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I came home the other day,
and guess what I saw.

She took practicing into her own hands.

I didn't have to make her do a thing.

She had the most wonderful
recital yesterday.

You would have been so proud.

She is just a marvel on point.

I couldn't believe how much
she'd improved

in just the last few months.

Show Daddy what you made for him.

Now tell him... tell him what it is.

- It's you and me dancing.
- That's right.

So that's you and that's Nicole.

Here it's for you to keep.

She spent all Saturday working on it.

It had to be absolutely perfect.

Look, she even signed her name
right there.

We're so happy to see you, Bob.

We're so happy to see you.
Aren't we, darling?

Yes, that's right. We are.

Tell Daddy.

Tell Daddy what we said.

- We really missed you, Daddy.
- We missed you so much.

We are so happy to see you.

- Hello, darling, it's me.

I'm not calling too late, am I?

Oh, good.

Well, I just got back
from dinner with Bob,

and we talked for 2 1/2 hours
straight about "Chicago,"

and I couldn't get him to say
a word about anything else.

And that's exactly what
I asked him, Fred.

And he said,

no question about it,

he is 100% committed

to doing this show next season.

Yeah, I will.

I will, you too...

Um, yeah. I'll see you on Broadway.

Okay, bye-bye.

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Come on, come on, come on, come on.

- No, stage left.
- This one's gonna be close.

- What're you doing?
- Come on, sweetheart.

- You're 2 inches away,
finish strong.

- Let's go!
- What are you doing?

- Who picked these
damn things?

Come on!
- What did I tell you?

That's it.
- He's sick or something.

- Come on!
- Come on, pal.

- I think mine is sick.
- Come on.

Come on. That's it.

- No!
- What are you doing?

- No!

- Ladies and gentleman...
- God damn it.

- We have a winner, huh?
- You snuck in a ringer.

You got in a professional
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Cheaters never prosper.
- Thank you.

- Here you go, Neil.
- I hope this helps.

I know you're in the poor house.

You only have two plays
running on Broadway.

- Shame on you taking
advantage of a fellow artist.

- Be careful.

- Now I go cook them all.

- Whoo!
- I found my soul mate.

- Where the hell did you
find her?

- She's a dead ringer for
Boris Karloff.

- Mike and Margot says

she's the best cook on Long Island.

What are you gonna do?

She's a marvelous woman!

- Gentlemen, the bar's open.
- Anybody thirsty?

- I wouldn't say no
to another beer.

- All right.
- I'll have one.

- Great.

- I think I'm gonna go
for a swim.

- Good, I'll alert the media.
- Start the presses.

Oh, that doesn't sound good.

- It's fine.
- I checked the weather.

It's not gonna rain till tomorrow night.

It's fine.

- Oh, hurry, hurry, hurry,
hurry, hurry!

Sorry, can't come in!
- Aww, Bobby.

- Oh, no.
- What's the password?

What's that?

Stop laughing.
- Open!

- What?
- I can't hear you.

- Oh, Bob.
- What's the password?

Let us in!

Okay.

Oh, my gosh. You're gonna get me all wet.

- Oh, am I?

- Daddy, we went all the way
down to the big rock.

- I know, I saw.

- I don't think I've ever run
that fast in my life.

- I've never run at any speed.

- Yeah, I don't even walk
at a clip.

You look cold.

- I'm okay.

- Pickle, no freeloaders
tonight.

You're on duty. What do we do?

- One in the dining room...
- One in the...

- Living room...

- And we make sure to
mix 'em up.

- Lights...

Filtered...

- Menthols.
- I know how to do it, Dad.

- Get to work.

- I'll go check on
the hors d'oeuvres.

- Okay, I'll help.

- Move, Bob.
- Move.

- ...President of
the United States.

- What do you got there?
- Here's a tasty appetizer.

- What are you doing?

- What are you doing?

- I just want it be nice.
- It's gonna be great.

Look at this. This is beautiful.

- It's stupid but,
I want it to be perfect.

And... I don't want her to hate me.

- She's gonna love you.
- Who wouldn't love you?

She's not even gonna be
thinking about you or me.

Tonight's all about Neil.

Gwen is gonna be on her best
behavior tonight, believe me.

No one puts on a show like she does.

- That's one depressing image.

- Well, it's only one game.
- You gotta believe.

Right?

- So when's Dustin
getting here?

- He heard you were coming,
so he decided to stay home.

- That just hurts my feelings.

What are you talking about?

- Hoffman's doing Bobby's
next picture.

