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Morning. Morning.

I see the paparazzi are ready to pounce.

You ever meet them? No, but I will later. Peter's taking me to Mrs. Cabot's

reception. Oh, I envy you. Kind of like meeting Santa Claus.

You write books, too, huh? Yeah. Yeah, listen to this.

Birth is the last free ride in life, besides death.

In between, you either pay the fare or get left at the station.

That mean you want to borrow bus money?

If you remember, The last time Scotty Foreman was here, he advised me to sweep

you up and marry you. I remember.

And that's when I proposed.

Natasha Cellini, right?

Ray Stern, Washington Times. Do you mind?

Your piece on Andropov was devastating.

I understand you speak Russian.

It helps to know when they're talking about you and not to you.

Love the Harper's profile on Tennessee.

The state or the playwright?

Obviously you have an exclusive with the man of the year.

If I was Scotty Foreman, I'd be a little nervous.

Seems like everybody you talk to ends up dead.

Then maybe you should find another seat.

Well, I'm on.

See you around.

Your pair is calling, Mr. Lane.

Jean -Claude.

Good to see you again. Welcome to the St. Gregory, Mr. Foreman. You know Russ

Turnbull? Mr.

Foreman, is it true that you flew an F -15 here yourself?

Are you kidding? I could never get Russ in one of those things. He gets airsick

in tall buildings.

Word around you're thinking about buying a movie studio?

I might consider it. I might consider it if somebody comes up with the right

partner. What do you think? Me and Donnie Parker.

Ladies and gentlemen, there'll be a press conference tomorrow before the

dinner. Well, Peter, where are you going?

Want to give me a chance to break even?

I'll take the 49ers and six points.

You're on.

Hey, the 49ers and six, huh?

Got them.

Ellie, I know you're shorthanded. If the rooms aren't made up by the time the

guests return, just offer apologies and a complimentary drink till you catch up.

Great. Thanks.

Christine. Christine, Lester's on 3 -7. The drummer for the fashion show piled

up his car.

Would you settle for a conga player? One of the busboys is supposed to be

terrific. Call the union hall.

You don't play, do you, Billy? Two left hands. Look, I've got to talk to Peter

about my vacation.

Hi. I just found out we're not getting our glassware shipment because of the

trucker's strike.

How short are we?

Well, down about 90 ,000 pieces.

Oh, Peter, can I talk to you? I've got two minutes.

Perry, could you bring me a couple of aspirin, please?

This may be a little warm. It came over an hour ago. That's fine.

Do you want to hear this?

Well, that's good, huh? Maybe you should just leave the whole bottle.

Housekeeping. Devin called in sick.

The chef at the checkmate had a fight with the new staff boy. He's threatening

to puree the kid.

I'll go down there. Oh, and the glassware shipment's still held up.

Well, I could tell things were desperate, the juice glasses from the

Hopkins.

Look, just offer him a premium on the stop.

Five bucks a share.

Of course I want all 30 ,000.

If that doesn't move him, tell him we'll find him a nice, generous six -figure

slot in the reorganization.

Get on it this afternoon.

Well, there you are.

I'm sorry I wasn't here for your arrival.

Hello, Russ.

Jessica.

Nice to see you. Thank you.

Which one am I?

I'm bunked in here.

Over there.

I love Switzerland this time of year. I'm sorry I didn't make it.

I offered your apologies to Lady Abdi.

Good. Did you hear of a problem with the beach house?

Taken care of. That's my girl.

Well, I'm going to catch an hour.

A little jet lagged.

Oh, I'm having lunch with Melinda.

Oh, it'll be so nice to see her.

Jess, if you don't mind, I'm going to do this one alone.

A lot of catching up. It's been six months since you saw her, old man.

Of course.

Scotty, I was waiting to get you two together.

There was a telegram from Todd. He won't be able to be here for the banquet.

Business commitments.

Sure.

