All language subtitles for Nashville.1975.1080

'Robert Altman brings to the big
screen the long-awaited Nashville,

'with 24 - count 'em -
24 of your very favourite stars!

'David Arkin, Barbara Baxley,
Ned Beatty in Nashville!

'And the fabulous performances
of Karen Black,

'Ronee Blakley,

'Timothy Brown in Nashville,

'along with the spectacular
Keith Carradine,

'Geraldine Chaplin,
with Robert DoQui in Nashville!

'And the exciting appearances
of Shelley Duvall,

'Allen Garfield
and Henry Gibson in Nashville!

'And the fantastic Scott Glenn,
Jeff Goldblum,

'Barbara Harris in Nashville!

'Not to mention the terrific
David Hayward, Michael Murphy,

'Allan Nicholls in Nashville!

'And the all-time great
Dave Peel,

'Cristina Raines,
Bert Remsen in Nashville!

'Plus the incredible Lily Tomlin,

'Gwen Welles and Keenan Wynn
in Nashville!

'Be the first on your block
to marvel at the magnificent stars

'through the magic of stereophonic sound
and living-colour picture

'right before your very eyes
without commercial interruption.'

'Fellow taxpayers
and stockholders in America,

'on the first Tuesday in November,

'we have to make some vital decisions
about our management.

'Let me go directly to the point.

'I'm for doing some replacing.

'I've discussed the Replacement Party
with people all over this country,

'and I'm often confronted
with the statement,

'"I don't want to get
mixed up in politics,"

'or "I'm tired of politics,"
or "I'm not interested."

'Almost as often someone says,
"I can't do anything about it anyway."'

'Let me point out two things.

'Number one:

'All of us are deeply involved
with politics,

'whether we know it or not
and whether we like it or not.

'And number two:

'We can do something about it.

'When you pay more
for an automobile

'than it cost Columbus
to make his first voyage to America,

'that's politics.'

- That girl down there.
- Hold it! Hold it, everybody.

Honey, you gotta get her out.

- Bob.
- Yes, sir.

Bob, I want to talk to Buddy.

Buddy!

Y-Yes, sir, Dad?

Buddy, who is that woman in there
with the hat on?

- She a friend of yours?
- I'm Opal. Mr Hamilton, I'm Opal.

I'm from the BBC, and I'm doing
a documentary on Nashville.

You know I don't allow no people
visitin' when I'm recordin'.

I want no recording equipment
in that studio.

- Buddy, go on, escort the lady out.
- Yes, sir.

If she wants a copy of this record,
she can buy it when it's released.

No darling, I'm sorry.
Just no strangers at all.

Mr Hamilton,
I'll be waiting outside for you.

We'll have
a little interview.

All right, Bob,
I wanna do another one.

Jimmy, you count off.

I wanna hear
a little more Haven in this one.

Ah, there we are.

This is Studio B right here.

I think they're doing some gospel.

- Oh, how sweet!
- A recording of some sort.

- Hey, Glenn. How are you?
- Isn't it lovely?

Mind if we sit in?

- Come on in.
- It's so little!

We'll be going down front
so we'll get out of their way, OK?

It's so pretty!

You know, I've been to
all the recording studios in London.

They're always enormous
and very impersonal.

This is so cosy.

- Keep down a little bit...
- Oh, yes, of course.

...so they can see what's going on.

There we are.

Good Lord, love a duck!

This is a choir,
the black choir,

from, uh, part of...
from Fisk University here in town.

Good Lord!

- The lady singing is...
- Is she a missionary?

No, she's not.
She's a gospel singer.

She's the wife
of our attorney.

I was making
a documentary in Kenya,

and there was this marvellous woman
who was a missionary -

that's why I asked if she was
a missionary -

and she was sensational.

She was converting Kikuyus
by the dozens.

She was trying to convert Masais.
Of course, they were hopeless.

They have their own
sort of religion.

Look at that.
That rhythm is fantastic.

You know, it's funny.
You can tell...

It's come down in the genes
through ages and ages

and hundreds of years,
but it's there.

I mean, take off those robes...

and one is in... in...
in darkest Africa.

I can just see
their naked, frenzied bodies

dancing to the beat of...

Do they carry on
like that in church?

Depends on which church
you go to.

'Hold it, everybody.'

Damn it, Bob.

What's the name
of the piano player, Bob?

- 'That's Frog.'
- That's Frog.

He plays like a frog.

We'll try it again.

Jimmy, you count off.

- Damn it to hell!
- 'Hold it, everybody.'

- Bob.
- Yes, sir?

What did you say
the piano player's name was?

- 'Frog.'
- Yeah.

When I ask for Pig,
I want Pig.

Now, you get me Pig,

and then we'll be ready
to record this here tune.

'Yes, sir.'

You get your hair cut.

You don't belong in Nashville.

'This is Bill Jenkins
on special assignment

'for Channel Two News
here at Metro Airport.

'We're awaiting
the arrival of Barbara Jean,

'who has been away for special treatment
at the Baltimore Burn Centre.

'Already, prior to her arrival,

'around 3,000 Barbara Jean fans
and other supporters are here at the airport.

'They are at the moment being held
inside the terminal by security police.'

- Ma'am.
- Mm-hm?

Excuse me,
am I late for Barbara Jean's plane?

No, I don't think so,
but they're not gonna let you out there.

Thank you, ma'am.

'Other members
of the Chamber of Commerce

'and other fans reportedly
are on the way.

'Also, it's reported
Haven Hamilton will make an appearance

'here at Metro Airport.'

'There is no question about being involved.

'The question is, what to do?

'It is the very nature
of government

'to strain at a gnat
and swallow a camel.

'As loyal citizens,
we accept our take-home pay,

'understand
most of the deductions,

'and even, to a degree,
come to expect them.

'However, when the government
begins to force its citizens

'to swallow a camel,

'it's time to pause
and do some accounting.'

'Her plane has touched down.
It's down the taxiway now

'and will be turning at any moment
onto the ramp area

'directly here in front of us
at Metro Airport.'

Could you pass me
the crackers, please?

- There you go.
- Thank you.

- Miss, may I have a...
- Hi!

...a caramel sundae, please?

Honey, we ain't got no caramel sundae.

- Butterscotch?
- We ain't got no butterscotch sundae.

- Oh.
- Got a strawberry.

- Strawberries are always in season.
- Fine, fine.

Strawberries are always in season.

- That's fine. All right, thank you.
- Good for you too.

That's it.

Then I'll have
a strawberry sundae, if I may.

- You got it.
- Thank you.

- Sueleen, did you see what he did?
- One strawberry sundae!

Sueleen!
Did you see what he just did?

He took the thing off the salt
and he threw it up in the air.

- Did you see that?
- Why'd you do that?

What are you doin' in Nashville?

- Oh, I live here.
- You do?

Hey, fellas, come here.
I want you to see something.

My wife and I...

My wife is sick, unfortunately.

- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
- Oh...

It's just one of those things
that happens.

- Happens in the best of families.
- Yeah.

I wrote me this real hot song.
You wanna hear it?

It's called
I Never Get Enough.

- OK, listen.
- Are you a singer?

All right?

'And at any moment
Barbara Jean will be stepping out

'and will be greeted of course
by the Chamber of Commerce,

'as well as Mr Sperry.

'Mr Sperry making his way
to the aircraft right now with a big wave.

'And er... of course he's the president
of Barnett Enterprises.

- 'We'll be talking with Mr Sperry...'
- How you doin'?

John Triplette?

You lookin' for me?
I'm John Triplette.

Oh!

- How are you?
- Hey, John. How are you?

Those kids in those uniforms
are terrific.

- Hello.
- What's your name?

- Del Reese. I'm sorry. Forgive me.
- Thanks for coming out.

- It's a great idea.
- Oh, you mean the girls in the costumes?

'Barbara Jean's still on the aircraft.
We'll be awaiting her.'

'Thousands of people
have turned out at Metro Airport

'to greet Barbara Jean
after her arrival.

'Now Haven Hamilton has just arrived,
typically dressed in white,

'his white Jeep being driven today
by his son Bud,

'and members of the Chamber of Commerce
are now going over to meet Haven Hamilton.

'He's greeting some of his old friends,
business acquaintances.

'Autograph seekers
are now making their way over.

'Barbara Jean still is
aboard the aircraft...'

- Hello, Martha.
- Hi.

- How are you, Martha?
- I'm OK, but, uh, listen...

- Pardon me?
- Listen, uh, I changed my name.

- Oh?
- It's L.A. Joan from now on.

Let me get some cigarettes.

Aunt Esther wants to see you.
She's in the hospital. She don't feel too well.

- Wait a minute, OK? This guy's a rock star.
- ...and she'd like to see...

Wait. Hang on.

Can I get your autograph?
You're Tom, aren't you?

Tom, Bill and Mary?

Jesus, you ought to stop that diet
before you ruin yourself.

Do you believe this?
They have our album here.

Hey, how's it selling?

- What's that?
- Bill, Mary and Tom.

A little slow,
but we sell mostly country.

I'm the handsome one in the front.

I don't have my glasses on
in the picture, but I...

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Hal Phillip Walker
looks exactly like Connie White.

Now, Del, I like...

I like the idea of bands.

I want you to listen
to those little kids, honey.

I want you to know that they practised
every day after school

for two hours for a whole month,
just for this event.

- That's so nice.
- Isn't that cute?

There you are,
I think that'll cheer her up.

Pearl, shut up.

- Just like your mama, son!
- Yes, yes, I'm sure he is.

'...burned in a terrible accident
involving a fire baton.

'She has now fully recovered,
however required to take...'

- Excuse me, Barnett...
- I got no time right now!

Jesus!

I just think they're so cute, Buddy.

'Hello. Hello. Testing...
I wonder if this thing's on.'

Hey... Hey, are you Tom
of Bill, Mary and Tom?

- Yeah. What's your name?
- Jamie.

You thought of voting for Walker
for president?

I don't vote for nobody for president.

Oh, come on.

Just read it.
He's got a fantastic platform.

How you doin', Sarge?
You kill anybody this week?

'Did you ever see
such pretty girls in your life?

'Someday you're gonna be big girls
like your mummies,

'and you're gonna be looking
for a nice, young, handsome man.

'Come on, Buddy, say hello.

'My son Buddy, he just graduated
from Harvard Law School,

'and we're trying to give him
all the breaks that we never got.

- 'Buddy, say hello to the people.'
- 'Hi.'

'Thank you, Buddy.

'And thank you again for coming here
and making us all feel so at home.'

'Here she comes!
Our Barbara Jean!'

Get up here, come on.

Get on the other side, come on.

'Here's our own Barbara Jean!'

May I have a word, Barnett?

None of that shit.
Come on. Come on.

Who do you think you are?
Marlon Brando?

'Barbara Jean, ladies and gentlemen!'

