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Left, left, left, left.

Left, right, left.

Left, left, left.

Left, left, left, left.

Squad, halt!

Don’t anybody move.

Cadet Dalton, over here.

Good afternoon, sir!

Well done, Cadet Dalton.

I’d like you to take charge of the summer bivouac tomorrow.

Yes, sir!

You don’t need to read that one.

It’s the original complaint for paternity.

Now that Elizabeth Hartman is dead,

custody of the boy is your full responsibility.

Chris, you don’t know him.

Leave him at his school.

They have a good summer program there.

At ease.

Cadet Dalton, this is Mr. Manzini.

Hello, sir.

I’ve just gotten off the phone with your father’s attorney.

Mr. Manzini is taking you to your father.

My father?

I’ve never met him.

Why, sir?

He wants to see you.

I don’t wanna go, sir.

Do you have any idea the things she told him about me?

Other than that you’re his father?

Yes.

I wasn’t there. Ask him.

Why don’t you talk with the grandparents?

You’re playing Phoenix, aren’t you?

I think they live near there.

Are you sending for the boy for you or for him?

I thought so.

Chris, he’s not the answer.

I hope Job’s father is aware, Mr. Manzini,

that Job is very special.

Special? Yeah.

Since his mother died only a month ago, we felt...

You will get your full tuition, don’t worry.

Hey, Dalton.

Where are you going?

To meet my father.

Your father? I thought you said he was dead.

He was.

He’s making a comeback.

Here I am, sir.

About time. Get in, general.

We have a plane to catch.

I’m not a general, sir.

Get in.

Where am I going, sir?

Traveling.

Wait here.

What?

Okay! Let’s get it rolling out of here!

You work for Mr. Dalton?

Everybody you see here works for Chris.

Shell. I can’t deal with that now!

So is this your school uniform?

It’s very nice.

I hope you brought some other clothes.

Yes, ma’am. What about my bags?

Don’t worry about them. They’ll catch up with you.

Yes, ma’am.

Look, my mother is ma’am.

Why don’t you just call me Shelly?

Okay.

We do need some more rehearsal on a couple of tunes.

Yeah, I know. I called one for tomorrow afternoon.

Where are we tomorrow? Denver?

I don’t know.

You’re the mastermind of the business.

I’m just a simple employee.

Who’s the bellboy? See what I mean?

Leland, this is Job Dalton.

He’ll be with us for a while.

Job who? Dalton.

Any of Shelly’s lovers is a friend of mine.

You can call me Animal.

Yes, sir. Billy.

Billy Preston. Glad to meet you.

S.G. Same here, pal.

Hey, Char, come over here just a second.

Check it out. Job Dalton, Merry Clayton.

Child, it’s about time we have a man around.

A man? Thank you. And good night.

On the other hand,

Child, it’s about time we have a man around.

A man? Thank you. And good night.

On the other hand,

we could get real sloppy

and I’ll just cancel the rest of the tour.

- Thank God. - Bullshit, Christopher.

Five minutes to blast-off.

Got it. He does play a great door.

Terry, hold Nicholas for a moment, will you?

What would your fans say if they saw you like that?

My public’ll understand.

By the way, what about your lad?

Who?

Job.

Manzini brought him.

You mean he’s out there?

He’s out there with Shelly. He’s coming with us.

I thought you decided to leave him where he was.

Why the change?

I hope he’s got a sense of humor.

He’ll need one.

I’ll catch you later.

Where are we going? Colorado.

I’ll be right back.

Chris, just hold it, okay? What?

Will you just hold it a minute?

Listen to me!

Be careful. He’s a child.

I’m a child, too. We’ll get along fine

in our play pen.

Hi.

Uh, I’m Job Dalton, sir.

You sent for me?

Did you have a nice flight?

Fine, thank you, sir. Chris.

How do you like it so far?

Like what, sir?

The tour, the band.

I don’t know, sir.

I’ve never seen you before.

Oh.

Well, we do have a good time.

