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"The Dick Cavett Show!"

Tonight's guest is Marlon Brando!

You'll go too far and then hate yourself in the morning.

Very nice to see you.

My guest flew all the way from Tahiti

to be here tonight, which set some kind of record, I think.

I'm very honored to have him here.

You have caught glimpses of him in the past

as Stanley Kowalski in "Streetcar Named Desire,"

Zapata in "Viva Zapata!"

Mark Anthony in "Julius Caesar,"

Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront,"

Vito Corleone in "The Godfather,"

and Paul in "Last Tango in Paris."

He despises superlatives and he's often been called

the best actor in America or in the world,

but I wanna downplay that tonight,

'cause I want him to be happy.

Will you welcome please Mr. Marlon Brando.

Are you wiped out from the jet trip?

Yeah.

Yes, I am.

There are two books in print

purporting to tell the story of your life,

your rages, your excesses, your lusts, your dreams.

I think that I'm almost quoting

from the cover of one of them.

Can we trust those, and if not,

how do they get away with it?

Well...

I don't think...

I don't know what to say about that.

When most folks think of Tahiti,

they think of white sand and mai tais.

My first visit wasn't so romantic.

You have to remember at this time,

I was an aspiring architect based in Los Angeles.

Ron.

Oh, pardon my intrusion, gentlemen.

Bernie, this is Jack Bellin.

I was just telling him how you started

and your groundbreaking work with Buckminster Fuller.

I, I hear you like to build great big domes

and stuff like that, it's pretty neat stuff.

Well, I guess you could say I'm passionate

about designing structurally efficient environments

that are easily constructed

in the most inhospitable areas of the world.

Yeah, me too, that's why I chose Beverly Hills.

You speak French, Bernie?

Works for me.

I'd like you to act as my representative

to locate a property where I can build a new resort.

I see, well,

where exactly were you thinking of building this resort?

Tahiti.

Tahiti?

Hm, he likes that, huh?

Come by my office tomorrow, we'll talk some more.

Ron.

Tahiti.

Sabrina, show me where Tahiti is on the map.

Yeah, sure, it's right here next to Switzerland.

What?

Just kidding, it's the capital of French Polynesia,

it's made up of hundreds of small little islands

like Tahiti, Bora Bora,

Moorea and others.

Smarty pants.

Hey, I think that this job is a great opportunity for you.

I just have so many valuable projects I'm working on here.

Well, yeah, you have valuable projects.

You also have your job as the historical conservationist

for the city of Los Angeles.

It's an unpaid position, but as I always say,

The experience could be invaluable.

Suppose it could turn out to be worthwhile.

I mean, just make sure you get paid this time.

Yeah, you should go, Dad.

It'll help you crawl out of your shell.

My shell?

What am I, a crab?

Ah-huh.

You're always looking for a new opportunity, just go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go, go, go, go, go!

-Go, go, go, go, go! -Okay, okay!

Okay, okay.

I'll go, I'll go.

Who knows? The experience-

Could be invaluable.

You guys are catching on.

And that's how I found myself on my first flight to Tahiti

for what I thought would be a short excursion.

Bonjour, monsieur.

So did you make the right choice?

Right choice?

Seat 12A, you had the chicken Kiev.

Yes, yes, yes.

You know, for dining 30,000 feet in the air, it was superb.

Is this your first trip to Tahiti?

Ah-huh, and if all goes well, there'll be many more.

How so?

My client wants to build a hotel here

and I'm supposed to sniff around the islands

and look for a suitable spot for it.

Hm, there's so many lovely spots here in French Polynesia.

Yep.

Here, tell me, you ever heard of the island?

Yeah, it's called Tetiaroa.

It's beautiful and remote, but it's private.

I think you won't be able to visit,

the owner is very protective of it.

Well, my client apparently knows the owner

and he wants me to visit for research.

Really? He knows the owner?

I'm sorry, I have to catch my next flight.

You be careful out there.

Careful? That shouldn't be a problem.

If anything, I'm told I'm way too cautious.

Hm.

Outside the bay, fishing, very nice. No Tetiaroa.

I really gotta visit that atoll.

Boats cannot go there.

See, it's protected by a coral reef.

Okay, well, then I'll just swim there from the boat.

Just get me close.

Yeah, he gets it, I'll swim.

He called me popaa,

it's the Tahitian word for sunburned, white Westerner.

It wasn't a great start.

This doesn't look so bad.

See the coral? It's very sharp.

And the current is very strong.

No need to worry, I was a Seabee in the Navy.

A Seabee?

Please, I can find another area for you to swim.

I'll be safe.

Stay here on the boat.

I probably should've listened to his advice.

After a brief visit at the local hospital,

I thought I should meet

with the mysterious owner of the island.

Hello?

Oh, hey, I, I...

Hello?

Hello.

Bonjour.

Oh.

I'm looking for the owner of this house.

Who are you and what are you doing in my home?

Oh, well, I'm terribly sorry, I'm Bernard Judge and er,

your door was wide open.

All doors here are open. Tahiti, there are no locks.

You, um, you're Marlon Brando.

Ah-huh. What are you doing in my house?

Well, I'm here looking for hotel properties

for my client, Jack Bellin,

who apparently, is a friend of yours.

What's that name again?

Bellin, Jack Bellin.

Jack Bellin? Never heard of him.

So tell you what, I'm gonna call the authorities

and you, sir, are gonna spend

the rest of your visit in the hoosegow.

Oh no, I-I-

What's his name, what, Balloon?

Bellin.

Huh? Don't ring a bell.

Bellini, you want a Bellini?

Jack Bellin.

Jack Bullshit.

Well...

I did not know you didn't know each other.

I'm so embarrassed.

I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding.

He wired me three days ago, told me you were coming.

I was wondering what took you so long.

Clearly, you've been busy.

Oh yeah, well, the coral won the battle, but not the war.

Listen, he vouched for you, you gotta be a good egg.

Can you swim?

Yes, yes, I'm a great swimmer.

-Great. -In the Navy, I was a Seabee.

All right, Seabee,

let's swim through the hole in the reef.

It's like an aquarium out there,

giant fish, they just swim right by you.

Oh, well, I mean, I'd love to but no swimsuit.

We don't need swimsuits.

Well, I mean, it's dangerous, isn't it?

Oh, you must be referring to the snapping turtles, right?

Oh no, the toothpick fish.

Too-toothpick fish?

Yeah, they're from the Amazon.

They swim right up your urine tract

and they lodge themselves in your urethra,

and when they open, it's like a fish hook,

they just take hold and apparently the pain is excruciating.

