All language subtitles for Burton and Taylor (2013)

Never.

Never. Never.

Never, never, never.

Liz, Liz, Liz.

OK. Ladies and gentlemen,

we're here to announce our theatre
company's next production.

Noel Coward's comic masterpiece,
"Private Lives",

starring none other than
Miss Elizabeth Taylor

and one of the greatest stage actors
of all time, Mr Richard Burton.

Does this mean marriage number
three for you and Richard?

No, I can assure you that Richard
and I have entered into this venture

for purely creative reasons.
And, it seemed to me

that since Richard had, not so very
long ago, spectacularly re-conquered

Broadway in Equus and Camelot, then
I really ought to cash in on the fact

that I was pretty certain I had
his phone number somewhere at home.

Richard, can you confirm that?

What, that she had
my phone number?

No, we, er, we want
to showcase a great play.

We, er, believe
it's long overdue a revival.

So absolutely no plans to get
back together again?

- None.
- But you don't mind people thinking that?

People can think what they like.

We're, er, we're actors
about to do a play together.

But the ad in today's New York Times,
which I gather, Miss Taylor,

you designed yourself,
that kind of begs the question.

It's just an advert.

A heart with an arrow through it
and the words - "together again".

Well, erm, of course it says that.

That's the... that's the whole
basis for Private Lives.

I mean, it's not like she's used
a photo of us

and the words, "twice spliced,"
is it?

That would have made no sense
in the context of the play.

Liz! Liz!

The car's this way.

Elizabeth!

- Richard?
- Can I...?

You OK? OK.

Come on, let's wait in the lobby.

God, it's a bloody circus.

Why didn't you tell me

you were going to put
an ad in the paper?

I felt like a bloody idiot.
And the wording?

It didn't occur to you it might
cause a bit of a stir?

It was last minute, Richard!

I just suddenly thought, what
a great idea! To get people talking.

Which it has done. The pre-sales
have gone through the roof!

You know, plenty of people
told me not to do this.

Well, nobody's said a single bad
word to me about it,

so you must just have
wussy advisors!

I ignored them. I go my own way.
You know that.

Sure, I do.

Well, don't let me regret it.

I'm ready now, Chen.

Toodle-oo!

Daddy! Daddy!

- Maria.
- Hi.

Liza, how are you, love?

Thank God you made it.
We were worried.

What are you wearing?

It's a mink.

- Is it too much?
- No.

I just... I didn't want to seem
like an old codger.

Richard!

Richard Burton!

Mom's been celebrating a lot.
See you later.

Where were you?

I'm sorry I'm late,
I'm... technical stuff.

What, for a poetry recital?

Can't they just twiddle
a few knobs on the night?

We're charging quite a lot of money.
Can't afford any cock ups.

Thank you.
Here we are.

No, I, I don't.
I told you on the phone.

Sure you did.
Very occasionally, I...

That's what I imagined
you'd be doing.

All the same. I... I'll have a Tab
if they've got one.

Oh, I love this one.
Come on, let's dance, let's dance.

I can't, I can't. I'm...

Richard! It's my birthday.
I get what I want!

You get what you want anyway!

Oh, kitten. Watch and learn.

That's better.

Whoa. Don't you just want
to sit down for a bit?

No, I don't!
I, I am 50 years of age, Richard

and I just announced
it to the world.

I want to get drunk
and dance a lot!

Thank you.

Now this one I do know.

# You mean I've been dancin'
on the floor, darlin'

Oh, for a glass of
vintage that hath been

Cool'd a long
age in the deep-delved earth.

That's a vodka, right?

No, no, no, I-I've had enough.

I don't want to be half cut
for the recital.

I couldn't bear that.

Hello, pockmark.

Hello, lumpy.

Been a good night.
We played a blinder.

Thank you for coming.
I wasn't sure you would.

How long has it been?
I was trying to remember.

Five years. God.

Yes, thank heaven
for the newspapers!

Oh, Christ, this bloody neck.

I swear, Elizabeth,
at times I'm like a cripple!

I had to do these fight
scenes in Camelot.

Some nights I hardly had
the strength to pull my sword

out of it's sheathe
and wave it around a bit.

How very unlike you, Richard.

Stop it!

You've the mind of a collier!

I'm going to do King Lear next.

I spoke to a producer
who says he'll back it.

You'll be fantastic.

Well, I'd better...

Don't! Stay. Stay here!
Just stay!

It's not anything else.

Just... how do you fuck, anyway?
You can barely move.

There are ways and means,
my love.

Do you remember that train
we took to New York?

