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Hey,

it's the birthday boy. Don't remind me.

Oh, life, you know. 50's just a state of mind.

Yeah, and a state of eyes and a state of hands.

How do you think I feel? My husband owns a restaurant where the waitresses are

21 -year -old blow -up dolls in data.

Well, I got nothing on you.

Yeah, pull the other leg up, please, Jingle Bell.

So, uh, got any plans for tonight?

Yeah, dinner with Dad.

Come on, Barry.

I mean, it's your birthday.

Nothing against your dad, but you see him all the time.

Why don't you let me phone Wendy Lewis? I know you guys would get along.

Always the matchmaker.

You're a great guy, Barry.

You deserve a good match.

I know,

I know. You're not looking.

Let's face it, Barry, 50 -50.

You've got to let go of the past sometimes.

I will, I will.

Louise?

Morning.

Louise, look, there's people at the cash waiting to pay.

Well, you do it. I'm talking to Barry, okay?

Hi, Stan.

How you doing, Barry?

You know what, it ain't like 19 years you talked to him more than me, you know

that? You knew we were friends when you married me.

You like him so much, why didn't you marry him?

Because you asked me, Stan.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

I also asked you for kids though, didn't I?

Not here, okay?

Just please get back to work. We're getting busy, okay? Let's go. I'll be

there.

Whoa.

Don't start, okay?

Anyway, um, I guess I'll be seeing you later this afternoon after school.

For what?

You didn't know?

Ramona Binger called me and invited me to a birthday party for you after

rehearsal. Where do you know Ramona from?

She takes care of my cats when I'm away.

Oh. She says that there's a surprise for both of us.

I hate surprise.

What is it?

I don't know.

Hey, Louise!

Sorry, sugar.

All right.

Helium.

What's the surprise?

Believe me, you don't want to know.

Penny! Penny!

Penny! Penny!

What? Pianissimo. That means very softly.

Wasn't that softer? Not quite. Can you play it a little softer?

I can try.

That's all I ask.

All right, we're getting there.

Practice this and the Copeland at home, and that's it for today. Okay, party

time. Babs and I have a surprise for you, Mr. Kirk Fry.

Really? I love surprises.

In honor of your birthday, but we have a confession to make first.

We all thought you were really nice and everything, but also...

Kind of boring.

I'm boring.

You know, always playing the same old music by dead people, like those who can

do and those who can't teach.

A lot of those dead people were pretty good.

Well, we don't think you're boring anymore, Babs.

Before the dawn, there's no one here to hold me, no one to hear my

song. Stop it!

Where'd you get this?

I found it at Miss Marshick's house, and I saw that you wrote the music.

You gave this to her? How could you do that? I didn't know. I found it in her

scrapbook, and I know I shouldn't have been snooping, but I thought it was so

good. I can't believe you kept it.

Don't, Perico! Please, it's the only cross... You should have destroyed it

the rest of it. No! Let go!

Ah!

Catchy tune.

What's it die for?

You will go back when all your memories are back.

You change the course of your life.

I have a dream. And it's not such a luxury dream.

You are a free agent in the universe.

He was a good son, a good friend, and a devoted teacher who always treated his

students with an even hand. That was Barry Kirkbride, Your Honor.

I think you'll agree he'd be a welcome addition to the promised land.

Your Honor?

The death still troubles me, Mr. Jones.

A tragic accident.

No, more than that.

Your friend, Louise, she was just trying to

stop you from destroying your music.

I don't know why she saved it. You don't.

Your most trusted friend, the one person who stuck by you through all

your ups and downs, you don't know why she would have a reason to keep that

song? I'm sorry. I know I was out of control.

He was overcome with a painful memory. Your Honor, that song reminded him of

someone he lost.

Charlotte McKnight.

There's no one here to hold me.

No one to hear my song.

The days all run together now. The night...

Wow, there she is. That's her. And that's me on guitar and Louise and Mark.

Wow, that must be, what, 25 years ago. Let me fly up to heaven.

Let me look into your eyes.

Let me sing with you forever like a bird

of paradise.

Let me sing with you forever

like a bird of paradise.

Tell me about Charlotte.

