Original subtitles

John: Our story begins with another story.

it was our favorite story--

how mother and father met

when they took a summer job at the hotel new hampshire

and how Freud arrived with his bear.

what was the bear's name?

state o' Maine.

mm-hmm.

the bear...

[sniff]

was on his last legs.

both: But they were the only legs he had.

don't cut all the juicy parts

because you think they're too young

to hear about the screwing around.

franny.

let's say they hadn't consummated their relationship.

there was not the promiscuity and freedom

there is today.

I didn't expect to meet anybody from the same hometown.

I like the way your hair looks.

I'm, uh...

I'm glad someone I know is here.

you don't know me.

oh, but I want to know you,

and I want you to know me.

it will be 2 years

before I can afford to enter Harvard.

I think it's wonderful you got in.

why wouldn't I have gotten in?

[horn honks]

it's Freud and state o' Maine!

the Freud?

[ah-ooga]

give me a ride, Freud!

nobody rides with me but state o' Maine.

well, just a few kinks still to iron out.

father: One fateful day,

everything really started to go wrong.

a couple of Germans were staying at the hotel.

[speaking german]

find a doctor!

please find a doctor!

we must find a doctor!

guten abend, meine damen und herren.

herr doctor?

herr doctor Professor Freud!

Freud?

is he a good doctor?

he's an excellent doctor.

as long as he's no Jew.

wife: He's no Jew!

they have no Jews in New Hampshire.

blind! Blind!

if you're so blind, you should have closed your eyes!

I'm warning you, Freud.

this is your last chance.

oh, guten morgen,

meine dame und mein herr.

guten morgen.

I tell you, he's a Jew... A filthy Jew.

ja.

I've never seen a motorcycle like this.

this is a piece of junk.

you can try it yourself,

why don't you?

[growling]

oh, I was leaving anyway.

I mean, that isn't my kind of a hotel.

what will you do? Where can you go?

well, back to Europe.

why back to Europe?

they say there's going to be a war there.

oh, I don't know.

at least they got smart bears.

you can buy that one.

I can?

$200.

that's all we're earning for the summer.

I know.

otherwise, I'd have asked for more.

and I'm going to

throw in that bike as well.

and I'll give you some very good advice--

you take every opportunity

given to you in this world,

even if you have too many opportunities,

because one day the opportunities stop.

you know?

so you promise me something.

I promise. So do I.

you get married... Right away.

father: So, we got married.

mother: Father went off to the war.

come on, it's bedtime, kids.

that's it. Come on.

young daughter: No. We need the sad part.

mother: The war changed a lot of things.

[gunshots]

win!

I shot a bear! I shot a whole bear!

it's my bear!

Jesus.

now it's bedtime. Come on, let's go.

you got school tomorrow.

[playing the stars and stripes forever]

ready?

break!

line them up! Let's go!

hut 1! Hut 2!

hey!

catch the ball! Come on!

[whistle blows]

all right, line it up! Let's run it again!

you stupid creep, Berry!

[laughter]

dairy bulls, dairy bulls is our name.

football, football is our game.

when we play, we play it good,

like you thought...

see you later, sweetie.

fight, bulls, fight, bulls, shake those--

stop it!

hey! Hey! What's happening?

you're a bitch, titsie!

my name is not titsie. It's bitty.

all right, 5 laps, then hit the showers!

so what's this with you and bitty tuck?

oh, that slut titsie

was making eyes at chipper dove.

he's a shit.

it's ok. I'm going to get a shower.

all right. See you later.

pop, I'm worried about the school.

admissions are falling.

standards are falling even more.

money is getting tighter.

oh, yeah? What do you care about money?

you got a great wife, beautiful kids.

you got a good job.

what do you care if the pay's not that great?

think about it, my boy.

a lucky man.

I don't want to be a teacher.

you know what I know about you, my son?

you live in the future. You're a daydreamer.

I want something better.

hi, mom.

hello, darling.

is John home yet?

not yet.

sorrow.

come here.

[fart]

ha ha ha!

come here. Come here.

hello.

[fart]

ugh! Sorrow farted again.

franny, please.

[fart]

stop standing on your toes.

what?

stop standing on your toes, egg.

she hasn't grown in 2 years.

I doubt she's grown in the last 2 days.

hi, Fran.

nice game.

hey, kid, you know, your sister

has the nicest ass in school.

is she banging anybody?

she's got great tits, too.

yeah, but her ass is what's really special.

oh!

say hello to your sister.

lilly, don't worry about it.

just try to eat a little more.

so I'm small.

everyone's always saying so.

so what's the matter with being small?

nothing, dear. You can be as small as you want.

what did he say?

he's scum.

talked about your ass, your tits,

even your feet.

huh. My feet? What did he say about my feet?

your ass is all he cares about.

well, I don't care. I'm not that interested.

well, he's interested.

just stick with the others.

some of them are sweet, but...

God! The others are just boring, boring, boring.

it's important the first time.

why?

'cause it is. 'Cause it's the first time.

it's the one that sticks with you forever.

hell, everybody knows what you're thinking.

what?

you don't know what I'm thinking.

oh, you mean about me?

I know you think about me too much.

remember? You used to be stronger than me.

oh, let me go! Let me go! Ouch!

stop it!

oh, watch it! Watch it!

why don't you two grow up?

fuck off, Frank!

franny and John are out here

fooling around with each other again!

they're perverts!

weirdo fink Frank! You fart!

get off!

turd face!

franny!

stop them!

stop it! Stop it! Now stop it!

come here!

stop it! Oh, shit!

come on, kids.

knock it off.

come on, God damn it!

come on! Hold it, kids!

stop now!

hold it! Hold it, kids!

get back!

stop that, Frank.

oh! Wait!

