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[mood music]

♪ Well I come a long way to be standin' here today

♪ I passed a lot of faces

♪ Along the way

♪ I took that road

♪ Take the advice

♪ Had my eye on the prize

♪ Didn't think about the price

♪ Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

♪ Out in the spotlight nothing is for certain

♪ You know your line

♪ But you're in the wrong scene

♪ And wake up livin' in someone else's dream

♪ Hey

♪ Hey

♪ Yeah

♪ Well my new best friends

♪ They'll be waitin' at the top

♪ But no one ever tells you

♪ How to make this thing stop

♪ So careful what you play

♪ Cause you just might win

♪ If you jump in the deep

♪ Then you best know how to swim

♪ Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

♪ Out in the spotlight nothing is for certain

♪ You take a ride in that long limousine

♪ And wake up livin' in someone else's dream

♪ Hey

♪ Hey

♪ Someone else's dream

♪ Hey hey

♪ Someone else's dream

♪ Hey hey

♪ Someone else's dream

♪ Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

♪ Out in the spotlight nothing is for certain

♪ You take a ride in that long limousine

♪ And wake up livin'

♪ In someone else's dream

- No I got it.

I'm gonna read it on the plane.

- The director called again Mack, huge fan.

The guy's on fire.

- I assume there's an offer attached.

- If he likes you, who knows?

- Mr. Cameron, you'll have to turn your phone off.

Regulations. - Can I get another one

of these please?

- 80 thousand for two weeks.

- That's less that I got for this one.

They won't go any higher?

- He's a hot director Mack.

- Okay, I'll call you tomorrow.

- Mr. Cameron?

- Yeah? - I knew it was you.

- Sh, sh!

- I've seen all your movies, at least the ones

I'm allowed to.

- Can't be very many.

What's your favorite?

- Down the Line, the one where you keep

the ballpark from blowing up.

- So what am I signin' this for?

Gimme that.

Here you go.

- Thanks!

- Hey.

Oh you were sleep?

I'm sorry, first chance I had to call.

Unbelievable day.

No, no, no of course I didn't forget.

Got his presents right here in front of me.

- Please sir, the captain.

- No don't wake him up.

I'll see him in the morning.

- Here you are sir.

- Love you.

[cow mooing]

[heavy thumping]

[rock mood music] [rhythmic footsteps]

- You know what that is floatin' in my coffee?

- No sir.

- The kitchen ceilin'.

- Sorry, dad.

- Get on downstairs, you gon' miss the bus.

[mood music]

[feet shuffling]

- Hey.

CJ, hey!

- What?

- You know there's only so much

I can do to protect you.

- Protect me from what?

- I don't know.

How bout every seventh grade boy

who wants to kick your butt whenever you do that?

- Talent show tryouts this afternoon.

- If you live that long.

Don't worry, I'll watch your back.

- No, I've got my own back.

You just stay away.

Promise.

- Why?

Cause I'm a girl?

- Yeah, a nine year old girl,

who just happens to be my sister.

Promise Melody.

Melody!

- Hey anybody who wants a piece of my brother

has to go through me first.

Got it?

- You gotta be kidding me.

- Got it!

Gimme a sec while I change angles.

[laughs]

Okay.

Release the aliens.

[thrilling mood music]

- Ah, what the?

Get those things out out of here!

- That was so cool dad.

Can we do that again?

- Stop it, you're killing the actors.

- Liz!

Hey where'd you get that?

- Grandma gave it to me.

My old one bit it while you were gone.

- Here's one.

Here's a new star.

- Liz!

- Guys I told you get ready for school.

Let's go.

- Did you bring me my birthday present?

- What, that's it?

No, "Welcome home dad?

We missed you dad?"

- Welcome home dad, we missed you.

- That's better.

- Did you bring me my birthday present?

- [laughs] Did I bring you a birthday present?

There ya go.

[paper rustling]

Yeah.

What?

He loves the Lakers.

Don't ya love the Lakers?

- Sure.

[paper rustling]

- A snow globe?

- Well he's always complainin' it never snows here.

- I do mom, really.

- Okay, let's go.

Breakfast is ready.

- You know I wasn't even supposed to be here at all?

The director let me off early

just so I could...

[knocks on door]

What?

[door slams]

- Come on CJ.

- Take him out, come on.

[rock mood music]

- Where's your little sister now?

Gay boy.

[grunts]

- Hey I got you, you're out!

- Yeah, says who?

[sneakers squeaking on floor]

- Hey, stop goofin' around!

Alright everybody, to the locker room.

- Come on CJ.

- I thought fairies move faster than that.

- What are you looking at?

- Looks like you could use a friend,

or maybe a helmet.

[background laughter]

[door slams]

[footsteps approaching]

- I know he's still number three

on the death chart, but varsity.

Hey what do you say, Cal?

- Hey fellas.

Just a cup of coffee please Maureen.

- Looks like Buckeye's boy here

is gonna make the varsity as a freshman.

- Well, he's just a couple weeks into practice,

but coach says he's a tackler.

- You tell him I said good job.

- How bout old CJ?

- Team's gon' need some speed in a few years.

- I think he's gon' be more of a baseball kid.

Could I get that to go?

- Come in, come in.

- Hi Greg.

- Thank you.

I had a meeting at Warner's the other day.

Have a seat.

- Oh thanks.

Saw some of the dailies, you looked great.

- Paz Sweeney.

What is he, some kinda candy dispenser?

- Yeah, pull back his head and money falls out.

We get em' all the time: pretty face, shallow,

and a box office magnet for teens.

So did you read the script?

- Some of it.

- And?

- I liked it.

I mean I could love it for another 20 thousand.

- Forget about it.

I've got something better.

- Since last night?

- Yeah.

Big action thing.

One of the cast fell through at the last second.

This could be great for you.

[phone ringing]

You need to take that?

- No, it's just Liz.

Keep goin'.

- 300 thousand.

Pay or play.

- Ooh nice.

Oh that's very nice.

- They need you in a week though.

- Full week's rehearsal, 10-week shoot.

- No problem.

- Great, I'll get em' to messenger the script today.

[phone ringing]

- I'm in a meeting.

Well she needs us both for that?

Liz, Liz just stop.

I'm sorry.

No.

I'll be right over.

- Everything okay?

- Just a school thing.

Listen, I gotta go.

Anything else?

- Just a little indie.

I wouldn't even bring it up but they made an offer.

- Any good?

- Scale.

- I mean the script.

- Oh.

I don't know.

You want me to have somebody read it?

- Scale?

What do you think?

- Well it looks like Tyler is following

in his father's footsteps.

- What are you talkin' about?

- Your son's quite the filmmaker.

- Oh he brought the camera to school.