Oh, Charlotte. Well, what can I say? She had a voice like an angel. And you

couldn't take your eyes off her when she was on stage. And the words, the lyrics

she wrote. I mean, because of her, music came out of me. I didn't even know I

could write.

And you were in love with her.

Yes.

And she died.

Drugs.

That's when you stopped writing.

Yeah, I couldn't write. After Charlotte, it just took everything out of me. I

couldn't write anymore.

And? I never stopped loving her. No other woman could come close.

And then I finally just stopped looking.

You never loved that young woman, Mr. Kirkbride.

Your Honor.

You loved what she could do for you.

What you hoped she could do for you.

All your dreams, all your ambitions for your own fame and fortune rode on

Charlotte McKnight.

And you were right in what you said about her. She was a rare talent.

But when she was at her most vulnerable, When she truly needed someone

to help her, to save her from her own addictions. Where was the man who loved

her, Mr. Kirkbride?

I didn't know the problem was that bad.

It's right there in front of you.

But you didn't want to see it, did you?

Without Charlotte McKnight, you were going nowhere.

And that's just what happened, isn't it?

I didn't know.

He didn't know, Your Honor.

He didn't know?

Then how do you explain this?

Charlotte.

What? Come on, come on, wake up.

How'd you get in here?

I've got my own key, remember?

I've been knocking on your door for like five minutes.

What time is it?

It's around 11 o 'clock.

I thought I told you to go home and get some sleep last night. What did you do?

Did you stay up all night and party by yourself?

I didn't mind.

Oh, I can't sing today.

Are you nuts?

We're playing for Phil Robbins.

Our audition's in an hour.

Take it easy, Mark.

You've got to get it together.

She doesn't look so good.

What are you talking about?

It's that big chain.

I need a little help.

Yeah. It's just great.

Look, I've got some cash.

I'll go stop by Doug's place. I'll meet you guys at the club.

Barry, we can't just let her go get high again.

Come on, Louise.

This is for Phil Robbins.

She never did make it to that audition, did she?

Your Honor, for what it's worth, my client didn't cause or condone Miss

McKnight's addictions.

No, no, nor did he cause her death that day.

But I wanted him to face the truth.

He didn't spend the next 25 years of his life mourning the loss

of his one great love. No, he did not.

No, he spent them.

nearly paralyzed in shame for having put his own ambition

in front of her desperate plea for help.

Mr. Kirkbride, would you like a chance to

change that?

To save Charlotte's life?

And your own soul.

It's what I've prayed to God for ever since it happened.

He knows that.

You will have three days, and three days only, to change the course of your

life. You will go back with all your memories intact.

No one will recognize you.

You are a free agent in the universe with the blessing of God Almighty and

his court.

Two, three, four.

That's Charlotte.

That's great.

We've just introduced you and you remember her name.

That's very good, George.

What, George?

Oh, careful.

You're the only one who could see me when I dress like this.

Lucky me.

Great, he doesn't even remember his own name? What kind of a space cadet did you

bring us, dude? I don't know, he answered the ad.

Give him a break.

He is a bass player.

Thing is, George, If you want to audition, you have to actually play.

Play the bass.

With us.

Okay?

Okay. Okay.

One, two, three, four.

What is taking him so long?

It is a big decision to hire a new bass player. Well, can't you just snap your

fingers and make it happen? It doesn't quite work that way.

Well, you're the one that got rid of Colin, right? Isn't that why they need a

bass player? I didn't get rid of him.

How did he get the studio job in New York? He didn't get that gig in the real

past for another two weeks.

This is the real past, Barry.

Once in a while, we can play with the timing to get you started.

But after that, it's up to you.

Well, feel free to jump in because I haven't got a clue as to how to pull.

I'm sorry.

I can do better. I just... I have to get into it. Yeah, you do.

We only have three days.

I'll be fine.

Don't worry.

So, George, what's your last name? My last name?

Um... Door.

George Door.

Yeah, I know.

Wood. George Wood.

Door Wood. George Door Wood. I'm a little nervous.

That's fine.

We talked it over, and you got great chops, so we want you to join us. All

right, great.

Thing is, we got a big audition on Saturday, so I'm going to need you to

your tail off starting now. Think you can handle it?

Can I get five minutes? I think I had too much coffee.

