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New York City.

He wants to see what's there.

I can tell him what's there.

I don't know how...
when you've never been.

♪ Think of it, 'ey ♪

♪ The world's in the palm
of my hand ♪

♪ Run a comb through my hair ♪

♪ Headin' out for
some new foreign land ♪

♪ And all this could seem
like a dream out the door ♪

♪ With everyday people
face down on the floor ♪

♪ I always said I could make it
and be who I am ♪

♪ There's a new look
in sight ♪

♪ What a change
for the new modern man ♪

Well, Toto,

I guess we're not
in Kansas anymore.

I can't figure out why he'd want to go to
New York when we got everything here.

Somethin' I have to do, Dad.

Did you pack
an iron like I told you to?

Mom.

You're gonna walk around
wrinkled in New York if you don't.

Elmer Whitfield's cousin Carlton went off
to New York a normal boy.

Came back with his head shaved
and an earring stuck in his cheek.

♪ With all this it seems
like I'm dyin' for more ♪

♪ The streets are on fire
Never seen it before ♪

♪ It's like the sound
of electric guitars ♪

♪ Worlds collide
and hearts will be broken ♪

♪ Over and over
it's the same every day ♪

♪ How can I say
what has never concerned me ♪

♪ The secret of my success ♪

♪ Is I'm livin' ♪

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪

Mom,
there's a whole world out there.

I mean, big,
exciting.

I got a nice, small
apartment lined up.

I got a great job.

I wanna make lots of money.

I want to have a meaningful experience
with an incredibly beautiful woman.

I can't even take a woman
like that to a small apartment.

I gotta get a penthouse.
A penthouse?

With a Jacuzzi in it.

Doin'this for you
as much for me, Mom.

All those years of college,
they're gonna start payin' off.

♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Worlds collide
and hearts will be broken I

♪ Over and over
it's the same every day ♪

♪ How can I say
what has never concerned me ♪

♪ The secret of my success
is I'm livin' ♪

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪

♪ It's amazing to me ♪

♪ What a fool will believe
to get by ♪

♪ Changing your life I

♪ I can live day to day ♪

Bacli‘ The harder they come
the harder they fall I

♪ I never say maybe
and I go for it all ♪

♪ Just like the sound
of electric guitars ♪

All right, listen up.

If there are any bugs in here or rats or
anything that has more legs than I do,

you just stay on your side
of the room, okay?

I'll stay on mine.

I should warn you.
I'm packing an iron.

You weren't listening.

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪

♪ The secret of my success
is I'm livin' ♪

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪

Darling, please pack it
as fast as you can.

Mr. Forbush? Not me! He's two
doors down the hall on your right.

Into the shredder
as fast as possible.

Mr. Forbush.
Yep.

Hi, I'm Brantley Foster
from Kansas.

You hired me. I start work here
today. You're fired, kid. Sorry.

We all saw it coming,
but we looked for some kind of miracle.

Miracle never happened.

What did happen?
Hostile takeover.

Ninety percent of the people in
this building are out on the street.

You are one of those 90%.
Tough break.

Mr. Forbush,
I was counting on this job. What do I do now?

Punt!

Okay, New York,

if this is the way
you want it, okay.

I'm sorry, Mister... Foster.

I'm sorry,
Mr. Foster. We need someone with experience.

How can I get experience until I
get a job that gives me experience?

If we gave you a job
just to give you experience,

you'd take that experience
and get a better job.

Then that experience
would benefit someone else.

But I was trained in college
to handle a job like this.

So in a sense,
I already have experience.

What you've got is
college experience,

not the practical,
hard-nosed business experience we're looking for.

If you'd joined our training program
out of high school, you'd be qualified now.

Then why'd I go to college?
Had fun, didn't you?

What impresses me most...

is the amount of experience you
picked up while still attending college.

Well, ma'am, I knew all
those years of college...

would be worthless without practical,
hard-nosed business experience.

"Assistant personnel manager,
J. Hall Communications.

"Junior purchasing agent,
Midland Furniture.

Vice President in Charge of Production,
Central Manufacturing. "

Outstanding.

You're not gonna tell me I have
too much experience, are ya?

Certainly not, you're
perfect for the job.

- Great!
- Except...

No. No exceptions.

I want this job. I
need it. I can do it.

Everywhere I've been today
there's always been something wrong.

Too young, too old,
too short, too tall.

Whatever the exception is,
I can fix it.

I can be older. I can be
taller. I can be anything.

Can you be a minority woman?

Mom, I'm doin' great. Is it dirty
there? Are the people rude?

No, this town is terrific.
The people are really nice.

That's good,
dear. What about your job? Job? Hey!

I got a fantastic office,
got a gorgeous secretary. The works.

We don't care if she's gorgeous.
Is she any good? What?

You heard me. Can she type? Ma,
of course she can type.

Some can't, you know. Is it safe
there? You haven't been robbed?

Ma, will you quit worryin'.
There is no danger.

But New York is... New York is just like Kansas
intensified.

Policia!

What? What's that noise?
Something the matter?

Oh, no, Mom, that's just the TV.

It sounds so real.
It's Miami Vice.

Turn the sound down.
It's too loud.

Uh, Ma, it's broken.
The knob came off in my hand.

Goodness. Well,
what about Uncle Howard? Did you call him?

Uncle Howard!
Uh, yeah, the phone number.

Well, you still have
the number, don't you?

Oh, yeah.
I got it right here.

Are you all right?
You seem distracted?

They just totaled a
Ferrari. But Uncle Howard?

Did you call him? No, I haven't had a chance
to call Uncle Howard yet.

Will you try to see him? I 7] probably
bump into him at the Country Club.

Get the TV fixed, dear.

Yeah. Listen,
I gotta go. Okay? Okay.

Give Dad my love. I will, dear.
I love you, Brantley.

I love you too,
Mom. Bye-bye. Bye!

They got 'em.

♪ The light is in my eyes ♪

♪ How can I see through ♪

♪ What do I hold on to ♪

Well, at least let me
buy you an airline ticket.

Dad, I'm gonna do this
on my own.

But you did make it
a round-trip ticket?

Yeah. I'm not
gonna need it.

No, when I come back to Kansas,
I'm comin' back in my own jet.

♪ It seems like the world
is upside down ♪

♪ Don't know where
I'm goin'to ♪

♪ But you know I 'd turn it
all around ♪

♪ It's just something
I 've got to do ♪

Take this. It's Uncle Howard's
phone number in New York.

I got an uncle in New York?

My cousin Ellen married
his half-sister's nephew...

before she got bit
by that dog and died.

But he's still kin,
and kin is kin.

Hi.

I'd like to see
Mr. Prescott, please.

Do you have an appointment?

I tried to get one, but I couldn't,
so I thought I'd surprise him.

Mr. Prescott
doesn't like surprises.

- Everybody likes surprises.
- Not Mr. Prescott.

You can leave your name.
Uh, Brantley Foster.

Of? S-T-E-R. Of, uh, Kansas.

Of what company?

What do you wanna see
Mr. Prescott about?

About being his nephew.

Oh. Well, why don't you
have a seat?

I 7] see if I can work you into
Mr. Prescott's schedule. Thank you.

Give Uncle Howard my card.

Are you really
Mr. Prescott's nephew?

In a roundabout sort of way.

You sons of bitches don't have
a half a brain between you!

I'm looking at
a $300 million deficit here...

because you idiots didn't anticipate the needs
of a changing market!

Uncle Howard?
Now, get out, all of you!

And bring me back some
new ideas that'll work!

Or I 'll have your heads
mounted on my wall!

Geez, he's gonna burst a blood vessel. Yeah,
wishful thinking.

I'll see ifl can
get you in now.

Thank you.

It can't be good for his
heart to shout that way.

He doesn't have a heart.

What, Maureen, what?

Brantley Foster is here to see
you. I don't know Brantley Foster.