I've told him a million times

to leave it at home.

- No, no camera, but he did bring a little short

for show and tell.

He did a great job.

It was very...

realistic.

- Is that a problem?

- It was called, "Eating My Brother for Breakfast."

- Oh my god.

- Now I saw Joe in class this morning,

so I know he's fine.

But some of the fourth graders aren't convinced.

- Oh jeez.

What are you lettin' him watch?

- Obviously in the overall picture,

this isn't that big of a deal.

I just thought I'd bring it up

so we could keep an eye on it;

make sure it doesn't get out of hand.

- Well, he's gonna be out in 10 minutes,

so I'll take him somewhere

and we'll talk about it.

- Great, thank you.

- You wanna act like a concerned dad?

Try being here for more than a week at a time.

[sighs]

- Excuse me for having to work.

- Well what do you think I do all day?

- Oh the looks of things,

you plop the kids down in front of the television

with moronic video games.

- Right.

Think I'll get Joe.

- Liz.

- Hey Jimmy wait up! [phone ringing]

- It's me.

- Where are you?

I've got the messenger on the other line.

- Oh just tell him to drop the script off at the house.

I gotta take my kid out for a while.

Listen, Greg you wouldn't know any

kid-friendly places, would you?

Like a ice cream thing or somethin'?

- Why would I know that?

Hey remember the indie film

I told you about?

They called again.

They want you bad.

- Yeah?

Bad enough to pay me 300 grand?

- No.

But they did sweeten the deal

with some incentives.

- Yeah, like what?

- They'll shoot this thing near your hometown in Texas.

Put your family up for free

in some lake cabin or something.

- That's supposed to make it more attractive?

Would you hold on?

Get in the car.

Holster that thing buddy.

That's what got you in trouble in the first place.

Keep your feet off the seats.

I'm back.

- Are you in the Shelby?

Ah love that car.

- Yeah me too, so keep me workin'.

[car horn honks]

Tyler!

[car skids]

- Watch out, I'm sorry I didn't see him.

Is he okay?

- Are you okay buddy?

- I think so.

- Hey somebody talk to me?

- Yeah we're okay.

- Thank god.

That wasn't your car was it?

- Listen to me, I wanna keep this a secret, alright?

I don't wanna worry your mom.

Go on, get in the car.

♪ They call us dumb

♪ They call us crazy, cause we wanna be

♪ The next Slim Shady

♪ Yeah we're tired of homework

♪ And we sick of school

♪ If you ain't listenin'

♪ Then you a fool

- You a fool, yeah. - Yeah, wassup?

- I'm just gonna shoot straight.

That was awful.

Little practice next time wouldn't hurt.

CJ Kinney?

- Punk.

[rhythmic thumping] [upbeat country music]

[rhythmic footsteps]

[rhythmic footsteps]

[applause]

- Hey CJ,

good job up there.

- Thanks.

- Where you come up with all that?

- I don't know, just messin' around.

But did I make the show?

- Oh I think we can find a spot for you.

I got you something.

I saw this.

- An audition?

- For a movie,

shooting an hour from here.

They're casting in Houston.

- So?

- So, I think you should go for it.

I can get the audition scene online,

if you want me to.

- I just dance though, Ms. Neering.

I don't know anything about acting.

- You're a natural, and you know it.

Fifteen minutes ago, nobody could take their eyes off you.

You don't think a casting director

would be interested in that?

- Okay, sure.

Mom, mom!

- Hey sweetie.

How'd tryouts go?

- Look at this.

- "Open casting call for local talent."

What is that, a fishing magazine?

- No it's an audition for a movie!

- Oh, you mean like for health class or somethin'?

- No, a movie like in theaters.

- What's got you all worked up?

- Dad, Ms. Neering found an ad

in this magazine.

She wants me to audition for a movie.

- Is that right?

- Yeah, we're making a tape at school on Saturday.

- Well, you better find another time.

You've already got a tryout on Saturday.

- For what?

- Baseball.

You remember that?

- But dad, there's not another time.

We gotta get the tape in there by Monday.

- Well, maybe next time CJ.

- Next time?

How many movies do you think they shoot

near Littleton?

- Hey I don't know, and I don't care.

I'm not havin' you miss the whole season

with your friends on some off chance

that this thing's even for real.

- It is real.

- We're done with this son.

Now go wash up, dinner's almost ready.

- His birthday was yesterday.

- Yeah, but we couldn't a family birthday party

without your dad being here, right?

Do it baby.

- Alright, in the immortal words of Hollywood,

cut!

- That's so lame dad.

- Well, at least my material doesn't land me

in the principal's office.

You know, you guys, you're wearing me out.

- That's what you get for waiting so long

to have kids.

- Well, maybe I should have waited longer.

- Ah, surprise, your mom.

- She's not supposed to be here for another hour.

I'll talk to her.

Hi mom.

- Oh hi son.

Where's the birthday boy?

- Hi grandma.

- Mom you were supposed to come later.

- Hi Beverly.

- Is that for me?

- And who else would it be for?

- You got him a camera.

I thought that was his birthday present.

- Oh come on, humor me.

I'm old and forgetful.

Oh, you gotta remind me to get head shots

for these kids.

They would kill in commercials.

- No way!

- Awesome!

- For editing your movies.

You gotta hurry up and become a famous director,

so we can keep your daddy employed.

- It's too much Beverly.

- Oh it's not half as much

as daddy spent on his present.

Come on, what did daddy get you for your birthday?

- A snow globe and a Lakers jersey.

[both laugh]

- Thank god grandma's here.

- It has to go back.

- But mom she gave it to me.

- Mom's right, Tyler.

- Oh, at least him play with it tonight.

I'll take it back tomorrow, I swear.

- Okay, alright.

- Aw, thanks grandma! - C'mon!

- You're welcome, honey.

A snow globe.

- Well we were workin' up to the last minute.

- Take some coffee?

- Oh I'd love some hon.

No just half please.

- Okay, how's that?

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- So how'd it go?

- How'd what go?

- How did what go?

The movie.

- Check cashed, I wouldn't look for it Oscar time.

- I put in a call to Mel Blum at Paramount

about his next project.

Now that's what you should be doing.

- Mom?

I have an agent.

- Doesn't hurt for your publicist to double up.

- But Mel Blum, [laughs]

he have his pick of bankable stars.

- You're not bankable?

Down the Line, third highest grossing movie in--

- In 1986.

- Oh.

- That's been a while.

- Here you go.

- Oh.

Now, what's your next project,

because I wanna write some new press releases.

- You guys ever doing anything

but talk about work?

- Oh.

This cake is delicious sweetheart.

So?

- So, I'm gonna start an action picture in Canada.

