1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:10,068 --> 00:00:12,344 [calm Oriental music] 4 00:00:23,793 --> 00:00:25,655 - Hoo, hoo, hoo! 5 00:00:25,655 --> 00:00:26,137 Kyah! 6 00:00:31,655 --> 00:00:33,758 [gong resounding] 7 00:00:35,172 --> 00:00:35,655 - Hi. 8 00:00:38,068 --> 00:00:39,241 I'm documentary filmmaker Richard Orchid. 9 00:00:42,034 --> 00:00:45,689 During the late 1980s, one creative force in Hollywood 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,965 changed the way people saw action. 11 00:00:49,965 --> 00:00:51,137 Especially martial arts cinema. 12 00:00:53,103 --> 00:00:56,000 Francis Allen Sledgewick, 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,413 known as Frank Sledge 14 00:00:58,413 --> 00:01:00,551 to his millions of fans worldwide, 15 00:01:02,793 --> 00:01:06,586 rewrote the book, creating a whole new chapter 16 00:01:07,896 --> 00:01:11,827 in martial arts for an entire generation. 17 00:01:11,827 --> 00:01:15,310 Now, most of us know Frank 18 00:01:15,310 --> 00:01:17,689 for his signature martial arts moves, hoo, kyah! 19 00:01:20,034 --> 00:01:22,758 And his dynamic action sequences. 20 00:01:22,758 --> 00:01:25,137 And most of us know Frank as an actor 21 00:01:25,137 --> 00:01:27,862 instead of as a real person. 22 00:01:27,862 --> 00:01:30,620 Well, I wanted to find that real person 23 00:01:30,620 --> 00:01:33,275 and to find out what had motivated him 24 00:01:33,275 --> 00:01:36,551 to become the vital force that he is today. 25 00:01:36,551 --> 00:01:38,724 I wanted to get his reflections 26 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:42,655 on his extremely influential career. 27 00:01:42,655 --> 00:01:45,103 Well, I got all that, and I got a whole lot more. 28 00:01:47,206 --> 00:01:48,931 This is Sledge. 29 00:01:48,931 --> 00:01:51,482 [energetic rock music] 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,862 [audience cheering] 31 00:02:00,862 --> 00:02:05,379 - Frank Sledge is huge, he's the biggest, sexiest, 32 00:02:05,379 --> 00:02:08,241 hottest action star on the planet. [laughing] 33 00:02:08,241 --> 00:02:11,275 [people clamoring] 34 00:02:11,275 --> 00:02:15,103 - Frank's the man, Frank is the number one everything 35 00:02:16,413 --> 00:02:17,793 on this planet right now as far as show business goes. 36 00:02:20,379 --> 00:02:22,758 - I'm so proud of him, honored to have worked with him. 37 00:02:22,758 --> 00:02:24,827 He's incredible. 38 00:02:24,827 --> 00:02:27,034 ♪ Can't give all I got ♪ 39 00:02:27,034 --> 00:02:28,241 ♪ Strike while I'm hot ♪ 40 00:02:28,241 --> 00:02:30,137 - A Richard Orchid Film. 41 00:02:34,689 --> 00:02:37,000 It was back in the summer of 1985 42 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,344 when I saw my first trailer 43 00:02:39,344 --> 00:02:41,482 for the Frank Sledge movie, "Bloodfight 2." 44 00:02:45,413 --> 00:02:48,000 It is a memory that is etched in my mind forever. 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,448 [solemn Asian music] 46 00:02:58,034 --> 00:02:59,310 [blows thudding] - Thank you 47 00:02:59,310 --> 00:03:01,068 for coming to my island for this momentous occasion. 48 00:03:03,172 --> 00:03:05,034 You are the top fighters in the world. 49 00:03:06,827 --> 00:03:09,206 Some of you may die. 50 00:03:09,206 --> 00:03:11,172 [fighter grunting] 51 00:03:11,172 --> 00:03:14,413 Let the games [claps] begin! 52 00:03:14,413 --> 00:03:16,482 [fighters exclaiming] [blows thudding] 53 00:03:16,482 --> 00:03:18,448 - You've got what it takes to be a champion. 54 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:23,241 [dramatic music] [blows thudding] 55 00:03:23,241 --> 00:03:25,931 [fighters exclaiming] [blows thudding] 56 00:03:25,931 --> 00:03:28,068 [lion roaring] 57 00:03:32,275 --> 00:03:33,344 - [Richard] "Bloodfight 2" made Frank a star. 58 00:03:34,758 --> 00:03:37,379 But his career began much earlier, 59 00:03:37,379 --> 00:03:40,793 in the small town of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 60 00:03:40,793 --> 00:03:42,793 under the watchful eye 61 00:03:42,793 --> 00:03:46,620 of his childhood dance instructor, Samantha Jones. 62 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:47,275 - Let me tell you about the first time 63 00:03:47,275 --> 00:03:49,241 I ever met Frank, Francis. 64 00:03:50,068 --> 00:03:52,586 [funky music] 65 00:03:52,586 --> 00:03:56,793 ♪ I got a story I wanna tell ♪ 66 00:03:56,793 --> 00:04:00,517 ♪ 'Bout a time gone by that I knew so well ♪ 67 00:04:00,517 --> 00:04:02,172 - [Samantha] His mom and dad brought him here to me. 68 00:04:02,172 --> 00:04:05,517 ♪ 16 times ♪ 69 00:04:05,517 --> 00:04:07,724 - [Samantha] Well, actually, left him here with me. 70 00:04:09,413 --> 00:04:13,965 ♪ Funny how time changes ♪ 71 00:04:13,965 --> 00:04:15,482 ♪ There's only times when you hear the ♪ 72 00:04:15,482 --> 00:04:16,793 - He came in with a perfect turnout. 73 00:04:19,448 --> 00:04:21,275 I'd never seen anything like it. 74 00:04:21,275 --> 00:04:23,206 I think his mom and dad thought he was just bowlegged, 75 00:04:23,206 --> 00:04:26,172 but actually he always had a lot between his legs 76 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:28,724 even when he was a little boy. 77 00:04:28,724 --> 00:04:32,241 ♪ We really thought we had the best of times ♪ 78 00:04:32,241 --> 00:04:34,103 - He was really wonderful even as a child. 79 00:04:36,655 --> 00:04:41,241 ♪ Dance to the music from the time ♪ 80 00:04:41,241 --> 00:04:45,103 ♪ Nothin' else but a one-track mind ♪ 81 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:49,413 ♪ That's the time I'll always treasure ♪ 82 00:04:49,413 --> 00:04:50,758 ♪ It was part of my life ♪ 83 00:04:50,758 --> 00:04:53,931 - In no time, Frank became Samantha's star student, 84 00:04:53,931 --> 00:04:57,137 headlining in over 50 productions, including the lead 85 00:04:57,137 --> 00:04:59,758 in his senior class musical. 86 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:03,137 Frank was becoming quite a hometown celebrity, 87 00:05:03,137 --> 00:05:06,482 and as his talent grew, so did his ambition. 88 00:05:06,482 --> 00:05:10,517 At 18, he landed a spot with a famous traveling dance troupe 89 00:05:10,517 --> 00:05:14,413 that took him to a land where dreams come true. 90 00:05:14,413 --> 00:05:16,793 [upbeat rock music] 91 00:05:22,586 --> 00:05:24,137 - Yes, Frank wasn't an actor, I met him in a club. 92 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:28,413 It was a dance club, but his dancing ability was phenomenal, 93 00:05:28,413 --> 00:05:31,551 so I knew, making movies, by watching him, 94 00:05:31,551 --> 00:05:33,758 he could handle any kind of fight scene or action 95 00:05:33,758 --> 00:05:36,206 that we threw at him, I mean, movement's movement, right? 96 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:37,896 [upbeat music] [audience cheering] 97 00:05:37,896 --> 00:05:41,482 ♪ Yeah yeah ♪ 98 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:44,413 [pistol shots booming] [audience cheering] 99 00:05:44,413 --> 00:05:48,448 ♪ We were dancin', dancin' in the moonlight ♪ 100 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:51,862 ♪ We were dancin', baby it was so right ♪ 101 00:05:51,862 --> 00:05:54,655 ♪ I want you, I want you, yes it's true ♪ 102 00:05:54,655 --> 00:05:59,344 ♪ Yes it's true 'cause I can feel it, baby can you feel it ♪ 103 00:05:59,344 --> 00:06:02,965 ♪ We were dancin', dancin' in the moonlight ♪ 104 00:06:02,965 --> 00:06:04,896 ♪ We were dancin', straight up ♪ 105 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:05,793 - Half the battle in this business is marketing. 106 00:06:07,206 --> 00:06:08,965 Frank's onstage charisma night after night? 107 00:06:08,965 --> 00:06:10,551 That left no doubt in my mind 108 00:06:10,551 --> 00:06:12,965 that he could move an audience. 109 00:06:12,965 --> 00:06:15,275 I mean, I knew back then he had what it'd take to be a star, 110 00:06:15,275 --> 00:06:17,620 but, you know, the name would have to change. 111 00:06:17,620 --> 00:06:19,931 I couldn't put Frances Sledgewick on a box 112 00:06:19,931 --> 00:06:21,344 and expect anyone to buy that, are you kiddin' me? 113 00:06:21,344 --> 00:06:21,793 I can't sell that. 114 00:06:24,586 --> 00:06:27,206 - Well who's Frank Sledge, anyway? 115 00:06:27,206 --> 00:06:29,275 He's a nobody, why would I want a nobody in my film? 116 00:06:31,241 --> 00:06:33,620 What about Daniel Bernhardt? 117 00:06:33,620 --> 00:06:35,482 - John, I told you, Bernhardt's not available. 118 00:06:35,482 --> 00:06:37,758 All right, we've been over this. 119 00:06:37,758 --> 00:06:38,931 - I'm not doing it. 120 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:40,103 - Look, it's got kung fu in it. 121 00:06:40,103 --> 00:06:41,275 You people love that stuff. 122 00:06:41,275 --> 00:06:43,413 - My people? 123 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,103 I don't get it, why is it just because I'm Jewish 124 00:06:45,103 --> 00:06:47,758 you assume I love kung fu? 125 00:06:47,758 --> 00:06:50,482 How many Jews do you know that love kung fu? 126 00:06:50,482 --> 00:06:51,344 - Come on, John, I didn't mean it like that. 127 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:52,689 - What difference does it make 128 00:06:52,689 --> 00:06:55,000 what kind of martial arts the Hebrews do? 129 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,137 I'm just saying I thought we were a team here. 130 00:06:57,137 --> 00:06:58,724 I mean, couldn't you consult us on this? 131 00:06:58,724 --> 00:07:00,448 We've made a lot of concessions already. 132 00:07:00,448 --> 00:07:02,344 We should have got a poster made. 133 00:07:02,344 --> 00:07:05,034 Who's writing this cheesy copy? 134 00:07:05,034 --> 00:07:06,655 - Look, we are a team, I'm not trying 135 00:07:06,655 --> 00:07:07,965 to cut you out of the loop, but I gotta get some stuff done, 136 00:07:07,965 --> 00:07:09,827 some decisions have to be made. 137 00:07:09,827 --> 00:07:11,482 - It doesn't matter, okay, the point is, 138 00:07:11,482 --> 00:07:14,448 how are we supposed to justify a brand-new actor 139 00:07:14,448 --> 00:07:16,551 playing the same character in the sequel to a movie 140 00:07:16,551 --> 00:07:19,413 that we have already produced? 141 00:07:19,413 --> 00:07:21,137 It doesn't make any sense, Russell. 142 00:07:22,827 --> 00:07:24,689 - Christ, look at you. 143 00:07:27,241 --> 00:07:29,517 You look like a completely different person. 144 00:07:29,517 --> 00:07:31,448 I know it may be hard to trust me, 145 00:07:31,448 --> 00:07:34,482 considering the extensive facial reconstructive surgery 146 00:07:34,482 --> 00:07:36,931 you went through after the last blood fight we sent you on. 147 00:07:36,931 --> 00:07:39,586 But that doesn't change the fact 148 00:07:39,586 --> 00:07:42,275 that you're the one person that can save your brother. 149 00:07:42,275 --> 00:07:45,655 Now go to Tang's compound, defend your honor, 150 00:07:45,655 --> 00:07:48,379 serve your country, save your brother, 151 00:07:48,379 --> 00:07:50,413 look different, but be the same. 152 00:07:52,206 --> 00:07:52,586 Good luck, son. 153 00:07:57,206 --> 00:07:59,172 - Frank's a dancer, now that's my first problem. 154 00:08:01,931 --> 00:08:05,137 At least Bernhardt was an actor and a fighter. 155 00:08:05,137 --> 00:08:08,517 Frank's a dancer. [fighter yelling] 156 00:08:08,517 --> 00:08:10,793 And a dancer limited on grace, really. 157 00:08:10,793 --> 00:08:12,517 - [John] Action! 158 00:08:12,517 --> 00:08:14,413 Cut! 159 00:08:14,413 --> 00:08:19,448 Action! [fighter yelling] 160 00:08:19,448 --> 00:08:23,068 And, action! [fighter yelling] 161 00:08:23,068 --> 00:08:25,344 Cut, cut, cut! 162 00:08:25,344 --> 00:08:26,413 Can you not see through that? 163 00:08:26,413 --> 00:08:28,413 - Yes, I can, I apologize, 164 00:08:28,413 --> 00:08:29,000 sorry. - You can see, right? 165 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,310 - I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 166 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:31,896 - Next time you hit him, 167 00:08:31,896 --> 00:08:34,413 when he lets his guard down, hit him harder. 168 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:36,482 - Frank was hired because he was supposed to be 169 00:08:36,482 --> 00:08:38,896 physically able to handle the action. 170 00:08:38,896 --> 00:08:43,241 He's not a great actor, or even an actor at all. 171 00:08:43,241 --> 00:08:44,689 Unfortunately he wasn't able to handle 172 00:08:44,689 --> 00:08:45,655 most of the action sequences either. 173 00:08:47,448 --> 00:08:48,344 They tried using a stunt double, 174 00:08:50,862 --> 00:08:53,551 but I guess that didn't work out too well either. 175 00:08:53,551 --> 00:08:54,068 - And action. 176 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,655 [groaning] 177 00:08:57,655 --> 00:08:59,103 - Oh, oh God. 178 00:09:01,172 --> 00:09:02,689 Medic. 179 00:09:02,689 --> 00:09:04,448 - Focus, and just release, nice and smooth. 180 00:09:06,896 --> 00:09:10,655 - Can we get me maybe a green suit and I could help him. 181 00:09:10,655 --> 00:09:12,620 I could be back here in a green suit, 182 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:15,172 and in post you could take me out. 183 00:09:15,172 --> 00:09:17,172 - Production was in a financial crunch. 184 00:09:17,172 --> 00:09:19,379 They couldn't afford another stunt double. 185 00:09:19,379 --> 00:09:21,586 If they didn't finish this movie, the studio was going 186 00:09:21,586 --> 00:09:23,034 to be out tens of thousands of dollars. 187 00:09:25,206 --> 00:09:27,034 Frank was going to have to do his own stunts. 188 00:09:29,344 --> 00:09:32,241 - A breakaway vase is, traditionally, 189 00:09:32,241 --> 00:09:35,172 it's .3 millimeters. 190 00:09:35,172 --> 00:09:37,448 Those are 18 millimeters thick, 191 00:09:37,448 --> 00:09:42,379 so they're 46 times thicker than 192 00:09:42,379 --> 00:09:44,241 what you would like, ideally. 193 00:09:44,241 --> 00:09:45,689 - With this next scene, 194 00:09:45,689 --> 00:09:48,206 I just wanna address any concerns you may have, 195 00:09:48,206 --> 00:09:49,448 and then tell you about my concerns. 196 00:09:49,448 --> 00:09:50,379 Are there any concerns you have? 197 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,068 - I have a few concerns. 198 00:09:55,068 --> 00:09:58,241 - The shot has to be pots breaking, do you understand? 199 00:09:58,241 --> 00:09:59,241 - If you don't get it right in two takes, 200 00:09:59,241 --> 00:10:01,379 you're gonna be breaking air. 201 00:10:01,379 --> 00:10:02,689 And that's similar to breaking wind. 202 00:10:02,689 --> 00:10:04,413 That's worthless to me. 203 00:10:04,413 --> 00:10:04,793 - What do we do now? 204 00:10:07,172 --> 00:10:07,758 - I can solve that. 205 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,241 - [John] And action! 206 00:10:13,241 --> 00:10:14,896 - Yah! [shattering] 207 00:10:14,896 --> 00:10:16,344 - [John] Cut, cut! 208 00:10:16,344 --> 00:10:18,655 What the hell's wrong with you guys? 209 00:10:18,655 --> 00:10:20,862 - You're supposed to hit the right one first. 210 00:10:20,862 --> 00:10:21,965 - What, are you dyslexic? 211 00:10:21,965 --> 00:10:22,310 Frank, Frank? 