1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:01,860 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:08,380 You think she just likes me because she's retarded? 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,460 She likes you, Ben, because you're a likable guy. 4 00:00:11,860 --> 00:00:12,579 Uh -huh. 5 00:00:12,580 --> 00:00:15,660 Let me tell you something, Ben. Women are different from men. 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,500 Women know what they want and what they don't want. 7 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:20,240 Fine. 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,060 So, Benny, what's with the wandering eyes? I thought you were getting your 9 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:26,060 wound with Rosalie. 10 00:00:27,470 --> 00:00:31,070 That doesn't mean I can't be friends with Denise, does it? Well, that depends 11 00:00:31,070 --> 00:00:34,130 what you have in mind. It also depends on whether you and Rosalie are getting 12 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:35,130 serious. 13 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:36,630 What do you mean, serious? 14 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:40,310 Well, there's a variety of indicators. Let's see. 15 00:00:41,770 --> 00:00:43,510 Has she brought her toothbrush over yet? 16 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:46,170 No. La -la! 17 00:00:46,530 --> 00:00:48,450 Now I don't have to use yours anymore. 18 00:00:48,850 --> 00:00:51,930 No, you can't bring that to my house. 19 00:00:52,190 --> 00:00:53,089 Why not? 20 00:00:53,090 --> 00:00:55,890 Because I don't want to get serious. 21 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,600 I thought that you did. 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,640 How long have you been juggling, Mr. Pettit? 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,500 Since my grandmother bought me juggling bags for my 10th birthday. When did you 24 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:12,520 start doing it professionally? 25 00:01:12,980 --> 00:01:14,120 When I was 18. 26 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,320 Would that be about the same time you met Alfred Euler? Yes. As a matter of 27 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:20,760 fact... Could you hold that a minute? 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,840 As a matter of fact, it was Alfred Euler who gave you your first job, wasn't it? 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,900 Yes it was. How long did you two work together? Off and on for 15 years. 30 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,760 Did he teach you anything in that time? He taught me some things, but most 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:33,760 things I taught myself. 32 00:01:33,820 --> 00:01:37,480 You taught yourself nothing. I taught myself how to go beyond the sort of 33 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,660 birthday party, middle -of -the -road juggling I was doing when I was with 34 00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:44,260 Let's not get into any recriminations, okay? So you think you're too good for 35 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:47,200 birthday parties? I'm not saying I'm too good for it. I'm saying I don't want to 36 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,079 do it anymore. 37 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,440 Mr. Pettit, the issue is not what type of venue you want to work in. The issue 38 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:52,920 is whether or not you stole Mr. 39 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,120 Euler's juggling routine. 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:55,280 Can we get back to the deposition? 41 00:01:56,669 --> 00:02:00,310 Mr. Euler took ill at you, didn't he? Yes. Did he approach you after he had 42 00:02:00,310 --> 00:02:04,130 recuperated, asking to get back together again? Yes, he did. What was your 43 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:06,250 response? I told him that I was working by myself. 44 00:02:06,530 --> 00:02:09,470 Did you tell him at that time you thought he lacked the physical skill 45 00:02:09,470 --> 00:02:10,470 present act requires? 46 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:13,110 When I'm his age, I won't have the physical skills either. 47 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:16,030 Juggling is a young man's game. Them's the facts. 48 00:02:16,330 --> 00:02:17,370 Hey, Junior, think fast. 49 00:02:17,650 --> 00:02:21,030 Hey, guys, do you think my physical... 50 00:02:21,710 --> 00:02:25,750 Skills are shot, huh? Yes, I do. Now, this is no way to resolve this. I think 51 00:02:25,750 --> 00:02:28,770 your physical skills are shot, and you don't have the simple grace to accept 52 00:02:28,770 --> 00:02:30,310 that. I accept this, you little pissant. 53 00:02:30,730 --> 00:02:35,070 Everything you are, you owe to me. And when this lawsuit is over, I intend to 54 00:02:35,070 --> 00:02:36,650 get paid in full. 55 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,230 Okay, first group, ready, and. 56 00:04:21,990 --> 00:04:25,570 Good. Second group, and a one. 57 00:04:33,790 --> 00:04:35,490 Good. Much better, Leslie. 58 00:04:35,870 --> 00:04:38,110 Next group, and one. 59 00:04:38,730 --> 00:04:39,770 What happened? 60 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,500 As per your request, I drop the demand for money damages in return for 61 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:45,500 you from your contract. 62 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:48,280 I refuse to consider it. So we're going to trial? 63 00:04:48,620 --> 00:04:51,540 As early as 2 o 'clock this afternoon, if a courtroom becomes available. 64 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:53,560 Okay. 65 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:54,760 Are you ready? 66 00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:56,860 I don't know. 67 00:04:56,980 --> 00:04:59,820 Let me put it to you this way. He's not leaving you much of a choice. 68 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:01,620 Thanks for coming here in person. 69 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:04,960 Do you want to get something to eat? The late breakfast, early lunch? 70 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:08,220 Thanks. I'd rather do this until it's time to go to court. 71 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,780 First group, once again, please, from the corner. 72 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:16,300 Ready? 73 00:05:17,060 --> 00:05:24,020 And... Hastings versus National 74 00:05:24,020 --> 00:05:25,020 Ballet Theater. 75 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,620 We represent Erica Hastings, who are suing Alex Vedder and National Ballet 76 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:30,620 breach of contract. 77 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:31,739 What kind of breach? 78 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:35,260 He stopped using her as principal dancer and he refuses to allow her to dance 79 00:05:35,260 --> 00:05:39,200 for anyone else. I remember seeing her dance at Symphony Hall in Boston. She is 80 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,110 incredible. I went out with a dancer once. 81 00:05:41,850 --> 00:05:42,910 Boy, are they nuts. 82 00:05:43,430 --> 00:05:47,010 Nuts or not, I used to fall in love with them every time I'd walk past Lincoln 83 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:51,390 Center. Euler versus Pettit. Yeah, that's me. Euler is accusing Pettit of 84 00:05:51,390 --> 00:05:54,070 stealing his act. We represent Pettit. What kind of act? 85 00:05:54,470 --> 00:05:55,610 Jugglers. Jugglers? 86 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:59,590 You're not taking this one on the arms, Stuart. No, Ross Pettit's career is 87 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:01,030 going places. He's a paying customer. 88 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:04,390 How can you sue for stealing an act? You can't copyright a juggling routine. 