1 00:00:30,135 --> 00:00:31,363 Yeah. 2 00:00:31,436 --> 00:00:33,404 Mrs. Carlin's called four times. 3 00:00:33,472 --> 00:00:35,906 Her husband's two months late with her child support again. 4 00:00:35,974 --> 00:00:37,771 And your 10:00 just walked in. 5 00:00:37,843 --> 00:00:42,645 Tell Mrs. Carlin I'll get back to her, and show Miss Brodsky in. 6 00:00:42,715 --> 00:00:44,273 Yes, sir. 7 00:00:45,151 --> 00:00:46,311 Hi. 8 00:00:46,386 --> 00:00:48,149 Come on in. Have a seat. 9 00:00:50,823 --> 00:00:53,725 Well, I've thought a lot about your situation, 10 00:00:53,794 --> 00:00:55,659 and I've decided to take your case. 11 00:00:58,198 --> 00:01:02,658 And based on what you've told me, I think we can win. 12 00:01:02,736 --> 00:01:06,763 I just want you to be sure you know what you're getting into. 13 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,972 Divorce is a big adjustment for anybody to make. 14 00:01:11,047 --> 00:01:14,039 Now, you've been together almost 10 years. 15 00:01:14,116 --> 00:01:17,882 That's an awful long time to share a life with someone. 16 00:01:17,954 --> 00:01:20,149 So I just want you to be certain 17 00:01:20,222 --> 00:01:23,487 that you're ready to throw it all away 18 00:01:23,559 --> 00:01:25,892 and be out there on your own. 19 00:01:29,232 --> 00:01:31,291 I'm ready, Mr. Hanner. 20 00:01:31,368 --> 00:01:33,859 I want to divorce my parents. 21 00:01:33,937 --> 00:01:35,529 Free Casey Brodsky! 22 00:01:35,605 --> 00:01:38,073 Tom, I'm standing in front of the Superior Court building 23 00:01:38,141 --> 00:01:39,438 at downtown Los Angeles, 24 00:01:39,509 --> 00:01:41,603 where an anxious crowd is awaiting the arrival 25 00:01:41,679 --> 00:01:43,010 of the Brodsky family 26 00:01:43,081 --> 00:01:44,673 for the opening day of testimony 27 00:01:44,749 --> 00:01:47,479 in this unprecedented child emancipation case. 28 00:01:47,552 --> 00:01:50,146 Casey Brodsky, a fourth grade student 29 00:01:50,221 --> 00:01:52,587 at Mann Elementary School in West Los Angeles, 30 00:01:52,657 --> 00:01:54,386 is attempting to divorce her parents, 31 00:01:54,459 --> 00:01:57,327 Lucy Van Patten Brodsky and Albert Brodsky. 32 00:01:57,396 --> 00:02:00,229 While Casey is not the first child in this state to seek a divorce, 33 00:02:00,299 --> 00:02:01,926 she definitely is the youngest. 34 00:02:02,001 --> 00:02:04,902 Divorcing one's parents is legally referred to 35 00:02:04,970 --> 00:02:07,029 as the Emancipation of Minors Act. 36 00:02:07,106 --> 00:02:08,869 Now basically, this act says 37 00:02:08,941 --> 00:02:10,842 that any minor in the State of California 38 00:02:10,910 --> 00:02:13,674 can be divorced from his or her parents 39 00:02:13,747 --> 00:02:16,011 if that minor can prove that the emancipation 40 00:02:16,082 --> 00:02:17,413 is in their own best interest. 41 00:02:17,484 --> 00:02:21,181 And that, of course, is what this trial is all about. 42 00:02:21,254 --> 00:02:24,621 Ms. Brodsky, is it true you were served your daughter's divorce papers 43 00:02:24,691 --> 00:02:26,058 while appearing on The Merv Griffin Show? 44 00:02:26,128 --> 00:02:27,823 Ms. Brodsky, how do you feel about your daughter 45 00:02:27,896 --> 00:02:29,625 asking the court to appoint your housekeeper 46 00:02:29,698 --> 00:02:30,790 as her legal guardian? 47 00:02:30,866 --> 00:02:31,958 Can I have your autograph? 48 00:02:32,034 --> 00:02:33,661 Your book changed my life. 49 00:02:33,735 --> 00:02:37,034 Hey, that's a great purse there, Lucy. Where'd you get that? 50 00:02:37,105 --> 00:02:40,666 Ms. Brodsky, is it true your daughter's asking you for alimony? 51 00:02:40,742 --> 00:02:42,210 Hey, Brodsky! 52 00:02:42,278 --> 00:02:43,870 That, of course, was the plaintiffs mother 53 00:02:43,946 --> 00:02:45,470 and the codefendant in this case, 54 00:02:45,548 --> 00:02:47,516 novelist Lucy Van Patten Brodsky. 55 00:02:47,583 --> 00:02:48,914 Now the proceedings are about to begin 56 00:02:48,985 --> 00:02:50,418 here at the county courthouse. 57 00:02:50,486 --> 00:02:53,944 However, we are awaiting the arrival of the plaintiffs father, 58 00:02:54,023 --> 00:02:55,456 film director Albert Brodsky. 59 00:03:00,931 --> 00:03:02,125 Mr. Brodsky? 60 00:03:02,199 --> 00:03:04,224 Hi. I'm Alan Sclusa from the Salkin office. 61 00:03:04,301 --> 00:03:05,768 I'm gonna be representing you on this case. 62 00:03:05,836 --> 00:03:08,304 - Where's Salkin? - Mr. Salkin can't be here. 63 00:03:08,372 --> 00:03:10,670 He's gonna be busy all week. 64 00:03:10,741 --> 00:03:12,266 Wait. He's not coming at all? 65 00:03:12,343 --> 00:03:13,435 He's been my lawyer for ten years. 66 00:03:13,511 --> 00:03:14,808 What? Suddenly I'm not big enough for him? 67 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:16,676 Oh, shit. 68 00:03:36,068 --> 00:03:37,763 Mom, Dad. 69 00:03:40,106 --> 00:03:41,664 Casey. 70 00:03:41,740 --> 00:03:44,404 - Casey, come here. - Casey, I want to talk to you. 71 00:03:44,479 --> 00:03:46,538 Why haven't you returned my phone calls? 72 00:03:46,614 --> 00:03:49,412 My lawyer advised me not to speak to you. 73 00:03:49,484 --> 00:03:52,351 Your lawyer? This whole thing is so crazy. 74 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:54,251 You are 8 years old. What are you doing? 75 00:03:54,322 --> 00:03:56,017 I am 9. 76 00:03:56,090 --> 00:03:58,753 Can you hold still for just a minute? 77 00:03:58,827 --> 00:04:02,456 I'm sorry that you overheard your father and I fighting that day. 78 00:04:02,531 --> 00:04:04,362 We shouldn't have involved you, I know. 79 00:04:04,433 --> 00:04:06,628 But dragging us into court-- 80 00:04:06,702 --> 00:04:08,533 I mean, suddenly we're a media event. 81 00:04:08,604 --> 00:04:11,232 Mother, you and Dad for a long time 82 00:04:11,306 --> 00:04:14,276 did not recognize my rights as a human being. 83 00:04:14,344 --> 00:04:16,335 You both treat me like chattel. 84 00:04:16,412 --> 00:04:19,210 You cannot do with me as you please anymore. 85 00:04:19,282 --> 00:04:20,214 We have irreconcilable differences. 86 00:04:20,283 --> 00:04:24,379 Oh, my God. She's been brainwashed. 87 00:04:24,454 --> 00:04:25,853 Are you gonna say anything? 88 00:04:25,922 --> 00:04:27,355 Casey, are you doing this because your mother's 89 00:04:27,423 --> 00:04:28,685 been so insensitive to you? 90 00:04:28,758 --> 00:04:30,693 Do you know how not be a worm? 91 00:04:30,761 --> 00:04:33,924 Casey. 92 00:04:33,998 --> 00:04:37,229 I understand why you want to divorce your father. 93 00:04:37,301 --> 00:04:39,235 I know you never got over his abandoning us. 94 00:04:39,303 --> 00:04:42,670 No, Mom, you never got over his abandoning us. 95 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:44,298 Let's not blame this whole thing on me. 96 00:04:44,375 --> 00:04:45,638 All Casey needs is a little love 97 00:04:45,710 --> 00:04:47,678 from a parent who's not too busy to do it. 98 00:04:47,746 --> 00:04:50,044 And what do you know about love? 99 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:51,446 I'm human being, too, you know. 100 00:04:51,516 --> 00:04:53,040 Since when? 101 00:04:53,118 --> 00:04:55,245 Casey. 102 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,083 Casey, honey, wait. Wait. 103 00:04:57,222 --> 00:04:59,315 Listen. 104 00:04:59,391 --> 00:05:01,122 Whatever we did to you, we did by accident. 105 00:05:01,195 --> 00:05:03,322 We're your parents. Stop this insanity. 106 00:05:03,397 --> 00:05:05,797 Come on, don't make us go in there. 107 00:05:05,866 --> 00:05:08,926 What do you say? Huh, pal? 108 00:05:11,405 --> 00:05:12,599 Do you swear to tell the truth, 109 00:05:12,673 --> 00:05:14,072 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, 110 00:05:14,141 --> 00:05:15,335 so help you God? 111 00:05:15,409 --> 00:05:17,708 - I do. - Please be seated. 112 00:05:19,747 --> 00:05:22,375 Mr. Brodsky, where were you born? 113 00:05:24,919 --> 00:05:26,284 Plainfield, New Jersey. 114 00:05:26,354 --> 00:05:29,050 You grew up in Plainfield? Went to school there? 115 00:05:29,123 --> 00:05:31,820 Yes. And then I went on to New York University. 116 00:05:31,894 --> 00:05:34,658 And what brought you to California? 117 00:05:34,730 --> 00:05:37,198 A job. 118 00:05:37,266 --> 00:05:39,393 I got my doctorate in Cinema at NYU. 119 00:05:39,468 --> 00:05:41,595 And my thesis, Themeological Analysis 120 00:05:41,670 --> 00:05:44,195 of the Sexual Overtones in the Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch, 121 00:05:44,273 --> 00:05:48,438 was published, and I was subsequently offered a professorship at UCLA. 122 00:05:48,511 --> 00:05:51,912 Is that where you met Ms. Van Patten Brodsky? 123 00:05:51,982 --> 00:05:54,576 No. I met her before I came to L.A. 124 00:05:54,651 --> 00:05:58,246 On the way out, actually. 125 00:05:58,321 --> 00:06:02,622 I had two weeks to kill before classes began. 126 00:06:02,693 --> 00:06:04,126 I thought it would be exciting and romantic 127 00:06:04,195 --> 00:06:05,856 to hitchhike across the country. 128 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:31,749 Excuse me. Can we stop for a minute? 129 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:34,020 Is this really relevant to my daughter's problem? 130 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:36,585 Finding out what led you to this courtroom 131 00:06:36,664 --> 00:06:39,030 is exactly your daughter's problem. 132 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:40,191 Please continue. 133 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:43,498 When did you say you met Ms. Van Patten Brodsky? 134 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:49,909 Oh. Sorry. 135 00:06:51,646 --> 00:06:53,944 I met Lucy in Harmony, lndiana, 136 00:06:54,015 --> 00:06:56,483 on January 20, 1973. 137 00:06:56,551 --> 00:07:00,146 I had no idea I'd be married to her four days later. 138 00:08:01,020 --> 00:08:05,981 Call out my name 139 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:10,019 And you know wherever I am-- 140 00:08:10,097 --> 00:08:11,496 Hi. 141 00:08:11,565 --> 00:08:12,589 Remember me? 142 00:08:13,768 --> 00:08:16,259 I-- I was wondering, 143 00:08:16,337 --> 00:08:19,465 would it be possible for you to give me a lift into St. Louis? 144 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:22,635 Or actually any small town that's got an airport. 145 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:25,737 I've decided to hang up the old thumb. 146 00:08:25,814 --> 00:08:29,682 I mean, it's taken me six days to get through 3 1/2 states. 147 00:08:29,751 --> 00:08:33,710 Obviously, hitchhiking is not my forte. 148 00:08:33,789 --> 00:08:36,953 I'm sure you must have your reservations 149 00:08:37,026 --> 00:08:40,393 about picking up strangers, but-- 150 00:08:40,463 --> 00:08:42,624 Do you speak English? 151 00:08:42,698 --> 00:08:44,825 Excuse me, buddy. 152 00:08:44,901 --> 00:08:46,425 Thank you very much. 153 00:08:46,502 --> 00:08:48,629 Wait. Wait, Miss, please. I'm freezing to death. 154 00:08:48,704 --> 00:08:51,036 I'm frozen. I can't stay out here anymore. 155 00:08:51,107 --> 00:08:53,839 Won't you do me this one favor? Look. Look at this. 156 00:08:53,912 --> 00:08:58,315 I have lD. I'd show you my license, but I don't drive. 157 00:08:58,383 --> 00:09:01,841 Listen, I have a library card. Look. Here's a picture. 158 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,751 I'm a teacher. You can't get any safer than that. 159 00:09:03,822 --> 00:09:07,053 Ah, come on. Look, I'll sit in the back. 160 00:09:07,125 --> 00:09:09,788 I won't make a sound. It's starting to rain. 161 00:09:09,862 --> 00:09:11,193 Could you give me a break here? 162 00:09:11,263 --> 00:09:14,164 Let me in! Please! God, please! 163 00:09:14,233 --> 00:09:18,169 Lady! I'll pay you! 164 00:09:42,797 --> 00:09:44,594 I'll only take you as far as the next town. 165 00:09:44,665 --> 00:09:47,225 Thank you very much for changing your mind. 166 00:09:57,145 --> 00:10:00,080 I didn't pick you up before because this car doesn't belong to me. 167 00:10:00,148 --> 00:10:02,241 It belongs to my fianc�e, Bink, and he has this thing-- 168 00:10:02,317 --> 00:10:04,114 - Bink? - Well, his name is Dennis Brinkerhoff, 169 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:05,517 but everybody calls him Bink. 170 00:10:05,587 --> 00:10:07,452 He's great, but he has this thing about his car-- 171 00:10:07,523 --> 00:10:09,220 no food or hitchhikers allowed. 172 00:10:09,293 --> 00:10:11,022 He actually had a sign in here that said that, 173 00:10:11,095 --> 00:10:12,323 but it kept falling down. 174 00:10:12,396 --> 00:10:14,057 Anyway, when you said you were a teacher, 175 00:10:14,131 --> 00:10:16,122 - I figured-- - Bink likes teachers? 176 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,727 Uh, yeah. Sure. 177 00:10:21,972 --> 00:10:24,407 - What do you do? - Who? 178 00:10:24,476 --> 00:10:25,841 - You. - Me? 179 00:10:25,911 --> 00:10:28,846 Um, nothing. I'm just engaged. 180 00:10:28,914 --> 00:10:31,576 Oh. When are you getting married? 181 00:10:31,650 --> 00:10:34,676 Actually, I write children's stories, 182 00:10:34,753 --> 00:10:36,983 but I don't do it for a living yet. 183 00:10:37,055 --> 00:10:38,784 I probably never will. February 14th. 184 00:10:38,857 --> 00:10:42,794 The 8th. The 14th. The 11th. 185 00:10:45,932 --> 00:10:48,332 We're getting-- 186 00:10:48,401 --> 00:10:50,369 We're getting married in San Diego. 187 00:10:50,436 --> 00:10:52,700 Bink's stationed there. He's in the Navy. 188 00:10:52,772 --> 00:10:54,205 I'm bringing him out his car 189 00:10:54,273 --> 00:10:57,209 and I'm bringing him out me, all at the same time. 190 00:10:57,277 --> 00:11:00,212 - Do you want a cigarette? - No, thanks. 191 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,306 No. Neither do l. So what do you teach? 192 00:11:03,383 --> 00:11:07,012 - Film. - Oh. Really? Wow. 193 00:11:07,087 --> 00:11:09,214 God, we didn't even have a film department at my school. 194 00:11:09,289 --> 00:11:11,520 We didn't have anything at my school. 195 00:11:11,593 --> 00:11:12,855 I went to Chatham. 196 00:11:12,927 --> 00:11:14,121 That's an all-girls' school in Pittsburgh. 197 00:11:14,195 --> 00:11:15,526 I'm from Pittsburgh, so don't make any jokes. 198 00:11:15,597 --> 00:11:17,292 I happen to love it there. 199 00:11:18,766 --> 00:11:22,133 So, um, how do you teach film anyway? 200 00:11:25,873 --> 00:11:27,968 That's all right. It doesn't matter. 201 00:11:50,501 --> 00:11:51,729 Let's go trucking, baby. 202 00:11:51,802 --> 00:11:53,394 I don't truck. Thank you. Please. 203 00:11:53,471 --> 00:11:55,735 - Come on-- - Please. Please. 204 00:11:55,806 --> 00:11:58,901 Honey, the twins just threw up all over your grandmother. 205 00:11:58,977 --> 00:12:00,569 Oh, good. 206 00:12:01,980 --> 00:12:05,507 - Thanks. - No problem. 207 00:12:05,584 --> 00:12:07,609 How you doing? 208 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:10,177 Oh, I like your belt. 209 00:12:14,227 --> 00:12:17,663 Themeological Analysis of Sexual Overtones 210 00:12:17,730 --> 00:12:20,392 in the Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch? 211 00:12:20,466 --> 00:12:21,524 What does that mean? 212 00:12:21,601 --> 00:12:24,627 MGM, circa 1934, The Merry Widow. 213 00:12:24,704 --> 00:12:26,399 We're in the bedroom of King Achmed 214 00:12:26,472 --> 00:12:28,407 and his beautiful young wife Delores. 215 00:12:28,475 --> 00:12:30,636 Now, King Achmed was played by George Barbier. 216 00:12:30,711 --> 00:12:34,442 He was a 65-year-old, very rotund actor. 217 00:12:34,515 --> 00:12:36,415 Well, he was getting dressed to go out. 218 00:12:36,483 --> 00:12:38,610 Finally he finishes, he walks out the door, 219 00:12:38,686 --> 00:12:41,348 and there is a very young, handsome captain of the guard. 220 00:12:41,422 --> 00:12:43,858 Salutes him with a sword and clicks his heels. 221 00:12:43,926 --> 00:12:46,861 Maurice Chevalier. Dashing. 222 00:12:46,929 --> 00:12:49,898 And the captain of the guards watches him walk down the hall 223 00:12:49,965 --> 00:12:51,193 and disappear around the corner, 224 00:12:51,267 --> 00:12:52,791 and then he slips into the bedroom with the queen. 225 00:12:54,203 --> 00:12:56,671 All right? Now, meanwhile, the king, he's walking along 226 00:12:56,739 --> 00:12:59,231 and he looks down, he doesn't have his belt, he doesn't have his sword. 227 00:12:59,309 --> 00:13:00,674 He's gonna have to go back. 228 00:13:00,744 --> 00:13:02,974 So the camera pans back with him 229 00:13:03,046 --> 00:13:05,310 down the hallway, to the doors, 230 00:13:05,382 --> 00:13:06,610 but stops at the door. 231 00:13:06,683 --> 00:13:09,277 He goes in, the camera stays on the closed doors, right? 232 00:13:09,352 --> 00:13:11,081 Beat. Beat. What's going to happen? 233 00:13:11,154 --> 00:13:12,451 Suddenly the doors fling open, 234 00:13:12,522 --> 00:13:14,046 and it's him, it's the king. 235 00:13:14,124 --> 00:13:16,389 He's fine. He walks out. 236 00:13:16,461 --> 00:13:18,725 He's got his belt and his sword, and he's putting them on. 237 00:13:18,796 --> 00:13:21,390 Only this time, they don't fit. They're too small. 238 00:13:23,868 --> 00:13:25,836 The Lubitsch touch. 