All language subtitles for The Promise - 1979 - ENG

Say goodbye Why

I can barely say

goodnight

If I can hardly take my

eyes from yours

How far can I go?

Walk away?

The thought would never cross my

mind. I

couldn't turn my back on

spring or fall.

Your smile, least of

all, when

I say away.

I mean forever

I trust tomorrow

as much as today

I'm not

afraid to say I

love you

And I promise you

I'll neverSay goodbye

We're dancers on a crowded floor

While other dancers live from

song to song

Our music goes

on and

on And

if I never leave your

I really will have traveled

everywhere

For my world is

there

When I say

always

I trust

tomorrow as much

as today.

I am not

afraid to say

I love you.

And I promise you

I'll never

You all right?Yeah.

Do you believe in God?Where'd that come

from?I don't know. Do you?Well,

golden throne in the sky who you make

deals with, do you?No.

But the God I don't believe in is

different from the one you don't believe

life force, you know?It's an

energy. And that we all

possess that energy inside of us.

Let's get married.

Married. Yeah.

paper to tell us what we feel?You don't.

But I do. I've been trained

to think in terms of blueprints and

statistics and words. I like that. I

like things to be spelled out. For the

whole world to see. I don't need

the whole world. I need you.

You've got me. Do

have a ceremony. Okay. All right. That's

what I want. Can

you move this rock?Are we gonna have a

ceremony under a rock?Michael.

Do I get to say how much I love you in

this ceremony?First, you have to lose the

rock. OK.

See, I believe

that the two souls are

destined to meet like ours,

and they grow like one. Nothing can pull

them apart.

So with these

beads, I be wed.

for as long as this rock

on this earth and the sea and the sky

shall live.

And I promise

never to forget these beads

or what they stand for.

Now you.

And I promise,

I promise never to

say goodbye to you. It

all feels good to be corny, doesn't it?

Yes. I mean, doesn't it?Yes, it does.

Michael?What's the matter?

Same dream about your father?

No, this time it was you. You know, I

opened the door and you started running

and you kept running and I couldn't catch

you. And I reached out and you were gone.

It's all right. I'm here

now. I

love you.

You're the only friend I've got. You know

that, Michael?

I gotta hurry. Where are you going?Well,

I can say it's quarter up. If I really

New York. What for?To

tell Marion we're getting married my way

with papers and a judge. Very

boring, but very legal ceremony,

which gives me the right to take care of

you for 125 years or until the sky falls,

whichever is labored. Michael, you know

what your mother's going to say. Who

knows?She might surprise us. Michael.

at the same time?You think one piece of

paper is going to change all that?I don't

know. It seems to. People get married and

they start hating each other, and I don't

want that. Oh, well, in that case,

we'll get a divorce and start living

together again. Well, what

am I supposed to do while you're gone?

What are you supposed to do?Yeah, I know.

Work on the painting. Look on the woman.

All right.

She'll be waiting for you.

I love you too. Bye.

Long past time you made a move like this.

Maybe, Maybe but not all the way to San

Francisco area, and I call that

overextension. For the firm?For

you. for your help. That's why Michael

is coming into the business, George. He's

my help. Only in one sense, and the

financial risk of extending 3,000 miles

is yours alone and the prayer. I expect

the risk to be my own. Good evening.

Well, home is the hunter. Yes. Ohh

At least two whole hours. Well, Michael,

I'm very anxious to hear what you have on

your mind. Hello, Michael. Hiya, George.

How are you?Well, I'm off to San

Francisco, against my better judgment,

but... Well, how are things at school?

Almost through. I'm looking forward to

working with you. Come on, Michael. We

have to talk. Uh, good night, Marion.

Good night, George. Please remember your

medication. Yes, yesGood night,

George.

Would you like to sit down, Marion?

Is the news as bad as all that?No, no, no

No, as a matter of fact, it's very good

news. Well, it's just the easiest thing

in the world. What is?What I'm

feeling. What I want.

Don't tell me you want to become a

Tibetan monk. Not even close.

Then it must be the girl, the painter.

Am I close enough?Marianne.

