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FX presentsFosse/Verdon.

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♪

GWEN: I came home the other day, and guess what I saw.

She took practicing
into her own hands.

I didn't have
to make her do a thing.

She had the most wonderful
recital yesterday.

You would have been so proud.

She is just a marvel en pointe.

I couldn't believe how much
she'd improved

in just the last few months.

Show Daddy what you made
for him.

Now tell him--
tell him what it is.

-It's you and me dancing.
-GWEN: That's right.

So that's you,
and that's Nicole.

Here, it's for you to keep.

She spent all Saturday
working on it.

It had to be
absolutely perfect.

Look, she even signed her name
right there.

[laughs]

We're so happy to see you, Bob.

We're so happy to see you.
Aren't we, darling?

Yes, that's right.
We are.

Tell Daddy.

Tell Daddy what we said.

NICOLE:
We really missed you, Daddy.

GWEN:
We missed you so much.

We are so happy to see you.

[car horns honking outside]

[phone clicking]

Hello, darling, it's me.

I'm not calling too late,
am I?

Oh, good.

Well, I just got back
from dinner with Bob,

and we talked for 2 1/2 hours
straight about "Chicago,"

and I couldn't get him to say
a word about anything else.

And that's exactly what
I asked him, Fred.

And he said...

no question about it,

he is 100% committed

to doing this show next season.

Yeah, I will.

I will. You too--

Um, yeah.
I'll see you on Broadway.

[chuckling]

Okay, bye-bye.

[dramatic music]

♪

[exhales deeply]

♪

[indistinct voices]

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

-No, stage left.
-[indistinct shouting]

-BOB: What are you doing?
-NEIL: Come on, sweetheart.

What are you doing?

You're 2 inches away,
finish strong.

Let's go! What are you doing?

PADDY:
Who picked these damn things?

-Come on!
-What did I tell you?

-NEIL: That's it.-PADDY: He's sick or something.

-Come on!
-Come on, pal.

-I think mine is sick.
-Come on.

Come on.
That's it.

-No!
-What are you doing?

-No!
-What are you doing?

-Ladies and gentleman...
-God damn it.

-We have a winner, huh?
-You schmuck.

You snuck in a ringer.

-You got in a professional
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[laughs]

-Cheaters never prosper.
-Thank you.

-Here you go, Neil.
-I hope this helps.

I know you're in
the poor house.

You only have two plays
running on Broadway.

BOB: Shame on you taking
advantage of a fellow artist.

Careful.

[clatters]

Now I go cook them all.

[all laughing]

-Whoo!
-I found my soul mate.

Where the hell did you
find her?

She's a dead ringer
for Boris Karloff.

Mike and Margot say she's
the best cook in Long Island.

What are you gonna do?

-She's a marvelous woman!
-[laughs]

Gentlemen, the bar's open.
Anybody, uh, thirsty?

Uh, I wouldn't say no
to another beer.

-All right.
-PADDY: I'll have one.

Great.

I think I'm gonna go
for a swim.

BOB: Good, I'll alert the media.Stop the presses.

-[thunder rumbles]
-Oh, that doesn't sound good.

It's fine.
I checked the weather.

It's not gonna rain
till tomorrow night.

[thunder cracks]

It's fine.

[thunder continues rumbling]

[rain splashing]

[dog barks]

Oh, hurry, hurry, hurry,
hurry, hurry!

-Sorry, can't come in!
-PADDY: Aw, Bobby.

BOB: Oh, no.
What's the password?

-[girl squeals]
-BOB: What's that?

-Stop laughing.
-Open!

What?
I can't hear you.

-Oh, Bob.
-BOB: What's the password?

-NICOLE: Let us in!
-BOB: Okay. [laughs]

-Oh, my gosh.
-Oh, my gosh.

-You're gonna get me all wet.
-Oh, am I?

Daddy, we went all the way
down to the big rock.

I know, I saw.

I don't think I've ever run
that fast in my life.

I've never run at any speed.

Yeah, I don't even walk
at a clip.

-[laughs]
-You look cold.

I'm okay.

BOB:Pickle, no freeloaders tonight.

You're on duty.
What do we do?

-One in the dining room...
-One in the...

Living room...

And we make sure to
mix 'em up.

-Lights...
-BOTH: Filtered...

-Menthols.
-I know how to do it, Dad.

That's right. Get to work.

ANN: I'll go check on
the hors d'oeuvres.

Okay, I'll help.

Move, Bob.
Move.

MAN ON TV: ...President
of the United States.

-[indistinct chatter on TV]
-Can you believe this, Bob?

What do you got there?
Here's a tasty appetizer.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

-I just want it be nice.
-It's gonna be great.

Look at this.
This is beautiful.

It's stupid, but...

I want it to be perfect.
And...

I don't want her to hate me.

She's gonna love you.
Who wouldn't love you?

Besides, she's not even gonna bethinking about you or me.