239 00:13:28,873 --> 00:13:31,240 Well, that'll be all for today, class. 240 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,610 It must be great to be so passionate about something. 241 00:13:38,684 --> 00:13:41,016 I'll bet you're a wonderful teacher. 242 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:44,889 Oh, lllinois. 243 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:47,290 Bink made up these tapes for me. 244 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,419 Travel tapes. One for each state. 245 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,259 They're really quite helpful. 246 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:52,593 Welcome to lllinois. 247 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:55,259 How you doing, Peanuthead? 248 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,632 He thinks I have a small head. 249 00:13:56,703 --> 00:13:58,728 Before we get too far into The Prairie State, 250 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:00,238 better check your gas gauge. 251 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:02,367 She's probably down to less than half a tank. 252 00:14:02,444 --> 00:14:05,208 You'll find an Esso station on the north side of the highway 253 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,408 at approximately 2300 hours, if you're still on course. 254 00:14:08,483 --> 00:14:11,941 Booked you a room in my name at the Ho Jo's in Culver. 255 00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:14,682 By the way, an ex-roomie of mine from Annapolis, 256 00:14:14,756 --> 00:14:17,225 Kip Harwood, lives in Culver. 257 00:14:17,293 --> 00:14:18,920 Kip's a super guy. 258 00:14:18,995 --> 00:14:20,792 Give him a jingle if you need anything. 259 00:14:20,863 --> 00:14:23,832 Area code 217-- ah, you're right there. 260 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:25,891 You don't need the area code. Look alive, Bink. 261 00:14:25,968 --> 00:14:28,732 Okay. 262 00:14:28,805 --> 00:14:32,503 His number's 555-7623. 263 00:14:32,576 --> 00:14:34,476 And his wife's name is Corky. 264 00:14:34,545 --> 00:14:35,807 Hell of a nice gal. 265 00:14:35,879 --> 00:14:37,403 And, Luce, if they invite you over, 266 00:14:37,481 --> 00:14:38,880 take them something, will you? 267 00:14:38,949 --> 00:14:41,975 Spend up to 15 bucks. Nah, make that 10. 268 00:14:42,052 --> 00:14:44,452 We weren't that close, for Christ's sakes. 269 00:14:44,521 --> 00:14:46,648 Only 11 more days till our wedding. 270 00:14:46,723 --> 00:14:49,158 You know the Binker loves ya. 271 00:14:50,228 --> 00:14:51,786 That was Bink. 272 00:14:51,863 --> 00:14:53,956 - He sounded, um... - I know. I know. 273 00:14:54,032 --> 00:14:58,332 He's very-- Oh, what's the word? Um... 274 00:14:58,403 --> 00:15:00,496 Uh, domineering? 275 00:15:00,572 --> 00:15:03,133 I could tell you thought that. 276 00:15:03,209 --> 00:15:05,643 No. You don't know him. He's not domineering at all. 277 00:15:05,711 --> 00:15:08,578 He's, um-- He likes things a certain way, you know? 278 00:15:08,647 --> 00:15:10,638 When you set the table for him, 279 00:15:10,716 --> 00:15:12,843 he likes to line up the bottoms of the knife 280 00:15:12,918 --> 00:15:14,818 and the fork and the spoon perfectly. 281 00:15:14,887 --> 00:15:17,824 He's-- He's very-- 282 00:15:17,892 --> 00:15:18,984 Compulsive. 283 00:15:19,060 --> 00:15:21,085 Excuse me, 284 00:15:21,162 --> 00:15:23,824 but I don't think you know what you're talking about. 285 00:15:23,898 --> 00:15:27,595 No. No. I can't wait until we get married. 286 00:15:27,668 --> 00:15:30,262 I've wanted to be a bride all my life! 287 00:15:30,338 --> 00:15:33,866 I've got my veil and my gown in the trunk-- 288 00:15:33,942 --> 00:15:35,705 Are you all right? 289 00:15:37,412 --> 00:15:38,970 I'm fine. I'm fine. 290 00:15:41,016 --> 00:15:43,450 I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to put the Bink down. 291 00:15:43,518 --> 00:15:45,383 He sounds like a terrific guy. Really, he does. 292 00:15:45,454 --> 00:15:47,217 Yes, he is. Everybody likes him. 293 00:15:47,289 --> 00:15:48,449 He's great. 294 00:15:48,523 --> 00:15:50,992 I mean, he knew lllinois was The Prairie State. 295 00:15:51,060 --> 00:15:52,857 He's in the Navy, serving his country. 296 00:15:57,133 --> 00:15:58,532 Maybe I better get out here. 297 00:15:58,601 --> 00:16:01,069 No, no. No. No. Wait. Wait, wait. 298 00:16:01,137 --> 00:16:04,198 This is not your fault. It's not your fault. 299 00:16:04,275 --> 00:16:05,867 - It isn't? - No. 300 00:16:10,581 --> 00:16:14,108 I do this all the time. 301 00:16:17,054 --> 00:16:19,717 Okay, okay. It's fine. 302 00:16:28,233 --> 00:16:31,498 Gosh, it was really nice meeting you. 303 00:16:31,569 --> 00:16:33,332 I wish you all the luck in the world. 304 00:16:33,405 --> 00:16:34,531 - Thank you. - I mean that. 305 00:16:34,606 --> 00:16:36,075 Yeah, well, 306 00:16:36,143 --> 00:16:38,338 I'm sorry about that little outburst before. 307 00:16:38,412 --> 00:16:41,438 I've been a little nervous lately. 308 00:16:41,515 --> 00:16:42,641 Everybody goes through that 309 00:16:42,716 --> 00:16:43,978 right before they get married, you know? 310 00:16:44,051 --> 00:16:45,814 It's happened to all my friends. 311 00:16:45,886 --> 00:16:48,150 Also, I'm a little pooped from the drive. 312 00:16:48,221 --> 00:16:49,552 I don't like road trips that much. 313 00:16:49,623 --> 00:16:53,151 But I was the only one Bink trusted with his car. 314 00:16:53,227 --> 00:16:55,525 I just didn't want you to think I was a nut or anything. 315 00:16:55,596 --> 00:16:58,690 No, no. It's just-- 316 00:16:58,766 --> 00:17:00,427 I don't think I should get into it. 317 00:17:00,501 --> 00:17:01,968 What? Get into it. 318 00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:06,768 Well, don't take this the wrong way. 319 00:17:06,842 --> 00:17:09,538 but if you saw somebody talking about how excited 320 00:17:09,611 --> 00:17:10,839 they were to get married 321 00:17:10,913 --> 00:17:13,575 and broke into tears when they were telling you, 322 00:17:13,649 --> 00:17:15,583 you'd just think it was a little fishy, that's all. 323 00:17:19,788 --> 00:17:21,153 Do you have a girlfriend, Albert? 324 00:17:21,224 --> 00:17:23,158 No. No. Not at the moment. 325 00:17:23,226 --> 00:17:25,626 You have a lot of opinions for a guy who never had a girl. 326 00:17:25,695 --> 00:17:27,060 I didn't say I nev-- 327 00:17:27,130 --> 00:17:29,098 I knew I shouldn't have said anything. 328 00:17:29,165 --> 00:17:31,690 Good-bye. Thanks again for the lift. 329 00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:36,838 Good luck in Hollywood. 330 00:17:42,947 --> 00:17:44,505 Would you hate it a lot 331 00:17:44,582 --> 00:17:47,551 if I gave you a ride all the way to California? 332 00:18:17,084 --> 00:18:19,348 Arm in Arm. That's the title. 333 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:21,217 You're sure you never read any of these to Bink? 334 00:18:23,825 --> 00:18:27,784 "Two octopuses got married 335 00:18:27,862 --> 00:18:29,523 "and walked down the aisle 336 00:18:29,597 --> 00:18:32,725 "arm in arm in arm in arm in arm in arm 337 00:18:32,801 --> 00:18:34,496 in arm in arm in arm in arm--" 338 00:18:36,304 --> 00:18:39,172 No, no, no. I liked it. Keep going. 339 00:18:39,241 --> 00:18:41,141 - Really? - Yeah. 340 00:18:50,586 --> 00:18:52,577 Here's a good one. 341 00:18:52,655 --> 00:18:55,090 You have to picture a blank page. 342 00:18:55,158 --> 00:18:57,718 - Okay? - Okay. 343 00:18:57,794 --> 00:19:00,126 And under it is written: 344 00:19:00,197 --> 00:19:04,759 "No worm, no bird, 345 00:19:04,835 --> 00:19:09,274 "no cat, no dog, no person, no house, 346 00:19:09,341 --> 00:19:12,572 "no tree, no woods, no land, no water, 347 00:19:12,644 --> 00:19:15,272 "no clouds, no sky, no sun, 348 00:19:15,347 --> 00:19:16,871 "nothing. 349 00:19:16,949 --> 00:19:18,610 No picture." 350 00:19:20,185 --> 00:19:23,450 That was fabulous. I love you. 351 00:19:23,522 --> 00:19:25,821 I mean I love them. 352 00:19:25,892 --> 00:19:27,154 It's excellent. Excellent. 353 00:19:29,162 --> 00:19:30,595 - Really? - I'm not kidding. 354 00:19:30,663 --> 00:19:31,994 I think you could get these published. 355 00:19:35,401 --> 00:19:37,733 Oh. Don't-- Don't start crying again. 356 00:19:42,409 --> 00:19:44,036 Oh, Albert. 357 00:19:46,947 --> 00:19:48,380 Why don't you read me another one? 358 00:19:48,449 --> 00:19:49,814 - Well, okay. - Please. 359 00:19:49,884 --> 00:19:50,942 Yeah. Good. 360 00:21:23,317 --> 00:21:26,218 Wait a minute! No, no, no, no! 361 00:21:26,287 --> 00:21:27,720 - You can't do this to me! - Stop! Wait! 362 00:21:27,788 --> 00:21:29,154 - No, no, no! - Stop! 363 00:21:29,224 --> 00:21:32,216 - No, no, no, no! - God, everything I own is in that car! 364 00:21:32,294 --> 00:21:33,989 All my John Ford notes! 365 00:21:34,062 --> 00:21:36,622 My lucky typewriter! Everything! 366 00:21:36,698 --> 00:21:38,461 - Are you crazy? - What? 367 00:21:38,533 --> 00:21:41,525 Who cares about your stupid stuff? 368 00:21:41,603 --> 00:21:44,938 Bink's car has been stolen. 369 00:21:45,009 --> 00:21:48,968 The car he worked nine straight summers mowing lawns to buy. 370 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:52,209 The car he trusted me to bring out to him! 371 00:21:52,283 --> 00:21:54,183 - Well, wait a minute-- - Wait a minute! 372 00:21:54,251 --> 00:21:56,446 If you hadn't talked me into deviating 373 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,886 from Bink's safe plan, that car would still be here. 374 00:21:58,956 --> 00:22:00,584 This is not my fault. 375 00:22:00,659 --> 00:22:02,092 Fine. 376 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,855 Tell Bink that. 377 00:22:03,928 --> 00:22:07,762 Yeah. Tell him that I was getting drunk on margaritas with a hippie 378 00:22:07,832 --> 00:22:09,424 while his car was being stolen. 379 00:22:09,501 --> 00:22:12,959 Tell all 245 pounds of him, fella. 380 00:22:13,038 --> 00:22:15,030 Well, I'm not a hippie! 381 00:22:17,810 --> 00:22:22,747 Oh! He'll never talk to me again! 382 00:22:22,815 --> 00:22:24,874 You don't know this guy. 383 00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:26,713 I had to prove myself for weeks 384 00:22:26,786 --> 00:22:30,188 so that he'd let me drive his idiotic car! 385 00:22:30,257 --> 00:22:33,658 What am I going to do? 386 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,957 Tell him you misplaced it. 387 00:22:41,368 --> 00:22:44,804 You're really stupid, you know that? 388 00:22:44,871 --> 00:22:46,999 I bet you don't talk to Bink this way. 389 00:22:47,075 --> 00:22:49,509 I don't have to. He doesn't screw anything up. 390 00:22:49,577 --> 00:22:51,704 You know, I refuse to take the blame for this. 391 00:22:51,779 --> 00:22:53,474 - Forget it! - I'd like to forget you. 392 00:22:53,548 --> 00:22:56,415 - How's that? - Fine. 393 00:22:56,484 --> 00:22:58,042 Fine. 394 00:23:02,492 --> 00:23:04,426 You really bug me sometimes. 395 00:23:39,297 --> 00:23:44,257 Is it possible we only met three days ago? 396 00:23:44,336 --> 00:23:46,497 Impossible. 397 00:23:51,244 --> 00:23:55,510 Why is it you don't have a girlfriend at the moment? 398 00:23:55,581 --> 00:23:57,014 I don't know. 399 00:23:57,083 --> 00:24:01,520 I was never very comfortable around women. 400 00:24:01,587 --> 00:24:05,024 You seem to be pretty comfortable with me. 401 00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:14,496 What do you see in me anyway? 402 00:24:14,568 --> 00:24:17,560 I see in you exactly what Jimmy Stewart saw 403 00:24:17,638 --> 00:24:19,574 in Jean Arthur. 404 00:24:19,642 --> 00:24:20,666 In? 405 00:24:20,743 --> 00:24:23,234 In Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. 406 00:24:23,312 --> 00:24:25,678 Did they end up together? 407 00:24:36,827 --> 00:24:38,920 I'd like to see that sometime. 408 00:24:53,377 --> 00:24:56,403 Well, he knows if she's got the painting, 409 00:24:56,481 --> 00:24:57,971 she's the woman in the wheelchair. 410 00:25:05,624 --> 00:25:07,785 He sees the painting. 411 00:25:07,860 --> 00:25:11,387 I understand the parts when they're not talking. 412 00:25:25,311 --> 00:25:27,871 She says, 413 00:25:27,947 --> 00:25:30,541 "lf you can paint, I can walk." 414 00:25:39,094 --> 00:25:40,459 Keep the meter running. 415 00:25:40,529 --> 00:25:41,826 - Excuse me, ma'am. - Yes? 416 00:25:41,897 --> 00:25:43,330 I'm looking for Lucy Van Patten. 417 00:25:43,398 --> 00:25:45,025 She's about yea high. She's got blonde hair. 418 00:25:46,268 --> 00:25:49,135 That's the best movie I ever saw. 419 00:25:52,208 --> 00:25:53,641 Who's that? 420 00:25:53,709 --> 00:25:55,540 The guy from the coffee shop. 421 00:25:55,611 --> 00:25:57,272 I ordered us some breakfast. 422 00:25:57,346 --> 00:25:59,109 You know, 423 00:25:59,181 --> 00:26:02,810 great sex always... 424 00:26:02,885 --> 00:26:06,287 always makes me hungry, darling. 425 00:26:06,356 --> 00:26:07,380 Lucy! 426 00:26:09,459 --> 00:26:10,483 It's Bink! 427 00:26:10,561 --> 00:26:11,619 Open this door! 428 00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:13,185 Lucy, open this door right now! 429 00:26:13,263 --> 00:26:14,423 What's he doing here? 430 00:26:14,498 --> 00:26:16,227 I had to call him about his car! 431 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:17,665 I said, "Great sex makes me hungry" 432 00:26:17,734 --> 00:26:18,894 right in front of him! 433 00:26:18,969 --> 00:26:20,266 He wouldn't even touch me, nothing. 434 00:26:20,337 --> 00:26:21,999 - I'm supposed to be a virgin. - You are? 435 00:26:22,073 --> 00:26:23,438 I'm going to be sick. 436 00:26:23,508 --> 00:26:24,941 I'll handle this. 437 00:26:25,009 --> 00:26:27,705 Lucy, what's going on in there? 438 00:26:27,779 --> 00:26:29,872 Albert, remember, 439 00:26:29,948 --> 00:26:31,279 he's trained to kill. 440 00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:40,517 Who are you? 441 00:26:40,593 --> 00:26:42,891 A lot's happened since you saw Lucy last. 442 00:26:42,962 --> 00:26:44,452 I asked you who you were, hippie. 443 00:26:44,530 --> 00:26:46,293 Please put me down, Bink. 444 00:26:46,365 --> 00:26:48,458 I'm obviously not going to hurt you. 445 00:26:48,534 --> 00:26:50,434 I said put me down. 446 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,273 Thank you. 447 00:26:58,746 --> 00:27:00,873 I'm Albert Brodsky. 448 00:27:00,948 --> 00:27:03,542 And I was hitchhiking in lndiana 449 00:27:03,618 --> 00:27:04,915 on my way to California, 450 00:27:04,986 --> 00:27:08,115 and Lucy was kind enough to give me a lift. 451 00:27:08,190 --> 00:27:09,987 He was drowning in a rain storm! 452 00:27:10,058 --> 00:27:12,686 Yes, I was, and Lucy saved my life. 453 00:27:12,761 --> 00:27:15,457 And, well, to tell you the truth, Bink, 454 00:27:15,530 --> 00:27:18,192 we were drawn to each other from the very start, 455 00:27:18,266 --> 00:27:21,463 and now, well, 456 00:27:21,536 --> 00:27:22,798 I'm in love with her. 457 00:27:27,910 --> 00:27:29,241 Are you in love with me? 458 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,770 Completely. 459 00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:55,897 I'm calling off our engagement. 460 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:59,307 If I marry you, I don't think either one of us would be very happy. 461 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:00,435 Lucy-- 462 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,036 I wouldn't be a good wife to you. 463 00:28:02,113 --> 00:28:04,343 I don't take orders that well. 464 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:06,680 These past few days with Albert, 465 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:09,813 I've realized that you and I aren't very close. 466 00:28:09,890 --> 00:28:12,450 You don't even know that I write children's stories. 467 00:28:12,526 --> 00:28:15,859 I'd like to be a writer one day. I really would. 468 00:28:15,929 --> 00:28:19,421 And if I married you, I don't think I'd ever do it. 469 00:28:19,499 --> 00:28:21,592 And that's how people get sick, you know? 470 00:28:21,668 --> 00:28:23,636 They never do what they really want, 471 00:28:23,704 --> 00:28:25,536 and give themselves diseases. 472 00:28:25,606 --> 00:28:27,733 And you know something else that really bothers me, 473 00:28:27,809 --> 00:28:29,800 as long as we're having this discussion? 474 00:28:29,877 --> 00:28:31,469 Is that I never liked the fact 475 00:28:31,546 --> 00:28:33,446 that your stupid car meant more to you than I did. 476 00:28:33,514 --> 00:28:35,607 Don't call my car stupid. 477 00:28:36,851 --> 00:28:38,045 Good-bye, Bink. 478 00:28:38,119 --> 00:28:41,146 Send my apologies to your folks, please. 479 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,134 Very romantic, Mr. Brodsky. 480 00:28:53,202 --> 00:28:55,602 How soon after that was Casey born? 481 00:28:55,671 --> 00:28:59,403 The following winter. December 11, 1975. 482 00:28:59,476 --> 00:29:01,467 Now tell me, please, Mr. Brodsky, 483 00:29:01,544 --> 00:29:03,136 how long did you teach at UCLA? 484 00:29:03,213 --> 00:29:04,703 A little over four years. 