- That's huge, Bobby.

- Yeah, we'll see.
- I don't know.

- Why are you always
so negative?

- I don't wanna be known as
the one guy

who couldn't get a performance
out of Dustin Hoffman.

- Will you listen to this guy?

He hasn't shot an inch of film,
already it's a flop.

- What's the movie?

- You see that play "Lenny"
last year?

- Oh, yeah.
- Cliff Gorman, he was terrific.

- Yeah.
- Ha!

- Paddy disapproves of
the whole thing.

- What do you have against
Lenny Bruce?

- He was filthy,
he was lewd.

- Since when are you
Emily Post?

- It's not good for the Jews.
- Oh, Jesus, you're crazy.

- You'll call me crazy when
pogrom comes down Fifth Avenue.

- Oh, God.
- You'll call me crazy.

- There's plenty more snacks
back there

if anybody wants anything.

- Thanks, Annie.

- Do you know where
you're shooting yet?

- Yeah, half in Miami,
half in New York.

- Do they have stages
in Miami?

- Well, you gotta do it
on location.

I know those clubs Lenny played.

You can't build that on a soundstage.

You gotta...
you gotta have the real thing.

- I thought you said
you're doing

the whole thing in New York.

- Yeah, no, I decided
last week.

How am I gonna shoot

Hell's Kitchen for South Beach, you know?

- I'm going back to the news.
- Don't touch that dial.

- Sit your ass down.
- Fine.

- Jesus.
- Watch you like a hawk.

- I'll get it.

Hey.
- Oh, wow.

- Come in.
- Come in.

- Wow.
- We made it.

- You sure did.

- You know, it was blue skies
when we left the house.

- How are the roads?
- Oh, well...

- They're not bad.
- Yeah?

- Well, your directions
were awful.

We got completely turned around.

- You must be the famous Ron.

I've been hearing all about you
from Nicole.

- Well, you've met before, Bob.

- Have we?
- Oh.

- You came to the apartment
that time, remember?

- Um...

- You crawled into bed with us.

Oh, that's right.

Yes, I...

It's all coming back to me. Yeah.

Well, I've cleaned up my act since then.

Gwen might have mentioned that
I spent a week

at the funny farm.

I knew it was time to leave
when I was putting on shows

with the other patients.

Oh, wow, look at this.

I thought you were renting a cottage.

- Yeah, is this not a cottage?

That son of a bitch realtor.

I knew I shouldn't have trusted him.

- Oh, goodness gracious.

It's a monsoon out there, isn't it?

- Well, Ann, hello.
- Hi.

- It's wonderful to see you.
- I'm so happy you're here.

Ann, this is Ron. Ron, Ann.

- Hi.
- Hi, hi.

- Ann, pleasure to meet you.

- Yeah, I saw your show
a few weeks ago.

You were sensational.

- Aww, that's very kind of you
to say.

- Now it's your show, wow.

Direction's a pile of shit,
but Annie's terrific.

- No, no, I meant to say
how much I loved it, Bob.

I meant to tell you.

- Oh, that's just Bobby's idea
of being funny.

- Here she comes.
- Oh, look who it is.

Oh, well, look at that top.

- It's new.
- Will you do my hair, Annie?

- Oh, did you...

- What did I?

- Well, I didn't know if
you wanted to do her hair.

- Oh!
- Oh, no.

Oh, please.

Somebody else can take care of
these tangles, huh?

- All right.
- Come on.

- Okay.
- Mm.

- I'm gonna get a drink.

- How is Neil?

- It's his first night away
from the girls.

They're gonna stay with his brother.

But he's good, yeah.

- Well, I just... I think that
this is the best thing for him.

- Yeah.
- Are they over there?

- Uh-huh.
- They have the game on.

- That's a big head.
- Big baseball head.

- What is that?

- Well, hello.

What, we've already run out of
things to talk about?

We're watching television.

- Finally,
some decent people come.

- Hello, darling.
- Hello, darling.

- Oh, God, it's so good
to see you.

- You too.
- You too.

I'm so glad you're here.

- How are the girls?
- Oh, come here.

- They're fine.

- I'm sorry, it's gonna be
like this all weekend.

Get used to it.
- Please, I'll accept it.

- Ah, there we are.
- I'll take it.

- So, what can I do to help?

- You can't, house rules.

It's all taken care of.

- Well, it's a beautiful view.

- Isn't it?

So, what do you think?

- What?
- About what?

- Annie.

- Well, she's lovely.

- Yeah.