All I know is it starts in about a week.

- A week?

You just got home.

- Yeah I know.

I was gonna tell you.

- When?

When you were packing?

- Actors are like athletes.

They only have so many good years.

- I don't believe this.

- Liz.

- Mom!

Check out how this works!

- Okay let's see.

- You get in the car, and holster--

- Tyler!

No!

Turn it off.

[car horn honks]

- Oh my god. - Oh my lord.

- Cool.

- Is he okay?

- Nobody got hurt.

It's no big deal.

- It's no big deal?

I don't know what to say to you anymore.

- Oh honey, the party.

- Sorry dad.

- It's okay buddy, wasn't your fault.

- CJ?

Let's move it son.

You've slept in long enough.

Tryouts in an hour.

[mood music]

You seen CJ this mornin'?

- Lord, he left an hour ago.

Said he wanted to hit the batting cages before tryouts.

[mood music]

[metal tinkering]

- "Is this a real person we're looking for

or one of those imaginary friend things?"

- "It's my mom, okay?

And she's now at home from the hospital

with a foster family.

Look are you gonna help me find her or not?"

- Not too shabby.

See?

I told you you were a natural.

- I can do better, let's try it again.

- Are you sure?

What about tryouts?

- What time is it?

- 8:15.

- They always go in alphabetical order.

They won't get to me for a while.

- Okay, it's your call.

- Throw the ball already.

- Cal.

- Hey Benny.

You seen CJ come up yet?

- Not yet.

His bunch ought to be next.

- "Is this a real person we're looking for

or one of those imaginary friend things?"

- "It's my mom okay?

She's now at home from the hospital

with a foster family.

Look are you gonna help me find her or not?"

- Cut.

That was perfect.

- You think so?

- I know so.

- I can do one more to be sure.

- No, you go on to your tryout.

- Oh man.

- And good luck!

- Thanks!

[mood music]

- Hey you want me to stick around?

I hate to see him miss out.

- No, I appreciate it though.

[mood music]

- I'd like a veggie burger too, please.

Mr. Kinney?

Martha Neering, CJ's drama teacher.

- Yes, ma'am.

How are you?

- Fine.

How'd CJ's tryout go?

- Well bout how I should've expected, I guess.

- Well if he was anything like this morning,

I'm sure he did great.

- This mornin'?

- The audition tape?

Oh I'm sure he told you about it.

I was just on my way to overnight it

at the post office.

- Why don't you let me do that?

I was headed that way anyway.

You didn't think I'd find out about this?

- I was gonna tell you.

- Leave me sittin' out there at that ball field,

lookin' like a fool?

- I'm sorry dad.

I was planning on going, but--

- Don't keep lyin' to me CJ.

- I'm not, really, but by the time

I got done with the audition and I--

- This right here?

You can forget it.

[thud]

[door slams]

- You know not everything that walks

on two feet in Texas

has to have a ball in its hand.

- The boy lied Betsy.

- Well, maybe that's cause he can't talk to you.

- He can talk to me fine.

Least he used to could.

[sighs]

- Cal, it's one little league season,

and you can't tell me they won't make

some kinda concessions.

- It's more than that.

His friends,

they make fun of him.

- They're just kids.

- They'll grow up to be adults,

folks he's gon' be banking with,

buyin' feed from.

- Oh well you sound like you got his future

all planned out for him.

- Well, I'm not gonna sit here

and let him throw his life away

on a bunch of foolishness.

- How do you know it's foolishness?

- Have you ever seen him?

Have you ever watched him do what he loves?

- I got cattle to feed.

- You are as bullheaded as they are.

[machine working]

[mood music]

- I shoot a big gun and I snarl a lot, right?

It's not like I need a lot of rehearsal for that.

- No offense buddy, but you're not Tom Cruise.

You can't just blow off rehearsal.

- It's not that.

- Look, if you don't wanna do it,

they'll get somebody else.

- Oh no, no no.

No I wanna do it, it's just Liz and I,

I just, we just need some time.

- Yeah, bout this?

Do the studio picture,

and with the money you make,

buy your hometown and take the wife and kids

whenever you want.

- Can you just try?

- Yeah I'll do my best.

No promises.

- Well, got Greg to buy me some time on that movie,

at least try.

- Oh yeah?

Well, it doesn't matter, you know?

You took it without even thinking

what it would mean to me and the boys.

It's like we don't exist.

- Liz,

I took something else in the meantime.

- Oh for crying out--

- Liz stop.

Please.

It's a small independent film.

It's gonna be shot outside of Littleton.

- What, you want points for giving back

to your community?

I mean--

- Would you just hold on?

They're gonna put us all up for a couple of weeks

in this lake cabin or somethin'.

I don't know, just gettin' outta here.

I thought it would be good for all of us.

- What do you mean, all of us?

- Me, you, and the boys.

That's it.

- What about school?

- Come on, what's more important?

Couple weeks of school or tryin' to keep

this family together?

- I'll think about it.

- Liz?

- I said I'll think about it.

[door slams]

[upbeat rock music]

[rhythmic thumping]

[audience cheers]

[audience cheers] [applause]

[rock mood music] [rhythmic thumping]

[audience cheering] [applause]

[audience cheering] [applause]

- You put on quite a show out there CJ.

- He better, he's been bangin' up the house enough.

- Dad?

I didn't know you were coming.

- Well I got done a lil' early.

I'd been here sooner, but I got held up

on a phone call.

You need to give this fella a call.

- Who is he?

- Says he's a director or somethin'?

- CJ.

- Yeah.

- Wants to talk to you about bein' in his movie.

- But I thought you threw the tape away?

- Don't look at me, I gave him my only copy.

- Melody's the one you ought to thank.

She takes the trash out

like she's supposed to.

I don't have time to change my mind.

- Oh my god, a movie?

You're gonna be famous.

Can I be in it too?

- Yeah, well famous or not,

you're helpin' me spread fertilizer

all day tomorrow.

- Thanks dad.

- You're still bullheaded.

[mood music]

- Alright, so I got your cabin

all tricked-out with snacks and drinks and stuff,

and you just let me know,

whatever you need.

I'm your man.

Oh and there's a script by your bed too.

No big deal, just a little somethin'

my buddy and I busted out, you know,

when you get a sec.

- You want me to read your script?

- Dude there's this part that's so you.

I really think it'd be good for your next project.

- Oh who are you again?

- I'm Charlie, I'm the production assistant.

- Just keep your hand on the wheel.

- What's that?

- That is a drive-in movie theater.

That's where people used to go to watch

movies in their cars.

My dad owned it.

- Why didn't they just get a DVD player,

like we have in our car?

- Oh, we didn't have those back then.

