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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:03:27,361 --> 00:03:31,361 www.titlovi.com 2 00:03:34,361 --> 00:03:35,904 Go, Bird! 3 00:04:32,253 --> 00:04:33,747 You're awake. 4 00:04:36,006 --> 00:04:37,417 I'm glad. 5 00:04:40,010 --> 00:04:43,629 Halfway through the last set, guess who dropped in on me? 6 00:04:43,806 --> 00:04:45,430 My ulcers. 7 00:04:47,143 --> 00:04:51,306 I gave them some codeine and they wouldn't go away. 8 00:04:52,523 --> 00:04:54,183 What else happened? 9 00:04:57,194 --> 00:05:01,737 The strings, they went into the intro to "Easy to Love"... 10 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:04,942 ...and I started playing... 11 00:05:05,161 --> 00:05:06,952 ..."If I Should Lose You. " 12 00:05:09,165 --> 00:05:10,623 Didn't fit. 13 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:14,538 Not even when I tried to make it fit. 14 00:05:14,753 --> 00:05:16,627 It wouldn't fit. 15 00:05:20,426 --> 00:05:23,380 Wouldn't nobody have noticed except for maybe... 16 00:05:23,721 --> 00:05:25,797 ...Dizzy Gillespie... 17 00:05:26,098 --> 00:05:30,760 ...but Dizzy Gillespie is on the road somewhere, far as I know. 18 00:05:31,395 --> 00:05:34,562 But he would have chided me. 19 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,062 Is that all? 20 00:05:38,611 --> 00:05:39,891 No. 21 00:05:40,738 --> 00:05:43,655 I'm grateful that you didn't bolt the door. 22 00:05:45,826 --> 00:05:48,400 I expected that I was going to have to... 23 00:05:48,579 --> 00:05:51,117 ...talk my way back in here. 24 00:05:53,792 --> 00:05:57,292 Did you get my note? I left it on the refrigerator. 25 00:05:57,504 --> 00:05:59,331 What else happened? 26 00:05:59,673 --> 00:06:00,954 What else? 27 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,717 About what you'd expect. 28 00:06:05,721 --> 00:06:07,180 Steinberg... 29 00:06:07,848 --> 00:06:10,007 ...he got one of the camera girls... 30 00:06:10,226 --> 00:06:12,432 ...to take a picture of me... 31 00:06:14,104 --> 00:06:18,019 ...in the midst of my disorientation. 32 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,601 Something to show the union. 33 00:06:22,696 --> 00:06:24,356 I said: 34 00:06:24,531 --> 00:06:26,939 "You don't give me that negative back... 35 00:06:27,159 --> 00:06:29,282 ...I don't work here no more. " 36 00:06:32,289 --> 00:06:34,246 So I don't work there no more. 37 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,387 To hell with them. I'm hungry. 38 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:57,390 Are you? 39 00:07:00,985 --> 00:07:02,693 Oh. 40 00:07:03,529 --> 00:07:07,147 We have decided to humor him... 41 00:07:07,324 --> 00:07:08,653 ...this evening. 42 00:07:10,327 --> 00:07:14,788 If he says that he's having pain from his ulcers... 43 00:07:14,999 --> 00:07:17,038 ...never mind that we don't believe it! 44 00:07:17,251 --> 00:07:18,626 I believe it. 45 00:07:19,628 --> 00:07:21,835 Work that psychology on him. 46 00:07:22,006 --> 00:07:26,217 He's just an overgrown, goddamn adolescent anyway. 47 00:07:26,427 --> 00:07:29,000 Dangerous when contradicted... 48 00:07:29,221 --> 00:07:30,596 ...but an adolescent. 49 00:07:30,848 --> 00:07:32,805 God, you're weird. 50 00:07:34,601 --> 00:07:37,009 God, I'm weird? 51 00:07:38,897 --> 00:07:42,480 Is that what they say in Westchester? 52 00:07:42,985 --> 00:07:44,444 I hear that Steinberg... 53 00:07:44,653 --> 00:07:47,903 ...he lives in Westchester. 54 00:07:48,741 --> 00:07:50,401 What do you mean, "To hell with them?" 55 00:07:50,617 --> 00:07:55,244 Why don't you stick up for your own people? Stick up for somebody! 56 00:07:55,706 --> 00:07:59,834 This is getting ugly again. Maybe I should have bolted the door. 57 00:08:01,628 --> 00:08:05,128 Don't let me mess up your plans. I'll bolt the door. 58 00:08:06,383 --> 00:08:07,498 I got him. 59 00:08:07,718 --> 00:08:08,998 I got him. 60 00:08:09,178 --> 00:08:13,092 [BABY CRYING] 61 00:08:13,307 --> 00:08:15,264 - I said I got him! - Don't touch him! 62 00:08:18,937 --> 00:08:23,350 What you hitting me for like that? What do you think I had on my mind? 63 00:08:25,235 --> 00:08:26,315 Nothing. 64 00:08:26,612 --> 00:08:27,691 Sorry. 65 00:08:27,905 --> 00:08:29,316 I'm sorry. 66 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,910 We just put one child in the grave. 67 00:08:39,083 --> 00:08:40,541 Hey, don't. 68 00:08:41,752 --> 00:08:44,325 What did you think I would do? 69 00:08:48,425 --> 00:08:51,510 Forgive me. I was humoring you. 70 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,512 I'm sorry. 71 00:08:54,765 --> 00:08:56,804 It's okay. It's okay. 72 00:09:00,270 --> 00:09:02,761 - Guess what I did yesterday. - What? 73 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:04,849 I went to the lawyers... 74 00:09:05,067 --> 00:09:06,775 ...and I made a will. 75 00:09:06,985 --> 00:09:09,523 And I left everything to you. 76 00:09:20,749 --> 00:09:23,834 There's no harm in getting your affairs in order. 77 00:09:24,044 --> 00:09:27,460 I don't want to hear about that will, man. 78 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:31,468 I can't do anything right anymore. 79 00:09:34,805 --> 00:09:37,806 Do we have any Gelusil? 80 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:41,385 We sure do. Got a brand-new 50-gallon drum in the bathroom. 81 00:09:57,077 --> 00:10:00,161 Come, fill the cup 82 00:10:00,831 --> 00:10:03,203 And in the fire of spring 83 00:10:03,417 --> 00:10:07,000 Your winter garment of repentance fling 84 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:13,047 The bird of time Has but a little way to flutter 85 00:10:13,802 --> 00:10:17,052 And bird is on the wing. 86 00:11:10,192 --> 00:11:11,651 That was stupid. 87 00:11:12,402 --> 00:11:14,691 Now I'll have to call an ambulance. 88 00:11:15,739 --> 00:11:16,984 Case number 1540: 89 00:11:17,199 --> 00:11:20,069 Patient admitted to psychiatric at request of wife... 90 00:11:20,285 --> 00:11:23,239 ...following suicide attempt by ingestion of iodine. 91 00:11:23,413 --> 00:11:26,414 Time: 5 a. m., September 1, 1954. 92 00:11:26,625 --> 00:11:30,623 Patient has a past history of, quote, "nervous breakdown," unquote... 93 00:11:30,837 --> 00:11:34,752 ...for which he was hospitalized in California for eight months. 94 00:11:34,967 --> 00:11:37,802 The wife says this attempt was related to depression... 95 00:11:38,011 --> 00:11:40,170 ...over the death of their daughter... 96 00:11:40,389 --> 00:11:45,015 ...and also by reverses in, quote, "his career," end of quote. 97 00:11:46,103 --> 00:11:47,597 Apparently he's a musician. 98 00:11:47,771 --> 00:11:51,354 - Where's he been put? - PQ-3, semi-agitative. 99 00:11:51,942 --> 00:11:55,856 - What will you recommend? - His wife's coming in this afternoon. 100 00:11:56,321 --> 00:11:58,397 What do you expect me to recommend? 101 00:11:59,366 --> 00:12:01,157 Charlie Parker. 102 00:12:01,618 --> 00:12:03,694 Let me go! Get off me! 103 00:12:04,246 --> 00:12:05,705 Let me go! 104 00:12:12,421 --> 00:12:13,452 Excuse me. 105 00:12:14,089 --> 00:12:15,963 Too early, and you know it. 106 00:12:33,859 --> 00:12:35,816 Did you see that? 107 00:12:38,655 --> 00:12:40,648 I asked that... 108 00:12:41,074 --> 00:12:44,194 ...misguided, officious young woman... 109 00:12:44,411 --> 00:12:47,163 ...if she would administer my paraldehyde... 110 00:12:47,331 --> 00:12:50,000 ...and she demurred. 111 00:12:52,252 --> 00:12:53,581 Demurred. 112 00:12:55,255 --> 00:12:59,383 I am not a laboratory animal. I am in pain here. 113 00:12:59,593 --> 00:13:01,004 Can't she see that? 114 00:13:01,219 --> 00:13:03,426 Tell your troubles to somebody else. 115 00:13:04,681 --> 00:13:07,172 Why? You're perfect. 116 00:13:09,019 --> 00:13:10,810 Orderly! Orderly! 117 00:13:12,856 --> 00:13:14,398 All right, calm down! 118 00:13:14,608 --> 00:13:16,232 Come on. Come on. 119 00:13:16,443 --> 00:13:19,527 Let him down. Let him go, let him go. 120 00:13:19,738 --> 00:13:24,032 What is wrong with you people? Can't you see I'm in pain here? 121 00:13:24,242 --> 00:13:27,409 When all else fails, what he'll do is provoke a fight. 122 00:13:27,621 --> 00:13:30,741 If he can't afford to get drunk, the substitute is pain. 123 00:13:30,957 --> 00:13:34,161 It takes his mind off things for a while. 124 00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:37,711 There was a time he could do that with conversation... 125 00:13:38,465 --> 00:13:41,038 ...but not since the ulcers started bleeding. 126 00:13:42,552 --> 00:13:43,963 Are you employed? 127 00:13:44,554 --> 00:13:47,128 No. No, he's a good provider. 128 00:13:48,850 --> 00:13:49,882 I dance... 129 00:13:50,435 --> 00:13:53,222 ...in nightclubs once in a great while. 130 00:13:56,608 --> 00:13:58,565 Hardly at all these days. 131 00:13:58,735 --> 00:14:01,024 I have two children at home. 132 00:14:01,571 --> 00:14:04,062 What I'm getting at is the financial problem. 133 00:14:04,825 --> 00:14:07,232 He needs medical treatment. 134 00:14:07,911 --> 00:14:09,904 Not psychological. 135 00:14:10,706 --> 00:14:12,248 Why did you call us then? 136 00:14:41,111 --> 00:14:43,317 Charles Christopher Parker, Jr. 137 00:14:43,530 --> 00:14:45,938 August 29, 1920. 138 00:14:46,158 --> 00:14:48,945 You were an easy delivery. Turn that light on for me. 139 00:14:51,079 --> 00:14:52,704 Now meet somebody. 140 00:14:55,876 --> 00:14:57,286 That's you, my man. 141 00:14:57,502 --> 00:15:01,915 Dead from it. Older than you'll be, because you started earlier. 142 00:15:02,632 --> 00:15:06,416 So I give you 18 years, 20 on the outside. 143 00:15:07,137 --> 00:15:08,761 I'm worse than a prophet. 144 00:15:08,972 --> 00:15:11,214 I don't just have faith. I've seen it. 145 00:15:12,225 --> 00:15:13,803 You've heard from my mother. 146 00:15:14,519 --> 00:15:15,978 You believe me or not? 147 00:15:16,438 --> 00:15:17,897 Why shouldn't I believe you? 148 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,646 Are you going to do something about it? 149 00:15:21,109 --> 00:15:23,316 What do you expect me to do about it? 150 00:15:30,410 --> 00:15:32,901 What do you expect me to do about it? 151 00:15:36,249 --> 00:15:38,242 Nothing, just sign it. 152 00:15:40,045 --> 00:15:43,295 I haven't done anything remotely like this in my life. 153 00:15:47,803 --> 00:15:49,463 Strings. 154 00:15:49,846 --> 00:15:51,257 Yeah, but I got them all. 155 00:15:52,057 --> 00:15:54,346 - The hell you do. - The hell I don't. 156 00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:57,091 I got a stack of 78s this high. 157 00:16:00,190 --> 00:16:01,684 This is death's door? 158 00:16:06,404 --> 00:16:10,188 Half the city thinks you're crimped and you're signing autographs. 159 00:16:10,909 --> 00:16:12,866 You didn't think so, little birdy. 160 00:16:13,036 --> 00:16:15,871 Every time I turn around, you're supposed to be gone. 161 00:16:16,081 --> 00:16:18,370 You'll bury us all and take our women with you. 162 00:16:19,334 --> 00:16:21,327 So, what do you got there? 163 00:16:22,879 --> 00:16:24,373 Whitman's chocolates. 164 00:16:25,215 --> 00:16:27,172 Also, I think, some good news. 165 00:16:27,801 --> 00:16:28,832 Can he eat these? 166 00:16:29,052 --> 00:16:31,294 Better let me try one first. 167 00:16:31,555 --> 00:16:33,049 First of all... 168 00:16:33,265 --> 00:16:38,057 ...Leighton will pay 100 bucks for five tunes written for saxophone... 169 00:16:38,270 --> 00:16:40,476 ...and before you jump on my ass... 170 00:16:41,273 --> 00:16:44,891 ...I told him I'm not collecting a commission on a sum that small. 171 00:16:45,068 --> 00:16:46,396 It's all yours. 172 00:16:47,279 --> 00:16:49,152 Thank you very much, Mr. Parker. 173 00:16:50,031 --> 00:16:51,905 What's second? 174 00:16:52,117 --> 00:16:55,533 Well, it's a little more long-range. 175 00:16:56,079 --> 00:16:58,487 I ran into Chummy Morello yesterday. 176 00:16:59,791 --> 00:17:01,036 Chummy. 177 00:17:01,251 --> 00:17:06,162 He's thinking about leaving Woody and they want to send him on tour. 178 00:17:06,756 --> 00:17:09,426 It wouldn't be till after the first of the year. 179 00:17:10,010 --> 00:17:12,927 My God, Bernie, that's three months. 180 00:17:13,138 --> 00:17:15,261 I know, I know, still... 181 00:17:16,516 --> 00:17:20,728 Well, needless to say, he'd be honored to have you with him. 182 00:17:21,521 --> 00:17:22,766 If I'm straight. 183 00:17:23,189 --> 00:17:25,348 It's a legitimate concern. 184 00:17:27,611 --> 00:17:29,936 You got three months to... 185 00:17:34,242 --> 00:17:37,362 I'm trying. It's a good prospect. 186 00:17:40,624 --> 00:17:42,082 Think about it. 187 00:18:33,176 --> 00:18:35,252 Would you like a chocolate, doctor? 188 00:18:37,973 --> 00:18:40,012 I've got to... 189 00:18:40,642 --> 00:18:42,634 ...redo the restraints. 190 00:18:42,894 --> 00:18:44,803 You try and get some sleep. 191 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,192 Aren't you going to say "pleasant dreams," doc? 192 00:18:59,995 --> 00:19:02,865 I think he would benefit from a state asylum... 