We just lay there and let the
rocking of the carriage do the job.

You know, I really should go.

No! No, no, I meant it, Richard!
I meant it!

I'll make some tea
and you can read a book

and then, erm, you can sleep.

What's she like?

Hmmm?

Your new girlfriend. Sally?

Do you really want
to talk about that?

Oh just... what sort of woman is she?
I'm interested.

She's lovely.

Hmm. Good.

Victor's a lawyer.
He's Mexican and he's charming.

Terrific.

Somebody told me
she was like Sybil.

My wife Sybil?

Yeah. Your ex wife.

Who told you that, anyway? She's...
What? What's she like?

I'm sorry. I...

Go to your room!
It's three o'clock.

Richard, I had an idea about doing
another play, a Coward.

Elizabeth! I swear to God,
if you don't shut up,

I'm going to climb out of this bed,
get in my car and drive back

to The Dorchester
in my bloody underpants!

Oh, Christ.

I'm here. I'm here.
I'm here. I'm here.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

Elizabeth.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

- It's quite all right. Was there a problem?
- No.

Hi. I'm Elizabeth.

- I'm John, nice to meet you.
- Hi, John.

- Hi, I'm Kathryn.
- Hi Kathryn! Hi, Jane.

Hi.

Hello, Richard.

Hello, Elizabeth.

OK. Let's make a start!

If you want to pull up some chairs,
we'll have a little read.

I got you a present.

It's tradition! The producer always
buys the star a little welcome gift.

Sorry, everyone.

It's fine. We got ages.
Chen, I need my Coke.

Right here.

Open it.

Oh, it's beautiful. Isn't it?

Gorgeous.

It's Cartier.

So. If we could get started.
We break for lunch in 20.

Of course.

Thank you, darling.

I have your bag up there.

Thank you. Thank you.
You can all go, babe.

Come on, guys,
let's leave them to it.

Christ, if we have that many turn
up on our first night,

we'll consider ourselves blessed.

Great. So... can I first
welcome you all...

I am so looking forward to this.
Can I just say that?

A great director,

great fellow actors
and a play which, I'm sure,

will do none of us a disservice.

Well, it seems to have passed muster
so far in its life.

I know. I can't wait to read it.

Elizabeth.

What?

Well I'd rather assumed you might...
What, read it? God, no. No.

I always make it a rule
never to look at anything

until I'm starring in it.
Keeps it fresh.

What you've never read it?! Ever?

I mean, you didn't think it might be
a good idea just to take

a glance before we got going?

No, I told you,
I like to keep things fresh.

That's why rehearsals
are called rehearsals.

Don't lecture me
on the bloody theatre.

OK. I tell you what,

let's take lunch now, come back at
two prompt, and start over again.

How's that sound?

I'll just get my bag.

See you later. See you.

Richard? He seem OK to you?

What?

Milton. Bailed kind of early.

I think he'll be fine.
He has an excellent reputation.

Good, good. Cos I trust you
so much on this.

I mean, I, I would never fall out
with you about the theatre.

"The world's greatest stage actor. "
At the launch.

That was me. I put that in.

Right. Thank you.

Don't thank me. It's true.

So, I got us a table at Sardi's.

The best table. And the linguini
and clams are still to die for.

What? You've got to eat lunch!

I can't. I'm meeting Sally
back at the apartment.

I'm seeing Mike first to sort out
some business but she's joining us.

Oh, oh, I, er... Right.

She staying around? Sally is?
For all the rehearsals?

Well, what did you and I do
when the other was working?

That was us, Richard.

No, er, no, it's great. I mean, no,
I just assumed that she'd,

I don't know, have other stuff
to get on with, back in Europe.

But, er, no it'll be lovely
for you to have the company.

Yes. It will. Well, I'd better go.

I'm only just around the corner.

Thank you for the scarf.

Any more news? On the Lear deal?

No. I'll chase it up this afternoon.

Good, if you could.

Thou should'st not have been old
till thou hadst been wise.

Elizabeth. Of course she hasn't read
it. I mean, that's our girl.

That's what she does.

Doesn't mean it isn't irritating.

Well, so what, though? She just
works differently to me, that's all.

You know, when we did Cleopatra...

I'd come straight from the Old Vic.

I went over to Hollywood and
she walked out onto the sound stage

and she was just tits and make up.

And then we had our first scene
together and she did nothing.

Nothing. No voice, no movement,

no, no performance.

I thought she'd had a bloody
stroke or something.

And, er, then I saw the rushes
and I was acting Anthony.

But she was Cleopatra.