Given a knife, most men would cut off their own penis.

Well, we're, well, we're far from the Amazon, so.

That's right, we're far from there.

Yeah.

All right, Seabee, drop those drawers.

Let's hit the juice.

Okay, um.

What's the matter, you're not one of those

uptight LA architects, are you?

Um.

Boy, everybody's naked.

Come on, it's almost feeding time.

Got a set of pins, they're down by the stairs!

Ow!

And that is how I met Marlon Brando.

I can't believe you tried to out swim a shark.

You didn't even move.

I mean, how did you get away?

They're blacktip reef sharks, they're harmless.

Oh, that was priceless.

I knew Marlon

was the biggest movie star in the world,

but what I didn't know

was how involved he was in the civil rights movement.

Until I saw him on TV after his friend, Martin Luther King

had just been assassinated.

If the vacuum

formed by King's death

isn't filled with concern

and, and understanding

and a measure of love,

then I think we're really gonna be lost in this country.

It is time to stand up and be counted in this country,

where you stand, rather than just talking about it.

Yeah, the only thing that I could think of

was to come up with a program,

whereby,

people would contribute

no less than 1% of their year's earnings

to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,

which was King's organization, in the name of nonviolence.

And I'm going to give up 10% of my earnings.

I would be happy to give you a check

for 1% of my income for the year for exactly what you want,

and I hope it does some good.

Thank you.

I was surprised to find out that Marlon

was just as passionate about the environment

as he was about human rights.

You know, the French tested

their nuclear weapons right here?

Yeah, they released a radioactive cloud

right above these islands, cowards all.

The overseas minister escapes under the cover of night

leaving the Polynesian people in the dark

and solace and information and recompense.

Huh, shocking!

Colonial powers like the French

and the English and the United States

are irresponsible stewards of the environment.

Their rapacious appetites go unabated.

Cheese?

The American Indian understood

that we're all just guests on this planet .

We have to honor and respect the earth.

Yet the motion picture industry still portrays them

as merely ruthless savages.

More cheese?

Earth is our most precious resource

and we have to protect it vigorously.

We have to find a way for us all to exist here together.

We have to find a way...

To protect, to share earth's precious bounty.

I almost forgot, I'm having a kid.

Come on, let's go.

Come on, come on!

Whoo!

Look at that.

Manuia.

Mauruuru.

Wow.

And that's a small one, get used to it.

What was that last thing he said to you by the way?

He said, "Manuia" which is congratulations in Tahitian.

Oh, he's congratulating you and your wife, okay.

You know, technically, Tarita and I are not married.

Oh, I didn't know that, my apologies.

No apologies necessary.

We're there for each other

and she is the mother of two of my children,

but we still maintain our freedoms.

That's admirable.

I don't think my wife would go for that,

but you know how different LA is.

That is why I want my baby girl to be raised here

just unaffected by that self-aggrandizing cesspool

that is that town.

That surprises me.

I mean, you've made so many wonderful films there.

Films are a business.

Acting is a craft, it's a profession.

But I'm a tradesman,

and it's no different than being an electrician

or a grave digger or an architect.

Yes, yes, but I mean, come on,

you've won an Academy Award.

Bernie, please.

That is all bullshit.

I've come to realize that

I am not worthy of all the attention

directed to me by the public.

The primary benefit that acting affords me

is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis and my air travel.

Because this, this is the one place

that no one's gonna come up to me

and ask me for an autograph,

no one's gonna pitch me a movie script.

And it's far more valuable to me

than any award or any movie.

It's funny you mentioned that,

I actually have an idea for a movie

I'd love to discuss with you.

Yeah, story about an architect

who gets fed to the sharks.

Yeah, well, oh, actually that's way better than my idea.

All right, all right, that's it, you're staying with me.

While you're doing your hotel project,

you're staying with me.

Oh, no, no-

No, there is no argument here.

Now get that grub in your tub,

we gotta build a primer here

'cause you and me kid, we're gonna get blotto.

We gotta celebrate the birth of my new child

and the arrival of my new roommate.

Manuia.

Manuia!

According to Holiday Magazine,

Quinn's Bar was the worst bar in the world.

A watering hole of dope heads and derelicts,

runaway husbands and french sailors.

Unsurprisingly, it was Marlon's favorite.

You know what this means?

I have no idea.

Do you know what it means?

I got no fucking idea.

But I love it!

There at Quinn's,

thousands of miles from home and surrounded by strangers,

Marlon Brando was able to feel at home,

and I'm beginning to see why.

Are you sure this guy Judge can handle this job?

I don't want him out there just drinking

and carousing on my dime while we sit here

with our thumbs up our butts.

Oh no, I can assure you,

Bernie is completely focused.

Why don't I get Bernie on the phone?

Yeah, why don't you get him on the phone, huh?

Don't spend it all in one place.

You're up early, huh?

Yeah, well, I don't know

where they all came from suddenly,

but there's strange children all over the place.

In Tahiti, children have to go to any house.

We're parents to all, it's our way here.

Huh.

You Popaa don't understand us at first,

but the longer you live here,

the more Tahitian you'll become.

You'll see.

Were you in my bed?

Mm-hm.

This job was starting to look like

an exercise in futility.

I was stuck far away from my family for way too long

and not making progress on the location.

That was until I found the perfect spot

on the island of Moorea, Queens Beach.

Pardon, this is Queens Beach?

Oui.

Why do they call it Queens Beach?

Merci.

Your majesty.

Ia Orana, your highness.

Ia Orana, to what do I owe

the pleasure of this visitation?

I would like to discuss

the possible sale of your property, the Queens Beach.

In that case, you may rise.

Come with me.

You have a very lovely place, your highness.

Oh, you may call me Madame Leroy.

It was built for me by my first husband,

Monsieur Georges Duplantier Villajardin de Beaufort.

He was an architect like you.

Shame he died so young.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

How did he die?

No one knows.

This was painted for me by my second husband, Edgar Leroy.

It's beautiful.

So you are familiar with his work?

No, I'm sorry, I'm not.

Hmm, he's very famous.

Even James Michener mentioned him in a book,

he said he was the greatest scoundrel

in all of the South Seas.

Oh, he sounds like a very, very interesting chap.

He was insatiable,

ah, drinking hard living womanizer.

Not such a shame he died young.

Once again, I'm so sorry, I think...

Do we know how he died?

Oh, it's ghastly.

Sofuckatated.

So what?

Sofuckatated.

You say sofuckatated in English?

Suffocated, suffocation.

Okay, I see.

Ah, enough tragedy.

Come, join us for dinner, hmm?

I see you looking.

Oh, no.