I want you to shake hands with me on my

marriage. Your

marriage?

Has there been one?No, not yet, no.

And when?Two weeks.

My own graduation present, you might say.

Do you have any objections?Can you think

of any I should have?No, Mother, that's

not how you answer a direct question.

Michael, I... I think the timing of this

is awkward. Why?

I'll be finished with school, gainfully

employed. Awkward in relation to your

work with a firm.

We've been asked to build a medical

center in San Francisco by the same group

that we designed the Hartford Center for.

Well, then congratulations are in order

for both of us, aren't they?I'll be

counting on you very heavily for this

next year. I wish you'd wait.

You can count on me. And you

can count on Nancy.

Your grandfather founded this business.

And when you take the reins, it will pass

successfully down to you without one

taint of criminal scandal.

Mother, what are you getting at?We are

getting at the subject of this marriage.

I take it that you know about this girl

only what you've told me. A foundling

named by a passel of nuns raised in an

nuns?I'm glad you're amused.

This is the report of a private

investigator I employed.

Investigator?Read this.

When the girl was still a baby, her

father was killed in prison,

where he was serving seven years for

armed robbery. Her mother

died an alcoholic two years later.

Did she tell you any of this?

I came down here thinking I was ready for

anything.

But when will I ever be ready for you?You

better be ready for anything in a

business such as this, where millions of

dollars can be involved in every deal.

Where a reputation for honesty can be

ruined as quickly. Honesty?Are

you telling me my grandfather's success

was built on his reputation for honesty?

No, but wait a minute. I'm not even going

to argue this. This is

the biggest bunch of crap that anyone,

anyone has ever laid on me.

Now, I'm your son, and I'm going to

assume that you were just overworked and

confused when he did this and that you

didn't really mean it, and

that you'll destroy it now. And we'll

never hear about any of this ever

again. Marian?

Michael, I'm opposed to this marriage.

It will weaken your ability to run the

business. Business?I'm not a business

Always business.

As if there wasn't anything in this

entire world but your father's

if I have to make a choice between being

happy and this cheap

insanity,

then I walk out that door.

Have we come to that?

Have we come to that?

We had a collect call, operator, from

Michael.

Nancy, hiya. Listen up.

Get dressed and pack an overnight bag.

I want us to be married tonight, Nancy.

Yep, tonight.

Instinct. Well, I'll tell you when I

get there. You want to, don't you, Nance

Yeah. YeahAll

right. Well, get dressed and I'll be

there. See ya.

Ben?Hey, Ben?Return of concert free.

Ben, Ben, are you, uh, are you sober

enough to stand up?What's it look like

I'm doing, anyone?Good, goodCome on, get

dressed. You're going to be my best man.

Only one?My best man.

Nancy and I are getting married tonight.

Come on.

Hey, look at him. He's not kidding.

Best man, huh

Hey, do I get to go on a honeymoon, too?

No, No honeymoon yet. Just tying a knot

that needs tying. Come on, buddy.

Hurry up. Get

married. I can't think of anybody to be

your maid of honor. No, I can't.

Well, don't be afraid to wake him up.

That's what seven weddings are for. I

told you you're my best friend, and I'm

gonna marry you. Here comes

the bride. Michael is the groom.

Oh, Michael.

What'd you say?No, she's

impossible. She inherited that business

from my grandfather. She's killing

I make to be based on the business.

I just told her not this one.

Over the threshold. Over the threshold.

Over the-- over the threshold. Over the

threshold. Here comes the threshold.

Here we go. Uh Careful. Can

we get the door?I

don't know. I don't knowGive me the back.

Give me the back. Give me the back.

No. No, that doesn't... Turn around.

This... If this marriage is gonna last,

positioning your woman, you know?Wait a

minute. No, it's fine. This is gonna

work. This is gonna work. All right, this

parting's a platter, but a

parting's a grease. A

full-started lover

is worse than me.

Ohh

I lost my last meatball

When somebody sneaks It

rolled off the table And onto the floor

Hello?

Yes. Yes, thank you.

I'll be there immediately.

Hello, Doctor Wickfield, please. Marion

Hilliard calling. It's very urgent.