She just sort of bleeds
into a role...

like osmosis.

Hard to rehearse around.

Impossible at times.

God, she's good, Mike.
She's so bloody good.

Anyway, this last scene's
a bit of a worry.

I'm afraid I won't be able
to carry her on.

What?

Cordelia - Lear. Howl, howl, howl.
How will I do that?

My arms are bloody useless at times.

Then don't take it on!
Three hours on stage every night...

No, no. No, I've made promises.
To myself. I must do it.

What's the matter, darling?
Are you hungry?

Not a bit.

You're very strange all of a sudden
and rather cruel.

Just because I'm feminine it doesn't
mean I'm crafty and calculating.

I never said you were
either of those things.

I hate these half mas...

Sorry. Half masculine.
Can I take the line again?

Well, sure, go ahead.

I hate these half masculine women
who go banging about.

I hate anyone who goes
banging about.

I should think you needed a little
quiet womanliness after Amanda.

Why do you keep on talking
about her?

That's good.
That's a great idea, Rich,

holding a lighter away from her.

Works for me!

Right. Let's go back to, er,
Amanda's entrance.

That's me.

That was great.

Oh! You OK? You were wonderful.

Thank you. No, it was...

No, it was... well,
you were just funny.

You all right, love?

Of course I'm all right.

You eat enough at lunch?

Probably not as much as you did.

Er, Chen, can I have my, erm, chair?

OK, er... from the top?
When everybody's ready.

Do you want these?
No, I'm fine. Thanks.

And.

Mandy!

Mandy!

Elizabeth, that's your cue,
from off stage.

Off stage?

Oh, well, if I'm off stage,
can't somebody else do it?

No. It has to be your voice
and you are answering him. So...

Oh, OK. OK, honey.
Sorry. Hang on.

Honey, what page are we on?

Page five.

Five. Hang on.

OK. Here we are.

Mandy!

What?

Come outside.
The view is wonderful.

I'm still damp from the bath.

Wait a minute.

I shall catch...

What's that?

Pneumonia.

Er, can we just take a break?

What?

Yeah, I need to talk to costume,

cos it says here
I'm wearing a negligee.

And I don't want to look...
Can I have a word, love?

What are you,
what are you doing, Richard?

You sound really smashed!

I am not!

What have you taken?

Beyond the Coke.
The always open Coke!

Which given that you can drink me
under the table, Elizabeth, I

can't imagine is solely responsible
for the way you're behaving.

Some pills. I have to take certain
pills for my tummy.

You know the trouble
I had in Puerto Vallarta.

It was after that, some years ago...
Just don't take any more of them!

You're making
a spectacle of yourself.

Yeah, you might think about...

No, I'm fine.

What a place.

You know it's Rock Hudson's?
He's letting me borrow it.

It's fabulous.

No. It's an apartment.
This is fabulous.

Come to Granny.

There isn't a single book
in the entire apartment.

Dad! Stop it! A television the size
of the Odeon Leicester Square...

Gee, look at these two, it's like
they've never seen one before.

We've never seen a nice one before.
You two were horrible.

Hey, well, you'll be pleased
to know that we're going...

OK, bye-bye.

Bye, darling.

We're going to see you again, before
we lose you to this extravaganza.

Say bye. Bye-bye, Gran.

I love you, don't worry.

Bye-bye. I need to put him to bed.

Oh, girls? Yeah?
You all right for cash?

Yes! Daddy.

All right. Come on.

What are you doing?

I'm getting a drink.
Do you want one?

Could this be one of your
little occasions?

I came here to work.
I know. But that doesn't mean...

Elizabeth! This is serious!
We open in ten days.

You're not remembering the words,
your cues, any of the business.

We both know why that is.
Don't we?

I'm not doing that any more!

Not since yesterday morning,
as a matter of fact.

I'm not taking anything.

Except the bare bones.

Because they do, they CAN befuddle me,
Richard, it's true.

They can befuddle me
so for the sake of the show,

I am putting my health to one side.
And...

Well, you can expect a different
Elizabeth from here on in,

I, I promise.

OK, good. Well, let's work
on some scenes.

It's the third act that needs
the work but, er,

let's just start from the top
and mark the action.

You have no idea, have you?

You stand there and you tell me
that I have to pull myself together.

This is difficult, Richard!

This is a difficult situation.

Well, I wasn't going to say anything,
I wasn't going to say anything

but no, well what could I say?

I never see you to talk to.
You just go!

After every rehearsal,
after every fitting... Elizabeth.

No, just disappear, back to your
apartment. I have to work!

