1 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,501 Nice shot. Go, go. 2 00:00:19,503 --> 00:00:21,369 Right here, right here. Give it to me. 3 00:00:22,705 --> 00:00:24,572 Pass it right here. One more, one more. 4 00:00:28,578 --> 00:00:30,011 Look at that header. Come on, put it up. Put it up. 5 00:00:30,013 --> 00:00:31,446 Right here, here, here. 6 00:00:31,448 --> 00:00:32,780 Nice, nice, nice. 7 00:00:34,518 --> 00:00:36,717 Let's go, go. 8 00:00:46,696 --> 00:00:48,146 Keep it up, keep it up. 9 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:56,788 Asshole. 10 00:01:06,298 --> 00:01:09,367 Jamie, have a seat. 11 00:01:09,369 --> 00:01:11,336 Thank you, sir. 12 00:01:11,338 --> 00:01:12,337 What can I do for you? 13 00:01:12,339 --> 00:01:13,438 Um, well, sir, 14 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,273 I came to ask you if you could co-sponsor 15 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:16,741 my independent study project, 16 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,776 along with Mr. Z. 17 00:01:18,778 --> 00:01:21,712 What do you plan to do in this independent study project? 18 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:24,081 Write a stage adaptation of The Catcher in theRye, sir. 19 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:25,867 I've actually already started it. 20 00:01:25,869 --> 00:01:27,969 You wanna adapt Catcher in the Rye? 21 00:01:27,971 --> 00:01:29,570 Yes, sir. Why? 22 00:01:29,572 --> 00:01:31,722 Well, because I think it deserves to be a play, 23 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,191 I mean, it's the best book I've ever read. 24 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:35,059 It made me laugh. It made me cry. 25 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:37,228 It just-- it really spoke to me. 26 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:39,430 It spoke to you? Yes, sir. 27 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:41,416 What did it say? 28 00:01:41,418 --> 00:01:43,484 Well, I mean, that's just sort of figure of speech, 29 00:01:43,486 --> 00:01:45,253 - um, but... MR. - Oh, I get you. 30 00:01:45,255 --> 00:01:47,739 Grabbed you by the collar and shook you to the core. 31 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:49,073 More figures of speech. 32 00:01:49,075 --> 00:01:52,761 What did it say to you, Jamie? 33 00:01:52,763 --> 00:01:54,428 Sir, for the first time, 34 00:01:54,430 --> 00:01:55,897 I felt like I was reading about someone 35 00:01:55,899 --> 00:01:57,966 who understands me. 36 00:01:57,968 --> 00:01:59,901 Not Huck Finn, not Tom Sawyer, 37 00:01:59,903 --> 00:02:02,270 but Holden Caulfield. 38 00:02:02,272 --> 00:02:04,004 And we'll put it on here in school 39 00:02:04,006 --> 00:02:05,640 and I'm gonna play Holden. 40 00:02:05,642 --> 00:02:07,174 You have Salinger's permission? 41 00:02:07,176 --> 00:02:09,244 Well, I've been trying to contact Mr. Salinger, 42 00:02:09,246 --> 00:02:10,779 that--that's part of it, I've been writing 43 00:02:10,781 --> 00:02:12,230 to anyone who may have met him. 44 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:14,799 I've read, he's a bit of a recluse, 45 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:16,534 a hermit, nobody knows where he lives. 46 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:18,486 I've heard that too, sir. But I can get in contact 47 00:02:18,488 --> 00:02:21,606 with him, I know I can. 48 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:23,140 The reason I'm asking you 49 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:25,376 is because you're the one who taught us the book 50 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:28,913 and you're the best teacher at the school, practically. 51 00:02:28,915 --> 00:02:31,532 But if you don't want to, 52 00:02:31,534 --> 00:02:32,901 I'd understand. 53 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:35,136 Like, hell I would. 54 00:02:35,138 --> 00:02:36,905 Sure I'm not one of his hockey players, 55 00:02:36,907 --> 00:02:38,306 or football players, or Fin, Feather, 56 00:02:38,308 --> 00:02:40,108 and Fur Club members, but it's not 57 00:02:40,110 --> 00:02:42,310 as if I'm asking to make a model of The Globe Theater 58 00:02:42,312 --> 00:02:44,579 out of popsicle sticks. Which I happen to know, 59 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:47,965 one of his football players did one year. 60 00:02:50,018 --> 00:02:53,755 Jamie, I think you're biting off more than you can chew, 61 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:56,040 but okay. 62 00:03:16,996 --> 00:03:20,966 ♪ If I were free ♪ 63 00:03:20,968 --> 00:03:23,935 ♪ I would run into battles ♪ 64 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:26,838 ♪ With flowers and hugs ♪ 65 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,640 ♪ And bow at the boots ♪ 66 00:03:28,642 --> 00:03:32,611 ♪ Of our well-oiled thugs ♪ 67 00:03:32,613 --> 00:03:36,363 ♪ Yes, if I were free ♪ 68 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:42,636 ♪ If it were me ♪ 69 00:03:42,638 --> 00:03:44,338 ♪ I would yell out ♪ 70 00:03:44,340 --> 00:03:48,209 ♪ "I love you," to all I passed ♪ 71 00:03:48,211 --> 00:03:51,045 ♪ I would disrobe, and disco ♪ 72 00:03:51,047 --> 00:03:54,015 ♪ And rip off my mask ♪ 73 00:03:54,017 --> 00:03:57,151 ♪ Yes, if I were free ♪ 74 00:03:57,153 --> 00:04:00,054 ♪ I'd be the 'U' that crossed the 'I' ♪ 75 00:04:00,056 --> 00:04:02,107 ♪ To simply 'B' ♪ 76 00:04:02,109 --> 00:04:04,309 ♪ Minding our reflections ♪ 77 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:07,912 ♪ At the bottom of the sea ♪ 78 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:11,949 ♪ What did you see? ♪ 79 00:04:11,951 --> 00:04:13,651 ♪ I saw that you and I ♪ 80 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:16,988 ♪ Forever have been free ♪ 81 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,756 ♪ The light became too heavy ♪ 82 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:22,360 ♪ And I fell into a dream ♪ 83 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:25,630 ♪ What did you dream? ♪ 84 00:05:02,017 --> 00:05:03,618 What wouldst thou have with me? 85 00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:05,185 Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher 86 00:05:05,187 --> 00:05:07,038 by the ears? Make haste. 87 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,389 I am for you. 88 00:05:08,391 --> 00:05:10,190 Come, sir, your passado. 89 00:05:10,192 --> 00:05:13,060 Draw, Benvolio, beat down their weapons. 90 00:05:13,062 --> 00:05:14,595 Gentlemen, for shame, 91 00:05:14,597 --> 00:05:16,497 forbear this outrage. 92 00:05:16,499 --> 00:05:18,198 Tybalt, Mercutio, 93 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,367 the Prince expressly hath forbidden 94 00:05:20,369 --> 00:05:22,136 this bandying in Verona streets. 95 00:05:22,138 --> 00:05:23,203 Hold, Tybalt! 96 00:05:23,205 --> 00:05:24,589 Good Mercutio! 97 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:33,297 - What, art thou hurt? - Merit 'tis enough. 98 00:05:33,299 --> 00:05:34,682 Ask for me tomorrow and you shall 99 00:05:34,684 --> 00:05:36,684 find me a grave man. 100 00:05:36,686 --> 00:05:39,336 Courage, man, the hurt cannot be much. 101 00:05:39,338 --> 00:05:40,988 No, 'tis not so deep as a well, 102 00:05:40,990 --> 00:05:43,291 nor so wide as a church-door, 103 00:05:43,293 --> 00:05:45,510 but 'twill serve. 104 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:48,246 Help me into some house, Benvolio, or I shall faint. 105 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,631 They've made worms' meat of me. 106 00:05:51,383 --> 00:05:55,186 A plague on both your houses. 107 00:06:02,728 --> 00:06:04,529 Oh, hey. 108 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,680 Hi. Hi, Lady Capulet. 109 00:06:06,682 --> 00:06:08,049 How are you doing? 110 00:06:11,086 --> 00:06:13,621 That was amazing. 111 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:23,181 Hey, you were really great. 112 00:06:23,183 --> 00:06:24,748 All you cross-school girls were. 113 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:27,201 For townies? No, for anybody, really. 114 00:06:27,203 --> 00:06:29,687 Well, I enjoyed working with you, too, Jamie. 115 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:30,638 Thanks. 116 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:31,972 Hey, look, um, 117 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:33,107 so I wrote this play, 118 00:06:33,109 --> 00:06:34,608 um, called The Catcher-- 119 00:06:34,610 --> 00:06:36,177 actually-- I actually adapted it 120 00:06:36,179 --> 00:06:38,329 from the book, The Catcher in the Rye. 121 00:06:39,765 --> 00:06:42,333 Um, anyway, you'd be great as Sally Hayes, 122 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:43,735 um, Holden Caulfield's girlfriend. 123 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:45,737 I'm actually playing the role of Holden. 124 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,256 Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright. 125 00:06:48,258 --> 00:06:49,474 My ears have not drunk 126 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:52,010 a hundred words of thy tongues uttering. 127 00:06:52,012 --> 00:06:53,427 But I know the sound. 128 00:06:53,429 --> 00:06:56,997 Art thou not Romeo and a Crampton boy? 129 00:06:58,183 --> 00:06:59,383 What's a nice kid like you doing 130 00:06:59,385 --> 00:07:01,652 in a place like this anyway? 131 00:07:02,787 --> 00:07:04,355 I don't know. 132 00:07:05,825 --> 00:07:07,192 Like, hell I don't. 133 00:07:07,194 --> 00:07:09,927 But that's not a pretty story either. 134 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:13,814 ♪ The story of love ♪ 135 00:07:13,816 --> 00:07:17,184 ♪ Is the story of sighs ♪ 136 00:07:17,186 --> 00:07:18,920 I'm gonna miss Ed Sullivan on Sunday, 137 00:07:18,922 --> 00:07:20,521 I got to get to school by 5:00. 138 00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:22,856 What? But it's the Rolling Stones. 139 00:07:22,858 --> 00:07:24,491 Yeah. Well, my quartermaster is taking 140 00:07:24,493 --> 00:07:26,527 a few of us out to eat, so. 141 00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:29,147 A teacher? Yeah, of course. 142 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,115 Wow. 143 00:07:32,184 --> 00:07:33,918 The foot again? 144 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,553 Another ingrown toenail. 145 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,422 I get them, like, every couple of months now. 146 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:39,040 It hurts like hell. 147 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:41,059 Oh, yeah? Yeah. 148 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:43,995 Well, then why don't you 149 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:45,929 try some of this? 150 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:48,165 What's that? 151 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:49,484 What do you think it is, man? 152 00:07:49,486 --> 00:07:50,484 It's grass. 153 00:07:50,486 --> 00:07:51,970 You do marijuana? 154 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:53,437 I don't do it, I smoke it. 155 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:55,339 Are you kidding? You're gonna get addicted. 156 00:07:55,341 --> 00:07:57,125 I'm not gonna get addicted. Oh, my God, Gerry. 157 00:07:57,127 --> 00:07:58,576 You're gonna get arrested. 158 00:07:58,578 --> 00:08:00,311 I'm not gonna get arrested. I'm serious. 159 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,713 Shh, listen to me, 160 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:03,014 it's no big deal. 161 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:04,731 Just don't tell anyone, all right? 162 00:08:04,733 --> 00:08:07,251 Oh, God. Hey, check this out. 163 00:08:09,487 --> 00:08:11,722 Holy crap, what is that? 164 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:13,674 You are so juvenile. What do you think it is? 165 00:08:13,676 --> 00:08:16,811 It's a bra, but whose? Robin Miko. 166 00:08:16,813 --> 00:08:18,345 We make out in the darkroom. 167 00:08:18,347 --> 00:08:20,014 Kiss me here? 168 00:08:20,016 --> 00:08:22,483 I like to enlarge you. 169 00:08:23,852 --> 00:08:25,603 I wanna go to Newberry. 170 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:26,938 The Defense Department announced today 171 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:28,823 that there are now more than 300,000 172 00:08:28,825 --> 00:08:30,908 American soldiers serving in Vietnam. 173 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,459 Pentagon officials refuse to confirm... 174 00:08:33,529 --> 00:08:34,996 ...500,000 troops 175 00:08:34,998 --> 00:08:36,230 may ultimately be required 176 00:08:36,232 --> 00:08:37,365 to defeat the... 177 00:08:38,901 --> 00:08:40,968 Yes, is this Mrs. Schwartz? 178 00:08:40,970 --> 00:08:42,169 Uh, this is Ed Baker, 179 00:08:42,171 --> 00:08:43,670 Dean of Students at Newberry, 180 00:08:43,672 --> 00:08:46,940 I'm afraid we've had an incident with Gerry. 181 00:08:46,942 --> 00:08:48,442 What kind of incident? 182 00:08:48,444 --> 00:08:49,610 Well, he's at Houston Valley 183 00:08:49,612 --> 00:08:51,045 Hospital right now, Mrs. Schwartz. 184 00:08:51,047 --> 00:08:53,014 Oh, my God. What happened? 185 00:08:53,016 --> 00:08:56,117 It seems he took something, we think it was LSD 186 00:08:56,119 --> 00:08:58,219 - and jumped through his window. - Oh, my God. 187 00:08:58,221 --> 00:08:59,653 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 188 00:08:59,655 --> 00:09:00,988 His room is on the first floor, 189 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:03,224 Mrs. Schwartz. However, he proceeded 190 00:09:03,226 --> 00:09:04,492 to run through the snow shouting 191 00:09:04,494 --> 00:09:06,560 that his testicles were on fire. 192 00:09:06,562 --> 00:09:08,162 What? They were on fire? 193 00:09:08,164 --> 00:09:09,981 No, ma'am. Screw Newberry. 194 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:12,182 I mean, you need to go to some place like Andover, 195 00:09:12,184 --> 00:09:13,801 or Hotchkiss, Crampton. 196 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:14,935 What's so great about those places? 197 00:09:14,937 --> 00:09:16,637 What's so great about them is they're some 198 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:18,639 of the best schools in the world, practically. 199 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:20,241 I mean, they're all boys schools, 200 00:09:20,243 --> 00:09:21,859 but you tell mom that's where you want to go 201 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:23,443 and she'll be thrilled. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 202 00:09:23,445 --> 00:09:24,879 All boys schools? How am I supposed to meet 203 00:09:24,881 --> 00:09:27,014 girls like Robin at an all boys school? 