Your nephew from Kansas.
Who?

He says he's your nephew
from Kansas. Kansas?

I... But, Maureen...

Mr. Prescott
will see you now.

Clever. So you're one
of the Kansas Fosters, huh?

Shirttail relative,
to say the least.

Listen, I know you probably told your
secretary to get me outta here in five minutes.

Two.
Right.

So, I'll get right to the point.

I need a job, Uncle Howard.

Around here,
I'm Mr. Prescott.

Do you have any idea
what we do here?

Yes, sir. Pemrose is a multinational
conglomerate with 27 different divisions.

Products ranging from dog
food to guided missile systems.

There are 30,000 people
working in this building alone.

Their accumulated salary's higher than
the gross national product...

of half the nations
on the Common Market.

Last year we borrowed more money
from banks than Mexico did.

It's a great company,
Uncle... Mr. Prescott. That's why I'm here.

What can you do for us,
Brantley? What experience have you had?

Practically none.

But I believe in myself. Doesn't that count
for something?

Deep inside,
I know I can do anything if I just get a chance.

Think back to when
you were my age.

Remember how you felt when
you went after that first job.

Remember how you wanted it so badly you
couldn't sleep the night before the interview.

Remember how crushed you were when the guy said,
"What kind of experience have you got?"

You wanted to shake
your fists and say,

I can do anything
if I can just get a chance.

They're ready for you
in the boardroom, Mr. Prescott.

Call Bates in Personnel. Tell
him I'm sending somebody up.

Well, you're
in the front door, kid.

What you do on this side of it
is up to you.

Congratulations. He really
must have taken a shine to you.

Thanks. He's a warm guy.

May I?

You can't come in here,
Bozo. Take your crap to the mail slot.

I work here. Just started.

What do you want,
an engraved invitation? Come on, come on.

Brantley, huh?
Yeah.

Somebody gave you that name?

Aw, Jesus, a college puke.
This really makes my day.

Well, you're welcome.
Melrose, get over here!

- Listen to what he says, then do what he does.
- Right.

Stay out of my way. Don't use the
stamp machine for personal letters.

Take off that
stupid-looking tie.

- You got any questions?
- Yeah. What do I call you?

Call me God.

Got a problem, Boss?
I'm your man.

Show the college puke the
ropes and keep him outta my face.

His name is...
Brantley.

All right, kid.
Follow me.

Brantley,
stick with me and everything's gonna be copacetic.

Twice a day you deliver. Like a mailman,
you pick up whatever's goin' out.

I can do it in 30 minutes. Rattigan
thinks it takes me two hours.

What's this department?
What do they do here?

Who knows? This place is a zoo.
Nobody knows what anybody else is doin'.

Can you get promoted
out of the mail room?

You can't even get paroled out
of the mail room. Excuse me, dear.

Good morning.

Nix.
What?

Good morning.
Look, not the suits.

What do you mean? Excuse me,
sir.

Good morning.
Look, not the suits, man.

You never consort with the suits,
unless they consort with you first.

That's ridiculous. He's a person.
I'm a person. I can't say hello?

He's not a person, he's a suit.

You're mail room.
No consenting. Come on.

We're entering a sensitive zone.

This guy in that office
just got canned.

Mail room knew about it on
Friday. He just found out today.

No kidding.
Is his job still open?

No, man,
an economic cutback. His job was dissolved.

About two dozen suits
got the ax.

Will you quit
trying to consort? Come on.

All right, the yellow ones
go to Purchasing.

All the white ones are a bunch
of suits talkin'to themselves.

You're supposed to deliver 'em,
not read 'em.

Some of this stuff
doesn't make any sense.

They send requisitions
through two departments...

to get procurements for a third.

What kind of thinking is
that? That's suit thinking.

Something happens to a man
when he puts on a necktie.

Cuts off all the oxygen
to his brain.

You crazy? You're not supposed to
take the memos out of the mail room.

I can't follow a chain
of command in this company.

They got the right title, but their job
assignments and objectives are screwed...

Look at this. Jesus.
Purchasing. What?

It's a joke. They've got two
people doin' basically the same job.

Neither one of them
is doin' it right.

I'll bring it up at
the next stockholders meeting.

Would you put these things away? Whoa,
Melrose.

How ya doin'? We've been gettin'
a lot of requests in the mail room...

for stockholder information,
company assets, expenditures.

Anything you can
give us. You're kidding?

Any of this research you want,
you can have.

Take it all.
Thanks very much.

♪ Feelin' all right
It's the same with me too ♪

♪ The season that's taken
a hold of us all ♪

♪ And we're sayin' we do ♪

♪ Just look at our lives ♪

♪ We run through the day
We stare at the night ♪

♪ As you head for the noises ♪

♪ For me, well, it's just
like the Fourth of July ♪

♪ Maybe it's change
or the time of the year ♪

♪ Or is it the way
that you hold me so near ♪

♪ Oh, I swear
it's the price of love ♪

♪ I swear
it's the price of love ♪

♪ Now I gaze at the lights
Our hearts show the way ♪

♪ For a moment I swear
it was heaven right there ♪

♪ I'm at war on this day ♪

She's the most incredible-looking
woman I've ever seen in my life.

She's a Rolls-Royce,
but she's also a suit.

What's she like?
What do you know about her?

I know enough never to consort with the suits,
pal.

Even when they do have legs
like hers. You know more than that.

Her name is Christy Wills. She's
supposed to be some sort of financial wizard.

Harvard, all that crap.

And forget it.

♪ I swear
it's the price of love ♪

♪ Price of love ♪

♪ I swear
it's the price of love ♪

No, no, no,
no. That's Transportation's problem.

No, we do not supply drivers
for executives' wives.

We are a messenger service.

I don't care if the
other drivers are all busy.

Yeah, well, the same
to you, sweetheart.

Hey, Dartmouth, get over here.

Executive's wife wants
a ride at the Litchfield.

Check out a car and drive her.

Oh, where's Litchfield? You'll
find it. Follow the smell of money.

Excuse me, ma'am.
I'm not quite sure which way...

Turn the key, start the car, put it in
drive and step on the gas.

Any idiot can do that,
even my husband.

Excuse me, ma'am. I know I'm
not supposed to consort... Then don't.

You seem kind of upset. I was
wonderin' if there was anything I can do.

I don't know.
My cook quit this morning.

My analyst is away on vacation.
My Mercedes broke down.

I split my nail,
and my husband is screwing somebody at the office.

What did you have in mind?

Stick of gum?

Ha, ha, ha!

This is the third weekend he's
found an excuse not to come to the country.

No, I don't know. But knowing him
it's probably some teenage airhead...

from the steno pool.

The last one I caught him with
was so dumb...

Do you know my husband?

I'm sorry. I can't hear you.

Never mind.

Didn't hear a thing. I'm
gonna have to call you back.

I'm so mad, I could spit.

He looks twice as good today as the day
we were married. I just look twice as old.

Are you kiddin'?

You look... I just hope that when I'm his age,
I can wake up every morning...

and find a woman as beautiful
as you are... lying next to me.

Thank you.

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Beautiful ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

Turn in here.

Please.

Bfing
those inside. Charles.

May I help you with those,
sir? Yeah. Thanks.

What are you drinking? I
can't really. I have to get back.

God, I hate the country.

Yeah,
I can see how you'd be real miserable here.

Who can live with so many trees?

They suck up all the oxygen.

No, actually,
trees produce oxygen.

Who are you? Mr. Wizard?
What did you say your name was?

Brantley.

No, no, no.
I mean your first name.

Well, Brantley, I don't know what
you want out of Pemrose Corporation,

but I'll tell you
what you do not want.

You don't ever, ever
wanna become a corporate wife.

I'll watch my step.

Have another.
Mm.

Thanks.

