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Okay, what are we doing now?

We gotta, I have to

I have to go through this cause I'm gonna have to read

opposite all of these people

at the audition, so I need to basically--

I think to elicit the best performance from them,

I need to actually kind of perform myself.

Right?

Am I supposed to be acknowledging you or

What is the format for this documentary?

Is it like fly on the wall?

I don't know that you're here or am I

Are we breaking the fourth wall?

Sam's first audition.

This is my box of,

you know,

show business related stuff.

My Oscar.

I got it at Suncoast Video,

and I was so angry that it was not like the actual shape

of the Oscar statue.

I wanted to saw the arms off.

Sarah Michelle Gellar.

I had the biggest crush, and she was in Buffy,

but then she was in,

I Know What You Did Last Summer,

which was almost as significant as Scream,

but then she was also in Scream 2.

My favorite actresses in order are Lucille Ball,

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kirstie Alley.

And Shelley Long.

I also like Goldie Hawn.

Well, gotta go study. See ya.

Kirstie Alley?

So, this was when I was in The Wiz,

I was the scarecrow.

This was a script,

I have all of my lines highlighted.

This I want to print. I wanna get this digitized.

This is my Palm Pilot

because I was always an entrepreneur

and I would get my emails.

Oh my god, what a life, what a legacy.

Well,

I think this illustrates, you know,

what I'm gonna do, what I'm capable of.

You know, we got musicals,

we got scary movies,

we got Sarah Michelle.

We got the trifecta.

So I want to make a musical.

I was gonna adapt the novel I wrote,

but I thought,

Better to do something with a built-in fan base, right?

So I have this vision for Scream: The Musical.

Kristen, who's a dear friend of mine,

has been performing since she was just a small child.

And I thought she would be perfect,

to play the titular role of Sidney Prescott.

I feel she can deliver a real tour de force performance.

And so we feel we have all of the elements, right?

But of course, we need some financial backing.

And it can be simple.

I'm not looking to write the next Phantom of the Opera.

I just want something fun and campy like Scream.

-But on the stage. -Croissant?

- No darling. - My friend?

- I will take a croissant. - I got them from Paris.

I'm still in the French mode,

- Oh, darling. - ...you know I can't--

- You were in France? - Well, yeah. Yeah.

I love the sound of--

- But-- - And you could.

You could.

And we thought this could be a nice reintroduction

to the theater--

Is something--

Rolling.

I don't know where it is.

-Mohna? Thank you. -Okay.

You know Mohna is my good friend

and we work together on some stuff, and she's

I would say like a Broadway aficionado.

- Right? - I would say so.

So I said, all right.

I need a little lubrication. I got wet the whistle.

I'm not driving, thank you, honey.

It's the spicy or no?

- No. - Thank you. Okay.

All right, so we've got

These are all out of order now. Hold on.

So it's, "What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?"

"I Think I Have the Wrong Number."

"The Woodsboro Murders," "100% Cotton."

"I'll Send You a Copy."

"Come to Mother."

"I'll Be Right Back."

"One Too Many Scary Movies,"

"Don't You Blame the Movies."

So those are the titles.

So my biggest focus is:

What kind of melodic structure

can we incorporate with these titles in mind?

What key is this?

This is in D flat.

Okay.

Not a good key for you?

You tell me.

- It sounds good. - Okay, let's try it.

♪ Night time sharpens ♪

♪ Heightens each sensation ♪

♪ Darkness stirs ♪

♪ And wakes imagination ♪

♪ Silently the senses ♪

-Okay, so -That was good.

That's the melody,

so, if it's.

A flat or G Sharp, I don't really care.

Got it.

- You tell me what - We have people for this?

We have people lined up for the show?

We're in casting now.

- You know what I mean? - Okay great.

We're a little bit behind the eight ball then.

If we don't have the music and you're casting the show.

We'll take it from the top of the scene.

I will read the parts of Dewey,

Tatum and Sydney and you just read Gale,

Dewey and Tatum are officers or friends?

Excuse me?

Dewey and Tatum are officers or friends

Dewey is the sheriff of the town.

-So you have not seen the films? -I have not.

-Okay. -Are we filming?

Yeah but you don't

The cameras are for

I was waiting for an "action"

The cameras are for behind the scenes of the musical

but you're strictly here for the audition.

My specialty is improv,

so I feel I can bring a lot to the character.

- Oh really? - Yeah.

I also perform all over the Country on cruise ships,

casinos, mega resorts

I'll send you a copy.

That's a very important line.

Should I look at you or at the camera?

- You can look at me. - Okay.

-Actor brain. Sorry. -That's okay.

I used to sing with a geriatric jazz band

called, Jazz Alive.

-Jazz a what? -Jazz Alive.

I'll send you a copy.

And then Sydney punches her in the face.

Bitch goes down. It's a really iconic scene.

I would love to have you at least read for the role

of the ghost of Maureen Prescott.

I think that you have certainly the right look.

- You need to sell this, okay? - Uh-huh.

-How old are you? -I'm 20.

This is such an important detail is the voice.

-Yeah. -I'll send you a copy. Okay?

-I'll send you a copy. -Once more.

I mean I'm not saying this is beneath me,

I'm not saying that, I'm just saying, "Hmm."

-I'll send you a copy. -No.

I'll send you a copy.

-No. -Okay.

It is a great opportunity for an actor

Of your

-Caliber? -Caliber.

Never, under any circumstances ever say:

"I'll be right back."

Alright, this is exciting.

Not official, just telling you that

-I won't say anything. -You're our first choice.

Alright?

We'll email you. You have email, yes?

- I do have email Sam. - Okay, beautiful.

-Okay, thank you so much. -Thank you, Ruby.

Alright, take care.

-You too. Bye. -Bye.

Quiet on the set.

♪ Come to mother ♪

♪ Come to mother ♪

♪ Come to me My little bitty ♪

♪ Why, I just want you With me ♪

♪ Come to me, little bitty ♪

♪ I love you, Little Sydney ♪

Could we double the tempo or like a little faster.

Okay.

Or can you vary it?

- Like, slow to fast? - Sure.

I can certainly try.

- Okay. - Okay.

Little too slow.

♪ Come to mother ♪

♪ Come to mother ♪

Let it build.

- Got it. - You, know.

Yeah, "Hello, Classy Canine."

Hello, Classy Canine.

Hello?

I think you have the wrong number.

It happens. Take it easy.

Please don't do this.

No, please.

Please, I--

Don't do this. I can't.

What's your favorite favorite?

And then you guys come in.

"Scary Movie". I don't know about this.

I'm in this scene and he' singing it to me.

Do I sing in this?

Or do you want me to like I don't know.

It would be Ghostface & Company so, I think

Am I singing this

or am I singing "What's Your Favorite?"

- And they say: "Scary Movie" - Exactly.

Do I sing Scary Movie with them or is it just I

Try it both ways.

Everyone has way too many questions.

♪ What's your favorite ♪

♪ Scary Movie ♪

How's that?

You're not familiar with the films?

-No, I'm very sorry. -Right.

We get it.

But Sydney is sort of characterized as the heroine,

- Mm-hmm. - Right, the lead.

Right.

Not in my musical, okay?

It's always been about Gale Weathers.

She saves the day at the end.

She survives the entire franchise

Uh-huh.

And she is the most bad ass character in this film,

in my musical so I need you to understand that.

I need you to embody that in every scene.

I need you to know

that regardless of what the script says

and what the audience's perception might be.

Oh, that "It's all about Sydney Prescott."

- Okay. - It's about Gale Weathers.

This is the Gale Weathers fucking show.

Okay.

What, uh--

What puzzle? Like meaning wh--

What the fuck?

No Scream!

Excuse me!

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

- We all scream - Alright, listen to me.

- For no Scream - Ruby, listen to me.

- I scream - You didn't get the part. Okay?

- You scream - I'm sorry we went

in a different direction, I'm done with it Ruby.

Stop emailing me, stop calling me, and please--

- For no Scream - You know what?

- Ruby. - I scream

- Can somebody? I mean she's - No Scream!

- Ruby, let me-- - I scream

- Ruby. Excuse me. I'm sorry. - No Scream!

Let me tell you something right now, Ruby.

Listen. This is tortious interference.

- I'm really worried about her. - I scream

- I'm wondering if we should You scream

call paramedics.

"My son don't forget my teachings.

But keep my commandments.

For they would bring you many days full of life

in the things that you--"

I won't do the commandments.

Okay.

I know the commandments.

- "Thou shalt not steal" - This isn't

I need something a little bit more inspirational.

