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SONG: J' You're my world
You're every breath I take

♪ You're my world
You're every move I make

♪ Other eyes see the stars
up in the skies

♪ But for me they shine
within your eyes

♪ As the trees reach
for the sun above

♪ So my arms reach out
to you for love

♪ With your hand resting in mine

♪ I feel a power so divine

♪ You're my world
You are my night and day

♪ You're my world
You're every prayer I pray

♪ If our love ceases to be

♪ Then it's the end of
my world for me...' ♪

(SIREN WAILS)

♪ With your hand resting in mine...' ♪

(HORNS BEEP)

♪ I feel a power so divine...' ♪

There she is! Our little winner.

(AUSTRALIAN ACCENT) Hello, Mr Muir.
Good to meet you.

This is Traci, my daughter.

Alright. Well, let's get started,
shall we?

Ah, sweetheart,

look after little...little Traci for me,
will you?

I'll be back soon, OK?

Can I get you a cocktail?

Thank you, but I don't drink.

Is that a religious thing or a diet?

I know how you ladies like
to look your best.

Come on, sit down.

Thank you.

So you really flew all the
way from Australia

all by yourself, no husband?

No, not anymore.

What did he do, did he
forget your birthday?

(LAUGHS UNCOMFORTABLY)

I have always wanted to come to America.

My parents are performers
back in Australia.

Is that so?

I believe if you want to
make it as a singer,

America is where you need to be.

Oh, it's the only place to be, sweetheart.

And, of course,

the opportunity to record an
album with Mercury.

That. OK, yep.

So, there's not going to be an album.

What?

Well, there wasn't a recording contract.

You won an audition for the
recording contract.

I have to audition?

OK, so when do I audition?

No, no, no. You already did.
Bandstand sent us your tape.

Miss Reddy, you sing, you
sing very nicely, OK,

but male groups are all the
rage right now.

You've heard of the Beatles, right?

See, we couldn't get you airplay.

All the radio stations already have

an allotted spot on their playlist
for the female record

so I can't do anything with
a female singer.

SONG: ♪ I Will follow him

♪ Follow him wherever he may go

♪ There isn't an ocean too deep

♪ A mountain so high it can keep,
keep me away

♪ Away from my love

♪ And where he goes I'll follow
I'll follow, I'll follow

♪ I know I'll always love him

♪ I'll love him I'll love him...' ♪

(MELANCHOLY SOUNDTRACK OVER SINGING)

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

Yeah, you want something?

I'm being paid less than the band.

So they're men. They got families to feed.

Well, I've got a family to feed.

Look, lady, I'm helping you out

by turning a blind eye to the fact you
ain't even legal here.

You want to complain about equal pay?

Find another gig

or take it up with the nice folks
down at immigration.

Mummy!

Hi, darling.

Thanks for looking after Traci.

I'll try and help out when I can.

Thanks.

MAN: Taxi!

Excuse me, I'm looking for Lillian Roxon.

Yeah, yeah, she's over there.

Um, Lillian?

Hello, darling.

Oh, welcome, welcome!
Where are you staying?

Hotel Albert.

Oh, you poor thing! It's a terrible dump,
isn't it?

The worst. But the price is right.

Well, I hear the Easybeats are
headed to town soon

so you might be in good company.

Well, I'm sure they'll be
welcomed with open arms.

The record company I was
meant to sign with

backed out of the deal.

Male groups are all the rage now.

Darling, how ludicrous!

Do they honestly think all
people want to hear

are rip-offs of the Beatles ad nauseum?

I mean, boy guitarists notwithstanding,

I don't think I can stand the sight

of another bloody electric guitar.

Maybe there's a story in that.

So you write about music too?

I mean, when I can

but it's mostly housekeeping,
beauty tips, fashion.

But it's really music that's
changing everything.

It drives me crazy

'cause those blokes don't even take
rock and roll seriously.

I mean, they don't get it's
a call to arms,

that it connects with us and speaks to us

in a way that music has never done before.

So they can laugh all they want.

Meanwhile, I'm going to be the
one to write about it.

I'm going to be front and center
of the revolution.

Then they can write about you.

Yes!

What about you, Helen?

Do you write songs?

- I'd like to do more writing.
- Well, you should.

I bet you've got plenty to say.

Now, have you been to Max's yet?

Max's? Who's Max?

Oh, darling!

It's time we welcomed you to
New York properly.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)

Ooh, so what about him?

We're just talking sex, right?

Oh, God, yes! I can't abide this
whole dating culture

the Americans are obsessed with.

They're so bloody timid when
it comes to sex.

He looks like an actor. No actors,
that's my rule.

Musicians are out too.

God, who does that leave?

OK, wait, I'll just check the list.

OK. We've got musician, bartender, bum...

You actually keep a list?

Yeah, I write about everything.

What?

You know, I was terrified to call you.

I thought you'd be another brittle,
phoney New Yorker

ready to eat me for breakfast.

I was dreading meeting you.

But I think you and I are gonna
get along just fine.

Hey, Traci!

Traci! I said we have to keep the
door closed, remember?

And it is really time for you
to go to bed now.

Mummy, tell me the story about when
you were a little girl.

Well, I was only a year older than you

when my daddy decided it was my turn

to perform in his stage show.

But you forgot the pink bow.

That's right. I had a pink bow in my hair.

I stepped on the stage and the
light was so bright,

the brightest light I'd ever seen.

Were you scared?

A little bit but all those
people in the audience

were there to hear me sing

and I couldn't let them down because
my daddy taught me...

BOTH: The show must go on.

That's when I knew that when I grew up

I was going to be a singer.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS)

Lillian, do you think this is
asking too much of Traci?

Do you want to play in my room?

You are a good mother, OK?
You'll know if it's too much.

I'm not sure I do.

I mean, this is how I grew up.

Our life wasn't exactly normal but,
you know, I thought it was

and that everyone was in show business.

Well, lucky you.

I grew up in Brisbane.

Show business meant you
owned a television.

I still have my return ticket to Sydney

so I was thinking that maybe
I go home a while,

save up and then come back to New York.

No. You and I both know you won't.

Look, you want to know what I think?

I think that one day

Traci's going to be grateful
that you stayed.

She had a mother that taught her

it's OK to follow her dreams.

That, or she'll never be able

to look at a can of spaghetti again.

Well, my mother writes to me every week

and tells me I have to choose
between career and marriage.

I tell her we can have both.

Does that mean things are getting
serious with Stevie?

Oh, hardly.

I mean, they're not called the
Easybeats for nothing!

But I do have another project.

An encyclopedia.

Of rock and roll.

Oh, Lillian, that's incredible!

Or crazy!

No-one's ever done it before,
probably for good reason.

I mean, what if I get as
far as the Bee Gees

and realize that all I'm good
for is beauty tips.

That's definitely not true.

From now on, no-one will tell us
what we can and can't do.

Mummy.

You'll write your encyclopedia

and I'll...I'll get a recording contract.

Oh, so does this mean you're
not going anywhere?

You and me against the world.

Oh, she's here! I threw you a party.

Lillian, you didn't have to do this.

Oh, isn't it fabulous?
Here, let's grab this.

You're charging people.

- Well, it's your rent fund.
- It's mortifying!

Oh, what's more mortifying,

being able to pay your rent or
going back to Australia

with your tail between your legs?

I've never seen him before.

And he also didn't pay.
I can take care of this.

No, that's OK. This one's on me.

Oh, is it?

Hello.

I'm Helen.