204 00:09:27,016 --> 00:09:28,716 You got to grow up, man. 205 00:09:28,718 --> 00:09:30,517 That's why I wanna go to Newberry. 206 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:33,087 Will you shut up about Newberry already? 207 00:09:33,089 --> 00:09:34,371 I mean, I'm talking about going to some 208 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:35,540 of the best schools in the world 209 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,174 and you're talking about making out 210 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:39,827 with some girl in a darkroom? 211 00:09:39,829 --> 00:09:41,846 Yes. 212 00:09:43,198 --> 00:09:45,716 Hey, listen to me. 213 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:46,767 Graduate from a school like Crampton 214 00:09:46,769 --> 00:09:48,669 and you'll meet a zillion girls. 215 00:09:48,671 --> 00:09:50,471 And girls that are worth falling in love with 216 00:09:50,473 --> 00:09:51,605 and not just for feeling up. 217 00:09:51,607 --> 00:09:53,507 Okay. Okay. Let's say you're right. 218 00:09:53,509 --> 00:09:55,576 How am I supposed to get into a school like that? 219 00:09:55,578 --> 00:09:58,246 They're made for kids like you. 220 00:09:58,248 --> 00:09:59,680 In Vietnam today, 221 00:09:59,682 --> 00:10:01,632 seven marines were killed 222 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:03,133 when their convoy was ambushed 223 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:04,302 by Vietcong regulars 224 00:10:04,304 --> 00:10:05,686 near the Song Tra Bong... 225 00:10:07,973 --> 00:10:09,990 I don't really know how to talk to adults, 226 00:10:09,992 --> 00:10:11,792 they scare me. 227 00:10:11,794 --> 00:10:13,177 Yeah. Well, another good reason 228 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:15,213 you're going to boarding school, 229 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:17,882 you know, uh, just imagine them naked. 230 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:20,684 Can I imagine them just in their underwear? 231 00:10:20,686 --> 00:10:21,769 Really? 232 00:10:21,771 --> 00:10:24,672 Come on, grow up. 233 00:10:24,674 --> 00:10:27,258 All right. Try this. 234 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:30,527 Pretend they're someone you love. 235 00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:31,795 I've never been in love. 236 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:35,199 Jesus Christ, you're killing me. 237 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:36,484 All right. Well, then why don't you 238 00:10:36,486 --> 00:10:38,485 pretend they're someone you trust 239 00:10:38,487 --> 00:10:42,290 and love. Moi? 240 00:10:42,292 --> 00:10:45,393 Not you. God, you're crazy, Gerry. 241 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:49,129 Yeah, get your hands off my wheel. 242 00:10:49,131 --> 00:10:51,064 You're gonna be fine. 243 00:10:51,066 --> 00:10:53,200 What about you? 244 00:10:53,202 --> 00:10:54,668 Me? Uh, I don't know, 245 00:10:54,670 --> 00:10:58,272 mom's talking about some school up in Maine. 246 00:10:58,274 --> 00:11:00,357 - Maine? - Called Tate 247 00:11:00,359 --> 00:11:01,325 you know, for kids who mess up 248 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,527 like with drugs and stuff. 249 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:05,062 Tough love and all that. 250 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,564 Well, so you're gonna go? 251 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,699 Uh, I don't know. 252 00:11:08,701 --> 00:11:10,368 I mean, I've-- I kind of had it with school 253 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:12,269 and everything. 254 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,587 School blows. 255 00:11:13,589 --> 00:11:16,290 You got to go to school, Gerry. 256 00:11:16,292 --> 00:11:18,108 You'll get drafted. 257 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:20,310 Well, I hear they got some 258 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:22,930 great marijuana over there. 259 00:11:24,082 --> 00:11:27,085 ♪ I will see ♪ 260 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:28,736 ♪ This through ♪ 261 00:11:28,738 --> 00:11:32,523 ♪ And I will be there ♪ 262 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:35,560 ♪ For you ♪ 263 00:11:39,099 --> 00:11:40,164 Hello, hi, um, 264 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,432 where can I find someone to help 265 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:42,733 show me around? 266 00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:45,069 We're your guys. Hank Marcus, sophomore. 267 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:47,405 Hi, I'm Jamie Schwartz. I'm a sophomore, too. 268 00:11:47,407 --> 00:11:49,256 What kind of name is that? 269 00:11:49,258 --> 00:11:50,391 Uh, Jewish. 270 00:11:50,393 --> 00:11:52,593 Obviously, Jewish, I mean, Jamie, 271 00:11:52,595 --> 00:11:53,594 I know a girl named Jamie. 272 00:11:53,596 --> 00:11:55,229 Hey, Campbell, 273 00:11:55,231 --> 00:11:56,680 give the guy a break. 274 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,182 Jamie, how did you hurt yourself? 275 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,600 - Football? - Uh... 276 00:11:59,602 --> 00:12:02,169 I'm guessing not football. Soccer? 277 00:12:02,171 --> 00:12:05,455 Actually, it's an ingrown toenail. 278 00:12:05,457 --> 00:12:07,558 It's really infected. 279 00:12:08,543 --> 00:12:10,444 Okay, then. 280 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,732 All yours, Hank. 281 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:17,501 Welcome to Crampton, Jamie. 282 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:19,103 And that's how I got here. 283 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:20,387 The worst thing is, 284 00:12:20,389 --> 00:12:22,390 they applauded when I got killed. 285 00:12:22,392 --> 00:12:23,724 It's Mercutio for Christ's sake, 286 00:12:23,726 --> 00:12:26,159 everyone loves Mercutio. 287 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:33,484 But when she's Sally Hayes, 288 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:36,053 that's gonna be me. 289 00:12:36,055 --> 00:12:38,172 Come on. 290 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,097 This is from Mr. Van Orford, 291 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,432 a legendary headmaster here 292 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:49,833 from a million years ago. 293 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:51,335 I thought maybe he could help me 294 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:52,870 find J.D. Salinger. 295 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,304 He wrote back and suggested 296 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:56,474 Bennett Cerf, this old guy 297 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:57,642 from this old people's game show 298 00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:59,143 called "What's My Line." 299 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:01,546 Apparently before Mr. Cerf was ever famous, 300 00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:03,214 he started Random House books 301 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,082 which happens to be the company 302 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:08,519 that put The Catcher in the Rye in print. 303 00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:11,255 He wrote back and suggested Salinger's agent, 304 00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:12,490 the Harold Ober Agency. 305 00:13:12,492 --> 00:13:14,458 Here's my letter to them. 306 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:15,526 No reply. 307 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:16,960 So, I wrote Peter Fonda, 308 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,330 you know, the boring one from Easy Rider? 309 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:20,898 Life Magazine said that he ran away 310 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,700 from his boarding school because he identified 311 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:24,602 so much with Holden Caulfield. 312 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:26,136 Here's my letter to him. 313 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:28,206 No reply. 314 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:30,942 And here it is. 315 00:13:44,372 --> 00:13:46,323 The heavenly host appear, 316 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:49,927 and camp about, and guard me here. 317 00:13:54,916 --> 00:13:57,217 Mr. Marcus? 318 00:13:57,219 --> 00:13:59,202 She is condemned. 319 00:14:01,524 --> 00:14:03,123 Mr. Schwartz, 320 00:14:03,125 --> 00:14:05,442 are you with us? 321 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:07,377 Yes, sir. 322 00:14:07,379 --> 00:14:09,413 She is saved. 323 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:11,315 God has saved her soul. 324 00:14:12,719 --> 00:14:15,068 Um, the first six pages of part two 325 00:14:15,070 --> 00:14:16,236 for next class. 326 00:14:16,238 --> 00:14:17,405 Mr. Platt? Yes, sir. 327 00:14:17,407 --> 00:14:19,039 Will you inform the members 328 00:14:19,041 --> 00:14:20,958 of the football team who left early? 329 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,877 Yes, sir. 330 00:14:22,879 --> 00:14:24,144 Asshole. 331 00:14:26,181 --> 00:14:27,715 Hey, Freddy. Yeah? 332 00:14:27,717 --> 00:14:29,950 Um, so we're in this big drama competition 333 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:30,985 next Wednesday in New York, 334 00:14:30,987 --> 00:14:32,353 so can I have your notes? 335 00:14:32,355 --> 00:14:33,587 Yeah, sure. 336 00:14:33,589 --> 00:14:35,572 You have to miss class for that? 337 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:37,741 Football players miss class all the time. 338 00:14:37,743 --> 00:14:40,427 That, boy, 339 00:14:40,429 --> 00:14:42,929 is football. 340 00:14:42,931 --> 00:14:44,614 So it's... Yeah, yeah. 341 00:14:48,186 --> 00:14:49,486 She said that to you. 342 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:50,955 Uh-hmm. Okay. 343 00:14:53,091 --> 00:14:53,907 What you working on? 344 00:14:53,909 --> 00:14:57,094 Oh, um, just this play I wrote. 345 00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:59,813 You wrote a play? Yeah, I did. 346 00:14:59,815 --> 00:15:00,881 Well, I adapted it from the book 347 00:15:00,883 --> 00:15:02,349 The Catcher in the Rye. 348 00:15:02,351 --> 00:15:05,151 Really? Uh, I love that book. 349 00:15:05,153 --> 00:15:06,453 So do I, 350 00:15:06,455 --> 00:15:08,889 I mean, obviously. 351 00:15:08,891 --> 00:15:11,041 I can't believe you wrote it into a play. 352 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:13,043 Yeah. We're gonna do it here at school 353 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:14,712 and if it's any good, who knows, 354 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:16,346 off Broadway maybe? 355 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:17,715 That is so cool. Yeah. 356 00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:19,833 Can I read it? 357 00:15:19,835 --> 00:15:21,384 Sure, if you want, I mean, 358 00:15:21,386 --> 00:15:23,254 I'm still rewriting it, but... 359 00:15:25,857 --> 00:15:29,276 Is there a part for me? 360 00:15:29,278 --> 00:15:30,894 Uh, yeah, yeah, 361 00:15:30,896 --> 00:15:33,847 um, you could play, Phoebe. 362 00:15:33,849 --> 00:15:36,550 Oh, that would be amazing. 363 00:15:36,552 --> 00:15:38,452 Uh, isn't she 364 00:15:38,454 --> 00:15:41,822 actually about 10 years old? 365 00:15:41,824 --> 00:15:43,290 Yeah, I mean, I didn't mean that you could pass 366 00:15:43,292 --> 00:15:44,791 for 10 years old. I just... I know, I'm kidding. 367 00:15:44,793 --> 00:15:46,660 I get that all the time. I meant that you could pass 368 00:15:46,662 --> 00:15:48,779 for someone playing 10 years-- I know what you mean, Jamie. 369 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,898 Don't worry about it. 370 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:54,218 So, who's gonna play Holden, Ted? 371 00:15:56,271 --> 00:15:57,404 Got you. 372 00:15:57,406 --> 00:15:59,223 You'd be perfect as Holden. 373 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,575 When it's gonna be put on? This winter. 374 00:16:01,577 --> 00:16:03,510 I'm trying to get Salinger's permission. 375 00:16:03,512 --> 00:16:06,296 Well, our play is the last, so when we get to New York, 376 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:08,965 I'm gonna try and sneak off to find his agent. 377 00:16:08,967 --> 00:16:10,668 That is so cool. Yeah. 378 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,487 They have to say yes. They have to. 379 00:16:13,489 --> 00:16:15,406 He's not interested, kid. 380 00:16:15,408 --> 00:16:17,941 Oh, call Judy Abbot, tell her I'm on my way. 381 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:19,376 But he hasn't read it. 382 00:16:19,378 --> 00:16:21,745 He'll never read it. 383 00:16:23,532 --> 00:16:26,150 But if he'd read it, I know he'd like it. 384 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:28,352 It's 99% his dialogue. It doesn't matter 385 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:29,920 if it's a hundred and ninety-nine percent, 386 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:31,655 he won't read it. What if this is the key 387 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,190 that unlocks the whole book 388 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:36,026 to a great play, a great movie even? 389 00:16:37,012 --> 00:16:38,411 Think of all the people it would reach, 390 00:16:38,413 --> 00:16:39,480 who would never read it. 391 00:16:39,482 --> 00:16:41,098 I admire your passion, kid. 392 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,967 What if you just read it? Maybe you'll think it's amazing, 393 00:16:43,969 --> 00:16:45,936 you could talk him to reading it. 394 00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:47,204 Talk him about reading it? 395 00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:48,606 I've never talked to him in my life. 396 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,107 He doesn't like talking to people. 397 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:51,641 Well, then how do you communicate with him? 398 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:52,877 He likes people to write. 399 00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:54,261 Okay, well, then after you read it, 400 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:56,063 you could write him, or I could write him? 401 00:16:56,065 --> 00:16:57,898 Just can I please have his address? 402 00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:01,434 I won't give it to anyone, I promise. 