I wouldn't.

Well, I know you like my jewelry.

Ah, yes, it's very impressive.

Mm, merci.

It was given to me by my fourth husband, Carl.

Oh, your fourth?

Oui, he's an American.

Guess I have a soft spot for you Americans, eh?

Well, will your husband be joining us tonight?

I certainly hope not.

He suffered a massive heart attack,

very recently, in fact.

Okay, well, as I said before,

your Queens Beach property is perfect for a resort,

so I hope you will consider our offer.

Hmm, your price is fair.

I accept.

Really? Thank you.

There is one

little tiny condition.

It's not funny.

So she asked you to marry her

as a condition of the sale?

And further, she insisted on a test drive, so to speak.

And what did you say?

I was afraid I'd suffer the same fate

as her first four husbands.

Besides, I'm happily married.

Yes, you are in Los Angeles.

Hey, there's only so far I go for a client.

The Queen.

Tahiti hasn't had a queen in over 60 years.

Lucky for you. I know the actual owner.

The actual owner?

Yes, I'm happy to make an introduction.

But first you gotta tell me,

what exactly is it that she wanted you to do?

I don't know,

I don't think there's a word for it in English.

That's just, that's too good.

Merci copine.

Excuse me, our server,

is that a man or a woman?

Both or neither, she is a Mahu.

A Mahu is a third gender person

who could be a female or male at birth.

Okay.

I understand you are interested in

buying my property Queens Beach?

Yes, that is correct.

Perfect.

As they say in your country, let's make a deal.

Okay, let's make a deal.

Living and working in Marlon's house was truly inspiring.

Marlon insisted on hearing every detail

about the Queens Beach resort,

how we would do the financing, construction,

what materials we would use,

what permits we would obtain, how we obtain them.

It never occurred to me to wonder why he was so interested.

Bernie, can I trust you with a secret?

Yes, of course.

Good, 'cause if you betray that trust,

I'm stringing you up the yardarms by your testicles,

you understand?

Absolutely.

Okay.

I own an island nearby.

It's sacred, private, and almost impossible to get to.

Yeah, I didn't know that, wow, really?

It's more beautiful than words can describe

and cinematography can capture.

And I wanna move there

to truly be alone and as far away

from those fuckers that were in Hollywood.

You wanna live on an abandoned island?

Yes, I do.

I wanna build a home there.

I'm gonna spend the rest of my life there.

An island with no potable water

or food source or electricity?

That is to say, probably,

I mean, without ever having been there

without your permission, I wouldn't know exactly-

It's called Tetiaroa,

and it is a Polynesian treasure,

but it has to remain so.

Now go back to your job at hand

and speak of this to no one,

unless I call you a madman.

No worries about that.

This Queens Beach project is all consuming.

I haven't even seen my wife and kid for months.

Oh, then you are overdue.

Bring them here to visit for a while.

Bernie, your family is the most important project

that you will oversee.

Bernie!

Dad!

Dad!

You guys!

Who are you guys?

Hey Zeke.

Ia orana.

Ia orana.

Ia orana.

This is my lovely wife Dana and my daughter Sabrina,

-also, lovely. -Hi.

Say, Dana, did you know Zeke

is an expert on predators and sharks?

Oh, I didn't know you were a scientist,

I thought you worked at the bank.

That's why he's an expert.

Actually, I do work at the Tahitian National Bank.

Tarita, is this just for us or is Michelle coming?

She's coming.

-Hey, madam, I missed you. -Hey.

Michelle, Michelle, it's Bernard and Sabrina

-and this is Dana. -Ia orana.

Yeah, we've met.

-Hello. -Hi.

Hello.

Yeah, we have, where?

On the plane.

Chicken Kiev?

Hello.

The stewardess, yes.

Sorry, I didn't recognize you without your uniform.

You haven't seen me without my uniform.

Marlon.

Thank you for inviting us.

I love it here and Sabrina's having a blast.

Bernie's become a good friend.

He won't stop talking about the amazing Mrs. Judge

and how stunning she is and what a knockout,

a talented artist.

Wait, for a second, I thought you were talking about

my super serious, hardworking, architect husband.

No, I am.

Whoa!

♪ We are living in the now, not then ♪

♪ Let's change everything that is ♪

♪ To anything you can do ♪

♪ So come and join your hand in mine ♪

Bernie, Dana!

Come in and feel the energy!

♪ See new possibilities ♪

Don't be such a prude, Bernie.

♪ Yeah ♪

-Come on, Bernie. -Come on, Bernie!

♪ It's time to turn your love on me ♪

♪ It's time to turn your body free ♪

♪ Bathe in the waters of desire ♪

♪ Set your soul and your mind on fire ♪

What are you looking for?

Toothpick fish.

Get your butt in here!

♪ Set your soul and your mind on fire ♪

Whoo, Mana!

♪ Set your soul and your mind on fire ♪

Wait a minute, so it's up, down, up, down,

-hand, hand, then the, okay. -Yeah.

-I'm doing it right? -Yeah.

Okay, okay, I got it, go.

Oh no, I missed it, quick, twinkle fingers,

I remember the twinkle fingers, that's good, what do you...

Well, hold on.

What are you doing?

They're hard workers,

Stop.

Don't eat him.

After six months of hard work,

we were finally ready to break ground on Queen's Beach.

Jack.

Ah, there he is.

Oh!

Hey, hey!

You haven't gone all fruity on me now, have you?

No, no, that's a local custom here,

it's like in France, Ia Orana.

Your what?

Ia Orana, it's how we Tahitians greet each other.

French, Tahitian, who can keep track?

You know, I was worried at first

that you might not be the right man for the job,

but you really surprised me.

Yes, well, everything here is going like clockwork.

You won't be disappointed.

Ah, good, oh!

-Ia Orana. -Oh!

Ah, Ia Orana to you.

Oh, you guys.

And also to you.

Ia Orana.

It's better when they say it.

I love the smell of diesel!

Smells like my money's working, you know, it's great.

Who are you?

What are you building on my land?

Your land?

We paid a fortune for this property.

Hold the work! Hold the-

No, no, no!

Wait!

As it turns out, he actually did

have a claim to Queen's Beach.

As did 43 others.

Apparently in Tahiti, the entire extended family

needs to be involved in any land transactions.

All 44 were related some way or another.

-What was that? -I don't know.

So he fired you just like that?

Thank you for your hospitality, Marlon.

I don't think there'll ever be a day

that I won't think about this perfect place.

Tahiti is lovely beyond compare,

and it's a shame that you never saw Tetiaroa.

Tetiaroa?

Yeah, my island paradise.

