Everyone Says I Love You Script - Dialogue Transcript

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Everyone Says I Love You Script


 

                   

Just you...



 

                   

just me.



 

                   

Let’s find

a cosy spot...



 

                   

where no one can see.



 

                   

Just us...



 

                   

just we.



 

                   

We’ve missed

an awful lot...



 

                   

what bliss it’ll be!



 

                   

Oh gee!



  

                   

What are your charms for?



  

                   

What are

my arms for?



  

                   

Use your imagination!



  

                   

Just you...



  

                   

just me.



  

                   

We’ll tie a lover’s knot...



  

                   

just say you love me.



  

                   

Just he...



  

                   

just she.



  

                   

And what a perfect plot...



  

                   

just say you love me.



  

                   

Oh gee!



  

                   

Oh my!



  

                   

It’s finally springtime...



  

                   

birds-on-the-wing time...



  

                   

and what a lovely

day for love.



  

                   

Just me...



  

                   

just you.



  

                   

Just you...



  

                   

just me.



  

                   

A bit of paradise...



  

                   

right here for us two.



  

                   

Just you...



  

                   

Just me.



  

                   

Let’s find

a cosy spot...



  

                   

where no one can see.



  

                   

Just us...



  

                   

just the two of us...



  

                   

just we...



  

                   

mighty few of us.



  

                   

We’ve missed

an awful lot...



  

                   

what bliss it’ll be!



  

                   

Just you...



  

                   

just me.



  

                   

We’ll tie a lover’s knot...



  

                   

just say you love me.



  

                   

That’s my sister Skylar and

her boyfriend Holden.



  

                   

And that’s me.



  

                   

I’m Djuna:

D-J-U-N-A.



  

                   

Everyone calls me DJ.



  

                   

I’m gonna level with you.



  

                   

We’re not the typical family

from a musical comedy.



  

                   

For one thing,

we got dough.



  

                   

And we live on Park Avenue

in a penthouse apartment.



  

                   

Dad’s a lawyer. I mean, I call him ‘Dad’,

but really he’s ‘Stepdad.’



  

                   

Because there’s

original Dad, right...?



  

                   

who married Mom,

and they had me.



  

                   

And then there’s Stepdad, who

had   kids with his first wife...



  

                   

Okay, look, maybe this

is getting confusing for you.



  

                   

You see, there’s Lane and Laura.



  

                   

My half-sisters. They’re great.



  

                   

A little twitty at times, but...



  

                   

we love each other and have

a million laughs together.



  

                   

And my stepbrother Scott,

who’s very smart...



  

                   

but he’s in trouble with the family

because he’s a Republican...



  

                   

which made my stepfather have

a stroke, since we’re Democrats.



  

                   

How do you expect people on

welfare to develop initiative?



  

                   

You mean someone who can’t

work should just be discarded?



  

                   

Welfare does not work. It’s

the same liberal fantasy world...



  

                   

as not allowing school prayer

and coddling criminals.



  

                   

I can’t believe I’m having

this talk with my own son.



  

                   

Unless Republican pods

in the basement took over your body.



  

                   

Not pods, Dad.



  

                   

Ideas. Virile, modern ideas.



  

                   

A strong America. The

right to bear arms.



  

                   

Arms? Guns?



  

                   

Are you crazy? What’s up with

you? I just don’t understand you!



  

                   

Relax.



  

                   

Excuse me. Steffi, bring down

a copy of my will and an eraser.



  

                   

If Dad’s a Liberal Democrat,

then Mom’s even more extreme.



  

                   

She’s a guilty

Liberal Democrat.



  

                   

He grew up poor and knows

what it’s like to work like a dog.



  

                   

Mom came from money and

luxury and...



  

                   

spends all her time doing

volunteer work for everybody.



  

                   

She’s with the Civil Liberties

Union and Save the Whales...



  

                   

and raises dough for the Whitney

museum and the hospital...



  

                   

and she’s always

doing something...



  

                   

Iike throwing some chic soirée

to help the N. Y. Philharmonic.



  

                   

Lane and Laura go to Nightingale,

a ritzy school on   nd street.



  

                   

White truffles are

so much better...



  

                   

Better than dark truffles.



  

                   

My God!



  

                   

My God, there he is!



  

                   

-He’s so gorgeous.

-Who is he?



  

                   

We don’t know. We always

see him round here.



  

                   

She’s in love from afar.



  

                   

We’ll find a way to get

her to meet him.



  

                   

Please, no

humiliating schemes.



  

                   

My mom is in with a patient.



  

                   

Claire’s their best friend.

Her mom’s a shrink.



   

                   

Years ago, Claire drilled

a hole in the wall.



   

                   

We get our kicks after school

by tuning in on her clientele.



   

                   

I’ve been having

these fantasies about...



   

                   

other men and...



   

                   

it makes me feel...



   

                   

bad, and...



   

                   

guilty.



   

                   

I had that

elevator dream...



   

                   

again...



   

                   

and...



   

                   

I’m in the elevator and...



   

                   

it just keeps

going up and up...



   

                   

and up.



   

                   

Now you must

meet Grandpa.



   

                   

   years old.



   

                   

Found him at Grand Central.

He thought he was in the park.



   

                   

You must watch him.



   

                   

Last year he wandered

out in a towel...



   

                   

and got in line

in Times Square.



   

                   

We sent Frieda

to get him back.



   

                   

She’s our maid. I think she was

Hitler’s maid at Berchtesgaden.



   

                   

But she’s the only one

who can handle Grandpa.



   

                   

I found your

arch supports...



   

                   

in the stew. How did

they get there?



   

                   

Finally, there’s my dad, who

lives in Paris, but visits a lot.



   

                   

He and my stepdad

are great friends.



   

                   

I think he still loves Mom, though

they’ve been divorced for years.



   

                   

They’re all friends, and they come

to each other with their problems.



   

                   

I can’t believe it.

Giselle left me.



   

                   

Look at this face.



   

                   

She suddenly left me

with my best friend.



   

                   

No warning?



   

                   

Nothing. The two of them...

Did you ever see anyone so...?



   

                   

I’m so distraught, over

this, I can’t tell you.



   

                   

I’ll kill myself.



   

                   

I’ll go back to Paris and jump

off the Eiffel Tower. I’ll be dead.



   

                   

If I get the Concorde, I could

be dead   hours earlier.



   

                   

Or, wait a minute...



   

                   

with the time change...



   

                   

I could be alive   hours in New

York, but dead   hours in Paris.



   

                   

I could get things done,

and also be dead.



   

                   

You didn’t see the signs. She

must have given you some signs.



   

                   

You think I’m an idiot?



   

                   

What kind of signs? Finding his

photo in her underwear drawer?



   

                   

Or saying his name

as she climaxed?



   

                   

-I don’t mean that.

-No, that’s what happened.



   

                   

I just couldn’t put it together.



   

                   

I’m glad you didn’t marry her.

I told you, ‘Don’t do it.’



   

                   

I’d have been happy to.



   

                   

I’m really glad. Want

some wine or something?



   

                   

Anything. I must

have a drink.



   

                   

You know what’s sad?



   

                   

I thought everything was

going well, that things were...



   

                   

You always pick

the wrong women.



   

                   

-I picked you.

-We got divorced.



   

                   

You were impossible to live with.



   

                   

I was impossible? I love this!



   

                   

You couldn’t decide whether to be

a psychoanalyst or a writer.



   

                   

So I compromised. I became

a writer and a patient.



   

                   

Wail find you someone.

We know a lot of people.



   

                   

I’ve been trying since we got

divorced to find him someone.



   

                   

Someone to match

his personality.



   

                   

Honey, bring another glass!



   

                   

I’m wondering if the world

female population isn’t too limited.



   

                   

-You’ve had rotten luck.

-No, he hasn’t.



   

                   

He makes rotten choices.



   

                   

But does he want to spend his

golden years with someone?



   

                   

Why my golden years?



   

                   

You must think about those things.



   

                   

Men age different to women.   more

years, lilt look like your son.



   

                   

That was so mean!



   

                   

Don’t you laugh.



   

                   

-That’s not funny.

-She’s got me in a home already.



   

                   

Look, what about

Madeline, after me?



   

                   

She was an archaeologist.

She was fabulous.



   

                   

She was a nymphomaniac.



   

                   

Okay, she had a

problem with fidelity.



   

                   

I didn’t happen to see it.

But she was brilliant.



   

                   

What about Carol? What

was her last name?



   

                   

Carol was a poet and

a member of Mensa.



   

                   

She was a heroin addict.



   

                   

Yes, but I thought

it was insulin!



   

                   

You know what

the problem is? Listen.



   

                   

This is the problem!



   

                   

He’s still in love with you.

I always said this.



   

                   

Who can blame him?

Of course he is.



   

                   

-That’s the problem.

-Come here, my two men.



   

                   

I’m pining after Giselle.



   

                   

Wail find someone.



   

                   

I don’t know if we will.



   

                   

-We will. I know.

-This is the problem.