403 00:17:04,105 --> 00:17:07,240 Sorry, kid. 404 00:17:17,035 --> 00:17:19,636 Let me see, let me see. Right here. 405 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:20,488 There he is. 406 00:17:20,490 --> 00:17:22,189 This is 1963, 407 00:17:22,191 --> 00:17:24,225 this is like a collector's edition. 408 00:17:24,227 --> 00:17:25,675 Yeah, I know, I will return it, I swear. 409 00:17:25,677 --> 00:17:27,811 But look. 410 00:17:31,649 --> 00:17:33,250 Cornish Flat, New Hampshire. 411 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:34,484 I found him. 412 00:17:34,486 --> 00:17:36,269 That's fantastic. 413 00:17:39,457 --> 00:17:41,775 Uh-oh. 414 00:17:41,777 --> 00:17:43,927 He's gone total Holden. 415 00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:46,880 I found him. You found who? 416 00:17:46,882 --> 00:17:48,031 J.D. Salinger. 417 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,033 Really? What's he like? 418 00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:51,768 Uh, no, no, I didn't find him personally. 419 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:53,804 But I found out where he lives. 420 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,305 Oh. 421 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,592 Hey, Freddy, 422 00:17:58,594 --> 00:18:00,827 look at this. 423 00:18:03,682 --> 00:18:06,283 Jamie Schwartz, 424 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:09,085 best supporting actor, third prize. 425 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:10,871 Yeah, it's the only prize we got. 426 00:18:10,873 --> 00:18:13,139 Ooh, you stud. 427 00:18:16,110 --> 00:18:18,162 Goebbers gave you a prize, too. 428 00:18:19,547 --> 00:18:21,514 He, uh, sprang a pop quiz 429 00:18:21,516 --> 00:18:22,783 while you were gone. 430 00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:24,484 A zero? 431 00:18:24,486 --> 00:18:27,120 Yeah. 432 00:18:27,122 --> 00:18:29,072 Oh. 433 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:34,594 Dear Mr. Salinger, 434 00:18:34,596 --> 00:18:35,862 if you read this letter and think 435 00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:37,264 I'm a pain in the ass, 436 00:18:37,266 --> 00:18:38,315 I'm sorry. 437 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,817 I'm one of 575 inmates here 438 00:18:40,819 --> 00:18:42,286 at Crampton Prep. 439 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:44,155 I say inmates, because here at Crampton, 440 00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:46,139 it's seems like you always have to watch your back. 441 00:18:46,141 --> 00:18:48,058 I do believe... I do believe the other kids 442 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:50,027 were good people once, 443 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:51,695 but then they come here, 444 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:54,965 and get fed into the machine, 445 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:58,602 and come out phony and cynical, 446 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:00,771 and just plain mean. 447 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:04,041 Even this guy Freddy Goreshi 448 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:07,010 who was the closest thing to a friend I had 449 00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:09,846 fell into the machine. 450 00:19:11,149 --> 00:19:13,083 Where the hell did you get this? 451 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:15,252 I found it in his drawer. 452 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:17,304 Asshole. 453 00:19:17,306 --> 00:19:19,990 I fight every day from letting the machine get to me. 454 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,525 In fact, the only thing that keeps me sane 455 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:23,727 is The Catcher in the Rye. 456 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,963 Actually, it's a play of The Catcher in the Rye 457 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:28,131 that I adapted from your book, 458 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:29,466 and the script is a life formula 459 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:33,370 for Holden, Phoebe, and everyone else. 460 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,021 Mr. Salinger... ...I know Holden as well 461 00:19:35,023 --> 00:19:36,757 as anyone except for maybe you. 462 00:19:36,759 --> 00:19:38,275 Part of me is Holden 463 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:40,277 and I'm the guy who can bring him to life. 464 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:41,962 I know this is a lot to ask from someone you 465 00:19:41,964 --> 00:19:43,280 or Hollywood has never heard of, 466 00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:45,115 but if I could come and see you 467 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:46,817 and talk to you about this, 468 00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:49,486 maybe I could convince you of what I'm saying is true. 469 00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:51,187 You could say something like... 470 00:19:51,189 --> 00:19:53,006 You may say something like, "Come on up," 471 00:19:53,008 --> 00:19:55,742 or, "Send me the play," or anything, 472 00:19:55,744 --> 00:19:58,312 I'd be grateful and indebted to you. 473 00:19:58,314 --> 00:20:00,547 Very sincerely yours, Jamie Schwartz. 474 00:20:00,549 --> 00:20:01,682 Wow. 475 00:20:01,684 --> 00:20:04,150 We had enough of this asshole? 476 00:20:04,152 --> 00:20:06,470 Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. 477 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:19,866 - What the hell? - It's the machine, 478 00:20:19,868 --> 00:20:21,518 - you faggot. - The machine. 479 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,203 - What? - It's the machine, 480 00:20:23,205 --> 00:20:24,337 it's gonna take you. 481 00:20:24,339 --> 00:20:25,839 Salinger can't help you now. 482 00:20:25,841 --> 00:20:27,024 You read my letter? 483 00:20:28,327 --> 00:20:31,044 You stole my goddamn letter! 484 00:20:31,046 --> 00:20:32,112 I'm gonna kill you, you bastard. 485 00:20:33,615 --> 00:20:35,015 Are you gonna rat on us, too? 486 00:20:35,017 --> 00:20:37,117 You're a dead man, Schwartz! 487 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,337 That freak, did you see him jump? 488 00:20:57,371 --> 00:21:00,941 ♪ I wonder if you hear ♪ 489 00:21:02,844 --> 00:21:04,811 ♪ The voice inside ♪ 490 00:21:04,813 --> 00:21:08,114 ♪ Who'll never steal ♪ 491 00:21:10,368 --> 00:21:13,486 ♪ I wonder if you hear ♪ 492 00:21:15,606 --> 00:21:18,308 ♪ In the dark ♪ 493 00:21:20,328 --> 00:21:23,246 ♪ The cold ♪ 494 00:21:24,582 --> 00:21:28,552 ♪ White ♪ 495 00:21:28,554 --> 00:21:31,488 ♪ Snow ♪ 496 00:21:44,768 --> 00:21:48,571 ♪ Do you hear me now? ♪ 497 00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:52,642 ♪ I'm calling ♪ 498 00:22:13,331 --> 00:22:15,666 What are you doing here? 499 00:22:16,901 --> 00:22:18,869 Oh. 500 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:20,637 Uh, we had a holiday today. 501 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,505 Yeah, old Mr. Dewitt 502 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:25,008 surprises us with one once in a while. 503 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:27,076 He's our headmaster. 504 00:22:27,078 --> 00:22:30,013 Lucky. Yeah. 505 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,182 So, how'd you end up here? 506 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:35,018 I don't know. 507 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:38,689 What are you doing with a suitcase? 508 00:22:43,027 --> 00:22:45,712 Are you running away? 509 00:22:47,515 --> 00:22:48,932 Jamie, why? 510 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:50,433 Because I hate it there. 511 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:51,935 It's full of mean guys and phonies, 512 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:54,738 I mean, really, really mean guys. 513 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,507 You sound like Holden. Well, it's me and it's true. 514 00:22:57,509 --> 00:22:58,675 A bunch of guys from the football team bombed 515 00:22:58,677 --> 00:23:00,244 my room last night and tried to beat 516 00:23:00,246 --> 00:23:02,746 the crap out of me, 517 00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:05,816 so I just got the hell out of there. 518 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,417 God, why would they do that? 519 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:08,852 Because they were snooping in my room 520 00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:10,620 and I guess at some point, found the stupid letter 521 00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:13,423 that I wrote to Salinger about how they'd all been 522 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,225 fed into the machine and they'd become 523 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,110 cynical automatons. 524 00:23:17,112 --> 00:23:19,112 Oh, Jamie, 525 00:23:19,114 --> 00:23:21,448 but you can't just run away. 526 00:23:24,852 --> 00:23:26,553 I can't go back there, Deedee. 527 00:23:29,106 --> 00:23:30,240 But where are you gonna go? 528 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:33,109 I'm gonna go find J.D. Salinger. 529 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:34,410 What? 530 00:23:34,412 --> 00:23:35,695 Yeah, I'm gonna give him my script 531 00:23:35,697 --> 00:23:37,730 and maybe he'll-- maybe he'll love it 532 00:23:37,732 --> 00:23:39,166 and he'll just wanna make a movie of it, 533 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:41,068 or he'll just wanna go straight 534 00:23:41,070 --> 00:23:42,602 to Broadway with it. I don't know. 535 00:23:42,604 --> 00:23:44,237 Well, what if you can't find him? 536 00:23:44,239 --> 00:23:46,907 I will. Okay. 537 00:23:46,909 --> 00:23:48,792 Uh, how are you gonna get there? 538 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:50,343 I'll hitchhike. 539 00:23:50,345 --> 00:23:52,262 You're not gonna hitchhike, Jamie. 540 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:55,732 Yes, I can. I've done it plenty of times. 541 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:57,968 You have? Yeah. 542 00:23:57,970 --> 00:23:59,736 Yeah. 543 00:23:59,738 --> 00:24:01,672 Gee, 544 00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:04,208 okay, then. 545 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:07,611 I guess, it's goodbye. 546 00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:10,213 Goodbye. 547 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:24,227 ♪ One thing ♪ 548 00:24:25,996 --> 00:24:29,116 ♪ I know ♪ 549 00:24:30,752 --> 00:24:33,203 ♪ It's not ♪ 550 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:37,240 ♪ Where we'll be ♪ 551 00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:41,945 ♪ That's all ♪ 552 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,280 Where you headed, mister? 553 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:45,948 You know where I'm headed, Deedee. 554 00:24:47,118 --> 00:24:48,351 I'll tell you what, 555 00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:50,521 I'll drive you up to see Salinger, 556 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:52,706 but then you got to come back. 557 00:24:52,708 --> 00:24:54,157 To school? 558 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,242 Deedee, I'm not going back. 559 00:24:58,529 --> 00:25:01,481 Okay. You're not coming back. 560 00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:04,751 ♪ Your song ♪ 561 00:25:04,753 --> 00:25:07,520 ♪ While I'm low ♪ 562 00:25:09,023 --> 00:25:12,358 ♪ But I don't know ♪ 563 00:25:16,631 --> 00:25:18,197 ♪ Ooh ♪ 564 00:25:18,199 --> 00:25:20,967 ♪ They talk in codes ♪ 565 00:25:20,969 --> 00:25:22,602 ♪ Ooh ♪ 566 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:25,105 ♪ They talk in codes ♪ 567 00:25:25,107 --> 00:25:27,407 ♪ Don't hold ♪ 568 00:25:27,409 --> 00:25:30,743 ♪ Your breath ♪ 569 00:25:30,745 --> 00:25:34,130 Why are you doing this? 570 00:25:34,132 --> 00:25:36,800 I like an adventure. 571 00:25:36,802 --> 00:25:39,869 ♪ Don't hold your breath ♪ 572 00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:42,906 Hey, guys. 573 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:43,907 Dee. Sit down. 574 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,725 What are you doing here? Field trip. 575 00:25:45,727 --> 00:25:49,046 Just gonna talk to these guys a minute. 576 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:51,714 Field trip? 577 00:25:53,150 --> 00:25:54,784 - Be right back. - Yup. 578 00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:57,353 ♪ Really brings me down ♪ 579 00:25:57,355 --> 00:25:59,055 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 580 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,340 What kind of trouble? 581 00:26:00,342 --> 00:26:02,208 Some guys in the football team 582 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:03,276 bombed his room with firecrackers 583 00:26:03,278 --> 00:26:05,245 and tried to beat him up. 584 00:26:05,247 --> 00:26:06,712 So, he's running away? 585 00:26:06,714 --> 00:26:09,182 I mean, that's not how you handle these things. 586 00:26:09,184 --> 00:26:10,667 It was the whole team, Dad. 587 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:12,585 Really? The whole team? 588 00:26:14,422 --> 00:26:16,322 Is he homosexual? 589 00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:18,008 No, he isn't homosexual. 590 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:20,543 And even if he is, why should they beat him up? 591 00:26:20,545 --> 00:26:23,563 That's just what they do, baby. 592 00:26:23,565 --> 00:26:25,098 I'm not saying they should. 593 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,234 So, what does this have to do 594 00:26:27,236 --> 00:26:29,336 with J.D. Salinger? 595 00:26:29,338 --> 00:26:30,570 Well, if we find him, 596 00:26:30,572 --> 00:26:32,372 maybe Salinger will like his script 597 00:26:32,374 --> 00:26:34,574 or, at least, like him, then maybe he'll go 598 00:26:34,576 --> 00:26:36,175 back to school and put on the play 599 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:39,379 and he'd be cool too and they'll leave him alone. 600 00:26:39,381 --> 00:26:40,913 Honey, this sounds crazy. 601 00:26:40,915 --> 00:26:43,482 Oh, it's not crazy. 602 00:26:43,484 --> 00:26:46,152 You're always trying to help some lost cause. 603 00:26:46,154 --> 00:26:47,286 You're not gonna skip school 604 00:26:47,288 --> 00:26:48,421 and you're not gonna run away 605 00:26:48,423 --> 00:26:49,589 with some boy. 606 00:26:49,591 --> 00:26:51,207 Look, I'm not running away with him. 607 00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:52,459 It's Friday. 