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Your mother was my friend.

What do you want from me?

l wanna help you.

he creature

the being, right on your table.

You really are my father.

Mest

[Scott] Do you think we'll ever find my mom?

[Paul] We'll find her.

[breathing heavily]

No!

[passenger 1] What was that?

-[passenger 2] Who is that?

You okay?

What happened?

Where are we?

Relax. We're almost in Phoenix.

You probably hada bad dream.

Uh, yeah.

Your mind just imagines

but it feels like it's really happening.

I don't think I like dreams.

Well; not all dreams are like that

Some dreams are good.

How long is this photo job gonna take?

[sighs]

Liz’said to contact’a Mr. Arnold’ Davidson!

You sure you wannalgo through with this?

I'm going to be Paul Forrester, sooner

or later I'm gonna have to do his work.

[sighs]

Let's go in there.

We can call Mr. Davidson from the lobby.

idea. ! could use a pit stop.

[people chattering]

I'll be right back.

[front desk bell dings]

[indistinct announcement over PA]

-[front desk bell dings]

-Mr. Forrester, welcome back.

How nice to see you again.

We were so relieved

to hear you're all right.

Oh, yes, um...

from your last visit,

would you like to take care of it now,

or shall we just add it to your current bill?

Thank you.

[hotel guest] Mommy is going to have to spank you if you aren't good.

[dog yaps]

[front desk bell dings]

Would you take Mr. Forrester

to room 309, please?

What's going on?

[elevator bell dings]

Do you have you any idea

lace like this costs?

Great.

On top of everything else, Forrester left a $260 bar tab.

Bar tab?

Something we don't have enough money to pay for.

l better finish

Forrester's camera work quickly.

I'm gonna check out the gift shop.

[front desk bell dings]

[person howls]

No prisoners!

[laughs]

Ah!

l can't'believe it:

Paul Forrester, here.

How the hell are you?

I'm okay.

How the hell are you?

Oh, a little older, a little heavier, a little richer.

So who is it? Come on, I'm buying!

Yeah.

It's good to your face.

How long has it been?

! think the last time we were together.

we drank a case of champagne.

Toshi, ! want you to meet

an old friend of mine, Paul Forrester.

Toshiro.

We have' to complete our business, Jake.

I'm on a very tight schedule.

I know, I know.

Say; I wrote you from time to time: Never knew if you got any of my letters.

From time to time?

Oh, what the hell?

You were always traveling so much, and ! was the writer, not you.

Me the pen and! you the lens, right?

I'm happy you found a friend, but I have to go.

Okay, okay. Toshi, this is my past.

What a past it was, huh, Paul?

! mean, did we hang Saigon out to dry or what?

God, have we got'a lot to hash over.

You know, you're coming to dinner tonight!

In fact, you're coming to dinner every night you're in town.

What are you here for anyway?

To take pictures.

Course.

You know, is gonna fa

Dave, you give this man

Put it on my tab.

od, ! still can't believe it's you.

[exclaims]

Seven o'clock. We'll be waiting.

[indistinct sports commentator on TV]

Mr. Forrester, what'll it be?

The usual!

I'll have a chocolate milkshake:

Who wouldn't? It's gotta be 103 out there.

[commentator] There we go.

[spectators cheering on TV]

[patron] Dave!

-Kickoff on one. -Flip to one, Dave.

Must be the heat.

There you go, Mr. Forrester. ! never forget a good customer.

Skol.

It's not a drink l recommend.

Well, different people

have different ways of saying hello.

Ople Shake hands.

You just have to watch what people do

and do the same thing back.

Amazing variety.

Did you call Mr. Arnold Davidson?

Uh, yeah, he said to drop by his office

tomorrow morning.

ll arrange transportation.

To where?

-To the place you're taking pictures.

How could ! ask him? You're supposed to know all that.

But I: don't.

But Paul Forrester does.

He was here three months ago.

I'm not Paul Forrester.

Now, how do you act when you're going to have dinner with your old buddy

that you haven't seen for ten years?

-l'll go with you. -No.

have to do this alone.

You stay here and! study.

eginning to sound

more like a parent every day.

Thank you.

[door closes]

he's here!

-Hey, buddy. -Hello, Jake.

[chuckles] Come on in.

Make him feel at home, huh?

It wouldn't kill you.

[Jake] We're on leave.

and Paul here drags me out to this orphanage.

it's way behind the lines,” he says.

[imitates mortar sound]

Practically right on top of us.

Well, ! mean, there is dust flying everywhere,

there's pieces coming out of the ceiling.

l look around, there's Paul:

He's taking pictures

hiding underneath their beds.

l'crawlover to him.