   

                   

What’s all the secrecy?

Why Harry Winston’s?



   

                   

I want you to help me pick

an engagement ring for Skylar.



   

                   

Congratulations.



   

                   

You want an

engagement ring.



   

                   

Right, we’re getting married.

Or I am, not to her.



   

                   

I see. What size did

you have in mind?



   

                   

What size?



   

                   

Well, I know she’s not huge.



   

                   

She’s not bony, either.



   

                   

-Something simple but elegant?

-That’s it.



   

                   

Simple but elegant. Exactly.

I told you he was the guy.



   

                   

Like this one.



   

                   

God, that’s beautiful.



   

                   

It’s perfect.



   

                   

It’s the most beautiful

ring I ever saw.



   

                   

What would that cost? I like it.



   

                   

$     .



   

                   

$      you said?



   

                   

Let me take it off then,

because I don’t think...



   

                   

Actually, as I look at it...



   

                   

it’s not to Skylar’s taste.

It’s tacky.



   

                   

She’s not a Mafia bride.

Help me.



   

                   

Here’s a lovely one.



   

                   

That is pretty.



   

                   

What’ll it cost me?

$  ,   ? $    ?



   

                   

$    .



   

                   

It’s more in the ballpark, in

the right neighbourhood.



   

                   

-Not my neighbourhood, but...

-It’s a better neighbourhood.



   

                   

What the hell, right?

We’re getting married.



   

                   

Let’s do it.



   

                   

I think it’s an absolutely

exquisite ring.



   

                   

My baby don’t

care for rings...



   

                   

or other expensive

things.



   

                   

My baby just cares for me.



   

                   

My baby don’t go for...



   

                   

big Rolls-Royces.



   

                   

There’s sometimes a doubt

about her choices.



   

                   

My baby don’t care to own...



   

                   

some   -carat stone.



   

                   

She’s sensible as can be.



   

                   

My baby don’t

care who knows it.



   

                   

My baby just cares for me.



   

                   

He’s so happy since the day...



   

                   

he fell in love in a real big way.



   

                   

And the big surprise is

someone loves him too.



   

                   

It’s difficult for us to see...



   

                   

just what she could

possibly see in he.



   

                   

But it simply goes to

prove what love can do.



   

                   

His baby don’t

care for shows.



   

                   

His baby don’t

care for clothes.



   

                   

My baby just cares for me!



   

                   

Nobody else will do!



   

                   

His baby don’t care

for furs and laces.



   

                   

His baby don’t care for races...



   

                   

or high-toned places.



   

                   

-My baby’s not much for sports...

-Gets out of sorts.



   

                   

Like running round tennis courts.



   

                   

I must say I’m glad that she...



   

                   

He’s glad to say that she...



   

                   

has made such a fine selection.



   

                   

My baby just cares for me!



   

                   

My baby just cares for me!



   

                   

His baby just cares for...



   

                   

My baby just cares for me!



   

                   

Mrs Holden Spence.



   

                   

Skylar Spence. I love it.



   

                   

He’s taking her

to Le Cirque tonight.



   

                   

-No kidding?

-I think he’s going to propose.



   

                   

And I introduced them.



   

                   

We’ve heard it, Dad.



   

                   

I did. He came to work

at our law firm.



   

                   

The first day I said:



   

                   

‘This kid’s great. His feet are on

the ground. He’s perfect for her.’



   

                   

Frieda, the pasta

has no sauce.



   

                   

Bavarian pasta

doesn’t need sauce.



   

                   

Italian pasta needs sauce.

The italians were weak.



   

                   

Fine. Give me some pepper.



   

                   

Your solution to rampant crime

is just to let criminals go free?



   

                   

No. Charles Ferry

deserves a parole.



   

                   

You want someone like

this out on the streets?



   

                   

Armed robbery, assault,

attempted escape.



   

                   

-He was an abused child.

-Have some compassion.



   

                   

He went to prison for life because

of his horrible childhood.



   

                   

Something you know nothing about.



   

                   

-Then one mistake...

-Are you kidding?



   

                   

A bad trial,

corrupt judges...



   

                   

Calm down, both of you.



   

                   

-I don’t want to discuss this.

-I can’t listen to this.



   

                   

-I need my wallet.

-Where’re you going?



   

                   

The Polo Grounds.

Giants and Cardinals are playing.



   

                   

You can’t go out. If you want to

take a walk, go with Frieda.



   

                   

But they’re playing

today, Labour Day.



   

                   

It’s June, Grandpa.



   

                   

The Polo Grounds

closed years ago.



   

                   

-Rained out?

-Take him for a short walk.



   

                   

No, I’m not going with Frieda.



   

                   

No, no, not with her. I don’t

need a German Shepherd.



   

                   

Take a nice walk.



   

                   

You know what the kids say?



   

                   

They think Holden’s giving a

surprise to Skylar tonight.



   

                   

If you keep gossiping about

it, it won’t be a surprise.



   

                   

I told you not to tell.



   

                   

I’m going out. If Minnie calls,

tell her I’m at the Polo Grounds.



   

                   

Minnie’s been dead    years.



   

                   

I’m not arguing that. But if

she calls, i’ll be home later.



   

                   

   is too young to get married.



   

                   

If this was anyone but

Holden, i’d be against it.



   

                   

No way I’m getting

married till I’m   .



   

                   

Then I’ll probably

live with a woman.



   

                   

Why do you make these jokes?



   

                   

You like Holden, right?



   

                   

The problem is Skylar.

She’s a romantic twit.



   

                   

Holden’s not romantic

enough for her.



   

                   

So what? She’s going

to marry him, right?



   

                   

I hope so. I want her

room when she does.



   

                   

She should leap at this guy.



   

                   

Skylar suffers from

white knight syndrome.



   

                   

Since her hormones kicked in,

she’s hoped for some...



   

                   

charismatic guy to

sweep her off her feet.



   

                   

So Holden is that young

Lochinvar, all right?



   

                   

He’s a young schnook.



   

                   

He’s a schnook, but

he’s a loveable schnook.



   

                   

What an endorsement! I’m

never bringing a guy home.



   

                   

In the first place,

he’s not a schnook.



   

                   

I’m a dreamer...



   

                   

aren’t we all?



   

                   

Just a dreamer...



   

                   

aren’t we all?



   

                   

In my dreams, each

night it seems...



   

                   

my sweetheart comes to call.



   

                   

He’s so charming,

strong and tall.



   

                   

It’s alarming

howl fall.



   

                   

He’s ideal.



   

                   

But then he isn’t

real and I’m a fool.



   

                   

But aren’t we all?



   

                   

Can I tell you

how I see us?



   

                   

How?



   

                   

We get married and we live

by my parents in Sharon.



   

                   

I could never

leave New York.



   

                   

We leave my parents in Sharon,

right? We live in New York.



   

                   

It’s just that we may want

more space if we have   kids.



   

                   

I want two children.



   

                   

Two is perfect.



   

                   

Two is perfect for me...



   

                   

because four is...



   

                   

really a lot and...



   

                   

you’ll stay at home...



   

                   

No, I’ll be working.



   

                   

When not working full-time.

You’ll have a career. Journalism.



   

                   

Architecture.



   

                   

Architecture? Since when?



   

                   

I don’t know, just

some thoughts I’ve had.



   

                   

I mean, you majored

in journalism, but...



   

                   

The important thing is...



   

                   

that we agree on just about

everything, it seems.



   

                   

Shall I bring the dessert, sir?



   

                   

It’s time for

dessert? Yes, it is.



   

                   

Excuse me a second. I’ll

just tend to a small matter.



   

                   

It’s ready, just as you wished.



   

                   

Think it’ll work?



   

                   

That’s perfect, Umberto.



   

                   

Glad you like it, sir.



   

                   

Let me show you

my end of the deal.



   

                   

That’s a honey, huh?



   

                   

Set me back a bit,

I don’t mind saying.



   

                   

I’m sure. A brilliant

idea. Very romantic.



   

                   

That’s the kind of guy I am.



   

                   

I can see that.



   

                   

Here we go. I’m just going

to lay that right there.



   

                   

Will that knock her socks off?



   

                   

Shall we?



   

                   

Go ahead. I’m relying on you.



   

                   

Good luck.



   

                   

Everything okay?



   

                   

No problem.



   

                   

-Shall we order dessert?

-I did.



   

                   

You did?



   

                   

You like take-charge guys, and

I’m coming through for you.



   

                   

It’s not like you.



   

                   

Anything for you. Umberto,

will you do the honours?



   

                   

My God, it’s delicious!



   

                   

Peach, my

favourite flavour.



   

                   

-It’s delicious.

-What are you doing? Stop!



   

                   

-Where’s the rest of it?

-What?



   

                   

The cream and the cherry!



   

                   

-I ate them.

-You ate the ring?



   

                   

What?



   

                   

-I bought you a diamond ring.

-You did?



   

                   

At Harry Winston’s.



   

                   

Where is it?



   

                   

It was on the dessert.