♪ I shoulda turned around when I saw the county line

♪ Like to say I love it

♪ But I can't pretend

♪ Been there done it

♪ Now I'm doin' it again

♪ Same downtown

♪ Same old mind

♪ Is she rich

♪ Got that western eye

♪ Said that I am live in the city

♪ For a thought of downtown

♪ Now ain't that a pity

♪ How did I get here

♪ I didn't have a plan

- Sound girl wanted me to grab some backups.

It'll just take a second.

- My turn, give it.

- You had it for the last two

hours. [Mack groans]

- Hold on a second.

What's your name again?

- Charlie, I'm the PA,

wrote the script that's right next to your bed.

- Charlie, right.

Charlie, what's fun around here?

- Like bars and stuff?

- No, like amusement parks,

those water slide things,

malls?

- Nah, there's nothin' like that.

There's a rodeo Tuesday nights.

It's kinda cool, if you like watchin' people

get pounded by livestock.

- See those two boys in the van?

- Yeah.

- The next two weeks, your job

is to make sure they have fun.

So if I was you, I'd pick up some supplies.

- You mean like fishing tackle or...?

- They're city kids Charlie,

so think gadgets.

- Thought he played ball or somethin'?

- Can you describe him?

- Hell if you stay up past nine,

they play his movies all the time on UHF.

- Don't bother.

Mack Cameron ain't worth losin' sleep over.

What'd he ever do for Littleton?

- Just what'd you ever do?

- Support the local economy. [laughs]

[country music]

- Hi.

I know what I want.

Four chocolate shakes to go please.

- Howdy.

Mr. Cameron?

- Yeah?

- Buckeye Strickland.

Welcome to Littleton.

- Oh thanks, good to be back.

Now I know you, Miss Corbett.

You're my old Algebra teacher, right?

- She died.

I'm her daughter. [sniffles]

- Ugh.

- Come back tomorrow.

- Five minutes, just a quick peek

at the kid's birth certificate,

we're outta here.

- Come back tomorrow.

- How bout a couple of bucks?

- No, wait! [door slams]

- Now what?

- [sighs] Well, we could look through a window,

with places like this, you know,

probably have some kind of,

open lock somewhere.

Down there?

- I don't know.

It doesn't seem right.

- Cut.

Let's take a couple of minutes.

- How's it goin' CJ?

You havin' fun?

- Yeah.

- You're not nervous, are you?

- No.

Well, yeah, maybe a little.

- Well, you see all these people?

They're here for one reason.

You.

Anything that makes you more comfortable,

any thing at all,

that's what we're here for, huh?

So now you tell me what I can do for you.

- Maybe I can help.

- Yeah?

Sure.

[mumbles]

You wanna do this or not?

- Yeah.

- What do you think this is,

some junior high play?

- No, not at all.

- What?

- I said no!

- What, you always let people

push you around like this, huh?

- Look, cut it out, okay?

- Okay, make me.

Right, come on.

No.

Darn it.

Come on, make me.

Right.

That's all actin' is.

It's a give and take.

I push you, you push back.

I talk to you, you talk back to me,

just like a normal kid.

[grunts]

So you think you can do that?

- Yeah.

- Hey, lines work okay for you?

- For the most part?

- Which one's don't?

- Where I say, "It doesn't seem right."

It's a little weird.

- Yeah, sounds like some old fart

who forgot what it was like bein' a teenager.

What would you say?

- Somethin' like, "Seems kinda messed up."

- Yeah, I like that.

"Seems kinda messed up" work for you?

- Yeah, sure.

- Okay, let's go.

A waste of time.

- Yeah.

- Thanks.

- Ah, it's alright, you didn't write this.

Did ya?

- Actually I did.

[laughs]

[mood music]

- Hi.

- Why don't y'all put that camera down

and grab a bucket?

It's fun.

What are you wincing for?

Are you stupid?

- Crawdads.

- Ugh.

- Hi.

- Hi, I'm Betsy Kinney, CJ's mom,

and your neighbor for the next few weeks.

- Yeah sure, come on in.

I'm Liz, Mack's wife.

- I know.

You findin' everything okay?

- Yeah it's very cozy.

It's sweet, actually.

- That's why we brought the family,

'cept my husband.

He had to work.

- Yeah, I've heard that before.

- Listen, I'm gonna sit out by the lake in a while.

You wanna join me?

- That'd be really nice.

Thanks.

Oh wait, wait.

What is this?

Big screen,

GameCube,

Xbox,

some other junk.

- No.

Why?

Why?

- Mr. Cameron had me get it

to keep the rugrats busy.

[scoffs]

- We hang out at parties, not lakes.

You know what fish do in there?

- Look, it's family time.

It's your idea, remember?

- My turn.

[water splashing] - Aw man, just once.

- You gotta get down and sidearm it,

like this.

[water splashing]

- Cool!

- Oh yeah, seven!

Beat that.

- I give up, you win.

- Come on dad.

Don't be a wuss!

- Wuss?

[laughs] - Oh no.

- Excuse me?

[laughs]

- Here he comes.

- 'Scuse me, gimme a rock.

- "Sidearm it like this."

Sidearm it, huh?

Okay, watch and learn.

[grunts] [water splashing]

[children laughing]

[yells loudly]

That's gotta tie a family record.

[laughs]

Sidearm it, right babe?

Ooh, you fell for that one, didn't ya?

- What's that?

- My script, I have to learn my lines for tomorrow.

- Mr. Cameron's not looking at his script.

- So?

He's better than me.

- Do you have to put on makeup?

- Someone puts it on for me.

- Oh, like those boys who tied you to the door

in the girls gym?

- Would you get out of here?

[laughs]

- Do you get blown up or anything cool in this movie?

- Mom!

- Okay, okay.

Don't get your panties in a knot.

[mood music]

- Okay, look mad.

[growls]

- Stupid thing.

- What's the matter buddy?

- Can't get it to do a close-up.

- Dad's workin' honey.

- It's okay.

Here let me see it.

Okay.

So,

what's this movie about?

- A kid, who watches too much TV,

goes crazy and starts attacking people.

- I'm the crazy kid.

- That's typecasting.

How's it end?

- I get eaten by a bear.

- Wow, how you gonna do that?

- We might have to change it to a dog.

- You know, once I was in a movie,

I was supposed to get eaten by this giant squid.

Mechanical squid wasn't workin' that day,

so I got shot with a spear gun instead.

[groans]

- Cool!

- I've never seen that one.

- Well hopefully you never will.

Look, it was on automatic focus,

doesn't zoom in and out like this.

- Okay people, we're gonna take lunch early today.

We're havin' camera problems.

- My dad can fix it.

- Thank you.