89 00:06:04,670 --> 00:06:07,740 Euler's attorney is throwing anything he can at us. trade secrets, 90 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,140 misappropriation of professional property, the Lanham Act. He's a bit of 91 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:15,060 hound, and he's hoping something will stick and he gets his name in the 92 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,340 What kind of glory can there be in juggling? You kidding? I wish I could 93 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:19,500 I can juggle. 94 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:20,639 You can juggle? 95 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,040 Are you serious? You can juggle? Just a little bit. 96 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:26,420 If you can do this, I'll represent you. No, no, no, no. 97 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:27,800 Come on. 98 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,360 Yeah, come on. 99 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,940 All right, but I'm not... That's it. 100 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:37,300 Okay. I can't do it for that long. 101 00:06:37,540 --> 00:06:42,080 And I... Good. I can't do it while I'm talking. 102 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,400 All right. Check this out. 103 00:06:50,140 --> 00:06:51,340 Hey. Yes. 104 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:56,560 Anyone else with some special skill? 105 00:06:57,180 --> 00:06:58,420 Yeah. Does this count? 106 00:07:05,660 --> 00:07:07,900 So how much you figured they laid out for this renovation? 107 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:10,320 I don't know. 108 00:07:10,540 --> 00:07:13,960 A bungalow, Doc. You know what occurs to me? I have a friend with a tile and 109 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:14,960 terrazzo business. 110 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,480 If I could have got him the job doing the floors, we all could have made 111 00:07:20,580 --> 00:07:21,580 All right. 112 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,060 I missed the opportunity. 113 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,420 No big deal. So what's with you? 114 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 What do you mean? 115 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,200 Do I mean? 116 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:31,780 I mean, what's up with you? Every time I see you lately, all I get are short 117 00:07:31,780 --> 00:07:32,940 answers. What are you, depressed? 118 00:07:33,780 --> 00:07:37,890 No. Plus, you haven't been at DuPars in two weeks. Rosalie asks about you every 119 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:41,050 time I see her. She's the reason I haven't been at DuPars. 120 00:07:42,770 --> 00:07:45,590 I don't really want to see her that much. Why not? 121 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:50,530 Because she wants to live together. 122 00:07:50,930 --> 00:07:51,930 What's wrong with that? 123 00:07:52,330 --> 00:07:55,290 I don't know if I want to do that. What is it that you're worried about? 124 00:07:55,570 --> 00:08:00,110 I know a lot of people who got married and ended up getting divorced. 125 00:08:01,330 --> 00:08:03,310 And that may be the way it ends up for you. 126 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:06,080 To which I say, better to have loved and lost. You know what I mean? 127 00:08:06,580 --> 00:08:09,620 You also are not exactly a catch. 128 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:11,360 You know what I mean? 129 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:12,500 You're a nice guy. 130 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:16,540 We both know you're a taco or too short of a combination plate. 131 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,540 But you've got a good thing going with a girl who's similarly equipped. 132 00:08:20,060 --> 00:08:23,460 She ain't bad looking. Unless I miss my guess, she won't go out on you. 133 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:27,960 Plus, you'll be eating a hot meal every day for the rest of your life. So what's 134 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:28,960 the problem? 135 00:08:29,260 --> 00:08:30,019 Hey, buddy. 136 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:31,020 Hi. 137 00:08:32,809 --> 00:08:35,370 Are you going to make the introductions, or do I have to do it myself? 138 00:08:36,590 --> 00:08:39,770 Oh, Denise, this is Dominic. Dominic, this is Denise. 139 00:08:40,230 --> 00:08:41,549 Dominic Nudzi. 140 00:08:41,929 --> 00:08:42,929 How do you do? 141 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:45,490 Yours is a new face to these environments, am I wrong? 142 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:47,830 I've been here about four months. 143 00:08:48,630 --> 00:08:52,070 Then I must not have been coming around, because you I would notice. 144 00:08:53,390 --> 00:08:54,730 Did I take that as a compliment? 145 00:08:55,110 --> 00:08:56,110 What else? 146 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:57,570 Nice to meet you. 147 00:09:02,870 --> 00:09:06,450 How old were you when you started with the National Ballet Company? 148 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:09,610 I joined the company when I was 14. 149 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:12,150 I was studying since I was 8. 150 00:09:12,470 --> 00:09:16,590 Would you describe for us your relationship with Mr. Vedder? He's the 151 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:18,990 choreographer. I was his principal dancer. 152 00:09:19,330 --> 00:09:22,850 Did there come a point at which you ceased to be his principal dancer? 153 00:09:23,550 --> 00:09:28,610 Yes. Would you describe those circumstances for us? In Mr. Vedder's 154 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:29,730 become increasingly difficult. 155 00:09:30,310 --> 00:09:31,450 Were you difficult? 156 00:09:32,190 --> 00:09:33,230 I didn't used to be. 157 00:09:33,510 --> 00:09:34,910 I was a quick study. 158 00:09:35,470 --> 00:09:36,730 I rehearsed endlessly. 159 00:09:37,290 --> 00:09:41,930 I starved myself to stay thin, and for years, nothing mattered to me but his 160 00:09:41,930 --> 00:09:46,450 approval. Would you describe for us the events that took place on January 4th, 161 00:09:46,450 --> 00:09:47,450 1992? 162 00:09:47,950 --> 00:09:49,950 We were in rehearsals for Coppelia. 163 00:09:50,170 --> 00:09:51,550 There was a certain step. 164 00:09:52,170 --> 00:09:56,010 I wanted to do it my way. He wanted me to do it his way. 165 00:09:56,470 --> 00:09:59,270 I did it his way, and I broke my foot. 166 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:02,840 As I was helped offstage, he turned his back and walked away. 167 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:05,560 Would you tell us what happened after you returned? 168 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,660 I told Mr. Vedder that I was fully recovered. 169 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,700 He said that he had all his principal roles cast and that he wasn't sure when 170 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:14,559 would get to me. 171 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:15,700 How did you respond? 172 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:20,100 I asked to be released from my contract and permitted to dance for another 173 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:22,960 company. Did Mr. Vedder permit you to do this? 174 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:28,620 No. Can you tell us what Mr. Vedder has effectively done to your career as a 175 00:10:28,620 --> 00:10:31,300 dancer? I haven't performed in more than a year and a half. 176 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:36,040 Given the physical demands of dancing, given the age that I am, a year and a 177 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,040 half is a very long time. 178 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:38,700 I have nothing further. 179 00:10:41,780 --> 00:10:45,500 Would you tell us, Miss Hastings, is there a minimum number of principal 180 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:46,920 per year specified in your contract? 181 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:52,020 No. Since this is an issue of some importance to you, why isn't it 182 00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:55,860 At the time I signed my last contract, I wasn't thinking of a minimum number. 183 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:57,480 I was dancing all the time. 184 00:10:57,700 --> 00:10:58,700 You were an adult. 