Well, I guess I'll just have to be exalted without the prodigal son.

They've all missed you.

Have you, Ruth?

Thank you.

But the guy's done just about everything.

I don't know how many zeros he shot down in the Second World War.

And they're all the jet speed and altitude records.

There's no denying that Foreman's done it all.

But what about people?

It's the guys who help people that change the world.

Martin Luther King? Yeah, Gandhi, John Kennedy. I think Scotty's left his mark.

He's given a ton of money away, you know.

He did start the International Hunger Fund.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

Not many like him around anymore.

Guys willing to put their money where their mouths are.

Yeah, like Bogey. How about Coop in High Noon?

I'll give you somebody above them all. Who's that?

E .T. Now you're flying.

What a couple of chauvinists.

No, no, no, no. She's right.

We've overlooked the greatest lady of all time.

Mae West.

Miss Piggy.

I figure you're looking for a way to nail our hero.

Well, everything else has been written about him. Man of the year, shining

knight, poor boy makes good.

So, how about how to reach the top without really caring?

I'll bet you a double round you crucify him.

I think you should change your typewriter ribbon.

It's turning yellow.

You look great. You just look great. Thank you.

And how's the budding weather, girl?

Terrific. I don't know why you won't let me help. There's an anchor spot open in

my Dallas station.

Daddy, I like San Francisco.

And I want to do this on my own.

Okay, okay, okay.

There is a fellow with the company I want you to meet.

He reminds me a lot of Michael.

I'm serious.

Well, it's getting there.

Well, that's great. That's great, sweetheart. That's great.

What does he do?

He's an actor.

But he wants to direct.

He's done a lot in regional theater. He's doing Long Day's Journey and Rep Up

Here. And he's up for a very big movie.

Oh, Daddy, I would love you to come and see his play.

Forgive me if I sound like somebody's father.

But this feels an awful lot like that poet in Rome.

He was a writer.

And who was that social worker you were so crazy about? Daddy, he was a law

student.

I'm sorry.

I know an actor sounds frivolous. You know it's funny.

A psychiatrist friend of mine told me that most young girls go toward men who

resemble their fathers.

Men of the year are not waiting on every street corner.

I wouldn't think you'd be looking on street corners.

Oh, Daddy, please just meet him.

He's really wonderful.

Like you.

His name is Brian MacArthur.

Well...

With a name like that, how bad can he be?

Scotty Foreman, Christine Francis.

Oh, it's a thrill to meet you, Mr. Foreman. The thrill is mine.

You get to work with this beauty every day?

When she isn't running the whole show herself.

I remember when the hotel business with a manager with a Prussian accent and his

assistant yodeled in the background.

Excuse me.

Scotty, General Westheimer would like to have a little chat with you.

Oh, excuse me, you two. The Pentagon wants to negotiate a loan.

Strangers in the night.

I don't yodel.

Mount Everest?

They're organizing the expedition right now. He's off in two weeks.

And you subscribe to this madness. Well, you know, Scotty, it's irrepressible

for me to conquer something.

Two o 'clock's perfect.

Shall I wear my bulletproof vest?

It's a casual chat.

You have a terrible reputation for getting people to say things they're

to think.

Oh, the real question is, who's going to out -charm the other?

I'm the loser already.

Peter! You know Natasha Cellini? Peter McDermott, general manager of the hotel.

Your pleasure.

Didn't we meet in Tangier's last fall, was it?

I'm sorry.

Never been there.

Excuse me. I'm going to run. I want to save my best stuff till tomorrow.

Maybe it was Zermatt.

Hi. Parker Rawlings. Oh, Peter McDermott.

Well, I hate to break this up, but if we're going to make dinner at the wharf,

Natasha... I suppose.

Well, if you get stuck, I can recommend the hotel restaurants.

Well, it was nice meeting you, McDermott. Maybe we'll take you up on

Maybe.

I've been thought.

Care for an oyster?