193 00:19:03,039 --> 00:19:04,866 ...and from shock treatment. 194 00:19:06,001 --> 00:19:08,456 Perhaps that sounds cold-blooded to you. 195 00:19:11,214 --> 00:19:13,705 No, you sound cold-blooded to me. 196 00:19:15,885 --> 00:19:17,296 All right. 197 00:19:18,388 --> 00:19:21,638 But I promise you, if it were my brother, I'd shock him. 198 00:19:22,809 --> 00:19:26,143 Would you? What does your brother do for a living? 199 00:19:26,855 --> 00:19:28,682 I don't have a brother. 200 00:19:29,399 --> 00:19:33,099 We're talking about a very special, creative man. 201 00:19:33,528 --> 00:19:38,155 His livelihood depends on his ability to improvise and compose music. 202 00:19:38,366 --> 00:19:41,901 See, that's not just dexterity. That comes- 203 00:19:42,078 --> 00:19:44,534 - That's from being a- - Mrs. Parker. 204 00:19:44,873 --> 00:19:47,577 - Do you want a musician or a husband? - Look. 205 00:19:48,084 --> 00:19:49,876 They do not separate. 206 00:19:51,337 --> 00:19:53,710 I have a couple of chores. 207 00:19:54,924 --> 00:19:58,424 Take a few careful minutes by yourself. 208 00:21:03,326 --> 00:21:05,449 Frankie! - How are you? 209 00:21:05,662 --> 00:21:08,865 I got great photos to show you later. I'm not late, am I? 210 00:21:09,082 --> 00:21:11,787 Good evening, professor. How you doing? 211 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:14,872 Here we are at the 18 Club. Yes, yes. 212 00:21:15,088 --> 00:21:19,132 It's Harry "The Hipster" Gibson. Stop that shouting up there. 213 00:21:20,093 --> 00:21:23,047 Art, you keep bringing in them stiffs from Oyster Bay... 214 00:21:23,263 --> 00:21:27,011 ...and not one got a dime for a tip. You're breaking my heart here. 215 00:21:27,183 --> 00:21:31,098 Here we are on the street of dreams. Swing's the thing, jazz is the king. 216 00:21:31,312 --> 00:21:34,349 You like it hot, you've come to the right place. Step in. 217 00:21:34,524 --> 00:21:37,062 No cover, light minimum and Dixie till 4 a. m. 218 00:21:37,277 --> 00:21:39,518 - Who could ask for more? - What are you doing? 219 00:21:39,737 --> 00:21:42,941 - Give me a break. It's my birthday. - Get out of here. 220 00:21:43,158 --> 00:21:44,568 Excuse me, sir. 221 00:21:45,410 --> 00:21:46,785 Hey, sailor! 222 00:21:47,036 --> 00:21:48,199 Come here. 223 00:21:48,371 --> 00:21:52,700 You leave and don't see Miss Virginia Knight, you'll live to regret it. 224 00:21:52,917 --> 00:21:57,045 She goes all the way for servicemen. Right down to the curlicues. 225 00:21:57,255 --> 00:22:00,706 If you don't see pay dirt, I'll refund your money. Stiffs. 226 00:22:00,925 --> 00:22:02,419 Good evening. Good evening. 227 00:22:02,635 --> 00:22:06,218 Here we are at Poulez Roulez. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 228 00:22:06,431 --> 00:22:09,515 - Get out of here. Get out of here. - Fuck you. 229 00:22:09,726 --> 00:22:12,014 Art Tatum, the first show just started. 230 00:22:12,228 --> 00:22:14,221 Yes, sir! First show just started. 231 00:22:14,439 --> 00:22:17,144 I got one table left. You hurry, you can get it. 232 00:22:17,358 --> 00:22:20,562 Go on in, tell them the Mayor sent you. Ask for Gino. 233 00:22:20,737 --> 00:22:22,112 - Who's that? - Gino. 234 00:22:22,322 --> 00:22:25,073 Yes, sir. Table near the door. 235 00:22:25,283 --> 00:22:28,734 The 3 Deuces. B.S. Pulley, the funniest man in New York... 236 00:22:28,953 --> 00:22:30,910 ...with the dirtiest lines. 237 00:22:31,748 --> 00:22:33,990 Bebop, the music of the future. 238 00:22:34,209 --> 00:22:37,708 Give it a break. What do you got to lose? Oop-bop-sha-bam. 239 00:22:37,921 --> 00:22:39,249 Oop-bop, my ass! 240 00:22:40,632 --> 00:22:42,042 Hey, Buster! 241 00:22:42,258 --> 00:22:45,259 You finally got a suit that fits you. Where you working? 242 00:22:45,470 --> 00:22:48,720 - I'm back with Basie. - You going inside to hear the new guy? 243 00:22:48,932 --> 00:22:51,932 There's 300 people in there. Half are saxophone players. 244 00:22:52,852 --> 00:22:56,601 Ain't no new guy. That's just Dizzy Gillespie drumming up publicity. 245 00:22:57,482 --> 00:23:00,352 I remember Parker from eight years ago in Kansas City... 246 00:23:00,568 --> 00:23:03,059 ...when he couldn't play "Come to Jesus" in whole notes. 247 00:24:00,086 --> 00:24:01,580 Don't trifle with him. 248 00:24:01,796 --> 00:24:04,667 He's played with Moten and you ain't done shit. 249 00:24:04,841 --> 00:24:07,379 Just play a chorus and get off. 250 00:24:31,159 --> 00:24:34,076 Come on here. Come on up here. 251 00:24:36,289 --> 00:24:38,661 - What's your name? - Charlie. 252 00:24:40,293 --> 00:24:42,866 - Who'd you play with? - Just around. 253 00:24:46,215 --> 00:24:48,885 Ladies and gentlemen, this here's Charlie... 254 00:24:49,093 --> 00:24:50,837 ...from just around. 255 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,189 Not bad. Now get off. 256 00:25:33,554 --> 00:25:34,835 Get off! 257 00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:06,451 Man! 258 00:26:26,816 --> 00:26:30,434 Ain't no new guy. It's Charlie, from just around. 259 00:26:58,514 --> 00:27:01,005 Charlie from just around. 260 00:27:38,554 --> 00:27:41,721 CHAN [VOICE-OVER]: I remember when Don Byas was leaving Dizzy's group. 261 00:27:41,891 --> 00:27:43,551 I knew the club's press agent. 262 00:27:43,768 --> 00:27:47,433 I asked him, "Who could you possibly get to replace Don?" 263 00:27:47,980 --> 00:27:51,978 And he said, "Some cat in Kansas City. His name is Charlie Parker. " 264 00:27:52,193 --> 00:27:54,067 And I said, "Is he cute?" 265 00:27:54,904 --> 00:27:58,439 And my friend said, "No, but you'll dig him. " 266 00:28:35,194 --> 00:28:38,646 All right, what do you think about Yardbird? 267 00:29:05,641 --> 00:29:08,179 What do you think about Yardbird? 268 00:29:27,163 --> 00:29:29,654 I won't sign. 269 00:29:32,668 --> 00:29:34,328 We have to release him then. 270 00:29:35,463 --> 00:29:38,084 Yes, you do. 271 00:29:39,508 --> 00:29:44,051 Did you know that within three hours, a committee formed to get you out? 272 00:29:44,305 --> 00:29:47,175 Get me out? How'd they know I was in? 273 00:29:55,358 --> 00:29:57,397 It's a hell of a moment here. 274 00:29:57,943 --> 00:30:01,811 - I finally made the front page. - I shouldn't have called Bellevue. 275 00:30:02,490 --> 00:30:06,322 No, you did right. A little detox, it did me good. 276 00:30:06,994 --> 00:30:08,572 I told you about Bernie? 277 00:30:09,121 --> 00:30:11,328 Twenty bucks a tune, those bastards. 278 00:30:12,541 --> 00:30:14,201 Wait till you hear the tunes. 279 00:30:16,545 --> 00:30:18,953 But you know, this Morello thing... 280 00:30:19,173 --> 00:30:20,548 ...it sounds good. 281 00:30:20,758 --> 00:30:24,091 - If it wasn't so far off. - We'll get there. 282 00:30:24,303 --> 00:30:26,047 Oh, by the way... 283 00:30:26,430 --> 00:30:28,838 ...Dizzy sent you a birthday card. 284 00:30:30,434 --> 00:30:32,510 So I guess he's back. 285 00:30:34,563 --> 00:30:36,141 Do you owe him a phone call? 286 00:30:38,734 --> 00:30:40,810 I owe Dizzy everything. 287 00:30:41,904 --> 00:30:43,695 Except a phone call. 288 00:30:46,575 --> 00:30:48,449 He knows where to find me. 289 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,078 Who the hell are you, the Good Humor man? 290 00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:08,379 You wouldn't answer your knock. 291 00:31:08,597 --> 00:31:11,302 Will you listen to this? Listen to this. 292 00:31:15,813 --> 00:31:18,518 What the hell is going on? 293 00:31:21,569 --> 00:31:24,772 It's 4 a. m. in the morning, you fool! 294 00:31:25,406 --> 00:31:28,609 You got a woman in there? - Yeah, I got a woman in there. 295 00:31:28,826 --> 00:31:31,578 I married her so she'd stay in there with me. 296 00:31:31,787 --> 00:31:33,281 Where's yours? 297 00:31:33,789 --> 00:31:34,820 Hello, Lorraine. 298 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,120 Hello, Bird. 299 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,706 And if you coming in, I'm leaving. 300 00:31:38,919 --> 00:31:41,754 Will you write this down for me? - Why don't you write it down? 301 00:31:42,131 --> 00:31:45,215 I got no paper and people are waiting for me in the cab. 302 00:31:45,426 --> 00:31:46,968 Write it down in the morning. 303 00:31:47,553 --> 00:31:51,254 I won't be here in the morning. I'm going on the road from here. 304 00:31:51,557 --> 00:31:52,588 Where? 305 00:31:54,769 --> 00:31:57,639 Nice apartment. Maybe I went out on my own too soon. 306 00:31:57,855 --> 00:32:00,607 - Where? Where are you going? - I don't know. 307 00:32:00,983 --> 00:32:03,474 They know. Will you write this down for me? 308 00:32:06,989 --> 00:32:11,153 If I get this gig in California, am I going to be able to find you? 309 00:32:12,411 --> 00:32:13,656 California? 310 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:17,332 Not supposed to be easy to score in California. 311 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:18,910 Shit. 312 00:32:20,836 --> 00:32:22,829 Hey! 313 00:32:23,047 --> 00:32:25,004 Got a gig. I gotta go. 314 00:32:27,426 --> 00:32:30,842 Whenever you get to where you're going, call me. All right? 315 00:32:36,352 --> 00:32:39,803 I thought I told you to shut him up. 316 00:33:02,878 --> 00:33:04,787 Good night. Night. 317 00:33:05,172 --> 00:33:08,790 I thought you were in Philadelphia! - I was. 318 00:33:10,427 --> 00:33:12,753 - What are you doing here? - I'm rehearsing. 319 00:33:12,972 --> 00:33:15,545 - You got a dance job? - You bet. 320 00:33:15,724 --> 00:33:18,050 That's nice. I was checking on a record date. 321 00:33:18,227 --> 00:33:19,555 Oh, wow. 322 00:33:19,728 --> 00:33:23,263 So you're looking splendid. When are you gonna marry me? 323 00:33:23,482 --> 00:33:27,396 When you straighten up and walk like a jazz musician. 324 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:29,064 - Yeah? - Yeah. 325 00:33:29,238 --> 00:33:32,025 You want a bite of this? It's my third one. 326 00:33:32,241 --> 00:33:34,068 I got gum. Maybe that's the secret. 327 00:33:34,285 --> 00:33:37,950 To play like Bird, eat like Bird. All those 2 and 4 bar breaks. 328 00:33:38,163 --> 00:33:42,576 What you mean is, I eat an awful lot for a junkie, don't I? 329 00:33:42,751 --> 00:33:45,040 Don't tell me what I mean, man. 330 00:33:46,130 --> 00:33:47,541 Sorry, man. 331 00:33:48,299 --> 00:33:51,632 So how you come to know so much about music? 332 00:33:51,927 --> 00:33:53,587 Will you talk to me? 333 00:33:54,513 --> 00:33:56,091 Heritage. 334 00:33:56,515 --> 00:33:58,722 My father produced nightclub shows. 335 00:33:58,934 --> 00:34:01,223 Broadway Ben, they called him. 336 00:34:01,437 --> 00:34:04,272 I had my sweet 16 party at the Cotton Club. 337 00:34:04,481 --> 00:34:07,019 It's always been musicians. 338 00:34:13,908 --> 00:34:16,399 You weren't seeing about any record date tonight. 339 00:34:17,953 --> 00:34:22,864 No. And you knew I wasn't in Philly. Everyone knows I lost that gig. 340 00:34:23,626 --> 00:34:25,452 - That's right. - That's right. 341 00:34:25,628 --> 00:34:27,953 - So? - So? 342 00:34:28,505 --> 00:34:30,545 So why are we conning each other? 343 00:34:33,302 --> 00:34:37,134 Everyone assumes we're an item because I show up wherever you play. 344 00:34:37,431 --> 00:34:38,462 You do? 345 00:34:39,099 --> 00:34:43,808 I don't always say hello. And you don't usually leave alone either. 346 00:34:45,397 --> 00:34:47,604 And while we're on the subject... 347 00:34:48,067 --> 00:34:49,810 ...how many wives do you have? 348 00:34:51,904 --> 00:34:54,940 I have met more women who claim to be... 349 00:34:55,157 --> 00:34:57,150 ...Mrs. Charlie Parker! 350 00:34:57,368 --> 00:34:59,989 And all of them wearing rings! 351 00:35:04,249 --> 00:35:05,827 Rings are cheap. 352 00:35:06,085 --> 00:35:07,828 Rings are cheap? 353 00:35:08,337 --> 00:35:11,706 Is that what you want to say? Is that all you want to say? 354 00:35:13,258 --> 00:35:16,343 - What size ring you wear? - Oh, no. Not me. 355 00:35:22,267 --> 00:35:24,474 Tell me more about Broadway Ben. 356 00:35:24,687 --> 00:35:27,641 He had a way about him. The year I was born... 357 00:35:27,856 --> 00:35:31,771 ...he opened up a place on 58th Street across from the Plaza Hotel. 358 00:35:31,986 --> 00:35:34,523 He called it the Club Grandeur. 359 00:35:35,114 --> 00:35:37,521 - That way. - Is that where you lived? 360 00:35:37,741 --> 00:35:40,861 Oh, no. By that time, I was in Westchester. 361 00:35:41,328 --> 00:35:42,359 Where? 362 00:35:42,538 --> 00:35:44,447 Westchester, why? 363 00:35:44,665 --> 00:35:48,116 Nothing, I just like the way you say that. "Westchester, why?" 364 00:35:49,962 --> 00:35:51,871 I wasn't typical in those days. 365 00:35:52,047 --> 00:35:55,499 I'm half Jewish and my hero's Duke Ellington. I mean, wow! 366 00:35:56,301 --> 00:35:58,211 And now who is it? Billy McNabb? 367 00:35:58,429 --> 00:36:01,798 Oh, no. Billy's sexy and he's dangerous... 368 00:36:02,016 --> 00:36:04,092 ...but I don't buy his records. 