Yes, sir.

Would you mind not calling me "sir"?

My name is Chris.

It’s a rule to use a respectful form of address.

A rule? Whose rule?

The Pershing Military Academy, where I live.

Oh, I see. Is this the native costume?

I’d like to go back, sir.

I got this for you.

Chris, I’m sorry to interrupt, but this is important.

When we get to the airport, I’m going back to New York.

Your what? Everything’s arranged.

In your room in Denver, you’ll find the changes

in the renewal of the record deal. Read them.

You’ve got the album cover photographer coming on Thursday.

You don’t need me.

I do, damn it. I need to see my kid.

All of a sudden, in the middle of the tour?

Learn something. This is called unprofessional behavior.

Heh-heh. This is called a guilty mother.

Aren’t you even going to open it?

Thank you, sir.

6:30, sir. Breakfast.

Duty office, please.

Duty Office.

This is Cadet Dalton, sir.

Did the bivouac leave on schedule?

Yes, it did.

May I ask who led it?

Cadet Nelson.

Cadet Nelson?

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

I told you three weeks ago about the album cover.

No, I can’t. The Colemans are giving that party.

They’re willing to do it tonight for you.

Look, I gotta get back to rehearsal.

By the way, how’s your kid?

Fine. Really?

How’s yours?

Wait a minute. Now what?

What are we gonna do about those Parlights on the floor?

What?

Security’s gonna have to be more on top of it.

Well, talk to Manzini.

Okay. You know,

I like sound check better without you.

Look, I gotta go.

Chris!

Chris?

All right.

They’re here, boss.

Job, I’d like you to meet Peter Styne, who’s doing publicity.

Bob Ritz, who’s promoting the tour.

Fellows, this is Job Dalton.

Hey.

Wanna explain this?

What?

You reversed the negative. This is not what I approved.

Take a look.

How many are there?

1500. How many in Kansas City?

10,000 were planned between Kansas City and Tucson.

I want every one of them in Denver

taken down, changed and rehung by tonight.

Gives you plenty of time to take care of the rest.

Chris, it’s just a poster.

It’s just a concert.

Come on, Job, let’s take a walk.

About this time on a tour,

everybody begins to drive me a little crazy.

Standing up there night after night,

Get in. This Mexican place

hearing all that squealing and screaming.

Is supposed to be the best there is.

Some nights I can’t understand who it’s for.

Where’s Job? I told him to meet us at the car.

They all seem to be out of their minds.

Damn it, where is he? Well, let’s go find him.

The next night they’re not screaming loud enough.

Oh, wait a minute, you guys!

Why are you telling me all this, sir?

I’m sorry, Chris. I blew it. I forgot to tell you.

I was hoping if I talked to you, you’d talk to me.

I was so rushed. He’s gone with Animal.

About what?

He’s what?

Do you know anything about me?

He told me to tell you. Don’t worry.

No, other than the obvious.

He’ll be all right. With Animal?

The obvious?

No one in his right mind is all right with Animal.

Well, you were born in England.

I used to bring my baby brother out to this place.

Your mother’s English, your father American.

Taught him beer and shot.

You came over here when you were about my age.

He was a good kid.

You’re 38. You’ve won three Grammys.

Where is he now? Leavenworth.

You have 12 platinum albums.

Your tours are always sold out.

Just a deuce.

Your former drummer was arrested for drugs in 1975.

Well, this is it.

And your records don’t sell as well when you don’t go on tour.

Anything else, sir?

Yes.

Am I allowed in here? Are you kidding?

I’m 37. And you can stop calling me "sir."

Here.

Come see the concert tonight.

I’ll send someone to pick you up at 8.

I go on about 8:30.

Coors, please.

Hi.

That British fool is leading us into the jaws of hell.

Don’t worry, mate.

Monty’s the finest.

You having a good time, buddy?

Kraut snipers!

That’s right. That was satisfying.

Did you have dinner?

Show business agrees with you.