Five minutes, and then I own you.

Hey, George.

You don't look like the coke type, but I guess you never know.

Well, I'm not.

You don't need this stuff.

You're a big talent. This ain't gonna help you.

I need it. You heard me back there. I just... I need a little pick -me -up to

get me going. No, you don't. I've known a lot of musicians.

This stuff has killed some of the great ones.

You're too young. You're too good. You don't need this stuff.

I don't need a daddy telling me what to do, okay?

I can handle it. No, you can't if you're not careful. No, if you're not careful,

I'll get Barry to find another bass player, all right? Get off my case.

Well, so much for playing A.

Dinner's on us, my man.

Hey, you don't have to do that. Don't even think about it.

You're a good musician for an old guy, you know that?

Thanks.

No, really.

I mean,

it's like you only know what Barry's thinking.

Do you really understand his music?

Any more chocolate, please.

Mark. Mark?

You're going to have to excuse my brother. The kids in the neighborhood

drop him on his head.

Only Barry.

I hear that.

Hey, where are you staying?

I don't have a place here.

Why don't you come stay with me? We've got a room. Thanks, I'd like that.

Yo, Stan, come here. Meet George Dorwin. He's our new bass player.

Hey, welcome to the Lakeview. Hey, how you doing? Good.

Be nice to Stan. He's the big cheese around here.

Oh, no, no. My old man's the big cheese around here, George. I'll tell you

something, though. But one day, one day I'm going to own my own joint, and it's

going to be the classiest place in town.

Really? That's right. Me and Louise.

I'll lose my little cookie.

Stan. You see that? How she embarrasses. I love that.

The Muslim ones, they don't give you a hard time.

Hey. Watch it.

Just voicing an opinion.

Enjoy your meals.

Why did he put up with that?

He's not so bad.

He could do way better with.

Yeah, but then she'd actually have to talk to someone she liked.

Don't worry, we're still robbing, Peter.

We're getting out of this town and we're never looking back.

I'm gonna go and look for someone else.

Hey, um...

Do you want us to order you something?

Crack me up, please.

I forget.

You can use your appetite when you're on that stuff.

Speaking of stuff, you know she's got a big problem, right? She doesn't have a

problem. You can see it in her face. You can hear it in her voice.

I kind of like that raspy thing she's got going on her voice.

Sexy. There ain't nothing sexy about destroying you, sir.

And it happens very fast.

Look, George, what you want to do is up to you. Anybody else on something?

No.

It's a personal choice.

But, George, we're musicians.

We're free spirits.

You know, we do what we need to make the music.

Yeah, like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. Come on, George. She's not

like that.

Maybe you just don't want to see it. Maybe she is like that.

What if you close your eyes until it's too late? Enough!

What Charlotte does is her own business.

Period. I thought you were in love with her. I am.

That's the way she is.

Here you go, George.

If you need anything else, just let me know.

I'm going to go play a little. The piano's down in the basement. It's

soundproof, so it shouldn't really bother you up here.

Where's Dad?

Your dad?

Where's your dad?

He's out of town for a couple of days. Oh, yeah, he's got that, what, teacher's

conference in Columbus?

Yeah, how'd you know?

Oh. No, that's a good sign.

That means the guys are talking to you.

They've accepted you into the band.

Now, if you just keep your thoughts about Charlotte to yourself, then we're

cool. All right? That's cool. Good night, George.

Good night.

That's my mother.

She died almost seven years ago.

She was beautiful.

Yeah.

Promise I make her proud.

I hope we do, Larry.

God knows I hope we do.

Hey, George.

Morning. Doing your homework?

Yeah, I was listening to a rehearsal.

Charlotte does have an amazing voice.

Yeah.

Barry up yet?

He's getting dressed.

Well, I hope you're hungry because I've got bananas, yogurt, blueberry muffins,

OJ, coffee.

Thanks. You know, I forgot.

Barry told me you always make sure he eats well.

Oh, well, yeah, when his dad's out of town, he eats like a frat boy.

You do take good care of him, don't you?

Uh, it's no big deal.

Yes, it is. I mean, this, the things you do for the band.

Hey, you even found him the girl of his dreams.

Well, he kept telling me that he needed to find somebody who could really sing

and write lyrics.