Something explicitly kind of--

You know. Ooh.

My prescription's ready at White's.

What are you taking now? I mean

They have me on a beta blocker

for the high blood pressure.

Acute hypertension

technically is the term, but

-I'm in the wrong-- -I'm on the wrong page.

I was going to say, that's not the response

Where my line at?

- At the top? - At the bottom.

I'm at the wrong page. I got to stop for a second.

- Oh, we're in a car? - I don't understand

why I can't do the Asian American accent.

You don't have one in this whole play.

What about Gale Weathers? I sound like a meteorologist.

Could talk like Russian.

She could do Russian, we'd be in a Russian

We're investigating the crime in Kiev.

That's funny.

You could do Russian.

Scott, listen to me.

I need you

to play the role of Dewey Riley.

Outfit.

Love a leopard moment, but

I thought this was consignment so one of a kind pieces,

but I guess she has some

inventory thing.

Why do you have a flask?

Yeah.

Oh, you were?

Oh, yeah. Okay.

I will have a check today.

-Today? -Okay.

Yup

Oh, but it was substantial?

Hundred?

Oh, okay.

Okay, alright. Well maybe big ticket,

Big ticket items. Alright, cool.

Will you text me and let me know when it's ready

- and I will come back urgently. - Yeah, absolutely.

Hello everyone, welcome to Talk of the Hamptons.

My guest today is Sam,

who's going to be talking to us about his musical.

Sam, thank you for being here today.

Thank you for having me, Berfin.

Sam, tell us a little bit more.

So it's actually a musical version of the movie Scream,

the horror film from 1996 directed by Wes Craven.

It's been a passion project of mine for many years.

I loved the film, we're knee deep in rehearsal,

everything is going swimmingly.

I've got an incredible group of actors

and the support of the town.

The play premieres on January 8, 2022

at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

Wonderful.

How many tickets have you sold so far?

We have sold plenty.

We have sold plenty of tickets

but of course, it's a large theater

and we do thankfully still have some tickets available

so get them while they last.

Get 'em. Yeah. Get 'em.

Yes people, you heard Sam,

go out there and purchase some tickets.

It's going to be an amazing show.

Thank you.

Of course.

Ohh. Okay. But it's okay.

We have a big following so it's going to be a big success.

- Are we live? - Yeah.

Okay. Any viewers?

Let's wait a couple moments, we'll wait for some viewers.

We are releasing a custom blend of full spectrum CBD gummies

inspired by Scream: The Musical.

These are really going to target stress and anxiety.

We have some viewers. Who do we have?

- Mary. - Mary?

Our blend is going to be specially formulated with

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Wuwayze,

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So it's a super versatile French terry cloth.

French terry cloth from Portugal.

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Then it's also going to have...

Uhm, gung ko licorice root.

- Gung So. - Gung So licorice root.

- Great for calming. - Great for calming.

- Right. - And also this is the one,

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We've reimagined it for Scream: The Musical,

so it's going to be a vintage black,

solid base with the iconic Hamptons Hobby club logo

with a smiley face, but in

These are actual cockroaches, dried cockroaches.

In white.

So it will be a white face as opposed to yellow.

- Oh my god. - Mango.

Mango, it's a candy.

It's candy with health benefits.

Anyone asking any questions? Do we have any questions from our live viewers?

Anyone saying they want to place an order?

Do we have any viewers whatsoever?

Well let's give it a few more minutes

and we'll see if anyone has any questions.

Aye-yi-yi.

I mean, I love him but I have to tell you,

he's quite a challenge.

He gets so over

Tell him to get in the back.

- excited and-- Like now. - Get in the back.

Pointing.

- I know where we're going. - Can you get in the back?

I don't want to be filmed from behind like this with the back lighting.

- Mohna, is that okay? - What?

I'm gonna sit back here. It's better for him.

Okay.

Jesus Christ.

Did you even vet that one? Did you vet any of these?

Yes, I did. I couldn't get into it.

That one was a real fucking doozy.

I couldn't get into it.

It wasn't even an apartment, it was a room.

It was a bedroom

What the fuck?

It was a bedroom with a shared bathroom.

I know what you're looking for

I don't know if that's the case.

Goddamnit!

Mohna, listen to me,

I gave you very strict parameters.

So far the three properties we've seen,

the first one had a bathroom that was being repaired,

she said you have to use the porta john,

the second one had no electricity,

It had a mini fridge and an electric stove top,

And this one was not even

a separate apartment.

It was a bedroom with a shared bathroom.

I don't even know who I'm sharing it with.

It could be a person's child. I mean

It doesn't make any sense

It's a complete waste of my time.

You sure you went to the right place?

It's a little dicey.

♪ Die you, neckties And a nightshirt and a nose ♪

♪ Die you, neckties And a nightshirt and a nose ♪

You guys sound great!

Can we try the finale?

Amanda?

Amanda?

♪ Guess who's back? ♪

♪ COVID free ♪

- Hey guys! - Hi.

Thank you for coming.

You know what? We'll do a little--

I'm negative. I tested negative twice.

- Great. - Brought you coffee.

Uhm. You're early or I'm late, I don't know.

Look at this, wow.

Nancy Atlas, huh? They go all out.

Uhm, so I learned yesterday--

Have you guys met?

-No. -Not really we've--

So Kristen, Mark.

You were not there the day that we did the zoom rehearsal.

You had a funeral.

Okay.

By the way, Mark, sorry, lot going on.

I'm just getting back, kind of getting my bearings.

Amanda can't be here, she's got tons going on

with Christmas pageant and Advent season, whatever.

I had them set up the keyboard but it's sorta pointless

because I can't play and I don't know if you play.

- No. - No.

Anyway, let me hand these out.

You have the almond,

- you have an almond. - Thank you.

You had the oat milk.

We've got to keep our crew energized.

Got the oat milk.

This is for me and you got nothing.

Why don't we gather around the piano?

- Okay, so when - Breath on the top.

you're going to the top you're reaching for that note

and I want you to think as you go higher I want you to think going lower.

So just invert it right?

- Got it. - So when you're going think:

So rather than reaching high for the note, you're reaching low for the high note.

- Does that make sense? - Yeah.

- Give me that. - Okay.

I...

I don't know.

I feel like we are way behind the 8 ball.

I mean, I think...

This was a pipe dream.

This 13 originals, I think.

I'm willing to, kind of, sacrifice that.

Uh-huh.

No, this one, we need.

This is Gale. This is titular.

-Okay. -Keep that.

We'll keep that.

But that needs work too.

"Come to Mother." This is the one

"Come To Mother" is locked in my opinion.

I'm putting this in the done pile.

- I feel like at this-- - Deputy Dewey, I--

- At this point I'm feeling like - "Don't Blame the Movies."

what's even the point of me...

- What do you mean? - staying on this.

Because who's going to do this?

I don't even know how to play the piano.

Well...

For a coffee, press "barista drinks".

A latte, for example.

-Small, medium, large. -Latte is no foam?

Latte is no foam with steamed milk and espresso.

Hi, good morning.

Good morning.

-Good morning. -How are you?

I'm doing well Ruby, good to see you.

I do, yeah. I'm thankful to be employed.

Yeah, in this economy.

Do you know Sam?

We know each other.

We go way back.

Ruby, what can we get

for you this morning?

What can we get for you?

The acai bowl, sure.

Under kitchen.

Peanut butter.

And would you like the house made or the regular creamy?

- House made. - You remember. Good.

Almond. Do we do shaved almond or whole almond?

Or give them a choice?

Shaved almond. Okay.

Excuse me?

Do you think the AC is going to be a problem?

Chris? Oh my god, hi! You're early!

I know. I can totally-- I just didn't know where else...

Come in here real quick. Come, come, come.

Hurry up, I don't want Kristen to see you.

Come, come, come, come.

How are you, first of all?

What do you want to tell me,

because after those phone calls I'm gonna lose my mind.

Okay, I have good news and I have bad news.

-Oh, god. Okay. -Okay.

- Bad news first? - Good news first.

The good news is how do you like the sound

of Kristen Curcie Executive Producer of Scream: The Musical?

God. Uhm, I mean, it sounds lovely.

I'd love to be the executive producer of probably anything--

I honestly think that is what your strength is

on the producing side.

-Are you kidding? -No.

Not to say that this

To preface, none of this is about your talent

or your performing ability whatsoever.

I know that you are very busy,

you missed a couple of rehearsals, Kristen.

You're kicking me out of the musical.

I'm not kicking you out of the musical.

I'm saying that I

Someone's come into my life recently who I feel is

Better than me.