- No, sir. - Oh.

You haven’t changed a bit since the day I met you.

I gave you a good ticket. Why the hell didn’t you go?

Cheers.

I didn’t want to, sir.

Ah!

To the Dalton gang. All right.

You’ve just been here, playing?

I’ll drink to that.

Playing, sir?

No, I’ve been playing.

You’ve been having yourself a war.

I’m studying tactics, sir. Tactics, huh?

Well, if I had this army, I’d play with them.

Well, let’s leave North Africa, we gotta go.

How did you know it was North Africa?

Where else? Montgomery was brilliant.

Chris, come on.

Sorry, we got involved.

Thank God that woman has stopped wailing.

Let’s go.

I can’t let that bring me down again.

Job, this is Charlotte.

Come on.

Hello, ma’am. Hi.

Guard that with your life.

Oh, you’re cute.

I’m hungry. Are you hungry? I am.

Excuse me, hon.

No. I’m cute, sir.

Sorry, ma’am.

Getting out of L.A. was the best thing Eric and I ever did.

Can I have $20 worth of quarters, please?

I can’t say you seem to be suffering.

It’s peaceful here.

Excuse me, sonny.

Good schools, and the girls love it.

I’m sorry, sir. You’ll have to wait your turn.

You love it, girls?

My friend’s next. What?

It’s reserved for Mr. Animal, sir.

What’s your school like?

Mr. Animal? Jukeboxes don’t get reserved!

Straight academic, as well as military fundamentals.

Excuse me.

How long have you been going there?

What are you doing?

Five years.

I’m playing the jukebox.

And before that I went to boarding school for three.

I put money in here

How old are you? 13.

Music goes round and round, and it comes out here.

You were at boarding school when you were 5?

That’s it, friend!

Perhaps you’d like to go riding

with the girls while you’re here.

Well, I’d have to get Mr. Dalton’s permission.

You have to ask me, child. I’m not sure if I could

Let go! Get off me!

Trust you around such pretty young things.

Ma’am? I’m only saying

I’m going to make you my personal project.

You do hear that?

Yes, ma’am.

Let’s go.

Why didn’t you grow up and get married like the rest of them?

Let’s go.

Animal.

The library’s closed.

Why didn’t you?

Sucker.

I was working.

Bullshit.

Sign right at the bottom of the paper here.

I was married to a local boy.

Make sure you read the bottom before you add your signature.

It lasted 10 minutes.

Let’s go.

I knew you’d like that.

Go around your left.

Thank you.

You never told me!

Chris, I didn’t mean it.

You never asked me.

If this wasn’t a lock-up, I’d murder the both of you.

It was between tours, though.

Just get your stuff and let’s get the hell out of here.

Dalton? Yes, sir.

What happened to Charlotte?

Chris, the kid never seemed to be having any fun.

I sent her home.

Hey, tell him, Job. We were just surviving in there.

Will you ever see her again?

As a co-conspirator, Job’s evidence is per se phony.

Don’t know. Hard question.

Animal, you were watching the wrong movie.

You’re in Cinema 1 and everyone else is in Cinema 3.

You need any money?

If you do, see Manzini. He’s got an account for you.

You are in trouble.

Oh, come on. Animal didn’t drag me in there. I went.

Why are you doing that?

- Shelly, you’ve got to. - The next plane!

What? Putting on makeup.

The lights. They’re so harsh they kind of wash you out.

Just tell me what is going on there that’s so desperate.

Do you enjoy it?

I’m losing my grip here.

I’m flying. I’m playing with soldiers.

Here, see for yourself.

He got arrested. He got a black eye.

Yes, sir.

He got drunk. I... I’m going crazy!

Then I’ll see you later, right? Yes, sir.

Who is "he"?

Job, that’s who!

Excuse me.

Oh. Well, are you lonely?

A few more telegrams and this guy is pregnant.

Mark, everything all right? They taking care of you?

Very funny!

Oh, come on, Chris.