185 00:10:58,830 --> 00:11:00,390 when you signed this contract, isn't that right? 186 00:11:00,770 --> 00:11:03,970 Yes. And you had an attorney or a manager representing you? 187 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:08,330 Yes. So, really, what it comes down to, Miss Hastings, is that Mr. Vedder is 188 00:11:08,330 --> 00:11:11,170 choreographing with another ballerina and you would like him to choreograph 189 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:16,430 you. Objection! Speech -making! That is not what it comes down to. What it comes 190 00:11:16,430 --> 00:11:21,490 down to is that I refuse to be the wind -up ballerina in Alex Vedder's music 191 00:11:21,490 --> 00:11:23,770 box. I want to be treated with respect. 192 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,740 And since he won't do that, I want to dance for someone who will. 193 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:29,840 Do you give Mr. Vedder any credit for your success? 194 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:34,660 Of course I do. He has, after all, been choreographing principal roles for you 195 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:37,040 since you were 17, hasn't he? Yes, he has. 196 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,060 Is it not possible that when you were 17, there was another dancer who was the 197 00:11:42,060 --> 00:11:45,920 same age you are now who may have felt similarly displaced by you? 198 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,060 You think I should be grateful? 199 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,200 Ask that the witness be direct to answer the question. He is not God. 200 00:11:52,750 --> 00:11:55,110 He does not get to do whatever he wants with me. 201 00:11:55,730 --> 00:11:59,230 He does not get to keep me from dancing. I have no further questions of this 202 00:11:59,230 --> 00:12:03,310 witness. I was given over to you when I was a very little girl. Miss Hastings. 203 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:08,350 I gave you everything I had. Miss Hastings, please. 204 00:12:08,970 --> 00:12:13,170 Why did you leave me for dead? Miss Hastings, I'm going to ask you to stop 205 00:12:13,170 --> 00:12:14,790 outburst. Sit down now. 206 00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:17,410 The fact that you're a genius doesn't let you do that. 207 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:21,910 It doesn't let you destroy my life. 208 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,300 Any more than you already have. 209 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,880 Well, where do you want to go, Rosalie? We could go to Okie Dog and get a 210 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,060 pastrami burrito. 211 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:40,460 I have to be back by one o 'clock, Rosalie. I don't have time for a long 212 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:42,040 Well, it won't take that long. 213 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,460 It will, Rosalie. 214 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,420 Well, then we could go someplace else, then. 215 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,740 Hi, Rosalie. Nice to see you. 216 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,560 Um, Benny, do you have a chance to pick up Eli's prescription? 217 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,420 Uh, I'll go now. 218 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,840 Can we still go to lunch? 219 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,320 I'm not gonna have time today. 220 00:12:58,620 --> 00:13:01,620 You can go pick up the prescription on your way back from lunch, too, you know? 221 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,180 Do you mind if we have lunch another day? 222 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:06,620 No, I don't mind. 223 00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:11,600 You're his girlfriend, aren't you? 224 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:12,880 Me, his girlfriend? 225 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:15,780 No. He never stops talking about you. 226 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:20,260 Benny and I work together. We're friends. I mean, that's it. Believe me. 227 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,060 He thinks you're beautiful. 228 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:25,800 He thinks you're beautiful, too. 229 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:31,600 No, he doesn't. He doesn't look at me the way he used to. He doesn't even want 230 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,599 me around. 231 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,200 How long have you guys been going out? 232 00:13:34,660 --> 00:13:35,660 Almost a year. 233 00:13:35,980 --> 00:13:38,220 See? You're probably going through a dry spell. 234 00:13:38,540 --> 00:13:40,740 I mean, that happens when you've been going out for a year sometimes. 235 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,400 No, I don't think it's a dry spell. 236 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,160 I don't think that he loves me anymore. 237 00:13:54,730 --> 00:13:55,730 Almost done. 238 00:13:55,830 --> 00:13:57,410 Thanks a lot for doing this for me. 239 00:13:57,630 --> 00:13:59,270 I've got to be back in court in half an hour. 240 00:13:59,590 --> 00:14:01,390 I was reading some of it. I hope you don't mind. 241 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:02,750 I don't mind. 242 00:14:02,830 --> 00:14:04,990 You silly dancers worship this guy. 243 00:14:05,490 --> 00:14:07,970 There was a time when Erica Hastings worshipped him. 244 00:14:08,210 --> 00:14:09,149 Yeah, what happened? 245 00:14:09,150 --> 00:14:12,310 She changed. Her capacity for abuse changed. 246 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,280 I don't know how anyone could let themselves be controlled like that. He 247 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,860 encouraged it. Yeah, but they still had to let themselves be controlled. 248 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,080 I mean, would you do that? 249 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,440 Not by a choreographer. 250 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,200 Would never happen to me. Doesn't matter who it was. 251 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,420 Unless it was, you know, maybe Jesus Christ. 252 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,400 Did you ever think of what you would do if it was Jesus? 253 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,760 You mean if he revealed himself to me? Yeah. 254 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:35,320 Well, I guess I would do whatever he asked me to. 255 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:37,140 Yeah, but what if he didn't know it was him? 256 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,720 Part of his being Jesus is that he lets you know. Yeah, but it may not be that 257 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,080 obvious. I mean, if it's the guy with the toupee who comes to fix the T -Rex 258 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,960 machine, I know it would get by me. 259 00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:50,540 And God knows I've been wrong about men before. 260 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,520 How did you learn how to juggle, Mr. Euler? 261 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,800 I taught myself. 262 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,460 Just out of thin air? You never watched anybody? 263 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:05,580 Oh, sure. I watched the greats. Francis Braun, Bela Cremo, Felix Adanos, Roscoe 264 00:15:05,580 --> 00:15:10,090 Zambini. But I never stole from them. What is it exactly that you think Mr. 265 00:15:10,130 --> 00:15:10,909 Pettit stole? 266 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:14,650 Oh, his cascades. I haven't done the cascades in over a year. That's how up 267 00:15:14,650 --> 00:15:15,389 -date you are. 268 00:15:15,390 --> 00:15:18,530 Did you ever write down any of these routines, sir? No, of course not. 269 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:19,750 Did you copyright them? 270 00:15:20,090 --> 00:15:21,090 No, I did not. 271 00:15:21,210 --> 00:15:25,230 Did you and Mr. Pettit ever enter into any kind of non -competition contract? 