For the particular role of Sidney Prescott.

-Yes. -Sam.

- How are you? - Good. Thank you so much.

Kristen, Chris Brown.

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

Chris, nice to meet you.

You take this and then wait,

-hang out back here. -Okay.

And then I'm going to do a little

I want this to be special because you're joining a cast--

We've been working together for two months,

- but this is now - Okay.

between us, uhm...

Mmhmm.

Yeah.

Okay.

I don't want to put too much pressure on you today.

But what I want is...

Originally we were doing Phantom of the Opera , kind of

We're trying to write lyrics to Phantom melodies.

I want to scratch that, maybe we'll do Dear Evan Hansen style,

Hamilton style. Like something

- a little bit more energetic. - Okay.

-Evan. -Evan Hansen

-I need to watch that. -You can--

Yeah, okay. You too.

Okay. So wait back here

Wait back here and I'm going to do a little intro.

-Okay. -And how do you--

Do you prefer Chris Brown? Christina Brown?

Chris is cool, Chris Brown is cool.

And I'll just clarify. Not that Chris Brown.

- Appreciate it. Thank you. - Alright.

-Hey guys. -Hi.

Hannah-Faye? Oh my god, you're early!

♪ We want to talk Ghostface ♪

♪ Ay, ay ♪

♪ We wanna talk Ghostface ♪

♪ Oh, my baby Sidney ♪

♪ Keep away from he ♪

♪ He wants to be out He wants to be in ♪

♪ He's got a long face And a long white chin ♪

♪ We don't talk About Ghostface ♪

♪ We don't talk About Ghostface ♪

Okay, Andrea?

♪ We should talk About Ghostface ♪

♪ Ay, ay, ay ♪

♪ We should talk About Ghostface ♪

Alright. Alright, alright.

- Okay. - That was great guys.

- Nice job! - Thank you.

Action.

Hello, Sidney.

- Some night, huh? - How are you?

Are you alright?

It's okay Tatum, she's just doing her job.

- Right Gale? - That's right.

How's the book?

It will be coming out later this year.

I'll look for it.

I'll send you a copy.

Alright, we're getting-- Okay.

- Hello. - Hello.

-Oh, hi. -How are you?

Come on in.

What am I walking into?

Oh no, no. Come in.

- Actually, it's good. - Are you okay?

I know that that was intense and I don't want her to

Because, believe me,

when I did that to Scott I had terrible guilt over it.

I didn't even feel it.

If you want me to talk to her

-and say okay -Please don't.

-She's lovely. -No, she's incredible.

She's gonna save the fucking show.

Like I said.

But, you know, we were thinking.

You've been working so hard

on this project and we appreciate it.

But they tell people if you're going to make a sex tape

play Disney music in the background

because then it can never be on YouTube.

- I feel if we're like taking - That's new.

- I'd never heard that. - No, it's true.

I don't know, but that's what I hear.

So I feel like,

you're so concentrated on this effort

I think you might be fraying at the edges a little bit.

I'm only bringing this up because I have an idea.

There's this woman

in Amagansett, her name is Lauren.

I'm a bit of a cynic, you know?

I don't necessarily

participate in these types of things.

She said: "You've got to see Lauren,

she's a psychic in Amagansett."

I said, okay, well...

You know, I'm against it, you know?

I'm not for it, I'm against it.

- I have just the thing for that. - I said

-You gonna blow that on me? -Mm-hmm.

Alright, I don't want to do anything on my face.

-Okay? Can I cover my face? -Are you ready?

Yes, absolutely.

But you've got to have a little faith.

There's some sprinkle dust.

Okay, I see some bad news.

Okay, what kind of bad news?

It's pretty discouraging.

Uhm...

And I know Catherine recommended you

and she wanted me to be completely honest with you.

You're in over your head and it's bringing

a lot of heavy stress upon you.

And, this musical

it's not going to be right for you at all.

Did Catherine mention the musical?

Absolutely not.

Please don't even insult me like that.

Did I mention the musical?

No, never.

The universe mentioned the musical to me.

The spirit world.

And I don't feel like it's going to work for you,

-I'm so sorry. -It's not working.

I can tell you that much right now.

So I don't I mean

I appreciate the validation and...

- Can I have one of these? - Absolutely.

Please. I know you stopped smoking.

Uhm.

I have. I don't smoke.

Do you have any more matches?

- There you go, my love. - Uhm, so...

Are the guides

making any suggestions as to what I should be doing?

You should follow your heart and your mind.

Yeah.

I don't know who she thinks she is.

She can't just quit via email.

She owes me an in person conversation at the very least.

I know she gets out of rehearsal around this time.

I just want to make this as graceful as

There she is. Amanda!

Amanda. No. I need you to reconsider.

-No filming. -Amanda. No filming.

No, cameras down.

Amanda, I need you to just please reconsider.

I can't do this without you, Amanda.

A moment of silence.

I want everyone to breathe. Everything's going to work.

Are you feeling okay, Thomas?

Oh yeah, I'm good.

So, a couple of company updates.

Amanda's no longer with us.

Oh!

She's alive

Okay.

I thought you meant she's...

Yeah. No.

But she didn't have the bandwidth.

But I want to assuage any concerns that anyone's having

because I promise you, I've never failed at anything

and this is going to happen one way or the other.

And I don't care what your friend Lauren has to say.

Because I did pay her a visit.

- You did? - I did.

Oh, good. I hope--

Did you-- How did it go?

It was, to be expected.

She said we're fucked. She said we're doomed.

She told me not to do it.

Oh.

Statement as in like the color

-you think? Or pattern. -Yeah.

I don't love a pattern.

-You don't like patterns. -You know that,

-remember what happened? -Yeah, I know.

But we could do something fun like a green trouser,

maybe partner it with something gray.

Edward, what do you think? Pop of color?

I don't do anything without Edward's approval

when it comes to fashion. What?

It would have to be all black.

He likes the all black. You know what, though?

The thing is, on the red carpet,

you wanna stand out, you wanna pop.

- Lisa. - Yeah.

I like these but I think I'm gonna need the size up.

Okay.

In these trousers.

I'll go pull you something else.

The color block.

I have another pair for you.

Okay.

There's really nothing.

I love elastic.

I know but that's what Jade's here for,

because we'll tailor it.

And I like the

Oh my god.

Definitely the sweater.

If not for the premiere just for the personal collection.

Perfect.

- Alright, let me try these. - Okay.

These don't feel like an extra-large.

- Well... - I like the all black.

I'm just a little--

If we could make these more of a trouser. I think

- I would feel more confident. - It's possible.

You stand with a certain confidence when you

-We have a seam right there. -We have a seam.

Hello?

Hey there Sam, it's Mike

I know. I know Michael, what's going on?

Uhm, well, I just got off the phone with Tracy

and I have some discouraging news.

Cease and desist.

Copyright infringement. To whom it may concern,

it has come to our attention that your stage production,

Scream: The Musical is identical to Scream , the work.

You neither requested nor received permission

to use the work, therefore your unauthorized copying

and use of the word constitutes copyright infringement

in violation of the United States copyright laws.

If you do not cease and desist

within the above stated time period we'll be forced

to take appropriate legal action against you

and will seek all available damages and remedies.

What

the fuck?

Dimension Films?

That doesn't even exist anymore.

That's Harvey Winstein's company.

Is Harvey suing me?

That would be iconic if it were the case,

but I'm just very perplexed.

If this is legitimate...

When you are finished recording,

you may hang up or press one for more options.

Hi Kristen, it's Sam.

Listen, as you know, the studio came after me.

So with the musical not happening

I'm gonna be taking a more active role

in the direction of the behind the scenes film

and I would love for you to remain on board

as an Associate Producer.

And if so, I thought maybe your first task

could be getting ahold of the editor and arranging a time

for me to meet with her in the city.

I really need to review some of this footage

and see where things stand.

It's been interesting. Sam, you know, he thinks

he can just plagiarize a Broadway musical.

That-- You can't do that.

He knows nothing about comedy,

he knows nothing about being funny.

And I've never worked with somebody as difficult,

as one sided,

as short sided as Sam.

- I'm Michael Mosley, - Oh, god.

I am the theater manager of Bay Street theater in Sag Harbor.

He asked me to get binder clips.

I don't know if it's just his style,

but the disorganization has been frustrating to me.

We have no idea what we're supposed to be doing.

You know Sam will say: "You don't quite have it."

But he doesn't tell me what's missing.

As an actor I'm really looking for some direction.

I mean, it's grotesque.

It is it's thoroughly beneath this theater.

We don't put out productions like this, in this town.

