Original subtitles

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.

[Paul] The first ten amendments

-[Scott] The Bill of Rights.

Originally, there were 12 amendments

submitted by the First Congress.

What happened to the other two?

Other two?

What other two?

-Was that in the chapter I just read? -Yep.

I'm not gonna worry about it.

I'm not a genius.

No, you're just hungry. Let's find a place to eat.

[motorcycle engine revs]

[Scott] There's a cop behind us.

Relax, Scott. He's not following us.

aust napipets to be ainMahig

Yeah. Well, what do you call that?

Okay, now when take off here,

don't go too slow.

l mean, cops can smell fear.

-[Paul] What are you hungry for? -[Scott] Hey, there's a deli.

[Scott] Sounds good to me.

The roast’ beef you don't want.

Yeah. Okay, fine. Corned beef.

You don't want this Connieellb beef.

Sir, if you don't mind,

my dad's double-parked outside.

Exactly, what are you waiting for?

Uh: [clears throat]

A east beef Saiaiveh

Not here you're not.

where you come from?

No.

fine. Two pastrami sandwiches

on white bread, lettuce

tomato and mayonnaise.

Pastrami on white with mayonnaise?

Is there a law against that?

There should be.

[sighs]

] wonder how some people get a driver's license?

This one came with the wallet.

Funny guy.

[sniffs]

I'm not afraid of you.

[police radio chatter]

Wants and warrants. Forrester, Paul:

iver's license number EO239659)

I'll take that one. No, that one.

-This one?

You don't want this one.

Get out of the vehicle, sir.

! said get out of the vehicle.

Empty your pockets.

[siren wails]

What's this?

It's lucky charm

It's not working today. Put them back.

[handcuffs clicking]

Take him.

Let's go, in there.

Move over.

Uh, you have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right to remain silent,

anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

You have the right to speak to an attorney,

he attorney present

for any questioning.

If you'so desire, and cannot afford one an attorney will be appointed to you.

-[phone ringing] -[indistinct chatter]

Contents of your pockets on the desk.

What's this?

Uh, good! luck charm.

Not working today.

[prisoner 1] 1 wanna call my lawyer.

-Turn to the right.

Straight ahead.

Sign this.

There you go.

[Paul] Thank you.

But I still don't understand why I'm here.

Whatever you did, you got caught

Do you wanna make your phone call?

Who should I call?

! don't care. Friends, family, a lawyer.

You're entitled to a call, pal

start calling.

sweetheart, they're all ambulance chasers.

[officer] Hey, Fred, yeah,

gotta move that squad car.

[Fred] Yeah, ! got it:

[person 1] Here we go.

[person 2] I'm sitting here, dude.

That was my seat.

[prisoner 2 whistles]

[prisoner 3] Watch it, Tyrone.

Hi!

Before you even think about messing with me, man,

I'm obligated to tell you! know Kung Fu:

You heard me.

Is he famous?

[chuckling] Oh, yeah.

-What you in for, man? -Double-parking.

Yeah, they got me

You from around here?

No. l\just come here sometimes

to do a job.

You mean, like, shoot people?

If that's what they're paying me for.

You probably done time.

Mest

I did life once, too.

You had me going there for a minute, man.

[chuckles]

I've never been in the joint myself.

f course, my girls, they're in and out

of here every other week.

You have six girls?

Mm=hmm. Mm=hmm.

[sighs, clicks tongue]

l only have one.

Well

He's a boy.

He's out! there all alone.

Nobody to...

Nobody to take care of him.

Sorry, kid, the rules are the rules.

No exceptions.

Well, then, can you tell me why he was arrested?

Forrester, Paul. Here we are.

Judge Arthur Richardson, Superior Court.

Bother somebody at the courthouse.

Pepperoni pineapple

And finally, Your Honor, apart

from those parole violations,

the only incident on Mr. White's entire

record was that little domestic squabble

that got him into trouble

in the first p

! don't call biting off a woman's ear

a little domestic squabble.

ell, nevertheless

-[judge] Nevertheless, my

Look, Miss Hart, we all know a month from now you'll be moving

into a fancy corner Office,

high Up in’a tall building,

all those other big bucks lawyers

whether the sun's going to fade your new carpeting.

And spare us another song and! dance about innocents wronged.

Now, the People have anything to say?

No, Your Honor.

Now, don't you! start.

to serve out the remainder

There will be a five minute recess

before hearing testimony

in case number 13654.