Oh, you must be the birthday girl.

I am.

And I have absolutely no idea who you are.

Hm, that's all about to change.

I'm Jeff Wald, manager, work for the
William Morris Agency.

You heard of us? We're big players.

Nope.

Well, I used to run my own show
with Oscar Brown Jr.

He's a star of the jazz world

but you probably haven't heard of him

because most people don't
know much about jazz.

Of course I know Oscar Brown Jr.

All Blues, originally Miles Davis,

twelve-bar blues in seventh chords.

You, er, you know Miles Davis too?

Well, do I need to teach you about jazz?

Well, that's why I'm at William Morris,
to learn,

see how the game is really played.

I got big plans.

So have I.

Bigger, even.

- Oh, yeah?
- Mm.

I'm gonna make $1 million by
the time I'm 30.

Well, I'm gonna make $2 million.

But good for you to keep it modest.

Oh, Shit.

You're from Australia, right?
What are you doing in New York?

- I'm a singer.
- Mm.

You've heard it all before, right?

LILLIAN: Really? No.

Trust me, I'm different.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't we go somewhere a bit quieter?

I've got some killer weed.

Weed is marijuana.

Yes. I know that.

We have it in Australia.

Well, I can't stay late.

I have a 3-year-old daughter.

Great. I love kids.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYS)

Alright, you can hang those out.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Traci, who is it?

I don't know.

I told you not to open the door.

Oh! Sorry.

Um...

- Hi.
- Hi.

How did you find me?

I... I'm really connected in this town.

No, I remembered you said you were
at the Hotel Albert

and I just asked at the front desk.

- Alright, well, come in.
- Yeah?

Sorry about the mess.

Oh, that's alright.
I was just in the area.

Can I get you something?
Tea or...spaghetti?

No, that's OK, yeah,
I'm good, I'm good.

- Did you bring chess?
- Yes, I brought chess.

Right.

Checkmate.

I guess that means we win.

I guess that means congratulations.

Thank you.

Are you leaving?

Yeah. I've got some stuff I've gotta do.

Thanks for the game, though.
Traci, it was good to meet you.

Well, onwards and upwards.

I mean, let's face it, you can only go up.

Well, I have revised my dating rules.

No actors, musicians or men
bearing chess sets.

(BOTH LAUGH)

- Tell me about Stevie.
- No!

♪ There are those, I am sure
who have told you

♪ They would give you the world for a toy

♪ All I have are these arms to enfold you

♪ And a love time can never destroy

♪ And if you're wondering what I'm
asking in return, dear

♪ You'll be glad to know that
my demands are small

♪ Say it's me that you'll adore
for now and ever more

♪ That's all...' ♪

You won.

I won?

After last time, I went to the
library and studied up.

You make me want to be better.

(ROCK MUSIC)

LILLIAN: Oh, my God! Oh, it's Jeff!

Oh, I read your article on the
San Francisco music scene.

Oh?

Oh, come - I read. Come on,
don't look so surprised.

Grateful Dead, right?
I'm gonna check 'em out.

Well, well.

Music does have charms to
soothe a savage beast.

MAN: (YELLS) Lillian!
- OK, I'll be back.

I'll be back.

Do you want to go with them?

People-watching's more my style.

Yeah? You watching me?

I'm not sure I can afford to
take my eyes off you.

That's the way I am.

No-one ever got what they want standing
around waiting for it.

Is that what they teach you in the Bronx?

My ma did. She was pretty tough.

What about your dad?

He died when I was a kid.

- Jeff, I'm... I'm so sorry.
- I don't know any different.

Alright, peanut butter and jelly.

HELEN: Oh, look at that!

- Jam.
- Jelly.

- It's jam.
- It's jelly.

- Traci, what is it?
- Jam.

- Jam. See? Two against one.
- Traitor.

Bona fide American food.
And the only thing I can cook.

Does it taste good?

The best food I've ever had.

How about that?!

- That's pretty good.
- That is good.

She's a great kid.

Smart kid.

Like her mom.

Sorry - mum.

I bet you say that to all the single mums.

Sorry - moms.

What are you laughing at?

You're supposed to be eating your food!

She's finally asleep.

Let me be your manager.

- What?
- Shhh!

Shhh.

I've just been thinking.

We could do this.

You and me together.

A team.

You'll be the show, I'll be the business.

Come on.

I'll make you a star.

Or maybe I'll make you one.

Maybe.

- Oh, Jesus!
- What?

A fucking cockroach!

(HELEN LAUGHS)

Traci's started naming them.

I think that one might've
been called Mr Ed.

Right. My first managerial decision

is you move out of this dump.

Oh, right.

And where exactly am I moving to?

Los Angeles?

Well, Jeff thinks LA will be
better for my career.

Well, what about Jeff's job?

Jeff doesn't have one anymore.

William Morris fired him

for selling pot out of the mailroom.

OK, so your boyfriend, your
unemployed boyfriend,

is gonna be your manager?

Helen, are you sure about this?

All I know is I'm going nowhere
fast in New York and...

...yes, Jeff's my boyfriend

but I'm willing to take that risk

for someone who finally believes in me.

I believe in you.

I'm just really going to miss you, is all.

Well, I'm going to miss you too.

Look, I'll admit Laurel Canyon is the
place to be right now

so your manager might
actually have a point

but is that the kind of singer you are?

What do YOU want, Helen?

SONG: J' I'm a daughter,
I'm a sister

♪ I'm a lover and I'm a muse

♪ But I am strong and I am gentle

♪ I am wise and I am true

♪ Here comes the revolution

♪ Voices clear
Voices loud...' ♪

THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP:
♪ Gimme Some Lovin'

♪ Hey!

♪ Well, my temperature's rising

♪ And my feet hit the floor

♪ Twenty people knocking 'cause
they're wanting some more

♪ Let me in, baby I don't
know what you got

♪ But you better take it easy
'cause this place is hot

♪ And I'm so glad you made it

♪ So glad you made it

♪ You got to gimme some lovin' ... ♪

- We'll take it.
- Well, that's swell.

We'll just need four months'
rent in advance.

Four months' rent in advance?

That's all the money we have.

I'll have to book

every spaghetti house and dive bar in LA

and you'll have to start managing
the bloody Beatles!

Oh, come on! You gotta spend
money to make money.

Don't you see how LA works?
It's all about image.

Nobody wants to be managed by a bum.

Look, we get this house,
we get married for real,

I get myself set up

and then we launch your career.

CK?

Come on.

Come on.

Yes! Yes, yes!

I love you! Yes!

I love you!

(TRACI GIGGLES)

Hi. Reservation for Wald.

Certainly, Mr Wald.

Hey, how much longer are we
gonna have to wait?

Our reservation was for half an hour ago.

These people you seated just got here.

As soon as your table's available
we'll seat you, sir.

- Let's just go somewhere else.
- No, I want to eat here.

MA TRE D': Mr Goldman.
Nice to see you.

Mike. Mike! Hi. How are you?

Good to see you. Jeff Wald, manager.

I'd love to get together

and talk about some stuff I've been
working on, big stuff.

- Sure. Call my office.
- Great, thanks! Sure thing.

LILLIAN: I've lost Jefferson Airplane.

- Did you try looking up?
- Oh, ha!

I trod on the bloody Beach Boys again.

I swear this encyclopedia

is taking over my entire apartment.

Not to mention my entire life.

And it's wreaking havoc on my asthma.

How's LA? Have you gone blind

from the glare of all those
disgustingly healthy tans yet?