I've run 8,000 miles
on that tennis court...

chasing a fuzzy,
little yellow ball with an oversized racket.

Do my legs look heavy to you?

No.

I've swum laps from here
to the moon in that pool.

Do you see anything
in this body that isn't firm?

Tennis, swimming,
aerobics, jogging, massage.

Anything and everything
to stay in shape,

not that he'd ever notice.

So, Brantley, do you know
why I stay in shape?

How 'bout a dip in the pool? No,
wait!

Are you serious? Listen,
uh...

I have to get back. This is a tempting diversion,
but I got a job.

I don't know if this is such a
good idea. Transportation, please.

Yes. The young man from the
mail room who drove me home?

He's going to stay here and
do a little work in my garden.

See that he gets full credit
on his time card.

Thank you.

Help me out of this,
will you, dear? Whew!

That was great.

Thanks. I swim
five miles a day.

Supposed to tone my ass. Yeah,
it works. Oh!

Just when I thought it was
safe to go back in the water. Ha!

Ohh!

Whoa! You
sure this is a good idea?

It's okay. I know the
owner.

Last one out of the...

You sure your husband's
not coming home? Who knows?

He could be home any minute
or several hours from now.

Oh, my God. Oh!

I'm going to see that my
husband gives you a leg up.

I think we've done pretty well
so far by ourselves.

I mean Pemrose.

Uh... no.

No, thanks.

No, I'm gonna make it
to the top by myself.

Oh! God, you're adorable.

Mmm!

I could spend a week inside those sweet,
unwrinkled eyes.

Can I make a personal
observation? Anything but the thighs.

Somebody sold you a bill of goods and
convinced you you had to be 21 forever.

That's bullshit!
I think you're terrific.

The only thing wrong with
you is your husband is a jerk.

You're beautiful.
You're intelligent.

You're sensuous.

Say that again!

Which part?

All of it!

Oh, no!

What? What is it?
It's the jerk.

My husband.

- My uncle.
- Your what?

- Oh, God! That makes you...
- Auntie Vera?

Oh, G... Oh!

Oh, God!
Ow! God! Oh, God.

What's my mother going to say?
I've disgraced my whole family.

Oh, the hell you did!

Not funny! Okay? This is
not a funny moment in my life.

Oh, relax, Brantley.
Who's going to find out?

I'm home!

He's gonna find out.
That's who's gonna find out.

Don't worry!
He won't fire you.

There's no way I'm gonna get
a raise out of this.

Vera, what's the company car
doing in the driveway?

It broke down, darling. The driver
had to take the train back to town.

No, he didn't,
darling. He's in here having trouble with his fly.

Get back! Do you ever stop? No!

How am I gonna get home?

Maybe we'll just have to
keep you here and adopt you.

You're a riot, Vera.

Please, Lorcl,
get me out of this.

I'll go all over the world telling
people not to screw the boss's wife.

What are you doing in here?

Feeling romantic.
Oh.

What's for dinner?

Oh, Howard! You really know how
to sweep a girl back onto her feet.

Go back!

Sit! Sit down!

You look like death on a cracker,
man. What happened to you?

I was chased by a 200-pound
dog with a mouth as big as my head.

And that was the best thing that happened
last night. What was the worst thing?

I got laid. I'm not sure you
got your priorities straight.

Oh! Hold the elevator.
Good morning.

Hi.
♪ The light ♪

♪ Is in my eyes ♪

♪ How can I see through ♪

♪ What do I hold on to ♪

♪ This time ♪

♪ I 've got to find ♪

♪ Everything and more ♪

♪ 'Cause that's
what I'm fighting for ♪

We 're entering
a sensitive zone.

The guy in that office
just got canned.

The mail room knew about it on Friday.
He just found out today.

♪ Seems like the world
is upside down ♪

♪ Don't know
where I'm going to ♪

♪ But you know
I'm turning it all around ♪

♪ It's just something
I 've got to do ♪

♪ No one knows
what I feel inside ♪

♪ Don't you know
that I just can't hide ♪

I'm gonna see that
my husband gives you a leg up.

No, thanks.

No.

No, I'm gonna make it
to the top on my own.

♪ And if rules have to break ♪

♪ Whatever it takes ♪

♪ I know that it's my time ♪

♪ It seems like the world is
upside down ♪

♪ I might have to break
some rules ♪

♪ You know you've
got to try ♪

♪ You know I 'll turn it
all around ♪

♪ It's just something
I 've got to do ♪

♪ It's something I 've
got to do ♪

Um... hello. Tucker,
where the hell have you been, huh?

We got a problem in Midwest
Distribution. What are you gonna do about it?

What's, uh... What's the problem?

Our stock is down another
quarter-point this morning.

Whose fault is that, Thomas?

Nobody's fault,
sir. It's a momentary lapse in the market.

Whose fault is it, Thomas? Uh,
it's Davis's fault, sir.

His department hasn't been
pulling its weight.

What do you have to say
for yourself, Davis?

I've been having
troubles at home.

then we had to buy a new dog.

Then the new dog chewed up this
entire report that I'd been working on.

Are you suggesting that
your dog ate your homework?

In a way, yes,
sir. This is not grade school, Davis!

Run at the back of the line. Consider
yourself on warning. Uh, yes, sir.

Everybody, check your pulse. Make
sure you're exercising at the optimum level.

I'm a bit above my level.
I better stop running.

Maybe... I'm above too. I really don't care. Okay,
everybody, run!

I can't get anybody's
approval for the extra two trucks!

Tucker,
what're you gonna do about it?

All right, look.
What does a boxcar cost?

The transfer sheet shows that somebody is
accumulating an enormous block of our stock.

Oh, you do, do you?
Yes, sir.

When a stock takes a dive
and somebody buys a ton of it...

It means that the company
is ripe for a hostile takeover!

That's what I meant! A hostile takeover,
sir?

Yes. I'm afraid that's
what we're looking at.

I want each of you to examine your
department and see where you can cut costs.

Cut! Cut them
to the core!

We need to raise capital quickly so we
can boost stock support. Right.

Boost it!
Boost it to the moon!

You gonna put that in writin'?

Yeah. Yeah! You tell the trucking company
that we have to service our customers.

If they're not going to help us,
we're going to find somebody who will.

Well, all right!

That's what we need, some gutsy
decisions around here! I'll get back to you.

Okay. Bye.

Yes!

I have got to get that report by the end
of the day, Art, or you're in the doghouse!

I don't
know. Mr. Prescott?

I'm sorry this came in so late,
but it just arrived. It's about time!

Uh...

This isn't the men's room.
No.

They took the urinals out
last week. I didn't like them.

How about a paper cup?

What?
I'm sorry.

I'm just about the only
woman executive at Pemrose.

Some days, I have a chip
about the men's room.

Sorry.

Hey, nice office. Nice
furniture. It goes with your hair.

Thank you. I like your suit.
It goes nicely with your nose.

Well.

This conversation
isn't going very well.

Thank you. There's enough talk
in the world already. Good morning.

That meant good-bye.

I have work.

Oh, yeah.

Sorry. I have, uh,
a lot of work myself.

Good morning.

I really swept her off her feet.

All right, Foster.
Let's do it!

Hello. This is
Carlton Whitfield, 4319.

That's right. I'm still waiting for
that secretary I requested last week.

I realize you're
busy down there,

but I'm typing my own letters
and answering my own calls,

and it's getting to be a pain.

Empty?

Well, I've been here a week,
got my name on the door,

got a desk full of supplies and
got a geranium on my window ledge.

What I don't have
is a secretary.

Okay, I'll tell you what.

I'll have Personnel send a boy up from
the mail room with the requisitions you need.

Just send me my secretary,
okay? Thank you very much.

Whew!

Got a memo here. Big cheese in
4319 wants his new secretary pronto.

I got a memo here that's
burning up my fingers.

New suit in 4319 wants his personalized
memos and stationery immediately.