369 00:36:04,518 --> 00:36:05,716 But I didn't kill you. 370 00:36:05,894 --> 00:36:09,394 Took me a while to get used to the sound, I was brought up on Johnny Hodges... 371 00:36:09,565 --> 00:36:12,731 ...but you always killed me. I didn't think I had to say so. 372 00:36:12,943 --> 00:36:15,185 You buy my records? 373 00:36:15,404 --> 00:36:16,567 Yeah. 374 00:36:16,739 --> 00:36:19,312 - Show me. - Pretty crude. Come. 375 00:36:20,409 --> 00:36:22,069 Yardbird, Yardbird, man. 376 00:36:22,286 --> 00:36:24,528 We were just talking about you. 377 00:36:24,747 --> 00:36:28,791 - Was it good? - Always good, man. Always good. 378 00:36:29,918 --> 00:36:31,294 Sid, what's going on? 379 00:36:31,503 --> 00:36:35,453 Nothing. But if you don't treat that lady right, great as you are... 380 00:36:35,674 --> 00:36:39,458 - ... I'll kick you in the head. - Me and Sid took a liking to her. 381 00:36:39,678 --> 00:36:40,841 Most of the cats did. 382 00:36:41,055 --> 00:36:44,258 Every now and then, some sucker tries to turn her out... 383 00:36:44,475 --> 00:36:46,432 ...and that just gets me mad. 384 00:36:46,810 --> 00:36:50,226 Frog, as great as you are, do I look like a pimp? 385 00:36:50,981 --> 00:36:53,223 Ask me something else. 386 00:36:55,069 --> 00:36:57,357 "Do I look like a pimp?" 387 00:36:57,571 --> 00:36:59,279 Is the moon high? 388 00:36:59,948 --> 00:37:01,111 He looks like a player. 389 00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:05,745 Doesn't your mother mind these people cooling out here? 390 00:37:05,954 --> 00:37:07,947 No, she's used to it. 391 00:37:08,373 --> 00:37:09,749 And now... 392 00:37:10,417 --> 00:37:12,209 ...my record collection. 393 00:37:12,377 --> 00:37:13,409 Damn, be cool. 394 00:37:13,629 --> 00:37:15,787 I'm sorry. You should be. 395 00:37:18,592 --> 00:37:19,623 Maybe later. 396 00:37:19,843 --> 00:37:24,221 It's all right. Can we just go find someplace where we can be alone? 397 00:37:24,431 --> 00:37:27,634 - Why? - I haven't finished talking to you. 398 00:37:27,810 --> 00:37:30,479 Well, there's the suicide room. 399 00:37:32,856 --> 00:37:34,137 Let's go. 400 00:37:46,495 --> 00:37:48,238 Aptly named. 401 00:38:03,637 --> 00:38:04,668 So. 402 00:38:06,932 --> 00:38:09,684 Why don't you tell me some more about Westchester? 403 00:38:10,894 --> 00:38:12,638 You live in a pretty house? 404 00:38:14,106 --> 00:38:16,976 I had a room that looked out over a garden. 405 00:38:17,734 --> 00:38:19,359 The night of my sixth birthday... 406 00:38:19,570 --> 00:38:22,321 ...my father had the orchestra from his club... 407 00:38:22,531 --> 00:38:25,947 ...stand under that window and serenade me. 408 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,448 They played "Why Do I Love You. " 409 00:38:37,796 --> 00:38:38,827 That's nice. 410 00:38:39,381 --> 00:38:41,041 That's real nice. 411 00:38:41,592 --> 00:38:43,715 Yeah. 412 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:45,965 He had a way. 413 00:38:49,349 --> 00:38:51,259 Okay. 414 00:38:51,435 --> 00:38:53,226 You walked me home. 415 00:38:54,229 --> 00:38:55,640 You got me alone. 416 00:38:57,608 --> 00:38:59,351 You managed to get me talking... 417 00:38:59,610 --> 00:39:02,231 ...and I've told you some of my girlish secrets. 418 00:39:02,446 --> 00:39:04,818 But you haven't told me a thing. 419 00:39:05,407 --> 00:39:07,115 What's going on? 420 00:39:09,411 --> 00:39:12,329 There's one night in my life I never want to forget. 421 00:39:12,998 --> 00:39:14,991 I never want to go through it again. 422 00:39:16,543 --> 00:39:18,085 I was 15... 423 00:39:18,921 --> 00:39:22,835 ...and I woke up feeling more pain than I've ever felt. 424 00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:29,387 I didn't know why until somebody told me I was strung out. 425 00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:31,933 Somebody had to tell me that. 426 00:39:34,394 --> 00:39:37,598 You know, I always thought that... 427 00:39:38,815 --> 00:39:40,773 ...if I hadn't asked... 428 00:39:42,110 --> 00:39:43,569 ...then I wouldn't be. 429 00:39:47,866 --> 00:39:49,491 You make me feel... 430 00:39:50,911 --> 00:39:52,950 ...very peaceful. You know? 431 00:39:58,210 --> 00:40:00,202 You're not my type, man. 432 00:40:02,297 --> 00:40:03,673 I know that. 433 00:40:06,134 --> 00:40:09,135 Peaceful. Peaceful? 434 00:40:11,265 --> 00:40:14,265 Is that what you mean by "rings are cheap"? 435 00:40:16,937 --> 00:40:20,306 I don't want to make anybody feel peaceful, man. 436 00:40:22,317 --> 00:40:25,402 I was born to drive men crazy! 437 00:40:30,033 --> 00:40:31,409 Somebody told me... 438 00:40:31,618 --> 00:40:35,568 ...that I'm the only woman in New York that you haven't had. 439 00:40:36,123 --> 00:40:37,914 I just made a simple statement. 440 00:40:38,542 --> 00:40:41,080 Don't misunderstand me. 441 00:40:41,420 --> 00:40:45,464 I appreciate the honor. It's not like I don't know who I'm talking to- 442 00:40:45,674 --> 00:40:48,544 Stop it. You're embarrassing yourself. 443 00:40:56,935 --> 00:40:58,429 I'm sorry. 444 00:41:00,105 --> 00:41:02,145 But if you and me got together... 445 00:41:04,651 --> 00:41:07,569 - Oh... - Mm-hm. 446 00:41:10,699 --> 00:41:12,110 What I mean by my type- 447 00:41:12,326 --> 00:41:15,492 Is the type that you don't have to be faithful to. 448 00:41:15,787 --> 00:41:17,198 I know that. 449 00:41:18,373 --> 00:41:20,615 Everybody says you're a mind reader. 450 00:41:21,001 --> 00:41:22,032 I am? 451 00:41:23,378 --> 00:41:25,501 And I'm going to Chicago. 452 00:41:28,133 --> 00:41:31,419 And you're sorry that you can't take me 453 00:41:48,195 --> 00:41:49,226 No. 454 00:41:52,657 --> 00:41:53,689 No. 455 00:42:00,165 --> 00:42:03,082 And you quit reading my mind! 456 00:42:59,224 --> 00:43:01,430 Thank you on behalf of the band. 457 00:43:01,643 --> 00:43:05,308 And now we're going to leave you in the very capable hands... 458 00:43:05,522 --> 00:43:08,973 ...of the Margie Hyams quintet. 459 00:43:27,836 --> 00:43:29,378 - Wait here. - Right. 460 00:43:53,862 --> 00:43:55,938 Sounded good, Bird. 461 00:43:57,115 --> 00:43:59,274 How would you know? You weren't out front. 462 00:43:59,493 --> 00:44:01,366 You always sound good. 463 00:44:01,578 --> 00:44:03,120 So, what do you know? 464 00:44:03,955 --> 00:44:05,865 I don't know you, for one thing. 465 00:44:06,082 --> 00:44:08,205 But you're waiting for me. 466 00:44:08,710 --> 00:44:12,411 The guy you're waiting for sent me instead. What's the difference? 467 00:44:12,631 --> 00:44:15,466 About six months. 468 00:44:15,675 --> 00:44:19,175 And Kentucky's cold this time of year. I'll pass on that. 469 00:44:19,387 --> 00:44:21,594 You think I'm on the squad or something? 470 00:44:21,848 --> 00:44:22,963 Squad? 471 00:44:23,558 --> 00:44:24,887 What squad? 472 00:44:27,562 --> 00:44:29,471 That's too much. 473 00:44:31,733 --> 00:44:34,141 You know, I never forget a face. 474 00:44:34,778 --> 00:44:37,233 You having a big night, Esteves? 475 00:44:37,781 --> 00:44:42,075 We pinched a few here and there. Not yours, but he's heard about it. 476 00:44:45,539 --> 00:44:46,737 Where you going? 477 00:44:47,207 --> 00:44:50,208 I don't know. Take it personally. 478 00:45:02,556 --> 00:45:04,963 Watch out. The nabs are out tonight. 479 00:45:07,769 --> 00:45:09,180 Good night. 480 00:45:10,981 --> 00:45:14,266 Mrs. Berg. You like what I played tonight? 481 00:45:14,734 --> 00:45:16,277 I'm not a music critic. 482 00:45:18,113 --> 00:45:20,686 You could play "Star Eyes. " It wouldn't kill you. 483 00:45:21,491 --> 00:45:23,448 I'll be happy to do that for you. 484 00:45:23,952 --> 00:45:27,155 And your lovely daughter, is she still in Chicago? 485 00:45:27,581 --> 00:45:29,869 My lovely daughter is still in Chicago. 486 00:45:31,209 --> 00:45:32,240 Till when? 487 00:45:34,045 --> 00:45:35,125 - Bird- - You know... 488 00:45:36,506 --> 00:45:39,590 ...I have my ways of finding these things out. 489 00:45:39,801 --> 00:45:42,422 I just want to welcome her back, you know? 490 00:45:42,637 --> 00:45:44,594 Like Broadway Ben would. 491 00:47:00,173 --> 00:47:01,204 Where are we going? 492 00:47:01,424 --> 00:47:03,832 What's-her-name didn't ask Valentino that. 493 00:47:04,052 --> 00:47:08,215 Vilma B�nky, and he had her in front of him and she was in a swoon. 494 00:47:08,723 --> 00:47:09,754 Now, you see? 495 00:47:09,974 --> 00:47:12,892 - I got a way about me too. - I'll say. 496 00:47:23,113 --> 00:47:26,197 [DANCE MUSIC PLAYING] 497 00:47:46,219 --> 00:47:48,591 That's Bird. Charlie Parker. 498 00:47:49,055 --> 00:47:50,086 - Charlie Parker. - Where? 499 00:48:06,448 --> 00:48:08,524 This music is so corny. 500 00:48:08,742 --> 00:48:11,659 You got to stop running away from honest sentiment. 501 00:48:11,870 --> 00:48:14,111 - Am I running? - Yeah. 502 00:48:14,289 --> 00:48:15,747 Oh. 503 00:48:22,172 --> 00:48:24,081 I remember when I first met you... 504 00:48:25,341 --> 00:48:27,630 ...you looked so young, it scared me. 505 00:48:31,097 --> 00:48:32,295 You awake? 506 00:48:34,642 --> 00:48:35,887 You awake? 507 00:48:38,646 --> 00:48:42,347 God, you make me feel so peaceful. 508 00:48:43,818 --> 00:48:46,143 I feel like a coward too because... 509 00:48:47,489 --> 00:48:51,700 ...I love you and I don't think I could say that if you was awake. 510 00:48:56,539 --> 00:48:57,654 What? 511 00:48:58,333 --> 00:49:01,168 You making out you're asleep, like a kid? 512 00:49:03,713 --> 00:49:05,622 Good thing it's dark, huh? 513 00:49:09,219 --> 00:49:12,006 You didn't say how much you liked the road. 514 00:49:13,932 --> 00:49:17,514 I'm going on the road again. To Hollywood, back with Dizzy. 515 00:49:17,811 --> 00:49:20,052 I hear things about it that make me jumpy. 516 00:49:20,271 --> 00:49:21,386 What? 517 00:49:24,651 --> 00:49:27,438 Stuff's not easy to find, for one thing. 518 00:49:27,946 --> 00:49:29,440 Tough cops. 519 00:49:30,114 --> 00:49:32,154 We'll be the first to play the new sound. 520 00:49:32,367 --> 00:49:34,324 I don't know how they'd like that. 521 00:49:42,627 --> 00:49:44,536 What do you think about keeping me company? 522 00:49:46,297 --> 00:49:47,626 Oh, yeah. 523 00:49:48,550 --> 00:49:51,123 Hunt for drugs during the day... 524 00:49:51,344 --> 00:49:54,049 ...and lead the applause at night. 525 00:49:55,014 --> 00:49:56,295 What are you so mad at? 526 00:49:59,269 --> 00:50:00,811 Who's mad? 527 00:50:01,604 --> 00:50:03,229 I'm not mad. 528 00:50:05,483 --> 00:50:06,646 I'm pregnant. 529 00:50:08,736 --> 00:50:10,563 You know how to flatter a guy. 530 00:50:10,780 --> 00:50:14,730 You could give yourself a couple of hours before you decide that. 531 00:50:20,164 --> 00:50:21,363 Billy McNabb? 532 00:50:25,837 --> 00:50:26,999 No. 533 00:50:28,423 --> 00:50:30,415 Nobody you know. 534 00:50:31,676 --> 00:50:35,175 Nobody I know well enough to ever want to see him again. 535 00:50:39,100 --> 00:50:40,381 So... 536 00:50:42,770 --> 00:50:44,099 What now? 537 00:50:45,773 --> 00:50:46,888 Oh, my God. 538 00:50:47,108 --> 00:50:50,275 Do you realize I haven't told my mother and I've told you? 539 00:50:52,947 --> 00:50:55,355 You could've told me a little bit sooner. 540 00:50:55,700 --> 00:50:57,325 Hey. 541 00:50:57,493 --> 00:51:00,827 If men could get pregnant, how many kids would you have... 542 00:51:01,039 --> 00:51:02,118 ...by now? 543 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,245 Chan, Chan, Chan. 544 00:51:05,793 --> 00:51:07,371 That's me. 545 00:51:11,299 --> 00:51:15,427 I got to go. I got a gig across the street before I go to Hollywood. 546 00:51:16,137 --> 00:51:17,418 Where's your horn? 547 00:51:18,556 --> 00:51:19,967 I'll borrow one. 548 00:51:25,313 --> 00:51:26,593 Excuse me. 549 00:51:29,567 --> 00:51:31,774 When you going to California? 550 00:51:32,403 --> 00:51:33,862 Couple of days. 551 00:51:35,323 --> 00:51:37,316 Take care of yourself. 552 00:51:49,045 --> 00:51:50,290 Oh, no. 553 00:51:52,590 --> 00:51:54,499 He hocked his horn... 554 00:51:54,676 --> 00:51:57,167 ...to rent that damn horse. 555 00:51:57,345 --> 00:52:01,129 [GIGGLING] 556 00:52:02,058 --> 00:52:06,519 [JAZZ PLAYING] 557 00:52:23,746 --> 00:52:26,866 Contributing factors to patient's nervous breakdown... 558 00:52:27,125 --> 00:52:31,122 ...in California, winter 1946, were as follows: 559 00:52:31,337 --> 00:52:34,208 A: Disorientation due to unfamiliar surroundings. 560 00:52:34,382 --> 00:52:37,466 B: Disappointing public reaction, bordering on hostility... 561 00:52:37,677 --> 00:52:40,002 ...to patient's particular style of music. 562 00:52:40,221 --> 00:52:44,717 C: Reduced availability of narcotics due to police crackdown. 563 00:55:07,702 --> 00:55:09,575 Any way I can help? 564 00:55:12,665 --> 00:55:13,696 No. 565 00:55:15,251 --> 00:55:17,374 See, I'm getting on right now. 566 00:55:18,045 --> 00:55:19,160 Yeah, I know. 567 00:55:19,714 --> 00:55:20,959 You know? 568 00:55:21,883 --> 00:55:25,832 The less you know about getting on, the better off you be. 569 00:55:28,514 --> 00:55:30,222 Another thing, junior. 