Well, I can still see the Hollywood
sign from our window

if I dislocate my neck.

- (LILLIAN LAUGHS) No!
- Dreams really do come true.

Have you got a gig yet?

Oh, Jeff's trying but, you know,
he's very busy.

He actually just got a job with a
new management company.

He's managing...Tiny Tim.

LILLIAN: Tiny Tim?

Oh, God!

(LILLIAN COUGHS)

Lillian, I miss you.

I'm so bored.

I miss you too.

I was just telling Linda the other day,
actually.

Who's Linda?

Oh, she's this American photographer

I've become friends with.

Actually, she's coming over soon.

She's dragging me to this party
tonight 'cause she's decided

she's head over heels in love
with Paul McCartney!

Then we're going to see this divine
singer I've discovered,

David Bowie.

Don't you love how
Englishmen can look effete

but aren't?

(KNOCK ON LILLIAN'S DOOR)
LILLIAN: Oh, coming!

Oh. Oh! Are you still there?

Yes.

Well, that's Linda, so I've got to dash

but word is that Betty Friedan

and the National Organization for Women

are stepping up the Equal Rights
Amendment campaign.

They're going to call on all
women to strike.

I'll report back, OK?

Lots of love, darling.
(LILLIAN HANGS UP)

(SIGHS)

Morning, sweetheart. How are you?

- Good, Dad.
- Good.

Hey, Traci, why don't you
go and get ready?

OK, Mum.

We've got to be in the car in about
ten minutes, alright?

Love that home cooking.

Has there been any word on that gig
at the Troubadour yet?

I would've told you if there was,
wouldn't I?

It's like eating cardboard.

Have you chased them up?

How many times do I have to tell you?
I'm busy.

Not a minute's rest from that douchebag

Tiny fucking Tiny Tim,

Deep Purple are about to start touring

but, hey, why don't I just drop
everything and call them again?

I was thinking about going to college.

I'd love to study psychology.

I've always been interested in
what makes people tick.

That's great, Helen.

Maybe they'll have a course
on how to buy milk.

You know, you could go to
the store for once.

Buying milk is not just my responsibility.

It is! It is your responsibility.

I'm working to put the milk on the table,

you gotta go buy the milk.

What are you doing?
What do you do all day?

This place is a fucking pigsty

and all you do is bitch and moan
about getting a gig

and talk bullshit about how people tick.

Who the fuck cares?!

I didn't sign up to be some
little housewife

to wait on you hand and foot.

You told me that this house was a
stepping stone to my career.

Traci, we've got to go.

I didn't realize my new career

would be cleaning the bloody thing.

Here. How about that?

- How's that for inspiration?
- Jeff.

Figure out what makes me tick.

Clean this shit up.
There's shit everywhere.

LILLIAN: This is the hardest piece

I have ever had to write in my life.

I am supposed to be telling what happened

when 25,000 women marched down
Fifth Avenue last night

on the 50th anniversary of the day

women won the right to vote.

As is customary in my business,

I am supposed to be telling it
briskly and without bias.

Fat chance!

I am so biased I can hardly
think straight.

If the idea of change makes you
uncomfortable, don't worry.

You're not alone.

All of us ladies agree this time

that getting there will be half the fun.

But being there

is going to be an important part
of a brave new world.

A song called Black Night.
Get on there!

Aaaaaah!

Hey!

Is the volume loud enough?

- Yeah.
- Right, good.

♪ Black night is not right

♪ I don't feel so bright

♪ I don't care to sit tight

♪ Maybe I'll find on the way...' ♪

Hey, no groupies back here.

Do I look like a fucking groupie?

♪ Free to be me

♪ Black night...' ♪

Hey. I need to talk to you.

What the fuck are you doing here?

- I need to talk to you now.
- Now?

- Yes.
- Are you serious?

Hey, guys, take five. You sound great.

Hey, you are embarrassing me in
front of my clients.

Your clients?!

Well, what about your other client?
Me?

You know, we made a deal.

Ancl all your talk of, "Hey, baby,
I'll make you a star.

"You're the show, I'm the business."

It's bullshit.

You know how it works.
It's all about timing.

You're just afraid to do any real work.

You start doing this job

you keep telling me you're so good at

so I can start doing mine.

I've called everyone in town.

Nobody wants you.

Nobody.

You're wholesome, you know,

you're...you're a housewife,
Helen, let's face it.

And that music, that's what people want.

You're wrong.

There is a whole lot of 'me's out there

and we don't want to listen to that.

Did it ever occur to you men

to ask women what they want to listen to?

What do you want me to do?

Capitol Records.

Hi, this is Jeff Wald for Artie Mogull.

Just a moment, Mr Wald.

Great, thanks, sweetheart.

Don't call her sweetheart. It's demeaning.

- I can hang up this phone!
ARTIE: Jeff!

- Artie!
- Good to hear from you.

- How you doing?
- You too, buddy. I'm good.

Ah, Artie, it's your lucky day

'cause I got the next big thing for you.

She's a star in the making who
can not only sing

but dance, act-
this woman can do it all.

Helen Reddy.

Isn't that your wife?

Yes, it's my fucking wife.
Why do you think I married her?

'Cause she's so fucking talented.

Look, I'm sure your wife can
sing very nicely.

She's not what we're looking for.

Artie, the '70s is the decade
of the solo artist.

You got James Taylor, Carole King,
Helen Reddy.

She's Australian too. How about that?

Yeah, I'm not sure that's a selling point,
Jeff.

Artie, just... You gotta listen to her,
please. Do me a favor.

She's gonna blow you out of the water,
I promise you that.

I'm sorry, Jeff. Helen,
she's just not for us, OK?

But, hey, let's grab lunch soon.

You call my girl and put
something in the books.

- Alright, thanks, Artie.
- Sure, no problem. Bye.

I'm sorry, honey. I tried.

Is that what you'd say to Deep Purple?

What do you want me to do?
I can't...

I can't make him want to see you.

What are you doing? No, hey!

Alright, alright, alright.

(PHONE RINGS)

Capitol Records.

Hi, this is Jeff Wald for Artie Mogull.

RECEPTIONIST: Just let me
check if he's free.

OK, thanks.

I'm sorry, he's on the other line.

Well, I'll hold.

It might take a while, Mr Wald.

OK. Well, just tell him I called, then.

- Will do.
- Alright, thanks. Bye.

Look, I left word for Artie,
he'll call me back,

I'll set up some dinner here and you
can sing for him then.

- No, no, no, no, no.
- It'll be great.

- What? Come on.
- You're not leaving this room.

Get out of the way, come on.
What are you doing?

(JEFF SIGHS)

RECEPTIONIST: Capitol Records.

HI, sweet- Hi. This is Jeff Wald
again for Artie Mogull.

- I'm... It's really urgent.
- Sorry, he's in a meeting.

(PHONE RINGS)

RECEPTIONIST: Capitol Records.

Hi. Jeff Wald for Artie Mogull.

I'm sorry, Mr Wald, he's still
in the same meeting.

Same meeting, huh?

(PHONE RINGS)
- Capitol Records.

Hi. It's Jeff.

Mr Wald, I'm sorry, he's
still in a meeting.

He'll be unavailable all clay.

All day?

Hi, Kim, it's Jeff...

ARTIE: Stop tying up my phone line, Wald!

I haven't had a single call all
clay that wasn't you.

Artie, listen. You need to hear this.
You've got to trust me.

Trust me. I know talent when I see it

and Helen has got it in spades.