- I met her at Stu's party
two months ago.

I liked her then. I like her now.

I don't know what you want from me.

- Nicole gets along with her
great.

- Well, of course she does.
- They're the same age.

How's Ron enjoying junior high?

- Oh, he's excelling.

- You look good.

- Yeah, well, you know.
- I got a suntan.

- No.
- That's not what I mean.

- Yeah, well, I feel good.

I'm, you know, getting lots of sleep,

down to two packs a day.

- Two... well, my god,
you're a regular health nut.

- I'll be jogging
before you know it.

- Sounds like you're ready
to get back to work.

- I think so.
- Yeah.

Yeah.
- That's wonderful.

Well, when we're back in the city,

I want us to sit down with
Bobby and Joey.

And we can just start talking schedule.

Maybe John and Freddy too, but...

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.

Uh...

- So, Joe says he's been
trying to reach you.

- I owe him a call.

- Well...

we got a theater.

So that's why he's been calling.

He wanted to tell you the news himself,

but it's the 46th Street Theatre.

- We don't have a show yet.

- Oh, no, I know.
- I know.

But if you don't get the theater now,

we're stuck with the dregs.

It's the 46th Street Theatre, Bobby.

- Yeah.
- It's where we did "Yankees,"

"New Girl in Town," and "Redhead."

- A year is not quite enough.

- Oh, I think it's plenty
of time.

- So sorry.
- Glass of white for Neil.

- Yeah.
- Anyway, John and Freddy are ready

to get started on it whenever you are.

- That sounds great,
but right now, you know,

I've still got a lot of work
to do on the "Lenny" script.

- Oh, you're still working
on "Lenny"?

- Mm-hmm.

- I didn't... you just hadn't
mentioned that for ages,

so I assumed it fell through.

- Not yet.

Not yet.

- We did "The Seagull"
in college.

- Mm.
- Treplev?

- Trigorin.
- Ah.

One of my favorite characters.
- Yeah.

- Thank you, sweetheart.
- Of course.

- Did you do that
out of town first

and bring it back or just starting now?

- Yes.
- No, we started in Boston.

- Hi.

- We're right here.

- Ah.

- The town of Quogue
was established in 1659.

Nicole looked it up in her World Book.

- Well, that's six years
younger than I am.

That was a joke.
I'm not actually 300 years old.

No, no.

No. Yeah, I know.

Are you okay?

- Yeah.

- Oh, no.
- Did he do something stupid?

- No, no, no, no.
- Everything's fine.

- Good.

- Yeah.

I guess you've seen a lot of
Bob's girls over the years.

Yeah.

- I've seen a lot of girls.

I haven't seen a lot of "yous",

but... he likes you.

- He likes 'em all.
- No, this is different.

Trust me.

- I turned him down
for the longest time, you know.

- So he tells me.
- Yeah.

- What made you
change your mind?

- Uh...

He called me one night a few months ago

after the show.

That's how he does it
with all the dancers.

You know, the casual phone call

and the small talk.

- Mm-hmm.
- Slowly getting to the point.

"Come have a drink with me."

Um...

Only somehow he just never got there.

- I'm shocked.

- I know.
- I was stunned.

- And then the next night,
I mean, the same thing.

It was hours and hours
on the phone, and...

and then he'd say goodnight and hang up.

And after about a week of that, I mean,

all I could think about was

how badly I wanted him to invite me over

for a drink already.

That was June.

Right after the hospital.

- Yeah, well, you know,
I think his time in there,

it really helped put things
in perspective for him.

You disagree?

- Well...

The doctors wanted him to stay

at least a month, and...

he checked himself out after six days.

- Well, he told me
they sent him home,

clean bill of health.

- Did he tell you what
they said to him?

- Yeah.

Knock it off with the pills,
cut down on the booze.

- They said he should
take a year off of work.

- Year?

- Otherwise he'll end up
right back there or worse.

And, you know, he told me that

it's fine to do "Lenny,"

'cause it's just a small movie,

and he'd shoot the whole thing
on stages in New York.

And... now suddenly he's saying it's

on location in Miami.

Paddy, he already stopped
taking the lithium.

He didn't talk to any doctors
about it, he just stopped.

- There are only two people
in the world that...

he listens to.

And the other one...

I can't talk to her about this.

- Annie, what do you want
me to do?

- Tell him to take a break.

- Hey, listen to me.

That man is gonna do exactly
what he wants to do

whether we want him to or not.

I've known him a long time,
and you gotta trust me on this.

