Original subtitles

[theme music]

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You know what they've come up with now?

Male beauty contests.

What's so new about that?

They've been having a Mr. Universe and Mr.

America contest for years.

I am not talking about the body-building stuff.

I'm talking about beauty contests, with models.

There was a swimsuit competition.

Guys parade up and down in their tuxedos.

I bet they even have Mr. Congeniality.

Oh, so what?

You know, we're looking for equality in the sexes.

Hey, don't get me started on that.

All I'm saying is that men are not supposed to be pretty.

Men are supposed to be men, not parade around in bathing suits.

What, not even on the beach?

Well, that's different.

Now, if this were Hawaii, then it would be different.

Funny you should mention Hawaii.

Why?

That's part of our next assignment.

You're kidding?

You mean, you and--

come on, you're kidding me, aren't ya?

Hey, we go where we're needed.

That's great.

Where are we going to be staying?

How does this sound?

The Hawaiian Sands, huh?

Turn left here.

Oh, right.

The Hawaiian Sands, that's great,

swaying palms, tropical wind.

JONATHAN SMITH: Oh, pull over here.

MARK GORDON: Oh, great.

[humming]

Boy, Jonathan, I tell you, I never thought, me in Hawaii.

Oh, man.

Jonathan, I got to tell ya--

I tell ya, I never thought that we would--

Aloha.

Oh, that's cute, Jonathan, cute.

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JONATHAN SMITH: Excuse me.

We're looking for the manager.

You found her.

What do you want?

I understand you have an apartment for rent.

Who told you that?

A friend of mine lives around the corner, on Vista.

Probably that old busybody, Watkins, huh?

Hey, look, if you don't have a vacancy, well just--

I didn't see that.

I got an apartment.

But I was just wondering how you found out so soon, that's all.

Oh, can we see it?

Well, it's kind of small.

Oh, here, let me give you a hand.

I don't need your help.

Well, my name is Jonathan Smith.

This is Mark Gordon.

I'm Aulani.

What do you do for a living?

Oh, different things, odd jobs.

Hmm, I could use a handyman around here, you know?

Yeah, well you don't manage this place all by yourself,

do you?

Well, I have this one friend who's supposed

to help me out around here.

But lately he-- uh, hasn't been too reliable.

Like I said, a little small for two, you know.

Oh, that's fine.

We'll take it.

OK.

Come on over to my place and we'll get

the paperwork out of the way.

Uh, were you serious about getting somebody

to help you out around here?

You're looking for a break in the rent?

Just trying to be friendly.

I might take you up on that.

Here's your receipt.

You understand the rent is higher only

because you're month to month.

Uh, that's fine.

That's fine.

[knocking]

Aloha.

AULANI: Where have you been?

I've been looking for you.

I went to the store.

They just got some fresh poi in and mango.

And look at this laulau.

It won't taste like the ones in Kaimuki.

Nothing grows right over here.

What's wrong this time?

These two gentlemen over here just rented apartment 7.

And the faucet in the kitchen is still leaking.

I thought you were going to fix it.

You rented it already?

That was quick.

Don't worry.

I'll take care of it just as soon as I take the rest

of this stuff back to my place.

And what about the gas leak in Mrs. Herman's?

I didn't find any leak.

I think Mrs. Herman just likes to complain.

Well, I don't like it when she complains to me.

Hey, I might be able to help with that gas leak.

I used to work on installing appliances.

I mean, if you don't mind.

You'd be doing him a favor, give

him more time for doping off or whatever you're doing nowadays.

You got something going on the side?

No, some errands just piled up and I've been

trying to take care of them.

I'll meet you back at your place.

All right, wait.

While you're doing that, I'll go see

what I can do for Mrs. Herman.

Let me have the screw.

That manager, Aulani, is she always like that?

What do you mean?

Can I have the Phillips?

You know, growling and, you know,

picking on people all the time.

Ah, don't pay any attention to her.

Her bark is worse than her bite.

I'm glad to hear that because she

has got one fierce bark on her.

Well, a lot of bad has happened to her.

Oh, you mean being cripple?

That and a lot of things, but mostly that.

She was a big star in Hawaii.

What?

Her?

Hey, don't judge her by the way she is now.

When she danced, it was the best.

It was like a breeze blowing through the kiawe trees.

And sing, like an angel.

Well, what happened?

She was on her way to church to sing for

a special Thanksgiving service.

A truck hit her broadside.

The driver was drunk out of his mind.