You know, things he didn't do so well himself.

He's not bad.

No.

I'm just saying, I thought Charlotte would help the band.

I didn't expect him to fall in love with her.

Well,

first he's got to take care of her.

God willing, I hope I can get through to him.

Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

He really wants to make it.

Charlotte could be the one who gets him there.

I hope it works out for him.

Yeah, well, no matter what, he'll always be grateful to you for finding her.

Hey, Louise.

Listen, can you drop Georgia off at the studio on your way to work? I gotta fly.

Uh, sure.

Wait, wait, wait. She brought you breakfast.

No time. Charlotte called. Asked me to come over.

Something wrong?

She didn't say.

Later. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.

Don't you even say thank you?

He knows I appreciate it. Don't you?

Uh -huh.

I'll see you there.

Was I... Is he always like that to you?

Oh, it's okay. You know, he's got a lot on his mind. No, no, no. It's not okay.

And I'm sure he's never said this to you. Let me say it for him.

He'd be lost without you, Louise.

I wish I could hide in the shadows or bury myself in the sand.

It hurts me so much to be near you because you don't even know who I am.

This is really nice.

That was our last one. I was still writing the music when Charlotte died.

There's something very sad about it.

Most of her lyrics were like that. I mean, totally different from her

personality. It was about being alone, being invisible.

You could relate to that.

I do.

Sometimes.

Hey, George, you talk to yourself a lot. Oh, well, you know, bass players, man.

Hey, Charlotte, you gonna rehearse with us?

Nope. Barry wants you all to himself.

No, no, maybe you should stick around. Then he could pick the music up faster.

Oh, it's too early for me.

But, um... Do you think that you could...

George, you got any cash on you?

Listen,

I'd do it myself, but I pretty much spent everything renting this place out.

Can you lend us some money? For what? For drugs?

Look, you're going to get it back.

When Phil Robbins hears this, we're going to use 50s to lend us cigars.

Charlotte, I'm not going to support your habit. You're getting bad. You need

some help.

What I need is some money.

No, you don't. You're killing yourself, and you're helping her.

I'm out of here.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Both of you, will you listen to me? If you knew

what I knew... Don't go there, Barry. What am I going to do?

You can give her 50 bucks.

No! I need it. I'm not going to blow this chance.

And I can't sing if I'm not high.

Look at her. Look at her. You've got to cancel the audition. She needs some

help. Are you nuts? Are you out of your mind? No!

Don't go there, Barry. I'm you!

What?

I'm here by the grace of God. I died. We died 25 years from now. But his court

sent me down to prevent you from making the biggest mistake of your life. If you

don't do something to stop her, she's going to OD. She's going to die.

That's going to be on your conscience the rest of your life. Believe me, I had

to live with this for 25 years.

Maybe we should find another bass player, don't you think?

I'm telling you the truth.

Yeah, and I appreciate that.

You know, listen, George, I think we're going to have to make do with somebody

else.

It's a chemistry thing.

No hard feelings.

I think the best thing for you to do is find another place to stay, okay?

There goes plan B.

Barry, you have to talk to me sometime.

Every time I talk to you, people think I'm nuts.

That's only when I'm in the black coat. People could see me now.

Still not gonna talk to you.

I tried to stop you. You're the one who blundered ahead.

You know, people can't handle the real story.

The only thing I could have done.

Doesn't matter. Can you imagine what you would have thought if some old guy

looked you in the eye and said he was you?

Only dead?

50 years old. What is with the old guy? Everybody's calling me old.

You know, to a 25 -year -old, you're an old guy.

Well, you're looking at an old guy with a big problem.

And what are you going to do about it? I'm going to solve it.

I can get about $500 for this. You can't sell your base. I requisitioned that.

Can I sell this?

No thunder, no lightning. I guess I can take that as a yes. No, this can only go

badly, Barry.

You've seen my future. How much worse can it get?

You think he's crazy?

Oh, he just walked in. I gotta go.

Hey, Louise.

You got a minute?

I'm kind of busy.

It's really important, Louise.

George?

Shouldn't you be talking to, like, a professional or something?

You were talking to Barry. Look, I didn't mean to scare him. I was just

to make a point. I got a little carried away.