It's just, just out there.

To see it is to kiss the lips of God.

But Bernie says it would be impossible for me to build on.

I can't see Bernie saying that.

Well, not impossible, no.

Well, impossible to do it in an ecologically sound way,

respecting the heritage and the rare biodiversity.

It would be extremely difficult

to get the needed infrastructure out on that tiny atoll.

Bernie can build it.

He's innovative, he can build with minimal materials.

Though I've never been given the opportunity

to build one in a setting like this.

It would be arduous work,

it would take moxie and commitment.

For one to live out there

with even a moderate amount of modern convenience

would be a monumental undertaking.

But possible, yes?

It's possible.

It's possible, yeah.

I mean, the structures have to be architecturally sound,

but the footprint light, nimble.

The engineering, that'd be complicated.

Bernie.

Hey.

You can do this.

This is your chance to prove it to the world.

Waste disposal.

That would be one of my biggest challenges.

The workers would need housing.

For their families and their kids.

You'd have to build a school.

So then you'll join me on this mad and wonderful quest?

Yes.

Yes.

He absolutely will.

Yes, I will.

Damn right they will.

-Champagne. -Oh, what a surprise.

Really?

Manuia.

Manuia.

Manuia, Bernie.

Wait, so why can't you come back home with us?

Well, Daddy has to stay here and help build.

A very special house.

I know, I know, but like, when are you gonna be back?

Not long, okay, I'll try to be back every few months

to see you and your mom, okay.

Okay.

All right.

I love you.

-Love you too. -You be good.

I will.

I believe in you

and I know that you're gonna figure it out.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

Just try not to catch Island Fever,

I hear infidelity is an epidemic around here.

It's the furthest thing from my mind.

Yeah, it's not your mind that I'm worried about.

Oh!

And that's how we do it in America.

I bet that experience was invaluable.

-Bye, honey. -Bye, Dad.

Bye!

Why'd you go to the police?

The police, what are you talking about?

Why didn't you come to me first?

Are-are you okay?

You look terrible, do you have like an allergic reaction?

No, I'm fine.

It's for a movie. They want me to play a gangster.

I hate gangster pictures.

I'm playing like a bulldog, I don't know.

The Egyptians, they knew the secret.

Is this still a scene from the movie?

No, don't be foolish, this is science. What do you see?

I see elephants pulling stones

in what seems to be Ancient Egypt.

Bingo!

We're gonna bring elephants to the island

to do the heavy lifting.

Elephants?

Absolutely, many believe that the elephants

were instrumental in building the pyramids.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Pachyderm power might not be the answer,

but I'll certainly investigate the option.

Good.

Don't disappoint me.

Hey.

Hey. Hm, looks good.

Careful.

Those special brownies, they're mixed with hashish.

Will you be having one?

That sounds groovy to me.

Mm!

Can't wait.

♪ Sha la la la la ♪

Having often been the butt

of Marlon's practical jokes, I decided to get him back.

Okay, here's the plan, I want you...

No, when I cough, I want you to scream.

-You want me to scream? -Yes, yes, yes,

shriek like a banshee.

-Okay? -Okay.

Yeah.

You must have really like my brownies.

Oh yeah, they're the best.

Yeah.

What's that tiki you got there, Bernie?

This is not a tiki,

it's a deity, an artifact.

I was told it possesses some magical powers.

I think it's Michelle's brownies that have magic powers.

I know the history is quite fascinating.

Hey, you guys, you wanna hear about it?

-Yes. -Sure.

100 years ago,

the prophetess, Toapere

lived nearby on the island of Mangareva.

She was stunningly beautiful, bright yellow eyes,

and she wore these wreaths that had feathers

and sharks' teeth and sweet-smelling hibiscus.

Toapere, she had a vision that her and her people

would be visited by gods on large wooden ships,

bringing peace and prosperity.

Well, the next morning, she looked out to sea and voila!

There were the ships.

So they were visited by gods?

Not gods, French missionaries.

They had visions too, visions of the natives

trading their priceless jewelry for a bottle of rum.

Must have been some top flight stuff.

I mean, speaking of which,

I make this fantastic Coca Loco punch.

Ooh, yeah.

It's kind of like a pina colada,

but with twice the amount of rum

and half of everything else.

You really must try it.

Thank you, I will, yes.

Where was I?

Missionaries plundering the riches of our islands.

Right, right, well, the High Priest of Mangareva,

he feared what the missionaries intended,

so he hashed a secret plan.

When the missionaries knelt in prayer,

his warriors charge at them with their spears.

So I'm guessing

this is where it ends badly for the missionaries?

Well, it would have, yes, had it not been for the women.

Toapere and the island women rushed in

and they shielded the missionaries with their own bodies,

saving their lives.

Hey, hooray for the women!

Girl power!

But by saving the missionaries' lives,

the Mangarevans gave up their freedom.

See these missionaries, they had a leader, Father Laval.

He ordered all the statues and temples to be destroyed

and new monasteries and a palace to be erected in his honor.

Over 5,000 workers died in just 10 years.

And when the Bishop of Papeete asked,

"What kind of government

results in 5,000 deaths of its own people?"

Laval just simply stated,

"They have all but gone more quickly to heaven."

Toapere never forgave herself

for saving the missionaries' lives,

and her bones are buried right here.

They say that their cries and wails happen every full moon.

Tonight is a full moon.

And this deity is said to be able to summon her spirit.

Though, I don't know, I don't think it works.

What the hell?

What was that?

Thank you, Marlon.

Why did you tell that story?

I made that whole thing up.

Marlon is scared of ghosts!

-I know. -See.

We need to go find him.

All right, let's find him.

We followed Marlon as best as we could,

when suddenly, we came around a corner

and found that Marlon in his frenzy

had run over a local villager.

-No! -Wait, wait.

Oh my gosh, Marlon killed a man!

This is all my fault!

-No! -Oh God.

Uh!

All right, you got us.

-We love you, Marlon. -Come on, Marlon.

Many months of hard work and a few mini bottles later,

I was once again on my way back to LA.

Ssh!

Sorry.

We can't ship it all in. We gotta be self-sustaining.

Well, we're making great progress

on the drinking water issue,

but I need to make a map of the entire atoll

before we can go any further.

Well, if that's the case then,

I may have something that will save you some time

and me some...

Oh Christ, it'd better be there.

There, shut it.

Just Tetiaroa. Mm-hmm.

Gosh. I don't know, this looks a little out of date.

I, I think we're gonna need to do our own survey.

Why is that? Tidal erosion?

Sure, there's that, and this is like 70 years old.