- Liz, you havin' a good time?

- Surprisingly good time.

Betsy's nice.

- Yeah, yeah.

I seen you two talkin'.

I think I'm gonna have to have Charlie

monitor your conversations.

I got the feeling I'm gettin' creamed.

- Yeah, we're doin' some of that.

- I'll get this for you.

- No, actually you're doin' okay.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I like how you're helpin' CJ.

- Yeah, he's pretty good.

- I'm seeing somethin' else I like,

somethin' I haven't seen for a while.

- Oh really, what's that?

- Well, what attracted me to you to begin with.

- Ah, my bulging torso.

- You wish.

- Here you go.

- It was a little kid in you.

When we first met, you had this little boy quality.

It was very feeling.

Remember that horrible apartment

we had in West Hollywood?

- No.

- You would wake up in the morning,

you had this big grin,

and you would say--

- "Another day in paradise baby."

- [sighs] Yeah.

It's almost like you're that kid again.

- Maybe I am.

Wanna have a play date after lunch in my trailer?

Huh?

Come on, we'll call your mother,

we'll tell her where you are.

Yeah.

- Almost there, 20 bucks for the biggest fish.

- Are we there yet?

- Come on, they're huge on this side.

- Oh there it is.

- See?

What'd I tell ya?

- You know, there's a lake in front our house.

Why didn't we fish there?

- Well-- - Cause it's always better

on this side,

because I said so.

Come on everybody, down to the lake!

Alright, who's got the worms?

- I do!

- Ollie, you've got worms?

- Ouch.

- To fish with, dipwad.

- Stay right there.

Alright let's get these lines in the water, okay?

CJ, set em' up.

- Why do I have to bait the hooks?

- Because, it's a Hollywood lesson.

Lesson number two:

I am the star.

You have to do what the star says.

- Well, Hollywood lesson number three is

the star listens to his wife,

you bait the hooks.

- [laughs] Trophy wives, nothin' but trouble.

- You... [phone ringing]

- Ooh, saved by the bell.

- Hello.

Come on, bait em' up.

Come on, bait em' up son.

- Make me proud. - Alright, alright, alright.

Can you hear me?

- You big wuss.

- Hang on, hang on.

- Mack. - Hear me now?

- Yeah. - Good.

- Yeah, Mack Cameron.

- Where are you?

Mexico or something?

- Oh, we're fishin' for catfish.

- The hell is that?

- Oh it's a bottom feeder.

It's kinda like you, only tastier.

- Yeah, I'm hurt.

- I'll bet, what's up?

- Just checkin' up on things.

Making sure their takin' care of my man.

- Yeah, right.

- You're too cynical, you should work on that.

Look about that other film.

- Yeah, what about it?

- It couldn't wait, Mack.

They decided to recast.

- Oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no!

Greg, I just asked you to just keep me

out of the rehearsals!

- I said I'd try.

- I can't believe you screwed this up!

- Me?

I got you the damn job, remember?

- Well then go back and get it again!

- Mack, who do you think you are?

Okay, the director's 25.

He hasn't seen half your movies.

I practically had to--

- Had to what?

Beg?

- Look, just keep your head in whatever

you're doing down there,

and let me worry about the next thing, okay?

[sighs]

Mack?

- Yeah.

- Hi Beverly.

What a nice surprise.

- Oh Charlie let me in.

- Hi grandma.

- Hi honey.

I wanted to see if there was anything

we could get out of this little independent thing

you're doing.

- Could you take him for me please?

- Yes, come on darlin'.

[grunts]

- Give grandma a kiss goodnight.

- Goodnight sugar.

[smacking kiss]

- Now hop in bed, and I'll be in there

in a minute to tuck you in.

Hi mom.

- Hi.

- Member that Mel Blum Project?

- The movie at Paramount?

What about it?

- Well have they cast anybody?

- Of course, it's in pre-production.

Why?

- Just thought maybe you could make a few calls,

and, you know, see what' out there.

I mean, as soon I finish this,

I'd like to get back out there.

- But you have an agent.

Isn't that what he's for?

- Doesn't hurt to double up, right?

[laughs]

- What you got there Cal?

- CJ sent it to me, somethin' called a daily.

- I get those.

Usually after a cup of coffee

and some Raisin Bran.

[laughs]

- "I don't get it.

If she doesn't give a damn, why bother?"

- "I just wanna know, you know,

what she's doin',

if I look anything like her,

why she ran off.

I see all these kids gettin' picked up

by their moms at school and it makes me crazy, you know?

Like they wanna crawl into a hole or something.

I just wanna grab them and..."

Line.

- "I just want to grab them and shake them,

and tell them how lucky they are

to have a mom and all."

Hey, make sure you don't turn away

from the camera there, okay?

- Am I gonna say anything, anytime soon.

I mean, why am I even in this scene?

- Yeah, we'll do another setup,

get your reactions.

- Oh my reactions.

Right.

[laughs]

- Okay, one more and we'll shoot it.

- Okay.

- Mack you're on, give him his line.

- You know, I'll you what,

Betsy wanna be in a movie?

- No.

- Good, come on.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, come on, come on.

Be here with your son.

Just sit right here.

All you gotta say is,

"I don't get it if she doesn't give a damn,

why bother?"

And then, just let the camera just drool

all over your son.

Just come find me when I got somethin' to do.

What are you guys starin' at?

You guys gonna fix my air conditioning or what?

You haven't taken my garbage out

for like a week.

[loud horn]

- Okay standby,

and rolling.

Action!

- Well it's about this kid,

who's trying to find his mother,

so he hires a washed up detective,

played by Mack Cameron, whose next film

is called, "Kablouie."

- Huh?

- Written and directed by yours truly.

- Cut!

What're you doing?

- Making heat.

Stirring up some buns.

- Is there anyone who can talk,

who's not a moron?

- He's the only one who'd do it.

- What's this for anyway?

- DVD the extra stuff.

- Well why aren't you talking to the director?

- He blew us off.

- Jerk.

[phone line ringing]

- You've reached Greg's cellphone, leave a message.

♪ I turned and closed my eyes

♪ Oh and the horn so soft and blue

♪ He said I've had a good time

♪ But I'll be leavin'

- I'm gonna go. - Hey.

♪ My bags are packed and I'm ready to go

- Everybody, if I could just get your attention

for just a second.

I just wanna thank you all for a great start

to our little journey here.

Hope everybody's havin' a good time.

[cheers]

Yee-haw.

[laughs]

The production accountant asked me to remind you

that the less you drink, the more film

we have to shoot.

[audience laughs]

Before we get back to partying,

I'd like to especially thank Mack Cameron.

Without him, none of us are here

doing what we love to do.

