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ELEANOR: We stand
today at the threshold
of a great event.

Both in the life of
the United Nations
and in the life of mankind.

This universal declaration
of human rights may
well become

the international Magna Carta
of all men everywhere.

ELLIE: You only meet
your once-in-a-lifetime
friend once in a lifetime,

and I had to travel
a long way to realize that.

That October, I'd just
turned 15 years old.

My mother was dead,
and I thought it was my fault.

Home was the last
place I wanted to be.

I wanted it to swallow me up.

But she wouldn't let it.

CAROLINE: Thank goodness
you're home.

Can I run through
my speech with you
one more time?

I'm tired of hearing
that stupid speech.

I just want to make
sure I've memorized it

and left nothing out
when I introduce her.

And I'm nervous.

I'm sure Mrs. Roosevelt
won't mind if you
leave something out.

You should come
with me to hear
Mrs. Roosevelt.

You're the future
of this country.

You and Max the Wax,
God forbid.

I mean, things are
hard for women today.

When are you gonna
learn that women need
to stick together?

I stick together.
Me and Max the Wax

are going to the movies
later to see Gidget.

Would you at least
pick Henry up

from school so
that I'm not late?

No! Let the little
wiener walk. I had to.

Thanks a lot.
Dinner is
in the oven,

make a vegetable
and I don't mean corn.

(CHUCKLES)

MALE NEWSREADER:
One of the most

famous stars in
Hollywood history

is dead at 36.

Marilyn Monroe was
found dead in bed

under circumstances
that were in tragic contrast

to her glamorous
career as a comic talent.

On the surface,
she seemed to have
such a sensible mind...

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)

ELLIE: She was late
because of me.

She was hit by a car.

My mother loved
Eleanor Roosevelt.

She said she was
the greatest First Lady
our country ever had.

Women gotta stick together,
don't you know?

Why can't we have corn?

No more corn.

Is Dad gonna eat?

I don't know.
He's busy.

He's always busy.
I wish he'd be
a pumpkin man again.

We're not pumpkin
people no more
because Mom's gone,

and he don't
give a flip about
pumpkins no more.

Heck, I don't think
he'd even notice if
one of us went missing.

This don't taste
like sloppy joe.

I wish Mom could
make it.

It's Mom's same recipe,
so quit complaining.

And we're still a family.
I'm itchy.

Me, too.

It's because you
have the chicken pox.

I'm next, ain't I?

Oh, Warren!

Marilyn,
rest in peace.

And RIP Jesus.

Elvis?

You chewed up
my letter!

BILLY: "Dear Eleanor...

I'm gonna have
a serious talk
with you...

...when I get home.
"...my name is Maxine Wax,

"and I'm 15 years old.

"You may have already
heard of me as my family
is very famous."

Keep reading.

"I'm writing to you
because my best friend
Ellie has gone berserk

"and practically
lost her mind.

"Her mom died
this last summer,

"and I know it
would mean a lot to her

"if she could meet
you and get some
words of encouragement

"from a real trooper."
Okay, skip to the end.

Right there, Billy.

"Sincerely,
sincerely, Maxine Wax.

"P.S. You're probably
a very busy person.

"You can just send her
an autographed
picture of yourself

"because that
would be neat, too.

"Thanks, Mrs. Roosevelt."

ELLIE: I liked maps.

I could look at
the State Farm Road Atlas
for hours.

Opening it gave you
a sense of adventure,

and that everything
was possible.

MAX: (SHOUTING) Ellie!

And that you could
plot a new life for yourself.

And the red-lined highways
would take you there.

MAX: Ellie, are you up there?

BILLY: Max the Wax and I
are going to Dairy Deluxe!
Wanna come?

Yeah, hold on.

MAX: Hi, Annabell.

ELLIE: Say...

Say, "Hey, Max."

(ANNABELL MUTTERING)

Okay.

Come here.

Ooh. Don't fall.
Don't fall.

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Hey, look out
for her.

What, come on!
You promised!

(ANNABELL GIGGLING)

Hey, did you guys
know that Manteca

is the pumpkin
capital of the world?