I mean, look, it's made in 1901.

All right. Oh, okay.

Have you figured out what to do about the mosquitoes?

Well, no. Not unless we use insecticides.

What about the power?

Well, for power, we're gonna have to bring in

our own diesel generators.

No, not, diesel is way too dirty.

We gotta find a, a, a natural source of energy

from the island.

Now, the French are working with solar power, right?

Yeah, solar power is a, it's a promising technology but-

-That's right. -Not for our scale.

I mean, look, we can do it in the future,

but it's not, not now.

All right, I got one for you. You ready?

Yeah.

Eels.

-Eels? -Electric eels.

Put the eels in the lagoon.

We siphon off their energy, power our generators.

Okay.

You gotta be, you'd have to be crazy

to think you can actually get power from eels.

I mean, that is just...

That is cuckoo though.

I thought you were serious.

Hold on a second. Now, here.

It's not really quite enough. Hold on.

Turn around.

Don't look at my ass.

I've seen your ass before.

There. Now, go do your survey.

The waltz begins.

Please tell me you have a bank.

Got a bed.

We need to get the proper dimensions of this lagoon.

So we're gonna place one of these every 500 feet.

Dakur, you want to measure the whole Motu in this way?

Yes, but need to get high enough

to measure their relative positions in relation

to the scale of the whole island.

-This way. -Hey.

Hmm. I'm not sure that's gonna be high enough.

Okay, I think we're high enough.

You see it from this height,

I can take photos accurate enough

to create a highly detailed map.

I don't care. Take your photos.

You're a heavy man.

This is where you keep all my money.

No, just the ledgers.

Seymour's out back. He's expecting you.

Oh, let's go see him.

You know, Bogart had class because he was 54.

He had no problem about saying he was a little nervous

that he couldn't, you know?

So I, I saw him at the Makambo one night.

He's sitting at the bar like this and I said,

"What's the matter?

You look grumpy."

And he said, "It's your fault."

It's my fault?

Yeah, he says,

"Those shots you gave me, the vitamin B shots.

My hair is falling out and I got no penis."

And stop me if I told you this part before.

Yeah, Seymour, you told me that one many times.

Oh, I'm not embarrassed. Um, so where were we?

We were speaking about my portfolio as it relates

to my current liabilities.

Yeah, yeah. Okay, okay.

Liabilities, yeah, uh-huh.

Uh, yeah, yeah.

And...

And don't rush me, um,

gotta go back to work,

or else stop with that fakakta thing in Tahiti.

The whole point of building in Tahiti is

so I don't have to work again.

Okay, well, then sell your house in Mojo

and take a one-bedroom apartment in Van Nuys for a while.

Yeah, well, I, I think we know

that that's not gonna happen.

No, it's not. So take the goddamn gangster movie.

What's the matter with you, Marlon? You're a movie actor.

Come on. Sheesh.

Those two bastards, they smiled at me.

I said to my wife,

"For justice, we must go to Don Corleone."

Why'd you go to the police?

Why didn't you come to me first?

What do you want of me?

Tell me anything but do what I beg you to do.

And what is that?

That I cannot do.

-Cut. -Hold the roll.

Are you hearing that buzzing noise?

Not us.

It's coming from on set.

It's the cat.

Why didn't you come to me first?

Should we lose the cat?

No, no. I love the cat, love the cat.

I love the cat.

Let's, let's go again.

I think he peed.

Seems like you've gone from a popaa to a papa.

Even some of the locals are now calling you Papa Bernard.

Papa Bernard. That's a good thing, right?

Yes, exactly. Marlon's given you the keys to the till.

And there's precious few people he trusts that much.

Congratulations, and, and do spend it wisely.

We hire those special...

-Sorry, Marlon. -Wait a second, one sec.

I still can't hear you.

I said, have you hired those specialists yet?

Oh, yes, yes, we have.

Bernie, the decisions you make

will profoundly change my legacy,

that and my family.

Your, your master plan, netter be a good one.

I will get this project done-

-All right, go ahead. -On time and on budget.

Oh.

Jimmy comes, making an ass of himself again.

Oh shit. You seeing this?

Oh shit, he moved.

Pop my mustache. Sorry.

Goddammit.

Traveling back and forth to LA was brutal,

but I finally finished my master plan

and I needed to present it in person.

Another one.

Be best this week. Hi, Bernie.

Hi, Alice. Good seeing you.

-Good to see you. -Mayette.

Marlon's waiting for you.

-Okay. Is he upstairs? -He's at the courtyard.

Aw.

Is this...

An Oscar, yeah.

As a measure of artistic achievement,

I find it fairly lacking,

but it makes for a hell of a door stop though.

What in the world?

Why? You never saw an electric eel before?

Here.

What kind of water is this?

Well, that's distilled water, made for my own yard.

I'm working on a process to bring clean,

drinkable water to the island.

Yeah, well, that is not drinkable.

Spoke to NASA, they're working on a similar process

with the astronaut.

Well, I have a better solution for potable water

utilizing the Gibbon Heisberg lens.

The Gibbon Hiven what?

The Gibbon Heisberg lens.

Wait, da, da, da. It's the Ghyben-Herzberg lens.

Ghyben-Herzberg.

You know, here take this. I got it.

The Ghyben-Herzberg lens occurs when rainwater steeps down

through the soil and gathers over a layer of sea water

at about five feet below sea level.

Yes, and you know, you'll find that dogs

will sometimes dig down and drink from one on a coral beach.

Yeah, there you go.

It's all right here in the master plan I've prepared.

I believe that it encompasses every detail

that we've ever discussed and more.

This is our Bible.

That's about as long.

I'll leave it here for you to read.

Why don't you read it to me?

Monitoring of population increases

and decreases of selected marine animal and plant species.

And there's a number of references and appendices

but that's it.

Wow. Well done, Bernie.

I want this to be a meeting place

for the world's greatest minds in, in art

and science and politics.

I think it's feasible.

It's gonna have to be more than, more than feasible.

I wanna give up, I wanna give up my profit participation

in "The Godfather" to make sure that this,

this island project succeeds.

It's not just my dream.

This is, this is a dream for, for all mankind.

This is...

The world's gonna judge us by our success.

Oh man, we gotta get this right.

We gotta...

There's no other way.

Bernie, can you make this dream a reality?

Yes. Yes, I can.

Let's dance.

What are you doing?

I thought you wanted to dance?

No, I wanna shake hands. What the fuck?

Okay, I didn't wanna dance either.

You just said it.

I can barely stand.

Oh my God.

Man, I did not wanna dance anyway.

I assured Marlon that if my research went well,

he would never have to leave Tahiti again.