[Frank moaning]

franny, let go of him!

[crack]

oh, look at this. How bad are you hurt, kid?

she kick you in the nuts?

are you ok, franny?

sit down over here, you.

get some air in you.

huh? You all right? You going to be ok? Huh?

breathe easy. Breathe easy.

[farting]

do you know...How this upsets your mother and me?

hmm?

and your grandpa?

imagine that we fought all the time,

and you had to live with it.

but do we?

I mean, do your mother and I fight?

do we?

would you like it if we did?

darling, I think we better take her to the hospital.

ow.

want to see my stitches?

yeah.

look at this.

ah, you know what those look like?

pubic hairs.

what's a pubic hair?

they look gross.

sorry about your balls, Frank.

oh, they're ok.

sorry about the...

sorry about everything.

aw, sorrow! Come on! Get off my bed!

[farting]

why do we like each other more than we like Frank?

I don't know. We just do.

we always will.

Frank's weird.

yeah, but he is our brother.

so what? You're my brother.

that's not why I like you.

why do you like me?

I don't know. I just do.

get off! Get off!

Frank.

you mud fucker, you!

hump it! Hump it!

you like to do mud puddles, don't you?

I think putting it up boys' asses

is disgusting.

franny: Stop it! Stop it!

well, look who's here.

leave him alone!

your brother likes boys, don't you, Frank?

so what?

stop it!

hey, no harm done.

I want to talk to you. Alone.

ooh, well, sure.

that's possible.

right now.

yeah. Well, right now. Sure.

let Frank go.

yeah, we'll let Frank go, right, boys?

we were just going to anyway.

I just want to talk to him, that's all.

just talk.

you rat's asshole!

you could have been so nice.

you had to be such a supershit

of a human being. I hate you.

you son of a bitch!

leave me alone!

no. You make me sick.

you know you like me.

come on!

huh?

aah!

hooray!

thank you.

thank you both.

oh, you're welcome.

I really am queer, you know.

I know.

it's ok, Frank.

there.

ahh.

I love you.

I know you do, and I love you.

I want to tell you something.

you know, that school where I teach

may not be very good, but it's going to grow.

so?

so...We're going to make some money.

how?

I'll show you.

Thompson female seminary can only be what it is--

an old school.

I went to school there.

I know it inside and out.

do you realize how cheaply one could buy it?

do you realize what it would cost to fix it up?

buy a hotel?

this is a crummy town. Who would want to stay here?

not want to, but have to.

the parents of those kids at our school,

they come to visit.

there's no place for them to stay.

if there was a hotel, people would stay here.

oh, hi, Howard.

oh, it's you, win Berry!

what you doing here?

between you and me, Howard,

we're going to buy this place

and turn it into a hotel!

can't you just imagine it?

a family-run hotel.

we'll have the place to ourselves

most of the time.

our hotel.

the hotel New Hampshire.

hey, come here.

mmm!

if only dad had found another bear,

he wouldn't have needed to buy a hotel.

John: Franny was right.

just as father thought

bears could survive living with humans,

he thought we could survive living in hotels.

hey, these are all screwed down.

you can't move them around.

why should anyone have to move hotel furniture?

you going to leave the blackboards?

so long as they're clean, what's the harm?

this job's going to be harder than...

trying to rape a rhinoceros.

this is miss ronda ray,

who's going to be our head maid and waitress.

hi. Pleased to meet you.

miss ray remembers seeing state o' maine

perform with pop all those years ago.

but I never believed it was a real bear.

they were trying to undress him.

nobody would get a kick out of undressing a bear.

I need 2 pork chops and 3 roast beef.

I'll be right back.

ok.

here we go.

no meat.

no meat.

they probably don't even know what a pig is.

do you like ronda, John?

he's going to.

like you and chipper dove?

lilly, try to eat something.

then you'll grow.

what's that?

who isn't growing?

it's me. I've stopped growing.

we come from Finland.

we never had a dwarf there.

[burp]

a dwarf.

bullshit!

she's no dwarf.

she's a baby.

yahoo!

isn't it great having kids?

why don't y'all

put your chairs to my table

and have some drinks on me?

whoo!

ha ha ha!

ha ha ha!

mine is stuck.

everything's screwed down around here.

you know what I'm saying?

I mean, this is a ship we're on.

we're on a big cruise around the world.

around and around the big wheel goes,

and where she stops, nobody knows!

everybody rides the big ride.

[humming the stars and stripes forever]

hey, pop, let's get some air.

so of course your chairs are nailed down.

that way, when the shit hits the fan

at the hotel New Hampshire--

what are you doing later, sweetheart?

nobody gets blown away.

hang on, girls.

let's get some air.

well, hang onto those chairs!

you ain't going nowhere.

ha ha ha!

nothing moves here.

screwed down for life.

grandpa, I think it's time to get to bed.

and see, it works both ways.

it can either call in or listen in.

franny, that's not ethical.

ok, sex check.

now, we're going to try the texan first.

nothing.

all right, now we're going to try your girlfriend.

[loud moaning]

yahoo! Yahoo!

disgusting.

I expected a little something.

well, you wasn't that hot, darling.

jerk!

shit.

staying in shape, huh?

your pecker's got to last all your life, you know?

yes, sir.

huh!

that breathing gets me.

I don't know whether you're dying

or trying to come.

John-o, next time it rains, come see me.

ha.

franny...

come on, wake up.

squeaky, squeaky, squeaky.

it's raining, dummy. It's raining.

it's your big day.

oh...

rain, rain, rain.

stop it.

put on your shorts, brush your teeth.

don't be a chicken.