Is he here?

Where is he?

- He's around here somewhere.

- You seen your dad?

- I don't know.

- There he is.

Come on up here Mack.

Come on, get up here.

[applause]

- Thank you, thank you.

Is there anybody over 40 here tonight?

See one guy.

Oh sorry, guess that's me.

Okay, alright, since I'm the old guy of the bunch,

how bout a few nuggets of truth?

How bout this?

This is the top of the list

on how to succeed in Hollywood:

watch your back.

Hey go to sleep for just one second.

Do a crappy little independent movie,

just for example.

- What?

- There's somebody there to take your place.

- Don't do this Mack.

- Not yet.

CJ Kinney.

CJ Kinney, ladies and gentlemen!

[audience cheers and applauds]

Got the looks.

Got the talent.

Got your whole life ahead of ya.

Now all you need's a mom

to chew up your childhood,

send you out on auditions so she can try to change

her sorry life through yours.

Oh wait a minute, you got one of those!

- Come on man, sit down.

- We're going.

- You got it all son.

- Let's go.

- I wanna thank you.

Oh and I'm gonna be here a couple more weeks,

while some good-looking punk in Canada

does the movie I should be doing!

- Come on guys, let's go.

[mood music]

[tire skids]

[crashes]

[birds chirping]

[tranquil mood music]

- Oh yeah, quite a story there Mr.

- Hey thanks for listenin'.

[engine running]

Thanks I really appreciate it.

- No problem.

You know,

a while back my barn burned up.

I was pretty upset til mornin',

then I saw I had a better view of the lake.

[tranquil mood music] [engine running]

- Did you even think about it?

How worried we would be

when you still weren't back this morning?

- I'm sorry.

- Oh.

- What?

What do you want?

I made a mistake.

Liz.

Liz I said I'm sorry.

- You don't make mistakes,

because it's all about you!

The sad thing is you don't even realize it.

You are so hellbent on everyone noticing you,

that you don't even notice who you hurt.

Not me.

Not the kids,

and judging from your performance last night,

you don't even care if you hurt yourself.

- Will you just calm down Liz?

- Don't.

Don't tell me to calm down.

Don't act as if I don't have a right to be angry.

- I didn't say that.

- This was a stupid idea, it's just more of your crap

with mosquitoes.

- Just happened to see--

- Oh Jesus. - Just a minute.

Can we talk about this please?

- I have said it all.

- Said to hurry.

You missed your makeup call,

they need you in wardrobe.

- Okay, look.

I'll go do this, just wait here till I get back.

I'm just gonna do this one scene

and then we can talk.

Please?

- Go on.

- Mr. Cameron?

- Shut up Charlie!

Sorry Liz.

Please.

Be here when I get back.

[door closes]

- Get the stuff in the door,

cross to the bike.

CJ you climb on back and hold on tight.

Act and start it, and then we cut for the close-ups, okay?

- Seems simple enough.

- Okay, let's do it.

[mood music]

Okay here we go.

- Hey settle in,

and roll camera!

- And action.

- Hey, quit raidin' the minibar, let's go!

- Like they had those in this dump.

- Turn off the lights,

they all look like the Hilton.

Here you go.

Now I talked to a fella at the liquor store,

he said the trailer park's about 10 miles up the road.

- It's a mobile home community.

- Yeah well, tell that to a tornado.

[motorcycle engine revs]

- Cut!

I said cut!

- Get off, get off!

[pop]

[yells loudly]

Cut!

Cut!

[groans]

- Call a doctor!

- Ow!

- Everything's gonna be alright.

I promise.

- Tilt your head, you're okay.

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.

- Would you step away from him?

Get away from him!

[groaning and yelling] [train passing]

- How's he doin'?

- Fine, broken arm.

- Hey let's get coffee.

I got some killer action ideas.

- Out of my way.

- No now it's really not--

- It was an accident Charlie!

Next time listen to me when I tell ya

I need a few more minutes.

- You son of a...

[thud]

[heavy panting]

- I take it you're his dad.

- That's right,

and you stay the hell away from him.

You hear me?

- I just came to see if he was okay.

- No thanks to you.

Now get outta here.

[mood music]

[sniffles]

- Bye daddy, see you when you come home.

- Bye dad.

We had fun, really.

Mom do you wanna say something?

- No hon, just finish up.

- Bye dad.

[tape rewinding]

- Bye daddy, see you when you come home.

- It'll be fine.

It always is.

Someday they'll appreciate all you do for them.

I'll fix us something to eat.

[tape rewinding]

- Bye daddy, see you when you come home.

[mood music]

[phone dialing]

- You've reached the Camerons.

We're not home, so please leave a message.

[high-pitched beep]

- Hey guys.

I love you and I miss you.

So,

call me.

- Mrs. Kinney?

I'd like to apologize, if you'll let me.

- My husband's comin' back in the mornin'

after he feeds the stock.

He's takin' CJ outta the movie.

- I'm sorry.

- He looked up to you.

- Yeah I know.

- And I never pushed him to perform, not once.

[mood music]

[upbeat mood music]

[heavy thumping]

[upbeat mood music]

[heavy panting]

[rapid tapping]

[birds chirping]

[laughs]

- It's family time, you idea--

- They decided to recast.

Let me worry bout the next thing okay?

[echoes]

It couldn't wait Mack.

[echoes]

- "Down the Line," third highest grossing movie.

- I've seen all your movies. - 1986.

[train passing]

- Do another setup, get your reactions.

- Don't do this Mack.

[train passing]

- More of your crap.

[echoes]

- Because it's all about you!

- We had fun, really.

[car horn honks] [tires skid]

- Bye daddy.

Bye daddy.

Bye daddy.

[sighs]

[sighs]

- Can't sleep, huh?

Yeah me neither.

That was some dance you did this afternoon.

I'm sorry about your arm.

- I bet you are.

- You know I remember when I was growin' up here

they had a 24 hour diner in town.

It served this world-famous pecan pie.

I hear they still serve it.

I don't know, we're both awake.

I thought maybe I could buy you some.

Just one piece?

Promise I'll get out of your hair.

- That stuff's nasty.

Makes me gag.

- Wouldn't you like to see me do that?

Yeah that's what I thought.

I can go get the van?

- The one you trashed when you were drunk?

- No, I mean another one,

and hey, you know, I wasn't drunk.

I just swerved to miss an armadillo.

- You're supposed to aim for those things.

What are you, a wuss?

- Why does everybody keep callin' me that?

[laughs]

Come on.

We'll leave your mom a note in case she wakes up.

Come on.

[mood music]

Mm,

tell ya.

Mm!

You can't get stuff like this in LA

- That's cause they have brains.