That will be a closed hearing. All rise.

-What's the closed hearing?

Tell me after ten years

they finally caught Putnam.

No. They just caught the guy who took his photograph.

Fair is fair. ! bought lunch yesterday.

Excuse me, ma'am. Ma’am, you're a lawyer, aren't you?

Yeah. Except on

hrown in jail

for double-parking.

-There must've been something else 1

Something about COnTeMPL of court

for assigning public defenders.

Kinda hard on that kid.

He deserved it. He called me ma'am.

So, the man say,

l suspect you have

some contraband in your trunk.”

ne the spare and the jack, Jack.”

So then he say, "Nevertheless,

driving an expensive vehicle like this

You're the one doing something wrong

driving that old rooty-poot police car.”

Rooty-poot?

Which one of you is Forrester?

lam.

Out of there.

Hey. Closed hearing.

the clerk inside.

Sorry, kid.

For the record) this’ph

to freelance 6 photographer, Paul Forrester

presently standing before this court

after being apprehended on a bench warrant

for failure to answer a subpoena.

Sir, are you Paul Forrester?

Mest

Mr. Forrester, you're not on triall here.

Our purpose is to hea

r your testimony

to assist us in the apprehension

Do you understand?

Yes. Yes, I do.

All right then. Whereis Steven Putnam?

I don't know.

All right. Let's try it another way.

Where was this photo taken?

I don't know.

Yes, you do. You took it.

Your name's on it. Paul Forrester.

Um. [clears throat]

I don't remember.

Do you think a jail cell will help your memory?

No, I don't think that would! help at all:

[judge] Mr Forrester,

! don't like your attitude.

This is not a game.

And if you think your media status

makes you immune

from the laws that everyone must obey,

you are sadly mistaken.

No one has the constitutional right to obstruct justice.

Now, oncelagain, where is Steven Putnam?

I don't know where he is.

The original contempt citation stands.

Mr. Forrester is remanded

And you will remain in jail until you cooperate with this court.

h time you spend’ behind bars is entirely up to you.

Now take him away.

[phone ringing]

[clears throat]

if I left a little early today?

they're having a playoff

-and I promised that I--

-Yes, yes, of course.

Thanks, ! appreciate it.

[ringing continues]

If youldon't mind!my saying’so, maybe you need something to take your mind off it.

-What's that? -That alien of yours.

Why does everyone

always refer to it as "my alien"?

It's like I'm Jimmy Stewart with that big rabbit of his.

The alien is real, Edna.

Its out there. It belongs to you.

It doesn't just belong to me.

In fact, it belongs to the whole world!

Yes, sir. Of course. ! understand.

Please forgive me.

! don't have anything else.

! don't have a wife to go home to.

I don't have weekend! barbecues:

don't have a grandson to go watch play basketball.

You will one day.

Will?

I don't really have a life of my own, do I, Forrester?

[chuckles]

What the hell's the matter with me? Am ! crazy?

I've given up everything

for this one maddening search.

You know what used to want? l used to want, um...

l used to want a house with a little white picket fence.

l used to want a wife, a kid.

! wanted to play a little golf.

Mr. Fox.

What?

Maybe you should’ consider just giving Up, letting it go.

What?

Forget about it.

or a 6-foot rabbit is more important than it?

More important than an alien?

Woman, have you taken leave

of your senses?

Are you out of your mind?

Watch. He's gonna come over

and tell us how his poppa’s innocent.

ths, Ihave represented

How many of them do you think were innocent?

y degrees of guilt.

You don't give up, do you?

Look, I don't Know what to do. My father needs your help.

Whatever they say he did

What a surprise.

Look, isn't it possible they have

the wrong Paul Forrester?

Paul Forrester?

That's what he said.

You're talking about the photographer?

Mest

Come on in.

y] Mr . Fo x

Mr. Fox!

[Fox] What?

Ten years ago a convict somehow got a gun

and tried to escape from the pen.

before he got killed himself.

Steven Putnam was his lawyer, a public defender.

With mayonnaise?

So, did Putnam give him the gun?

Well, he claims he didn't, but he ran away.

And he hadn't been seen in) ten years

il your father took these photoc

-Dad. -Paul.

I'm Cliailette Hart

! got myself assigned to your case.

-Scott, I'm sorry. -You didn't do anything.

ell; how are you? Where are youlstaying?

I'm fine, Dad. Don't worry about me.