Frank and I have been up for hours.

brought you some money.

what for?

just in case she charges.

[dog farts]

what are you guys doing?

listen, kid. We paid for it.

we get to listen.

we're just looking out for you.

if you start to make a fool out of yourself,

we'll call for a fire drill.

oh, boy.

hi! It's me!

it's raining!

remember?

[door opens]

is it ok if I come in?

were you expecting me?

mmm.

mmm.

mm.

uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.

that's how the worst germs get spread--

mouth-to-mouth.

[heavy breathing]

oh, John-o.

it's customary to tip a waitress.

oh, I forgot.

I love the rain.

[fart]

franny won't understand.

lilly and egg are too young.

he smells bad, but it's not a fatal disease.

in a hotel it is.

that dog has terminal flatulence.

he is old.

when you're old, we'll put you to sleep.

come on, old partner.

easy does it, fella.

grandpa will be along soon.

[fart]

one more fart, and it's off to the killers for me.

I know that.

Christ, you're no help at all.

[fart]

only franny really loves the dog.

not true.

she's the one

that's really going to be upset.

John: Sorrow wasn't going to leave us so easily.

we just didn't know how sorrow would return.

[owl hooting]

what's going on?

electricity went out.

lilly and egg: And it's Halloween!

[tapping phone cradle]

they're out, too.

I'll go to the railroad station

and call the phone company.

might be the main switch.

let's switch on all the lights

in all the rooms.

electricity's out.

once the power comes back on,

the whole place will light up.

we'll turn everything electrical on.

won't be long now.

[alarm ringing]

I think he's had a heart attack.

I think he had a heart attack.

hello? Don't do that!

we'll get an ambulance.

let's get the school ambulance.

oh, shit.

[screaming]

hey, what's going on?

God, I hate Halloween. Come on.

[screaming]

well, look who's here. The nicest ass in school.

Howard tuck had a heart attack.

franny: We're going to the infirmary for an ambulance.

do you know what I want you to do, franny?

I want you to show me that place again,

that place where we can be alone.

franny: Let him go! I'll show it to you now.

don't, franny! No!

shut up! Shut up!

Lenny and Chester and the rest of the boys

are going to help you show me that place, ok?

[shouting]

we'll be back for you later, Harold.

don't worry.

you'll get your turn. Yee-haw!

I don't want no turn. I don't want no trouble.

you're already in trouble.

you got to help her.

you've got to help my sister.

they're going to rape her!

they're going to rape her.

hey, I know somebody who can fix those motherfuckers, man.

[knocks on door]

what do you want? You want to die?

[knocks on door]

you do want to die, don't you?

some mother wants to die!

which one of you wants to die first?

we need help.

hate rises!

don't you know? Be happy in the fucking joint!

they're raping her!

did you say rape, man?

yeah, man. Rape, man.

my sister franny.

your sister?

black arm of the law!

junior had a sister, man.

some dudes raped her one time.

knocked her teeth out with an iron bar.

[shouting]

come on, go, go!

it was right in here someplace.

ow!

franny!

shh!

[whistles]

[snickering]

[shouting]

just another Halloween, kid.

hey, listen. You know what?

when somebody touches you

and you really don't want to be touched,

well, that's not really being touched.

you still got you inside of you,

and nobody's touched you...

not really.

you still got you inside of you.

you believe that.

I don't know.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

I'm going to be ok.

I want to get some sleep. Then I want to...

I want to take a bath.

you can have all the baths you want.

then I want sorrow to come sleep with me.

sorrow! Sorrow!

where's sorrow? What's happened to him?

call me if you need me, honey.

franny, can I get you anything?

yesterday and most of today.

I love you.

they expelled them, John.

that's all they did was expel them.

I'd like to get my hands on that chipper dove just once.

you ought to have 100 pounds on here,

but I'm going to start you with 80, ok?

you got it?

yeah.

can you imagine them trustees?

I mean, they actually suggested

we don't take any action till after the exeter game.

shit. I told them right out.

be much better off losing the whole backfield

than you would losing me

after what I'd have done to the son of a bitch.

I'd split his bag and run his foot through it.

then I get to thinking.

what's the point?

what's the point to all this now?

all right, take a break

and then come back and do some more.

thank God you're taking an interest in your body.

you're the first one in this family that's done it.

what's up, Frank?

shh!

oh, Jesus, God, Frank.

where did you get him?

I got him at the vet's before he was incinerated.

I'm going to take him to the lab,

and I'm going to fix him for franny.

in time for Christmas,

I am going to have sorrow stuffed.

she's not going to like it, Frank.

yes, she will. Don't tell anybody.

where the hell's Frank going with the garbage?

all the trash cans are full.

damn fool must be going all the way to the dump.

Jesus, that boy's queer.

here, kid. You do about 10 of these, ok?

I'm going to get some water, and I'll be right back.

John: "Get obsessed, stay obsessed,"

grandpa always said.

you are pushing yourself too hard.

look, kid, it's not going to happen again.

I promise you.

hey, franny, want to go to a movie?

maybe.

good.

does franny love junior Jones?

she likes him. He's her friend.

egg: How many days till Christmas?

10.

hey, look what I bought for mom.

what did you get for me?

I'm not telling you.

intercom: Sorrow? Sorrow?

it's grandpa.

don't look at me.

sorrow's still in the lab. He's not finished yet.

that dog was here.

sorrow...

he was here.

he tried to kill me.

no, you just had a nightmare, pops.

I saw him.

he was here. I--

I could almost touch him.

that old rug's got so much dog hair on it

your grandpa can still smell sorrow in his sleep.

father: Just get back to your nap now.

merry Christmas, grandpa.

merry Christmas.