- Hi!
- 'Oh, look at that!'

- 'Is that a sight!'
- Thank you so much.

Hello, Haven darling.

Hi, Bill. Hi, Mary.
Where's Tom?

- Can you take my bag?
- Sure.

- You were supposed to meet us at the gate.
- Then let's go meet at the gate.

- Norman, let's go to the limo.
- The limo is just outside.

Barbara Jean, for you.

- Thank you, Haven.
- Right here for the photographer.

Thank you, Tennessee Twirlers,
for coming out today,

and thank you,
Franklin High School Band.

I think you kids
get better every year.

Oh, little beauty!

Thank you so much!

Are you gonna ride into town
with me or not?

Oh, honey, you go on without me.

I'm gonna wait,
'cause I think she's gonna sing.

Who, her?
She ain't gonna sing.

She don't sing unless she gets paid.
Now, come on.

I'd like to thank you for coming out
to greet me today.

It's great to be home.
It's hot as a firecracker.

What's so funny about that?

Me and the boys are gonna be
out at the Opry this week,

and like my granddaddy
always used to say,

if you're down to the river
I hope you'll drop in.

Oh! Yes, that's sweet.

Who writes your material, darlin'?

Barnett, who are
all those people inside there?

That's just airport security,
'cause of all the hijackers.

- Did they come to see me?
- They can see you pretty good.

- Well, then I'd like to go in and say hello.
- Aww...

'I believe
Barbara Jenkins wants to go inside...'

- Barnett, I'm sorry, darling.
- '...to see the fans who were not able

'to make it out here.

'This is a little bit unscheduled.

'She's on her way down there

'probably to greet some
of the fans that are inside there,

- 'stepping down the walkway with Barnett.'
- Honey, watch out for the water.

That was real nice.

'Right behind, Haven Hamilton
and all the other friends, members and, uh...'

'She's fallen!

'Harold, come on!
She's fallen somewhere down there!

'If we can get down there,
if we have enough cable to make it...

'Don't know
how far we can make it.'

'Who do you think is running Congress?

'Farmers? Engineers?
Teachers? Businessmen?

'No, my friends,
Congress is run by lawyers.

'A lawyer is trained for two things
and two things only:

'To clarify, that's one...'

'...and to confuse,
that's the other thing.

'He does whichever
is to his client's advantage.

'Did you ever ask a lawyer
the time of day?

'He told you how to make a watch,
didn't he?

'Ever ask a lawyer how to get
to Mr Jones' house in the country?

'You got lost, didn't you?

'Congress is composed
of 535 individuals.

'288 are lawyers.

'And you wonder
what's wrong in Congress.

'No wonder we often know
how to make a watch,

'but we don't know
the time of day.

'No wonder
it takes six or seven years...'

What the hell
is the matter with you?

'Yes, I'm talking about replacement -

'replacing this lawyeristic, red-taped
and blank-taped government

'with the yes-and-no language
of farmers and teachers,

'and engineers and businessmen.

'I'm not pessimistic
about this country.'

She finally collapsed here
on the sidewalk. Sort of a faint.

That's all we've been able
to determine from Dr Bolen.

At this moment we interviewed Mr Sperry.
He said the same thing.

Haven Hamilton
said the same thing as well.

That's about it for the moment
from Metro Airport.

For Channel Two News,
this is Bill Jenkins reporting.

'Let's consider our national anthem.

'Nobody knows the words.

'Nobody can sing it.

'Nobody understands it.

'I suppose all the lawyers supported it,

'because a lawyer wrote the words

'and a judge wrote the tune.'

Careful, Buddy.

'Read it through carefully.'
Watch out for that truck.

'And I say read it
because I know you can't sing it.

'Read all four verses and you'll understand
what I'm talking about.

'Yes, sir, I would support work
and vote for replacement.

'Change our national anthem...

- This is terrific, Norman.
- '...back to something people understand,

'back to something that would make
a light shine in their faces.'

Hey, man, get off my car!
Don't lean on my car!

Don't lean on it,
I just got this goddamn thing fixed,

so don't lean on it now.

Oh, Jesus Christ. Oh, God.

Hey, man,
get the hell off my car!

You almost made me fall!

Great, thanks.
Can I have one too?

Thanks a lot. Just keep those
cards and letters comin' in, folks.

- I cannot. I feel faint.
- I'm gonna get us a Popsicle.

Just a minute,
just a minute. Hello?

- Hello?
- All those mangled bodies.

Would you go to that Popsicle truck
and get us a couple of sweet ices?

There must be about 20 cars there
all piled up, one on top of the other.

- Some of them upside-down.
- Oh, now, come on.

I saw a leg sticking out.

This is gonna be a mess.
I don't know how long it, uh...

Can you just pull on through
where the ambulance went through?

You wanna come on in
and try it?

- What's the matter, son?
- It's stalled.

- What did you want? Popsicle?
- I wish my cameraman had been here.

He's never around. I need something
like this for my documentary.

I need it.
It's... It's America.

Those cars
smashing into each other

and all those
mangled corpses...

Just a minute. Just a minute.

Well, hard to really say.
You see...

...after they opened her up,
they figured they oughta do an exploratory.

You know,
give her kind of an overhaul.

- Twenty dollars?
- Twenty dollars.

- I'll give you five.
- You'll give me five?

- I'll give you five.
- No, I'll take fifteen.

You'll take fifteen?
I'll give you ten.

'I can think of no sensible reason

'why New York must of necessity

'have 12,000 major crimes committed

'for every 1,000 committed in Tokyo.'

- Excuse me.
- 'Yet these are the true victims.

'Some very funny notions
have developed in American politics.'

Um, let me see.

Um, have you any children?

Yes, I have two children.
I have a boy and I have a girl.

Oh, isn't that nice!
How old are they?

Twelve and eleven.

Do they want to be singers
like their mummy?

Um, well,
my children are deaf.

They're... They are deaf.
They were born deaf.

Oh, my God, how awful.

- No, it's not.
- It's so depressing.

Now, just a minute. That's not so.
I wish you could see my little boy.

- I want you to meet him.
- Oh, I couldn't.

- He has the most incredible personality.
- It's the sadness of it.

See, what happened is,
he made a million dollars on a flyswatter,

because it had a red dot
in the centre.

- Flyswatter?
- That's right. Just a red dot.

He was sittin' in the buffet,

and he was eatin',
and he saw a woman...

and she was swattin' flies.

And, uh, she...
Uh, he said,

"What makes the difference
between flyswatters?"

'Cause it has to do
with the Industrial Revolution.

See, the thing with these country people is,
they have a real grassroots appeal.

Well, hell, they got fans.

And they're the people
that elect the president.

- We're gonna do everything we can.
- Yeah, if you line up a lot of movie stars...

I think people down here feel
that movie stars are eccentric and crazy.

- Communists.
- Well...

- A lot of 'em are.
- It's been said, now.

And then I want to go
to the Grand Ole Opry.

- Grand Ole Opry? Forget that.
- No!

- Goddamn it, I don't like music.
- 'Cause I have to have my record...

- I'm gonna go see what's goin' on.
- I have a gold record,

and it needs to be signed.

Get the hell away from my truck,
will you?

Goddamn it.

- Shit.
- Bitches.

I say, could I please speak
to Mr Tommy Brown?

- What?
- I'm sorry.

Is it possible to have a few words
with Mr Tommy Brown?

I'm from the BBC.
I'm doing a documentary on Nashville.

What is the BBC?

- British Broadcasting Company.
- Oh, English.

It was called Wanda, Wander.

No, that song was called
Wonder, Wanda.

No, Wanda, Wander.

- I don't really know.
- Thank you, thank you.

- Goddamn it, it was Wanda, Wander.
- It was Wonder, Wanda.

- Wanda, Wander! Wanda, Wander!
- Wonder, Wanda!

What difference does it make?
It was a hit!

'There's no breathing space.

'What we need,
first and foremost,

'is a common-sense approach.

'Nothing complicated.

Is Mr Brown going to...
Will he be here soon?

Yeah, he's in the back changing.
He has to put his makeup on.

Whenever he's going to have an interview,
he puts his makeup on

and likes to get all prettied up,
you know?

That's nice.

He must be a marvellous person

to have all you lovely people
working for him.

In the South...
I know the problems in the South.

I mean, I've heard of them.

Well, yeah.

- He's a very liberal guy.
- Oh, that's lovely.

By the way, I'd like for you
to meet his wife. This is Joy.

- Mrs Brown?
- Yes.

'Today in America,

'with its unmatched resources,

'it is exceedingly ridiculous,

'a total absurdity...

'that any citizen with any ailment,
mental or physical,

'should go medically unattended.'

We're settin' up
everything for you.

- We got pictures the right height.
- Oh, yeah, the little bird again, huh?

Oh, isn't that beautiful.
I remember when you gave that to me.

I remember I almost threw it out.

Good afternoon, girls.

I'd like you to wait
outside the room for a while,

because I know Aunt Esther
would like to fix herself up a little.

I want my dog.
Where is my dog?

- Look, I just need one shot.
- I'm sorry. Could you excuse us?

- Come right on in, sir.
- How you doin', Howard?

I'm sorry.
No press allowed.

- Put these pictures above your head.
- Fine, Buddy.

- Delbert, I got no time.
- I know, I know.

I just stopped by
to see Barbara Jean.

How you doin'?
How's lawyerin'?

Nobody pays me no mind.
I'm just like another flunky.

Ah, thank you.

- Would you mind crankin' me up?
- More white carnations.

If I told him once,
I told him twice.

Bud! Bud! What are you doin'?
This is a hospital!

This ain't no construction site!

- I am not the press.
- Go build another chair!

Goddamn it.

I am not the press.
I'm from the BBC.

Damned if I don't keep my pledge.

- Look who's here. Mr Brown.
- Glad you're here, but cut it short.

How do you do?
Nice to see you.

You look as beautiful
as a big black butterfly.

I'm gettin' jealous, I'm gettin' jealous.
You better get outta here.

He's gettin' mighty jealous.

I gotta sit myself up here a little bit.

Hi. Come on in.

- I need to talk to you.
- You got it.

All right, everybody.
Doctor's gotta talk turkey.

Barnett, there's somebody
I want you to meet.

- John Triplette from California.
- John Triple?

- No, it's Triplette.
- OK. All right.

- He's a killer.
- Give us some good news.

- Excuse us, please.
- Well, Barnett...

- Are you a relative?
- What? No, no.

- Can you tell me how she is?
- She's fine.

It's her husband
I'm concerned about.

Now say somethin' good.
You got two seconds.

- Can I have a light?
- Excuse me?

- Can I have a light?
- Yeah, sure.

The incident you described just now
is very similar

to what we have here
for your second admission

when it was diagnosed as
some kind of intestinal disorder.

- What's your name?
- Bud Hamilton's my name.