Okay?

Don't worry so much. He's got nine lives.

He always figures it out
one way or another.

- I'll see ya.

- Sorry.

- It's a great place.

- Oh, yeah.
- I only get it for another week.

- You'll enjoy it.

When I was a kid,

I spent a few summers in Montauk.

My uncle had a place,
but nothing like this.

- You grew up in New York?

- Connecticut.

- Ah, is that where you get
your right hook?

I was the youngest of three brothers,

so I realized pretty early on

I better learn how to defend myself.

- I was the youngest of four.

- Well, so you understand.

- Gwen says you're an actor.

- Yeah, that's the idea.

I just finished up
summer stock on Saturday.

- That's fun.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- It's not Broadway, but...

- No, no,
I think it builds character.

- Yeah, yeah.

And hey, any chance to get
to the Berkshires

for a couple of months, I'll take it.

- Sure, yeah.
- Yeah.

- New York's tough.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know if it's that tough.

I just... I like some fresh air
every once in a while.

You know? That's me.

- So what's next now that
you've finished summer stock?

- I'm actually headed out
to Los Angeles.

Yeah, booked a guest spot on "Adam-12."

- Do you like it out there?

- I do, yeah.
- Yeah.

- Where else are you gonna
go skiing in the morning,

swimming in the afternoon?

- Gwen hates it.

- Ah... yeah.

Yeah, she told me every time
she's out there,

she's stuck on a soundstage.

- Yeah.
- I'd probably hate it too.

- Yeah.

Hey, is that brewski for me?

- Uncle Paddy.

- You know, that must be
the fifth pickle

you've had since I got here.

You're gonna make yourself sick.

- She's fine.
- That's why we call her Pickle.

- Nerves of steel.

I mean, I'd be a wreck on opening night.

Joan would order a rib eye steak.

- With extra French fries.
- Can I pour it?

- Hey, not too much foam.

- She's look at me
and she'd say,

"What are you so worried about?

I already gave you my review."

- I know.

- God.

You know, when I met her,

I was just a schmuck comedy writer

putting on these awful
weekly revues with my brother

at a resort in the Poconos.

Camp Tamiment.

And Joanie was a counselor
for the children.

- Well, of course.

- And we met at
a softball game.

Did I ever tell you that?
- Oh, no.

- Yeah, she was
the other team's pitcher.

And I couldn't get a hit
off her to save my life,

because I couldn't stop looking at her.

But...

yeah.

We brought Nancy and Ellen
up there last year

to show 'em around.

It was a nice trip.

- I know it was.

And she felt the same way.
- Yeah.

- Dinner's almost ready.
- Can I get anyone a refill?

- No.
- Thank you.

Ann, has Bob introduced you
to Dustin yet?

- No, no, not yet.

I can't wait to meet him.

I love "The Graduate."

- Bob's friends with
Dustin Hoffman now?

- Oh, he's doing
his next picture with him.

The Lenny Bruce movie.

- Oh, that's fantastic.

- I will have some more wine,
Ann.

- Not much longer, folks.
- Just waiting on the steaks.

Dustin Hoffman's doing your movie.

- Yeah, as of last week.

- You know, I think Hoffman's
our next Brando.

- But isn't it a little bit
early to be casting,

because you said that you were
still working on the script?

- We're shooting in November.

- So what about "Chicago"?

- Well, we may have to
push that a bit.

- Wait a minute,
you're doing "Chicago" now?

- Well, we've been talking
about doing "Chicago"

for the last decade,

but now we finally have the rights.

One more year isn't the end of the world.

- But we'll lose the theater.

- There's always another.
- Well, that's our theater.

- I have to respect
Dustin's schedule.

- What about my schedule?

Wha... it's Dustin Hoffman.

- The dinner is served.

- That cook terrifies me.

- Nicole, we're eating!

- Just a minute.

- Houdini.
- Houdini.

Houdini.

- Oh, my God.
- Suck on the cheerio.

- Just wanna like,
pull a nickel...

- Yeah, that's my nickel.
- Don't take it away from me.

- And you can just enjoy it,
it just tastes delicious,

without feeling guilty about it.

Good for you.
- We got some '70s references.

- I try.

- Hey, listen,
there's more lobster.

There's more steak.
- Please.

- I'm just letting you know
it's there.

- God, please.

- What'd I tell you?
- Greatest cook in Long Island.

- She's a genius!

- She's making
a chocolate soufflé.

- Anyone mind
if I finish this?

- No, go ahead.