485 00:29:04,781 --> 00:29:07,443 Did you spend much time with your daughter during those years? 486 00:29:07,517 --> 00:29:09,178 Yes, I did. Of course I did. 487 00:29:09,252 --> 00:29:10,810 I spent a lot of time with her. 488 00:29:10,887 --> 00:29:13,789 What prompted you to stop teaching, Mr. Brodsky? 489 00:29:15,025 --> 00:29:16,720 When I was at UCLA, 490 00:29:16,794 --> 00:29:20,355 I used to invite guest lecturers from the film industry to my class. 491 00:29:20,431 --> 00:29:22,865 One day, I invited David Kessler, a producer. 492 00:29:22,933 --> 00:29:24,594 Glad you could make it, Ken. 493 00:29:24,668 --> 00:29:26,968 David, I'd like you to meet my wife. 494 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:28,370 we got to talking after class. 495 00:29:28,441 --> 00:29:30,170 He was impressed with my knowledge of film 496 00:29:30,243 --> 00:29:31,369 and invited me to his house 497 00:29:31,444 --> 00:29:33,139 for a screening of his latest picture. 498 00:29:33,212 --> 00:29:35,146 All right. Now we can settle it. 499 00:29:35,214 --> 00:29:38,479 This kid is a walking encyclopedia. 500 00:29:38,551 --> 00:29:41,019 I saw that movie on the Late Show last night 501 00:29:41,087 --> 00:29:42,214 with Freddie March 502 00:29:42,289 --> 00:29:44,621 and that blonde dame that Gable went with. 503 00:29:44,691 --> 00:29:45,817 Nothing Sacred? 504 00:29:45,893 --> 00:29:47,451 That's it. Nothing Sacred. 505 00:29:48,629 --> 00:29:51,063 Who else was in it? Now, listen to this. 506 00:29:51,131 --> 00:29:53,292 Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, 507 00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:54,391 Sig Ruman, 508 00:29:54,468 --> 00:29:55,992 "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, 509 00:29:56,069 --> 00:29:57,662 former light heavyweight champion of the world. 510 00:29:57,739 --> 00:29:59,604 It would make a great remake, wouldn't it? 511 00:29:59,674 --> 00:30:02,234 Great? Well, I don't think so. 512 00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:05,575 It wasn't exactly state-of-the-art filmmaking to begin with. 513 00:30:05,647 --> 00:30:07,410 Beside, it was remade, wasn't it? 514 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:09,848 Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, 1954. 515 00:30:09,918 --> 00:30:11,909 You know, Ben Hecht wrote that screenplay 516 00:30:11,986 --> 00:30:14,956 in a four-day trip on the Super Chief across the United States. 517 00:30:15,024 --> 00:30:16,548 That's pretty good for four days. 518 00:30:16,625 --> 00:30:17,990 Where did you find this kid? 519 00:30:20,329 --> 00:30:21,455 What do you do? 520 00:30:21,530 --> 00:30:22,861 I write children's books. 521 00:30:22,932 --> 00:30:25,230 None of them have been published yet, 522 00:30:25,301 --> 00:30:27,098 so I'm doing a little typing at home 523 00:30:27,169 --> 00:30:28,467 just to help out. 524 00:30:28,538 --> 00:30:29,732 We also have a baby. 525 00:30:29,806 --> 00:30:32,775 Well, she's not a baby anymore. 526 00:30:32,843 --> 00:30:34,140 She just turned 3. 527 00:30:34,211 --> 00:30:35,769 Do you have kids? 528 00:30:35,846 --> 00:30:38,212 Yeah, but I'm not into parenting right now. 529 00:30:38,281 --> 00:30:41,842 Oh. Well. 530 00:30:41,918 --> 00:30:43,613 He said, "l think you'll like this. 531 00:30:43,687 --> 00:30:45,589 It's by William Shakespeare." 532 00:30:45,657 --> 00:30:48,217 Then he said "And we have sets by Michelangelo." 533 00:30:48,293 --> 00:30:49,726 And he said, "That's not bad." 534 00:30:49,795 --> 00:30:51,820 "And we have a score by Mozart." 535 00:30:51,897 --> 00:30:53,694 He said, "l like this. I better read this." 536 00:30:53,765 --> 00:30:56,165 He said, "Now, wait a minute. God's got this girlfriend." 537 00:30:57,336 --> 00:30:58,701 Oh, that's-- 538 00:30:58,770 --> 00:30:59,897 That's very funny. 539 00:31:02,508 --> 00:31:04,203 Hi. How are you doing? 540 00:31:04,277 --> 00:31:06,245 Oh, fine. 541 00:31:06,312 --> 00:31:07,609 Good. 542 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:08,738 I guess-- 543 00:31:08,815 --> 00:31:10,612 Hi, sweetheart. Having fun? 544 00:31:10,683 --> 00:31:12,651 - Fabulous party. - Good. 545 00:31:12,719 --> 00:31:16,087 I guess going out with David, you get to see a lot of movies. 546 00:31:16,156 --> 00:31:17,987 Oh, yes. Especially when his wife's away. 547 00:31:18,058 --> 00:31:20,288 David loves screenings. She hates them. 548 00:31:20,361 --> 00:31:22,352 David's married? 549 00:31:22,429 --> 00:31:25,728 They just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. 550 00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,831 Where is she? 551 00:31:29,904 --> 00:31:34,365 Skiing, I think, or at a health spa or something. I don't know. 552 00:31:34,442 --> 00:31:36,569 She loves to travel, so they're never together. 553 00:31:36,645 --> 00:31:39,478 I think that's why they've lasted 35 years. 554 00:31:39,547 --> 00:31:41,412 All right, kids. Show time. 555 00:31:41,483 --> 00:31:43,849 Anybody want anything before we start? 556 00:31:55,031 --> 00:31:56,020 Good night. 557 00:31:56,098 --> 00:31:57,224 Good night. 558 00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:59,768 I adored it, darling. It was just wonderful. 559 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:01,862 It was gorgeous. I'll cal you tomorrow. 560 00:32:01,940 --> 00:32:03,134 Okay. Good night. 561 00:32:03,207 --> 00:32:04,333 Big hit. Big hit. 562 00:32:04,409 --> 00:32:05,433 Thank you. 563 00:32:05,510 --> 00:32:06,499 Congratulations. 564 00:32:06,577 --> 00:32:07,566 Thank you. 565 00:32:07,645 --> 00:32:09,909 David, thank you very much for having us. 566 00:32:09,981 --> 00:32:11,414 It was very nice to meet you. 567 00:32:11,482 --> 00:32:12,574 Dinner was delicious. 568 00:32:12,650 --> 00:32:14,811 Stay and have a little ice cream. 569 00:32:14,886 --> 00:32:16,012 There you are. 570 00:32:16,087 --> 00:32:17,316 We thought it was great. 571 00:32:17,389 --> 00:32:18,356 Thanks, David. 572 00:32:18,424 --> 00:32:20,654 Thanks for coming. See you in the morning. 573 00:32:25,564 --> 00:32:27,691 So what didn't you like about the movie? 574 00:32:27,766 --> 00:32:29,961 No, no. We liked it, didn't we, honey? 575 00:32:30,035 --> 00:32:31,366 We liked it a lot. 576 00:32:31,437 --> 00:32:32,996 Yeah, it was real cute. Adorable. 577 00:32:34,407 --> 00:32:36,967 Bad liars. How refreshing. 578 00:32:38,345 --> 00:32:41,974 I am really interested in your opinion. 579 00:32:42,048 --> 00:32:44,414 Now, what do you think is wrong with it? 580 00:32:47,688 --> 00:32:50,054 - Well, a lot. - For instance? 581 00:32:50,124 --> 00:32:51,386 Well, for one thing, 582 00:32:51,459 --> 00:32:53,359 it's cut like a drama, and it's a comedy, right? 583 00:32:53,427 --> 00:32:55,361 Yeah, it's supposed to be. 584 00:32:55,429 --> 00:32:57,226 You think the problems are fixable? 585 00:32:57,298 --> 00:32:59,357 Sure, if you could recut the film. 586 00:33:02,570 --> 00:33:05,665 I can do anything I want. 587 00:33:05,741 --> 00:33:08,369 Okay. 588 00:33:08,443 --> 00:33:11,207 I think your director lost you at least 10 good jokes. 589 00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:12,576 He cuts on the punch line. 590 00:33:12,647 --> 00:33:13,944 I've never seen anything like it. 591 00:33:14,016 --> 00:33:15,813 And he mangled the performances. 592 00:33:15,884 --> 00:33:17,875 I saw where the actors were trying to go, 593 00:33:17,953 --> 00:33:19,980 but as soon as I'm about to be moved, he cuts. 594 00:33:20,057 --> 00:33:22,025 So I'm not laughing, I'm not crying. 595 00:33:22,092 --> 00:33:24,925 You know, Orson Welles said 596 00:33:24,995 --> 00:33:27,657 that film is the most emotional medium in the world. 597 00:33:27,731 --> 00:33:29,323 I think he's right. 598 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,062 People don't like to leave a theater feeling empty. 599 00:33:34,339 --> 00:33:36,603 Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. 600 00:33:36,674 --> 00:33:38,665 Well, it's getting late. 601 00:33:38,743 --> 00:33:40,301 Listen, it's a fine film. 602 00:33:40,378 --> 00:33:43,211 I see things in pictures that no one else would ever notice. 603 00:33:43,281 --> 00:33:44,748 I'm sure it'll be a big hit. 604 00:33:44,816 --> 00:33:47,148 What if I turn the picture over to you? 605 00:33:47,218 --> 00:33:49,050 Do you think you can fix it for me? 606 00:33:51,791 --> 00:33:53,656 Well, I'm awfully busy right now, sir. 607 00:33:53,726 --> 00:33:54,852 I'm working on a new book-- 608 00:33:54,927 --> 00:33:58,090 Post-war Westerns 1946 Through 1952. 609 00:33:58,164 --> 00:33:59,392 It's a very complex subject. 610 00:33:59,465 --> 00:34:00,830 Takes up all my free time. 611 00:34:02,768 --> 00:34:04,862 You're absolutely charming. 612 00:34:04,938 --> 00:34:07,270 I'm not interested in your free time, schmuck. 613 00:34:07,340 --> 00:34:08,671 I want you to come work for me. 614 00:34:08,742 --> 00:34:11,370 I'll double your salary. Think about it. 615 00:34:11,445 --> 00:34:14,209 I want you to start Monday morning. 616 00:34:18,218 --> 00:34:21,416 Well, look, I just think it would be very good for us. 617 00:34:21,489 --> 00:34:23,320 You can't deny that. 618 00:34:23,391 --> 00:34:25,052 Oh, Albert. 619 00:34:25,126 --> 00:34:27,560 You continually misunderstand me. 620 00:34:27,628 --> 00:34:30,563 Yes, I agree. It would be great. 621 00:34:30,631 --> 00:34:33,600 We could do a lot with $500 a week. 622 00:34:33,668 --> 00:34:35,295 You could buy the BMW. 623 00:34:35,371 --> 00:34:37,669 We could get a housekeeper. We could-- 624 00:34:37,740 --> 00:34:39,571 Which would give you time to write. 625 00:34:39,642 --> 00:34:41,371 Do you know how many young directors 626 00:34:41,444 --> 00:34:43,275 David Kessler has given their start in this business? 627 00:34:43,346 --> 00:34:44,938 If I do a good job for him, 628 00:34:45,014 --> 00:34:47,175 Maybe someday he'll give me a chance to direct. 629 00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:49,218 That's the reason I came out here to start with. 630 00:34:49,285 --> 00:34:50,309 It is? 631 00:34:50,386 --> 00:34:51,547 Come on. 632 00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:53,146 Oh, hi, punky. 633 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:54,282 Hi. 634 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:55,290 Hi. Yeah. 635 00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:57,691 Oh, honey, did we wake you up? 636 00:34:59,396 --> 00:35:00,658 A drink of water, Daddy. 637 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:01,891 Okay. 638 00:35:03,701 --> 00:35:06,364 It's just the thought of you working for this Kessler, 639 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:08,929 a guy with a... 640 00:35:09,007 --> 00:35:12,238 a wife and a girlfriend and a mansion and-- 641 00:35:13,512 --> 00:35:15,207 I don't want to turn into these people. 642 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:19,442 How are we going to turn into these people? 643 00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,817 I don't know how it happens. 644 00:35:21,888 --> 00:35:24,322 Maybe it's something in the Perrier water. 645 00:35:26,592 --> 00:35:28,617 Oh, take the job. 646 00:35:28,694 --> 00:35:30,184 No, take it. You're right. 647 00:35:30,263 --> 00:35:31,525 It'll be good for us. 648 00:35:31,597 --> 00:35:34,191 I'm overreacting. It's a great opportunity. 649 00:35:34,267 --> 00:35:36,030 Congratulations. 650 00:35:40,541 --> 00:35:41,565 Casey, too? 651 00:35:41,642 --> 00:35:43,166 Oh, yes. Casey, too. 652 00:35:43,243 --> 00:35:47,270 Albert worked for David Kessler for the next two years. 653 00:35:48,582 --> 00:35:51,574 He became Kessler's right hand, his left hand, 654 00:35:51,652 --> 00:35:53,781 and the son he never had. 655 00:35:55,024 --> 00:35:57,424 Albert bought the BMW he wanted, 656 00:35:57,493 --> 00:35:58,960 we hired a housekeeper, 657 00:35:59,028 --> 00:36:01,724 and I enrolled in real estate school. 658 00:36:01,797 --> 00:36:03,765 And Albert was right about Kessler. 659 00:36:03,832 --> 00:36:06,300 He did offer him a chance to direct a movie. 660 00:36:06,368 --> 00:36:08,166 I remember the summer afternoon 661 00:36:08,238 --> 00:36:12,197 when Kessler first brought up An American Romance. 662 00:36:12,275 --> 00:36:16,234 I tell you, it's a great story. 663 00:36:16,313 --> 00:36:19,043 An older man thinks he's dying. 664 00:36:19,115 --> 00:36:23,051 Then he falls in love for the first time with a 25-year-old girl. 665 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:25,714 Finally, something to live for. 666 00:36:25,790 --> 00:36:28,623 I tried to get this story made with Bogie and Bacall. 667 00:36:28,693 --> 00:36:29,819 Really? 668 00:36:29,894 --> 00:36:32,727 35 years I've worked on this project. 669 00:36:32,797 --> 00:36:34,424 I've had over 20 writers on it, 670 00:36:34,498 --> 00:36:35,965 some of the greats. 671 00:36:36,033 --> 00:36:38,092 Why don't you take a stab at it? 672 00:36:38,169 --> 00:36:40,968 If you can make it work, you can direct it. 673 00:36:41,039 --> 00:36:44,998 I remember Albert's answer as if it were yesterday. 674 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:46,635 No problem. 675 00:36:53,819 --> 00:36:56,584 "No problem." What am l, nuts? 676 00:36:56,656 --> 00:37:00,023 Casey, will you hurry up? We have to leave in five minutes. 677 00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:01,117 I'm coming, I'm coming. 678 00:37:01,194 --> 00:37:02,320 Where's my panda? 679 00:37:02,395 --> 00:37:03,453 In the living room. 680 00:37:03,529 --> 00:37:04,553 How's it going? 681 00:37:04,631 --> 00:37:06,496 Great, great. You got a minute? 682 00:37:06,566 --> 00:37:09,330 She has to be in gym class in 15 minutes, 683 00:37:09,402 --> 00:37:11,895 and I still have to pick up Todd and Laura. Why? 684 00:37:11,973 --> 00:37:13,372 I wanted to read you something. 685 00:37:13,441 --> 00:37:15,807 Good. No. I'd love to hear it. 686 00:37:17,746 --> 00:37:19,976 Excuse me. What are you doing in my purse? 687 00:37:20,048 --> 00:37:21,140 I need lip gloss. 688 00:37:21,216 --> 00:37:22,513 No, you don't. 689 00:37:22,584 --> 00:37:24,313 - Mommy. - Give me that. 690 00:37:26,622 --> 00:37:29,489 Okay. Thank you very much. 691 00:37:29,558 --> 00:37:31,355 Sorry. 692 00:37:31,427 --> 00:37:33,088 Go ahead. 693 00:37:33,162 --> 00:37:35,926 "lnterior of a taxi. Day. It's drizzling. 694 00:37:35,998 --> 00:37:38,159 "The taxi drives down a suburban street. 695 00:37:38,234 --> 00:37:39,326 "ln the back seat 696 00:37:39,402 --> 00:37:40,734 "is a beautiful young woman, Rebecca Tyler. 697 00:37:40,804 --> 00:37:42,635 Her eyes are closed. The driver--" 698 00:37:42,706 --> 00:37:43,832 What are you doing? 699 00:37:43,907 --> 00:37:44,931 I'm hot. 700 00:37:45,008 --> 00:37:46,339 Honey, put that back on, please, 701 00:37:46,410 --> 00:37:49,675 and go sit in the car for me. Thank you. 702 00:37:49,746 --> 00:37:52,214 I'm listening. Her eyes are closed. 703 00:37:52,282 --> 00:37:53,544 All right. Her eyes-- 704 00:37:53,617 --> 00:37:55,608 "The driver says, 'Where are you from?? 705 00:37:55,686 --> 00:37:56,949 "Rebecca says, 'Here, 706 00:37:57,021 --> 00:37:58,682 "but I haven't been home in a long time'. 707 00:37:58,756 --> 00:38:00,815 "The driver says, 'What's the occasion?? 708 00:38:00,892 --> 00:38:03,452 She says, 'My mother's getting married'." 709 00:38:03,528 --> 00:38:04,654 That's all I have so far. 710 00:38:04,729 --> 00:38:06,560 I have a terrific idea for a shot. 711 00:38:06,631 --> 00:38:08,189 Start inside the taxi. 712 00:38:08,266 --> 00:38:09,790 I like starting in the taxi. 713 00:38:09,867 --> 00:38:10,925 But? 714 00:38:12,471 --> 00:38:14,029 Well, this may be stupid, 715 00:38:14,106 --> 00:38:16,006 but why don't you just stay on the driver 716 00:38:16,075 --> 00:38:17,542 and hear Rebecca's voice? 717 00:38:17,609 --> 00:38:19,543 Like maybe shoot it from her viewpoint 718 00:38:19,611 --> 00:38:21,579 and looking out the window, you know? 719 00:38:21,647 --> 00:38:24,980 You could see kids playing where she used to play 720 00:38:25,050 --> 00:38:26,813 And then, when you go to Rebecca's house, 721 00:38:26,887 --> 00:38:30,015 you haven't really seen Rebecca yet, you know? 722 00:38:30,091 --> 00:38:34,221 Also, I don't know if I'd mention why Rebecca's coming home. 723 00:38:35,262 --> 00:38:36,661 Why? 724 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:39,859 Well, let the story unfold a little more slowly. 725 00:38:39,934 --> 00:38:42,995 You know it's her mother's wedding once you're inside the house. 726 00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:45,801 Oh, I don't know. Your way's probably better. 727 00:38:45,874 --> 00:38:47,136 After I drop her off, 728 00:38:47,209 --> 00:38:48,540 I'm going to the market, 729 00:38:48,610 --> 00:38:50,168 and then I have to go the vacuum place, 730 00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:52,736 and then I've got my class, and then I'll be home. 731 00:38:52,814 --> 00:38:53,838 Come on. Let's go. 732 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:54,904 Okay, sweetie. 733 00:38:54,983 --> 00:38:56,507 There's chicken in the fridge. 