- It's really hot here.
- Esther's awake, and she's dying to see you.

I'll be there in a minute, OK?
I'm talking to someone right now.

- I'm talking to someone.
- I beg your pardon.

- That's my uncle.
- Your uncle?

Yeah, I've got a sick aunt
down the hall.

I just got in from Los Angeles
a few hours ago.

- I'm L.A. Joan.
- L.A. Joan?

What do you do?

Oh well, I know
it sounds arrogant,

but I'm on my way to town,
if I ever make it,

to become a country-western singer
or a star.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

What are you gonna do
if you don't?

If I don't? I don't kn...
Oh, I could always go into sales.

Like ladies' clothes?
Like what you're wearing?

No... I don't know.

Well, I know all about trucks,
so I'd go into trucking, I guess.

- You're kiddin' me.
- No, I'm not kiddin' you.

I'm in a truck enough.

And I know how to fix motors
and all that stuff.

- Nobody'd buy trucks from a girl.
- I been fixin' motors a long time.

They'd buy 'em from me
'cause I know all about motors.

Why... why do you say that?
Because now...

See, what's happenin' is,
if I can't sell trucks and I can't go...

- Nobody'd buy a truck from a girl.
- I knew this was gonna happen.

Don't say you saw me.

Hey, you haven't seen
my wife, have you?

- She's sort of ordinary-lookin' lady.
- Uh-uh.

Are you going into town?

You're not one of them
country singers, are you?

- No. Can you give me a ride?
- All right, get in.

- Thank you.
- You look like a guy I was in the navy with.

He wouldn't take a bath, we had to pee
in his bed to get him discharged.

Hi.

My name's Sueleen Gay...

...and I'm here to sing you all
a couple of songs tonight that I wrote.

And I sure hope
you're gonna enjoy 'em, honey,

'cause I know
I'm gonna enjoy singin' 'em to ya.

The first one I'm gonna sing tonight
is called Let Me Be The One.

Let's go.

Oh, what about your...
your aunt and uncle?

Oh, it's cool.
I can see them anytime.

- What kind of car you got?
- I have a little... Here.

Martha!

And, uh...

...that being true,

I would suggest, on the basis
of the first account...

How come
you're not wearing the blue dress?

Because I didn't want to wear it.

You're supposed to wear the blue dress
when I wear this.

- I don't wanna dress like twins anymore.
- We're not twins. We're a trio.

Hi, young stud.
Come in, sit down right over here.

Yeah! Whoo.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry to...

No, it's OK.

He looks like
Howdy Doody.

OK, this is uh...

Right here at Deemens Den.

- Hi, everybody! My name's Sheila.
- And my name's Patti.

And we're
the Smokey Mountain Laurel.

Come on, Becky, let's go.
It's gettin' late.

I've gotta get up...

Sorry. Oh! Tom!

- Yeah?
- Tom, hello.

Another one of his girlfriends.

I was looking for you.
This chap told me you were in here.

- Who are you?
- I'm Opal from the BBC. Hello.

Good evening, ladies.

You don't mind if I sit down
beside you for a little bit.

All right, I wanna hear it some more
for my Misty Mountain Boys!

I got a couple announcements
I wanna make.

And the first one is,
we got some stars here tonight.

- It can't be us.
- And one of 'em is...

Tommy Brown's back in town!

Come on, Brown!
Stand up and show it all off!

Oh, ain't he beautiful!

Tommy Brown's
the whitest nigger in town.

It's gettin' late.

I'm very sorry. I'm very sorry.

He oughta drink some of that milk!
It fits his personality!

This is not typical of Lady Pearl's parlours,
you understand.

It's not typical of Nashville.
I hope you'll tell the other ones.

Hey, he's leavin'.
The Oreo cookie's leavin'!

Calm down, you're drunk.

I know I'm drunk, but shit,
he's still the whitest nigger in town,

and I ain't gonna
change my mind about that,

I'll tell you right now.

Tommy Brown. Shit.
Hey, where you goin', Tommy Brown?

Come on back in...

Hey, get your hands off...

Listen, boys!
I got two guns here!

- Pretty good.
- Well, how'd we do, Trout?

Not bad, girls, not bad.

Why don't you go sit down.
I'll talk to you in a minute, huh?

OK, send over a couple of beers.

Hey, Bear, how about a couple beers
for the ladies, huh?

- OK, honey, what's your name?
- Sueleen.

- Sueleen?
- Sueleen Gay.

Sueleen Gay, you're on next.

Come on, Bunkie.

One, two, three, four.

Un, deux, trois, quatre.
Testing. Testing.

Un, deux, trois, quatre.

I gotta go to the bathroom.
Wait for me here.

The kind of guys that
go for this Hal Phillip Walker...

Longhairs and smoke cigarettes
that look funny.

I tell you, I heard this guy's
an admitted homo.

My name's Sueleen Gay,

and I'm here to sing y'all
a couple songs that I wrote.

First one I'm gonna do
is called Let Me Be The One.

Oh, please! That's awful.

- You want a beer?
- No, thanks. This is business.

See, what I was doin',
I was wonderin'...

I'm makin' a demonstration album
at a recording studio.

- And, uh...
- Winifred!

- What? You...
- Goddamn it, come back here!

No!

- Deemens Den.
- 'Is Trout around there?'

- Yeah, this is Trout.
- 'Oh, hey, listen, this is, uh, Del Reese.'

We're gonna have a little fund-raiser,

and we need some help
with some...

- 'Talent?'
- Yeah, talent. Right.

Uh... I tell you what I'm gonna do.

The fella I'm working with is here,
and I'm gonna put him on the phone.

Maybe he can tell you
exactly what it is we need.

- John Triplette's his name.
- 'All right.'

Uh, Trout.
This fella's name's Trout.

- Trout.
- Yeah.

- Hello, Trout?
- 'Hey, John, how are you?'

- I'm fine. How are you?
- 'Fantastic.'

Listen, as Del told you,
we're putting a smoker together.

- 'Right.'
- I think next Monday night, hopefully.

What we need is a young lady
to entertain the troops.

Hey, babes.

And then...

What are you tellin'? Huh?

Mm-hmm.

Set the table, please.

Hey, babe, I'm sorry you got stuck
in that big traffic jam out there today.

'I have got a saucy, saucy redhead...'

- Saucy.
- '...who is dynamite.'

Why, in fact
her name is Sueleen Gay.

Well, listen, if she's half as provocative
as her name, we're all home free.

I'm sorry I sprang
this dinner on you.

I asked the man if he wanted
to come to dinner, and he said yes.

One boy pushed me out.

Were you out there by yourself?

Wasn't it hot?
Thought I was gonna burn up.

Yeah, it was terrible.
We got in the car and turned on the air con.

Coach said, "Go in the water."
I said, "OK."

What you tellin', Jimmy?

- Talkin' 'bout swimming class.
- He's telling me about swimming class.

Oh.

What did you do? Did you swim today?
Did you learn anything?

- Huh?
- Hush! Let him tell it.

Then the coach said, "Ready?"
I said, "Yeah. Oh, boy."

Did it how I used to.

Then I went down
to the diving board...

and went... Whoo!
And touched bottom.

And I kept goin' through,
walked on the bottom.

And then I come out.

Then I get two cards:

"Goldfish"...

and... and "Passed the test."

How about that?

They call you Gol...
They call you Goldfish?

Goldfish.
That's it.

Oh, dynamite! Dynamite! Dynamite!

Sueleen,
I'm so proud of you, baby.

- Thank you.
- I mean, you knocked 'em out up there.

- Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry.
- All the people were goin' crazy!

Oh, darlin', you're outta sight!
You are outta sight.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, that's beautiful.
Honey, it takes an attitude to be a star.

What can I tell you, Sueleen?

- Do I get the job, then?
- Honey, I got you a job while you were singin'.

- You did? Ohh!
- A friend of mine called.

Very heavy.
There's a party Monday night.

Now listen, the pay is not much
because it's a low-budget thing.

- I don't care about the money.
- It's only $10.

I don't care about the money.

- This must be some sort of amateur night.
- You know what? You're gonna be a star.

Listen, that reminds me.
I gotta make a phone call.

I'll be right back.

They are good, babe.

- Mmm, I have to get that.
- You want me to get it?

- That's all right. Go on.
- Where you goin'?

- Telephone.
- Oh.

Mm! Hello?

- 'Hi. Linnea?'
- Mm-hmm.

- 'I'm here.'
- Who is it?

'This is Tom.'

Just a minute. I have something in my mouth.
I was eatin' dinner.

'You haven't changed a bit,
have you?'

- Now, who is it?
- 'This is Tom. Don't you remember?'

No, I don't believe I do.

'Well, we met
in the control room at the recording studio

'about two months ago.'

- Oh, yes. How are you?
- 'I'm fine. How are you?'

I'm just fine.
What are you doing in Nashville?

'I'm gonna do some recording.
I'm here for a couple weeks.

'I'd really like to see you.'

Well, why don't you come out to the house?
The children would love to meet you.

'That's not exactly
what I had in mind.'

Well...

'Look, I find you very attractive
and I'd like to see you.'

Well, I think it'd be fine if we had dinner
some night here at the house.

You've never met my husband Del,
have you?

'I see. You can't talk now, huh?
OK, listen, I'll call you later.

'I'm going home.
I'll call you when I get there, OK? Bye.'

Uh... I'd like to...

Um...

Well, all right. I'll talk to you later.
Thank you for calling.

- He's done well in those primaries.
- He sure has.

That's the key to it.

Who was it, babe?

Oh, down at the recording studio.
Someone...

Uh... I left some music down there.

- What kind of a gun is it?
- It's a.38 Smith and Wesson police special.

Uh, this particular gun's
a stainless steel gun.

Did you ever have to shoot it?

Of course, we had to shoot it
to qualify on the range,

but I've never had to
kill anyone with it.

'Course, there's been occasions
where I have had to use it to...

See ya later, alligator.

Am I too late?

Well, Esther's asleep now.

She's looking forward
to seeing you in the morning.

'If the chairman of the board
or the president of your company

'had been running your business

'the way Washington
has been running our business,

'you'd be asking a lot of questions,

'and you would find out
what you already know.

'We have some problems
that money alone won't solve.

'Now, I know something
about money.

'Anybody who grew up without it
knows a lot about money.

'I know more about money
than some of the rich,

'because I never had any
until I was 27.

'I know something
of what money can do,

'and more important,
I know something of what it can't do.

'Does it make sense to let the
petroleum industry boost their prices at will,

- 'adding to an already staggering profit...'
- Watch where you're going!

'But tell the little filling station
owner in his khakis

- 'he can't charge one penny more?'
- What's wrong with you, you dope?

'To tax the salaries of people
on poverty-level income,

'then turn around
and give back in food stamps

- 'twice the amount of the tax.'
- Vote for Hal Phillip Walker!

