Original subtitles

I am announcing today my candidacy

for the presidency of the United States.

I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man,

but to propose new policies.

I run because I am convinced

that this country is on a perilous course

and because I have such strong feelings

about what must be done,

and I feel that I'm obliged

to do all that I can.

CROWD (chanting): Hell, no, we won't go! Hell, no, we won't go!

MARIO SAVIO: There's a time when

the operation of the machine becomes so odious...

LYNDON JOHNSON: I shall not seek

and I will not accept

the nomination of my party for another term

as your president.

KENNEDY: Some very sad news for all of you,

and, I think, uh, sad news for all of our fellow citizens

and people who love peace

all over the world, and that is that, uh,

- (gunshot) - Martin Luther King was shot

and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.

BOBBY SEALE: We're gonna say to the whole

damn government: "Stick 'em up, mother (bleep)."

MAN: Bobby Kennedy's the only white man in America I trust.

(speaking Spanish)

SHERIFF GALYEN: If I have reason to believe

that there's gonna be a riot started, and somebody tells me

that there's gonna be trouble if you don't stop them,

then it's my duty to stop them.

KENNEDY: Then you go out and arrest them?

Oh, absolutely.

How can you go arrest somebody

if they haven't violated the law?

They're ready to violate the law.

- In other words... - (audience groaning)

KENNEDY: Could I suggest in the luncheon period of time

that the sheriff and the district attorney

read the Constitution of the United States?

(cheering)

I don't want to be part of the United States,

I don't want to be part of the American people,

and have them write of us

as they wrote of Rome: "They made a desert,

and they called it peace."

(people cheering)

Your generation, this generation,

cannot afford to waste its substance and its hope

in the struggles of the past.

For beyond these walls

is a world to be helped and improved

and made safe for the welfare of mankind.

(quiet, noble theme playing)

(sirens wailing, alarm ringing)

Do we know anything yet?

We got men on the sixth floor

going from room to room. You the manager?

Paul Ebbers. And the bungalows?

We're checking them now.

WOMAN (over radio): 5574.

Roger that.

- It's a false alarm. - False alarm.

I wouldn't want to be you today.

Occupational hazard. We'll open the cafe.

You or your men want coffee, a hot breakfast,

- it's on the house. - Thanks.

It'll take us a little while to wrap this up,

but I'll let the boys know.

OFFICER: We're gonna need to open a lane here for traffic.

False alarm.

Yeah. I didn't know you were in this early.

Are you kidding?

Have you seen my schedule for today?

MAN: Hey, Paul.

What the heck's going on here?

There's a hook and ladder keeping me

from my first cup of coffee and crosswords.

Don't you have a home, John?

Well, this is my home, you know that.

Retirement doesn't suit you, does it?

No, sir.

This is not the muscle tone of a retired man. (laughs)

If it were up to me, John, you'd still be

in uniform, still at that door.

Oh, that's great. Hold it.

Okay, one more.

Everybody smile.

WOMAN: Thank you.

Thank you.

You guys can put out my fire anytime.

And how are you, my baby?

We're gonna go back up to bed, aren't we?

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen,

if I may have your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen.

We are very sorry.

This has been a false alarm.

- (people groaning) - Yes. Uh...

you are free to return to your rooms at this time

or join us in one of our cafes for a complimentary breakfast.

And once again, on behalf of the...

Jack?

Welcome to Los Angeles.

- (laughs) - Sir.

The polls are open in South Dakota, fellas.

Let's go.

How long has it been since you've slept?

How long has it been since you've slept?

We bring home California,

we'll all sleep a hell of a lot better.

(indistinct conversation)

(men speaking Spanish)

Timmons.

(quietly): Damn it. Damn it.

- Good morning, my brown brother. - Hey.

You know you're working a double, right?

How come everybody knows but me?

And that's the third time this week.

For once, I'd like to be asked, "Hey, Jose,

would you mind working a double shift today?"

- That'll never happen. - Why not?

Because you're Mexican, that's why.

I'm Latino.

Latino?

Jose, you're a fuckin' Mexican, okay?

Call yourself what you will;

you're no different than the rest of us.

If you don't like the double shift,

there's a hundred guys

out there on the other side of that door

that'll take your place like this.

And if it makes you feel any better...

I'm working a double shift, too, so...

we'll both be here until midnight.

I got tickets to see Drysdale pitch

against Pittsburgh tonight.

- Is that right? - He's on a streak.

You know?

Field level.

These are good tickets.

I was gonna take my dad.

He's never been to a game.

Well, he ain't going to one tonight.

So, if I were you, I'd sell those tickets.

I can help you with that.

Son of a bitch.

Timmons, he doesn't show me the decency of the respect.

- Yeah, you know why? - Why?

Because you're Mexican.

And a busboy.

Hey, we're the new niggers, brother.

Get used to it.

Shit.

"Latino."

(birds cawing in distance)

Well...

I missed all the excitement, I see.

Oh, it's not much to speak of.

Well, it's the Ambassador Hotel.

People coming, people going.

Nothing ever happens.

Grand Hotel.

What about it?

It's a line from the old Greta Garbo movie, Grand Hotel.

Okay, John.

Ever seen Grand Hotel, Henry?

- No, I haven't, Mr. Casey. - No, of course you didn't.

I have seen Bonnie and Clyde, though.

Ah, that's a good film.

Have you seen Bonnie and Clyde, Nelson?

I saw it with you.

(Nelson chuckles)

Thank you, Henry. Have a good day.

Thank you, Mr. Casey.

You know, I stood at that door from the first day

the Ambassador opened back in 1921,

and I greeted everyone: FDR, Truman, Eisenhower,

Jack Kennedy, Johnson, Premier Khrushchev,

the Shah of Iran, King of Sweden, all of them.

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek... she rented the entire fifth floor.

I personally delivered the Oriental furniture to her suite.

It was antiques, mostly.

Oh, yes, and one night, I, uh,

I caught Will Rogers having a pee.

He was taking a piss in the greenhouse. (laughs)

He tried to convince me it was good for the plants.

He said, "Good for the shrubbery, boy."

I said, "Don't do it again, sir."

And I also danced at the Grove when I was off duty

with, uh, Barbara Stanwyck, believe it or not,

and Dolores del Rio and Rita Hayworth.

I was quite a dancer.

She was a beautiful woman, mind you.

And I heard Bing Crosby sing at the Grove, too.

Yeah, and Sinatra, too, of course, and Rudy Vallee.

Sophie Tucker, Ruby Keeler.

Yeah, and Cab Calloway, I think.

Yes, sir. All good things in this hotel.

Yeah.

Can I see the sports section?

# People say I'm the life of the party #

# 'Cause I tell a joke or two... #

MAN: Her boobs. I read about it somewhere.

MAN 2: Anne Bancroft is not

gonna show her breasts in a film.

MAN: She's a good-Iooking lady, Coop.

COOP: I'm not saying she's not a good-Iooking lady.

MAN: Oh, like you wouldn't, if you had the chance?

Anne Bancroft has too much class to show her breasts in a film.

That's it. That's the facts.

It's not just a film, Coop.

It's The Graduate.

WOMAN: Mm, I love that movie.

- More coffee? - Yes, please.

Okay, so I have a question for you.

What do you think, Bancroft or body double?

- The nude scenes? - Mm-hmm.

Flashes. They're not even scenes.

Body double. For sure.

Wait. You know this for a fact?

Well, no, but it's what I would do.

That is, if I ever actually got hired

- for a movie I auditioned for. - You will. You will.

Plus, you're my favorite ingenue.

And you got a great smile, and you're nice to us,

and you know how to pour coffee so well.

You know what? He actually thinks

he knows what he's doing with that thing.

I do know what I'm doing with this thing.

- No, you don't. - You look like a movie star.

Really? Who put it on 13 frames?

- There you go. - Well, say a prayer for me,

'cause tomorrow I'm interviewing for Schwab's.

Oh, wow, good for you.

Schwabs, is that a director or producer or something?

No, moron, Schwab's on Sunset.

Lana Turner was discovered there.

Oh, Schwab's.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, every

out-of-work actress in Hollywood is trying

to get a gig there waiting the lunch counter.

- Well, good luck. - Thank you.

(giggles)

Hey, I guarantee you, if Hitchcock asked her

to show her tits in a film, she'd do it in a heartbeat.

Daryl.

I'll call you back.

I do everything I can to make sure that

the employees of this hotel are treated equally and fairly.

I'm getting complaints that you're not allowing

the kitchen staff off work to vote today.

We're understaffed this week.

I've got six workers with the flu.

I've had to deny sick leave, too.

Did you tell them they couldn't leave?

This is no small thing we're doing tonight.

I need every staffer with a pulse on duty.

Did you tell them that they couldn't leave to vote?