570 00:55:30,433 --> 00:55:33,968 If I ever hear about you using this shit... 571 00:55:34,187 --> 00:55:37,887 ...I will come from my grave and I will haunt you. 572 00:55:42,570 --> 00:55:43,733 Have we met? 573 00:55:45,114 --> 00:55:46,359 No, sir. 574 00:55:46,574 --> 00:55:47,985 My name's Rodney. 575 00:55:52,747 --> 00:55:54,075 You play, Rodney? 576 00:55:57,376 --> 00:55:59,084 Yeah, I'm with Krupa. 577 00:56:00,379 --> 00:56:02,039 Do you play? 578 00:56:02,381 --> 00:56:05,051 - Trumpet. - Oh. 579 00:56:06,093 --> 00:56:09,178 Then you came here to see Dizzy play. 580 00:56:09,722 --> 00:56:13,091 I took the job touring instead of staying in Philadelphia... 581 00:56:13,309 --> 00:56:16,476 ...because the tour came to L.A. and I knew you'd be here. 582 00:56:18,898 --> 00:56:21,021 Yeah, I came to hear you. 583 00:56:21,317 --> 00:56:22,895 Well, all right! 584 00:56:23,819 --> 00:56:26,820 Well, then, I'm sorry that I kept you waiting. 585 00:56:34,455 --> 00:56:37,207 - A good crowd in there? - So-so. 586 00:56:37,458 --> 00:56:38,917 So-so. 587 00:56:41,420 --> 00:56:43,662 We don't get many good crowds out here. 588 00:56:43,881 --> 00:56:45,708 They'll catch on. 589 00:56:45,925 --> 00:56:47,549 It took me awhile. 590 00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,595 I thought I wanted to be Harry James. 591 00:56:51,806 --> 00:56:55,850 Yeah, well, I want to be Harry James sometimes. 592 00:58:28,319 --> 00:58:30,110 Listen to that. 593 00:58:31,072 --> 00:58:35,568 You know, Audrey, if we could really hear every sound in the world... 594 00:58:35,743 --> 00:58:37,285 ...we'd go crazy. 595 00:58:38,913 --> 00:58:40,324 He must be. 596 00:58:40,748 --> 00:58:42,242 Crazy, you know? 597 00:58:43,542 --> 00:58:45,915 He always looked fairly normal to me. 598 00:58:46,087 --> 00:58:48,459 Yeah, well, I'm talking about Stravinsky. 599 00:58:48,672 --> 00:58:51,839 So am I. We go to the same dentist. 600 00:58:52,718 --> 00:58:53,749 Yeah? 601 00:58:58,599 --> 00:59:00,224 He lives around here? 602 00:59:01,102 --> 00:59:04,886 Yes, and Sch�nberg and Heifetz... 603 00:59:05,106 --> 00:59:08,854 ...and Huxley and Thomas Mann. 604 00:59:10,277 --> 00:59:12,851 The climate is advantageous. 605 00:59:13,406 --> 00:59:14,437 He lives there. 606 00:59:15,116 --> 00:59:17,571 Pull up over there. Pull up. 607 00:59:25,584 --> 00:59:26,829 What time is it? 608 00:59:27,670 --> 00:59:31,668 - It's almost 10. Won't you be late? - The lights are on. He's there. 609 00:59:35,719 --> 00:59:37,214 Bet he's in there. 610 01:00:10,087 --> 01:00:11,166 Let's go. 611 01:00:16,010 --> 01:00:17,967 I ought to get me a house like that. 612 01:00:19,763 --> 01:00:21,555 What's stopping you? 613 01:00:38,282 --> 01:00:39,313 Birks. 614 01:00:42,495 --> 01:00:44,534 What happened? I'm not that late. 615 01:00:45,331 --> 01:00:47,039 No audience, man. 616 01:00:47,458 --> 01:00:49,865 The bar's open, the engagement's over. 617 01:00:50,127 --> 01:00:52,701 I guess they weren't quite ready to be invaded. 618 01:00:53,672 --> 01:00:55,131 So, anyway... 619 01:00:56,717 --> 01:00:59,671 ...we'll take a plane home. I got your ticket here. 620 01:01:02,264 --> 01:01:03,593 What is that? 621 01:01:04,683 --> 01:01:06,059 We had a radio gig tomorrow. 622 01:01:06,268 --> 01:01:08,391 We did, Yard, we did. 623 01:01:08,812 --> 01:01:11,268 But the station joined in the ban. 624 01:01:12,149 --> 01:01:14,723 "Bebop tends to pervert young minds. " 625 01:01:14,902 --> 01:01:15,933 Who said that? 626 01:01:16,153 --> 01:01:20,365 Somebody with enough juice to get 12 radio stations to turn us off. 627 01:01:20,824 --> 01:01:22,532 So we going home tomorrow. 628 01:01:23,244 --> 01:01:24,654 How about you? 629 01:01:24,828 --> 01:01:29,537 Birks, look, a ban like that can't last forever. 630 01:01:29,750 --> 01:01:33,249 We got an audience here, I know we do. We just got to stick it out. 631 01:01:33,671 --> 01:01:35,829 You gonna hang around here awhile? 632 01:01:38,592 --> 01:01:41,048 Can't go back to New York right now. 633 01:01:42,555 --> 01:01:44,097 What about the rest of my salary? 634 01:01:44,390 --> 01:01:45,884 What salary? 635 01:01:46,058 --> 01:01:50,222 Yard, there have been a few advances drawn. 636 01:01:50,563 --> 01:01:55,271 Last week you borrowed $20 and kissed me on my lips when I gave it to you. 637 01:01:55,609 --> 01:01:57,566 You don't remember things like this. 638 01:01:57,820 --> 01:02:00,940 I don't have to remember. I know you wouldn't lie to me. 639 01:02:04,034 --> 01:02:06,786 Listen, just make sure somebody has your number... 640 01:02:07,121 --> 01:02:09,078 ...and don't stay away too long. 641 01:02:13,794 --> 01:02:16,285 - Birks! - Yeah-? 642 01:05:08,051 --> 01:05:09,878 Very nice, Charlie. Very nice. 643 01:05:17,728 --> 01:05:18,973 He's clean. 644 01:05:19,146 --> 01:05:21,471 The dope in L.A. dried up so he had to kick. 645 01:05:21,690 --> 01:05:23,517 That nearly killed him, so he stayed drunk. 646 01:05:23,734 --> 01:05:27,518 That's how he got sent to Camarillo where he hasn't had a drink... 647 01:05:27,738 --> 01:05:31,321 ...snorted or shot for six months. He's clean and ready to work. 648 01:05:31,492 --> 01:05:32,737 - According to him. - No. 649 01:05:32,910 --> 01:05:35,531 According to his record producer in L.A. 650 01:05:39,708 --> 01:05:42,994 See, what he needs is a gig out of the state. 651 01:05:43,462 --> 01:05:46,167 - No. - For God's sake, Sammy! 652 01:05:46,340 --> 01:05:49,009 You hire one Charlie Parker imitation after another. 653 01:05:49,218 --> 01:05:52,005 I'm telling you, the real thing's available! 654 01:05:52,179 --> 01:05:54,255 The real thing's a real pain in my ass. 655 01:05:54,473 --> 01:05:56,596 Listen. Let's play a game. 656 01:05:56,809 --> 01:05:58,848 I'll count to 100 slowly. 657 01:05:59,019 --> 01:06:02,139 By the time I'm done, name me one other musician... 658 01:06:02,356 --> 01:06:04,479 ...who can pack this club who isn't a pain. 659 01:06:04,691 --> 01:06:06,649 Let alone, I mean, my God... 660 01:06:06,860 --> 01:06:09,980 ...we're talking about Charlie Parker. 661 01:06:12,699 --> 01:06:14,194 I'll pay 700 a week. 662 01:06:15,077 --> 01:06:16,536 Wait a minute, wait, wait. 663 01:06:16,703 --> 01:06:19,194 That's for him, a second horn and a rhythm section. 664 01:06:19,873 --> 01:06:22,708 If he handles it right, he'll clear a couple hundred. 665 01:06:22,876 --> 01:06:24,454 Three-week guarantee. 666 01:06:25,546 --> 01:06:27,170 You're wonderful. 667 01:06:41,895 --> 01:06:45,015 I thought the fountain of youth was in Florida. 668 01:06:45,858 --> 01:06:47,850 Everybody says that to me. 669 01:06:48,652 --> 01:06:49,932 I learned something. 670 01:06:50,571 --> 01:06:52,231 They can get it out of your blood. 671 01:06:52,573 --> 01:06:53,735 Sure. 672 01:06:54,324 --> 01:06:56,898 But they can never get it out of your mind. 673 01:06:57,953 --> 01:07:00,076 I appreciate what you did for me. 674 01:07:00,289 --> 01:07:02,246 I will never, ever forget it. 675 01:07:02,583 --> 01:07:03,745 Don't. 676 01:07:04,334 --> 01:07:05,366 Don't what? 677 01:07:05,669 --> 01:07:07,626 Don't be humble. 678 01:07:07,838 --> 01:07:09,581 Anybody else but you. 679 01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:16,092 Chan, when a convict's on the street after a long time away... 680 01:07:16,305 --> 01:07:18,131 ...he's careful... 681 01:07:18,348 --> 01:07:20,341 ...not humble. 682 01:07:21,018 --> 01:07:22,512 Learn to say, "You're welcome. " 683 01:07:23,020 --> 01:07:24,430 You're welcome. 684 01:07:25,606 --> 01:07:28,357 Will you stop trying to look for a place to run? 685 01:07:28,567 --> 01:07:30,939 I just came here to say thanks. That's all. 686 01:07:31,278 --> 01:07:32,938 The rest of it will wait. 687 01:07:34,948 --> 01:07:38,816 I'm going to go find me a quintet and get started. 688 01:07:41,288 --> 01:07:43,079 Take a look at her, at least. 689 01:07:54,676 --> 01:07:57,594 Well, who could blame me now? 690 01:08:00,682 --> 01:08:02,260 What's your name, little one? 691 01:08:02,893 --> 01:08:04,470 My name is Kim. 692 01:08:04,645 --> 01:08:06,269 What's yours? 693 01:08:06,813 --> 01:08:09,767 Welcome home from the hospital, Daddy. 694 01:08:10,067 --> 01:08:13,317 How'd you know I was in the hospital, shorty boodle? 695 01:08:13,528 --> 01:08:15,486 I read it in the newspaper. 696 01:08:15,656 --> 01:08:18,407 Didn't you know you're famous? Are you all better? 697 01:08:18,617 --> 01:08:20,775 He's all better. Is Grandma cooking supper? 698 01:08:21,161 --> 01:08:25,325 Yeah, but she calls it dinner. She says supper's for after the show. 699 01:08:25,540 --> 01:08:28,494 She got that right. I'll be right up. 700 01:08:28,710 --> 01:08:30,086 Where you going? 701 01:08:31,463 --> 01:08:32,838 Who's that? 702 01:08:33,382 --> 01:08:34,710 Business. 703 01:08:44,309 --> 01:08:45,685 How you feeling? 704 01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:48,808 You read the hospital report, I didn't. 705 01:08:51,274 --> 01:08:52,899 Get in, let's go for a ride. 706 01:08:53,819 --> 01:08:54,850 I have a car. 707 01:08:56,697 --> 01:08:59,733 It's getting a ring job on the FDR Drive. 708 01:08:59,950 --> 01:09:02,192 Want to know when your wife brought it in? 709 01:09:02,369 --> 01:09:04,527 Or the serial number on the engine? 710 01:09:07,499 --> 01:09:11,876 M-431-232-95. 711 01:09:12,713 --> 01:09:14,539 Get in the goddamn car. 712 01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:36,896 I've been on your case 10 years now. I never seen you worse. 713 01:09:37,446 --> 01:09:40,281 You can't play more than three nights a month in New York... 714 01:09:40,490 --> 01:09:42,898 ...and New York's the only place you can work. 715 01:09:43,076 --> 01:09:46,410 Not an owner on the road will take the chance anymore. 716 01:09:47,372 --> 01:09:50,326 You blew a three-nighter at 1:00 this morning. 717 01:09:50,542 --> 01:09:52,084 I talked with Steinberg. 718 01:09:52,502 --> 01:09:54,993 He's ready to wash his hands of you for good. 719 01:09:55,213 --> 01:09:56,873 You talked to Steinberg. 720 01:09:57,090 --> 01:09:58,584 You're sick, Bird. 721 01:09:58,967 --> 01:10:01,505 You're an alcoholic, you're a junkie... 722 01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:04,258 ...and your mind is hanging by a fucking thread. 723 01:10:04,931 --> 01:10:06,841 Yeah, right. Right. 724 01:10:07,684 --> 01:10:11,764 It's possible I could change some attitudes about your cabaret card. 725 01:10:13,190 --> 01:10:16,274 I think that would make a difference in your situation. 726 01:10:18,111 --> 01:10:20,816 It'd make a world of a difference, wouldn't it? 727 01:10:21,031 --> 01:10:23,985 I can give you three, four names... 728 01:10:24,201 --> 01:10:25,743 ...all junkies. 729 01:10:25,952 --> 01:10:29,736 Once you nail them, wouldn't be no more heroin in New York City. 730 01:10:31,625 --> 01:10:33,997 Let me out of this goddamn car. 731 01:10:39,925 --> 01:10:41,917 They wouldn't think twice about doing it to you. 732 01:10:45,806 --> 01:10:47,632 It's time to save your life. 733 01:10:48,141 --> 01:10:50,015 This is the year I'm supposed to die. 734 01:11:21,633 --> 01:11:23,175 You missed dinner. 735 01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:27,512 How about supper? 736 01:11:29,516 --> 01:11:32,683 I'm sorry. I just went for a walk. 737 01:11:36,857 --> 01:11:38,137 Were you worried? 738 01:11:41,444 --> 01:11:43,521 What do you want me to say? 739 01:11:46,533 --> 01:11:48,075 Who was that man? 740 01:11:49,119 --> 01:11:50,661 Somebody from this world. 741 01:11:50,871 --> 01:11:53,871 Nobody I ever want you to concern yourself about. 742 01:11:54,457 --> 01:11:55,572 It's dirty. 743 01:11:57,502 --> 01:11:58,783 It's dirty. 744 01:11:59,880 --> 01:12:02,916 Where do you think I've lived my life till I met you? 745 01:12:04,885 --> 01:12:07,921 It's my wish that you remain my child wife. 746 01:12:08,430 --> 01:12:09,889 Would you do that for me? 747 01:12:11,850 --> 01:12:14,720 You've switched from Bette Davis movies to Jane Eyre. 748 01:12:16,730 --> 01:12:19,185 Come on home and eat, Rochester. 749 01:12:22,319 --> 01:12:23,943 After a while. 750 01:12:30,869 --> 01:12:34,783 Remember, you've got five tunes to write. 751 01:12:37,167 --> 01:12:39,954 Listen to me, the voice of duty. 752 01:12:40,170 --> 01:12:42,044 Oh, and guess what? 753 01:12:42,255 --> 01:12:44,212 Steinberg sent us a check. 754 01:12:44,591 --> 01:12:47,508 We'll be okay for two weeks. 755 01:12:49,846 --> 01:12:50,877 Chan? 756 01:12:52,265 --> 01:12:53,546 That's me. 757 01:12:54,601 --> 01:12:56,095 Don't ever leave old Pop. 758 01:12:58,146 --> 01:13:00,352 He won't drink any more iodine... 759 01:13:00,899 --> 01:13:02,227 ...and he loves you. 760 01:13:03,610 --> 01:13:04,890 I know. 761 01:13:05,195 --> 01:13:07,104 I read the note on the refrigerator. 762 01:13:52,158 --> 01:13:54,732 It's a nice, tight room. Good acoustics. 763 01:13:54,953 --> 01:13:57,705 Better than anything that ever was on 52nd Street. 764 01:13:57,914 --> 01:14:01,497 Buck and a quarter admission, 2.50 minimum at the tables. 