We have taste,

we have integrity, we've got morals.

We have been at the forefront

of guiding this town culturally for decades.

-How many decades now? -Decades.

And for them to stoop, stoop I tell you,

to this level, is outrageous.

I don't know where they think they're going with this either.

This town will not put up with that.

It's pathetic.

- Are you feeling okay? - Mm-hmm.

-Okay. -Just-- Yeah.

You know, Natalia,

you twisted this so that I'm the villain

and it's all about this failed musical.

But that's not what this film is.

Okay, uhm...

What--

- What is the film? - Well--

What is it, uhm-- What is the movie about?

I mean, it's a film about perseverance and it's about a young boy

and seeing his childhood aspirations come to fruition.

Is there more footage? Where that happens?

There will be. That's why we're still filming. Because nobody wants

to see the film just end with the hero having their dreams crushed.

Who's the hero?

I'm the hero.

Or at least I will be once this is fixed.

I mean, do you not get that from this?

And if you don't, that's a serious problem.

I was so impressed when I saw your reel, Natalia.

You made that film about the Ethiopian orphans,

you made the film about

the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue.

That really resonated with me.

I don't care about donkeys.

How do we make people care about me?

Everybody doubts me and I'm gonna prove them wrong.

- And that's the film - Okay...

we need to make and as the director,

I think that it's up to me to kind of craft that vision.

-Okay? -Okay.

-Yeah I got it. So... -That's what this film's about.

It's to tell the Ruby Jackson's of the world

to go fuck themselves

and I'm gonna prove you wrong, okay?

This film does not end with the musical failing.

Do you understand that?

It ends

I don't know how it ends at the moment,

we need to figure out 'cause the story's not over.

-Okay. -The show must go on.

-Are you guys-- -That's the first thing

they teach you in film school.

How are we getting paid then?

You know, the musical didn't happen,

but everything happens for a reason

so we're really focused on the film,

- the behind the scenes film. - Okay.

'cause documentaries are really, really viable right now.

There's all these streamers, the streaming wars.

Everybody's desperate for content.

So we feel we have an interesting story.

Oh, okay.

But it's not cheap to make a movie.

You know?

You know, I think that we flew too close to the sun,

I think that now what we need to do is we need to pivot.

And we're going all in on the film,

on the behind the scenes film.

Because I've seen the dailies, I've seen some rough cuts.

Alan, you won't even believe.

It's such a profound, poignant story about me

and this incredible ensemble of people who rally around me

to try and bring this vision to the stage

and kind of the trials and tribulations of it all.

What do you need? What are you looking for?

Well, what I need really to elevate the production,

is an investment.

And what I see is mass appeal.

You know? Us on the red carpet at Cannes, at Venice.

It's so much far beyond this regional theater.

And as the executive producer, it would--

You know, it would be Alan Ceppos Presents

or some verbiage to that effect. You know, I think that--

How much do you need?

Well, that's the question. You know?

- And I think that the team-- - Sam.

- How much do you need? - and I are in the process

of putting a realistic budget. Kind of line item by line item.

I think really, realistically I've done things for--

-Sam, how much do you... -We can do it for about

20,000 is kind of my magic number.

I mean, like, 20,000 is all I need, Alan.

-I think with 20,000 dollars-- -Done.

Done.

Done with 20?

Oh my god, Alan, really?

- Done. - Ohh!

No, you have no idea, this will change my life,

the crews life,

20,000 dollars is all I need to make this film.

So amaz--

Yeah. Well, that, I mean.

- Done. - Would you have said yes to 100?

We came up with the idea.

Why don't we do the whole campaign for the film

in the city?

Connect the two worlds.

So the musical, New York City, Broadway.

So we're here in front of the Winter Garden Theater,

most iconic, you could argue.

Let's stay on me. Let's stay on me, we'll get that.

Uhm, most iconic

performing arts venue in New York City

and we're gonna shoot the key art poster image for the film.

I've hired a photographer at the last minute.

This all came together at the last minute.

But we're very excited.

I'm gonna call Camila.

In the meantime, can I have a hot dog, please?

Pardon?

A little mustard.

No ketchup.

On a hot dog? No.

Did I say hot dog?

I meant a pretzel. I'm sorry.

Ketchup on a pretzel?

Just a pretzel with a little mustard.

No hot dog. Just a pretzel.

She was supposed to meet me here,

we haven't spoken in person. I just, she was referred--

- Pardon? - 4 dollars.

Four dollars?

Actually a steal. Thank you.

I haven't eaten a thing, I've been a nervous wreck all day.

Is that her?

Camila?

Are you Camila?

Hola, como estas?

-Solo espanol? -Solo espanol.

Okay, uhm...

Okay.

So...

Pardon?

Well, the idea is that

I'm in the costume in front of the theater,

the Winter Garden theater and we're gonna replace

the marquee and it will say "Scream"

You know what?

Let me, I'm--

I don't know if there's anyone here

maybe who could translate.

Only because I wanted to give you feedback on...

Okay, uhm...

That's your camera? Okay.

Let's just take some photos and we'll see what happens?

You want a little pretzel?

-No, gracias. -Alright.

I need, like, necesito direction .

Okay, let me just see

Can I?

Mira.

- Gracias. - Mm-hm.

Te gusta?

-No? Si? -No.

No.

Sam, what about this barn in Wainscott for 12,000 a month?

12,000? No, that's too much.

-Best deal on the market. -Chris?

Hi, I can't see you.

- Oooh. - Is that better?

- Hi. - Hi.

Hi, do you want me to call you back?

Your service is bad.

-Chris. -Oh, sorry.

I saw the email but I only read the subject line.

So, what's going on?

I'm taking your girl to London.

Yeah.

Oh my god, sorry to interrupt.

-6,600 in Sag Harbor. -That's exciting.

What?

Oh no, I can't hear.

Chris, listen, we can increase the per diem,

I just need you there for an hour.

I literally need you there for one hour.

You'd be the focal point for the entire campaign.

I found something for 5,500 in East Hampton.

-How much? -5,500 and it's in East Hampton.

- Its own private house - No. Not 5,500.

-No 5,500? -No 5,500.

I mean...

Look she obviously adores you

but enough of this small town bullshit,

it's time to move on.

I understand.

All I'm saying is, can you delay the trip?

Do you have the Wi-- I mean, is there like a--

I understand.

Sorry, my Wi-Fi sucks or maybe your Wi-Fi sucks.

But the point is, Chris, this is just really unfortunate.

It's just really unfortunate that, you know--

Fuck!

Mother--

I think I may have found a more affordable option.

-So maybe that's good news. -Okay, affordable good.

As much as I'd love to live in Wainscott,

you're giving me these options that are a little

unrealistic.

There's a one bedroom, it's a little further away,

it's in Quogue

Okay. Jared.

Please, Jared.

Jared, I'm not even entertaining the thought.

I'm not moving to Quogue so you can

Don't even.

I'm just saying, Quogue could be very posh too.

Jared, I'm not moving to Quogue.

Thank you guys so much for joining us today.

Just give us a sec.

As you know we're here at the photo shoot

for the marketing campaign

and the poster key art for the film.

We're just going to take everybody's portrait today.

Those of you who came, amazing.

We have to get your release forms.

Mohna

joining the team as our official publicist for the project.

We've got a wonderful photographer,

Jess in the house.

Let's hear it. Let's give it up for Jess!

Alright let's do this guys. Let's have fun!

Jess, can you take one of me and Mohna?

Perfect. Oh yeah.

Mohna

Just be careful of my tether cord.

Excuse me?

Oh, shit.

Nice.

-Mohna? Yeah. -I think--

We're gonna have to--

Alright, that's good.

No, don't unplug it. No, Mohna.

Why don't you, uhm...

- Okay, see? That I like. - Yeah.

But Lisa, can we kind of zhuzh? Let's part it.

I like this Jess, I like this direction.

Do we have more wind?

No your eyes are closed babe.

I would-- Big, big, big bright.

But not too dark.

But you know what I mean.

Wide open, but dark.

I'm loving this, Catherine. Give it to me, Catherine.

♪ Give it to me, baby ♪

♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪

♪ Give it to me, baby ♪

Not so scared.

You are looking as if you could be a suspect.

Everybody is a suspect.

No, no, no. No hood.

I want that beautiful gray, uhm--

I want that beautiful silver hair blowing in the wind.

And Jade, she needs the back tied up here.

So, here's what--

- Look at me. - Yeah. Thank you.

- I wonder how that-- - It's got to be--

You know, statuesque.