- Obviously, you don't get out there much.

Hmm?

Here.

Just gon' be more for me.

- Sorry I screwed everything up.

- What you think this is your fault?

Somebody shoulda X-rayed your head.

Hey CJ look, I don't know what you remember,

or what you think happened this afternoon,

but what I recall is,

I was the one responsible for you

gettin' thrown off that motorcycle.

- Yeah but it was an accident.

Right?

- I hope so.

But I don't know.

- How can not know something like that?

- Listen, you'd be surprised.

Up till now, I thought I was a pretty good dad.

Now don't take any offense, okay?

But if I was, I'd be sittin' here

with my little two boys right now, not you.

- It's cool.

- Why don't we change the subject,

talk about somethin' else?

- Like what?

- Well,

like about your dancing.

Where'd you learn how to do all that stuff?

- I don't know, just messin' around,

watchin' MTV and stuff.

- Yeah, well I was really impressed.

I'll bet your folks are proud.

- We don't talk about it much,

at least my dad and me.

- A Littleton guy, right?

They don't say much, do they?

- Your dad too?

- Yeah.

I think, when I was your age,

he didn't think much about the theater stuff,

but all those crappy action movies,

I think he liked those though.

- They're not crap.

- It's okay.

You see, for me, it's about the art.

It's about the applause.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Well, means it's a job.

It's a paycheck.

Look, I don't love it like you.

- I think it's what I wanna do when I grow up.

- I'm still tryin' to figure out

what I'm gonna do when I grow up.

- If you're so unhappy, why don't you just quit

and do something else?

Seems like you woulda come across something

you like by now.

- What you mean, like a different life or somethin'?

Somethin' a lil' more appealing?

- Yeah, sort of.

Guess it's stupid.

- There was one thing.

- Really?

Which one?

- Maybe I should show ya.

[mood music]

- Whoa, she looks a lot bigger up close.

- See that over there?

That's the old concession stand.

That right there?

That's the projection booth.

You ever been to a drive-in?

- First time.

I guess it used to look a little better, huh?

- Oh yeah.

Talk about bigger than life.

First movie I ever saw, "Mutiny on the Bounty."

Mr. Christian,

Marlon Brando,

Trevor Howard,

they were giants up there.

I thought it would be so great

to be just like them.

Here's to dad's entertainment empire.

- So this is why you're in the show business?

- No.

It's why I drive a '67 Chevy Shelby convertible.

- Okay?

- See once dad got the projection booth started,

we would wander up and down all these aisles,

checkin' out all the cool cars.

- So I don't get it.

You wanna be the owner of an old, beat up drive-in?

- No, not exactly.

I do think he had a little better

handle on things than me.

[mood music]

- What are we doin'?

- Turnin' around.

- Mack, it's late.

We gotta get home.

- Yeah, we will.

One more stop.

Perfect.

Take this loop, put it round that trailer ball, okay?

- You ever do anything like this before?

- Sure, don't you read People magazine?

[engine splutters] Hang on.

[engine revs] Yee-haw!

Woo-hoo hoo!

Woo-hoo!

[door closes]

- Oh man.

[both laugh]

- Gimme five.

[laughs]

I'll tell you what,

don't take me wrong, alright?

I hope you never get your own billboard.

[laughs]

- Yeah.

- You were right.

She's still asleep.

- Whew, good.

[laughs]

So, think I'll just come by tomorrow mornin',

I'll say goodbye, okay?

- Hey Mack?

- Yeah?

- I had fun tonight.

- Me too.

- And that whole things about you

bein' a lousy dad?

- Yeah, what about it?

- You don't suck as much as you think you do.

[laughs]

- Hey thanks.

- Goodnight.

- Yeah, goodnight.

Go on.

[mood music]

What is the record?

Eight?

Is it eight?

- No, yeah I think.

- It's eight, okay ready?

I wouldn't do that to you,

but I'd do it to you!

[children's laughter]

You guys look how [mumbles].

[children's laughter]

Okay nine.

Gotta get to seven.

[mumbles]

[footsteps approaching]

Mr. Kinney.

I think I have somethin' you might be interested in.

- I doubt that.

- Three minutes, Mr. Kinney.

For your son's sake?

I know what that means to ya,

three minutes?

I wouldn't do that to you,

but I'd do it to you!

[children's laughter]

- So?

- So look at it.

Look at me, goofin' around like a big idiot.

- I swear, if you drug us in here to talk about--

- Look, no, no, no, no.

That's not it at all.

Here watch it again.

- We've seen it enough, Mr. Cameron.

What's your point?

- Look.

- While we're busy screwin' around,

takin' it easy, look at CJ,

workin' his butt off.

- He's a hard workin' boy.

We raised him that way.

- Fair enough, but I think there' more to it than that,

and I think you know it.

Let him finish this picture.

Let him do it.

- Boy's got broken arm.

Anybody thought about that?

- We don't have that much more to shoot, Mr. Kinney.

I tell wardrobe to get a couple

of long-sleeve shirts for the cast,

and we're good.

- You can go ahead and be mad at me,

if you want to Mr Kinney.

[laughs shortly] Believe me, the line starts

way in front of you for that.

But please don't take away CJ's chance

to do what he loves,

maybe what he was born to do.

[mood music]

- So how'd it go?

- We'll see.

- They just need some time

to cool off.

Your father was like that.

He'd get so upset,

he'd have to howl at the moon

for half a day or so, and then he'd calm down.

- Kinda reminds me, it was about the time

the drive-in was goin' under.

Anyway, dad took me fishin'.

I caught this really big bass,

oh it was huge, tremendous.

Made me throw it back of course.

Oh what a good day.

Anyway, we were drivin' back,

and I asked him what he thought

about me auditioning for the road show,

"The Kind and I."

Remember what a big deal that was?

- Oh. [laughs]

- You know, he had never said a word

about it to me.

- Typical.

You killed in that show, by the way.

- Anyway, he was my dad,

and I wanted to know what he thought,

so I asked.

- And?

- And he said, "Well, if you audition,

then you get the part, it'll make your mother very happy."

[laughs]

- That's so sweet.

- You know, dad wasn't as strong a man as he coulda been.

[sighs]

But he knew somethin' I didn't figure out

for a long time.

- Which is?

- It was never about me.

The lessons, and the auditions, and the movies,

was about you.

[mood music]

- I see.

Might I point out, that without my pushing,

things would not have gone

so well for you.

- That's true, and I love you mom.

You're a hell of a lady,

but tomorrow morning I want you to get on a plane,

and I want you to go home.

- What are you talking about?

- And when we're there,

I want you to let Liz, and the boys, and me

be a family in our own way,

that is if I have family to go home to.