I thought we'd lift some before we open presents.

hey, take a day off, will you?

Jesus Christ, it's Christmas.

merry Christmas!

merry fucking Christmas!

merry Christmas!

♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪

♪ oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪

John: You can't stuff sorrow,

and you can't kill sorrow.

this was the first death in our family.

I couldn't get it out of my head.

it made me imagine the deaths of the others.

[rustling]

how do you dry something that's wet?

what's wet, egg?

hair.

I want to talk to you.

where is he?

where's who?

sorrow.

sorrow's dead.

I want to know where he is.

sorrow's with grandpa Bob.

how would you dry hair?

how about a hair dryer?

one of those things that franny has?

mom has one, too.

yeah, but franny's is bigger.

I'll bet it's hotter, too.

no one feels much like new year's Eve,

so let's not decorate or anything.

a party's a party.

let's just have a good time.

we got a live band coming.

almost live band.

Doris: Move that Mike back, sleazy, and don't be an asshole.

hickeys!

how's junior Jones' sister getting back to Philadelphia?

I guess she's got a car.

car? That means she's older than I am.

don't get so scared.

it's reasonable to assume that she's black, too.

welcome to the hotel New Hampshire.

here comes your main chance.

hi, John-John.

hi, titsie.

hey, the fun is here.

here's the fun, man.

Sabrina... Your weight lifter.

hi.

I thought you said

franny had an older brother.

he's old enough.

John: There's going to be a live band.

you don't say. Do you dance?

no.

[door closes]

oh, that's lilly.

I'm a dwarf.

I'm not ever going to grow any bigger.

that's interesting.

that's egg.

why do they call him egg?

'cause he began as an egg, and he's still an egg.

I see.

♪ good golly miss Molly ♪

♪ you sure like a ball ♪

♪ ooh ♪

♪ good golly miss Molly ♪

♪ you sure like a ball ♪

♪ when you're rockin' and a-rollin' ♪

♪ can't you hear your mamma call? ♪

♪ from the early, early morning to the early, early night ♪

how much we paying for them?

don't worry. Have a good time.

♪ if we could start anew ♪

♪ I wouldn't hesitate ♪

♪ I'd gladly take you back ♪

♪ and tempt the hand of fate ♪

♪ tears on my pillow ♪

♪ pain in my heart ♪

♪ caused by you ♪

♪ love is not a gadget ♪

♪ love is not... ♪

I know what you're thinking.

my advice?

if you're going to pull out on somebody,

tell them first.

switch!

hi.

hi.

you're not doing bad, John. Really.

really?

yeah, it's fine.

thank you.

if you like that girl,

why don't you put a move on her?

I couldn't put a move on anyone.

I don't know how.

well, I'll be. Your sister is a slut.

and what about you?

you could introduce yourself

to miss tuck's affections by...

well, by offering to take her bags up to her room.

where are your bags?

well, good night.

you didn't even try to kiss me.

I'm sorry. I haven't gotten into kissing yet.

never apologize.

wait a minute. Wait a minute.

watch the tooth contact

and don't try to ram me with your tongue, ok?

ok.

ohh!

sorry.

shit!

I always wanted to know how it would feel

to kiss without them.

do you like it?

it's, um, deeper.

yes, but is it better?

mmm, yes.

yes, ma'am.

well, you are ready for bitty.

go to it!

yes, ma'am.

9, 8, 7, 6...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

happy new year!

switch!

♪ should auld acquaintance be forgot ♪

♪ and never brought to mind ♪

♪ should auld acquaintance be forgot... ♪

where did you learn to do that?

come on, I'll show you.

you know, you could get a job on television

kissing like that.

do it again.

I bet you can't.

I bet it was beginner's luck.

Jesus.

wait.

I, uh, I have to use the washroom.

aah!

bitty!

Jesus!

these people are strange.

what's going on?

fainted while diaphragming herself.

bitty, wake up! Wake up!

aah! Aah!

John: It's just sorrow, bitty.

I tried to dry him off, but he caught on fire.

I wanted to make him nice again.

sorrow can't be nice.

by definition, sorrow is not nice.

ohh.

hey, no offense to your sister, man,

but I'm very horny.

ditto. No offense to yours.

hey, you want to hit on those 2 girls

at the bar?

I think I'm going to pass.

[laughing]

as soon as I handle this little problem,

I'll take a walk with you.

I'm sorry. I didn't want to spill it.

come on, cutie.

wait a minute!

cheers!

I'm picking sleazy up at this party.

want to come?

no.

no, thank you.

chickenshit!

kids today have no spunk.

squirrel dink.

good night, Mrs. wales.

thank you for the music.

[glass breaking]

shit.

vienna?

what do you know about vienna?

what did I know about motorcycles or bears?

Freud says he's got a hotel he wants us to come help run.

hi, everybody.

hello, junior.

Mrs. Berry, Mr. Berry, how are you doing?

Frank: Good morning, junior.

hey, Frank.

lilly: Hi, junior.

how did it go last night, junior?

[laughs]

franny, what do you think about moving to vienna?

it will be more sophisticated

than staying here.

well, what am I going to do without you?

oh, you did ok last night.

the pot calling the kettle black.

John?

take me to vienna with you.

I'll ask pop.

no, you won't.

it doesn't matter.

what's the matter with you?

the kids will all be fucked up.

more fucked up than the kids

at the dairy school?

there's fucked up,

and then there's foreign and fucked up.

junior: I'm really worried about franny.

she'll get over it.

something must be bothering her.

she won't even think of sleeping with me.

she's still young.

yeah.

I wish you'd speak to her.