Tonight's all about Neil.

Gwen is gonna be on her best
behavior tonight, believe me.

No one puts on a show
like she does.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

PADDY:
That's one depressing image.

Well, it's only one game.
You got to believe.

Right?

So when's Dustin
getting here?

He heard you were coming,
so he decided to stay home.

That just hurts my feelings.

-[laughs]
-What are you talking about?

PADDY: Hoffman's doing
Bobby's next picture.

That's huge, Bobby.

Yeah, we'll see. Yeah, you know.

PADDY:Why are you always so negative?

I don't want to be known as
the one guy

who couldn't get a performance
out of Dustin Hoffman.

Would you listen to this guy?

He hasn't shot an inch of film,already it's a flop.

What's the movie?

You see that play "Lenny"
last year?

Oh, yeah.
Cliff Gorman, he was terrific.

-Yeah.
-Ha!

Paddy disapproves
of the whole thing.

What do you have
against Lenny Bruce?

-He was filthy, he was lewd.
-Oh.

Since when are you
Emily Post?

-It's not good for the Jews.
-Oh, Jesus, you're crazy.

You'll call me crazy whenpogrom comes down Fifth Avenue.

-Oh, God.
-You'll call me crazy.

There's plenty more snacks
back there

if anybody wants anything.

BOB:
Thanks, Annie.

NEIL: Do you know where
you're shooting yet?

Yeah, half in Miami,
half in New York.

NEIL:
Do they have stages in Miami?

BOB: No, you got to do it
on location.

I know those clubs
Lenny played.

You can't build that
on a soundstage.

You got to--you got to have the real thing.

I thought you said you're doing
the whole thing in New York.

Yeah, no, I decided
last week.

How am I gonna shoot

Hell's Kitchen for South Beach,you know?

PADDY:
I'm going back to the news.

Don't touch that dial.

-Sit your ass down.
-Fine.

[doorbell rings]

NEIL:
Jesus. Watch you like a hawk.

I'll get it.

-Hey.
-GWEN: Oh, wow.

BOB:
Come in. Come in.

-GWEN: Wow. We made it.
-BOB: You sure did.

You know, it was blue skies
when we left the house.

-How are the roads?
-Oh, well...

-They're not bad.
-Yeah?

Well, your directions
were awful.

We got completely
turned around.

You must be the famous Ron.

I've been hearing all about youfrom Nicole.

Well, you've met before, Bob.

Have we?
Oh.

You came to the apartment
that time, remember?

Um...

You crawled into bed with us.

[gasps]
Oh, that's right.

Yes, I...
[chuckles]

It's all coming back to me.
Yeah.

Well, I've cleaned up my act
since then.

Gwen might have mentioned
that I spent a week

at the funny farm.

I knew it was time to leavewhen I started putting on shows

with the other patients.

-[laughs]
-GWEN: Wow, look at this.

I thought you were renting
a cottage.

Yeah, is this not a cottage?

That son of a bitch realtor.

I knew I shouldn't have
trusted him.

-ANN: Oh, goodness gracious.
-Beautiful house.

It's a monsoon out there,
isn't it?

-Well, Ann, hello.
-Hi.

-It's wonderful to see you.
-I'm so happy you're here.

Ann, this is Ron.
Ron, Ann.

-Hi.
-Hi, hi.

Ann. Pleasure to meet you.

Yeah, I saw your show
a few weeks ago.

You were sensational.

Aw, that's very kind of you
to say.

Now it's your show, wow.

Direction's a pile of shit,
but Annie's terrific.

RON: No, no, I meant to say
how much I loved it, Bob.

I meant to tell you.

ANN: Oh, that's just Bobby's
idea of being funny.

-Here she comes.
-Oh, look who it is.

Oh, well, look at that top.

It's new.
Will you do my hair, Annie?

Oh, did you...

What did I?

Well, I didn't know if
you wanted to do her hair.

Oh! Oh, no.
Oh, please.

Somebody else can take care
of these tangles, huh?

-ANN: All right.
-NICOLE: Come on.

-Okay.
-Mm.

I'm gonna get a drink.

How...how is Neil?

It's his first night away
from the girls.

They're gonna stay
with his brother.

But he's good, yeah.

Well, I just--I think thatthis is the best thing for him.

-Yeah.
-Are they over there?

BOB: Uh-huh.
They have the game on.

Big head.
Big baseball head.

What is that?

Well, hello.

What, we've already run
out of things to talk about?

We're watching television.

Finally,
some decent people come.

Hello, darling.
Hello, darling.

Oh, God, it's so good
to see you.

You too.
You too.

I'm so glad you're here.

How are the girls?
Oh, come here.

-They're fine.
-[both laugh]

I'm sorry, it's gonna be
like this all weekend.

-Get used to it.
-Please, I'll accept it.

-Ah, there we are.
-I'll take it.

So...what can I do to help?

BOB:
You can't, house rules.