   

                   

Why?



   

                   

-I thought it’d be romantic!

-To put a ring on ice cream?



   

                   

It wasn’t my idea,

it was DJ’s.



   

                   

She said it would give

it dramatic flair.



   

                   

I ate a diamond ring?



   

                   

I turn round for   seconds and

$     goes down your throat.



   

                   

Oh, my God!



   

                   

Stay calm.



   

                   

How big was it?



   

                   

It was a big rock.



   

                   

-I swallowed what, a carat?

-A karat-and-a-half.



   

                   

You’d like two carrots?



   

                   

I’m dying!



   

                   

You’re not.



   

                   

Something wrong, sir?



   

                   

Just swallowed a little

jewelry, it’s all right.



   

                   

-How could you?

-Enjoy your dinner.



   

                   

How could l? Most people look at

their food before plunging into it.



   

                   

Let me check your mouth.



   

                   

This isn’t much of a problem.



   

                   

It’s in an accessible place.



   

                   

It’s an absolutely

beautiful ring.



   

                   

A brilliant choice.



   

                   

Congratulations, girl.



   

                   

It is beautiful.



   

                   

Look, she got engaged.



   

                   

What is it, two karats?



   

                   

One-and-a-half.



   

                   

White gold?



   

                   

Solid platinum.



   

                   

That’s good.



   

                   

-Harry Winston’s.

-How much?



   

                   

    .



   

                   

I can get the same ring for you

for   from my brother-in-law.



   

                   

You’re paying for the name.



   

                   

He’s a wonderful man.



   

                   

Am I going to scar?



   

                   

Doctors look at X-rays

but they seldom grin.



   

                   

I’m always on the

outside...



   

                   

looking in.



   

                   

Maybe that’s why

I see the funny side...



   

                   

When I see a fallen

brother take a bride.



   

                   

Weddings make a

lot of people sad.



   

                   

But if you're not the groom...



   

                   

you’re not so bad.



   

                   

Another bride,

anothergroom...



   

                   

another sunny honeymoon.



   

                   

Another season...



   

                   

another reason...



   

                   

for making whoopee.



   

                   

A lot of shoes...



   

                   

a lot of rice...



   

                   

the groom is nervous...



   

                   

he answers twice.



   

                   

It’s really killing...



   

                   

that’s he’s so willing...



   

                   

to make whoopee.



   

                   

Picture a little

love nest...



   

                   

down where the roses cling...



   

                   

picture the same

sweet love nest...



   

                   

think what a year can bring.



   

                   

He’s washing dishes...



   

                   

and baby clothes...



   

                   

he’s so ambitious...



   

                   

he even sews.



   

                   

But don’t forget folks...



   

                   

that’s what you get, folks...



   

                   

for making whoopee.



   

                   

Just for making whoopee.



   

                   

He’s washing dishes...



   

                   

and baby clothes...



   

                   

he’s so ambitious...



   

                   

he even sews.



   

                   

But don’t forget folks...



   

                   

that’s what you get, folks...



   

                   

Summer came, and Lane and

Laura got jobs at the Met...



   

                   

and spent weekends

at the beach.



   

                   

Mom organised a petition for

Charles Ferry’s parole.



   

                   

Her new pet cause.



   

                   

She even visited the prison and

was appalled by the conditions.



   

                   

What we need are open prisons.



   

                   

Space where the damaged

human spirit can heal.



   

                   

Give them an opportunity to

decorate their own cells...



   

                   

with their own

personal decorators.



   

                   

And better cuisine.



   

                   

European menus.



   

                   

As for me, over the years I was

used to splitting summers up...



   

                   

July with Mom in New York,

and August with Dad in Europe.



   

                   

Usually it was Paris, but this

time he took me to Venice.



   

                   

I think he wanted to get over

memories of losing Giselle.



   

                   

All I can say is if we’re

talking about romantic cities...



   

                   

they’ve got the most

gorgeous guys there...



   

                   

and they can’t keep their

hands off you. It’s great.



   

                   

The first week was just heaven

for me. Having a ball...



   

                   

sailing on gondolas.



   

                   

But Dad just seemed to

hang around the hotel.



   

                   

Giselle was still

haunting him.



   

                   

I’m through with love.



   

                   

I’ll never fall again.



   

                   

Said ‘adieu’ to love.



   

                   

Don’t ever call again.



   

                   

For I must have you or no-one.



   

                   

And so I’m through with love.



   

                   

I’ve locked my heart...



   

                   

I’ll keep my

feelings there.



   

                   

I’ve stocked my heart...



   

                   

with icy frigid air.



   

                   

And I mean to

fall for no-one...



   

                   

because I’m through with love.



   

                   

I feel so guilty.



   

                   

-You should have fun.

-I am.



   

                   

I still can’t figure out what

went wrong with Giselle.



   

                   

I always thought she

was a little flighty.



   

                   

Want a drink?

I’ll have a beer.



   

                   

A Bellini.



   

                   

Let me give you this advice.



   

                   

When a relationship breaks

up, and I hope they don’t...



   

                   

Better to be the leaver than the

leavee, ‘cause the leaver leaves.



   

                   

But the leavee is left.



   

                   

It’s terrible.



   

                   

The worst that happens to the

leaver is a little survivor guilt.



   

                   

Survivor guilt is the worst thing

that should ever happen to you.



   

                   

Tomorrow i'll spend with you.



   

                   

It’s not necessary, really.



   

                   

Don’t turn round. That couple!



   

                   

-Don’t turn round.

-Who?



   

                   

I told you about her. I saw

her check in the other day.



   

                   

She’s lovely, but I

think she’s married.



   

                   

Isn’t she?



   

                   

Oh, my God!



   

                   

Beautiful, right?



   

                   

I know who she is.



   

                   

You’re kidding.



   

                   

Why didn’t I think of it?

She’s perfect for you.



   

                   

How can she be?

She’s married.



   

                   

Not happily married.

You’d love her.



   

                   

Who is she? How’d

you know her?



   

                   

My friend’s mother’s her shrink.

I know everything about her.



   

                   

-What’s her name?

-I don’t know.



   

                   

What do you mean?



   

                   

What’s wrong with you?

Stop teasing me.



   

                   

She’s an art historian, and she’s

here to see the Tintorettos.



   

                   

Know what I’m thinking?



   

                   

You’ve got that

look on your face.



   

                   

She jogs every morning.

You can bump into her.



   

                   

No thanks. She’s married.



   

                   

I’m telling you, not

happily married.



   

                   

Complete mismatch.

The guy is some actor.



   

                   

He won’t interfere tomorrow,

he sleeps late. No problem.



   

                   

You can meet her. She’ll be

alone. I know it for a fact.



   

                   

I’m out of shape.

I can’t jog.



   

                   

I haven’t touched my

treadmill in weeks.



   

                   

    weeks, that’s    years.



   

                   

Stop looking at me

like that. I won’t do it.



   

                   

We’re going to get you some

jogging clothes. Tomorrow...



   

                   

She is really something.



   

                   

You’re going to jog.



   

                   

Sorry, are you okay?



   

                   

Yes, are you all right?



   

                   

Do you know where

the Hotel Gritti is?



   

                   

I think it’s that way.



   

                   

Over there? Because I...

jogging in Venice is so...



   

                   

Labyrinthine.



   

                   

You okay?



   

                   

Yes, I’m fine. You must keep

in shape. I jog every day. You?



   

                   

I do.



   

                   

You’re American?



   

                   

It’s a great country.



   

                   

The mountains and the prairies...



   

                   

the oceans, you know, white

foam and everything...



   

                   

Are you okay?



   

                   

-Sit down.

-No, I’m okay.



   

                   

Just a chest pain radiating

down my arm, but...



   

                   

That’s your heart.



   

                   

No, it’s stress. I get

it every other day.



   

                   

What’s your name?



   

                   

Here you are.



   

                   

I was giving him directions.

You okay?



   

                   

You wanted to do   miles.



   

                   

You okay?



   

                   

-Yes, I’m fine.

-Just breathe. Breathe.



   

                   

I nearly died. Couldn’t breathe.

Then her husband showed up.



   

                   

Her husband came?

That’s rare.



   

                   

So is coronary thrombosis

in our family.



   

                   

Did you get her name?



   

                   

Von. Vonnie.



   

                   

She’s passionate about Tintoretto.

She’s writing a book about him.



   

                   

She’s obviously here to visit the

Scuola Grande di San Rocco.



   

                   

I don’t know what this means.

Why all these art books?



   

                   

She’ll be at the Scuola. He won’t.

They have nothing in common.



   

                   

You bump into her. The groundwork’s

been laid. You say...



   

                   

‘Didn’t we

meet jogging?’



   

                   

‘The guy with the stroke.’

She’ll remember.



   

                   

Then you impress her with your

knowledge of her favourite painter.



   

                   

You’re kidding.



   

                   

My art knowledge is limited

to Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh.



   

                   

What do I know about this?



   

                   

Trust me. Before we leave Venice,

your lips will be pressed to hers.