608 00:26:52,461 --> 00:26:53,860 I have two classes. 609 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:55,262 I'll be back tomorrow. 610 00:26:55,264 --> 00:26:57,613 I promise. Tonight maybe. 611 00:26:57,615 --> 00:26:59,282 Besides, what could be more educational 612 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:02,201 than finding J.D. Salinger? 613 00:27:02,203 --> 00:27:03,637 I'm sorry, baby. 614 00:27:03,639 --> 00:27:05,538 You're gonna have to take him back to school. 615 00:27:05,540 --> 00:27:07,390 That's what I'm trying to do. 616 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:08,925 You guys always say you trust me, 617 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:11,260 so trust me. 618 00:28:01,979 --> 00:28:05,482 Hey, I was just thinking 619 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:07,117 Your parents wouldn't, you know, call the school 620 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,702 or report me, would they? 621 00:28:08,704 --> 00:28:11,938 No, they would never do that. 622 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:14,874 They pretty much believe in live and let live. 623 00:28:17,061 --> 00:28:20,046 I wish I'd believe that. 624 00:28:20,048 --> 00:28:21,747 What do you mean? 625 00:28:21,749 --> 00:28:25,318 Well, I did something really stupid. 626 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,386 You wrote another letter? 627 00:28:27,388 --> 00:28:30,290 No. I wish. 628 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:31,590 And this was worse, 629 00:28:31,592 --> 00:28:34,978 much, much, much, much worse. 630 00:28:35,796 --> 00:28:37,129 The beginning of junior year, 631 00:28:37,131 --> 00:28:39,833 I actually had quite few friends in Crampton. 632 00:28:39,835 --> 00:28:43,135 One of them was this kid, Hank Marcus. 633 00:28:43,137 --> 00:28:45,605 He was my best friend. 634 00:28:45,607 --> 00:28:48,074 He was the first kid that I met there. 635 00:28:48,076 --> 00:28:49,576 He was super funny, 636 00:28:49,578 --> 00:28:51,244 really smart, 637 00:28:51,246 --> 00:28:52,862 had a smile that just kills. 638 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:54,564 I know that sounds weird 639 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:57,049 but if you met him, 640 00:28:57,051 --> 00:28:59,719 you'd definitely say the same thing. 641 00:28:59,721 --> 00:29:00,787 He was really the best. 642 00:29:00,789 --> 00:29:02,555 He taught me to rock climb 643 00:29:02,557 --> 00:29:05,091 and... 644 00:29:05,093 --> 00:29:07,277 anyway, I took this walk 645 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:10,079 down to the lake one morning at dawn. 646 00:29:16,537 --> 00:29:18,338 Some mornings I just like getting up 647 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,773 and watching the sunrise. 648 00:29:30,252 --> 00:29:32,035 Hank and I had started 649 00:29:32,037 --> 00:29:34,170 to drift apart. 650 00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:35,822 He was hanging out with these kids 651 00:29:35,824 --> 00:29:38,758 who were taking a lot of risks. Oh, we got to go. 652 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,861 - Ted, stash your car. - They were drinking, 653 00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:44,114 doing drugs, 654 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,949 all one-way tickets home. 655 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:48,718 Hey, come on. 656 00:30:13,593 --> 00:30:14,711 Hey, man, I know you're not asleep. 657 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:17,147 I just saw you get out of the VW. 658 00:30:19,166 --> 00:30:20,367 What are you doing here? 659 00:30:20,369 --> 00:30:21,985 Me? What are you doing? 660 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:23,669 You could get kicked out for that. 661 00:30:23,671 --> 00:30:25,972 It was nothing. Just having some fun. 662 00:30:27,808 --> 00:30:29,241 Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine. 663 00:30:29,243 --> 00:30:30,510 What are you doing here, man? 664 00:30:30,512 --> 00:30:31,645 Were you, like, tripping or something? 665 00:30:31,647 --> 00:30:33,613 It's nothing. Relax. 666 00:30:33,615 --> 00:30:35,115 That's exactly what my brother said. 667 00:30:35,117 --> 00:30:36,966 He went to boarding school, he got messed up with drugs, 668 00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:38,751 and then he got kicked out, and he completely 669 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:40,052 - screwed up his life. - Jesus, okay? 670 00:30:40,054 --> 00:30:42,305 I'm not your brother. 671 00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:43,740 You're my best friend. 672 00:30:43,742 --> 00:30:46,009 And I care about you. I don't wanna lose you, man. 673 00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:47,177 I'm fine. I'm telling you. 674 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,296 Just leave me alone. 675 00:31:09,183 --> 00:31:11,834 Hang on. 676 00:31:14,288 --> 00:31:16,106 Jamie Jamie Morrison Morrison 677 00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:18,208 Weatherby George Dupree. 678 00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:19,476 What's up? 679 00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:21,311 Um, sir, would it be possible 680 00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:23,896 for a student to talk to you off the record? 681 00:31:23,898 --> 00:31:27,066 Yes it is. 682 00:31:27,068 --> 00:31:28,885 Okay. And you promise no matter what I tell you 683 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,837 no one could get in trouble? 684 00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:33,172 Yeah. 685 00:31:33,174 --> 00:31:35,208 Come in, Jamie. 686 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:38,678 Hey, uh, get the door, please? 687 00:31:47,904 --> 00:31:49,422 Give me your hand. 688 00:31:49,424 --> 00:31:51,791 Here, here. 689 00:31:51,793 --> 00:31:53,292 You're doing great. 690 00:31:54,278 --> 00:31:55,878 Well done. 691 00:31:57,648 --> 00:32:00,150 It's all about trust, isn't it? 692 00:32:01,752 --> 00:32:03,153 I trusted that what I was doing 693 00:32:03,155 --> 00:32:05,988 was the right thing for him. 694 00:32:09,459 --> 00:32:10,860 Well, what happened to him? 695 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:13,462 Did he get kicked out? 696 00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:15,264 No. 697 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:17,450 But he never spoke to me again, 698 00:32:17,452 --> 00:32:20,036 most people didn't after that. 699 00:32:20,038 --> 00:32:22,538 Maybe you saved his life. 700 00:32:23,874 --> 00:32:25,342 You know, Holden was always 701 00:32:25,344 --> 00:32:28,745 trying to protect kids, 702 00:32:28,747 --> 00:32:30,647 trying to catch them before they fell off 703 00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:32,882 that cliff. 704 00:32:50,033 --> 00:32:51,668 Cool. 705 00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:56,288 ♪ Came to the cold ♪ 706 00:32:56,290 --> 00:32:58,674 ♪ Just to see you ♪ 707 00:32:59,976 --> 00:33:04,964 ♪ Standing there in expectation ♪ 708 00:33:04,966 --> 00:33:10,052 ♪ Woolen coat and blue eyes staring ♪ 709 00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:14,190 ♪ Oh, this vision does me good ♪ 710 00:33:16,293 --> 00:33:20,463 ♪ In the city we don't know yet... ♪ 711 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:22,232 It's so beautiful. 712 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:25,968 You know, when I was little kid-- 713 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:27,804 Look how many you got in your hair. 714 00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:29,639 When I was a kid, 715 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:30,773 sometimes one of these 716 00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:33,375 would float down our street, 717 00:33:33,377 --> 00:33:35,361 like, something out of Wizard of Oz 718 00:33:35,363 --> 00:33:36,629 and I used to believe 719 00:33:36,631 --> 00:33:38,448 that if you held it in your hand 720 00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:40,232 and then you made a wish 721 00:33:40,234 --> 00:33:42,985 and then blew it away, 722 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:44,637 that it would come true. 723 00:33:44,639 --> 00:33:47,272 Well, make a wish. 724 00:33:47,274 --> 00:33:49,625 Oh, no, I already did. 725 00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:50,559 What did you wish for? 726 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:53,680 That I'd be Holden Caulfield 727 00:33:53,682 --> 00:33:55,848 on stage or in the movies. 728 00:33:57,051 --> 00:33:58,551 Uh-oh. 729 00:33:58,553 --> 00:34:00,553 What? 730 00:34:00,555 --> 00:34:02,655 You shouldn't have told me. 731 00:34:02,657 --> 00:34:04,023 That's funny. 732 00:34:04,025 --> 00:34:06,826 I think that only applies to birthday candles. 733 00:34:06,828 --> 00:34:09,461 Really? Yeah. 734 00:34:09,463 --> 00:34:11,164 Let's test it. 735 00:34:17,705 --> 00:34:20,606 What'd you wish for? 736 00:34:20,608 --> 00:34:22,241 That you'd kiss me. 737 00:34:26,429 --> 00:34:29,749 ♪ You are ♪ 738 00:34:29,751 --> 00:34:34,687 ♪ In my dreams at night ♪ 739 00:34:39,109 --> 00:34:42,845 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪ 740 00:34:45,582 --> 00:34:47,717 I guess you were right. 741 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,919 You're gonna be a movie star. 742 00:34:52,005 --> 00:34:56,141 ♪ With the music on their branches ♪ 743 00:34:56,143 --> 00:35:00,946 ♪ Keep them from the mouths of creatures ♪ 744 00:35:00,948 --> 00:35:06,586 ♪ Who intend for them no good... ♪ 745 00:35:06,588 --> 00:35:07,653 If we don't go, it'll be dark 746 00:35:07,655 --> 00:35:09,522 when we get there. 747 00:35:09,524 --> 00:35:11,557 Yeah. 748 00:35:11,559 --> 00:35:13,259 You're right. 749 00:35:15,562 --> 00:35:20,032 ♪ Speak the thing you could not utter ♪ 750 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:25,337 ♪ Wind will howl and moon will cower ♪ 751 00:35:25,339 --> 00:35:30,242 ♪ At the magic of the word ♪ 752 00:35:35,315 --> 00:35:38,918 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 753 00:35:39,786 --> 00:35:43,188 ♪ Ohoooh ♪ 754 00:35:45,993 --> 00:35:49,328 ♪ Oh, ohoh ♪ 755 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,452 ♪ Ohohoh, ohoh... ♪ 756 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,938 I guess we didn't plan this too well. 757 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:02,675 That's okay. 758 00:36:02,677 --> 00:36:03,743 You wanna stay here? 759 00:36:15,689 --> 00:36:16,689 Okay. 760 00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:17,924 Wait here. 761 00:36:37,711 --> 00:36:39,311 I'm right here. 762 00:36:39,313 --> 00:36:40,646 Oh, sorry. 763 00:36:40,648 --> 00:36:41,647 I was just wondering 764 00:36:41,649 --> 00:36:43,448 if you have any rooms available. 765 00:36:43,450 --> 00:36:44,817 You want a room, eh? 766 00:36:44,819 --> 00:36:45,951 Yes, sir. Uh-hmm. 767 00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:46,952 How much? 768 00:36:46,954 --> 00:36:48,487 How many? 769 00:36:48,489 --> 00:36:51,057 Two, my wife and I, we're just passing through. 770 00:36:51,059 --> 00:36:52,591 Your wife, you say? 771 00:36:52,593 --> 00:36:53,860 Yes, sir. 772 00:36:53,862 --> 00:36:55,411 Two beds or one? 773 00:36:56,864 --> 00:36:58,698 Uh, one. Eh? 774 00:36:58,700 --> 00:36:59,849 One. One. Eh? 775 00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:01,751 No need to shout. Sorry. 776 00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:03,686 Are you married? 777 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:06,455 Yes, sir. Eh? 778 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:08,741 Yes, sir. 779 00:37:08,743 --> 00:37:10,476 13.50. 780 00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:12,328 Okay. 781 00:37:29,662 --> 00:37:31,964 This isn't so bad. 782 00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:38,754 There's just one bed. 783 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:42,191 Yeah, I just thought that it would be cheaper. 784 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:44,694 Sorry, I guess I should've asked you first. 785 00:37:44,696 --> 00:37:46,512 I'll just sleep on the chair. 786 00:37:47,731 --> 00:37:49,865 No, it's okay. 787 00:37:54,888 --> 00:37:56,539 Okay. 788 00:38:22,515 --> 00:38:25,918 You sleep with your pants on? 789 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,186 Well, no, not usually. 790 00:38:27,188 --> 00:38:29,822 I just thought that-- 791 00:38:29,824 --> 00:38:30,890 okay. 792 00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:32,424 Never mind. 793 00:39:53,457 --> 00:39:55,040 Listen, um, 794 00:39:55,042 --> 00:39:58,043 I don't have any protection. 795 00:39:58,045 --> 00:39:59,912 I'm on the pill. 796 00:39:59,914 --> 00:40:01,580 Really? 797 00:40:01,582 --> 00:40:05,033 Well, I was getting excruciating periods, 798 00:40:05,035 --> 00:40:08,036 I even had to go to the hospital once. 799 00:40:08,038 --> 00:40:11,039 So my doctor put me on the pill. 800 00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:13,276 Oh. 801 00:40:27,691 --> 00:40:29,558 So, um, 802 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,895 have you slept with a lot of guys? 803 00:40:32,897 --> 00:40:35,264 No, 804 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,400 I've never slept with anyone. 805 00:40:38,868 --> 00:40:41,036 Oh. 806 00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:42,772 Wow. 807 00:40:55,068 --> 00:40:57,136 You're shaking. 808 00:40:57,138 --> 00:40:59,038 Am I? 809 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,274 Yeah. 810 00:41:01,276 --> 00:41:03,309 What are you scared of? 811 00:41:04,644 --> 00:41:06,345 I don't know. 812 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:17,106 Deedee, stop. 813 00:41:17,108 --> 00:41:19,274 What's wrong? 814 00:41:21,511 --> 00:41:24,246 I just--I wanna go take a walk or something. 815 00:41:26,049 --> 00:41:27,583 Jamie, it's okay. 816 00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:28,750 No, I just have to-- I don't-- 817 00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:30,018 I don't feel that great right now. 818 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:31,253 I feel like I should-- 819 00:41:31,255 --> 00:41:34,873 I just need to go get some fresh air. 820 00:41:34,875 --> 00:41:36,442 Well, do you want me to come with you? 821 00:41:36,444 --> 00:41:39,545 No, I just... 822 00:41:39,547 --> 00:41:42,114 I need to be alone for a little while. 823 00:41:45,319 --> 00:41:48,303 ♪ Moving along ♪ 824 00:41:50,490 --> 00:41:54,310 ♪ And not to be alone... ♪ 825 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:56,412 So, your name's Robin? 