BILLY: I'm serious.
Without Manteca

there wouldn't
even be a Halloween.

Hey, Billy.

Oh, don't.
Don't start
with that again.

Billy!
You guys know that

I do not like that, Max!
Billy!

There's your dad,
sitting in his truck
staring at nothing again.

Come on, let's go.

ELLIE:
Saturdays, we confessed.
Max loved to confess.

One time she was in there
for two whole hours.

But I knew my sin was so bad,

no amount of Hail Marys
could save me.

You're up.

I got nine Our Fathers,
10 Hail Marys and
six Acts of Contrition.

And they want to see
me again next week.

ELLIE: After confession,
we'd go to the movies

with our cleansed souls.

We were good for
the first two minutes,

and then impure thoughts
about Warren Beatty
would creep in.

We're going to hell.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I understand,
that's probably
a good idea. Hi.

I'll give you $250.
That's more than fair.

$250?

I'm sure it is fair,
but Caroline's piano
is not for sale.

$300.
$300.

Why is your
mouth blue, son?

JACK: Don't know, sir.

Jack, go wash
your face, okay?

I did, and
it don't come off.

The thing is,
we're gonna keep
the piano, all right?

(WAILING)

(SOFTLY)
Come here, come on.

Oh, my Lord,
me, too. Come here.

You're hot.

It's all right.

Come on.

Let's go
find him, come on.

(MUSIC PLAYING IN BAR)

Nothing.

Couple of little
ladies headed your way.
Huh?

Shit.

Third one's got it.
Fourth one's gonna get it.

Get what?
Chicken pox.

I'm not gonna
get it because
I already had it.

But now she's running
a fever and she won't
stop crying,

and somebody's got to
take her temperature
and I'm not gonna do it.

Why not?

Because it goes up
her butt, that's why.

She needs to go
to a doctor,
but I'm not grown-up

and I'm not
her parent so
you gotta do it,

or you can do this.

Okay.
You are on
your own, buddy.

I'll be in the car.

BOB: I'm gonna
concede this game.

NURSE OVER PA:
Dr. Henning to pediatrics.

Dr. Henning
to pediatrics, please.

Hi. Thank you.

Give her baby
aspirin until her
fever reduces.

Okay.

Ah. She don't
look too bad.

I'm trying, Ellie.

Not hard enough, Dad.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(WATER RUNNING)

She still sleeping?
Yeah.

All the kids are
home sick today,

so you're gonna
have to stay here
and take care of them.

I have a big history
test I can't miss.

Okay, well,
I'll, uh...

I'll call Grandma and...

(ROOSTER CROWING)

(DOOR SLAMMING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

MAX: There's a party
at Tom's tonight.

MAX: You want to come over?
ELLIE: No, no, daddy-o.

I'm going to
Motorcycle Rita's

to get drunk and
have sex and do drugs.

No doll's called
Motorcycle Rita.

Yes, there is.
And that's where

Marijuana Millie's
going tonight.

No doll's
named Marijuana.

Okay, maybe
not your dolls,

but my dolls do a lot
of interesting things
yours would never do.

Well, my dolls like
to go camping

all the time at
Lake Don Pedro.

And eat tacos and swim.

Who cares about tacos
and Lake Don Pedro?

What's been up
with you lately?

I thought we were
playing dolls

and having fun
and stuff like that,

and all of a sudden
your doll is
out of control.

Millie used to own a bakery.
She sold it.

Can't be naked
and own a bakery.

(CHUCKLES)
I'm going home.

Wait. Uh...

I thought we were
gonna make s'mores,

and camp out
in the backyard

with the Little Elvis
and play records
all night long.

It's not gonna be
any fun if it's just
me and him.

Aren't we a little
old to be playing
with dolls?

Yeah, that'll
be the day.

(MAX CHUCKLES)

I'll see you later.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

BILLY: Come on.
Ellie's all right.

MAX: You have no idea
how bad it is, Billy.

She's no fun anymore.
She doesn't even
want to play dolls.

You guys still
play dolls?