I'll give you a minute before we discuss your defense.

-Here's your sandwich.

-Oh, roast beef?

The roast’ beef you don't want.

ickle came with it.

Great.

On white bread?

With mayonnaise?

I have to get out of here before Fox finds out, if he hasn't already.

Dad), why don't you just use this and break out?

Do you think this’Steven) Putnam is) guilty?

Well, why else would! he run if he wasn't guilty?

That's why I can't run.

saying yourself, what about Fox?

If l run, not only Fox, but every policeman in the country

will be looking for you and! me.

! have to get out of here legally.

that you're not Paul Forrester.

Paul, I'm sorry but we've got a lot of ground to cover.

Scott, will you excuse us?

! have no secrets from my son.

That's okay, Dad. I'll wait outside.

You take care of yourself.

You too.

(e)

to the best possible defense.

That's in the Constitution.

If you have no money, you get me.

his morning, I represented an alien

and the poor guy just--

Did Scott'say anything peculiarabout me?

Like what?

Uhy nothing! [chuckles]

Oh.

(e)

The judge is tough, but he doesn't wanna put you in jail.

He wants Putnam to stand trial.

So, what are our options?

Uh, number one, freedom of the press.

Well, you were probably thinking of the Bill of Rights

when this whole thing started.

How did you know that?

Well, an educated guess.

otographer is not t

as a writer or a reporter.

ef is not the same as pastrami.

So, option number two.

the quickest way out

would be to sing for the judge.

Sing for the judge?

Yes. Tell them what they wanna know.

Charlotte...

] want to get out of jail. ! have to take care of my son.

And \ wanna be free.

anything about Steven Putnam.

[sighs]

Good for you.

l can't tell you how much it means to me, Paul,

€ representing a real mensch.

A human being.

[Fox] Uh, miss.

[flight attendant] Mr. Fox,

the pilot cannot make it go faster

so please don't ask me again.

[Fox] Oh... [chuckles] ...well, / was just

going to say this is the tuna casserole.

! ordered the Salisbury steak.

[flight attendant] That is the Salisbury steak.

[Fox] Oh. Oh, yes. Thank you, miss. I see that.

I've promised your father you could

with me till he gets out of jail.

l can take care of myself.

Well, let me know which hotel are you gonna be staying at.

I'm gonna need your help.

last a public defender.

What do you mean?

I'm joining a big law firm.

Shorter hours, more money.

I'll be defending the rich.

I'm looking forward to it.

So remember to call me when you've got a room.

On the other hand, uh,

because we have a lot of work

to go over maybe

Man, I've spent three years, Jack.

Three years fussing with that car...

like l was a doctor bringing back the dead.

Did I tell you, the horn played "Ode to Joy"?

[sighs]

Yes, you did.

First time out the gate,

heading for a classic car show.

with a license to bust your chops.

Yeah.

l must have told you that too.

[Officer Allright) lights/out!

Did I tell you about the time, man, l was running 150 women?

Matter of fact, no, no. had every state in the Union, man.

Had about 500 women altogether.

You know, then, of course, my international connection.

Europe, you know, France and Italy.

There was about,

! think a thousand altogether.

You! know, one time, l even got a call from the Kremlin, man.

George Fox, Special Agent, FSA.

You've caught him, huh?

-Who? -The Middle Park peeper.

Well, that's a nice collar, Fox.

Folks in Middle Park ought to be able to sleep tonight

if a degenerate like that is behind bars.

He's my assistant.

Oh, Undercover?

Well, in a manner of speaking.

Actually, we're here about Paull Forrester.

This Paul Forrester.

Two R's. You're holding him on a 33-11 Yer.

We've got a fed linked to your perp

with a probable jurisdictional mandate.

Now l understand.

Why didn't he say that?

ift is over.

My replacement will help you.

And Sergeant O'Hare, many thanks for your help.

-What help? -Can I help you?

I'm George Fox, Speer! al Agent, FSA.

Scott, why don't you sleep in my tonight?

I'll probably be up half the night working anyway,

Yeah, okay. Uh...

[Fox] appreciate this:

[officer] Professional courtesy.

Yeah, here he is.

Where do I sign?

-For what? -The prisoner.

-You don't. -l'm taking him.

Not without proper authorization.

-The rules are the rules, pal.

You want Forrester, you get yourself a federal court order

you take it to Judge Richardson, Superior Court.

l don't have time for that.