Michael's alive. These

comatose, there's been some brain

hemorrhaging. The bleeding has stopped

now. The pressure is lessened. He's still

unconscious. He's in very good hands. The

attending surgeon is excellent. He's not

going to die?No.

We have to watch for complications. We

have to make certain he doesn't catch

pneumonia.

Michael may be unconscious for as long as

a week, and if we don't control your high

blood pressure, this situation can be

just as dangerous for you as for Michael.

I'm going to find you a hotel room and

you must get some rest. What about George?

Is he coming?No, noHe's in

California, in business, and it's

important we stay there.

Thank you. We keep flying up.

I know that my son is getting the best

possible care. I am your doctor too.

I want you to remember that.

How's the girl, Doctor Fenton?Well, I've

just finished the emergency repair work.

Are you a relative?No, this is Mrs.

Hilliard, Michael's mother, Doctor

Fenton's. I don't believe she has any.

I'll be responsible for it. She's

suffered no serious internal damage,

incredibly enough. But I'll be frank with

you. We've had to take over 90 stitches

in her face and.

Well, there's not an awful lot left under

those stitches. Her

face was crushed.

Dr. Gregson, please.

Marion Hilliard. I'm

calling long distance and it's urgent.

Hello, Dr. Gregson.

I was given your name by Dr. Paul Fenton

in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

His condition is very stable. Mrs.

Hilliard, go right in, please.

I'm awake. Who

are you?I'm Michael's

mother, Marion

Hilliard.

How is Michael?He will

probably live.

Nancy,

do you know what happened to you?

Yes. I don't feel any pain.

You're going to be well again.

Nothing was ruptured inside.

You're very lucky.

Nancy,

I want to help you. I

want to help you look whole again.

I've been given the name of a surgeon in

California. A man who can

completely repair your

face.

I will pay the cost of

everything. It will

be well over a hundred thousand dollars.

I can't accept.

A gift like that.

Gift

isn't precisely the word.

Nancy,

let's consider how you're feeling now

and what you will look like once the

bandages are removed. Please.

You probably won't want Michael to see

you, will you?Will you?

Oh. Ever. Please. Ever.

Then you've already made your decision,

Nancy. You have already

decided never to see Michael again.

All I'm asking of you is that you'll

abide by that decision once you're whole

and complete again. That's all I'm asking

for my money.

You have already lost everything you're

going to lose, including Michael.

From now on, it's all gain for you,

Nancy, if you choose it to be.

And what about Michael?Well,

obviously, I--

I must trust you to abide by your

decision. But...

Will Michael honor my word?

If he doesn't,

you're not responsible.

Then I

agree.

Dr. Gregson?Yes. Marion Helsey. What do

Oh, yes. But this is not a repair job.

This will take a very long time. I'm

sure you'll be very thorough. What will

she require?Ah,

hospitalization for a time, of course. A

place to live while she recuperates.

Private nurse for a while. Whatever.

And she'll need psychiatric help. She's

going to lose her identity temporarily.

People who are forced to go too long

without a feeling of self usually get

into psychological difficulties. They can

become prime candidates for suicide.

I'll I'll work as fast as I can, of

course. But I'm a cautious man.

And bone reconstruction is,

well, it's it's very complex.

In a situation as overwhelming

as this, a psychiatrist

is as important as a surgeon. I

understand. How will I pay you?Oh,

I'll bill you as expenses are incurred.

No, I. don't want to be

billed. I'll pay

the whole thing in advance. I want the

girl to feel certain that everything's

quite settled. You're remarkablygenerous.

Michael. I'm all right.

Nancy?Please, son, let's

wait until you're stronger. What

do you mean?Where is she?

Ben wasn't too badly hurt. He's been sent

back to Boston Hospital. He's been

calling you every day, Michael. Marianne.

Michael, do you remember?

Are you aware of what happened to Nancy?

No, I can't.

Head first, through the windshield.

I remember her face.

She didn't survive it, Michael.

Mike, what you think you're going to do?

I'm going to

finish my exams this summer

go to work. Yeah, go to

work.