Uh, you know, uh, I'm not that hungry. Why don't we just grab something in the

hotel? Why not?

Like a bottle of champagne and some shrimp.

Have them in your room.

You know, Commander, that is the best idea you have had all evening.

Well, I think I'll watch a little television and turn in.

Then I think I'll go down for a nightcap.

Haven't you had enough?

Am I driving someplace?

Besides, I promised a couple of the brass a little get -together. Buy me a

congratulatory scotch.

Hi, honey.

You haven't fallen asleep yet.

It's been a long time.

You're a guest.

I guess we've already broken that rule.

It's about time, don't you think?

Hey, you saved my life.

Was that gratitude last night?

Are you kidding when you pushed me through the doors at NATO headquarters

that bomb let go?

I remember digging you out from under reams of top secret paper.

I thought you were an angel.

I wanted you so badly.

Are you going to do one of your royal exposés on Scotty for me? I don't do

exposés. I only deal in reality.

Then what's the reality about us?

You mean what's going to happen now that there's nobody in the way? Well, you're

the one that says these truths have a way of resolving the conflicts.

Do we have a conflict?

Sure we do. My life is here, and yours is... Is wherever the acronym is.

Tell me, you think there might be a story in an innkeeper?

Interesting. Maybe.

Satisfied. Definitely.

I've gotten a lot of awards.

I've set a lot of records.

Man of the Year.

That's really special.

When you consider some of the great men who've been recipients, Bishop Sheen,

Henry Kissinger, Anwar Sadat, guys, I'm really humbled.

Is it true that you and the president have discussed an ambassadorship?

I'm much too uncompromising. You know that.

What about a run for governor? Maybe the Senate? A lot of people think it'd be a

shoe -in for either slot.

I'm flattered to hear how the public might react, but I'm happy taking a back

seat to the politicians. Just too many special interests for me.

But you've put a lot of people in power. Phil Madden says you're a kingmaker.

Phil's a very kind man, but he tends to exaggerate.

I've had my run with the power brokers.

Believe it or not, I've always felt I was there to protect the little guy.

So where does the man go who's done it all?

You know...

My dear wife, Jess, she's always asking, where are you running?

The answer is, I'm going to slow down, spend more time with my family, with

of my pet charities.

Would you and Mrs. Foreman consider a coronation?

I don't know why nobody ever suggested that before.

We've taken care of Mayor Feinstein, General Fowler, Monsignor Marsh,

the Blackwoods, Councilman... Excuse me, Mrs. Foreman, but where

are you sitting?

I'll be with my daughter at one of the side tables.

Why am I not sharing this moment with my husband?

I don't mean to pry. It's just that Mrs.

Caput told me how tirelessly you worked on all of his projects.

One celebrity in the family is more than enough.

Oh, Jessica, Miss Francis. I got a message you wanted to see me.

I'll go on ahead down to the bar. Thank you.

I called Todd.

He refuses to come.

Well, maybe he just isn't as forgiving as you are.

Forgive what?

Todd's the one who ran off.

And his father's about to receive one of the most important awards of his life.

I should think he could stifle his pride.

What about his hurt?

I don't understand you, Russ.

If you feel that way, how have you stuck with Scotty all these years?

Maybe I'm like you.

I remember the idealistic young hero who was going to change the world.

He has changed the world.

To suit who?

There's something more important at stake, whether you believe so or not.

Scotty is a great man.

Isn't there a point where your unselfish need to carry the torch simply boils

down to misplaced reverence?

Scotty, you are terrible.

Of course I can't.

Well, if you want.

About three, then.

See you later.

Jessica, are you ready? I'm starving.

I've got to get to the station.

Oh, come on.

I am not an actor who plays all night and sleeps all day. Well, if you stay in

bed, I guarantee you won't sleep.

I'm too nervous.

You have an audience with my father tonight.

Oh, I never get up tight till right before curtain.

Ben, I think you better spend all day working on your line.