212 00:10:24,551 --> 00:10:28,103 You go, pow, pow, spinny thing, pow. 213 00:10:31,862 --> 00:10:33,896 It doesn't do me any good to have Asian Master 214 00:10:33,896 --> 00:10:36,206 come up and break pots while you watch him. 215 00:10:36,206 --> 00:10:38,862 - The acting was new to me as well, 216 00:10:38,862 --> 00:10:42,413 and in some ways, a lot more challenging than the action. 217 00:10:42,413 --> 00:10:45,310 But I think I did a good job for my first time out. 218 00:10:45,310 --> 00:10:46,758 - [John] Frank, you still all right? 219 00:10:46,758 --> 00:10:47,793 - I'm good, I'm good. 220 00:10:47,793 --> 00:10:50,172 I don't really have any lines, so. 221 00:10:50,172 --> 00:10:51,655 - [John] That's fine. 222 00:10:51,655 --> 00:10:54,310 - Yeah, working with Frank required a real, 223 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:57,827 sort of dynamic reworking of the dialogue. 224 00:10:57,827 --> 00:11:00,620 Basically they had to cut all of his lines. 225 00:11:00,620 --> 00:11:02,068 I think with the exception of Arnold, 226 00:11:02,068 --> 00:11:04,620 he's probably got the record for the lead character 227 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:06,827 with the least amount of lines, you know, 228 00:11:06,827 --> 00:11:08,896 with the exclusion of non-talkies, you know, 229 00:11:08,896 --> 00:11:10,482 Buster Keaton and Harpo Marx. 230 00:11:14,931 --> 00:11:17,379 - Frank didn't catch on quite as fast as we'd hoped 231 00:11:17,379 --> 00:11:19,413 to the acting either, but at least we could always depend 232 00:11:19,413 --> 00:11:20,551 on his raw natural talents. 233 00:11:22,862 --> 00:11:24,448 - Why does it have to be, like, full, naked ass? 234 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:28,172 - Girls get strap ass, what else can you wear 235 00:11:28,172 --> 00:11:29,655 that shows your ass? 236 00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:32,482 - No, I mean, in Chip 'N Dales, we show a lot of ass, 237 00:11:32,482 --> 00:11:34,413 we don't always take it all off, okay? 238 00:11:34,413 --> 00:11:37,896 And people get pretty aroused by just me in underwear, 239 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:41,482 in a tight thong type thing. 240 00:11:41,482 --> 00:11:43,655 - And you do look good in underwear, I understand that. 241 00:11:43,655 --> 00:11:46,206 But it's common practice to get the ass shot. 242 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:47,448 The male ass shot is what sells in a foreign market. 243 00:11:47,448 --> 00:11:47,689 - Really? 244 00:11:50,758 --> 00:11:52,103 - Now this sells, that's it. 245 00:12:03,586 --> 00:12:04,344 - So you are really gonna go? 246 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:09,551 This isn't about your brother. 247 00:12:09,551 --> 00:12:10,931 It's about you. 248 00:12:10,931 --> 00:12:13,931 He's gone, dead. 249 00:12:13,931 --> 00:12:16,241 And the company is just messing with your head 250 00:12:16,241 --> 00:12:17,000 to get their mission accomplished. 251 00:12:19,344 --> 00:12:22,379 And if you go to that damn island, you'll end up dead too. 252 00:12:25,379 --> 00:12:28,275 Come on, the guy's a dancer, okay? 253 00:12:28,275 --> 00:12:31,379 I mean, he's not gonna win an Academy Award here. 254 00:12:31,379 --> 00:12:34,758 And um, you know, whereas, you know, I probably will. 255 00:12:34,758 --> 00:12:37,758 Come back to me. 256 00:12:37,758 --> 00:12:40,482 Come back to me. 257 00:12:40,482 --> 00:12:42,551 You know, I'm a serious actor, 258 00:12:42,551 --> 00:12:45,379 and Frank is, you know, kind of a joke. 259 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:56,689 I love you. 260 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:03,034 - I used to get a letter from him every single day 261 00:13:03,034 --> 00:13:05,344 and it had little kisses and hearts and little hugs. 262 00:13:07,517 --> 00:13:10,275 And it always said that he, he just didn't feel 263 00:13:10,275 --> 00:13:11,758 like he was doing well enough. 264 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:13,310 He would work really, really hard, 265 00:13:13,310 --> 00:13:16,482 and just not everybody loved him 266 00:13:16,482 --> 00:13:18,172 and not everybody thought he was great. 267 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:20,000 He always wanted to please everybody. 268 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,862 And I just would say to him, Francis, 269 00:13:21,862 --> 00:13:23,068 you can't please everybody. 270 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,448 Not everybody's gonna love you. 271 00:13:25,448 --> 00:13:27,793 But your friends, they will always love you. 272 00:13:29,793 --> 00:13:32,517 - I'm sorry, Russell, you know. 273 00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:33,793 You gave me this chance and I feel like I'm messing up. 274 00:13:33,793 --> 00:13:35,172 - You know what? 275 00:13:35,172 --> 00:13:36,862 Just don't think about it now, 276 00:13:36,862 --> 00:13:38,000 we'll just get through the scene, and you know, 277 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,310 we'll move on. 278 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:42,137 Just don't worry so much, all right? 279 00:13:42,137 --> 00:13:43,586 - John's yelling all the time, it's just. 280 00:13:45,172 --> 00:13:46,413 - Hey! 281 00:13:46,413 --> 00:13:49,000 - Hey, I'm so glad you're here. 282 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,379 - Me too. 283 00:13:50,379 --> 00:13:53,655 It's wonderful, you look great. 284 00:13:53,655 --> 00:13:54,448 - Do you know Russell? 285 00:13:54,448 --> 00:13:56,379 When I moved to LA, I met Glenn. 286 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:58,551 He was the choreographer for Chip 'N Dales. 287 00:13:58,551 --> 00:14:00,724 And he took me under his wing, 288 00:14:00,724 --> 00:14:03,379 and we've been inseparable ever since. 289 00:14:03,379 --> 00:14:06,413 He choreographed my first one-man show 290 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,275 on Venice Beach, Street Dance. 291 00:14:08,275 --> 00:14:10,344 Oh, it was so much fun. 292 00:14:10,344 --> 00:14:11,793 - [Glenn] It was great. 293 00:14:11,793 --> 00:14:13,310 - [Frank] It was kinda like dance through the ages. 294 00:14:13,310 --> 00:14:14,241 - [Glenn] Dance through the ages. 295 00:14:14,241 --> 00:14:16,655 - All different, disco, hip-hop. 296 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:17,724 - Medieval. 297 00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:20,448 - Medieval, that was wild. 298 00:14:20,448 --> 00:14:22,206 - Yeah with all the armor. 299 00:14:22,206 --> 00:14:23,931 - It's great to finally meet you, you know, 300 00:14:23,931 --> 00:14:25,862 the way Frank talks about you, he really loves you. 301 00:14:25,862 --> 00:14:28,413 - I love Frank too, he's a great guy. 302 00:14:28,413 --> 00:14:29,137 - So I'm hoping you might be able 303 00:14:29,137 --> 00:14:30,793 to help me out with something. 304 00:14:30,793 --> 00:14:32,482 It just seems to me he's off, you know? 305 00:14:32,482 --> 00:14:34,793 His fights, he's missing punches, 306 00:14:34,793 --> 00:14:37,344 his reactions aren't quite there, he's late. 307 00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,482 I mean, I've seen him perform, I know how good he is. 308 00:14:40,482 --> 00:14:41,896 It just feels like there's something missing, you know? 309 00:14:41,896 --> 00:14:43,172 He seems off. 310 00:14:43,172 --> 00:14:45,206 - I'm quite shocked by that. 311 00:14:45,206 --> 00:14:46,655 I mean, yes, Frank can be a little blocked at times. 312 00:14:48,793 --> 00:14:50,241 But he's never not on the beat. 313 00:14:50,241 --> 00:14:51,034 Frank is always on the beat. 314 00:14:54,482 --> 00:14:55,482 I'm assuming you guys are giving him 315 00:14:55,482 --> 00:14:57,172 the proper counts and everything. 316 00:14:57,172 --> 00:14:58,275 - Counts, what do you mean, counts? 317 00:14:58,275 --> 00:15:00,862 - Counts, rhythm, the beat. 318 00:15:00,862 --> 00:15:03,068 Frank is a dancer, and a dancer dances. 319 00:15:03,068 --> 00:15:04,241 One two three be there. 320 00:15:04,241 --> 00:15:05,379 You know what I'm saying? 321 00:15:05,379 --> 00:15:07,172 Frank needs to hear the music. 322 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,241 If he hears the music, then he'll sparkle. 323 00:15:10,448 --> 00:15:14,517 I'm basically Frank's metronome for life. 324 00:15:14,517 --> 00:15:17,517 You know, I help him feel the beat, count the pulse. 325 00:15:19,034 --> 00:15:20,034 Sing the body electric. 326 00:15:23,482 --> 00:15:25,379 He just needs me around, you know? 327 00:15:25,379 --> 00:15:27,275 He just needs me around to help him out 328 00:15:27,275 --> 00:15:29,620 with those kind of things. 329 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:32,241 And now I'm here to show him, show Frank, 330 00:15:32,241 --> 00:15:35,413 that the action is just like the dance. 331 00:15:37,758 --> 00:15:38,344 It's just like the dance. 332 00:15:41,068 --> 00:15:43,896 Five, six, seven, eight. 333 00:15:43,896 --> 00:15:47,551 And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight. 334 00:15:49,172 --> 00:15:53,068 And two, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 335 00:15:53,827 --> 00:15:57,310 [upbeat rock music] 336 00:15:57,310 --> 00:15:59,655 [shouting happily] 337 00:16:02,551 --> 00:16:04,379 - When Glenn arrived, things changed. 338 00:16:04,379 --> 00:16:07,655 I mean, we saw a transformation in Frank, 339 00:16:07,655 --> 00:16:09,793 that confidence that he was lacking for a little while. 340 00:16:09,793 --> 00:16:12,965 And just getting on the set now to watch Frank 341 00:16:12,965 --> 00:16:14,689 is really inspiring. 342 00:16:14,689 --> 00:16:16,379 I go down there sometimes just to, you know, 343 00:16:16,379 --> 00:16:18,034 watch Frank be Frank. 344 00:16:18,034 --> 00:16:18,793 It's really, truly, it's amazing. 345 00:16:21,965 --> 00:16:26,551 ♪ This life of a dragon that cannot be caged ♪ 346 00:16:26,551 --> 00:16:30,413 ♪ Dance with the dragon and it's your day ♪ 347 00:16:30,413 --> 00:16:35,241 ♪ All the pain and glory, your day ♪ 348 00:16:35,241 --> 00:16:37,586 ♪ I dance with the dragon and I know that ♪ 349 00:16:37,586 --> 00:16:40,827 ♪ I can give all I've got ♪ 350 00:16:40,827 --> 00:16:44,275 ♪ Strike while I'm hot ♪ 351 00:16:44,275 --> 00:16:48,344 ♪ Year of the dragon, year of my birth ♪ 352 00:16:48,344 --> 00:16:52,413 ♪ My destiny, the greatest dancer on earth ♪ 353 00:16:52,413 --> 00:16:57,068 ♪ Now I'm huge in Taiwan and I'm big overseas ♪ 354 00:16:57,068 --> 00:17:01,172 ♪ Thank God for cable and home DVD ♪ 355 00:17:01,172 --> 00:17:02,275 - Frank, nice job. 356 00:17:02,275 --> 00:17:03,482 - That's unbelievable. 357 00:17:03,482 --> 00:17:05,896 - Apple charms, baker, seven chewies. 358 00:17:05,896 --> 00:17:08,551 - That's it, that's, metal by fire, right there. 359 00:17:08,551 --> 00:17:09,931 That's what I was talking about, 360 00:17:09,931 --> 00:17:11,344 that's the movie right there. 361 00:17:11,344 --> 00:17:15,620 - "Bloodfight 2" made Frank an international star, 362 00:17:15,620 --> 00:17:17,413 breaking box office records in Burundi and Iceland. 363 00:17:27,896 --> 00:17:31,206 You were the biggest, the biggest action star in the world. 364 00:17:31,206 --> 00:17:32,344 The cover of Inside Kung-Fu. 365 00:17:33,931 --> 00:17:34,655 The cover of Black Belt. 366 00:17:37,862 --> 00:17:41,620 The offers were pouring in, as I understand it. 367 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:42,758 How did you, how did you cope with all that? 368 00:17:44,896 --> 00:17:46,413 - Well, it's not a question of coping, I don't think. 369 00:17:46,413 --> 00:17:49,517 Because, you know, I had it all. 370 00:17:49,517 --> 00:17:52,965 I would go back and do fundraisers for Samantha, 371 00:17:52,965 --> 00:17:55,517 my original dance instructor. 372 00:17:55,517 --> 00:17:59,896 For her little studio, and just have a blast, you know. 373 00:17:59,896 --> 00:18:02,172 Friends would come in, we'd put on a musical, 374 00:18:02,172 --> 00:18:03,310 and it was a great time. 375 00:18:04,965 --> 00:18:06,793 And that, that was it. 376 00:18:06,793 --> 00:18:08,758 I had it all. 377 00:18:08,758 --> 00:18:12,655 Family, friends, fame, fortune, it was the best. 378 00:18:14,241 --> 00:18:17,344 - People wanted Frank's time and talent. 379 00:18:17,344 --> 00:18:19,551 Obviously he wanted to explore that, I don't blame him. 380 00:18:19,551 --> 00:18:21,551 You know, did bigger movies, better offers on the table. 381 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:26,689 He wanted to go, that's what he had to do, and I understood. 382 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:28,310 He got too big for me. 383 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:30,620 - My second film, Below the Law, 384 00:18:30,620 --> 00:18:31,448 was the first of a three-picture deal. 385 00:18:34,448 --> 00:18:38,000 You know, there was a lot of money, a lot of power, 386 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,344 and when you're 21, things can really go to your head. 387 00:18:42,344 --> 00:18:43,758 - [Richard] Below the Law, New York City, 1988. 388 00:18:45,931 --> 00:18:48,275 - Hold on, hold on, hold on. 389 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:50,620 [breathing deeply] 390 00:18:55,827 --> 00:18:59,482 [slamming] [growling] 391 00:19:01,827 --> 00:19:03,103 Okay. 392 00:19:03,103 --> 00:19:05,551 - [Director] And, roll camera. 393 00:19:05,551 --> 00:19:06,137 And marker. 394 00:19:07,655 --> 00:19:08,172 Action. 395 00:19:13,965 --> 00:19:15,724 [slamming] 396 00:19:18,896 --> 00:19:19,448 - I'm onto you, Jackson. 397 00:19:21,655 --> 00:19:23,689 - Vinny, you have no idea who you're dealing with. 398 00:19:23,689 --> 00:19:25,862 I mean, these people are bigger than us. 399 00:19:25,862 --> 00:19:28,862 You think you're tough, with all your chop suey crap. 400 00:19:28,862 --> 00:19:30,551 You can spend the rest of your whole career, 401 00:19:30,551 --> 00:19:32,655 and all you're gonna come up with is hearsay. 402 00:19:32,655 --> 00:19:33,448 Conjecture, bullshit. 403 00:19:35,137 --> 00:19:37,103 You got nothing, Paizzani. 404 00:19:37,103 --> 00:19:37,620 Nothing. 405 00:19:39,137 --> 00:19:39,724 - I've got one thing. 406 00:19:39,724 --> 00:19:41,689 - Huh? 407 00:19:41,689 --> 00:19:42,448 - The pleasure of kicking your ass. 408 00:19:45,482 --> 00:19:46,379 [groaning] 409 00:19:46,379 --> 00:19:47,620 - [Director] Cut. 410 00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:48,137 - What? 411 00:19:50,862 --> 00:19:52,137 My bad, my bad, yo. 412 00:19:52,137 --> 00:19:54,068 Can we get someone to clean him up? 413 00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:56,413 Baby, how you doing, you good? 414 00:19:56,413 --> 00:19:58,241 - The script said I'm supposed to punch you 415 00:19:58,241 --> 00:19:59,827 at the end of that scene. 416 00:19:59,827 --> 00:20:00,862 - Yeah, 'cause the script said, the script said, right? 417 00:20:00,862 --> 00:20:01,620 - I'm supposed to punch you. 418 00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:03,241 - Frank, Frank. 