- So I'm to blame for all this?

- No, there's no blame,

just new ground rules.

I want you to call before you come over.

No more inviting yourself

to every family outing,

and weekends are just gonna be off-limits.

And the rest?

We'll just improvise as we go along.

- I see.

- So I'm a failure as a mom,

and a grandmother,

might as well throw in publicist, while you're at it.

But all my other clients are perfectly happy.

They're not asking me to change.

- You're not their mother, you're mine.

Thank god,

and mom you're never gonna change.

You're always gonna be that stubborn,

cantankerous bundle of energy you have always been.

- Damn right.

- You'll always make me crazy.

I'll always love you.

[mood music]

Nah, I'm the only one changin' around here.

- Here you go.

Great.

- Psst.

[laughs]

- Well, it's the last scene.

Ready to do this?

- Not really.

- What, you got a problem with the lines?

- Oh no, nothing like that.

I'm not really ready for it to end, you know?

- Oh I got the feelin' you're gonna be doin'

a lot more of this.

- Thanks Mack, for everything.

- You guys ready to try one?

- Oh yeah.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Here we go.

- Damn it.

There's a car in the shot.

Why is there a car in my shot?

Can someone please get rid of the stupid car?

- Sorry, it's my fault.

I asked her to come.

A friend of mine-- - Daddy!

- Needed a ride out.

I hope it's okay. - Hey, Kelly, Tyler!

Hi you guys. - I'm so glad we came back.

- Don't suppose you could park

somewhere off camera?

- Thanks for that little film you left.

It'll be okay.

Hey I'm really glad to see ya.

Why don't you go over there with CJ?

Hey.

- Betsy called me.

- Oh.

So you take her phone calls, huh?

- She told me what you did for CJ.

- Yeah.

- What Betsy said made me wonder if

there was a possibility that maybe

you could be there for your own boys.

- I'm sorry Liz.

- I didn't just come back for the kids.

I miss us.

But you have to show me Mack.

- I know.

No more.

[mood music]

- "You alright?"

- "I guess I should give you the rest of this.

That was our deal, you know?

Once you found her."

- "[sighs] Tell you what,

why don't we use this and just keep ridin' for a while."

- "To where?"

- "Oh, I don't know.

How does Hawaii sound?"

- "You can't get there on a motorcycle."

- "Yeah, guess you're right about that.

We'll have to stop in LA and build a boat

or somethin'."

- "Sounds okay to me."

- "Yeah?

Alright, me too.

Hop on."

[motorcycle engine revs]

[mood music]

[car horns honk]

[applause]

[cheering]

- Dad, check it out!

- Oh hey, look at that.

Nice effect, Tyler.

Listen, I wanna thank all you folks

for comin' out, supportin' our movie.

[applause and cheers] [car horns honk]

How bout our very own CJ Kinney,

ladies and gentlemen?

He's somethin' else, isn't he?

- CJ!

Woo-hoo, yeah!

[cheering and applause] [car horns honk]

- Alright.

Welp, tonight is it.

It's the grand opening, Paradise Drive-In.

[applause and cheers]

I hope you continue to come on out

and support the theater.

I want this to be a place,

where all your families come,

and, you know,

have some fun together,

kinda like it was when my dad owned it.

So, the snack bar's open,

and everything is on the house tonight.

Keep things rollin',

we got a short film from a hot, young

Hollywood director I thought you might enjoy.

- Okay, here we go.

- Filming.

[suspenseful mood music]

Yeah.

[laughs]

This is the part about the candy.

Candy bar.

- Mm.

Mm.

Ah.

Ah!

Tyler, let me out.

Mom!

Help, Tyler is killing me.

- Hey, not supposed to be up here.

- Oh it's okay, I know the owner.

- This looks good.

- Are we losin' our minds by doin' this?

- Well, tell ya, I think we would be more

out of our minds if we stayed in California,

kept goin' the way we were.

- This is good brother.

- What if you wake up in the morning

and the phone's not ringing?

Littleton's a long way from Hollywood, you know?

- Yeah.

I know.

Isn't that great? [laughs]

Just look at this place.

It's another day in paradise, baby.

[laughs]

There'll be other movies.

Greg knows where to find me if he needs me.

[thrilling mood music]

[laughs] Look at, he's good.

I swear.

I really believe he's eating his little brother.

- Don't you know anything about a drive-in?

No one comes here to watch the movie.

- Dad!

[upbeat mood music]

♪ In the beginning

♪ You thought you had me

♪ It looked so easy

♪ Baby from the start

♪ In the beginning

- Awesome movie Mack daddy.

- Thanks Charlie...

dingy.

- So did you read the script or...?

- I did, it's not bad.

- So you'll do it?

- No, but you got potential.

So I'm gonna give you your first

Hollywood paying gig.

- No way.

[paper rustling]

- Woo, they are looking for you at the snack stand.

[laughs]

♪ Just do something big

♪ You don't have to walk on water

♪ Livin' is a miracle

♪ Somethin' big

- Mr. Cameron.

- Yes?

- Chief Pittman would like to speak with you directly.

- Chief Pittman?

- Yes sir.

[throat clearing]

- Hello.

- Mack Cameron?

- Speaking.

- Mack Cameron, the film actor.

- [sighs] Yeah, that's right.

- Mack the heart attack, kiss the girls,

and never look back Cameron?

- Who is this?

- 11th grade, homecomin'.

We made out in the back of my dad's Ford.

- That was a '64 Mustang.

Oh yeah, I remember.

- Lauren Johnson, right?

- Pittman now, Chief Pittman.

- So,

how you been?

- I've moved on.

Thanks for askin'.

Look I never liked that sign much, anyway.

Far as I'm concerned, you did this town a favor.

Bobby, let em' go.

- Hey thanks.

You know I played a cop in my last movie?

- I know, I saw it.

It was stupid.

♪ Somethin' big

♪ You started out small

♪ Then you grew up tall

♪ Now you're somethin' big

♪ Now time is risin' all around

♪ You have a flood

♪ You'll survive

♪ Don't let it drown you

♪ In the mud

♪ Know it's in your blood

♪ One, two, three, ow

♪ Somethin' big

♪ You don't have to walk on water

♪ Livin' is a miracle

♪ Somethin' big

♪ Just started off small

♪ Watch you'll grow up tall

♪ You can do anything at all

♪ Look at how far you've come

♪ Somethin' big

♪ You started off small

♪ Now you grew up tall

♪ Now you're somethin' big

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ Yeah

♪ Somethin' big

♪ Oh yeah

♪ Somethin' big

♪ Oh yeah

♪ Somethin' big

♪ Oh yeah, yeah

♪ Somethin' big

♪ Yeah