272 00:15:25,530 --> 00:15:26,529 We were partners. 273 00:15:26,530 --> 00:15:30,390 Isn't it a fact, Mr. Euler, that Mr. Pettit was responsible for a great many 274 00:15:30,390 --> 00:15:33,010 the routines you did during the time you were together? Absolutely not. 275 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,480 Two, three routines topped. That's it. The rest was mine. But you experienced a 276 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,940 considerable gain in income during the time that Mr. Pettit was with you. Isn't 277 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:41,459 that correct? 278 00:15:41,460 --> 00:15:44,720 That had nothing to do with him. It had to do with people coming to the 279 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,720 boardwalk again. 280 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:50,400 When things were slim, and they were slim a lot in the early days, I always 281 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,000 sure he had a hot meal. But isn't it a fact that Mr. 282 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:54,340 Pettit drew the crowd? 283 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,640 No, it was not a fact. 284 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,530 And during the last two years, wasn't he carrying you, sir? Carrying me? 285 00:15:59,990 --> 00:16:02,630 Nobody ever carried Alfred Euler. Nobody. 286 00:16:02,930 --> 00:16:06,770 You hung on to me until I got sick. And when I came back, you spit on me. 287 00:16:08,210 --> 00:16:11,470 Miss English, how long have you been dancing with the National Ballet 288 00:16:11,790 --> 00:16:12,709 Seven years. 289 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:14,210 And what has been your experience with the company? 290 00:16:14,610 --> 00:16:17,590 I was a dancer in the corps. I am now a principal dancer. 291 00:16:18,070 --> 00:16:23,110 Are you acquainted with Erica Hastings? Yes, I am. Have you ever observed Mr. 292 00:16:23,250 --> 00:16:25,050 Vetter and Miss Hastings to argue? 293 00:16:25,350 --> 00:16:26,350 Many times. 294 00:16:26,730 --> 00:16:30,850 And what would they argue about? The interpretation of a role or the phrasing 295 00:16:30,850 --> 00:16:31,589 a step. 296 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:34,050 Erica would argue about all kinds of things. 297 00:16:34,310 --> 00:16:38,090 Did you ever perceive Alex Vedder to be punitive towards Miss Hastings as a 298 00:16:38,090 --> 00:16:39,090 result of these arguments? 299 00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:42,010 I don't believe Mr. Vedder was punitive, no. 300 00:16:42,410 --> 00:16:46,750 We've heard testimony from Miss Hastings to the effect that Mr. Vedder was 301 00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:51,390 abusive, that he was unfeeling, that he had, in effect, left her for dead. 302 00:16:51,850 --> 00:16:52,850 Has that been your experience? 303 00:16:52,990 --> 00:16:54,270 Objection. Irrelevant. 304 00:16:54,510 --> 00:16:56,710 The witness is a dancer in Alex Vatter's company. 305 00:16:57,010 --> 00:16:59,010 Her testimony is directly relevant. 306 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:00,450 Objection overruled. 307 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:02,110 You may answer the question. 308 00:17:02,690 --> 00:17:04,609 I have never found Mr. 309 00:17:04,829 --> 00:17:07,490 Vatter to be abusive or unfeeling. 310 00:17:07,710 --> 00:17:13,069 I have found him to be a source of inspiration and encouragement, and I'm 311 00:17:13,069 --> 00:17:15,849 grateful for every word that he has ever said to me. 312 00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:17,130 No further questions. 313 00:17:18,849 --> 00:17:23,569 Miss English, you have replaced Erica Hastings as Alex Vedder's principal 314 00:17:23,569 --> 00:17:25,430 dancer, have you not? Yes, I have. 315 00:17:25,650 --> 00:17:30,910 Is it fair to say that Mr. Vedder's approval is very important to you? Yes. 316 00:17:30,910 --> 00:17:34,950 it also fair to say that you wouldn't want to risk his disapproval by being 317 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:37,270 anything less than totally supportive? 318 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:41,870 I haven't said what I've said because I'm afraid of his disapproval. 319 00:17:42,070 --> 00:17:43,570 Did he ask you to testify? 320 00:17:44,190 --> 00:17:45,710 He didn't have to ask. 321 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:50,020 Where are we, counsel? 322 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,940 Well, I'm afraid we're still miles apart, Your Honor. 323 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,440 Looks like we're going to court. 324 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,300 And, I might add, we could be looking at setting a precedent here, sir. 325 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:03,020 What I'd like to be looking at, Mr. Pembroke, is a settlement. 326 00:18:04,580 --> 00:18:10,600 In my opinion, this is the kind of costly and time -consuming dispute that 327 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,920 should never be resolved by a judge or jury. The parties can't agree. 328 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,340 Well, there is one thing they agree on. What? 329 00:18:17,990 --> 00:18:19,510 Roscoe Zambini. Who is? 330 00:18:19,810 --> 00:18:23,850 He's a very famous juggler, Your Honor, and he lives in Echo Park now, and he's 331 00:18:23,850 --> 00:18:28,630 revered by both Mr. Pettit and Mr. Euler. I think we could convince both of 332 00:18:28,630 --> 00:18:31,070 to submit to Mr. Zambini arbitrating this dispute. 333 00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:35,170 The best suggestion I've heard this morning, Mr. Margowitz. If both parties 334 00:18:35,170 --> 00:18:39,630 agree, the court will happily order this to binding arbitration in front of Mr. 335 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:42,690 Zambini, and his decision will be final. 336 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,440 Denise Ionello. Now, there's a name with music to it. 337 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:54,300 What do you want, Dominic? I thought I'd come up to see Benny. 338 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,500 Yes, so? 339 00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:56,640 So, and he's busy. 340 00:18:58,180 --> 00:18:59,380 Is it all right I smoke in here? 341 00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:02,920 No, it's not all right you smoke in here. Well, how do I know? If it's all 342 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,120 to be smoking, I'd be smoking. 343 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,140 Why don't you come downstairs with me and we'll have supper? 344 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:11,060 No, it's going to go down at 11. 345 00:19:11,820 --> 00:19:14,640 It's 45 minutes from now. It could go down again. 346 00:19:16,780 --> 00:19:17,780 All right, come on. 347 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:24,840 See, we both smoke menthol, so we can bum -mock each other. 348 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:26,260 Well, that's a comforting thought. 349 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:27,480 Oh, come on, be nice. 350 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,140 Dominic, what's with your friend Benny, huh? What? 351 00:19:30,740 --> 00:19:32,200 Well, does he want to break up with this girl? 352 00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:34,780 Are you kidding? Not if he knows what's good for him. He doesn't. 353 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:38,140 I know. She's been pretty upset about the way he's been treating her. You 354 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,160 I mean, that's why I'm asking. 355 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,360 I'll straighten him out. 356 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,060 I don't know that he needs to be straightened out. 357 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,840 A long -term relationship may not be what he wants, you know? Are you kidding 358 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,560 me? They're perfect for each other. He should be thankful he's got her. 359 00:19:51,020 --> 00:19:52,020 Mm -hmm. 360 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:55,160 But he shouldn't stay with her reluctantly, you know? I mean, he should 361 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,980 straight with her, tell her what he wants. Absolutely. 