There's a whole case in the basement.

Nobody's driving,
might as well finish it.

- Neil, if I may.

Um...

Joan Simon was not a frivolous woman.

Uh...

and she didn't suffer fools,

and she always told you the truth, right?

Even when you didn't wanna hear it.

God, she was brilliant...

And beautiful.

And she had a mouth on her
that would make a sailor blush.

That woman...

- To Joan.
- To Joan.

- To Joan.
- Our friend.

- She would have loved this,

if only to go a few rounds
with these two.

- Yeah!
- My favorite critic,

she hated everything.
- Everything!

- I wonder what she would
think about "Lenny."

- Well, she loved a good laugh.

- Who's writing
the musical numbers?

Uh-oh.

- It's not a musical.
- I can do other things.

- But you never have.

- Well, there's no harm in
taking a break from musicals.

He can always go back.

- Exactly.

- Do you think that the critics

will be excited to see
this kind of a thing from him?

I... I just... I wonder.

We'll find out.

- Well, it certainly won't be
a money-maker.

I mean, it's an art film
about a drug addict.

I can't imagine the people
who tuned in to

"Liza with a Z" are gonna be
clamoring for that.

- Exactly.

- I saw Lenny Bruce once.
- What'd you think?

- Honestly...

wasn't funny, to me.

I don't know. To me.

- See, I don't think
he's funny either.

I'm not interested in that part of it.

- The man was a comedian, Bob.
- What are you interested in?

- The clubs, the world,
the flop sweat,

the women, the sad sacks in the audience.

- Well, you made that movie
already.

It was called "Cabaret."

- This is different.

This is about a guy
who told the world the truth.

- What truth?
- What truth?

- He exposed the hypocrisy
and the rot of humanity.

- No, he said naughty words.

- What's wrong
with naughty words?

- Let the man speak.
- No.

- Look, all I'm saying Bob is,

I've seen this before, you know?

You win an Oscar...

you rush into your next movie...

'cause you're afraid
you're gonna, you know,

lose your momentum,
and then it backfires on you.

I'm not saying don't do "Lenny."

I'm saying maybe you should
take some time

to think about what you wanna do.

Give yourself a break.

- They'll still want you.

- Of course they'll still
want you.

You just won the Triple Crown.

- See this,
I think this is exactly right.

You're rushing into this thing.
- Yes.

- I got one of the biggest
movie stars in the world

chomping at the bit to do it now.

- And you can't lose Hoffman.

- But is that a reason
to do something,

because of one actor?

- It can be.

- Well, so far it's the only
reason that I've heard.

What is the rush to tell
this particular story

at this particular moment in time?

What, because the actor is available?

- It speaks to the times
that we're living in.

It's about the freedom...
freedom of speech.

It's about the individual
against the system.

- Uh-uh, it sounds
old-fashioned to me.

It's the lone man fighting the world.

It's Atticus Finch.
- Mm-hmm.

- It's a lot of stories.

- Well, here's the story
of "Chicago."

It's about what happens when

no one even bothers fighting anymore.

When people don't even care
about the truth.

When all they care about is what sells.

When everything... politics, the news,

life and death... is all just...

entertainment.

That is about as old-fashioned
as today's front page.

Kander and Ebb writing the score.

Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon
back together on Broadway

for the first time since "Sweet Charity."

Now tell me that doesn't
sound like a hit!

- Sounds like a hit to me,
buddy.

- Wow, that's a hard sell.

- Mom.

Whoa, oh, my God.

- I will take care of this.

Come here.

- Zofia?

- When did your tummy
start hurting?

- I don't know.

- Well, was it before dinner
or was it after dinner?

- I ate too many pickles,
I think.

- Oh, sweetie.

- And I smoked.

- You what?

- I just had one.

- Nicole Providence Fosse,
you know better than that.

- You smoke.

- Well, I'm an adult.

- I hate this stupid party.

There's nothing to do,
and I'm the only kid.

- Well, next time you can just
stay home with the babysitter.

- Why didn't Nancy and Ellen
have to come?

- Well, because they lost
their mother.

Go brush your teeth
and then I'm gonna tuck you in.

- I could smell
the chocolate soufflé

from all the way upstairs.

- How's Nicole?

- Oh, she's sound asleep.

- Poor thing.
- I know.

She just isn't used
to eating such rich foods.

- I'm sure.

- So...

what are we going to do
about this "Lenny" situation?

I know you agree with me.

He shouldn't be doing it.

- Well, you know better
than anyone

just how stubborn he can be.