We finally settled on a contractor named Teari Taputuarai.

He was way outside of our budget,

but I was told he was the only guy who could get it done.

Hey, popaa, the bulldozer, it's too heavy.

The raft will sink.

No, that's why we had the raft specially built.

Trust me, it can support 10 tons.

The coral reef that encircled the island

prevented any boats from landing.

So I asked my old buddies at the Army Corps of Engineers

to help me design a large raft to transfer supplies

and heavy machinery by surfing them up

and over the reef during high tide.

It was pretty ingenious

and protected the delicate ecosystem of the island.

Do you understand him?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He say, fuck it.

Yes.

Yeah, Teari.

You crazy.

He say, I need my hat.

Those look good,

but it doesn't match it though.

-I'm gonna go. -Okay, yeah.

Yeah, you look to the side, you go,

"Ha ha ha."

Run over there, run over there.

While Marlon was filming his gangster movie,

we were hard at work clearing the jungle

to build the landing strip.

Airstrip must be moved.

What? Amare?

Yes, Amare is an ancient burial ground.

I believe those were Bernie's exact words, yes.

Well, it's right in the middle of my new airstrip.

It's from hundreds of years ago when this island

was only for the royalty of Polynesia.

I gather you're here to tell me though,

how much it's gonna cost my client to move this airstrip?

I am.

It's sacred, Bernie.

So how much?

The sacred burial site must be preserved.

A lot.

We're gonna have to move the airstrip.

Oh, that's a lot.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, you gotta hear his new idea.

You know about dogsled tours in the Yukon?

Yeah.

He's thinking dolphin tours at the lagoon.

I mean, that's very marlin, but-

Yes, well-

I, I'm unaware you can train dolphins in that way.

I, I don't think you can.

Well, listen, I, I wanted to meet you outside of the bank

as a, as a friend.

Just wanted to check that you were doing all right.

No, I'm not doing all right.

You're not?

No. Doing fantastic.

I mean, seriously, things couldn't be going better.

I've got 35 full-time workers.

I've got heavy machinery arriving any day.

Actually, that's exactly what I wanted

to talk to you about.

Um, I'm not sure you are aware, but the, the funds

to back of these checks that you've been writing,

they've yet to be deposited into your account.

Uh, I mean, how much do I owe you now?

That's 12,502,980 CFP.

How much?

It's about 326,000 US dollars, give or take.

Oh, I was not aware it was that much.

Well, the bank and I have advanced you this money

but until this issue gets all settled.

I would never want to embarrass you here.

You're like a brother to me.

Monsieur?

I'll get this. So Dolphin tools.

Yeah.

Fair weather, come in. Fair weather, over.

Fair weather, over.

This is fair weather, over.

Michelle, it's Bud, over.

Bud?

Marlon is at you? Over.

Yes, it's Marlon.

I, I have a proposition for you.

A proposition?

All right, just set it on the table I guess.

You look surprised.

No, I'm...

Okay, a little bit.

I asked for a short wave radio expert but-

Well, that's me.

I'm quite handy with all that stuff.

So let's get started?

-Yeah. -Okay.

What can I do?

This is the antenna.

You can put it there for me.

Oh.

And that's our antenna.

We did it.

We did it?

We did it.

-That's great. -Yay.

You did it. You are an expert.

Radio Tetiaroa is on the air.

Oh.

SOS, SOS.

Mayday, we are in dire need of rum. Over.

One thing I learned was that in Tahiti you work hard,

but more importantly, you party even harder.

To thank everyone for their hard work,

Marlon treated us to a big party for La Fete du Travail,

the French version of Labor Day.

One of the many Polynesian holidays.

Michelle?

Is that you?

Oh, hibiscus.

Whoa, whoa whoa!

Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, old boy.

I brought you the last of my Coca Locos.

Did you see her?

Who?

Where'd she go?

Hmm. I'm not so sure you're gonna need this.

Here's some things for your headache.

-Oh, thanks, Tea. -You're welcome.

Who's that for?

How the beautiful young woman you were with last night?

What woman?

Well, she was wearing feathers.

Mm, and smells so lovely, like hibiscus.

They're called Tupapa'u, ghosts.

All right, so as you know,

the oceans cover 70% of the planet.

But most humans only experience a fraction of it.

Just, just what washes up on, on the shore.

Now you, you may look out here and you may see

an empty lagoon, but really it's, it's home

to thousands of microorganisms.

And, and, and there's over 200 varieties of, of plants

and not to mention countless animals,

which is, is why I wanna build the hotel right here.

Well, we've already begun construction

at the other location.

Wait, hotel? What hotel?

How else do you think I'm gonna pay for all this?

And besides, people they can come here

and they can experience all this,

when I'm not here, of course.

No, no, no. Not here, okay?

Like, there's no trees.

I mean, yeah, a few of these,

but right on the other side, a bunch of fallen trees.

It's all, it's all exposed roots.

No, one heavy storm will destroy it all.

I completely agree. It's perfect.

-Look at this view. -The view?

No, it would not be prudent.

I refuse. Sorry.

You refuse?

You know there's no point arguing with me.

I'm gonna get my way.

No, but it would involve everything that we've worked on.

Everything we've planned,

all our systems would have to change.

All right, we'd have to move everything.

You've gotta be more nimble, man.

You gotta react to what it is, you gotta be more reactive.

You want me to be reactive?

-Yeah. -This is me reacting.

And scene.

That's great. That was really great.

So, you want to move this,

all the way over to there, right?

More or less, and don't forget the bungalows.

Don't forget the bungalows.

Can you take an educated guess

as to how much this might cost my client in order-

Don't, don't, don't.

A lot.

I'm afraid so.

Work on the airstrip was slow and unpredictable.

Repairs and simple tools or materials

sometimes took weeks to arrive.

This made it impossible to stick to the schedule,

and expenses were rising by the day.

Though some delays seemed more predictable than others.

♪ And over and down again. ♪

♪ Up over and down again. ♪

You can take the farm boy out of Nebraska,

but you can't take Nebraska out of the farm boy.

Finally, after two years of hard work,

phase one was officially complete.

And Dana, Sabrina and I flew over

on the first ever commercial flight to Tetiaroa.

-Here! -Are you sure?

Hey, Papa Dana!

How are you?

This is my family.

Hello!

-I can't believe we did this. -Wow.

Still no message from Marlon?

What the hell?

Way too big.

This runway's too short!

Turn around!

Turn, this is way too short.

You will crash, I repeat, you will crash!

So, how long you've been with the airline?

And they said it couldn't be done.