Couldn't have been any worse, could it?

She was a real special. She was my life.

And I don't want to talk about her.

Well, I guess I'll go.

Hey, Ben, come and

work for us in the fall like we plant.

All right. If you don't change your mind,

I won't. You'll love the work. Travel

around picking up art objects for George

Callaway. Meet architects

and artists. You'll enjoy it.

Thanks for the job.

Mike, let me

say one thing about Nancy, all right?

OK. Barrier.

Unburied dead are dangerous things.

Don't screw up your head, Mike.

I'll see you around. Hey, Ben. You

know what I love maybe most of all about

her was that she knew what she could do

and what she wanted.

She had the courage to go after it

without any help from anybody.

She had no one.

She had you, Mike.

I'll just be finance. Gotcha.

Hey, what do you want?

Nothing. I just.

Dr. Allison, come in. I hope I'm

interrupting a very creative meditation.

Nothing as sensible as that, I'm afraid.

Just plain old nostalgia. Uh,

nostalgia is to be encouraged.

You and Michael?Can I see?

Huh

How long ago?Six months. It was

the evening of the accident.

It's Michael's birthday today.

I wonder how he is, if he's up and around

yet. Wish I could call and

ask.

Are you regretting your arrangement with

Mrs. Hilliard?Only right

now. I mean, when Michael tells her to go

to hell, I'll be very happy with the

whole thing.

Nancy, does Dr. Gregson know about your

arrangement?

No. That's my secret.

Yours and mine.

OK, I agree. Herb Trask did a good job on

this. All the drinking fountains are in

the right places. But we're in San

Francisco. There happens to be an ocean a

mile away. Isn't it possible that

somebody might want to see it?So you want

a wall of windows here?Yes, I want a wall

of windows there. Then who pays the

heating bill?The

point I'm making is that it used to be

form followed function. Now it follows

ecological necessity. As long as

you're driving yourself 18 hours a day,

Michael, you may as well keep abreast of

current changes. screw current changes.

You know, a view is important. It might

even save some poor bastard who spends 10

hours a day at his desk from cracking up.

I mean forever.

I trust tomorrow

as much as

today.

Michael.

Well, it's official. We have our

first West Coast client. Cosa Hilliard

goes to California. Are

you going to highball over the Rocky

Mountains yourself or?No, I'm not going

to do it myself. You're going to do it

for me. What do you think about that idea?

Would my grandfather approve of that?

Yes, he would approve. You've earned

it. The medical building is your project.

What's the matter?What are you thinking?

Nothing.

I got to finish this work, Maria. What?

You're pleased about this, aren't you?

I'll do the job, Michael.

This work has to be done.

Congratulations.

Peter bought me the camera Somehow I

can't bring myself back to painting Have

you thought about why that is?

Maybe it's because of Michael Anyway

Peter bought me this camera and I took a

little studio and he thought that maybe

for a while Photography would be a

very smart man

Do you like them, Carol?

Quality, composition. I'm not an expert

opinion, although I do like them.

But as your psychotherapist, I think

they're magnificent.

Why?

Because they're the expression of you, of

your talent, Nancy.

And that's the common source for the girl

who went through the windshield of that

car and the one who took these pictures.

You're finding the artist in you all over

again. And that's very exciting.

Yes, Yes it is.

You know,

when I saw the first of these, I felt

really good. Good that I still existed.

My face is changing completely and I was

becoming a stranger to myself, but in my

work, I saw me.

Do you know what I saw?What?I

saw my soul.

See, I believe that I have one and

that it expresses itself.

I know it fell in love once.

Nancy, do you think Michael's forgotten

you?Do you think he's

abandoned you?

It's been almost a year now.

Every day I think that more and more.

Here you are as requested.

these were interior designs of my own

just before I came to Cotter Hilliardit's

pretty nice stuff not as sophisticated as

the sort of thing you've been trained no

what I need to learn you mind if I ask

you about 200 questions good heavens

everything has to be instructive that's

why I'm with you you're so flattering

this is going to be the main

reception lobby Kelson wants to use lots

of hanging plants what problems does that

create not many we'll install ultraviolet

units hereAnd here.