It's all taken care of.

[rain pattering]

Well, it's a beautiful view.

BOB:
Isn't it?

So what do you think?

What?
About what?

Annie.

Well, she's lovely.

Yeah.

I-I met her at Stu's party
two months ago.

I liked her then.
I like her now.

I don't know what you want
from me.

Nicole gets along
with her great.

Well, of course she does.
They're the same age.

[laughs]

How's Ron enjoying junior high?

Oh, he's excelling.

[laughs]

You look good.

Yeah, well, you know,
I got a suntan.

No.
That's not what I mean.

Yeah, well, I feel good.

I'm, you know, getting
lots of sleep,

down to two packs a day.

Two--well, my God,
you're a regular health nut.

I'll be jogging
before you know it.

Sounds like you're ready
to get back to work.

I think so.
Yeah.

-Yeah.
-That's wonderful.

Well, when we're back
in the city,

I want us to sit down
with Bobby and Joey.

And we can just start
talking schedule.

Maybe John
and Freddy, too, but...

Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Uh...

GWEN: So, Joe says he's been
trying to reach you.

I owe him a call.

Well...

We got a theater.

So that's why
he's been calling.

He wanted to tell you
the news himself,

but it's
the 46th Street Theatre.

-[both chuckling]
-We don't have a show yet.

Oh, no, I know.
I know.

But if you don't get
the theater now,

we're stuck with the dregs.

It's the 46th Street Theatre,
Bobby.

-[cork pops]
-BOB: Yeah.

It's where we did "Yankees,"

"New Girl in Town,"
"Redhead."

A year is not quite enough.

Oh, I think it's plenty
of time.

So sorry.
Glass of white for Neil.

Yeah.

Anyway, John and Freddy
are ready

to get started on it
whenever you are.

That sounds great,
but right now, you know,

I've still got a lot of work
to do on the "Lenny" script.

Oh, you're still working
on "Lenny"?

-BOB: Mm-hmm.
-I didn't--

Uh, you just hadn't
mentioned that for ages,

so I assumed it fell through.

BOB:
Not yet. [sighs]

Not yet.

We did "The Seagull"
in college.

Mm.
Treplev?

-Trigorin.
-Ah.

-One of my favorite characters.-Yeah.

-Thank you, sweetheart.
-Of course.

Did you do that
out of town first

and bring it back
or just starting now?

NEIL: Yes.
No, we started in Boston.

PADDY:
Hi.

We're right here.

Ah.

The town of Quogue
was established in 1659.

Nicole looked it up
in her World Book.

Well, that's six years
younger than I am.

That was a joke.I'm not actually 300 years old.

No, no.
[laughs]

No.
Yeah, I know.

-[laughs]
-Are you okay?

-Yeah.
-Oh, no.

Did he do something stupid?

No, no, no, no.
Everything's fine.

Good.

Yeah.

I guess you've seen a lot
of Bob's girls over the years.

-Yeah.
-[laughs]

I've seen a lot of girls.

I haven't seen a lot of "yous,"

but...he likes you.

-He likes 'em all.
-No, this is different.

Trust me.

I turned him downfor the longest time, you know.

-So he tells me.
-Yeah.

What made you
change your mind?

Uh...

He called me one night
a few months ago

after the show.

That's how he does it
with all the dancers.

You know, the casual phone call

and the small talk.

-Mm-hmm.
-Slowly getting to the point.

"Come have a drink with me."

Um...

Only somehow he just
never got there.

I'm shocked.

I know.
I was stunned.

[both laughing]

And then the next night,
I mean, the same thing.

It was hours and hours
on the phone, and...

and then he'd say good night
and hang up.

And after about a week of that,

I mean,
all I could think about was

how badly I wanted him
to invite me over

for a drink already.

That was June.
Right after the hospital.

Yeah, well, you know,
I think his time in there,

it really helped put things
in perspective for him.

You disagree?

Well...

The doctors wanted him to stay

at least a month, and...

he checked himself out
after six days.

Well, he told me
they sent him home,

clean bill of health.

Did he tell you what
they said to him?

Yeah.

Knock it off with the pills,
cut down on the booze.

They said he should
take a year off of work.

Year?

Otherwise he'll end up
right back there or worse.

And, you know, he told me that

it's fine to do "Lenny,"'cause it's just a small movie,

and he'd shoot the whole thing
on stages in New York.

And...now suddenly
he's saying it's...

on location in Miami.

Paddy, he already stopped
taking the lithium.

He didn't talk to any doctors
about it, he just stopped.

[exhales deeply]

[gloomy music]

♪

There are only two people
in the world that...

he listens to.

And the other one, I mean...
[chuckles]

I can't talk to her about this.

Annie, what do you want
me to do?

Tell him to take a break.

Hey, listen to me.

That man is gonna do
exactly what he wants to do

whether we want him to or not.

I've known him a long time,and you got to trust me on this.