734 00:39:05,661 --> 00:39:08,095 Luce. Luce. 735 00:39:08,164 --> 00:39:11,497 Could we work together a little this afternoon? 736 00:39:11,567 --> 00:39:15,095 I have to study for my real estate exam. 737 00:39:15,172 --> 00:39:17,606 The pressure's starting to get to me a little. 738 00:39:17,674 --> 00:39:19,801 If you could work with me for a couple of hours, 739 00:39:19,877 --> 00:39:21,105 help me get back on track. 740 00:39:21,178 --> 00:39:23,009 I'd really appreciate it. 741 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,241 Come on. You are the writer in the family. 742 00:39:28,953 --> 00:39:31,547 We worked that afternoon 743 00:39:31,623 --> 00:39:35,059 and the next afternoon 744 00:39:35,126 --> 00:39:38,118 and the next... 745 00:39:38,196 --> 00:39:40,027 and the next. 746 00:39:40,098 --> 00:39:43,033 Finally, Albert just came out and asked me to write with him. 747 00:39:43,101 --> 00:39:45,503 When we started writing, it was early summer. 748 00:39:45,572 --> 00:39:48,063 We finished right after Christmas. 749 00:39:59,319 --> 00:40:01,413 Maria, did she have her dinner? 750 00:40:01,489 --> 00:40:03,013 Thank you. 751 00:40:03,090 --> 00:40:04,216 Good night. 752 00:40:04,292 --> 00:40:05,850 Good night. 753 00:40:17,072 --> 00:40:18,539 What? 754 00:40:18,607 --> 00:40:20,199 Was it good? 755 00:40:24,746 --> 00:40:26,907 It's great. 756 00:40:26,982 --> 00:40:28,574 How great? 757 00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:32,711 You're kidding. 758 00:40:32,789 --> 00:40:34,620 Can we hug? 759 00:40:36,860 --> 00:40:38,384 Real hard? 760 00:40:38,461 --> 00:40:42,420 I'll never love anybody in my life the way I love you. 761 00:40:43,633 --> 00:40:46,159 Kessler said our script was one of the best he'd ever read. 762 00:40:46,237 --> 00:40:47,795 We shot the movie that spring. 763 00:40:47,872 --> 00:40:51,308 Suddenly, the best times of our lives were about to change. 764 00:41:13,132 --> 00:41:16,967 They turned people away from the last two shows. 765 00:41:19,039 --> 00:41:20,939 What's-his-name, the manager, 766 00:41:21,008 --> 00:41:23,306 said we are breaking house records. 767 00:41:24,411 --> 00:41:26,879 I never, never expected this. 768 00:41:26,947 --> 00:41:28,073 Well, how's the audience? 769 00:41:28,148 --> 00:41:29,274 Just like last night. 770 00:41:29,349 --> 00:41:31,749 They applauded when she left. 771 00:41:31,818 --> 00:41:33,480 They're laughing in all the right places. 772 00:41:35,456 --> 00:41:36,787 What are you doing? 773 00:41:36,858 --> 00:41:38,985 I am figuring out how much we're going to make, dear. 774 00:41:40,061 --> 00:41:42,552 8 foreign, 4 for the TV sale, 775 00:41:42,630 --> 00:41:44,655 2 for ancillary rights. 776 00:41:44,732 --> 00:41:46,131 Did you order me something? 777 00:41:47,235 --> 00:41:48,203 Let's see. Divide that in half, 778 00:41:48,270 --> 00:41:50,295 of which we have 5 percent-- 779 00:41:50,372 --> 00:41:52,966 Kessler's going to make a bloody fortune out of this picture. 780 00:41:54,109 --> 00:41:55,474 What's this? 781 00:41:55,544 --> 00:41:58,138 For Monsieur Brodsky from Monsieur Ballentine. 782 00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:09,716 Albert Brodsky, nice to see you again. 783 00:42:09,793 --> 00:42:12,728 Suddenly, Albert was Hollywood's new darling. 784 00:42:12,796 --> 00:42:15,321 Not only was the movie a box-office smash, 785 00:42:15,398 --> 00:42:18,026 but the reviews were phenomenal. 786 00:42:18,101 --> 00:42:20,435 Newsweek called it a masterpiece. 787 00:42:20,505 --> 00:42:24,441 The New Yorker said it was a landmark in movie history. 788 00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:28,843 And Time called Albert the director of his generation. 789 00:42:28,914 --> 00:42:30,404 What a nice guy. 790 00:42:30,482 --> 00:42:31,710 Who is he? 791 00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:33,080 I have no idea. 792 00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:34,312 There's Albert Brodsky. 793 00:42:34,387 --> 00:42:36,685 - Where? - Right there, with the girl. 794 00:42:39,192 --> 00:42:41,217 5 percent of 7.5 million. 795 00:42:41,294 --> 00:42:42,693 How do you multiply on this thing? 796 00:42:42,762 --> 00:42:44,252 Ah, wait, here we go. 797 00:42:53,607 --> 00:42:54,904 Well, what do you think? 798 00:42:54,975 --> 00:42:56,840 Any price tags on me? 799 00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:59,037 No. 800 00:42:59,113 --> 00:43:01,013 If you didn't know me, 801 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:02,810 would you think I was wearing contact lenses? 802 00:43:02,883 --> 00:43:04,852 No. Would you open the door? 803 00:43:04,919 --> 00:43:06,181 It's kind of hot in here. 804 00:43:06,254 --> 00:43:08,950 Did I tell you about the guy I met in the commissary yesterday? 805 00:43:09,024 --> 00:43:10,491 I was with David, and he said, 806 00:43:10,558 --> 00:43:12,458 "I'd like you to meet Albert Brodsky," 807 00:43:12,527 --> 00:43:14,256 and the man gasped when he heard my name. 808 00:43:14,329 --> 00:43:15,921 Gee, that's great. 809 00:43:18,099 --> 00:43:19,396 She's doing it again. 810 00:43:21,504 --> 00:43:23,904 Stop it. I want you to speak to us in English. 811 00:43:26,375 --> 00:43:28,206 Well, we want you to. 812 00:43:33,115 --> 00:43:37,747 Casey, honey, we're going away for two weeks. 813 00:43:37,822 --> 00:43:40,985 We'd like our last words to be in English. 814 00:43:51,070 --> 00:43:52,833 This is my fault. 815 00:43:52,905 --> 00:43:55,430 I'm not with her enough. She's getting me back. 816 00:43:55,507 --> 00:43:57,441 She just feels a little neglected, that's all. 817 00:43:57,509 --> 00:43:59,841 Yeah, and what do we do to make her feel better? 818 00:43:59,912 --> 00:44:01,470 We go away for two weeks. 819 00:44:01,547 --> 00:44:03,481 Maria, did you see my tux shirt by any chance? 820 00:44:03,549 --> 00:44:04,675 Is it packed? 821 00:44:04,750 --> 00:44:05,944 Your tuxedo shirt? S�. 822 00:44:06,018 --> 00:44:08,112 Good. Would you make me a quick glass of iced tea 823 00:44:08,188 --> 00:44:09,212 - before I go? - S�. 824 00:44:09,289 --> 00:44:12,258 Lucy, call the office about a car in Cannes. 825 00:44:12,325 --> 00:44:15,624 Hey, do it yourself. I don't work for you. 826 00:44:17,931 --> 00:44:19,694 What's the matter with you? 827 00:44:23,170 --> 00:44:26,731 Sometimes I wish we'd never made this stupid movie. 828 00:44:26,807 --> 00:44:28,172 What? 829 00:44:28,242 --> 00:44:30,870 This hasn't been the greatest year of your life? 830 00:44:30,945 --> 00:44:34,108 Yes. In some ways. 831 00:44:34,181 --> 00:44:36,115 It's also been like the worst year of my life. 832 00:44:36,183 --> 00:44:37,275 What are you telling me, 833 00:44:37,352 --> 00:44:38,717 you don't like your new house, 834 00:44:38,787 --> 00:44:40,914 that you wrote the biggest picture of the year, 835 00:44:40,989 --> 00:44:42,684 that finally we got a little clout? 836 00:44:42,758 --> 00:44:44,089 We? What we? 837 00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:46,821 You're just upset because I'm getting all the accolades. 838 00:44:46,895 --> 00:44:48,556 Yeah, well, so would you be 839 00:44:48,630 --> 00:44:51,394 if you did half the work and no one mentioned your name. 840 00:44:51,466 --> 00:44:52,958 Every interview I do, 841 00:44:53,036 --> 00:44:55,004 I tell them you laid down the script. 842 00:44:55,072 --> 00:44:58,508 Hey, pal, I did more than lay it down. 843 00:44:58,575 --> 00:45:00,770 You couldn't write a word without me. 844 00:45:00,844 --> 00:45:03,005 This is like Bink's car being stolen. 845 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:04,843 It's not my fault they're giving me all the credit. 846 00:45:04,915 --> 00:45:07,213 Maybe I don't get credit because I'm a woman. 847 00:45:07,284 --> 00:45:08,752 Now you're a feminist. 848 00:45:08,820 --> 00:45:10,981 Please, Lucy, don't do this to me, okay? 849 00:45:11,055 --> 00:45:13,046 Why don't you just go to Cannes without me? 850 00:45:13,124 --> 00:45:14,489 What is the matter with you? 851 00:45:14,559 --> 00:45:15,685 I don't like you anymore, okay? 852 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,490 I don't like how possessed you are 853 00:45:18,563 --> 00:45:21,623 with your movie and your clothes and your contacts and your clout. 854 00:45:21,699 --> 00:45:23,291 It's enough, already! 855 00:45:23,368 --> 00:45:24,358 It's boring. 856 00:45:24,436 --> 00:45:26,631 I've got such a headache. 857 00:45:30,910 --> 00:45:34,209 I want something else out of my life, Albert. 858 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:36,180 I want some romance. 859 00:45:36,248 --> 00:45:39,218 I want some fun. 860 00:45:39,286 --> 00:45:41,652 I want to be like we used to be. 861 00:45:42,756 --> 00:45:44,053 Well, I don't. 862 00:45:45,458 --> 00:45:49,554 The child emancipation case of Brodsky versus Brodsky and Brodsky 863 00:45:49,629 --> 00:45:51,859 closed its second week of testimony today. 864 00:45:51,932 --> 00:45:54,400 Sources close to Lucy Van Patten Brodsky 865 00:45:54,467 --> 00:45:56,595 say that Monday's testimony will include 866 00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:58,798 the name that everyone familiar with this case 867 00:45:58,873 --> 00:46:00,067 has been waiting for. 868 00:46:00,141 --> 00:46:02,234 That name, of course, Blake Chandler. 869 00:46:02,310 --> 00:46:03,834 More on that part of the story now 870 00:46:03,911 --> 00:46:06,141 from Entertainment Editor Rex Reed. Rex. 871 00:46:06,214 --> 00:46:08,182 Thank you, Kelly. 872 00:46:08,249 --> 00:46:11,482 After the phenomenal success of An American Romance, 873 00:46:11,554 --> 00:46:13,317 Albert Brodsky joined the ranks 874 00:46:13,389 --> 00:46:14,754 of such superstar directors 875 00:46:14,824 --> 00:46:17,224 as Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, 876 00:46:17,293 --> 00:46:18,555 and Steven Spielberg. 877 00:46:18,628 --> 00:46:21,324 Brodsky was, as they say, hot. 878 00:46:21,397 --> 00:46:24,457 His only problem was what to do for an encore. 879 00:46:24,534 --> 00:46:26,730 He and his then-wife and coscripter, 880 00:46:26,804 --> 00:46:28,203 Lucy Van Patten Brodsky, 881 00:46:28,272 --> 00:46:30,103 found an obscure French novella 882 00:46:30,174 --> 00:46:32,074 entitled La vision de gabrielle, 883 00:46:32,142 --> 00:46:35,339 the story of an artist's model who inspired the lmpressionists. 884 00:46:35,412 --> 00:46:38,006 This, of course, became the hit film Gabrielle. 885 00:46:38,082 --> 00:46:41,143 Now, every star and would-be star across two continents 886 00:46:41,219 --> 00:46:43,813 vied for the coveted role of Gabrielle, 887 00:46:43,889 --> 00:46:48,349 but Albert Brodsky was looking for a new face. 888 00:46:48,426 --> 00:46:50,951 Enter Blake Chandler. 889 00:47:10,016 --> 00:47:12,952 We read her. She's not right. 890 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:15,079 Who? Oh, yeah. 891 00:47:15,155 --> 00:47:16,679 Well, yes, she's a wonderful actress. 892 00:47:16,757 --> 00:47:18,247 She's not pretty enough. 893 00:47:18,325 --> 00:47:20,259 Yeah. Well, I like her, too, 894 00:47:20,327 --> 00:47:22,227 but she's too old for Gabrielle. 895 00:47:22,296 --> 00:47:25,595 We need that young, sexy, gorgeous, 896 00:47:25,666 --> 00:47:27,295 fabulous-looking, you know? 897 00:47:27,369 --> 00:47:29,303 We need a face you could die from. 898 00:47:30,606 --> 00:47:32,801 Listen, could I call you right back? 899 00:47:32,875 --> 00:47:34,240 Albert just walked in. 900 00:47:34,310 --> 00:47:35,368 Okay, thanks. 901 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:40,608 Please call if you're going to be two hours late, okay? 902 00:47:40,683 --> 00:47:42,082 We're starving. 903 00:47:42,151 --> 00:47:44,177 Betsy called, and David called twice from New York. 904 00:47:44,254 --> 00:47:45,516 He's at the Sherry. 905 00:47:45,588 --> 00:47:46,953 Hi, Daddy. 906 00:47:47,023 --> 00:47:49,355 Hi, pumpkin. 907 00:47:49,426 --> 00:47:51,690 Where have you been? You look funny. 908 00:47:51,761 --> 00:47:53,524 I was driving around, thinking, 909 00:47:53,596 --> 00:47:56,622 and I stopped to get a Coke at this hot dog stand, 910 00:47:56,700 --> 00:47:58,669 and there was a girl there. 911 00:47:58,736 --> 00:48:01,569 I took one look at her, and I knew she was Gabrielle. 912 00:48:03,441 --> 00:48:04,533 You're kidding. 913 00:48:04,608 --> 00:48:05,836 She's incredible. She's perfect. 914 00:48:05,910 --> 00:48:07,741 She is the character. 915 00:48:07,812 --> 00:48:10,940 Well, great. We'll test her. 916 00:48:11,015 --> 00:48:12,642 What do you want to drink? 917 00:48:14,119 --> 00:48:15,711 She wouldn't test. 918 00:48:15,787 --> 00:48:17,982 Ah, well, what are you going to do, you know? 919 00:48:18,056 --> 00:48:19,683 She sells hot dogs for a living. 920 00:48:19,758 --> 00:48:21,316 I wouldn't exactly be upset. 921 00:48:22,928 --> 00:48:24,259 I hired her, Luce. 922 00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:28,965 Hi. 923 00:48:29,035 --> 00:48:31,367 I hope I'm not interrupting anything. 924 00:48:37,443 --> 00:48:38,569 This is great. 925 00:48:38,644 --> 00:48:41,943 I haven't had a decent meal in months. 926 00:48:42,015 --> 00:48:46,181 How long have you been working at this hot dog place? 927 00:48:46,254 --> 00:48:48,882 Oh, for about three months, I guess. 928 00:48:48,957 --> 00:48:52,620 Before that, I was going with this guy Giorgio. 929 00:48:52,694 --> 00:48:55,219 He said he wanted to marry me. 930 00:48:55,296 --> 00:48:56,957 He was so sick. 931 00:48:57,032 --> 00:48:58,294 I mean, just because 932 00:48:58,366 --> 00:49:00,062 I wouldn't go to Acapulco with him for the weekend, 933 00:49:00,136 --> 00:49:01,763 he tries to strangle me. 934 00:49:01,837 --> 00:49:03,600 You can still see the choke marks on my neck. 935 00:49:03,672 --> 00:49:04,764 See? 936 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:06,364 That's how I met Waldo and Doug, 937 00:49:06,442 --> 00:49:08,069 the guys who own the hot dog stand. 938 00:49:08,144 --> 00:49:10,078 They saved my life. 939 00:49:10,146 --> 00:49:12,376 When I jumped out of the car 940 00:49:12,448 --> 00:49:14,541 The night Giorgio tried to kill me, 941 00:49:14,617 --> 00:49:16,745 I was right in front of the hot dog stand. 942 00:49:16,820 --> 00:49:18,151 Doug and Wally saw the whole thing. 943 00:49:18,221 --> 00:49:19,813 Since I didn't have anywhere to go, 944 00:49:19,890 --> 00:49:20,982 Doug and Wally and took me in. 945 00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:22,787 But I need to get out of their place soon. 946 00:49:22,859 --> 00:49:24,121 They're getting married. 947 00:49:24,194 --> 00:49:25,354 Waldo and Doug? 948 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:27,294 Yeah. I'm going to be their maid of honor. 949 00:49:28,498 --> 00:49:31,127 Blake, I don't know how much 950 00:49:31,202 --> 00:49:33,193 Albert told you about our film, but-- 951 00:49:35,573 --> 00:49:37,666 Well... 952 00:49:37,742 --> 00:49:40,404 he told me a little in the car, 953 00:49:40,478 --> 00:49:42,275 but he kept losing his train of thought. 954 00:49:42,346 --> 00:49:46,009 He was so nervous with me driving. 955 00:49:47,653 --> 00:49:48,881 Driving what? 956 00:49:48,954 --> 00:49:49,978 Your Mercedes. 957 00:49:50,055 --> 00:49:51,989 She drove the Mercedes? 958 00:49:53,559 --> 00:49:55,254 She never drove one before. 959 00:49:56,662 --> 00:49:58,687 Casita, Malcolm's on the phone. 960 00:49:58,764 --> 00:50:00,356 I'll be right back. 961 00:50:00,432 --> 00:50:01,526 Malcolm's her boyfriend. 962 00:50:01,602 --> 00:50:02,899 Since when? 963 00:50:02,970 --> 00:50:06,133 Since they did their art project together two weeks ago. 964 00:50:06,207 --> 00:50:07,765 My God, he's all she talks about. 965 00:50:07,842 --> 00:50:08,866 Where have you been? 966 00:50:08,943 --> 00:50:10,103 I've been working. 967 00:50:10,177 --> 00:50:11,576 That's what I do. I work. 968 00:50:11,645 --> 00:50:13,135 We all work. 969 00:50:16,684 --> 00:50:18,619 Did I miss anything? 970 00:50:18,687 --> 00:50:20,655 Finish your dinner. 971 00:50:23,592 --> 00:50:27,392 Blake, do you know anything about the period of our film, 972 00:50:27,462 --> 00:50:29,987 turn-of-the-century Paris, the lmpressionists? 973 00:50:30,065 --> 00:50:32,295 Well, I know a little, 974 00:50:32,368 --> 00:50:37,328 Iike the girls sort of with their hair like this. 975 00:50:40,143 --> 00:50:41,804 'ello to you. 976 00:50:43,079 --> 00:50:44,569 Did I tell you? 977 00:50:47,016 --> 00:50:49,781 So, what's your schedule like? 978 00:50:49,853 --> 00:50:52,481 We've got a lot of work to do and not a lot time. 979 00:50:52,556 --> 00:50:54,547 I'm totally loose. 980 00:50:54,625 --> 00:50:56,991 All I have to do is quit my job 981 00:50:57,060 --> 00:50:58,618 and find a new place to live. 982 00:51:01,565 --> 00:51:03,659 Albert felt if Blake moved in with us, 983 00:51:03,735 --> 00:51:08,229 we could work with her day and night and transform her into Gabrielle. 984 00:51:08,306 --> 00:51:12,072 Frankly, I wanted to transform her into an apartment down the street. 