This isn't how I planned it.

I see.

I just thought we'd spend time
with each other.

I was looking forward to that.
Weren't you?

That we'd get to see each other
again? And... have fun?

I, I don't know what to say.

I don't.

I don't know what to say.

You have a...
You have a God-given gift.

You can do it anywhere,
on stage, on film. What?!

I'm just a dumb broad.

You're not dumb. Don't say that.
It's not true.

And it makes me angry
when you say it.

OK.

I'm not dumb. But...

The stage is not my home and I, I,
er, well this play is hard,

really hard and... I'm isolated.

And I thought you'd be
there to back me up.

I am! Really, I am.
That's why I'm here now. To help.

And I will!

Good.

I just didn't want
to disappoint you.

Disappoint me? Just learn your
lines, love, go on stage, say them,

and you will electrify.

And irrespective of what happens
here tonight,

the entire run of this show
is already sold out,

guaranteeing both stars a payday

somewhere in the region
of 1 million!

'Here outside the theatre,
massive crowds wait

'for a glimpse of Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton. '

'.. by Noel Coward is the
first time Taylor and

Burton have been on stage
together since... '

'Ladies and Gentlemen,

'welcome to this evening's
performance of Private Lives.

'We would like to take this
time to remind you

'that all photography in this
performance is strictly prohibited.

'We hope you enjoy
this evening's performance. '

We go up in ten minutes.
Where the bloody hell is she?

- They're parking up.
- What?

People are parking
on the side of the road

and in the middle of it, hoping to
get a glimpse as she goes by.

- It's caused a gridlock.
- Oh, Christ!

'Ladies and gentlemen,
will you please... '

Mike!

Will you fetch me
The Times crossword please?

And possibly get the kettle on.

Oh, and a couple of sleeping
bags also,

it's going to be
a bloody long night.

'Ladies and Gentlemen, unfortunately
this evening's performance

'of Private Lives is delayed
for another 25 minutes. '

It's now 45 minutes
till Act One beginners.

45 minutes till Act One beginners.

Hi, Gino. I'm here, I'm here!

I'm here!

I am so sorry I'm late.

Here, here, here, Chen.

I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, sorry.

I did my make up in the car.
I thought that might help.

Thank you.

Not at all. In these situations,
we've got to all pull together.

You're a bloody menace!

You should have come out.
Everyone was calling your name.

And I signed so many posters
for Virginia Woolf.

Virginia Woolf!

I know. For that. I was so fat.
Anyway, can't talk.

Got a play to do.

A parrot?!

He's called Alvin.

What is she?
An actress or a bloody zoo?

Thank you, Jess.

Sibyl!

Yes.

I've brought the cocktails outside.
Hurry up.

I can't find my lipstick.

Never mind. Send down to the kitchen
for some cochineal.

Don't be silly. Hurry!

Whose yacht is that?

The Duke of Westminster's,
I expect. It always is.

I wish I were on it.

I wish you were, too.

There's no need... to be nasty.

Yes, there is, every need.

I've never in my life felt
a greater urge to be nasty.

And you've had some urges
in your time, haven't you?

If you start bickering with me,

Amanda, I swear I shall throw
you over the edge.

Try it, that's all, just try it.

'Intermission,
ladies and gentleman.

'20 minutes till
Act Two beginners. '

What a start, Rich.

I set them up,
you knock them down!

Did you notice her at supper,

blowing all those shrimps
through her ear trumpet?

What are you thinking about?

Oh, nothing in particular.

Come on, I know that face.

Poor Sibyl.

Sibyl?

Yes, I suppose
she loves you terribly.

Oh, my God. What have we done?

Rich... listen.

Didn't you hear them?

When Sibyl was mentioned. They
reacted like it was my wife Sybil.

Richard Burton!
We did it. You did it!

A standing ovation.
Five, six, curtain calls.

I knew this play would be a hit.
I knew it right from the off!

What's the matter?
Couldn't you hear it?

Richard, I heard laughter
and I heard cheering.

That's usually a good sign,
isn't it?

They were laughing at us.
No, they were not. They were.

They didn't think
they were watching a play.

They thought they'd had
an invite into our lives,

to see us HAPPEN in front of them.

Stop it! You're overreacting.

Well, OK, maybe there were a few
that were more interested in us

than in the show but you always get
that on the first-night crowd.

You get the rubber neckers.
But they were not the majority.

And the majority loved what we did,
they loved it!

'Mike to stage door, please. '

I'm proud of you, Elizabeth.

You're phenomenal.