419 00:20:03,241 --> 00:20:04,068 You know the difference between an actor and a star? 420 00:20:06,275 --> 00:20:07,655 Actor's a slave, man, he does whatever he's told to. 421 00:20:07,655 --> 00:20:08,482 He does whatever the script tells him, 422 00:20:08,482 --> 00:20:10,103 whatever the director tells him. 423 00:20:10,103 --> 00:20:11,655 Now, a star, you're free, baby. You're free. 424 00:20:11,655 --> 00:20:12,793 All of this is scripted. 425 00:20:12,793 --> 00:20:14,275 The director, all of that shit, 426 00:20:14,275 --> 00:20:16,103 all of this is here to serve you. 427 00:20:16,103 --> 00:20:16,793 Are you the star of this movie? 428 00:20:16,793 --> 00:20:18,379 - Yeah. 429 00:20:18,379 --> 00:20:18,862 - Right, then you gotta act like the star. 430 00:20:18,862 --> 00:20:21,482 What the hell do you want? 431 00:20:21,482 --> 00:20:22,689 - Frank, can I get you something to drink? 432 00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:23,827 - No, I'm fine, thanks. 433 00:20:23,827 --> 00:20:24,862 I appreciate it. 434 00:20:24,862 --> 00:20:25,413 - No, no, no, um, yo. 435 00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:28,103 You want some water. 436 00:20:28,103 --> 00:20:29,896 What kind of water do you like? 437 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:31,655 - Just water. 438 00:20:31,655 --> 00:20:33,275 - Sparkling water, give him a sparkling water, all right? 439 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:33,655 Yo, yo, yo. 440 00:20:35,793 --> 00:20:36,793 What's your name? 441 00:20:36,793 --> 00:20:38,172 - [Man] Sam. 442 00:20:38,172 --> 00:20:40,172 - Come here Sam, come here Sam. 443 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:42,689 Did you forget something? 444 00:20:42,689 --> 00:20:44,448 Like asking for my order, you idiot? 445 00:20:44,448 --> 00:20:47,620 Come on, what, I'm just standing here? 446 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:48,379 - What can I get you to drink? - A double cappuccino latte. 447 00:20:49,965 --> 00:20:50,241 Dismissed, go on. 448 00:20:53,310 --> 00:20:55,206 They respect that. 449 00:20:55,206 --> 00:20:55,793 You put them in their place, they respect you. 450 00:20:57,413 --> 00:20:58,551 See, that's how you get things done in this town. 451 00:20:58,551 --> 00:20:59,379 You gotta be the king, all right, 452 00:20:59,379 --> 00:21:01,034 you gotta be the man, now, baby. 453 00:21:01,034 --> 00:21:02,896 You've been anointed, all right? 454 00:21:02,896 --> 00:21:04,310 Now try it, whatever you ask for, they give you. 455 00:21:05,862 --> 00:21:06,620 Try it, it works. 456 00:21:08,172 --> 00:21:08,758 Welcome to the club, baby. 457 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:16,344 - Yeah, I heard that Frank had a little bit 458 00:21:16,344 --> 00:21:18,344 of an attitude when he first started out. 459 00:21:18,344 --> 00:21:20,793 - I was there the day he became a beast. 460 00:21:23,310 --> 00:21:25,379 - Attitude, you know, people say a lot of things 461 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:27,551 about people in this business. 462 00:21:27,551 --> 00:21:30,103 - I was playing a police chief, and um, 463 00:21:30,103 --> 00:21:32,068 he wanted six words, had to have 'em. 464 00:21:32,068 --> 00:21:33,655 They were not scripted. 465 00:21:33,655 --> 00:21:36,448 - The problem is, nobody called it in check. 466 00:21:36,448 --> 00:21:39,241 Nobody was able to stop it before it got out of hand. 467 00:21:39,241 --> 00:21:41,931 - You know, if a huge star asks for coffee, 468 00:21:41,931 --> 00:21:43,689 they should get it to them as fast as they can, you know? 469 00:21:43,689 --> 00:21:45,517 It's that kind of a job. 470 00:21:45,517 --> 00:21:48,620 - Went from the nicest man on the planet 471 00:21:48,620 --> 00:21:53,241 to, you know, an actor's nightmare. 472 00:21:53,241 --> 00:21:55,379 - We're gonna start in tight on Eric here, 473 00:21:55,379 --> 00:21:56,896 we're gonna pull back on the loose two, 474 00:21:56,896 --> 00:21:58,448 Frank just come in here, talk talk talk, 475 00:21:58,448 --> 00:21:59,448 and we're good to go. 476 00:21:59,448 --> 00:22:01,206 - Can I talk about the dialogue? 477 00:22:03,586 --> 00:22:06,827 It'd be cool if the chief said something about my character, 478 00:22:06,827 --> 00:22:08,758 like, I'm doing all these crazy things. 479 00:22:08,758 --> 00:22:10,000 - Emotional growth. 480 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,034 - Yeah, he's over the edge. 481 00:22:12,034 --> 00:22:14,620 Like, he calls me live wire, he called me a loose cannon. 482 00:22:14,620 --> 00:22:16,965 - Great, say that, Eric, say that to him, 483 00:22:16,965 --> 00:22:19,103 and then once we're gonna shoot we just pick it up. 484 00:22:19,103 --> 00:22:20,620 - I really don't think we have to call him a live wire 485 00:22:20,620 --> 00:22:22,413 at this point, he's done so many things. 486 00:22:22,413 --> 00:22:24,482 I mean, blown up 20 cars, children dead, I mean. 487 00:22:24,482 --> 00:22:25,241 - I just want the audience to know. 488 00:22:26,758 --> 00:22:27,896 - I think they know. 489 00:22:27,896 --> 00:22:29,793 - Whatever Frank wants. 490 00:22:29,793 --> 00:22:31,103 - That I'm a live wire. 491 00:22:31,103 --> 00:22:32,448 Have you had these? 492 00:22:32,448 --> 00:22:35,344 They're good, they're really good. 493 00:22:35,344 --> 00:22:36,068 - That's my script. 494 00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:36,793 - Listen, Jeff. 495 00:22:36,793 --> 00:22:37,965 - James. 496 00:22:37,965 --> 00:22:39,379 - I know, right, good. 497 00:22:39,379 --> 00:22:42,172 I read Passion and Glory. 498 00:22:42,172 --> 00:22:43,517 - [James] Right, that's my new script, yeah. 499 00:22:43,517 --> 00:22:46,758 - And I'm thinking about making it. 500 00:22:46,758 --> 00:22:49,896 - It's a page one rewrite, but okay. 501 00:22:49,896 --> 00:22:50,862 - Let me tell you something about Hollywood, okay. 502 00:22:50,862 --> 00:22:51,793 It's just words. 503 00:22:51,793 --> 00:22:52,724 - Right. - Right? 504 00:22:52,724 --> 00:22:53,379 Say it really fast. 505 00:22:53,379 --> 00:22:54,689 - Yeah, live wire. 506 00:22:54,689 --> 00:22:56,241 - Livewire, livewire. - Yeah, yeah. 507 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,103 - Okay. - Come on. 508 00:22:57,103 --> 00:22:57,344 - Okay. - Come on. 509 00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:00,068 - Live wire. 510 00:23:02,862 --> 00:23:05,551 - [Vinny] Chief, you wanted to see me? 511 00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:06,827 - What do you think we're running here, Vinny? 512 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:09,000 A friggin' day care? 513 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,034 It's a goddamn police department! 514 00:23:12,034 --> 00:23:14,379 I got the commissioner breathing down my neck, look at this. 515 00:23:16,275 --> 00:23:18,724 I got three dead, three injured. 516 00:23:18,724 --> 00:23:22,000 One broken nose, one jaw, one arm. 517 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,241 Two destroyed police cars. 518 00:23:25,413 --> 00:23:27,344 A broken barbershop window. 519 00:23:27,344 --> 00:23:28,620 A truck full of bottled water. 520 00:23:31,689 --> 00:23:32,862 You're a live wire, Vinny. 521 00:23:32,862 --> 00:23:36,068 A loose cannon. 522 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:36,620 What are you trying to pull? 523 00:23:38,241 --> 00:23:40,758 We have procedure here. 524 00:23:40,758 --> 00:23:43,724 - You think those scumbags got procedure to follow? 525 00:23:43,724 --> 00:23:46,724 It's 'cause they got the commissioner on their payroll. 526 00:23:46,724 --> 00:23:47,482 They think they're above the law. 527 00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:51,310 They may be above yours, but they're not above mine. 528 00:23:54,931 --> 00:23:55,241 They're below it. 529 00:23:57,344 --> 00:23:59,586 - Anyway, at the time, everybody told me 530 00:23:59,586 --> 00:24:01,379 I'd love to work with Frank, he was young, he was hungry. 531 00:24:04,172 --> 00:24:07,724 Come to think of it, all I ever saw him do was eat. 532 00:24:07,724 --> 00:24:10,103 [upbeat rock music] 533 00:24:26,103 --> 00:24:27,862 [laughing] 534 00:24:27,862 --> 00:24:28,344 Yeah. 535 00:24:34,241 --> 00:24:35,793 - Silence is powerful, hm? 536 00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:39,758 That's why I've been sitting here in silence, 537 00:24:39,758 --> 00:24:42,724 looking at you, each one of you, engaging you, 538 00:24:42,724 --> 00:24:44,379 for the last 10 minutes. 539 00:24:44,379 --> 00:24:46,310 Why do I do that? 540 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,482 To teach you. 541 00:24:48,482 --> 00:24:50,172 Why are you worth teaching? 542 00:24:50,172 --> 00:24:52,379 I don't know. 543 00:24:52,379 --> 00:24:53,586 - For a little over a year now, 544 00:24:53,586 --> 00:24:55,551 I've been training with a very famous 545 00:24:55,551 --> 00:25:00,310 local acting coach, Jerry Moss. 546 00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:02,689 And he's training a lot of the big stars right now. 547 00:25:02,689 --> 00:25:06,103 Unorthodox methods, but, you know. 548 00:25:06,103 --> 00:25:09,137 I'm always finding techniques to really hone in my craft 549 00:25:09,137 --> 00:25:11,068 and make me a better actor. 550 00:25:11,068 --> 00:25:12,758 - Why am I an excellent teacher? 551 00:25:12,758 --> 00:25:16,310 Well, I make people see within themselves 552 00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:18,137 and I will absolutely destroy you before I rebuild you. 553 00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:21,931 That is the cornerstone of what I do. 554 00:25:21,931 --> 00:25:24,517 I absolutely destroy you, 555 00:25:24,517 --> 00:25:26,551 and then I rebuild you in my own image. 556 00:25:29,758 --> 00:25:30,241 - Mom! 557 00:25:32,137 --> 00:25:33,689 Mom, come out from the rain. 558 00:25:33,689 --> 00:25:34,172 - Hey, Atman. 559 00:25:36,275 --> 00:25:36,586 I was in the bar. 560 00:25:38,965 --> 00:25:40,517 It's glorious out there. 561 00:25:40,517 --> 00:25:41,206 - [Atman] You're gonna kill yourself 562 00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:42,275 doing all that work by yourself. 563 00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:43,137 - I've gotta work! 564 00:25:43,137 --> 00:25:44,103 - Mama, sit. 565 00:25:44,103 --> 00:25:46,000 - What the [beep]? 566 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,137 Is this what we, what script, 567 00:25:48,137 --> 00:25:49,000 what [beep]ing script are you 568 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,724 [beep]ing idiots using? 569 00:25:51,724 --> 00:25:52,655 What the [beep] do you think you're doing? 570 00:25:52,655 --> 00:25:53,379 - The one we got. 571 00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:55,482 - No, what the [beep] 572 00:25:55,482 --> 00:25:56,310 Please, Patti, Patti, would you tell me, 573 00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:57,551 I emailed you what? 574 00:25:57,551 --> 00:25:58,275 - You emailed me the script. 575 00:25:58,275 --> 00:25:59,310 - Yes, I did. 576 00:25:59,310 --> 00:26:00,896 Did I say it sucks 577 00:26:00,896 --> 00:26:03,448 [beep] in my email? 578 00:26:03,448 --> 00:26:05,172 Did my email include that in some sort of attachment 579 00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:07,551 or font code? 580 00:26:07,551 --> 00:26:09,068 I did King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Academy 581 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,137 when I was 15 years old. 582 00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:13,068 - And you wore a beard. - That was cool. 583 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:13,793 - Yes, and I wore a beard, idiot, 584 00:26:13,793 --> 00:26:15,793 [beep]hole, of course I wore a beard. 585 00:26:15,793 --> 00:26:18,000 I was King Lear, oh [beep] you. 586 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,103 - [Actor] Your water. 587 00:26:20,103 --> 00:26:23,724 - Frank Sledge has done many of the things I want him to do. 588 00:26:25,862 --> 00:26:29,172 He's had some successes, which I want him to have. 589 00:26:31,241 --> 00:26:32,551 Is he there yet, as an actor? 590 00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:37,689 I don't, that's a toughie, isn't it? 591 00:26:37,689 --> 00:26:39,172 [bell ringing] 592 00:26:39,172 --> 00:26:40,965 - So I just wanna block it through, count it, 593 00:26:40,965 --> 00:26:42,655 mark it like we did earlier. 594 00:26:42,655 --> 00:26:43,413 - [Man] Yeah, block punch block punch, okay? 595 00:26:43,413 --> 00:26:45,034 - Okay. 596 00:26:45,034 --> 00:26:45,344 All right, ready. 597 00:26:47,724 --> 00:26:50,379 - [Man] Yes, very good. 598 00:26:50,379 --> 00:26:54,000 - But I wanna add this signature spin. 599 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,103 - Yes, good. 600 00:26:55,103 --> 00:26:56,827 I like that, yeah. 601 00:26:56,827 --> 00:27:01,034 - No no no no, wait wait wait, no no, stop, no. 602 00:27:01,034 --> 00:27:04,206 That is not what I want, this is not "Bloodfight 2". 603 00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:05,517 You know what that is? 604 00:27:05,517 --> 00:27:07,068 That's a big [beep]ing waste of my time. 605 00:27:07,068 --> 00:27:08,137 I need more than that. 606 00:27:08,137 --> 00:27:11,137 I need gritty, 607 00:27:11,137 --> 00:27:12,448 I need urban, I need street. 608 00:27:12,448 --> 00:27:14,448 - I told you, man, I told you. 609 00:27:14,448 --> 00:27:15,862 No spinning like this. 610 00:27:15,862 --> 00:27:18,344 Why don't you listen to me, I do 200 movie. 611 00:27:18,344 --> 00:27:19,000 Okay, come like this, like this. 612 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,448 [bashing] 613 00:27:20,448 --> 00:27:23,758 Block, kick, okay, like a man, pose. 614 00:27:23,758 --> 00:27:25,137 Come on, man. 615 00:27:25,137 --> 00:27:26,655 - Remember the beat, Frank. 616 00:27:26,655 --> 00:27:28,689 You're not remembering the beats. 617 00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:29,103 - It's just rehearsal. 618 00:27:32,724 --> 00:27:33,310 - Okay, no spinning. 619 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:33,724 Ready, action. 620 00:27:35,931 --> 00:27:38,793 [grunting] 621 00:27:38,793 --> 00:27:41,724 [bashing] 622 00:27:41,724 --> 00:27:43,310 What are you doing? You just hit my best stunt man! 623 00:27:43,310 --> 00:27:45,206 - That's it, that's exactly what I want. 624 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:47,448 Right there. 625 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:51,137 Frank, Frank, Frank, that is exactly what I want. 626 00:27:51,137 --> 00:27:52,620 - Oh, that's perfect, perfect. 627 00:27:52,620 --> 00:27:54,206 Look, let's do it just like that, okay, for real. 628 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,206 - That's what you want? 629 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:56,413 - [Spencer] I can sell that. 630 00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:59,482 - All right, I can do that. 631 00:27:59,482 --> 00:28:01,896 - Well, I tell you, Francis, or Frank, 632 00:28:01,896 --> 00:28:04,172 for some of you fans out there, 633 00:28:04,172 --> 00:28:06,517 he really started acting very foolish. 