You know me! Just think it over.

I'll call you tomorrow and the next
day and the next day...

- Alright, alright.
- ..and I won't stop.

If I let her record a single,
promise to never call again?

Yes! Yes. I will never call
your ass again.

Thank you so much. I owe you!

Yes! Yes!

(HELEN LAUGHS)
- Yes! Yes! Fucking yes!

Whooo!

- Oh, I knew you could do it.
- Me too.

Alright, I did my job.
Now you better do yours.

Alright.

♪ I could just sit around making
music all clay long

♪ As long as I'm making music

♪ I know I can do no-one no wrong

♪ And who knows, maybe some day
I'll come up with a song... ♪

- Her voice is shaky.
- No shit.

Want me to shove a microphone in your
face, see how you feel?

♪ 'Cause you know that I
believe in music...' ♪

Stop.

Ah, Helen, why don't we give that one
a break for a moment?

Hey. Hey-

What's going on? You don't sound like you.

I'm nervous. I don't know why.
It's never happened before.

It's OK. Hey. You can do this.
I know you can.

Just do what you do when you
light up that stage.

Tell us a story.

OK.

Why don't we try the B side?
What do you think?

You got this.

OK? You got it.

JEFF: You're on stage.

Let's try the B side.

OK.

OK, Helen. Rolling on the B side.

♪ I don't know how to love him

♪ What to do
How to move him

♪ I've been changed
Yes, really changed

♪ In these past few days
when I've seen myself

♪ I seem like someone else

♪ I don't know how to take this

♪ I don't see why he moves me

♪ He's a man
He's just a man

♪ And I've heard so many men before

♪ In very many ways he's just one more

♪ Should I bring him down?
Should I scream and shout?

♪ Should I speak of love?
Let my feelings out?

♪ I never thought I'd...' ♪

- That's your A side.
- ♪ ..come to this

♪ What's it all about?

♪ Don't you think it's rather funny

♪ I should be in this position?

♪ I'm the one

♪ Who's always been

♪ So calm, so cool

♪ No lover's fool

♪ Running every show

♪ He scares me so

♪ I never thought I'd come to this

♪ What's it all about?

♪ What's it all about?' ♪

OK, ladies and gents,
here's what we're gonna do.

I've chosen a radio station,
WDRC in Connecticut.

We're all gonna call and
request Helen's song

and we're gonna call over and over again

until their phones explode. Traci?

- Here!
- Oh, here.

It's the snowball effect.

You know, one station plays it,
the next one will play it

and, well, next thing you know...

You're in the charts.

Alright, let's start dialing.

♪ I wouldn't want to know

♪ He scares me so

♪ Ooh, I want him so

♪ I love him so.' ♪

Whoo-whoo!

Yeah! Yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about.

Right on! Yeah.

You're gettin' laid tonight!

You're gettin' laid tonight.

I can't request my own song. I'm not...

Do it. I believe in you.

I can't! What voice am I meant to do?

- Just southern or something.
- Southern!

(SOUTHERN ACCENT) I Don't
Know How To Love Him.

I'd like to request my favorite song.

I Don't Know How To Love Him. (LAUGHS)

- You can do it. Come on.
- (LAUGHS)

Oh, my gosh. OK.

Don't look at me or I'll laugh.

You got it.

Don't say 'mate'.

(SOUTHERN ACCENT) Hello, I'd like to
request a song, please.

My favorite song.

I Don't Know How To Love
Him by Helen Reddy.

Yes, it's my new favorite song.
I can't get enough of it.

- I love it!
- Thank you.

- Jeff!
- (AUSTRALIAN ACCENT) Jeff.

- Can I have a turn?
- You bet, baby. Here.

Is that the radio DJ, Lillian Roxon?

Oh, my God, it's Helen 'Number 13' Reddy!

- Hello.
- I've missed you.

I'm so thrilled you came.

Oh, let me get this.

You know me, dropping stuff everywhere,
as always.

- How was the flight?
- Oh, it was great.

I knew you could do it.

The very first encyclopedia
of rock and roll,

written by a woman.

You'd think I'd be ecstatic but I
wrote an encyclopedia.

Where do I go from here?

Helen, are you home? Turns out that
piece of shit promoter

hasn't been promoting the single

so I went into Capitol and
pissed all over his desk.

- (WOMEN LAUGH)
- Hi.

Just another boring day at the office.

- How are you doing?
- Hello.

- Good to see you.
- You too.

You know, every day I await new tales
of chaos and carnage.

I'd say urine is a first, though.

You two comedians done?
What's this?

Finally finished the encyclopedia.

- Congratulations.
- Oh, thank you.

Wow. It's huge. Need more pictures.

- You'll never read it.
- I'll never read this.

(ALL LAUGH)

KIDS: Hey!

INSTRUCTOR: Seven!
KIDS: Hey!

' Eight!
- Hey!

Alright, great work, everybody.

Hi, darling. Hey.

Did you have fun?

I don't want to do kung-fu anymore.

But why? You were so excited.

Girls at school are teasing me.

Honey, it doesn't matter
what those girls say.

Boys don't like it when I beat them.

Can't I just do ballet like
the other girls?

Please?

- Traci, you were fabulous!
- Wasn't she?

You were so good!

This one's ridiculous.

"It makes no difference if
you're rich or poor,

"smart or dumb,

"a woman's place in this world is
under some man's thumb."

Please tell me that's ironic.

It gets better.

It goes on to say that when you're a woman

you're born to be lied to, cheated on

and treated like dirt.

But, "When your man comes home

"you're glad it happened that way

"because to be his woman,
no price is too great to pay."

Meanwhile, Capitol want me to record

the highest-ranking songs
already on the charts.

Oh, bugger that.

That's exactly what I said.
I want my own songs.

Well, go with your instincts.
You're the artist.

And you can never trust anyone in a suit.

Are we still talking about Capitol?

Just don't ever let anyone tell you

you can't do it without them.

Killing Me Softly.

What?

(LILLIAN COUGHS)

- Let me take that.
- Oh, it's fine.

- Come on.
- OK.

- Hey, Lillian.
- Yeah?

Would you write my album liner notes?

I know no-one really bothers with
liner notes anymore.

Helen, of course.

You and me against the world, remember?

Thank you.

At least now there'll be
something on this album

I can be proud of.

Helen Reddy.

Songs to remind you you're only a woman.

Gotta go.

- Love you.
- Love you.

Lillian.

I feel like you've only just got here.

I'll see you soon.
Call me when you get in.

I Will.

Bye.

(LILLIAN COUGHS)

(CAR STARTS)

♪ I am woman
Hear me roar

♪ In numbers too big to ignore

♪ And I know too much to go
back and pretend

♪ Well, I've heard it all before

♪ And I've been down
there on the floor

- ♪ And no-one's ever... ♪
- Turn it off.

It's kind of angry.

Well, it's empowering.

It's a celebration of what it
means to be a woman.

It's man-hating.

I don't hate men.
I'm married to one.

Jeff, you OK with this?

I'm OK with this.

Wait till all this campaigning
leads to unisex toilets.

- See how she feels then.
(EXECUTIVES LAUGH)

The DJs will never touch it.

- They hate women's libbers.
- What is that word anyway?

I believe in equality.

Look, what my wife, Helen,
is trying to say

is that she's tapped in to something here.

Remember that march in New York and
how many women showed up?

Imagine that as record sales.

A bunch of record sales
marching down the street.

I still think it sounds angry.

Come on, Artie. There's no such
thing as bad publicity.