362 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,860 All right, how's this for a concert? 363 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,200 We go out to dinner, the four of us, no pressure. 364 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:06,360 We just get him out, you know, and give him an opportunity to be with her under 365 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,980 semi -festive circumstances, and then he can fall in love with her again, like 366 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:13,280 that. Sounds good, but what do they do this for? Oh, we provide a little 367 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,440 laughter. Plus, we can bill it as a double date. 368 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,920 Now, why would we do that, Dominic? Well, so nobody feels set up, you know? 369 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,020 Not for nothing, but I don't want it to be like me and you out on a date. 370 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,900 Oh, what are you, worried you'll lose your head, huh? 371 00:20:28,580 --> 00:20:32,540 Afraid you might do something foolish and regret it the next day? Hey, I won't 372 00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:35,360 let you do that. I won't permit that to happen. 373 00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:58,530 Can I talk to you for a second? 374 00:20:58,750 --> 00:20:59,750 Sure. 375 00:21:04,810 --> 00:21:07,730 I'm in the middle of a trial, and I'm starting to second -guess myself. 376 00:21:08,290 --> 00:21:09,290 About what? 377 00:21:09,330 --> 00:21:11,310 About having gone to trial in the first place. 378 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:15,550 Was there an opportunity to settle? Sure, but they weren't offering very 379 00:21:15,550 --> 00:21:19,490 money, and they refused to release her from her contract, so I advised against 380 00:21:19,490 --> 00:21:21,430 it. So why are you second -guessing yourself? 381 00:21:22,470 --> 00:21:25,130 At one time, Erica wanted to drop this case. 382 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:28,560 Not go to trial, not even settle. She wanted to just walk away. 383 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:33,480 Why? Despite everything that Alex Vedder had done, in some corner of herself, 384 00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:34,900 she was still devoted to him. 385 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,340 She believed that it was possible that they could work together again. I 386 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:39,740 disabused her of that belief. 387 00:21:40,580 --> 00:21:43,760 Founcing me like that was your job. Well, maybe she would be better off if I 388 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:44,760 hadn't done my job. 389 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,920 If I had just left her to her dancer's world and her devotion, however 390 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,679 it might be. 391 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,840 She didn't come to you for that. 392 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:55,100 She came to you because she thought she needed somebody to take this guy on. She 393 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,340 thought she needed an attorney. 394 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:57,900 Was she wrong about that? 395 00:21:58,460 --> 00:22:02,360 No. Then stop second -guessing yourself and do what she hired you to do. 396 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:08,140 What was your relationship with Erica Hastings, Mr. Petter? 397 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,160 She is one of my dancers. 398 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,560 Would you describe for us the process by which she became one of your dancers? 399 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:18,580 I saw her in ballet class for the first time when she was 11. 400 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,320 I watched her work. 401 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,580 I saw what she was capable of. 402 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,160 She was asked to join the company when she was 14. 403 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,060 What was it that you saw in her, exactly? 404 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:33,180 Well, I saw that hers was a great instrument. Long legs, long neck, 405 00:22:33,180 --> 00:22:34,180 high arches. 406 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,860 Was it strictly a matter of physical characteristics? 407 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,200 No, no, no, of course not. It was also her ability, her spirit, the way she 408 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,800 moved her arms, her elevation, her pirouettes. 409 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,020 Here was someone who was going to become a great dancer. 410 00:22:47,220 --> 00:22:48,219 Would you say... 411 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:50,240 That you were hard on her. Of course I was. 412 00:22:50,540 --> 00:22:51,780 She wasn't born a ballet dancer. 413 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,240 She was taught. 414 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,760 She became the dancer she is because I was hard on her. 415 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:00,160 Because I drove her in the way that I did. 416 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,680 Did there come a point in your relationship when it began to change? 417 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,580 There came a point when Erica changed. 418 00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:09,260 Hence our relationship changed as well. 419 00:23:09,540 --> 00:23:13,480 In what way did Erica change? She became argumentative, pointlessly so. 420 00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:18,160 She would question things that were quite inappropriate for her to question. 421 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:22,600 when she failed to get her way, she would become petulant. I felt her work 422 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,780 suffered as a result. 423 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,420 Why did you replace Miss Hastings as principal dancer? 424 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,080 She broke her foot. She claimed that after the foot was healed, you refused 425 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,820 restore her to her position in the company. 426 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,020 By the time she returned, there were other dancers I was choreographing for. 427 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:41,660 As to her being restored to her... 428 00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:46,450 previously held position in the company, well, that has as much to do with her 429 00:23:46,450 --> 00:23:48,570 as it does with me. 430 00:23:48,830 --> 00:23:49,830 Not for the questions. 431 00:23:50,850 --> 00:23:54,810 Are you familiar with a drug by the name of butazolidin? 432 00:23:55,190 --> 00:24:00,250 Objection. Irrelevant. I'll allow it. Mr. Vedder. I have heard of it, yes. You 433 00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:04,830 are aware that it is an anti -inflammatory drug commonly administered 434 00:24:04,830 --> 00:24:08,970 racehorses. Well, I take your word for it. Are you aware that Erica Hastings 435 00:24:08,970 --> 00:24:13,030 been using this drug to relieve the pain in her tendons since the time that she 436 00:24:13,030 --> 00:24:13,909 was a teenager? 437 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,950 No, I was not aware of any such thing. 438 00:24:16,250 --> 00:24:20,350 I leave the personal regimen of dancers, be it... 439 00:24:21,490 --> 00:24:24,730 pharmaceutical, nutritional, or otherwise, to the dancers themselves. 440 00:24:25,090 --> 00:24:27,850 Is that why you turned and walked away when she broke her foot? 441 00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:32,230 I turned away because I could see that she was being adequately attended by 442 00:24:32,230 --> 00:24:34,370 others. I am not a physician. 