There's no-one like you.

Thank you. So stop worrying! OK.
And let's go wow.

The party. We've got a club in town.
The whole place. And a band.

I'm sorry.
I've made arrangements.

Later, perhaps I...

But people'll be expecting it. Us.

Rich! Sally's brought the car
around. Are you going to be long?

Or do you want me to ask her back?
No, no. I'm coming. Thank you.

No, it's fine. It's fine. I forgot.

You do what you've got to do.

I'll see you.

Hello, love.

Chen?!

I've got a table booked.

Thou art a soul in bliss...

But I am bound upon
a wheel of fire.

That mine own tears
do scold like molten lead.

You loathsome...

loathsome man.

- They're not the best I've read.
- Ha!

Elizabeth. Please. Critics deserve
nothing but our pity.

To be so close to art and yet
to contribute absolutely nothing

whatsoever towards it. It's like
being... a eunuch at an orgy.

Yeah, but how can
they say those things?

They're cunts. That's a more prosaic
version of what I just said.

Christ, Elizabeth!
You don't need THEIR approbation.

Approbation!

No, don't, don't,
don't do it to yourself.

No, no, no.
Listen to this.

"Miss Taylor plays Amanda Prynne
in perhaps the strangest voice

"this side of the Disney cartoon.

"She squeaks, peeps, swoops and then
pauses as though speaking Pinter. "

Approbation? I just want
their fucking manners.

Do you have a handkerchief?

Here.

I don't deserve that.
You don't. You're right.

Let's not forget, they weren't
exactly gushing about me, were they?

Yeah, well, they all like your voice.
Of course they do!

It's the theatrical equivalent
of a big cock.

Everyone likes it.

Doesn't make you a great lover
per se, though, does it?

Here, have some of my burger.

No, I'm on a diet!
Two of those bastards said

I was spending more time
in the green room than on stage.

Sod them! None of their business.

But you are right.
You shouldn't have to endure it.

And nor should I.

Nor do we have to.

What do you mean?

Let's cancel the run.

Right here. Now.
Spare ourselves any more pain.

Either from these idiots or
from the ones who plonk themselves

down in the front rows and treat us
like we're a bloody freak show!

But we can't just cancel.
The theatre'd sue us.

Why don't we pay them? I think I've
got enough in my current account.

What about you? Wouldn't entirely
clear us out, would it?

We pop in later today,

we bid a fond farewell to the
other actors and that's it.

We go our separate ways.
Sounds like bliss.

No! I won't give them
the pleasure.

Richard, we're going
to do this play!

And we're going to make people laugh,
we're going to make people applaud.

And we're going to make a pile
of money while we do it.

And no-one, not them or anyone else,
is going to stand in our way!

Sibyl. Yes!

I've bought the cocktails
outside, hurry up.

Considering what a hell
she made your life,

I think you're very nice about her.

And yet I'm sorry for her. Why?
Because she's marked for tragedy.

She's bound to make
a mess of everything.

If it's all her fault,
I don't see that it matters much.

You're a vile,
loose-living, wicked little beast

and I never want to set
eyes on you...

This is the end. Do you understand?
Finally! And for ever!

You're not going like this.
Oh, yes, I am. You're not.

Oh, yes, I am. Let go of me!

Very enjoyable. Never had much
of that anyhow.

Quite insufferable.
I expect it's because you're drunk!

Keep going, you two!
We love you, Liz!

- What the hell was that?
- What?

You were mugging
for the audience.

I... You were. I saw you!

Er, Elizabeth. Costume.

Shut your mouth!
I'm talking to her.

Don't you dare speak
to my friends like that!

And don't you dare think
that you can tell me

how to play my role. They loved it!
The audience loved it.

They adored that they
were in on the gag.

And the audience,
may I remind you,

are the ones
who are paying our wages.

Or rather, they're paying my company,
who are paying your wages.

Fuck off!

Richard. Rich!

What?

Please. Don't storm off like that.

Don't go off like that.

When you still haven't apologised!

Bitch! You bully!
Get off! How dare you! Stop it!

- Don't you raise your hand to me!
- Well, stop fucking hitting me!

Only when you've
fucking apologised!

- We're fine.
- We were just talking.

I'm sorry. You're right.

I was... unprofessional.

It's all we have! To rise above
the rubbish in the stalls!

Richard, I was unprofessional,
you were rude.

Which is much worse.

We do not treat those around us,
those who look after us, like dirt.

That is inexcusable.
And you know it!

So, please,
do the right thing now. Now!