985 00:51:12,143 --> 00:51:14,873 But I thought maybe Albert was right, 986 00:51:14,946 --> 00:51:17,278 and I owed it to him to give it a try. 987 00:51:17,348 --> 00:51:20,410 You see, unconsciously, Gabrielle knows 988 00:51:20,487 --> 00:51:22,455 that when Henri paints her 989 00:51:22,522 --> 00:51:25,650 and his brush strokes the canvas, 990 00:51:25,725 --> 00:51:28,956 in his mind, he's actually stroking her flesh, 991 00:51:29,029 --> 00:51:30,656 which he knows he can't do, 992 00:51:30,730 --> 00:51:32,527 and that frustrates him and excites her. 993 00:51:32,599 --> 00:51:34,932 Now I want to be able to feel that excitement. 994 00:51:35,002 --> 00:51:37,903 I want to be able to see you almost begin to tremble. 995 00:51:37,972 --> 00:51:39,132 That's good. 996 00:51:40,508 --> 00:51:42,976 I'm not happy lately. 997 00:51:43,044 --> 00:51:45,945 Oh, don't start, Lucy, please. 998 00:51:46,013 --> 00:51:48,538 We never used to act this way. 999 00:51:48,616 --> 00:51:51,279 We never used to be distant or bicker. 1000 00:51:51,353 --> 00:51:52,650 I feel like my mother. 1001 00:51:52,721 --> 00:51:55,485 You're going to tell me this is Blake's fault again, right? 1002 00:51:55,557 --> 00:51:58,287 Albert, you have to admit ever since she came into our lives-- 1003 00:51:58,360 --> 00:51:59,349 What? 1004 00:52:00,596 --> 00:52:03,087 Jesus, Mr. Defensive, I'll tell you. 1005 00:52:03,165 --> 00:52:04,689 She's changed our lives, okay? 1006 00:52:04,766 --> 00:52:05,859 How? How? 1007 00:52:08,238 --> 00:52:12,004 Well, we're never alone, for one thing, 1008 00:52:12,075 --> 00:52:14,873 and you never touch me when we are. 1009 00:52:17,046 --> 00:52:21,279 Well, we haven't been that romantic in a long time. 1010 00:52:21,352 --> 00:52:22,979 You're telling me. 1011 00:52:23,053 --> 00:52:25,613 Yesterday I found a cobweb on my diaphragm. 1012 00:52:25,689 --> 00:52:28,055 God, you're so sarcastic lately. 1013 00:52:31,061 --> 00:52:32,392 Sorry. 1014 00:52:35,065 --> 00:52:36,967 It's just that sexually I was hoping 1015 00:52:37,036 --> 00:52:40,199 that things would get better between us, 1016 00:52:40,273 --> 00:52:41,831 not worse. 1017 00:52:44,343 --> 00:52:46,277 Sometimes I think you're in love with her. 1018 00:52:46,345 --> 00:52:50,179 Oh, come on. I'm in love with Gabrielle, not Blake. 1019 00:52:50,249 --> 00:52:52,582 That's the way I work. I can't help it. 1020 00:52:52,653 --> 00:52:53,779 Wasn't I the same way 1021 00:52:53,854 --> 00:52:56,288 in American Romance with Rebecca? 1022 00:52:56,356 --> 00:52:58,381 Rebecca didn't live with us. 1023 00:52:58,458 --> 00:53:00,858 Do you think this girl would be doing half as well 1024 00:53:00,927 --> 00:53:03,794 if we didn't work with her day and night? 1025 00:53:06,968 --> 00:53:10,335 You're right. Everything's fine. 1026 00:53:10,405 --> 00:53:12,532 Okay? Is that what you want me to say? 1027 00:53:15,510 --> 00:53:17,102 Everything is fine. 1028 00:53:19,347 --> 00:53:21,212 I adore you. 1029 00:53:21,282 --> 00:53:23,547 Oh, Albert, I missed you. 1030 00:53:37,366 --> 00:53:39,096 It's me. 1031 00:53:43,773 --> 00:53:46,173 Come in. 1032 00:53:49,479 --> 00:53:50,503 Hi. 1033 00:53:50,580 --> 00:53:52,013 - Hi. - Hi. 1034 00:53:55,287 --> 00:53:57,414 I'm sorry to bug you guys, 1035 00:53:57,489 --> 00:53:59,787 but I couldn't sleep. 1036 00:53:59,858 --> 00:54:02,588 I don't know how to say this, 1037 00:54:02,661 --> 00:54:04,652 but for the first time in my life, 1038 00:54:04,730 --> 00:54:07,597 I really feel like I'm part of a family. 1039 00:54:07,666 --> 00:54:11,068 I think you're both such incredible people. 1040 00:54:13,673 --> 00:54:17,040 Lucy, I admire you so much. 1041 00:54:17,110 --> 00:54:19,101 I never met a woman like you. 1042 00:54:19,178 --> 00:54:22,739 You've got a great kid 1043 00:54:22,815 --> 00:54:25,080 and a beautiful house. 1044 00:54:25,152 --> 00:54:26,847 You're a fantastic cook 1045 00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:28,717 and a brilliant writer. 1046 00:54:28,789 --> 00:54:29,756 No. 1047 00:54:29,823 --> 00:54:31,814 And a good friend. 1048 00:54:34,395 --> 00:54:37,853 I love you both so much. 1049 00:54:39,768 --> 00:54:42,464 Well, that's all. 1050 00:54:42,537 --> 00:54:44,232 I just want you to know 1051 00:54:44,305 --> 00:54:48,173 how much I appreciate everything you've done for me. 1052 00:54:50,345 --> 00:54:52,540 Oh, Blake. 1053 00:55:01,457 --> 00:55:02,481 Good night. 1054 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,291 Good night. 1055 00:55:10,701 --> 00:55:12,430 I apologize. 1056 00:55:12,503 --> 00:55:14,437 I'm nuts. 1057 00:55:14,505 --> 00:55:16,530 She's a great kid. 1058 00:55:18,643 --> 00:55:19,735 Good night. 1059 00:55:33,992 --> 00:55:35,254 Cut it. Cut it, please. 1060 00:55:36,762 --> 00:55:38,127 Did I do something wrong? 1061 00:55:38,197 --> 00:55:39,960 No, you're terrific, honey. It's me. 1062 00:55:40,032 --> 00:55:41,364 Reggie, put a double in that 10k. 1063 00:55:41,434 --> 00:55:42,731 I think it's the blocking. 1064 00:55:42,802 --> 00:55:44,667 Let me just think for a second. 1065 00:55:47,140 --> 00:55:49,267 There aren't any sparks between them. 1066 00:55:49,342 --> 00:55:51,037 There's no heat. There's no chemistry. 1067 00:55:51,110 --> 00:55:52,839 Something about it doesn't seem too real to me. 1068 00:55:52,912 --> 00:55:54,072 I don't know what. 1069 00:55:54,147 --> 00:55:55,671 The reality is that Gabrielle would be nude. 1070 00:55:55,748 --> 00:55:57,080 This is a cheat. 1071 00:55:57,151 --> 00:55:58,516 Nude? What do you mean nude? 1072 00:55:58,586 --> 00:55:59,712 Frontal nudity is an R. 1073 00:55:59,787 --> 00:56:01,516 I don't want to mess with the ratings. 1074 00:56:01,589 --> 00:56:03,386 It's the difference between a scene that works 1075 00:56:03,457 --> 00:56:04,924 and a scene that doesn't work. 1076 00:56:04,992 --> 00:56:07,222 Come on, Lucy. It rings the bell. 1077 00:56:08,529 --> 00:56:09,962 Think she'd do it? 1078 00:56:10,030 --> 00:56:11,965 I don't know. Let me ask her. 1079 00:56:13,401 --> 00:56:15,392 Don't pressure her. She's just a kid. 1080 00:56:16,972 --> 00:56:18,462 Can I have her, please? 1081 00:56:25,547 --> 00:56:27,208 Works for me. 1082 00:56:30,287 --> 00:56:31,447 Blake, don't forget, 1083 00:56:31,522 --> 00:56:32,819 in the scene we're doing tomorrow, 1084 00:56:32,890 --> 00:56:34,152 that Gabrielle is still a little scruffy. 1085 00:56:34,224 --> 00:56:35,748 No nail polish, no earrings, 1086 00:56:35,826 --> 00:56:37,123 and she's still real intimidated-- 1087 00:56:37,194 --> 00:56:38,252 You finished? 1088 00:56:38,328 --> 00:56:39,488 ... by Henri. Yes, thank you. 1089 00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:41,121 And a little more tea, please. 1090 00:56:41,198 --> 00:56:43,724 Also, honey, I've been thinking about that scene 1091 00:56:43,801 --> 00:56:45,234 where Gabrielle has the baby. 1092 00:56:45,303 --> 00:56:47,863 I want to rewrite the dialogue before you shoot it. 1093 00:56:47,939 --> 00:56:51,636 Also, I think we should try it with rain against the window. 1094 00:56:51,709 --> 00:56:56,271 I think it would play better if Henri comes in a little wet. 1095 00:57:16,036 --> 00:57:17,867 Look, nothing's forever. 1096 00:57:19,072 --> 00:57:21,802 Five out of every eight marriages end in divorce. 1097 00:57:21,875 --> 00:57:23,206 Now we're a statistic. So what? 1098 00:57:23,276 --> 00:57:24,971 I always figured we'd never last. 1099 00:57:31,752 --> 00:57:33,219 Do you want this, please? 1100 00:57:33,287 --> 00:57:34,948 Uh, no. You can have it. 1101 00:57:35,022 --> 00:57:36,489 Fine. 1102 00:57:38,159 --> 00:57:40,127 You're incredible, Lucy. 1103 00:57:40,194 --> 00:57:42,890 I'm a grownup, Albert. 1104 00:57:42,964 --> 00:57:44,661 You tell me you're in love with Blake. 1105 00:57:44,734 --> 00:57:46,565 What am I supposed to do, kill myself? 1106 00:57:46,636 --> 00:57:49,730 Throw myself off the Hollywood sign? 1107 00:57:49,806 --> 00:57:51,296 I'll live. 1108 00:57:51,374 --> 00:57:53,467 Let's not be sad. 1109 00:57:53,543 --> 00:57:55,636 We had nine good years. 1110 00:57:55,712 --> 00:57:57,236 The best. 1111 00:57:57,313 --> 00:57:59,508 Obviously not the best, 1112 00:57:59,582 --> 00:58:02,211 but we did have our good times. 1113 00:58:06,890 --> 00:58:08,380 Here's your sweater. 1114 00:58:08,459 --> 00:58:09,824 I had it dry-cleaned. 1115 00:58:09,893 --> 00:58:11,622 You're so thoughtful. 1116 00:58:19,537 --> 00:58:22,631 Mommy, when are we going to come back? 1117 00:58:22,707 --> 00:58:24,197 Never. 1118 00:58:24,275 --> 00:58:25,970 Kiss your father good-bye. 1119 00:58:26,044 --> 00:58:27,739 Is it something I did? 1120 00:58:27,812 --> 00:58:29,109 I won't be fresh anymore. 1121 00:58:29,180 --> 00:58:30,204 I promise. 1122 00:58:36,522 --> 00:58:38,615 Oh, honey. 1123 00:58:52,572 --> 00:58:54,870 I have no life. 1124 00:58:56,610 --> 00:58:59,078 I have no husband, no home. 1125 00:58:59,146 --> 00:59:01,171 This isn't my street anymore. 1126 00:59:01,248 --> 00:59:04,811 What am I supposed to do now, 1127 00:59:04,887 --> 00:59:06,479 go to singles' bars, 1128 00:59:06,555 --> 00:59:08,147 get new clothes, look hot? 1129 00:59:08,223 --> 00:59:10,384 No. 1130 00:59:10,459 --> 00:59:13,485 That bimbo stole my husband! 1131 00:59:13,562 --> 00:59:15,689 They had an affair, 1132 00:59:15,764 --> 00:59:17,198 probably in my bed, 1133 00:59:17,267 --> 00:59:19,098 on my sheets. 1134 00:59:19,169 --> 00:59:21,296 I'm sorry. 1135 00:59:21,371 --> 00:59:23,839 They drank their lovers' wine out of glasses 1136 00:59:23,907 --> 00:59:26,000 I stood in line to buy. 1137 00:59:28,411 --> 00:59:31,346 Who's going to take care of us now? 1138 00:59:32,817 --> 00:59:35,149 Most parents get divorced. 1139 00:59:35,219 --> 00:59:36,811 Really, Mom. 1140 00:59:36,887 --> 00:59:39,048 None of my friends' parents are married. 1141 00:59:39,123 --> 00:59:42,251 So what is that? Good? 1142 00:59:45,296 --> 00:59:48,733 This wasn't supposed to happen to us. 1143 00:59:50,502 --> 00:59:53,528 Oh, where am I driving? 1144 01:00:01,379 --> 01:00:02,812 Come here. 1145 01:00:10,056 --> 01:00:13,253 My mom and I spent that night at our corner. 1146 01:00:13,326 --> 01:00:18,195 The next day, we got ourselves a little apartment. 1147 01:00:18,264 --> 01:00:21,133 My mom had some of the profits of Gabrielle, 1148 01:00:21,202 --> 01:00:24,603 but she sold her part early so we could afford to live. 1149 01:00:24,672 --> 01:00:26,765 Then, when Gabrielle came out, 1150 01:00:26,841 --> 01:00:29,002 it made lots of money. 1151 01:00:29,077 --> 01:00:31,841 My mom didn't make anything. 1152 01:00:31,913 --> 01:00:33,881 My dad and Blake got real rich 1153 01:00:33,948 --> 01:00:36,884 and moved into a mansion in Beverly Hills. 1154 01:00:36,952 --> 01:00:40,581 My mom didn't want to have anything to do with my dad. 1155 01:00:42,758 --> 01:00:45,192 She said he was a worthless human being 1156 01:00:45,261 --> 01:00:47,354 who didn't deserve to know us. 1157 01:00:54,504 --> 01:00:57,439 I guess I won't lean into it. 1158 01:00:57,507 --> 01:00:59,270 That would be a good idea. 1159 01:01:00,644 --> 01:01:03,306 Now, Casey, 1160 01:01:03,380 --> 01:01:05,941 after your parents got divorced, 1161 01:01:06,017 --> 01:01:08,611 how often did you see your dad? 1162 01:01:08,686 --> 01:01:12,349 Whenever he could see me, mostly on weekends. 1163 01:01:12,423 --> 01:01:15,017 Would you say you remained close with your father? 1164 01:01:15,092 --> 01:01:17,686 No. 1165 01:01:18,281 --> 01:01:21,547 My dad changed a lot once he started living with Blake. 1166 01:01:45,077 --> 01:01:47,307 Blake's mom moved in with them, too. 1167 01:01:47,380 --> 01:01:48,972 She was a real jerk. 1168 01:01:49,048 --> 01:01:50,515 Her name was Dotty. 1169 01:01:50,583 --> 01:01:53,314 She used to be a manicurist at some hotel in Houston. 1170 01:01:53,387 --> 01:01:55,582 Hold on, please. 1171 01:01:55,655 --> 01:01:57,589 Blake, it's The New York Times. 1172 01:01:57,657 --> 01:01:59,352 Oh, honey, you talk to them. 1173 01:01:59,426 --> 01:02:01,656 - Yeah? - You're so much better at this than me. 1174 01:02:01,728 --> 01:02:03,593 - No. - Yes. 1175 01:02:03,663 --> 01:02:04,891 Okay. 1176 01:02:06,032 --> 01:02:07,193 I'll take it, Dotty. 1177 01:02:08,403 --> 01:02:10,701 This is Miss Chandler's manager speaking. 1178 01:02:12,774 --> 01:02:13,934 Pardon me? 1179 01:02:14,008 --> 01:02:15,600 I didn't say anything. 1180 01:02:15,676 --> 01:02:17,644 Yes, you did. I heard you. 1181 01:02:17,712 --> 01:02:19,543 Well, then, you're hearing things. 1182 01:02:19,614 --> 01:02:21,912 We'll play some doubles. Bye-bye. 1183 01:02:25,020 --> 01:02:26,647 What's the trouble? 1184 01:02:26,722 --> 01:02:28,917 Lucy Junior's making fun of me again. 1185 01:02:28,991 --> 01:02:31,357 I wasn't this time, I promise. 1186 01:02:31,427 --> 01:02:34,396 I swear to God I was minding my own business. 1187 01:02:35,831 --> 01:02:38,027 You want Maria to take you shopping? 1188 01:02:38,101 --> 01:02:39,090 Maria! 1189 01:02:39,169 --> 01:02:40,932 Yes, Mr. Albert? 1190 01:02:41,004 --> 01:02:42,904 I don't want to go shopping. 1191 01:02:44,407 --> 01:02:47,899 Well, girls, what shall we screen tonight, huh? 1192 01:02:47,977 --> 01:02:49,035 Any suggestions? 1193 01:02:49,112 --> 01:02:51,080 Black Stallion, please, please, please, 1194 01:02:51,147 --> 01:02:52,546 please, please, please, please? 1195 01:02:52,615 --> 01:02:54,710 That's fine. I'll go out with Mother tonight. 1196 01:02:54,786 --> 01:02:56,083 Wait, wait. 1197 01:02:56,154 --> 01:02:57,212 Suggest something else. 1198 01:02:57,289 --> 01:02:58,950 How about Gabrielle? 1199 01:02:59,024 --> 01:03:00,616 Yuck! Again? 1200 01:03:00,692 --> 01:03:02,353 How about Gabrielle, Blake? 1201 01:03:02,427 --> 01:03:04,657 Great, boobie. 1202 01:03:04,729 --> 01:03:07,698 See? Now everybody's happy. 1203 01:03:11,704 --> 01:03:13,729 Lucy Brodsky. Is he in? 1204 01:03:14,807 --> 01:03:17,503 Hi, Jeff. How are you doing? 1205 01:03:17,577 --> 01:03:19,374 Hey. 1206 01:03:19,445 --> 01:03:20,605 Yeah. Great, thanks. 1207 01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:22,739 No, no. I'm really doing great. 1208 01:03:22,815 --> 01:03:27,276 It's been about a year, but we've stayed close. 1209 01:03:27,354 --> 01:03:31,415 Actually, I'm writing. I'm working on a novel. 1210 01:03:31,492 --> 01:03:33,153 Well, it's going pretty slowly. 1211 01:03:33,227 --> 01:03:34,888 That's why I was calling. 1212 01:03:34,962 --> 01:03:38,557 I wondered if you'd found a writer for your new picture. 1213 01:03:40,768 --> 01:03:44,397 Well, I cowrote An American Romance and Gabrielle. 1214 01:03:45,740 --> 01:03:48,334 Well, I don't have anything to show you 1215 01:03:48,409 --> 01:03:49,706 that I wrote on my own. 1216 01:03:49,777 --> 01:03:50,937 I never wrote alone. 1217 01:03:52,981 --> 01:03:55,917 Sure, sure. I understand. 1218 01:03:55,985 --> 01:03:59,682 Well, I can appreciate that. 1219 01:03:59,755 --> 01:04:01,814 Who? 1220 01:04:01,891 --> 01:04:03,825 I really don't think I'm the best person 1221 01:04:03,893 --> 01:04:05,758 to help you get to Blake Chandler. 1222 01:04:05,828 --> 01:04:07,955 Why don't you try her agent? 1223 01:04:08,030 --> 01:04:10,157 Yes, I'll mention it to Albert. 1224 01:04:10,232 --> 01:04:11,724 You're welcome. 1225 01:04:14,071 --> 01:04:15,629 Putz. 1226 01:04:31,690 --> 01:04:33,681 You haven't changed your clothes all weekend. 1227 01:04:33,759 --> 01:04:35,090 Hi, Lucy. 1228 01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:36,752 Did you ask him about child support? 1229 01:04:36,828 --> 01:04:37,852 I forgot. 1230 01:04:37,930 --> 01:04:39,454 What, you didn't get it? 1231 01:04:39,531 --> 01:04:41,055 My accountant said he sent it. 1232 01:04:41,133 --> 01:04:45,002 Tell your father how much gymnastics lessons cost 1233 01:04:45,071 --> 01:04:47,005 and how much the new Blondie album is 1234 01:04:47,073 --> 01:04:48,870 and about the new Nikes you want. 1235 01:04:48,942 --> 01:04:51,103 I don't need new Nikes. 1236 01:04:51,177 --> 01:04:53,771 Would you like to eat for the rest of the week? 1237 01:04:53,846 --> 01:04:56,440 I'm sure Miss Chandler's eating just fine. 1238 01:04:56,516 --> 01:04:58,951 Lucy, the money was due yesterday. 1239 01:04:59,019 --> 01:05:01,579 Yeah, and last month's ran out two weeks ago. 1240 01:05:01,655 --> 01:05:05,056 Get it here on time, buddy, or I'm taking you back to court. 1241 01:05:05,125 --> 01:05:07,457 I'm going to go watch TV. 1242 01:05:07,528 --> 01:05:09,496 When can I see Casey again? 1243 01:05:09,563 --> 01:05:11,326 Why, do you plan on being with her? 1244 01:05:11,398 --> 01:05:13,959 She called me six times from your house yesterday. 1245 01:05:14,035 --> 01:05:15,832 You know, she doesn't love staring at Blake 1246 01:05:15,904 --> 01:05:16,893 as much as you do. 1247 01:05:16,972 --> 01:05:18,200 You're obsessed with Blake. 1248 01:05:18,273 --> 01:05:20,332 No, pal. You're obsessed with Blake. 1249 01:05:20,408 --> 01:05:22,103 All right. I'm sorry. You're obsessed with-- 1250 01:05:22,177 --> 01:05:23,838 I'm surprised I can eat, 1251 01:05:23,912 --> 01:05:26,107 upset as I am. 1252 01:05:32,623 --> 01:05:33,749 Come in. 1253 01:05:38,695 --> 01:05:40,390 Kathy, there's something I want to say. 1254 01:05:40,464 --> 01:05:41,897 I want to tell you something. 