Okay?

Don't worry so much.
He's got nine lives.

He always figures it out
one way or another.

[breathes deeply]

I'll see ya.

Sorry.
[scoffs]

[bluesy music]

♪

It's a great place.

Oh, yeah.I only got it for another week.

Well, enjoy it.

When I was a kid, I spent
a few summers in Montauk.

My uncle had a place,
but nothing like this.

-You grew up in New York?
-Connecticut.

Ah, is that where you get
your right hook?

[chuckles]

I was the youngest
of three brothers,

so I realized pretty early on

I better learn
how to defend myself.

I was the youngest of four.

Well, so you understand.

Gwen says you're an actor.

Yeah, that's the idea.

I just finished up
summer stock on Saturday.

That's fun.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

It's not Broadway, but...

No, no,
I think it builds, uh...

character.

Yeah, yeah.

And, hey, any chance to get
to the Berkshires

for a couple of months,
I'm gonna take it.

-Sure, yeah.
-Yeah.

New York's tough.

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know
if it's that tough.

I just...

I like some fresh airevery once in a while, you know?

That's me.

So what's next now that
you've finished summer stock?

I'm actually headed out
to Los Angeles.

Yeah, booked a guest spot
on Adam-12.

Do you like it out there?

-I do, yeah.
-Yeah.

Where else are you gonna
go skiing in the morning,

swimming in the afternoon?

Gwen hates it.

Ah...yeah.

Yeah, she told me every time
she's out there,

she's stuck on a soundstage.

-Yeah.
-So I'd probably hate it too.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

Hey, is that brewski for me?

Uncle Paddy.

You know, that must be
the fifth pickle

you've had since I got here.

You're gonna make
yourself sick.

She's fine.
That's why we call her Pickle.

NEIL:
She has nerves of steel.

I mean, I'd be a wreck
on opening night.

Joan would order
a rib eye steak.

-With extra French fries.
-Can I pour it?

Hey, not too much foam.

She'd look at me and she'd say,"What are you so worried about?

I already gave you my review."

-I know.
-God.

You know, when I met her,

I was just a schmuck
comedy writer

putting on these awful
weekly revues with my brother

at a resort in the Poconos.

Camp Tamiment.

And Joanie was a counselor
for the children.

Of course.

And we met at a softball game.

-Did I ever tell you that?
-Oh, no.

Yeah, she was
the other team's pitcher.

And I couldn't get a hit
off her to save my life,

because I couldn't stop lookingat her.

[Paddy laughs]

But...

yeah.

We brought Nancy and Ellen
up there last year

to show 'em around.

It was a nice trip.

GWEN:
I know it was.

-She felt the same way.
-Yeah.

Dinner's almost ready.
Can I get anyone a refill?

-No. Thank you.
-[clears throat]

Ann, has Bob introduced you
to Dustin yet?

No, no, not yet.

I can't wait to meet him.

I love The Graduate.

Bob's friends
with Dustin Hoffman now?

Oh, he's doing
his next picture with him.

The Lenny Bruce movie.

Oh, that's fantastic.

I will have
some more wine, Ann.

BOB: Not much longer, folks.
Just waiting on the steaks.

Dustin Hoffman's doing
your movie.

Yeah, as of last week.

You know, I think Hoffman's
our next Brando.

But isn't it a little bit
early to be casting,

because you said that you were
still working on the script?

We're shooting in November.

So what about "Chicago"?

Well, we may have
to push that a bit.

Wait a minute,
you're doing "Chicago" now?

Well, we've been talking
about doing "Chicago"

for the last decade,

but now we finally have
the rights.

[stammering]

One more year isn't
the end of the world.

But we'll lose the theater.

-BOB: There's always another.
-Well, that's our theater.

BOB: I have to respect
Dustin's schedule.

GWEN:
What about my schedule?

[exhales]

Wha--it's Dustin Hoffman.

ZOFIA:
The dinner is served.

[solemn music]

♪

PADDY:
That cook terrifies me.

♪

GWEN:
Nicole, we're eating!

Just a minute.

♪

-BOB: Houdini.
-NEIL: Houdini.

-GWEN: Houdini.
-[laughter]

-BOB: Oh, my God.
-PADDY: Suck on the cheerio.

Just want to like,
pull a nickel...

Yeah, that's my nickel.
Don't take it away from me.

And you can just enjoy it,
it just tastes delicious,

without feeling guilty about it.Good for you.

BOB:
We have some '70s references.

I try.

Hey, listen,
there's more lobster.

-There's more steak.
-PADDY: Please.

I'm just letting you know
it's there.

PADDY:
God, please.

What'd I tell you?
Greatest cook in Long Island.

PADDY: She's a genius!

She's making
a chocolate soufflé.

Anyone mind
if I finish this?

No, go ahead.

There's a whole case
in the basement.

Nobody's driving,
might as well finish it.

Neil, if I may.

Um...