Oh, yeah. No, everything’s good, thanks. Thanks.

What are you doing?

Ain’t it interesting how interested he’s got you?

I talked to the guys in New York last night.

Chris?

We got the new video in. They love it.

Chris, are you there?

It’s going to go into heavy rotation right away.

Yeah, I’m here.

That’s great.

Just take it easy.

So, uh...

Where are you gonna be going from here?

I’ll see you soon.

What is this, an interview? Kansas City, Missouri.

You ever been there? No, I’m an East Coast guy.

Yeah, okay. Bye.

Job’s got a ticket...

I have an apartment in New York.

I never get a chance to use it.

Great outfit.

Whoo!

I’m going to go find myself another woman.

Good evening, Denver, and welcome to McNichols Arena!

Animal!

Are you ready for a little rock ’n’ roll party tonight?

Excuse me. Hi.

I’m Mark Goodman from MTV.

We got our cameras here tonight.

Animal! Hey, look what I found!

We’re gonna shoot this show. You’re all on television.

"Chris Dalton, still on top and still alone."

Where else better to be?

How original.

Hey, don’t blame it on me.

Where’s Job?

Here’s Chris Dalton!

He’s in his room.

How’s he doing?

Since World War II?

We’re down to a polite police action.

He does have his head full.

From his school to whatever his mother told him.

To tell you the truth,

I think the little general has it in for me.

He has it in for you? Do you blame him?

Do you ever talk to him?

He won’t listen.

Do you?

Chris, he doesn’t work for you.

It’s not rock ’n’ roll.

If I could only get him out of North Africa.

Well, hang in there. I wish I could tell you

it’s gonna get better before it gets worse.

Please, honey. Go to sleep.

Monty’s Eighth is getting the worst of it, huh?

He drove Rommel into the sea,

in the end.

How do you know this stuff?

If you’re a young boy at St. George’s School,

He’s so hot! Whoo!

You get all that beaten into your head by your senior tutor.

What? You like him?

Were you a senior tutor also?

No, we moved to America.

I thought you went to school in the Manchester slums.

You’ve been reading those fairy tales in the magazines,

haven’t you?

It takes a while to get used to that nonsense they print.

You mean they lie, sir?

They wouldn’t call it that, but I do.

Why do they do that?

They haven’t got anything else to say.

The truth never sounds good enough for them.

Look, can we finish this later? We gotta go.

Where? The usual.

Only this time, we’re busing it.

Busing it? My sentiments exactly.

I thought we always flew.

There are some dates that make that impractical.

Come on, let’s get this stuff together

so they can pick up your bags.

I was talking with Beef.

If you’d like, he could use some extra help.

Doing what?

It seems your friend Animal

has been bitching for someone to help his roadie.

It could save us from some local hire.

I told him you wouldn’t be interested.

How much does it pay?

And earlier this evening, a group of religious protestors

demonstrated against the Chris Dalton concert

at McNichols Arena, here in Denver.

Our cameras were there. As luck would have it,

we also we found a rather outspoken young man,

who we were fortunate enough to talk with...

Have you seen Job?

None other than Dalton’s young son.

But you don’t look like a typical rock ’n’ roller.

What do you think of what these

religious people are trying to say?

I don’t know that much about it, ma’am.

Are you going to the concert?

Yes, ma’am.

Do you go to concerts often?

No, ma’am.

Well, is there something special

about rock ’n’ roll that you really like?

No, ma’am.

God, I must admit you’ve got me confused.

I guess I think they’re kind of foolish.

Their kind of music...

It tells people it’s all right to be irresponsible.

I think that’s wrong.

Job!

Job!

Sir?

Get in here right now!

Do you have any idea what you’ve done?

I went to your concert, sir. I really liked it.

Really? I heard different.

Sir, I think everyone enjoyed it.

Well, I got to go if I’m gonna get that Sultan game set up.

Matthew said how much he wanted to meet you,

I’ll see you.

And Cheryl said she gets wet every time she sees you.