I never met any heavy stuff like Scotty Foreman. I mean, after God, he's

practically second in command.

Oh, Daddy might question that demotion.

Don't be taken in by his charm.

Meaning? Meaning he has very high standards.

If he doesn't approve... He has me rubbed out.

Yeah, settle.

I just want you to be careful.

He can do things to people.

Have a little faith in the actor, huh? Remember the glass menagerie? I'll do my

gentleman caller.

He'll love me.

Okay.

Now look, we're in the same business.

Either he joins us or we're going to bump heads.

Keep Ross posted.

I really don't like pictures with alcohol.

My agreement with your publisher includes approval of pictures and text.

Then I guess we're finished here.

Now, don't get your fur up.

I'm just a little nervous.

It happens I'm one of your biggest fans.

Did you seek fame?

I never thought so.

It just seems to show up wherever I go.

You believe ideas are more important than people?

I think people are ideas.

Is success at the expense of others moral, or is it just the price of a

world?

I'm well aware that when some men win, there'll be other men who lose.

Do the losers bother you?

Can you imagine Reggie Jackson not swinging for the fence because he's

might make the picture look bad?

Do you believe you were put on this earth for a purpose?

You'll have to ask the guy upstairs.

Do you believe in God?

He's always been there when I needed him.

If he gave you another run around the block, anything you would change?

I've had enough life for ten men.

Still, if you could pick an eleventh, who would you come back as?

Who says I'm going?

Thanks, Victoria, for a delightful lunch.

My pleasure.

Well, I haven't seen Melinda around.

She'll be here tomorrow, won't she? Oh, yes.

Unfortunately, Todd is tied up.

Oh.

My only regret is that Michael didn't live to be here.

And Scotty were so close.

He was a fine young man.

Such a tragedy.

Did you know Scotty Foreman has a mistress in the hotel?

Well, so does the general manager, I'm told.

Is that what I am, a mistress?

Well, would you prefer a lover, a favorite lady, his best girl?

That's the best you can do.

I didn't think you were looking for bigger commitments.

I don't know what it is I want.

I know I like what's happening.

I'm smart enough to know that no man could pin you down for very long. Maybe

just for the night.

There's a little hotel up the road.

We could catch some dinner.

Maybe a little dessert.

I like a man who lives for the moment.

And picks the right one.

Hey, hey, boy. Hey.

Brian? Yes, how do you fall?

Sorry, I couldn't make it earlier.

I got behind schedule. That's okay.

How was the show?

Almost a full house. Good, good, good, good.

MacArthur. Any relation to the general?

The general? No, actually, I served with Mac in the Pacific.

Great man.

Actually, it's really not my name, sir. I just thought it would look better on

the marquee than... Jablonic.

That's right.

But I must tell you, it's real great to meet you, sir.

How much do you make, Brian?

Oh, they're about to bump me up because I'll be directing the next production.

$7 ,000 last year, $4 ,700 the year before that.

Is that what you call upwardly mobile?

That's not a lot for a fellow who's looking to expand his horizons.

I know it doesn't look like a lot from where you're standing. I was a

millionaire by the time I was your age.

Mr. Foreman, I didn't become an actor to get rich.

I wouldn't think so.

But I am up for an important role in a new feature.

In a Lawrence Brockman picture.

That's right.

It's down to three of us.

Larry and I are very close.

I can make it happen for you.

Scotty.

You don't know me. Helen Wilson.

My husband, Frank, served in your squadron.

Frank was a fine man, a real hero.

I don't mean to interrupt, but I just wanted to thank you for that inspiring

letter you sent after Frank was killed in action.

It gave me the strength to go on.

I was honored to fly with Frank. Always a gentleman.

We miss him dearly.

Thank you.

And God bless you.

That picture shoots nine months in the Far East.

That's much too dangerous a place to take a woman, don't you agree?

I can make it happen for you, Brian.

