Feldman : [after looking at his medical charts and sighs, referring to his oncologist's diagnosis] it's not good, I won't lie to you, it's aggressiveness surprises me... I gotta concur with Rosen
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : I appreciate everything you've done
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Warren Feldman : [referring to the prison hospital] Why are you here "exactly"?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [referring to his involvement in organized crime] I've been accused of being part of a "certain" Italian-American sub-culture
Warren Feldman : [amused, referring to his health] I know who you are, I meant what's wrong with you?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [referring to the location of cancer his been diagnosed with] Oh, lungs
Warren Feldman : [referring to Kurtis' crime television show] I've been wanting to meet you actually, I saw you on Bill Kurtis
Warren Feldman : [after introducing each other and shaking hands] Good to know you. I take it you've done chemo, huh? Mind if I take a look at your chart?
Warren Feldman : [while looking at John's medical chart, referring to his doctor] Oh, you're seeing Rosen
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [referring to the government allowing him to travel for medical treatment] They let me fly to Cleveland: at my expense, you know him?
Warren Feldman : [referring to the American Society of Clinical Oncology symposium] I saw him speak once at a ASCO conference in Georgia: good man
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : But?
Warren Feldman : Actually, very few people know this, but he really can't "Walk on water", what was his prognosis?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [referring to his life expectancy] Three months
Warren Feldman : [surprised] With the treatment you've had?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : What'd you mean?
Warren Feldman : [listing the treatment, he read in John's chart] You've got a window of one to three years. Two rounds of Paraplatin, Docetaxel, and Pletal concurrent with radiation, any cancer inside you slows to a crawl
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : Why is he so fuckin negative?
Warren Feldman : [before leaving] We tell a patient three months, he lives a year. Who looks like a hero? I'll see you around, you take it easy
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John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [while Anthony visits him in a prison hospital] thank you for coming, I know it's a long trip
Anthony Infante : [jokingly, after they hug] what, and miss a chance to see Missouri?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : so, how's Ginny today?
Anthony Infante : she went with Allegra to buy some stuff for the kitchen
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : that's good, clear her mind. The reason I asked you here today, she's a bright kid, your sister but with business?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [after Anthony chuckles] my life insurance, I want to put her on a monthly statement
Anthony Infante : probably a good idea?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : not all doctors agree but if I only have a few months, I wanna take care of all this now
Anthony Infante : wait a second, which doctor doesn't agree?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : Feldman, the guy I told you about
Anthony Infante : the wife murderer?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : he still has the knowledge: he was a highly respected oncologist
Anthony Infante : I know but...
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : [interrupts him] he reviewed my case, he says I could hang on for years
Anthony Infante : your right: he still has the knowledge, I mean OJ's no less of a running back, right?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : let me ask you something? How will I be remembered?
Anthony Infante : wonderful husband, a loving father
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : on the street, though?
Anthony Infante : from what I know you were well liked: respected across the board, despite the allocation hearing. God knows guys have named names for a hell of a lot less than what you were looking at
Anthony Infante : [before he stops him from speaking further] only the negative...
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : what?
Anthony Infante : when Carmine died and you took over, people felt you changed, you became a little "trigger happy", maybe? A hothead?
John 'Johnny Sack' Sacramoni : God forbid any of them find themselves in that position, it's a "thank-less" job