Yeah, but I don't know about this one.

Well, let's just bury it on the album.

No-one will listen to the
whole thing anyway.

Well, that's true.

What are you doing? Ready to go?

What the hell was that?

Maybe Artie's right. You do
sound kind of angry.

This is important, Jeff.

This is more than just a song to me.

So trust me.

We're gonna pretend to play their game

but we're going to get
I Am Woman out there,

you and me, whatever it takes.

What, we call the radio stations again?

Yes, but this time it's not us calling.

Alright, then, who is?

Women.

Based on their excitement at finding
it buried on the album?

No. We book you in every venue and club

and you are going to sing I Am Woman

and the women are going to love it.

Yes.

Alright. You see those two?

Easy target.

It's those ones.

It's the wives out on the
town you gotta get.

I can do it.

Please give her a big Washington welcome.

- Helen Reddy!
- Go get 'em.

(APPLAUSE)

(BAND BEGINS PLAYING)

♪ I am woman
Hear me roar

♪ In numbers too big to ignore

♪ And I know too much to go
back and pretend

♪ 'Cause I've heard it all before

♪ And I've been down
there on the floor

♪ And no-one's ever gonna
keep me down again

♪ Oh, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can do anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman...' ♪

(CHEERING)

RADIO HOST: You're listening to WBQ,

Washington's Request Fest.

- What's your name, caller?
- My name's Diane.

What can I play for you today, Diane?

Could you play I Am Woman
by Helen Reddy?

HOST: OK, right on.

That is our most requested
song of the week.

♪ And I come back even stronger

♪ Not a novice any longer

♪ 'Cause you've deepened the
conviction in my soul

♪ Whoa, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can do anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman...' ♪

- Good morning, ladies.
ALL: Good morning.

HELEN: (ON RADIO) ♪ I am woman
watch me grow... ♪

(TURNS UP SOUND)

♪ See me standing toe to toe

♪ As I spread my loving
arms across the land

♪ But I'm still an embryo with a long,
long way to go

♪ Up until I make my brother understand

♪ Whoa, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can face anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman...' ♪

(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

♪ I am woman

♪ I am invincible

♪ I am strong

♪ I am woman

♪ I am invincible

- ♪ I am strong... ♪
- Yes! Yes! Look at this!

♪ I am woman... ♪
- We're number one.

We're number one!

♪ I am invincible

♪ I am strong... ♪

PRESENTER: For Best Pop Female
Vocal Performance

the nominees are...

Come on, this is the one!
Look at this!

Carly Simon for Anticipation.

Aretha Franklin for Day Dreaming.

Helen Reddy for I Am Woman.

Roberta Flack for Quiet Fire.

And Barbra Streisand for Sweet
Inspiration and Where You Lead.

(APPLAUSE)
- And the winner is...

The winner is Helen Reddy
for I Am Woman.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Thank you.

I only have ten seconds

so I'd like to thank everyone
concerned at Capitol Records,

I would like to thank Jeff Wald

because he makes my success possible

and I would like to thank God

because she makes everything possible.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

PHOTOGRAPHER: Over here!

Fuck you!

Fuck you very much.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

WOMAN: That's Helen Reddy.

Good evening, Mr Wald, Miss Reddy.

Hey, Jeff, Jeff Wald.

Helen, I'm a big fan.

My wife won't stop playing your record.

Are you interested in movies, Helen?

Abso-fucking-lutely, she is.

Call my office, we'll set something up.

Get these fellas a bottle of
your best champagne.

- Dinner's on us.
- Jeff, he's the greatest.

You're the man! Isn't he?

MA TRE D': Enjoy your evening.

Wasn't that a tad extravagant?

Baby, you just bought a house in cash.

Champagne and a couple of
entrees is pocket change.

Besides, we're celebrating.

Well, speaking of celebrating,

one of the first women in America.

No 'Mrs', no nothing, just
my very own name.

Way to go, baby. Drinks are on you.

Don't be ridiculous. I'm not using it.

We pay cash, like always.

- Complimentary hers d' oeuvres.
BOTH: Thanks.

I was thinking about inviting
Lillian to fly out.

I'd like her to be the first
to see the house.

Hey, did you read Lillian's article

on Paul and Linda's TV special?

- No.
- She is vicious.

"Did you see them in that pub scene?

"Paul's congenial as all get-out.

"Linda's catatonic with horror

"at having to mingle with ordinary people.

"Linda comes across

"as an incredibly cold and
arrogant figure,

"coming to life only when the TV
cameras are focused on her."

- Ooh.
- Jesus.

You watch what you tell Lillian, right?

What do you mean?

I mean, you're careful about
what you say to her?

After reading that, I sure as shit
wouldn't cross her.

Lillian doesn't believe in
reporting gossip.

She would never betray my confidence.

Yeah, I know she's your friend

but at the end of the day
Lillian's ambitious

and she's not going to let anything

stand in the way of her and a story.

Let's just agree to disagree, OK?

Wouldn't be the first time.

Helen Reddy is with us tonight,
she's a superb singer,

and, as you know,

she starred in her own summer
television series

and is well on her way to become

I think the first artist besides
the Beatles as a group

who had three number one
records in a single year.

She's going to do a couple
of numbers for us

and one of them is her latest big hit
called Leave Me Alone.

Would you welcome, please,
Miss Helen Reddy?

(APPLAUSE)

♪ Big old ruby red dress
Wanders 'round the town

♪ Talkin' to herself now
Sometimes sittin' down

♪ Don't you get too close now

♪ Ruby runs away

♪ Poor old ruby red dress
Born on a sorry day

♪ I can hear her say

♪ Leave me alone
Won't you leave me alone?

♪ Please leave me alone now
Leave me alone

♪ Oh, leave me alone
Please leave me alone...' ♪

(some CONTINUES)

And that's a cut.

Excuse me, Helen, I need your
signature on this.

Hey, I'll sign for that.

Oh, that's alright, he signs
everything for me.

Lillian Roxon called for you again.

Yes, I'll call her back.

Can you make sure the announcer

knows to start the show with
"Good evening, everyone,"

- not "Ladies and gentlemen"?
- Sure.

What do you think of Alice Cooper

dubbing you "the queen of housewife rock"?

I love it. Alice is just fabulous.

Is it true you don't wear a
bra on television?

Would you ask a man if he wears underwear?

We've got to wrap this up.

Now the Equal Rights Amendment

is only eight states short of
the required majority

to change our Constitution,
what do you think of

conservative political
activist Phyllis Schlafly

calling on women to fight against ERA

and her claims it will
disadvantage housewives

and take away the privileges of womanhood?

I disagree.

I happen to believe it's high time

the Bill of Rights be applied
equally to women.

Why wouldn't we want a constitution

against sex discrimination?

Alright. We're good, right?

And, Jeff, a few questions for you?

Alright.

How does it feel to be Mr Helen Reddy?

It's pretty good, actually.

But to have a wife who's written
the unofficial anthem

of the women's movement

and is the breadwinner in your home,

isn't that emasculating?

Well, Jeff and I are a team.

We're equals.

You know, it's not my career,
it's our career.

I'm here now because of Jeff.

So he tells me.

Jeff hasn't got a modest bone in his body

but that's what makes him sexy.

So a final question, Helen.

When is a woman liberated?

You mean when is a person liberated?

When they're no longer
discriminated against

by the society.

Hey, look around you.

She looks pretty fucking liberated to me.

We done now?

(SNIFFS)

Can you please drop me off here?