The doctors never expected her to live,

much less ever walk again.

And when she started to get better,

they told her she'd be stuck in a wheelchair

the rest of her life, and there was

nothing she could do about it.

It doesn't look like she believed them.

Aulani doesn't like people to tell

her what she can or can't do.

I tell you, I got bills to pay and I count on that check.

Give me a break.

I can't deliver what I don't have.

It should have been here four days ago.

I know.

What do you want from me?

Did you check back at the post office?

You know how they're always losing things there.

Did you ever think that maybe the trucking company

didn't send it out this month?

They never make a mistake the whole time they've been paying.

There's always a first time.

Maybe you should go yell at the trucking company.

Aulani, I found Mrs. Herman's problem.

She just had a valve that was sticking.

You'd have thought that clown, Danny, would have known that.

I doubt it.

Unless you know just where to look,

you'd miss it nine times out of 10.

I was just lucky.

Are you serious about wanting to help?

Sure.

Why, you got another gas leak?

No, no, no, no, I need a ride downtown tomorrow.

And I'm not sure Danny's not going to be

off at one of his errands.

Yeah, sure, any special time?

The earlier the better.

You got it, 8 o'clock?

That would be fine.

All right then, I'll see you at 8 o'clock.

Hey, you got a problem?

I guess so.

Darned if I can figure it out.

It was running fine an hour ago.

And now, nothing.

Want me to take a look?

I know a little bit about engines.

Yeah, sure thing, except I think it's

too late to do any good today.

I have to be at work in an hour.

What, do you work nights?

Yeah, a singer at the club, Waikiki.

You're kidding.

What-- what do you sing Hawaiian songs and stuff?

Mm-hmm, mostly stuff.

Boy, I love Hawaiian music.

Wait a minute.

How are you going to get to work without a car?

Well, I'll catch a bus, no problem.

Hey, no way.

I'll drive you.

I can't ask you to do that.

Besides, the bus passes right near the club.

It'll take you twice as long in a bus.

Besides, I got a perfectly good car right here.

I tell you what, you and Jonathan drive me to the club,

and then the both of you stay and watch the act as my guests.

Hey, I wasn't angling for--

I know that.

Come on.

What do you say?

All right, you've got a deal.

Give me five minutes to change.

You got it.

All right.

Jonathan, Jonathan, guess where we're going tonight.

To the club to see Danny's show.

Why don't you get dressed?

I don't want to be late.

I should have known.

I should have known it.

Any time anything mechanical breaks down,

and you're within a half a mile of it.

[music playing]

DANNY: (SINGING) Whenever you're watching a hula girl dance,

you've got to be careful.

You're tempting romance.

Don't keep your eyes on her hips, her naughty hula hips.

Just keep your eyes on the hands.

Remember she's telling a story to you.

Her ohu was swaying, but don't watch the view.

Don't concentrate on the swing.

It doesn't mean a thing.

Just keep your eyes on the hands.

And when she goes around the island,

swinging hips so tantalizing, just keep

your eyes where they belong.

Because the hula has a feeling that

will send your senses reeling.

It makes a weak man strong.

He's great, you know.

It's almost like being in a Hawaii.

What?

I said it's almost like being in Hawaii,

not quite, but almost.

DANNY: (SINGING) But if you're too young to date, or over 98,

just keep your eyes on the hands, not on her ohu.

Just keep your eyes on the hands, not on her nanas.

Just keep your eyes on the hands.

Hey, listen, you enjoy the show.

I'll see you back at the apartment.

Where are you going?

I gotta work on the assignment.

Aloha.

OK, let me hear it again, aloha!

ALL: Aloha!

Good evening.

Where's your partner?

Oh, he's still back at the club.

He's waiting for Danny to finish his last set.

Two shows?

He must be some kind of glutton for punishment.

Mark, he's crazy about Hawaii and anything Hawaiian.

Then what's he doing in that phony club?

Oh, you never let up, do you?

How do you like it?

I thought the show was terrific.

Danny's a great entertainer.

He's a clown.

He's a clown.

Come on.

You think singing "I'm the Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai"

and making all those funny faces, you think it's good?

Well, the audience certainly did.

They loved the show.

Piu.

He used to sing with me, back home in Kauai He

was a real singer back there.

You should him sing our songs, like "Akaka Falls"

and "Kalamaula," "Kuuipoi"--

music that had real meaning for us, not those hop Haole songs,

like "The Princess Poopooly has Plenty Papaya."