[imitates mortar sound]

I say, "Are you crazy?"

He says, "Hey, I figured

as long as we were here...

[chuckles]

Those sure were some great times, huh?

Have some rice, Paul.

Have yourself some beef.

I Know the man like my brother,

and he doesn't want rice.

Knew him.

You knew him) like a brother, past tense!

You! haven't seen

Some things will never change.

if you'd stopped telling war stori

fora minutes,

I'd that you'd understand

some things do change.

Woman loves to stick pins in me.

Will you be in town long?

I don't know.

We've got'so many rooms i

we haven't even seen ‘em y

I'm in a hotel.

Hey, ! understand.

Living out of a suitcase,

camera slung over your shoulder.

See what I’mean?

[chuckles]

You old son of a gun.

[Paul sighs]

[sniffs]

[sniffs]

Take a look at that.

Does that bring back memories or what?

We were quite a team then.

Are you still the pen, Jake?

[sighs]

[drawer clatters]

[sniffs]

And l wanted people to see the war the way we saw it.

I wrote a little over 300 pages...

then Kath came along and...

that's as faras ! got.

after 1 made my first million

it just didn't seem so o important somehow.

What the hell? Look at everything ! got instead.

Is that a good dream?

Come on; man. War is over.

-I did all this for Kath. -[phone rings]

Hello?

Whoa, Cowboy.

Slow down.

Hold on.

I'm gonna have to take this on another phone.

Paul, make yourself comfortable

for a couple of minutes, huh?

I gotta take this call.

[door closes]

Jake's not here.

[clears throat] He went to take a phone call.

My God, you're cruel. How could you stand it all night?

hree months

but l always knew you'd come back.

-But Jake? -Don't worry.

but we've got to be carefull

If he suspected emi

-[Jake] Kath.

I'll meet you’ tomorrow.

[birds chirping]

[Jake] you sure you're okay?

It's the shank of the evening.

to the old Paul Forrester, huh?

Listen, come on down to the office,

l have to work, Jake.

I really need to talk to you, Paul.

Don't let me down.

[taxi engine starts]

[static on TV]

Wake up.

What? What time is it?

It's the shank of the evening.

Wake up, ! gotta talk to you.

-Who? -Jake's wife, Kathy.

Great, that's terrific. You pulled it off.

No, it's not.

It seems that we--

that they were together.

How together?

You know, like a man and! a woman.

You mean, together-together...

with your best friend's wife.

[sighs]

You'd better finish this job

[horn honks]

Is Mr. Davidson in?

I'm here to see him. I'm--

Paul.

[scoffs]

l should've expected that.

Go on in. He's waiting for you.

Paul!

Welcome back to the living.

Are you ready to go back to work?

I'd like to finish the ee

Good. [chuckles]

there yesterday.

Idn't get within a mile of the place.

-Why not? -As if you didn’t know.

Well, yous said it yelisel

Paul, good luck.

Huh? [chuckles]

Good luck to you too, Arnold.

Paul Forrester is your father?

Yeah, I was supposed to meet him

out front, but he'd already gone.

Well, don't get excited, son. I'll take you there myself.

No! No, no.

Uh, if you could just draw me a map or something.

[Arnold] A map?

-[phone ringing] -Okay, sure, just relax.

Maryanne, stop standing there

with your mouth open and get me a map.

Thanks.

Well, that was pretty slick,

sending me into that guy's office

looking for you.

[Paul] Slick?

[Scott] Yeah, I didn't know you had it in you.

[Paul] Neither did 1.

It was fun.

! guess that's it over there, huh?

[Scott] guess so.

[birds cawing in distance]

Nobody's here.

Well, maybe this isn't the place.

[person] Hold it, Forrester.

I think this is the place.

So youl came back, huh?

(Paul) Yes!

What for? Another song and dance?

No, to take pictures.

A little late, aren't you?

ah, you can't treat people li

just because they're squatters.

If remember right,

you said it was important for you

to come out and take pictures of us.

See, he got tied up.

Go on, get out of here.

Squatters?

People with no homes.

They live wherever they can

even if they're not supposed to be there.

[ think the man was pretty clear

Maybe Paul Forrester was right.

Maybe this is an important story.

Besides, if! don't take the pictures

how am I gonna pay my bar tab?

Why don't you take a picture of a rock?

Something that doesn't shoot back?

[shower running]

[knocking on door]

[knocking continues]

[gasps]

I'm a total and complete wreck.

All l can think about is you and me together.

Together-together?

