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♪ I bet we've been together for a million years ♪

♪ and I'll bet we'll be together for a million more ♪

♪ oh, it's like I started breathing ♪

♪ on the night we kissed

♪ and I can't remember what I ever did before ♪

♪ what would we do, baby

♪ without us?

♪ what would we do, baby

♪ without us?

♪ and there ain't no nothin' ♪

♪ we can't love each other through ♪

♪ ooh-hoo

♪ what would we do, baby

♪ without us?

♪ sha-la-la-la

All right. There's a bottle in the refrigerator.

We'll be at the Macgregor Library reading room.

The number's by the phone.

Okay, mom. Don't worry about anything. We'll be fine.

It's great how you and dad are taking this class together.

I'm surprised he's willing to give up

Monday night football for this.

Oh, no. He's very excited about it.

It's really a wonderful program.

A weekly seminar in great works of literature.

It's the kind of thing your father loves.

Bad news, honey.

I don't think I can make it tonight.

What is this, Steven?

I don't think it's serious.

Just a-a slight fever of 135.

Drop the act, Steven!

You're going to the book club.

Oh, come on, Elyse!

You let Jennifer stay home last week!

Her fever was only 101!

Hey, don't drag me into this, dad.

Come on, Andrew. You're too mature to see this.

Oh, Elyse, have a heart.

The Lions are playing the Raiders!

I can read "Crime and Punishment" at halftime.

Okay. If you don't want to go, don't go,

But the marriage is off.

I'm coming! I'm coming!

What a gyp!

It's gonna break Alex's heart, you know.

I was gonna watch the game with him tonight.

Oh, get off it, Steven.

Alex is at a Bergman Film Festival

with Ellen and her friends.

Well, I thought he hated Ingmar Bergman.

Well, he's there.

You could take a lesson from your son, Steven.

At least he's trying to broaden his horizons.

Bergman is a fraud!

He's a complete fraud.

Alex, Ingmar Bergman is a genius.

You want to know who's a genius?

Did you ever see Ronald Reagan in "Bedtime for Bonzo"?

There's plenty of food in the fridge.

Make yourselves comfortable.

We'll be back in about three hours.

Don't hesitate to call if you need us to come home sooner.

That was a really fabulous movie.

It gave me the chills.

Oh, are we back on this again?

Bergman really is a genius.

I think this is the best work he's ever done.

With one visual image,

he manages to convey all of the emotional confusion

of a character.

Yeah, the character he confused was me.

So, what do you guys want to do now?

Well, a few people are gonna get together at Pam's apartment

for some music and cappuccino. She said we should stop over.

Oh, that sounds great. You want to go, Alex?

Well, gee, I don't know, Ellen.

I have this funny reaction to cappuccino.

It makes me cough... in Italian.

Come on. This should be interesting.

Professor Marwil is gonna bring his Sibelius records over,

and Maxine's gonna read from her works in progress.

Ooh, it's tempting.

What do you say?

I can't make it, Ellen. I got a pie in the oven.

I guess we'll take a rain check.

- Well, maybe next time. - See you around. Bye, Alex.

Alex: Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Did you... Did you want to go to Pam's?

Oh, no, no. Come on, don't be silly.

You sure?

Of course, Alex, I wouldn't want to go without you.

Oh, well, you would have wanted to go if I had wanted to go?

Well, yeah, I suppose.

But you don't, so that's fine. We'll just stay here.

Well, Ellen, you should.

You know, don't let the fact

that I don't want to go stop you from going.

Are you sure? Go.

You don't mind? Go.

Only if you want me to.

Go!

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

I can't believe she went.

Elyse, you're over-reacting.

Oh, Steven, I am not over-reacting.

What you did was inexcusable.

What did I do that was so terrible?

You stood up and yelled, "Fire! Head for the nearest TV!"

Elyse, we had been in that room,

talking about Dostoyevsky,

for almost 10 minutes without a break.

Look, if you want to drop the class, just say so.

I want to drop the class.

No!

Hey, did you guys have a good time tonight?

Yeah, great.

Yeah, can't wait for next week.

You guys are really something, you know that?

You're a very special couple.

You do things together. You...

You learn from each other, share things.

Common interests. You like being with each other.

What's your secret?

I never get my way.

I know the feeling. I'm having the same problem with Ellen.

You weren't allowed to watch the game, either?

Steven, that's enough. Will you please just drop it?

See, look at you two.

The love!

It's great.

I'm never gonna have that kind of rapport with Ellen.

What's the matter? You have a fight with her?

No. No. She just went over to someone's house

with some of her other friends, you know.

She said something about a lot of people being there,

music, cappuccino.

Why didn't you go?

Because I have better things to do with my time

than sit around sipping pretentious little drinks,

listening to some hep cat play the bongos.

Could be worse. Could've been at the book club.

I don't know what to do.