Which is exactly why we need to get

on the same page about this.

You've only seen him in success,

and look at where that landed him.

I mean, you can only imagine
what failure looks like.

I have to tell you.

I hear him talk about "Lenny,"

and I am scared to death.

- Well, it isn't necessarily
going to be a failure.

- No, but why take the chance?

At this time in his life,
this point in his career,

and after everything
he's just been through...

- Well, that's why I think

he could really use some time off.

- Bob Fosse doesn't take
time off.

He's never taken time off in his life.

He wouldn't even know where to begin.

- Just for a year, even.

- Well, what's he gonna do
for a year?

Take up macramé?

- He needs to rest, Gwen.

The stress is just...

- The best thing for Bob Fosse
to do is work.

Trust me.

- Well, my brother took me
right after I turned 21,

this hotel on the far west side.

- You got a nice place?

- Oh, God, it was like
the Ritz.

Beautiful. Yeah, it smelled like garbage.

- And afterwards, you know,

we met the girl in the lobby there.

And she took me upstairs, and uh...

And then we, you know, uh...

- Uh-huh.

- No, no, no, no.
- We did what we did.

- Details.
- Bullshit. Come on.

- Ronny wants the details.
- No, no, I'm fine.

He's not fine.

- Well, I will tell you
the only thing that I remember,

it was so long ago.

Afterwards, we're lying there,
and she's smoking a cigarette,

and I'm feeling like Casanova.

Maybe we'll go again.

You know. Probably, she'll want to.

You know, for free this time.

And she looks at her watch and she says

she's got twenty minutes to get uptown.

And my heart sinks.

And I suddenly realize, and I say to her:

"You have another appointment?

Now?"

And she looks at me and she says:

"You know any doctors with one patient?"

Hand to God. I swear to God.

Exact words out of her mouth.

- What about you, Ronny?
- How did you lose it?

- Oh, uh.

Yeah, I had a steady
girlfriend in college.

So homecoming weekend
after the big football game,

and she asked me to stay, so...

so I did.

That's the truth.

- You know, that's what I call
a scintillating tale, Ron.

That's just... that's very hot.
- Yeah.

- You know, you should send
that to "Penthouse."

Yeah, I guess that's not
a very interesting story.

- Now Bobby's story,
on the other hand...

- That's one for the ages.
- Now, come on, Bob.

- Oh, come on, Bobby.
- Come on tell him.

- What do you say?

- You know, it's boring.
- Illuminate us.

- No.
- Come on, come on, come on.

- Well...
- You gotta hear this.

- Umm...

when I was a kid, 13,

I used to play the burlesque
houses in Chicago.

Me and my pal Charlie,
we had a dance act.

And a couple of the striptease girls...

from one of the clubs, they, uh...

they took a liking to me.

And one night, I was just sitting there.

I was minding my own business.

When they started, uh...

Conversing with me.

One thing led to another and...

Voila.

- All at the same time,
you mean?

They took turns.

Taught me everything I know.

You know what I mean?

I always find that story
a salutary reminder

of just how fucking unjust the world is.

What did you ever do to deserve that?

- Some people have
all the luck.

- Gentlemen, more libations?

- I'm all right.
- No, thank you.

- Yeah? You sure?
- Brandy's good.

- Okay.
- We're good.

- I'm worried
the soufflé's never coming.

- Oh, I'll ask.
- Zofia?

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Where's the brandy?
Is there more brandy or scotch?

- So...
- I'm not sure.

- Annie and I have been
talking and we both agree...

You need to push "Lenny."
It's happening much too soon.

- I just don't want you
back in the hospital.

That's all.

- And if you were
to do "Chicago"...

- And we're back to "Chicago."
- Well, yes.

We have the opportunity
to make something very special.

- I told you, Gwen,
in a year maybe.

Maybe.

- Well, but we don't have
a year.

- Even better,
we won't do it at all.

- Oh, well, don't be a child.
- I'm being a child?

- Yes, we have writers,
we have a theater.

- I don't wanna do it.

You wanna know the truth?
I don't wanna do it in a year.

I don't wanna do it in two years.

I don't wanna do it in 100.

I'm finished with these corny,
bullshit musical comedies.

I'm done, okay?

- Well, I wish
you had just told me that.

- I'm telling you that.

- Well, I wish you had...

told me that before I spent ten years

trying to get the rights.

- That was your decision.

Look, I don't wanna argue
about this right now, Gwen.

- See this is the problem
with Bob.