443 00:24:34,730 --> 00:24:36,470 I am not an ambulance attendant. 444 00:24:37,230 --> 00:24:38,770 And I had a company to run. 445 00:24:39,030 --> 00:24:43,890 At a certain point, you found out that Erica Hastings was going to a dance 446 00:24:43,890 --> 00:24:45,930 outside of your company. Isn't that right? 447 00:24:46,490 --> 00:24:50,190 Yes. You threatened to fire her as a result of that, didn't you? 448 00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:55,330 Yes, I did. Is it not a fact, sir, that you sought to punish Erica Hastings each 449 00:24:55,330 --> 00:25:00,150 and every time she had the temerity to in any way challenge your authority? 450 00:25:01,090 --> 00:25:03,670 Let me try to explain something. 451 00:25:04,990 --> 00:25:07,850 Choreographing a ballet is a mathematical process. 452 00:25:08,850 --> 00:25:13,770 The manner in which each step is executed is that way for a reason. 453 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,860 As the choreographer, it is I and I alone who determine what that is to be. 454 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,820 Ultimately, it is not, as Miss Hastings would want it to be, a collaborative 455 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:29,900 process. You see, what dancers do is dance. 456 00:25:30,180 --> 00:25:36,020 Except that for the last year and a half, Erica Hastings hasn't danced, has 457 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,400 Well, that's a matter of circumstances. 458 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,740 Given that the circumstances are that you're not using her, why didn't you see 459 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,740 fit to release her? 460 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:47,980 She's under contract with me. My contract allows me to use her or not use 461 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:49,080 I think fit. 462 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:54,700 Is it possible, sir, that the real reason is that you can't bear the 463 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:58,640 her dancing for anyone else? That in the interest of breaking her will, you 464 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,660 would lay waste to an entire career? 465 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:02,400 Objection. Compound question. 466 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:07,420 Sustained. Is it possible that you are doing what you're doing for no reason 467 00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:08,640 other than to punish her? 468 00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:12,520 I do that which is in the service of the ballet. 469 00:26:13,070 --> 00:26:16,390 I have neither to apologize nor to explain. 470 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:19,270 I have nothing further. 471 00:26:25,270 --> 00:26:30,450 Don Zambini, please forgive us for imposing on you. As long as the check 472 00:26:30,450 --> 00:26:32,050 bounce, it's not an imposition. 473 00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:35,830 Mr. Zambini, we really appreciate you doing this. 474 00:26:36,090 --> 00:26:37,090 Good. 475 00:26:38,010 --> 00:26:39,770 We thought you might sit over here. 476 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,620 It's all right. I can see from here. 477 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:47,080 I saw the film of you doing a ten -ball fountain. 478 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,239 Oh, yeah? 479 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,140 If I hadn't seen it, I'd have sworn it was impossible. It is impossible, but I 480 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:53,140 did it anyway. 481 00:26:53,580 --> 00:26:55,480 Now, can we get started here? 482 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:56,679 By all means. 483 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,520 You know what we're looking to have you determine here, sir? This man says that 484 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,280 this man stole his act, right? 485 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,140 Right. Good. Let's start with Mr. 486 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,580 Euler. Okay. 487 00:27:15,630 --> 00:27:21,070 You know, I had surgery last year, so I'm not really 100%, but I'm trying my 488 00:27:21,070 --> 00:27:25,530 best just to show you how it used to be, you know, the things here. 489 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:31,150 Do you do hats? 490 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:35,890 No, I don't. What are you showing me hats for when he doesn't do hats? 491 00:27:36,210 --> 00:27:40,470 Oh, I'm just warming up, sir. Commence with the relevant parts of the act, Mr. 492 00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:41,990 Euler. Please. 493 00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:43,470 Yes, sir, don't tell me. 494 00:27:46,670 --> 00:27:53,330 Here is this behind the back here then I go back And here 495 00:27:53,330 --> 00:27:59,890 August got me a little giggle and then the shower and down 496 00:27:59,890 --> 00:28:06,650 And then I used to catch it on this side 497 00:28:06,650 --> 00:28:11,310 right on this side and catch it with my neck But you know since my problem with 498 00:28:11,310 --> 00:28:16,310 the neck I can do it and finally I finish up with this one Let's have no 499 00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:18,610 demonstration of approval, please. 500 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:20,410 Mr. Pettit. 501 00:28:58,639 --> 00:28:59,760 No, I have one more thing. 502 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,580 I'll have my decision tomorrow. 503 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:24,320 Only you come to my place, if you don't mind. 504 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:25,219 No, no. 505 00:29:25,220 --> 00:29:26,220 We'll come to you. 506 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:27,960 Elevators. 507 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,640 set my equilibrium. 508 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:35,680 Ladies and gentlemen, very few dancers achieve the success or the fame of Erica 509 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:41,000 Hastings. Very few have stood and received ovations on stages strewn with 510 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,600 flowers as many times as she has. 511 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:49,600 And the man most responsible for her success, for her training, the man who 512 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,780 been choreographing for her since she was 17 years of age, that man is Alex 513 00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:56,600 Vedder, the man she is now suing. 514 00:29:57,050 --> 00:30:01,670 Whether or not Erica Hastings was entitled as a member of his company to 515 00:30:01,670 --> 00:30:03,810 challenge his authority is not at issue here. 516 00:30:04,510 --> 00:30:10,210 As artistic director of the company, he was wholly entitled to determine the 517 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:15,250 extent of Miss Hastings' participation in the creative process. He was and is 518 00:30:15,250 --> 00:30:20,890 entitled to use or not to use her as he sees fit. 519 00:30:21,230 --> 00:30:25,370 There is not a separate body of contract law for ballet dancers. 520 00:30:26,030 --> 00:30:30,750 Erica Hastings is an adult with adult rights and adult responsibilities. 521 00:30:31,670 --> 00:30:36,950 And it is wholly appropriate that we treat her accordingly and deny her the 522 00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:38,450 relief that she is seeking. 523 00:30:43,230 --> 00:30:47,970 I think that Erica Hastings expects to be treated like an adult. 524 00:30:48,850 --> 00:30:53,450 The surest indication of that is that she's sitting here in this courtroom. 525 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:59,740 By doing so, she is standing up to the most powerful man she has ever known, a 526 00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:04,520 man who enjoys the adoration and blind devotion of legions of ballet dancers, 527 00:31:04,660 --> 00:31:08,980 who uses that position to remain wholly unaccountable. 