I

know.

Because Rococo, in my opinion, produces

exactly the opposite emotional reaction

in The Observer. Yeah, but but not,

say, in 1920. Hell no.

People thought totally different then.

God, Michael, it was a different world.

Mike, are you going to burn both of our

fuses out in one night?One more

question.

How many C's in Rococo?

Mike, come on over to my apartment and

have a drink. I designed it myself.

Hey, do you have

those fabric charts?Maybe. I don't know.

I'll look tomorrow. Tomorrow

and tomorrow and tomorrow?Not tonight,

Mike. You've ruined me. Well,

I really appreciate the extra duty. Yeah.

Well,

I'm going to bed, Michael.

Wendy.

If I say later,

don't be angry.

And don't be hurt.

All right.

I made a decision. I changed my

name. You changed your name?

Yes.

See, my mother's maiden name was Adamson.

When I was in the orphanage, one of the

nuns was named Sister Marie.

My new name will be Marie Adamson. All

right, Marie?Why?

I feel I'm beginning a new life, so why

not have a new name?And if Michael comes

to San Francisco looking for Nancy, he

won't.

I'm sure his mother didn't tell him of

our arrangement. She tested him. Tested

him, how?She let him think every day

about what I look like, with a

face full of broken bones and raw scars.

Let him think about that

till he came to his own decision that he

never wants to have to see me that way.

And that's exactly how you would look if

you hadn't struck the bargain you did. I

know that.

I shook hands with the devil and I have

no right to complain. That's right.

It's very important for you to remember

that. Look, don't act so damn calm about

it. That's what I know, not what I feel.

I feel betrayed. Today would have been my

first wedding anniversary. It would have

been one year today.

So what the hell am I here for?You're

here to work things through. Now

that I have done all the way. Look,

if it were the other way around, I'd have

found Michael. I'd have forced myself to

look at him and find out what I felt,

because I wouldn't have forgotten how I

loved him. I'd have been loyal.

Do you realize what's happened to me in

this last year?I

almost lost me.

Hello, Marie.

Hi. How are you?

Fine.

Well,

I have a surprise for you. That's good.

You finished your work.

Dr. Allison has finished hers, and

I finished mine.

Oh, OK.

This is very nice. See, this is

Marie Adamson's first painting.

She's just been born.

Mark Hopkins Hotel, driver.

Hey, look at those pictures. Pull over,

Ace. Keep the meter running.

And as I'm taking this, I'm thinking of

it as one dimension instead of

three.

You can look for yourself. Enjoy.

Who's the photographer?Do you know?I'm

the photographer.

Marie Adamson. Yeah, I'm Ben Avery.

I'm glad I saw this stuff. The company I

work for is designing a new building here

in San Francisco and your work.

Marie. Sorry.

I realize I enhance any environment. It's

just part of my job.

We are very charming, Mr. Avery. Ben, you

can call me 30-yard Ben. That's my

football name.

I'd like to send a couple of these shots

back to Mr. Hilliard in New York. Now

I'll only use a couple and they'll be

sent right back to you.

I'm sorry, that's impossible. Listen,

nothing's impossible. This stuff is

terrific. Let me try and make you rich

and famous, OK?I'm sorry, that's

completely out of the question.

Excuse

me. All

right. I'm-- I've alwaysbeen very bad at

giving speeches, but thank you all for

being here. Well, I'm going to give a

speech. Your

grandfather would be proud.

His business reaches across the country

and his grandson steers the ship. Well,

I think that you should cut the cake.

Yes, sir. I'll get that. I'll get it.

It's my birthday. I answer the phone.

Cotter Hilliard. Mike?

Happy birthday, hooligan. Yeah, that's

right, my day all day. Hey, you know who

else's birthday it is?I read in the San

Francisco Chronicle. Julius Caesar.

Julius Caesar?How the hell do they know?

Because they are fiendishly clever, man.