765 01:14:01,668 --> 01:14:05,203 They're booked up the first week and they haven't even opened yet. 766 01:14:05,422 --> 01:14:06,750 Why name it after me? 767 01:14:06,965 --> 01:14:10,001 Who the hell else could they name it after? 768 01:14:10,677 --> 01:14:12,420 Don't you like the idea? 769 01:14:12,637 --> 01:14:15,342 I like the idea. I'm flattered by it actually. 770 01:14:15,515 --> 01:14:16,594 I'm overwhelmed. 771 01:14:16,808 --> 01:14:20,011 I just wish it was tonight because I'm broke... 772 01:14:20,186 --> 01:14:23,769 ...and I'm trying to hold on to my rhythm section and stuff. 773 01:14:24,691 --> 01:14:28,439 I'll lean on the record company. Maybe they want you in Paris. 774 01:16:28,565 --> 01:16:31,898 Looks like you need something better than a rose. 775 01:16:32,318 --> 01:16:36,399 What the fuck you want to go back to New York for? 776 01:16:36,781 --> 01:16:38,110 Because. 777 01:16:38,283 --> 01:16:41,652 Yeah? "Because. " 778 01:16:43,913 --> 01:16:47,199 You know, I been here four years. 779 01:16:48,334 --> 01:16:52,332 I work 10 months out of the year. More, if I want to. 780 01:16:52,547 --> 01:16:55,998 Go to Belgium, Holland, Sweden. 781 01:16:56,468 --> 01:16:58,590 You could do the same thing. 782 01:17:00,013 --> 01:17:03,263 You know, I don't go for that shit you people play... 783 01:17:03,725 --> 01:17:08,434 ...but over here, they are crazy about it. 784 01:17:08,771 --> 01:17:12,187 Now, you don't get rich, but you live. 785 01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:15,271 And they treat you like a man. 786 01:17:15,904 --> 01:17:18,192 Now, what you got to go back to? 787 01:17:18,531 --> 01:17:23,240 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They named a place after you. 788 01:17:23,453 --> 01:17:26,122 How much of that place do you own? 789 01:17:26,456 --> 01:17:31,248 When the gig is over, you still be scuffling to find the next one. 790 01:17:31,461 --> 01:17:33,868 If there is a next one. 791 01:17:34,172 --> 01:17:36,579 You can't earn no living... 792 01:17:37,467 --> 01:17:39,210 ...playing jazz... 793 01:17:39,677 --> 01:17:41,172 ...in the States. 794 01:17:41,513 --> 01:17:43,055 Diz can. 795 01:17:43,723 --> 01:17:44,968 Duke can. 796 01:17:45,391 --> 01:17:49,010 Well, you ain't Diz and you sure as hell ain't Duke. 797 01:17:49,229 --> 01:17:52,064 And they ain't me. What the hell does that matter? 798 01:17:52,232 --> 01:17:54,901 I'm not talking about what you do on the bandstand. 799 01:17:55,068 --> 01:17:57,274 Everybody said you the man. 800 01:17:57,487 --> 01:17:58,898 Well, that's great. 801 01:17:59,739 --> 01:18:01,150 Until you mess up. 802 01:18:01,407 --> 01:18:03,530 And you always mess up. 803 01:18:03,868 --> 01:18:06,703 You mess up over there, you'll be in trouble so deep... 804 01:18:06,913 --> 01:18:11,491 ...they won't let you play in the goddamn place they named after you. 805 01:18:11,709 --> 01:18:13,038 Now, am I lying? 806 01:18:14,170 --> 01:18:17,373 There's no law that says I have to mess up. 807 01:18:18,925 --> 01:18:21,498 And I'm not running away from my own country. 808 01:18:21,719 --> 01:18:22,917 Your country? 809 01:18:23,137 --> 01:18:25,011 Yeah, mine. 810 01:18:25,473 --> 01:18:28,047 Whether they like it or not, it's mine. 811 01:18:28,726 --> 01:18:31,431 There'll be a Birdland in every city one day. 812 01:18:31,688 --> 01:18:34,772 There'll be a Birdland in Chicago, in Detroit... 813 01:18:34,941 --> 01:18:37,479 ...a Birdland across the street from Camarillo. 814 01:18:40,613 --> 01:18:44,148 I'm the liberator of Paris and you're a motherfucking afterthought! 815 01:18:59,966 --> 01:19:00,997 Oh, shit! 816 01:19:05,138 --> 01:19:06,965 You saying... 817 01:19:07,181 --> 01:19:10,099 ...Diz and Duke on one side... 818 01:19:10,310 --> 01:19:12,468 ...and junkies on the other. 819 01:19:16,149 --> 01:19:17,726 So I kick. 820 01:19:17,900 --> 01:19:20,937 [LAUGHING] 821 01:19:21,571 --> 01:19:23,030 I can kick! 822 01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:28,573 Junior, Junior. 823 01:19:30,330 --> 01:19:34,790 [SHIP'S HORN BLOWING] 824 01:19:38,546 --> 01:19:41,251 Other than that, we got nothing until next Friday. 825 01:19:41,466 --> 01:19:42,746 What's next Friday? 826 01:19:43,676 --> 01:19:47,674 Some sort of benefit. Some Communist in jail or something. 827 01:19:48,014 --> 01:19:49,722 Hey, we get paid. 828 01:19:49,932 --> 01:19:51,925 How much do we get paid? 829 01:19:52,518 --> 01:19:55,354 Just hold out with me. In a month, we open up Birdland. 830 01:19:55,688 --> 01:19:57,895 What do I eat in the meantime? 831 01:19:59,692 --> 01:20:00,807 Harry James. 832 01:20:07,700 --> 01:20:09,029 Meet Billy. 833 01:20:09,661 --> 01:20:11,203 John Wilson. Rodney. 834 01:20:11,496 --> 01:20:12,527 Red Rodney. 835 01:20:13,706 --> 01:20:16,078 What are you doing in New York, Red Rodney? 836 01:20:16,376 --> 01:20:18,000 I've been here for a year now. 837 01:20:18,211 --> 01:20:20,749 Why you didn't call me? I want to hear you play. 838 01:20:20,963 --> 01:20:22,588 I wasn't ready for you to hear me. 839 01:20:23,341 --> 01:20:25,547 He wasn't ready to hear him play. 840 01:20:26,719 --> 01:20:28,463 And now you're ready? 841 01:20:30,223 --> 01:20:31,931 How you been doing, then? 842 01:20:32,225 --> 01:20:35,309 I've been doing mostly society stuff. 843 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:38,686 That's right. Plenty of goddamn society for some people. 844 01:20:38,898 --> 01:20:41,650 How come nobody calls me for no society gigs? 845 01:20:41,859 --> 01:20:43,402 I can play that shit. 846 01:20:43,653 --> 01:20:45,692 Well, it's a special type of society. 847 01:20:45,905 --> 01:20:49,903 - For dancing, right? - Yeah, dancing, but not the fox trot. 848 01:20:50,535 --> 01:20:53,405 You're looking for a gig? Everybody? 849 01:20:55,581 --> 01:20:56,992 I mean, not you. 850 01:20:57,208 --> 01:20:58,239 Why not me? 851 01:20:58,668 --> 01:21:01,669 I came in here looking for people, but I never- 852 01:21:02,588 --> 01:21:04,380 Shit, why not? 853 01:21:04,590 --> 01:21:06,382 Two o'clock, this afternoon. 854 01:21:06,592 --> 01:21:09,166 In Brooklyn. A wedding. 855 01:22:23,002 --> 01:22:24,662 Fantastic! 856 01:22:45,525 --> 01:22:46,853 Wonderful! 857 01:22:50,321 --> 01:22:51,400 Chudnick! 858 01:22:54,826 --> 01:22:57,151 These are not Jewish boys, but good. 859 01:22:57,829 --> 01:22:59,987 - A very nice affair. Don't ask. 860 01:23:00,790 --> 01:23:02,699 Don't ask. 861 01:23:05,127 --> 01:23:06,670 So what's this Chudnick? 862 01:23:06,879 --> 01:23:08,373 That's what I'm talking about. 863 01:23:08,589 --> 01:23:12,172 Chudnick. That's my real name. So where you cats headed? 864 01:23:13,219 --> 01:23:15,710 [IMITATING OLD MAN] Don't ask. Don't ask! 865 01:23:28,401 --> 01:23:31,070 [THUNDER RUMBLES] 866 01:23:36,450 --> 01:23:39,024 [TELEPHONE RINGS] 867 01:23:39,203 --> 01:23:40,234 Hello? 868 01:23:40,788 --> 01:23:42,247 I just want to know... 869 01:23:42,832 --> 01:23:44,908 ...you still the most gorgeous woman alive? 870 01:23:48,045 --> 01:23:49,208 No. 871 01:23:49,881 --> 01:23:51,588 I'm retired. 872 01:23:53,259 --> 01:23:55,002 But I like that you never give up. 873 01:23:56,429 --> 01:23:57,923 I take it he's there? 874 01:23:58,347 --> 01:23:59,842 Is he all right? 875 01:24:00,850 --> 01:24:03,685 He's holding his stomach. Is that from...? 876 01:24:03,936 --> 01:24:06,059 No, no, that's ulcers. 877 01:24:07,189 --> 01:24:09,063 He'll probably spend the night. 878 01:24:10,943 --> 01:24:12,437 Thanks, Red. 879 01:24:13,738 --> 01:24:17,782 Don't tell him I called you. I mean, don't tell him you called me. 880 01:24:18,784 --> 01:24:21,275 Don't worry. Get some sleep. 881 01:24:21,871 --> 01:24:24,788 Mm-hm. Good night. 882 01:24:45,269 --> 01:24:46,432 Chud. 883 01:24:48,147 --> 01:24:51,765 The last man to ever get me a society gig. 884 01:24:55,613 --> 01:24:56,644 That's me. 885 01:25:41,993 --> 01:25:43,617 What are you doing here? 886 01:25:44,120 --> 01:25:45,828 - Let's get a drink. - Right. 887 01:25:46,372 --> 01:25:49,622 - Did you really eat a rose? - I ate whatever I could get. 888 01:25:49,834 --> 01:25:51,992 I heard you said it was dessert. 889 01:25:52,211 --> 01:25:53,456 It was. 890 01:25:53,671 --> 01:25:56,423 I don't know why I came back. Birdland still ain't open. 891 01:25:56,632 --> 01:25:58,424 But I got this beautiful gig. 892 01:25:58,634 --> 01:26:01,552 Calls for a quintet. I need a trumpet player. 893 01:26:01,721 --> 01:26:03,594 Scotch on the rocks. 894 01:26:03,889 --> 01:26:05,597 Club soda. How long you been listening? 895 01:26:05,808 --> 01:26:07,717 I know a trumpet player when I hear one. 896 01:26:07,893 --> 01:26:10,930 There's so many better ones. There's Navarro, Kinney- 897 01:26:11,147 --> 01:26:13,388 I'm offering the job to you. 898 01:26:14,191 --> 01:26:17,975 We start off with a tour. Ten nights. $150 per man. 899 01:26:18,529 --> 01:26:21,696 - Per night. - Really? That's great. Where? 900 01:26:21,907 --> 01:26:23,651 South. We drive. 901 01:26:23,868 --> 01:26:25,695 Fresh air, scenery... 902 01:26:25,911 --> 01:26:27,869 ...unsophisticated pussy. 903 01:26:29,081 --> 01:26:31,038 You don't get that with Woody Herman. 904 01:26:32,418 --> 01:26:34,078 Georgia, Alabama... 905 01:26:34,587 --> 01:26:36,129 ...Mississippi, Tennessee. 906 01:26:36,338 --> 01:26:38,415 Deep South? With a mixed band? 907 01:26:38,591 --> 01:26:39,919 We get lynched! 908 01:26:40,509 --> 01:26:41,541 I got it covered. 909 01:27:19,423 --> 01:27:21,001 Here we are. 910 01:27:23,511 --> 01:27:25,302 There's Uncle Remus over there. 911 01:27:26,472 --> 01:27:29,805 Bird, what are you doing? Where the hell are we? 912 01:27:29,975 --> 01:27:31,386 We are in the South now. 913 01:27:32,561 --> 01:27:35,765 Your mama's up there. We're supposed to be in the South. 914 01:27:35,981 --> 01:27:38,769 - Your mother's over there! - You know I don't play that. 915 01:27:40,694 --> 01:27:43,020 Ain't it great to be home, fellas? 916 01:27:43,239 --> 01:27:45,315 Thank you, Bird. Look at this. 917 01:27:46,283 --> 01:27:48,241 I'm opening up a new world to you. 918 01:27:48,452 --> 01:27:50,611 Pull up. I want to talk to the manager. 919 01:27:59,630 --> 01:28:01,124 Where will they put us up? 920 01:28:01,340 --> 01:28:05,883 Man, you know where they'll put us up. Some goddamn funky rat hole. 921 01:28:07,346 --> 01:28:08,757 Except you, Red. 922 01:28:08,973 --> 01:28:12,591 You'll probably find yourself a good hotel in every town. 923 01:28:14,687 --> 01:28:15,967 I don't think so. 924 01:28:16,188 --> 01:28:19,142 Red, you gonna be right down in the funk with us. 925 01:28:19,358 --> 01:28:21,600 Bird done covered it, all right. 926 01:28:21,944 --> 01:28:25,360 [LAUGHING] 927 01:28:31,704 --> 01:28:35,203 Are you crazy? Nobody will believe I'm an albino! 928 01:28:35,374 --> 01:28:39,419 I do. Whoever heard of a Jewish cat playing trumpet the way you do? 929 01:28:39,879 --> 01:28:44,256 Cut the crap! I can't sing. I got a voice like a dying animal! 930 01:28:44,466 --> 01:28:48,547 Anybody can sing the blues! All you got to do is sing one blues every set. 931 01:28:48,762 --> 01:28:50,802 Go to sleep now. That's your room. 932 01:28:51,015 --> 01:28:52,295 What if they find out? 933 01:28:52,516 --> 01:28:55,186 - Who? Your people or my people? - That's funny. 934 01:28:55,394 --> 01:29:00,222 Go inside. Wake me up in two hours and don't wander off nowhere, boy. 935 01:29:00,399 --> 01:29:03,234 I gotta keep up the correct impression, you know? 936 01:29:16,031 --> 01:29:17,360 Oh, Jesus. 937 01:29:17,575 --> 01:29:20,492 Yeah, I'd almost forgotten. 938 01:29:20,786 --> 01:29:24,237 Get some rest, nigger. These people want to dance. 939 01:30:24,892 --> 01:30:26,006 You folks go upstairs. 940 01:30:29,188 --> 01:30:31,346 You can get a drink up there. 941 01:31:20,572 --> 01:31:22,115 At this time... 942 01:31:22,324 --> 01:31:24,447 ...it is my privilege... 943 01:31:24,660 --> 01:31:28,527 ...to bring to the microphone a young man... 944 01:31:28,747 --> 01:31:32,792 ...who, in a short space of time, has become a legend. 945 01:31:35,045 --> 01:31:38,248 Born at the geographical center of the universe... 946 01:31:38,465 --> 01:31:41,585 ...125th Street and Lenox Avenue. 947 01:31:42,594 --> 01:31:45,595 I saw him at the Apollo and I had to have him with us. 948 01:31:46,724 --> 01:31:49,594 Not just because he brings us luck. No! 949 01:31:50,227 --> 01:31:54,177 But because while the Lord didn't see it fit to give him no pigment... 950 01:31:55,357 --> 01:31:59,770 ...he made up for it by endowing him with the spiritual inheritance... 951 01:31:59,945 --> 01:32:02,780 ...of Jefferson and Broonzy. 952 01:32:03,949 --> 01:32:07,947 And now, without further ado, I bring to you... 953 01:32:08,120 --> 01:32:11,619 ...Albino Red! 954 01:32:14,918 --> 01:32:17,623 I play at your wedding, you play at mine. 955 01:32:52,748 --> 01:32:54,456 This is great. One more chorus. 956 01:33:14,561 --> 01:33:16,353 What happened after that? 957 01:33:22,361 --> 01:33:23,606 No, not Henry! No! 958 01:35:44,962 --> 01:35:46,539 Mr. Rodney? 