What are you, a tourist?
We're on a schedule.

What if I forgo my next bathroom break?

I assume we're scheduling those now too?

I'm getting out.

Like hell you are.

What's wrong with you?
Can you stop, please?

If you stop, I'll kill you. Keep going.

Hey, listen to me, both of you.
I'm getting out. Now.

If that's the way you're gonna be,
I'm getting out.

- Pull over.
- Jeff, stop it!

JEFF: Move out of my way.

HELEN: Stop it! It's just the drugs.

- Look...
- Get back in the car!

Look at me! I can get out of the car too,
whenever I want.

(HORN BEEPS)

Well, I guess we're both getting out.

(HORN BEEPS)

(COUGHING)

Lillian, what's wrong?

You don't look well.

L...l stopped dieting.

It was making me miserable

and I was fighting a losing
battle with the cortisone

so I figured I might as
well become a blimp

and be done with it. (COUGHS)

Has your asthma got worse?

I'm sick of taking drugs but
I've no choice, and...

...the smog isn't helping either

and with the newspaper,
the radio show and the...

...and the magazines,

I feel like I'm perpetually two
steps behind myself.

Oh, I know that feeling.

(COUGHS)

These are beautiful.

The gorgeous David Bowie.
He heard I was sick.

I guess not everyone forgets about you.

What's that supposed to mean?

You haven't been returning my calls.

Never figured you to be one

to forget your friends when you're famous.

I've been busy too, the tour,
the TV show, the kids.

I read your review of Linda's show.

What's Linda got to do with anything?

Well, I was surprised.

I thought Linda was supposed
to be your friend.

Yeah, well, so did I.

Then she became Mrs Paul McCartney and...

...I didn't seem to...

...to matter much anymore.

But I thought you didn't believe
in making it personal.

It wasn't personal.

I report the truth and the truth is
the show was terrible.

I can be a little caustic sometimes,
is all.

A little?!

Lillian, you were pretty tough.

Why are you defending Linda?

That's why you haven't been
returning my phone calls.

You thought that I would write about you?

How could you think that about me?

Well, I have a family.

You know, I have to be careful,
for their sake.

I want my private life to stay private.

Oh, is that right, Miss Helen Reddy,

international superstar?

And how many houses do you have, huh?

And cars?

Have you bought a jet yet or is that
for the next Grammy win?

Way to keep it private.

You can't have it both ways, Helen.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

I have to go.

Of course.

Run back to Jeff like always.

Helen Reddy, striking another
blow for feminism.

These are for the show tomorrow night.

I hope you can make it.

(ALL CHANT AND CLAP)
Helen, Helen, Helen, Helen!

(AUDIENCE CHEERS AND WHISTLES)

♪ She's 41 and her daddy
still calls her baby

(CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

♪ All the folks 'round
Brownsville say she's crazy

♪ 'Cause she walks downtown with her
suitcase in her hand

♪ Lookin' for a mysterious dark-haired man

♪ In her younger days they
called her Delta Dawn' ♪

(CHEERING)

♪ Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on

♪ Then a man of low degree
stood by her side

♪ Promised her he'd take her for his bride

♪ Delta Dawn what's that
flower you have on?

♪ Could it be a faded rose
from days gone by?

♪ And did I hear you say he was a-meetin'
you here today

♪ To take you to his mansion in the sky?

♪ Delta Dawn what's that
flower you have on?

♪ Could it be a faded rose
from days gone by?

♪ And did I hear you say he was a-meetin'
you here today

♪ To take you to his mansion in the sky?' ♪

(BOTH CHAT QUIETLY)

Helen, I need to speak with you.

Can you take that? What is it?

Everybody off stage.

Jeff, what's wrong?

MAN: Everybody, let's go. Pack it up.

It's Lillian.

She had an asthma attack.

She's dead.

I'm sorry.

Jeff, I...

- It's OK.
- I didn't say goodbye.

It's OK. It's alright.

L.-

I left and I didn't say goodbye to her,

I just walked out and I
didn't say goodbye.

It's OK, honey. Come here, sit down.

Just breathe, it's OK.

Just breathe.

Come on. You're OK.

Shhh.

I didn't tell her that I loved her.

I don't know what I last said to her.

I don't know what I last said to her.

Oh, sweetheart, she knew you loved her.
Come on.

But what if She didn't?

She did, baby. She did.

We have to go to the funeral.

When is it?

Oh, sweetheart...

...we can't go to the funeral.

We've gotta go to Florida tomorrow.

It's OK, we'll send flowers,
the biggest bunch we can get,

we'll let the family know we
want to be there,

- they'll understand.
- Lillian was my best friend.

I know but it's not that simple.

We have obligations.

You've got interviews,

you've got multiple shows every night.

Can't we just reschedule it?
Can't we just reschedule it?

No, baby. When? When do you want
to reschedule this?

You know how tightly this tour
schedule is packed.

We can't just bail.

I don't care. Can you just cancel it?

Cancel it? What are you even saying?

You sound like a crazy person.
What are you talking about?

I can't... I'll look like an asshole.

You sound like one!

Don't you put this on me.

We're here because you wanted this.

This is the job.

You cannot check in and out
whenever the fuck you want.

It doesn't work like that.

I'm sorry, Helen, but it doesn't.

- I'm sorry.
- Leave.

I don't want you here.

- Just leave.
- Fine.

(SOBS)

Get the fuck out of my way.

(CRIES)

♪ You and me against the world

♪ Sometimes it feels like you and
me against the world

♪ When all the others turn their
backs and walk away

♪ You can count on me to stay

♪ Remember when the circus came to town

♪ And you were frightened by the clown

♪ Wasn't it nice to be around
someone that you knew

♪ Someone who was big and strong

♪ And looking out for

♪ You and me against the world

♪ Sometimes it feels like you and
me against the world

♪ And for all the times we've cried

♪ I always felt that God was on our side

♪ And when one of us is gone

- ♪ And one of us... ♪
- Fuck!

♪ ..Is left to carry on

♪ Then remembering will have to do

♪ Our memories alone will get us through

♪ Think about the days of me and you

♪ You and me against the world.' ♪

PRESENTER: The Equal Rights Amendment

must be ratified by three more
states by June 30th

or it will die.

Illinois is one state

where supporters are using extreme tactics

in an effort to pass the measure

in the few weeks remaining.

PROTESTERS: (CHANT)
Throw away ERA, throw away ERA!

REPORTER: In Illinois,
ERA's been up ten times

and lost ten times.

ERA's most prominent opponent,
Phyllis Schlafly,

said she'd never have to
return to Springfield.

Well, Schlafly's back.

SCHLAFLY: Women found out
what it will do.

They found out that ERA will take
away rights of women,

such as women's exemption from
the military draft.

They also found out ERA
will give more power

to the Federal Government.

REPORTER: Opponents of ERA also charged

that it would legalize prostitution

and homosexual marriages

and it would require unisex bathrooms
and destroy families.

- God, she's ridiculous.
REPORTER: 35 states have...

You sold out again last night?

- Hmm?
- Vegas.

Oh, yes.

Both shows, the 8 o'clock and midnight.

Honey, I don't know how you do it.

I was tucked up in bed five
minutes after Dallas.

I've gotten used to it now.

Homework?

I'm writing a story.

Oh, I'd love to read it.
But only if you want me to.

This is good, Jordan.
It's really good.

I think I'd like to be a
writer when I grow up.

Well, then, that's what you should do.

And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Morning, sweetheart.

