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Previously on Love and War.

The Pantheon is, well, the last of the great movie palaces.

When that building comes crashing down, a memory so dark, so painful that I have

never revealed it to anyone will finally be laid to rest under the rubble. And

my dad used to take me there every Saturday afternoon.

Oh, my God. Don't look, Ray.

What kind of lowlife would bring a kid to see carnal knowledge? Carnal

knowledge? I thought it was carnival knowledge.

Well...

I got something for you to tell them.

And, uh, try to do it while Dad's kicked back in the Easy Boys so his feet are

above his heart.

I'm, uh... I'm dropping out of school to become a sports writer.

Mommy has to go to the bathroom.

You are going to behave like perfect young ladies and gentlemen. Do you

understand me?

Oh,

it would be wrong.

I'm not a hippie.

I'm a mother, for God's sake.

A mother of two.

To the old Pantheon movie theater.

We're going to miss you.

Hear, hear. Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

I'll get it.

That's for me. That's probably the coast.

Now, if that's good news, if they're calling to tell me that my TV show is on

the schedule, I want you people to know that I will always carry you with me.

Right here.

You know, we joke a lot about Kip, but now that he really might leave us...

Spears on me!

People, people, please! I can't hear!

Slow down. You're throwing too many figures at me at once here.

You're not giving me a lot of time.

I just don't know if I can commit.

Hold on.

Nadine, this lady wants a table for ten at eight o 'clock tomorrow night. Can

you fit them in?

Yes.

Yeah, that'll be fine, but please try to be on time. We're very busy.

That's not anymore. Don't expect where people realize what I'm going through.

life is hanging in the balance.

Am I going to be the next Don Johnson or not? I think I can give you a pretty

speedy answer to that one.

Abe, help me out here. You're a bartender. Give me some friendly

to get me through this.

Nadine, you added this up wrong.

You forgot, Kip.

This is Abe.

I mean, he never really bears his soul unless he's telling you why he doesn't

take personal checks.

Oh, now that's not true. I have my emotional moments. In fact, one of them

happened at the Pantheon.

Yeah, I was in the service and I took Gracie to see a movie.

It was a movie she wanted to see.

Man,

I don't get this Woody Allen. First a man can't kill a spider, now he can't

a lobster in a pot of water.

Why can't he make another movie like when he was that giant blueberry? Now,

was funny.

Oh, come on, Gracie. You've got to say yes this time. Now I'm shipping out in

the morning. And when I'm out there in that field with my back against the

the only way I'm going to survive is knowing you're here waiting for me

this ring.

It's Pete's time, eh?

going to North Carolina. I'll see you in two weeks.

Look, I can't guarantee I'm going to come back the same man.

There's just so much you haven't told me yet. Like, I don't know how you feel

about children. Or am I going to law school while you're in the service? How

I think of marrying somebody whose only meaningful conversation is, hey, waiter,

I think you added this up wrong.

I'm a man. Men don't like to talk. Why do you think we watch so much sports?

And do you want to know another little dirty secret about men and talking? The

only reason men talk to women is to get them in bed. Now, I respect you too much

to talk to you.

Now, I'm not finished.

Now, I may not be a man of many words, but I will tell you this.

Before I pick you up for a date, my mouth is dry.

And when you say you had a good time, my heart takes off without me. And when

the man in the flower shop brings out the most expensive arrangements, I throw

my money at him. You make me stupid, Gracie. Nobody else does that.

I love you, Gracie.

Abe.

I don't know what to say.

See how it feels?

So what's it going to be?

The one thing I don't understand, Abe, is how can you not like Woody Allen?

I almost met Woody Allen once.

It was at the Pantheon.

As a matter of fact, it's part of a memory that's so dark, so painful, I

think I can be sure of it.

Four, three, two... It was almost 20 years ago, and I was just starting out

the acting game.

And I had the break of a lifetime.

It's mine!

Hey, Talia.

Talk to you after the movie.

Don't dare.

I'll introduce you after the movie.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't expect it to be so glamorous.

This is even better than the last premiere you took me to.

You know, the one where you had to run the projector?

Those days are over, baby.

Sly and I are on the brink of major stardom.

You know that when we were bartending together, we made each other a promise.

Whoever got the first shot would include the other.

So when I landed the Newark Dinner Theater production Two Gentlemen of

demanded that Fly play the other gentleman.

And he never forgot that. That's why he wrote me the part of Rocky Balboa's

personal trainer, Barry.

Wow!

He actually wrote you a part?

You bet he did. In fact, the first draft was called Rocky and Barry.

And many people thought that it sounded too much like Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Anyway, the biggest part's not mine.

I think I could easily walk away with this picture.

I have to tell you, Kip, right now I find you incredibly attractive.

Really? I guess I'm just going to have to get used to hearing this.

Come on, let's go inside.