959 01:35:46,755 --> 01:35:48,166 Follow me. 960 01:35:48,966 --> 01:35:50,590 - When did it start? - Last night. 961 01:35:50,801 --> 01:35:52,674 But I've had it previously. 962 01:35:52,844 --> 01:35:57,341 I felt a little twinge the other day, but I didn't think that's what it was. 963 01:35:57,557 --> 01:36:00,227 Give us a sample, if you can. 964 01:36:22,499 --> 01:36:25,666 So you've had hematuria previously. 965 01:36:25,961 --> 01:36:26,992 What's that? 966 01:36:28,380 --> 01:36:29,660 Blood in your urine. 967 01:36:30,382 --> 01:36:34,047 Oh, yeah. My doctor keeps talking about removing the stones. 968 01:36:34,261 --> 01:36:35,459 I should let him. 969 01:36:35,721 --> 01:36:38,212 - When you going home? - Day after tomorrow. 970 01:36:39,141 --> 01:36:41,810 I was stupid to leave my pain pills in New York... 971 01:36:42,019 --> 01:36:44,177 ...but it's been a while since it's flared up. 972 01:36:45,063 --> 01:36:48,681 Well, two days, a dozen Empirin with codeine ought to do it. 973 01:36:48,900 --> 01:36:50,893 My doctor wrote for Dilaudid. 974 01:36:53,196 --> 01:36:54,228 Dilaudid? 975 01:36:58,327 --> 01:36:59,904 For a kidney stone? 976 01:37:05,042 --> 01:37:06,750 I'm an ethical man. 977 01:37:11,548 --> 01:37:15,297 And, fortunately for you, I'm a compassionate one. 978 01:37:15,510 --> 01:37:18,464 [KNOCKING] Mr. Parker, it's Red. 979 01:37:29,775 --> 01:37:32,266 Chud, what are you doing? 980 01:37:34,446 --> 01:37:36,355 Chud. 981 01:37:49,169 --> 01:37:50,711 Oh, God. 982 01:37:52,464 --> 01:37:54,540 No, Chud. 983 01:37:56,134 --> 01:37:57,628 Not you, man. 984 01:37:58,637 --> 01:38:00,048 Why not me? 985 01:38:03,892 --> 01:38:06,134 If you want to play like Bird... 986 01:38:06,520 --> 01:38:08,477 ...you gotta shoot shit like Bird? 987 01:38:08,688 --> 01:38:12,140 Is that what you thought? Is that what they told you? 988 01:38:13,402 --> 01:38:14,812 I don't remember. 989 01:38:15,570 --> 01:38:16,602 No! 990 01:38:18,824 --> 01:38:19,986 No! 991 01:38:22,744 --> 01:38:24,404 It don't help, man. 992 01:38:25,122 --> 01:38:26,497 It don't help. 993 01:38:27,165 --> 01:38:28,909 Don't you know that? 994 01:38:29,626 --> 01:38:31,168 I know now. 995 01:38:43,974 --> 01:38:45,717 It's not your fault. 996 01:38:48,019 --> 01:38:50,890 I know a thousand guys who fix. 997 01:38:51,106 --> 01:38:53,015 Yeah. 998 01:38:57,028 --> 01:38:58,309 A thousand, easy. 999 01:39:09,624 --> 01:39:11,747 MAN 1: I've seen better-looking heads on a boil. 1000 01:39:11,960 --> 01:39:14,202 MAN 2: What about that thing? I won't tease you. 1001 01:39:14,379 --> 01:39:16,039 You got some of that, didn't you? 1002 01:39:16,214 --> 01:39:17,590 Hey, Red. 1003 01:39:24,556 --> 01:39:28,388 I sounded better than that. They loved me. I got bookings. 1004 01:39:28,685 --> 01:39:31,639 Never had this much money coming back from a tour. 1005 01:39:31,855 --> 01:39:34,690 - How much money? - We must have $7500 between us. 1006 01:39:34,900 --> 01:39:36,394 - You got more than me. - What? 1007 01:39:36,568 --> 01:39:39,273 Eighty-five. We had a cut on admissions over 500. 1008 01:39:39,488 --> 01:39:41,231 And we went over four times. 1009 01:39:41,448 --> 01:39:43,322 That's your money, Bird. 1010 01:39:43,533 --> 01:39:46,867 - No, I'm splitting it five ways. MAN 3: Shit! 1011 01:39:47,078 --> 01:39:49,700 That's what I'm talking about! You gonna split that? 1012 01:39:50,207 --> 01:39:52,662 Don't go signifying that way. 1013 01:39:53,543 --> 01:39:56,248 It's about time this band got organized. 1014 01:39:57,422 --> 01:39:58,585 Thank you. 1015 01:39:59,007 --> 01:40:01,249 That's not so hard, is it, John? 1016 01:40:02,469 --> 01:40:04,794 Man, it's good to be home. 1017 01:41:08,827 --> 01:41:10,618 Don't bother me now, I'm flipped. 1018 01:42:10,013 --> 01:42:14,260 Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for the man of the century. 1019 01:42:20,440 --> 01:42:21,899 Look, Nica made it. 1020 01:42:23,943 --> 01:42:26,399 Don't you know about her? She's a baroness. 1021 01:42:26,613 --> 01:42:30,029 She's got a thing for jazz musicians, but it isn't sexual. 1022 01:42:30,200 --> 01:42:31,231 I should hope not. 1023 01:42:31,451 --> 01:42:34,571 Billy here, he's a jazz musician. Would you fuck him? 1024 01:42:39,918 --> 01:42:42,669 You were an absolute gas, as usual. 1025 01:42:42,879 --> 01:42:44,919 My name's Nica. 1026 01:42:45,632 --> 01:42:47,790 - Delighted. Hello, Nica. 1027 01:42:52,305 --> 01:42:54,132 What do you think about Bird? 1028 01:42:56,184 --> 01:42:58,971 I live at the corner of 40th and 3rd. 1029 01:42:59,187 --> 01:43:01,512 But originally I'm from Philly. You been there? 1030 01:43:01,731 --> 01:43:03,012 Yes, I have. 1031 01:43:07,112 --> 01:43:08,392 Scotch and milk. 1032 01:43:08,613 --> 01:43:10,273 I'll catch up with you later. 1033 01:43:10,448 --> 01:43:11,907 Sure. I'll see you then. 1034 01:43:13,868 --> 01:43:16,359 Yeah, best three weeks we ever had. 1035 01:43:18,915 --> 01:43:20,742 Yeah. 1036 01:43:21,418 --> 01:43:24,288 You notice anything different these last three weeks? 1037 01:43:24,963 --> 01:43:27,632 You're drinking more than I've ever seen you. 1038 01:43:28,508 --> 01:43:30,216 Yeah, but do you know why? 1039 01:43:31,302 --> 01:43:32,797 I can guess. 1040 01:43:33,304 --> 01:43:34,882 You're trying to kick. 1041 01:43:36,349 --> 01:43:37,630 I'm not trying. 1042 01:43:37,851 --> 01:43:40,009 I've been on for 15 years. 1043 01:43:40,228 --> 01:43:43,264 Now, if I can kick, then you can kick. 1044 01:43:44,566 --> 01:43:47,769 I hear you, and I appreciate what you're getting at. 1045 01:43:50,780 --> 01:43:54,030 Red Rodney, the next Charlie Parker. 1046 01:43:56,453 --> 01:43:59,240 It's not your fault. Nobody blames you. 1047 01:44:02,584 --> 01:44:04,410 You expect to see 40? 1048 01:44:05,086 --> 01:44:10,293 Bird, I'm in the wrong frame of mind for questions like that. 1049 01:44:12,802 --> 01:44:16,254 Hey. You expect to see 40? 1050 01:44:25,356 --> 01:44:27,016 I'm different. 1051 01:44:49,506 --> 01:44:50,537 Hi, Red. 1052 01:44:51,674 --> 01:44:52,706 Shit. 1053 01:45:12,403 --> 01:45:15,404 How's the boss? Better than ever. 1054 01:45:16,658 --> 01:45:18,781 That ain't my kind of music. 1055 01:45:20,161 --> 01:45:22,070 Roll up your sleeves. 1056 01:45:24,165 --> 01:45:25,873 Ow! 1057 01:45:26,042 --> 01:45:27,584 You'll find marks there. 1058 01:45:27,794 --> 01:45:31,329 That's internal possession. No such thing in this state. 1059 01:45:31,548 --> 01:45:35,925 That you can argue with the magistrate. In the meantime, I got to do my job. 1060 01:45:36,135 --> 01:45:37,416 Let's take him in. 1061 01:45:38,555 --> 01:45:40,547 Why do you go through this every time? 1062 01:45:41,224 --> 01:45:42,683 What do you mean? 1063 01:45:42,892 --> 01:45:45,348 What are you suggesting? You got something to suggest? 1064 01:45:46,437 --> 01:45:49,107 It was 50 bucks last time. You were out of work. 1065 01:45:49,691 --> 01:45:52,561 Now you're with the king of bebop, and you just got paid. 1066 01:45:52,735 --> 01:45:55,440 What? How do you know I was just paid? 1067 01:45:55,780 --> 01:45:59,066 How many people are in on this, you son of a bitch? 1068 01:46:07,584 --> 01:46:11,795 I wouldn't expect that of a nice Jewish boy. That's more your style. 1069 01:46:12,297 --> 01:46:13,791 What's he looking at, Bernie? 1070 01:46:14,382 --> 01:46:17,798 It's federal. That means at least a year. 1071 01:46:18,761 --> 01:46:21,087 Now, there's several possibilities. 1072 01:46:21,306 --> 01:46:23,547 Think about a different horn for a change. 1073 01:46:23,766 --> 01:46:24,929 Maybe a trombone. 1074 01:46:27,604 --> 01:46:29,643 There's another possibility. 1075 01:46:29,814 --> 01:46:32,732 Like maybe a quintet isn't the way to go right now. 1076 01:49:51,766 --> 01:49:53,842 That was lovely. Thank you very much. 1077 01:49:54,352 --> 01:49:57,436 Smooth as butter and sweet as a little sister's ass. 1078 01:49:57,647 --> 01:49:59,474 You're still the greatest, man. 1079 01:50:00,900 --> 01:50:02,063 Been away too long. 1080 01:50:02,276 --> 01:50:05,776 Hey, Yard, what about that chick you used to run with? Chan? 1081 01:50:10,868 --> 01:50:14,154 She's the mother of three lovely children. 1082 01:50:53,327 --> 01:50:56,162 We're a sandwich, Daddy. 1083 01:50:56,581 --> 01:50:57,991 Are you gonna eat us up? 1084 01:50:58,207 --> 01:51:00,698 Bird doesn't eat sweets, my love. 1085 01:51:01,919 --> 01:51:03,117 You know... 1086 01:51:05,256 --> 01:51:06,964 ...if I do another strings album... 1087 01:51:07,175 --> 01:51:10,294 ...I'm gonna see if I can get Mario to do the vocal. 1088 01:51:11,095 --> 01:51:14,262 - Bird. - What? 1089 01:51:16,225 --> 01:51:18,597 Let's go say hello to Pree. 1090 01:51:49,091 --> 01:51:50,467 Is she any better today? 1091 01:51:51,636 --> 01:51:54,305 She went to the radio and turned it on by herself. 1092 01:51:55,681 --> 01:51:58,718 She went to the radio? Did she walk to the radio? 1093 01:51:58,935 --> 01:52:02,138 Kim and Baird's tunes were on the radio. Write one for Pree. 1094 01:52:02,355 --> 01:52:03,897 Did she walk to the radio? 1095 01:52:04,106 --> 01:52:07,558 If she walked, I would've run to the studio and shouted it out. 1096 01:52:14,325 --> 01:52:16,318 How's she doing on keeping her food down? 1097 01:52:16,494 --> 01:52:18,570 I won't read you a medical report. 1098 01:52:18,913 --> 01:52:20,989 I'm reminding you you have a daughter. 1099 01:52:21,165 --> 01:52:24,166 Mrs. Parker, you're being very salty this evening. 1100 01:52:29,131 --> 01:52:30,626 Should I kiss her? 1101 01:52:31,676 --> 01:52:33,004 Should you kiss her? 1102 01:52:33,928 --> 01:52:37,712 I meant that if I kiss her and she wakes up before she needs to... 1103 01:52:37,932 --> 01:52:40,684 ...then that's more trouble for you. That's all I'm saying. 1104 01:52:41,852 --> 01:52:43,181 I know. 1105 01:52:45,356 --> 01:52:47,395 No, don't wake her up. 1106 01:52:48,025 --> 01:52:49,354 You should kiss me. 1107 01:52:54,532 --> 01:52:56,820 We're packing in the magic violins for a while. 1108 01:52:57,034 --> 01:52:59,905 Gonna play me a couple of weeks in Me-land. 1109 01:53:00,121 --> 01:53:03,537 I'll hire Billy McNabb. I'm sure you'd like to see him. 1110 01:53:03,708 --> 01:53:04,787 Testing me. 1111 01:53:07,253 --> 01:53:08,628 I gotta go sign contracts. 1112 01:53:08,838 --> 01:53:10,795 That's great. 1113 01:53:21,392 --> 01:53:24,393 MRS. BERG: Nobody signs contracts at 7 at night. 1114 01:53:25,146 --> 01:53:26,556 I know! 1115 01:53:32,236 --> 01:53:35,023 I shouldn't have asked him to go in there, that's all. 1116 01:53:42,913 --> 01:53:44,871 Hey, look who's uptown. 1117 01:53:51,672 --> 01:53:53,629 You know where I can get me some stuff? 1118 01:54:28,793 --> 01:54:30,417 Mr. Parker... 1119 01:54:31,462 --> 01:54:35,162 ...if you ever have the urge to stick a needle in your arm again... 1120 01:54:35,383 --> 01:54:37,920 ...take your horn out into the woods and blow. 1121 01:54:38,594 --> 01:54:40,385 Three months suspended sentence. 1122 01:54:40,554 --> 01:54:41,586 Your Honor... 1123 01:54:42,181 --> 01:54:45,384 ...a conviction would mean the loss of my cabaret card. 1124 01:54:45,601 --> 01:54:49,813 The woods would be the only place I can play, at least in this city. 1125 01:54:50,231 --> 01:54:51,891 You have the right to appeal. 1126 01:54:53,317 --> 01:54:56,318 Sir, I have a 2-year-old daughter... 1127 01:54:56,487 --> 01:54:59,322 ...who needs medical attention several times a week. 1128 01:55:01,325 --> 01:55:02,570 Is it possible... 1129 01:55:02,785 --> 01:55:06,450 ...that you could put me in jail... 1130 01:55:06,747 --> 01:55:09,155 ...and let me pay my debt to society... 1131 01:55:09,375 --> 01:55:12,660 ...and then reinstate my cabaret card, sir? 1132 01:55:13,045 --> 01:55:15,168 That's not the way it works, Mr. Parker. 1133 01:55:15,923 --> 01:55:18,379 - But all I'm- - Thank you, Your Honor. 1134 01:55:19,969 --> 01:55:21,344 Thanks, Bernie. 1135 01:55:22,972 --> 01:55:24,003 Cool. 1136 01:55:24,390 --> 01:55:25,552 It's cool. 1137 01:55:31,522 --> 01:55:34,558 They won't pay for a group. Just me. 1138 01:55:35,109 --> 01:55:36,271 That's all right. 1139 01:55:36,485 --> 01:55:39,190 There's some decent cats in L.A. these days. 1140 01:55:41,532 --> 01:55:42,695 Don't go. 1141 01:55:43,367 --> 01:55:45,110 Give me a better idea. 1142 01:55:46,704 --> 01:55:49,076 Damn it! All the records you've sold! 1143 01:55:49,290 --> 01:55:52,659 I made them, pudding. Somebody else done sold them. 1144 01:55:58,424 --> 01:56:01,176 You could use a vacation from me. 1145 01:56:03,387 --> 01:56:05,296 Hold this home together. 1146 01:56:05,556 --> 01:56:08,225 We both want to do that, right? 1147 01:56:08,767 --> 01:56:10,641 Oh, Bird. 1148 01:56:14,148 --> 01:56:17,184 You and your George Brent dialogue. 1149 01:56:20,404 --> 01:56:22,147 George Brent, huh? Mm-hm. 1150 01:56:23,574 --> 01:56:25,732 Maybe he'll come into the club one night. 1151 01:56:26,035 --> 01:56:28,193 I got a Gabby Hayes autograph last trip. 1152 01:56:28,412 --> 01:56:30,286 Did he get yours? 