This is a little:

♪ Finally, it happened to me ♪

- A little closer. - ♪ Right in front of my face ♪

Who you talking to, baby? That dance paper?

♪ And I just cannot hide it ♪

♪ Beating the strife ♪

No kissing the mask, baby girl.

Prune.

Open your eyes, baby girl. Prune.

Say the word "Prune", like Mary-Kate Olsen.

♪ Prune ♪

It gives you a really pronounced jawline.

♪ Prune ♪

You look great, okay?

Put this day down in history. He gave me a compliment.

- Okay, alright. - Good for you.

I think that's a wrap on Scott.

Hmm!

Oh, actually, that's a good one Scott.

I love it.

Wait, go back to the other one?

Oh, I'm sorry

Okay, absolutely not. Ruby.

Can you hold this?

I'm sorry.

I'm not doing it. You are not invited to this.

You did not receive a call sheet, did you?

We are doing a photo shoot.

This is a private, closed set. I hate to break it to you, my dear,

-Where are your permits? -you're not in this film.

You need to stop. What?

I want to see a license for filming. You've got at least ten people here.

- Who are you to request permits? - They're in costumes,

We are doing everything by the book.

You have no business being here.

We are doing this completely union, we are completely union.

A license for lights. Fan? I'm pretty hot in here, you have no ventilation.

I want all manner of permissions

that you need to have people on this site.

This woman is mentally deranged.

I'm sorry you have to witness this.

- Let me tell you something - You got nothing.

You need to be escorted out. I'm going to call

Ellen?

What are you even wearing?

What are you trying to do? I just don't understand.

I think she's having a mental break.

Okay. Scott, I can hear you.

Scott, do me a favor, I don't need--

Okay? Enough out of you.

- Can someone get Ellen? - I'll invite myself, Sam!

Mohna, can you do something?

You're on my payroll Mohna, can you get Ellen?

You need to get the fuck out of my face. I am done.

I know exactly what you're trying to do.

- You have no idea. - You're trying to do

what you did to the musical. You are trying to ruin my film and I will not let you do it.

I will not let you do it!

If you do anything to interfere with this film

I swear to god, I will kill you. You are a piece of shit.

Is Gale Weathers in here to calm him down?

Scott-- You keep looking. You can look

Scott, enough, okay?

I just want you to go to Gale Weathers

Keep talking about Gale Weathers and it's going to be a problem.

-Okay? -I'm on your side.

I'm trying to calm you down.

Scott, keep Gale's name out of your mouth.

And let me tell you something

Keep Gale's name out your fucking mouth!

And you Ruby,

you need to get out of here.

- Somebody-- - I don't need to get out.

I need to be

-a responsible citizen. -Where is Jess?

Jess we need

Let's continue-- I can't touch her.

Can you literally physically escort this woman out of here?

Scott, you can go too. I'm done with you.

Somebody take my picture, I would like a portrait.

Don't cry.

Mohna, get her out of here.

Is Gale Weathers in here to wipe his tears?

Scott!

You've reached Sag Harbor National Bank.

How can we help you?

Representative.

I'm sorry. I didn't get that.

How can we help you today?

Representative.

To continue in English, please press one.

Please tell us the reason for your call.

Overdraft Reversal.

How the hell did you go through 20,000 dollars?

What do you mean, Lisa?

What do you think? Things are for free?

Things cost money, Lisa.

I had to rent LTV for the photo shoot,

I had to pay the photographer.

Overdraft reversal.

Mohna's on a fucking retainer costing me an arm and a leg.

Representative.

I had to pay off my American express balance.

I was still in debt from the musical.

So now I'm just trying to get ahead.

Representative!

Do you know how to use this? I keep getting an error message.

- How can we help you? - Representative!

Shane. Shane.

With the tips does it go in the

Hi, how are you?

Sam?

Yeah.

- Berfin! Oh my god, hi! - How are you?

-How are you? -It's so good to see you.

Likewise. Oh my god.

So good to see you. How is everything?

I'm good.

- Oh, with the musical? - Yeah.

You know

Sadly the musical never happened.

- Ahh. - I know.

Well, everything happens for a reason.

- Sure, sure. - Yeah. But, uhm...

You know, we're still working on the film,

the behind the scenes,

-the documentary. -Of course.

So we're hopeful that the film will sell

and I'd love for you to be a part of it.

- Amazing. - Did we ever get

a release from you?

I understand you're intimidated by my greatness,

so you're upset that you can't keep up.

I understand this,

but you have to channel your inner self

I'm gonna bash your fucking face in.

See? That's not right.

There are union rules about that.

I don't give a fuck about the union Scott!

I'm not cleaning this up

This is playing a little too long.

Oof.

Oh my god.

I need a fucking nose job.

Oof.

What is this?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no. No, no. Uhm...

Does anyone have-- Is Natalia...

I've got to get in touch with Natalia.

Did she sign an NDA?

Lulu?

Damn, the connection. Yeah, hello.

Hi, can you hear me, Lulu?

Yeah, I just wanted to, uhm...

You know, hear more about your project.

Yeah, so, Jessica from James Lane Post

suggested that I reach out,

she said that you were a phenomenal video editor

and sent me a link.

I saw all your Tik Toks, I thought they were fantastic.

And in a nutshell I've been working on a feature film

for quite some time and my editor

is actually on maternity leave,

she just had a little baby girl, so she's unavailable

and there's actually a specific portion of the film

that I need removed.

Is that something you might be able to help with?

I feel like, yeah-- We can talk about, you know,

more specifically the scope and the budget

and I'm happy to, uhm... To be a part of this project.

You know, I used to take on every single passion project.

"Okay, yes." Now I'm like:

"Oh shit, how do I pay rent?"

So yeah, if this pays, uhm...

- Okay, Leah. - Then I'll do it.

I love Jessica, she's wonderful.

Yeah, Jessica's great. No, we love James Lane.

As far as the budget, to be transparent,

it is an indie film so it is sort of shoe string so to speak.

I don't know that you'll be able to cover rent

with this project.

You know

We're having a little dinner party after the premiere

which you'll be invited to, of course,

and then

We can talk about maybe points on the back end.

I want to keep it simple and obviously cost effective.

I'm cool with just choice of branzino or the chicken

but I wanted to say green circle,

free range, heritage chicken and then the tiramisu.

And then for the alcohol, I think

It's a week day.

It's not like people will be ripping shots of Don Julio.

So, pour a white and a red.

Wine, beer and soda would work.

Wine, beer and soda, right.

And we can run a tab or do cash bar

if anyone does want hard alcohol.

We'll run a cash bar.

I'm not paying for it. They'll pay for it themselves.

- Right. - So...

You can do a Pouilly-Fume

and then a Pinot Noir.

The student loan forgiveness?

I think it was like a 10,000 dollars

if you meet certain criteria.

Now I know for a fact that I meet that criteria.

So I was just curious about what is the--

What is the process? Do I have to apply for it?

Do I have to--

Right.

So in order to successfully host this event

I need Mohna to finalize the press release,

we need the invite or at least the save the date at this point.

We have the date, right?

We're going to do the 17th, we said?

Unless we don't do the 17th?

Unless we get into the festival. Which is-- That would be

- Oh my god. - dream case scenario.

- That's a good problem to have. - There's a lot of--

Variables, unknowns.

Like, when are we going to find out if we're in the film festival?

I have to meet with the programmers.

I'm going to have a scheduled meeting with them.

-When? -I'm working on it with Carole.

That's why I want to have--

What?

Oh, fuck!

- What? - Queen Elizabeth died.

Ohh. Oh, no!

Oh, no.

Fucking bitch!

The queen?

Just the timing of it.

Oh my god.

What are we gonna do?

I have the press release coming out.

This is going to dominate the headlines for weeks.

She was 96.

Oh, no. I thought she would hang on for another couple weeks at least.

You seem very upset.

I know. I've got to call Mohna. I can't--

We've got to delay everything.

I'm not gonna compete with this for press.

Are you kidding me right now?

You have nine of the Nitza

and 12 of the Corsica

so I'll order more of the Corsica.

Why do you have all of these Martinelli's, by the way?

The sparkling cider.

Shane?

What?

- I mean, this is slander. - It's not good.

- It's not good. - Not good.

How could they print this?

"Sag Harbor native Ruby Jackson had this to say:

'Sam is in an embarrassment.

An embarrassment to theater,

an embarrassment to Sag Harbor

and an embarrassment to mankind at large.'"

- I mean - Not good.

Fucking Lulu!

I should have known.

I never should have trusted her, that fucking infant editor.

I've got to call Mohna. We've got to do--

We've got to do damage control.