All right, this is the scene where Rocky, Adrian, and Barry go ice skating.

That's why I said he was a little hesitant, because he didn't skate.

Perfect. A chance to show your vulnerability.

Oh, wow, this is just great.

But where are you?

I don't know.

The director shot it a lot of different ways.

I bet I know why.

You see, the chemistry between me and Talia was just out of control. I mean,

were throwing sparks.

Thank God Preston didn't hold it.

Where do you see the scene that's coming up? I'm in the meat locker.

I kill.

Okay. No big deal, so they cut me out of the meat locker.

There's a certain amount of reason to that.

I looked a lot better than fly.

Can't have the audience looking at me and saying, Hey, Barry looks so good,

doesn't he fight Apollo Creed?

Where do you see the scene that's coming up? Where the tubas run up this huge

flight of stairs outside the museum.

You can't cut me out of that.

I just don't get it. I mean, how could they just cut me out of the step scene?

It was that day they sent me out to get bagels.

Those bastards.

Margo. Margo.

Excuse me. I have to go be with my date.

Don't eat anything, Margo. We're not staying.

But I'm hungry.

Okay, so take a roll.

But you know what? I am glad I'm not in this turkey. And if you ask me for

business, the Lord's career started and finished tonight.

Oh, and here comes my agent. Boy, does he have some explaining to do.

Geez, Kip. You know, I looked across the room and I said, geez, is that Kip?

Talk about brave. I really got to hand it to you.

Wait a minute.

You knew that I was cut out? Oh, yeah, weeks ago.

Oh, no. Oh, geez. Didn't my girl call you?

Oh, no. Oh, geez, Howard. She didn't.

And don't you think you owe it to me to pick up the phone and call me

personally? Listen, don't worry about this. It's just a minor setback. Now,

something really great came to my attention today.

There's this detective show called Beretta, and he's got this pet bird, and

they're thinking about giving it a voice.

Now, don't dismiss this right away.

You know the guy who played Mr. Ed?

He owns three -quarters of Maui, baby.

You have the nerve to suggest that I do TV? For God's sakes, I'm an artist.

You know what? Maybe I don't need an agent.

You think Van Gogh needed an agent?

Yes, I do.

Maybe if he had one, he would have been famous before he died.

I have to tell you, Howard, right now I find you incredibly attractive.

I'll never do TV.

I'll never do TV.

Kip? Kip?

Your agent.

Hello?

Are you kidding?

Yes. I'm going to do TV.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You are looking at Big Sur. Who wants to celebrate?

Oh, come on. Come on.

Champagne at the popcorn at the plaza.

Caviar, all you can eat.

It's too noisy and too loud there. You'll never be able to hear my story

how I spilled beer all over Bob Eubanks.

Are you guys coming?

Go ahead, Abe. I'll close up.

Penny for your thoughts, Mr. Stone.

Oh, sorry. I was someplace else.

A million miles away?

More like 30 blocks.

That is not what I said, Dad. I just don't understand why there's not room

Jews and Palestinians. You know, we give an inch, they give an inch. Doesn't

work that way.

You give them an inch, they take the whole place.

No, no, let me tell you something.

The day, the day that Yitzhak Rabin and Arafat sit down at the same table and

start to talk peace, that'll be the day the Berlin Wall starts tumbling down.

I don't even remember how we started talking about this. You don't remember?

We were in the restaurant.

I asked you to pass me the sugar. You said, I think the sugar's on your side

the table.

I said, which side of the table? This side or this side?

And then you called me a terrorist.

Oh, right.

Is that seat taken?

Yes.

See you.

you're moving before, but not all the way to the Bronx.

I heard this movie's very good. What, Rain Man? Yeah, Rain Man. That's the

picture. It's supposed to be terrific. This Dustin Hoffman, he's a good actor,

huh? Yeah.

He's doing very well.

He's Jewish, you know. Yes, I know.

He used to be married to that young girl, what's her name, the blonde.

She was married to Sinatra. No, Mia Farrow is not married to Dustin Hoffman.

Oh, no? No, no. She's with Woody Allen.

Ah, that's right. Woody Allen. Right, right.

Woody Allen's Jewish, you know. Yes.

He's doing very well. Oh, I'm so proud.

I'm so proud. What is that with the sarcasm?

Guy's making a success. What's wrong? Why do you have to be mad? No, I'm not

mad. In fact, I have some pretty great news myself today. Yeah? Yes.

Guess who came into the store?

From your old past.

A schoolmate of yours, you'll never... Larry Leffler.

Larry Leffler? Yeah.

Oh, my God.

He used to hide in a dirty towel bin in a girl's locker room.

This man, he opened up a chain of laundries.

He does all the towels for the entire state of New Jersey.

Doing very well. Came into the store, bought a 10 -piece sectional, all

Got a new house, wife, four kids. Doing very well.