(chuckles): They're not gonna vote.

Half of them are illegal; they can't vote.

Why give them the time off

for something they can't do anyway?

You'll post a memo informing all employees of their right

to vote.

They can't put two words of English together.

Put up a memo in English and in Spanish

informing all employees of their right to vote

and allowing them the privilege to do so.

Additionally, you will inform them that they will be paid

for their time off for this privilege.

And...

because I'm an equal-opportunity kind of guy,

you've got till the end of the week

to clear out your desk and leave.

You're fired, Daryl.

Good morning. Ambassador Hotel. How may I direct your call?

Please hold.

Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.

How may I connect your call?

Please hold.

One moment, please.

Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.

Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.

How may I direct your call?

I'm sorry, but I can't give out that information.

Please hold for the reservation desk.

It's the policy of the hotel.

Yes, it is.

Well, if you are his wife, then you should have

his room number, now, shouldn't you?

What a bitch.

Husband's playing around,

and she wants to take it out on me.

No, no, no. Not today.

No, thank you.

- (sighs heavily) - (line buzzing)

- Speaking of... - Don't start.

Ambassador Hotel. How may I direct your call?

It's gonna bring you nothing but trouble,

Angela, you don't end that.

Hey, do you have plans tonight?

Yeah. I got a hot date with my Magnavox.

Do you want to go to the party with me?

For Kennedy?

I didn't think employees were allowed at hotel functions.

Well, screwing the boss does have its advantages.

(sighs): Oh, God.

Look, I know it ain't easy.

I know it's damn near impossible to find a good man out there.

Seems like all the good ones are taken.

But a married one?

I'm not good at being alone.

You stay with a married man who ain't gonna leave his wife,

and you're looking at a lifetime of being alone.

Honey, don't kid yourself.

Ambassador Hotel. How may I connect you?

KENNEDY (on TV): America was a great force in the world

with immense prestige

long before we became a great military power.

And that power has come to us, and we cannot renounce it.

But neither can we afford to forget

that the real constructive force in this world

comes not from tanks or not from bombs

but from the imaginative ideas, the warm sympathies

and the generous spirit of a people.

(cheering and applause over TV)

KENNEDY: One thing is clear in this year of 1968,

I believe, in this country as I've traveled across,

and that is that the American people want no more Vietnam.

(applause over TV)

ANNOUNCER: California can make the difference.

Test one, two. Test one, two.

(tape rewinding)

Miss, uh, Jan... Jana...

(Slavic accent): Janacek.

Yes. Perhaps I need to remind you, Miss, uh?

- Janacek. - Exactly.

That there is a law against loitering.

I've been in this lobby for the past two days

waiting for my interview with Senator Kennedy.

Miss...

there are no rooms available at the hotel,

and no records of your credentials

with regards to the senator's press corps.

What does this look like?

I write for an international publication.

Rude Pravo.

Well, it's not exactly the Washington Post, now, is it?

(intro to Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her" plays)

(snaps fingers)

# I was born in Little Rock #

# Had a childhood sweetheart #

# We were always hand in hand #

# I wore high-top shoes and shirttails #

- # Suzy was in pigtails... # - WOMAN: Excuse me.

Hi, um, I have an appointment for a manicure-pedicure.

Oh.

Yup. And you are...

our lovely bride-to-be.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, let me see 'em.

Excuse me?

Oh.

Oh...

(slaps hand lightly)

You know he's gonna break it tonight, man.

What?

Drysdale, consecutive shutouts, it's gonna happen tonight.

Yeah, maybe.

You don't know how important this is, Miguel.

Jose, it's one baseball game.

You can buy tickets to another night.

What?!

No, no, no, no. It's not just a game, okay?

Don Drysdale has pitched five consecutive shutouts.

That's a record that has stood since 1904

by Doc White of the Chicago White Sox.

He's gonna break it tonight, man.

I know he is.

DARYL: Who, Drysdale?

Yeah.

You got money on the game, Jose?

No, I'm-I'm just a fan.

Well, then, go Dodgers.

Yeah.

I need to see you in my office.

I'm supposed to tell the staff

to go to their polling place today and vote.

I'm not old enough to vote.

I'm a felon.

You're a felon?

Nah, I'm just kidding, brother.

'Course I'm gonna vote today.

# A-one, a-two, a-one, two... #

Now, listen, a lot of people,

a lot of people are gonna be intimidated

by this thing because it's new, all right?

So I'm counting on all of you

to reassure them that it's perfectly legitimate,

it's easy...

Just-just for one minute, please.

It's easy, and it makes voting simpler and quicker, all right?

All you have to do is turn the plastic pages.

Names and offices appear on the left.

Simply make your choice and push down firmly in the proper place

with the steel stylus attached to the vote recorder.

All right? Now, when you're finished with that,

take out the paper ballot.

And I want you all to check, check the back of it,

all right, to make sure that there are no stray bits

of punched-out paper called "card-hole-aggregate debris."

Or what the, uh, what the folks

down at IBM like to call "chads."

If I'd have worked this hard in school,

I'd be on the honor roll.

Hey, you think your brother will loan us his car again?

Ah, I don't know.

He was cool with it the first couple times,

but now, I don't know.

I can't do another day on this awful bus, Coop.

- Me neither. - I hate it.

Maybe if I was stoned.

Well, yeah, stoned would be good whether we're on the bus or not.

- Fellas. - Wade. - Wade.

You guys are on the Glendale-Pasadena bus today.

Well, no, uh, we were actually

gonna come over here to tell you,

we got a car today, Wade.

Uh, Coop's brother comes through again.

Really?

Um, just think of the number of elderly

we can help get to the polls with a car.

I think we're much more valuable on our own.

COOPER: Yeah.

Well, that's great.

Maybe you can persuade them to go along with you.

Every little bit counts, right?

Uh, what precincts are you guys covering?

Actually, Dwayne and I won't be in the field today.

We're gonna stay here at campaign headquarters.

That way, we can take care of any problems that come up.

Yeah, we already received a call

about stolen voting machines down in Precinct 180.

I'm not familiar with that area.

It's a black neighborhood.

Oh, is it?

Yeah, I guess busing

doesn't really agree with you fellas, huh?

I guess we got more in common than you think.

Good luck.

WADE: Ladies and gentlemen, if we could get...

Now all we have to do is actually get a car.

Well, first things first.

First things first.

LENKA: Mr. Buckley.

Please, Mr. Buckley.

Mr. Buckley, please.

Yes, Miss?

- Janacek. - Yes, Miss Janacek.

You told me on Sunday that I would have my interview

with Senator Kennedy, but no interview.

Then you said Monday. Monday, no interview.

Five minutes, Mr. Buckley, that's all I'm asking...

Miss Janacek, I believe I also told you

that you have to call his press secretary.

I left 20 messages for Mr. Mankiewicz.

Well, perhaps you'd like to join the volunteers today,

hop on one of the buses.

The only thing I want is five minutes

with Senator Kennedy.

Does he have any idea what's happening

in Czechoslovakia right now?

The censorship law has been repealed.

The people are energized.

Bobby Kennedy is an inspiration to the Czech people.

Miss Janacek, you are a Communist writer

for a Communist paper in a country

that is an ally of the Soviet Union.

I mean... do you have any idea

how that would look for the senator?

"Be informed."

"Informados importante."

"Informados...

importante."

"Importante."

It's almost like you just add an "E"

to the end of every English word. Huh.

Almost.

All right, let's keep going here.

"Employees must be informed of their right to vote."

"Los empleados deben estar

informados de derecho de votar."

I might need some help spelling that.

L-O-S...

(clears throat)

Love or money?

Pardon me?

The reason you're getting married.

Love or money?

I'm saving a life,

marrying a boy from my school.

There's a lot of that going on these days.

The government sends a check to the spouse for $135 a month.

Mm.

It's definitely not for money.

Well, I married for love.

He was

the most handsome man I had ever seen.

He looked like a movie star.

He could have had any woman he wanted, and he picked me.

You picked him, too.

Yeah.

Suppose I did.

(chuckles)

What color is your dress?

(sighing): Lavender.

Maybe a bit lighter.

We have polish to match that, if you like.

Sure.

Yeah?

Big wedding?

No.

No, my father refuses to go.

He calls the shots.

My father's a veteran.

Uh, he thinks William, my groom,

should take whatever tour they give him.

You see, if he's married, he goes to Germany.

If not, then, um,

he's more likely to go straight to the front lines.

My father thinks he's a coward.

What do you think?

You know, more and more

young men keep coming back in body bags.

Two last week from my graduating class.

And if I could've married them

and kept them from getting killed, then I would've.

So, until someone in charge tells me

why it is that we're over there,

then...

I don't know.

You are gonna be the prettiest

June bride in this hotel today, dear.

English and Spanish.

Great.