1153 01:56:30,498 --> 01:56:31,992 Yeah, sure. 1154 01:56:33,250 --> 01:56:34,448 He says: 1155 01:56:35,878 --> 01:56:37,158 "Yardbird... 1156 01:56:37,379 --> 01:56:40,665 ...I sure as hell am partial to them flatted fifths of yours. 1157 01:56:41,217 --> 01:56:45,594 Play me that there 'Klactoveedsedstene' one more time, partner. 1158 01:56:45,763 --> 01:56:48,468 I tell you, nobody can improvise... 1159 01:56:48,682 --> 01:56:52,632 ...a diminished ninth from the tonic like a full-blooded Negro. " 1160 01:56:57,274 --> 01:56:58,603 Hey, that's my solo. 1161 01:57:02,154 --> 01:57:03,696 He wrote words to that? 1162 01:57:03,906 --> 01:57:05,614 Haven't you heard that? 1163 01:57:06,825 --> 01:57:09,281 - It's crappy. - No, I want to hear it. 1164 01:57:09,453 --> 01:57:10,616 I want to hear it. 1165 01:57:19,338 --> 01:57:21,295 Yeah. 1166 01:57:25,386 --> 01:57:27,295 Chudnick could've used that one. 1167 01:57:28,389 --> 01:57:31,555 It was a great solo and I hate the idea. 1168 01:57:31,809 --> 01:57:33,469 Come on, let me hear this. 1169 01:57:33,978 --> 01:57:36,551 She'd only bring herself down 1170 01:57:38,023 --> 01:57:41,807 So long, everybody 1171 01:57:42,987 --> 01:57:45,904 The time has come and I must leave 1172 01:57:46,115 --> 01:57:49,116 So if I see your smiling face again 1173 01:57:50,494 --> 01:57:54,278 Make a promise you'll remember Like a Christmas day in December 1174 01:57:54,498 --> 01:57:57,665 That I told you all Through thick and thin 1175 01:57:57,918 --> 01:58:01,998 On up until the end Parker's been your friend 1176 01:58:02,756 --> 01:58:04,666 Don't hang your head when you see 1177 01:58:04,842 --> 01:58:09,171 When you see those six pretty horses Pullin ' me 1178 01:58:10,556 --> 01:58:13,343 Put a $20 silver piece On my watch chain 1179 01:58:13,517 --> 01:58:15,011 Look at the smile on my face 1180 01:58:15,227 --> 01:58:18,845 Sing a little song To let the world know I'm really free 1181 01:58:19,607 --> 01:58:24,315 Cry for me 'Cause I'm going to Kansas City 1182 01:58:26,905 --> 01:58:28,448 Got any idea... 1183 01:58:28,657 --> 01:58:31,824 ...how much a $20 silver piece would weigh? 1184 01:58:32,286 --> 01:58:36,995 I didn't hear that. I was thinking about what a great solo it was... 1185 01:58:37,374 --> 01:58:39,248 ...and what this man has done to it. 1186 01:58:39,460 --> 01:58:42,414 - I think it's terrible. - Chan. 1187 01:58:45,799 --> 01:58:48,586 Don't ever let them send me back to Kansas City. 1188 01:58:56,769 --> 01:58:59,556 Bird, look, you got a gig? 1189 01:58:59,855 --> 01:59:01,563 I'm gonna get there. Eventually. 1190 01:59:01,732 --> 01:59:03,392 Eventually. 1191 01:59:03,651 --> 01:59:06,936 They found me this trio to play with. 1192 01:59:07,154 --> 01:59:11,152 They're more scared of me than the owner and they're shit-scared of him. 1193 01:59:14,536 --> 01:59:17,454 I'll get to the job, Birks. I'll get to the job. 1194 01:59:17,665 --> 01:59:19,657 I always get to the job. 1195 01:59:19,875 --> 01:59:21,417 So I'm late, so what? 1196 01:59:21,960 --> 01:59:23,870 So I'll play a couple extra hours. 1197 01:59:24,129 --> 01:59:25,956 We'll have a taste... 1198 01:59:26,173 --> 01:59:29,589 ...and then I'll find me a lady, then I'll get to the job. 1199 01:59:29,760 --> 01:59:31,040 Cheers. 1200 01:59:34,598 --> 01:59:36,176 What's the matter? 1201 01:59:38,769 --> 01:59:40,263 Ain't it a bitch? 1202 01:59:42,481 --> 01:59:46,526 I go to a liver doctor and I pay him $50. 1203 01:59:46,819 --> 01:59:48,443 And it don't help me. 1204 01:59:48,904 --> 01:59:50,446 I go to an ulcer doctor... 1205 01:59:50,614 --> 01:59:52,939 ...same thing, except I pay him 75. 1206 01:59:53,450 --> 01:59:57,318 But I go to some little cat up in a house somewhere and pay him $10... 1207 01:59:57,538 --> 01:59:59,779 ...for a bag of shit and a little peace... 1208 02:00:00,290 --> 02:00:02,413 ...my ulcers don't hurt, liver don't hurt. 1209 02:00:02,710 --> 02:00:05,117 My heart trouble is gone. 1210 02:00:05,421 --> 02:00:09,288 And this is the man I'm supposed to stay away from? 1211 02:00:14,138 --> 02:00:17,922 Mr. Gillespie, my comrade in arms... 1212 02:00:18,600 --> 02:00:19,976 ...that is what I call... 1213 02:00:20,394 --> 02:00:21,805 ...a paradox. 1214 02:00:56,388 --> 02:00:57,633 Give her to me. 1215 02:01:14,865 --> 02:01:19,028 I have an important question that can't wait. Is she baptized? 1216 02:01:27,628 --> 02:01:29,371 Birks. 1217 02:01:30,881 --> 02:01:34,001 It's just you and me and the water. Just tell me the secret. 1218 02:01:34,218 --> 02:01:36,969 I'm not having an easy time talking to you tonight. 1219 02:01:37,179 --> 02:01:39,717 Don't talk, just tell me the secret. 1220 02:01:39,890 --> 02:01:41,514 What secret? 1221 02:01:41,892 --> 02:01:45,676 I know my own secrets, just like you know yours. 1222 02:01:46,814 --> 02:01:48,356 What you're really asking is... 1223 02:01:48,565 --> 02:01:52,314 ...how come when I'm supposed to hit at 9:30, I hit at 9:30? 1224 02:01:54,029 --> 02:01:57,065 How can I land on a cat I love as much as I love you... 1225 02:01:57,282 --> 02:02:00,402 ...and then fire his ass for showing up late or stoned? 1226 02:02:01,286 --> 02:02:04,904 Why I can hold a group together? Why I'm a leader? 1227 02:02:05,499 --> 02:02:07,408 That's what I'm asking. 1228 02:02:08,335 --> 02:02:11,087 Because they don't expect me to be. 1229 02:02:11,630 --> 02:02:15,924 Because, deep down, they like it if the nigger turns out unreliable. 1230 02:02:16,760 --> 02:02:19,796 Because that's the way they think it's supposed to be. 1231 02:02:20,013 --> 02:02:23,382 And because I won't give them the satisfaction of being right. 1232 02:02:26,270 --> 02:02:27,894 Here we are. 1233 02:02:28,355 --> 02:02:29,849 Brothers. 1234 02:02:30,941 --> 02:02:33,562 I'm a reformer, you trying to be a martyr. 1235 02:02:37,614 --> 02:02:40,615 They always remember the martyrs longer. 1236 02:02:44,830 --> 02:02:47,997 They gonna talk about you when you're dead, Bird. 1237 02:02:49,668 --> 02:02:51,661 More than they do now. 1238 02:02:52,421 --> 02:02:55,291 They gonna shovel you under like they love to do. 1239 02:02:55,465 --> 02:02:57,707 They gonna talk about you. 1240 02:02:59,845 --> 02:03:01,422 My secret. 1241 02:03:02,931 --> 02:03:06,051 My secret is, if they kill me... 1242 02:03:06,310 --> 02:03:08,801 ...it won't be because I helped them. 1243 02:03:54,399 --> 02:03:57,519 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your patience. 1244 02:03:57,694 --> 02:04:01,478 And once again, please accept my heartfelt apologies... 1245 02:04:01,698 --> 02:04:04,403 ...for being unavoidably detained. 1246 02:04:04,618 --> 02:04:08,532 Right now, we'll take a short break and we will be back shortly. 1247 02:04:24,471 --> 02:04:26,962 You got a message. Call home. 1248 02:04:31,603 --> 02:04:35,268 Telegram to Mrs. Chan Parker... 1249 02:04:36,191 --> 02:04:41,102 ...151 Avenue B, New York City. 1250 02:04:43,782 --> 02:04:45,407 My darling... 1251 02:04:47,077 --> 02:04:50,244 ...the news of our daughter's death... 1252 02:04:50,414 --> 02:04:53,284 ...surprised me more than it did you. 1253 02:04:54,918 --> 02:04:59,580 Do not fulfill funeral proceedings until I get there. 1254 02:04:59,798 --> 02:05:04,756 I shall be the first one to walk with you into the chapel. 1255 02:05:07,931 --> 02:05:11,549 Forgive me for not being... 1256 02:05:11,852 --> 02:05:13,844 ...in the hospital with you. 1257 02:05:14,521 --> 02:05:16,846 Yours most sincerely... 1258 02:05:17,691 --> 02:05:19,102 ...your husband... 1259 02:05:22,154 --> 02:05:23,778 ...Charlie Parker. 1260 02:05:42,299 --> 02:05:43,923 Western Union? 1261 02:05:45,886 --> 02:05:49,052 Telegram to Mrs. Chan Parker... 1262 02:05:49,973 --> 02:05:52,594 ...151 Avenue B, New York City. 1263 02:05:55,645 --> 02:05:56,926 Chan... 1264 02:05:58,815 --> 02:06:01,602 ...for God's sake, hold on to yourself. 1265 02:06:04,404 --> 02:06:05,815 Charlie Parker. 1266 02:06:27,844 --> 02:06:29,504 Western Union? 1267 02:06:31,932 --> 02:06:36,677 Telegram to Mrs. Chan Parker... 1268 02:06:37,229 --> 02:06:40,016 ...151 Avenue B, New York City. 1269 02:06:45,195 --> 02:06:46,654 Chan... 1270 02:06:49,491 --> 02:06:51,033 ...comma... 1271 02:06:55,122 --> 02:06:56,201 ...help. 1272 02:06:59,835 --> 02:07:01,210 Period. 1273 02:07:05,632 --> 02:07:07,541 Charlie Parker. 1274 02:07:43,587 --> 02:07:46,338 This is a telegram... 1275 02:07:47,215 --> 02:07:50,300 ...to Mrs. Chan Parker... 1276 02:07:52,179 --> 02:07:56,639 ...151 Avenue B, New York. 1277 02:07:59,102 --> 02:08:01,225 My daughter's dead. 1278 02:08:02,522 --> 02:08:03,851 I know it. 1279 02:08:05,400 --> 02:08:07,393 I'll be there right away. 1280 02:08:09,321 --> 02:08:11,064 My name is Bird. 1281 02:08:14,618 --> 02:08:16,610 It's very nice out here. 1282 02:08:18,205 --> 02:08:23,116 People have been very nice to me out here. 1283 02:08:25,587 --> 02:08:27,496 I'll be there right away. 1284 02:08:36,723 --> 02:08:38,466 Take it easy. 1285 02:08:41,311 --> 02:08:45,772 Let me be the first one to approach you. 1286 02:08:48,318 --> 02:08:50,145 I'm your husband. 1287 02:08:52,906 --> 02:08:54,566 Sincerely... 1288 02:08:56,743 --> 02:08:58,237 ...Charlie... 1289 02:09:00,872 --> 02:09:02,414 ...Parker. 1290 02:09:14,594 --> 02:09:16,587 Case number 1540. 1291 02:09:16,763 --> 02:09:19,135 Patient admitted to psychiatric at request of wife... 1292 02:09:19,349 --> 02:09:22,303 ...following suicide attempt by ingestion of iodine. 1293 02:09:22,519 --> 02:09:25,520 Time: 5 a. m., September 1, 1954. 1294 02:09:25,689 --> 02:09:28,690 Patient has a past history of nervous breakdown... 1295 02:09:28,858 --> 02:09:32,642 ...for which he was hospitalized in California for eight months. 1296 02:09:32,862 --> 02:09:35,104 The wife says this was related to depression... 1297 02:09:35,323 --> 02:09:36,865 ...over their daughter's death... 1298 02:09:37,075 --> 02:09:40,242 ...and also by reverses in, quote, "his career"... 1299 02:09:40,453 --> 02:09:42,031 ...end of quote. 1300 02:09:47,335 --> 02:09:49,127 Can't sleep either, huh? 1301 02:09:50,338 --> 02:09:53,588 Yeah, I'm giving up all my bad habits. 1302 02:09:57,262 --> 02:09:59,385 So, what do you think of this... 1303 02:09:59,597 --> 02:10:00,973 ...Chummy Morello? 1304 02:10:01,182 --> 02:10:05,097 He wants me to tour with him and some singers. 1305 02:10:06,980 --> 02:10:08,391 Chummy Morello. 1306 02:10:12,235 --> 02:10:14,560 - Violet Welles. - Who? 1307 02:10:15,238 --> 02:10:18,405 No, no. See, you don't know her. You're too young. 1308 02:10:18,616 --> 02:10:21,024 She's probably dead by now. 1309 02:10:21,244 --> 02:10:22,572 But Violet... 1310 02:10:27,500 --> 02:10:31,035 "The vibrant Violet of song," they billed her at the Apollo. 1311 02:10:35,133 --> 02:10:38,383 This is the chick I was playing behind when I found my style. 1312 02:10:39,095 --> 02:10:42,381 I was just backing her up. I didn't even have a regular gig. 1313 02:10:42,599 --> 02:10:46,762 I was just washing dishes and jamming after hours. 1314 02:10:51,483 --> 02:10:53,522 Of course that's before I became... 1315 02:10:53,735 --> 02:10:58,148 ...the titanic commercial success that you see sitting before you. 1316 02:10:58,365 --> 02:11:01,152 That's before I captured the fancy... 1317 02:11:01,368 --> 02:11:03,693 ...of the adoring public. 1318 02:11:04,162 --> 02:11:05,490 Yeah. 1319 02:11:06,956 --> 02:11:10,076 But I started playing these little... 1320 02:11:11,086 --> 02:11:13,659 These figures behind her, see? 1321 02:11:15,298 --> 02:11:17,291 And they fit with the song... 1322 02:11:17,509 --> 02:11:20,878 ...but it was like going inside the melody. 1323 02:11:22,138 --> 02:11:24,427 And she says, right on the stage... 1324 02:11:24,641 --> 02:11:26,052 ...she says: 1325 02:11:26,351 --> 02:11:27,382 "Nigger... " 1326 02:11:27,602 --> 02:11:31,469 - -don't be playing that shit behind me while I'm trying to sing. 1327 02:11:36,986 --> 02:11:39,691 After that, a little later on... 1328 02:11:40,031 --> 02:11:43,281 ...me and the piano player, we got together... 1329 02:11:43,493 --> 02:11:45,486 ...and we were working on "Cherokee. " 1330 02:11:46,246 --> 02:11:49,828 Now, this was a song that I had played 10,000 times... 1331 02:11:49,999 --> 02:11:51,659 ...and I was sick of this song. 1332 02:11:52,210 --> 02:11:54,333 But I found this new way... 1333 02:11:54,671 --> 02:11:58,668 ...of extending the chord changes... 1334 02:11:58,842 --> 02:12:02,507 ...so it was like a whole new song. 1335 02:12:03,054 --> 02:12:04,383 And it still fit. 1336 02:12:04,848 --> 02:12:09,260 I've been trying to do this since they gonged me off the Reno Club. 1337 02:12:09,727 --> 02:12:11,387 The bridge of "Cherokee. " 1338 02:12:11,688 --> 02:12:14,226 That's the bridge I crossed... 1339 02:12:14,441 --> 02:12:17,276 ...two days before Christmas... 1340 02:12:17,485 --> 02:12:19,893 ...1939. 1341 02:12:23,283 --> 02:12:24,991 What a Christmas present. 1342 02:12:28,204 --> 02:12:30,991 Anyway- And that's why you're sitting there... 