[screaming]

shh.

hey, kiddo, wake up, wake up.

you're having a bad dream.

Jesus God.

why does Frank have to spring the damn dog

on everyone?

franny: Come on, doesn't he look nice?

he's your friend.

egg: He's--he's smiling.

John: Yeah.

mother: I'm sorry,

but I don't like sorrow, Frank.

you don't like him?

he's very real, Frank, but he's dead,

and I don't find dead things amusing.

can I take him to vienna?

if we go, if we sell the hotel.

I've sold it.

oh, God.

well, Freud must be 100 years old by now.

you know what he always said--

"I just keep passing the open windows."

what does "keep passing the open windows" mean?

Freud once told me this story.

once, this, uh...

there was this, uh, street clown

called the king of mice.

nobody seemed to have loved him in life.

and now that he was dead,

everybody missed him.

well, as Freud said,

"it is...Hard work and great art..."

"to make life... Not so serious."

all right, bedtime.

good night.

lilly: Night.

ok, kiddo.

what does "keep passing the open windows" mean?

well, it's just an expression

that means keep on living, I guess.

if you see an open window, don't jump out.

good night.

I don't know what it would mean with junior, not yet.

just seems like...As soon as someone gets to have you,

or some people get to have you,

you never hear from them again.

what do you mean?

you know, I've not heard one word from chipper dove.

can you imagine that?

I don't suppose you've written to him, either.

twice. That's enough.

why the fuck did you write him at all?

I was in love with him.

maybe I still am.

wait a minute.

so let's just say that he fell in love with me.

now, if that happened--

if he fell in love with me,

maybe I wouldn't love him anymore.

then I'd really get him.

you know what, franny?

what?

I don't think we can get to vienna quick enough.

I want to go today.

we're following in another plane tomorrow.

I've got to finish up here.

when you arrive,

everything will be ready.

come on.

come on. That's it.

I don't want to leave!

I like the hotel New Hampshire.

I know.

I love it.

bye! I love you.

I'll see you tomorrow, darling.

John!

bye!

I'll see you tomorrow.

keep running, John-o!

John: Off we went in pursuit of a new hotel

and arrived in Freud's vienna.

spooky.

it's old.

is that you...

vin Berry?

over here.

you didn't know I was blind?

the Germans did that.

hi.

keep your hands to yourself, kid.

susie's from Europe, but do you know

she went to college in New York?

she's very smart.

I went to Sarah Lawrence, but I dropped out.

what an elitist crock of shit.

she was the only bear I could find

who was really smart.

so now we have the grand hotel.

now we're going to have a future.

we got to get organized.

we got to move everyone around.

who's everyone?

the whores and the radicals.

already you Americans change our hotel to suit you.

we need this floor for guests who pay.

ah!

moving downstairs will be better for you.

let me give you a hand.

nein!

that guy is weird.

susie, don't go out with him.

I don't go out with men, honey.

if you want to help, you can help.

they all have code names.

that one is called miss miscarriage.

she's never had sex.

that's their idea of humor.

sorry.

thank you.

the great gatsby. Do you like it?

so, um, what exactly are your politics?

susie: Change fucking everything.

to root out all that is rotten.

that guy looks like chipper dove.

compromise! You're an animal!

you represent the compromise!

you're crazy!

these Americans are spying on us.

get out!

shut up!

fuck you, too!

I didn't like the way that guy looked at you.

they look straight at you but don't see you.

there's going to be sex and violence.

I hear the girls coming in from work.

ah, bonjour!

that's babette...

dark inge...

her mother screaming Annie.

screaming Annie's got the best fake orgasm

in the business.

ha ha ha!

mother's not going to like it here.

John: What went wrong went wrong quickly.

sorrow floats, too.

it was when mother and egg were gone

that we knew we really were in a foreign country.

there is no point. That's the whole point.

you get on a plane, and it doesn't crash.

that means you got on the right plane.

from now on, I'm going to be mother.

I'll take care of you fuckers--

you and you and you and you.

I want to grow up.

I want to change.

so I'm going to stop swearing.

you're not going to say "fuck,"

"shit," or "cocksucker,"

"in your ear," "out your ass,"

anything, anymore?

that's right.

it would have pleased mother.

aw, great.

beat your meat and dream of tits,

but you want to sound nice?

don't bitch, franny.

you're as queer as a cat's fart.

what are you, honey?

what makes you think you're so tough?

I'm not so tough, but I'm smart.

you'd rather be a dumb bear.

well, you're beautiful, but you're a bitch.

we offer you

our revolutionary sympathies.

we're all victims of the greed

of the capitalist flying corporations.

we suffer with your suffering,

but from now on, you will be our kinder.

kleine yankee, go home.

pop, we want to go home.

we don't like it here.

we miss home.

it's not going to work here, pop.

it's the best time to do it.

it's before school and our various commitments.

with a successful hotel,

we can afford to leave,

but, uh...

with a failure,

we wouldn't have anything to leave with.

you mean money.

you've already sunk the money in here?

unsink the money, pop.

we should leave whether it's sunk or unsunk.

no place to go.

going no place is better than staying here.

Fran?

franny, what do you think?

I think we should stay,

try it out.

atta girl, franny.

"gatsby believed in the green light--

"the orgiastic future that year by year

"recedes before us.

"it eluded us then, but that no matter.

"tomorrow we will run faster,

"stretch out our arms further,

"and one fine morning...

"so we beat on, boats against the current

borne back ceaselessly into the past."

well, I don't know.

although somehow...

it's against my politics,

but it makes me want to go to the United States.

I wish we'd never left.

lilly, what is it?

it's father.

he is a gatsby.

lilly...

he is. I know he is.

he's always going to be chasing after some "it,"

and it's always going to get away.

oh, damn "it"!

damn "it"! Damn "it"!