So you and Julius Caesar have the same

stars going for you. Well, that's very

comforting. He wound up with 12 swords

stuck in it. That's right, you look for

the dark cloud in front of the silver

lining. When are you coming out here to

look at the new building?Hey, Dad. Yeah,

well, I think I found someone for that

photo mural. She lives here and she's

super. Great. What's her name?

Marie Adamson. Now,

I've done my job, but you want to make a

50 buck side bet, little buddy?You ain't

gonna get her. She says no. No, no,

no, no side bets until I see her work.

What are you sending me?Well, she

wouldn't give me any samples, so I found

some local magazine stuff she did. It's

already off, but, uh, she's...

You know what I mean?I tell you, these

artists are all out to lunch.

Hello. I'd like to speak with Marie

Adamson, please. This is Michael Hilliard

calling.

Hello?

Yes, this is she. Ben Avery

sent me some samples of your work. I

think he told you who I am.

I don't... I don't know how he

could have. Would you

excuse me a moment?

I'm sorry, Mr. Hilliard. I know nothing

about any samples. Well, Ben's very

resourceful, Miss Adamson. He knew I'd

want to see your work and he was

absolutely right. And look, I'm going to

be in San Francisco on Tuesday and we've

got to meet. I'm afraid

that's impossible. Well, I'll put myself

at your disposal anytime available to you

in any place, your studio, a restaurant,

you name it. No, thank you,

anyway. Ms. Hatson,

this is a major contract. I'm sorry.

Goodbye.

Come on in.

You know your work is unique. Already, I

could walk into a room anywhere, see one

of your pictures, and know it was yours.

I mean that. If I didn't feel that

strongly, I wouldn't be so rude as to

just show up this way. It's a great

place for a studio. It's an old

firehouse, isn't it?

what is it about your work I recognize

Miss Adamson particularly the landscapes

the shots that Ben Avery sent me were

mostly landscapes

may I turn on the lights no

no all right we'll

talk through the shadows I'm Michael

Hilliard I'm afraid I'm working Mr.

Hilliard yes I hope you're gonna be

working for me say yes and you will beI'm

afraid that's impossible. Your work will

fit wonderfully into this new building.

It's going to be an important building.

Please trust me. I know that this sort of

commitment can be very frightening to a

young artist. You're in a vulnerable

position. I understand that. But I want

you to trust me. Miss Adamson, this

building is going to be a permanent

structure in a major city, and your work

will be right in its belly, right in its

foundation. Do you know that hundreds of

thousands of people will see it everyyear?

Miss Adamson.

Yes.

Nothing.

I want very much to present your work to

the public. I think that together we

could create something. The answer is no.

I don't do that kind of work. But it's

precisely the work you do. You'll be

taking photographs. No,

Mr. Hilliard. Now will you please let me

continue my work?

You do such beautiful work. And what I'm

offering you could give you the kind of

recognition that you must want.

Don't worry about it. I know what she

said. She

said no. I got Bobby growing up the

contract right now. I'm going to make her

a dollar offer. It's going to make that

no hurt just a little too much. You

didn't push Herrera this way, Mike. No,

we didn't. This girl's different.

Look, Ben, I want the girl to do the

work. You're the one who found her. Your

instincts were right, but we didn't

figure she's probably waiting to hear the

deal. Maybe not, buddy.

Maybe the best buildings get designed by

people that don't care about the deal.

Everybody cares about the deal.

Well, you said you were going to relearn

the business and make it.

Looks like you did. That's right.

So watch out when you forget, Mike.

Now, what I really want is a beer. Hey,

can I have a beer up here?

I'm the hypochondriac I ever had to

treat. Really?Well, you know what they

could be, Cal. How could they?Every week,

something new. Well, I've got sugar pills

of all different sizes and shapes, so

every week, a new prescription. Anyway,

after about two years of this, one day

she comes in really sick. So I run

some tests on her. What do you think

she's got?Diabetes. Everybody cries

again, you know?I

remember when Cal tied off the urine, it

was a smoky tube during a colotomy. Hey,

the girl says to me, Look, screw it, it's

fine, but I would like to pee, too.

Excuse me. I'm

sorry to interrupt. We...