I've given six years of my life to this place.

It means everything to me.

I'll give you a fine recommendation.

You're not gonna have any problems finding another job.

I don't want another goddamn job, Paul.

JACK: Hello.

I don't know if I have

that portfolio with me.

You know, we're three hours behind you.

Say again.

No, I'm saying

we're three hours in time behind New York.

I can't say for sure.

Oh, damn.

What is it?

It's nothing.

- What is? - It's stupid.

No, no, I'm listening.

You know those black shoes?

What?

I told you it was stupid.

Let me call you back.

(chuckles)

I bought this dress to go with

the black shoes I forgot to pack.

I did pack six other pair, none of them black.

And I have two pair of tennis shoes,

so if you're up for a little game later...

You see, women have to pack for every occasion,

making it virtually impossible to travel light.

Like tonight, it's a formal event,

so I brought formalwear.

But... God has a sense of humor.

So I... I bring backup.

(chuckles)

However, I'm doubly screwed.

Two dresses, both black, and no black shoes.

I know you're probably thinking,

"Who the hell cares what color shoes she's wearing?"

Believe me, Jack, women notice.

So, basically, you're saying you need to go shopping.

For shoes.

Black shoes.

NELSON: At least I don't have to get up

three times a night to go have a pee.

Well, at least I get out of bed to have one.

(chuckles)

Checkmate.

See, when you make a move out of frustration or anger,

it always ends in catastrophe.

Ah, to beat you just once, Casey.

I'd like to die knowing that I've beaten you just once.

It's all I pray for, Lord.

JOHN: Keep praying.

Hey, Paul.

Gentlemen.

Would you like to replace an elderly gentleman

while he goes off to take his afternoon nap?

Nelson, if I may...

you could have held your rook in reserve,

given up one of your pawns

and turned this game back around in your favor.

Now you tell me.

Hey, Mr. Fallon.

Hey, puppy, come here.

Beautiful girl.

- Come here. - (chuckling)

She's a beautiful little thing. Oh, yeah.

How's your wife?

She's perfect.

- We're a sold-out show tonight. - Yeah?

You and Mrs. Fallon getting

everything you need from my staff?

We are, Paul, thank you.

Jefferson once said about the United States

that we were the last best hope for mankind.

That's what I want the United States to be.

This is a generous and compassionate country.

That's what I want this country to stand for.

Not violence, not lawlessness, not disorder,

but compassion and love and peace.

That's what this country should stand for.

And that's what I intend to do, if I'm elected president.

"And that's what I intend to do if I'm elected president."

(knocking)

# Could fill spoons full of gold #

# Just a little spoon of your precious love... #

- Hey. - Hey.

# Will satisfy my soul #

Yes?

We were here yesterday.

# Some of them cries about it #

# Some of them cries... #

Yes?

We...

We purchased some, uh...

Goods.

(chuckling): ...goods from you yesterday.

# A-fightin' about the spoonful. #

(chuckles)

(elevator bell dings)

Floor?

Um... four.

Mm. That's where I'm going.

I know you, right?

You, uh, you work here, don't you?

Uh, switchboard.

And you?

Kitchen. Food and beverage.

Huh. That's got to beat the pants off

of sitting at the switchboard all day.

Not that I'm complaining.

It's just got to be more stimulating than:

"Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.

How may I direct your call?"

Grass is always greener.

Your job certainly sounds more exciting than mine.

Well, be my guest.

Today, our brilliant general manager wants me to let

all the wetbacks know they can have time off to go vote.

(wry laugh)

After you.

See you around.

Sure.

Mm...

Anybody see you?

No.

(brisk, jazzy acoustic guitar melody playing)

What are you fellas looking for?

We just wanted to get another joint from you. Um...

Well, what are you... Iooking for?

Uh...

Oh, that's my camera.

Uh...

Just what I said, just another joint.

No, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

- Oh, okay. - No.

- No. - Maybe we should split, man...

We could come back tomorr...

What are you looking for?

Um...

I don't...

I don't understand.

You don't understand

because you're not listening to the words.

You're not listening to the words

in the question, my friend.

Well... if we could just get our, uh, the joint...

- Okay, why, why? - Then we could I...

Why?

Why?

Why do you want a joint?

Why do I want a joint?

- To-to get stoned, man. - To get stoned.

What's with all your questions?

- Um... - Okay, okay, okay.

Now... (giggles)

Why do you want to get stoned?

We want to get stoned because it feels good, man.

Because it feels good?

Bingo! Because it feels good.

Right.

FISHER: You want to get stoned because it feels good!

- Right?! Right! - Right.

- Right. - Wrong!

W-What?

Wh... Wr... Why is that wrong?

Because it's a cop-out, man.

Okay, then can you explain to us why, for what other reason

than the fact that it feels good do we want to get stoned, man?

Because...

it's our way...

of getting closer...

to God.

(weak laugh)

And that is what you're looking for.

Except for you didn't know it...

Yeah.

...until this moment.

I had no idea.

Well, I knew.

(chuckles)

Thank God for me, huh?

JIMMY: Absolutely.

JIMMY: So, if we could just get the joint and...

Are you fellas familiar with lysergic acid diethylamide?

# Every stitch #

- # You've got to pick up # - (knocking)

# Every stitch, yeah #

# Beatniks are out to make it rich... #

Hey.

William.

I couldn't sleep last night

and I had to get out of the house.

My folks are driving me nuts.

You gonna invite me in?

Of course.

That dress looks great on you.

You know it's bad luck.

What is?

Well, for the groom to see the bride in her dress

before the wedding.

Oh. Is that better?

You silly.

(chuckles)

Any chance of getting this in earlier?

9:00.

Seems late for a wedding.

Chapel sure is busy for a Tuesday.

It's summertime... June brides.

You didn't have to get me this room, by the way.

My brother...

my family really appreciates what you're doing, Diane.

It means a lot to all of us.

To me.

You know, I always thought my wedding would be

the most exciting day of my life.

Every little girl's fantasy.

A white dress, cake taller than me,

hundreds of guests.

It's just a certificate, Diane.

You can still have all of that.

Yeah.

If marrying you tonight keeps you from going to Vietnam,

then it's worth it.

Yeah.

Chef's Special, Edward?

Miguel, you know if I could, I would.

Bullshit, man.

I see you serving the brothers the good stuff.

White folks, too.

You don't see them eating this dog food.

Lord, today.

Do we have to do this every day, Miguel?

Every day you keep putting the brown man down, Edward.

- (Edward chuckles) - Keeping the brown man down.

EDWARD: I'm putting the brown man down.

That's right. Let's keep the brown man down.

Let's send the brown man back across the border

to his sweet senoritas and his refried beans.

(laughter)

First of all, we didn't cross the border.

The border crossed us.

And our senoritas are better than

your fried-chicken-eating mama with the big backyard.

(men oohing)

EDWARD: Hey, you smell that?

Look at that... my very own

special berry cobbler, fresh out of the oven.

But since you had to put my mama in it, excuse me.

Here you go, Jose, enjoy.

(chuckles)

Come on, man.

"Come on, man."

(laughter)

You Mexican boys can't play the dozens.

I don't know why you keep on, Miguel.

Yeah, man.

Man, what do you know about the dozens?

I know that I got some cobbler and you don't.

(laughter)

You're a sellout, man.

- You know. - Hey.

It's good, ain't it, Jose?

Mm-hmm.

That recipe was handed down by my great-grandmother.

EDWARD: Mm...

Hey, let me have some of that. Come on, brother.

We ain't brothers, amigo.

(laughter)

And we ain't amigos, "bruh-thuh."

(laughter)

Go ahead.

- You, um... - Mm...

You working a double shift like the rest of us?

I most certainly am not.

You must be the only one.

Yeah, and you know why.

Why?

Too good-Iooking for that mess.

(laughter)

You ain't working a double

'cause whitey's afraid of your black ass, man.

(chuckles)

They're afraid you're gonna go

all Huey Newton on them, all violent.

See, they ain't afraid of us yet, Jose.

Not yet, man, but one day, one day they will be, man.

We're gonna get the respect that we deserve.

We're gonna take back California,

take back our land, man.

I want you to park that anger in my kitchen, young man.

I want you to get your hand off my shoulder, Negro.

(men oohing)

All right, keep it up.

See, the first few times, I tried to make this dessert,

couldn't get it right.

Too much sugar one time, not enough sugar the next time,

couldn't find the balance.

I realized I was forcing it.

You know, trying to make it taste

like my mama's or her mama's.

Mine didn't have any poetry, didn't have any light.

And then I realized I was trying to force it

to taste like my mother's, taste like her mother's.

JOSE: Mm-hmm.

See, it had to be Edward's creation.

Mm-hmm.

It had to come from me.

Now, you, Miguel, you've got... shit to offer.