Your call

I need every issue of this. I need--

at the tone, please, record your message.

Do me a favor,

ask Savannah if she can send somebody out on the streets.

Mohna, it's Sam. Listen.

What is this fucking movie even about?

Have you seen James Lane Post ? They've done an awful

character assassination piece on me.

Did you send them a list of the questions, Mohna?

Uh, no. Not yet.

What do you mean?

I had said to send them a list of the questions or at least

Well, we were still going to go over them together.

No we went over them. I sent them to you.

Well, okay, I...

Alright, well I've got to--

Can you run down to the studio and speak with--

Okay, yeah. Yeah.

Make sure that they know everything that is the least...

Yes.

I don't even care so much about what they ask me

it's about what they can't ask me.

Okay.

That was what we were going to discuss, but

I will check on that.

Give me a second. I want to go there with you.

- You do? Okay. I will. - Yeah. Wait.

Let her blend.

-Can you-- -Thank you.

So she knows not to ask me this one?

Yes. Yeah, I told her.

Oh, this is nice.

We're actually not here. We're down the hallway.

I like this.

I have to follow you, babe.

- I don't know where I'm going. - Exactly.

- Studio four. - There you are.

Hello.

Hello. Are you Sam?

I am.

Okay guys in the control room,

can you queue up the intro please?

- Alright. - That would be great.

That would be great. Thank you.

four, three, two...

This is the intro for the show?

- Yes. - And this is broadcast?

Yes, on every show.

So it will be the intro for your show.

And we're about to begin.

-Three, two, one. -I should look at you?

Hello, and welcome to The Ladies Room.

My guest today is producer and filmmaker Sam Pezzullo,

and you're working on a... Uh, uhm, uh

Scream.

The musical the movie, the movie the musical.

-Yes. -And you're using local talent.

Yes.

That you met at the Improv, a thing at Bay Street.

No? You didn't meet them at Bay Street?

We... Well, hello.

Hello. Nice to have you here!

Thank you for having me, and...

Is that the control? Are we live?

Live on tape, yes.

So this is not airing at the moment?

It's not airing at the moment,

but it will be airing in a day or two.

What is-- Mohna.

There's been so much miscommunication.

- It's gonna be fine. - Okay.

What are we dealing with today?

What is the issue that we're--

The issue is that some of your viewers may have read

-an article recently. -Okay.

And they did an awful character assassination piece on me.

Why would they do that?

That's a great question, Judy.

And it's something that me and my legal team

are in the process of investigating.

What I'd like to do today

is I would like to go on the record.

I'm gonna look at them.

I would like to go on the record to refute

the claims made against me in this publication.

And as a citizen of this community.

This wonderful community that I am proud to be part of,

I am proud to be a part of the Hamptons community Judy

and I will not allow some publication

to smear my name and my reputation.

Wow, you are really passionate.

I am impassioned.

Wow.

So they've already selected all the films.

They have. And now I'm sure he's talking to everybody individually.

Kevin Coffey.

I don't know what the schedule was in there.

But there's still all these TBAs, so that means

They printed this weeks ago

so there are still opportunities to select films.

That's true and there's a TBA

so maybe your film could actually be in.

We've got to make this as graceful as possible, Carole.

introduce you to

a filmmaker friend of mine.

Who's Anna?

I think she's the programming coordinator.

No. I don't want the coordinator.

Oh no, I think that Megan's the director now

and Anna is the programming--

Maybe manager. No, she's probably coordinator.

David's the one that calls the shots.

Everything's got to go through David, absolutely.

And that's Megan.

Right, exactly.

And in the very beginning too

there's a headshot of him.

-Yeah. -Where?

Hold on. Right here on the very--

-I know what he looks like. -Right here.

-He wears glasses. -Right here.

-Yeah. -Okay?

He looks like that today, actually.

Anna looks great.

- Yeah, she does. - Is that him?

-Yes, it is. -Oh, shit!

- Go, go, you know him. - Yeah, yeah.

David

Carole had mentioned she was gonna

arrange an opportunity for us to meet and sit down.

- I thought maybe we could - Is that right?

have a quick lunch. A quick lunch. My treat.

Tutto. Do you know Tutto in Sag Harbor?

-Impossible. -Yes, I know Tutto. When?

-We're sorry-- -You want to go now?

I'm hungry.

Yeah, yeah. You come. Megan

You know how to get there?

You're going to come to Tutto? We're going to do lunch.

My treat, okay?

Kettle One martini with a twist please.

Make that two.

- Got it. - Make that three.

Three.

Alright, I'll join the bandwagon.

I'll do a Kettle One martini, but with olives please.

Extra cold. Three olives, please.

And the ice from the shaker on the side.

- Definitely. - That's like an extra drink.

- It's a tip a bartender told me. - Wow.

Do we want that across the board?

Shaker ice on the side for everyone?

I'm okay, thanks.

- Just making sure. - And then I guess--

Did you guys have a chance to look at the menu?

Let's definitely do the Pane Carasau,

we'll do a burrata, we'll do a Parmigiana,

maybe a Tutto ensalata.

Perfect.

Can I have a frittata, please?

- Of course. - Thank you.

I'll have the soup, please.

Are you good with all that or--

Yeah, I'm good with that.

So the TBA's that are in here

are going to be announced?

Or they have been selected, or they haven't been selected?

They are, as the name implies, to be announced.

But we just don't know what they're gonna be yet.

But the idea of adding a new film.

I don't know, it's hard to say having not seen the film,

We can get you the screener,

- I mean we're - Well.

We don't have a lot of time to see the film at this point. But, uhm, perhaps a toast

- to next year's festival - Yes.

in the hopes that maybe we'll see your film next year. Which will be upon us

before you even know it.

I assure you, it's the way it feels every year.

I know it flies by, huh?

That is good.

You could start submitting

When do you start accepting submissions?

- Mmmmm. - Oh my god.

Thank you.

What a treat.

- That looks delicious. - Oh, sorry.

That's the Osietra?

- Was this the Osietra? - Yes, sir.

Did you have the creme fraiche?

The creme fraiche with the caviar is delicious.

And it's half off at happy hour.

Is it really?

Yeah. That's why I come here.

Uhm. Anyway, listen.

The meeting with the programmers went really well.

I think David in particular seemed really enticed by it.

And they're not off put by the run time.

I mean, it's a film,

it's not a long Tik Tok, is what I keep saying.

Oh, there's Judy.

Judy McDowell from The Ladies Room.

- Just walked in? - Yeah. Oh.

Oh.

- Oh, god. - With her?

- Oh, god. - What?

- Ruby. - Oh, god.

- That's weird. - Oh, great.

What a weird, odd...

I was gonna say, the three--

bunch of people hanging out.

Those three together...

Just ignore them.

- Eat some caviar. - Drink some champagne.

What, do you think they know you're here?

I don't know.

- Disengage. Ignore it. - Okay.

- Jessica. - Just-- No.

- I read the article. - Don't!

I read the article.

- Not nice. Not Nice. - That's--

And she was quoted

so I know that the three of you are in cahoots.

I know exactly what you're up to lady.

I'm sorry. I know what you're up to.

- Yeah. It's a take down. - It's not going to help.

Just stop yelling at them at a restaurant.

We're gonna get some more caviar.

Everything's fine. Just take the whole thing.

We're done.

You think that was nice, Jessica?

Oh my god, Sam!

Didn't we just say you--

- And Ruby? - Stop.

I'm an embarrassment to mankind at large?

- You think that was nice? - I'm gonna go

if you're gonna act like this.

No, no.

Settle down.

Plotting a fucking ABC news expose.

I'm done with it.

- This is embarrassing. - Did we order something?

We ordered more caviar Mohna, it's coming.

- We're fine. - Exactly what you're doing,

I know exactly what you're up to,

and I won't let you get away with it, Ruby.

I will not let you get away with it.

But really the big priority Kristen, please, is the apartment search.

I can't keep living like this.

I need you to call everybody in the area.

I need you to call all the top agents,

Alessander, Catherine, Casey, Nikko,

Patrick, Paulina.

Just tell them, flexible budget,

East of Southampton only.

- Have some water. - I'm gonna...

What else? I wanna--

Uhm, what about venues for the screening?

- Anything come to mind? - Uhm.

Sag Harbor Cinema?

They're booked.

Bay Street? I mean...

Listen, uh.

It occurred to me,

we have an existing relationship,

not that they owe me one,

but I could easily reconnect with Michael

and see if they'd even be open to it.

I think, under these circumstances,

we would just be renting the venue, but how do we pay for it?