1255 01:05:42,966 --> 01:05:44,434 Ladies first. 1256 01:05:44,502 --> 01:05:46,265 What did you want to tell me? 1257 01:05:46,337 --> 01:05:49,534 Daddy, I've been awful mean to you, 1258 01:05:49,607 --> 01:05:52,633 and I'm sorry, real honest sorry. 1259 01:05:52,710 --> 01:05:55,144 Well, I've been mean to you, too, kitten, and I'm sorry. 1260 01:05:55,213 --> 01:05:58,205 I've been mean to you, too, dear. 1261 01:05:58,282 --> 01:06:00,547 Will you accept our apologies? 1262 01:06:00,619 --> 01:06:02,052 I don't know. 1263 01:06:02,121 --> 01:06:04,180 Your mom and I love you so much. 1264 01:06:04,256 --> 01:06:05,484 You do? 1265 01:06:05,557 --> 01:06:07,525 Of course we do. And to prove it, 1266 01:06:07,593 --> 01:06:10,061 your father and l have a surprise for you. 1267 01:06:10,129 --> 01:06:12,461 Your mom and I are going to get married again. 1268 01:06:12,531 --> 01:06:14,557 - You are? - Blake's disappeared, 1269 01:06:14,634 --> 01:06:17,831 and I realize I still love Mom. 1270 01:06:17,904 --> 01:06:20,737 We're going to live happily ever after, dear. 1271 01:06:24,411 --> 01:06:25,605 So? 1272 01:06:25,679 --> 01:06:28,910 Mom, I'm trying to watch TV. 1273 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:35,018 Just tell me, how was Blake? 1274 01:06:35,089 --> 01:06:37,683 She wears too much jewelry. 1275 01:06:39,493 --> 01:06:41,723 Daddy buys her jewelry? 1276 01:06:41,796 --> 01:06:44,594 Daddy buys her everything. 1277 01:06:45,935 --> 01:06:49,701 What kind of jewelry? Diamonds, what? 1278 01:06:49,772 --> 01:06:53,139 I don't know. They're mostly green. 1279 01:06:53,209 --> 01:06:56,201 Emeralds. He buys her emeralds. 1280 01:06:56,279 --> 01:06:58,713 He never bought me one piece of jewelry ever. 1281 01:06:58,781 --> 01:07:01,148 Nothing. Not even an engagement ring. 1282 01:07:04,688 --> 01:07:06,713 What did you do last night? 1283 01:07:06,790 --> 01:07:09,315 Watched movies in the screening room, 1284 01:07:09,393 --> 01:07:12,556 and then Blake washed her hair for 10 hours. 1285 01:07:12,629 --> 01:07:15,189 What kind of towels do they have? 1286 01:07:15,265 --> 01:07:17,530 Mother, will you stop it? 1287 01:07:17,602 --> 01:07:20,196 I am trying to watch TV. 1288 01:07:22,407 --> 01:07:24,375 He's turning you against me. 1289 01:07:24,442 --> 01:07:26,910 You don't love me anymore, either. 1290 01:07:26,978 --> 01:07:28,570 I love you. 1291 01:07:29,948 --> 01:07:30,937 I'm sorry. 1292 01:07:32,485 --> 01:07:34,385 What are we going to do on New Year's Eve, pal? 1293 01:07:34,453 --> 01:07:36,887 I'm invited to a party. 1294 01:07:36,956 --> 01:07:38,821 Oh, really? Whose? 1295 01:07:38,891 --> 01:07:40,882 Blake and Daddy's. 1296 01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:42,621 Blake and Daddy's. 1297 01:07:59,946 --> 01:08:02,212 Hey, hey, hey! I'm not staying. 1298 01:08:03,218 --> 01:08:05,880 Are you okay, Mom? 1299 01:08:05,954 --> 01:08:07,285 Sure. 1300 01:08:09,658 --> 01:08:11,057 Call me. 1301 01:08:25,141 --> 01:08:26,733 Bye, Mom. 1302 01:08:31,681 --> 01:08:33,013 Great. 1303 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:44,184 Hi. 1304 01:08:45,529 --> 01:08:46,723 Say, I was wondering, 1305 01:08:46,797 --> 01:08:49,790 could you give me a lift into St. Louis or any town that's got a-- 1306 01:08:49,868 --> 01:08:51,267 That's not funny. 1307 01:08:53,538 --> 01:08:54,505 Where's Casey? 1308 01:08:54,573 --> 01:08:56,803 She just went inside. 1309 01:09:00,078 --> 01:09:03,377 I just ran to the store for Blake's mom. 1310 01:09:03,448 --> 01:09:06,282 Would you like to come in and have a drink? 1311 01:09:06,352 --> 01:09:08,183 No. I can't. 1312 01:09:08,254 --> 01:09:10,347 I got to get home and get dressed. 1313 01:09:10,423 --> 01:09:11,651 Oh, yeah? You going out? 1314 01:09:11,724 --> 01:09:13,589 Yeah. Big party. 1315 01:09:13,659 --> 01:09:16,526 Great. Well, Happy New Year, Luce. 1316 01:09:16,596 --> 01:09:18,461 I'll see you. 1317 01:09:20,034 --> 01:09:21,695 Happy New Year. 1318 01:10:44,892 --> 01:10:46,359 Great party, Al. 1319 01:10:46,427 --> 01:10:48,361 Happy New Year. 1320 01:10:50,264 --> 01:10:51,595 Hi. 1321 01:10:57,405 --> 01:10:58,531 Daddy? 1322 01:10:58,606 --> 01:11:00,233 - Hey, Casey, you having fun? - Yeah. 1323 01:11:00,308 --> 01:11:01,366 Have you seen Blake? 1324 01:11:01,443 --> 01:11:03,536 She's in there. 1325 01:11:03,611 --> 01:11:05,511 Daddy, are you going to dance with me? 1326 01:11:05,580 --> 01:11:07,344 Later, pumpkin, later. 1327 01:11:15,925 --> 01:11:17,916 Happy New Year! 1328 01:11:26,737 --> 01:11:27,965 You're just saying that 1329 01:11:28,038 --> 01:11:30,506 because you want me to star in your picture. 1330 01:11:30,574 --> 01:11:32,337 Albert, come here, kid. 1331 01:11:32,409 --> 01:11:33,433 I've been looking for you. 1332 01:11:33,510 --> 01:11:35,341 Oh, you look beautiful, Elaine. 1333 01:11:35,412 --> 01:11:37,209 Blake did a fabulous job on the house. 1334 01:11:37,280 --> 01:11:38,646 - Thanks. - Elaine, darling! 1335 01:11:38,716 --> 01:11:40,240 Hello, Gladys. 1336 01:11:40,318 --> 01:11:41,979 Hey, I want to talk to you. 1337 01:11:42,053 --> 01:11:43,452 Excuse us. 1338 01:11:43,521 --> 01:11:46,081 Blake's sister is quite a number, huh? 1339 01:11:46,157 --> 01:11:47,419 That's her mother. 1340 01:11:47,492 --> 01:11:49,790 You're kidding. 1341 01:11:49,861 --> 01:11:52,261 Lucky boy. 1342 01:11:52,330 --> 01:11:53,959 Listen, uh, I got to talk to you. 1343 01:11:54,034 --> 01:11:55,296 Come here. 1344 01:11:57,971 --> 01:12:01,737 You know, when you first came to me with your Gone With The Wind musical, 1345 01:12:01,808 --> 01:12:04,072 I thought you had something, my right hand to God. 1346 01:12:04,144 --> 01:12:05,475 Yeah? 1347 01:12:05,545 --> 01:12:10,142 But, uh, I listened to Blake's tapes this afternoon. 1348 01:12:10,217 --> 01:12:11,548 Was that singing? 1349 01:12:11,619 --> 01:12:13,086 No, I don't think so. 1350 01:12:13,154 --> 01:12:16,089 Singing is Lisa Minnelli, Barbra, 1351 01:12:16,157 --> 01:12:17,920 even Julie Budd, that's singing. 1352 01:12:17,992 --> 01:12:21,120 But this was like, uh... 1353 01:12:21,195 --> 01:12:22,253 I just didn't get it. 1354 01:12:22,329 --> 01:12:24,730 Come on. She's taking lessons. 1355 01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:26,097 What are you worried about? 1356 01:12:26,168 --> 01:12:27,362 What have my pictures grossed, 1357 01:12:27,436 --> 01:12:28,562 70, $80 million? 1358 01:12:28,637 --> 01:12:29,695 I know what I'm doing. 1359 01:12:29,771 --> 01:12:30,863 Blake Chandler can do anything. 1360 01:12:30,939 --> 01:12:32,236 She's the actress of her generation. 1361 01:12:32,307 --> 01:12:33,934 Yeah, but listen to me. 1362 01:12:34,009 --> 01:12:35,476 Blake was terrific in Gabrielle, 1363 01:12:35,544 --> 01:12:38,445 a great marriage of an actress and a part. 1364 01:12:38,513 --> 01:12:39,947 She didn't have to say too much. 1365 01:12:40,016 --> 01:12:41,608 She pouted, she showed her tits. 1366 01:12:41,684 --> 01:12:44,676 But a singing Scarlett O'Hara she is not. 1367 01:12:44,754 --> 01:12:47,689 You're going too far out on a limb with this girl. 1368 01:12:47,757 --> 01:12:49,349 I mean, she's got you by the balls. 1369 01:12:49,425 --> 01:12:50,790 You don't know what you're talking about. 1370 01:12:50,860 --> 01:12:52,987 Look, I may not have talent, 1371 01:12:53,062 --> 01:12:54,962 I may not have a genius lQ, 1372 01:12:55,031 --> 01:12:58,195 but one thing I do have is gut instinct. 1373 01:12:58,268 --> 01:12:59,701 It told me to hire you. 1374 01:12:59,770 --> 01:13:02,136 It told me to give you An American Romance. 1375 01:13:02,206 --> 01:13:05,198 and now it is telling me to bail out. 1376 01:13:05,275 --> 01:13:07,539 Wait. I thought we were partners on this one. 1377 01:13:10,180 --> 01:13:13,083 Look, I played Blake's tapes for the studio today. 1378 01:13:13,152 --> 01:13:15,450 They won't give up the rights. 1379 01:13:15,521 --> 01:13:18,422 They don't want you to remake Gone With The Wind. 1380 01:13:18,491 --> 01:13:21,551 Well, then, I'll come up with my own idea. 1381 01:13:21,627 --> 01:13:23,754 They don't own the Civil War. 1382 01:13:23,829 --> 01:13:25,490 I'm going to make this picture, David. 1383 01:13:25,564 --> 01:13:27,157 Then make it. 1384 01:13:27,234 --> 01:13:29,327 You put up the dough. You be the producer. 1385 01:13:29,402 --> 01:13:30,835 You take the chances. 1386 01:13:30,904 --> 01:13:34,305 I'm sorry, kid. I'm out. 1387 01:13:34,374 --> 01:13:35,341 Come on. 1388 01:13:35,408 --> 01:13:38,434 10, 9, 8, 1389 01:13:38,512 --> 01:13:41,208 7, 6, 5... 1390 01:13:52,293 --> 01:13:54,625 Happy New Year. 1391 01:13:54,695 --> 01:13:57,164 Happy New Year. 1392 01:13:57,232 --> 01:13:59,132 The studio doesn't want to make the movie. 1393 01:13:59,201 --> 01:14:00,566 Why? 1394 01:14:00,636 --> 01:14:02,661 I don't know, problems with the script, problems with me. 1395 01:14:02,738 --> 01:14:04,262 They don't think a period piece will work. 1396 01:14:04,339 --> 01:14:05,465 So, let them go. Who cares? 1397 01:14:05,541 --> 01:14:06,838 Let them go? 1398 01:14:06,909 --> 01:14:09,878 We don't have any financing. We don't have a script. 1399 01:14:09,945 --> 01:14:13,177 I knew you'd do something to ruin my New Year's Eve. 1400 01:14:13,249 --> 01:14:15,809 You can never just be happy, can you? 1401 01:14:15,885 --> 01:14:18,479 You've always got to do something to bring me down. 1402 01:14:18,555 --> 01:14:21,615 Do you have to be so goddamn narcissistic? 1403 01:14:21,691 --> 01:14:24,990 You know how much this movie means to me. 1404 01:14:25,061 --> 01:14:29,432 I've wanted to play Scarlett O'Hara ever since junior high. 1405 01:14:29,501 --> 01:14:31,662 And I've already written half my songs. 1406 01:14:31,736 --> 01:14:33,829 I know. I know. 1407 01:14:33,905 --> 01:14:35,202 What am I supposed to do? 1408 01:14:37,709 --> 01:14:39,973 Fix it, baby. 1409 01:14:45,484 --> 01:14:47,042 I'll see you inside. 1410 01:14:47,119 --> 01:14:52,955 For auld lang syne 1411 01:14:53,025 --> 01:14:59,590 Let old acquaintance be forgot 1412 01:14:59,666 --> 01:15:00,997 I started spending 1413 01:15:01,068 --> 01:15:03,935 more and more time with Maria, 1414 01:15:04,004 --> 01:15:07,269 especially once my mom started writing her book. 1415 01:15:07,341 --> 01:15:09,901 She wrote nonstop for the next six months. 1416 01:15:09,977 --> 01:15:12,275 Where was your father all this time? 1417 01:15:13,647 --> 01:15:17,584 Making his movie, Atlanta. 1418 01:15:19,554 --> 01:15:22,216 I was only on the set of Atlanta once. 1419 01:15:22,290 --> 01:15:24,724 That was more than enough. 1420 01:15:24,792 --> 01:15:26,953 Excuse me. Make way. 1421 01:15:27,028 --> 01:15:29,930 Make sure the reverend has got his glasses. 1422 01:15:31,300 --> 01:15:33,268 I don't think we've got enough flies. 1423 01:15:33,335 --> 01:15:35,326 These are dead men in 100-degree heat. 1424 01:15:35,404 --> 01:15:38,305 Albert, we've already got every fly in the state working. 1425 01:15:38,374 --> 01:15:40,501 What's that woman in the carriage wearing? 1426 01:15:40,576 --> 01:15:41,804 What carriage? 1427 01:15:41,877 --> 01:15:43,310 Back there. What color is she wearing? 1428 01:15:43,379 --> 01:15:45,815 Pink? She can't wear pink. Blake's wearing pink. 1429 01:15:45,883 --> 01:15:47,908 Jesus, Albert. Who's going to notice what color she's wearing? 1430 01:15:47,985 --> 01:15:49,543 No one's going to even notice the carriage. 1431 01:15:49,620 --> 01:15:52,714 Unconsciously, the audience will know the scene is just a little bit off. 1432 01:15:52,790 --> 01:15:54,223 Trust me, I know what I'm doing. 1433 01:15:54,292 --> 01:15:55,623 Uh, the wardrobe truck isn't here. 1434 01:15:55,693 --> 01:15:57,285 Well, we'll just have to wait for it. 1435 01:15:57,361 --> 01:15:58,658 Okay. Okay, Albert. 1436 01:15:58,729 --> 01:16:00,162 This is why your budget has gone 1437 01:16:00,231 --> 01:16:02,325 from $9 million to $22 million 1438 01:16:02,401 --> 01:16:03,891 in nine weeks. 1439 01:16:03,969 --> 01:16:05,630 You've have $40,000 worth of extras 1440 01:16:05,704 --> 01:16:08,332 Iying around for two days while you wait for the perfect sunset. 1441 01:16:08,407 --> 01:16:11,001 And now you want to change wardrobe 1442 01:16:11,076 --> 01:16:12,373 that nobody will ever see! 1443 01:16:12,444 --> 01:16:13,911 You're turning on me now, too, huh? 1444 01:16:13,979 --> 01:16:15,344 First the cameraman, then the art director. 1445 01:16:15,414 --> 01:16:16,939 I don't know what's starting to happen here. 1446 01:16:17,016 --> 01:16:18,244 Calm down. Calm down. 1447 01:16:18,318 --> 01:16:20,513 I sunk every dime I have in this goddamn picture. 1448 01:16:20,586 --> 01:16:21,917 - I know that. - Every dime. 1449 01:16:21,988 --> 01:16:23,182 Albert, I know. I know. 1450 01:16:25,258 --> 01:16:26,953 Oh, God, I need a haircut. 1451 01:16:27,026 --> 01:16:28,220 Look, just change her dress, huh? 1452 01:16:28,294 --> 01:16:29,454 Do that for me, please. 1453 01:16:29,529 --> 01:16:31,258 Sure, sure. 1454 01:16:31,331 --> 01:16:32,492 Amy! 1455 01:16:34,768 --> 01:16:38,465 Run down there and throw a shawl over that lady in the carriage. 1456 01:16:38,539 --> 01:16:39,870 What carriage? 1457 01:16:41,342 --> 01:16:42,969 The sun is going down. It's perfect. 1458 01:16:43,043 --> 01:16:44,510 Get them into positions. 1459 01:16:44,578 --> 01:16:46,239 This is what we've been waiting for. Let's do it! 1460 01:16:46,313 --> 01:16:48,714 Let's do it, people! Take your places, please! 1461 01:16:48,783 --> 01:16:50,250 Take your places on the double! 1462 01:16:50,318 --> 01:16:51,376 Places, please! 1463 01:16:51,453 --> 01:16:52,784 Come on. 1464 01:17:06,636 --> 01:17:08,433 Ready for rehearsal, Miss Amanda? 1465 01:17:08,505 --> 01:17:09,836 In a minute. 1466 01:17:21,786 --> 01:17:24,254 I don't need a rehearsal. Let's shoot it. 1467 01:17:24,322 --> 01:17:25,584 All right, stand by, people. 1468 01:17:25,656 --> 01:17:27,180 This will be picture. 1469 01:17:29,327 --> 01:17:31,659 No drinking, no talking, no laughing, no sneezing. 1470 01:17:31,729 --> 01:17:32,991 Leave the horses alone. 1471 01:17:33,064 --> 01:17:34,930 Keep the blood showing. Let the blood show. 1472 01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:37,594 All right, ladies and gentlemen, this will be it. 1473 01:17:41,507 --> 01:17:43,134 Quiet, please! We're rolling! 1474 01:17:43,208 --> 01:17:44,266 Rolling! 1475 01:17:44,343 --> 01:17:45,901 Speed! 1476 01:17:45,978 --> 01:17:48,573 Background action. 1477 01:17:48,648 --> 01:17:51,412 Horses. Smoke. 1478 01:17:51,484 --> 01:17:52,815 Flies. 1479 01:17:56,055 --> 01:17:57,716 And action. 1480 01:17:59,726 --> 01:18:02,786 "For as much as it have pleased Almighty God 1481 01:18:02,862 --> 01:18:05,593 "in His wise providence to take out of this world 1482 01:18:05,666 --> 01:18:08,294 "the souls of our deceased brothers, 1483 01:18:08,369 --> 01:18:11,964 "we therefore commit their bodies to the ground. 1484 01:18:12,039 --> 01:18:13,973 "Earth to earth, 1485 01:18:14,041 --> 01:18:16,373 "ashes to ashes, 1486 01:18:16,444 --> 01:18:18,878 "dust to dust, 1487 01:18:18,946 --> 01:18:21,212 "looking for the general resurrection 1488 01:18:21,284 --> 01:18:22,717 "in the last day 1489 01:18:22,785 --> 01:18:24,776 "and the life of the world to come 1490 01:18:24,854 --> 01:18:28,119 through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1491 01:18:37,434 --> 01:18:39,129 Come, Amanda, 1492 01:18:39,203 --> 01:18:41,194 they need you. 1493 01:18:43,540 --> 01:18:44,734 Amanda? 1494 01:18:44,808 --> 01:18:46,503 No more. 1495 01:18:46,577 --> 01:18:47,544 No more bodies. 1496 01:18:47,611 --> 01:18:50,239 I can't take it anymore. 1497 01:18:50,315 --> 01:18:52,647 You mustn't say that, Amanda. 1498 01:18:57,355 --> 01:19:01,519 This civil war 1499 01:19:01,593 --> 01:19:05,928 Ain't gonna get me down 1500 01:19:06,932 --> 01:19:10,197 I'm movin' my act 1501 01:19:10,269 --> 01:19:15,002 To a brand-new town 1502 01:19:15,074 --> 01:19:20,307 This belle got burned in old Atlanta 1503 01:19:20,379 --> 01:19:25,784 I'm gonna find myself a brand-new Santa 1504 01:19:25,852 --> 01:19:27,877 Cut! 1505 01:19:30,156 --> 01:19:32,090 All right, get in here. 1506 01:19:32,158 --> 01:19:34,422 Get the flies back. 1507 01:19:36,429 --> 01:19:39,059 Darling, I'm the one who's supposed to say cut. 1508 01:19:39,134 --> 01:19:41,534 But, darling, apparently, I'm the one that knows 1509 01:19:41,603 --> 01:19:43,127 this scene isn't working. 1510 01:19:43,205 --> 01:19:44,467 Somebody get me a Tab. 1511 01:19:44,540 --> 01:19:45,837 If you want to yell at me, fine. 1512 01:19:45,908 --> 01:19:47,239 But don't do it in front of the crew. 1513 01:19:47,309 --> 01:19:48,606 It undermines my authority. 1514 01:19:48,677 --> 01:19:51,145 I thought this was a Brodsky-Chandler production, 1515 01:19:51,213 --> 01:19:52,681 or don't I have a right to an opinion? 1516 01:19:52,749 --> 01:19:54,649 Aren't I as bright as the great Lucy? 1517 01:19:54,717 --> 01:19:56,275 You don't always have to put Lucy down. 1518 01:19:56,352 --> 01:19:57,683 We're losing the sun, folks. 