Or I am going to spend the entire
final act of this play in full

conversation with whoever
in the front row,

wants to join in with me the most!

Chen? I erm, I'm so sorry
about that outburst.

My tone... I don't know
what came over me.

It's fine, Richard.

Well, it won't happen again.
I can assure you. Sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Would you like some supper
afterwards?

What?

I was wondering if you'd care
for a late supper?

What about Sally? Is she
not in tonight? She usually is.

No. She's busy. I think
she might have gone to the Met.

- So has Victor.
- Gone to the opera?

No. He's busy.

Oh, well, all the more reason then.

Ideal.

OK.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So sorry I'm late. You're not.

Miss Taylor. Mr Burton.
Compliments of the management.

How lovely.

Thank you.

Er, can I get a Tab as well please?
And some iced water?

Of course, sir.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

Menu, ma'am.

This is lovely. Very intimate!

Thank you.

I got a round of applause
when I came in.

I notice you didn't.

What?

It's bizarre. I mean, all these
years and they're still interested.

You'd think they'd tire.

Are you going to be like this all
night? Just drifting off.

No. I was just thinking of
that restaurant in Rome, Alfredo's?

Uh-huh. Remember at the height
of Le Scandale.

We were holed up in that
little flat,

half the world's press on
our doorstep. Cameras everywhere.

And the Vatican telling us
we were morally reprehensible.

Then one day, you said,

"Sod it, let's go and have some
fettucine at Alfredo's!"

Sure did.

We went down the Via Veneto,
into the restaurant and bang!

Boy, did we go public!

Remember?

Every day.

I think we're ready
to order, please.

I like this.

What?

I can be quiet with you.

You can't with Victor?

Sure I can. I'm saying, though,
it's also true of you.

Geez, can't a guy take
a compliment any more?

Feeling's mutual, love, I promise.

Ma'am.

Sir.

It's funny, isn't it, what's at the
heart of a good relationship.

I mean, love, obviously
but that's a catch all, really,

a collective noun for all
the other bits put together.

The question is,
what's the critical element

around which everything else...
clusters?

Er, passion.

Maybe.

Sex.

Hmmm. Important. Very.

Trust.

That's not bad.

Being able to trust one's most
abject self to the other,

in the knowledge that they'll tread
carefully on your screams.

I always did feel
like that with you.

Really? That's what bound us?
Trust?

I always thought it was my tits.

Yes, well they... clearly had a role.

And they are still magnificent,
by the way. May I say that?

No, you may not! They're not yours
to talk about any more.

They'll always be mine!

So are we going to have pudding
or go straight for coffee?

Richard, listen, listen, listen,
listen. I want to say some things.

I've wanted to say them for a while.

Erm, I nearly did at Rock's but,
I dunno, you seemed kind of frail.

I am kind of frail.

I mean it's a, it is a worry.

I mean, it's the thing that
concerns me about Lear.

I'll be fine with the words
but it's the physical demands...

I'm not talking
about acting, Richard!

I'm talking about you and me.
And why we're doing this.

70,000 a week.

That is not true.

Elizabeth! Please.

Can I say something,
now that it's on my mind?

There's a couple of things
which have crept in over

the course of the run.

The tiny things, but your first
entrance, for instance.

You're now playing it very
confidently, which I think is losing

some sense of Amanda protecting
herself, which she undoubtedly is...

You're giving me notes?

I'm trying to talk to you
and you're giving me acting notes?

No... Jesus, Richard!
What are you doing?

- Why did you ask me out tonight?
- What?

Why did you ask me out
to supper tonight?

Why did you do that?

Because I wanted to see you.
You're my ex wife.

It's perfectly natural for me
to want to see you, isn't it?

Fine, in which case,
I'll take that note.

Where did my Anthony go?
Remember?

The man who would have
risked everything for me.

Who did! Who tossed it all
against the rocks

so he could be with me.
Where did he go, Richard?

Tell me where
my fucking Anthony went?!

There's still no sign.

We need to start or we'll still
be here at midnight.

Rich, we can't be certain...

Get ready, love.

You'll be wonderful! Trust me.

'Ladies and gentlemen,
due to a sudden illness,

'Ms Taylor is sadly indisposed

'and the role of Amanda will be
played tonight by Kathryn Walker. '

'Five minutes stand-by
for Mr Burton. '

'Mr Burton, please stand-by. '

How's it going?

How do you think?
I'm Richard Burton.

I don't play to 50 people!

Christ, Mike, don't ever put that
woman's back up. Not ever.

What did you say to her?

I gave her a note.
And this is hers, back to me.