This guy is hot.
Who?

I don't know.
Name's on the memo.

He wants nameplates for his door,
and he wants it by noon. Okay?

Mm-hmm.
Smile.

You're late.
I already done my rounds.

You didn't punch in.

Well, I couldn't wait to get to it. Boy,
I love my work.

Punch in, then run this up to
Personnel and wait for an answer.

Right.

I... I'm Jean, your secretary.

I'm not wearing anything.

I see that.

It was warm.

Seems cooler now.
I'll get dressed.

Yes, sir.
I'll move my stuff in.

Great, Jean.
Good idea.

IOwl

Jean? I have
some notes here.

I also have some charts,
some graphs, some tapes.

They're all sorted into different
departments. Can you read my handwriting?

Sort of.
Do your best.

I need some poster boards,
colored pencils, colored push pins,

T-square, drawing table,
lots of pencils, and my lunch. Chinese?

♪ I just can't wait 'til the day
when you knock on my door ♪

Hey, 4319?
Uh, yeah.

♪ Now every time
I go for the mailbox ♪

♪ Gotta hold myself down ♪
Great.

Good morning.
Good morning.

♪ You're coming around ♪

Good morning.
Hi.

♪ Now I'm walking
on sunshine, whoa-oh ♪

♪ I'm walking on sunshine ♪

♪ Whoa-oh ♪

♪ I'm walking on sunshine
Whoa-oh ♪

♪ And don't it feel good ♪

♪ Hey, all right now ♪

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

♪ I used to think
maybe you loved me ♪

♪ Now I know that it's true ♪

♪ And I don't want to spend
my whole life ♪

♪ Just a-waiting for you ♪

♪ Now, I don't want you
back for the weekend ♪

♪ Not back for a day ♪

♪ No, no, no ♪

♪ I said, baby
I just want you back ♪

♪ And I want you to stay ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, now
I'm walking on sunshine ♪

♪ Whoa-oh ♪

♪ I'm walking on sunshine
Whoa-oh ♪

♪ I'm walking on sunshine Whoa-oh ♪

♪ And don't it feel good
Hey ♪

♪ All right now
And don't it feel good ♪

♪ Yeah
Oh, yeah ♪

♪ And don't it feel good ♪

Hello again.
Small world.

Hello.

♪ Walking on sunshine ♪

Are you standing still
for some purpose?

Hey, I'm just soaking up
the atmosphere.

Whoa!

Executive Lounge, huh?

Care to do a little lounging? No,
I'm busy.

Ron, did you get those figures
on transfer costs and insurance?

Not yet.
Big delay in Chicago.

Damn! I really need
them! Blame Chicago.

Maybe I can help.
I'm sorry?

Transfer costs
and insurance for what?

By the time I explained it,
I could find out myself. Ron!

Big weenie. Why don't you
explain it to me over lunch?

I'll have the answer by
dessert. I don't eat lunch.

Why don't we start this again?
Carlton Whitfield. And you're?

Annoyed. Shoot.

You know, I'm just
trying to be friendly.

You picked a bad time. I was
counting on those figures from Ron.

Christy Wills. How
do you do? Good.

Terrible news.
Just awful!

Conference room, everybody.
Come on, on the double.

So you don't eat lunch. Do
you eat dinner? Occasionally.

Tonight?
Booked.

Tomorrow night?
Booked.

All right, but don't beg,
okay? It's embarrassing.

Do you know what this is about?

Who are you?

Carlton Whitfield.
New employee.

I didn't get a memo on that.

Oh, you will.

All right.
As long as I get the memo.

The absolute worst has happened. We are the target
of a corporate raid.

Donald Davenport has
filed a 13-D.

A 13-D?

He's acquired five percent
of the stock,

and this is definitely the beginning of
a hostile takeover of our corporation.

I think we all know what happened the
last time Davenport took over a company.

Everyone was canned!

Mr. Prescott has sent down
word of what he wants us to do.

We are to recommend cuts
in every department.

Ourjob is to slash
the red ink...

in every nook and cranny,

because our company needs
the cash for its defense.

Anybody wanna fire
the first shot?

Kill Toledo.

That's a good idea.

If we close down
our distribution centers...

in Toledo, Joplin, Jacksonville,

we'll slash the red ink
completely off the books.

Whitfield,
you don't have to raise your hand. Just speak.

Thank you.
Well...

I know I'm new here
and everything.

On the surface, these cuts seem like
a good idea... "Seem like a good idea"?

But closing down those distribution
centers would be a big mistake.

It so happens that those closings
are exactly what Mr. Prescott wants.

Well, then Mr. Prescott hasn't
thought things through very well.

I'm going
to tell him you said that.

Good. Closing down
those centers...

will put a strain on
this company's cash position.

Innate value?
What is he talking about?

- Davidson here will back me up on this. Davidson?
- I'm Proctor. He's Davidson.

Well, damn it,
Davidson, tell him!

You wrote a memo to Mr. Thomas
explaining exactly what I'm talking about.

Well, how do you know
I wrote that memo?

How did I know
you wrote that memo?

Who else could write
that memo, Davidson?

That memo was famous.

That memo was a masterpiece.

Clear, concise, to the point. That
was the best damn memo I ever read!

In fact, that memo
wasn't even a memo.

That memo was literature. You're welcome. Well,
thank you.

If you have finished your book report,
could you explain what your point is?

- The point is, we gotta be bold.
- That's my point.

We gotta build. We gotta
expand. Absolutely!

Expanding is the only way to help
the situation.

We gotta make
this company so strong,

Davenport won't be able to find
anyone willing to give up Pemrose stock.

It'll be too damn valuable.
Then we'll buy his ass out!

Absolutely!

How old are you, Mister,
uh, Mister... Whitfield.

Yes.
Twenty-fou r.

I think you should keep quiet
until you're at least 25.

If I may, I don't think Whitfield's
age should be an issue here.

No one is interested
in your opinion, Davis.

We gotta block that takeover.

I'm too old to look for a job.
Nobody would hire me.

This meeting is going
nowhere!

Mr. Prescott's
command stands!

We are to find those cuts!

Meeting adjourned.

You'll pick up the coats. That looks like one
only a lot smaller.

Hey! Harvard! Where
the hell've you been?

Personnel, Chief. You said to wait for
an answer. They are real slow up there.

♪ There's
something going on around here, Foster.

I'm gonna be on you like a
rash. You got that? Like a rash.

Ooh, won't the other guys get jealous? Whoa,
heads!

Down, boy.

Come here.

Ah,
hold it.

Right there.

No! No! No! Ah, baby!

You guys were good tonight.

Oh, God!
What are you doin' here?

Brantley, darling, I heard you calling
me telepathically... I'm very psychic...

So, of course,
I rushed right over.

- I would've used the phone.
- Mental telepathy's much more reliable.

Aren't you gonna
ask me in?

Yeah. Sorry.

Just a minute.

Hmm. Father used to live like
this before he founded Pemrose.

Aunt Vera... I had a hell of a day,
and I really have to get some sleep.

Brantley, you're a young man.

Young men have lots of energy.

Look.

We have a problem.
What?

Your husband...
is my boss.

Oh,
him. We won't tell him.

Besides,
Howard '5 working late tonight.

On whom I have no idea.

You look very beautiful
tonight, Christine.

Thank you. Now,
there are some business things we should discuss.

You think this restaurant
has an upstairs with beds in it?

Howard, please!

I don't feel altogether good
about what's happened between us.

Hmm.
You are married.

I'm not married.
You are married!

Well, yeah, I am married, but,
um... she and I have an understanding.

I love you.
I don't really think so.

Well, then I lust after you. That oughta
be worth something. To you, perhaps.

Now, let's talk business. I pitched the
need for cutbacks at the meeting today,

but a dissenting opinion was
offered by Carlton Whitfield.