He's so sweet, and he's so charming.

And he tells you everything
that you want to hear,

but then your realize
that he's just a liar.

He'll say whatever it takes
to get he wants.

- All right, that's enough.

That's quite enough, Gwen.

- Oh, you'll find out
for yourself soon enough.

You see, Bob has a very different idea

of what a relationship is...

than most people.

- Okay, stop it.

- Honestly,
it's pretty straightforward.

Bob gets to fuck whoever
he wants, whenever he wants,

however he wants...

- Are you done?

- And he doesn't wanna hear
your complaints

or your concerns or your whining,

because he's doing it for his art.

Because he's weak,

because he just can't help himself,

because he wants to be free.

That's the best one of all.

And in exchange,
what do you get in exchange?

Oh, oh! I know!

Nothing.

- I knew you screwed everything
and anything.

- You know it's different
with you.

You know.

- Is that what you told Heidi?

And Rebecca?

Wendy?
- That's...

Something happened to me
in the hospital...

and...

I saw where I was going,

and where I was headed, and I...

I, uh...

I don't wanna go back there.

And, you know...

Wanna be with you, just you.

- Bob.

I wish I could believe you.

- It's pretty good.
- Yeah.

- Lessons from the age of six.

What should I play?

- "If My Friends Could
See Me Now."

Come on, Gwen. Come on, hit it.

- Huh?
- Come on, just for me.

- No, I don't have the energy
for that one right now.

- How 'bout "Where Am I Going"?

- Mm.
- That was Joanie's favorite.

- What do you say?
- Come on, Gwen.

- You don't know that one.
- What's the melody?

Something like that.

Uh-huh.

- Uh-huh.

♪ And what will I find ♪

♪ What's in this grab-bag
that I call my mind ♪

♪ What am I doing alone on the shelf ♪

♪ Ain't it a shame ♪

♪ No one's to blame but myself ♪

♪ Which way is clear ♪

♪ When you've lost your way ♪

♪ Year after year ♪

♪ Do I keep falling in love ♪

♪ For just the kick of it ♪

♪ Staggering through ♪

♪ The thin and thick of it ♪

♪ Hating each old ♪

♪ And tired trick of it ♪

♪ Know what I am ♪

♪ I'm good and sick of it ♪

♪ Where am I going ♪

♪ Why do I care ♪

♪ Run to the Bronx or Washington Square ♪

♪ No matter where I run ♪

♪ I meet myself there ♪

♪ Looking inside me ♪

♪ What do I see ♪

♪ Anger and hope and doubt ♪

♪ What am I all about ♪

♪ Where am I going ♪

♪ You tell me ♪

How's he ever gonna get over her?

What about you? How you doing?

- Me?
- Yeah, you.

- Great.

- I talked to Ann.

She told me what the doctor said.

- Did she?
- Yep.

How they don't want you working for year?

- Oh, they're wrong.

- They wrong about
the lithium too?

- Yeah, actually.
- I don't need it.

- Oh, so they just gave it
to you for no reason.

- It's poison, that shit.
- I couldn't do anything on it.

I couldn't think,
couldn't work, couldn't fuck.

What kind of life is that?

These doctors, they don't know
as much as they think they do.

I gotta do this movie, Paddy.

Everybody thinks "Cabaret" was a one-off.

They think all I can do is flash.

- Who thinks that?

- Everybody.
- Who?

- I need to show
I've got something to say.

You know, I can do a movie
without all of the tricks.

No dancing, no singing...

- I know, I know,
I know, I know.

- You know?

None of that shit.

This one's gonna be easy. Okay?

There's a small crew.
The script's in great shape.

- Something always
goes sideways, Bob.

- And I'll deal with it.

I won't be running back and forth between

three different projects.

- Stress is stress, Bob.

- Truth is, I probably
shouldn't have been in

the hospital in the first place.

It was a waste of time.

I knew it was time to checkout
when I started doing...

- New plays with the patients.

Honey, you tried that shit on me already.

Twice.

- It's a good bit.

- Sun in the morning.

Sun in the morning.

- Are you sleeping out here?

- Is that a surprise to you?

- I don't wanna fight, Bob.

I am concerned about you.

- Is that right?

Yeah.

- You can fool everybody else,
Bob, but you can't fool me.

I see what you're doing.

The fancy house and the top shelf liquor

and the lobster dinner.

You're spending money you don't have.

- I have plenty.

- This whole thing is
a big show for me.

And for Paddy...

for that poor little girl, Ann.