826 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:59,215 That's right. 827 00:41:59,217 --> 00:42:00,716 What's your name? 828 00:42:00,718 --> 00:42:02,918 Jamie. 829 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,319 Jamie. 830 00:42:04,321 --> 00:42:06,288 That's a girl's name. 831 00:42:07,390 --> 00:42:09,858 Robin, that's a bird's name. 832 00:42:11,260 --> 00:42:13,228 That's true. 833 00:42:17,667 --> 00:42:20,869 I knew a girl named Robin. 834 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:22,605 Really? 835 00:42:22,607 --> 00:42:24,339 Yeah. 836 00:42:27,294 --> 00:42:29,845 She was very, um... 837 00:42:35,652 --> 00:42:38,787 you could be sisters for Christ's sake. 838 00:42:40,173 --> 00:42:41,440 Honey, I don't think our parents 839 00:42:41,442 --> 00:42:44,043 would've named both of us Robin. 840 00:42:44,045 --> 00:42:46,395 Ah, yeah. 841 00:42:47,530 --> 00:42:50,082 Was this Robin a girlfriend of yours? 842 00:42:50,084 --> 00:42:51,950 She changed my life. 843 00:42:51,952 --> 00:42:54,253 That's sweet. 844 00:42:54,255 --> 00:42:56,839 She gave my brother her bra. 845 00:42:56,841 --> 00:42:58,573 Wow. 846 00:42:58,575 --> 00:43:00,759 Yeah, she wrote dirty things all over it. 847 00:43:00,761 --> 00:43:03,179 - That's terrible. - Yeah. 848 00:43:03,181 --> 00:43:06,115 They were in the dark room. 849 00:43:06,117 --> 00:43:08,884 He really messed up. 850 00:43:08,886 --> 00:43:11,720 He's in Maine now. 851 00:43:11,722 --> 00:43:14,056 Were you in love with Robin? 852 00:43:14,058 --> 00:43:16,108 No. 853 00:43:16,110 --> 00:43:18,460 I've never been in love. 854 00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:21,964 Jamie? 855 00:43:21,966 --> 00:43:23,815 Deedee. 856 00:43:23,817 --> 00:43:25,701 I was worried about you. 857 00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:27,036 Will you come back up? 858 00:43:27,038 --> 00:43:28,721 Who's your friend? 859 00:43:28,723 --> 00:43:30,071 Oh, Deedee? 860 00:43:30,073 --> 00:43:32,140 She's not my friend, 861 00:43:32,142 --> 00:43:34,576 she's my wife. 862 00:43:38,982 --> 00:43:40,649 I'm sorry. 863 00:43:46,106 --> 00:43:48,240 Jamie? 864 00:43:48,242 --> 00:43:51,110 Yeah? 865 00:43:51,112 --> 00:43:52,277 Do you think maybe 866 00:43:52,279 --> 00:43:54,279 you went to that teacher about Hank 867 00:43:54,281 --> 00:43:56,414 because you were jealous? 868 00:43:59,252 --> 00:44:01,286 What do you mean? 869 00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:04,689 You were jealous of the other boys 870 00:44:04,691 --> 00:44:06,959 he was spending time with. 871 00:44:10,864 --> 00:44:11,797 You think I'm queer 872 00:44:11,799 --> 00:44:14,800 because I didn't sleep with you? 873 00:44:14,802 --> 00:44:16,401 No, I... Why does it always 874 00:44:16,403 --> 00:44:19,004 have to be that the guy wants to do it? 875 00:44:20,439 --> 00:44:23,675 Why can't a guy just not feel it's right 876 00:44:23,677 --> 00:44:25,110 or feel it's gonna ruin something 877 00:44:25,112 --> 00:44:26,945 without him being queer? 878 00:44:29,215 --> 00:44:30,482 I'm sorry, Jamie. 879 00:44:30,484 --> 00:44:32,717 I told you I went to Leverett, 880 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:34,452 it was because of my brother, 881 00:44:34,454 --> 00:44:36,822 but now I'm sorry I told you any of it. 882 00:44:40,593 --> 00:44:43,162 I just wanna go find Salinger. 883 00:44:43,164 --> 00:44:45,530 Can we just do that, please? 884 00:44:47,867 --> 00:44:49,467 Yes. 885 00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:03,799 Jamie, I'm sorry about last night. 886 00:45:06,737 --> 00:45:08,237 Me too. 887 00:45:27,974 --> 00:45:29,774 Okay, so listen, Deedee. 888 00:45:29,776 --> 00:45:31,510 He could be anywhere in there, 889 00:45:31,512 --> 00:45:32,494 he could be in the next aisle 890 00:45:32,496 --> 00:45:33,745 or he could be behind the counter, 891 00:45:33,747 --> 00:45:35,447 he could even be the postman incognito. 892 00:45:35,449 --> 00:45:36,781 Holden's always talking about 893 00:45:36,783 --> 00:45:38,783 this and that guy being incognito. 894 00:45:38,785 --> 00:45:41,303 So, we should be respectful at all times. 895 00:45:41,305 --> 00:45:42,921 And call him Jerome David Salinger, 896 00:45:42,923 --> 00:45:43,955 that's his name. 897 00:45:43,957 --> 00:45:46,925 For all we know, he hates J.D. 898 00:45:46,927 --> 00:45:49,695 Well, more likely, he hates Jerome. 899 00:46:14,303 --> 00:46:15,904 Sir? 900 00:46:15,906 --> 00:46:17,172 Uh, yeah? 901 00:46:17,174 --> 00:46:18,707 Hi, I was wondering if you could tell us 902 00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:20,208 where Jerome David Salinger lives. 903 00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:21,093 Who? 904 00:46:21,095 --> 00:46:23,228 Mr. Jerome David Salinger. 905 00:46:23,230 --> 00:46:24,946 Nope, never heard of him, 906 00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:26,164 sorry. 907 00:46:26,166 --> 00:46:27,449 Uh, okay. 908 00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:29,668 Is your postmaster around? 909 00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:32,287 I am the postmaster. 910 00:46:32,289 --> 00:46:35,240 Thank you, sir. 911 00:46:35,242 --> 00:46:36,524 I didn't know they were gonna hide him. 912 00:46:36,526 --> 00:46:38,443 I thought they just wouldn't know. 913 00:46:38,445 --> 00:46:40,195 Well, 914 00:46:40,197 --> 00:46:41,763 maybe the article was wrong. 915 00:46:45,084 --> 00:46:46,752 I hope not. 916 00:46:58,848 --> 00:47:01,417 Do you feel guilty? 917 00:47:01,419 --> 00:47:03,469 About what? 918 00:47:03,471 --> 00:47:04,903 Well, 919 00:47:04,905 --> 00:47:06,638 if he does live here and wants so badly 920 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,124 not to be bothered and we're trying so hard 921 00:47:09,126 --> 00:47:10,509 to do just that. 922 00:47:13,396 --> 00:47:16,164 Kind of. 923 00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:17,666 Yeah. 924 00:47:19,236 --> 00:47:20,669 But we have the play, 925 00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:22,971 I mean, we're not just curiosity seekers. 926 00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:25,473 Right. And I just feel like 927 00:47:25,475 --> 00:47:27,743 when I meet him, he'll know me 928 00:47:27,745 --> 00:47:29,177 and he'll know that I'm the kid 929 00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:31,447 he can trust with Holden. 930 00:47:38,605 --> 00:47:41,856 Let's check this house. 931 00:48:00,995 --> 00:48:04,229 Hello, sir. Hey, how you doing? 932 00:48:04,231 --> 00:48:05,513 Sorry to bother you. 933 00:48:05,515 --> 00:48:07,149 I was wondering if you could tell me 934 00:48:07,151 --> 00:48:09,718 if you knew where Jerome David Salinger lives? 935 00:48:11,538 --> 00:48:12,704 Never heard of him. 936 00:48:12,706 --> 00:48:14,172 Who did you say? 937 00:48:14,174 --> 00:48:17,426 Mr. Jerome David Salinger. 938 00:48:17,428 --> 00:48:19,228 Nope. 939 00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:21,963 Maybe he lives over toward Plainfield. 940 00:48:21,965 --> 00:48:24,199 Yeah, that's where he lives, I think. 941 00:48:24,201 --> 00:48:25,417 Okay. 942 00:48:25,419 --> 00:48:26,485 Where's Plainfield? 943 00:48:26,487 --> 00:48:28,370 Oh, behind you. 944 00:48:28,372 --> 00:48:30,105 You got to turn around. 945 00:48:31,490 --> 00:48:33,826 All right. Thank you. 946 00:48:33,828 --> 00:48:36,878 You aren't the first ones, you know. 947 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,131 They come and they go. 948 00:48:41,334 --> 00:48:43,402 You won't find him. 949 00:48:43,404 --> 00:48:45,571 Nobody does. 950 00:48:45,573 --> 00:48:47,405 Nobody finds him. 951 00:48:47,407 --> 00:48:49,875 Nobody talks to him. 952 00:48:49,877 --> 00:48:52,427 Nobody gets near him. 953 00:48:52,429 --> 00:48:55,130 Well, we're different. 954 00:49:03,606 --> 00:49:05,340 He was so obviously lying, 955 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:07,542 I mean, he's the first house on the road, 956 00:49:07,544 --> 00:49:08,677 he could be a goddamn sentry 957 00:49:08,679 --> 00:49:11,579 paid by Salinger to misdirect people. 958 00:49:11,581 --> 00:49:14,249 We're definitely on the right path. 959 00:49:14,251 --> 00:49:15,417 Okay, then. 960 00:49:15,419 --> 00:49:17,419 So much for feeling guilty. 961 00:49:48,217 --> 00:49:49,451 Hello, sir. 962 00:49:49,453 --> 00:49:50,919 Hi. 963 00:49:50,921 --> 00:49:53,455 We're looking for Jerome David Salinger. 964 00:49:53,457 --> 00:49:55,758 Salinger? Yes, sir. 965 00:49:57,093 --> 00:49:58,427 No, that's a-- 966 00:49:58,429 --> 00:50:01,430 that's a new one on me. 967 00:50:01,432 --> 00:50:02,764 Who was it, you said? 968 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:04,833 Mr. Jerome David Salinger. 969 00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:06,502 Live around here, you said? 970 00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:08,570 Yes, sir, I believe so. 971 00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:11,373 I got--I wouldn't know. 972 00:50:11,375 --> 00:50:13,475 I'm a new one around here, 973 00:50:13,477 --> 00:50:16,361 only been here three years now. 974 00:50:16,363 --> 00:50:17,696 Mr. Jerome David Salinger. 975 00:50:17,698 --> 00:50:20,031 ♪ Heaven with a hell ♪ 976 00:50:20,033 --> 00:50:22,484 ♪ Heaven with a hell ♪ 977 00:50:22,486 --> 00:50:24,369 ♪ Heaven with a hell ♪ 978 00:50:28,608 --> 00:50:30,058 Next. 979 00:50:32,646 --> 00:50:34,412 ♪ And the bull has long gone ♪ 980 00:50:41,971 --> 00:50:45,307 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 981 00:50:56,502 --> 00:50:59,237 I have a question. 982 00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,473 When you came to the high school yesterday, 983 00:51:02,475 --> 00:51:04,859 did you come to see me 984 00:51:04,861 --> 00:51:07,612 or did you come to see Maureen? 985 00:51:09,865 --> 00:51:12,183 Come on, you can tell me. 986 00:51:12,185 --> 00:51:13,685 It's important for people to be honest 987 00:51:13,687 --> 00:51:15,587 with each other. 988 00:51:15,589 --> 00:51:18,540 I did... It was Maureen, wasn't it? 989 00:51:20,459 --> 00:51:23,161 Well, I'm really happy the way it turned out. 990 00:51:25,748 --> 00:51:28,850 You're upset. I'm not upset. 991 00:51:31,004 --> 00:51:32,454 Well, do you like her? 992 00:51:32,456 --> 00:51:33,655 I don't even know her. 993 00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:34,722 Well, she's an idiot. 994 00:51:34,724 --> 00:51:37,609 How can you not see that? 995 00:51:37,611 --> 00:51:39,194 Well, it doesn't matter, does it? 996 00:51:39,196 --> 00:51:41,413 'Cause she has a couple of things I don't. 997 00:51:41,415 --> 00:51:42,581 Like a chest 998 00:51:42,583 --> 00:51:44,666 and bleached blonde hair. 999 00:51:47,204 --> 00:51:48,336 Damn. 1000 00:51:48,338 --> 00:51:49,987 You must have taken a wrong turn. 1001 00:51:49,989 --> 00:51:51,589 I didn't take any turns. Well, that guy 1002 00:51:51,591 --> 00:51:53,074 couldn't have been lying, not him. 1003 00:51:53,076 --> 00:51:55,477 Everybody's been lying. 1004 00:51:55,479 --> 00:51:56,845 Come on, let's just-- let's go back 1005 00:51:56,847 --> 00:51:57,912 to where it looked, 1006 00:51:57,914 --> 00:51:59,348 you know, more Salinger-ish. 1007 00:51:59,350 --> 00:52:02,217 What does that even mean, Salinger-ish? 1008 00:52:02,219 --> 00:52:04,786 It's beginning to feel aimless, Jamie. 1009 00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:07,572 Maybe they're right, no one finds him. 1010 00:52:07,574 --> 00:52:09,975 If we don't give up, we'll find him. 1011 00:52:09,977 --> 00:52:12,277 I wanna go home. 1012 00:52:12,279 --> 00:52:13,995 What? No, no. 1013 00:52:13,997 --> 00:52:15,781 I told my parents I will be home today. 1014 00:52:15,783 --> 00:52:17,399 Deedee, we're gonna find him. 1015 00:52:17,401 --> 00:52:20,285 I don't care about finding him anymore. 1016 00:52:21,487 --> 00:52:23,938 Deedee. 1017 00:52:23,940 --> 00:52:25,556 Deedee, come on. 1018 00:52:27,109 --> 00:52:28,510 Deedee. 1019 00:52:30,046 --> 00:52:33,014 Deedee, this is stupid. 1020 00:52:33,016 --> 00:52:34,949 It's your car. 1021 00:52:39,689 --> 00:52:41,956 I'm sorry, I'm an asshole. 1022 00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:43,692 Don't call yourself that. 1023 00:52:43,694 --> 00:52:46,161 Never call yourself that. 1024 00:52:49,414 --> 00:52:52,801 Boys are so juvenile. 1025 00:52:59,759 --> 00:53:02,794 You asked me to be honest. 1026 00:53:02,796 --> 00:53:04,529 Should I have lied to you? 1027 00:53:04,531 --> 00:53:07,999 I knew it was her before you opened your mouth. 1028 00:53:08,001 --> 00:53:11,036 You couldn't lie if your life depended on it. 1029 00:53:11,038 --> 00:53:12,837 And, you know, I was telling the truth 1030 00:53:12,839 --> 00:53:14,205 when I said that I'm really happy 1031 00:53:14,207 --> 00:53:15,440 the way it turned out. 1032 00:53:21,447 --> 00:53:22,747 Here. 1033 00:53:22,749 --> 00:53:24,882 This looks Salinger-ish to me. 1034 00:53:24,884 --> 00:53:26,051 Okay. 1035 00:53:26,053 --> 00:53:27,452 What I mean by Salinger-ish, 1036 00:53:27,454 --> 00:53:28,786 is that something about the area makes me think 1037 00:53:28,788 --> 00:53:30,722 that one of the most famous writers in the world 1038 00:53:30,724 --> 00:53:32,257 would live here if he-- 1039 00:53:32,259 --> 00:53:34,792 if he wanted to hide from everyone. 1040 00:53:34,794 --> 00:53:38,029 It's got to be something that's remote 1041 00:53:38,031 --> 00:53:40,732 but not bleak. 1042 00:53:40,734 --> 00:53:42,767 Something that's beautiful 1043 00:53:42,769 --> 00:53:43,885 but untouched. 1044 00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,036 It's sort of like the thing 1045 00:53:45,038 --> 00:53:46,004 that Holden likes about people, 1046 00:53:46,006 --> 00:53:48,607 or kids anyway. 1047 00:53:48,609 --> 00:53:50,041 Oh, look. 1048 00:53:50,043 --> 00:53:52,210 Oh, God, not again. 1049 00:53:56,883 --> 00:53:59,067 What do we do now, Sherlock? 1050 00:54:00,704 --> 00:54:03,338 Hey, what's that sound? 1051 00:54:13,282 --> 00:54:14,583 Uh-oh. 1052 00:54:19,856 --> 00:54:21,356 Hello. 1053 00:54:21,358 --> 00:54:22,590 Could you please tell us 1054 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,259 where Jerome David Salinger lives? 1055 00:54:25,261 --> 00:54:26,628 No, sorry. 1056 00:54:26,630 --> 00:54:28,029 No, you don't know where he lives, 1057 00:54:28,031 --> 00:54:30,181 or you won't tell me, 1058 00:54:30,183 --> 00:54:31,399 or can't tell me? 1059 00:54:31,401 --> 00:54:33,485 ♪ Salinger lives on Beacon Hill ♪ 1060 00:54:33,487 --> 00:54:36,688 ♪ Salinger lives on Beacon Hill ♪ 1061 00:54:36,690 --> 00:54:39,156 ♪ Up behind the mountain ♪ 1062 00:54:39,158 --> 00:54:40,575 Where is Beacon Hill? 1063 00:54:40,577 --> 00:54:42,844 Back on Central behind Othello. 1064 00:54:42,846 --> 00:54:44,012 Is not. 1065 00:54:44,014 --> 00:54:45,079 Is too! 1066 00:54:45,081 --> 00:54:46,882 Hush up now. 1067 00:54:46,884 --> 00:54:48,066 Could you please tell us where Beacon Hill is? 1068 00:54:48,068 --> 00:54:49,851 We've just come so far. 1069 00:54:49,853 --> 00:54:51,553 I'm sorry. 