   

                   

Unfortunately I left my

Chapstick in New York.



   

                   

What is this?



   

                   

‘The rapidity of

his brush strokes...’



   

                   

‘Chiaroscuro.’



   

                   

‘Outbursts of colour.’



   

                   

I told Dad everything

I knew about Von.



   

                   

He studied his Tintoretto book.



   

                   

I told him her likes, her

dislikes, her deepest feelings...



   

                   

everything from her passion for

Bora-Bora and Mahler’s  th...



   

                   

to her favourite flower,

the African Daisy.



   

                   

I mean, everything.



   

                   

When he went to the

museum that day...



   

                   

he could’ve given a

course on the subject.



   

                   

Hello again.



   

                   

Goodness!



   

                   

You lived. How are you?

I was concerned.



   

                   

No, no, I was fine.

I went back to the hotel and...



   

                   

had the concierge oil my

pacemaker and, you know, l...



   

                   

Incidentally, my

name’s Joe Berlin.



   

                   

Vonnie Sydell.



   

                   

A funny coincidence. I see

you here, two New Yorkers...



   

                   

jogging in Venice and we

bump into each other.



   

                   

How’d you know

I was a New Yorker?



   

                   

No, I didn’t.

I just assumed...



   

                   

But you’re completely correct

to ask that question.



   

                   

It’s a good question. You

shouldn’t be ashamed of it.



   

                   

I live on   th and Riverside.

Where in New York do you live?



   

                   

In Paris. I was a New Yorker

but I settled in Paris.



   

                   

But I come back to New York

all the time. I love it there.



   

                   

What brings you here?



   

                   

I wouldn’t come to Venice

without checking out the Tintorettos.



   

                   

Because he’s my favourite

master in the world.



   

                   

I just adore his work.

I’m crazy about it.



   

                   

He was a deep genius.



   

                   

The deepest.



   

                   

The rapidity of

his brush strokes...



   

                   

Chiaroscuro...



   

                   

Outbursts of colour...



   

                   

His capacity for

controlled gesture...



   

                   

Born in      only to

die again in     ...



   

                   

but that’s the way it

happens to most of us.



   

                   

You have a real appreciation

of his work.



   

                   

How could I not appreciate a

man who was short in stature...



   

                   

but with a proud

and obstinate nature...



   

                   

who painted outside the...



   

                   

the academic conventions

of   th century Venice?



   

                   

What do you do?



   

                   

Call me Joe.



   

                   

I’m a writer.

A novelist, mostly.



   

                   

Joe Berlin...



   

                   

I saw one of your books.



   

                   

I remember it had

a very sexy cover.



   

                   

It was at the stalls

on  th Avenue, the    cent bin.



   

                   

You know, probably the

get-acquainted price.



   

                   

They’ll do that.



   

                   

In the United States I’m

considered controversial...



   

                   

but in Paris, where they

have an ear for literature...



   

                   

they were quick to

recognise the genius of...



   

                   

Poe and Faulkner

and myself.



   

                   

Basically, you see,

I’m a simple guy.



   

                   

My idea is just to live

in Paris and maybe...



   

                   

you know, fall in love and...



   

                   

take walks...



   

                   

in the rain and...



   

                   

Listen to music like...



   

                   

particularly maybe

Mahler’s  th.



   

                   

This could be me talking.



   

                   

Could it?



   

                   

Mahler’s  th, no question.



   

                   

See, I’m not a...



   

                   

what you’d call

a technology guy.



   

                   

I hate it.



   

                   

I know, I can tell.



   

                   

I still work on...



   

                   

one of those old-fashioned

portable typewriters...



   

                   

So you haven’t succumbed

to the computer age?



   

                   

I like the simple life. I like to

sit at home in Paris and write...



   

                   

maybe visit New York a

certain amount, and in summer...



   

                   

maybe spend some time...



   

                   

someplace romantic,

like...



   

                   

Bora-Bora.



   

                   

I love Bora-Bora. Since I first

went, I still think about it.



   

                   

Naturally, it’s beautiful.



   

                   

At night, the stars are so luminous

you can practically read by them.



   

                   

Read by them, yes.



   

                   

Are you okay?



   

                   

You got a...a little...



   

                   

mist appeared

in your eye then.



   

                   

I thought you were

going to cry, I swear.



   

                   

No, I’m okay.



   

                   

Is something wrong?



   

                   

What’s wrong?



   

                   

Nothing’s wrong. Something’s

exactly so right.



   

                   

Wait here. I’ll

be right back.



   

                   

All my life...



   

                   

I’ve been waiting for you.



   

                   

My wonderful one.



   

                   

I’ve begun living.



   

                   

All my life...



   

                   

All my love...



   

                   

has been waiting for you.



   

                   

My life is sublime...



   

                   

now that I’m giving...



   

                   

All my love...



   

                   

I got you a present.



   

                   

An African Daisy.

My favourite.



   

                   

What are you

doing tonight?



   

                   

I think Greg

and I have plans.



   

                   

How’d it go?



   

                   

She was great. Whatever you

told me was right on the money.



   

                   

I feel guilty.



   

                   

Why?



   

                   

Because I made her cry. She

said she felt close to me.



   

                   

So? You’ve established a beachhead.

Now win the battle.



   

                   

Remember to blow between

her shoulder blades. She goes crazy.



   

                   

I won’t do it. What’s between her

and her shrink is private.



   

                   

Are you going to give me a

map of her erogenous zones?



   

                   

Are you seeing her tonight?



   

                   

No. She’s married.



   

                   

Listen, I don’t know Bora-

Bora from Walla-walla.



   

                   

What do I know about Tintoretto?



   

                   

I can’t tell the difference between

chiaroscuro and spaghetti sauce.



   

                   

Remember to blow

between her shoulder blades.



   

                   

I won’t do it. Plus, I use a word

processor, not a typewriter.



   

                   

I hope you have something great

to wear. There’s a party tonight.



   

                   

Party?



   

                   

I want to introduce you to someone.



   

                   

Dad...



   

                   

this is Alberto.



   

                   

Nice to meet you.



   

                   

Hello. Who are all

these people?



   

                   

Venetians. Friends,

guests in town.



   

                   

Enjoying your

stay in Venice?



   

                   

It’s the best.

She’ll tell you.



   

                   

Dad, you should be

the first to know.



   

                   

We’re getting married.



   

                   

Wonderful. Tell me what

century and i’ll rent a tux.



   

                   

This January.



   

                   

Pardon me?



   

                   

This January.



   

                   

You’re joking.



   

                   

I’m in love with Djuna.



   

                   

We all love her, because

she’s adorable, but you are...



   

                   

This is a jest.



   

                   

January   th, to be exact.



   

                   

It’s his

mother’s birthday.



   

                   

A joke, am I right?



   

                   

Not at all.



   

                   

Excuse me a second.



   

                   

Come. I want to

talk a minute.



   

                   

What are you talking about?



   

                   

Sorry.



   

                   

Tell me it’s a joke, or

there’ll be carnage.



   

                   

We’re crazy about each other.



   

                   

How can you be...? You

met this guy   days ago.



   

                   

So?



   

                   

Are you having a breakdown?



   

                   

Why, because I’m in love?



   

                   

What do you mean, in love?

What does he do?



   

                   

He’s a gondolier.



   

                   

One of the guys with

a striped shirt and a hat?



   

                   

No hat.



   

                   

-What do you mean?

-He doesn’t wear a hat.



   

                   

This is crazy! What

are you gonna...



   

                   

Talk to me. You’re talking

about getting married?



   

                   

That’s insanity!



   

                   

Why?



   

                   

‘Cause you’re going

to school, to Columbia.



   

                   

You’re going to major in journalism

or law, not rowing.



   

                   

People have dropped out

of Columbia before.



   

                   

You’re not going to run off

with a guy you just met...



   

                   

and who’s a gondolier.



   

                   

He’s a poet.



   

                   

A poet?



   

                   

Know what rhymes with

gondolier? No Lira. Okay?



   

                   

So forget it.



   

                   

Hello again. God, what

a coincidence.



   

                   

This is Joe, Greg.



   

                   

How are you?



   

                   

-The one with the heart attack?

-That was me.



   

                   

Is Bernardo Bertolucci here?



   

                   

-I wouldn’t recognise him.

-I have to meet him.



   

                   

Mind if I go on?



   

                   

-It’s a madhouse.

-I’Il get you a drink.



   

                   

-Incredible.

-Is it?



   

                   

Have you seen this place?



   

                   

It’s unbelievable.



   

                   

The whole thing is

like an old palazzo.



   

                   

And it’s really beautiful.

But it’s frantic in there.



   

                   

You look great.



   

                   

Don’t say that.



   

                   

Why?



   

                   

I can’t take a compliment.



   

                   

You’re terrific. Why

not? I’m sorry.



   

                   

No, it’s my problem.



   

                   

Why? Does it make

you feel guilty?



   

                   

Maybe. I don’t know.