Miss Adamson, could I talk to you for a

minute, please?Who are you?I'm sorry,

Michael Hilliard. I'll be

right back. It's an architectural firm.

Thanks.

May I say that your manners are

absolutely deploring. I know, I knowI'm

I'm sorry, but I'm really excited by this

and I wanted to show it to you right

away. Miss Adamson, may I call you Marie?

No, noMiss Adamson, this

is the best contract ever prepared by our

company for an artist. It's the best. I

want you to have a look at it and don't

even feel like you have to give me an

answer until tomorrow. Look, the answer

is no. It doesn't make any difference

what you are offering me. I can't believe

that. Do you sell prints and exhibitions,

and do you publish in magazines?Look,

don't you know who I am?

I'm an artist, Mr. Hilliard. I

don't hire out to do jobs. I never have.

That's not me at all.

So do yourself a favor.

Believe me. And find

yourself another photographer.

Ben found this artist. She's marvelous.

She's a girl living here in San

Francisco. I've seen her work, and it's

perfect for the photo mural. Well, then

hire her. I understand it's all right to

hire women now. Yeah, well,

you wouldn't know it by her. She

absolutely refuses the job.

Well, then hire someone else. Well,

I will if I have to.

But it doesn't make a damn bit of sense.

I mean, she's a professional. She's done

work for magazines. you know it's as if

it's me she won't work for and I've never

even met her before

how old is this girl Michael 24

25 what does she look

like dark

dark hair

very pretty

intelligent very

nervous I'm

not quitting on herI want to see

her again.

I'd like to meet this girl, Michael.

Come in.

Hello, Mrs. Hilliard. How do you do?

It's a great pleasure to meet you.

Come in.

Here are the samples that you asked for.

Sit down, please. Thank you.

I take it by your consenting to bring

these that you're considering accepting

the job.

No, I'm not. I just thought you might

like to see my style.

Dr. Gregson was the right choice, wasn't

he?

You're guessing?

Just deducing. It all

adds up. If it didn't, I probably

wouldn't know. Yes,

Peter was the right man. It's

good that you can see your money was well

spent. You're very

beautiful.

I'm glad you approve.

I'm tired and I've been ill, so please

let me get to the point.

My son is offering you a very fine job,

Nancy. I think that you should-- My name

is Marie, and you can put your mind

at rest becauseno intention of working

for your son much less involving myself

with him who hasn't even a glimmer of

recognition that you have who's forgotten

me so completely that I can stand before

him and not even call myself to his mind

I want you to take this job

Michael feels that your work is

appropriate and this sort of assignment

can virtually establish your career and

would I tell him who I am

that would depend on youBut he

won't.

I wouldn't know how to face it.

What to say?You're lying.

You're engineering something.

No.

I'm sorry it happened. I don't believe

you, Marian! Things are

slipping out of your control and you are

trying to manipulate them back again.

It's evil. It's evil to tamper

with life the way that you do. You made a

terrible error.

You assumed that a love, an absolutely

genuine love, would somehow keep Michael

from being fulfilled. Now that is an

amazing assumption to make.

Well, he hasn't any now. That's clear.

he's aged four years and two and he's

unhappy and I

distract myself in every way that I know

how so as not to remember those New

England days and you

Wow Marian

your buildings are going up

and here we all are

but I want you to think

I want you to think about what might have

been and what it might have meant to you.

Oh,

God, I feel free at last. Free?Huh

Free of Mary and Hilliard?

No, I wasn't thinking about her.

be of bad faith I mean that's all this

whole thing has been for me is a loss of

faith Marie

Marie Marie

listen to me this is something that

happens to every one of us you lose your

faith in human nature

but you don't let it ruin your life

God I respect you

I admire your kindness

and your skill. That's all I

can say about my feelings, except

that the other is completely over.

Yes.

This is how completely over it is.

There was a note on your door saying

where you were.

I hope it was for me.

It was not. I thought our

business was finished, Mr. Hilliard.

Miss Adams,

I'm here to make an apology. And a

confession. My work is my

life.

And I try very hard to be good at it.

Gets me into trouble sometimes.

I'm not very good at tuning into other

people's feelings.