- You follow baseball? - Yes, sir.

Who the hell is Matthew?

Do you play? Yes, I’m on the school team.

One of your fans, sir. They all want to meet you.

Good. Good. Why?

Really?

We have a game tomorrow. Tour team.

Like to meet me, huh?

Really? You game?

First you and I are going to talk.

Sure.

Shit!

Thanks.

What went on in here?

Nothing.

I brought some people I met up here.

You what? Where did you find them?

At your concert, sir. I thought it was great.

That’s right. You finally saw it, after you gave your review.

How fair of you. Review?

Where do you get off giving interviews?

Go back to Hollywood!

Oh. I didn’t mean...

How dare you criticize something without seeing it first?

Well, I was just standing there and...

Why is the home team up first?

Yes, I know! I saw it!

’Cause Chris is such a generous man.

Well, she started asking me questions and...

Those Sultans are pretty tough.

And you gave the answers.

Don’t worry about a thing.

Yes, sir. Terrific.

Leland used to play semi-pro down in Georgia.

You’ll probably be network news by tomorrow!

We got some weak spots. Yeah.

That pitcher’s never seen a pitcher’s mound,

Look at this place. It looks like

let alone played on one.

A bunch of pigs had an orgy in here.

Then what’s he pitching for?

You want me to clean up my room, sir?

For the fun.

Look at me when I talk to you. Look at me, damn it!

Play ball!

Yes, I want you to clean up your room.

From now you’re on an allowance.

Oh, no, things have been going great here.

Out of it, I want you to pay for the room service.

And don’t you ever bring any of those creeps in here again.

Why? Why? Why?

Because I said so, that’s why.

Why do you call your own fans creeps?

- All right, no stick. - He can’t hit.

What? You’re a two-faced creep.

I’m sure he needs a flying carpet. Here we go.

All you think about is you. My mom was right.

Bring it in here, big guy. Bring it in here. Close by.

I didn’t come here to discuss your mother.

One!

Everything she said is true. She didn’t even know me.

That’s a lie. That’s the truth!

Hold on. Oh, sorry.

It’s not! While you’re on my tour...

Me, me, me. That’s all you know.

What are you doing?

You never asked me if I wanted to be here. I don’t!

Hey, weirdo. The ball’s out there.

Fine.

I’m not too fond of you either.

All right.

But I don’t go on television and tell the whole world.

Now, since you can’t seem to live

Safe.

Without your precious rules and regulations,

It’s okay, kid. It’s okay.

I’m gonna start making some for you around here.

It’s just a game. It’s just baseball.

From now on, if you go somewhere,

Strike two! Strike three!

I wanna know where and who with and when you’ll be back.

I wanna know where you are at all times.

Hey, get off!

Every minute, sir? Or should I report on the hour?

You’re playing on the wrong team.

If you want it that way, fine.

I thought you believed in freedom, sir.

Not in your case. Not anymore.

We didn’t know we were playing the faggot all stars.

Hey, play with this.

I can’t deal with him.

All right, all right.

Any more of this crap and I’ll throw you both out of the game!

Send him back. What?

Come on, let’s play ball. Stand back.

I’ll take him back to his school.

I can’t.

Asshole.

- Hey, Mike, way to pitch it! - Atta baby!

One down, two to go! Let’s go.

- We can at least tie. - We have a chance to win.

Who’s up? Oh, me!

Oh, no.

Come on, sweetheart.

Know what makes a great ball player?

Huh?

Gotta be smart enough to play the game

and dumb enough to think it matters.

You’re out!

- All right, Mike. - Way to pitch it.

Two down, one to go.

Chris! Chris! Chris!

- Come on, now. - Let’s get serious.

Let’s go now.

Swing!

Go! Run!

Don’t dawdle around. Get on base, come on.

Safe!

- It’s your turn, Job. - You’re up.

Concentrate, just concentrate. Let’s go.

You can do it! Hit it right out of the park.

All right, run!