Come on.

Those kinds of songs make him look like a clown.

Let me ask you a question.

If you love Kauai so much, why didn't you ever go back?

Well, it's time to go to bed.

Won't you just bring in my chair for me?

That's fine.

Right there.

You still haven't answered my question.

Why didn't you go back?

Nothing back there for me.

Oh, that's not true, Aulani.

What do you know about it?

Well, I'd say that someone who was as famous as the Waikiki

Nightingale would have no trouble

finding an audience back home.

You know who I am?

Come on, anybody who's spent any time in Hawaii

knows who you are.

That was a long time ago, a long time.

What brought you here?

You ask too many questions, you know that?

Yeah, I know that.

What brought you here?

When I was 19, I worked every hotel on Waikiki.

I was a big star in Hawaii.

Then one day, this fellow from the mainland

came backstage and said, we're going

to do a big Hawaiian show in Las Vegas, build it around me.

And all my friends said, you better not do it,

Hawaiian shows don't work on the mainland.

The magic fades, you know.

When you leave the island, it fades.

Gotta have-- gotta have tropic night.

Have to have tradewinds, whatever.

I knew better.

The show closed in three weeks.

And you stayed here.

I wasn't going to let all those people say, I

told you so.

No way.

I would go back when I was good and ready,

when I was a big star here, like I was back in Honolulu.

Then of course-- then of course the truck.

And Danny was in the show with you.

Oh, sure, one of my backup singers.

And what about him?

Why didn't he go?

He likes it here.

He's got no drive.

He wasted his talent.

Hey, what are you writing?

A book about Hawaiian has-beens.

No, no, I'm just interested.

Yeah, well, I'm interested in going to bed.

OK, I'll see you tomorrow.

Don't forget my ride tomorrow.

I won't forget, 8 o'clock.

Goodnight, Aulani.

All right, Miss, uh, Kealoha.

Let's stop beating around the bush.

Just what kind of a shakedown are we talking about here?

What do you mean, shakedown?

You think I'm faking this?

Oh, not at all.

I-- I know that injury is genuine.

I also know that that particular claim was settled long ago,

and with a rather large payment.

I know that.

I was there and I signed those papers.

Then what are we talking about here?

I'm talking about the other checks, the ones

that you send to me every month.

Uh, Miss Kealoha, there have been no additional payments.

Are you trying to tell me that I'm--

Just a second, Aulani.

Are you saying that your company has not sent Miss

Kealoha a check each month?

Not to my knowledge.

And it couldn't be done without my knowledge.

Aulani, were they company checks?

They were cashier's checks, drawn on the Western Bank.

Well, there you are.

We don't even do business with that particular bank.

[knocking]

It's open.

Have you seen Aulani?

Uh, Jonathan drove her downtown.

What for?

Well, she said something about a trucking company

not sending the monthly check or something.

She was going to go down and talk to them about it.

Damn.

Damn.

[music playing]

Hey, you're going to be all right?

Jonathan, stay for a minute or two.

It's scary.

Somebody has been sending me money every month,

money that's been keeping me alive all these years.

Oh, I think that's a little strong, don't you?

No, it isn't.

Without those checks every month, I don't know

how I would have gotten along.

I've come to depend on those checks.

I have a feeling now, I--

I'm not going to get them anymore.

Yeah, well, maybe that's a blessing in disguise.

Easy for you to say.

You're not a cripple.

How am I going to come up with that kind of money on my own?

Oh, come on, Aulani.

You still got your mind, your voice, your hands.

You could go home and make a good living.

You want me to sit around Waikiki, making coconut hats

for those haole tourists?

No, thank you.

Not Aulani.

[knocking]

I'll get it.

Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt.

What do you want?

This is for you.

The mailman must have put it in my box a couple of days

ago by mistake.

What is it?

Must be your monthly check from the trucking company.

Should have noticed it sooner, but you know,

I sort of let my mail pile up, sorry.

Well, see you later.

Take care.

Well, you could have said thank you.

What for?

Oh, come on.

Danny's the one who's been sending you those checks,

and you know it.

He's been lying to me for all these years.

What do I want to thank him for?

Yeah, well, maybe he wanted to save you the embarrassment

of taking money from him.

You know, as a lie, that's about on a par with the tooth fairy.

It's still a lie.

Would you have taken the money if you knew it was from him?

No way.

Why not?

Why not?

I don't want to be obligated to anybody.