'If there's any cleaning up done,

'we're going to have to do it.

'The Lord is not going to do
the replacing,

'and the powers that be are certainly
not going to replace themselves.

'That old truth remains:

- 'There is no such thing as a free lunch.'
- Hello.

'If the books are to be balanced,

'we're going to have
to balance them.'

- Yes, sir.
- You've got a room for rent?

Yeah, I'm Mr Green.
That's me. I'm Mr Green.

- I'd like to see it.
- What's your name again?

- Kenny. Kenny Fraiser.
- All right, sir, right this way.

Right in the back.
Just go right through.

That's your room
straight ahead there, Kenny.

Now, my wife's been in the hospital,
so the house is a little dusty,

but there's clean sheets on the bed.

It's fine.

It's like my room at home.

- ...the toilet's down at the end of the hall.
- Fine.

You a musician?

Yeah.

Well, now, my niece
is interested in music.

Martha!

This here is Kenny.
This is Martha.

- Hi!
- Hi.

She's from California.

- Uh, $13.50?
- That's right. $13.50 a week.

And you can have breakfast
with me if you want.

Of course you'll have to help me
wash the dishes.

That's fine.

Let me put this down,
and I'll pay you.

Good morning.
Barbara Jean, time to get...

Excuse me,
I must have the wrong room.

I think you do.

Come on, Barbara Jean.

Time to get up. Come on.

- Hi.
- Good morning, Louise.

How are you?
Did you have a nice rest?

Yeah. I was just having a dream.

'Oh, I know
the political physicians are laughing,

'but not quite as loud today
as they were yesterday.'

Del, are you...
Wait a minute, wait a minute.

You sure you don't want me
to fry you an egg?

No, honey, I'm gonna
hard-boil me a couple eggs.

All right.

Wake up.

Eins, zwei...

I was there for about a year
on a kibbutz.

I was feeling very romantic
about that kind of socialism at the time.

I'd like to have a bash at it.

- Hello.
- 'Hello, can I talk to Linnea, please?'

'Del, I'm on the phone.
This is Linnea.'

OK.

'Hey, how are you?
Listen, I'm sorry I didn't call sooner, but...'

- 'Who is this?'
- 'This is Tom.'

'Tom who?'

'Oh, come on.'

'Who is this? Tom who?'

'This is Tom. Listen...'

'I don't know who you are,
I don't know why you're calling,

'and I want you to stop it.'

'Oh, come on, honey,
you know you want to see me.'

'I never said any such a thing,
and don't you ever call here again.

'And I'm not fooling.
Don't you ever call here again!'

'What's going on?'

'Hello? Linnea?

'Hello?'

Who was that, babe?

Oh, just some crazy person
been callin' here.

The next time he calls,
I want you to get on the phone

and tell him you're gonna
get the police on him.

OK.

Come on.

Yeah, he wants that
in the cadaver room.

How do you get outside, please?

- You dial "9" to get outside.
- Oh, hi, Mr Green.

Look at those flowers.
Did you grow those?

No, Esther and I did, yes.

My niece here picked 'em.

She's from California.

Oh, that's good.

They're so healthy.
Let me check and see if she's awake.

I see no reason
why I can't use the phone.

May I see your credentials?

- Yes, I'll be happy to show them to you.
- Hi.

- Holy dog shit! Will you look at that!
- What is that?

That must be
some friends of Buddy's.

- Uh, Little Women.
- Little Women!

Ever since that Easy Rider movie,

that's the kind of bike
that everybody's been drivin':

long, low, laid back in the front.

- They're so dangerous, aren't they?
- They are.

Over here at that Baptist Hospital
there's a whole ward of young boys,

the cutest, best-lookin' boys
you'd ever want to see,

just paralysed from the waist down.

Oh! Excuse me.

Thank you for the ride, darling.

- Break a leg.
- Have you passed the bar yet?

Oh, yeah.

- Not that bar.
- No, I know... Excuse me.

- Well, well, well. Young Hamilton.
- How are you?

- How are you?
- Fine, fine.

- Give us a kiss, love.
- Oh. Oh...

You're a shy young man,
aren't you?

- Is your dad around?
- Uh... He is, but...

Do you think I could have
a little chat with him?

He's kinda tied up right now,
but maybe you could...

Is your mum around?

No, as a matter of fact,
my mum is in Paris.

- This is Bergman.
- Oh, I like it. It's kind of nice.

Pure, unadulterated Bergman.

It's beautiful.
You live here?

Yeah, we do.
We've been here for quite a while.

Lucky you!

It's so gorgeous.
I've never seen...

Of course, the people are all wrong
for Bergman, aren't they?

Oh, yeah.

Well, I suppose
you're interested in horses.

Uh, yeah.
I like horses. Sure.

Honey, you should arrange for him to visit
one of our horse shows while he's here.

Haven breeds those famous
Tennessee Walkers you've heard about.

- Oh, really?
- Oh, Mr Triplette knows all about Walkers.

That is not the kind of walker
I had in mind.

- That's very fast.
- We have to be.

Well, she had this
most horrible accident.

- Hi, Marie. How are you?
- How are you?

And she got a lick on the head
gettin' into a car -

one of those little tiny cars,
her daughter's car.

And this happened
almost a year ago.

No one had any idea that this was gonna
develop into such a horrible thing.

Mr, uh, Triplette,

I'm real sorry ol' Delbert went and told you
Haven would appear at the political rally.

He knows better than that.

We'd never let Haven Hamilton
take sides politically.

Uh, you understand
we give contributions to everybody.

And they are not puny contributions.

Only time I ever went
hog-wild around the bend

was for the Kennedy boys.

But they were different.

Oh, yes, ma'am, they were.

That's a fact.

Excuse me a minute.

Thank you, Brenda.

Is this party
somebody's birthday, or...

No, this is, uh...
I'm sure you've seen Haven Hamilton.

- No, I never heard of him.
- He's been a country-western star...

Do we get out here?

Let me, uh...

Let me get that door.

Listen, I wanted to ask...

Would it be all right
if I asked Mr Gould a question?

You wanna ask me something?

We're gonna be riding back with you.
Could we wait until then?

I just wanted to know
what you were doing here in Nashville.

I'm just coming to a party.
What are you doing in Nashville?

- Well, I'm stuck here.
- Yeah?

We'll see you in a bit.

Haven is singing tonight
at the Grand Ole Opry,

and this is just a previous
sort of party for his friends.

Right.

He's got a lot
of photographers here, huh?

What are you doing here, anyway?

I came on a date,
and now I'm goin' to the Grand Ole Opry.

Well, how you gonna go
to the Grand Ole Opry?

- "How"?
- Yeah, if you came with a date.

- Is he gonna take you?
- Huh? No.

They left.

No, I'm promoting a movie,
but I'm not making one.

Are you a personal friend
of Mr Hamilton's?

Oh, yeah, we're good friends.

Um, no, I'm not a singer.
I'm a businessman.

I take care of
all Dad's business.

- You're a businessman?
- Yeah.

With that face?

You can't be a businessman.

Yeah, I... I work
with, uh, Dad's company.

I take care of his records
and all of his business.

Anything that comes in
comes though me.

- Do you like it?
- Oh, yeah, it's great. It really is.

You know,
Dad's wanted me to do that all his life.

Haven, listen,
I'd be the last guy in the world

to try and change your mind
about something you don't want to do,

but I'd like to explain
a couple of things

about what we're trying to do
in this campaign

before you discount it altogether.

And somehow the blood began
to drain into behind her eyeball,

and the pressure just caused her eye
just to bulge out.

It was all red.
It was just awful-lookin'.

And everybody
thought she was gonna lose her eye.

We still don't know
how it's gonna come out.

I don't know
how you're gonna feel about this, but...

Walker thinks that you'd make
a fine governor in this state.

He thinks the time's right.

He thinks the people of Tennessee love you.
He knows they do.

He knows how you feel about them.

And he wants you to know that...

should the time come
you want to run,

he'll be there with his organisation
to back you all the way.

Elliott Gould,
Delbert and Linnea Reese.

- Del Reese.
- Mrs Reese.

And Mrs Dorster. How are you?
Elliott Gould.

You gonna be
at Opryland tonight?

Well, I...
I hadn't thought I would be.

Well, I'm gonna be
at Opryland tonight.

Oh, well, sure,
I'll be there. Sure.

Yes, I guess you will.

And that's when
I'll give you my decision.

Well, thank you so much
for thinking about it.

Terrific.

- Is Haven around?
- Oh, yeah. He's right around the corner.

Would you check and see
if it's all right if we come?

- Yeah.
- I see him with other people.

Thank you, Del.

- Do you want to be a singer? Look at me.
- Oh, I...

- Look at me.
- I think everybody...

Dad wouldn't hear of it.
He really wouldn't. He...

But you want to be a singer.

- I know him. That's Elliott Gould.
- This guy?

- He's a really well-known actor.
- Oh, yes, with the curly hair.

Yeah. He was married
to Barbra Streisand.

- He's grossin' real big.
- You gotta be kiddin' me.

No.
That girl that sang People.

I just shook the man's hand
like he was somebody off the street.

Delbert!

Now, look! You go over there
and bring him on over.

- Yes, sir, I'll...
- Oh, Delbert!

We all walk on the street,
Delbert.

Oh, Delbert.

Listen, you all come over.
Haven wants to meet you right away.

I didn't realise who you were
when we first were introduced here.

You wrote a song?

Yeah, I wrote one song
in my life, and uh...

- I'd love to hear it.
- You sure?

- Mm-hmm.
- OK.

It's Elliott Gould!

Well, let me meet
the movie star!

- Lady Pearl, Elliott Gould.
- Howdy!

- Haven Hamilton.
- Well, how do you do, Mr Gould?

So nice to meet you.

Welcome to Nashville
and to my lovely home.

- Elliott!
- What brings you here?

- Elliott Gould!
- Oh, hello.

- Hello!
- Well, I'm just, uh...

How are you?
You look marvellous.

- Is this another unexpected guest?
- I'm Opal from the BBC.

Do you remember
the Cannes Film Festival?

Well, no, of course you wouldn't remember.
How silly of me!

What are you doing...

What am I doing in Nashville?

- Excuse me...
- I'm doing this documentary...

Excuse me, but Mr Gould
does not give interviews.

I don't know who you are
or what you're doing here,

but I will not tolerate rudeness
in the presence of a star.

Two stars.

Just take her, Delbert.
Thank you very much.

So nice, goodbye.

Mr Hamilton!

- It's gonna be all right. No, listen...
- Who are you?

Well, that's the price of success,
I guess.

Certainly is.

'Go get a Goo Goo, friends,

'and settle back for 30
of the goodest minutes in radio -

'the Goo Goo Grand Ole Opry!