[speaking german]

the hotel New Hampshire!

franny: What the fuck else would pop call it?

capitalism at its worst!

I think it's sweet.

changing the name

hasn't changed anything.

it's not the place for you, lilly.

you must find another home.

[counting in german]

all sexual acts actually involve

4 or 5 different sexes.

wait a minute.

that means that for every one fuck,

there's 4 or 5 people actually going at it?

that sounds exhausting.

I'm a pornographer because I'm serving the revolution.

everything that is decadent

speeds up revolution.

today at this phase, it is necessary to generate disgust.

you're certainly doing a good job of that.

disgust in ourselves

and what we have allowed ourselves to become.

he's speaking for himself.

the pornographer is, of course,

the most disgusting.

lilly: I thought you were a communist.

personally...

well, personally, I'm an aesthete.

I long for the erotic.

I mourn for the erotic.

for in the new world after the revolution,

all this must be lost.

the new world?

keep passing the open windows.

we got to help her.

franny's real tough.

she's beautiful, and she's tough.

she doesn't need anyone.

she likes you.

you're like an older sister to her, susie.

you could help her.

help franny from who?

Ernst.

I don't usually mess around with underage girls.

I'm not asking you to mess around with her.

I'm asking you to help her.

helping...

helping someone

is the same thing as messing with someone.

it's his model.

the thing never runs.

he's always trying to fix it, too.

[laughter]

you guys look like you've seen a ghost.

what's wrong--

your hard-ons keep you awake?

it's too hot to fuck.

it's never too hot.

never too cold.

[laughter]

well, I guess I'll have to go queer now.

uh, no, John.

I don't think it works like that.

I'm convinced, you know...

but I think franny's only doing it for susie,

because susie's so insecure.

you know franny.

she's open to anything.

and in karma sutra,

there are many positions.

one of the more interesting

is the vyanta--

the cow position.

the woman leans forward and--

franny, what are you doing?

I just want susie to understand

that I can't go on with her anymore.

you've dropped her so hard,

she's becoming a bear again.

you don't understand. I love you.

I love you, too.

what are we going to do about it?

we're not going to do anything.

we're just going to love each other,

that's all.

not ever?

may I help you?

we're looking for some clean, plain,

honest-to-goodness decency.

we've been robbed all over Europe.

I can't wait to get home.

you just can't believe

anything you read anymore.

we're looking for some American touches.

I'm sure we can fix you right up.

you won't believe--

[screaming]

it's coming from there.

if you don't have the guts to go in there,

I will.

I want you just to relax!

he passed out on me!

will you move!

ohh!

what's wrong with that?

he's ok.

it was just an orgasm.

orgasm?

haven't you ever had one, for Christ's sake?

are these your children?

you should be ashamed,

exposing them to this sordid life.

it's disgusting!

I have just the man

to show you what's disgusting, lady.

after all that,

I could use some fresh air.

just going to get my coat.

that's a skimpy dress, franny.

I'm not going out.

dad, let's get out of here.

John: We were outside the opera--

the famous vienna opera--

and I couldn't get franny out of my mind.

love floats, too,

just like sorrow.

I'm going to get you a drink.

guten abend, Leo.

hello, Mr. Berry.

what is it, John?

uh, beer.

and the usual for you, Mr. Berry?

auf wiedersehen, Mr. Berry.

I didn't know you hung out here, pop.

yes, this was how it was all supposed to be.

you mother would have loved all of this.

toast.

but I've...

I've let you all down.

no, you haven't, pop.

John, I'm a failure.

so now it's off to the land of the free,

and no more hotels.

I'm going to have to get a job.

maybe we'll all have to get jobs.

it's ok.

yeah, it won't be so bad.

human beings are remarkable

at what we can learn to live with.

if we can't get strong from what we lose,

what we miss, what we want and can't have...

then we could never get strong enough, could we?

what else makes us strong?

son...

good night, John.

she's with Ernst.

I love her, too.

not like I do!

yes, like you do!

[door closes]

oh, I found out about everything.

what do you want to know, huh?

well, you want to know about everything?

you want to know about the cow position

and the elephant position?

the main point is it hurts.

you want me to go on?

no.

you still love me?

I can't help it.

poor you.

poor you, too.

John: While we were stuck in our hopeless loves,

lilly had a mission.

if she couldn't grow in life,

she'd grow in her imagination.

it's a novel.

it's a little autobiographical.

it's called trying to grow.

I can't wait.

I bet I come off like a real loon.

no. Everyone's a hero.

we're all heroes?

well, you all are heroes to me.

even susie?

of course susie.

she's afraid to simply be a human being

and deal with other human beings.

you're going to need an agent.

well, isn't that what you've always wanted to be?

John: But others had a mission, too--

a mission leading to a mystery.

John.

what do you want?

I'm checking the fuses.

power's out upstairs.

guten morgen, John.

not schwanger. She's the motherly type.

what would she be doing with a gun?

how would I know?

I tell you something else weird.

miscarriage asked me

to come up to her apartment.

yeah?

do you think she likes me?

you should go.

now?

no.

now it's not necessary to go.

come in. Let me lock the door.

please leave.

just leave the hotel New Hampshire.

what?

leave vienna

and make sure lilly especially leaves it.

what are you talking about?

we are going to blow up the opera.

get your family out,

especially lilly.

little lilly.

you'll have to come with us.

I can't.

why not?

because I drive the car,

and in the car is a bomb

which sets off the main bomb

in the opera.

you'll be killed.