He doesn't want you to feel obligated to him.

He loves you.

Oh, you are--

he's madly in love with me.

Come on.

What's the matter with you, Aulani?

I mean, why do you think he's been taking care of you

all these years?

And I'm not just talking about the money.

I'm talking about running errands for you,

fixing things around this place.

He feels sorry for me.

Oh, no, he doesn't.

He doesn't have to.

You're too busy feeling sorry for yourself.

I don't have to sit around and listen to this.

Where do you get off?

Just where do you get off thinking

you've got the right to butt in other people's business?

And where do you get off thinking being handicapped

gives you the right to take and never give?

[music playing]

Damn.

[car engine whirrs]

Not again.

Yeah.

And you her running good too.

Yeah.

I got a feeling I know what the problem is.

I don't think there's anything we can do about it right now.

You've got to be someplace, right?

How did you know?

Intuition.

Come on, I'll give you a lift.

No, really, I can't impose again.

Hey, you're not imposing.

We're friends, remember?

We stayed in this great hotel on Waikiki.

You could walk through the lobby of this place right

onto the beach.

It was great.

Then we went to see everything, you

know the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Arizona Memorial

Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head.

Oh, boy, was that place great.

Hey, I forgot to ask you, where are we going anyway?

Um, anywhere around 17th and Carpenter.

Hey, I'll take you right there.

You just say when.

You know what got me most?

Was the water.

Is it always that warm?

Mm?

Oh, well, yeah, all year round.

What a place.

Oh, you can let me out here.

But we're not to 17th yet.

Oh that's OK.

We're close enough.

Thanks for the lift.

You want me to wait?

Oh no, I don't know how long I'll be,

so I'll take the bus back.

All right.

Thanks, Mark.

[music playing]

Hey, Danny.

Danny!

Come on, get in.

I can't park in a bus loading zone.

It's against the law.

Come on!

Danny, come on.

Take it easy.

I'm sorry.

You want to talk about it?

No.

Sometimes it helps.

No.

Come on, maybe you'll find out it's not so bad, huh?

You're right.

It's not really that bad.

Could we stop on the way back?

I'd like to get Aulani some papaya juice.

It's their favorite.

You've got it, pal.

[music playing]

You're going to be OK?

I'll be fine.

You sure?

Would you come with me to Aulani's?

I have to tell her something, and, uh--

Need a little moral support, huh?

Yeah.

You got it.

[music playing]

[knocking]

It's open, come in.

I brought you some fresh papaya juice.

Well, put it in the refrigerator.

I like it cold.

Aulani, I'm going home.

So go home.

No, I mean, really home, to Hawaii.

How long will you be gone?

Forever.

I'm not coming back.

Why?

Because I didn't thank you for lying to me about those checks?

Hey, I never asked you for money.

It has nothing to do with the checks.

Then why?

Because it's my home.

And what about your job?

You think you're going to get a job back home?

You're only a backup singer.

I don't care.

I'll be where I want to be.

I hope you'll be all right.

I'll be fine.

What?

You think I need you?

I let you hang around because I feel sorry for you.

Go on, go back.

Well, go on!

[music playing]

I got to tell you, Jonathan.

I don't blame him.

I mean, all the stuff he does for her,

and she treats him like dirt.

Well, Mark she treats him that way because she's frightened,

she's afraid.

What are you talking about?

Danny's all she's got.

He does everything for her.

She's totally dependent on him.

And in a way, she hates him for it because she's

afraid someday he'll be gone.

Yeah, he'll be gone all right and it'll be her fault.

Oh, no, he's not leaving because of the way

she treats him.

If that were the case, he would have been gone a long time ago.

No, he loves her too much for that.

Then why is he going home?

I think he's going home to die.

Yeah, beautiful sky tonight, huh?

The stars look close enough to touch.

The skies are clearer in Kauai.

Oh, the garden aisle.

Is that where you're from?

Yes.

You know there is a God when you see Kauai.

Mark tells me you're going back.

Yes, I-- I leave day after tomorrow.

They're having a goodbye celebration for me

at the club tomorrow night after the show,

sort of a bon voyage party.

Ah, it should be fun.

Aulani going to the party?

No.

Did you ask her?

You don't know Aulani.

She doesn't go out.

And she doesn't want people to see her.

I've tried before, many times.

I tried to get her to sing again.

I tried to get her to go back to Hawaii.

It's-- it's no use.