Joan Simon was not
a frivolous woman.

Uh...

-and she didn't suffer fools.
-GWEN: Mm.

And she always told you
the truth, right?

Even when you didn't want to
hear it.

God, she was brilliant...

And beautiful.

And she had a mouth on herthat would make a sailor blush.

-That woman...
-[laughter]

-To Joan.
-To Joan.

-To Joan.
-Our friend Joan.

She would have loved this,

if only to go a few rounds
with these two.

-Yeah!
-My favorite critic.

She hated everything.
Everything!

I wonder what she would
think about "Lenny."

Well, she loved a good laugh.

Who's writing
the musical numbers?

-[laughing]
-NEIL: Uh-oh.

It's not a musical.
I can do other things.

But you never have.

NEIL: Well, there's no harm in
taking a break from musicals.

-He can always go back.
-Exactly.

Do you think that the critics

will be excited to see
this kind of a thing from him?

[stammering]
I-I just--I wonder.

-[chuckles] We'll find out.
-[laughter]

GWEN: Well, it certainly
won't be a moneymaker.

I mean, it's an art film
about a drug addict.

I can't imagine the people
who tuned in

to "Liza with a Z" are gonna beclamoring for that.

Exactly.

-I saw Lenny Bruce once.
-BOB: What'd you think?

Honestly...

wasn't funny, to me.

I don't know.
To me.

See, I don't think
he's funny either.

I'm not interested in that
part of it.

The man was a comedian, Bob.
What are you interested in?

The clubs, the world,
the flop sweat,

the women, the sad sacks
in the audience.

Well, you made
that movie already.

It was called "Cabaret."

This is different.

This is about a guy
who told the world the truth.

What truth?
What truth?

He exposed the hypocrisy
and the rot of humanity.

PADDY:
No, he said naughty words.

What's wrong
with naughty words?

-Let the man speak.
-No.

Look, all I'm saying Bob is...

I've seen this before,
you know?

You win an Oscar...

you rush into
your next movie...

'cause you're afraid
you're gonna, you know,

lose your momentum,
and then it backfires on you.

I'm not saying
don't do "Lenny."

I'm saying maybe you should
take some time

to think about what
you want to do.

Give yourself a break.

They'll still want you.

Of course they'll still
want you.

You just won the Triple Crown.

See this,
I think this is exactly right.

-You're rushing into this thing.-Yes.

I got one of the biggest
movie stars in the world

chomping at the bit
to do it now.

NEIL:
And you can't lose Hoffman.

GWEN: But is that a reason
to do something,

-because of one actor?
-It can be.

Well, so far it's the only
reason that I've heard.

What is the rush to tell
this particular story

at this particular moment
in time?

What, because the actor
is available?

It speaks to the times
we're living in.

It's about the freedom...
freedom of speech.

It's about the individual
against the system.

Uh-uh, it sounds
old-fashioned to me.

It's the lone man fighting
the world.

-It's Atticus Finch.
-PADDY: Mm-hmm.

It's a lot of stories.

Well, here's the story
of "Chicago."

It's about what happens

when no one even bothers
fighting anymore,

when people don't even care
about the truth,

when all they care about
is what sells,

when everything--
politics, the news,

life and death--
is all just...

-Entertainment.
-PADDY: Huh.

That is about as old-fashioned
as today's front page.

Kander and Ebb
writing the score.

Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon
back together on Broadway

for the first time
since "Sweet Charity."

Now, tell me
that doesn't sound like a hit!

-Sounds like a hit to me, buddy.-Wow, that's a hard sell.

NICOLE: Mom?

[retching]

-[gasps]
-Whoa, oh, my God.

GWEN: I will take care of this.

Come here.

Zofia?

When did your tummy
start hurting?

I don't know.

Well, was it before dinner,
or was it after dinner?

I ate too many pickles,
I think.

Oh, sweetie.

And I smoked.

You what?

I-I just had one.

Nicole Providence Fosse,
you know better than that.

You smoke.

Well, I'm an adult.

I hate this stupid party.

There's nothing to do,
and I'm the only kid.

Well, next time you can just
stay home with the babysitter.

Why didn't Nancy and Ellen
have to come?

Well, because they lost
their mother.

Go brush your teeth,and then I'm gonna tuck you in.

[somber music]

♪

[rain pattering]

I could smell
the chocolate soufflé

from all the way upstairs.

How's Nicole?

Oh, she's...

sound asleep.

-Poor thing.
-GWEN: I know.

She just isn't used
to eating such rich foods.

I'm sure.

So...

What are we going to do
about this "Lenny" situation?

I know you agree with me.

He shouldn't be doing it.

Well, you know
better than anyone

just how stubborn he can be.

[chuckles]

Which is exactly why
we need to get

on the same page
about this.

You've only seen him
in success,

and look at where
that landed him.

I mean, you can only imagine
what failure looks like.

[exhales deeply]

I have to tell you.