Stop giving me
the business.

How would an
autographed picture
of Mrs. Roosevelt

make Ellie be
fun again?

It just would.

Billy, I'm 15 years
old, okay?

Fifteen is the age when
girls start to lose it
and Ellie's almost 16.

So what do you
think that means?
I really...

I really have no idea.
Of course, you're a boy.

Are you going to
the Rock Around the Clock hop?

If no other fellow
has asked you to go,
we could go together.

I mean, I'm sure...
I'm sure that you have
a lot of guys you like, so.

Listen, Billy,
'cause I'm only
gonna say this once.

I know you think
us girls think about
you guys all the time,

but we don't.

Okay?

So I'll see you
soon. Oh!

And next time,
can I have
my cone swirled

instead of just
plain vanilla?

And can you dip it,
too, please?

Yeah, sure.
Au revoir.

(SCRIBBLING)

BILLY: "Dear Max,

"thank you so much
for your letter.

"At the moment, I'm out
of pictures of myself.

"But I was thinking

"maybe someday you
and your friend Ellie

"can come to visit me
at my home in New York.

"Sincerely,
Eleanor Roosevelt."

Now you look like
you came from New York.

BILLY: Don't forget to check
the mail, by the way.

MAX: All right.

Guess what? Okay,
I wrote a letter
to Eleanor Roosevelt

to get an autographed
picture for you and
she wrote me back,

and she wants to meet us,
so pack your bags

because we're
going to New York!

We're going
to New York!

Gee whiz!

MALE NEWSREADER:
...rainfall have left
many homes in the metro area

knee deep in floodwater.
(ELLIE SIGHS)

Power was out for three
hours in eastern metro

because of downed hydro-lines
and police report at
least 200 accidents.

No injuries were reported.

The search for escaped
prisoner Frank Morris

and the Anglin brothers
has been called off.

The three escaped
from Alcatraz five
months ago,

but no bodies have
been recovered.

(CREAKING)

(SOMBER INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

ELLIE: I don't know
why I said those
things to my mother.

I regretted them the second
they fell out of my mouth.

My mother never
gave her speech.

She never got to meet
Eleanor Roosevelt.

(SNIFFLES)
But I could.

(SNIFFLES)

(SNIFFING) Heads,

I go.

Tails,

I don't.

MAX: We're gonna get to see
the whole country, Ellie.

Gosh, I love America.

BILLY: You've never even
been out of Manteca,

and New York's a metropolis.
And you can't drive.

Yeah, I can. My
mom was a feminist.
She taught me early.

Yeah, her mom's
a feminist, and I'm
gonna be one, too.

BILLY: You don't even know
what that means.

MAX: It means
you're gonna stay home

and take care of
the Little Elvis, Billy!

Do you think she's
gonna make us recite

the pledge of
allegiance?

Maybe.

She wrote to you.
Why can't you be
satisfied with that?

We should go
visit my Aunt Daisy
in Las Vegas.

And I also want
to stop by
the actor studio

to give that
Lee Strasberg a holler.

ELLIE: Who's Lee Strasberg?
BILLY: Wait, who's Aunt Daisy?

MAX: I got a picture
of her right here.

ELLIE: What happened
to her head?

Little Elvis ate
her face off.

She's really cool.
She's a showgirl

and she has her own
theater on the strip.

MAX: This is gonna be so boss.

ELLIE: So we're gonna
skip school on Friday,

and I'll tell my dad
I'm staying with you
over the weekend,

and you tell your mom
you're staying with
me over the weekend,

and then when
they find out, we'll
already be long gone.

You two don't
have no money.

Shut your mouth,
Billy. I know where
we can get some.

Yeah. Stop giving us
the business, Billy.

We know where we
can get some money.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

JACK: Why are you
touching Mom's piano?

I can touch it
if I want.

Dad don't want no one
touching Mama's piano.

If I told you a good
secret, would you
help me out?

But you have to promise
not to tell a soul,
not even Dad.

Dad don't want
me keeping secrets
from him!

I'm doing something for Mom.

But to do it,

I have to sell her piano.