1519 01:19:57,754 --> 01:19:59,915 Forget the sun! 1520 01:19:59,989 --> 01:20:01,923 This Tab is warm. Damn it, Dotty! 1521 01:20:01,991 --> 01:20:04,152 I'm sorry. It felt cold. 1522 01:20:04,227 --> 01:20:05,251 Well, it isn't. 1523 01:20:05,328 --> 01:20:06,727 For a thousand dollars a week, Mother, 1524 01:20:06,796 --> 01:20:09,595 I think you can learn the difference between warm and cold. 1525 01:20:09,667 --> 01:20:11,191 Give me the script. 1526 01:20:11,268 --> 01:20:12,496 If we don't get the shot right now, 1527 01:20:12,570 --> 01:20:13,969 we're going to lose another whole day. 1528 01:20:14,038 --> 01:20:15,505 I know. 1529 01:20:15,573 --> 01:20:16,835 What are you doing? 1530 01:20:16,907 --> 01:20:18,772 The reason this scene doesn't work 1531 01:20:18,842 --> 01:20:20,776 is because the lines before the song don't work. 1532 01:20:20,844 --> 01:20:21,936 They're too down. 1533 01:20:22,012 --> 01:20:23,640 Amanda never has anything funny to say. 1534 01:20:23,715 --> 01:20:25,842 Nobody in this movie ever has anything funny to say! 1535 01:20:25,917 --> 01:20:29,080 That's because it's not a comedy. 1536 01:20:31,056 --> 01:20:33,820 Okay, that's a wrap, folks! 1537 01:20:39,999 --> 01:20:41,830 God damn it, it's my money too! 1538 01:20:41,901 --> 01:20:43,425 No, it is my money. 1539 01:20:43,502 --> 01:20:45,561 It is my life. It is my career, honey. 1540 01:20:45,638 --> 01:20:47,230 You will go on and do lots of things. 1541 01:20:47,306 --> 01:20:49,171 Not me. I will be buried with this. 1542 01:20:49,241 --> 01:20:51,835 You might as well throw me in that grave and bury me. 1543 01:20:51,911 --> 01:20:55,815 Blake and my dad stayed together until the movie opened. 1544 01:20:55,883 --> 01:20:57,475 The night of the big premiere, 1545 01:20:57,552 --> 01:21:01,852 Blake took off with her limo driver, and we never saw her again. 1546 01:21:01,923 --> 01:21:04,187 Atlanta lost more money 1547 01:21:04,258 --> 01:21:06,818 than any movie in the history of movies, 1548 01:21:06,894 --> 01:21:08,020 or something like that. 1549 01:21:08,096 --> 01:21:09,325 Right, Dad? 1550 01:21:13,068 --> 01:21:15,468 My father had to declare-- 1551 01:21:15,537 --> 01:21:17,528 what do you call it when you have no money? 1552 01:21:17,606 --> 01:21:18,937 Bankruptcy? 1553 01:21:19,008 --> 01:21:21,841 Yeah. Bankruptcy. 1554 01:21:21,910 --> 01:21:24,937 And what was your mother doing while all this was going on? 1555 01:21:25,015 --> 01:21:27,643 Finishing her book and getting it published. 1556 01:21:27,717 --> 01:21:30,515 Your mother's novel became a big success, didn't it? 1557 01:21:30,587 --> 01:21:32,578 Yeah, it did. 1558 01:21:32,656 --> 01:21:35,523 Then it was like she became a new person. 1559 01:21:37,093 --> 01:21:38,355 Who did she become? 1560 01:21:38,428 --> 01:21:40,795 Lucy Van Patten Brodsky. 1561 01:21:40,865 --> 01:21:42,696 Hi, babe. How are you doing? 1562 01:21:43,834 --> 01:21:46,029 Who, me? I'm great. 1563 01:21:46,103 --> 01:21:48,367 Hot as a pistol and free as a bird. 1564 01:21:48,439 --> 01:21:50,373 How's the book going this week? 1565 01:21:50,441 --> 01:21:51,908 That's great. 1566 01:21:51,976 --> 01:21:53,238 I'll take it. 1567 01:21:56,748 --> 01:21:58,147 Listen, honey, I'd love to talk, 1568 01:21:58,216 --> 01:21:59,877 but I'm in the middle of a meeting. 1569 01:21:59,951 --> 01:22:01,384 That's okay. 1570 01:22:01,453 --> 01:22:03,080 You, too. 1571 01:22:04,089 --> 01:22:05,420 Finished. 1572 01:22:08,126 --> 01:22:10,526 Somebody pick up Casey from the jerk's house? 1573 01:22:10,595 --> 01:22:12,588 I just did. She's right over there. 1574 01:22:12,666 --> 01:22:14,861 I had your car washed, and your facial's at 5. 1575 01:22:14,935 --> 01:22:16,061 How did Albert look? 1576 01:22:16,136 --> 01:22:19,902 Bad. When I left, he was reading Pauline Kael's review of Atlanta. 1577 01:22:19,973 --> 01:22:20,997 Again? 1578 01:22:22,443 --> 01:22:23,808 Do you have anything cold to drink? 1579 01:22:23,877 --> 01:22:25,071 I don't work here. 1580 01:22:26,313 --> 01:22:28,282 Sorry. 1581 01:22:28,349 --> 01:22:31,182 Hi, Gorge. How are you doing? 1582 01:22:31,252 --> 01:22:33,220 Give me a kiss. 1583 01:22:34,222 --> 01:22:36,713 Do you love me a lot? 1584 01:22:36,791 --> 01:22:38,315 Luce? 1585 01:22:38,393 --> 01:22:40,258 Tonight Show, 1 8th. 1586 01:22:41,296 --> 01:22:43,094 Perfect. 1587 01:22:44,967 --> 01:22:47,959 I thought we're going to Palm Springs on the 1 8th. 1588 01:22:48,037 --> 01:22:50,767 You want me not to do The Tonight Show? 1589 01:22:50,840 --> 01:22:52,933 Where's my lunch? 1590 01:22:53,008 --> 01:22:55,374 It just arrived. 1591 01:22:56,645 --> 01:22:57,874 Tell Her Highness 1592 01:22:57,948 --> 01:23:00,314 I'm going across the street to the bookstore. 1593 01:23:00,383 --> 01:23:02,544 See if they've got me in the window. 1594 01:23:02,619 --> 01:23:04,348 Tell them who you are. 1595 01:23:04,421 --> 01:23:06,013 She's so moody lately. 1596 01:23:06,089 --> 01:23:07,852 You should have heard what the little wisenheimer 1597 01:23:07,924 --> 01:23:10,017 called me yesterday. 1598 01:23:11,128 --> 01:23:13,359 Maybe I should take her to a shrink. 1599 01:23:13,431 --> 01:23:15,456 Maybe I should take me to a shrink. 1600 01:23:15,533 --> 01:23:17,501 You've never looked better in your life. 1601 01:23:17,568 --> 01:23:18,694 Never. 1602 01:23:19,871 --> 01:23:22,635 I'm feeling great, I am. 1603 01:23:22,707 --> 01:23:24,072 Who's got a cigarette? 1604 01:23:24,142 --> 01:23:26,406 ...director Albert Brodsky. 1605 01:23:26,477 --> 01:23:28,106 What's that? 1606 01:23:28,181 --> 01:23:29,978 What? 1607 01:23:30,049 --> 01:23:32,415 The news. Turn it up. 1608 01:23:32,485 --> 01:23:34,817 Brodsky collapsed in his Bel Air home 1609 01:23:34,888 --> 01:23:37,049 and was rushed to Wilshire Memorial. 1610 01:23:37,123 --> 01:23:39,648 The 38 year-old film director achieved notoriety 1611 01:23:39,726 --> 01:23:42,058 with his first film, An American Romance, 1612 01:23:42,128 --> 01:23:44,256 but was best known for his disastrous 1613 01:23:44,331 --> 01:23:47,528 $35 million megaflop, Atlanta. 1614 01:23:47,601 --> 01:23:49,262 What happened? Is he dead? 1615 01:23:52,406 --> 01:23:53,668 Who are you? 1616 01:23:53,741 --> 01:23:55,003 I'm his wife. 1617 01:23:55,075 --> 01:23:56,167 What happened? 1618 01:23:56,243 --> 01:23:57,505 Cardiac arrest. 1619 01:23:57,578 --> 01:23:59,945 He-- He had a heart attack? 1620 01:24:00,015 --> 01:24:01,642 He's 38 years old. 1621 01:24:01,716 --> 01:24:03,240 1/8 grain of morphine, Colleen. 1622 01:24:03,318 --> 01:24:05,081 Yes, doctor. 1623 01:24:05,153 --> 01:24:07,883 Can you-- can you hear me? 1624 01:24:08,890 --> 01:24:10,448 Oh, Albert. 1625 01:24:10,525 --> 01:24:12,857 God, you've got to get better. 1626 01:24:12,928 --> 01:24:16,126 We can't end like this, huh? 1627 01:24:16,199 --> 01:24:17,723 I never-- 1628 01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:20,234 I always thought we-- 1629 01:24:20,303 --> 01:24:21,531 Oh, God. 1630 01:24:21,604 --> 01:24:24,334 Turn the oxygen up to 4 liters. 1631 01:24:25,541 --> 01:24:29,102 I could never bring myself to tell you this before, 1632 01:24:29,178 --> 01:24:32,945 but I saw Atlanta. 1633 01:24:33,016 --> 01:24:34,176 Albert! 1634 01:24:34,251 --> 01:24:37,550 I knew what you were going for. I did. 1635 01:24:37,621 --> 01:24:39,680 I thought you had some of the most beautiful moments 1636 01:24:39,756 --> 01:24:41,986 I'd ever seen on film. 1637 01:24:42,059 --> 01:24:43,617 Really. 1638 01:24:45,631 --> 01:24:46,825 What are you doing? 1639 01:24:46,899 --> 01:24:48,093 Is he going to die? 1640 01:24:48,167 --> 01:24:49,725 I'd say from the looks of his EKG, 1641 01:24:49,802 --> 01:24:51,201 not for another 40 years. 1642 01:24:51,270 --> 01:24:53,500 Your husband didn't have a heart attack, Mrs. Brodsky. 1643 01:24:53,572 --> 01:24:55,631 He had an anxiety attack. 1644 01:24:58,978 --> 01:25:00,275 From that moment on, 1645 01:25:00,346 --> 01:25:02,008 things got worse and worse, 1646 01:25:02,082 --> 01:25:03,743 especially for me. 1647 01:25:03,817 --> 01:25:06,809 My mom refused to have anything to do with my dad. 1648 01:25:06,887 --> 01:25:08,286 It got to the point 1649 01:25:08,355 --> 01:25:11,051 where they wouldn't even speak to each other. 1650 01:25:11,124 --> 01:25:13,217 Daddy wants to know-- 1651 01:25:14,261 --> 01:25:16,924 I told you never to mention his name. 1652 01:25:16,998 --> 01:25:19,330 You-know-who wants to know if he can see me 1653 01:25:19,400 --> 01:25:20,731 on Saturday instead of Friday. 1654 01:25:20,801 --> 01:25:22,291 Out of the question. 1655 01:25:22,370 --> 01:25:25,305 Tell him if he can't stick to the rules, he can't see you. 1656 01:25:25,373 --> 01:25:26,601 Will you tell your mother 1657 01:25:26,674 --> 01:25:27,971 I've got unemployment on Friday? 1658 01:25:28,042 --> 01:25:29,304 Can't she bend a little bit? 1659 01:25:29,377 --> 01:25:31,846 Jesus, what's the big deal? 1660 01:25:31,914 --> 01:25:33,939 Tell your father the big deal 1661 01:25:34,016 --> 01:25:36,280 is that he has to start working around me! 1662 01:25:36,351 --> 01:25:38,751 I'm calling the shots now. 1663 01:25:41,056 --> 01:25:42,785 Tell your mother I'm not one of her flunkies. 1664 01:25:42,858 --> 01:25:44,018 She can go f-- 1665 01:25:45,193 --> 01:25:49,028 Tell your father he just lost visiting privileges for a month. 1666 01:25:51,734 --> 01:25:55,033 Maybe I should skip seeing you this week. 1667 01:25:56,039 --> 01:25:57,370 You sure? 1668 01:25:58,508 --> 01:26:00,942 Yeah, it'll be easier. 1669 01:26:02,378 --> 01:26:05,178 Well, good luck in your new home. 1670 01:26:05,250 --> 01:26:07,616 Yeah. You, too. 1671 01:26:23,569 --> 01:26:25,002 Okay, guys. 1672 01:26:25,071 --> 01:26:26,095 Don't soil it, all right? 1673 01:26:26,172 --> 01:26:27,696 We're talking gray flannel here. 1674 01:26:27,773 --> 01:26:29,172 You get my drift? 1675 01:26:29,241 --> 01:26:31,766 Leon, sweetheart, gently, ever so gently. 1676 01:26:31,844 --> 01:26:33,745 I'll love you forever. 1677 01:26:33,814 --> 01:26:35,839 I couldn't believe it. 1678 01:26:35,916 --> 01:26:37,941 My mom bought my dad's house, 1679 01:26:38,018 --> 01:26:41,454 and my dad moved into a place he could afford. 1680 01:26:46,126 --> 01:26:47,855 How long can a meeting go on, for Christ's sake? 1681 01:26:47,928 --> 01:26:50,022 I've been trying to reach him for days. 1682 01:26:50,098 --> 01:26:51,861 I don't believe this. Hello? 1683 01:26:54,702 --> 01:26:56,192 Casey, come here. 1684 01:26:56,270 --> 01:26:58,534 I want you to say you're Robert Redford's secretary. 1685 01:26:58,606 --> 01:27:00,699 I think my agent's trying to avoid me. 1686 01:27:00,775 --> 01:27:02,640 Okay, it's ringing. Come here. 1687 01:27:02,710 --> 01:27:04,235 Dad. 1688 01:27:04,313 --> 01:27:05,746 Sound like an adult. 1689 01:27:05,814 --> 01:27:08,544 Hi. Is he in? 1690 01:27:08,617 --> 01:27:11,211 It's Robert Redford calling. 1691 01:27:11,286 --> 01:27:13,015 Hello, Sandy? 1692 01:27:13,088 --> 01:27:15,818 Hello, Sandy? It's me, Albert. 1693 01:27:15,891 --> 01:27:17,188 Why are you doing this to-- 1694 01:27:18,994 --> 01:27:20,327 Oh, God. 1695 01:27:25,102 --> 01:27:26,933 No, I'm all right. I'm all right. 1696 01:27:34,879 --> 01:27:39,112 You know, you're starting to look more and more like your mother. 1697 01:27:40,118 --> 01:27:42,746 How is your mother? 1698 01:27:42,821 --> 01:27:44,220 Okay. 1699 01:27:46,324 --> 01:27:47,586 She ever talk about me? 1700 01:27:47,659 --> 01:27:49,820 Well, not too much anymore. 1701 01:27:49,895 --> 01:27:51,796 I mean, I think she still hates you, 1702 01:27:51,864 --> 01:27:54,094 but she's been real busy lately. 1703 01:27:54,167 --> 01:27:55,998 They're making her book into a movie, you know. 1704 01:27:56,069 --> 01:27:59,061 Oh, yeah? That's great. 1705 01:27:59,138 --> 01:28:02,301 She doesn't think I'm still hung up on Blake, does she? 1706 01:28:02,375 --> 01:28:04,366 I mean, you know I'm not. 1707 01:28:04,444 --> 01:28:06,436 You could tell your mom if you wanted to. 1708 01:28:06,513 --> 01:28:07,844 I wouldn't mind. 1709 01:28:16,690 --> 01:28:18,123 Boy, this looks fabulous. 1710 01:28:18,192 --> 01:28:20,126 Where'd you learn to make enchiladas? 1711 01:28:20,194 --> 01:28:21,457 From Maria. 1712 01:28:21,529 --> 01:28:22,791 Maria. 1713 01:28:22,864 --> 01:28:25,355 How is Maria, anyway? 1714 01:28:25,433 --> 01:28:26,627 Fine. 1715 01:28:26,701 --> 01:28:29,067 Does she ever ask about me? 1716 01:28:35,009 --> 01:28:36,271 Hey, Case, 1717 01:28:36,344 --> 01:28:39,474 what do you think of your old man? 1718 01:28:39,549 --> 01:28:41,073 Be honest. 1719 01:28:41,151 --> 01:28:42,982 Daddy, you know, for a long time, 1720 01:28:43,053 --> 01:28:46,147 you didn't talk to me so much because you were always so busy. 1721 01:28:46,223 --> 01:28:49,283 And now it's like you want me to be your best friend or something. 1722 01:28:49,359 --> 01:28:50,417 It's not fair. 1723 01:28:50,494 --> 01:28:52,429 Fair? You want to talk fair? 1724 01:28:52,497 --> 01:28:54,795 Two Academy Award nominations, and look at me. 1725 01:28:54,866 --> 01:28:57,357 I can't even get arrested. 1726 01:29:05,776 --> 01:29:09,008 You always read when you eat with your mom? 1727 01:29:09,081 --> 01:29:10,548 I don't eat with my mom. 1728 01:29:10,616 --> 01:29:12,880 What are you reading? 1729 01:29:12,951 --> 01:29:14,441 Tomorrow. 1730 01:29:14,520 --> 01:29:15,748 Can I see it, please? 1731 01:29:23,596 --> 01:29:27,088 "Erica James celebrated her 1 5th birthday 1732 01:29:27,167 --> 01:29:29,692 by screwing the entire junior varsity basketball team." 1733 01:29:29,769 --> 01:29:31,031 What is this? 1734 01:29:31,104 --> 01:29:33,834 A book. May I have it, please? 1735 01:29:33,907 --> 01:29:35,841 No. I don't want you reading books like this. 1736 01:29:35,909 --> 01:29:37,672 You can't tell me what to do. 1737 01:29:37,744 --> 01:29:39,508 Oh, yes I can. I'm your father. 1738 01:29:39,580 --> 01:29:41,172 No, you're not. 1739 01:29:41,248 --> 01:29:43,239 You don't pay child support anymore. 1740 01:30:34,005 --> 01:30:38,442 Mom, do you still love Daddy? 1741 01:30:38,509 --> 01:30:41,604 Why are you doing this to me? 1742 01:30:41,680 --> 01:30:45,241 This is the first chance I've had to relax all week. 1743 01:30:45,317 --> 01:30:47,285 I'm sorry. 1744 01:30:47,353 --> 01:30:50,151 Want to go out to a movie tonight or something? 1745 01:30:52,191 --> 01:30:53,920 Get that, will you, baby? 1746 01:30:53,993 --> 01:30:55,221 Say I'm not here. 1747 01:31:01,935 --> 01:31:03,061 Hello? 1748 01:31:03,136 --> 01:31:06,663 No, this is Casey, her daughter. 1749 01:31:06,740 --> 01:31:08,230 No, she's out. 1750 01:31:11,044 --> 01:31:13,071 Okay, I'll tell her. 1751 01:31:13,148 --> 01:31:14,513 Bye. 1752 01:31:15,584 --> 01:31:16,812 That was your publisher. 1753 01:31:16,885 --> 01:31:18,147 She wanted you to know 1754 01:31:18,220 --> 01:31:19,619 your book just reached number 1. 1755 01:31:21,757 --> 01:31:24,123 You're kidding. 1756 01:31:24,192 --> 01:31:27,924 I wrote the number 1 bestseller in the country? 1757 01:31:27,997 --> 01:31:30,431 My God, I'm huge. 1758 01:31:34,804 --> 01:31:36,897 Oh, God. 1759 01:31:40,677 --> 01:31:42,543 Get right in here. You are going to die. 1760 01:31:42,613 --> 01:31:43,875 Where's Howard? 1761 01:31:43,947 --> 01:31:46,507 Well, tell him to come in here. 1762 01:31:46,583 --> 01:31:48,016 Maria! Come in here. 1763 01:31:48,085 --> 01:31:49,017 Oh, wait. Where's lnez? 1764 01:31:50,688 --> 01:31:52,553 - Who's lnez? - She's the cook. 1765 01:31:52,623 --> 01:31:55,854 I hired a cook. You hate my cooking. 1766 01:31:55,926 --> 01:31:57,519 No, I don't. 1767 01:31:59,764 --> 01:32:02,562 I just got a call from New York. 1768 01:32:04,602 --> 01:32:07,969 He said It Was Going To Be Forever 1769 01:32:08,039 --> 01:32:09,472 is number 1! 1770 01:32:12,077 --> 01:32:13,443 What is? 1771 01:32:13,512 --> 01:32:14,672 Her book. 1772 01:32:16,015 --> 01:32:17,209 Congratulations. 1773 01:32:17,283 --> 01:32:18,773 Thank you very much. 1774 01:32:19,819 --> 01:32:21,980 God, Lucy, that's super. 1775 01:32:23,889 --> 01:32:26,357 I thought you'd all want to know. 1776 01:32:28,796 --> 01:32:31,390 You were here when it was happening. 1777 01:32:31,466 --> 01:32:32,797 Well, not you, lnez, you're new. 1778 01:32:32,867 --> 01:32:35,301 But you'll be here for the next one. 1779 01:32:35,370 --> 01:32:38,237 Oh, thank you, ma'am. 1780 01:32:38,306 --> 01:32:40,297 You're very welcome. 1781 01:32:42,977 --> 01:32:44,138 Thanks for coming in. 1782 01:32:44,213 --> 01:32:45,441 You don't have to stay, thanks. 1783 01:33:16,113 --> 01:33:17,774 Who is it? 1784 01:33:17,848 --> 01:33:19,509 It's me, Albert. 1785 01:33:22,553 --> 01:33:24,714 It's not your visiting day. 1786 01:33:24,789 --> 01:33:27,121 I know. Can I come in? 1787 01:33:31,930 --> 01:33:33,795 Hi. 1788 01:33:37,335 --> 01:33:39,565 What do you want? 1789 01:33:46,180 --> 01:33:48,808 The place looks really nice. 1790 01:33:48,882 --> 01:33:50,144 Great. 1791 01:33:50,217 --> 01:33:54,017 Hey, I read your book finally. 1792 01:33:54,087 --> 01:33:55,349 It's very well written. 