You've got no poetry. You've got no light.

You've got no one looking at you and saying,

"Damn.

"Look at that Miguel.

I want some of what he's got."

All you got is your anger.

I ain't angry.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.

- Come on. Speak up... - I said I'm not angry!

(men murmuring)

All right.

(chuckles)

You know, I used to be just like you.

I had anger.

And then, after Dr. King was killed...

...well, anger like you can't even imagine.

White folks ain't trying to keep you down, Miguel.

White folks just don't like to be pushed into a corner.

They'll come around.

You just got to make it look like it was their idea,

like they're the ones that thought of it.

They need to feel like they're the great emancipators.

Like it was theirs to give in the first place.

Let 'em have it.

I mean, if that's all it takes, let them have it.

Can you dig it?

I know my man Jose can dig it, can't you?

Yeah.

Hmm.

DARYL: Edward.

Is that your famous cobbler I'm smelling down in my office?

Yes, sir, Mr. Timmons.

I just pulled a fresh batch out of the oven.

I'll make sure some gets to your office

directly, sir.

(mockingly): "I'll get some sent to your office directly, sir."

(laughter)

Step-and-fetch-it motherfucker.

Hey.

I'm not working a double shift today, though, am I... amigo?

(scattered "oohs")

(Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" playing)

# Histories of ages past #

FISHER: LSD was first discovered in 1938.

# Down through all eternity #

She can be beautiful.

She can be terrifying.

# 'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man #

The difference between a good trip and a bad trip

is completely contingent upon your willingness to let go.

# Comes singing songs #

Turn yourself over to her completely.

# Of love #

# Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy, he sang #

(whispering): Are you ready to have

a personal relationship with God?

# Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy #

Very well. Open.

Under the tongue.

# Gurdy, gurdy he sang #

# #

# #

(helicopter passing overhead)

You figure out what to do with those Dodger tickets?

I know a few guys might like to buy them.

I'm not selling them, Miguel.

How many times I got to tell you that?

Hey, what's the face value?

I don't know... $4.50 apiece.

$4.50? I can get you ten bucks easy.

I'm not selling them.

I want this whole place filled with balloons.

I want people having to fight their way through the balloons

just to get in here.

Balloons don't translate into more votes, Wade.

But they look better on TV.

McCarthy's not going to want to give

a concession speech after the big win in Oregon.

They're gonna turn those cameras on

before the polls close, so we got to look

like we got the thing already won.

It sends a stronger message.

Why are we still standing here? Let's go!

Dwayne, we need you upstairs right away.

# Come on, boy, see about me #

Socialist.

What's that?

You said I write

for a Communist paper in a Communist country.

It's a Socialist paper

in a Socialist country.

Red is red, Miss Janacek.

The reforms in my country

are working to put a human face on Socialism.

See the room we're standing in right now?

In a few hours, it's going to be filled

with hundreds of people who are here

either to celebrate a victory or lament a defeat

because of something that we have in America

called the democratic process.

Now, if you can tell me the last time that happened

in your country, I'll give you your five minutes

with the senator.

# I'm gonna keep sighing, baby, for you #

DWAYNE: Damn right I'm threatening you!

We're not just talking about a few stolen

voting machines this time!

Do we understand each other?!

(sighs)

Damn it.

What is it?

There's a police checkpoint

outside of a polling place in Watts.

The system's not working for us... again.

I was watching the local news yesterday...

...and what-what I saw happen on that motorcade

just gave me hope.

I mean, it's Negroes and Mexicans

by the tens of thousands just leaping in front of his car,

tearing at his clothes, ripping at his shoes.

They loved him.

(sighs)

Now that Dr. King is gone... no one left but Bobby.

No one.

REPORTER: And how did it seem to you

when the senator came through Prestonsburg?

MAN: Oh, it, uh, it's one

of the greatest days we've ever had in this town...

especially the young people.

They're all crazy about him.

REPORTER: Do you feel any differently after seeing him?

MAN: I feel a little prouder being an American.

REPORTER: Did you get to see the senator?

WOMAN: Yes, sir, I did.

How did you feel about it?

Whew. I was very pleased.

I'd just loved to have got to laid my hand on him.

REPORTER: Senator, you've just about completed

the second day now.

Is there anything significant

that you've learned on this trip?

Well, people, uh, are still having

a very, very difficult time.

There is hunger, considerable hunger

in this part of the country.

There's no real hope for the future

amongst many of these people who, uh, worked hard

in the coal mines, and now that the coal mines shut down,

uh, they have no place to go.

There's no hope for the future.

There's no industry moving in.

The men are trained in government programs

and there's no jobs at the end of the training program

because of the cutback,

because of the demands on our federal budget

in Washington and the war in Vietnam there...

even these training programs are being cut back,

and so people are being cut off and they have no place to turn,

and so they're, uh, desperate and...

and filled with despair.

It seems to me that, uh, this country,

as wealthy as we are, that this is an intolerable condition

that reflects on all of us.

We can do things all over the rest of the world,

but I think we should do something for our people here

in our own country.

It's over.

You okay?

You want to talk about it?

Not really.

Sometimes it helps.

Not right now, not this time.

Good afternoon. Ambassador Hotel.

How may I direct your call?

Connecting to his room, sir.

Have a nice day.

Good afternoon. Ambassador Hotel.

How may I direct your call?

Please hold.

(dog barks)

Come on, girl. Come on.

(sitar glissando plays)

(barks)

It's our summer clearance sale.

Everything must go! Everything!

That shit, this shit for... this shit, for sure.

(hoarse weeping)

JIMMY: Hey, man, it's okay.

(warbled): I want you to look at me.

I am.

Through my eyes.

No.

This is painful.

- (echoing, distorted laughter) - Shut up.

You shut up.

No, you shut up.

JIMMY: See, it comes and it goes.

I can't see.

Okay.

(sniffles)

Okay.

What were you saying?

("Initials" playing)

# L-B-J took the l-R-T #

# Down to 4th Street U-S-A #

# When he got there #

# What did he see? #

# The youth of America #

# On L-S-D #

- (grunts) - # L-B-J #

# l-R-T #

# U-S-A #

# L-S-D, L-S-D #

# L-B-J #

# F-B-I #

(explosions)

# C-l-A #

# F-B-I, C-l-A #

# L-S-D #

# L-B-J. #

(explosions thundering)

(distant, overlapping chatter)

(whispering): Hi.

Hi.

I realized I hadn't prayed in a long time.

Thought it might be a good idea, you know?

Well, what are we praying for?

I suppose, whatever you like:

World peace, sick grandparent, better job.

Do you really believe that our prayers get answered?

Some do.

I prayed for my brother to come back from Vietnam in one piece,

and he did.

I guess when a prayer is answered,

it's called a miracle.

Well, in that case, I'm going to pray

that my mother and father show up tonight.

Now, that would be a miracle.

- Mm-hmm. - (both laugh)

(door opening, women laughing)

TIM: I remember you saying something

something about a friendly game, John.

Yeah, well, I think that, uh, chess is a little bit like life.

It scares people, intimidates them,

and that's why they invented checkers.

Hm.

You're still in check.

Story of my life.

(chuckles)

What exactly is that story, sir?

Well, it's not what you read in the gossip mags,

that's for sure.

Mm. Well, I'm glad of that, then.

I mean, we have our moments,

like any married couple, but, you know...

Mm-hmm.

But you stay, huh?

Real men stay.

They-they fight the good fight. They don't leave.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Your wife?

Oh, she's gone.

She died last year.

Any regrets?

Well, I suppose I could've spent more time with my kids.

I've got three of them and eight grandchildren,

and, um...

I suppose I missed out quite a bit,

being here all the time, working here,

I mean.

You know, it has to be said,

in those days, your job was your life

because your-your life depended on it.

I remember my wife said to me once,

she said, "You know, John, I think you-you love that hotel

more than you love me."

(chuckling): Perhaps she was right.

And you're still in check.

(upbeat intro plays)

# Forever and ever #

# There's a kind of hush #

Oh, hi.

# All over the world #

- # Tonight # - I think, after five years,

the entire staff knows we're married, Paul.

- # Of lovers in love # - I guess.

So it would probably be safe to steal a little kiss

now and then.

And you have to eat lunch more than once every two weeks.

Salad?

Is that all I get?

Yes.

Well, you had a heck of a morning.

Which you slept through.

Hey! My name tag does not say "manager" on it.

Hey, I'll switch with you.

I'll be the stylist of the stars.

Oh!

And you can start with Virginia Fallon.

- # It isn't a dream # - Okay.

- So sad... - # The only sound #

- That woman. - # That you will hear #

# Is when I whisper in your ear #

- Tonight's her last show. - # I love you... #

She's not booked here at the Grove until next fall.

Can we go on vacation that week?