One phone call and I can make it happen.

Or I can make it not happen.

Mother, Brian didn't come home last night.

What happened with Daddy? You told me he changed.

Darling, I don't know what you're talking about.

Please, don't get upset.

Don't worry.

I won't crack up again.

Now, did you call the hospital?

Maybe he hadn't... Mother!

How many times have we been through this?

Whenever there's a man in my life, he destroys it. He goes into one of his

jealous fits.

Melinda, I won't listen to this kind of talk.

What could your father possibly say to Brian to discourage him so easily?

Is it possible that his convictions weren't that strong?

You've lived with this man for 30 years, and you still refuse to believe who he

really is.

That's not fair.

Your father has done so much for so many people.

Except for his own family.

He only wants a man who's worthy of you.

Did you find a man worthy of you, Mother?

Hi.

Am I disturbing you?

I was hoping that somebody would.

I had some free time this afternoon, and I wondered if you wanted to continue

the piece on the hotel manager.

I don't know. Can I run the risk of exposing the skeletons in my closet?

You really think I'm some kind of a muckraker out to destroy people?

I'm sorry. I guess I just don't understand the techniques of the trade.

I'm very thorough.

That's what makes me better.

You planning on revealing Scotty Foreman's extracurricular activities?

The mistress?

I see no reason.

Any more than to reveal that a son who supposedly died in an accident actually

blew his brains out on his father's bed.

Who told you that?

I'm a journalist.

I also know that his daughter was hospitalized twice with breakdown.

Is that his fault?

And the youngest boy has completely disowned the great man and now refuses

show up at the dinner tonight. I thought this was supposed to be an incisive

profile for a class magazine.

Not a hatchet job for some rag.

I never said I was going to publish this.

It just helps to give me insight.

Oh.

Sure, Scotty, Foreman probably stepped on some toes.

Crushed toes.

Hurt people. Destroyed lives.

Are they a justified price for fame and power?

The worth of a man's life boils down to the good versus the bad.

Someone else has to make that assessment.

You're angry, Peter.

Like most people, when you threaten, they're heroes.

They're myths.

The truth is all I have.

It's all in your cell.

What made Melinda's friend go away?

Knowing Scotty...

He made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Why would he do that?

Not good enough.

He's not that much different than a lot of fathers.

You really believe that?

One gets used to the tactics, if not the reason.

What have I let him do to our children?

No more than you let him do to you.

Why do we stay, Ruth?

Why do you stay?

The only way I can be close to you.

Is that who you want for a son -in -law?

What about what she wants?

Must you control everybody's life as if they didn't know any better?

Nobody can say no to you. Jessica.

Your behavior does not become you. Oh, please, don't try to make me defensive.

You could never really handle my success, and now you've finally turned

for simply caring about our little girl.

Our little girl happens to be almost 30 years old.

Does this have something to do with Russ?

I know about him, you know. Know what?

That he cares more for me than he does for you? That's what you can't stand,

isn't it, Scotty? Everybody must adore you. You've been talking to that shrink

again, filling your head with the Declaration of Independence.

I should have let you go years ago.

You never understood me.

What the hell did you know? You were a scatterbrained debutante when I found

you. That's right, Scotty.

And my almighty family and I introduced you to all those... significant, snobby

people that you wanted so desperately to be a part of.

That's really all you ever wanted from me.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe you're right.

But I want a damn sight more for my daughter. You want an actor like Scotty

Borman, not just an actor.

I wish Michael were alive.

He was the only one who's like me.

The rest of you are all parasites.

He understood me, loved me.

Then why did he have to kill himself to get away from you?

That was an accident.

He couldn't measure up. He couldn't be Scotty Foreman. And you would never let

him admit it. He was angry, and he finally told you with a bullet. No!

No! If the dream died, you killed it, Scotty.

And God forgive me I helped you.

Where have you been?

I slept at the theater.

Oh.

You're right about your old man.