1343 02:12:32,125 --> 02:12:33,868 ...listening to me... 1344 02:12:34,085 --> 02:12:39,043 ...instead of being Red Hot Rodney from Gene Krupa's band. 1345 02:12:42,886 --> 02:12:46,052 So what you think about Chummy Morello? 1346 02:12:46,389 --> 02:12:49,141 I figure a good 16-week tour... 1347 02:12:49,934 --> 02:12:51,891 ...I could pay a lot of bills. 1348 02:12:53,062 --> 02:12:56,681 - Jesus, what are we talking about? - What are you doing? 1349 02:12:57,317 --> 02:13:00,021 I'm talking about a musician making a living. 1350 02:13:00,236 --> 02:13:01,695 That's what I'm talking about. 1351 02:13:02,197 --> 02:13:04,901 Look, don't cry for me. 1352 02:13:05,200 --> 02:13:07,073 You can kick me in the ass- 1353 02:13:08,161 --> 02:13:09,240 Come on. 1354 02:13:11,164 --> 02:13:14,200 Kick me in the ass. Kick me in the ass! 1355 02:13:14,417 --> 02:13:15,828 Kick me in the ass! 1356 02:13:22,342 --> 02:13:25,011 You're so fucking dramatic all the time. 1357 02:13:25,929 --> 02:13:27,755 You ought to go into show business. 1358 02:13:30,600 --> 02:13:32,260 Violet Welles. 1359 02:13:53,873 --> 02:13:55,202 Chan. 1360 02:13:57,710 --> 02:14:00,462 What's wrong? What are the police doing here? 1361 02:14:00,630 --> 02:14:01,958 You okay? 1362 02:14:03,091 --> 02:14:07,836 During the night, somebody came in and took some clothes, suitcases. 1363 02:14:08,054 --> 02:14:10,379 - Kids? - They're good, good. 1364 02:14:10,974 --> 02:14:12,966 I was just thinking... 1365 02:14:13,184 --> 02:14:15,640 ...what if we got out of New York for a while? 1366 02:14:17,605 --> 02:14:19,645 My mom's got a house she can't rent. 1367 02:14:20,066 --> 02:14:22,735 It'll cost us close to nothing... 1368 02:14:22,944 --> 02:14:25,186 ...and it's not far from Westchester. 1369 02:14:41,170 --> 02:14:43,958 Junkies dream their lives away... 1370 02:14:44,340 --> 02:14:49,002 ...just thinking about living in places like this. 1371 02:14:50,638 --> 02:14:53,639 What was I thinking about, pudding? 1372 02:14:54,726 --> 02:14:55,840 What? 1373 02:14:56,853 --> 02:14:58,133 Music? 1374 02:14:59,689 --> 02:15:01,017 What is this? 1375 02:15:01,608 --> 02:15:02,639 Bach? 1376 02:15:09,449 --> 02:15:11,690 "Sheep May Safely Graze. " 1377 02:15:14,412 --> 02:15:16,535 Did you get my prescription filled? 1378 02:15:17,040 --> 02:15:18,498 Yes. 1379 02:15:22,128 --> 02:15:23,753 Ha! 1380 02:15:24,881 --> 02:15:28,332 Morello, he says he's going out of town for a month. 1381 02:15:28,551 --> 02:15:30,129 And he wonders... 1382 02:15:30,345 --> 02:15:33,678 ...if I might get together with him... 1383 02:15:33,890 --> 02:15:38,219 ...bring my ax, maybe go over a few tunes. 1384 02:15:38,478 --> 02:15:40,055 A few ideas. 1385 02:15:40,897 --> 02:15:42,474 Bring my ax. 1386 02:15:43,650 --> 02:15:47,184 You see that? You see that? He wants to audition me. 1387 02:15:48,029 --> 02:15:49,820 I don't believe that. 1388 02:15:51,407 --> 02:15:55,275 He wants to see if I can hold it and stand up at the same time. 1389 02:15:55,578 --> 02:15:57,535 I couldn't yesterday. 1390 02:15:58,581 --> 02:16:00,823 I might not be able to today. 1391 02:16:21,437 --> 02:16:25,684 You know, if you took the train, you could sleep longer. 1392 02:16:26,901 --> 02:16:30,270 Well, Bernie said something about a gig in Boston. 1393 02:16:30,488 --> 02:16:33,738 And they don't pay my airfare these days. 1394 02:16:39,622 --> 02:16:41,116 I'm rested. 1395 02:16:44,711 --> 02:16:45,742 Gotta go. 1396 02:17:38,765 --> 02:17:40,971 Girls! Girls! Girls! 1397 02:17:41,976 --> 02:17:44,134 One show- Hi, Birdy. 1398 02:17:45,146 --> 02:17:48,645 What happened here? All the clubs turned into strip joints. 1399 02:17:48,858 --> 02:17:52,986 You think this is bad, you should see what's going on at Paramount. 1400 02:17:54,363 --> 02:17:55,526 Paramount? 1401 02:17:56,032 --> 02:17:58,605 That's a movie and a stage show, like always. 1402 02:17:58,826 --> 02:18:01,364 Not like always. Never again. 1403 02:18:07,251 --> 02:18:09,742 Girls! Girls! Girls! 1404 02:18:09,962 --> 02:18:13,581 Come on and see the lovely Suzette! 1405 02:19:17,029 --> 02:19:18,440 Bird, what's going on? 1406 02:19:19,282 --> 02:19:22,069 When did Buster start playing rhythm and blues? 1407 02:19:22,285 --> 02:19:24,692 Ain't no such thing as rhythm and blues. 1408 02:19:24,912 --> 02:19:27,997 DJs don't like to call it that. This is rock 'n' roll. 1409 02:19:28,207 --> 02:19:30,829 Music of today. Yeah! Go! 1410 02:19:31,043 --> 02:19:34,958 It don't fit. All this off of playing in B-flat? 1411 02:19:35,214 --> 02:19:37,919 You figure it out. B flat tonight, F sharp tomorrow. 1412 02:19:38,467 --> 02:19:39,630 Twelve notes in the scale. 1413 02:19:39,844 --> 02:19:43,379 Buster's got 12 different shows without repeating once. 1414 02:19:45,099 --> 02:19:46,641 It don't fit. 1415 02:20:11,751 --> 02:20:15,120 All right, let's hear it for Buster Franklin! 1416 02:20:30,311 --> 02:20:32,553 Everybody, everybody- 1417 02:20:41,948 --> 02:20:43,525 All right, here you go. 1418 02:20:54,502 --> 02:20:55,782 Give me that. 1419 02:21:12,019 --> 02:21:14,059 Chan said he was driving down. 1420 02:21:14,230 --> 02:21:17,065 - Could be he got stuck in- - Traffic. 1421 02:21:17,984 --> 02:21:19,264 Sure. 1422 02:21:38,796 --> 02:21:42,746 I don't want to hurt you, but I will. Now let go! Let go! 1423 02:21:43,592 --> 02:21:47,424 Everybody said you flipped out. What are you, a goddamn thief? 1424 02:21:47,888 --> 02:21:51,886 I just wanted to see if it could play more than one note at a time. 1425 02:21:52,309 --> 02:21:53,472 What? 1426 02:21:53,728 --> 02:21:55,103 You want money? 1427 02:21:56,063 --> 02:21:57,392 Never mind. 1428 02:21:57,940 --> 02:21:59,897 Never you mind. 1429 02:22:06,157 --> 02:22:07,948 Come on, come on. 1430 02:22:31,432 --> 02:22:33,175 Damnedest thing. 1431 02:22:34,560 --> 02:22:36,303 The damnedest thing! 1432 02:22:37,229 --> 02:22:40,433 I couldn't remember where I parked my car. 1433 02:22:40,983 --> 02:22:43,556 And my horn is in the back of the car. 1434 02:22:43,778 --> 02:22:48,404 I'd have called you, but I couldn't remember the number. I couldn't. 1435 02:22:49,116 --> 02:22:52,699 Storyville in Boston, three nights starting tomorrow. 1436 02:22:52,912 --> 02:22:56,328 House band, 400 bucks. 1437 02:22:57,416 --> 02:22:59,658 - What did he say? - What do you think? 1438 02:23:00,836 --> 02:23:02,912 "Get me somebody half as good who shows up. " 1439 02:23:03,214 --> 02:23:04,672 I showed up. 1440 02:23:06,801 --> 02:23:08,674 Yeah, you always do. 1441 02:23:08,886 --> 02:23:10,084 Eventually. 1442 02:23:13,140 --> 02:23:19,642 Bernie, this is the studio where we recorded the Metronome All-Star day. 1443 02:23:19,855 --> 02:23:21,515 - You remember? - Yeah. 1444 02:23:22,817 --> 02:23:25,438 The trumpet section was... 1445 02:23:26,445 --> 02:23:27,476 ...Dizzy... 1446 02:23:28,030 --> 02:23:29,441 ...Miles... 1447 02:23:29,740 --> 02:23:30,819 ...Fats. 1448 02:23:33,452 --> 02:23:35,030 Poor Fats. 1449 02:23:35,454 --> 02:23:39,037 You know, he wasn't in good health. 1450 02:23:39,542 --> 02:23:41,499 He died right after that. 1451 02:23:44,755 --> 02:23:47,044 When you didn't show up, I called Chan. 1452 02:23:48,217 --> 02:23:52,262 She was worried. Maybe you ought to give her a ring. 1453 02:23:55,182 --> 02:23:56,641 Storyville? 1454 02:23:57,476 --> 02:24:00,394 Storyville. Copley Square. 1455 02:24:00,563 --> 02:24:02,888 Boston. Massachusetts. 1456 02:24:03,107 --> 02:24:04,305 Earth! 1457 02:24:45,274 --> 02:24:49,770 - Operator. - Operator? Operator? 1458 02:24:52,031 --> 02:24:54,189 This is a collect call. 1459 02:24:59,413 --> 02:25:01,869 - Hello? - Collect call from Charlie Parker. 1460 02:25:02,041 --> 02:25:03,369 Will you accept? 1461 02:25:03,584 --> 02:25:05,458 Yes, I will. 1462 02:25:05,961 --> 02:25:07,076 Hello? 1463 02:25:07,880 --> 02:25:09,872 Hello, pudding? 1464 02:25:12,259 --> 02:25:14,252 Pudding, are you there? 1465 02:25:16,472 --> 02:25:17,883 Are you there? 1466 02:25:18,098 --> 02:25:19,972 Oh, my God. 1467 02:25:21,143 --> 02:25:22,471 I was... 1468 02:25:23,437 --> 02:25:25,975 I just had an awful dream. 1469 02:25:26,690 --> 02:25:30,106 I told you time and again... 1470 02:25:30,319 --> 02:25:34,648 ...to stop indulging so frequently in overly spiced food. 1471 02:25:34,823 --> 02:25:36,650 The spices'll kill you. 1472 02:25:39,203 --> 02:25:43,070 Will you get the hell out of there and come home? 1473 02:25:44,333 --> 02:25:48,544 I can't let my Boston audience down. I can't come home right now. 1474 02:25:48,754 --> 02:25:51,838 You know, I still do have an audience here. 1475 02:25:54,260 --> 02:25:56,169 You didn't ask about Morello. 1476 02:25:58,472 --> 02:26:00,263 Well, that's shop. 1477 02:26:02,393 --> 02:26:04,848 How long is this Boston gig? 1478 02:26:06,563 --> 02:26:10,644 I should be home around Monday. 1479 02:26:14,321 --> 02:26:18,366 You know, you might as well take care of that lawn in the meantime. 1480 02:26:19,910 --> 02:26:21,784 It's like a jungle out there. 1481 02:26:22,955 --> 02:26:24,200 The lawn? 1482 02:26:26,417 --> 02:26:28,575 Oh, yeah, sure. 1483 02:26:28,877 --> 02:26:31,831 And you remind me... 1484 02:26:32,131 --> 02:26:33,708 ...when I get home... 1485 02:26:35,217 --> 02:26:37,091 ...I want to paint that garage. 1486 02:26:37,303 --> 02:26:40,173 You know, if you have a home... 1487 02:26:40,389 --> 02:26:44,552 ...the least that you can do for that home is maintain it. 1488 02:26:49,440 --> 02:26:53,058 Have you got any medication? 1489 02:26:56,864 --> 02:26:58,607 I got everything. 1490 02:27:03,245 --> 02:27:05,736 I hate to hang up. 1491 02:27:09,752 --> 02:27:11,661 You didn't always, you know. 1492 02:27:13,714 --> 02:27:14,829 What? 1493 02:27:15,424 --> 02:27:17,666 You need me to get evil with you? 1494 02:27:19,845 --> 02:27:21,173 Yeah. 1495 02:27:21,847 --> 02:27:23,258 Get evil. 1496 02:27:27,353 --> 02:27:28,515 Goodbye. 1497 02:27:41,700 --> 02:27:44,452 [THUNDER RUMBLES] 1498 02:28:15,401 --> 02:28:18,816 I don't think sitting up is the thing just yet. 1499 02:28:19,780 --> 02:28:21,440 You fainted. 1500 02:28:22,157 --> 02:28:24,992 Very undignified of me. 1501 02:28:25,160 --> 02:28:27,283 Nonsense. 1502 02:28:28,414 --> 02:28:30,869 You're always welcome here. 1503 02:28:32,501 --> 02:28:35,206 No matter what the condition. 1504 02:28:36,505 --> 02:28:41,381 Give me Chan's phone number and I'll ring her up later. 1505 02:28:42,344 --> 02:28:43,589 No. 1506 02:28:44,721 --> 02:28:45,920 Please. 1507 02:28:47,724 --> 02:28:49,349 And no doctor. 1508 02:28:50,436 --> 02:28:53,105 I've already phoned the doctor. 1509 02:28:53,730 --> 02:28:56,684 When was the last time you fainted? 1510 02:28:57,151 --> 02:28:58,645 Don't know. 1511 02:28:59,611 --> 02:29:01,438 Been a while though. 1512 02:29:02,197 --> 02:29:04,190 You should be in a hospital. 1513 02:29:05,534 --> 02:29:09,366 I don't ever want to go back to the hospital again, doc. 1514 02:29:12,207 --> 02:29:13,701 You drink a good deal? 1515 02:29:16,503 --> 02:29:19,789 Sometimes I have a little sherry before dinner. 1516 02:29:25,471 --> 02:29:28,140 He should be in the emergency room, not here. 1517 02:29:28,348 --> 02:29:30,388 Tell me it'd help him and I'll take him. 1518 02:29:30,601 --> 02:29:34,349 Help him? He's got a history of advanced cirrhosis... 1519 02:29:34,563 --> 02:29:37,350 ...perforated ulcers, insult to the heart... 1520 02:29:37,566 --> 02:29:40,567 ...and I'm fairly sure he's bleeding internally. 1521 02:29:43,864 --> 02:29:46,236 It's you I'm trying to help, Nica. 1522 02:29:47,242 --> 02:29:49,069 I'll phone you if there's a change. 1523 02:29:49,244 --> 02:29:50,869 There won't be. 1524 02:29:51,747 --> 02:29:52,992 Good night. 1525 02:30:06,720 --> 02:30:08,547 You've drunk it all. 1526 02:30:10,766 --> 02:30:13,802 That's what I call a prodigious thirst. 1527 02:30:14,102 --> 02:30:15,478 Prodigious. 1528 02:30:16,647 --> 02:30:18,022 That's nice. 1529 02:31:55,162 --> 02:31:57,700 What do you think about Yardbird? 1530 02:32:05,297 --> 02:32:06,376 I'm not mad. 1531 02:32:20,103 --> 02:32:21,348 That's you, man. 1532 02:32:25,359 --> 02:32:27,398 Hi, I'm Chan Richardson. 1533 02:33:33,176 --> 02:33:36,296 Has Mildred come in yet? I can't reach her at home. 1534 02:33:36,638 --> 02:33:40,173 When she does, tell her to phone me immediately. 1535 02:33:40,809 --> 02:33:44,593 And tell her I need to reach Chan right away. 1536 02:33:48,108 --> 02:33:50,065 I'll fill you in later. 1537 02:34:01,371 --> 02:34:05,499 Barbara, I got another one after this so get down the preliminary... 1538 02:34:05,709 --> 02:34:07,951 ...I'll give you the full report tomorrow. 1539 02:34:08,170 --> 02:34:10,743 Charles Christopher Parker, Jr. 1540 02:34:11,089 --> 02:34:13,663 Preliminary diagnosis: heart attack. 1541 02:34:14,009 --> 02:34:16,167 Stocky, male, Negro... 1542 02:34:16,386 --> 02:34:19,340 ...approximately 65 years of age. 1543 02:34:20,557 --> 02:34:22,265 He was 34. 1544 02:34:25,265 --> 02:34:29,265 Preuzeto sa www.titlovi.com 113050

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