So, you don't believe that you're Barry, only dead and sent back from the

future? Come on, now. Who believes something as crazy as that? I don't know

came over me.

I'm not a lunatic.

Oh.

Not really, because you don't seem like one.

But then again, you never can tell people.

Yeah, well, the problem is I really blew it with him, and now I don't know what

to do.

About Charlotte.

You see what she's doing to herself, don't you?

Yeah.

I guess.

I just don't think it's any of my business. Well, that's how people die,

You may not be crazy, George, but you are melodramatic.

Yeah, well, what if I'm right? What if she ODs and you just stand by and do

nothing? Nothing's going to happen by tomorrow.

We'll deal with it after the audition.

You didn't answer my question. Now, you're her friend. You found her.

You brought her into the band.

What if she doesn't have another day? Can you handle that, knowing that God

watching while you closed your eyes to a tragedy that didn't have to happen?

It crushes your soul, Louise. Believe me, I know.

I can't get through to Barry, so I'm pleading with you. Help your friend.

Put a human life in front of your ambition.

Because if you don't, you and Barry will never forgive yourself, and that's no

way to live your life.

Louise, fill the ketchup.

It doesn't have to happen.

We just need one more day.

I'm not crazy. You don't have it.

What do you want me to do?

Take her to Blake Memorial.

They got the best rehab in town. I paid for the first two weeks. Now, she won't

go with me. You're her friend. She'll listen to you.

Lie to her.

Trick her.

Drag her if you have to. Do whatever you have to. Do whatever it takes.

Just get her there today.

All right?

Come on. Tell me.

I can't. What do you mean you can't? Do we make it or not?

That depends.

Depends on what? I mean, stop being so coy, Jones. I mean...

I know how one fugitive turns out. This time Charlotte doesn't die. I don't live

with any guilt.

I mean, we keep riding together. I know we're good. Do we get a record deal or

not? I don't know.

Come on, I bet we're huge.

Golds, platinums, tons of Grammys, house full of beautiful kids. Come on.

You know, you're awfully confident for a guy who doesn't know if his plan worked

out yet. Oh.

Louise? We've been pals forever.

She's great. She always comes for us. She's going to call.

Well, I'm just saying you didn't exactly follow the rules.

Who cares about the rules as long as Charlotte doesn't die?

Technically, you're supposed to affect your own actions, not other people's.

What does that mean? There are no exceptions to these rules?

Rarely. How rarely?

Rarely, rarely.

Oh, great. Thanks.

So now here I am feeling great about everything, and you're telling me that

probably is not going to happen.

Hello?

Yes.

You checked her in?

Louise, you're great. Thank you.

Okay. Goodbye.

Oh, ye of little faith.

Did he buy it?

Yeah.

Still not sure what the right thing to do.

He's a nutcase, Louise.

Everything is okay.

Let's just go rehearse. We've got to break in the debate later, okay?

Why didn't you wake me?

I didn't want to bother you.

You look so peaceful.

Yeah, I sleep by hat in 25 years, no guilt.

But I got an hour in Kansas.

At least I have time to say goodbye to myself.

But solo, if you don't mind, because I don't want to make a mistake and start

talking to you. I think I'm a lunatic again.

He's going to probably want to strangle me for screwing up his audition.

But I just want to see myself one more time with a 32 -inch waist. See ya.

Dad.

Barry's dad. You must be Barry's dad.

Right. That's right. I'm George.

George.

Oh, right.

George. Right.

Barry was talking to me about you. You know, I was thinking, I have a friend

who's a doctor.

He treats people with delusional disorders.

I bet I could get him to see you right now.

Thank you.

But I'm heading out of town. I just wanted to say goodbye to Barry.

Oh, I'll have to tell him for you.

He and the band, they're warming up right now. They have a big audition

They canceled the audition, didn't they?

Why would they do that? Because Charlotte went into rehab.

She did. Last night?

Charlotte stayed here last night. You really ought to call my friend.

Give me your keys. What?

Give me your car keys!

Matt, you are crazy!

Get out!

Get out!

Taxi!

Back, Johnny.

How did you know?

What happened?

We were rehearsing and she was fine.

Then we took a break.

Then we found her in the ladies' room on the floor with a needle stuck in her

arm.