I'm expendable.

it's the hostage part I don't like.

what hostages?

you and your family

because you are Americans.

because americans

make great publicity as hostages.

please. You've got to get away.

come with us.

will you do something for me?

what?

please fuck me.

I just want to feel it one time.

[train horn blowing]

do you have any protection?

it doesn't matter.

why not?

because I'll be dead before the baby is born.

am I the first?

you are the first...

and last.

just do it. Do everything to me.

was that it?

was that everything?

you want more?

not especially.

I just wanted to have done it all once.

if we have done it all,

you must get back.

you should go.

you must leave today or tomorrow.

take lilly with you.

give lilly my love.

make sure she hears from me.

say good-bye.

[door closes]

[gunshots]

John, where have you been?

this publisher in New York is going to buy lilly's book.

they're going to blow up the opera.

what? Who's they?

shh! The radicals.

what are you talking about?

get back!

what dream is this?

back!

so explain yourselves.

it's quite simple to explain.

we have 2 bombs.

the big bomb will explode at the opera.

of course, it won't kill everyone--

just the orchestra.

the big bomb has to be set off by a little bomb...

in the car.

I drive to the opera and get out.

then other driver gets in car and counts 10.

pow! Ping! Boom!

we need a driver.

I'll drive.

no. You can't.

I'm a better driver.

if you make my father drive, I'll kill you.

we don't want to hurt your father, franny.

it's me. Heh. I'm the driver.

and if you fuck it up, we shoot them all.

how can a blind man drive a car,

you morons?

most terrorists fail

because they take the hostages,

but they only threaten violence.

but we are beginning with the violence.

it's a necessary phase, like you were, franny.

you slept with Ernst, franny?

sorry.

it was a necessary phase.

woman: Don't move!

my daughter was a necessary phase?

move back. Get back. Stand back.

is he dead?

forget him.

one hitch can't spoil our plan.

you don't have to drive that car.

of course I have to do it.

good-bye, little lilly.

good-bye, susie, dear.

you're a prince, Frank.

good-bye, franny.

auf wiedersehen, weight lifter. Heh.

I love you, vin Berry,

and I'm sorry that I got you into the hotel business.

I don't need your assistance.

just let me feel the Fender.

in here.

watch where you're going.

here's the headlight.

aah!

nein!

hold still, pop. Hold still.

[mumbling]

I can't see.

pop?

I can't see.

[playing star-spangled banner]

John: The American publishers

paid a lot of money for lilly's book.

maybe they wouldn't have

if we hadn't become famous for saving the opera

and murdering the terrorists

in our good-old American family kind of way.

this is just like a fairy tale.

you mean we'll be rich?

yeah, pop. You can have anything.

John: Back home,

football injuries started junior on a new career.

I sure will miss football, though.

here you go.

thanks.

why don't you tell your father

I'll trade him my knees for his eyes?

what are you going to give me

for my knees?

to lilly!

to lilly! To lilly!

[clink]

anything you need, just call room service.

lilly's publishers are picking up the bills.

I've never had room service before.

so, Frank,

is franny going to get the part

in the movie of lilly's book?

most certainly.

with a good agent,

you have the world by the balls.

I just set up a 3-book contract for lilly.

that's the problem.

I'm lucky now, but I've got to keep growing.

got to get better.

my next book has to be even bigger.

just coast for a while.

the cash flow is terrifically liquid.

I'd like to live here forever.

just so long as you have a chaperone.

you know who I need a chaperone from.

you and franny have a bomb between you.

one day, it's going to blow you both away

unless you do something about it.

we're going to have to do something about the bear in you.

well, look who's here.

I've enjoyed hearing from franny.

who's franny?

she's my sister.

your friend here raped her.

he and a bunch of guys gang banged her.

oh, no.

I'll explain it to you later, all right?

is franny here, too?

she is in New York.

she is?

tell her I'd like to see her.

why do you want to see her?

well, to apologize, amongst other things.

why don't you go see her yourself?

she's at the ritz Carlton.

franny's staying at the ritz Carlton?

they own the hotel.

I'll definitely call. Well, must be going.

can't keep the lady waiting.

why the fuck did you tell him where she was?

shh...

because at last, she can deal with him.

how can I go outside?

he could be waiting for me. He could be anywhere.

he's not going to hurt you again.

once you get over the fear,

you can get to the anger, and then you're home free.

he called me up today. I couldn't say anything.

lilly had to talk to him.

he's coming tomorrow.

so, what do you want to do, franny?

I want to kill chipper dove, that bastard.

I want to kill him.

that a girl, franny.

piece of shit of a human being.

give me a day.

what for?

the script.

I've got a great idea.

ah, miss Berry is all ready for you.

step this way.

we're all so grateful that you could come.

hi, franny.

[whimpers]

see, when you touched the her in her,

you broke her heart,

and that's why it was so important

that you came...

because if we could touch the you in you,

then maybe the shock might bring her back.

look who's here.

hey. Hey. What's all this?

we're going to rape you.

not me.

I only fuck mud puddles. I do it all the time.

you're not going to fuck me.

somebody else wants to meet you.

[growling]

stop it! Stop it!

[groans]

go on, chipper.

put your pants back on and get out of here!

the next time you take your pants off for anybody,

think of franny!

remember us.

that's enough, all of you!

just go! Go!

just get out!

lilly: What's the matter, franny?

didn't you like my play?

it's not that, lilly.

he just meant so much to me, so many years.

at least, I thought he did anyway.

it's just all this dumb revenge stuff.

it's just one big letdown.

as far as I'm concerned,

nothing we could do to chipper dove

would be as awful as what he did to you.

just think of it this way, franny.

it was a fairy tale.

you were lost in the woods,

then you suddenly found your way out.

isn't that what growing up

is all about?

that's it. It's all over now.

now it's a whole new ball game.