Who's Carlton Whitfield? I
didn't hire any Carlton Whitfield.

Somebody did. Oh,
my God. Donald Davenport.

What? He may be a
plant for Davenport...

gathering information on
the takeover. It's just like him.

Look, I want you to get close
to this guy Whitfield,

find out what he's up
to. You want me to spy?

No, I don't want you to spy on him. I
want you to get to be friends with him,

then rifle through his papers and
tell me what you find. That's spying.

Look, you have got to drop
this incessant innocence.

Life is harsh and ugly,
and only the strong survive.

Or didn't they teach you that
at Harvard?

What you got in there? My lunch.

Your lunch?
In a briefcase?

Yeah.
Ran out of brown bags.

Hey, one of you guys got
a spare pair of laces?

Hey, man,
I had a babe last night you wouldn't believe.

"Ta-Na's" out to here,
man. She was fine. Where'd he go?

Coming through. Excuse
me. Take it easy. Come on.

Sorry.

Oh, what a nightmare. I'm
all right. I'm fine. You okay?

You all right? Don't worry about me.
Whoa. Thanks.

Jean, transcribe these notes, will ya?
There's some things on there I need right away.

Oh. Make copies of this,
copies of this.

Did you get those supplies I needed? Yes,
sir.

Good.
I'll be back later.

- Whoa!
- Good morning.

Gentlemen.
Good morning.

Oh, goddamn that thing!
This thing stuck again?

These
elevators are stuck again?

I'm sick and tired of these
elevators always gettin' stuck.

Hi,
Jean. Will you take those to the cleaners?

These are some of the notes
I found in Whitfield's office.

If you want anything more,
you can go after it yourself.

Do you think he's working
for Davenport?

I have no idea.
I'm out of the spy business.

We can't wait for Whitfield
any longer. Let's get started.

Davis here has prepared what I'm
sure is a thoroughly incompetent analysis,

but let's listen to him
before we start criticizing.

Fine. I won't read it at all. Is that
all right? You have a bad attitude.

I'm gonna tell Mr. Prescott about it. Now,
does anybody else have anything to say?

Hi. Sorry, I'm late.
Sorry. Hi, everybody.

Uh... casual attire today,
Whitfield?

Huh?

Yeah, uh, trousers, yeah. New
product line. Testing 'em out. Pretty good.

Good fabric.
Good idea.

Christy, you have something to
say on this report. Yes.

I came up with some more cuts in the
Middle States area. Let me pass these out.

Why can't you be more like her,
Davis?

Mr. Prescott!
Well, what a surprise!

Art,
I haven't received the report on the cutbacks yet,

so I thought I'd drop in
and see what the problem is.

Oh, no problem. No, sir.
Everything is tip-top.

Uh, Whitfield has pointed outa few wrinkles
and we are going to iron those wrinkles out.

Hmm. You don't mind if I stay for a few minutes,
do you?

Yes,
sir.

Which one of you is Whitfield? Oh,
my God!

Nose bleed! Dry heat!
Get 'em all the time!

Oh, God!

Who was that?

Well, that's the new boy,
Whitfield.

Sorry.
Needed some supplies.

Well, back to business.

Oh, a few of these, and...

Oh, God!

You're from receiving,
aren't you?

I see you're a workaholic.

Yeah, well...

I got a lot of work to do.

What are you doing here so late? Oh,
I'm a workaholic too.

Wow. You mean we have
somethin' in common?

So, what's all this supposed to be?Oh,
it's the...

It's the heart and soul of an idea
you hated: Expansion in the Midwest.

I don't hate it.
I just think it's risky.

Furthermore, Mr. Prescott doesn't
want it. It's a waste of time to pursue it.

But if something '5 right,
how can it be a waste of time?

There is no right or wrong,
there is only opinion.

You know, in some states,
you can get arrested for saying that.

All right, convince me.

Convince me then that
your opinion is the right one.

All right.

Take a look at this.
And this.

And, uh... Yeah.
Peruse that.

Oh! Why do you keep saying the exact opposite
of what I say?

'Cause you keep saying such stupid
things. Take a look at these figures.

They prove that the elimination
of salaries...

would create a war chest for the
defense of the Pemrose Corporation.

Can't you see that?
No, I can't.

Closing those factories is just gonna
send a panic through the market.

That might happen or that might not. No,
it will happen.

All right, close the centers,
put thousands of people out of work.

You're gonna waste all your profits on
unemployment contributions, severance pay,

union lawsuits.

Are you all right?
My blood sugar's dropping.

What?
It's just my mind wandered

in the middle of
what you were saying.

It means I need food.
Do you wanna get a bite?

Yeah, yeah, come on. I'll buy you dinner. No,
no, no. Dutch.

Just tell me one more time
what your solution is to this crisis.

We don't cut. We expand.
I agree.

Expansion is a positive
reaction to the universe.

While retraction or cutting back or pulling off,
those are all negative forces.

I used to be very negative,

and then I took this personality workshop,
my whole life turned around.

Hiya.
My name's Sheila.

You make a good-lookin' couple.
How long you been goin'together?

About 20 minutes. Oh,
first date, huh? Good luck.

No, we're business colleagues.

Colleagues! Who needs that? You
should go together. You look good together.

Oh, oh, did you wanna order?

- Yeah, we need to see some menus, Sheila.
- Menus! I'm sorry.

I'm studying to be an actress. I'm a
much better actress than I am a waitress.

Concentration,
that's my big problem. I'll be right back.

Well, Sheila's in favor
of expansion.

We should bring her to our next executive
meeting. I think Art Thomas would like her a lot.

Sheila is also in favor of us
seeing each other.

Yes, well,
Sheila is clearly a nut.

I heard that. Try to be
more positive with your life,

or you're gonna wind up
miserable. She heard me.

I'm having a nice time.
How 'bout you?

Yes, very nice.

Well, it's-it's pleasant walking. I mean,
I don't want to imply anything.

About your expansion plan,
I did some checking...

and it turns out we can get some tax breaks
if we put up a facility in the Midwest region.

You checked? Earlier
today? That's great.

The powers that be seem
to want the cutting, but I...

I've been trying to stay open to
your ideas... your business ideas.

That's great.

Okay, so you're open
to my business ideas.

Now, how about
my after- work ideas?

Don't push. Yesterday,
I thought you were obnoxious.

You know, a lot of people
start out that way.

They usually end up gettin'
married. Don't hold your breath.

Come on.

Look, I think you're
secretly crazy about me.

And I think you'd feel a lot
better if you'd just admit it.

Come on, you'll like me.
I'm an acquired taste.

My dad insisted
on buying me this.

A round trip ticket
back to Kansas.

You know, I almost traded
it in a couple of times.

But now, it's kind of a symbol.
The day I use this ticket...

is the day New York
has beaten me.

You know,
I just noticed something.

You're kind of a mess. Thank you.

Did anybody ever tell
you that? You're the first.

So what I was wonderin' was...

how you can be
so incredibly beautiful...

and be such a mess?

When two people get involved
on a project together,

there's a danger of getting
emotionally involved.

That would be bad. They confuse the
intensity of involvement on the project...

and... mistake it
as a relationship.

What are you, a shrink?
It's happened to me.

It's actually still happening
to me, I guess. And then...

the project ends and they find they
don't have anything to talk about.

Okay, it's settled then.

We won't get involved while
we're working on this project.

Right. Right.

So who is he?

Who? Who? My competition.

Just a guy.

So why don't we call this guy? Tell him
you met a new guy, the whole thing is off.

I can't call him.
Why not?

His wife might answer the phone.

Big mistake. Yeah, well,
let's not talk about it.

I have done a lot of stupid things,
but I have never... I bet you have.

Ever?
Ever...

been
involved with a married man.

Well, he was sort of separated
when we started.

Yeah, well it turned out
to be a lie.