I mean, this relationship is not going the way I planned it.

I always dreamed that I'd fall in love

with a girl who'd put me at the center of her life.

You know, who would revolve around me,

the way the planets revolve around the sun.

A girl so single-minded

in her devotion to me that... It became almost sickening.

If this girl is out there somewhere,

I hope I never meet her.

Well, Ellen's not that girl.

She's got her own life.

She's got her art. She's got her dance.

She's got her own interests.

She's completely independent.

It's unnatural.

Alex, you can't expect Ellen to give up her life

just because the two of you are a couple.

Why do I have to share Ellen with all those other people?

Like that guy, David.

What's the matter with him? He seems nice.

Nice? Mom, he's a dancer.

He wears tights,

uses French terminology

to describe simple body movements.

Alex, let me tell you a little story.

When I started going out with your mother,

most of her friends took an instant dislike to me.

Thanks for passing that trait along, dad.

How did you handle it?

First I made an effort to get comfortable with them.

Then we moved to another state.

But your mother appreciated the fact that I tried.

Well, I can't change.

I am what I am.

This, uh, this is as good as I get.

This is me in my final form.

State-of-the-art Alex.

If only you weren't so insecure.

Well, let's face it, mom.

Ellen and I have nothing in common.

Alex, you have one very important thing in common.

You love each other.

Ppbbtt! One little thing.

How far can that take us?

Well, that and a little flexibility on your part

can take you a long way.

Alex, look, either you work things out with Ellen,

or you have to sit around and wait

for some clinging, fawning shell of a girl

who's just gonna accept you blindly

and worship the ground you walk on.

Mm.

There's an argument to be made both ways.

Guess who.

I'd know you anywhere, mom.

Boy, do you look great in that outfit.

How come you don't wear that more often?

It's not the kind of thing you wear

when you go out to dinner, Alex.

Speak for yourself.

How was your day? Oh, it was nothing special.

Got up this morning. I went to a couple classes.

Couple professors told me I was brilliant.

The usual, you know.

Listen, uh, how about, uh,

the two of us doing something alone tonight?

Tonight?

Yeah, I was thinking maybe we go and, uh,

catch a quiet dinner at Guido's,

couple rounds of miniature golf.

You could wear the leotard.

What do you say?

I can't tonight, Alex.

I'm trying out for the improvisational dance group

this term, and we're rehearsing tonight.

Oh. Uh, it's okay.

How about tomorrow night? I'm free then.

Well, no, no, see, tonight's the last night

the miniature golf is open to the public.

After tonight, it's all pros.

I'd change if I could, but this is the only night

David is free to rehearse.

Oh, dancing with David.

I see.

Alex, he's my partner.

Hey, hey, I understand.

Look, you would rather dance with David

than putt with me.

Alex, I'm sorry I can't go tonight.

You know how I love carrying your clubs.

But this is really very important to me.

David and I really need to go over this routine.

It's very complicated.

The part where he lifts me, for example,

is extremely difficult.

Of course. Why is David lifting you?

Alex, come on. David is just my dance partner.

I don't know what you're worried about.

Ellen, Ellen.

I know what these lifts lead to.

See, first he's gonna lift you

and then he's got to put you down again.

And then he's just gonna want to lift you up again.

Where does it end, Ellen?

Hi, Alex. How are you?

Uh, hi, David. I'm - I'm fine.

How are you?

Fine. Yourself?

Still fine.

I'm sor... Did you want that there?

We better get going. Class is about to start.

Well, it was nice seeing you, Alex.

Ellen?

Oh, just a minute, David.

Alex, are you okay? You seem a little strange.

It's just that I hardly get to see you anymore, Ellen.

I miss you.

Well, I miss you, too, Alex. I really do.

But this is just an incredibly busy time for me.

Look, I need affection.

I need attention.

I can't help it. I'm the kind of guy

who likes to be put on a pedestal.

Alex, I promise to put you up on a pedestal

as soon as my schedule lets up.

Ellen, let's go.

I'll see you later, okay?

Okay. Okay.

Okay. Andrew's asleep. His bottle in the refrigerator.

We'll be at the library, and you know the number.

Mom, I can't believe you got dad to go tonight.

I mean, the Rams are playing the Browns.

Oh, he's changed his attitude about the book club.

I mentioned it to him this morning,

and he was very excited.

All right! Let's hit that library!

That television is not going to the book club.

All right. All right. You win. No TV.

I'm, uh, I'm ready when you are, dear.

Alex. Mallory: Hi.

What's all that stuff?

It's culture, Mallory. I got paintings, art books,

classical music records, literary anthologies.

If it's pretentious, I got it.

What's all this culture doing here, Alex?

Just trying to be flexible, dad.

You told me that I should, uh, be more willing to change

if I want my relationship with Ellen to work.