That's why we need the sponsorship dollars.

I think it's great that they came down in the price

but I don't want to be there.

I don't want to be any further West than Southampton.

I know you might disagree but I feel like it's just

kind of has that stigma that low rent.

Do me a favor, send me a couple more options

we'll look at them this weekend.

Yeah. Alright? Take care. Bye.

So it's the chin, this neck part that bothers you?

It's the neck, uhm...

-In particular, it's the neck. -Okay.

My nose is a whole other ball of wax.

I want to do eventually a little lift.

Because I feel like from wearing a mask

during COVID, it permanently dented

I think it's dented, I really do.

We can absolutely get rid of some of this fat.

I inject it with a little solution that dissolves the fat

or we can do a little liposuction.

As you said, slimming down those cheeks

What about the nose?

We have to do your nose,

so we have to do a rhinoplasty and I go from the inside.

There's no scars.

But there are nice easy natural things that we can do.

I hate when things look fake

and in you we can really just tweak your nose,

get rid of that hump you have,

make it straighter and a little bit more refined.

-That will look really nice. -Okay.

When you say the hump, because I didn't--

We've got to do this. We've got to start there.

The consult fee is applied towards the procedure?

- Absolutely. - Okay.

Do I want more of an arch?

We pull up the eyebrows sometimes

Oh!

"Sag Harbor residents are mourning the tragic loss

of one of the communities most beloved residents.

Ruby Jackson, 71,

was killed on Friday when she was struck

by an unidentified SUV traveling southbound on route 114.

She was struck by a vehicle from behind

Eyewitnesses claim a black midsize SUV

was seen shortly after, speeding erratically down the road.

Police are scouring the area

for vehicles that match the description."

Oh my god.

What a tragedy. Oh my god.

Tragic.

Is this the first time you're here?

- At this event, yeah. - Okay.

Do you want to just walk through and, uhm...

Yeah, you lead the way. Maybe get a drink.

-Yeah. Alright. -I might need one.

Alright.

We can just follow right through.

Oh, that's, uhm--

There's a couple people here I know that I probably

-don't want to run into. -Oh, okay.

So, my Mom is like--

She's a local out here, she knows Sam.

She took me to...

I thought it was gonna be lunch.

It ended up being a rehearsal

Uhh, for his musical.

This is Mohna, my publicist.

-This is Wendy. Wendy Federman. -Nice meeting you.

She's a world renowned Broadway producer,

- multiple Tony Award winner. - Fantastic.

We were in touch early on

in the development of the musical.

And then we've barely seen Sam in a while,

and now we're at this event and

I guess he's networking his ass off in there

and I think he probably needs it.

I guess he's making a movie now?

Some ferkakte movie.

-Caroline. -Yes.

Caroline. We go way back.

♪ Sweet Caroline ♪

♪ Ba, ba, bum ♪

I'm not sure who Sam really is.

I think he came here to The Women in Film brunch

to try to find someone to work with him,

with the film to get it shown at festivals,

to get it shown onto Netflix or something.

I don't even know what the film's about.

You know she asks kind of a provocative question

which is, you know

"Is this a film that women would want to see?"

Uh-huh.

Yeah, and they see

Women like sci-fi.

Yeah.

...in taste.

Yes.

Unfortunately the musical never did make it to the stage,

but you know, we're forging ahead

-and we're trying to really -Yes!

People are coming back to theaters.

Yeah, absolutely.

One of the reasons we came here

was to meet the wonderful women in our community.

-Who are -Yes.

Yes!

-the trailblazers -Big changes.

Wonderful women that also moved out here from the city.

-Monolithic in their... -Yes.

In their thinking. And, uhm...

Because that's what our film is really going to be about,

is about, you know

Non-monolithic

-Monolithic women. -women.

Red carpet and step and repeat on that wall versus this wall.

So I figure there, where the box office is

we could have somebody stationed for check in with a clipboard,

we'll check their names, plus one, no plus one.

Do you have stanchions?

-Sure. Yeah. -You do?

'Cause that's the one thing I hadn't thought about.

If we get hundreds of people, I'm worried about crowd control.

If the step and repeat were here

we could do 11X

I would hate to cover up all your donors,

but how important are they?

Anonymous? Nobody even

I'd be fine with doing it there,

but Tracy usually likes the red carpet things

to be over here.

I feel like I have my marching orders from you.

- Fantastic. - I will connect with Tracy

and we will make a decision on which side.

I'll get the DPC for the QC,

and the stanchions, you'll let me know.

- I'll keep you posted. - Alright.

It was good to see you.

Great to see you too.

And, I will, uhm...

- I will keep in touch. - Wonderful.

And, uhm... Alright. I like your haircut.

Hey. Yeah, sorry I'm late.

I just got done with the meeting with Sam,

I can't fucking stand this asshole anymore.

Like all he's doing is taking these goddamn measurements

for the red carpet

And like, everyone's supposed to be on this fucking list and he--

Hi, Lisa! How are you?

I'm great Sam, so good to see you.

-You too. You look great! -Thank you.

I'm here with Jade, we're doing the pants.

Love 'em. I love the short coat.

I love the vintage struggling filmmaker vibe.

My only concern is that it's the same color

as the step and repeat and I don't want to blend in.

Okay, so how about a shearling coat, something to fit--

Oh, I love-- and go with the vibe.

Yeah, I love a shearling coat.

So you can pull that and you'll send it to me?

Yeah, no problem. I'll send it out to you.

But you're going to be back in town for the premiere?

-You'll be back? -Yes, of course.

I'm coming home from Palm Beach. I can't wait--

- Ah, you're in Palm Beach? - Yup.

Ohh, say "hi" to everybody. Who's there?

I would normally be there this time of year

I know, we miss you.

You know what, Lisa?

Yeah?

I'm getting another call, let me get this.

I will call you back.

We'll send pictures from the fitting.

Sounds good. Okay, bye.

Okay, bye.

Ah.

Huh.

I mean, that did not feel routine whatsoever. Okay?

They were asking me all of these really invasive questions.

I mean, like: "How did you know her?

What kind of tires do you have? Where were you?"

I'm just like: "Excuse me"

It's nobody's business where I was.

I was not on route 114, that's all they need to know.

And I'm just like:

I told them the truth, Lisa,

I'm just not revealing specifically where I was.

Like...

No, it is my right, okay?

If I was dealing with a personal,

confidential matter, I'm not inclined to tell them.

The whole thing feels like really, you know, coincidental.

With the premiere coming up,

it's yet another attempt to sabotage me, this woman.

I mean, she's dead, but it's like, I swear she like:

Jesus!

- I wasn't prepared for that. - I wasn't either.

You--

I was going to suggest waiting for Savannah, but...

We plan and God laughs.

- Oh my. - All good.

Good job. Cheers!

- Whoo! - Whoo!

- Do we want mimosas - To the premiere.

Yeah!

Can we get some hands?

I need to put sunscreen on.

Is that key for the poster thing?

- No. - No? Okay.

Well...

Ugh!

- I knew this would happen. - What?

I just should not have done this fucking keratin thing!

-Your hair looks amazing. -No, it doesn't.

It looks like hot fudge.

I hate my outfit.

Can you see if Lisa can get me that coat?

Just text her, she knows what I'm talking about,

Text her and say: "Do you have the shearling coat?"

Okay.

My god.

It's like not dry or wet, I don't know what's going on!

My beautiful curls.

- Shearling coat? - Shearling coat!

Oh, my fucking god.

- This is it.

- Today is the day! - I know.

I'm sorry about that moment, I--

-Go ahead. -No, what were you saying?

I was going to say it would be my honor

if you would introduce me after the screening for the Q&A.

- Ohh, I would love to! - Will you?

- Of course. - Okay.

That's a very big moment,

a very big kind of honor to be the person

I could have asked Alan to do it as the executive producer,

but I was like no, I want Kristen to do this.

You have been with me since the very beginning and that means the world to me.

Like all joking and bullshit aside,

I love you, I appreciate you and it would mean the world to me if you do it.

It would be my honor.

-I wrote a little something. -Oh, yeah.

So you can literally just read this verbatim.

-Okay, verbatim. -And it's boilerplate.

It's the kind of stuff that every screening has.

So it's: "Thank you to our sponsors." Yadda yadda.

Don Julio, very important. The smoothest anejo.

There's a land acknowledgment.

All of that mumbo jumbo.

-Do I have time to practice? -You can practice,

But I think it's going to flow naturally.

And feel free to improvise, do whatever you want,

but this is your moment,

-My moment? -I love you. I love you!