'It's sent your way
by the makers of Goo Goo,

'the goodest candy bar
in the world,

'and King Leo pure stick candy,
the candy that roars with flavour.

'Now a big welcome,
if you please,

'for the Goo Goo man of the hour,
Tommy Brown!'

- OK, this is it. This is it, all right.
- Yeah, all right.

- It's the new one!
- Yeah, I know.

- It's the new one, all right.
- Excuse me, have you got the time?

Sure. Yeah, it's, uh...

All right!

I'm Del Reese, and I'm goin' back
to Haven Hamilton's group.

- Remember me?
- This young lady's with me here.

I'm being interviewed by her.

And I really gotta
go to the bathroom.

Oh, yeah!
Thank you!

Thank you, Tommy.
Beautiful job, as always.

Say, Harold Weakly,
have you been on vacation yet?

Gosh, no. I've been busier than a puppy
in a room full of rubber balls.

And if you're like me,
all that hustling and bustling

makes you want to sit down
and let the world go by

while you enjoy
a Goo Goo candy cluster.

- Hey, Steve. She's with me.
- Hello.

Excuse me. Can I help you?

Oh, I'm with these people here.

- Do you have a backstage pass?
- A pass? They didn't need a pass.

You need a pass
to get backstage.

'Go get a Goo Goo, the South's
favourite piece of candy for 62 years.'

- You ready to do the song?
- Right.

OK.

I wouldn't worry about killing 'em.
They're already dead.

Yes, thank you.

You're lucky to be alive.

Haven Hamilton!

Thank you.
Thank you.

Thank you.

Now, now.

Excuse me.

Well, I want to thank you
for that wonderful, warm welcome,

and I'm sure you meant to share it
with Bud Hamilton, my son, who's here.

Stand up, Bud!

Isn't he something else?

Yes, indeed.

Yes, indeed.

God bless you, and thank you so much
for that warm welcome.

- How tall is that guy?
- Who?

- Haven.
- I'd like to do a special treat for you.

- A brand-new song.
- Don't ever ask him that, John.

That's funny, because...
Oh, look! Connie White!

Connie White!

How are you, honey?

You know what?
You remember you signed my album?

Well, thank you for coming, dear.

Thank you for coming to the show.

I have a song I wrote.
I'll give you a call tomorrow, OK?

- That's fine.
- We'll just chat, you know, and...

You remember what I wrote
on the programme? Will you remember?

"I'm your friend. Connie White."

I like your dress.
I'm gonna get one too.

But, you know,
I like the gold one with the be...

You know, when you...
when you have no waist.

Thank you.

Thank you.

He's got the entire galaxy
on the back of his shirt.

Thank you so much.

And now I'd like to do
a special old favourite,

the song that got me started
in this business that's been so kind to me,

a song you've loved
through the years

and one I'm sure
you're gonna love tonight.

Thank you.

Well, now, Wilton's goin'!

Come on, Wilton!
Let's hear it for Wilton!

I think Joe's gonna be goin' soon.

You gettin' ready, Joe?

Yeah, Joe's goin'.

Now everybody's goin'!

Yes, sir!

Well, thank you.

Thank you and God love you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Of course, we want to send
very special wishes and greetings

to our own Barbara Jean.

I know most of you read
that she collapsed out at the airport.

'She's in the hospital.

'She's in Vanderbilt Hospital
recuperating,

'and Barnett tells me
that she really cried real tears,

'because she couldn't be here
with you tonight.'

But I hope you'll send some letters
and best wishes and prayers to her.

That's Vanderbilt Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee, 27322.

And you tell her
Haven told you to write.

Now, as a special
stand-in for her,

we have her dear friend
Connie White,

who got out of the dentist's chair
this morning...

where she was having
some root canal work

and came all the way out here
to sing for you.

Miss Connie White, who's a friend
not only of Barbara Jean's...

'but a friend of yours and mine.

'A wonderful singer
in her own way -'

Miss Connie White!

Come on out, Connie!

- Hi, Del. How are you?
- I want you to meet John Triplette.

You look so good.
Wonderful!

Isn't she lovely, folks?
Isn't she beautiful?

He's gonna do some television things.
We might want to talk.

- We'll talk about it later.
- Nice seein' you.

Well, who do we have here?

- What is your name, honey?
- Paul Harris.

Paul Harris.

He's 13, he says.

And what's your name, honey?

Last time I saw a dress like that,
I was headin' for the junior prom.

You boys havin' a good time tonight?

The girl fell out of the car.

I want you to study real hard,

because just remember, any one of you
can grow up to be the president.

Turn that off.

OK. One more minute, darlin'.

Right now.

Honey, she'll be through with the song
in a moment, all right?

I want you to turn it off
right now!

It bothers me.

It bothers me too,
but I gotta listen to it, don't I?

- Why?
- Come on now, honey.

I gotta go to the King of the Road
and thank her personal-like for you.

- Thank her?
- I gotta know what songs she sang, don't I?

You can ask anybody.

You can call.

You can send flowers.

- You can send a message.
- Come on. Don't get upset now.

You're makin' me
ruin my nail polish job.

Do I tell you
how to sing, darlin'? Hmm?

Have I ever told you
how to sing a song?

That ain't the point.
You're goin' over there...

I know why you're goin' over there.

Don't tell me
how to run your life.

I been doin' pretty good with it.

You go... Wh...

Let's just calm down.
We're both gettin' on each other's nerves.

You're goin' to the King of the Road,
and I know why -

so you can hobnob with everybody.

- So I can do what?
- I ain't got no friends.

- So I can "hobnob"?
- I gotta sit here in this goddamn hospital.

- They're all gonna talk about how I'm a nut.
- I ain't doin' no hobnobbin'.

Now whoa, whoa, whoa.

"Barbara Jean
had another collapse."

You know what, while you're at it?

Why don't you take her
some of my flowers?

Are you through?

- No, I ain't through.
- Are you through, darling?

Take her this nice black one.
That'll cheer her up.

- Why don't you try these.
- Are you through?

- And these.
- I said, are you through?

And why don't you try these?

- And this...
- Are you through, I said?

Are you through?

Are you goin' nutsy on me?
Is that what you're doin'?

'Cause I won't stand for that,
Barbara Jean.

Huh? You havin' one of them
nervous breakdowns again?

- Huh?
- No.

Well, you could've fooled me,
'cause it looks like you're ready for it.

Now, you just settle down and shape up.
You understand?

The only reason I'm goin' over there
is 'cause I love you.

I don't love to go over there
and hobnob with them phonies.

Why do you make me
raise my voice to you?

Why do you put us both
through this?

You all right?

Come on, now.
Let's have a little smile for Barnett.

I'm tired of this place.

Come on, now.
Come on, now. Get up.

You help me, I help you.
All right?

Come on, now.

Come on.

Now, where's Barnett goin'?

Where am I goin'?

Hmm?

- King of the Road.
- And why am I goin' there?

To see Connie.

And why am I doin' that?

To thank her
for singin' at the Opry.

- Now, who am I doin' that for?
- You're doin' it for me.

That's right.

Now, I'm walkin' out now.

What do you say as I walk out?
You say "bye-bye."

Bye.

- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

Barnett?

Barnett?

- Hello, Ben.
- Hi.

Aren't they wonderful?

So marvellous.

Wh... What are you
upset about?

She's really late.

- Well, she's not that late.
- No, she's late.

- Thank you.
- He's right over there.

I thought you were
very, very good tonight.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

She sounded beautiful.
She looked beautiful.

Well, Sue,
I didn't expect to see you.

- I want you to meet Julie Christie.
- Well, excuse my back.

So nice to see you.

- Did you see Doctor Zhivago?
- Welcome to Nashville.

- She the one who got off the train?
- Will you be here a while?

- Well, no, just passing through.
- Oh, please sit down.

- Do sit down and have a drink with us.
- We're not staying.

You're English, aren't you?
I could tell.

Look at her.
Isn't she lovely?

- This is such a coincidence.
- I'm Del Reese.

I was talkin' about
the Christy Minstrels just this mornin',

- and now we have Julie Christie here.
- I met you with Peter Finch.

- So good to see you.
- Oh, yeah?

- You won't sit down and stay for a while?
- No, thank you.

- Julie has a friend at the Exit Inn.
- Well, I hope your stay is very nice.

I hope you'll remember what film
facilities we have in Nashville.

- Yeah, sure.
- Thank you. Good to see you.

- Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.
- Bye-bye.

Nice to see you.
Well, isn't that an honour.

- What a surprise. Julie Christie.
- Who's Julie Christie?

"Who's Julie Christie?"
She's a famous star.

- She's won an Academy Award.
- Oh!

No, I'm not kiddin'.

She got it for one of those pictures.
I don't know which one.

- She's done so many.
- Isn't he a gem?

- He's just got the worst sense of humour.
- No, she's lovely.

Oh, come on, Haven.
She can't even comb her hair.

Oh, you've got
a Hal Phillip Walker button.

No, it's Kennedy.
Isn't that rather ancient?

How strange. I thought that everybody
in the South didn't go for Kennedy.

It's John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Well, he...

he took the whole South,

except for Tennessee,
Florida, Kentucky.

And there's a reason
he didn't take Tennessee.

But he got 481,453 votes,

and the asshole
got 556,577 votes.

I just can tell.
It's somethin'.

It's the way
she looks at me.

You know that feeling you get
that there's somethin' else going on.

And if I do a performance
when I'm too tired, it doesn't have...

- Hey, you all.
- Hi, Barnett.

How are you, Connie?

Now, the problem we got here...

is anti-Catholicism.

These dumbheads around here,
they're all...

Baptists and whatever,
I don't know.

Even to teach 'em
to make change over the bar,

you gotta crack their skulls,

let alone teach 'em
to vote for the Catholic...

just because he happens to be
the better man.

Here, this is just somethin'...

just a little somethin' that Barbara Jean
told me to pick up for you.

- Oh, Barnett, you shouldn't have done that.
- I know, but she told me.

- I told her I shouldn't have.
- Did you get the flowers we sent to you?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Thank you very much,
and as most of you might have noticed,

we have a celebrity in the house
with us tonight.

And if we get our hands together,
we might can get a song.

- Miss Connie White.
- From the goodness of her heart.

What do you want, a few bucks? Huh?

You holdin' out
for somethin' better?

She's a real sweetie pie.

Thank you very much.

That's what I love about this place.

Can you see me?
I can't see you.

- That was a nice gesture.
- I'm gonna sing something y'all know.

- I'd like you to join me on the choruses.
- What was a nice gesture?

And it don't seem
to be appreciated, do it?

Rolling Stone.

Thank you.

Everybody!

And all I remember
the next few days was...

I was just lookin' at that TV set
and seein' it all,

seein' that great
fat-bellied sheriff...

sayin',
"Ruby, you son of a bitch."

And Oswald...

and her...
in her little pink suit.