Hey, did you vote?

I tried, but the line was too long.

I've got some, um...

it's "yes" on Proposition 1.

That's the Veterans' Bond Act.

"No" on 2.

Mills for supervisor, not Hahn.

Cranston, Sheinbaum.

Of course Bobby.

Also, on the, um...

What?

# La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la... #

What? What is it?

Your hair, your suit...

you know, it might say 1968,

but your attitude is pure 1920.

PHIL: Well, look, if they don't close the deal

by the end of the day, then we're out...

Uh, he just came in.

VIRGINIA: Aw, you're the best.

MARIO: Thank you.

Good afternoon, Mr. Fallon.

Afternoon, Mario.

Tim, did you know

that Mario's family's from Portofino?

We spent two weeks there last summer.

Tim simply adores it.

He adores...

I had to drag him off the beaches

to go to work.

Can I get you anything else, Mrs. Fallon?

No, we're fine, Mario. Thank you.

Oh, Tim, can you give Mario?

Very well. Have a nice night

and a wonderful show, Mrs. Fallon.

Thank you, Mario.

Hello, Tim.

Phil.

Virginia woke up, couldn't find you.

We were nervous.

We were, huh?

Phil has lots to tell you about Vegas next month, baby.

- That's right. - Oh, yeah?

Has it changed since the last time we were there?

Lots of hotels and casinos

in the middle of the desert, as I remember it.

What, they get rid of gambling?

We booked the Flamingo, Tim.

Four weeks in July!

(singsongy): I booked the Flamingo.

Guys, four weeks in Vegas in the middle of summer?

That's not a booking. That's a sentence, Phil.

PHIL: Tim, come on.

No, no, no, you come on.

Who the hell wants to spend four weeks in Vegas in July?

I'll tell you who: Nobody.

What happened to that picture that you promised us?

Things are slow at the studios, Tim.

The Vegas deal is a good deal.

Good for who?

VIRGINIA: Tim, give it a rest.

It's not like you have to perform.

What the hell is this, Virginia?

Well, from the looks of it,

a very fine single malt Scotch, Tim.

Thought we had an agreement.

I haven't had a drink all day.

You've been sleeping all day.

Tim, there is a time and a place...

Hey, you know, believe it or not, Virginia,

people do eat food every now and again.

Take your fucking judgment and check it at the door.

I don't need you to babysit.

You don't want to go to Vegas?

It's too hot?

Well, then, get out.

I'm the reason we have all this, not you.

- Nobody's saying that you... - Phil, shut the fuck up!

People come to see me.

People love me.

(whispers): They love me.

So if I want to have one fucking drink,

I'm going to have one fucking drink,

because I deserve it.

That's the new agreement, sweetheart.

(ice clinking in glass)

You have a 5:00 hair appointment.

You're on stage at 9:00 sharp.

You'll have a 45-minute break,

then you're introducing Senator Kennedy in the Embassy Ballroom.

Try and stay sober enough

to not embarrass us in front of the next president.

I've heard a rumor that someone's trying to unload

tickets for tonight's Dodgers game.

It's Drysdale's night.

Tell me about it.

Six consecutive.

He's gonna do it tonight.

Not since 1904... 64 years.

Yeah, I know.

(sighs heavily)

They're yours, man.

But we haven't discussed a price.

There is no price.

Enjoy the game.

You could've just gone, Jose.

And tomorrow... then what?

I would've been out on the street looking for another job.

That's you.

Little man...

that's you.

The story of King Arthur.

Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the magician.

You have heard of it, of course.

Yeah.

We read the stories in school.

Then you know that Arthur wasn't always a king.

He was a young man once, like you.

You, Jose, are a young king.

Kind, caring, humble.

Eager for adventure.

And so... I thank you, humbly,

for these tickets, my young brother, my young king.

A chivalrous act.

Chivalrous act, indeed.

Hey, Edward.

Hey, save a... save a ticket stub for me, okay?

You bet I will.

Go, Dodgers.

Yeah.

Go, Dodgers.

Ah... (chuckles)

(panting): Nice shot.

It's 40-Iove.

All right.

How come we only play tennis when we come to Los Angeles?

COOPER: That was... that was...

I'm s... Bring it in. We-We gotta discuss.

- Let's talk. Okay. - We gotta talk.

How long does this stuff last?

I don't know, man.

I am freakin' out right now.

Me, too.

- Let's go. - Okay.

JIMMY: Play-Play tennis.

14-Iove.

What's wrong?

Good.

(laughing)

(grunts)

What's the matter, Nelson?

I don't know if it's because of my age

or that I simply can't remember.

I, uh... I keep losing track of things...

my keys, my cane, my socks.

I don't even know in what drawer I put my underwear.

I got lost on the way home today.

That's never happened to me before.

No.

Well...

You know, perhaps it's just a phase.

No.

This is no phase, Casey.

It's about growing old.

Old bones, old face, old man.

I hate it.

I hate retirement.

Yeah.

Makes me... feel useless.

Yeah.

(sighs deeply)

Hey, how 'bout a nice cup of tea?

Tea?

Yeah.

(chuckling)

Tea is a drink for old white folks.

(laughing)

How 'bout a Scotch?

Well, a Scotch.

I don't know; could be arranged.

Make it a double.

On the rocks.

30% of the precincts in South Dakota

have McCarthy and Senator Kennedy in a dead heat.

(people groaning)

RADIO NEWSMAN: Large gallery, including several FBI agents...

How long has it been since you've slept?

How long has it been since you've slept?

(chuckles)

I'm tellin' you, man,

there better be some Cabinet positions in this for us.

I got dibs on Secretary of State.

Hey, you can have it.

I want something with a little lower profile.

Like Secretary of Transportation.

Sounds a little boring,

but if that's what you want, you can ask the man yourself.

(chuckles): Okay, I will.

He specifically asked to meet you.

He wants to thank you for all your help on the campaign.

You're... kidding, right?

He sent word with the advance team.

He asked to meet you.

(radio continues in background)

(chuckles): Yeah, you're okay.

ANNOUNCER: Robert Kennedy and some people

who aren't registered this year.

ANNOUNCER: In ten years, these Americans will inherit

the problems we don't solve today.

It's suggested that, in the next several decades,

that people are gonna start having to wear gas masks

in New York City because, uh, the air's becoming so polluted.

750 pounds of refuse, uh, you breathe every year.

And the same thing is true, to a lesser degree, in cities

all across the United States.

That will spread to the rural areas, as well,

unless we stop it.

There are things we can do about automobiles;

there are laws that we can pass about, uh, dumping

and, uh, throwing refuse in lakes and streams,

and into the air.

Industry must do something, and then individual citizens.

And then the demand,

the interest that all of you might take in it.

And I think that's what's going to make

the difference in this country.

(people conversing, water splashing)

Mm. I look fat.

You're not fat, I'm fat.

Well, I feel fat.

Maybe it's your swimsuit.

So you do think I look fat.

I didn't say that.

You're being passive-aggressive.

Please don't do that.

- Don't do what? - I mean it.

All that headshrinker gibberish.

I never thought you needed to be fixed in the first place.

It was your idea for me to go.

Because you were sad.

It's called depression, Sam.

(whispers): Would you keep your voice down, please.

(whispers loudly): It's called depression.

I don't understand what you have to be depressed about.

What do you talk about in there, anyway?

Well, most of the time, my depression.

(chuckles)

Is it me?

Samantha, sweetheart, no.

It's me.

How's your personal relationship with God comin' along?

It's beautiful.

You?

Me and the Big G are solid, my brother.

We have to get more of this stuff.

I know.

Planet of the Apes.

(laughs)

Planet of the Apes on acid would be cool.

Look...

I'm having trouble with...

I'm not sure about this.

About what we're doing.

William.

No, l-I can't help feeling

that I'm taking something away from you.

Something sacred.

I mean, you should only get married once, like our parents.

It's not frivolous.

It's not disposable.

Look, I'm okay with this.

I'm okay with it in my heart and in my head.

And you're not taking anything away from me.

This is my choice, William.

Christ, Diane, l-I created a rift

between you and your father.

My father has a problem with you, not with me.

Well, that makes me feel better.

He's a stubborn man.

Well, look on the bright side...

be getting 135 bucks a month until the annulment.

(whispers): What if I don't want an annulment?

What?

(mellow rock intro plays)

# Tuesday #

# Afternoon #

# I'm just beginning to see #

# Now I'm on my way #

# I doesn't matter to me #

# Chasing the clouds away #

# Something #

Excuse me, miss.

# Calls to me #

We do have 24-hour room service.

# The trees are drawing me near #

# I've got to find out why #

So where are you from?

Czechoslovakia.

# Those gentle voices I hear... #

That's near the Soviet Union, right?

Have you got a map?

This is a kitchen, not a library.