It's a lot longer than, than I, than I expected.

You could almost land a 707.

707? Wait.

Oh my.

With the airstrip completed,

we brought in teams of specialists

to catalog the islands flora and fauna.

And to conduct environmental experiments in recycling,

aquatic harvesting, natural mosquito abatement,

sustainable farming, solar and wind power, and desalination.

The experiments were mostly successful.

Mostly.

Did the birds get to you?

Yeah. Yeah, they did.

I hear it's good luck.

Yeah, well, whoever wrote that saying

probably just got shat upon.

Probably, yes.

But it's better than the snow and the rain right now

back in Paris.

Or the smog or the earthquakes in L.A.

But despite having an aviary incident every now and then,

I'm living a dream.

I'm impressed.

With what, my stunning aquatic skills

or my, my Adonis like physique.

By your complete transformation.

When you first arrived here, you were so uptight.

And now look at you, anything goes.

Yeah, that's me. Anything goes.

I dig it.

Are are you sure about this?

No.

You cheap god damn fucking godforsaken whore!

I hope you rot in hell.

You god damn fucking pig fucking liar.

And I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Marlon.

What happened? Are you okay?

My wife died.

What?

Oh.

Oh.

Marlon, I'm so sorry. I don't even know what to say.

To say? What can anyone say?

She's gone. She's gone forever. Don't you get it?

But, but how?

Marlon, Tarita was so young.

No, not Tarita.

Rosa.

Her name is Rosa.

It, she's, it's a scene I'm working on

for a, for a new film.

All of this was for a movie?

Marlon, you nearly had me in tears.

Yeah?

Good.

Rehearsal's over.

Oh, you think this is funny?

Yeah, I think that's kind of amusing.

How's that for amusing?

Impressive.

Where did mommy go?

She left on the boat.

Where?

Fuck you, Bernie!

So, so she left you just like that?

Without saying a word?

Well, she said a couple.

You fucked up.

I what?

Please tell me you're rehearsing for another movie.

No, you idiot, this isn't a movie. You fucked up.

No, no, no.

You were the one who told me to lose my inhibitions.

You, you would've done the same thing if you were me.

You're god damn right, I would have.

But you're not me.

You're a Bernard Judge.

-Come on. -And listen,

you got a stable home. you got a, you got an honest job

and you got an adoring family that wants nothing more

than to grow old with you.

Bernie, you are completely unremarkable.

-Unremarkable? -Yeah.

Believe me, there's not a day that goes by

that I wouldn't trade all of the,

everything I've accomplished,

everything I've acquired to have what you have, or had.

What happened to your lip?

I spoke out of turn, and I paid the price.

Because these things happen.

Well, what do I do now?

Well, I think you throw yourself into your work,

and your daughter.

That's all you got.

What a day.

Obviously, I had some explaining to do

with Dana, but in the end she didn't leave me.

However, with expenses spiraling out of control,

Marlon did leave me.

He left the island to shoot "Last Tango in Paris."

All uniforms are bullshit.

One of his most legendary performances.

Everything outside this place is bullshit.

Okay, silence.

And action.

We had this big field, meadow.

And had a big black dog named Dutchie.

And she used to hunt rabbits in that field.

But she couldn't see them,

so she'd jump up and so she could look around quickly.

And it was very beautiful.

You have been had.

I don't wanna know anything about your past, baby.

You think I was telling you the truth?

Baby?

Maybe.

That said, we are way over budget.

The reports I received-

The reports I received, don't give me the impression that

you're gonna open up in 10 months of schedule.

My staff is overwhelmed.

Well, then you must hire more engineers

and more managers.

Men with the sensitivity and fortitude

and strength of character who can help you

achieve your victory.

Frankly, by solving the power issue without diesel.

Yes, but we do not have the funds.

Never confuse

the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

Wait, what does that even mean?

Remember my friend, you're a genius.

How much?

Well, so far, the banks have answered,

342,279,140 French Pacific Francs.

I mean, the airstrip alone

is costing three times what you estimated.

This is costing us a small fortune.

Zeke, I just need another 100,000.

Just 100,000 to get us through the next stage.

I can't allocate the bank's funds in this way.

It's illegal.

I could get fired, or worse.

If we fail to create the sanctuary,

Marlon is gonna fire me

and I'll have risked everything for nothing.

I will get you that money back, you have my word.

I won't do well in prison.

We won't do well in prison.

So you must return this advance before the next audit.

Yes, yes.

Oh, oui.

Oui.

How long since you've tried a new shade of eyeshadow?

There are 25 beautiful colors.

Super Rich Shadow by Revlon.

Oh, I'm good.

I think I feel like a kid in a candy store

'cause we can only take about two pieces

out of all the things I want to talk to you

and ask you about.

I'm interested in so many things about you.

So you're back in town for the Academy Awards.

Were you happy with the way "The Godfather" came out?

Well...

I don't think that's really worth, worth talking about.

Did you like the book, "The Godfather"?

Laurence Olivier in "Sleuth",

Peter O'Toole in "The Ruling Class",

Paul Winfield in "Sounder".

And the winner is Marlon Brando, "The Godfather".

No way.

Marlon has another doorstop.

What?

Nevermind.

Ladies and gentleman, and the Best Father Award

goes to Bernard Judge.

Good night, mama.

Good night, sweetie.

Accepting the award for Marlon Brando

and the Godfather, Ms. Sacheen Littlefeather.

I'm representing Marlon Brando this evening,

as he's asked me to tell you

that he very regretfully cannot accept

this very generous award.

Is that for real?

And the reasons for this are the treatment

of American Indians today by the film industry

and recent happenings at Wounded Knee.

Excuse me.

So much like Marlon,

to not show up for the most important thing in his life.

What is with you two?

Well, you know, Marlon has strong beliefs

and this is his way of presenting them.

I mean, this could seriously impact our finishing funds.

Is that all you think about?

Bernie, why did you even come home?

I, I came back to see you.

I, I want you to come back to Tahiti

and finish amazing thing with me.

For how long this time?

Forever?

Goodnight, Bernie.

Well, that didn't turn out as I hoped.

After Sacheen rejected the Academy Award,

many people believed that the FBI changed their mind

and pulled back their perimeter

at the Wounded Knee occupation

out of fear of drawing too much media attention.

Marlon may have actually saved many lives.

Oh boy, this is amazing work.

Really, really wonderful.

Yeah, no. It's-

Now stop me if you've heard this before,

but there's a sacred trust that is handed to me

by our clients.

As a matter of fact, you and I are very much alike.

We are only one degree away to Mr. Marlon Brando.