't sleep a wink last night

thinking about us,

all the plans that we made.

l was so afraid.

You seemed so distant last night

almost like a different person.

[shower continues running]

Who's in there?

Uh... [clears throat]

That's Scott.

I'll bet.

ill playing it fast and loose,

huh, buddy?”

Who is it?

You know, ! think 1 could really get used to this.

Scott) this is Jake's Wife, Kathy Lawton)

This is my son, Scott.

Your what?

My son.

He's 14.

l thought I knew everything there was to know about you.

It was nice meeting you.

Why didn't you tell/me three months ago?

How’ could 1?

Jenny Hayden,

Are you in love with her?

[sighs]

l was, but I haven't seen her for a long time.

Irresponsible louse.

! was asking for this.

aziness that! drew me to Jake!

Are you in love with Jake?

! was in love with for a long time either.

l saw him last night.

I know what you mean.

Jake Lawton the way he was,

always charging into a new battle.

Me the lens and Jake the pen.

three months ago.

You wouldn't even talk to him then.

Three months ago was, uh, different.

[scoffs]

You bet.

of being another one of your trophies.

You want'a souvenir of Phoenix?

[groans]

Get yourself a sombrero.

Orrester Was a Very

Everywhere I' go, people are either kissing him or hitting him.

[phone ringing]

Hello:

Do I know you?

You must’ be Mr. Forrester,

I've been expecting you.

-Is something wrong?

[chuckles] ! know that. Go on in.

He'll be with you in a few minutes.

[Jake] I don't care:

[chuckles]

Doesn't look like much, does it?

Is this what you make here?

Oh, we don't make 'em.

We import "em from the Far East.

Well, had the connections, didn't 1?

with some of my pals in Washing

A couple of

and I was a major military supplier.

Is all of this yours?

Don't rub it in, old buddy.

You wanted to follow your dream, and you did.

I did’ something else.

But lam worth a lot of moo.

Beaucoup moo.

[sighs] But! didn't ask you down here

to remind me of all the things ! haven't done.

[gun cocks]

What! want to talk about is Kath.

I've been saving this for you.

l don't want it.

I don't blame you.

Jammed up on you

with a bayonet heading right for your gut.

But Iwas there, wasn't 1?

[gun clicks]

[chuckles]

That's very interesting.

l had it made into a lighter.

Asa memento of the link between Us!

! saved your life, buddy,

now I'm calling in my marker.

I don't understand.

! don't care how much either of us has changed over the years.

know you, and I/know I can count on you:

l want i to promise

if 1 should disappear...

Can you disappear?

l may have to.

\ can't say any more.

You're gonna have to trust me.

back in the re good old days.

Remember what this means between Us!

And if anything happens to me,

l want your promise

hat you will take care of Kath.

! don't get it. 1 went with you before. Why can't go now?

! didn't know it was dangerous before.

Well, then why are you going?

Look, let's just get out of here before something else happens.

! can't run from Paul Forrester’s past.

You know, ! never asked you this.

Why don't you just switch to another body?

Get rid of this Forrester guy.

Become Joe Montana, Tom Selleck or somebody like that?

I can't.

By the time ! regain t

necessary to do this again,

you'd be a grown man.

ore) 'm afraid we're stuck

[dog barking in distance]

You're awful! quiet.

Don't have much to say.

Tell me something.

He's a great guy.

Last night you were like ice.

The bast your past,

That's a long time ago.

Did he tell you he was here three months ago on the same job?

[laughs]

That's ridiculous.

He wouldn't have hit town without calling me.

Did he tell you he's got a kid?

A boy of 14. He didn't tell you that either, did he?

No, and! I\ don't believe it.

Where'd you hear that?

He told me so last night.

While you were on the telephone.

I don't get it.

He's my best friend.

Not anymore, Jake.

What are you saying?

what you've become.

He thinks you've sold out.

He told you all that while I was on the phone?

Maybe he's right, you know?

Like hell he is.

What happened, Jake?

You're twice the man he is:

Why can't you that for yourself?

[door closes]

[bird caws]

Hello?

Hello?

Hey.

Have you got a little smile for me?

[shutter clicks]

[shutter clicking]

Let's go inside.

[shutter clicking rapidly]

[squatter 1] Put that down, please.

[squatter 2] ! gota day's work tomorrow.

A job on the ranch down the road.

[baby crying]

[shutter clicks]

[squatters murmuring]

[shutter clicks]

They told me I'd’ find you up here.

I've driven by here for years, and ! can't believe people live like this.

It's the only home they've got.