Man, when was the last time you had something to eat?

I don't remember.

Slow down.

You're making me nervous.

Czechoslovakia, that's a, um...

Communist country, right?

Socialist.

Socialist, Communist.

I really don't know too much about that stuff.

Maybe you should pick up a newspaper sometime,

you wouldn't need a map to find Czechoslovakia.

Well, wherever it is...

I don't understand why you kill so many of your own people.

Really?

So, what do you think you are doing in Vietnam?

So, you want the same as last night,

or something a little special for the senator?

Ah, you know, I don't care, as long as it stays out of my face.

Okay.

I have something in mind.

I suppose you're past getting nervous for a show.

You know, the only thing that I get nervous about...

is whether anybody's gonna show up or not.

You're Virginia Fallon.

Of course they'll show.

Yeah, but, you know, I'm getting older...

and...

people don't care about you as much when you get older.

Look at you. You look terrific.

Yeah.

But you know how they call women

"tootsie" or...

"cupcake"?

Anyone ever call you "Twinkie"?

No.

That's right.

And I guarantee you

no one will ever call you Twinkie.

(giggling)

You know why?

Because we don't have

the same shelf life as a Twinkie.

We're like melting...

ice cream cones.

You know what?

I was wondering, like, exactly, I was thinking,

"When did I grow that flat spot on my ass?"

(playing lively jazz)

- (song ends) - TIM: Very nice, fellas.

Hey, you want to sit in, Mr. Fallon?

No, no, no. I don't play anymore.

Come on, once a drummer... Come play some music with us.

- Come on up, Tim. - Come on, man. Go with it, man.

- Come on. Let's hear it. - Get up here.

What do the guys got up?

I think we have, uh, "Don't Jive Me Now."

I know that one.

All right!

A-one, two, three, four.

(band plays mellow jazz tune)

# #

So you can listen to the game tonight.

(gasps, chuckles): Oh-ho...

Miguel.

Eh, just don't let Timmons catch you with it, all right?

Thank you.

Thank you, man.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

(muted trumpet solo plays)

You know, I never could sing.

- Couldn't carry a tune. - Ah...

Not even a Christmas carol.

That's fantastic.

My husband was always trying to get me to sing.

Make a little joke.

Mm-hmm.

At my expense, I suppose.

(slurring): You know, we're all whores.

All of us.

Just some of us get paid.

(implements clattering)

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

No, that wasn't very nice.

That's fine.

Yeah.

I'm a drunk.

I'm an awful drunk.

(sighs)

I really am.

And I'm an awful person sometimes.

And you seem like a really...

You seem like a really nice lady.

You know, you've been really nice to me, too.

You have, you've been really nice with me.

(ice clinking in glass)

And I'm sorry.

You don't deserve that.

(softly): Hey.

(gentle, melancholy theme plays)

(slurring): I try to do better.

I do. I try to do better, and...

somehow I just don't do better.

Tonight's a big night. I'm introducing the senator.

Tim's very excited about that.

That I'm introducing the senator.

(Perry Como's "Magic Moments" playing)

# Magic #

- # Moments... # - I can't decide.

Those shoes are beautiful, sir, and they fit her well.

Fine. I'll take those.

Do you want to put 'em on first, walk around a little bit?

You don't need to know how they feel?

It's not about how they feel, Jack, it's about how they look.

And they look fabulous.

Okay.

I'll ring 'em up, sir.

# Feel I'm going back #

# To Massachusetts #

What have we done?

What do you mean?

(laughs): What if Dwayne is right and Kennedy loses?

We can all forget it, man.

I'm 19, Jimmy. I don't want to go to Vietnam.

(laughs): Do you?

No.

I mean, 'cause we fucked off today, Jim.

You know, we fucked off.

We should've done what we were supposed to do.

Coop, it's okay.

It's just two guys knocking on doors.

No, it isn't. McCarthy in New Hampshire

came within 230 votes of Johnson.

230 votes.

We could've knocked on 230 doors today.

I've knocked on well over a hundred by myself!

Okay. You know what, if it makes you feel better,

we can go out, and the polls will be open for...

It's too late now. It's too goddamn late.

Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

We can't do anything anymore. It's too late!

I feel like we should personally apologize to the man.

We should apologize for not doing our part.

What if we cost him the election, man?!

Calm down, man. You're freakin' me out.

- He's fine. - I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Are you still high from the acid?

No.

Maybe a little.

We didn't order this.

You guys got to eat something.

Why's that?

#... Place I have seen... #

(whispers): Is this the first time you two have turned on?

(laughs quietly)

Oh, come on, fellas, your pupils are like saucers.

Wh-What do you know? You're from Iowa.

Ohio.

What, you think California's the only place people drop acid?

(whispers): Was I that obvious?

Got to break her in.

Okay.

Daryl.

What can I do for you?

REPORTER: Kennedy says if he doesn't win California,

he will drop out of the race for president.

Oregon voters have given...

Jack?

What?

Do you think I'm more Jackie or more Ethel?

What do you mean?

If you had to pick one,

who would I be more like, style-wise:

Jackie Bouvier or Ethel?

Are you serious?

Play along. And you have to pick one.

Samantha.

What?

When do you feel like Samantha?

Oh, I don't know.

Oh, Jack, it was just a little game.

Come on, it was a game.

What?

Can't keep track.

Of what?

I can't keep track of you.

I'm right here.

You are now.

Samantha.

You're more than the shoes on your feet

or the designer dress on your back.

You're more than the purse you carry

or the money inside.

You and I are more

than the stuff, more than the things in our lives.

Somewhere between our things and our stuff is us.

I don't want to lose us.

I don't want to lose us either.

# #

PAUL: Knock, knock, knock.

Hello.

So do you work here, young lady?

Well, somebody has to bring home the bacon.

Aha! You finally admit it.

I am underpaid and undervalued.

ANNOUNCER (over radio): Gilliam even with the bag at third.

Parker doing a little housecleaning

down there at first base.

And Drysdale looks in to Haller.

Don into his windup, the pitch to Pena.

Bunt attempt is missed.

Oh and one.

(crowd cheering)

Shit.

ANNOUNCER: Larry Jackson on deck.

No balls and one strike, the count to Roberto Pena.

ANNOUNCER: Don working quickly.

What inning?

...and the strike one pitch.

Breaking ball over the outside...

Bottom of the fourth.

No hits for Pittsburgh so far.

ANNOUNCER: It took so long to come to this moment.

May 14: A rather uneventful one-to-nothing score.

May 18: A one-to-nothing score.

May 22: People started to talk; a two-to-nothing score.

May 26: They began to think about it seriously.

And there's a ground ball up along the first-base line, foul.

Still oh and...

Did you fire Daryl Timmons today?

Yep. He's a racist, among other things.

What's she like, Paul?

Pardon me?

The woman that you're sleeping with.

What's she like?

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

We don't do this.

Other people do this, Paul, but we don't do this.

(quiet, melancholy theme plays)

You know, people tell me all the time

how... lucky I am to be married to you.

How wonderful you are.

And I agree.

I say, "Yes...

"he's wonderful.

"Yes...

I am lucky."

Not because I have to.

(blows)

Because I want to.

'Cause you are wonderful.

And...

And so much more.

You're...

You're... (sighs)

(scissors slowly snipping)

You're strong.

You're a wonderful father to those kids.

(quietly): Oh, God.

# #

# #

(grunts)

- Oh, whoa! - Whoa, whoa!

- Ebbers, you son of a bitch! - Come on.

- Put 'em up! - Calm down!

- (grunting, people shouting) - Stop it.

You don't have to wait till the end of the week!

I wasn't planning on it!

- All right. - All right.

Easy. Easy!

Calm down.

(speaking Spanish)

All right, back to work.

NELSON: I wish I could stay.

No, you cherish the fact there's still someone at home

who worries about you and, uh, cares about you.

- Cheers for the Scotch. - Oh, good.

We'll do that more often.

Yeah.

Makes me feel like I still have a pair.

(laughs)

Of course, our game is another matter.

Yeah, well, you know, perhaps tomorrow will be

more forgiving.

You've always...

always beat me at chess, John,

- Yeah. - And you always will.

That's why you play me.

Perhaps you're right.

And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Good night.

Sleep well.

Say hello to Dorothy.

Yes, I will.

Good night.

Evening, Mr. Casey.

Hey, Morris, how 'bout a coffee and a bite to eat in the cafe?

Ah, I've-I've got cats to feed.

Don't you have a home to go to, John?

(chuckles)

- See you tomorrow. - Good night.

(car horn honking)

(people talking excitedly)

- He stepped out. - Get a picture right there.

- I got it. I got it. - He's there?

- Senator Kennedy? - Senator! Senator!

- Senator Kennedy, this way. - Please, stand back.