You ever hear of professional courtesy?

Look, why don't youl make arrangements

with Forrester's attorney

-to interrogate him here. -His attorney?

Do you have any idea at all of who or what you've got down there?

-Seems like a nice enough guy to me.

What the hell kind of rules are these, anyway?

the Constitution and the Bill of totus

Maybe you've heard of it.

Uh [chuckles] Yes; Your Honor, Iknow:

[Charlotte] ! dug up this old tape of your dad. Let's take a look.

...Les Martin Live,

Pulitzer Prize winning photographer,

peripatetic journalist, notorious rogue

and, now, author, Paul Forrester.

Hey, don't accuse me of being an author.

[Les] But you wrote this book.

Yeah. It's all pictures. Nobody reads anymore.

What's peripatetic?

-Okay, okay. All kidding aside,

some of the pictures in this work are spectacular.

The boat people of Zamboanga...

The coal miners of Appalachia.

There's quite a few of Bianca Jagger in there.

-Come on, Paul. Where is he?

You can tell me. It'll just be between us.

Putnam... Putnam.

That name sounds familiar.

Look, it's no secret that they're gonna subpoena you

because of the picture in that book.

-Aren't you worried? -Oh, that Putnam.

Ooh:

[chuckles] Do / look worried?

[Les] Okay, okay. Let's take a call.

Hello, Raleigh, North Carolina.

You are on Les Martin Live.

[on phone] Paul, this is Camille.

Hurricane Camille. Bermuda Bay Inn.

Uh, yeah, Camille. [chuckles]

Uh, how are you doing, sweetheart?

[Camille] / miss you.

You know, you're really the best there is. That's all.

one of the ¢ girls on our switchboard.

Yeah. I confess. [chuckles]

But not with cash.

Is there a chance that you will ever settle down?

[laughs] No. No. No chance. I'm, uh...

I'm not into that. [sighs]

Ah, a mortgage, life insurance, children.

Last thing l need on earth right now is to be tied down by a kid.

[chuckles]

Uh, that's, uh-- That's just not me.

-[VER whirs]

Last thing l need on earth right now is to be tied down by a kid.

Uh, that's, uh-- That's just not me.

[remote clicks]

What's going on?

What are you talking about?

That man in jail who's my client

who you say is your father

is not behaving like the man on this tape.

Come on, it's my business to know

[knocking on door]

[Fox] Miss Hart?

-Yeah. -I'm George Fox.

I'm with the Federal Security Agency. May I come in?

fice tomorrow.

Forrester was traveling with a kid.

Do you know where he is?

He didn't say anything about a kid.

Well, Miss Hart. Can--

[knocking]

[Fox] Miss Hart.

For what?

! don't know who he was. [chuckles]

[officer] Come on. Let's go.

[prisoner] Hey, hey. What about me? l wanna get out of here.

You! In here:

-How's it going?

-Are you kidding? It's a zoo.

Come on!

Inside.

I'm Eddie Benton from the legal clinic.

I'm gonna handle your case.

-Signed up on another case, okay?

Now, ! got the DA's

knock down the pandering charges

to operating a concession stand

without a street vendor's permit.

You're Genie be out of here

-! don't know-- -You're not gonna get a better deal,

-believe me.

-No. I do believe you. It's just that--

How you earn your living is your business.

Mine is copping your plea, which I did.

So, could we move on this?

I'm due in four courtrooms

So, tell me, Jack, what did you knock my charge down to?

[chuckles]

[funk music playing]

[horn plays Beethoven's "Symphony Number 9"]

[dogs barking in distance]

I took some pictures of a protest demonstration in Moscow,

and, uh, I got arrested by the KGB.

-[remote clicks]

[knocking]

[Paul] Scott?

Dad. Why are you dressedlike that?

It's what they gave me.

Do you think it's too flashy?

Dad), be serious.

How did you get out of jail

It means they made a mistake.

Who's that?

Well, that's you. Well, it's him.

It-- It's him.

Is that the way I look?

Well

Uh, let me-- Let me do it.

[clears throat]

[Paul on TV] Oh, they wanted to know who planned the demonstration

and where ! got tips to--

-[VER whirs]

-[clicks] -[Paul on TV] ...take the pictures

and all that. 1 almost told them.

The next day, they let me out,

probably to avoid bad publicity from the western press.

-And He) Gissidentsy

still in prison.

"can see what youmean when you'd say

that this was your most

-And important: -How?