634 00:28:06,517 --> 00:28:09,241 I mean, really becoming an ass. 635 00:28:09,241 --> 00:28:13,103 ♪ You know I never meant to hurt you ♪ 636 00:28:14,482 --> 00:28:17,275 ♪ I'm so in love with you ♪ 637 00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:21,724 - The most tragic thing, the worst thing of all, 638 00:28:21,724 --> 00:28:23,310 was that he started to lose the beat. 639 00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:24,793 In his work and in his life. 640 00:28:27,413 --> 00:28:29,482 This action hero stuff really started to go to his head. 641 00:28:29,482 --> 00:28:31,413 I mean, he really started to alienate people. 642 00:28:31,413 --> 00:28:33,793 His family, his friends. 643 00:28:33,793 --> 00:28:34,517 He became very aggressive. 644 00:28:40,068 --> 00:28:41,896 [shattering] 645 00:28:41,896 --> 00:28:44,344 ♪ So in love with you ♪ 646 00:28:48,034 --> 00:28:49,137 - I mean, it was like Frank had gone crazy or something. 647 00:28:49,137 --> 00:28:51,862 Like he was some mad, rabid dog. 648 00:28:51,862 --> 00:28:53,965 Like he abandoned dance. 649 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:56,206 - And abandon dance he did. 650 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:02,034 But the longer Frank was away from his dancer friends, 651 00:29:02,034 --> 00:29:05,965 the more of a meanie he became. 652 00:29:05,965 --> 00:29:08,827 But his fans loved it. 653 00:29:08,827 --> 00:29:12,482 And Below the Law was yet another huge success for Frank. 654 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:15,482 [dramatic music] 655 00:29:17,241 --> 00:29:20,896 [bashing] 656 00:29:20,896 --> 00:29:24,896 The heart-pounding action, the bone-cracking violence, 657 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:28,068 people had never seen martial arts like this before. 658 00:29:28,068 --> 00:29:29,275 Because this was real. 659 00:29:30,793 --> 00:29:31,724 I mean, really real. 660 00:29:36,379 --> 00:29:38,724 [sticks whooshing] 661 00:29:48,379 --> 00:29:49,586 Jiminy Christmas. 662 00:29:49,586 --> 00:29:52,137 Here we are at Beverly Hills. 663 00:29:52,137 --> 00:29:55,137 Oh, Frank, I just can't wait to meet your agent. 664 00:29:55,137 --> 00:29:56,965 - Oh, snap, dude. 665 00:29:56,965 --> 00:30:00,241 Frank [beep]ing Sledge. 666 00:30:00,241 --> 00:30:00,689 What up, Frank, woo! - Uh oh, there you go. 667 00:30:00,689 --> 00:30:02,310 They spotted you, Frank. 668 00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:05,344 - That's my mother [beep]er! 669 00:30:07,965 --> 00:30:08,413 - [Richard] He's imitating your kicks, Frank. 670 00:30:10,068 --> 00:30:10,931 - Yeah, Frank, yeah! 671 00:30:10,931 --> 00:30:12,620 - It's crazy. 672 00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:15,275 You always gotta, you know, respect the fans. 673 00:30:15,275 --> 00:30:16,379 The fans are your lifeblood in this business. 674 00:30:22,551 --> 00:30:23,896 - I understand. 675 00:30:23,896 --> 00:30:25,172 I will have Jack call you ASAP. 676 00:30:25,172 --> 00:30:26,655 Yes, four p.m. 677 00:30:26,655 --> 00:30:28,137 Absolutely. 678 00:30:28,137 --> 00:30:29,206 Hi, yes, I'll tell Jack immediately. 679 00:30:29,206 --> 00:30:29,793 Thank you for calling CAI. 680 00:30:31,827 --> 00:30:33,275 - Hey, Beth. 681 00:30:33,275 --> 00:30:34,586 - [Beth] Hey, Frank, how are you doing? 682 00:30:34,586 --> 00:30:36,206 - I'm good, I'm good, how are you doing? 683 00:30:36,206 --> 00:30:38,137 - You know, I'm just kind of, sort of 684 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:40,310 just waiting by the phone, you know. 685 00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:42,896 Waiting for Mr. Right to call. 686 00:30:42,896 --> 00:30:45,758 My mother is a healer, and she has all this sort of 687 00:30:45,758 --> 00:30:49,068 self-help stuff that she, like, gives to me every morning. 688 00:30:49,068 --> 00:30:50,586 And one of the things she says is to just visualize him. 689 00:30:52,931 --> 00:30:53,758 You know, just the guy that you're looking for. 690 00:30:53,758 --> 00:30:57,379 Like, picture him. 691 00:31:00,862 --> 00:31:01,724 - Is Jack in? 692 00:31:06,275 --> 00:31:07,862 - In the office? 693 00:31:07,862 --> 00:31:09,344 I can, ASAP, I will get Jack. 694 00:31:11,551 --> 00:31:12,241 - Thanks, Beth. 695 00:31:12,241 --> 00:31:12,620 - No problem. 696 00:31:18,275 --> 00:31:19,172 - Hey, Tony. 697 00:31:19,172 --> 00:31:19,517 - Hey, Frank. 698 00:31:22,137 --> 00:31:23,689 - Um, Frank is here. 699 00:31:23,689 --> 00:31:25,862 - Frank who? 700 00:31:25,862 --> 00:31:27,413 - How's it going, you got any gigs lined up? 701 00:31:27,413 --> 00:31:28,724 - A lot. 702 00:31:28,724 --> 00:31:30,551 Too many, actually. 703 00:31:30,551 --> 00:31:33,965 Between you and me, I'm here to tell 'em to slow it down. 704 00:31:33,965 --> 00:31:34,793 - Really? - Working way too much, 705 00:31:34,793 --> 00:31:35,344 I'm tired, you know? 706 00:31:37,758 --> 00:31:38,448 Busy busy busy. 707 00:31:40,103 --> 00:31:41,068 You know how it is, right? 708 00:31:41,068 --> 00:31:41,551 - No, yeah, me too. 709 00:31:50,172 --> 00:31:52,103 - Hey, Frankie. 710 00:31:52,103 --> 00:31:53,413 The Sledgemeister. 711 00:31:54,724 --> 00:31:56,379 What's moxster, booby, how are you doing? 712 00:31:56,379 --> 00:31:58,275 What, are you making a movie here? 713 00:31:58,275 --> 00:32:00,241 Listen, I'm sorry, I mean, I screwed up today. 714 00:32:00,241 --> 00:32:01,931 I gotta go do this thing. 715 00:32:01,931 --> 00:32:04,586 I mean, it's a bullshit thing, but, you know, 716 00:32:04,586 --> 00:32:06,862 agent's life, gotta go do the thing. 717 00:32:06,862 --> 00:32:08,931 So you know, talk to Bethie, 718 00:32:08,931 --> 00:32:12,344 and let's reschedule for next week, maybe Tuesday? 719 00:32:12,344 --> 00:32:13,586 No, Wednesday, okay? 720 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:14,275 - [Frank] Okay. 721 00:32:14,275 --> 00:32:15,689 - Good for you? 722 00:32:15,689 --> 00:32:16,172 - Yeah, good. - You look good, man, 723 00:32:16,172 --> 00:32:17,068 you look shredded, 724 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:18,310 you look boff, you know? 725 00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:19,586 Kicking ass, giving out haircuts. 726 00:32:19,586 --> 00:32:20,413 All right, I gotta go, love you, man. 727 00:32:27,931 --> 00:32:28,965 - [Richard] Out for Vengeance. 728 00:32:28,965 --> 00:32:29,793 Chicago, 1990. 729 00:32:32,068 --> 00:32:33,034 - Listen up, people, listen up! 730 00:32:37,103 --> 00:32:40,172 This is a Frank Sledge film. 731 00:32:40,172 --> 00:32:41,482 Every one of you are here for me. 732 00:32:43,758 --> 00:32:46,310 I feed your babies. 733 00:32:46,310 --> 00:32:47,379 This is Frank Sledge Wardrobe. 734 00:32:48,862 --> 00:32:49,517 Frank Sledge Makeup. 735 00:32:51,413 --> 00:32:52,758 Hear that? This is a microphone. 736 00:32:52,758 --> 00:32:55,379 Frank Sledge is speaking on it, not you. 737 00:32:55,379 --> 00:32:58,241 You don't like it, get on a plane! 738 00:32:58,241 --> 00:32:59,172 You can all starve, I don't give a [beep]. 739 00:33:01,793 --> 00:33:03,172 I don't want any of this fancy bull[beep] 740 00:33:03,172 --> 00:33:05,482 on a real [beep]ing movie. 741 00:33:13,413 --> 00:33:15,689 - It all sorta went to Frank's head. 742 00:33:15,689 --> 00:33:17,344 Like that's never happened in Hollywood. 743 00:33:17,344 --> 00:33:18,965 I mean, Frank was only human. 744 00:33:18,965 --> 00:33:20,000 Few people could've handled his, 745 00:33:21,413 --> 00:33:22,482 meteoric rise to fame. 746 00:33:25,172 --> 00:33:27,551 - The biggest mistake he made, the saddest thing, 747 00:33:27,551 --> 00:33:32,206 was that he pushed everybody away. 748 00:33:32,206 --> 00:33:33,103 Everybody that really, really loved him. 749 00:33:38,344 --> 00:33:40,793 And it's still really painful to talk about. 750 00:33:40,793 --> 00:33:41,310 - Look. 751 00:33:43,793 --> 00:33:46,206 I've been meaning to tell you this for a while. 752 00:33:46,206 --> 00:33:47,068 You're starting to piss everybody off. 753 00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:49,413 And you don't even know it. 754 00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:54,931 Samantha is giving another musical benefit. 755 00:33:54,931 --> 00:33:57,586 She could really use your help. 756 00:33:57,586 --> 00:34:00,137 It would be a great chance for you to get a break, 757 00:34:00,137 --> 00:34:01,517 and to get back to what's important, Frank. 758 00:34:01,517 --> 00:34:03,344 - Important? 759 00:34:03,344 --> 00:34:05,896 Glenn, do you have any idea what is important? 760 00:34:05,896 --> 00:34:07,551 This film is important. 761 00:34:09,310 --> 00:34:11,620 I'm a Hollywood action star. 762 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:13,448 When are you gonna understand that? 763 00:34:13,448 --> 00:34:15,172 - How do you think you got here, Frank? 764 00:34:15,172 --> 00:34:16,482 Samantha got you here. 765 00:34:16,482 --> 00:34:18,827 Chip 'N Dales got you here. 766 00:34:18,827 --> 00:34:19,896 You're a dancer, Frank. 767 00:34:19,896 --> 00:34:21,310 - I'm not a dancer! 768 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:22,172 - Yes you are. 769 00:34:22,172 --> 00:34:23,310 - I am not! 770 00:34:23,310 --> 00:34:25,551 I'm a Hollywood action star, 771 00:34:25,551 --> 00:34:28,379 and Frank Sledge doesn't need you, 772 00:34:28,379 --> 00:34:30,103 he doesn't need dance, he doesn't need anyone! 773 00:34:33,379 --> 00:34:35,206 - Then I guess you really don't need me. 774 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:37,068 - Well, I guess not. 775 00:34:37,068 --> 00:34:37,620 - [Glenn] I'm outta here. 776 00:34:40,103 --> 00:34:41,586 - Then I guess you don't need me. 777 00:34:41,586 --> 00:34:42,241 Fine, see ya! 778 00:34:47,689 --> 00:34:48,206 Turn it off. 779 00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:56,413 [brakes squeaking] 780 00:34:56,413 --> 00:34:58,000 [suspenseful music] 781 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:58,551 - Who's that? 782 00:35:01,896 --> 00:35:02,551 Get lost, chief. 783 00:35:05,448 --> 00:35:07,000 He's got a gun, look out! 784 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,275 [guns booming] 785 00:35:09,275 --> 00:35:11,586 [dramatic music] 786 00:35:23,758 --> 00:35:24,275 - Shit. 787 00:35:34,413 --> 00:35:35,241 Hey. 788 00:35:35,241 --> 00:35:37,103 [bashing] 789 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:44,137 [bashing] 790 00:35:44,137 --> 00:35:44,586 - Hay, yah! 791 00:35:46,689 --> 00:35:47,586 What about the car-- 792 00:35:49,275 --> 00:35:50,275 - [Spencer] Cut! 793 00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:53,586 - That is not in the script, what are you? 794 00:35:53,586 --> 00:35:54,793 [slapping] 795 00:35:54,793 --> 00:35:56,103 What are you doing? 796 00:35:56,103 --> 00:35:58,103 What are you doing? 797 00:35:58,103 --> 00:36:00,000 Spencer, I can't do this like this, 798 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,551 he does this all the time. 799 00:36:02,551 --> 00:36:04,931 Jesus, when you get it together, you just come. 800 00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:06,206 [groaning] 801 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:06,724 - What, what? 802 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,172 [beep] 803 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:14,551 What's her problem? 804 00:36:18,034 --> 00:36:19,827 - He was pretty unprofessional, 805 00:36:19,827 --> 00:36:22,034 it made it very difficult to focus and do my job. 806 00:36:22,034 --> 00:36:24,586 At one point I just asked if I could stay away from him 807 00:36:24,586 --> 00:36:26,793 until we were ready to roll cameras. 808 00:36:26,793 --> 00:36:28,586 No blocking, no rehearsal. 809 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:31,310 And then I just walked away once we got the shot. 810 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:33,275 I didn't want anything to do with him, actually. 811 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,758 [knocking] 812 00:36:42,896 --> 00:36:44,344 - Come to the party. 813 00:36:44,344 --> 00:36:46,068 We're having a party. 814 00:36:46,068 --> 00:36:48,448 - Oh, Frank, are you serious? 815 00:36:48,448 --> 00:36:49,379 - Yeah. 816 00:36:49,379 --> 00:36:49,724 Come to the party. 817 00:36:51,482 --> 00:36:53,344 It's a suite, it's my suite. 818 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:56,137 It's, I want you at the party. 819 00:36:56,137 --> 00:36:58,827 - You're an idiot, you need help. 820 00:36:58,827 --> 00:37:01,000 You know that, you really do. You fuckin' need help. 821 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,517 I'm not coming to the [scoffing]. 822 00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:03,034 - What? 823 00:37:04,448 --> 00:37:05,137 Come on! 824 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:11,206 [mumbling] 825 00:37:11,206 --> 00:37:12,413 - Oh yeah, Frank drinks. 826 00:37:12,413 --> 00:37:14,655 Frank hits it real hard. 827 00:37:14,655 --> 00:37:15,862 The phone rings, three o'clock in the morning, 828 00:37:15,862 --> 00:37:17,379 it can only be one sumbitch in the world. 829 00:37:17,379 --> 00:37:19,827 I don't even say hello, I just, what's up, Frank? 830 00:37:19,827 --> 00:37:21,275 [laughing] 831 00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,034 - He's put us through a lot. 832 00:37:23,034 --> 00:37:24,344 He's put himself through a lot. 833 00:37:26,379 --> 00:37:29,931 He's put his liver through a lot. 834 00:37:29,931 --> 00:37:32,862 - Well, there are two kinds of party animals. 835 00:37:32,862 --> 00:37:35,137 There's moi, and there's Frank. 836 00:37:37,344 --> 00:37:40,103 Now, I can handle my drugs, I can handle my drink. 837 00:37:40,103 --> 00:37:41,862 That's why I can work on them. 838 00:37:41,862 --> 00:37:46,724 However, Frank couldn't. 839 00:37:46,724 --> 00:37:47,724 - I'm telling you, this guy's ruining my goddamn picture. 840 00:37:49,172 --> 00:37:50,448 [knocking] 841 00:37:50,448 --> 00:37:51,793 Frank? 842 00:37:51,793 --> 00:37:52,310 - Frank? 843 00:37:53,655 --> 00:37:54,827 [knocking] 844 00:37:54,827 --> 00:37:56,034 - Frank! 845 00:37:56,034 --> 00:37:57,103 - Frank, open up. 846 00:37:59,344 --> 00:38:00,758 - You have the key. 847 00:38:00,758 --> 00:38:02,413 - Yeah. 848 00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:03,275 He said never to use it. 849 00:38:05,758 --> 00:38:07,137 - You're his personal assistant, right? 850 00:38:07,137 --> 00:38:08,620 - [Patti] Right. 851 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:08,793 - Do you want to be associate producer? 852 00:38:15,103 --> 00:38:17,310 [door beeping] 853 00:38:17,310 --> 00:38:17,448 Frank, Frank? - Frank? 854 00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:20,724 Frank? - Frank? 855 00:38:24,413 --> 00:38:24,724 - Frank! 856 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,758 - Frank? 857 00:38:28,758 --> 00:38:30,482 - Sean, Sean, what are you doing? 