You happy, George?

You were right. I mean, did this make you happy? What are you talking about?

have no idea what you're saying. I don't need an idea. I know the truth.

I might as well have killed her myself.

Look, I'm sorry.

No, no, don't, don't touch me.

Okay.

I finally get who you are.

You're the angel of death.

And you want to know the worst part of it?

Every time I go to look in the mirror, now, it's not my face I'm going to be

seeing. It's going to be yours.

You try.

Come on, leave me alone, will you?

My job is to stay with her.

Look, I'm sorry about that.

You're sorry?

Really sorry? You could have done something. You have the power. You could

changed it.

Maybe it was predestination.

I'm not at liberty to meddle with that. So those are your rules, right?

Let me tell you what you can do with your rules, all right? I understand how

feel. I know how hard you tried.

I want to go back.

I beg your pardon? I want to go back. I've got 30 minutes. I can save her.

me 30 minutes. I can save her. It's impossible.

What's impossible? You just gave me 25 years. Why can't you give me another 30

minutes? It doesn't work like that.

Look, you only have a very finite three days.

But I have 30 minutes left. We made a deal.

I can use that last 30 minutes to do whatever I can. That's our deal.

Look, I know I said that, but... Listen, listen.

Give me the 30 minutes.

I'm begging you. I can save it, please.

How did you do that?

Don't look at me.

Where is she? Where's Charlotte?

She's in the bathroom. She's flying. Would you get out of our air torch?

Charlotte. Somebody call an ambulance.

Oh, my God.

Billy, call an ambulance.

How could you let this happen? Do you believe me?

I did, but... It's my fault. I told her to lie.

Can you move a couple of feet back, please?

Almost time, Barry.

You okay?

Charlotte's alive.

God let me make that possible.

What?

I don't know. I guess it's hard to look back and see what I really was.

And still am.

How so?

Othniel was right.

I hardly knew her.

I just cared about whether she could help me make it.

Even last night when I thought I won the battle.

First thing that popped into my head was, I got my career back.

I can finally be a star.

And Louise, Louise, my best friend for years.

What did I do?

Did I ever thank her or encourage her?

The only time I knew she was alive was when I needed her for something.

If you're not there for other people, if it's all about yourself, what does that

make me?

I failed here.

I'm not talking about Charlotte, but Barry.

If he didn't learn any of this, I'd do nothing.

George?

I don't know who you are or how you know what's going on in my heart, but I

don't want you to give up on me, okay?

I swear I won't let you down.

It is kind of funny how you talk to yourself, though.

Well, you know, bass players, man.

Yeah, your piano could use a little bit of work, too.

Keep playing. I'll give you some tips.

You gonna give me some tips? Just play.

Hey, Jones.

Yeah? What is this, some kind of punishment, some joke you're trying to

I don't think so. I thought my life was going to change, but I'm still in

school. All of my students are up there. Everything is exactly the same.

Not exactly, Barry.

What else don't I know about my new life?

Oh, uh, you'll know it all as soon as you walk through that door.

But you won't recall a thing about your time with me.

I, uh...

You know, just didn't want to leave without saying congratulations.

Came a long way.

Wait a minute. How come I'm still teaching high school?

Oh, was I wrong?

Do you still think that fame and fortune are the important things in life?

I'm just curious.

Okay, if you must know, Charlotte, your friend, she lost her battle with

addictions, I'm sorry to say, but not without a fight and a great deal of

support. You did everything you could, and...

You and Louise have won three songwriting Grammys, you make an obscene

money, and you teach her part -time so you can be near your daughter.

All right?

Happy?

And I'll know all this? I'll really know it when I walk through that door?

Daddy.

What?

She's your daughter.

Good luck, Barry.

You earned it.

You're so beautiful.

In the cold, breathe winter In the dark, before the dawn

There's no one here to hold me No one to hear my song

The days all run together now The nights go by so slow If

I only had another chance

I'd never let you go.

Let me fly to the rainbow. Let me join you in the sky.

On the wings of an angel, like a bird in paradise.

Let me fly up to heaven.

Let me look into your eyes.

Let me sing with you forever, like a bird in paradise.

Let me sing with you forever like a bird

of paradise.