The whole thing was a mistake.

But we live and we learn
and we move on...

That wasn't bad.

Thank you.

Can you do it again
just as good?

I could try.

Where were you all weekend? You
can at least begin with good morning.

I'm madder than hell!

I want to know why you
weren't answering your phone.

I owe a lot to you, Howard.

I'll always be grateful for the
chance you gave me in this company...

and the things I've learned.

What is this? What-What
are you leading up to?

I wanna work with you. I respect
you more than you know, but...

I can't be involved with you
outside the office anymore.

Hello?

Yes, June, I'm looking for the transportation
costs from Toledo dating September...

I 'll call you back.

Look,
I'm not gonna pressure you on this.

I want you to take your own time
and decide what's best for you.

Thank you.

I do think the timing's
a little ironic, though.

I was gonna tell you
last night...

that Vera and I have agreed
on terms for a divorce.

I only wish that Vera and I could
have worked things out sooner.

That way, you and I
might have had a chance.

This arrived this morning...
by messenger.

Davenport has called
an emergency meeting...

of the Board of Directors
for Monday morning,

and, uh... he's offering
to take over the company.

I'm inviting all key personnel to spend
the weekend at my house in Litchfield.

I'd like you to be there too.

Of course I'll be there.

Uh, one more question.
Yes?

Personal.

Just out of curiosity,
who were you with last night?

Whitfield.
Carlton Whitfield.

It was all business. Some
of his ideas are brilliant.

Well, I'm looking forward to hearing
'em. I have to talk to him today.

Howard, those notes that I took from
Whitfield's office, I'd like them back, please.

Of course.
I'll get them to you.

Heads up.
Thanks.

What's your hurry?

What's goin' on? I got a special
delivery here marked urgent.

I'm watching you, Foster.
Just remember, every minute,

God is watching you.

Excuse me, Miss,
I'm a reporter for the New York Times.

I couldn't help noticing. You look like a
woman who's recently been made love to.

Not here. Oh,
you weren't made love to here.

Was it anywhere within the New York State lines,
because we usually let...

the Philadelphia Gazette
handle... Pennsylvania.

What's up?
You seem upset?

I hate men.

Well, I'm glad
I'm not one of 'em.

There's something I gotta explain
to you. I have something to tell you.

I... did something I wished I
hadn't done and... All right, look.

This weekend?
Can't.

I have some loose ends
I have to tie up. Good!

- I'll take care of it.
- Uh, have a nice weekend. I'll see you Monday.

Ho! Excuse me, Miss. I'm sorry. Excuse me!
Oooh!

You didn't see me.
I wasn't here.

Ow! Oooh!

Where is he? Where'd he go? I
didn't see him. He wasn't here.

Hey.

You still here?

You look great.

The end of the second lap,
you still got a comfortable lead.

Yo.

Excuse me again.

- Hi, boss.
- Aw, shit!

Bye, boss.

Brantley?
Hi.

What are you doing here? Looking
for Whitfield. Got a delivery for him.

Why are you wearing a suit?

Because of the funeral.
Whose funeral?

A friend. He died.
We buried him.

What is all this stuff?

Uh, production performance charts
from the Midwest region, I guess.

- Where is Whitfield?
- He's not here?

Have you ever seen Whitfield,
Brantley? Yes, sir.

Well,
lots of times. I deliver here everyday. Great guy.

How does he get
all this information?

Well, it's available in most
quarterly stock reports...

probably.

- Take this up to my office.
- Yes, sir.

You're not comin'?
I'll be there in a minute.

What
the hell are you doin'?

Having a nervous breakdown.
No wonder.

Look, nothin' good can come from
this. If you get caught, you get canned.

If you don't get caught, you become
one of them... a suit. It's a no-win situation.

I'm still a half a step
ahead of them, pal.

♪ I hear music
when I look at you ♪

Aunt Vera, hi.
How are you?

♪ I'm in the mood
for love ♪

♪ Simply because
you're near me ♪

A medley. Gee,
that's nice. Why you singing a medley?

♪ I get no kick
from champagne ♪

♪ Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all ♪
Please, don't sing anymore.

Ow!
Oh, God!

I haven't sung in years.
You see what you do to me?

♪ I'm wild again ♪
He's on his way up.

♪ Beguiled again ♪ He's gonna be here
any minute. Why are you doing this? Ow.

I'm going to have you for lunch.
Can't I get you a ham and cheese?

Look at that cute little
Adam's apple. Aunt Vera!

Listen. Oh, shit. Since the last time we met,
there's been a change.

Yes, nice suit,
Brantley. Ow!

Look, what I mean to say is... Oh,
Christ!

I'm not free anymore.
You're gonna charge me?

You're getting awfully cynical.

Does your mother know
about this? I'm not available!

Oof! Oh, good,
you're not gonna charge me.

Oh!
Don't worry, Brantley.

I don't wanna marry you.
I'm already married.

Ijust wanna love
you. Love.

I don't mean love as in two star-crossed
virginettes running through the clover.

Nothing icky like that. I'm a practical
woman. You should be a practical man.

If you just let me, I could steer you
through these shark-infested waters...

of this stupid company
just like I steered Howard.

Look, I like you. I really
like you. But I gotta tell you.

I've become seriously and emotionally
involved with someone who isn't my aunt.

I forgive you,
Brantley. Listen!

There is someone else in
my life! I got it. I don't care.

There's someone else
in my life too.

Maybe we should introduce
your girlfriend to my husband.

Look, I don't wanna
get rough with you,

but I'll belt you around
ifl have to. Ooh.

Jesus Christ,
Vera! I'm gonna get fired. Gimme a break.

Don't whine, Brantley.
Life is too short.

Before you know it, you'll be 25,
wondering where it all went.

- What the hell is this?
- He fainted.

- Fainted?
- Dead away.

Actually, he, um, hit his head.

- Yeah, it was a light fainting. Uh, knocked out.
- Hit his head on what?

The floor.
The ceiling.

Which one? Both. Neither.

- What the hell happened?
- Uh...

Uh, Uncle Howard,
it was like this.

Uh, I walked into your office, and,
um... and I saw this beautiful woman...

who I had never seen before
in my life.

And imagine my surprise when I found out
it was my Aunt Vera.

Uh, well, he was so excited,
his blood pressure shot up,

- and then he fell and hit his head on the floor.
- Out like a light.

So I crawled deliriously
to the sofa.

Oh,
and I rushed to his aid. And you walked in.

And shame on you for not telling me
our nephew's working for the company.

Our nephew works for the company.
I've got a million things to take care of.

- Why are you here?
- Lunch.

- We were supposed to have lunch.
- I've had my lunch.

You don't seem to realize...Oh,
I do realize, Howard.

So, you won't mind if Brantley and I
go out to lunch to get better acquainted?

- Fine.
- No. No, I can't. I gotta go to a funeral.

You said you already went.

You know,
in my grief, I forgot.

Howard, why don't we bring Brantley out
to the house this weekend for the party?

I mean, he is family.

Yes, you know, that might be
a very good idea.

No, I don't think
I'd fit in, Aunt Vera.

Oh, but you do fit in, Brantley.

Oh,
God. I'll make sure he has a wonderful time.

All right. It's settled. Now,
can I get back to work here?

Be nice to have
a playmate for the weekend.

You wanted to see me,
sir? Oh, yeah, Brantley.

I want you to know I've been
watching you very closely lately.

You have?

I know everything
you've been up to.

- You do?
- Everything.

Sir, I can explain this. See,
I didn't know... who that was...

I know, for example, that you've been working
hard in the mail room.

You've kept your eyes open and your
nose clean. You stayed out of trouble.

I'm gonna reward you for that
one of these days.

But first, I'd like to ask
a favor of you.

You name it, sir.

We'll talk about it
while we work out.

You like to sweat,
don't you, Brantley?