[scoffs]

[dog barks in distance]

you've got yourself a 14-year-old kid.

Did she tell you anything else?

That you were here three months ago.

How come you didn't call?

I didn't know what to say.

You and ! changed that much?

Yeah.

More than you know.

orgot how important they were...

Some dreams are good.

Here's a copy of my manuscript.

! want you to read it. Tell me what you think.

I'm feeling a lot of things I--

! thought were dead! and buried long) ago.

What things?

[sighs]

Just read it, okay?

! thought you were

supposed to be studying...

lam studying.

Uh, it's a kind of geometry

curves and angles.

You have that sound in your voice.

What sound?

The sound of slick.

I recognize it now.

Study.

[sighs]

You're not as much fun as you used to be, you know?

What are you reading anyway?

Jake's manuscript.

and Paul Forrester.

They were like brothers.

What else?

Soldiers'called grunts)"

Saigon stew, the Cong,

LBJ, dog tags,

R&R.

l understand all of it, except for one thing.

What's that?

War.

[typewriter keys clacking]

“How long have’ you been standing there? -Long enough.

So?

So?

So what's the punch line?

-What's with youl anyway? -What do you mean?

It's the first time in months when you haven't tried to zap me.

I've been doing it too.

Kath...

d before?

do you mean what you sai

back in the old days?

! married you, didn't 1?

[phone rings]

Yeah, what is it?

[receptionist] Jake, there's a man from Washington here.

Just said he wants to see you.

Stall him, will you? Uh...

-Jake, what's wrong? -Tell him I'm on my way in.

No, wait a minute.

Anything, okay? But keep him there.

=l"lW/try: -Don't try, do!

And, Cindy,

get a hold of Fred.

Tell him not to ship the Korean units

You got that? Do not ship.

! gotta leave town for a while.

It's a business trip.

I'll call you when I get there.

Jake, don't do this to me.

If you're in trouble, ! wanna help.

Kath, you've got to trust me.

You'll be okay, ! promise.

But whatever happens, you've got to do what I say.

Jake.

I love you, babe.

I gotta go now.

He must be on his way in.

On his way in? Well, good.

That means he'll be here

I don't know.

I'd like his home phone number, please.

but your cooperati

would very much appreciated.

[chuckles]

[car engine starts]

[squatter 3] They tell the story, all right.

l look at these,

l see you understand.

l only took pictures of what I saw.

This your boy?

Scott.

Your dad and I go back a long ways.

Yeah, I know.

You'll take care of Kath, won't you, like you promised?

l read your book, Jake.

gotta get out of here.

The Jake in the book never ran from anything.

What do you want from me?

My book was about the war.

There's nothing worth fighting for anymore.

[child coughing]

we used to fight, isn't it?

Are you still the pen, Jake?

Are you still the pen, Jake?

Kath.

What are you doing here?

Looking for you.

Paul.

cause ! want you to have it as a memento.

But'l'don't smoke.

Go on, take it.

There's no debts between us.

Paul Forrester, this is George Fox.

he hostages go.

You have no means of escape.

A man from the government.

The government?

You mean he's after you, not me?

Who is he, Paul? What have you done?

That Would take quite a while toexplain:

Forrester, throw down your weapon.

Let your hostages go.

You and the boy will not be harmed.

You have my word.

=Now point the gun atime like you mean it!

You're taking us out at gunpoint

like hostages.

-It might work. -If 1 don't pull the trigger.

Just make sure they can see the gun.

[Fox] You Know who those people are?

I don't recognize the boy,

but l recognize the gun.

What about the gun?

It's Jake's gun, a souvenir from the war.

He made a cigarette lighter out of it.

Mr. Forrester.

At last.

You're making a big mistake, pal.

It's all right, Jake.

He knows the gun is a toy.

[Fox] That's correct, Mr. Lawton.

We know all about things that aren't as they appear,

[chuckles]

You andl have so much to talk about:

[officer] It's a real gun!

[car engine starts]

[sphere whirs]

-[Kath yells] -[officers exclaim]

[all laugh]

[Scott] Whoo! Not bad.

A cigarette lighter?

Mr. Fox, l swear, I--

[gun clicks]

[Jake] No prisoners!

[all howling]

Go on, take it.

Thank you.

Bye, Paul.

Scott, l hope you find Jenny Hayden.

Be careful, buddy.

Next time you're in town, don't forget to call.

Scott, you make sure he does that, you hear?

! won't forget, buddy.

[howls]

-No prisoners! -No prisoners!

Get out! of here.

[Scott] Tell me, what does... [howls]

..."No prisoners" mean?