528 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:14,160 Erica Hastings is not in this courtroom because Alex Vedder was hard on her. 529 00:31:14,980 --> 00:31:19,920 She is here because having signed a contract as a principal dancer, she had 530 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,120 right to expect that she would dance. 531 00:31:23,020 --> 00:31:27,300 She had the right to expect that a full year and a half of which she was capable 532 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:30,940 of dancing would not be taken away from her for reasons having nothing to do 533 00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:35,700 with her ability, having nothing to do with legitimate, creative prerogative of 534 00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:40,080 an artistic director, but rather having to do with the desire of that director 535 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,920 to control and punish. 536 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,940 We would ask that Alex Vedder's refusal to use Erica Hastings as principal 537 00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:50,560 dancer be recognized as a material breach of contract. 538 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,920 We ask that consequential damages be set in the amount of a quarter of a million 539 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:01,080 dollars. In addition, we ask declaratory relief of the court so that Erica 540 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,060 Hastings is free to dance. 541 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,200 There. You can go through a car wash and it won't come down. 542 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:17,040 Do you think that'll like it? 543 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,960 What's not to like? Look at you. You look fabulous. 544 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,100 I hope Betty thinks so. 545 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:27,300 Men like to see a little bit of an effort being made, you know what I mean? 546 00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:31,400 I mean, no matter what they say, they all like to see the makeup and they all 547 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,400 like to see the shoes. 548 00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:35,040 I never wore shoes like this before. 549 00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:39,500 What do I do with it? What do I do with it? What's the matter with you? You 550 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:40,800 never seen a collar pin before? 551 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,960 No. Here, like this. 552 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,560 What's it for? 553 00:32:45,580 --> 00:32:49,300 It's to afford you a certain take -charge quality, which might otherwise 554 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,300 lacking. 555 00:32:50,890 --> 00:32:51,890 Does it do that? 556 00:32:52,110 --> 00:32:53,690 Absolutely. I'm nervous. 557 00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:58,530 Listen, Rosalie, you can't live or die based on Benny. 558 00:32:58,790 --> 00:33:01,130 If the guy's in love with you, he'll show it. 559 00:33:01,510 --> 00:33:04,930 And if he's not, dump him and find someone else. 560 00:33:05,190 --> 00:33:06,410 Now, what am I supposed to do again? 561 00:33:07,150 --> 00:33:10,930 Ben, look, I know you got reservations, but you're supposed to put on the dog a 562 00:33:10,930 --> 00:33:13,650 little bit. You're supposed to make her feel as if you desire her. 563 00:33:14,830 --> 00:33:17,570 Look, it's not that complicated. Tell her she looks nice. 564 00:33:27,220 --> 00:33:28,400 Look at you. 565 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,280 Doesn't she look gorgeous? 566 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:32,640 What do you think, Benny? 567 00:33:35,260 --> 00:33:36,480 You look nice. 568 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:38,460 You like my hair? 569 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,080 That's tough. 570 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:42,880 I like the total pack. 571 00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:45,780 I feel like we're sitting here with a couple of real dolls. 572 00:33:46,060 --> 00:33:48,080 You are. Hey, right, Ben? Huh? 573 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,200 Oh, they're playing my little seminar. 574 00:33:50,970 --> 00:33:54,170 You know Marla Femina? Do I know Marla Femina? It's my father's theme song. Be 575 00:33:54,170 --> 00:33:55,089 flat, Frankie. 576 00:33:55,090 --> 00:33:56,770 Oh, I feel like I'm at home. 577 00:34:33,779 --> 00:34:39,800 Maybe, but... What's the matter, Benny? 578 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,239 Nothing. You don't like the way that I look, do you? 579 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:46,239 I don't know. 580 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:47,620 You don't know? 581 00:34:47,940 --> 00:34:50,100 May I interject something here? You don't know? 582 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,680 Wait. Did you hear anything I said to you before? 583 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,700 Yeah. Then why were you so completely without enthusiasm? 584 00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:14,160 Why did you say, I don't know, and she asked you whether or not you liked the 585 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,160 way she looked? What? 586 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:20,420 I didn't know. You're a moron, Ben. You're, in fact, a moron. I'm not a 587 00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:23,520 Stop calling me a moron, Dominic. Okay, okay, Ben, okay. 588 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,100 Relax. You're not a moron. 589 00:35:45,410 --> 00:35:46,490 How you doing? 590 00:35:49,610 --> 00:35:52,810 I just tried to call Rosalie. 591 00:35:53,790 --> 00:35:57,030 Her mother said she didn't want to talk to me. 592 00:35:58,190 --> 00:35:59,290 Can you blame her? 593 00:36:01,070 --> 00:36:02,070 No. 594 00:36:03,430 --> 00:36:06,490 Fill me in here, Benny. Do you want to be with this girl or not? 595 00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:08,788 I don't know. 596 00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:10,810 Do you think there's somebody better out there? 597 00:36:12,830 --> 00:36:15,110 Not really looking for somebody better. 598 00:36:15,530 --> 00:36:16,750 So you're tired of her? 599 00:36:17,430 --> 00:36:19,330 No. Well, then what's the problem? 600 00:36:20,610 --> 00:36:22,250 She wants to get married. 601 00:36:26,450 --> 00:36:27,470 And you know this? 602 00:36:29,210 --> 00:36:34,210 Well, I know she wants to move in together. 603 00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:39,530 And I wouldn't want to do that without being married. 604 00:36:39,870 --> 00:36:41,370 And you don't want to marry? 605 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,980 I don't know what I want. I mean, only you know if you want to marry her or 606 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,000 I'll tell you this, though. You keep on treating her like you did last night, 607 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:49,100 you're going to lose her. 608 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,700 Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict? 609 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,100 Yes, we have, Your Honor. 610 00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,360 What say you? 611 00:36:59,660 --> 00:37:01,120 In the matter of Hastings v. 612 00:37:01,340 --> 00:37:06,660 National Ballet Company on the issue of breach of contract, we fine for the 613 00:37:06,660 --> 00:37:09,540 plaintiff and award consequential damages... 614 00:37:09,820 --> 00:37:11,760 in the amount of $250 ,000. 615 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,480 The plaintiff's request for declaratory relief is granted. The contract is 616 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:21,140 terminated. She's free to work for whoever she wants. The jury is dismissed 617 00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:22,140 the thanks of the court. 618 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:27,020 We did it. 619 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:28,760 Erica, 620 00:37:30,020 --> 00:37:32,080 can we speak to each other? 