This is La Taylor saying,
loud and clear,

"Don't you forget, boyo, who the
star of this show really is!"

Bitch!

Yes!

It was a great show, Rich.
You and Kathryn, you really...

What's the matter?

We're going to go dark,
just until Elizabeth gets better.

What?

I've spoken to Zev and the numbers,
tickets coming back

and phone calls, I...

People really want to see Liz, Rich.

So... it seems crazy.
We're going to take a break.

As soon as she's well again,
we'll pick it up.

OK, folks, please strike
this and re-set for act one.

We are back on the road.

Todd, can you get on
to resetting the doors?

I'm here, I'm here. Hi, Gino.

Come on, babies.

You go with Auntie Hayley.

Hey, can you see, I'm going to go
and see Uncle Rich.

Hi, honey, I'm sorry I'm late.

Elizabeth?

What?

Elizabeth, apologies, I didn't
realise you were already in.

What is happening?

Nothing. I... Richard's on his way,
Mike called from the airport.

Airport? Where's he been?

Can someone please tell me what
the goddamn hell is going on?

Honey, let's go to your room. Huh?

We can talk better there.
Come on.

Can you guys give us
some space, please!

Peter, take the dogs out,
thank you.

Thank you. We'll be outside.

Well?

Guess they got an exclusive. It
wasn't in any of the others, so...

He got married in Vegas?

Why would he do that?

Yeah?

Richard.

I wondered how you were feeling.

I'm on the mend, thank you.

I, er, do wish
you'd told me of your plans.

I was a little surprised to
read of them in the newspaper.

I'm sorry.

Events rather overtook us.

Really?

We'd always intended it,
you know that.

And then the break.
Seemed like an ideal opportunity.

I've no doubt it was.

Congratulations.

Well, isn't that what you say
a performance must always have?

Some danger.

Not parrots.

You really can be more irritating
than anyone in the world.

Hmmm, I fail to see what I've done
that is so terribly irritating.

They want us to fight.
Don't you see?

No, I don't, why should they?

Primitive feminine instinct.
It's what...

Boring females. Very enjoyable.

The end. Finally and for ever.

- You're not going like this!
- Oh, yes, I am! - You're not!

Oh, yes, I am. Let go of me!

You're a cruel fiend.
I hate you and I loathe you!

- Great work, Rich.
- Wonderful.

I hope I didn't hurt you,
did I, Richard?

At the end of Act Two?
You seemed to wince.

Only on Noel's behalf.
You're slurred again.

You swallowed half the lines.

Christ!

What a bloody shambles!

It's OK.

What's going on?

Elizabeth!

Leave her! She's poorly!

We're getting her straight
back to the apartment.

There's nothing wrong with her!

Really? Well, if she is,
take it from one who knows,

she's got it from a bloody bottle!

Can you blame her?
You treat her like shit!

She finds out you're married
from a newspaper article,

you criticise her as an actress.

I have never criticised
her as an actress!

She is peerless as an actress!

Jesus!

You call that acting, out there?
It's like a bloody pantomime dame.

Tripping over all her lines.
I know she can act.

I know better than anyone!

Which is why I'm not going
to tolerate that any more!

In which case, maybe you'll leave
her alone once and for all.

Because Miss Taylor was fine
until you took this job.

She was well until you decided
to come back into her life again.

Now, why you did that, only you can
know for sure but from here,

it looks like it was for one
reason only - to break her heart.

What did he say?

Did he ask if I was all right?

He didn't say much.
But I told him.

I think it's disgusting
the way he treats you.

You said what?

Get out.

Get out!

I said get out!

Get out! Get the fuck out of here!

Chen! Chen!

Chen!

You OK, Mr Burton?

Never. Never.

Thou art the thing itself.

Unaccommodated man is no more but
such a poor, bare, forked animal.

As thou art.

Congratulations.

- Hey! Great work, Rich!
- Thanks, Jess.

You were terrific. Thank you.

Thanks, John. Likewise, likewise.

Rich! Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

For what?

And he was everything
I dreamed of and more.

You were brilliant. Really.

See you at the party?

Er, well, we'll see.

Well done.

Yes. And you.

There's a party. I...
I know. Kathryn said.

- Yeah, I imagine you'll...
- No. I... er, I dunno. I might call in.

You're quite an actor.

Elizabeth!

What?

I... I will...
I'll try and come to the party.

Ladies and gentlemen.
for the last time -

Act One was 43 minutes,
Act Two, 44 minutes

and Act Three, 46 minutes.

There will be no call on Monday.
Thank you and good night.