858 00:38:33,793 --> 00:38:34,275 Sean, what's going on? 859 00:38:34,275 --> 00:38:34,655 - Oh, shit. 860 00:38:36,413 --> 00:38:36,724 - Frank? 861 00:38:38,931 --> 00:38:40,758 Frank. 862 00:38:40,758 --> 00:38:42,413 Frankie, hey, buddy. 863 00:38:42,413 --> 00:38:44,137 Get a wet towel, get some water. 864 00:38:44,137 --> 00:38:45,551 Frank, Frankie Frank Frank Frank, 865 00:38:45,551 --> 00:38:47,724 Frankie Frank Frank, hey, hey buddy. 866 00:38:47,724 --> 00:38:49,482 Time to wake up. 867 00:38:49,482 --> 00:38:50,413 Time to wake up, movie star. 868 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,137 Frank! 869 00:38:53,793 --> 00:38:55,517 Wake up! 870 00:38:55,517 --> 00:38:57,068 Frank! 871 00:39:00,034 --> 00:39:01,551 - Hi. 872 00:39:01,551 --> 00:39:03,482 I'm Frank, and I'm an alcoholic. 873 00:39:08,724 --> 00:39:10,793 Been sober for a little over three years now. 874 00:39:13,689 --> 00:39:16,758 And for me, alcohol, um, 875 00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:20,172 wasn't the only drug. 876 00:39:20,172 --> 00:39:21,103 It just kinda started there. 877 00:39:23,379 --> 00:39:26,931 And spiraled into harder and harder drugs, 878 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:28,275 and it's hard for me to talk about it now. 879 00:39:30,517 --> 00:39:32,724 I still, to this day, um, I think about 880 00:39:37,724 --> 00:39:39,103 how it affected my life. 881 00:39:45,068 --> 00:39:47,310 Will, hey. 882 00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:47,793 It was a good meeting tonight, huh? 883 00:39:47,793 --> 00:39:49,275 - Oh yeah, fantastic. 884 00:39:49,275 --> 00:39:50,275 - Yeah, it was good, great, good. 885 00:39:50,275 --> 00:39:51,862 How you doing? 886 00:39:51,862 --> 00:39:52,206 - Hey, Frank. 887 00:39:54,103 --> 00:39:55,275 - Hey, Richard. - Call me later, will you? 888 00:39:55,275 --> 00:39:56,310 - Yeah, I will, I will. 889 00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:57,137 - Don't forget. - I won't. 890 00:39:57,137 --> 00:39:58,586 - Hey, Will. 891 00:39:58,586 --> 00:39:59,000 - Hey, good to see you again, Richard. 892 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,103 - How are you doing? 893 00:40:00,103 --> 00:40:00,827 - I'm good. 894 00:40:00,827 --> 00:40:01,896 - Yeah? 895 00:40:01,896 --> 00:40:02,655 - Yeah. - Cool. 896 00:40:02,655 --> 00:40:03,551 - Thanks. 897 00:40:03,551 --> 00:40:04,655 - All right. 898 00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:05,172 - Okay. 899 00:40:06,862 --> 00:40:07,275 - Why don't you call? 900 00:40:09,689 --> 00:40:11,827 - Why don't I call you about what? 901 00:40:11,827 --> 00:40:12,413 - You know about what. 902 00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:14,793 - I thought we. 903 00:40:17,758 --> 00:40:20,103 - [Frank] About this. 904 00:40:20,103 --> 00:40:23,862 - Look, I'm sorry, I was working last night. 905 00:40:23,862 --> 00:40:25,551 I had this canker sore, 906 00:40:25,551 --> 00:40:26,344 and I couldn't get my Paxin this week. 907 00:40:26,344 --> 00:40:29,034 - Will, Will, Will. 908 00:40:29,034 --> 00:40:31,931 The program won't work unless you work the program. 909 00:40:31,931 --> 00:40:34,586 I'm your sponsor, just call me. 910 00:40:34,586 --> 00:40:36,793 Call me any time. - I should call, I should. 911 00:40:36,793 --> 00:40:37,827 It was a momentary lapse, I should've called. 912 00:40:37,827 --> 00:40:40,413 I'll call next time. 913 00:40:40,413 --> 00:40:43,310 It's over, I mean, I'll get rid of that, it's over. 914 00:40:43,310 --> 00:40:43,689 - It's between us. 915 00:40:45,724 --> 00:40:47,034 - You want me to get rid of it for you? 916 00:40:47,034 --> 00:40:47,413 - I got it. 917 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:53,724 - [Richard] Under Attack, South Carolina, 1993. 918 00:40:53,724 --> 00:40:55,793 [alarm buzzing] 919 00:41:00,517 --> 00:41:02,655 [dramatic music] 920 00:41:13,724 --> 00:41:15,413 [bashing] 921 00:41:24,793 --> 00:41:26,551 [crashing] 922 00:41:49,862 --> 00:41:51,724 - Frank? 923 00:41:51,724 --> 00:41:53,896 I just opened your mail, and you got another letter 924 00:41:53,896 --> 00:41:57,551 from Samantha asking you to come to a fundraiser? 925 00:41:57,551 --> 00:41:59,931 She hasn't made any money since you stopped going, 926 00:41:59,931 --> 00:42:02,448 and she lost the studio, and, 927 00:42:02,448 --> 00:42:04,448 it would really maybe help things with you, and, 928 00:42:06,689 --> 00:42:07,034 - Yeah, great. 929 00:42:09,172 --> 00:42:10,103 - [Patti] Do you want me to confirm? 930 00:42:10,103 --> 00:42:10,620 - Yeah. 931 00:42:14,482 --> 00:42:16,275 I want you to confirm there's some chocolate cake, 932 00:42:16,275 --> 00:42:17,758 and go get me a piece, hmm? 933 00:42:17,758 --> 00:42:19,517 [slapping] 934 00:42:29,655 --> 00:42:32,379 - Five, six, seven, eight. 935 00:42:32,379 --> 00:42:35,103 One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight. 936 00:42:37,206 --> 00:42:40,965 Two, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 937 00:42:40,965 --> 00:42:42,172 Big finish. 938 00:42:42,172 --> 00:42:42,620 Big finish! 939 00:42:45,413 --> 00:42:47,620 Dammit, big finish, enough is enough! 940 00:42:47,620 --> 00:42:49,344 Big finish! 941 00:42:49,344 --> 00:42:52,172 You will die for your big finish. 942 00:42:52,172 --> 00:42:54,758 We all love Francis, and we understand 943 00:42:54,758 --> 00:42:56,275 that he cannot return our phone calls. 944 00:42:58,103 --> 00:42:58,758 Because he is a very busy man. 945 00:43:01,517 --> 00:43:03,034 But we really look forward to hearing from him. 946 00:43:05,517 --> 00:43:07,551 Because then we can have our fundraiser, 947 00:43:07,551 --> 00:43:10,344 and we can move back to the big space and the big school. 948 00:43:10,344 --> 00:43:11,275 And we can celebrate. 949 00:43:13,448 --> 00:43:16,896 And I can get out of this little shithole. 950 00:43:16,896 --> 00:43:17,379 Sorry. 951 00:43:19,758 --> 00:43:21,068 - Frank, I wanna touch on a sensitive subject. 952 00:43:23,413 --> 00:43:25,379 Like Elvis, who also did karate, 953 00:43:27,724 --> 00:43:29,068 you gained a lot of weight at one time in your life. 954 00:43:30,896 --> 00:43:33,724 And like Elvis, you also did a lot of drugs. 955 00:43:33,724 --> 00:43:34,000 Everyone knew it. 956 00:43:36,689 --> 00:43:37,862 What kind of drugs were you doing? 957 00:43:37,862 --> 00:43:40,448 Was it steroids, or what? 958 00:43:40,448 --> 00:43:41,758 Because you were up and down with the weight so suddenly. 959 00:43:48,275 --> 00:43:49,620 - I did 'em all, you know? 960 00:43:52,931 --> 00:43:55,275 Winstrol, Anabol. 961 00:43:58,034 --> 00:43:59,758 Testosterone, pitbull semen. 962 00:44:02,103 --> 00:44:04,827 It was the pressure, man, 963 00:44:04,827 --> 00:44:08,758 I had to get lean for the fans. 964 00:44:08,758 --> 00:44:11,241 Nobody wanted to see a fat Frank Sledge, man. 965 00:44:11,241 --> 00:44:12,137 - Boy oh boy. 966 00:44:12,137 --> 00:44:12,551 Pitbull semen. 967 00:44:15,241 --> 00:44:15,793 How would you take that? 968 00:44:18,275 --> 00:44:20,310 Jimbo, Thailand, 1995. 969 00:44:23,206 --> 00:44:23,793 - How do I know Ron Jimbo? 970 00:44:26,793 --> 00:44:27,310 He's my boy. 971 00:44:29,379 --> 00:44:30,931 I was his commander, I recruited 972 00:44:30,931 --> 00:44:33,482 and trained him for Vietnam. 973 00:44:33,482 --> 00:44:34,689 Hell, I've seen him do shit that'll turn you white. 974 00:44:37,827 --> 00:44:39,379 So I guess that gives me the right to call him my boy. 975 00:44:41,965 --> 00:44:43,206 He's been trained to survive. 976 00:44:45,379 --> 00:44:48,275 To live off the land. 977 00:44:48,275 --> 00:44:51,620 TO eat things that would make a billy goat puke. 978 00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:52,965 And I'm not talking about plastic bags, 979 00:44:52,965 --> 00:44:53,793 tin cans, beer bottles. 980 00:44:56,137 --> 00:44:57,034 I'm talking about the gnarly stuff, son. 981 00:45:00,793 --> 00:45:01,172 He has one objective. 982 00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:04,379 And that's to kill. 983 00:45:06,344 --> 00:45:06,689 Period. 984 00:45:09,689 --> 00:45:10,965 You wanna send your men in after him, 985 00:45:10,965 --> 00:45:11,793 you better remember one thing. 986 00:45:15,103 --> 00:45:16,517 A good supply of body bags. 987 00:45:19,620 --> 00:45:21,413 [chuckling] 988 00:45:27,413 --> 00:45:28,965 - We were majorly screwed on the day 989 00:45:28,965 --> 00:45:30,310 that Frank Sledge showed up. 990 00:45:30,310 --> 00:45:34,103 - Well, this was one of many, you know, many many days. 991 00:45:34,103 --> 00:45:35,620 - It was one of your greatest moments 992 00:45:35,620 --> 00:45:37,551 I've ever seen a director think on his feet. 993 00:45:37,551 --> 00:45:39,482 Great news, we're [beep]ed. 994 00:45:39,482 --> 00:45:40,068 - [Donald] What do you mean, we're [beep]ed? 995 00:45:40,068 --> 00:45:40,965 - He's totally drunk. 996 00:45:40,965 --> 00:45:42,206 - What? 997 00:45:42,206 --> 00:45:43,068 - Completely. - What? 998 00:45:43,068 --> 00:45:44,448 - He can't even stand up. 999 00:45:44,448 --> 00:45:45,586 - Wait, I thought you had somebody with him. 1000 00:45:45,586 --> 00:45:46,586 - [Barry] I didn't have anybody with him. 1001 00:45:46,586 --> 00:45:47,689 - What the [beep] is your job, then? 1002 00:45:47,689 --> 00:45:49,137 - Listen, I understand, I [beep]ed up. 1003 00:45:49,137 --> 00:45:52,068 You gotta cover me, okay? 1004 00:45:52,068 --> 00:45:54,172 We got another problem, Joe or something. 1005 00:45:54,172 --> 00:45:55,241 - Dallas, Dallas, give me the script. 1006 00:45:55,241 --> 00:45:56,758 - Calm down, calm down. 1007 00:45:56,758 --> 00:45:58,034 You're one of the best directors in the world. 1008 00:45:58,034 --> 00:46:00,034 - Shut up, don't patronize me right now. 1009 00:46:00,034 --> 00:46:02,793 - All right, if you don't need patronizing, I'll save it. 1010 00:46:02,793 --> 00:46:04,551 What this man did is, he had a scene 1011 00:46:04,551 --> 00:46:07,448 with dialogue between Sledge and this prisoner, 1012 00:46:07,448 --> 00:46:08,517 where Sledge was carrying a big part of the scene. 1013 00:46:08,517 --> 00:46:10,206 - Yeah, he was rescuing the guy, 1014 00:46:10,206 --> 00:46:10,931 he was coming in, rescuing him. 1015 00:46:10,931 --> 00:46:12,586 - But completely drunk. 1016 00:46:12,586 --> 00:46:16,068 - He couldn't even get from his trailer to the stage. 1017 00:46:16,068 --> 00:46:18,241 I mean, the guy was completely shot. 1018 00:46:18,241 --> 00:46:20,103 Oh, I mean, just let it go, let it go. 1019 00:46:20,103 --> 00:46:22,896 All right, watch your shoes. 1020 00:46:22,896 --> 00:46:25,517 I got an idea here, and I think it's really gonna work. 1021 00:46:25,517 --> 00:46:27,137 - Joe, I'm Barry Simpson, producer. 1022 00:46:27,137 --> 00:46:27,448 Of course you know Don, our director. 1023 00:46:27,448 --> 00:46:29,241 - Joe, Joel, okay, great. 1024 00:46:29,241 --> 00:46:30,758 That's what I said. 1025 00:46:30,758 --> 00:46:31,724 Now, here's what we're gonna do. 1026 00:46:33,758 --> 00:46:35,586 You know, the scene is with you and Frank Sledge, 1027 00:46:35,586 --> 00:46:37,482 but what we're gonna have you do is, 1028 00:46:37,482 --> 00:46:39,827 I just think it's more effective for all these lines 1029 00:46:39,827 --> 00:46:42,620 to be said by you, both the speech between Frank. 1030 00:46:42,620 --> 00:46:45,724 - My line, so, you're an American. 1031 00:46:45,724 --> 00:46:47,620 - The whole thing, back and forth, it's you. 1032 00:46:47,620 --> 00:46:48,724 It's multiple personality, you have. 1033 00:46:48,724 --> 00:46:50,344 - His lines? 1034 00:46:50,344 --> 00:46:53,206 - Yeah, you have a multiple personality in now. 1035 00:46:53,206 --> 00:46:54,275 - This is you doing your acting thing, man. 1036 00:46:54,275 --> 00:46:55,551 - Big moment. 1037 00:46:55,551 --> 00:46:55,793 - I don't, uh. 1038 00:46:58,758 --> 00:47:00,206 Was he supposed to be multiple personality? 1039 00:47:01,862 --> 00:47:02,172 - [Both] He is now. 1040 00:47:04,862 --> 00:47:07,034 - Tested on the POWs! 1041 00:47:07,034 --> 00:47:09,724 But sir, they'll be useless to us in the arena. 1042 00:47:09,724 --> 00:47:11,310 They can't fight under those conditions. 1043 00:47:11,310 --> 00:47:12,103 What about fight night? 1044 00:47:14,172 --> 00:47:15,586 Well, I guess we'll have an inside advantage 1045 00:47:15,586 --> 00:47:16,862 on the betting now, won't we? 1046 00:47:16,862 --> 00:47:17,965 [laughing] 1047 00:47:17,965 --> 00:47:18,344 Yeah, yeah! 1048 00:47:20,862 --> 00:47:22,103 - The hard part was, remember, trying to get Frank 1049 00:47:22,103 --> 00:47:24,517 to respond to the kid. 1050 00:47:24,517 --> 00:47:27,241 He couldn't do it, he wasn't bringing anything to it. 1051 00:47:27,241 --> 00:47:30,137 - Shh, I'm an American. 1052 00:47:30,137 --> 00:47:32,206 - And I'm here to help. 1053 00:47:32,206 --> 00:47:34,275 - And I'm here to help. 1054 00:47:34,275 --> 00:47:35,068 - Let's build it, let's try it again. 1055 00:47:35,068 --> 00:47:36,482 Try it again, just try it again. 1056 00:47:36,482 --> 00:47:38,758 Just take a half a step, whoa! 1057 00:47:38,758 --> 00:47:40,758 It would've been a lot easier if he was drunk, 1058 00:47:40,758 --> 00:47:43,206 say, only 20% of the time, 1059 00:47:43,206 --> 00:47:44,758 'cause he would've remembered it 1060 00:47:44,758 --> 00:47:46,413 and I wouldn't have blocked it all out. 1061 00:47:46,413 --> 00:47:47,379 Give him the drugs. 1062 00:47:47,379 --> 00:47:48,827 What, the drugs, why the drugs? 1063 00:47:48,827 --> 00:47:50,034 They can't fight on the drugs! 1064 00:47:50,034 --> 00:47:51,275 Oh, rats, look at me! 1065 00:47:51,275 --> 00:47:54,931 Frank, Frank, focus, come on. 1066 00:47:54,931 --> 00:47:56,862 - All you needed was one good take with Sledge. 1067 00:47:56,862 --> 00:47:58,344 I mean, that's the good thing about him. 1068 00:47:58,344 --> 00:48:00,482 You could never count on 20 good ones, 1069 00:48:00,482 --> 00:48:02,034 but you could pretty much prod him into one good one. 1070 00:48:02,034 --> 00:48:02,827 - You could pray for one. 1071 00:48:02,827 --> 00:48:03,344 - Yeah. 1072 00:48:05,068 --> 00:48:05,482 - I'll be back. 1073 00:48:11,517 --> 00:48:13,793 - Guards, right here, come on over here, right here. 1074 00:48:13,793 --> 00:48:15,310 [shouting] 1075 00:48:15,310 --> 00:48:18,034 All right, all right, cut, cut cut cut. 1076 00:48:18,034 --> 00:48:20,379 - Frank had gotten pathetic. 1077 00:48:20,379 --> 00:48:23,517 It wasn't only affecting the people around him. 1078 00:48:23,517 --> 00:48:26,482 It was affecting his performance as a Hollywood action star. 1079 00:48:28,275 --> 00:48:29,517 His career was, 1080 00:48:31,931 --> 00:48:33,689 was spiraling out of control. 1081 00:48:39,034 --> 00:48:40,310 - You know, the morning, 1082 00:48:40,310 --> 00:48:42,000 we have the explosion scene planned? 1083 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,241 Let's just blow off the explosion 'til the afternoon, 1084 00:48:43,241 --> 00:48:43,965 the light's a lot better. 1085 00:48:43,965 --> 00:48:44,724 - No can do. 1086 00:48:44,724 --> 00:48:46,482 - Why? 1087 00:48:46,482 --> 00:48:47,137 - 'Cause I got the water truck and helicopter 1088 00:48:47,137 --> 00:48:48,620 coming in first thing. 