Did you tell him that your son was doing very well at the paper?

Oh, sure.

I said, Jack, Jack is at the paper.

He's the best typist they got.

I'm not a typist.

I'm a writer.

I'm a writer at a major New York newspaper.

There's another thing I want to talk to you about, Jack.

Why in the world do you want to work for somebody else?

Dad, look, will you please face the fact I am not coming into the business.

And even if I did come into the business, hell, I'd have to work for

What are you talking about work for me? What's the matter with you work for me?

I want to give you the store.

The store will make you a living. The store is food on the table. It brings in

money every week.

Jack, you're my only son.

You're all I got.

Jack, if I don't leave the store to you, I'll have to leave it to your cousin,

Howard.

Howard.

I wouldn't understand.

Oh, gee.

Hey, look.

Dad, I've been trying to tell you this all day.

They're going to give me my own daily column.

I mean, with a byline, with my picture in the paper, I'm going to be in the

company with Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin.

You're kidding. No.

You're going to have your name in the paper every day? Every day. And your

picture? Yes.

That's impressive.

It's good, huh?

That's great.

What am I here? Am I actually going to get my dad's blessing here?

Hey, listen, you want to become a writer.

That's the way to do it.

Big style. You put a name on the paper with your picture.

Sure, you could write in the store.

Sure, you know, you're not busy all the time. Customers come in, they look at

the furniture, you go out, and then you sit down and you write a little

something. Yeah, you just use your desk, huh?

And then glance up at that inspirational picture of you selling an adjustable

bed to Beverly Sills.

That picture puts you through college.

Mr. Tolstoy. Look, Dad, I'm very proud of what I do, okay?

I love being out there, mixing it up with the people, feeling the mood of the

city, and hearing people yell, Stein, you're an opinionated schmuck in 40

different languages.

That's what I like, Dad. That's what I want to do.

You want to do that?

Then you do it.

Be the best, Jack.

Be the best.

Well, do me one favor.

Keep in touch with Howard.

I think you and your father are more alike than you want to admit.

All you wanted to hear him say was you did good.

And that's all he wanted to hear from you.

Were you ever able to say that to each other?

He died of a heart attack three days later.

I bet you must miss him.

I'm kind of tired. You almost ready to call it a night?

Let's go to a movie.

No, no, really, I'm serious. Right now. Why should I be the only one that hasn't

had the Pantheon experience, huh? It's closing tomorrow. This is my last

right? I don't know. We don't even know what's playing. Oh, it doesn't matter.

Come on, I'll treat you. It'll be worth the $3 .50 just to see you happy.

$3 .50? It's the last movie you saw. Ben -Hur?

What the hell has happened to this place?

Instead of dinner after the movie, let's just go to the emergency room and get

tetanus shots.

All right, so it's a little rundown. Doesn't mean we can't enjoy the movie,

Sinai Samurai?

Could be good.

I hear God's a Ginzu with excellence.

You're probably right.

No matter what they do to this place, they can't take away the magic.

Did you realize that this is our first movie together?

Want to make it out?

No, you're not.

You should at least wait until the lights go down.

You know, I remember the time I came in here with my pal Dave. We snuck in to

see The Sound of Music.

And so Dave starts shooting spitballs at the Nazis.

And the ushers come down.

So the usher comes down and says, Okay, look, you two kids had better stop.

You two kids stop fooling around so Dave gets like a big mouthful. Excuse me.

Are you going to get that?

No. I don't want to talk to her, okay?

A ringing phone is a little distracting when you're trying to watch the movie.

Has the movie started?

Well, no. Has the movie started?

Well, you see, that's not the point. Look, lady.

Turn around and mind your own business, or I beat the crap out of your

boyfriend.

That won't be necessary.

We're moving. Come on, Dana. Let's go.

Nice tattoos.

Are those all the stooges? No, I have chimp on my ass.

Magic time.

Oh, look, it's the desert. I've never been to the desert. Have you?

No. It looks so hot.

Do you know that palm trees can live in the desert without water?

No,

I didn't know that.

It's good music, isn't it?

Where have I heard this song before?

Oh, look, music by Elliot Gorman.

Who's Elliot Gorman?

Excuse me. Excuse me. This is a public movie theater, not your living room.

Would you mind not talking?

Well, aren't we the Queen of England?

Magic time, huh?

You're right. I'm sorry. We're here to have a good time.

Anybody here got a cigarette?

Just a force of habit, I guess.

In fact, you know, you're sitting in the same seat my father used to sit in.

Do you think your father would have liked me?

I'm pretty sure.

He went for feisty brides.

Oh, man, what next?

Let me handle it.

It just came to me like that.

I would have been fired, wouldn't I?

Oh, yeah.

Dad would have definitely liked you.

Yeah.