With one phone call, he was going to give me the Brockman picture of my

to the moon.

Of course, he was also going to make me the most eligible bachelor in the Far

East. How can you resist?

That's what I thought.

Then I said, uh...

I'd get the damn picture without him, but he said he could put the screws to

that, too.

Aren't you angry?

You're damn right.

I'm steaming.

But I'm not going to give you up. I don't give a damn who he calls.

Oh, Brian.

Oh, I love you. I love you, too.

You're not going to hate me for this, are you?

No, I love you.

I've got to paint right here on my kiskers.

I'll use it when I do Brockman's next picture, okay?

Okay.

Sharon?

I'm dry.

Coming, darling.

It'll be the greatest night of my life, and I'm miserable.

You better take it slow.

It is a big night.

It ain't nothing of the rest of the afternoon.

Everybody expects something of me.

Rewards, favors, blessings.

We don't have to make love if you're not in the mood.

You're the only one who accepts me as...

A man.

And what a man.

What's the matter?

Scotty?

Scotty, what should I do?

We are obviously depending on the discretion of you and your staff. I

you how demoralizing this could be to a lot of people. Well, don't concern

yourself. They're ready to move him now.

We'll take the service elevator. Have the paramedic van pulled into the

Already done.

Thank you.

How is he?

He's almost stabilized.

They said it looks fairly severe.

I want a ride in the ambulance.

Call Melinda and Todd if he'll come.

Thank you for calling.

Everyone has called and offered their support.

The dinner will go on as scheduled.

Here.

Here. You take it.

It's yours.

Daddy?

Daddy, it's Melinda.

I love you, Daddy.

All I ever wanted was for you to let me be left.

It's almost time.

I'm not looking forward to this celebration.

I hear Mrs. Foreman's going to accept.

Brave lady.

You know, I grew up with the exploits of Scotty Foreman. He was like everybody's

imaginary father.

Good daddies leave us with good memories.

Mm -hmm.

What do you do when you find out that Mr. Perfect may not be as perfect as you

thought?

We're not confusing our daddies with our mommies, are we?

What's that supposed to mean?

Natasha, heroes never die easy.

It's a long way from the pedestal to the ground.

Is it that obvious?

I suppose the trouble with us mere mortals is that we never realize our

are people, too.

But their needs may not be quite the same as ours.

You think she's wrong for me?

No.

Just different.

Ladies and gentlemen.

I'm sure you've all heard the tragic news of this afternoon.

And that you're all praying for Scotty's speedy recovery.

Scotty died five minutes ago.

He had no pain.

I'll tell Bran to call off the presentation.

No. No?

In order to avoid any undue stress on Mrs. Foreman, we will go directly to the

presentation which she has so graciously agreed to accept tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, the woman that has been at his side all these many years,

Mrs. J. Scott Foreman.

Scotty was so proud when he learned he was to receive this award.

He felt it was the culmination of a lifetime of achievement.

I'm sorry he could not be here.

Scotty Foreman died a few minutes ago.

Many things will be said about him now.

The hero.

The symbol.

The legend.

Someone to reach for, to aspire to.

He seemed such a public man.

The truth is...

He

was very private.

And shy.

A boy who... grew up to be his childhood dream.

It was his family that nurtured him, kept him going.

He was the special one, but he always made us feel, his children and me, he

always made us feel that we were the essence of his life.

We shall miss him dearly.

He'll never really be dead for any of us. He'll live on through everything he

gave us while he was here.

The love...

The hope, the joy.

Here's our dream.

We must never let them die.

I was hoping you were going to change your mind about the story of the hotel

manager.

Were you really?

Well, you know it takes time.

I can't just blurt out all the secrets in a couple of sessions.

Ben, I thought you were one of my more successful interviews.

You know I love you, Peter.

Only you love the action more.

Maybe another lifetime.

You still going to write Scotty's story?

No.

Oh. I'm going to write her story.