And if she were here right
now, she'd be okay with it

because people are more
important than stuff, right?

I'll give you 5 bucks.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ Sun, shine on me today

♪ Sun, dry my tears away

♪ How I need your warm embrace
to shine up on my crying face

♪ So, sun, shine on me today

♪ Sun, give me a little light

♪ Take me
out of this darkened night

♪ You know
what a little light can do

♪ You change the sky
from black to blue

♪ Sun, shine on me today

♪ Sun, shine, come on
Sun, shine

♪ Let me have one of your rays

♪ Just one

♪ Only one ♪

ELLIE: My mom and
Marilyn Monroe died
on the same day.

I imagined Marilyn
picking my mom up

like some kind of
girls' night out.

Just the two of them.

The 1948 Chrysler Windsor

with a drop top in
Robin's egg blue?

The very one.

Smile!

We're going
to New York!

ELLIE: They'd hop into
Marilyn's pink Thunderbird

and hit the road.

Didn't seem so lonely.

Seemed nice.

♪ You know what a little
light can do

♪ You change the sky
from black to blue

♪ Sun, shine on me today ♪

BOTH: ♪ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N,
in the summer sun!

(VOCALIZING)
♪ Put away the books,
we're out of school

♪ The weather's warm
but we play it cool

♪ We're on vacation
in the summer sun!

♪ How many miles
to New York?

♪ 3,000 ♪

You kidding me?
No.

And, uh, here is
our money.

That's all we've
got so put it in
a safe spot, okay?

Holy moly, that's
a lot of moolah.

I don't think I've ever
seen this much money
in my whole life.

All safe.
Great.

Okay, I was
gonna wait,

but since we're about
to have the time
of our lives...

Okay, just some
pictures of
Mrs. Roosevelt

that I cut out of
the library books
during study hall.

And I thought that
we could put some
of our own pictures

and some stuff
in the back, too.

Thanks, Max.

Okay.

♪ You know
what a little light can do

♪ You change that sky
from black to blue

♪ Sun, shine on me today ♪

KENNEDY: Close surveillance

of the Soviet military buildup
on the island of Cuba

within the past week...
This place is a real dump.

...unmistakable
evidence has established

the fact that
a series of offensive

missile sites is
now in preparation
on that imprisoned island.

The purpose of these bases...

ELLIE: Hey!

...seems to be none other...
It just ate
my quarter again!

...than to provide
a nuclear strike capability

against the Western
hemisphere.

And having now confirmed

and completed our evaluation
of the evidence

and our decision on
a course of action,
(MAX SCREAMS)

this government feels
obliged to report...

A rodent just walked
through the bathroom.

He did not look
like the Little Elvis.

Well, who did he
look like?

Like a little
Jerry Lee.

Several of them include...
MAX: Mmm!

...medium range
ballistic missiles.

I think Steve
will like this one.

Capable of carrying
a nuclear warhead

for a distance of more than
1,000 nautical miles.

Each of these missiles,
in short,

is capable of striking
Washington, D.C.,

the Panama Canal,

Cape Canaveral, Mexico City,

or any other city in
the southeastern part
of the United States.

Why is he talking
about missiles?

In central America,
or in the Caribbean area.

Additional sites,
not yet completed,

appear to be designed
for intermediate range
ballistic missiles

capable of traveling
more than...

Capable of striking

most of the major cities in
the western hemisphere.

Ellie?

My fellow citizens,
let no one doubt...

Where's the
western hemisphere?
...that this is a difficult

and dangerous effort

on which we have set out.

It's right here.

No one can foresee precisely
what course it will take,

and what course or casualties
will be incurred.

Many months of sacrifice
and self-discipline lie ahead.

Months in which
both our patience...

Commies want us bad, Little E.
...and our willpower

...will be tested.
(LITTLE ELVIS SQUEAKING)

God willing, that goal
will be achieved.

Thank you and good night.

(ELLIE SIGHS)

I think we should
go home.

I'm not going home.

And besides,
even if we did,

we'd still be in
the western hemisphere.

I knew those Soviets
were up to something.