You’ve got all the answers.



   

                   

I think it makes

you feel guilty.



   

                   

You must have fantasies of...



   

                   

maybe someone

coming along that...



   

                   

You probably have

dreams about boats...



   

                   

or ships maybe, or even...



   

                   

an elevator that...



   

                   

You’re on an elevator that goes

higher and higher to the top floor.



   

                   

And then it doesn’t

stop, it just goes...



   

                   

through the roof and...



   

                   

it sort of flies

you over the ocean...



   

                   

I think I’m going to faint.



   

                   

I do.



   

                   

Are you okay?



   

                   

I’m a little overwhelmed and...



   

                   

I’m glad you’re

leaving tomorrow.



   

                   

Next morning,

we left Venice.



   

                   

Dad flew to Paris,

I went to New York.



   

                   

I couldn’t wait to tell Mom

about marrying Alberto.



   

                   

He was so beautiful,

so sensitive.



   

                   

My plan was to leave Columbia

and go to Italy after the fall.



   

                   

Excuse me, that’s mine.



   

                   

I’m sorry.



   

                   

I’m sorry. It’s not mine.



   

                   

We both shop at

‘Hunting World.’



   

                   

That’s where I got it.



   

                   

Now I know it’s mine.



   

                   

I’ll give you a hand.



   

                   

Bra, underwear.



   

                   

Petrarch's sonnets.



   

                   

What do you do?



   

                   

Depends on the guy.



   

                   

No, just kidding.



   

                   

I work for the Columbian

drug cartel.



   

                   

I gift-wrap

the cocaine.



   

                   

Why am I so nervous?

I study at Columbia.



   

                   

Is that right? My uncle

teaches there.



   

                   

Math department.

I’m Ken Grisley.



   

                   

Djuna Berlin.



   

                   

Do I want to spend my life

making pasta and riding in gondolas?



   

                   

The truth is, those canals

are awfully polluted.



   

                   

Alberto was cute,

but Ken was...



   

                   

hot.



   

                   

Cuddle up...



   

                   

a little closer.



   

                   

Lovely mine.



   

                   

Cuddle up...



   

                   

and be my little

clinging vine.



   

                   

Like to feel your

cheeks so rosy.



   

                   

Like to make

you comfy-cosy.



   

                   

‘Cause I love you

from head to toesy.



   

                   

Lovely mine.



   

                   

While i'd been away,

an awful lot had happened.



   

                   

Mom bought Skylar a

drop-dead wedding dress.



   

                   

Holden’s father and

my father made friends.



   

                   

They discovered a common

interest - horse racing.



   

                   

So they chipped in and

bought a thoroughbred.



   

                   

And Lane and Laura had a

great summer at the beach.



   

                   

But one hot weekend, with

everyone else out of New York...



   

                   

they found

themselves in town.



   

                   

We’re probably the

only ones in the city.



   

                   

We usually go to Southampton,

but we have tickets to a show.



   

                   

I love the city

when it’s empty.



   

                   

Me too.



   

                   

Me too.



   

                   

To make a long story short,

they’ve all become close.



   

                   

His name, if you can believe

it, is Jeffrey Vandermost.



   

                   

He’s heir to the

Vandermost millions.



   

                   

They both love him and one of

them'll have a broken heart.



   

                   

Fall was especially

beautiful this year.



   

                   

I like it better

than spring.



   

                   

And with October

comes Mom’s birthday.



   

                   

This year we invited Holden’s

parents to celebrate.



   

                   

But just before they arrived

we had an unexpected visitor.



   

                   

Happy birthday!



   

                   

These are from my biological

father, all the way from Paris.



   

                   

-Look, everybody!

-Know what it is? Caviar!



   

                   

Could you put

this on ice, Frieda?



   

                   

-Are you expecting a Mr Ferry?

-I am, yes.



   

                   

You are?



   

                   

He just got out of prison.

He has no family...



   

                   

but we can be his friends.



   

                   

You’re letting a

criminal in our house?



   

                   

He’s paid his

debt to society.



   

                   

-He has not paid...

-Don’t start.



   

                   

Society forgave him his debt,

he didn’t pay his debt to society.



   

                   

How’d I get a kid on the other end

of the political scale? I failed.



   

                   

You didn’t fail.



   

                   

If I was you, i’d

hide the silverware.



   

                   

Don’t be rude. He’s

coming for just a drink.



   

                   

You guys have everything.



   

                   

Mr Ferry, hi. I’m Bob Dandridge.

This is my wife, Steffi.



   

                   

Hello, Mr Ferry. Welcome

to our home.



   

                   

I’d like you to meet

my daughter, Skylar.



   

                   

This is Skylar,

and her fiancé, Holden.



   

                   

-I’m the fiancé.

-Can I get you something?



   

                   

Nobody gets behind me.



   

                   

Right, sure. Can I

get you a drink?



   

                   

Vodka.



   

                   

Right, well, maybe

on the...? Or just...?



   

                   

Straight up.



   

                   

Honey, Mr Perr...Ferry. Sorry,

he’s lived among vicious killers.



   

                   

-You said it.

-No wonder he’s skittish.



   

                   

A lot of times a guy'll come

up behind you and swish.



   

                   

You must get your blade out

quick. Stick him or you’re dead.



   

                   

God! Have you stuck a

lot of inmates, Mr Ferry?



   

                   

Enough.



   

                   

The doorbell.



   

                   

Excuse me, I need to

get in front of you here.



   

                   

Would you like another?



   

                   

Hi. Hello.

How are you?



   

                   

Happy birthday, Steffi.



   

                   

Thank you, Lynn. Thanks for coming.



   

                   

I have someone I want

you to meet, Mr Ferry.



   

                   

This is my good friend, Lynn.



   

                   

And Arnold. This is my friend.



   

                   

Mr Ferry is

just out of prison.



   

                   

Parole came through, but

i’d have got out anyway.



   

                   

-Really?

-What do you mean?



   

                   

Ice the guard.

No pictures, sister.



   

                   

What do you mean?



   

                   

Ice him, and get out

through the air shaft.



   

                   

Get behind him with a box

cutter, rip out his carotid artery.



   

                   

May I have a glass

of white wine?



   

                   

We have some inside.



   

                   

You must be careful though.



   

                   

Guy on Cell Block   tried it and

didn’t have the angles figured.



   

                   

Got his tit caught in the wringer.



   

                   

-Take him on the terrace.

-I need to sit down.



   

                   

Yes, the terrace. Big,

wide-open spaces.



   

                   

You sure this guy

is rehabilitated?



   

                   

He was in prison,

not a finishing school.



   

                   

You know my sentiments,

but very happy birthday.



   

                   

A birthday song

for Steffi.



   

                   

Looking at you while

troubles are fleeing...



   

                   

I’m admiring the view...



   

                   

‘Cause it’s you that I’m seeing.



   

                   

And the sweet honeydew

of well-being...



   

                   

settles on me.



   

                   

What is this light that

shines when you enter...



   

                   

Iike a star

in the night?



   

                   

And what’s to prevent her

from destroying my sight...



   

                   

if you centre it all on me?



   

                   

Looking at you, I’m

filled with the essence of...



   

                   

the quintessence of joy.



   

                   

Looking at you, I

hear poets tellin' of...



   

                   

Lovely Helen of Troy.



   

                   

Darling, life

seemed so grey...



   

                   

I’ve wanted to end it.



   

                   

Till that marvellous day...



   

                   

you started to mend it.



   

                   

And if you'll only stay...



   

                   

then i’ll spend it with you.



   

                   

Sweetie.



   

                   

I’m gonna get some drinks.

Want anything?



   

                   

No thanks, but can you get

Steffi's present from the car?



   

                   

Here.



   

                   

Enjoying the view?



   

                   

I like any view after years

in that stinking rat hole.



   

                   

Very vividly put.

Sweetly honest.



   

                   

You know what solitary’s like?



   

                   

No, I can’t say I do.



   

                   

I went to NYU. I

didn’t live in the dorm.



   

                   

Been a long time

since I smelled perfume.



   

                   

Do I have too much on?



   

                   

You smell like what I think

heaven would smell like.



   

                   

Well, thank you. Very nice.



   

                   

When you shook my hand...



   

                   

I thought my heart would stop.



   

                   

Oh, that’s sweet.



   

                   

But remember, you’ve been

deprived of female contact.



   

                   

I used to lie in my cell and

dream of someone like you.



   

                   

I took a Criminology course

at college. Very insightful.



   

                   

You got very sensual lips.



   

                   

It’s a part of me

I rarely think of.



   

                   

Can I smell your hair?



   

                   

Smell my hair? Okay.



   

                   

You know what? it'll be gone soon.

I’m thinking of cutting it.



   

                   

Holden might like that.



   

                   

If you were my girl...



   

                   

It’s a little chilly outside.



   

                   

I’d make love to you

in every room in the house.



   

                   

On every bed.



   

                   

On every rug.



   

                   

On every tabletop.



   

                   

We also have some lovely

Early-American chandeliers.