Here's the best.
Here's Vassar.

And then comes Bobby.

Oh, I worked for him.

- Don't you think we...
- I worked here. I worked all over the country.

I worked out in California,
out in Stockton.

Bobby came here and spoke,
and he went down to Memphis,

and then he even went out
to Stockton, California,

spoke off the Santa Fe train
at the old Santa Fe depot.

Oh...

He was a beautiful man.

He was not much like...

uh, John, you know.

He was more puny-like.

But all the time
I was workin' for him,

I was just so scared.

Inside, you know?
Just scared.

Haven, do you think we could
get Connie out to the rally?

Connie White and Barbara Jean
never appear on the same stage together.

Connie can replace Barbara Jean,
but that's it.

As for Haven Hamilton, well,

I'll appear wherever
Barbara Jean appears.

I got a good mind
to take you outside.

With my wife in the hospital,
you puttin' that shit on me?

Calm down, Barnett.

- Calm down, enjoy the show.
- Barnett's angry.

OK.

I think she's having an affair here.
I really do.

Are you kidding?

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

And on the profession
of your faith,

I baptise you, my sister,

in the name of the Father
and of the Son

and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Is on the same floor
with Barbara Jean.

Yes, sir.

We lost him in the South Pacific.
We don't know how.

- And the joy we share.
- I'm sorry to hear that, sir.

- World War II.
- Yes, sir.

I'm wandering in a graveyard.

The dead here have no crosses,

nor tombstones, nor wreaths
to sing of their past glory,

but lie in rotting,
decaying, rusty heaps,

their innards ripped out
by greedy, vulturous hands.

Their vast, vacant skeletons

sadly sighing to the sky.

The rust on their bodies

is the colour of dried blood.

Dried blood.

I'm reminded of...

of an elephant's
secret burial ground.

Yes.

Cette aire de mystère.

Cette essence de l'irréel.

These cars
are trying to communicate.

O cars, are you trying
to tell me something?

Are you trying to
convey to me some secret...

What... Excuse me?

Oh!

Excuse me!

I thought I was completely alone here.
How embarrassing.

Oh, you're a musician!

'Let's have
some applause for Miss Maisie Hoy.'

Miss Albuquerque?

Hi, Frog.

This is with gestures.

'Miss Jill Brown
on the track in number 78.'

'The youngsters will also be eligible

'to apply for a gas-powered mini-bike
and a helmet.'

You wanna talk about yesterday?

Get up, goddamn it!

Fucker!

D'you wanna talk about yesterday?

Do you wanna talk about yesterday or not?
What, are you...

Shit.

- Come out of there!
- You leave me alone!

Come out of there!
Come on!

Look, I know what's...
Come on!

For Christ's sake, what...
Now, you...

What are you doing?

Do you wanna talk
about yesterday or not?

Oh, that's terrific. Hey, that's great.
Hey, terrific. That's great.

Oh, thanks. My turtle.

Thanks a lot.

Look, just relax!

Look, I know what's goin' on.

Great.
House detective.

Bill, hi.
I'm John Triplette.

Am I early?
I called you this morning.

- Oh, yeah. The guy from TV.
- Yeah. How are you?

- Hi. Come on in.
- Thank you.

Sure.

Just... We're just
cleanin' up here.

You know the...
Sunday morning blues.

- Would you hold this?
- Sure.

Thanks.

Let me just move this over here.

- Is this your new album?
- Yeah. That's our only album.

It's a very good one, though.
I've heard it.

- Oh, thank you.
- It's terrific.

- I'm really sorry about the mess.
- Oh, that's all right.

You oughta see my room.

We had a little party last night.
Had a pretty good time too.

Uh, I wanted to, um...

tell you a couple things about
what we're trying to do with this show.

- Can I get you a drink?
- No, no, I'm fine.

I don't wanna take up
much of your time.

I just wanna tell you a little bit
about what we're trying to do.

I know you're astute politically,

and I'm certainly not here
to sell you a bill of goods.

- Don't care.
- You don't?

- Don't care about politics.
- No politics? OK, great.

Well, let me tell you then,
I've got a problem

that could work to your advantage.

As you know, this redneck music
is very popular right now.

I've got an awful lot of these
local yokels on the bill singing...

- Your basic country folk.
- Country crapola. Right.

So I think, uh...

What I'm going for
is a broader appeal.

- Which is where we would fit in.
- More than just this Southern thing.

And I think that
a really, really hip group like yours

could walk off with the evening.

Yeah. Probably
the only rock group on the...

- Absolutely.
- Sounds good.

- Sounds inviting.
- Yeah.

And I think you do get a lot of...

a big audience
from these country guys.

Is this just network, or is it...

No, it's better than network.
It's gonna be syndicated.

They'll be showing it
for a year and a half.

- Your glasses, sweetheart.
- Oh, thanks.

This is my wife Mary.
This is John Triplette.

Nice to meet you.

Go ahead.

He's, uh, he's the fella
from the television show

that they're doing
for Hal Phillip Walker.

You know, that political thing
that's going on all over the place.

He's offered us a spot.

You're doing some great promotion
on that guy.

All those buttons and...

Oh, yeah, thank you.
I'm trying.

Bumper stickers.

Anyway, we got a great time spot
on this gala,

and we're gonna walk away
with the show, John says.

We can't vote for him.
We're registered Democrats.

Besides,
he's a little crazy, isn't he?

Well, they're all
a little crazy, Mary.

- I'll drink to that.
- That's the name of the game.

But I think the thing that you
should consider is your future.

It would give you a great shot.

But, you see, it doesn't make any difference.
We're registered Democrats.

Well, I'm a registered Democrat.

The only reason
we're registered Democrats

is because your father's
a registered Democrat

and his father's
a registered Democrat.

Well, Tom's a registered Democrat,
and he wouldn't do it.

- Hi, Tom.
- Hi, Norman. How you doin'?

Oh, good.
I'm sure glad you called.

Is there anything I can...

- Sit down.
- OK.

You don't have
any speckled birds, do you?

What? Oh.

You know,
L.A. Turnarounds. Uppers.

Uh, no, no, I, uh...

But I can get you some grass.
I know where to get some grass.

- No, thanks. I don't need any grass.
- Oh, OK.

- Uh, can I ask you a question?
- Mm-hmm.

Is there something...
Are you angry at Bill?

- No.
- Oh.

'Cause I, I, uh...
You know, I, uh...

Bill and Mary
and you and, uh...

Well, Bill, uh...
I mean, Bill seems to be, um...

Uh...

- I'm just confused.
- Mmm.

Uh...

- Here. Why don't you write yourself a hit.
- OK.

- 'Hello.'
- Hi. Can I talk to Cherry, please?

'She's in bed with R.Y.
You wanna talk to R.Y.?'

- Well, I'd rather talk to her, if I could.
- 'Who is this?'

This is Frank, one of the cooks
at the restaurant.

'Are you a Jehovah's Witness?'

'Does it make sense that the churches

'should remain untaxed
on their vast holdings of land

'and corporate investments?

'Does it make sense
that a multi-million dollar income

'should go untaxed
year after year?

'No, all will not be easy,

'but we will bask
in the satisfaction

'of having done
what we should have done.

'And if we don't get it done today,

'we may run out of tomorrows.'

The buses!

The buses are empty

and look almost menacing,
threatening,

as so many yellow dragons
watching me

with their hollow, vacant eyes.

I wonder how many little black children
and little white children

have yellow nightmares,

their own special brand of fear
for the yellow peril.

I can't have...
I can't start...

Damn it, it's got to be more...

positive.

No, more negative.

Start again.

Yellow is the colour of caution.

No.

Yellow is the colour of cowardice.

Yellow is the colour of sunshine.

And yet I see
very little sunshine

in the lives of all the little black children
and the little white children.

I see their lives, rather,
as a study in greyness,

a mixture of black and...

Oh, Christ, no.
That's fascist.

Oh! Yellow! Yellow, yellow.
Yellow fever.

I think
we'll be able to talk about it.

They're checkin' out now.

- 'Get with him before he leaves.'
- What about the place?

- It's not bad. It's not bad at all.
- 'Think it'll work out?'

Yeah. It's got this bizarre stage
that drops out of the ceiling.

- 'Yeah, I know.'
- Have you seen it?

They're gettin' out this mornin'.

- The place is very confused.
- Bye-bye!

Wait a minute.
Here we go.

Uh, Barnett!
Phone's for you.

- Is it important, or what?
- Bye, girls.

- Hello.
- 'Hello, Barnett. John Triplette.'

Oh, are you...
Are you going...

Mr Green, how are you?

I'm going home.

- I'm glad to hear that.
- Thank you. How is Mrs Green?

She's fine, and she's gonna be thrilled
to hear I saw you again.

Oh, good.
Give her my very best.

And is she taking her vitamin E?

- Got 'em right here.
- All right. Good for you.

You take care, darlin'.
Bye-bye.

All right, come on.
Let's get her on there.

All right, come on, come on.

We gotta go with those
white horseshoes, huh?

We're gonna live with those
for infamy.

All right.

Take that cortege
on the other elevator.

Didn't the doctor get a hold of you?

I'm really sorry
I have to tell you this.

Mrs Green expired this morning.

What?

Mrs Green died this morning.

Wait right here.
Let me go get the doctor.

Mr Green?

Mr Green,
my mama saved her life.

They used to live next door to each other.
My mama put out the flames.

She always loved Barbara Jean
more than anything.

She's still keepin'
a scrapbook on her.

The only thing she said to me
when I joined up was...

She said,
"Son, when you're doin' your travels,

"I want you to see Barbara Jean."

"You don't say nothin' about me.
I just want you to see Barbara Jean."

So that's what I been doin'.

Now I'm gonna go over to Opryland
and hear her sing.

You give my best to your wife, now.

Wait a minute. Don't laugh.

Let me just...

I have a theory
about political assassination.

You see, I believe
that people like Madame Pearl

and all these people here
in this country who carry guns

are the real assassins.

Because, you see,
they stimulate other people

who are perhaps innocent

and who eventually
are the ones who pull the trigger.

Ma?

'Kenny?
Where are you, Kenny?'

- I'm in Nashville. How are you?
- 'I was so worried.'

- There's no reason to worry.
- 'Well, I haven't been able to sleep.

'I had to take some of that NyQuil
so I could go to sleep, that cough syrup.

- 'Puts you right out.'
- Did it help?

'Yes, it did.
Where are you staying in Nashville?'

- I'm staying at a rooming house.
- 'In a rooming house?'

- Who you talkin' to?
- It's my mother.

'Who are you talking to, Kenny?'

A girl that lives
in the rooming house.

'A girl that lives in the rooming house?
Kenny, who owns that rooming house?'

Her uncle.

'A man owns the rooming house?
Well, it can't be very clean.'

- Don't be silly.
- 'I bet the sheets aren't very clean.