There you go! Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

You really shouldn't do that,
you know.

Richard, I bought you a present.
I want to hang it up.

Yes, the thing about hotels, love,

is that they come with
the pictures already provided.

Yeah, copies. Not originals.

This one had its own seat in first
all the way from Madrid.

What ARE you wearing?

Dior. Don't you like it?

No. I mean, why are you dressed,
as t'were,

like an overripe tart, when we're
about to start exercising?

I thought maybe we could
screw afterwards.

Mmm, I can taste Jack.
Lucky Jack.

Right, Francis, you old bugger.
Get us going.

Elizabeth. Elizabeth, come on.

Right, start with side bends.
Ready?

Ready and one, two, three and...

One, two, three and...

One, two, three.

- We're supposed to do a hundred of those.
- What?!

Well, I imagine you work up.

We don't have to break any
records at the outset.

Right, next, jog on the spot for
five minutes. Without stopping?!

No, love, after 30 seconds,
they encourage you to have another

Jack Daniels and ring room
service for another hot dog.

Of course you don't stop.
Are you ready?

OK.

Knees up.

- What are you doing?
- What do you mean?

What are you doing?

Richard, I'm holding my bosom.

It's bouncing up and down.

Richard, I'm 40 years of age.
They're 40 years of age.

They've gained
a certain... elasticity.

You are so gorgeous.

Your tits are gorgeous, your arse is
gorgeous, your legs, your belly...

Did I mention your tits?

Let's just screw.

We can be extra vigorous.

Rich?

Stop the car, will you?
What?

- Stop the car! Stop the car.
- What's the matter?

I'm... I'm going to walk.
I need some air.

I'll see you at the apartment.

Tell Sally, will you?

Now there's a surprise.

I went to the party.
Chen said you hadn't shown up so...

No, I'm...

I'm glad you came back.

The... way it's all ended, it...

Not how you planned it?

No-one made you do it.

No. You're right. I chose to.

You need help, Elizabeth.
You know that, don't you?

Yes.

I say that as someone who...

No, I know, you've got your help.
I understand.

And I'm happy for you.
No, I am. Really.

I'm sure Victor would...
Oh, we'll see.

I love you, Richard.

I always will.

- You want me to say it, don't you?
- Yes, please.

Of course I love you.

Don't say any more. I just want to hear
the first bit. OK?

We're addicts, Elizabeth,
you and I.

What?

It's what King Lear's all about,
that's why I want to do it so much.

About the need we all have for drugs
of... one kind or another,

without which we crumble.

What drugs?

Kingship, power, love...

Love is not a drug.
Isn't it?

I dunno. You can have too much.

Until just a sip takes you beyond
and ravages you.

I'll always love you, Elizabeth,

as long as I live but...

us, together,

it'll destroy me.

I can't do it.

That's what I wanted to say to you.
All I have to say, but...

That's why I did this bloody job,
to ask your forgiveness, because...

your love, I know,
is total and unqualified...

and it makes a mockery
of all my bombast.

I can't do it any more.
I can't match you, Elizabeth.

I'm not as brave as you.

And I'm sorry for that.

For not measuring up, as a man.

You're Richard Burton.

You're every man there ever was.

I know.

And I have known... for a while.

I just didn't want to admit it.

I'm going to miss you.

I'm going to miss you.

No, no, love.

No.

I couldn't manage that, either.

I love Sally, Elizabeth.

My time is with her now. But I,
I need you in my life, as well.

I can't ever be completely
apart from you again.

Right, so you want me close
but not, not too close?

I'm sorry, I'm bloody hopeless.

Yeah, you are bloody hopeless.

What about another play?

Oh, God! No!

At least, not together.

Yeah. Well, I think I'm ready
for a break from the stage.

I'll come and watch you, though.
And whatever you're in...

You're the greatest actor
I have ever seen, Richard.

Likewise, Elizabeth.

What a king you'll be.

I'm worried, you know,
about my arms -

carrying on Cordelia at the end.

Ah, you'll be fine.

They're so weak.
The nerve damage is...

Richard. You can do it.
Look, try. Try now.

Lift you?

Yeah, just take me over to the couch.
But Cordelia's...

What? Thinner?

No, no. She's younger.
I mean, she's waif-like.

Thinner.

I...

Come on, you can do it, come on.

Yay! You see, you see!
You can do it, Richard.

- Yeah, it's OK. - You see, I know you.
Better than you know yourself.

Yeah.

- You want to say the lines?
- No, not at the same time, no!

I'll never do it!

You'll be fine!