1089 00:48:48,620 --> 00:48:49,862 - Okay, but have them come a little later, it's okay. 1090 00:48:49,862 --> 00:48:51,241 - It costs a lost of money. 1091 00:48:51,241 --> 00:48:51,655 You know how much a water truck costs? 1092 00:48:51,655 --> 00:48:53,137 - Barry, Barry. 1093 00:48:53,137 --> 00:48:54,000 - It's an extra $200, for what? 1094 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,379 - You can do it, you can do it. 1095 00:48:55,379 --> 00:48:56,379 - Excuse me. - You can do it. 1096 00:48:56,379 --> 00:48:57,827 - What, excuse me, just one second. 1097 00:48:57,827 --> 00:49:00,379 What do you mean me? - You can do it, you can. 1098 00:49:00,379 --> 00:49:03,000 - Don and Barry, excuse me, we have a problem. 1099 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,000 - What's the problem? 1100 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,206 - Frank is unconscious. 1101 00:49:06,206 --> 00:49:07,068 - Well, wake him up. 1102 00:49:07,068 --> 00:49:08,310 - What do you mean? 1103 00:49:08,310 --> 00:49:10,000 - No, he's unconscious unconscious. 1104 00:49:12,689 --> 00:49:13,862 - He can't talk? 1105 00:49:13,862 --> 00:49:15,620 - He can't talk. 1106 00:49:15,620 --> 00:49:17,137 - Can he walk? 1107 00:49:17,137 --> 00:49:18,275 - Nope. - This is a walk and talk day. 1108 00:49:18,275 --> 00:49:19,965 This is dialogue. 1109 00:49:19,965 --> 00:49:20,517 - He can't walk and he can't talk, 1110 00:49:20,517 --> 00:49:23,137 and we're in a walk and talk. 1111 00:49:23,137 --> 00:49:24,827 - Wait a minute, there's a walk and talk today. 1112 00:49:24,827 --> 00:49:26,862 - I know, but we're not gonna be able to do that, are we? 1113 00:49:26,862 --> 00:49:28,241 Calm down, we gotta come up with something. 1114 00:49:28,241 --> 00:49:29,551 What about 105? 1115 00:49:29,551 --> 00:49:30,724 - It chaps my ass, I'm telling you. 1116 00:49:30,724 --> 00:49:32,000 - 105 is a good scene, he's in the car, he's driving. 1117 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,137 - No, he's not, he can't drive. 1118 00:49:34,137 --> 00:49:35,103 He can't, and we can't even double him. 1119 00:49:35,103 --> 00:49:36,172 And he's gotta scream, and he's. 1120 00:49:36,172 --> 00:49:37,275 - All right, all right, all right. 1121 00:49:37,275 --> 00:49:38,896 - [Donald] How about 110? 1122 00:49:38,896 --> 00:49:39,965 - The interrogation? 1123 00:49:39,965 --> 00:49:41,241 - 110, the interrogation scene. 1124 00:49:41,241 --> 00:49:42,689 - I mean, the set's not lit. 1125 00:49:42,689 --> 00:49:44,517 - Well, that's okay, we'll just dress the set 1126 00:49:44,517 --> 00:49:46,448 and call the evil doctor guy and get him down here. 1127 00:49:46,448 --> 00:49:48,000 - Okay, I'll get on it, good idea. 1128 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:50,689 Somebody get me a phone, I'm gonna call that evil doctor! 1129 00:49:50,689 --> 00:49:52,655 - Okay, now listen, there's been a change of plans, okay? 1130 00:49:52,655 --> 00:49:54,517 We're going to the interrogation scene. 1131 00:49:54,517 --> 00:49:56,620 Manny, get over here, I need the set built right now. 1132 00:49:56,620 --> 00:49:58,758 [dramatic music] 1133 00:50:01,724 --> 00:50:04,275 - I love this, feel it. 1134 00:50:04,275 --> 00:50:05,689 Yes, feels warm and tingly. 1135 00:50:08,103 --> 00:50:09,965 Comfortable, huh? 1136 00:50:09,965 --> 00:50:12,379 So comfortable that you will tell me everything you know. 1137 00:50:14,068 --> 00:50:16,000 Oh, it's coming! 1138 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:16,517 Yes. 1139 00:50:18,413 --> 00:50:22,655 You will be spilling your guts. 1140 00:50:25,827 --> 00:50:27,724 [mumbling] 1141 00:50:27,724 --> 00:50:28,137 Excuse me? 1142 00:50:30,206 --> 00:50:31,724 - It's all fucking bullshit. 1143 00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:35,896 - Don, you know, I don't think this is going to work. 1144 00:50:35,896 --> 00:50:37,620 - Don't look at me! 1145 00:50:37,620 --> 00:50:39,068 Don't, keep rolling, just don't look. 1146 00:50:39,068 --> 00:50:40,931 Look at him, you're the evil doctor! 1147 00:50:40,931 --> 00:50:41,448 Just get him! 1148 00:50:47,206 --> 00:50:51,758 - They all want a piece of me. 1149 00:50:51,758 --> 00:50:52,482 - They all want a piece of what? 1150 00:50:54,586 --> 00:50:57,000 [whimpering] 1151 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,620 Don, Don, I'm not sure. 1152 00:50:58,620 --> 00:51:00,551 - No, don't break the fourth wall. 1153 00:51:00,551 --> 00:51:02,241 We'll dub it, he's a drug addict, you're the evil doctor, 1154 00:51:02,241 --> 00:51:04,137 come on, focus, focus! 1155 00:51:04,137 --> 00:51:04,655 Just, come on. 1156 00:51:07,103 --> 00:51:09,413 - They want a piece of you? 1157 00:51:09,413 --> 00:51:12,379 They want a piece of what, the shipment? 1158 00:51:12,379 --> 00:51:13,793 - What did you say to me? 1159 00:51:15,793 --> 00:51:18,724 - I said they all want a piece of the. 1160 00:51:18,724 --> 00:51:20,379 [bashing] 1161 00:51:30,068 --> 00:51:32,379 [cameras clicking] 1162 00:51:34,482 --> 00:51:37,241 - A couple years back I get a call, 1163 00:51:37,241 --> 00:51:38,827 come down to the Frank Sledge movie set. 1164 00:51:38,827 --> 00:51:40,620 Stage 14, right away. 1165 00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:42,172 - You call that control? 1166 00:51:42,172 --> 00:51:43,827 He's supposed to be a professional. 1167 00:51:43,827 --> 00:51:45,137 He's an idiot. 1168 00:51:45,137 --> 00:51:46,000 An idiot! 1169 00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,689 [slamming] 1170 00:51:47,689 --> 00:51:51,379 - I grab my gun, I did what's called a running skip, 1171 00:51:53,103 --> 00:51:56,724 which is faster than a walk, but it doesn't alarm people. 1172 00:51:59,586 --> 00:52:03,172 Mr. Sledge, for some reason, was holding his crew hostage, 1173 00:52:04,620 --> 00:52:08,482 had terrorized them, for some unknown reason. 1174 00:52:08,482 --> 00:52:10,448 The word on the squawker was it's bad down there. 1175 00:52:12,724 --> 00:52:15,172 So I switched from a skip-run to a gallop. 1176 00:52:15,172 --> 00:52:15,758 By the time I got down there, 1177 00:52:19,137 --> 00:52:21,034 Angelina Jolie, the leading lady of the movie, 1178 00:52:21,034 --> 00:52:24,137 had taken matters into her own hands, pinning him down. 1179 00:52:25,137 --> 00:52:26,310 I couldn't believe it. 1180 00:52:26,931 --> 00:52:28,620 I looked at her, 1181 00:52:30,172 --> 00:52:33,379 half hoping that a rafter 1182 00:52:34,551 --> 00:52:36,413 would drop down on that bitch's head. 1183 00:52:38,448 --> 00:52:43,137 She, in addition to violating a union rule, 1184 00:52:43,137 --> 00:52:46,241 is taking food out of my biracial kids' mouths. 1185 00:52:49,724 --> 00:52:52,896 I told her I needed to take care of matters from there, 1186 00:52:52,896 --> 00:52:56,551 and I took over Mr. Sledge's custody and he escaped. 1187 00:52:58,620 --> 00:52:59,068 - He was sick. 1188 00:53:01,517 --> 00:53:04,413 And it upset me, because I had no idea it went on this long. 1189 00:53:04,413 --> 00:53:05,517 You try to help your friends, 1190 00:53:05,517 --> 00:53:07,931 but they have to want your help. 1191 00:53:07,931 --> 00:53:10,206 And sometimes you just have to love them enough 1192 00:53:10,206 --> 00:53:12,034 to let them hit rock bottom. 1193 00:53:12,034 --> 00:53:13,137 I mean hit rock bottom. 1194 00:53:15,275 --> 00:53:19,620 - Below the Law, Out for Vengeance, Hard to Stop, 1195 00:53:19,620 --> 00:53:23,172 and Jimbo were all successful films. 1196 00:53:23,172 --> 00:53:23,793 They made money, at least. 1197 00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:25,793 But Glenn was gone. 1198 00:53:28,241 --> 00:53:29,517 And Frank's personal life was going in the shitter. 1199 00:53:31,689 --> 00:53:33,758 But as long as your box office is hot, 1200 00:53:33,758 --> 00:53:34,655 that's all that counts in this business. 1201 00:53:37,206 --> 00:53:39,724 They'll use you 'til you self-destruct. 1202 00:53:39,724 --> 00:53:42,758 And then, when you no longer produce, 1203 00:53:42,758 --> 00:53:44,275 they'll throw you away like a pair of soiled underpants. 1204 00:53:50,620 --> 00:53:52,379 - I'm sure that there's a lot of people 1205 00:53:53,931 --> 00:53:56,620 that would laugh right now, 1206 00:53:56,620 --> 00:53:58,862 seeing Frank Sledge deliver pizzas, 1207 00:53:58,862 --> 00:54:01,448 but this is the perfect job to get my life back on track. 1208 00:54:05,241 --> 00:54:07,206 It's got great hours, I got medical, and uh, 1209 00:54:09,068 --> 00:54:10,275 it allows me to go to my acting classes 1210 00:54:10,275 --> 00:54:12,206 and practice my craft. 1211 00:54:12,206 --> 00:54:12,551 It's perfect. 1212 00:54:15,034 --> 00:54:16,448 - [Richard] Gee, Frank. 1213 00:54:16,448 --> 00:54:19,586 What made you realize you'd lost everything? 1214 00:54:19,586 --> 00:54:21,517 When did you realize it was all in the crapper? 1215 00:54:25,517 --> 00:54:26,206 - This letter changed everything. 1216 00:54:29,206 --> 00:54:29,620 I found it 1217 00:54:33,724 --> 00:54:37,965 after waking up from a three-week bender, 1218 00:54:37,965 --> 00:54:38,551 in a puddle of my own vomit. 1219 00:54:41,241 --> 00:54:42,137 Jacket I haven't washed in a year. 1220 00:54:47,655 --> 00:54:48,482 Just reminds you who your friends are. 1221 00:54:51,551 --> 00:54:51,724 I'll read it. 1222 00:55:00,586 --> 00:55:01,137 "Dear Francis. 1223 00:55:03,241 --> 00:55:04,620 "We all know you are busy 1224 00:55:04,620 --> 00:55:06,586 "and we're all happy for your success. 1225 00:55:06,586 --> 00:55:09,379 "I knew you were a special child ever since." 1226 00:55:09,379 --> 00:55:10,310 - [Samantha] "Your first performance 1227 00:55:10,310 --> 00:55:11,379 "of The Ugly Ugly Duckling at my school. 1228 00:55:13,793 --> 00:55:15,482 "Anyway, I just wanted to give you an update. 1229 00:55:17,758 --> 00:55:19,689 "The school has been closed for some time now. 1230 00:55:19,689 --> 00:55:20,586 "I don't know if you know it or not. 1231 00:55:22,517 --> 00:55:24,137 "Honestly, it was hard to make it 1232 00:55:24,137 --> 00:55:25,206 "without your yearly fundraisers. 1233 00:55:28,482 --> 00:55:30,206 "Well, I'm just teaching a few privates from my garage. 1234 00:55:32,482 --> 00:55:35,206 "It's okay, it's nothing like the school, though. 1235 00:55:38,103 --> 00:55:40,275 "I miss the smiles on the kids' faces 1236 00:55:40,275 --> 00:55:41,931 "when they first learn how to do a jazz square 1237 00:55:41,931 --> 00:55:42,310 "or a pas de bourree. 1238 00:55:45,275 --> 00:55:46,551 "We don't have much room to learn these moves now. 1239 00:55:50,310 --> 00:55:51,310 "Do you remember little Joey and Lance? 1240 00:55:53,034 --> 00:55:53,689 "They're doing so well. 1241 00:55:55,517 --> 00:55:56,344 "They always looked up to you. 1242 00:55:58,172 --> 00:55:59,034 "They remind me of you." 1243 00:56:01,793 --> 00:56:02,689 - "I hope this letter finds you well. 1244 00:56:05,689 --> 00:56:06,137 "Love, Samantha." 1245 00:56:14,827 --> 00:56:15,344 I let a friend down. 1246 00:56:18,344 --> 00:56:19,793 I vow I will never do that again. 1247 00:56:23,896 --> 00:56:25,034 - Hey Frank, why don't you come and join us? 1248 00:56:38,275 --> 00:56:39,379 - I have to be the best Frank Sledge I can be. 1249 00:56:53,586 --> 00:56:54,724 This is it, it's the moment I've been waiting for. 1250 00:56:57,827 --> 00:57:02,206 Jack's got a deal on the table, made an offer, 1251 00:57:02,206 --> 00:57:03,379 and I'm gonna go find out what it is. 1252 00:57:04,758 --> 00:57:05,172 It's big. 1253 00:57:08,068 --> 00:57:10,206 - Hey, all right. 1254 00:57:10,206 --> 00:57:10,586 There he is. 1255 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:13,551 Frank. 1256 00:57:13,551 --> 00:57:14,620 - [Frank] How are you doing, man? 1257 00:57:14,620 --> 00:57:16,275 - Good, man, I see you brought your posse, 1258 00:57:16,275 --> 00:57:16,965 your girlfriend with you, sit down. 1259 00:57:16,965 --> 00:57:18,000 [laughing nervously] 1260 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:18,413 All right. 1261 00:57:20,724 --> 00:57:21,344 I think we got something. 1262 00:57:21,344 --> 00:57:21,689 - Yeah? - Yeah. 1263 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,344 It's a big deal, it's gonna be you and this young kid, 1264 00:57:30,344 --> 00:57:32,724 who's very, very hot, I gather, right now. 1265 00:57:32,724 --> 00:57:33,068 They want you. 1266 00:57:34,137 --> 00:57:35,896 - Yes. 1267 00:57:35,896 --> 00:57:37,103 - You give me the word, I'll make the call right now. 1268 00:57:37,103 --> 00:57:37,896 - Let's make the call. 1269 00:57:37,896 --> 00:57:39,344 - All right. 1270 00:57:39,344 --> 00:57:40,448 Oh, there's one other thing. 1271 00:57:40,448 --> 00:57:42,931 The money is scale plus 10. 1272 00:57:42,931 --> 00:57:43,482 - Take it or leave it. 1273 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:46,068 - Take it. 1274 00:57:46,068 --> 00:57:48,206 [upbeat music] 1275 00:57:49,655 --> 00:57:50,482 - John Travolta. 1276 00:57:52,068 --> 00:57:53,310 Robert Downey Jr. 1277 00:57:54,965 --> 00:57:55,344 Carrot Top. 1278 00:57:57,655 --> 00:58:00,862 Frank joins an elite group of celebrities 1279 00:58:00,862 --> 00:58:03,655 who were given a second chance at stardom. 1280 00:58:03,655 --> 00:58:06,034 And during the filming of this documentary, 1281 00:58:06,034 --> 00:58:08,758 something amazing happened. 1282 00:58:08,758 --> 00:58:12,344 Frank was given that second chance, 1283 00:58:12,344 --> 00:58:14,517 and my cameras caught it all. 1284 00:58:14,517 --> 00:58:16,103 - Do you understand the words 1285 00:58:16,103 --> 00:58:17,275 that are coming out of my mouth? 1286 00:58:20,068 --> 00:58:22,896 [hip-hop music] 1287 00:58:22,896 --> 00:58:23,413 Oh, no. 1288 00:58:25,068 --> 00:58:27,379 Never touch a white man's radio. 1289 00:58:27,379 --> 00:58:28,137 - What are you talking about, man? 1290 00:58:28,137 --> 00:58:30,689 This is some good, funky stuff. 1291 00:58:30,689 --> 00:58:32,275 - It's gonna get you a good funky ass-whoppin'. 1292 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,034 [rock music] 1293 00:58:39,586 --> 00:58:41,103 [engine revving] 1294 00:58:41,103 --> 00:58:42,793 - Cut. 1295 00:58:42,793 --> 00:58:45,620 Frank, that was excellent, thank you very much. 1296 00:58:45,620 --> 00:58:46,517 All right, people, let's go, movin' on. 1297 00:58:51,103 --> 00:58:51,862 - Gotta love it, right? 1298 00:58:51,862 --> 00:58:53,724 Crack action. 1299 00:58:53,724 --> 00:58:56,379 It's getting better, you know, looks good, looks good. 1300 00:58:56,379 --> 00:58:59,172 - Am I doing that stuff there? 1301 00:58:59,172 --> 00:59:00,034 That's me, in the middle there, right? 1302 00:59:02,344 --> 00:59:04,482 [laughing] - What, do you want a cigar? 1303 00:59:04,482 --> 00:59:07,034 You wanna smoke while you do this? 1304 00:59:07,034 --> 00:59:09,482 Come on, you go get 'em in there, you go get 'em, okay? 1305 00:59:09,482 --> 00:59:10,241 All right. 1306 00:59:10,241 --> 00:59:14,586 - [Frank] Yup. 1307 00:59:17,137 --> 00:59:19,000 - Kelly, he's playing you. 1308 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,482 Frank, he's playing you, okay? 1309 00:59:20,482 --> 00:59:22,172 - Okay. 1310 00:59:22,172 --> 00:59:25,448 - So we try now, okay, very strong, half speed, and action. 