'You know, this is terrible timing.
In the South you can pick up this parasite...'

- Joan, put that down, please!
- 'Kenny, listen to me...'

- Just a minute.
- OK. I just wanted to look at your fiddle.

- 'Kenny!'
- What?

'You can get this parasite fungus
in the South,

'and it's very difficult to get rid of.
When are you coming home?'

I don't know.
A couple of weeks.

'You left your blue suit hanging
in the closet.'

I don't need my suit.

'I would really like you to
get home as soon as you can.'

Mother, just listen to me.

'Kenny, don't you talk to me
in that tone of voice.'

I love you too, Mama.

I really do.
I'll see you soon.

Bye-bye.

Well, let's find Barnett,
hope he's not in a bad mood.

Hi. How are you?

- Hey, Barnett!
- I'm obliged to give them...

Hey, Barnett.

- What do you want now?
- How are you doing?

This guy wants her to do four shows.
What do you want?

Don't let her do too much.
How you hangin'?

- You feel better she's feelin' better?
- Yeah, I feel swell.

- We gotta talk to you.
- Oh yeah?

We're gonna do a show. OK?

Now, John's doing this show.

Haven's gonna do it.
We want Barbara Jean to headline it.

- Unbelievable.
- Now wait a second, man.

I wish they wouldn't rush us.
Get a shot.

It's for this candidate
Hal Phillip Walker.

Listen, Barnett, we don't want her
to make any political statement.

What do you think
her bein' there's gonna be?

- Ain't that gonna be a political statement?
- People haven't seen her, Barnett.

No, fellas.
Don't take it personal. No.

No politics, no government,
no nothin'.

- All right? OK?
- All right.

- I heard you all out.
- Hello, boys. How's it goin'?

I believe I met you before
in the hospital.

Look at that. Didn't Jewel
show you how to do her hair?

- Come on, darlin'.
- How's it going?

- No pictures, please.
- I'm all excited. I feel a little bit rushed.

- How do you feel?
- I feel great.

I told the band you're gonna start off
with the cowboy song.

- Forget it.
- No, John, just leave it to me.

He's crazy.
He can take a flying leap.

I'm gonna stay after him
like a rodent, man.

Thank you. Thank you.

Have you been in Vietnam?

Yes, you have.
I can tell by your face.

Was it awful?

Ooh.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I wanna tell you all a little secret
which you might not know,

and that is that last night
I thanked my lucky stars

that I could be here at all
to sing for you.

And I heard on the radio
this cutest little boy, nine years old,

and you know how sometimes
a DJ'II play a tune...

and ask everybody to phone in
and say how they like it, you know?

And I was listenin' to it,
and they asked for callers to call in.

This little nine-year-old boy called in,

and the song had voices
in the background,

like the way they use
backup voices these days sometimes,

soundin' like little munchkins.

He called up, and the DJ said,
"How old are you, son?"

The boy said, "I'm nine,
and I think it's gonna be a hit."

The DJ said, "Why?"

And he said,
"Oh, because it had those chipmunks in it."

And I thought that was so cute,

because, well,
I can sing like a munchkin myself,

I don't know about you,
and I'm real fond of The Wizard of Oz.

Plus, I live out, you know,
just a ways off of Highway Interstate 24,

on the road to Chattanooga,
so you can see why I kinda related to that.

I think me and the boys are gonna
strike up another tune for you now.

Let's go, boys.

I think there's a storm,

seems like it's a-brewin'.

That's what my granddaddy used to say
all the time

before he lost his hearin'.

He never talked much no more.

Except sometimes he'd say, "Oh, gosh"
or "Durn it" or "My word!"

My granny, she'd go 'round the house
clickin' her teeth to the radio all day.

Boy, was she a lot of fun,
and cooked my favourite, roast beef.

She was a sweetheart.

She raised chickens too.
She, um...

In fact, did you ever
hear a chicken sound?

You know how chickens go?

Here, chick, chick, chick.

Here, chick, chick, chick.

Anyway, I guess we'd better strike
up this tune before it's too late.

OK, boys.

I'm thinking about the first job.

My grandma - she's the one who clacked
her false teeth to the radio all day -

she taught my mama how to sing,
and Mama taught me.

One time she took me down,
'cause we was gonna get a new Frigidaire.

She took me down to the Frigidaire store
where the man was advertisin'.

This little record
was goin' 'round and 'round,

and my mama told him
that I knew how to sing.

He said, "If she really does
and learns this tune, I'll give y'all a quarter."

So Mama and I went home...

And then what happened?
Let's see, I think... Uh, yeah.

We went home and I learned
both sides of the record in half an hour,

and we went back there
and pranced in real fancy

and told him that I'd learned 'em,
and he said, "Well, let me hear this,"

so I sang him both sides
of the record instead of just one.

So he gave us 50 cents, and we went
across the street and had us a soda.

Ever since then
I been workin'. I don't...

I think ever since then
I been workin' and doin' my...

- Come on, come on.
- ...supportin' myself.

- Anyway...
- Hey, hey. Hey, hey.

- Am I all right?
- I'm gonna get you some lemonade.

- Am I all right?
- Oh, you're fine, darlin'.

- It's the microphone.
- I ain't done.

- I know, I know.
- I ain't done.

Go get some... glass of water.

Boys, help her off, all right?

- You'll come back. OK, darlin'?
- Thank you!

OK.

- Thank you.
- All right. Watch the wire.

All right, now! OK!

Aw, come on, now.
Have a heart, now.

All right...
Come on, now.

It's just too soon, now.

All of you must know...

Aw, come on.
You didn't mean that, did you?

That little girl
just come out of the hospital.

You know that little girl
just come out of the hospital.

I'm sorry. That little girl's in there
cryin' her eyes out,

'cause she didn't want
to disappoint you.

Get outta here!

Y'all show up at Centennial Park
tomorrow at the Parthenon.

You'll see her for free
as our guests. How's that?

All right?

OK, let's hear a welcome.

A get-well welcome for Barbara Jean.
Let's hear it. Come on!

A bunch of no-talent...

I got trapped out there,
and you guys know it.

- I want some ground rules right now.
- You name it.

- She's gonna sing first, right?
- Right.

She's gonna be off
before that man even shows.

Fine.
Whatever you want.

Never shoulda brought her here
in the first place.

Any way you want it.

No paraphernalia, no literature
being circulated. You understand?

And never, at any time, is she supposed
to be associated with Hal Phillip Walker.

Hello?

'Hey. Guess who.

- 'Linnea?'
- Yes, it's me.

'Hi.

'This is Tom.

'Listen, I'm playing a gig tonight downtown.
You wanna come and meet me?

'It's at a place called
the, uh, "No Exit", or "The Exit".

'"Exit Out", or something.

'Anyhow, it's right across the street
from Friday's, on Church Street.

'You know where that is,
don't you?

'Anyhow, I'll be there
at eight o'clock, and, uh...

'Why don't you meet me there?

- 'OK?'
- Um...

- Mary...
- Driver, could I have more champagne?

- That's Norman.
- Oh.

Norman, yes.
Norman. Of course.

He doesn't like
to be known as a driver.

Oh.

Thank you so much, Norman.

- Have you ever been to the ladies' here?
- No.

I'm stuck here at the Exit Inn
with no place left to go.

- I'll have a cider.
- Apple cider?

- Yes. Thank you.
- Put it on my bill.

- Oh, another bill?
- Yeah.

Uh, all right. And would you
put it in a wine glass, please?

Put it in a wine glass
and put it on my bill, all right?

Travelling in cosy, close quarters,

I mean, you sort of
have to camp in one room.

- Well, Mary and I camp in one room.
- Obviously! Yes, I...

- Tom camps in a lot of rooms.
- I shouldn't...

My name's Wade Coolidge.
What's yours?

Um, Linnea is my name.

Well, shall I say
that Tom and I, um...

- So you sang together?
- No, I mean...

we sort of got to know
each other, um...

in the biblical sense,
shall we say.

- You went to church?
- I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.
This is dreadful.

But he is so attractive,
I was wondering...

I shouldn't be asking you this,
I should really be asking Mary.

You went to bed with him, right?

Oh, yeah.
I thought you understood that.

Well, I shouldn't...

Where'd you go to bed with him?

Listen, uh, we got
a special treat tonight.

A friend of mine is in town
cuttin' an album.

Tom Frank is in the audience,
and he's...

Tom? Speak of the devil.

He's agreed to come up
and do a couple of numbers.

Now, let's make him feel at home.
Tom Frank!

Come on!

Right!

Right!

Goddamn it!

I haven't seen him for
more than two minutes in three days.

Thank you.

As y'all may remember,
I used to be part of a trio.

Used to be?

I been hidin' from 'em all week,
but it seems they found me here tonight,

so we might as well have them
up here to sing too, huh?

Bill and Mary.

Lovely!

Yes, you must!

I've been watching it all week.

Thank you, thank you.

We don't need to sing at all.
You guys can do it for us.

When this is all over, I'm gonna be
taking them back to someplace.

What I could do is, I could
show you a little bit of Nashville.

I can tell you things
that'd send you around the corner.

I'm not kidding. I know...
Well, I know, for instance...

- What is your name? I...
- Norman.

Norman.
Please, Norman, I...

I make a point
never to gossip with servants.

Thank you.

OK, fellas,
I think you know

you've got a good man
to get behind here,

and I don't wanna take
a lot of your time,

'cause we do have
a little entertainment for ya.

You got pledge cards on the table there
that you can pledge anything you want to.

I'll make sure... I'll make you pay it,
whatever you put down there.

And if you got a cheque in your pocket,
don't be afraid to write it out.

I'll get that to the bank quick,
before you can stop it.

Any cash, anything at all,
don't anybody be humble or shy.

That's all.

And while you're writin',
so you don't get bored or anything,

here's a little somethin' comin'
to keep you occupied.

Just keep your eyes up,
'cause good things come from above.

Hi, y'all.

- Hi!
- Hi!

My name's Sueleen Gay,

and I'm here to sing you a song
about a girl that never gets enough.

She's the worst singer
I ever heard.

She cannot sing a lick, can she?

Hey, you forgot your jacket.

Excuse me.
I gotta go to the bathroom.

All right, if you want more
it's gonna have to be me alone,

'cause it seems
I've just been deserted.

I'm gonna play somethin' that, uh...

I wrote just recently...

- and came here to record.
- All right!

I'm gonna dedicate this to someone
kinda special who might be here tonight.

This is a song called I'm Easy.

Do it to me.

- Hi.
- Hi!

I'm gonna sing you all
a song Barbara Jean wrote.

Just wanna get comfortable.

It's called, uh,
One, I Love You.

Oh, you got that right, babe!

Boo! Come on, now!

Boo! Come on! Take it off!

Did you tell Trout
exactly what you wanted?