I'm not gonna be home for dinner.

I've got graduation rehearsals

then Lucas and I are gonna grab
a bite afterwards.

Traci's got a boyfriend,
Traci's got a boyfriend.

What have I said about teasing your
sister before breakfast?

I caught Traci practicing her
graduation speech

- in the mirror.
- Jordan, shut up.

Traci, you're giving a speech?
That's wonderful!

Why didn't you tell me?

Because graduation isn't in Vegas.

Helen. I'm Kevin.

Where's Joe?

Ah, I'm looking after the
album release now.

This is so exciting.

I'm a big, big fan.

Well, I've been touring non-stop
these past few years,

plus the Vegas season

so I'm looking forward to

getting back into the studio again.

We are really excited to hear that.

You are one of MCA's most-valuable artists

- and we are so...
BOTH: Excited.

Yes. Thank you.

I'm thinking about going back to my roots

and doing a jazz album.

We should probably wait for Jeff,
shouldn't we,

if we're going to start talking business?

Well, Jeff isn't here, is he?

And I'm the one recording the album
so I'd like to start...

- Hey!
- Jeff!

There he is. Kevin, what's going on?

You're looking huge! Been working out?

Hey, congratulations on Rocky Ill.
I hear it was green lit.

Man, Sylvester's knocking them
out of the ballpark!

You a Rocky fan?

Are you serious? Who doesn't love Rocky?!
Come on!

(MOCK GRUNTS)

Shall we get down to business?

I was just saying we have a bunch of ideas

- for the new album.
- Great.

I was saying to Kevin I want
to do a jazz album.

The problem is jazz is kinda niche

and after the last album sales we
need to be cautious.

Whatever you guys think, Kevin.

I know we're in good hands at MCA.

I'm not doing it.

- OK, she's not doing it.
- (BOTH LAUGH)

Come on, Helen. These guys know what
they're talking about.

What, are you serious?

She'll do it.

- She won't.
- Yes, she will.

- No, she...
- Yes, she will!

Get the fuck out of here, Kevin.

(SNIFFS)

What the hell are you doing?

You want to lose your recording contract?

No, what I want is your support.

I support you! What are you talking about?

You never used to care what the
record label said.

You think I care about a
fucking record label?

You think I'm scared of a record label?

Come on, Helen.

(JEFF SIGHS)

Jeff.

I miss the way things used to be.

And I... I miss you.

The kids miss you. I haven't seen you...

I've got a question.

Who you been talking to behind my back?

Who you been talking to
about this jazz shit?

I haven't been talking to anybody.

You think you can find
somebody better than me?

- Jeff, stop it!
- You don't need me anymore?

I'm the best fucking manager there
is in this town, OK?

You can't find anybody better than me.

Just calm down.

It's just the drugs, you're paranoid.

Oh come on, Jesus Christ, what
are you talking about?

You gonna start with this shit again?

I don't have a drug problem, Helen.

The only problem that I have is with you.

You, Helen. You're my fucking problem!

♪ You live your life in the songs you hear

♪ On the rock and roll radio

♪ And when a young girl
doesn't have any friends

♪ It's a really nice place to go

♪ Folks hoping you'd turn out cool

♪ But they had to take you out of school

♪ You're a little touched you know,
Angie baby...' ♪

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah!

♪ Lovers appear in your room each night

♪ And they whirl you across the floor

♪ But they always seem to fade away

♪ When your daddy taps on your door

♪ Angie girl, are you alright?

♪ Tell the radio goodnight

♪ All alone once more, Angie baby

♪ Angie baby, you're a special lady

♪ Living in a world of make-believe

♪ Well, maybe

♪ Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy

♪ With evil on his mind

♪ Ooh-ooh

♪ 'Cause he's been peeking in Angie's room

♪ At night through the window blind

♪ I see your folks have gone away

♪ Would you dance with me today?

♪ I'll show you how to have a good time,
Angie baby

♪ Angie baby
Angie baby

♪ When he walks in her room
he feels confused

♪ Like he's walked into a play
♪ Angie baby

♪ And the music's so loud it
spins him around

♪ Till his soul has lost its way

♪ And as she turns the volume down

♪ He's getting smaller with the sound

♪ It seems to pull him off the ground

♪ Toward the radio he's bound

♪ Never to be found...' ♪

(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

♪ The headlines read that a
boy disappeared

♪ And everyone thinks he died

♪ Except a crazy girl with a secret lover

♪ Who keeps her satisfied

♪ It's so nice to be insane

♪ No-one asks you to explain

♪ Radio by your side, Angie baby

♪ Angie baby, you're a special lady

♪ Living in a world of make-believe

♪ Well, maybe

♪ Well, maybe

♪ Angie baby
Angie baby

- ♪ Well, maybe
- ♪ Angie baby

♪ Angie baby. ♪

(APPLAUSE)

(CHEERING)

AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Helen!

Helen, I need you to come with me now.

Come here! Come here!

Come here, motherfucker!
I'm gonna fucking kill you!

- Jeff!
(MEN YELL)

- Jeff, stop it!
JEFF: I'm gonna kill you.

Is this who you've been talking
to behind my back?

About a fuckin' jazz album?!

(SOUNDS OF PUNCHING AND GROANS)

Come here, you piece of shit!
I'll kill you!

I'll fucking kill you!

♪ And do I love you?... ♪

(JEFF YELLS)

♪ Well, I know I really try... ♪

Helen!

♪ Thinking of you

♪ Lovin' the sunshine in your eyes...' ♪

Helen!

♪ And when I falter

♪ Bringing you grief
- Get off me!

♪ Does it alter

♪ Your feeling for me?

♪ Oh, baby, can't you see that
we're sharing...' ♪

PRESENTER: (ON TV) Ten years,

one fought with passion right to the end

but today time runs out

to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

and the proposal is still
three states short

of the 38 needed.

For now, the ERA is dead.

The person who fought most
publicly for its defeat

is Phyllis Schlafly, the head of
Eagle Forum and Stop ERA.

What is it exactly that
you're celebrating?

We're celebrating a great victory

in defeating the Equal Rights Amendment.

The polls have consistently shown

majority support for ERA.

PHYLLIS: The polls...
- Let me just finish.

Isn't this really a victory
for a vocal minority?

Mrs Schlafly, is ERA dead?
Really dead?

ERA died three years ago when
it ran out of time.

Mom! Mom!

- Mom!
- Hello, darling. Hello.

Mom! Are you OK?

I'm fine. Absolutely fine.

When are you coming home?

I'm very sorry, Ms Reddy,

we're unable to fill this until
your account is paid.

What do you mean, it hasn't been paid?

That's ridiculous.

It's been overdue for some time now.

We sent several notices but we
haven't received...

Jerry, it's Helen.

I'm at the drugstore

and they're telling me that our
account is overdue.

My credit card's not working either.

What's going on?

JERRY: I'm Jeff's accountant.
I work for him.

If you have any questions,
you need to ask him.

- What?
(RECEIVER CLICKS, DIAL TONE)

JEFF: I finally get up there,

I find the room's trashed, bed's broken,

hair clogging up the drain,
TV disconnected.

(PEOPLE LAUGH)
- So I tracked him down...

Oh, ladies and gentlemen,
Helen Reddy in the flesh!

JEFF: What the fuck?

(DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS)

Helen!

Helen!

Hel-

Unpaid school fees.

We owe money on the last tour.

Jeff. there's loans out against
our life insurance.

I know, I know, this fucking
new business manager,

he put all this money in these
offshore investments

and he fucked us.