1311 00:59:33,206 --> 00:59:34,896 And cut, very strong. 1312 00:59:34,896 --> 00:59:36,586 Okay, got it? 1313 00:59:36,586 --> 00:59:37,137 - Yep, no problem. - Okay, let's go. 1314 00:59:37,137 --> 00:59:38,379 Let's try it. 1315 00:59:38,379 --> 00:59:40,137 Come on, we good. 1316 00:59:40,137 --> 00:59:40,517 - [Kelly] Okay. 1317 00:59:42,931 --> 00:59:44,448 - Are we going now? 1318 00:59:44,448 --> 00:59:45,379 - We shoot. - We're shoot now? 1319 00:59:45,379 --> 00:59:46,310 - We shoot, ready? 1320 00:59:46,310 --> 00:59:47,103 You guys all set, okay? 1321 00:59:47,103 --> 00:59:48,586 Good. 1322 00:59:48,586 --> 00:59:50,344 [clacking] 1323 00:59:51,724 --> 00:59:52,206 - Cut. 1324 00:59:54,931 --> 00:59:57,241 All right, let's reset, please. 1325 00:59:57,241 --> 00:59:58,724 [clacking] 1326 00:59:58,724 --> 00:59:59,137 And, action. 1327 01:00:03,103 --> 01:00:03,448 Cut, cut cut. 1328 01:00:06,482 --> 01:00:07,827 Just take your time, Frank, 1329 01:00:07,827 --> 01:00:09,862 you're doing great, you're doing great. 1330 01:00:09,862 --> 01:00:10,379 Action. 1331 01:00:14,172 --> 01:00:15,724 Cut, cut, cut. 1332 01:00:15,724 --> 01:00:17,241 - You guys are fast. 1333 01:00:17,241 --> 01:00:18,517 [clacking] 1334 01:00:18,517 --> 01:00:19,758 - Cut. 1335 01:00:19,758 --> 01:00:20,827 Cut. 1336 01:00:20,827 --> 01:00:21,793 [clacking] 1337 01:00:21,793 --> 01:00:22,689 Cut. 1338 01:00:22,689 --> 01:00:23,862 Cut. 1339 01:00:23,862 --> 01:00:25,724 Frank, you're killing me. 1340 01:00:25,724 --> 01:00:26,827 [clacking] 1341 01:00:26,827 --> 01:00:28,586 [thudding] 1342 01:00:31,034 --> 01:00:32,724 [clacking] 1343 01:00:32,724 --> 01:00:35,517 - If they're giving me a signal, like a cue, something. 1344 01:00:35,517 --> 01:00:37,827 [clacking] 1345 01:00:37,827 --> 01:00:38,896 [clacking] 1346 01:00:38,896 --> 01:00:40,862 - It's not that difficult. 1347 01:00:40,862 --> 01:00:42,068 [clacking] 1348 01:00:42,068 --> 01:00:44,000 - You're [beep]ing killing me. 1349 01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:45,724 [clacking] 1350 01:00:45,724 --> 01:00:46,034 You're not taking this seriously. 1351 01:00:46,034 --> 01:00:47,862 - Me? 1352 01:00:47,862 --> 01:00:50,827 It's not me, Brett, it's [beep]ing Frank! 1353 01:00:50,827 --> 01:00:51,620 [clacking] 1354 01:00:51,620 --> 01:00:52,862 - Cut. 1355 01:00:52,862 --> 01:00:54,310 I don't know, I don't know. 1356 01:00:57,137 --> 01:00:57,689 Cut! 1357 01:01:00,103 --> 01:01:01,551 - Sorry. 1358 01:01:01,551 --> 01:01:02,965 [clacking] 1359 01:01:02,965 --> 01:01:04,206 - And action. 1360 01:01:13,586 --> 01:01:14,103 Cut! 1361 01:01:15,827 --> 01:01:18,068 - Frank, [beep]. 1362 01:01:18,068 --> 01:01:19,379 How many time I tell you, left side. 1363 01:01:19,379 --> 01:01:20,862 What hand this, what hand this? 1364 01:01:20,862 --> 01:01:22,034 - Uh, left. 1365 01:01:22,034 --> 01:01:23,172 - Left side, go left! 1366 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:29,551 [beep] 1367 01:01:33,275 --> 01:01:36,241 [speaking foreign language] 1368 01:01:44,103 --> 01:01:46,034 [laughing] 1369 01:01:53,103 --> 01:01:55,206 [chuckling] 1370 01:01:55,206 --> 01:01:56,137 - Crazy day. 1371 01:01:56,137 --> 01:01:57,482 - Yeah, crazy. 1372 01:02:02,862 --> 01:02:04,344 - I'm sorry about this, I know it's taking your whole day. 1373 01:02:07,137 --> 01:02:08,379 But when I get on a roll. 1374 01:02:08,379 --> 01:02:09,551 - I'm sorry, Frank. 1375 01:02:09,551 --> 01:02:09,793 I'm sorry. 1376 01:02:13,689 --> 01:02:14,068 We gotta replace you. 1377 01:02:16,862 --> 01:02:20,413 It's not me, it's, you know, the business. 1378 01:02:23,034 --> 01:02:26,241 I mean, your acting, your acting has been so on. 1379 01:02:26,241 --> 01:02:27,896 I'm so proud of what you've been doing. 1380 01:02:27,896 --> 01:02:29,724 Thank you. 1381 01:02:29,724 --> 01:02:32,758 Unfortunately it's an action movie, 1382 01:02:32,758 --> 01:02:35,448 and we gotta keep things moving with it. 1383 01:02:35,448 --> 01:02:36,620 We don't have the time, it cost a lot of money. 1384 01:02:43,965 --> 01:02:44,379 I'm sorry. 1385 01:02:46,034 --> 01:02:46,586 I don't know what else to say. 1386 01:02:54,344 --> 01:02:57,586 We'll stay in touch, right? 1387 01:02:57,586 --> 01:02:59,275 - Yeah, yeah. 1388 01:02:59,275 --> 01:03:00,379 Next one, maybe. 1389 01:03:04,517 --> 01:03:06,172 - Frank just couldn't get the job done, 1390 01:03:06,172 --> 01:03:08,344 and so they had to fire him. 1391 01:03:08,344 --> 01:03:11,241 And then during the recasting, 1392 01:03:11,241 --> 01:03:14,310 they came up with a whole new concept. 1393 01:03:14,310 --> 01:03:17,551 They decided to turn it into a comedy. 1394 01:03:17,551 --> 01:03:20,310 And that's when Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker came aboard, 1395 01:03:20,310 --> 01:03:23,482 and I was out. 1396 01:03:23,482 --> 01:03:25,758 That's why I don't have a [beep]ing poster next to me. 1397 01:03:25,758 --> 01:03:26,137 Thanks, Frank. 1398 01:03:28,379 --> 01:03:31,137 - I know, I know, Frank, but. 1399 01:03:31,137 --> 01:03:33,172 Listen, man, you got two choices, 1400 01:03:33,172 --> 01:03:35,241 so you might as well stay positive, right? 1401 01:03:35,241 --> 01:03:36,344 You all right? 1402 01:03:36,344 --> 01:03:37,655 You didn't go out, did you? 1403 01:03:37,655 --> 01:03:39,172 Okay. 1404 01:03:39,172 --> 01:03:41,000 What step are you on, anyway? 1405 01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:41,827 That's it? 1406 01:03:41,827 --> 01:03:43,137 Jesus. 1407 01:03:43,137 --> 01:03:46,068 Come on, man. 1408 01:03:46,068 --> 01:03:49,344 I'm kidding you, I'm a joker, I'm joking with you. 1409 01:03:49,344 --> 01:03:51,310 I don't think I could get him a job right now 1410 01:03:51,310 --> 01:03:53,758 as an assistant [beep]er. 1411 01:03:53,758 --> 01:03:55,241 I mean, he's dead right now in this town. 1412 01:03:55,241 --> 01:03:58,482 But you know, look at Madonna, right? 1413 01:03:58,482 --> 01:03:59,965 Who, I know, when I work with him, I mean, 1414 01:03:59,965 --> 01:04:01,931 she's had times when she was flat, 1415 01:04:01,931 --> 01:04:03,482 and she's come back, you know? 1416 01:04:03,482 --> 01:04:05,379 It's all a question about hanging around. 1417 01:04:05,379 --> 01:04:07,482 You just keep showing up, you know? 1418 01:04:07,482 --> 01:04:09,827 And one day all the other [beep] suckers are dead, 1419 01:04:09,827 --> 01:04:11,655 and you're there. 1420 01:04:11,655 --> 01:04:12,448 I guess you'll have to bleep that 1421 01:04:12,448 --> 01:04:13,103 [beep]suckers, right? 1422 01:04:15,379 --> 01:04:16,689 It's a good word, [beep]suckers. 1423 01:04:16,689 --> 01:04:18,103 They don't say it much any more though, 1424 01:04:18,103 --> 01:04:19,724 because it's so, you know, it's not PC. 1425 01:04:23,241 --> 01:04:25,000 - It wasn't just alcohol with me. 1426 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:27,275 To be honest, it was every drug under the sun, man. 1427 01:04:27,275 --> 01:04:30,655 I just, and pot. 1428 01:04:30,655 --> 01:04:33,517 If anyone didn't need pot it was me, man. 1429 01:04:33,517 --> 01:04:35,724 I just, I was so paranoid to begin. 1430 01:04:35,724 --> 01:04:39,379 I used to have a rearview mirror on my stationary bike, 1431 01:04:39,379 --> 01:04:41,551 that's how whacked I was, okay? 1432 01:04:41,551 --> 01:04:43,551 I mean, I'm just so paranoid to begin. 1433 01:04:43,551 --> 01:04:46,413 I'm still paranoid, but at least I don't smoke any dope. 1434 01:04:46,413 --> 01:04:49,172 In fact, everybody was effected by my drug use. 1435 01:04:49,172 --> 01:04:51,896 It was tragic, until, 1436 01:04:51,896 --> 01:04:54,965 until I followed these steps all the way, 1437 01:04:54,965 --> 01:04:56,896 and I made my amends. 1438 01:04:56,896 --> 01:04:59,448 I apologized to everybody that I screwed up 1439 01:04:59,448 --> 01:05:02,793 because of my whacked-out alcoholism. 1440 01:05:02,793 --> 01:05:05,034 I mean, I made my amends to everybody. 1441 01:05:06,827 --> 01:05:08,793 And I mean everybody. 1442 01:05:08,793 --> 01:05:13,241 ♪ Let it be me ♪ 1443 01:05:13,241 --> 01:05:17,517 ♪ Who comes to hold you ♪ 1444 01:05:18,896 --> 01:05:22,655 ♪ When the world outside has been cold to you ♪ 1445 01:05:26,379 --> 01:05:30,689 ♪ Who sets you free ♪ 1446 01:05:30,689 --> 01:05:35,137 ♪ Let it be me ♪ 1447 01:05:40,137 --> 01:05:43,931 ♪ I can make you smile ♪ 1448 01:05:43,931 --> 01:05:49,379 ♪ Yes, I understand you ♪ 1449 01:05:49,379 --> 01:05:53,034 ♪ And I will comfort you like no other woman can do ♪ 1450 01:05:56,862 --> 01:06:00,482 ♪ Who sets you free ♪ 1451 01:06:00,482 --> 01:06:01,724 - I've come to this point in my life 1452 01:06:01,724 --> 01:06:04,275 where I realize I have to ask forgiveness. 1453 01:06:06,206 --> 01:06:08,310 - Frank, all is forgiven. 1454 01:06:08,310 --> 01:06:09,620 I forgave you a long time ago. 1455 01:06:12,034 --> 01:06:12,586 Your best friend is back. 1456 01:06:15,965 --> 01:06:19,793 - You know, AA, a lotta good people, great program. 1457 01:06:19,793 --> 01:06:22,517 Acting class, it's been a lot of fun, 1458 01:06:22,517 --> 01:06:25,206 but something's always been missing. 1459 01:06:25,206 --> 01:06:26,137 - I'll tell you what's missing. 1460 01:06:26,137 --> 01:06:27,172 Dance. 1461 01:06:28,655 --> 01:06:29,965 You're a dancer, Frank. 1462 01:06:29,965 --> 01:06:31,310 I've seen hundreds of guys 1463 01:06:31,310 --> 01:06:32,551 come and go through Chip 'N Dales, 1464 01:06:32,551 --> 01:06:34,862 but none of them, none of them were as good as you. 1465 01:06:34,862 --> 01:06:36,586 Because you're the best. 1466 01:06:36,586 --> 01:06:38,517 Frank, you're a dancer, and a dancer dances. 1467 01:06:40,482 --> 01:06:42,241 - Dance, you know, it's so far away from me now. 1468 01:06:42,241 --> 01:06:44,896 - No no no no no. It's in there. 1469 01:06:44,896 --> 01:06:45,724 You just need a little tune-up. 1470 01:06:54,137 --> 01:06:56,517 [upbeat rock music] 1471 01:07:00,931 --> 01:07:02,965 ♪ Got one final chance ♪ 1472 01:07:02,965 --> 01:07:05,103 ♪ Gotta put up the fight ♪ 1473 01:07:05,103 --> 01:07:07,206 ♪ Gonna dance with the dragon ♪ 1474 01:07:07,206 --> 01:07:09,379 ♪ This time gonna get it right ♪ 1475 01:07:09,379 --> 01:07:11,482 ♪ It's my comeback, see ♪ 1476 01:07:11,482 --> 01:07:14,413 ♪ And it won't take long ♪ 1477 01:07:14,413 --> 01:07:18,206 ♪ If all goes as planned by the end of this song ♪ 1478 01:07:23,758 --> 01:07:27,586 ♪ Dance with a dragon, what can I say ♪ 1479 01:07:27,586 --> 01:07:31,689 ♪ Hey look I'm wearing the clothes of Jennifer Grey ♪ 1480 01:07:31,689 --> 01:07:35,896 ♪ I dirty danced with the dragon and I showed him ♪ 1481 01:07:35,896 --> 01:07:39,551 ♪ I will give my best shot, a fist to the crotch ♪ 1482 01:07:40,344 --> 01:07:42,482 ♪ Rocky had Apollo ♪ 1483 01:07:42,482 --> 01:07:45,517 ♪ And I've got my Glenn ♪ 1484 01:07:45,517 --> 01:07:49,655 ♪ There's something so inspiring about sweaty black men ♪ 1485 01:07:49,655 --> 01:07:54,172 ♪ Now my best friend is back to give me a chance ♪ 1486 01:07:54,172 --> 01:07:58,000 ♪ If only I'd never abandoned the dance ♪ 1487 01:08:00,689 --> 01:08:05,758 ♪ I'm off the pills and I quit booze ♪ 1488 01:08:05,758 --> 01:08:09,344 ♪ Check out this scene from the movie Footloose ♪ 1489 01:08:09,344 --> 01:08:13,241 ♪ I dirty danced with a dragon and I showed him ♪ 1490 01:08:13,241 --> 01:08:17,068 ♪ I'd give all that I got, straight to the top ♪ 1491 01:08:18,724 --> 01:08:23,517 ♪ To dance with the dragon's a [beep]ing big chance ♪ 1492 01:08:23,517 --> 01:08:24,344 ♪ We couldn't afford the [beep]ing song ♪ 1493 01:08:24,344 --> 01:08:26,551 ♪ From [beep]ing Flashdance ♪ 1494 01:08:26,551 --> 01:08:29,379 ♪ I grabbed the ass of the dragon ♪ 1495 01:08:29,379 --> 01:08:33,344 ♪ And I'll show him I will fight 'til the end ♪ 1496 01:08:33,344 --> 01:08:36,655 ♪ 'cause I am Frank Sledge ♪ 1497 01:08:36,655 --> 01:08:41,241 ♪ I'm off the pills and I quit booze ♪ 1498 01:08:41,241 --> 01:08:44,758 ♪ No thanks to L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, or Tom Cruise ♪ 1499 01:08:44,758 --> 01:08:49,344 ♪ I kicked the ass of the dragon and I showed him I would ♪ 1500 01:08:49,344 --> 01:08:53,448 ♪ Fight to the end, 'cause I am Frank Sledge ♪ 1501 01:08:53,448 --> 01:08:56,172 [electric guitar solo] 1502 01:09:22,896 --> 01:09:24,068 - I've been sober for over three years now. 1503 01:09:26,413 --> 01:09:30,172 And these meetings have meant a lot in my sobriety, 1504 01:09:31,413 --> 01:09:32,206 in keeping me sober. 1505 01:09:34,413 --> 01:09:37,172 But lately my acting class has been helping me a lot. 1506 01:09:39,551 --> 01:09:41,068 It's been allowing me to open up in different ways, 1507 01:09:43,586 --> 01:09:44,965 and tonight I brought in a monologue 1508 01:09:44,965 --> 01:09:46,724 that I'm working on in my class. 1509 01:09:48,965 --> 01:09:51,310 It's about someone who is going through similar things 1510 01:09:51,310 --> 01:09:52,068 that we've all been through, 1511 01:09:53,862 --> 01:09:56,310 and I'm just hoping that maybe you wouldn't mind 1512 01:09:56,310 --> 01:09:58,655 if I tried it out on this audience tonight. 1513 01:10:01,517 --> 01:10:01,758 Thank you. 1514 01:10:04,034 --> 01:10:06,172 [mellow music] 1515 01:10:08,206 --> 01:10:11,241 We all have the same excuses. 1516 01:10:11,241 --> 01:10:13,137 Daddy didn't show me enough attention. 1517 01:10:13,137 --> 01:10:14,413 Mommy used food as a reward. 1518 01:10:16,482 --> 01:10:18,965 My uncle touched me funny when I was a kid. 1519 01:10:18,965 --> 01:10:20,137 But you know what? 1520 01:10:20,137 --> 01:10:20,586 It's all bullshit. 1521 01:10:22,793 --> 01:10:23,931 How can you look at yourself, here in the good old 1522 01:10:23,931 --> 01:10:26,931 US of A, and not rejoice? 1523 01:10:26,931 --> 01:10:29,827 How do you know what you want is really what you need? 1524 01:10:29,827 --> 01:10:30,758 'cause I want this drink. 1525 01:10:32,172 --> 01:10:32,551 I can taste it. 1526 01:10:35,344 --> 01:10:37,965 Is it gonna stop the noises, the voices? 1527 01:10:37,965 --> 01:10:39,103 Stop the yearning? 1528 01:10:39,103 --> 01:10:39,551 For a while. 1529 01:10:42,413 --> 01:10:44,172 The truth is, you're no different 1530 01:10:44,172 --> 01:10:45,758 than the people that surround you. 1531 01:10:45,758 --> 01:10:47,275 We're all the same. 1532 01:10:47,275 --> 01:10:48,344 The same emptiness, same despair. 1533 01:10:50,379 --> 01:10:53,310 And we have that pain to bring us closer together. 1534 01:10:55,793 --> 01:10:59,551 We were meant to give love, compassion, friendship. 1535 01:11:02,206 --> 01:11:04,310 And we're not complete 'til we do so. 1536 01:11:08,586 --> 01:11:09,551 I'm starting with the man in the mirror. 1537 01:11:12,517 --> 01:11:15,344 I'm gonna help myself by helping others. 1538 01:11:19,758 --> 01:11:20,344 It's my only way out. 1539 01:11:23,896 --> 01:11:24,241 End of scene. 1540 01:11:27,896 --> 01:11:29,758 [applauding] 1541 01:11:36,965 --> 01:11:40,586 ♪ Can you take me home ♪ 1542 01:11:40,586 --> 01:11:44,517 ♪ From this broken kind of man ♪ 1543 01:11:44,517 --> 01:11:47,172 - [Will] Hey, Frank, Frank, hold on. 1544 01:11:47,172 --> 01:11:48,068 - Okay, I'll see you then. 1545 01:11:48,068 --> 01:11:48,482 Good job. 1546 01:11:50,103 --> 01:11:52,448 - That was unbelievable. 