Did I tell Trout? It was your job.

- I know.
- I assumed he knew what...

Well, I didn't think
it was gonna be any problem.

Let's see some tit!

Come on!
What is this?

Come on back here, baby!

- What's the matter, hon?
- I don't understand what's goin' on here.

Didn't Trout tell you
you're supposed to strip?

I'm a singer!

- Listen, honey.
- Listen, listen, listen.

You go down to finish the show
like you told Trout you'd do,

and I'll set it up
so you can sing at the Parthenon.

Huh?

I'll set it up for you so you can sing
in the Parthenon with Barbara Jean.

You go on down, finish the show...

- I get to sing with Barbara Jean?
- Yes, you are...

Yes, you are.

I'll take care of it for you.

Go finish the show
like you told Trout you'd do.

OK?

These fellas really like you. OK?

I'm gonna be as big a star
as Barbara Jean is one day.

- I know you are. You can't miss.
- Go on, now.

Come on, let's do it!
Start the show!

Whoo! Hey!
All right! All right!

You're my mama!

All right!

Whoo! Hey, hey, hey!

Want to learn how to say
something in sign language?

Yeah.
How do you say, "I love you"?

Well, you could say...
Shorthand for it is...

This is shorthand.

Or you could say, "I,"

you could say, "love you."

- "I love you"?
- Mm-hmm.

Or you could just say,
"I'm happy I met you."

- I'm happy I met you.
- Right.

Let me have a drag.

- Do you smoke?
- No.

Well, what do you want
to do that for?

- Doesn't look good.
- No?

- Mm-mmm.
- So what?

- Tom, I have to go.
- Oh.

Can't you just call him,
tell him you're hung up?

No, I can't.

- Couldn't you stay another hour?
- No.

I just can't.

'This is the long-distance operator.
You want this charged to your room?'

- Yeah, please.
- 'And your room number, please?'

112.

- 'Hello.'
- Hey.

- How you doin'?
- 'Oh, wow.'

Listen, I'm real sorry
I left the way I did.

'Oh, wow.

'It's really nice to talk to you.
It's OK.'

It's nice to talk to you too.

- 'What are you doing?'
- I'm thinkin' about you.

'You are? Well...'

Listen, can you come down here?

- 'When?'
- Tonight.

- 'Oh, Tom, I can't do that.'
- Why not?

'We have an opening
at the museum tomorrow.

'I can't leave my job like that.'

Why don't you quit?
I'm makin' bread here.

'Come on. We tried that before.
It doesn't work.

'I... you know, I need to be busy.

'I'll wait for you here.
When are you coming back?'

About a week.

'OK, well, just...
just come on back.

'Move back in.
It's fine.

'I miss you.

'I really do.

'New York's really been nice.
It's missed you too.

'The weather's been terrific.

'I went sailing.'

- Yeah.
- 'What's that?'

That's just room service.

There's 50 cents on the desk there.
Just pick it up.

- 'Big tipper.'
- Yeah, well, times are hard.

'Right, all that money.

'You couldn't afford
to bring me down there.'

Yeah. Well, see you in a week.

'I love you, Tom.'

This it, honey?

Be careful gettin' out.

Hey.

Hey!
Hey, wait just a minute.

Just hold it, will ya?

Now...

I know you don't do that
all the time, I...

I wanna tell you
that I just... I mean...

Me personally, boy, I...

You know, I'd just like to kiss you all over,
I'd just like to kiss you every place.

You know what I'm telling you?

- I think you...
- Sueleen?

You OK?

Shit, man.

Didn't your mama
teach you no manners?

Who was that?

What's the matter with you?
Ain't you gonna talk to me?

Did it go all right?

- Oh, Wade.
- What?

I had to do me a striptease tonight
in front of all those men

in order to get to sing
at the Parthenon with Barbara Jean.

Oh, shit, Sueleen, I...

That's dreadful!
That's terrible, girl!

I mean...
I don't know how to tell you this,

but I been meanin' to tell you this
for a long time:

You can't sing.

Sueleen, you may as well face the fact
you cannot sing.

You ain't gonna never be no star.

I mean, I wish you'd give it up now.

I mean, they gonna kill ya.

They gon' tear your heart out
if you keep on.

They gonna walk on your soul, girl.

I don't know
what you're talkin' about.

But you can't sing.
Do you understand that?

Yeah?
You wanna make a bet?

You wanna come to the Parthenon
and watch me sing with Barbara Jean?

Listen, I am leavin'
for Detroit Wednesday.

- You just come and watch, Wade.
- Listen!

I'm leavin' for Detroit Wednesday,
and if you wanna go you just come on.

- They gonna kill you in this town, girl!
- Well, you come and see.

They gonna use you.
You know that.

Bye, Wade.

Dumb bitch.
I don't know why I stick around.

She just makes me so goddamn mad
I could spit.

'Little more than a year ago,

'a man named Hal Phillip Walker

'excited a group of college students
with some questions:

'Have you stood
on a high and windy hill

'and heard the acorns drop and roll?

'Have you walked in the valley
beside the brook,

'walked alone and remembered?

'Does Christmas
smell like oranges to you?

'In a commencement speech
such questions were fitting, perhaps,

'but hardly the material with which
to launch a presidential campaign.

'Even those who pay
close attention to politics

'probably saw Hal Phillip Walker
and his Replacement Party

'as a bit of frost
on the hillside -

'summer, if not late spring,
would surely do away with all that.

'Well, now that summer,
along with presidential primaries,

'is heavy upon us
and the frost is still there,

'perhaps we should take
a closer look.

'Hal Phillip Walker is,
in a way, a mystery man.

'Out of nowhere, with a handful
of students and scarcely any pros,

'he's managed to win
three presidential primaries

'and is given a fighting chance
to take a fourth... Tennessee.

'A win in that state
would take on added significance,

'for only once in the last 50 years

'has Tennessee failed to vote
for the winning presidential candidate.

'No doubt many Americans,
especially party liners,

'wish that Hal Phillip Walker
would go away,

'disappear like the natural frost

'and come again
at some more convenient season.

'But wherever he may be going,

'it seems sure that Hal Phillip Walker
is not going away,

'for there is genuine appeal,

'and it must be related
to the raw courage of this man,

'running for president,
willing to battle vast oil companies,

'eliminate subsidies to farmers,

'tax churches,
abolish the electoral college,

'change the national anthem

'and remove lawyers from government,
especially from Congress.

'Well, at this point
it'd be wise to say

'most of us don't know the answer
to Hal Phillip Walker,

'but to answer
one of his questions,

'as a matter of fact, Christmas has
always smelled like oranges to me.'

That's all right, John.
Give me time to work on my speech.

OK, thank you.

Hi. How are you?
Good to see you.

How are you?
Good to see you.

- Delbert, how's it going?
- Hi, John. How are you?

- Can I say hello?
- He's working on his speech.

- I wanna get this going. We'll do that later.
- Right.

- He's gonna wait back there, huh?
- Yeah, he'll sit out there for a minute.

- Anybody here yet?
- Yeah, some of the people.

Barnett?

I haven't seen him yet,
but he oughta be here quick.

This building was originally here.

It was made out of lumber
and plaster of Paris.

- Oh, yeah?
- This whole big building...

See, they built it
for a centennial celebration,

and people liked this,
they didn't want it torn down.

Nashville got to be called
"Athens of the South".

- You know, they sort of took to that.
- Because of this building?

- Yeah, right.
- Oh, that's good.

And then they had to rebuild it.
This one was originally just...

This was built back up
right before I was born.

Whoo!
Gonna be a scorcher.

- Will the park police control all this?
- Right.

What's all these chairs?
Hey, Triple. Hey, Delbert, come on.

We don't need all these chairs.
This ain't no band here, right?

What's the matter, man?

I don't...
I don't believe it!

What's the matter?

Are you guys jerkin' me around?
Do you see what I see, or am I...

What the hell is that sign
doin' up there, Triple, huh?

Come on, we had some ground rules.
Am I right?

No political signs,
no advertisements, no noth...

What the hell are you doin', huh?
Go about your business.

Come on, man, come on, now,
let me hear it, let me hear it.

I laid down some ground rules.

I have Walker sitting out
behind this place like an idiot!

Well, he can sit out in the sun
and parch for all I care!

My wife ain't well, is she?

And I brought her
out of a hospital bed to be here!

And you gave me some truth, man!
You're full of it, just like your man!

- I have abided by every ground rule.
- Except what?

What is that up there?

She ain't gonna appear here
with that sign up there!

- I have busted my ass for you!
- I'm gonna bust your ass too!

I am through with it!
You can take your wife and take a walk!

And I'll tell these people
she's not going to appear again!

You will, huh?
Well, go on and do it!

OK, take a walk, and I'll do it.

You'd do that, huh?

You'd put a knife
in my wife's back like that, man?

You're putting the knife
in her back, buster.

You're doing it.

I have not got time to take the sign down
and put it back up again!

What are you hollerin' about
in front of all these people there, huh?

- You tryin' to embarrass me?
- I'm tryin' to be heard.

Well, get these chairs off
and we'll talk about it.

- Go on, get 'em all off.
- OK, OK. I'll take care of it.

Delbert... Where is that rat?

What are you hiding back there for,
you little rat, huh?

And grant us
so to serve thee by day

that we may find
eternal fellowship with them

through Him who died
and rose again for us all,

Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Mr Green, it's not over.
I'm going to find Martha.

What for?

She owes some respect to Esther.

'And now, ladies and gentlemen,

'Barbara Jean
and Haven Hamilton.'

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

For Mama and Daddy!

Thank you.

Thank you so much,
ladies and gentlemen.

- Thank you.
- Wonderful! Wonderful!

Let's hear it for Barbara Jean!
Wonderful!

Get that gun!

I'm all right.
You get her. You get her.

- Dad?
- Bud, help her off. I'm all right.

- Get Walker out of here!
- Get Walker outta here!

- Come on! Get off your asses!
- Wait a minute. Watch her head!

Y'all take it easy now.
This isn't Dallas, it's Nashville.

This is Nashville.
You show 'em what we're made of.

They can't do this to us
here in Nashville.

OK, everybody, sing!

Come on, somebody, sing!

No, I'm fine. You sing.
You stay here and play.

- Somebody sing. Somebody sing.
- I think you've been hurt.

- I'm gonna get somebody to help you.
- Somebody sing. Sing!

- Sing!
- Come on!

I think you've been hurt.

Watch your step there.
Watch your step there.

- Come on, easy, easy.
- Oh, man, I can't stop that blood, man!

You got a car or somethin'?

Martha! Martha!

Can you please tell me
what happened?

Come on, everybody sing.

Everybody!

Except Clorox bottles
and plastic flyswatters...

Come on, everybody!

Ain't gonna be nothin'
left in our graves

except flyswatters
with red dots on 'em, that's right!