I hear him talk about "Lenny,"

and I am scared to death.

Well, it isn't necessarily
going to be a failure.

No, but why take the chance?

At this time in his life,
this point in his career,

and after everything
he's just been through...

Well, that's why I think

he could really use
some time off.

Bob Fosse doesn't take
time off.

He's never taken time off
in his life.

He wouldn't even know
where to begin.

-Just for a year, even.
-For a year?

Well, what's he gonna do
for a year?

Take up macramé?

He needs to rest, Gwen.
The stress is just--

The best thing for Bob Fosse
to do is work.

Trust me.

Well, my brother took me
right after I turned 21,

this hotel on
the far west side.

You got a nice place?

Oh, God, it was like
the Ritz.

Beautiful.
Yeah, it smelled like garbage.

-[laughs]
-And afterwards, you know,

we met the girl
in the lobby there.

And she took me upstairs,
and, uh...

And then we, you know, uh...

Uh-huh.

-BOB: No, no, no, no.
-We did what we did.

-PADDY: Details.
-Bullshit. Come on.

-PADDY: Ronny wants the details.-No, no, I'm fine.

-[laughs]
-BOB: He's not fine.

Well, I will tell youthe only thing that I remember,

it was so long ago.

Afterwards, we're lying there,
and she's smoking a cigarette,

and I'm feeling like Casanova.

-[laughs]
-NEIL: Maybe we'll go again.

You know?
Probably she'll want to.

-You know, for free this time.
-PADDY: [laughs]

And she looks at her watch,
and she says

she's got 20 minutes
to get uptown.

My heart sinks.

And I suddenly realize,
and I say to her,

[in nerdy voice]
"You have another appointment?

-Now?"
-[laughter]

[normal voice] And she looks
at me, and she says,

"You know any doctors
with one patient?"

[laughter]

Hand to God.
I swear to God.

The exact words
out of her mouth.

PADDY: What about you, Ronny?
How did you lose it?

RON:
Oh, uh...

Yeah, I had a steady girlfriendin college.

So, uh, homecoming weekend
after the big football game,

and she asked me to stay, so...

So I did.

That's--that's the truth.

You know, that's what I call
a scintillating tale, Ron.

-That's just--that's very hot.
-Yeah.

You know, you should send
that to "Penthouse."

[laughs]

Yeah, I guess that's not
a very interesting story.

Now, Bobby's story,
on the other hand...

That's one for the ages.
Now, come on, Bob.

-Oh, come on, Bobby.
-Come on tell him.

What do you say?

-You know, it's boring.
-PADDY: Illuminate us.

-No.
-Come on, come on, come on.

-BOB: Well...
-You got to hear this.

Um...

when I was a kid, 13,

I used to play the burlesque
houses in Chicago.

Me and my pal Charlie,
we had a dance act.

And a couple
of the striptease girls...

From one of the clubs,
they, uh...

they took a liking to me.

And one night,
I was just sitting there.

I was minding my own business.

When they started, uh...

Conversing with me.

[jazzy music]

♪

One thing led to another and...

Voilà.

All at the same time,
you mean?

BOB: They took turns.
[clears throat]

Taught me everything I know.

You know what I mean?
[laughs]

I always find that story
a salutary reminder

of just how fucking unjust
the world is.

What did you ever do
to deserve that?

Some people have
all the luck.

Gentlemen, more libations?

-PADDY: I'm all right.
-NEIL: No, thank you.

-Yeah? You sure?
-NEIL: Brandy's good.

-Okay.
-PADDY: We're good.

[indistinct chatter]

♪

GWEN: I'm worried
the soufflé's never coming.

Oh, I'll ask.
Zofia?

-You okay?
-Yeah.

Where's the brandy?Is there more brandy or scotch?

-So...
-ANN: I'm not sure.

Annie and I have been talking,
and we both agree...

You need to push "Lenny."
It's happening much too soon.

I just don't want you
back in the hospital.

-That's all.
-BOB: Uh...

And if you were
to do "Chicago"--

-And we're back to "Chicago."
-GWEN: Well, yes.

We have the opportunityto make something very special.

I told you, Gwen,
in a year maybe.

Maybe.

GWEN:Well, but we don't have a year.

[chuckles]

Even better,
we won't do it at all.

Oh, well, don't be a child.

I'm being a child?

GWEN:
Yes.

We have writers.
We have a theater.

I don't want to do it.

You want to know the truth?I don't want to do it in a year.

I don't want to do it
in two years.

I don't want to do it in 100.

I'm finished with these corny,
bullshit musical comedies.

I'm done, okay?

Well, I wish
you had just told me that.

-I'm telling you that.
-Well, I wish you had...

Told me that before I spent
ten years

trying to get the rights.

That was your decision.

Look, I don't want to argueabout this right now, Gwen, I--

See, this is the problem
with Bob.

[chuckles] He's so sweet,
and he's so charming.