Well, it made me appreciate

-our constitutional rights. -[Les] Mm-hmm.

The right of freedom of speech, of the press,

of assembly and due process.

[chuckles] When that plane landed at JFK,

I'm not ashamed to say this, / got out and kissed the runway.

Okay, so! HSSEU) d a stewardess,

[audience chuckles]

-[VER whirs]

Here's your court order.

Read it and weep.

He's not here!

-[Screams]

in't your cell, Wood.

I know your cell number.

Does Charlotte have that magazine?

The one with the picture.

You mean this one.

Oh, good.

Good.

Let me have your sphere.

What are you going to do?

You're kidding. How?

By the position of the stars.

Only, there's not enough arc in this picture the way it exists.

So?

So, watch.

Why didn't you think of this before?

1 mean, instead of i

l never said 1 was a genius.

Wow!

Awesome!

Totally awesome.

Yeah. Anytime.

There. We've got it.

-We do? -Yeah.

Now all we need is a local map of--

@) y God!

-What are you doing?

-It's just a light trick.

“Uh; my dad\is an) amateur magician: He=

-Don't lie. Who are you?

Oh, don't be afraid.

Innocent or guilty, I'm still entitle to the defense, aren't I?

It's in the Constitution.

He really is my father.

He won't hurt anybody.

Please.

I don't believe this:

And you really didn't take that picture.

[Paul] No.

Among the stars.

Did you kill him?

No.

He didn't.

You don't know where he is.

I didn't know.

1 know where this picture was taken.

Will you help me?

made me appreciate

our constitutional rights.

The right of--

Look, friend. It was your people that

let him walk out right under your noses.

-What are you een

[Paul on TV] Okay, so / kissed a stewardess,

chuckles]

it's great to be

a free man in a free country

ere you don't have the KGB busting down your door without due process.

-[VCR clicks] -Amen.

Turn off?

No, not just yet.

I don't believe I'm sitting here.

Did you have anything to do with getting yourself out of jail?

No.

I didn't think so.

When / went into the room

where your fi you were supposed to be...

-[Charlotte] ! met Tyrone.

He thought the whole thing) was very funny.

Well, actually, so did J.

That was kind of a flashy hat though.

I thought so too.

How much farther?

Not far.

What's wrong? we lost) after all?

No, 1 Know where we are.

but I can't take you there.

I don't think Paul Forrester would.

What'do you think we're doing) out here?

Look, you! want to get out of trouble, right?

eat, and you walk.

That's the way the system works.

what the founding parents had in mind.

Who?

We, the people.

much too complicated.

If you don't tell the court where he is,

he police are going to be after you

The deal was made by Forrester and Putnam a long time ago.

He was promised protection.

Yeah, by Paul Forrester.

And by the system.

Look. I'm in the system too, okay?

You see, it's not complicated at all.

Look. lam not gonna stand here

from some place with a different system.

I've been doing this work all my life.

Oh, no. Let some bright-eyed

Sounds like’ someone who doesn't believe

very much in the system.

No, no. That's not what I'm saying.

l-- never said it was perfect,

but it is the only one we've got

he greatest thing in the world

Why don't you tell that to him?

[Charlotte] Well, that's crazy. I--

that would change his mind

after all these years?

You'll think of something.

Are you Steven Putnam?

Who the hell are you?

I'm your best possible defense.

Here itis.

l hope nobody followed you.

No. Don't worry. l was careful.

! know you'll get Steven Putnam off.

I believe him and in him.

And in the system.

And in the system.

We'd better get going, Dad.

Yeah. I know:

Oh, don't forget this.

[chuckles]

[sighs]

Take care of yourselves.

Whatever you do, don't double-park.

[chuckles]

learned my lesson.

Iwill!

Did ! tell you that the horn plays "Ode to Joy"?

Oh, Chiatietts said that the syste

than whatever's in second place.

What is is second place?

Countries that don't have

the Bill of Rights, ! guess.

Glad we live in this country.

Oh, great.

-What's she doing? -We're getting a ticket.

Ah, a ticket to what?

It's not to something, it's for something.

Why are you doing that?

Twenty minute limit here, sir.

I didn't know that.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

the Constitution?

Dad, just pay the two dollars.

That's an expression.

Look, you wanna make

You don't wanna pay the ticket? Go to court.

Tell your story to the judge.

Umi... [clears throat]

How much did you say this was?