   

                   

Let’s go

for a drive.



   

                   

I don’t think it’s

such a good idea.



   

                   

I haven’t seen the ocean or been

to Harlem or Chinatown in years.



   

                   

No, it’s out of the question.



   

                   

Okay, but you can’t

blame me for trying.



   

                   

No, I think we should

go inside before...



   

                   

Before what?



   

                   

Before you break

your parole.



   

                   

If I took you in my arms and kissed

you, would you dime on me?



   

                   

Dime?



   

                   

Turn me in.



   

                   

Let’s not find out.



   

                   

How was it?



   

                   

Very interesting.



   

                   

I’ve never been kissed

by a sociopath before.



   

                   

I kissed you the best I could. The

only practice I had in    years...



   

                   

is with Vincent ‘The

Thumb’ Adatto.



   

                   

Vincent ‘The Thumb’ doesn’t

know what he’s missing.



   

                   

Can I see you again?



   

                   

You know I’m getting married.



   

                   

I could show the

world how to smile.



   

                   

I could be glad...



   

                   

all of the while.



   

                   

I could change the

grey skies to blue.



   

                   

If i had you.



   

                   

I could leave the

old days behind...



   

                   

Leave all my pals,

i’d never mind.



   

                   

I could start

my life all anew.



   

                   

If i had you..



   

                   

I could climb the

snow-capped mountains...



   

                   

sail the mighty ocean wide.



   

                   

I could cross the

burning desert.



   

                   

If i had you by my side.



   

                   

I could be a king, uncrowned...



   

                   

Humble, poor, rich, renowned.



   

                   

There is nothing I couldn’t do.



   

                   

If i had you.



   

                   

He’s en route to New York

now, and he’s wonderful.



    

                   

It’s been like...



    

                   

a chance meeting after all these

years with a true soul mate.



    

                   

He senses my every need. Like

he knows what I’m thinking.



    

                   

It’s your fantasy come true.



    

                   

It is. I still

can’t believe it.



    

                   

You know, it’s not that he’s tall...



    

                   

or handsome, but he’s...



    

                   

He’s magical.



    

                   

And he feels me in a way no

man ever has done before.



    

                   

He’s romantic and sexy and...



    

                   

I had this dream...



    

                   

that I was in bed with him...



    

                   

and he was kissing my earlobes...



    

                   

and then he started stroking

my shoulder blades.



    

                   

And I nearly had an orgasm.



    

                   

I had a lot of neat

stuff to tell Dad.



    

                   

He’d really made a

big score with Von.



    

                   

But now i've got to

stop for a minute...



    

                   

because no matter how we humans

like to think we control things...



    

                   

that’s not how it works.



    

                   

Suddenly, with no warning...



    

                   

Grandpa died.



    

                   

It was in his sleep, peaceful,

with no suffering...



    

                   

but it made

philosophers of us all.



    

                   

When your number is up,

your number is up.



    

                   

That’s why it’s important that...



    

                   

we cherish each

moment of our lives.



    

                   

And not smoke.



    

                   

Smoke?



    

                   

Pop smoked for   

years, you know?



    

                   

He never exercised. He ate

cholesterol and fatty foods.



    

                   

He died at a healthy,

ripe old age.



    

                   

I haven’t had steak

for so long. I love steak.



    

                   

That’s disgusting.



    

                   

I’d kill for some

marbleised meat.



    

                   

Now they say  

cups of coffee a day...



    

                   

prevents colon

cancer.



    

                   

Last week it was

bad for you.



    

                   

What’s it all about?

I mean, what...?



    

                   

What are we doing?

We’re rushing!



    

                   

That’s right.



    

                   

Where are we going?



    

                   

Into the void.



    

                   

-The void.

-That’s it.



    

                   

-I never believed in God.

-Oh, come.



    

                   

No, I didn’t, even as a kid.

I remember I used to think...



    

                   

‘Even if He exists, He’s

done such a terrible job...’



    

                   

‘it’s a wonder people don’t file

a class action suit against Him.’



    

                   

You shouldn’t say that.



    

                   

We’re not here just because

of the new physics.



    

                   

You must believe in something.



    

                   

The dignity of man.



    

                   

The flat tax, the right to bear

arms and school prayer.



    

                   

If nobody’s out there,

who’re they praying to?



    

                   

Don’t start arguing in

front of Grandpa now.



    

                   

I can’t believe you.



    

                   

One moment. He wasn’t an atheist

or a Republican, or a Democrat.



    

                   

He must’ve been something.



    

                   

He was a foot fetishist.



    

                   

The only group I

remember he belonged to.



    

                   

-That’s true.

-It drove your mother crazy.



    

                   

Pop, is that you?



    

                   

I have one message for you.



    

                   

You work and work

for years and years...



    

                   

always on the go.



    

                   

You never take a minute off...



    

                   

too busy making dough.



    

                   

Someday, you say,

you’ll have your fun...



    

                   

when you’re a millionaire.

Imagine all the fun you’ll have...



    

                   

in your old rocking chair.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself...



    

                   

it’s later than you think.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself...



    

                   

while you’re still in the pink.



    

                   

The years go by...



    

                   

as quickly as a wink.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself...



    

                   

it’s later than you think.



    

                   

Another birthday’s here and

gone, you’ve turned another page.



    

                   

Suddenly you realise...



    

                   

that you’ve reached middle age.



    

                   

Think of all the fun you’ve

missed, makes you kind of sad...



    

                   

It’s better to have had your

wish than to have wished you had.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself...



    

                   

it’s later than you think.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself...



    

                   

while you’re still in the pink.



    

                   

The years go by...



    

                   

as quickly as a wink.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself...



    

                   

it’s later than you think.



    

                   

That was ...



    

                   

unbelievable.



    

                   

Just every...



    

                   

thing you did...



    

                   

and all the...



    

                   

things you did.



    

                   

Absolutely perfect.



    

                   

Actually, it wasn’t perfect.



    

                   

At one point I stroked when

I should have hick eyed...



    

                   

but you know, I apologise.



    

                   

I feel limp.



    

                   

You know, I’d really love you

to come to Paris with me.



    

                   

I’m serious.



    

                   

Paris?



    

                   

And then Bora-Bora?



    

                   

Well, yes. Bora-Bora, but

Paris first and then...



    

                   

we’d work our way down

to at least one of the Boras.



    

                   

We can live in

your garret.



    

                   

Technically,

when I say garret...



    

                   

it is a garret, yet...



    

                   

And drink wine and eat snails

till the dawn comes up.



    

                   

Snails?



    

                   

Remember? You said you also

loved waking up in the night...



    

                   

drinking wine and eating snails.



    

                   

I said it was such a coincidence.



    

                   

Well, they’re molluscs.



    

                   

I love a good mollusc.



    

                   

What? The wedding’s off?



    

                   

Exactly. I gave back his ring.



    

                   

Why?



    

                   

There’s someone else

I can’t get out of my mind.



    

                   

But you’re in love with Holden.



    

                   

No. At least, I’m not sure.



    

                   

And I can’t cheat on

him while I decide.



    

                   

Cheat? He’s going to

be your husband!



    

                   

In November. I’ll show you

the receipts from the caterers.



    

                   

Calm your

denial mechanism.



    

                   

Holden is wonderful, but

someone else came into my life.



    

                   

I must see where it goes. It'd

be unfair to Holden if not.



    

                   

Now we’ve bought the

wedding dress...



    

                   

tell us who this new Prince

Charming is.



    

                   

You don’t know him. Well,

you do, but not like I do.



    

                   

I’m sick.



    

                   

My oesophagus is in spasms.



    

                   

Go have a drink of water.



    

                   

Look what you’re

doing to your father.



    

                   

Who has come between

you and Holden?



    

                   

Well, he’s bright and charming.



    

                   

Rough on the outside,

but that can change.



    

                   

Who is it? Will you tell us,

or is this like a game show?



    

                   

You remember Charles Ferry?



    

                   

Pardon me?



    

                   

For a minute I thought

she said Charles Ferry.



    

                   

Now my oesophagus

is starting to move.



    

                   

The escaped convict?



    

                   

Ex-convict. He has

a college degree.



    

                   

This is a psychotic episode.



    

                   

You need shock treatment, or

industrial-strength Prozac.



    

                   

Mom, you understand.



    

                   

He’s incredibly animalistic.



    

                   

So we turn him

over to the zoo.



    

                   

And yet, he’s a child.



    

                   

Okay, we’ll make

it the children’s zoo.



    

                   

He’s a criminal!



    

                   

I’m shocked. You’ve been

singing his praises for months.



    

                   

As a social symbol, not as

a person to be with my child...



    

                   

How are you going to

go out with this man?



    

                   

You can’t get behind him.

He won’t let you.



    

                   

You scratch his back,

he’ll knife you.



    

                   

Under all that veneer is a

very soulful young attorney.



    

                   

I was hoping you’d find a

place for him in your firm.



    

                   

Sure, as treasurer.

With Holden.