John: But in a fairy tale,

when you think you're out of the woods,

sometimes you're still in it.

miss Berry, did you always dream about writing a book?

yes, I guess so, and...

let's get something to drink.

a dream is a disguised fulfillment

of a suppressed wish.

you know what my dream is?

there's a difference between you and me.

I'm going to get over you,

but you're not going to get over me.

not without your help, anyway.

I had the feeling

that it was all fixed up,

restored-- a brand-new hotel.

and you owned it, I bet.

2 white wines.

you did say that I could do anything,

didn't you, Frank?

you really want to do it again?

you really want to start all over again?

you realize that you don't have to.

what else would I do?

I love you. Sorry, but I do.

I love you, too, terribly.

one day, we'll have to.

John-o, lilly's out having a literary lunch.

get your ass over here, kid. It's now or never.

oh, yuck. You are a sweaty Betty.

come on. Take a shower.

Jesus. God.

your balls are all wet.

I dried myself.

but you missed your balls.

what's wrong with wet balls?

nothing too karma sutra.

well, that was ok.

it wasn't great, but it was nice.

it was better than nice.

oh, yeah. Get ready for great!

[buzzing]

franny: Go away.

come back in an hour.

why?

I'm writing something.

no, you're not.

I'm trying to grow.

ok. Keep passing the open windows.

I still want you.

are you sore?

of course I'm sore,

but you better not stop.

if you stop, I'll kill you.

franny: Go away. Come back in an hour.

it's 9:00.

I've been away for 5 hours.

have dinner with Frank.

I had lunch with Frank.

no more.

yes.

franny.

yes.

we have to stop.

we'll hurt each other.

that's exactly what we're not going to do.

I can't.

yes, you can.

I'm finished.

no, almost finished.

we'll do it just once more,

then we'll both be finished.

ow...

good-bye, my love.

that's the end of it.

we're free. It's over.

what are you guys celebrating?

John just finished a long run,

and I wrote a whole novel.

it was truly terrible, but I had to write it,

so I threw it away.

there's only one author in our family.

here comes the rest of our lives.

the rest of our lives is finally coming up.

a toast.

to the future.

to the end of bears.

susie: To love.

doom.

"how shall I speak of doom,

"and ours in special,

but as of something altogether common."

to...

passing the open windows.

all: To passing the open windows.

John: Father got his hotel. Franny got her movie.

lilly's second book was published,

but life didn't become any easier.

lilly, the movie of your book

has made your sister more famous than you.

how do you feel about that?

acting and writing are two different professions.

there's really no way to compare the two.

franny, are you romantically involved

with a black law student?

don't you think trying to grow was a fluke

since your new book's a flop?

that's a crock of shit, you dumb asshole!

that's it. That's enough.

that's enough. Thank you.

[shouting questions]

no! Thank you.

lilly.

we all love you, lilly.

Frank: No! That's all!

they're right, you know.

my new book was a letdown.

listen, you are a great writer!

you're not going to let those people affect you!

you're going right back to work,

and I'll take care of you!

John: But it's harder to be a writer than a star.

stars don't have to be alone.

[telephone ringing]

[answering machine clicks]

hi, Frank here. Actually, I'm not here.

actually, I'm out. Do you want to leave a message?

wait for the little signal and talk your heart out.

[beep]

hi, it's me.

auf wiedersehen, Frank.

but I'm always the fucking agent.

I brought this about. I was too hard on her.

I gave her too much shit to do.

you're my agent, too, Frank,

and I need you now more than ever.

Frank. Frank, my boy.

lilly...Just dreamed more than she could do.

she inherited the damn dreams from me.

it was lilly that pushed herself.

it didn't matter who her agent was.

but it was me. It was me.

come on, susie.

it's her little hands.

little hands, I remember.

father: It's so quiet.

John: Did father know there were no guests?

we never knew.

"a good hotel," father used to say,

"provides you with the space and the atmosphere

for what it is you need."

I was still the only one in our family

who didn't know what I needed.

we need an animal around.

maybe we should invite susie.

really, New York city

is such a terrible place to be a bear.

[car horn honking]

franny and I decided not to save it any longer.

otherwise, there would be nothing left to save.

[laughter]

wouldn't your mother have loved all of this?

yes, she would, pop.

good night, pop.

not every minute. At least this part.

at least the end.

sleep well.

good night, pop.

sleep well.

bet you franny and junior

have some beautiful kids one day.

have you ever wanted to have a baby, susie?

baby?

I wouldn't bring an ugly child into this world

for anything.

you're not ugly, susie.

you're all so attractive, all of you.

you don't know the treatment the ugly get.

susie, you're full of shit,

so why don't you fucking grow up?

poor susie.

will we ever get the bear out of you?

I just had to come. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sweating like a pig in this dumb suit.

I look so awful, I don't dare take it off.

it's going to be lighter soon.

then you'll see how ugly I am.

I see you now,

and I think you're beautiful.

you're going to have to work hard to convince me.

ah...

what a beautiful morning.

I have some news for you, pop.

susie's going to stay with us.

ha ha ha! Isn't that perfect?

you couldn't ask for a better hotel,

but we needed a bear.

everybody does.

that's what we've been missing.

you're home free, John-o. We're all home free.

you've finally written a happy ending.

the dawn...

the dawn is such a wonder to the blind.

you know what lilly would have said?

life is a fairy tale.

John: So we dream on, inventing our lives.

a little lost sister,

a saintly mother, a hero father.

but our dreams escape us,

however vividly we imagine them.

there's only one thing you can do...

keep passing the open windows.