- Oh, that's him! - Hello, sir.

Nice to meet you.

(people talking excitedly)

Senator Kennedy.

Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel, sir.

Thank you very much.

- Senator, this way! - Please, right this way, sir!

Follow us, sir.

Right this way.

- Sir... - Senator, this way.

ANNOUNCER: This is a CBS News special report

on the California primary.

Here is Walter Cronkite.

Well, as we said a moment ago,

the count may be rather slow from California tonight.

The voting out there offers unusual complexities,

not only in the manner of counting this year

for the first time, but in the very process of balloting.

CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace, at our studios here,

can perhaps give us a little explanation

of that voting and the way it's being tallied. Mike?

The actual, uh, vote tabulation, Walter,

is going to be extremely slow, tonight, in California.

A large part of the state,

including the 7,000 precincts in Los Angeles County

are using new automated voting equipment,

where the ballots are counted by computers.

Now, although on the face of it,

that would seem to indicate a faster count,

the fact is that the new voting system is going to be slower

in the count.

(people talking excitedly)

Hello, David.

Hey, Wade.

WADE: So, Dwayne...

you ready to meet the next President of the United States?

(Wade chuckles)

Come on, he's not gonna bite ya.

Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that.

(chuckles)

(exhales)

Okay.

Go get him. You'll be fine.

WALLACE: ...sample of 89 precincts,

which, together, represent closely

to where the state votes and polls.

As soon as returns are available from those 89...

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

- the Coconut Grove - (drumroll)

Proudly presents the lovely,

the talented, the incomparable Virginia Fallon.

(applause)

(cymbal crash)

(cheering and applause)

Thank you. Thank you.

(band playing intro to "Louie, Louie")

Oh, yeah.

# Louie, Louie #

# Oh, oh... #

# I got to go #

# Louie, Louie #

# Oh, oh... #

# I got to go... #

(slow, soulful theme playing)

# #

# #

(choir singing) # Ooh... #

# Never gonna break my faith #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh, ooh... #

# Never gonna break my faith #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh, ooh... #

# Ooh... #

ANNOUNCER: Swung on, a ground ball wide of third.

It's Blair, has the chance.

- # Never gonna break my faith # - He's done it!

# Ooh... #

# Ooh... #

# Ooh, ooh... #

# Never gonna break my faith #

(slowly fading): # Faith, ooh... #

(car horns honking)

(people chattering)

Spring, 1946.

The last free election in my country.

And yet the Communists still took power.

That's not what you asked, Mr. Buckley!

The Iron Curtain is coming down.

Dubcek favors greater relations with the West.

He's the man of the people, like Senator Kennedy.

I am not going to write a propaganda piece.

After the senator's speech in the Embassy Ballroom,

there will be a private press conference in the Colonial Room.

I will see to it that you have the proper credentials.

You have your five minutes, Miss Janacek.

Thank you.

(chuckles)

Thank you, Mr. Buckley! Thank you so much!

Please slow down.

I can barely walk in these silly shoes.

But they look fabulous.

(lively pop music playing)

I don't know your birthday.

August 3.

I don't know a lot about you, Diane.

Your favorite food, your favorite color.

I don't know your favorite book or movie.

I don't even know if your belly button

is an innie or an outie.

An innie.

But I'm surprised you didn't know that.

(both laugh quietly)

- Whew! - Apurate! Apurate!

- Man! - Chingale, man, you think

they could use the same glasses more than once?

It is packed in there.

There's got to be over a thousand people.

MIGUEL: Rapido, rapido!

Gentlemen. How was it out there?

It was fantastic.

Yeah, we dropped acid and went to the movies.

Planet of the Apes on acid?

You got to try it, it's...

(chuckles)

Tidings of great joy.

Test one, two. Test one, two.

(tape rewinding)

Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please?

Please, ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention?

We have an announcement that we would like to make.

With 16% of precincts now reporting...

Why don't you go ahead and read this?

Future Secretary of Transportation,

Dwayne Clark, ladies and gentlemen.

(applause, cheering, whistling)

With over 16% of the precincts now reporting...

I recognize his voice.

He's cute.

Hey... my love life is the one that needs some attention.

...of the United States,

Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

(cheering and applause)

You look wonderful.

- Thank you. - (laughs)

Let's see 'em.

- Good girl. - Thanks.

This must be the... the lucky man.

Miriam, meet my husband, William.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Sorry. Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Excuse me...

Excuse me.

Aren't you a little young to be Secretary of Transportation?

I'm gonna strangle him.

I recognize your voice.

Really. Do you work for the FBI?

You're the young brother

from 506 that's always yelling and always angry.

I'd recognize it anywhere.

So you do work for the FBI.

I'm a switchboard operator for the hotel.

Patricia.

What's your name, angry young brother?

Dwayne.

I'm not always angry.

MIGUEL: I need another box.

Jose, come on with the box.

I'm-I'm coming.

Excuse me. Excuse me. I'm coming.

How in the hell are we supposed to work

with all these people here?

I don't know, but I ain't never seen

so many white people in the kitchen before.

(laughing)

- Hey, Susan. - Hey.

How are my little drug addicts?

I don't think I have ever seen you out of your uniform.

But we've both fantasized about it before.

He's still high.

- He's still high. - No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

You're the one who's still high.

I'm a stockbroker.

I'm an artist.

As well as a patron of the arts.

She bought a painting of a can of soup last month.

A can of soup.

JACK: Mm-hmm. I think it was Campbell's tomato.

- Yes. - No, onion.

Tomato.

She says tomato, I say onion.

It's an original Warhol.

Do you know he was shot yesterday?

And probably by someone who sobered up and realized

they paid a fortune for a picture of a can of soup.

- You're terrible. - (laughing)

May I ask you a personal question?

How personal you want to get?

I'm not asking to embarrass you or anything, but...

...how much do you make a week?

These folks ain't interested in eating.

Besides, they gonna throw it away anyway.

Yeah.

I'm not proud, Dwayne.

I'm just another sister trying to survive in the world.

No, you're much more than that.

This one looks pretty good.

The board behind me shows

the story from the California primary tonight.

There's still just a scattering of votes in,

but our vote-profile analysis of, uh,

key precincts through the state, representative "key-cincts"...

precincts... indicate that Senator Kennedy

is going to come out with a wide lead,

probably 52 to 38 percent over Senator McCarthy.

(cheering)

CROWD (chanting): RFK! RFK!

RFK! RFK! RFK! RFK!

MAN (over P.A.): Ladies and gentlemen...

CROWD: RFK! RFK!

(cheering, clamoring)

MAN (over P.A.): Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

CROWD (chanting): RFK! RFK! RFK! RFK! RFK!

(chanting): We want Kennedy! We want Kennedy!

We want Kennedy! We want Kennedy!

We want Kennedy!

We want Kennedy! We want Kennedy!

KENNEDY: I want to, uh, first, uh,

express my, uh, high regard to, uh, Don Drysdale...

(crowd cheering)

(cheering)

...who pitched his, uh, sixth straight shutout tonight.

(cheering)

And I hope that we have his good fortune in our campaign.

# Hello darkness, my old friend #

# I've come to talk with you again #

# Because a vision softly creeping #

# Left its seeds while I was sleeping #

# And the vision that was planted in my brain #

# Still remains #

# Within the sound of silence #

# In restless dreams I walked alone #

# Narrow streets of cobblestone #

# 'Neath the halo of a street lamp #

# I turned my collar to the cold and damp #

# When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light #

# That split the night #

# And touched the sound of silence #

# And in the naked light I saw #

# Ten thousand people, maybe more #

# People talking without speaking #

# People hearing without listening #

# People writing songs that voices never share #

# And no one dared #

# Disturb the sound of silence #

# "Fools," said I, "you do not know" #

# "Silence, like a cancer, grows" #

# "Hear my words that I might teach you" #

# "Take my arms that I might reach you" #

# But my words, like silent raindrops, fell... #

What I think is quite clear

is that we can work together, in the last analysis,

and that what has been going on within the United States

over the period of the last three years...

the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society,

the divisions, whether it's between blacks and whites,

between the poor and the more affluent or between age groups

or on the war in Vietnam... that we can start to work together.

We are a great country, and a selfless country,

and a compassionate country.

And I intend to make that my basis for running,

then, over the period of the next few months.

# "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls" #

# "And tenement halls" #

Bobby! Yeah!

So, uh, my thanks to all of you.

And now it's on to Chicago and let's win there.

Thank you very much.

Whoo!

(people cheering loudly)

(cheering continues)

NEWSMAN: It's impossible to hear tonight.

Robert Kennedy's victory is setting up a possible showdown

in the general election with Richard Nixon,

who his brother defeated eight years ago.

(cheering, whistling continues)

(chanting): We want Bobby! We want Bobby! We want Bobby!