And he tells you everything
that you want to hear,

but then you realize
he's just a liar.

He'll say whatever it takes
to get he wants.

All right, that's enough.

That's quite enough, Gwen.

Oh, you'll find out
for yourself soon enough.

You see, Bob has
a very different idea

of what a relationship is...

Than most people.

Okay, stop it.

GWEN: Honestly,
it's pretty straightforward.

Bob gets to fuck whoever
he wants, whenever he wants,

-however he wants...
-Are you done?

And he doesn't want to hear
your complaints

or your concerns,
or your whining,

because he's doing it
for his art.

Because he's weak,

because he just can't
help himself,

because he wants to be free.

That's the best one of all.

And in exchange,
what do you get in exchange?

[stammering]
Oh, oh! I know!

[chuckling]
Nothing.

[footsteps receding]

[soft piano music]

♪

I knew you screwed everything
and anything.

You know it's different
with you.

You know?

Is that what you told Heidi?

-[scoffs]
-And Rebecca?

-Wendy?
-That's...

Something happened to me
in the hospital...

And...

I saw where I was going,

and where--where I was headed,
and I...

I, uh...

I don't want to go back there.

Yeah, you know...

I want to be with you,
just you.

Bob.

I wish I could believe you.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[piano playing]

-It's pretty good.
-NEIL: Yeah.

RON:
Lessons from the age of six.

What should I play?

"If My Friends Could
See Me Now."

Come on, Gwen.
Come on, hit it.

-Come on.
-Huh?

-Come on, empress, for me.
-No.

PADDY:
Come on, please.

I don't have the energy
for that one right now.

How about "Where Am I Going"?

-Mm.
-That was Joanie's favorite.

-What do you say?
-PADDY: Come on, Gwen.

-You don't know that one.
-What's the melody?

Something like that.

-[humming]
-PADDY: That's it. Perfect.

-Uh-huh.
-[humming]

Uh-huh.

♪ Where am I going

♪ And what will I find?

♪ What's in this grab-bag
that I call my mind? ♪

♪ What am I doing alone
on the shelf? ♪

♪ Ain't it a shame?

♪ No one's to blame
but myself ♪

♪ Which way is clear

♪ When you've lost your way

♪ Year after year?

♪ Do I keep falling in love

♪ For just the kick of it?

♪ Staggering through

♪ The thin and thick of it

♪ Hating each old

♪ And tired trick of it

♪ Know what I am

♪ I'm good and sick of it

♪ Where am I going?

♪ Why do I care?

♪ Run to the Bronx
or Washington Square ♪

♪ No matter where I run

♪ I meet myself there

♪ Looking inside me

♪ What do I see?

♪

♪ Anger and hope and doubt

♪ What am I all about?

♪ Where am I going?

♪ You tell me

♪

[gentle piano music]

[scoffs]

How's he ever gonna get
over her?

♪

What about you?
How you doing?

-Me?
-Yeah, you.

Great.

I talked to Ann.

She told me what
the doctor said.

-Did she?
-Yep.

How they don't want you
working for year?

Oh, they're wrong.

They wrong
about the lithium, too?

Yeah, actually.
I don't need it.

PADDY: Oh, so they just gave itto you for no reason.

It's poison, that shit.
I couldn't do anything on it.

I couldn't think,
couldn't work, couldn't fuck.

What kind of life is that?

These doctors, they don't know
as much as they think they do.

I got to do this movie, Paddy.

Everybody thinks "Cabaret"
was a one-off.

They think all I can do
is flash.

Who thinks that?

-Everybody.
-Who?

I need to show. [stammers]
I-I got something to say.

You know, that I can do a moviewithout all of the tricks.

No dancing, no singing...

PADDY: I know, I know,
I know, I know.

You know?
None of that shit.

This one's gonna be easy.
Okay?

There's a small crew.
The script's in great shape.

Something always
goes sideways, Bob.

And I'll deal with it.

I won't be running back
and forth

between
three different projects.

PADDY:
Stress is stress, Bob.

Truth is, I probably
shouldn't have been

in the hospital
in the first place.

[stammers]
It was a waste of time.

I knew it was time to check outwhen I started doing--

New plays with the patients.

I know, you tried that shit
on me already, twice.

It's a good bit.

♪

Sun in the morning.

Sun in the morning.

[melancholy music]

♪

Are you sleeping out here?

BOB: Is that a surprise to you?

I don't want to fight, Bob.

I am concerned about you.

BOB:
Is that right?

Yeah.

GWEN: You can fool
everybody else, Bob,

but you can't fool me.

I see what you're doing.

With the fancy house
and the top-shelf liquor

and the lobster dinner.

You're spending money
you don't have.

I have plenty.

This whole thing is
a big show for me.

And for Paddy...

for that poor little girl, Ann.

Trying to make us think that
everything is fine,

trying to make us forget that
three months ago

you were in
a mental institution.