    

                   

Speaking as a woman, Holden

can be very animal, too.



    

                   

Yes, Mom, but it’s of

the gerbil family.



    

                   

As your father, I forbid you

to see this man Charles Ferry!



    

                   

You will marry Holden!



    

                   

As head of this house, I

command it! I decree it!



    

                   

Thou shalt wed thy intended!



    

                   

Okay, let’s get a drink.



    

                   

You sound tiresomely Biblical.



    

                   

‘Tiresomely BiblicaI’? is this

Noel Coward with hockey?



    

                   

-I won’t let her waste her life.

-She’s a grown woman.



    

                   

You!



    

                   

You got him out of jail!



    

                   

This is my fault now?



    

                   

Honey, what’s wrong?



    

                   

Jeffrey Vandermost

asked Lane out, not me.



    

                   

My God! How will I face

Arnold and Lynn Spence?



    

                   

Is that all you’re thinking about?



    

                   

We bought a racehorse together.

He’ll want to cut it in half!



    

                   

We both liked him, and today...



    

                   

he asked if we could talk

alone so I got all excited.



    

                   

Then he asked me if I thought

Lane would go out with him...



    

                   

to a dance in Connecticut.



    

                   

He has a mad crush on her.



    

                   

These things happen.



    

                   

Feelings are feeling

and sometimes...



    

                   

I’m through with love.



    

                   

I’ll never fall again.



    

                   

What are you saying?

You’re   ! You’ll fall again.



    

                   

Look, guys, I’m sorry.



    

                   

I thought you’d be happy for me.

I hope in time you understand.



    

                   

I’m through with love.

I’ll never fall again.



    

                   

What are you singing about?

You’re not in love with Holden!



    

                   

I’m through with love.



    

                   

I’ll never fall again.



    

                   

said ‘adieu’ to love...



    

                   

‘Don’t ever call again.’



    

                   

Incidentally, while Skylar was

breaking up with Holden...



    

                   

I broke up with Ken, the one

I met at the airport.



    

                   

Because I met this rap singer.



    

                   

This guy is just so talented

and sexy and...



    

                   

he just says it all.



    

                   

I’m through with love and through

with all you motherfuckers.



    

                   

Feeling mad shitty?

Burn down the city!



    

                   

Take it over for the brothers.



    

                   

Burn it up! Come

on! Blow it up!



    

                   

Your eyes of blue...



    

                   

your kisses too.



    

                   

I never knew what

they could do.



    

                   

I can’t believe...



    

                   

that you’re in love with me.



    

                   

I love the country.

The air smells so fresh.



    

                   

Charles...



    

                   

where did you get the money

for everything, and the car?



    

                   

You know. Loans.



    

                   

It’s a great idea to take

a walk here. It’s beautiful.



    

                   

Yeah. What time is it?



    

                   

Four o'clock.



    

                   

Oh, good.



    

                   

Just thought you’d want to walk

around and see the fall leaves.



    

                   

They are stunning.



    

                   

Amazing what you miss in the

joint. No seasons. A grey nothing.



    

                   

What are your plans? Not to

work in the restaurant forever.



    

                   

You’re right. Work all day for a

few lousy bucks? I got big plans.



    

                   

Like pursuing a law career?



    

                   

What?



    

                   

A lawyer?



    

                   

Yeah, yeah, sure.



    

                   

You hear something?



    

                   

A bird?



    

                   

Here they come. Timing’s perfect.



    

                   

I’m running as fast as I can.



    

                   

Move it!



    

                   

Gotta get out of here!



    

                   

I’m going!



    

                   

Back in action!



    

                   

-Way to go, Ferry!

-Got anything lined up?



    

                   

Who’s she?



    

                   

She’s a friend.



    

                   

Why’d you shoot? He

was emptying the register.



    

                   

Take it easy! I got nervous!



    

                   

Just let me out at the

corner of Park and   rd.



    

                   

Let me out! I want

out of this car!



    

                   

Shut up!



    

                   

I’ll be quiet!

Just let me out!



    

                   

Shut her up, or I shut her up.



    

                   

Get out!



    

                   

By October, Von had gotten

up the nerve to leave Greg.



    

                   

She got a ticket on Air France

and took the first plane to Paris.



    

                   

Dad had given up his

flat on the Left Bank...



    

                   

moving into a place he knew

would be Von's Parisian fantasy.



    

                   

He began guitar lessons...



    

                   

and even exchanged his word processor

for an old typewriter.



    

                   

I’m so happy to see you.



    

                   

God, look at your place!



    

                   

This is out of a movie. Or a...

This is like my dream.



    

                   

This is my dream apartment.

My dream view, right here.



    

                   

Back in New York, it was Halloween.



    

                   

That’s my favourite holiday.



    

                   

All the kids in the building

come trick-or-treating and...



    

                   

they all just look so great.



    

                   

What a little moonlight can do.



    

                   

What a little moonlight

can do to you!



    

                   

Chinatown, my Chinatown...



    

                   

where the lights are low.



    

                   

In some secluded rendevouz...



    

                   

I’m Chiquita Banana

and I’ve come to say...



    

                   

bananas have to ripen

in a certain way.



    

                   

When they’re flecked with brown

and have a golden hue...



    

                   

bananas taste the best

and are the best for you.



    

                   

You can put them in a salad.



    

                   

You can put them

in a pie...yie-yie!



    

                   

Any way you want to eat them.



    

                   

It’s impossible to beat them!



    

                   

But bananas like the climate...



    

                   

of the very tropical equator.



    

                   

So you should never put...



    

                   

bananas in the refrigerator.



    

                   

No, no, no, no!



    

                   

That was great. Terrific.



    

                   

Would you like some candy?



    

                   

What a banana!



    

                   

I’m so happy to see you!



    

                   

I wasn’t sure. I was worried.



    

                   

Holden, I’m so sorry.



    

                   

It doesn’t matter.



    

                   

-I behaved terribly.

-It was me, too.



    

                   

-No, it was me.

-I missed you.



    

                   

Me too.



    

                   

I brought you some Cracker Jack.



    

                   

He was so in love

with my sister...



    

                   

that it didn’t matter that

She’d given him a hard time.



    

                   

And Mom and Dad were so

glad to see them reunited.



    

                   

He gave her back the ring,

but he wanted to be romantic.



    

                   

So he put it in the CrackerJacks

and she swallowed it again.



    

                   

The rest of fall was normal...



    

                   

for us.



    

                   

The only glitch was

on Thanksgiving.



    

                   

Just after dinner...



    

                   

Scott suddenly collapsed.



    

                   

Everybody panicked.



    

                   

There’s no cause for alarm.



    

                   

There was a blockage in the

artery, but it’s been dissolved.



    

                   

There’s no problem?



    

                   

No, he’s fine.    % .



    

                   

Our scan indicated that the

condition began some time ago...



    

                   

so if he’s shown any kind of

strange or weird behaviour...



    

                   

It’s because his brain wasn’t

getting enough oxygen.



    

                   

But as soon as his brain

started functioning properly...



    

                   

Scott resigned from the

Conservative Republican Club...



    

                   

and started espousing left-wing

Democratic philosophy.



    

                   

Dad was overjoyed.

Just as proud as can be.



    

                   

Remember I said New York

was most beautiful in fall?



    

                   

I meant the winter.



    

                   

At least, when it snows. Because

Under a blanket of snow...



    

                   

New York is truly

gorgeous and...



    

                   

surprisingly peaceful.



    

                   

But when Christmas comes...



    

                   

we’re not the kind of family

that sings carols...



    

                   

and we don’t have a

goose or anything.



    

                   

What we do is head for Paris,

to spend Christmas at the Ritz.



    

                   

Put your finger here.



    

                   

He has a fever...it’s a cold.



    

                   

Should have put on dry clothes

after you fell in the fountain.



    

                   

I’m okay. Go without me.

I’ll be all right.



    

                   

We don’t want to go without you.

You love the Marx brothers.



    

                   

I just need some sleep.

I’ll be fine.



    

                   

I’m so excited.



    

                   

I’m meeting this guy named Guy...

or this guy named Guy.



    

                   

I brought you some tea.



    

                   

It won’t keep me

awake, will it?



    

                   

No, it’s herbal.

It’s peppermint.



    

                   

I’d say hello, but I’m sick and

you always catch everything.



    

                   

-What happened?

-What’s wrong?



    

                   

I’m not going tonight.



    

                   

I knew it!



    

                   

-Nobody’s going?

-Von left me.



    

                   

-What happened?



    

                   

I have no idea, but she’s on

her way back to New York.



    

                   

When she first came,

everything was perfect.



    

                   

She said it was like a dream

had come true for her.



    

                   

And then, suddenly...



    

                   

this morning...



    

                   

I want to go back home...



    

                   

to Greg.



    

                   

Really?



    

                   

I don’t know what’s up with me.



    

                   

Since when?



    

                   

I don’t know.



    

                   

Why?



    

                   

I don’t know how

to explain it exactly.