(cheering and chanting continues)

- Bobby! - Bobby!

Bobby!

(chanting): We want Bobby. We want Bobby. We want Bobby.

- Hey, Bobby! - Bobby!

- Bobby! Bobby! - Where you going?

I wanna shake his hand.

You don't wanna shake his hand?

- Bobby! - (cheering continues)

AIDE 1: Senator, this way, through the kitchen.

- AIDE 2: Senator, follow me. - (crowd clamoring)

AIDE 1: No, no, wait, Senator.

- Bobby! - Hey!

- DIANE: William! William! - Hey!

(chanting): We want Bobby. We want Bobby. We want Bobby.

AIDE 2: Please, right this way, sir.

Follow us, sir.

- This way. - (cheering)

AIDE 1: This way, through the kitchen.

- (cheering) - (people talking excitedly)

(cheering and whistling)

WOMAN: Bobby! Bobby!

Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!

Bobby!

MAN: Bobby! Bobby!

(cheering continues)

(people shouting excitedly)

(cheering continues, people shouting excitedly)

Bobby!

- Bobby! - Bobby!

(shouting and cheering)

(cheering continues)

SIRHAN SIRHAN: Kennedy, you son of a bitch.

(three gunshots, people screaming)

(two gunshots)

(gunshot)

- (gunshot) - (panicked screaming)

VANOCUR: Get the gun. Get the gun. Get the gun.

- (gunshot) - Stay away from the gun.

- Stay away from the gun. - Get a doctor!

Keep them out! Keep them out!

VANOCUR: His hand is frozen.

Take ahold of his thumb and break it if you have to!

Get his thumb!

Excuse me. Excuse me!

VANOCUR: Hold him! Hold him! Hold him!

STAFFER: Get a doctor for the senator!

VANOCUR: We don't want another Oswald!

(screaming, clamoring)

STAFFER: Senator!

REPORTER: Wade! Wade! Excuse me, Wade!

Excuse me! Sir, move!

(excited, happy chattering)

- MAN: He's been shot! - What?! What?!

Excuse me.

Wade! What happened?

(clamoring)

- Someone shot him! - WOMAN: What?

Excuse me!

Excuse me! I'm with...

Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention please?

Ladies and gentlemen, can I ask you please to be calm?

We need a doctor to come to the podium right now.

- Please, everybody... - Bobby's shot?

- Bobby's shot? - Please, just be calm.

And if you can, please leave the ballroom.

We need a doctor to the podium right now!

Please. Is there a doctor in the house? We need you...

KENNEDY: It is not a day for politics.

I have saved this one opportunity...

TIMMONS: I've been shot!

KENNEDY: ...my only event of today...

I've been shot!

KENNEDY: ...to speak briefly to you

about the mindless menace of violence in America,

- which again stains our land - Can you help me?!

- And every one of our lives. - Can you help me? Please.

It is not the concern of any one race.

- Doctor! Anyone! - The victims of the violence

are black and white, rich and poor,

young and old, famous and unknown.

They are, most important of all, human beings

whom other human beings loved and needed.

- What happened, do you know? - Somebody said he's been shot.

KENNEDY: No one, no matter where he lives

- or what he does... - Get a doctor, please!

...can be certain who next will suffer

from some senseless act of bloodshed.

And yet it goes on and on and on in this country of ours.

SUSAN (sobbing): It's okay. It's okay. Plea!

- KENNEDY: Why? - You'll be okay.

What has violence ever accomplished?

What has it ever created?

Oh! Oh. Oh, my God!

(sobbing): Dear.

Help!

KENNEDY: Whenever any American's life

is taken by another American unnecessarily...

DIANE: William, come on!

KENNEDY: Whether it is done in the name of the law

or in defiance of the law, by one man or by a gang,

in cold blood or in passion...

I've been shot.

KENNEDY: ...in an attack of violence

or in response to violence,

whenever we tear at the fabric of our lives

which another man has painfully and clumsily

woven for himself and his children,

whenever we do this, then the whole nation is degraded.

Yet we seemingly tolerate a rising level of violence

that ignores our common humanity

and our claims to civilization alike.

Hey, Donny, what the heck's going on?

Senator Kennedy's been shot.

(people clamoring)

(exhales quietly)

(sniffles)

KENNEDY: Too often, we honor swagger

and bluster and the wielders of force.

Too often, we excuse those

who are willing to build their own lives

on the shattered dreams of other human beings.

But this much is clear:

Violence breeds violence,

repression breeds retaliation,

and only a cleansing of our whole society

can remove this sickness from our souls.

For when you teach a man to hate and to fear his brother,

when you teach that he is a lesser man

because of his color or his beliefs

or the policies that he pursues...

(siren wailing)

...when you teach that those who differ from you

threaten your freedom or your job

or your home or your family,

then you also learn to confront others,

- All right, Captain... - not as fellow citizens,

but as enemies.

To be met not with cooperation, but with conquest.

To be subjugated and to be mastered.

We learn, at the last, to look at our brothers as aliens.

Alien men with whom we share a city, but not a community.

Men bound to us in common dwelling,

but not in a common effort.

REPORTER: ...is impossible to believe...

KENNEDY: We learn to share only a common fear,

only a common desire to retreat from each other.

Only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force.

(indistinct conversations)

JACK (sobbing): I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, baby.

You're gonna be okay. Do you hear me?

You're gonna be okay, sweetie.

KENNEDY: Our lives on this planet

- are too short. - Jimmy! Look at me.

- The work to be done - Cooper!

Is too great to let this spirit flourish

any longer in this land of ours.

(Daryl groaning)

KENNEDY: Of course, we cannot banish it with a program

nor with a resolution...

(Malcolm sobbing)

...but we can perhaps remember, if only for a time,

that those who live with us are our brothers,

that they share with us the same short moment of life,

that they seek, as do we,

nothing but the chance to live out their lives

in purpose and in happiness,

winning what satisfaction and fulfillment that they can.

(people sobbing quietly)

(sobbing)

KENNEDY: Surely, this bond of common fate,

surely, this bond of common goals

can begin to teach us something.

(sobbing)

Surely, we can learn, at the least,

to look around at those of us, of our fellow men,

and surely, we can begin to work a little harder

to bind up the wounds among us and to become, in our hearts,

brothers and countrymen once again.

(noble, melancholy theme playing)

# #

# #

ARETHA FRANKLIN: # My Lord #

# I have read this book #

# So many times #

# But nowhere can #

# Can I find #

# The page that says #

# What I experienced today #

# Has any grace #

MARY J. BLIGE: # Now I know that life #

# Is meant to be hard #

# That's how I learned #

# To appreciate my God #

# Though my courage #

# May be tried #

# I can tell you I won't hide #

# Because the footprints show #

# You are by my side #

# You can lie to a child with a smiling face #

# Tell me that color ain't about race #

# You can cast the first stone #

# You can break my bones! #

# But you're never gonna break #

BOTH: # You're never gonna break my faith #

# And hope ain't yours to give #

# Truth and liberty are mine to live #

# Steal a crown from a king #

# Break an angel's wings #

# But you're never gonna break #

# You're never gonna break my faith #

# Mm-hmm. #

# My Lord... #

# Won't you help them, help them, #

# Help them to understand #

# That when someone takes the life of an innocent man #

# Whoo! #

# Well, they never really won #

# Because all they've really done #

# Is set the soul free where it's supposed to be #

# You can lie to a child #

# With a smiling face #

# Tell me that color ain't about race #

# You can cast the first stone #

# You can break my bones, but you never ever #

# Never #

# You're never gonna break my faith #

# And hope ain't yours to give #

# No, no, no #

# Truth and liberty are mine to live #

# Steal a crown from a king, break an angel's wings #

- # But you're never ever ever # - # You're never gonna break #

# You're never gonna break my faith #

# For those we lose before their time #

# I pray their souls will find the light #

# I know that the day will surely come #

# Whoa #

# Oh, when His will, His will will be done #

- # Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, yeah # - (choir harmonizing)

- # Oh, yeah # - # Yeah, yeah #

# Hey, ooh-oh #

# Oh, yeah, His will will be... #

# You're never gonna break my faith #

- # Oh # - # Oh, yeah #

- # Oh, yeah # - # Ooh, yeah #

# His will, His will, His will, His will #

# Oh! #

# Oh, oh, oh #

# Yeah #

# Never gonna break my faith #

# You're never gonna break my faith, never, never #

# I'll keep holding on, I'll keep holding on #

# Never, never, never, never #

- # Oh, hey # - # Never, never #

# Never, never, never, never never, never, never #

# You're never gonna break my faith #

# Oh, oh, you ain't gonna break my faith #

# Never, never. #

(song ends)

(quiet, noble orchestral theme playing)

# #

# #

# #

# #

# #

# #

(music ends)