You couldn't string
two words together.

That's an exaggeration.

The only reason that
you got out of there

is because you begged me
to call the doctors and lie.

What?
No, no, no, no.

I told them that
you were a creative genius,

and this was all part
of your process.

[chuckles]

I told them
you were doing research...

And that you were being
dramatic when you said

you wanted to jump
out of a window.

You just wanted me
out of the hospital

so I could direct your musical.

How much longer are you gonna
be able to keep this act up?

Happy Bob, healthy Bob,
faithful Bob...

through the first day
of shooting your movie?

You believe what you want.

How are you going to spend
a year

telling a romantic story
about a drug addict

who goes crazy
and then kills himself?

I don't understand.

We just got you back.
Why do you want to do that?

I'll be fine.
I'm gonna be fine.

Well, okay.

Well, I'm going to do
"Chicago"...

With or without you.

Because it won't wait
another year?

And because you say one year
and then it's two...

What's the difference?
What's the big deal?

I'm not sure you
won't be dead in two years.

You're not sure you'll be
able to dance it in two years.

No, that's right.
I'm not.

But I can dance it now.

[sighs, clicks tongue]
The royalties from "Chicago"

would take care of Nicole
for the rest of her life.

I wouldn't have to worry.

Hey, Nicole--
Nicole will be fine.

I won't leave her
with nothing.

I just...

I-I just--
I-I won't do it.

She'll be okay.

She was 41.

-Gwen.
-Poor Joan.

-Gwen, Gwen...
-I'm sorry.

I just--I can't stop thinking
about those two girls.

[exhales shaky breath]

What are they gonna do
without their mother?

Come here.
Listen.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

It's fine.
It's fine. It's fine.

They'll be--
they'll be okay.

It's fine. I'm fine.
I'm fine.

-Come here, listen to me.
-Listen.

I'm just gonna call Hal.

Don't you think he'd be perfectto direct "Chicago"?

John and Freddy
already mentioned it.

And he's been
on a hot streak recently.

You're not calling Hal.

-Bob...
-You're not calling him.

Okay?

♪

[whispers indistinctly]

[both breathing heavily]

♪

[moody music]

♪

[rain pattering]

Nicole's up.
She was asking for you.

How's she feeling?

BOB: She's hungry,
believe it or not.

You and Paddy had a--had a talkyesterday?

You worried about me?

I understand.

You don't need to be.

I just want you to be happy,
you know?

[mumbles]I want to make you happy, Annie.

[dramatic music]

♪

-Morning.
-Morning.

The round one is apple.

It's fresh.

Thank you. I'm...

I'm not really hungry.

I owe you an apology.

About last night,
I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said
what I said.

No, no, no.

I, um... [sighs]

I really appreciated
your honesty.

Has Bob told you
about Hannah?

A German girl?

No.

Well...

she was the last girl
that Bob was serious about,

and they met on the set
of "Cabaret."

She came back to New York
with him,

and they lived at
the Hyde Park Hotel

for a few weeks.

And when the phone rang,

she wasn't allowed to
answer it

in case it was Nicole.

So...

people come and go
in Bob's life,

and he lets them,
but not with Nicole.

He tries to protect her,

which is how I know
he cares about you.

He trusts you with her.

It's not gonna last,
Bob and I.

I can't look over
my shoulder all the time.

Mm-hmm.

Well, whatever he does,

you just have to remember,
it isn't personal.

[chuckles]

That's all it is,
is personal.

I'm not excusing
his behavior.

Yes, you are.

You learn to live with it.

You didn't.

You left.

But we are very much
still friends.

Bob loses himself
in his work.

He gets completely absorbed.

And if there's nobody there
to stop him,

if there's nobody there to pullhim back when he goes too far,

then one of these days
it will kill him.

♪

So that's my job?
[chuckles]

To keep him alive?

It's worth it.

Why?

Because he'll give you
what he gave me.

You mean Nicole?

Yes, but...

Not just Nicole.

Lola.

Charity.

Roxie.

♪

There's got to be screwed up--
[mumbles]

[sighs]

Ah, well, how did you sleep?

NEIL:
Oh, like a baby.

PADDY: Oh, babies
don't snore like that.

[Neil chuckles]

GWEN: [sighs]
So what's in the news?

RON:
Nothing good.

ANN:
Anyone want this crossword?

PADDY:
Knock yourself out.

Hey, Paddy, where are you
with that TV news script?

-I'm still outlining.
-Oh, yeah?

I may have some scenes
from "Chicago"

for you to take a look at
in a couple weeks.

Oh.

Yeah, we got to write
this thing fast.

So it's "Chicago"
over "Lenny" after all, huh?

Which one comes first?

Neither.

I'm gonna do 'em
at the same time.

[soft piano music]

♪

That's not gonna kill you?

I don't know.
We'll see.

♪

PADDY:
[chuckles] Well, okay.

[glasses clink]

♪

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