Oh yes, of course. I mean, we both have to fulfill our-

Okay, so, so your task is to be artistic,

but resolute and steadfast in the design

and construction of this project.

Right.

And my task is to protect the artists

from fierce adversaries who may be lurking in the periphery.

Like a virtual sword of Damocles

hanging above our heads, ready to chop our fingers up.

And I don't know about you,

but I don't want my fingers chopped up.

No, no. I, I'm actually quite fond of my fingers.

So, we're in agreement?

Yeah.

That there's no more money for you.

Sorry. Actually, I'm not sure I follow you.

There is no more money. I mean, for, for this project.

There's no more money from us to you on this project

at all, ever.

But I gotta tell you how much I enjoy

these little miniatures.

I mean, really,

you know, John Ford used to make miniatures like this

for this film, "Hurricane" at the United Artists.

Oh boy, it was so much fun.

This is no lark.

It's no fancy. I made a sacred oath to Marlon

that I would achieve the impossible.

This is not a hotel.

It's a transcendent moment in human history.

A safe haven for us to contemplate the terrible inequities

that keep us from realizing the glorious potential

of our planet.

Each and every one of you look into your hearts.

Imagine yourself 20 or 30 years from now,

telling your children,

telling the entire world that it was you

who squandered this opportunity

to truly make a sublime difference.

We got it.

Woo-hoo!

Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!

Bernie! Bernie! Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!

With the funding security, it was all systems go.

It was hard and expensive work

implementing sustainable ecological solutions

to the many challenges that we encountered.

But we persevered and forged ahead with the construction.

The constant revisions kept blowing up our schedule

and that meant more time away from my family.

But soon our completion was finally in sight.

We had indeed achieved the impossible.

Well, of course that was until Marlon surprised me

by bringing in new investors

with a project manager named Phil.

Bernie. Bernie, come here, man.

Phil.

Phil.

Bernie, this is, this is Phil.

This is our new project manager.

New project manager?

And this is Bernie.

This is the architect I was telling you about.

Nice to meet you Bernie.

The architect who design and built all of this.

You know, Mr. Brando,

this place could be really successful

if we could just convince Bernie here to enlarge

and change his design.

Change my designs?

Yeah. To, to attract the caliber

and the number of guests that we need.

You know, that is a very interesting idea, Bernie.

And we've gotta get rid of these mosquitoes.

Okay, Phil, what you're saying

is that we are no longer conducting

a grand experiment in the future ecology of our planet?

This is ridiculous.

This is in direct conflict of our master plan.

You, you know, he has a point there

'cause there is a, there is a master plan.

No, I'm not interested in listening to your crap.

Okay.

You're interested only in money.

The Dick Cavett show.

Tonight's guest is architect Bernard Judge?

My guest flew all the way from Tahiti

to be here tonight.

Are you wiped out from the jet trip?

Yes. I'm wiped out and pissed off.

This is a travesty.

We are so close to proving

that what we're doing on the island

could change the world.

Really?

It's necessary. It's vital.

Because I understand the problem

is that they need money immediately.

Yeah, well, you just can't get anything

done here immediately.

I mean, there's no equipment or spare parts,

there's only worker delays and storms

and holidays and more holidays.

The only thing I can guarantee you

is that people just don't listen to me

and that my marriage is falling to shit.

Are you gonna let them do this to us?

Well, I am...

Phil, thanks, it's a pretty good idea.

Well, I don't.

And you, you're a fraud.

I quit.

It's easy to quit once you've been fired.

Would you like some water?

Yeah. Thank you.

I made it myself.

Oh yeah. I'm still working on that.

Would anyone like to go see the lagoon?

Here's some toothpick fish I wanna show you.

Toothpick fish?

Dear, Bernie, the winds of change blew

from Los Angeles this morning.

Phil wants to move on without you.

I tried to convince him otherwise,

but he said it was you or him.

I don't have a second position to take.

Sadly, our waltz is over.

Love, Marlon.

So what's next for you?

I don't know. Figure out the rest of my life.

The rest of your life is waiting for you

back on Laurel Canyon.

I don't know. Dana must think I'm a complete failure.

I think she will see you for who you are now.

Maybe the world isn't ready for change.

This kind of change.

That doesn't sound like the Bernie I know.

Guys, look.

Picketing the construction on Tetiaroa.

Wait till Marlon hears about this.

I think he already heard. Look.

I mean, Phil must not have paid them.

I packed up my bags and my dreams

and left the splendid crystal blue waters of Tahiti

in hopes of restarting my life back home in Los Angeles.

Marlon went on and finished his village some years later,

but soon afterwards,

a once in a generation hurricane destroyed it all.

Just as I feared it might when Marlon moved the location.

Hello.

I have a proposition for you.

Marlon's dream of awakening the world

to the dangers of climate change was eventually realized

with the help of hotel developer Dick Bailey.

Who did you say this was again?

The resort is called The Brando, a cutting edge,

carbon neutral eco resort dedicated

to the responsible enjoyment and exploration of the Atoll.

The proceeds help fund the nonprofit Tetiaroa Society

where students and educators from all around the world

continue Marlon's cutting edge environmental research.

Marlon continued to appear in films.

You're an errand boy

sent by grocery clerks

to collect the bill.

And he never gave up on his utopian vision

of saving humanity from itself.

They can be a great people, Kal-El, if they wish to be.

They only lack the light to show them the way.

I left that island a changed man.

Never before and never since have I ever experienced

anything quite like the beauty

and the splendor of that tiny and perfect place.

Marlon and I reconciled and remained friends until the end.

On July 1st, 2004, Alice called me to say

that Marlon had passed away.

Leaving a legacy that far surpasses what the world knows

and remembers him for.

Wow, I love it.

Wow.

Hello.

Well, what did you do when you got back home?

Yeah, did you get down on your knees

and begged for forgiveness?

Something like that.

-Hi, Dana. -Hello.

He wasn't on his knees the first time.

That came much later.

Yes, I think that was on my 3rd or 4th grovel?

More like 10th.

Sorry for the mess.

So you guys have had a long day.

I bet that experience wasn't valuable.

Yes, it was.

I still dream of those moonlit nights on Tetiaroa

and if those thoughts are my companions,

they're Marlon's ghosts.

I can imagine what his face looked like

in his final moments of repose

and I know what he must have been dreaming of.

Mark. 200.

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

The virtuous spirit has no need for thanks or conviction.

No approval.

Shit.

I'll do it again.

Develop such conviction in yourself and, uh, Kal-El,

Ralph, whatever your name is.

They could be a great people, Kal-El.

They just lack the light to show them the way

to the craft service table.