So I say to myself, Danny, stop wasting your time hanging

around where you're not wanted.

Time to enjoy myself.

Lots of pretty women and Kauai.

You know, you're not a very good liar, Danny.

You love Aulani, don't you?

Don't you?

Four years ago, I had an operation.

It was nothing, my gallbladder.

In the hospital a few days and then out.

They gave me a blood transfusion.

Big deal, right?

I have AIDS.

Hey, I'm so sorry.

Does Aulani know?

No.

I don't want her pitying me.

And I don't want her there when it begins to happen.

And I don't want her to se--

Jonathan, I know what's going to happen to me,

barring some miracle, or some decision by the government

to spend more money saving lives than taking them,

but what's going to happen to all Aulani?

It's always Aulani, isn't it?

Yes.

I'm tired.

I think I'll go up to bed.

Will you come to the club tomorrow night?

It should be fun.

Mark and will be there.

[music playing]

[knocking]

Come in.

Oh, Danny.

Boy, this is a funny show.

I though you left for Kauai already.

No, I--

I leave in the morning.

Oh, yeah, well, have a good flight.

I will.

This is so crazy.

I thought you might like this plant.

I can't take it with me and I don't want it to die.

Leave it over there.

Leave it over there on that table.

[laughs]

Well, I better get going.

I have to work tonight.

Aloha, Aulani.

Aloha, Danny.

[laughs]

All set?

Yeah.

All right.

Hey, I like your shirt.

Oh, well, you know, I wanted to wear something

Hawaiian for your show.

Where's Jonathan?

He said he would meet us later.

[music playing]

Showtime.

JONATHAN SMITH: You can't live in the past.

Why not?

It's better than the future.

So Danny was crazy in love with me, right?

He's got a funny way of showing it.

He's going back to Hawaii, in case you haven't heard.

Yeah, I heard.

I always knew he would someday.

In a way, it's a relief.

He was always hanging around, talking about the island.

At least now I'll get a little peace and quiet.

You're really frightened, aren't you?

Me?

Of what?

Of being alone, of losing the only person who

ever really cared about you.

Are you back to that really cared about me business?

He's going.

He's walking out.

He makes me depend on him all these years,

and then suddenly he leaves.

Of course I'm scared.

Who's going to take care of me?

Who's going to help me?

Would you listen to yourself?

Who's going to take care of me?

Who's going to look after me?

Do you ever stop to think there are other people

in this world besides you?

You don't know what you're talking about.

You're not crippled.

JONATHAN SMITH: Oh, I know you're crippled.

How could I forget it?

You talk about it all the time.

Do you know how many handicapped people

there are in this country?

Do you?

30 million.

And I'll tell you something else.

Most of them-- most of them are trying to put

their disabilities behind them.

They want jobs.

They want to work and be part of this society.

They don't want to sit around and feel sorry for themselves.

Why don't you get out of here?

Go be with Danny, who loves me so much,

he leaves me a lousy plant.

See this?

After all these years, this is what I get.

As a matter of fact, I don't want

to take care of this plant.

Take it.

Let him take care of it himself.

After all the years he took care of you,

you can't even take care of his plant.

That's right.

I can't!

He cared more about this lousy plant than he did me.

Danny cares about all life.

Life becomes very important when you die.

What do you mean?

Danny is dying.

What are you saying?

That's not true.

Oh, yes it is, Aulani.

No, he's lying if he told you that.

Yeah, he had an operation.

But it wasn't cancer.

It was benign.

Oh, he's just looking for sympathy.

He has AIDS.

He got it from the blood transfusion.

That's why he's going home.

Wait a minute.

What are you saying?

Why didn't he tell me?

Why?

Because he didn't want you to pity him.

And he didn't want you to see it him when it got bad.

You're not the only one with too much pride.

You've needed him all these years, now he needs you.

(SINGING) Just keep your eyes on the hands, not on her nanas.

Just keep your eyes on the hands.

Thank you all, very much.

As most of you know, tonight is my last show.

I'm going home to my lovely Kauai.

I'll miss you all.

But it's-- it's time to move on.

I only wish that--

that--

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They still like us.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe we could get the act together in Kauai again.

You would go home?

To be with you, I'd go anywhere.

Aulani.

I love you Danny.

I love you.

I was so afraid to say it before because I

didn't believe you could really love me the way I am.

But love goes beyond all things.

I know that now.

Please let me be there for you.

I love you.

And I need you.

And I love you.

[music playing]

[theme music]