1070 00:54:54,790 --> 00:54:56,157 I'm not ordinarily one to lie, 1071 00:54:56,159 --> 00:54:57,492 it's just that 1072 00:54:57,494 --> 00:54:59,511 so many people come up here looking for him, 1073 00:54:59,513 --> 00:55:01,463 just like yourselves. 1074 00:55:04,149 --> 00:55:06,617 Go back up this road about a mile. 1075 00:55:06,619 --> 00:55:08,035 You'll come to a fork. 1076 00:55:08,037 --> 00:55:09,771 Go right, then keep right 1077 00:55:09,773 --> 00:55:11,022 all the way around the mountain 1078 00:55:11,024 --> 00:55:12,841 until you get to the back side. 1079 00:55:12,843 --> 00:55:14,275 And when the road turns to tar 1080 00:55:14,277 --> 00:55:15,410 with pine trees on the right, 1081 00:55:15,412 --> 00:55:17,846 his driveway will be up on the left. 1082 00:55:17,848 --> 00:55:19,981 Oh, God, that is fantastic. 1083 00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:22,084 Have you ever seen him? 1084 00:55:22,086 --> 00:55:23,935 Well, I have. 1085 00:55:23,937 --> 00:55:25,770 I've seen him, all right, 1086 00:55:25,772 --> 00:55:27,171 but we didn't get too friendly. 1087 00:55:27,173 --> 00:55:28,740 Thank you. Thank you so much. 1088 00:55:28,742 --> 00:55:30,142 Thank you so much, ma'am. 1089 00:55:30,144 --> 00:55:31,643 Thank you, guys. You've been a great help. 1090 00:55:31,645 --> 00:55:34,830 You're welcome. Thanks a lot. 1091 00:55:34,832 --> 00:55:37,882 Isn't it ironic that Holden is all into protecting kids 1092 00:55:37,884 --> 00:55:39,284 and it's actually kids who were the only ones 1093 00:55:39,286 --> 00:55:41,319 willing give up Salinger? 1094 00:55:41,321 --> 00:55:44,255 People aren't always what you think they are. 1095 00:55:44,257 --> 00:55:45,656 Yeah, well, you're nothing 1096 00:55:45,658 --> 00:55:46,657 like I thought you were. 1097 00:55:46,659 --> 00:55:48,543 What'd you think I was? 1098 00:55:50,246 --> 00:55:51,462 Okay. 1099 00:55:51,464 --> 00:55:53,464 I'll let you off that one. 1100 00:55:54,767 --> 00:55:56,935 Tell me what I'm really like. 1101 00:55:56,937 --> 00:55:59,504 Well, 1102 00:55:59,506 --> 00:56:00,521 you're spunky. 1103 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:01,723 Spunky? Yeah. 1104 00:56:01,725 --> 00:56:02,724 You're refreshing. 1105 00:56:02,726 --> 00:56:05,993 Oh, God, I sound like a breakfast drink. 1106 00:56:05,995 --> 00:56:07,028 You're bubbly. 1107 00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:09,047 So, Fresca? 1108 00:56:12,918 --> 00:56:15,453 You're honest 1109 00:56:15,455 --> 00:56:17,055 and kind. 1110 00:56:17,057 --> 00:56:19,257 You're strong. 1111 00:56:21,511 --> 00:56:23,444 You're sensitive. 1112 00:56:23,446 --> 00:56:25,513 Nice. You're nice. 1113 00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:28,150 No, that was nice. 1114 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:31,886 Trustworthy, loyal, helpful. 1115 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,406 Ugh, you're ruining it. 1116 00:56:37,793 --> 00:56:39,661 I really do like you, Deedee. 1117 00:56:41,947 --> 00:56:44,532 I still like you, too. 1118 00:56:47,704 --> 00:56:50,321 Hey, this is looking Salinger-ish, isn't it? 1119 00:57:02,885 --> 00:57:04,002 Look. 1120 00:57:04,004 --> 00:57:06,137 This is exactly what she described. 1121 00:57:07,573 --> 00:57:09,824 What do you think? 1122 00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:12,627 Should we? 1123 00:57:12,629 --> 00:57:13,778 Yeah. 1124 00:57:33,148 --> 00:57:35,316 You think? 1125 00:57:35,318 --> 00:57:37,251 It could be. 1126 00:57:39,438 --> 00:57:41,773 Jesus, my knees are shaking. 1127 00:57:43,141 --> 00:57:44,776 Look. 1128 00:57:49,297 --> 00:57:51,132 Oh, my God, that's him. 1129 00:57:53,068 --> 00:57:55,169 All right, let's go. 1130 00:58:05,314 --> 00:58:06,882 I don't know what to say. 1131 00:58:06,884 --> 00:58:09,483 Make it good. 1132 00:58:09,485 --> 00:58:11,052 Yes. What is it? 1133 00:58:13,423 --> 00:58:15,089 Uh, sir, could you please tell me 1134 00:58:15,091 --> 00:58:17,625 where I can find Jerome David Salinger? 1135 00:58:17,627 --> 00:58:21,596 I am he. What do you want? 1136 00:58:21,598 --> 00:58:23,164 Mr. Salinger, 1137 00:58:23,166 --> 00:58:25,366 I've been looking for you for over a year. 1138 00:58:25,368 --> 00:58:27,485 Why didn't you write? 1139 00:58:27,487 --> 00:58:29,320 Uh, Harold Ober told me not to. 1140 00:58:29,322 --> 00:58:30,822 Harold Ober has been dead 1141 00:58:30,824 --> 00:58:32,423 for 10 years. 1142 00:58:32,425 --> 00:58:33,775 I mean, the Harold Ober Agency, 1143 00:58:33,777 --> 00:58:35,243 Allen, I think, the guy's name was. 1144 00:58:35,245 --> 00:58:38,029 Yes, yes. Okay. 1145 00:58:38,031 --> 00:58:39,981 Why didn't you listen to him? 1146 00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:44,119 Sir, I can't really hear you from up there. 1147 00:58:51,627 --> 00:58:54,696 Do you think he's coming down? 1148 00:58:54,698 --> 00:58:57,165 I don't know. 1149 00:58:57,167 --> 00:58:58,733 I really hope so. 1150 00:58:58,735 --> 00:59:00,936 It's okay, you're doing great. 1151 00:59:00,938 --> 00:59:02,920 Thanks. 1152 00:59:02,922 --> 00:59:04,539 Here he comes. 1153 00:59:09,412 --> 00:59:11,846 Hello, Mr. Salinger. 1154 00:59:11,848 --> 00:59:13,898 I'm Jamie Schwartz. 1155 00:59:13,900 --> 00:59:16,484 Um, this is Deedee Gorlin. 1156 00:59:16,486 --> 00:59:19,520 Well, what do you want? Why have you come? 1157 00:59:20,623 --> 00:59:22,256 Well, sir, 1158 00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:24,125 I've had a pretty rough time in school. 1159 00:59:24,127 --> 00:59:25,727 And... 1160 00:59:25,729 --> 00:59:28,246 when I read your book, The Catcher in the Rye, 1161 00:59:28,248 --> 00:59:30,147 it just felt like for the first time, 1162 00:59:30,149 --> 00:59:31,883 somebody understood me. 1163 00:59:31,885 --> 00:59:33,802 It's as if someone wrote down the exact thoughts 1164 00:59:33,804 --> 00:59:36,137 I had in my head. 1165 00:59:36,139 --> 00:59:37,605 So, 1166 00:59:37,607 --> 00:59:39,590 I adapted it into a play. 1167 00:59:43,379 --> 00:59:46,764 That's a terrible idea. 1168 00:59:46,766 --> 00:59:49,834 The Catcher in the Rye was created for the stage 1169 00:59:49,836 --> 00:59:51,036 in people's minds. 1170 00:59:51,038 --> 00:59:53,554 It mustn't be interpreted. 1171 00:59:53,556 --> 00:59:55,639 It cannot be done successfully. 1172 00:59:55,641 --> 00:59:56,958 Well, that's just it, sir. 1173 00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,960 I didn't interpret The Catcher in the Rye. 1174 00:59:58,962 --> 01:00:00,795 It's all your words. 1175 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:02,664 I even say on the front page of the script 1176 01:00:02,666 --> 01:00:03,965 in a note to the director 1177 01:00:03,967 --> 01:00:06,034 that it must not be an interpretation 1178 01:00:06,036 --> 01:00:08,470 but a door through which the story flows freely. 1179 01:00:08,472 --> 01:00:10,438 No, it's impossible. 1180 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,074 Anytime you put a boy on the stage 1181 01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:14,559 with a trench coat and a red hat 1182 01:00:14,561 --> 01:00:17,111 and call him Holden Caulfield, 1183 01:00:17,113 --> 01:00:19,046 that is interpretation. 1184 01:00:19,048 --> 01:00:21,683 Anytime you put a little girl on the stage 1185 01:00:21,685 --> 01:00:25,252 in pajamas and call her Phoebe, 1186 01:00:25,254 --> 01:00:28,089 that is interpretation. 1187 01:00:28,091 --> 01:00:30,057 Acting is interpretation. 1188 01:00:30,059 --> 01:00:32,176 Well, if you put on a play 1189 01:00:32,178 --> 01:00:33,344 and somebody films the play, 1190 01:00:33,346 --> 01:00:35,747 that film is not an interpretation. 1191 01:00:35,749 --> 01:00:37,415 Then what's the point? 1192 01:00:37,417 --> 01:00:39,183 Well, the point is to touch people 1193 01:00:39,185 --> 01:00:40,585 the way I've been touched. 1194 01:00:40,587 --> 01:00:42,820 To give people a chance to experience 1195 01:00:42,822 --> 01:00:44,522 and to know Holden Caulfield, 1196 01:00:44,524 --> 01:00:46,674 people who wouldn't have known him otherwise. 1197 01:00:46,676 --> 01:00:49,110 You know Holden Caulfield? 1198 01:00:49,112 --> 01:00:51,746 Yes, sir, I do. 1199 01:01:01,223 --> 01:01:04,159 What did you expect me to say? 1200 01:01:05,544 --> 01:01:09,380 I have been offered fortunes 1201 01:01:09,382 --> 01:01:10,415 from people who wanna do this. 1202 01:01:10,417 --> 01:01:12,850 Elia Kazan offered me a million dollars. 1203 01:01:12,852 --> 01:01:15,770 What could you possibly offer me? 1204 01:01:16,821 --> 01:01:18,756 Well, I guess I can't offer you anything 1205 01:01:18,758 --> 01:01:21,292 except that this was done with a pure heart, 1206 01:01:21,294 --> 01:01:23,561 not for financial gain. 1207 01:01:26,097 --> 01:01:29,900 You know, this pains me. 1208 01:01:29,902 --> 01:01:33,771 It just grieves me and it depresses me 1209 01:01:33,773 --> 01:01:36,440 that someone your age should do this. 1210 01:01:36,442 --> 01:01:37,642 Do you realize 1211 01:01:37,644 --> 01:01:39,210 how often someone like you 1212 01:01:39,212 --> 01:01:40,778 comes up my driveway? 1213 01:01:40,780 --> 01:01:41,846 That wrote plays? 1214 01:01:41,848 --> 01:01:44,582 No, they don't write plays. 1215 01:01:47,453 --> 01:01:49,587 Where did you come from? 1216 01:01:49,589 --> 01:01:51,021 Well, home is New Jersey 1217 01:01:51,023 --> 01:01:53,758 but we just drove up from Crampton Prep, 1218 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:57,011 my boarding school in Pennsylvania. 1219 01:01:57,013 --> 01:01:58,163 Didn't you know 1220 01:01:58,165 --> 01:01:59,447 I would say no to you? 1221 01:01:59,449 --> 01:02:01,766 - Didn't you realize? - No. 1222 01:02:01,768 --> 01:02:03,151 No, I thought if you just read the script, 1223 01:02:03,153 --> 01:02:04,285 I mean, it's your play. 1224 01:02:04,287 --> 01:02:06,036 I never wrote a play. 1225 01:02:06,038 --> 01:02:07,538 Okay, it's your book. 1226 01:02:07,540 --> 01:02:08,689 That's what I meant. 1227 01:02:08,691 --> 01:02:11,659 But the play has 99% your dialogue. 1228 01:02:13,295 --> 01:02:15,346 Sir, I've had such a rough time 1229 01:02:15,348 --> 01:02:16,146 in school. 1230 01:02:16,148 --> 01:02:17,482 And The Catcher in the Rye 1231 01:02:17,484 --> 01:02:19,250 just found me at the right time. 1232 01:02:19,252 --> 01:02:21,619 I know, you have told me that. 1233 01:02:21,621 --> 01:02:22,920 A bunch of kids broke into his room 1234 01:02:22,922 --> 01:02:25,556 at 3:00 in the morning to beat him up. 1235 01:02:25,558 --> 01:02:28,359 Is it possible he deserved it? 1236 01:02:28,361 --> 01:02:29,944 Or maybe he took a risk 1237 01:02:29,946 --> 01:02:32,346 and stood up for someone and tried to... 1238 01:02:32,348 --> 01:02:34,114 Deedee, it's okay. 1239 01:02:36,217 --> 01:02:38,453 Maybe I did deserve it. 1240 01:02:39,287 --> 01:02:41,489 But, Mr. Salinger, 1241 01:02:41,491 --> 01:02:43,223 that doesn't change anything. 1242 01:02:43,225 --> 01:02:45,693 These are my children. 1243 01:02:46,995 --> 01:02:49,030 They belong to me. 1244 01:02:50,933 --> 01:02:53,467 They're mine. 1245 01:02:53,469 --> 01:02:55,603 Now, I have to go. 1246 01:02:57,306 --> 01:02:59,974 Mr. Salinger, 1247 01:02:59,976 --> 01:03:02,443 look, I don't say this to be disrespectful 1248 01:03:02,445 --> 01:03:03,544 and I say it with all sincerity. 1249 01:03:03,546 --> 01:03:05,079 But don't you believe in the Bible 1250 01:03:05,081 --> 01:03:06,680 where it says it's the role of the parent 1251 01:03:06,682 --> 01:03:08,016 to raise the child into maturity 1252 01:03:08,018 --> 01:03:10,184 and then let them go into the world? 1253 01:03:10,186 --> 01:03:12,086 I mean, don't you believe The Catcher in the Rye 1254 01:03:12,088 --> 01:03:13,021 has matured and then it's time 1255 01:03:13,023 --> 01:03:14,221 to let it go into the world? 1256 01:03:14,223 --> 01:03:17,591 No, that is a terrible analogy. 1257 01:03:17,593 --> 01:03:21,996 The Catcher in the Rye never grows old. 1258 01:03:21,998 --> 01:03:23,464 Phoebe and Holden 1259 01:03:23,466 --> 01:03:27,068 are eternally the same young age. 1260 01:03:27,070 --> 01:03:29,053 You look like a creative young man. 1261 01:03:29,055 --> 01:03:30,855 Why don't you write an original play? 1262 01:03:30,857 --> 01:03:33,324 Well, absolutely, I will. 1263 01:03:33,326 --> 01:03:34,525 But I just-- 1264 01:03:34,527 --> 01:03:36,511 I feel like I had to do this first. 1265 01:03:36,513 --> 01:03:38,513 Son, 1266 01:03:38,515 --> 01:03:41,148 you can throw away everything I said, 1267 01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:44,118 but it boils down to this. 1268 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:47,322 If you do that play, 1269 01:03:47,324 --> 01:03:49,007 you're stealing. 1270 01:03:52,228 --> 01:03:54,095 I'm telling you, 1271 01:03:54,097 --> 01:03:57,232 do not do this play. 1272 01:03:57,234 --> 01:03:58,566 Mr. Salinger, 1273 01:03:58,568 --> 01:04:01,619 this play means everything to me. 1274 01:04:01,621 --> 01:04:04,321 He's a perfect Holden, sir. 1275 01:04:06,158 --> 01:04:08,293 No, 1276 01:04:08,295 --> 01:04:10,645 he isn't. 1277 01:04:10,647 --> 01:04:12,446 Please, sir. 1278 01:04:12,448 --> 01:04:14,215 I'm sorry, I have to go. 1279 01:04:18,170 --> 01:04:20,538 Mr. Salinger. 1280 01:04:20,540 --> 01:04:22,039 Yes? 1281 01:04:24,143 --> 01:04:27,378 Can we, at least, keep in contact? 1282 01:04:27,380 --> 01:04:28,663 No. 1283 01:04:28,665 --> 01:04:32,032 There's nothing to keep in contact about. 1284 01:04:55,107 --> 01:04:59,643 Well, we met J.D. Salinger. 1285 01:05:03,882 --> 01:05:05,983 You shook his hand. 1286 01:05:10,589 --> 01:05:14,325 I'm sorry, Jamie. 1287 01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:25,269 ♪ I thought if I fought you ♪ 1288 01:05:25,271 --> 01:05:30,007 ♪ In the open field ♪ 1289 01:05:30,009 --> 01:05:33,444 ♪ Your bayonet would crack ♪ 1290 01:05:33,446 --> 01:05:37,815 ♪ On my hot iron shield ♪ 1291 01:05:37,817 --> 01:05:41,668 ♪ But you caught me running ♪ 1292 01:05:41,670 --> 01:05:45,857 ♪ Now I'm at your command ♪ 1293 01:05:45,859 --> 01:05:49,377 ♪ A servant to forces ♪ 1294 01:05:49,379 --> 01:05:51,479 ♪ That I don't understand ♪ 1295 01:05:51,481 --> 01:05:53,681 I wanna go to Maine. 1296 01:05:53,683 --> 01:05:56,818 I can't go to Maine, Jamie. 1297 01:05:56,820 --> 01:05:58,886 I have to go home. Come on, sure you can. 1298 01:05:58,888 --> 01:05:59,920 It's beautiful as hell up there. 1299 01:05:59,922 --> 01:06:01,489 We could--we can go hang out 1300 01:06:01,491 --> 01:06:02,690 until the money runs out 1301 01:06:02,692 --> 01:06:03,925 and when the money runs out, 1302 01:06:03,927 --> 01:06:05,977 I could get a job... Whoa, Jamie, stop. 1303 01:06:05,979 --> 01:06:08,296 You're freaking me out. 1304 01:06:08,298 --> 01:06:10,964 Look, you're quoting Holden. 1305 01:06:10,966 --> 01:06:12,600 I just want us to go back 1306 01:06:12,602 --> 01:06:14,302 to Pennsylvania. 