- Come on, run! - What are you doing?

Run! Run! Run!

Come on.

We can win! Go! Go!

Run!

What are you doing?

Whoopee.

Go! Go!

Where are you going?

He’s out!

Game, Sultans!

Hey, where you going?

You were making fun of me.

Fun of you? I was making fun of everything.

What are you talking about? You’re not funny.

I’m not in your band, and I don’t work for you.

You are and you do.

Well, I quit! Go fuck yourself.

Wait a minute.

Hey, wait a minute. Leave me alone.

You and your fag stuff. Some man you are.

I’m sure you know all about being a man, huh?

I don’t let people call me "fag."

Oh, no. You’d rather fight to the death?

That’s right! I don’t quit like you!

We could have won that game, but you ruined it!

So what? So you lost the game!

Well, I don’t care. I wanted to have fun and I did.

Well, good for you. I see, I see.

You’ve got to win in order to have fun.

Is that what they teach you in that school of yours?

You leave my school alone.

What they teach there is worth learning.

I’m sure of that.

Oh, you don’t care. Just get out of here.

You care about a lot of things, don’t you?

I cared about my mother! I didn’t even know her!

That a lie. You liar! We had to sue you.

I hate you! Just get away from me!

Job.

Job. Leave me alone! You ran away!

We had to sue you! You ran away!

Uh-huh, yeah.

Highway 89. Right.

Thank you.

It’s set.

What are his grandparents’ names?

Hartman. George and Ida Hartman.

They said they’d love to keep him until the school starts.

They’re less than an hour south of here.

A town called Florence.

Take the car and drive him down there.

Drop him off.

You’ll have time to get back to catch the plane.

No. If he’s gonna be dropped off somewhere,

you’re gonna have to do it yourself.

You played a good game.

Animal and the guys wanted you to have this.

Tell them thanks.

Look...

I’m not trying to make excuses for him.

It’s not the game.

Goodbye, Job.

There’s no debate.

He’s your son, all right. ’Cause he’s just like you.

I want to go home.

I want to go home.

You made me miss my camping trip.

Oh, shit.

- Slow down! - You’re going to kill us!

You are crazy!

Well, you wanted to go camping.

This ought to do.

I have some extra clothes here we can do something with.

Do you have any matches?

Matches.

Ta-da. Good.

It gets pretty cold out here at night.

Why’d you stop?

It’s got no end. No lyric.

It doesn’t even have a beginning. Just an idea.

Oh.

Coyotes!

I think that’s how you get room service around here.

He said the food’ll be up in a few minutes.

Look what I found. Oh!

Oh!

Thank God for 13.

Your mom let you eat candy?

My mom.

She’d...

I mean...

She’d lie.

And try to hide things.

I’d see her lying there,

with funny eyes.

I’d find her pills in a drawer.

She’d tell me she never took them anymore.

She would have liked it out here.

Old grinning moon.

That’s what she called it.

"That’s a happy moon," she’d say.

Didn’t matter what it looked like.

For her it was always a...

grinning moon.

She’d scare me.

I don’t know.

Maybe she thought she wasn’t good enough.

You’d think maybe

that’s why she sent me off to school.

I don’t know.

Maybe that’s why she kept telling me all about you.

Over and over and over!

That you...

That you were my father.

It doesn’t matter anymore.

I am your father.

I loved her so much. I miss her.

It’s all right, Job.

No.

Men don’t cry, sir.

Yeah.

They do.

Please. Please, don’t take me from my school.

Please.

I like it there, and they like me.

Just please, please don’t take me from there, okay?

Don’t. Just please don’t take me from there!

Please.

It’ll always be your choice, Job.

It’ll always be your choice.

See you, General.

You’ll call if you need anything?

You have all the numbers? Yes.

Good.

The tour will be over in a month.

We’re going to Europe in December.

You want to come with us? With me? It’s up to you.

I don’t want to interfere with your school.

I know. You’re just looking for a cheap roadie.

Dumb hat.

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