621 00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,000 Have your attorney call me, Mr. Better. He and I will speak to one another. 622 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:38,060 Erica? What do you want to say? 623 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:39,460 I want you... 624 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:44,740 Not to leave me. To this end, I want to open our coming season with you dancing 625 00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:46,320 the lead in Giselle. 626 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,960 And I'm willing to guarantee this to you in writing. I really don't feel that 627 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,920 this is the time or the place to discuss this. 628 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,560 Erica, will you think about what I'm saying to you? Let's talk about this 629 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,160 another time. Look, neither of you understand what is happening here in the 630 00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,118 slightest, do you? 631 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,280 I want to talk to this woman myself. 632 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:06,440 Erica, what are you going to do? 633 00:38:08,270 --> 00:38:11,530 Find some choreographer who's nice, who'll tell you what you want to hear. 634 00:38:13,730 --> 00:38:20,510 You're walking away from me and from our company to let some second -rate talent 635 00:38:20,510 --> 00:38:26,690 choreograph dances for you. I want you to think about what you and I have done 636 00:38:26,690 --> 00:38:30,470 together. Are you expecting me to give you an answer right this minute? 637 00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:37,290 No. Then let me die. 638 00:38:58,030 --> 00:38:59,030 Dump it. 639 00:38:59,310 --> 00:39:00,310 Dump it? 640 00:39:00,490 --> 00:39:01,590 Dump the whole thing? 641 00:39:01,950 --> 00:39:03,610 Come to me when you have something else. 642 00:39:05,030 --> 00:39:06,250 Here's my decision. 643 00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:20,150 I don't think any penalty should be assessed. 644 00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:21,569 Why not? 645 00:39:21,570 --> 00:39:22,830 Because he didn't steal. 646 00:39:23,090 --> 00:39:25,710 His act is his act. 647 00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:30,710 With all due respect, Don Zambini, his act used to be my act. No. 648 00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:35,430 You never did what he is doing. 649 00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:37,210 Did he learn from you? 650 00:39:37,890 --> 00:39:40,110 Yes. He watched. 651 00:39:40,850 --> 00:39:42,030 He studied. 652 00:39:43,010 --> 00:39:49,370 He absorbed your technique and your knowledge. 653 00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:53,510 And he left, went off on his own. 654 00:39:58,710 --> 00:40:00,830 Thank you very much for your time. 655 00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:02,310 I'm not done. 656 00:40:03,050 --> 00:40:08,010 What your client did is as bad as stealing. 657 00:40:08,430 --> 00:40:12,190 What did he do? He didn't show respect for his teacher. 658 00:40:12,830 --> 00:40:14,530 I think I have shown respect. 659 00:40:14,970 --> 00:40:16,730 And I tell you, you have not. 660 00:40:17,370 --> 00:40:21,270 You made him come to you when he got out of the hospital. 661 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,000 You cut him out of your professional life. 662 00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:31,120 I think he deserves better than that from you, Mr. Pettit. 663 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:38,600 I studied the defeat of the great Morris Levitsky, and I left, I went off on my 664 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:39,600 own. 665 00:40:40,180 --> 00:40:44,900 But I always acknowledged the debt. 666 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,700 With all due respect, Mr. Zambini, I think he had... It's okay. 667 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:57,620 What should I do? For the next year, half the time you work, you work with 668 00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:01,780 Okay. I don't want it if it's pity. 669 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,320 Is it pity, Mr. Pettit? 670 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,060 No, no, it's not pity. 671 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,680 It's not pity, Mr. 672 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:08,880 Euler. 673 00:41:10,580 --> 00:41:11,580 Shake hands. 674 00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:22,420 Is Rosalie here? 675 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,540 Yeah, she's in the back. You want me to get her for you? 676 00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:25,780 Rosalie! 677 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:28,340 Someone out here wants to see you! 678 00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:34,060 Hey, what are you doing here? 679 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,120 I wanted some pie. 680 00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:41,920 What kind of pie do you want? 681 00:41:48,810 --> 00:41:51,050 Tell you, I'm sorry for being mean to you. 682 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:56,550 Well, you did make me feel real bad, Benny. 683 00:41:57,210 --> 00:41:58,210 I know. 684 00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:59,550 I'm sorry. 685 00:42:01,870 --> 00:42:05,390 You still want to move in together? 686 00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:07,490 I don't know. 687 00:42:08,750 --> 00:42:11,510 Well, I don't. 688 00:42:12,010 --> 00:42:17,290 Okay, then we won't. I think we should get married first. 689 00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:22,590 Are you asking me, Benny? 690 00:42:25,270 --> 00:42:30,850 Yeah. Well, then you have to ask me. Go on, say the word. 691 00:42:31,510 --> 00:42:32,530 Ask me. 692 00:42:34,450 --> 00:42:35,470 Are you married? 693 00:42:37,830 --> 00:42:39,610 The answer is yes. 694 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:17,600 You're waiving the money? 695 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,280 I know you don't agree with this. He's guaranteeing you this one role. What 696 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:22,259 happens after that? 697 00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:23,740 I don't know what happens after that. 698 00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:26,160 Erica, why are you in such a hurry to do this? 699 00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:27,420 I need to work. 700 00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:29,760 You can go back to work with another choreographer. 701 00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:31,940 It's not the same with another choreographer. 702 00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:35,580 Assume that it's not. Do I have to remind you of the things you said when 703 00:43:35,580 --> 00:43:39,980 first came to see me? I wasn't dancing when I first came to see you. Forgive me 704 00:43:39,980 --> 00:43:43,260 for what will no doubt sound like heresy, but I think that some things may 705 00:43:43,260 --> 00:43:44,380 more important than dancing. 706 00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:47,780 What did you play with when you were a little girl? 707 00:43:48,060 --> 00:43:52,380 What did I play with? Yeah, paper dolls, tea sets, stuffed animals. 708 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,600 I'm sure I played with all those things. 709 00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:56,860 I don't remember playing with any of them. 710 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,940 All I remember is this. 711 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:04,420 The more curious I became about it, the less interested I was in doing anything 712 00:44:04,420 --> 00:44:09,760 else. I know that sounds horribly obsessive, and maybe it is, but I want 713 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,900 you what I put into this work. 714 00:44:13,870 --> 00:44:18,190 And what I get out of this work are the most important things in the world to 715 00:44:18,190 --> 00:44:19,190 me. 716 00:44:25,450 --> 00:44:28,010 Will you at least give yourself some time to think about this?