1307 01:06:16,905 --> 01:06:18,172 All right. I'll hitchhike then. 1308 01:06:18,174 --> 01:06:21,709 Jamie, please. 1309 01:06:21,711 --> 01:06:23,311 It's practically night. 1310 01:06:23,313 --> 01:06:26,380 Well, if I go now, I can get a ride. 1311 01:06:26,382 --> 01:06:29,383 ♪ Who would be following... ♪ 1312 01:06:29,385 --> 01:06:32,420 I don't know why 1313 01:06:32,422 --> 01:06:34,488 but I'm scared for you, Jamie. 1314 01:06:34,490 --> 01:06:35,489 Well don't be, I'm fine. 1315 01:06:35,491 --> 01:06:37,791 ♪ Who would believe ♪ 1316 01:06:37,793 --> 01:06:41,195 ♪ That the shepherd was me ♪ 1317 01:06:43,665 --> 01:06:46,367 How about you go in the morning? 1318 01:06:46,369 --> 01:06:48,636 I'll take you to the interstate in the morning, 1319 01:06:48,638 --> 01:06:51,706 I promise, okay? 1320 01:06:51,708 --> 01:06:56,828 ♪ ...commits original sin ♪ 1321 01:06:58,881 --> 01:07:03,017 ♪ When that last ray decays ♪ 1322 01:07:03,019 --> 01:07:07,688 ♪ From the boardwalk parades ♪ 1323 01:07:08,924 --> 01:07:13,327 ♪ Yours is the longest ♪ 1324 01:07:13,329 --> 01:07:17,414 ♪ Shadow to fade ♪ 1325 01:07:51,449 --> 01:07:54,518 Where are you going? 1326 01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:55,853 I'm gonna go downstairs 1327 01:07:55,855 --> 01:07:58,655 and use the payphone to call my parents, 1328 01:07:58,657 --> 01:08:01,259 they were expecting me tonight. 1329 01:08:05,046 --> 01:08:07,681 ♪ I had a feeling ♪ 1330 01:08:07,683 --> 01:08:11,719 ♪ That you wanted to stay ♪ 1331 01:08:14,156 --> 01:08:17,158 Information. In Hightstown, New Jersey. 1332 01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:18,960 Could you please give me the telephone number 1333 01:08:18,962 --> 01:08:20,727 for Elizabeth Schwartz? 1334 01:08:20,729 --> 01:08:23,664 One moment, please. 1335 01:08:28,970 --> 01:08:31,422 Hello? Hello, Mrs. Schwartz? 1336 01:08:31,424 --> 01:08:32,924 Yes? 1337 01:08:32,926 --> 01:08:34,758 This is Deedee Gorlin. 1338 01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:36,360 I'm a friend of Jamie's. 1339 01:08:36,362 --> 01:08:38,095 Oh, my God. 1340 01:08:38,097 --> 01:08:39,630 Do you know where he is? 1341 01:08:39,632 --> 01:08:41,448 Yes, he's with me. 1342 01:08:41,450 --> 01:08:42,633 Where are you? 1343 01:08:42,635 --> 01:08:44,001 Where's Jamie? 1344 01:08:44,003 --> 01:08:45,602 He's upstairs right now, 1345 01:08:45,604 --> 01:08:47,604 he doesn't know I'm calling. 1346 01:08:47,606 --> 01:08:49,106 Where are you? 1347 01:08:49,108 --> 01:08:50,674 Somewhere in New England. I can't say 1348 01:08:50,676 --> 01:08:52,977 but I'm trying to get him 1349 01:08:52,979 --> 01:08:54,544 to go back to school or home, 1350 01:08:54,546 --> 01:08:56,480 I really am. 1351 01:08:56,482 --> 01:08:59,249 But he wants to go to Maine 1352 01:08:59,251 --> 01:09:01,402 to see Gerry. 1353 01:09:01,404 --> 01:09:03,103 Gerry? 1354 01:09:18,904 --> 01:09:21,204 So, did you turn me in? 1355 01:09:25,644 --> 01:09:27,344 What's wrong? 1356 01:09:29,464 --> 01:09:31,999 Jamie, why didn't you tell me? 1357 01:09:34,002 --> 01:09:36,370 Tell you what? 1358 01:09:36,372 --> 01:09:38,422 That Gerry's dead? 1359 01:09:40,892 --> 01:09:42,559 What do you mean? 1360 01:09:42,561 --> 01:09:45,529 Your mom told me 1361 01:09:45,531 --> 01:09:47,264 that he died in Vietnam. 1362 01:09:47,266 --> 01:09:49,049 No, no, he's just missing, 1363 01:09:49,051 --> 01:09:50,650 he's just missing. 1364 01:09:50,652 --> 01:09:52,519 Missing? But... I can't believe 1365 01:09:52,521 --> 01:09:54,021 that she said that. 1366 01:09:54,023 --> 01:09:55,022 Jamie, it's okay. 1367 01:09:55,024 --> 01:09:56,457 No, it isn't. 1368 01:09:56,459 --> 01:09:58,909 If I just told my mom in the first place, 1369 01:09:58,911 --> 01:10:01,345 then he'd still be at Newberry 1370 01:10:01,347 --> 01:10:03,764 or he'd be at the Tate School. 1371 01:10:03,766 --> 01:10:05,415 Jamie, no, it's not your fault. 1372 01:10:05,417 --> 01:10:08,369 Then whose fault is it, whose? 1373 01:10:08,371 --> 01:10:09,419 God damn it, 1374 01:10:09,421 --> 01:10:10,671 why did she have to tell you... 1375 01:10:10,673 --> 01:10:12,890 Why didn't you tell me? 1376 01:10:16,561 --> 01:10:19,730 Because if I talk about him, 1377 01:10:19,732 --> 01:10:21,998 he'll just fade away. 1378 01:10:26,637 --> 01:10:28,855 No, Jamie, 1379 01:10:28,857 --> 01:10:31,942 you have to talk about him. 1380 01:10:31,944 --> 01:10:33,577 And talking about him 1381 01:10:33,579 --> 01:10:35,513 makes him more real. 1382 01:10:38,282 --> 01:10:41,635 Look, Holden talked about Allie, 1383 01:10:41,637 --> 01:10:43,370 he talked about Allie a lot. 1384 01:10:43,372 --> 01:10:45,606 Yeah. But not just to anybody. 1385 01:10:45,608 --> 01:10:47,775 I mean, he was talking to the reader. 1386 01:10:47,777 --> 01:10:50,511 Well, that's because he'd been, 1387 01:10:50,513 --> 01:10:54,014 you know, talking to a doctor, right? 1388 01:10:55,149 --> 01:10:57,585 And he was getting better. 1389 01:11:00,188 --> 01:11:02,957 Is that part of why you wanna play him? 1390 01:11:02,959 --> 01:11:04,492 Oh, great, first I'm queer, 1391 01:11:04,494 --> 01:11:06,060 now, I'm crazy. 1392 01:11:06,062 --> 01:11:08,378 I'm not saying you're crazy, 1393 01:11:08,380 --> 01:11:10,948 I was talking about Holden and how he talked about Allie, 1394 01:11:10,950 --> 01:11:13,050 maybe... 1395 01:11:13,052 --> 01:11:16,686 because he was getting help. 1396 01:11:16,688 --> 01:11:19,289 So I need help? 1397 01:11:19,291 --> 01:11:21,992 No. 1398 01:11:21,994 --> 01:11:23,526 You just need to start talking 1399 01:11:23,528 --> 01:11:25,428 to people about Gerry. 1400 01:11:28,366 --> 01:11:32,002 To me, at least. 1401 01:11:32,004 --> 01:11:34,337 I don't know if I can. 1402 01:11:50,721 --> 01:11:52,522 What are you thinking? 1403 01:11:55,693 --> 01:11:58,895 That if I go home now, 1404 01:11:58,897 --> 01:12:01,865 we'll never see each other again. 1405 01:12:01,867 --> 01:12:03,133 Ugh, Jamie, 1406 01:12:03,135 --> 01:12:04,468 of course, we will. 1407 01:12:04,470 --> 01:12:05,869 No, we won't. 1408 01:12:05,871 --> 01:12:07,371 I have a car. 1409 01:12:07,373 --> 01:12:10,107 Deedee, it's four hours away. 1410 01:12:10,109 --> 01:12:11,641 And even if you did 1411 01:12:11,643 --> 01:12:12,876 come to visit sometimes, 1412 01:12:12,878 --> 01:12:14,911 it would be different. 1413 01:12:14,913 --> 01:12:17,647 You can end up meeting some guy 1414 01:12:17,649 --> 01:12:20,351 and I might end up meeting some girl. 1415 01:12:20,353 --> 01:12:22,586 It's just the way that it works. 1416 01:12:28,293 --> 01:12:30,560 What choice do we have? 1417 01:12:51,249 --> 01:12:52,883 ♪ You caught ♪ 1418 01:12:52,885 --> 01:12:55,185 ♪ Me running ♪ 1419 01:12:55,187 --> 01:12:59,223 ♪ Now I'm at your command ♪ 1420 01:12:59,225 --> 01:13:02,976 ♪ A servant to forces ♪ 1421 01:13:02,978 --> 01:13:06,346 ♪ That I don't understand ♪ 1422 01:13:21,846 --> 01:13:24,647 ♪ You were the shepherd... ♪ 1423 01:13:24,649 --> 01:13:25,916 You're shaking. 1424 01:13:25,918 --> 01:13:27,151 Yeah, I know, 1425 01:13:27,153 --> 01:13:29,603 look, even my voice is shaking. 1426 01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:34,124 Jamie, you're the bravest boy I've ever met. 1427 01:13:53,762 --> 01:13:58,332 ♪ When that poet decides ♪ 1428 01:13:58,334 --> 01:14:02,069 ♪ How the heroine dies ♪ 1429 01:14:02,071 --> 01:14:06,022 ♪ He commits original sin ♪ 1430 01:14:06,024 --> 01:14:07,842 Abandon all hope, 1431 01:14:07,844 --> 01:14:09,910 ye who enter here. 1432 01:14:09,912 --> 01:14:12,463 ♪ When that last ray ♪ 1433 01:14:12,465 --> 01:14:18,652 ♪ Decays from the boardwalk parades ♪ 1434 01:14:21,139 --> 01:14:24,758 ♪ Yours is the longest ♪ 1435 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:29,095 ♪ Shadow to fade ♪ 1436 01:14:56,541 --> 01:14:58,041 The world is a beautiful place 1437 01:14:58,043 --> 01:14:59,509 to be born into 1438 01:14:59,511 --> 01:15:01,044 if you don't mind happiness 1439 01:15:01,046 --> 01:15:03,480 not always being so very much fun. 1440 01:15:03,482 --> 01:15:05,382 If you don't mind the touch of hell every now 1441 01:15:05,384 --> 01:15:07,935 and then just when everything is fine 1442 01:15:07,937 --> 01:15:09,436 because even in heaven, 1443 01:15:09,438 --> 01:15:12,189 they don't sing all the time. 1444 01:15:12,191 --> 01:15:14,424 Yes, the world is the best place of all 1445 01:15:14,426 --> 01:15:15,758 for a lot of such things 1446 01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:19,313 as making the fun scene, 1447 01:15:19,315 --> 01:15:21,047 making the love scene, 1448 01:15:21,049 --> 01:15:23,016 making the sad scene, 1449 01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:24,418 and singing low songs, 1450 01:15:24,420 --> 01:15:26,002 and having inspirations. 1451 01:15:26,004 --> 01:15:28,305 And walking around looking at everything 1452 01:15:28,307 --> 01:15:31,424 and smelling flowers and goosing statues 1453 01:15:31,426 --> 01:15:34,361 and even thinking and kissing people, 1454 01:15:34,363 --> 01:15:36,030 and making babies, 1455 01:15:36,032 --> 01:15:36,964 and wearing pants, 1456 01:15:36,966 --> 01:15:39,166 and waving hats, and dancing, 1457 01:15:39,168 --> 01:15:42,285 and going swimming in rivers on picnics, 1458 01:15:42,287 --> 01:15:43,486 in the middle of the summer, 1459 01:15:43,488 --> 01:15:45,506 and just generally, 1460 01:15:45,508 --> 01:15:48,358 living it up, yes. 1461 01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:50,460 But then right in the middle of it 1462 01:15:50,462 --> 01:15:54,381 comes the smiling mortician. 1463 01:16:16,036 --> 01:16:17,904 Sit down, Jamie. 1464 01:16:20,875 --> 01:16:21,875 Son, you've given us 1465 01:16:21,877 --> 01:16:25,128 plenty of grounds to expel you. 1466 01:16:25,130 --> 01:16:27,163 Yes, sir. I don't know what to say. 1467 01:16:27,165 --> 01:16:28,448 We know that some students 1468 01:16:28,450 --> 01:16:29,616 have been giving you a hard time 1469 01:16:29,618 --> 01:16:32,636 and your room was vandalized. 1470 01:16:32,638 --> 01:16:35,756 I don't know anything about that, sir. 1471 01:16:35,758 --> 01:16:39,142 You don't know you were being harassed? 1472 01:16:39,144 --> 01:16:41,628 No, sir. 1473 01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:43,563 Well, anyway, your room has been restored 1474 01:16:43,565 --> 01:16:45,299 and certain students have been dealt 1475 01:16:45,301 --> 01:16:47,234 with accordingly. 1476 01:16:47,236 --> 01:16:48,402 Now, your mother called 1477 01:16:48,404 --> 01:16:50,070 to tell me you've been hanging out 1478 01:16:50,072 --> 01:16:52,406 with J.D. Salinger? 1479 01:16:52,408 --> 01:16:54,341 How does this come about? 1480 01:16:54,343 --> 01:16:56,310 Well, I was trying to contact him 1481 01:16:56,312 --> 01:16:58,111 with respect to my senior project 1482 01:16:58,113 --> 01:17:01,348 but I wasn't having any luck. 1483 01:17:01,350 --> 01:17:04,601 You just picked up and went to his house? 1484 01:17:04,603 --> 01:17:06,570 Yes, sir. 1485 01:17:06,572 --> 01:17:09,056 How the hell did you find him? 1486 01:17:13,294 --> 01:17:15,462 Do you know what restitution is? 1487 01:17:15,464 --> 01:17:17,564 A euphemism for punishment. 1488 01:17:17,566 --> 01:17:19,265 Well, not exactly. But in this case, 1489 01:17:19,267 --> 01:17:21,034 I think you're right. 1490 01:17:21,036 --> 01:17:23,036 Jamie, at chapel tomorrow 1491 01:17:23,038 --> 01:17:25,506 in the appropriate attire. 1492 01:17:25,508 --> 01:17:26,807 I want you to tell the school 1493 01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:29,409 how you came to find J.D. Salinger 1494 01:17:29,411 --> 01:17:32,646 and what transpired between you. 1495 01:17:32,648 --> 01:17:34,280 With all due respect, sir, 1496 01:17:34,282 --> 01:17:35,782 I think that's a horrible idea. 1497 01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:37,618 I--I--I just think it's like going straight 1498 01:17:37,620 --> 01:17:39,686 from the pot into the frying pan or, 1499 01:17:39,688 --> 01:17:42,339 you know, however that expression works. 1500 01:17:42,341 --> 01:17:44,207 I think people would be very interested 1501 01:17:44,209 --> 01:17:46,643 to hear what you have to say. 1502 01:17:46,645 --> 01:17:48,995 I want you to do this, Jamie. 1503 01:18:05,396 --> 01:18:06,796 Hello. 1504 01:18:12,420 --> 01:18:14,654 Mr. Dewitt asked me 1505 01:18:14,656 --> 01:18:16,756 to tell you how I came to find 1506 01:18:16,758 --> 01:18:20,727 and talk to J.D. Salinger this weekend. 1507 01:18:20,729 --> 01:18:24,164 Well, 1508 01:18:24,166 --> 01:18:27,651 it started... 1509 01:18:33,408 --> 01:18:36,125 It started with... 1510 01:18:42,534 --> 01:18:44,467 All right. Try this. 1511 01:18:44,469 --> 01:18:46,586 Why don't you pretend 1512 01:18:46,588 --> 01:18:48,388 that it's someone you love? 1513 01:19:07,274 --> 01:19:09,610 It started with my brother, Gerry. 1514 01:19:11,579 --> 01:19:13,714 He died in Vietnam. 1515 01:19:34,453 --> 01:19:35,485 It's not my place, sir. 1516 01:19:35,487 --> 01:19:36,753 It's not. It's Salinger's. 1517 01:19:36,755 --> 01:19:39,289 And he asked me not to. 1518 01:19:39,291 --> 01:19:40,807 Jamie, it's your senior project. 1519 01:19:40,809 --> 01:19:43,376 Nobody's making any money off of it. 1520 01:19:43,378 --> 01:19:45,879 Or taking anything away from Salinger for that matter. 1521 01:19:45,881 --> 01:19:48,481 The fact is, he won't even know about it. 1522 01:19:48,483 --> 01:19:50,867 The project was to write 1523 01:19:50,869 --> 01:19:52,002 and produce the play. 1524 01:19:52,004 --> 01:19:53,270 If you wanna pass 1525 01:19:53,272 --> 01:19:54,704 and graduate this spring, 1526 01:19:54,706 --> 01:19:56,039 you have to complete the project. 1527 01:19:56,041 --> 01:19:58,975 Think of it as a scholarly investigation 1528 01:19:58,977 --> 01:20:00,677 into whether Salinger was correct 1529 01:20:00,679 --> 01:20:04,347 that the play can't be done successfully. 1530 01:20:04,349 --> 01:20:06,083 If you miss the mark, 1531 01:20:06,085 --> 01:20:08,768 your fellow students will let you know. 1532 01:20:08,770 --> 01:20:11,238 And if Jamie doesn't wanna play Holden Caulfield, 1533 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:14,223 we'll just give that role to Ted Tyler. 1534 01:20:16,627 --> 01:20:18,245 So the play went on 1535 01:20:18,247 --> 01:20:21,265 and it turned out to be pretty damn good. 1536 01:20:21,267 --> 01:20:25,852 Maureen made a hell of a Sally Hayes 1537 01:20:25,854 --> 01:20:27,770 but kissing her holds no attraction 1538 01:20:27,772 --> 01:20:29,305 to me anymore. 1539 01:20:29,307 --> 01:20:30,874 And boobs in general 1540 01:20:30,876 --> 01:20:33,176 are no big deal either. 1541 01:20:33,178 --> 01:20:35,978 And being Holden, 1542 01:20:35,980 --> 01:20:38,131 Ted Tyler made a damn good Holden. 1543 01:20:38,133 --> 01:20:40,050 It actually made me really happy. 1544 01:20:40,052 --> 01:20:42,052 Having him play that role was, like, 1545 01:20:42,054 --> 01:20:44,320 for the first time I really let myself go. 1546 01:21:32,453 --> 01:21:33,887 Bravo. 