Trying to make us think that
everything is fine,

trying to make us forget that
three months ago

you were in a mental institution.

You couldn't string two words together.

- That's an exaggeration.

- The only reason that
you got out of there

is because you begged me
to call the doctors and lie.

- What?
- No, no, no, no.

- I told them that
you were a creative genius,

and this was all part of your process.

I told them you were doing research...

And that you were being
dramatic when you said

you wanted to jump out of a window.

- You just wanted me out
of the hospital

so I could direct your musical.

- How much longer are you gonna
be able to keep this act up?

Happy, Bob, healthy Bob faithful Bob...

through the first day
of shooting your movie?

- You believe what you want.

- How are you going to spend
a year

telling a romantic story
about a drug addict

who goes crazy and then kills himself?

I don't understand.

We just got you back.
Why do you wanna do that?

- I'll be fine.
- I'm gonna be fine.

- Well, okay.

Well, I'm going to do "Chicago"...

With or without you.

- Because it won't wait
another year?

- And because you say one year
and then it's two...

- What's the difference?
- What's the big deal?

- I'm not sure you
won't be dead in two years.

- You're not sure you'll be
able to dance it in two years.

- No, that's right.
- I'm not.

But I can dance it now.

The royalties from "Chicago"

would take care of Nicole
for the rest of her life.

I wouldn't have to worry.

- Nicole... Nicole will be fine.

- I won't leave her
with nothing.

I just...

I just... I won't do it.

- She'll be okay.

- She was 41.

- Gwen.
- Poor Joan.

- Gwen, Gwen...
- I'm sorry.

I just... I can't stop thinking
about those two girls.

What are they gonna do
without their mother?

- Come here.
- Listen.

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

It's fine. It's fine.

- They'll be...
- they'll be okay.

- I'm fine.
- I'm fine.

- Come here, listen to me.
- Listen.

I'm just gonna call Hal.

Don't you think he'd be perfect
to direct "Chicago"?

John and Freddy already mentioned it.

And he's been on a hot streak recently.

- You're not calling Hal.

- Bob...
- You're not calling him.

Okay?

- Nicole's up.
- She was asking for you.

- How's she feeling?

- She's hungry,
believe it or not.

You and Paddy had a talk yesterday?

You worried about me?

I understand.

You don't need to be.

I just want you to be happy, you know?

I wanna make you happy, Annie.

- Morning.
- Morning.

- The round one is apple.

It's fresh.

- Thank you.

I'm not really hungry.

- I owe you an apology.

About last night, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said what I said.

- No, no, no.

I, um...

I really appreciated your honesty.

- Has Bob told you
about Hannah?

A German girl?

- No.

- Well...

she was the last girl
that Bob was serious about,

and they met on the set of "Cabaret."

She came back to New York with him,

and they lived at the Hyde Park Hotel

for a few weeks.

And when the phone rang,

she wasn't allowed to answer it

in case it was Nicole.

So...

people come and go in Bob's life,

and he lets them,

but not with Nicole.

He tries to protect her,

which is how I know he cares about you.

He trusts you with her.

- It's not gonna last,
Bob and I.

I can't look over
my shoulder all the time.

- Mm-hmm.

Well, whatever he does,

you just have to remember,
it isn't personal.

That's all it is is personal.

- I'm not excusing
his behavior.

- Yes, you are.

- You learn to live with it.

- You didn't.

You left.

- But we are very much
still friends.

Bob loses himself in his work.

He gets completely absorbed.

And if there's nobody there to stop him,

if there's nobody there to pull
him back when he goes too far,

then one of these days it will kill him.

So that's my job?

To keep him alive?

- It's worth it.

- Why?

- Because he'll give you
what he gave me.

- You mean Nicole?

- Yes, but...

Not just Nicole.

Lola.

Charity.

Roxie.

- There's gotta be
something screwed up there.

- Ah, well, how did you sleep?

- Oh, like a baby.
- Babies don't snore like that.

So what's in the news?

- Nothing good.

- Anyone want this crossword?

- Knock yourself out.

- Hey, Paddy, where are you
with that TV news script?

- I'm still outlining.
- Oh, yeah?

I may have some scenes from "Chicago"

for you to take a
look at in a couple weeks.

- Oh.

- Yeah, we gotta write
this thing fast.

- So it's "Chicago"
over "Lenny" after all, huh?

- Which one comes first?

- Neither.

I'm gonna do 'em at the same time.

- That's not gonna kill you?

- I don't know.
- We'll see.

Well, okay.

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