I didn't want to tell you

because I've been trying to put it right.

Is there anything left?

Look at me!

We still have the house, right?

Oh, my God.

The accountant took out a double mortgage

because we've got to pay back the loans

and then there's the taxes.

Jeff. What have you done?

I haven't done anything!
It's not my fault!

It's the fuckin' business manager.

I don't want to hear it!

YOU were supposed to be taking
care of business.

I mean, Jeff, we have lost our home,
our children's home...

We've lost everything, Jeff!

I can't do everything, Helen!

Look, I know I fell asleep at the wheel

and I should've kept a
better eye on things

but I promise you that's all gonna change.

- Stop it!
- Just stop.

You got the Vegas shows,
you're gonna do the new album.

I'll go clean, I'll go sober.

I'll fuckin' never touch the stuff again.
I'm begging you.

Please. Look. I can turn this
thing around, Helen.

Please, we can do this, we can
do this together.

Me and you.

Just... Please, baby. We're a team.

We're not a team, Jeff.

- We are.
- We're not.

No!

We're not anymore.

I can't do this anymore.

What did you say to me?

After all that I fucking did for you?

After all that we've been through together

you're gonna fucking leave me like this?

I made you a fucking star!

No-one would even know who you were
if it wasn't for me.

Well, no-one would know you if
it wasn't for me.

No, no, no, no.

Helen, you leave and I will
fucking destroy you.

I will fucking destroy you.

I will take your career, the kids,
I'll take it all.

Don't you dare bring the kids into this.

I can do it, Helen, you know I can do it,

easy as fucking pie.

This is Jeff Wald you're talking to.

Everybody picks up the phone for me.

For fucking me! Not you.
Not Helen fucking Reddy.

Are you kidding me?

What, you've got a fucking problem?

You're the one with the problem.

- What the fuck, Helen!
- Grow up, Jeff!

Great! That's fucking great!
That's fucking great.

You fucking dropped the coke everywhere!
Fuck!

(SNIFFS)

(JEFF SNIFFS)

JORDAN: Mom?

Jordan.

Jordan! Jordan, come here.

- I'm so sorry.
JEFF: Hey, buddy.

Hey, I'm sorry.

Your mom and I were just talking.
It's alright, alright?

Helen?

Helen!

HELEN!

(DOOR SHUTS)

(SHOUTS) I did this for you!

This was all for you!

♪ I guess it was yourself you
were involved with

♪ I would've sworn it was me

♪ I might've found out sooner

♪ If you'd only let me close enough to see

♪ That ain't no way to treat a lady

♪ No way to treat your baby

♪ Your woman, your friend

♪ That ain't no way to treat a lady

♪ No way

♪ But maybe it's a way for us to end

♪ I was only being a picture

♪ With all the colors I know...' ♪

These are for you.

- Are you sure?
- I'm sure.

♪ ..into wide blue mirrors and lovin'
the show

♪ That ain't no way to treat a lady

♪ No way to treat your baby, your woman,
your friend

♪ That ain't no way to treat a lady

♪ No way

♪ But maybe it's a way for us to end.' ♪

Traci!

Hey!

Come in.

So good to see you, darling.

How are you? How's Lucas?

We're good. Both busy with
work but we're good.

I had another call

from the National Organization for Women.

They're organizing a rally,
Mobilize for Women's Rights,

and they want to know if you'll perform.

You told them I don't sing anymore?

Of course I told them.

They asked if you'd make an exception,

just one performance for a
cause you believe in.

Aren't there plenty of young
female singers out there

who'd love to be part of it?

- Mom, they want you.
- No, they want the old Helen.

And that was another lifetime.

What happened to "The show must go on"?

Traci, please.

Look, I've made my choice
and I can't go back.

"Helen Reddy is a certain sort of woman

"who is remarkably without artifice."

Please, Traci.

I know you gave everything away

but I thought it might be
time to revisit this.

(LILLIAN'S VOICE) Helen Reddy is a
certain sort of woman

who is remarkably without artifice

and remarkably without fear,

who is made uncomfortable by polite lies,

who refuses to face the world any
way but straight on.

And once she discovered

there was nothing to hold
back or disguise,

shone so brightly people find
themselves blinking

when they first meet her.

Like so many others of my generation

and perhaps yours too,

I saw lies and I wanted truths.

I didn't even know who I was
till music told me.

I thought I was alone until I
heard the other voices.

Helen's voice was one of those.

I used to read Lillian's liner
notes over and over again

when I was a little girl

because they told me everything about
the woman I wanted to be.

Sorry.

(SOBS)

You've made me cry.

Alright. Where is this rally?

- It's in Washington.
- (LAUGHS) Washington?

Of course it's in Washington.

I really love you.

I love you too, Mom.

(CHANTING)

You don't think I'm...

You don't think I'm making a mistake,
do you?

You're going to be great.

SPEAKER: (MICROPHONE)
And the people say,

"We believe in choice.

"We believe in liberty.

"And we will never be denied."

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

We say to the political
leadership of this country

and to the Supreme Court

and particularly to the President,

"We will not go back."

(WILD CHEERS)

Whoooo!

Our next guest is
particularly special to me.

When I heard her song it changed my life,

as I know it did for many of you

so it gives me great pleasure to introduce

the woman who gave our movement an anthem,

who gave us a voice
- Helen Reddy!

I'm so proud of you.

(CHEERING)

Thank you.

(CROWD ROARS)

if you know the words, I hope you'll
sing them along with me.

(MUSIC BEGINS)

♪ I am woman
Hear me roar

♪ In numbers too big to ignore

♪ And I know too much to go
back and pretend

♪ 'Cause I've heard it all before

♪ And I've been down there on the floor

♪ And no-one's ever gonna
keep me down again

♪ Oh, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can do anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman...' ♪

(CROWD CHEERS)

♪ You can bend but never break me

♪ 'Cause it only serves to make me

♪ More determined to achieve my final goal

♪ And I've come back even stronger

♪ Not a novice any longer

♪ 'Cause you've deepened the
conviction in my soul

♪ Whoa, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can do anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman

♪ I am woman
Watch me grow

♪ See me standing toe to toe

♪ As I spread my lovin'
arms across the land

♪ But I'm still an embryo with a long,
long way to go

♪ Until I make my brother understand

♪ Oh, yes, I am wise but it's
wisdom born of pain

♪ Yes, I've paid the price but
look how much I gained

♪ If I have to I can face anything

- ♪ I am strong
- ♪ Strong

- ♪ I am invincible
- ♪ invincible

♪ I am woman

♪ I am woman

♪ I am invincible

♪ I am strong

♪ I am woman

♪ I am invincible

♪ I am strong

♪ I am woman

♪ I am invincible

♪ I am strong.' ♪

(CROWD ROARS)

(CHEERING FADES AWAY)

SONG: J' I'm a daughter

♪ I'm a sister

♪ I'm a lover and I'm a muse

♪ But I am strong and I am gentle

♪ I am wise and I am true

♪ Here comes the revolution

♪ Voices clear and voices loud

♪ Here comes a chance for restitution

♪ To make our mothers proud

♪ We are daughters

♪ We are sisters

♪ We are mothers

♪ And we are friends

♪ But we are strong and we are gentle

♪ We are wise
We are patient

♪ So here comes the revolution

♪ Voices clear
Voices loud

♪ Here comes a chance for restitution

♪ To make our mothers proud

♪ Mm-mm-mm

♪ Mm-mmmm. ♪