I haven't meant to, but I think I

might have treated you arrogantly. If I

have, I'm sorry.

I accept your apology, Mr. Hilliard.

Now for the confession.

And I I hope you don't recommend a padded

cell when you hear it.

There's something about your work, Miss

Adamson. It haunts me.

I've been selling you on what this job

could mean to you. I haven't told you

what it means to me. It haunts

me.

See, for a long time now, I've been

walking around in a kind of a

busy dream and not feeling very much.

Ms. Adams, your work

connected with something.

It touched me. And I've become

desperate to include it in my work, to

have our separate efforts come together

just once. There.

That's my confession.

Here, Mr. Hayes. Take this.

It's free of charge.

Use it any way you want to, and

I hope you find it satisfactory.

Feels good, doesn't

it?Yeah, well, it does me too.

Feels good. Looks good.

Now you have to admit. You have to admit,

Miss Adams, that

even given the disadvantageous setting,

that's a good-looking shot.

Yeah, here's a good shot.

Now, that would just be one wall in

one building in one city. Imagine

one wall in one building in three cities,

eight cities.

Yes. It's

quite a feeling. Of course it

isn't my best work. Oh, I know that. Your

best work is just around the corner.

What, you have another truck parked

around the corner?

How'd you get that scar on your forehead?

It was just

from a little accident.

Really?Looks

like more than just a little accident to

me. It's nothing. It's not important.

I've forgotten all about it.

Hey, this has got to stop. Yeah, well,

that's up to you. Now, you owe me some

kind of an explanation. I owe you

absolutely nothing. What the hell have

you got against me?

Where are you going?I'm going to get a

cop and have you arrested for harassment.

Well, good. I'll go with you. It'll be

the first thing we've done together. I

just think I got a right to know why

you've reacted as you have. Now, it's not

the job. The job is beautiful, and you

just admitted that. It can't be the firm,

because the firm is one of the best there

is. It must be me. That's right. Why me?

Why don't you like me?Why?God damn it.

What have I ever done to you?You don't

even know me. Oh, yes, I do. I see your

face just like I see a painting or a

photograph. And I'll tell you what I see,

Mr. Hilliard. I see no commitment. I see

nothing else precious. And most of

all, I see no loyalty.

What gives you the right to talk to me

like that?Well, you asked for it. Now

maybe you'll leave me alone. JesusChrist.

You know, you're an absolutely lousy

judge of character. I don't know how you

managed to take such good pictures.

Trust me. I'm ready to say

goodbye to my parents, to all of it.

Listen to me, Marie. How strong were

you in the car with me the other day?I

want to know what the hell is going to

happen to you when you're alone back

there.

I have to go. There's

something that I need to let go of and

be done with. Marie,

don't go to Boston. You

can do that here with me.

Take me to the airport, Peter,

and be here when I get back.

I need you.

Marie!

Marie!

I'm really sorry, Doctor, for the hour

and everything. I mean, after all, it

wasn't me who made it night. I'm out of

your damn mind. Somebody listen.

Where is she, sir?She's not here.

Now get out! I'm sorry, Doctor. I've been

nice about this for too long. I want some

answers. Where is she?

You're not going to hurt her ever again.

Do you understand me?No, mister, I don't

know what the hell you're talking-- You

stay away from her!

Ohh

Nancy.

Why didn't you tell me?

Doctor, there's something that she's got

to know.

I'm sorry, I can't let you have that.

You're mine, to protect.

See, what was under there belonged to a

friend of mine.

And I was told

two years ago,

she had died in a

car accident.

I could never let the wrong person have

them. I made a

promise.

Of course, if there somehow

had been a terrible misunderstanding,

I don't know how I didn't see it.

There's only one pair of eyes that has

just that expression.

Your throat and

shoulders. You

had a very certain grace. How

I could have believed such a thing of

beauty could die.

Michael.

And if I never leave your

arm I really

will have traveled

everywhereFor

my world

is there

When I stay

always

I mean forever

I trust tomorrow

As much as

today

I am not afraid

to say I love,

I love you

And I

promise you

I'll never say

goodbye