Ow! Take the moment, okay? I'm numb.

I'm numb from the Don Julio Anejo 1942, which is so smooth.

Can you take a shot with me and then say after you take it:

"Oh my, that was so smooth?"

I'll take the little one, yeah.

- Take the little one. - Thank you.

-Cheers, babe. -Cheers.

To Scream: The Musical the Documentary.

Whatever it is.

What do you mean "Whatever it is"? You know what it is.

- What? - Who are you wearing?

Oh, my family's here! Sorry.

Guys, come on down. Come on the red carpet.

Kristen.

Hi, Livy. This is my niece!

I know, this is my movie premiere.

Ah, she's crying.

I want to hold Adelina

-for photo. -No!

Come on, my dearest niece.

Let me hold her real quick.

This is my youngest niece.

Oh, Alan. Here come take her.

Alan? Alan?

This is Alan.

He's the executive producer of the film.

-Alan, thank you for being here. -Alright.

You'll see the film tonight,

but it really does defy expectations.

It is truly about one man's journey

to discover himself.

It's about perseverance and it's about triumph.

These are our auction winners, Richard and Deb.

They bid on this experience.

Berfin!

Everybody this is not real fur. No, we don't believe in, uh...

In a... You know

- You look fabulous. - Ooh!

- I love you. - Love you too.

-Alright, see you inside. -See you inside.

It's really about one man's journey

to, you know, pursue his passions and--

Oh my god! Hi!

- I thought we were gonna kiss. - Were we?

God, the sun.

We love Sharon.

Yes, this my Women on the Money bag.

And, uh, it pays homage to great women.

We love-- This is such a female empowerment story.

-Yes, it is. -Right here.

This is the face of female empowerment.

Made in Italy.

Alright, this is not QVC.

- Yes. - Right.

Sharon.

You know, I will just say that--

You know, it's a terrible tragedy.

And we as a society need to be more cognizant of joggers.

Uhm, and we need to widen the bike lanes.

We need to do better.

And my heart goes out to her and her entire family.

And let's honor the legacy of Ruby everybody.

For Ruby.

My name is Sam,

I am a producer and I have a background in musical theater.

Ooh, I'm sorry.

I could attempt to produce an existing musical.

Like Annie or Damn Yankees, something I've been in that I know.

Or I could do something totally bold and

unexpected and audacious. The wig was so atrocious

She did not look anything like Casey Becker. She looked like

She looked like Debbie

from Addam's Family Values.

Joan Cusack in Addam's Family.

Catherine's wonderful,

very, very cheerful.

Like to the point where I'm almost like--

It's like a cry for help.

Scott, who plays Dewey,

has been problematic, I admit.

And I probably

make matters worse

because we just clashed.

Like our personalities are

just very, very different.

I know that he is very well respected.

Hi, how are you?

Mohna, correct?

-Is that you? -Yes. Correct.

-Mr. Baker? -Yep.

How are you doing? I'm Detective Stone.

- Nice to meet you. - How you doing?

A couple questions I'd like to ask, if you don't mind.

Are you aware of the incident that took place in Sag Harbor?

A motor vehicle accident?

-You read about it? -Yeah.

Okay. And you know the outcome of the incident?

- I heard she didn't make it. - Right.

You know who else was involved?

Do you know

Do you know Sam?

Hmm. Yes.

My opinion of him?

It's not a very high one.

This is not Mohegan Sun, this is Bay Street Theater.

- You know, I-- It's fine.

You have one job and you refuse to do it.

And it's not that he can't do it.

Because I know he's refusing to do it.

He's deliberately pushing my buttons.

Deliberately antagonizing me and get a rise out of me.

And it's working and it's frustrating.

-Hi. Your name is -Hi.

- Catherine Bromberg. - Catherine, okay.

-Hi. -How are you doing?

-I'm Detective Stone. -Hi.

-I've a few questions for you. -Hi.

And what do you think of him?

Uhm...

Hard question to answer.

Do you think he may have been involved in this accident?

I don't know.

Do you know if he was involved with Ruby?

- You mean romantically? - Uh-huh.

There was definitely tension.

I don't know the source, but there was tension.

I heard there was some tension between them.

-Yeah. -Do you know what caused that?

Ruby wanted to shut him down

and this is Sam's passion project.

-Ohh. -He loves Scream.

Do you think he's capable of murder?

- Absolutely. - You do?

-Why do you think that? -I see it in his eyes.

And then you have the old guards.

You have crotchety, older people.

Who just have a chip on their shoulder.

And who are angry that

Bay Street is allowing me

to produce a musical version

of Scream as oppose to

a more traditional musical or play.

I don't know why they're so--

To the point where they have to go around town

disparaging my name

and my reputation

but also Bay Street's.

What are they hoping to gain

by picketing outside

and telling people to not buy tickets.

Do you think he's capable of hurting anyone?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Do you think he could kill someone?

Well...

- I mean... - It's pretty serious.

I-- I didn't, but then--

I've seen him go into some passionate rages.

Crazy. No, crazy. Obviously, like

...a young person coming into town

and changing it. And so

they're threatened by it.

That's the only logical

explanation I can think of.

Do you think Sam may have been involved

in this vehicular accident

in any way, shape or form?

I would like to play something for you, if I may.

-Right. -So

Mohna, it's Sam.

Listen. Have you seen James Lane Post?

They've done an awful character assassination piece on me.

This fucking bitch, Ruby, is quoted.

I'm gonna kill this woman if I ever see her again.

I need you to call me back as soon as you get this.

We've got to do damage control.

They're standing!

Are they standing or they leaving?

I think they're standing. They're clapping.

Ha, ha, ha! Fuck yes!

Oh my god, we got to do the intro. We gotta go down.

- Shit. - Wait, do you have the paper?

I have the paper.

- Wait! - What? Okay.

I'm going to be waiting backstage on the ramp.

The ramp, okay.

I want to make an entrance so you're going to be like:

"Okay, so--"

How was it everyone?

Amazing.

First and foremost, thank you so much for being here.

This is a labor of love for Sam.

He's worked so incredibly hard on this.

And I know he is so honored

to have all of you here to see it.

I am going to get this show on the road.

So, before I invite Sam out for the Q&A

I would just like to say that I'm so grateful

to have been given the opportunity

to shadow this visionary talent

and bear witness to his dedication and perseverance.

I have learned so much from Sam.

Most importantly, how to foster a collaborative

and respectful creative environment with a diverse team

on both sides of the camera, where everyone has a voice

and is given a platform to shine.

Right? Yeah.

Thank our sponsors. Sagtown Coffee,

Don Julio Tequila

Haul Stein Co-- Paul Stein Water

Classy Canine Dog Groomers, Southampton

And Alan Ceppos.

- Alan, thank you so much!

If I could just ask that maybe we put a pin in this for 30 seconds, I'm about to--

Absolutely not. We need to speak to you right now.

- Give me like-- - Sir, we're gonna--

-Absolutely not sir. -Let's discuss this in the back.

- We need to talk. - Let's go sir.

If there are any buyers

- Sir, please. - Do not resist.

We have to bring you down to the station.

- This is mortifying - Sir, please.

Let me say something.

I had a long conversation with your team.

A very, very civil, cordial conversation.

So I don't know where this is coming from.

Finally, as something we did often on the set...

Now is not a good time! I have a lot

We'd like to acknowledge...

- I'd be happy to cooperate-- - It will be

much easier for you

I've something very important.

We honor the lives--

- We have to go now. - I need to go.

We thank you for your inspiration.

We're going to have to postpone...

You have the right to remain silent. Anything--

- No! What are you talk-- - I'm so sorry for that.

- Am I under arrest? - Yes.

If you could all quickly get up from your seats

and exit stage left.

Thank you so much. We really appreciate it.

-We will send you something. -Ah!

- Sir! - What the fuck!

No!

Oh, oh! Oh, god.

- Freeze! - Fuck!

I am innocent. Kristen!

- Anything you say-- - He's innocent!

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say, can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

Check your cell phone--

There are no cell phone towers.

Check your cell phone towers.

- Right now. Go! - Check them, please!

Call Lurane!

You have the right to remain silent.

Call Lurane! Call Lurane!

I was in Quogue! I was in Quogue!

Call my real estate agent! I was in Quogue!

I was in Quogue looking at an apartment! I have an--

Check the cell phone tower! Check them!

There are no cell phone towers!

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Kristen?

Oh my god!

How did this happen?

Where are you?

Uhm, I am around town.

Oh my god. Oh my god. I'm mortified.

What is everybody saying?

Uh-uh....

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