1547 01:21:35,573 --> 01:21:37,206 Bravo. 1548 01:21:37,208 --> 01:21:39,459 Bravo. 1549 01:21:39,461 --> 01:21:40,727 Bravo. 1550 01:21:47,553 --> 01:21:49,920 Come in. Hey. 1551 01:21:49,922 --> 01:21:51,655 - Hey. - That play was good, 1552 01:21:51,657 --> 01:21:52,955 Schwartz. 1553 01:21:52,957 --> 01:21:54,324 That play was great. 1554 01:21:54,326 --> 01:21:55,775 Did you hear that audience? 1555 01:21:55,777 --> 01:21:57,877 Yeah, I think everyone was just being nice. 1556 01:21:57,879 --> 01:21:59,980 I think I'm getting, like, the sympathy vote. 1557 01:21:59,982 --> 01:22:01,715 No. No way, man. 1558 01:22:01,717 --> 01:22:03,449 I'm telling you it was boss. 1559 01:22:03,451 --> 01:22:05,301 Everyone's saying it. 1560 01:22:05,303 --> 01:22:06,552 It blew everyone away. 1561 01:22:06,554 --> 01:22:08,605 - Really? - Yeah. 1562 01:22:08,607 --> 01:22:10,407 And, um, 1563 01:22:10,409 --> 01:22:13,960 I owe you an apology. 1564 01:22:13,962 --> 01:22:16,112 I was wrong about you. 1565 01:22:16,114 --> 01:22:17,813 How so? 1566 01:22:17,815 --> 01:22:20,667 You got some pretty big balls. 1567 01:22:20,669 --> 01:22:22,401 Thanks. 1568 01:22:22,403 --> 01:22:24,171 And, um, 1569 01:22:24,173 --> 01:22:25,906 you know, I just wanted you to know 1570 01:22:25,908 --> 01:22:29,776 that I wasn't a part of that group 1571 01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:31,778 that came to your room. But, I mean, 1572 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:33,663 I should've tried to stop them. 1573 01:22:35,799 --> 01:22:38,751 You were a great Holden, Ted. 1574 01:22:38,753 --> 01:22:40,937 You think? Yeah, I do. 1575 01:22:40,939 --> 01:22:42,772 I really, really, really do. 1576 01:22:42,774 --> 01:22:44,791 You know, Salinger, man, 1577 01:22:44,793 --> 01:22:46,175 he got it all wrong. 1578 01:22:46,177 --> 01:22:47,877 That play is the ticket. 1579 01:22:47,879 --> 01:22:49,762 You think I should tell him? 1580 01:22:49,764 --> 01:22:52,014 - No. - Well, I'm gonna. 1581 01:22:52,016 --> 01:22:53,549 You're what? Yeah, 1582 01:22:53,551 --> 01:22:54,768 I'm gonna give it to him like this. 1583 01:22:54,770 --> 01:22:56,336 I took my name off it. 1584 01:22:56,338 --> 01:22:57,738 You're crazy, man. 1585 01:22:57,740 --> 01:23:00,273 Why would you take your name off of it? 1586 01:23:00,275 --> 01:23:01,208 Because it's not my play. 1587 01:23:01,210 --> 01:23:02,608 It's--I just sort of condensed 1588 01:23:02,610 --> 01:23:04,244 the book and I-- 1589 01:23:04,246 --> 01:23:05,879 I wanna give it to him as a gift, 1590 01:23:05,881 --> 01:23:07,380 no strings attached. 1591 01:23:07,382 --> 01:23:08,715 And you think 1592 01:23:08,717 --> 01:23:10,700 if it ever gets produced 1593 01:23:10,702 --> 01:23:12,185 you'll play Holden? 1594 01:23:12,187 --> 01:23:13,186 No. No. 1595 01:23:13,188 --> 01:23:16,456 I'll definitely put you up for it. 1596 01:23:16,458 --> 01:23:18,258 All right. 1597 01:23:18,260 --> 01:23:19,626 All right. 1598 01:23:19,628 --> 01:23:22,779 But I'll need your car. 1599 01:23:32,489 --> 01:23:35,157 Hey, Deedee. 1600 01:23:35,159 --> 01:23:36,743 You know when you asked me if I was jealous 1601 01:23:36,745 --> 01:23:40,363 of Hank and the other guys, 1602 01:23:40,365 --> 01:23:43,300 well, um, 1603 01:23:43,302 --> 01:23:44,684 I think I was, 1604 01:23:44,686 --> 01:23:47,320 just like you said. 1605 01:23:47,322 --> 01:23:49,122 I mean, I don't think that's why I went to Leverett. 1606 01:23:49,124 --> 01:23:50,906 I--I mean, I really was worried about him. 1607 01:23:50,908 --> 01:23:53,193 And I was freaking out about my brother, but, 1608 01:23:53,195 --> 01:23:55,728 uh, I didn't wanna lose Hank, too. 1609 01:23:58,266 --> 01:24:01,101 You loved him? 1610 01:24:01,103 --> 01:24:03,870 Yeah. 1611 01:24:03,872 --> 01:24:06,239 I mean, I couldn't kiss him or anything. 1612 01:24:06,241 --> 01:24:08,074 I can't imagine something like that, 1613 01:24:08,076 --> 01:24:10,843 but maybe I did love him. 1614 01:24:10,845 --> 01:24:13,747 Is that weird? 1615 01:24:13,749 --> 01:24:15,364 Personally, 1616 01:24:15,366 --> 01:24:17,817 I think it's beautiful 1617 01:24:17,819 --> 01:24:19,685 but boys get freaked out 1618 01:24:19,687 --> 01:24:21,220 about stuff like that, don't they? 1619 01:24:21,222 --> 01:24:22,522 Yeah. 1620 01:24:22,524 --> 01:24:23,807 And in all boys schools 1621 01:24:23,809 --> 01:24:25,108 there must be a lot of weird loving 1622 01:24:25,110 --> 01:24:27,561 and a whole lot of freaking out going on. 1623 01:24:29,781 --> 01:24:32,732 I don't know how you did it. 1624 01:24:32,734 --> 01:24:34,283 ♪ And a light in the window ♪ 1625 01:24:34,285 --> 01:24:36,152 ♪ To pass the night through ♪ 1626 01:24:36,154 --> 01:24:40,807 ♪ Maybe so uncertain but what can I do ♪ 1627 01:24:40,809 --> 01:24:42,642 ♪ Keeping it on ♪ 1628 01:24:42,644 --> 01:24:45,479 ♪ Keeping it on ♪ 1629 01:24:45,481 --> 01:24:46,847 ♪ And I know I like it ♪ 1630 01:24:46,849 --> 01:24:49,415 ♪ But what does that prove? ♪ 1631 01:24:49,417 --> 01:24:50,984 ♪ Sometimes I worry I don't know ♪ 1632 01:24:50,986 --> 01:24:52,986 ♪ How to love you ♪ 1633 01:25:10,220 --> 01:25:14,157 Are you scared? 1634 01:25:14,159 --> 01:25:16,592 Yeah. 1635 01:25:16,594 --> 01:25:18,661 Don't be. 1636 01:25:18,663 --> 01:25:19,863 But I'll turn the car around 1637 01:25:19,865 --> 01:25:22,098 in case we have to make a quick getaway. 1638 01:25:31,308 --> 01:25:32,909 Uh, Jamie. 1639 01:25:32,911 --> 01:25:34,360 Yeah. 1640 01:25:34,362 --> 01:25:35,529 Your script. 1641 01:25:35,531 --> 01:25:37,497 Oh. Thanks. 1642 01:26:07,895 --> 01:26:09,312 Yes? 1643 01:26:09,314 --> 01:26:10,529 What is this? 1644 01:26:10,531 --> 01:26:11,965 Oh. Sadie. Sorry. 1645 01:26:11,967 --> 01:26:12,982 Hey, never mind. 1646 01:26:12,984 --> 01:26:15,718 Never mind. Sorry. 1647 01:26:15,720 --> 01:26:18,304 I'm trying to get out of here. 1648 01:26:18,306 --> 01:26:21,190 Um, Mr. Salinger, sir, 1649 01:26:21,192 --> 01:26:25,344 please don't be mad at me but we did your play. 1650 01:26:27,281 --> 01:26:30,083 You're the kid who was here this fall. 1651 01:26:30,085 --> 01:26:31,334 Uh, yes, sir. 1652 01:26:34,988 --> 01:26:37,657 Well, come in. 1653 01:26:37,659 --> 01:26:38,825 Come in. Come in. 1654 01:26:38,827 --> 01:26:40,293 Come on. Okay. 1655 01:26:40,295 --> 01:26:44,047 Sorry. 1656 01:26:44,049 --> 01:26:45,515 Here, sit. 1657 01:26:48,419 --> 01:26:50,687 Look, first of all, 1658 01:26:50,689 --> 01:26:52,421 it's Jamie, right? 1659 01:26:52,423 --> 01:26:54,674 Yes, sir. 1660 01:26:54,676 --> 01:26:57,077 Well, first off, 1661 01:26:57,079 --> 01:26:59,612 I never wrote a play. 1662 01:26:59,614 --> 01:27:00,846 I don't write plays. 1663 01:27:00,848 --> 01:27:02,748 I write books. 1664 01:27:02,750 --> 01:27:05,685 Second of all, 1665 01:27:05,687 --> 01:27:07,269 how'd it go? 1666 01:27:07,271 --> 01:27:09,756 Oh, man, Mr. Salinger, it-- 1667 01:27:09,758 --> 01:27:11,474 it was a huge success. 1668 01:27:11,476 --> 01:27:12,959 People stood up and they cheered... 1669 01:27:12,961 --> 01:27:15,578 Cheer and cried, yeah. 1670 01:27:15,580 --> 01:27:16,830 You were there? 1671 01:27:16,832 --> 01:27:19,215 No, I wasn't there. 1672 01:27:19,217 --> 01:27:21,968 You're not the first person to have done this. 1673 01:27:21,970 --> 01:27:23,569 There's a group in New York that did it. 1674 01:27:23,571 --> 01:27:24,870 There's a group, uh, 1675 01:27:24,872 --> 01:27:26,505 up on the Hudson did it. 1676 01:27:26,507 --> 01:27:28,674 The reaction is always the same, 1677 01:27:28,676 --> 01:27:30,076 they stand up, they clap, 1678 01:27:30,078 --> 01:27:32,945 they cheer and they cry. 1679 01:27:32,947 --> 01:27:34,447 But you said 1680 01:27:34,449 --> 01:27:36,115 it couldn't be done successfully? 1681 01:27:36,117 --> 01:27:39,235 And the truth is, I don't care. 1682 01:27:39,237 --> 01:27:41,003 I hate the theater. 1683 01:27:41,005 --> 01:27:42,104 I hate film. 1684 01:27:42,106 --> 01:27:44,507 I hate the critics. 1685 01:27:44,509 --> 01:27:45,908 And it's just my way 1686 01:27:45,910 --> 01:27:48,678 of thumbing my nose at them. 1687 01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:50,613 They'll never get 1688 01:27:50,615 --> 01:27:53,816 The Catcher in the Rye. 1689 01:27:53,818 --> 01:27:55,117 Holden and Phoebe 1690 01:27:55,119 --> 01:27:57,019 will stay just the way they are. 1691 01:28:04,662 --> 01:28:06,763 Mr. Salinger, 1692 01:28:06,765 --> 01:28:08,464 I took my name off the script 1693 01:28:08,466 --> 01:28:09,599 and I just wanted 1694 01:28:09,601 --> 01:28:11,000 - to give it to you in case... - Uh, no, 1695 01:28:11,002 --> 01:28:12,251 I don't wanna see it. 1696 01:28:12,253 --> 01:28:13,937 I don't wanna see it. 1697 01:28:13,939 --> 01:28:15,004 Okay, but... 1698 01:28:15,006 --> 01:28:17,890 I don't wanna see it. 1699 01:28:17,892 --> 01:28:19,675 Okay. Okay. 1700 01:28:19,677 --> 01:28:21,043 And don't leave it here. 1701 01:28:21,045 --> 01:28:23,546 All right. I won't. 1702 01:28:23,548 --> 01:28:25,648 Good. 1703 01:28:25,650 --> 01:28:28,384 Now, I have to go pick up 1704 01:28:28,386 --> 01:28:30,120 my son Matthew at the station. 1705 01:28:30,122 --> 01:28:32,772 You need a ride? 1706 01:28:32,774 --> 01:28:34,006 No, thanks. 1707 01:28:34,008 --> 01:28:35,341 Um, I've got a car down 1708 01:28:35,343 --> 01:28:36,993 at the bottom of your driveway. 1709 01:28:36,995 --> 01:28:38,728 Whatever happened to your friend, 1710 01:28:38,730 --> 01:28:41,781 um, Deedee? 1711 01:28:41,783 --> 01:28:43,149 Yeah, she's in the car. 1712 01:28:43,151 --> 01:28:45,551 She wanted me to do this alone. 1713 01:28:45,553 --> 01:28:46,969 Hmm, I see. 1714 01:28:46,971 --> 01:28:49,789 She's a nice girl. 1715 01:28:49,791 --> 01:28:51,157 Yeah, she is. 1716 01:28:51,159 --> 01:28:52,659 She really is. 1717 01:29:03,386 --> 01:29:05,354 Thank you, Mr. Salinger. 1718 01:29:05,356 --> 01:29:08,991 You're a very creative boy, Jamie. 1719 01:29:08,993 --> 01:29:11,077 Go do something of your own. 1720 01:29:11,079 --> 01:29:13,462 I will, sir, I promise. 1721 01:29:13,464 --> 01:29:14,947 Yeah. 1722 01:29:39,890 --> 01:29:41,024 How did it go? 1723 01:29:41,026 --> 01:29:42,558 He was incredible. 1724 01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:43,959 He asked about the play and everything, yeah. 1725 01:29:43,961 --> 01:29:45,261 Really? Yeah. 1726 01:29:45,263 --> 01:29:49,232 Um, but he didn't want the script. 1727 01:29:49,234 --> 01:29:51,267 He didn't want it anywhere near him. 1728 01:29:51,269 --> 01:29:53,203 He says that The Catcher in the Rye 1729 01:29:53,205 --> 01:29:55,638 will never be anything but a book. 1730 01:29:55,640 --> 01:29:57,040 Jamie, I'm so sorry. 1731 01:29:57,042 --> 01:29:59,125 No, it's okay, really. It's all right. 1732 01:29:59,127 --> 01:30:01,861 Listen, Holden wanted a house 1733 01:30:01,863 --> 01:30:03,612 near the woods but not in them 1734 01:30:03,614 --> 01:30:06,099 so it could be sunny as hell all the time. 1735 01:30:06,101 --> 01:30:08,434 He wanted to put kids in glass cases 1736 01:30:08,436 --> 01:30:09,952 so they never change or grow old 1737 01:30:09,954 --> 01:30:11,104 or anything. And he wanted 1738 01:30:11,106 --> 01:30:12,405 people to write so he'd be done 1739 01:30:12,407 --> 01:30:13,923 with stupid conversations 1740 01:30:13,925 --> 01:30:15,558 with people like us. Remember the first thing 1741 01:30:15,560 --> 01:30:18,928 Salinger said to us was, "Why didn't you write?" 1742 01:30:18,930 --> 01:30:20,863 I can never be Holden. 1743 01:30:20,865 --> 01:30:23,866 He lives here on Beacon Hill. 1744 01:30:34,695 --> 01:30:36,946 ♪ Maybe when ♪ 1745 01:30:36,948 --> 01:30:39,448 ♪ The winter's gone ♪ 1746 01:30:39,450 --> 01:30:41,784 ♪ We'll sleep in the sun ♪ 1747 01:30:41,786 --> 01:30:44,420 ♪ And dance at dawn ♪ 1748 01:30:44,422 --> 01:30:47,222 ♪ So call me once ♪ 1749 01:30:47,224 --> 01:30:49,792 ♪ Or just five times ♪ 1750 01:30:49,794 --> 01:30:51,727 ♪ Because I'm never sick ♪ 1751 01:30:51,729 --> 01:30:54,063 ♪ Of tearing times ♪ 1752 01:30:54,065 --> 01:30:57,633 ♪ Where I'm going ♪ 1753 01:30:58,969 --> 01:31:02,438 ♪ Where I'm going ♪ 1754 01:31:04,107 --> 01:31:07,660 ♪ Well, I don't know yet ♪ 1755 01:31:09,713 --> 01:31:11,130 ♪ I just know ♪ 1756 01:31:11,132 --> 01:31:14,350 ♪ That I'm going home ♪ 1757 01:31:17,087 --> 01:31:20,423 ♪ And all I know ♪ 1758 01:31:20,425 --> 01:31:24,660 ♪ Is I'm going home ♪ 1759 01:31:24,662 --> 01:31:27,096 ♪ I'm going home ♪ 1760 01:31:27,098 --> 01:31:29,765 ♪ I'm going home ♪ 1761 01:31:32,086 --> 01:31:35,855 ♪ I ♪ 1762 01:31:35,857 --> 01:31:39,959 ♪ I want to wish you well ♪ 1763 01:31:39,961 --> 01:31:42,378 ♪ I didn't watch you go ♪ 1764 01:31:42,380 --> 01:31:44,780 ♪ Because I suppose ♪ 1765 01:31:44,782 --> 01:31:48,550 ♪ I don't know how ♪ 1766 01:31:48,552 --> 01:31:52,355 ♪ I ♪ 1767 01:31:52,357 --> 01:31:55,458 ♪ I will remember you ♪ 1768 01:31:56,393 --> 01:31:58,861 ♪ Not the way you left ♪ 1769 01:31:58,863 --> 01:32:00,863 ♪ But how you lived ♪ 1770 01:32:00,865 --> 01:32:04,766 ♪ And what you knew ♪ 1771 01:32:04,768 --> 01:32:08,404 ♪ I ♪ 1772 01:32:08,406 --> 01:32:12,541 ♪ I want to feel your hands ♪ 1773 01:32:12,543 --> 01:32:16,379 ♪ I want to feel your fire burning ♪ 1774 01:32:16,381 --> 01:32:20,149 ♪ Right from where I stand ♪ 1775 01:32:22,452 --> 01:32:27,356 ♪ I'll find my way ♪ 1776 01:32:29,426 --> 01:32:32,961 ♪ You showed me ♪ 1777 01:32:32,963 --> 01:32:37,466 ♪ How I'll find my way ♪ 1778 01:32:39,470 --> 01:32:44,640 ♪ Because you showed me how ♪ 1779 01:32:47,744 --> 01:32:51,447 ♪ I ♪ 1780 01:32:51,449 --> 01:32:55,284 ♪ I want to know it's you ♪ 1781 01:32:55,286 --> 01:32:57,820 ♪ When I hear your voice ♪ 1782 01:32:57,822 --> 01:32:59,788 ♪ Inside my head ♪ 1783 01:32:59,790 --> 01:33:03,759 ♪ Inside my room ♪ 1784 01:33:03,761 --> 01:33:07,363 ♪ I ♪ 1785 01:33:07,365 --> 01:33:10,732 ♪ I want to touch the sky ♪ 1786 01:33:11,468 --> 01:33:13,135 ♪ I want to see ♪ 1787 01:33:13,137 --> 01:33:15,337 ♪ The stars twinkle ♪ 1788 01:33:15,339 --> 01:33:18,941 ♪ Like they were your eyes ♪ 1789 01:33:21,445 --> 01:33:26,315 ♪ I'll find my way ♪ 1790 01:33:28,552 --> 01:33:31,570 ♪ You showed me ♪ 1791 01:33:31,572 --> 01:33:36,492 ♪ I'll find my way ♪ 1792 01:33:38,562 --> 01:33:42,898 ♪ Because you showed me how ♪ 1793 01:34:12,829 --> 01:34:16,732 ♪ I ♪ 1794 01:34:16,734 --> 01:34:20,603 ♪ I want to smell your scent ♪ 1795 01:34:20,605 --> 01:34:22,238 ♪ I want to breathe ♪ 1796 01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:25,141 ♪ The air I did before ♪ 1797 01:34:25,143 --> 01:34:29,044 ♪ Before you left ♪ 1798 01:34:29,046 --> 01:34:33,115 ♪ I ♪ 1799 01:34:33,117 --> 01:34:37,052 ♪ I want to wish you well ♪ 1800 01:34:37,054 --> 01:34:38,887 ♪ The only reason ♪ 1801 01:34:38,889 --> 01:34:40,656 ♪ My heart beats ♪ 1802 01:34:40,658 --> 01:34:44,460 ♪ Is because you showed it how ♪ 1803 01:34:47,030 --> 01:34:51,767 ♪ I'll find my way ♪ 1804 01:34:53,770 --> 01:34:58,341 ♪ You showed me how ♪ 1805 01:34:58,343 --> 01:35:03,945 ♪ You showed me how ♪