1793 01:33:56,557 --> 01:33:58,115 It had some very funny things in it. 1794 01:33:58,192 --> 01:34:00,319 I laughed a lot. 1795 01:34:00,394 --> 01:34:01,760 I cried, too. 1796 01:34:03,531 --> 01:34:05,761 Well, I did, when they broke up. 1797 01:34:05,834 --> 01:34:07,324 I kept thinking back in the beginning 1798 01:34:07,402 --> 01:34:10,303 when they were young and on the road 1799 01:34:10,371 --> 01:34:12,566 and how tragic everything turned out. 1800 01:34:12,640 --> 01:34:14,403 It's a good book, Lucy. It really is. 1801 01:34:14,476 --> 01:34:15,966 Thank you. What do you want? 1802 01:34:16,044 --> 01:34:17,637 I mean, you did bury me there, 1803 01:34:17,713 --> 01:34:20,511 but thank God you changed the names. 1804 01:34:20,583 --> 01:34:23,711 It wasn't to protect the innocent, I assure you. 1805 01:34:23,786 --> 01:34:26,311 I know you could care less, but I want you to know 1806 01:34:26,388 --> 01:34:30,154 that I realize how nuts I was there with Blake. 1807 01:34:30,226 --> 01:34:32,855 I didn't know if I was coming or going. 1808 01:34:32,929 --> 01:34:34,692 I want you to know how sorry I am. 1809 01:34:34,764 --> 01:34:37,028 I feel badly about the way I treated you and Casey. 1810 01:34:37,100 --> 01:34:38,431 So do we. 1811 01:34:40,303 --> 01:34:43,101 I realized today I don't even know my own daughter anymore. 1812 01:34:44,641 --> 01:34:46,575 Gee, maybe you should have thought about all of this 1813 01:34:46,643 --> 01:34:48,339 when you were lighting Sarah Bernhardt's cigarette. 1814 01:34:48,412 --> 01:34:51,643 Are we ever going to be able to talk like people, Lucy? 1815 01:34:51,716 --> 01:34:54,378 I don't think so. 1816 01:34:57,588 --> 01:35:00,455 Look, I've got to get back to work. I've got a deadline. 1817 01:35:01,826 --> 01:35:03,295 Need any help? 1818 01:35:03,363 --> 01:35:05,422 No, thanks. 1819 01:35:06,432 --> 01:35:09,595 Okay, okay. I'm going. 1820 01:35:09,669 --> 01:35:11,534 Could I just say hello to Case? I-- 1821 01:35:11,604 --> 01:35:13,765 We had a fight, and l'd like to make up with her. 1822 01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:15,808 I'd like to apologize. 1823 01:35:15,875 --> 01:35:17,604 She's in her room. 1824 01:35:17,677 --> 01:35:19,578 Can I go up? 1825 01:35:30,858 --> 01:35:33,122 - She's not up there. - Yes, she is. 1826 01:35:33,193 --> 01:35:34,684 Casey! 1827 01:35:36,331 --> 01:35:40,062 Well, she probably fell asleep watching television. 1828 01:35:46,308 --> 01:35:48,003 Casey! 1829 01:35:53,583 --> 01:35:55,448 Well, I thought I saw her here earlier. 1830 01:35:55,518 --> 01:35:56,951 What do you mean, you thought you saw her? 1831 01:35:57,019 --> 01:35:59,453 Don't yell at me. 1832 01:35:59,522 --> 01:36:02,355 Now where is she? She always tells me when she goes out. 1833 01:36:02,425 --> 01:36:04,416 God, what if she's been kidnapped? 1834 01:36:04,494 --> 01:36:06,223 I should get a burglar alarm. 1835 01:36:06,296 --> 01:36:08,628 I should get one of those armed guards to live in. 1836 01:36:08,699 --> 01:36:11,361 I keep getting these weird letters from people all over the country. 1837 01:36:11,435 --> 01:36:14,495 - Lucy, where's Casey? - I don't know. 1838 01:36:14,571 --> 01:36:16,004 Ask Maria. 1839 01:36:16,073 --> 01:36:17,973 Where's Maria? 1840 01:36:26,485 --> 01:36:28,419 Mr. Albert, Miss Lucy. 1841 01:36:28,487 --> 01:36:29,977 Maria, is Casey here? 1842 01:36:30,055 --> 01:36:31,920 Yes. 1843 01:36:31,991 --> 01:36:34,585 She said she told you she was coming. 1844 01:36:34,660 --> 01:36:36,094 She did? 1845 01:36:36,162 --> 01:36:38,824 I don't remember. What's she doing here? 1846 01:36:38,898 --> 01:36:40,832 She's sleeping. 1847 01:36:52,113 --> 01:36:54,172 Why is she here? I don't get it. 1848 01:36:54,248 --> 01:36:57,240 I bring her here sometimes when you travel with your book. 1849 01:36:57,318 --> 01:36:59,684 She likes to play with my kids. 1850 01:37:01,956 --> 01:37:04,516 Well, I'm taking her home. She doesn't have to stay tonight. 1851 01:37:04,592 --> 01:37:06,424 Let her sleep, Miss Lucy. 1852 01:37:06,495 --> 01:37:07,928 She needs a rest. 1853 01:37:07,996 --> 01:37:10,226 Let the child alone. 1854 01:37:13,268 --> 01:37:15,736 She's okay. 1855 01:37:15,804 --> 01:37:18,272 She's sleeping good. 1856 01:37:22,445 --> 01:37:24,379 You interested in having a drink? 1857 01:37:24,447 --> 01:37:27,382 - No. I'm depressed. - Well, I'm going to have one. 1858 01:37:27,450 --> 01:37:30,248 - Bye. - Bye. 1859 01:37:30,319 --> 01:37:32,310 Come on. One drink. 1860 01:38:42,397 --> 01:38:45,798 I can't believe we did this. 1861 01:38:45,868 --> 01:38:48,029 You're not sorry, are you? 1862 01:38:48,103 --> 01:38:50,298 I don't know yet. 1863 01:38:54,345 --> 01:38:57,803 It's so weird being with you again. 1864 01:39:00,584 --> 01:39:02,779 And it's not weird at all. 1865 01:39:05,122 --> 01:39:07,181 You know what I mean? 1866 01:39:07,258 --> 01:39:09,317 Want me to be honest with you? 1867 01:39:09,393 --> 01:39:14,297 I just never remember it being this great. 1868 01:39:14,366 --> 01:39:16,459 I don't know who you've been with, but-- 1869 01:39:17,536 --> 01:39:19,868 Nobody. 1870 01:39:21,406 --> 01:39:23,431 Nobody? 1871 01:39:23,508 --> 01:39:27,104 Well, at first I just couldn't. I-- 1872 01:39:27,180 --> 01:39:30,308 And then, you may recall, I put on a few extra pounds. 1873 01:39:31,651 --> 01:39:34,916 Lately, I've just been too busy. 1874 01:39:34,987 --> 01:39:39,981 Sometimes I can't believe how things have changed. 1875 01:39:42,429 --> 01:39:44,488 Casey told me they're making your book into a movie. 1876 01:39:44,565 --> 01:39:46,430 Yeah, that's another thing. 1877 01:39:46,500 --> 01:39:48,866 You know, they wanted it, like, yesterday. 1878 01:39:48,936 --> 01:39:50,369 Well, how far into it are you? 1879 01:39:50,437 --> 01:39:52,371 I'm almost finished. 1880 01:39:52,439 --> 01:39:57,036 Of course, I've been almost finished for the last month. 1881 01:39:57,111 --> 01:39:58,942 - Who's going to direct it? - I don't know. 1882 01:39:59,013 --> 01:40:00,640 We haven't decided yet. 1883 01:40:00,715 --> 01:40:02,706 Well, who are you leaning towards? 1884 01:40:02,784 --> 01:40:04,217 Nobody yet. I-- 1885 01:40:04,285 --> 01:40:07,413 I don't want to talk about this now. 1886 01:40:07,488 --> 01:40:10,286 I think I'd be good for the job, Lucy. 1887 01:40:10,358 --> 01:40:12,453 I know your point of view, obviously, 1888 01:40:12,529 --> 01:40:14,759 and at one time, I think you thought I was a pretty good director. 1889 01:40:14,831 --> 01:40:19,325 If I remember correctly, you were one of the few who appreciated Atlanta. 1890 01:40:19,402 --> 01:40:21,495 I think I'm perfect for the job. 1891 01:40:21,571 --> 01:40:23,129 How do you feel about it? 1892 01:40:23,206 --> 01:40:24,764 Get out of my bed! 1893 01:40:25,976 --> 01:40:28,309 How can I let him do this to me? 1894 01:40:28,379 --> 01:40:30,404 You are a repulsive human being! 1895 01:40:30,481 --> 01:40:32,779 You are the reason women hate men! 1896 01:40:32,850 --> 01:40:36,377 I knew were you low. I knew you were mean and insincere. 1897 01:40:36,454 --> 01:40:40,686 I had no idea how inhumane you could be! 1898 01:40:40,758 --> 01:40:42,693 Crawling into my bed, using me! 1899 01:40:42,761 --> 01:40:44,023 You look like a rat! 1900 01:40:46,131 --> 01:40:47,792 I want you out of my house! 1901 01:40:47,866 --> 01:40:49,959 You're all confused. 1902 01:40:50,035 --> 01:40:51,366 I wanted to make love to you. 1903 01:40:51,436 --> 01:40:53,336 I've fantasized about it, Lucy, I swear. 1904 01:40:53,405 --> 01:40:55,532 What, do you think I came here last night 1905 01:40:55,607 --> 01:40:57,872 hoping that we'd make love so that I could ask you for a job? 1906 01:40:57,944 --> 01:41:00,378 Are you nuts? I swear to God I'm innocent! 1907 01:41:01,614 --> 01:41:02,876 I'm calling the police. 1908 01:41:02,949 --> 01:41:05,213 I'm sweating. Oh, my God! 1909 01:41:05,285 --> 01:41:07,310 I feel like Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man. 1910 01:41:07,387 --> 01:41:09,378 I'm going to throw you out that window! 1911 01:41:17,064 --> 01:41:19,999 God help me! You lunatic! 1912 01:41:20,067 --> 01:41:22,865 I wish I'd never met you. 1913 01:41:22,937 --> 01:41:25,098 I should've let you drown on that highway! 1914 01:41:25,172 --> 01:41:26,935 I'd be happy today, living in Pittsburgh. 1915 01:41:27,007 --> 01:41:28,497 Nobody's happy living in Pittsburgh. 1916 01:41:28,575 --> 01:41:30,101 I hate you! 1917 01:41:30,179 --> 01:41:31,612 You should stop hating me for a minute 1918 01:41:31,681 --> 01:41:33,512 and take a look at yourself, Miss Macho. 1919 01:41:33,582 --> 01:41:35,209 Miss Genius Perfect Person who has no idea 1920 01:41:35,284 --> 01:41:36,876 where her 9-year-old daughter is sleeping. 1921 01:41:36,953 --> 01:41:39,683 Oh, well, it didn't seem to bother you earlier, worm. 1922 01:41:39,755 --> 01:41:41,620 No, you were too busy getting me drunk 1923 01:41:41,691 --> 01:41:43,818 so you could screw me and ask for a job, weren't you? 1924 01:41:43,893 --> 01:41:45,828 How about dealing with the fact that your 9-year-old daughter 1925 01:41:45,896 --> 01:41:48,364 would rather sleep at the maid's than in the same house with you? 1926 01:41:48,432 --> 01:41:50,764 Yeah. You turned out to be quite a mother, didn't you, Lucy? 1927 01:41:50,834 --> 01:41:52,426 You got a secretary to take her to school. 1928 01:41:52,502 --> 01:41:54,333 You got a secretary to take her to dance class. 1929 01:41:54,404 --> 01:41:56,634 You got Maria to put her to bed, the cook to give her breakfast. 1930 01:41:56,707 --> 01:41:58,140 Who gives her love? Yuki the gardener? 1931 01:42:04,248 --> 01:42:07,274 Get off of me! Get off of me! 1932 01:42:08,686 --> 01:42:10,950 Albert, put me down! Put me down! 1933 01:42:15,627 --> 01:42:19,791 Don't you ever criticize me as a parent! 1934 01:42:19,865 --> 01:42:21,958 Why, goddess? Because a man hurts a woman once, 1935 01:42:22,034 --> 01:42:24,127 does that allow her to become a barracuda for the rest of her life? 1936 01:42:24,203 --> 01:42:25,602 Holier than thou from that moment on! 1937 01:42:25,671 --> 01:42:28,105 Don't you take responsibility for anything in your own life? 1938 01:42:28,173 --> 01:42:29,401 You want to know something, Lucy? 1939 01:42:29,475 --> 01:42:31,467 Seeing what you've turned into just breaks my heart! 1940 01:42:31,544 --> 01:42:35,412 I'll break your heart! You want to know how, Albert? 1941 01:42:35,482 --> 01:42:38,849 I'm never going to let you see your daughter again. 1942 01:42:38,918 --> 01:42:41,512 How's that for a broken heart, pal? 1943 01:42:44,257 --> 01:42:47,194 This child isn't going to know she has a father after today. 1944 01:42:47,262 --> 01:42:49,253 Take a good look, because she's out of your life forever. 1945 01:42:49,331 --> 01:42:51,561 - Oh, yeah? - What are you guys doing? 1946 01:42:51,633 --> 01:42:53,294 Maria, call the police! 1947 01:42:53,368 --> 01:42:54,995 Let go of her! I'm taking her away from you! 1948 01:42:55,070 --> 01:42:57,504 Try it, and I'll have you arrested for kidnapping! 1949 01:42:57,572 --> 01:42:58,971 Oh, you're deep in, baby! 1950 01:42:59,041 --> 01:43:00,975 Don't call me baby! 1951 01:43:01,043 --> 01:43:03,808 Leave me alone! 1952 01:43:05,348 --> 01:43:08,112 They let go of me. My mom started to cry. 1953 01:43:08,184 --> 01:43:10,379 My dad got in his car and drove off. 1954 01:43:10,453 --> 01:43:14,822 I was just standing there all by myself. 1955 01:43:14,891 --> 01:43:17,224 That's when I ran away, 1956 01:43:17,294 --> 01:43:19,922 and that's how come I ended up here. 1957 01:43:23,901 --> 01:43:25,835 I have no further questions. 1958 01:43:27,838 --> 01:43:31,239 You may step down now, Casey. 1959 01:43:39,584 --> 01:43:42,348 Can I say something else, though, before I go? 1960 01:43:42,420 --> 01:43:43,614 Your Honor? 1961 01:43:47,392 --> 01:43:48,724 Sure. 1962 01:43:52,298 --> 01:43:54,732 I'd like to be honest with you, okay? 1963 01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:56,392 Okay. 1964 01:43:59,805 --> 01:44:03,573 The reason I went to a lawyer to divorce my parents 1965 01:44:03,644 --> 01:44:07,045 is because I can't take living with either one of them anymore. 1966 01:44:07,115 --> 01:44:10,050 And please, don't switch custody around or anything, 1967 01:44:10,118 --> 01:44:12,086 because that won't help. 1968 01:44:12,153 --> 01:44:15,122 I want you to know I don't expect my mom 1969 01:44:15,189 --> 01:44:17,589 to be a person who vacuums all day, 1970 01:44:17,658 --> 01:44:20,822 bakes cookies for me when I get home from school. 1971 01:44:20,896 --> 01:44:25,196 And I don't expect my dad to be some kind of real understanding person, 1972 01:44:25,267 --> 01:44:28,998 puts me on his knee, wants to take me fishing all the time. 1973 01:44:29,071 --> 01:44:32,802 But my mom and dad are just too mixed up for anybody to be around. 1974 01:44:34,377 --> 01:44:36,004 I'm just a kid, 1975 01:44:36,079 --> 01:44:40,015 and I don't know what I'm doing sometimes. 1976 01:44:40,083 --> 01:44:42,677 But I think you should know better when you're all grown up. 1977 01:44:42,752 --> 01:44:44,617 I think you should know how to act, 1978 01:44:44,687 --> 01:44:47,121 how to treat people. 1979 01:44:47,190 --> 01:44:50,718 I think if you once loved someone enough to marry them, 1980 01:44:50,794 --> 01:44:52,819 you should at least be nice to them, 1981 01:44:52,897 --> 01:44:54,956 even if you don't love them anymore. 1982 01:44:55,032 --> 01:44:57,523 And I think if you have a child, 1983 01:44:57,601 --> 01:45:01,833 you should treat that child like a human being and not like a pet. 1984 01:45:01,906 --> 01:45:05,365 Not like you treat your dog or something. 1985 01:45:05,443 --> 01:45:06,774 You know, when you have a dog, 1986 01:45:06,845 --> 01:45:10,008 sometimes you forget he's there. 1987 01:45:10,081 --> 01:45:12,572 Then when you get lonely, suddenly you remember him, 1988 01:45:12,651 --> 01:45:14,710 and you remember how cute he is 1989 01:45:14,786 --> 01:45:18,085 and stuff, and you kiss him a lot. 1990 01:45:18,156 --> 01:45:20,285 But then the next day when you're busy again, 1991 01:45:20,360 --> 01:45:22,351 you don't notice him. 1992 01:45:23,897 --> 01:45:26,593 That's how I've been treated for the past four years. 1993 01:45:26,667 --> 01:45:29,431 You don't treat your kid like your dog. 1994 01:45:29,503 --> 01:45:31,266 It's not right. 1995 01:45:31,338 --> 01:45:34,171 I want to live with Maria Hernandez... 1996 01:45:34,241 --> 01:45:36,642 full time. 1997 01:45:36,711 --> 01:45:40,545 She said I could. I want you to let me. 1998 01:45:40,615 --> 01:45:43,709 I think I'll be okay without a real mother and father. 1999 01:45:45,220 --> 01:45:49,088 I have been for a long time. 2000 01:45:49,157 --> 01:45:50,988 That's it. 2001 01:46:47,620 --> 01:46:49,178 Hi, Henry. Hi, Lindabelle. 2002 01:46:49,255 --> 01:46:51,485 - Hi, Miss Lucy. - Hi, missus. 2003 01:46:54,328 --> 01:46:55,590 Hi. 2004 01:46:55,663 --> 01:46:57,631 - Hi. - Hi. 2005 01:47:00,934 --> 01:47:03,630 Mom, how come you're here today? 2006 01:47:04,772 --> 01:47:07,468 Oh, God, is it your visiting day? 2007 01:47:07,541 --> 01:47:09,635 Well, I think so. You were here last weekend, weren't you? 2008 01:47:09,711 --> 01:47:11,576 Was it last week? 2009 01:47:16,017 --> 01:47:17,507 I'm sorry. 2010 01:47:20,055 --> 01:47:23,024 Gee-- Oh, God. 2011 01:47:25,294 --> 01:47:26,761 Maria here? 2012 01:47:26,829 --> 01:47:28,057 No. She's working. 2013 01:47:30,299 --> 01:47:32,096 Well, I'll see you guys. 2014 01:47:32,168 --> 01:47:35,660 I can't believe I did this. I'm really sorry. 2015 01:47:35,738 --> 01:47:37,672 Listen, we were about to get something to eat. 2016 01:47:37,740 --> 01:47:40,005 Would you like to come along? 2017 01:47:40,077 --> 01:47:42,136 No. No, no. You two go ahead. 2018 01:47:42,212 --> 01:47:44,146 Why don't you, Mom? 2019 01:47:44,214 --> 01:47:47,081 - You don't mind? - No, I don't mind. 2020 01:47:49,019 --> 01:47:50,646 Should I follow you in my car? 2021 01:47:50,721 --> 01:47:52,916 We can take mine. 2022 01:47:52,989 --> 01:47:54,856 Okay. Great. 2023 01:48:00,232 --> 01:48:01,961 Bye, Theresa! 2024 01:48:06,972 --> 01:48:10,204 - I'll get in the back. - Oh, okay. 2025 01:48:17,817 --> 01:48:19,785 When did you get this? 2026 01:48:19,853 --> 01:48:21,548 A couple of weeks ago. 2027 01:48:21,621 --> 01:48:22,883 I like it. 2028 01:48:22,956 --> 01:48:24,821 Watch this. Now? 2029 01:48:24,891 --> 01:48:26,723 Okay, go. 2030 01:48:28,896 --> 01:48:30,921 Hey, great. 2031 01:48:52,654 --> 01:48:53,746 Looks crowded. 2032 01:48:53,822 --> 01:48:56,052 I'll go inside and check it out. 2033 01:49:03,833 --> 01:49:05,130 You want a cigarette? 2034 01:49:05,201 --> 01:49:06,725 No, thanks. 2035 01:49:06,803 --> 01:49:08,498 Neither do l. 2036 01:49:14,712 --> 01:49:16,509 They can take us! 2037 01:49:16,581 --> 01:49:18,173 Wait right there. I'm gonna park. 2038 01:49:44,978 --> 01:49:47,503 Well, what's everybody going to have? 2039 01:49:47,581 --> 01:49:48,707 I don't know. 2040 01:49:48,782 --> 01:49:50,181 I'm having a hamburger, fries, 2041 01:49:50,250 --> 01:49:52,741 a Coke, and maybe a salad. How about you, Luce?