1547 01:11:52,448 --> 01:11:54,724 I'm shocked, I feel like I just walked in on you 1548 01:11:54,724 --> 01:11:56,655 in the shower. 1549 01:11:56,655 --> 01:11:59,068 Listen, we need to take a meeting, okay? 1550 01:11:59,068 --> 01:12:00,551 - Yeah. 1551 01:12:00,551 --> 01:12:01,448 - [Will] You got some time next week? 1552 01:12:01,448 --> 01:12:03,172 - Absolutely. - Can you give me a call, 1553 01:12:03,172 --> 01:12:03,689 let me know when you're schedule's free? 1554 01:12:03,689 --> 01:12:05,517 - Yeah, I can, totally. 1555 01:12:05,517 --> 01:12:06,241 Any time. 1556 01:12:06,241 --> 01:12:07,724 - Thanks, Frank. 1557 01:12:07,724 --> 01:12:08,586 Thank you very much. - Thank you. 1558 01:12:08,586 --> 01:12:09,724 Thanks, Will. 1559 01:12:09,724 --> 01:12:10,965 - Okay, all right. 1560 01:12:10,965 --> 01:12:11,862 I'll hear from you next week, then? 1561 01:12:11,862 --> 01:12:13,482 - Yeah, yeah, definitely. 1562 01:12:13,482 --> 01:12:14,000 Thanks. 1563 01:12:18,206 --> 01:12:20,448 - I made the choices that brought me to the program, 1564 01:12:20,448 --> 01:12:22,655 but you know what, the program brought me to you, Frank. 1565 01:12:22,655 --> 01:12:24,655 And you really helped me turn my life around. 1566 01:12:24,655 --> 01:12:26,586 I'm serious. 1567 01:12:26,586 --> 01:12:28,344 - [Frank] Thanks, but you know, it's the program itself. 1568 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:30,379 - I'm writing again, I've been taking some meetings. 1569 01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:31,862 - Good. 1570 01:12:31,862 --> 01:12:33,206 - As a matter of fact, someone's here to see you. 1571 01:12:33,206 --> 01:12:34,448 - [Russell] Frank. 1572 01:12:34,448 --> 01:12:36,758 - Russell! 1573 01:12:36,758 --> 01:12:37,068 - [Russell] I couldn't have believed it, man, look at you. 1574 01:12:37,068 --> 01:12:38,103 - It's so good to see you. 1575 01:12:38,103 --> 01:12:39,275 - You look great. 1576 01:12:39,275 --> 01:12:42,172 Scoot over, let me have a seat. 1577 01:12:42,172 --> 01:12:43,655 - Hey, Russ, doesn't he look good? 1578 01:12:43,655 --> 01:12:44,310 - [Russell] Jesus, I wouldn't have believed it, Frank. 1579 01:12:44,310 --> 01:12:45,689 Look at you, man. 1580 01:12:45,689 --> 01:12:47,206 - What are you doing now, what are you doing? 1581 01:12:47,206 --> 01:12:49,206 - Actually, studio's finally backing 1582 01:12:49,206 --> 01:12:49,965 one of my pictures, Frank. 1583 01:12:49,965 --> 01:12:51,068 - No way. 1584 01:12:51,068 --> 01:12:52,482 - Can you believe that? 1585 01:12:52,482 --> 01:12:54,000 - [Frank] Big studio guy now, huh? 1586 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,172 - Yeah, well, trying, 20 years later. 1587 01:12:56,172 --> 01:12:57,448 - That's great, that's great, who's directing? 1588 01:12:57,448 --> 01:12:59,655 - Oh, the director's a bit shaky. 1589 01:12:59,655 --> 01:13:02,103 It's a first time guy, you might know him, actually. 1590 01:13:02,103 --> 01:13:03,068 Will's directing. 1591 01:13:03,068 --> 01:13:05,448 - No way. 1592 01:13:05,448 --> 01:13:06,689 Will, congratulations. - Thanks a lot, Frank, thanks. 1593 01:13:06,689 --> 01:13:08,931 - Well, you got a star? 1594 01:13:08,931 --> 01:13:11,689 - Eh, we're kind of in negotiations right now. 1595 01:13:11,689 --> 01:13:13,137 - Yeah, with who? 1596 01:13:13,137 --> 01:13:15,379 - Well, Frank, we're in negotiations right now. 1597 01:13:21,896 --> 01:13:23,655 [cheering] 1598 01:13:23,655 --> 01:13:26,586 - He is so loved by every dancer in America right now 1599 01:13:26,586 --> 01:13:29,034 because he has created a new genre. 1600 01:13:29,034 --> 01:13:31,379 The action adventure musical. 1601 01:13:31,379 --> 01:13:33,448 Honey, all these children are gonna have jobs, 1602 01:13:33,448 --> 01:13:35,931 everybody's flocking to California. 1603 01:13:35,931 --> 01:13:37,448 You know, they used to want to do the action thing, 1604 01:13:37,448 --> 01:13:38,862 now they know they've gotta be dancing. 1605 01:13:38,862 --> 01:13:40,482 They gotta be fighting and dancing, and, you know, 1606 01:13:40,482 --> 01:13:40,689 Frank did that. 1607 01:13:47,896 --> 01:13:50,137 [ominous music] 1608 01:13:57,758 --> 01:14:00,793 [breathing heavily] 1609 01:14:00,793 --> 01:14:01,689 - I know a dance. 1610 01:14:01,689 --> 01:14:03,344 - Hm, show me. 1611 01:14:22,137 --> 01:14:24,482 This is a dancing program. 1612 01:14:24,482 --> 01:14:26,931 Similar to a programmed reality 1613 01:14:26,931 --> 01:14:29,896 of the computer-generated world which enslaves us. 1614 01:14:29,896 --> 01:14:31,379 The basic rules are the same. 1615 01:14:31,379 --> 01:14:34,103 Like rhythm, beats. 1616 01:14:34,103 --> 01:14:36,344 What you must learn is that these rules 1617 01:14:36,344 --> 01:14:38,103 are no different than a computer system. 1618 01:14:38,103 --> 01:14:40,413 Some of them can be bent. 1619 01:14:40,413 --> 01:14:41,482 Others can be broken. 1620 01:14:44,931 --> 01:14:45,310 Do you understand? 1621 01:14:47,172 --> 01:14:48,896 Good. 1622 01:14:48,896 --> 01:14:51,793 Then follow me, if you can. 1623 01:14:51,793 --> 01:14:54,068 [energetic music] 1624 01:14:59,413 --> 01:15:00,344 - JD and Nu are having a dance-off! 1625 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:06,310 [shoes clicking] 1626 01:15:07,793 --> 01:15:08,413 - You're too fast. 1627 01:15:10,724 --> 01:15:12,758 - Do you think my being faster and more suave than you 1628 01:15:12,758 --> 01:15:16,551 has anything to do with my body in this place? 1629 01:15:16,551 --> 01:15:18,137 Do you think that's real sweat trickling down your nose? 1630 01:15:19,517 --> 01:15:20,586 Wrong. 1631 01:15:20,586 --> 01:15:21,068 Again! 1632 01:15:37,344 --> 01:15:38,689 What are you doing? 1633 01:15:38,689 --> 01:15:40,689 You know you're faster than that. 1634 01:15:40,689 --> 01:15:42,758 Don't think that you are, know that you are. 1635 01:15:42,758 --> 01:15:45,310 Come on, stop attempting to dance and dance! 1636 01:15:48,689 --> 01:15:52,448 - Oh, Jesus Christ, he can groove! 1637 01:15:52,448 --> 01:15:53,551 Take a look at his nerve kinetics, they're off the charts! 1638 01:16:00,137 --> 01:16:02,413 [limbs whooshing] 1639 01:16:05,517 --> 01:16:06,000 Oooh! 1640 01:16:25,862 --> 01:16:29,137 - Now that Frank has incorporated dance into the movies, 1641 01:16:29,137 --> 01:16:31,310 he has now set the tone for everybody else, so. 1642 01:16:31,310 --> 01:16:33,413 Now I'm gonna have to incorporate dance. 1643 01:16:33,413 --> 01:16:34,206 We're all gonna have to dance. 1644 01:16:37,241 --> 01:16:37,586 I hate dance. 1645 01:16:39,310 --> 01:16:41,379 [tense music] 1646 01:17:13,413 --> 01:17:16,413 - We meet again, Mr. Danielson. 1647 01:17:16,413 --> 01:17:18,931 I've waited a long time for this. 1648 01:17:18,931 --> 01:17:21,172 - What can I do for you? 1649 01:17:21,172 --> 01:17:24,379 - You can help us to fulfill our purpose, Mr. Danielson. 1650 01:17:24,379 --> 01:17:26,931 And we will help you fulfill yours. 1651 01:17:26,931 --> 01:17:27,551 - What is my purpose? 1652 01:17:29,758 --> 01:17:33,413 ♪ Your purpose is the reason you are here ♪ 1653 01:17:33,413 --> 01:17:36,275 ♪ And reason is all we have ♪ 1654 01:17:37,827 --> 01:17:39,137 - Except for purpose. 1655 01:17:39,137 --> 01:17:39,551 - [All] Of course. 1656 01:17:41,793 --> 01:17:44,896 - I don't quite follow. 1657 01:17:44,896 --> 01:17:48,758 ♪ Are you guys here for purpose or for reason ♪ 1658 01:17:50,517 --> 01:17:52,068 - We all have a reason for our purpose, 1659 01:17:52,068 --> 01:17:53,551 and a purpose for our reason. 1660 01:17:55,379 --> 01:18:00,448 ♪ It was our fate to meet again ♪ 1661 01:18:00,448 --> 01:18:03,689 ♪ And our destiny to have such a fate ♪ 1662 01:18:06,310 --> 01:18:10,103 - So is it fate, destiny, reason, or purpose? 1663 01:18:10,103 --> 01:18:14,275 ♪ Why are you guys here again ♪ 1664 01:18:15,758 --> 01:18:19,482 ♪ We are here for this ♪ 1665 01:18:19,482 --> 01:18:22,517 [energetic electronic music] 1666 01:18:55,517 --> 01:18:57,275 [shouting] 1667 01:20:15,724 --> 01:20:17,620 [guns firing] 1668 01:20:37,655 --> 01:20:39,551 [chill music] 1669 01:20:43,310 --> 01:20:44,862 [tires screeching] 1670 01:20:44,862 --> 01:20:47,620 - Frank's back, and bigger than ever. 1671 01:20:47,620 --> 01:20:51,034 An international celebrity, endorsing products worldwide. 1672 01:20:55,793 --> 01:20:58,620 [speaking foreign language] 1673 01:21:05,586 --> 01:21:09,068 - BenQ, bringing enjoyment and quality to life. 1674 01:21:23,137 --> 01:21:25,034 - Sledge, yeah! 1675 01:21:25,034 --> 01:21:27,275 [hip-hop music] 1676 01:21:31,517 --> 01:21:33,241 - Frank Sledge is, in my opinion, 1677 01:21:35,413 --> 01:21:38,241 he's the most underrated action star of this century, 1678 01:21:40,931 --> 01:21:41,379 without a doubt. 1679 01:21:43,827 --> 01:21:45,586 [cheering] 1680 01:21:50,310 --> 01:21:53,482 - A career reborn, an actor redefined. 1681 01:21:53,482 --> 01:21:55,517 Sought after by the biggest stars 1682 01:21:55,517 --> 01:21:57,862 and directors in Hollywood, 1683 01:21:57,862 --> 01:22:01,275 there is no doubt that Frank will continue 1684 01:22:01,275 --> 01:22:04,413 to wow his millions of fans for years to come. 1685 01:22:06,620 --> 01:22:07,620 Just like Elvis would if he were still here. 1686 01:22:09,413 --> 01:22:10,344 I know that I'll be watching. 1687 01:22:11,724 --> 01:22:12,551 He is. 1688 01:22:16,827 --> 01:22:17,344 Sledge. 1689 01:22:21,379 --> 01:22:22,551 ♪ Kicking ass in the fifth degree ♪ 1690 01:22:22,551 --> 01:22:24,931 ♪ With the mark goes up we need bigger things ♪ 1691 01:22:24,931 --> 01:22:26,896 ♪ Get your blood sugar up I need big scenes ♪ 1692 01:22:26,896 --> 01:22:29,448 ♪ My money machine's counting big green ♪ 1693 01:22:29,448 --> 01:22:32,000 ♪ Nobody's faster, silver screen karate master ♪ 1694 01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:34,517 ♪ Guillotine this acting thing ♪ 1695 01:22:34,517 --> 01:22:36,413 ♪ Cut the check, call me to thin the pack up ♪ 1696 01:22:36,413 --> 01:22:38,517 ♪ Frank Sledge jammin' so clean ♪ 1697 01:22:38,517 --> 01:22:40,310 ♪ Living life like a rock star ♪ 1698 01:22:40,310 --> 01:22:42,620 ♪ Couple chicks in a hot car ♪ 1699 01:22:42,620 --> 01:22:44,793 ♪ If the chips get stacked large ♪ 1700 01:22:44,793 --> 01:22:46,482 ♪ Got a nice drop kick that'll crack jaws ♪ 1701 01:22:46,482 --> 01:22:48,482 ♪ All I need is a camera on me ♪ 1702 01:22:48,482 --> 01:22:51,344 ♪ With a spotlight, take one off the slate ♪ 1703 01:22:51,344 --> 01:22:53,655 ♪ You sick, I'm hit, I'm back with a new release ♪ 1704 01:22:53,655 --> 01:22:56,241 ♪ Sell out weekends no more seating ♪ 1705 01:22:56,241 --> 01:23:01,034 ♪ I dance with a dragon and it's okay ♪ 1706 01:23:01,034 --> 01:23:05,275 ♪ All the fame and glory, all day ♪ 1707 01:23:05,275 --> 01:23:09,241 ♪ I dance with a dragon and I know that I can ♪ 1708 01:23:09,241 --> 01:23:12,551 ♪ Give all I got, strike while I'm hot ♪ 1709 01:23:28,034 --> 01:23:29,758 - Chet Slarge, Milwaukee Action 4, 1710 01:23:29,758 --> 01:23:31,724 out here in Sheboygan Falls, 1711 01:23:31,724 --> 01:23:33,137 where we're here for the dedication 1712 01:23:33,137 --> 01:23:35,275 of the Samantha Jones Dance Academy, 1713 01:23:35,275 --> 01:23:37,344 made possible by a man I think you know, 1714 01:23:37,344 --> 01:23:40,344 Hollywood action star Frank Sledge. 1715 01:23:40,344 --> 01:23:42,965 And the woman who showed him the way, Samantha Jones. 1716 01:23:42,965 --> 01:23:44,241 - Yes, yes, yes. 1717 01:23:44,241 --> 01:23:46,068 - What's it like to be a mentor 1718 01:23:46,068 --> 01:23:48,034 and be repaid by such a famous person? 1719 01:23:48,034 --> 01:23:49,137 - It just makes me wanna shout. 1720 01:23:51,310 --> 01:23:53,758 No, but all kidding aside, I just never thought 1721 01:23:53,758 --> 01:23:56,827 I was gonna have the opportunity to teach my children again. 1722 01:23:56,827 --> 01:23:57,379 And it made me stop drinking. 1723 01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:03,275 - Frank, you have another surprise for us, don't you? 1724 01:24:03,275 --> 01:24:05,206 - Yes, I do, Chuck, a big surprise. 1725 01:24:05,206 --> 01:24:06,517 I will be running for governor 1726 01:24:06,517 --> 01:24:09,344 of this fine state of Wisconsin. 1727 01:24:09,344 --> 01:24:12,586 This fall, come out to the polls, 1728 01:24:12,586 --> 01:24:14,344 hopefully doing more projects like this. 1729 01:24:14,344 --> 01:24:15,310 I'd like to share some of the programs 1730 01:24:15,310 --> 01:24:16,896 we're gonna have here. 1731 01:24:16,896 --> 01:24:18,034 Glenn, can you speak on those? 1732 01:24:18,034 --> 01:24:19,620 - Sure, sure, no problem. 1733 01:24:19,620 --> 01:24:22,034 - Glenn, hi. - Hi, how are you? 1734 01:24:22,034 --> 01:24:24,413 Not to give away anything, not to give away any surprises, 1735 01:24:24,413 --> 01:24:26,689 but we're very excited about the Sheboygan Falls 1736 01:24:26,689 --> 01:24:29,758 Indigenous Peoples Dance Concert, this coming December, 1737 01:24:29,758 --> 01:24:32,206 this winter, we're very excited about it. 1738 01:24:32,206 --> 01:24:34,206 - Wow, lots going on here out in Sheboygan Falls. 1739 01:24:34,206 --> 01:24:36,862 What a day. 1740 01:24:36,862 --> 01:24:38,931 Let's get on with the ribbon-cutting, let the fun begin. 1741 01:24:38,931 --> 01:24:39,793 [clapping] 1742 01:24:39,793 --> 01:24:41,448 - Oh, me? 1743 01:24:41,448 --> 01:24:41,689 Thank you. 1744 01:24:44,379 --> 01:24:45,344 I've never been very good with tools, but I'm gonna try. 1745 01:24:48,827 --> 01:24:50,758 Ready, everybody? 1746 01:24:50,758 --> 01:24:52,482 One, two three. 1747 01:24:52,482 --> 01:24:56,034 [cheering] 1748 01:24:56,034 --> 01:24:59,379 Oh, thank you, Frankie, thank you, Frankie, thank you. 1749 01:24:59,379 --> 01:25:00,310 - You're welcome. 1750 01:25:03,724 --> 01:25:06,275 - What a night for dancing out here in Sheboygan Falls. 1751 01:25:06,275 --> 01:25:07,827 Get those two left feet of yours out here 1752 01:25:07,827 --> 01:25:09,931 and take some lessons. 1753 01:25:09,931 --> 01:25:11,310 This is where the magic happens. 1754 01:25:11,310 --> 01:25:12,551 Back to you, Ted. 1755 01:25:12,551 --> 01:25:14,413 [rock music] 1756 01:25:31,241 --> 01:25:34,862 ♪ Destiny called and I heard my name ♪ 1757 01:25:34,862 --> 01:25:39,448 ♪ I'm drawn to the danger like a moth to the flame ♪ 1758 01:25:39,448 --> 01:25:43,758 ♪ I'm just into dance, it's a gift from my birth ♪ 1759 01:25:43,758 --> 01:25:47,551 ♪ Performing a sequence I need, I never rehearsed ♪ 1760 01:25:50,862 --> 01:25:55,068 ♪ Dance with a dragon and it's your day ♪ 1761 01:25:55,068 --> 01:25:59,620 ♪ I do films with Angelina Jolie ♪ 1762 01:25:59,620 --> 01:26:03,551 ♪ I dance with a dragon and I know that I would ♪ 1763 01:26:03,551 --> 01:26:07,965 ♪ Give all I got, straight to the top ♪ 1764 01:26:07,965 --> 01:26:12,896 ♪ Dance with the dragon, it was a thriller ♪ 1765 01:26:12,896 --> 01:26:17,275 ♪ We made the movie without Ben Stiller ♪ 1766 01:26:17,275 --> 01:26:20,931 ♪ Dance with the dragon and I'm still wonderin' ♪ 1767 01:26:20,931 --> 01:26:23,068 ♪ Where is Brad Pitt ♪ 1768 01:26:23,068 --> 01:26:25,310 ♪ Who gives a shit ♪