    

                   

Just tell me.

You know, just...



    

                   

It’s not that I don’t

think you’re great.



    

                   

I think you’re great.



    

                   

Just for years i've

been married to Greg.



    

                   

And he can be difficult,

and we’ve had...



    

                   

our ups and downs...



    

                   

certainly.



    

                   

Since when...?



    

                   

Look, I don’t know. It’s just...



    

                   

I’ve always had

this fantasy...



    

                   

that one day i’d meet

the perfect man...



    

                   

and he’d fulfil my dreams

and I would have...



    

                   

a perfect life.



    

                   

And that fantasy...



    

                   

I think, always sort of...



    

                   

was part of this dissatisfaction

I had with Greg...



    

                   

and my life.



    

                   

And then you came along...



    

                   

and you seemed to know every

secret thing about me.



    

                   

Let me put it this way...



    

                   

I have seen my

dream come true...



    

                   

and my fantasy...



    

                   

no longer tortures me.



    

                   

I can deal with it.



    

                   

But that’s so neurotic.



    

                   

I know.



    

                   

I’m crazy.



    

                   

But suppose I said to you that...



    

                   

none of this was really

true, that this is all...



    

                   

a façade i’ve

been putting on.



    

                   

That somehow I had access to...



    

                   

your deepest feelings, needs

and thoughts...



    

                   

and that I've been playing

this character just to...



    

                   

win you over, to get you to

like me, make you happy?



    

                   

If that’s what you told me...



    

                   

then I'd say you were crazy.



    

                   

So that’s exactly why

I’m not going tonight.



    

                   

I plan to go to Napoleon’s tomb.

To lie down next to him.



    

                   

-That’ll be my Christmas Eve.

-That’s so sad!



    

                   

The women you pick!



    

                   

No, you’re going out.

Someone’s got to take Mom.



    

                   

You’re too sick?



    

                   

-He looks terrible.

-I’m fine if I don’t move my eyes.



    

                   

He has a     temperature.

You’re not going anywhere.



    

                   

I’m not in a Groucho mood.



    

                   

It’s Christmas Eve, it’s Paris.

There’s a ball...



    

                   

that you helped organise.



    

                   

I’ll go for a couple hours.



    

                   

Enjoy yourself.



    

                   

I must stay here, but there’s

no reason you don’t go.



    

                   

It’s later than you think.



    

                   

Remember our first

Christmas in Paris...



    

                   

the month before we married?



    

                   

I do, because that was when...



    

                   

I knew that someday I

would have to live there.



    

                   

I remember it like

it was yesterday.



    

                   

I don’t want to panic you, but

that was decades ago. Decades.



    

                   

I know. I know

it was decades ago.



    

                   

Remember that café

we used to go to?



    

                   

Café Terèse or whatever,

with the cats. Remember?



    

                   

Now i’ll tell you the truth.



    

                   

I hated that cat.



    

                   

Maybe that’s why you were

scratching yourself all night.



    

                   

Was I scratching myself?



    

                   

-That’s what you noticed?

-I certainly did.



    

                   

I hated that cat.



    

                   

I couldn’t stand it...



    

                   

but now that café is round

the corner from my home.



    

                   

You’re joking!



    

                   

Why would I joke about

something like that?



    

                   

You want to have

a drink there?



    

                   

-Why not?

-Because we’re drinking here.



    

                   

Why would I want to go?



    

                   

We can take our moustaches off.



    

                   

You’re having a nostalgic...?



    

                   

I’m having a thing. Sue me.

I just thought it'd be fun.



    

                   

We can’t...



    

                   

Come on, we’ll take our

moustaches off, no problem.



    

                   

-That I’d like to do.

-Me too.



    

                   

Never thought I’d hear you

say, ‘Take my moustache off.’



    

                   

Please.



    

                   

Wail go.



    

                   

I feel good.

I’ve had   glasses of champagne.



    

                   

Let’s go see this place.



    

                   

You want to sneak out?



    

                   

I do. We snuck out

before, remember?



    

                   

Remember that boring party we

went to with the Wainwrights?



    

                   

Yes, I remember, because...



    

                   

we left through

the toilet window.



    

                   

A guy was singing,

‘Climb Every Mountain.’



    

                   

And you knocked over the punch

bowl, if I remember correctly.



    

                   

Yes, but you let out the

shriek that got us caught.



    

                   

Remember how we made love?

Do you remember?



    

                   

-You dropped your cigar.

-I know.



    

                   

I dropped the cigar and l...



    

                   

You’re so drunk.



    

                   

I remember us making love.



    

                   

Remember the candles?



    

                   

I remember the candles,

the hotel, but not you.



    

                   

Unless you were

the one under me.



    

                   

-Now you’re in character.

-I don’t know where I am.



    

                   

-I’m lost.

-Come on. Let’s go.



    

                   

-Our coats are in the car.

-Forget it.



    

                   

It’s a warm night. Come

on. Pretend you’re young.



    

                   

I could do for you.



    

                   

You’re better off without her.



    

                   

How do you know?

You never met her.



    

                   

I know you.



    

                   

So what does that mean?



    

                   

A good psychiatrist...



    

                   

that listened to you...



    

                   

would think every time I’m with

a woman, you get jealous.



    

                   

Why are you laughing?



    

                   

I just wish you’d pick someone

who’d make you happy.



    

                   

Like who?



    

                   

I made you happy.



    

                   

-I didn’t say you didn’t.

-I made you very happy.



    

                   

When we weren’t at

each other’s throats.



    

                   

Does this ring a bell? This

is why I took you here.



    

                   

Does this mean anything?



    

                   

Is this where we...?



    

                   

This is it, yes. That’s why I

dragged you all over town.



    

                   

My God!



    

                   

-You remember this?

-We stayed up all night here.



    

                   

I know. I held you in my

arms till the light came up.



    

                   

Remember the song?



    

                   

-I do.

-I still sing that song.



    

                   

I learned it from you. That was

the first time. Remember?



    

                   

I’m through with love...



    

                   

I’ll never fall again.



    

                   

Said ‘adieu’ to love...



    

                   

‘Don’t ever call again.’



    

                   

For I must have you...



    

                   

or no one.



    

                   

And so I’m through with love.



    

                   

I’ve locked my heart.



    

                   

I’ll keep my feelings there.



    

                   

I have stocked my heart...



    

                   

with icy frigidaire.



    

                   

And I mean to care for no one...



    

                   

because I’m through with love.



    

                   

Why did you lead me to think...



    

                   

you could care?



    

                   

You didn’t need me...



    

                   

for you had your share...



    

                   

of friends around you...



    

                   

to hound you and swear...



    

                   

with deep emotion...



    

                   

devotion to you.



    

                   

Goodbye to spring...



    

                   

and all it meant to me.



    

                   

It can never bring...



    

                   

the things that used to be.



    

                   

For I must have you...



    

                   

or no one.



    

                   

And so I’m through with love.



    

                   

I wonder what would’ve

happened if we’d stayed together.



    

                   

That’s something

we’ll never know.



    

                   

We’ve managed to produce...



    

                   

a fabulous daughter.



    

                   

She is unbelievable.



    

                   

She’s got your looks,

fortunately...



    

                   

and my magic personality.



    

                   

She is wonderful.



    

                   

And you’ve been very happy

with Bob, so that’s good.



    

                   

He’s wonderful.



    

                   

-You couldn’t have done better.

-No.



    

                   

There have been a few

times, you’ll admit...



    

                   

you did call me in an emergency

and I had to come bail you out.



    

                   

I know.



    

                   

Two major fights

with Bob, and...



    

                   

one disgusting lump that turned

out to be benign...



    

                   

though you were in a panic.



    

                   

You were there for me.



    

                   

And you for me.



    

                   

And I appreciate it.



    

                   

I think we’ve been

better friends...



    

                   

than husband and wife.



    

                   

Yeah, we probably have.



    

                   

But nobody made me

laugh the way you did.



    

                   

I love Bob with all my

heart, it isn’t that.



    

                   

It’s just that you could always

push that button in me.



    

                   

So why is that so important?



    

                   

I don’t know.



    

                   

Maybe we’re crazy.



    

                   

That girl that dumped you

today, did she make you laugh?



    

                   

I don’t know.



    

                   

I have to put that...



    

                   

behind.



    

                   

Funny how life goes.



    

                   

It’s amazing. Amazing.



    

                   

Let’s go. It’s late.



    

                   

It’s definitely late.



    

                   

Christmas Eve, and late.



    

                   

Let’s go.



    

                   

Everyone says ‘I love you...’



    

                   

the cop on the corner

and the burglar too.



    

                   

Christmas Eve in Paris.



    

                   

What a year!



    

                   

And that sort of brings us

to the end of our story.



    

                   

I told Skylar someone should

write it up as a movie.



    

                   

She said ‘Better be a musical,

or no one will believe it.’



    

                   

By the way...



    

                   

that night

I met a terrific guy.



    

                   

I mean, talk about sexy!







  

  

  

 
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