Your Aunt Vera seems to have
taken an instant liking to you.

I hadn't noticed.
Oh, it's obvious.

I think she'd like to get
to know you a lot better.

I wanna encourage that.

I'd like you to spend
lots of time with Aunt Vera...

at the party this weekend.

Men like us can't be locked
into one woman, Brantley.

We need variety. Keeps us young,
energetic, competitive.

You get my meaning? Of course
you do. We're men of the world, right?

Now, a problem has developed.

I have a friend,
a companion... A girl.

She's been getting
a little antsy lately.

Mm,
wants me to leave my wife.

Well, I'm not about to leave my
wife... not for her, not for anyone.

I just need a little time to get
the situation under control again.

Understand?
Not altogether.

Well, I'm inviting her out
to the party this weekend,

and we're gonna spend
a little time together,

which is why I need you to keep your
Aunt Vera occupied as much as possible.

- Get the picture? - Yeah,
wide-screen. But I got some
big plans this weekend.

- Fine. I won't forget this favor, believe me.
- You don't understand.

It's all settled then. I've got my eye out for
some rapid advancement for you, Brantley.

You seem to be a young man
with a lot on the ball. Keep it up.

Schmuck.

Ooh, that's nice.

Oh, excuse me.
Brantley, darling.

I was afraid you wouldn't come.

Vera.

I'm going to introduce you to the
most powerful money men in New York.

If you can do to them
what you've done to me...

I can't do that. I mean bowl them over,
darling.

You're irresistible when you
turn on that boyish charm.

Hi, Whitfield.
Whitfield?

Yeah, it's my middle name.
Brantley Whitfield...

Hi, Carlton.
Carlton Foster.

You go by all those names?

Yeah, I got a lot of 'em.

My parents couldn't make up their mind.
My monogram looks like an eye chart.

You're always surprising me,
Brantley. That's your most attractive quality.

Promise me you'll never stop.

Ah. I promise.

Oh, good. Now.

Roland Owens, First Federal.
Very rich. We start with him.

He made his money
the really old-fashioned way.

He inherited it.

And see the man playing tennis with the
elbow brace, the knee strap and the glove?

Vernon S. Fletcher,
Wall Street's iron man.

If he likes you, you can write your own ticket,
and he'll like you.

Who's the tall guy
with all the girls?

Good eye, Brantley. Harley McMasters,
First Multinational.

Recently divorced. They're all dying to
be the second Mrs. First Multinational.

Listen, Vera, you're not gonna tell
anybody I work in the mail room, are ya?

Trust me, Brantley.

I got Howard his key to the executive
washroom. I can do the same thing for you.

Ch risty?

Here are Whitfield's notes.

Impressive.
Thank you.

This is supposed to be
a business trip, remember?

Oh, baby, how can I
concentrate on business?

Howard, let me go!

Ha! Ah! Oh, Carlton!

What are you doing here? Hey.

Would Carlton Whitfield
miss a party?

I'm so glad you're
here. So am I.

Quick!

Stop! Not
here!

You ought to be ashamed of yourself. No,
I don't.

Wait. I gotta tuck.
You go first. Go first.

How do I look? Come on. Come on.

Well, I've had a look
at that preliminary report,

and I'm satisfied that the proposed
cutbacks are our best line of defense.

Thank you,
sir. We have tried to cut hard and deep.

Yes. Well,
the job was adequately done. Thank you, sir.

I think Whitfield is right,
and this report is wrong.

Hello, sir.

Have you seen Christy? No,
I haven't, sir. Not for a while.

Have you seen Christy? Uh,
sorry. No, I haven't.

- Oh, Jack.
- Yes, Howard.

Uh, have you seen Christy Wells?

She's talking to Whitfield.

No? Aw, come on.

It's my best one.

Would you excuse us
for a minute, Christy?

Brantley, did you know
that Whitfield is here?

Yeah, I think he was here earlier,
but he left.

No. Somebody saw him a few
minutes ago talking to Christy.

Now, I've got my reasons.

I want you to stay
close to Christy,

and keep Whitfield
away from her.

Can you do that for me?

Hey, I'm your man.

Good. I knew
I could count on you.

What was that all about?

Well,
he wants me to stay as close to you as possible.

He told you that?
Yeah.

I don't know. I guess he
thinks we make a good couple.

Vera?
Are you awake?

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Beautiful ♪

♪ Even more beautiful ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

Christy?

Uh! Ah!

♪ Beautiful ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Beautiful ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

Hmph.

Darling?

Sweetheart, it's Howard.

Go away!

Let's make this
a night to remember.

Oh, darling,
I know you're angry with me,

but think of all the things
that we've meant to each other.

I want to marry you,
Christy.

Oh,
don't be that way, baby.

What do you say?

Will you marry me?

No, but I'd like to beat the
shit outta you!

Wait 'til I get my...

- Brantley, who is that?
- Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

The sexual revolution is over.
Everybody, out of bed.

What are you doing
in Christy's bed, Brantley?

I'm talking to you,
Howard. Who's Brantley?

Brantley is the guy who just
found his stolen notes in your bag.

Those are Whitfield's notes, and they
are not stolen. He gave them to me himself.

You were so grateful to him,
you climbed into bed and asked him to marry you.

- What are you talking
about? I climbed into
bed with you. - Baloney!

You thought you were
climbing into bed with her.

Wait. When I came in,
he was in bed with Whitfield.

Whitfield?
He wasn't even here.

- Are you blind? Who's that?
- That's Brantley.

- Brantley? - So this is
the bimbo you've been
screwing around with?

- Who are you calling a bimbo?
- If the shoe fits...

- What's that supposed to mean?
- Why didn't you ask for those?
I would have given 'em to you.

I was gonna tell you about that. It
happened before I really knew you.

So when we were in bed,
that whole thing was James Bond time, right?

- No!
- You went to bed with Brantley?

Don't worry about it, Howard. She's probably
got microfilm pictures of the whole thing.

What were you doing
in bed with my nephew?

- Whitfield's your nephew?
- This is Brantley Foster.
He works in the mail room.

Let me get this straight.
Brantley is Whitfield?

That's right. Brantley is Whitfield.
Whitfield is Brantley.

And Christy is the bimbo. Well,
now that we've had Mouseketeer roll call,

I'm just going to go
call my lawyer.

Now wait a minute. Christy is not the
bimbo I was screwing around with at the office.

- People better stop calling me "bimbo."
- It was a different bimbo.

That's fine. How many bimbos
would you say there were?

I misspoke myself.
There weren't any bimbos at all.

- Except Christy.
- Right. No! - Ha!

- Vera! Vera!
- The question is,

how many people did you
sleep with to get to the top?

That was a very expensive
vase, you bitch.

Shut up! Now listen. Whateverl
did was my business, not yours.

No, you mean
it was company business.

That's right,
and that's all it was: Business.

Wow.

Let me tell you somethin',
sweetheart.

You're very good at your job.

You mean I was workin' for
a guy from the mail room?

You're not an executive? He's
too good to be an executive.

Disappointed?
Yes!

I was having fun on this
job. You had all this energy...

and all these crazy ideas.

And you kept takin'
your pants off.

I don't want you to go.

Here.

Here's a little somethin'
to remember me by.

Thank you. Brantley,
why you lookin' so sad?

I don't know. I just thought it'd work out better,
you know?

The job or the girl?

The job.
To hell with the girl.

Yeah. You sound
real convincing.

Well, look at it this way, pal.

For a few weeks, you sat up here in
the lofty atmosphere of the big cheeses.

You had a nice view of Manhattan
and a clean lunchroom to eat in.

Hell, you did more in two months
than most people do in a lifetime.

Yeah, I'm gonna miss it.

The job or the girl?

Goin' back to Kansas?

No, I'm not goin' back to Kansas.
I came to New York to succeed.

I hear there's an
opening in the mail room.