Yeah, but I had no idea it would lead

to such a mess in the kitchen.

Alex, reading a few books is not gonna change

your relationship with Ellen.

Oh, I disagree, mom.

See, if I read these books and I listen to these records,

I'm gonna be able to...

To communicate with Ellen better,

we're going to be more compatible.

I am so glad that Nick and I are so compatible.

We like the same things.

We love spending every minute together.

It's like...

We're one person, you know?

Like we have one mind.

Who's using it tonight?

Alex, I thought you said you weren't very good at change.

I just realized that sooner or later,

Ellen's gonna open her eyes

and see that I'm not the guy for her,

and I can't let that happen.

I gotta start making myself more attractive to her right now.

You're asking a lot from those books, Alex.

"Interpret Paintings Like a Professional,

by Leo Korasch,

former professional painting interpreter."

"Learn to Dance While You Sleep."

"Opera: Why It's More Than Just Annoying."

Alex, an appreciation of art

and literature is not merely a question

of knowing some names and dates.

It's an emotional response.

It's an aesthetic value.

It's a love and appreciation of beauty.

Oh, get off your high horse, mom.

Get - get off it at your own convenience.

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Deborah Henley.

I'll be running the audition for today.

As you all know, we have very few spaces open in the company.

So only a few of you will be able to make it.

Excuse me, excusez-moi.

Oh, my god.

Can I help you?

Yes, I'm, uh,

here to apply for the dance company.

Your name?

Uh, Keaton. Uh...

Mikhail Keaton.

Are you a dance major?

Uh, no, no. I'm an economics and business major.

With a minor in dance.

I see. You can start to warm up over there,

and we'll begin.

David, I think you're going to be first.

What are you doing here?!

Warming up.

For what? For my dance.

You're not serious, are you?

Alex, since when do you have an interest in dance?

Ellen...

...I'm shocked at you.

You know, there's more to life

than the button-down world of big business.

There's art and music and dance.

And I'm gonna be a part of it...

Just like you are.

Well, that's great, Alex,

but this isn't the time or place

for you to jump into the world of dance!

You should start in the audience.

Are you ready, Mikhail?

Da.

I'm ready.

What is it that you'll be interpreting for us?

This, uh, particular piece is an interpretation

of the stock market crash of 1929.

What music will you be using to accompany yourself?

Uh, just, uh - just play anything.

This dance goes with everything.

Maestro.

Mr. Keaton, is something wrong?

Uh, no, no.

Why do you ask?

Because you're not dancing.

Well, you see, at this point in the dance,

the economy is still good.

In, uh...

In a minute the crash comes, interest rates rise,

and the dance really takes off.

Alex, are you okay?

I'm fine.

For my next number...

Mm. "Tiger, tiger, burning bright,

in the forests of the night"...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, honey. How was your day?

Oh, fine, fine.

Picture perfect.

What happened to you?

I, uh, hurt myself at the dance auditions.

What happened? Some big ballerina push you around?

No. I auditioned.

I...I wanted to show Ellen

that I belonged in her world.

Instead I showed her I belong in a circus.

Honey, what did you do?

Oh, I...

I embarrassed and humiliated myself.

I embarrassed and humiliated Ellen.

I embarrassed, humiliated,

and insulted her friends and teachers.

These things happen, Alex.

Oh, uh, hi, Ellen.

Hi, Mr. Keaton.

Hi, Mrs. Keaton. Hi.

Uh, Elyse, maybe, uh, you and I better, uh,

go to the living room and...

And dance!

Uh...

Ow.

So...

How'd the rest of the auditions go?

Okay. I think I made the company.

Great.

How about me?

You didn't make it, Alex.

But no one will forget you.

Uh, listen, Ellen,

I know what I did today was, uh, crazy,

but I thought there was a problem between us,

and that's the way I deal with the problems in my life.

I identify them, analyze them,

study them, and...make them bigger.

Is that why you were there today,

because you thought there was a problem between us?

Yes.

See, Ellen you have your friends

and all the things that you do,

and I just wanted to be part of that.

Instead I made a mockery out of something

that you care very deeply about.

And if you want to walk out that door right now

and never speak to me again, I'll understand.

I love what you did today.

You do?

I've never had anybody care so much about me

that they were willing to make a complete fool of themselves

to show it.

Didn't you think the somersault was good?

Alex, the last thing I want to do

is to push you to be something you're not.

Be honest - you hate dance.

You hated that party I went to the other night,

and you probably hate my friends.

"Hate" is a very strong word, Ellen.

You're right. I'm sorry.

You don't get along with my friends.

No, no, no. I hate them.

Let's face it. We are two very different people,

and there are certain parts of our lives

that will always be separate.

Alex...

I don't want you to change for me.

I love you.

I love you exactly the way you are.

That's good,

because if I have to change for you again, Ellen,

I may really hurt myself.