You should talk. You're just as
unemployed as I am. Not for long.

I have contacts all over town.

Yeah, there's always
another Prescott around.

Low blow,
Foster. Dirty pool. I call 'em like I see 'em.

Yeah, you're perfect,
right? I never slept with the boss.

No, you slept with the boss's wife. Hey,
she seduced me.

He seduced me. What's the
difference? I couldn't help it.

You went willingly. You were tied up in chains.
Is that it?

I'm the one who thought
you were a nice guy.

I am a nice guy! You're a rat! You lied to me,
deceived me,

then acted as judge and jury in a
situation you knew nothing about.

I know enough to know you were
spying on me. I wasn't spying on you!

And I won't be spying
on you anymore!

No, you won't, 'cause
if I see you...

Sorry.
This car is full.

We could never pull that
off. How do you know?

You're lookin' at a kid from the mail room
who moved into a top executive position.

Are you gonna tell me I
can't pull it off? But you didn't.

I almost did.
We could pull this off.

Listen. I'm gonna need
your help, both of you.

Is it somethin' I could
get fired for? Absolutely.

I like it.Jean,
see if you can find Harley McMasters' number.

And get some food up here.
Chinese sound good to you?

Of course, Mr. Davenport, we realize you'll
want to move some of your own people...

into the, uh,
medium control positions here at Pemrose.

Naturally.

What we're concerned about, quite frankly,
is the upper management positions.

Most of 'em will have to go.Oh,
no.

I see.

But a handful of 'em,

who have been so helpful,

like yourselves, of course,

will be stayin'
as long as you like.

Well, then I see nothing
to stand in the way...

of the immediate merger
of our two companies.

Is this the place? It is!
Hey, good. Sorry we're late.

- Get them out of here.
- I'm sorry. This is a private meeting.

- I have to ask you to leave.
- Hold these, will you?

Thanks a lot.

Call building security. Whoa,
whoa, Howard, relax. Listen.

On behalf of the personnel in the mail room,
the girls in the secretarial pool,

the female executives here at Pemrose, we
wanted to give our blessing to this little merger.

- Who in hell are these people?
- Is it Don? Donny!

How ya doin'? Listen, you mind ifl stand
up? I think better when I'm movin' around.

Gotta tell you, Don. At first,
the idea of this merger...

made me as nervous as a long-tailed
cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

But then I realized I was wrong.

The combination of our products
and your distribution capabilities...

could vault Pemrose right
to the top of the market.

So glad you approve,
whoever you are.

Now if you get the hell out of here,
we'll finish the job.

I can't do that for you,
Don.

See, the problem here
is management.

Things were bad enough when
Howard was running the company.

- Now we got a guy like you to deal with too.
- Get them out of here,now.

He can't, Don. You see,
Brantley made arrangements...

to buy five percent of the stock in your company,
Davenport Enterprises, this morning.

We 're buying you out.
What?

Get in there.

That's right!

We've initiated a takeover
of Davenport Enterprises...

in a proxy fight for
the Pemrose Corporation.

- This way, Mr. McMasters.
- Gentlemen, good afternoon.

Oh. These are
my financial advisers.

They agreed to lend me the money
to finance this takeover. How are you?

Surely you're not going to
invest in some crackpot scheme...

cooked up by a kid who
used to work in our mail room.

Not at first, Howie. But see,
I had an ace in the hole:

A major stockholder in the company
with the clout and support I needed.

Don, I want you to meet the new
chairperson of the Pemrose Corporation...

and the daughter of the founder,

Vera Prescott.

Afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Brantley and I are old friends. When he told
me his wonderful ideas for running the company,

I knew he was
the man for the job.

I think we all understand
your real motivation here, Vera.

Oh, I admit I felt some attraction
towards Brantley at the beginning,

but as you've always
told me, Howard,

love is love,

but business is business.

You've run Daddy's company
into the ground, Howard.

I believe these people here can
bring it back to where it belongs.

Now, up, Howard,
out of that chair.

Don't be ridiculous. I'm not
about to resign my position.

Oh, you don't have to,
Howard. You're fired.

Vera, you can't!
Oh, yes, I can.

You see,
Mr. Davenport,

as of this afternoon,
I control 50.1% of the voting stock.

You, too, Art.
You're history.

Brantley, Christy,
Jean, Melrose.

Ah, gentlemen, just in time.

Mr. Prescott and his aid have
disrupted a very important meeting.

Would you please escort
them out of the building?

Vera! Why this open
hostility? I don't understand it.

How did you get so... Would you take
charge of the meeting now, Brantley?

I do not
deserve this. Excuse me.

♪ S-U-C-C-E-S-S ♪

♪ That's the way
we spell success I

♪ S-U-C-C-E-S-S ♪

Feel free to do it amongst
yourselves if you like.

So have you been to
Kansas? No. What's in Kansas?

Well, I figured we'd take
the private Pemrose jet,

drop in on the folks.

They're gonna want to meet you.

Why haven't I met you before?

Baby,
you ain't been hangin' out in the mail room.

Ooh, the mail room.
I like that sound.

Charlie, we got that same
problem with elevator three again.

I don't believe this.

This elevator's stuck again.

♪ Small-town boy
so clean and sweet ♪

♪ Dressed and polished
for the big-time dreams ♪

♪ Got a letter from his mama
and a boyish grin ♪

♪ Close his eyes for women
and a real gentleman, yeah ♪

♪ You know there's nothin' like havin'
that wall against your back ♪

♪ To put your ass in gear
and your mind on track ♪

♪ When wheels start turnin'things start
fallin' into place ♪

♪ You'd be surprised
what you can do ♪

♪ It's all intelligence
and taste, yeah ♪

♪ Sometimes the good guys
finish first ♪

♪ Sometimes your best
is all it takes ♪

♪ You know that sometimes
the good guys finish first ♪

♪ Sometimes the good guys ♪

♪ Finish first ♪

♪ Finish first ♪

Where to, sir?
The opera, Rattigan.

Yes, sir.

♪ Back-door logic
Turn your head around ♪

♪ Use the front door
and avoid the crowds ♪

♪ They'll try to tell you
that it can't be done ♪

♪ Beatin' big boys
at their own game is half the fun ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Sometimes the good guys
finish first ♪

♪ Sometimes your best
is all it takes ♪

♪ You know that
sometimes the good guys finish first ♪

♪ Walking a straight line
in reverse ♪

♪ You know that sometimes
the good guys finish first ♪

♪ Sometimes the good guys ♪

♪ Finish first ♪

♪ Think of it, 'ey ♪

♪ The world's in the palm
of my hand ♪

♪ Run a comb through my hair ♪

♪ Headin' out for
some new foreign land ♪

♪ And all this could seem
like a dream out the door ♪

♪ With everyday people
face down on the floor ♪

♪ I always said I could make it
and be who I am ♪

♪ There's a new look in sight ♪

♪ What a change
for the new modern man ♪

♪ With all this it seems
like I'm dyin' for more ♪

♪ The streets are on fire
Never seen it before ♪

♪ It's like the sound of
electric guitars ♪

♪ Worlds collide
and hearts will be broken ♪

♪ Over and over
It's the same every day ♪

♪ How can I say
what has never concerned me ♪

♪ The secret of my success ♪

♪ Is I'm livin' ♪

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪

♪ It's amazing to me ♪

♪ What a fool will believe
to get by ♪

♪ With a big change
of your mind ♪

♪ I can live
I could fly ♪

♪ The harder they come
the harder they fall ♪

♪ I never say maybe
and I go for it all ♪

♪ Just like the sound of
electric guitars ♪

♪ Worlds collide
and hearts will be broken ♪

♪ Over and over
It's the same every day ♪

♪ How can I say
what has never concerned me ♪

♪ The secret of my success ♪

♪ Is I'm livin' ♪

♪ Twenty-five hours a day ♪