You know, they've
been quiet for
a really long time.

(EXHALES)

MAX: Good night, Ellie.
ELLIE: Good night.

(MACHINE WHIRRING)
MAX: Ooh! There it goes!

Ah-ha!

What are you doing
out of your house?
(SQUEAKING)

(SIGHS) I should
set you free behind
the Bank of America.

But I won't.

Max would kill me,
and it would ruin
my chances with her.

What was I thinking,
Little E?

What's Mrs. Roosevelt
gonna think

when those two
crazy girls show up?

They're gonna
call the cops

and they're gonna get
arrested for trespassing.

Then I'll go to Folsom

for forging and
impersonating
a former First Lady.

We have to stop them
from ruining my life.

Yours, too.

(CLEARS THROAT)
Jack! Henry!

Where's your
mother's piano?

It's right there, Dad.

Right where?

JACK: Right where
it's always at.

I see it.

BOB: Yeah?

Robert!

ROBERT: What, Dad?

Where's the piano?

It's right in
front of you, Dad.

Ellie?

ROBERT: She's at Max's.

They're working
on an outer space
project for school.

Yeah, she won't be
back until next week.

Where's the baby?
ROBERT: Kitchen.

(SQUAWKING)

Boys...

Why don't you play
something for us
on the piano, Dad?

What the hell is
the bird doing
in the house?

Bird? What bird?

Don't you give
a hoot no more, Dad?

Yes, son.

I give a hoot!

(MUSIC PLAYING)

ELLIE: Zion National Park.

Where'd you put
the map?

It's in
the back seat.

Should be right
on top, right?

Yeah.

Well, it's...

It's not back here.
Yes, it is.

MAX: No, it's not.

ELLIE: It's not?
MAX: No.

ELLIE: I think
I left it at home.

You think anyone's
gonna find it?
I don't...

No. No one goes in
my room. It's fine.

Yeah, Mrs. Wax,
I'm just trying to
find my daughter. Boys!

So, yeah, so unless
their project has
something to do...

Dad!
...with making
themselves invisible,

they're not here.
Now I...

Dad!
What is it, Jack?

When Ellie gets
back from New York...
Right, yes.

...can we go to
Kentucky Fried Chicken?

(LIVELY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

BOB: It starts here,
Manteca, where we are,

goes across
the entire country,

all the way across
to Eleanor Roosevelt, okay?

Ellie's gone.

Okay, Johnny, I need
you to go put out an
APB for me, son.

Okay? Real fast.

Fast as you can.
Call headquarters.

BOB: Hey, you kids
listen to your grandma!

RADIO PRESENTER:
That, Mr. President,

is the Soviet Foreign
Minister's public statement

about the policy of
the Soviet Union and
of Cuba in this western...

MAX: I told you I knew
how to drive, Ellie.

ELLIE: Max, see, for
people to sleep, you
have to be quiet.

RADIO PRESENTER:
...the general assembly
on Cuba's foreign policy.

Faithful to these principles
of his international policy

and to the principles
enshrined

in the charter of
the United Nations.

Cuba constitutes a danger...

SALES ATTENDANT:
They're selling
radiation-proof

huts over at McRooters.

Get this,
Phil's got a scam.

Selling his cotton
briefs as bomb resistant
underwear.

Bomb resistant underwear?

SALES ATTENDANT: That's $9.72.

MAX: We should get some.

CHARLOTTE: Have you
girls seen the news?

Yeah. Do you guys
sell that here?

You girls aren't from
around here, are you?

No, we're from
California.

CHARLOTTE: Oh, California.

That must be nice.
ELLIE: Yeah.

You have relatives
in Colorado?

(MUMBLES)

Why are we in Colorado, Max?
We went the wrong way.

Well, which way are
we headed now?

North. Where did you go
while I was sleeping?

Not the right way?

Where is it y'all
trying to get to anyhow?

We're going to see
Eleanor Roosevelt.

She's a close
personal friend.

Do your parents
know where you are?

Yeah, of course,
it was their idea.

They gave us
plenty of money.

MAX: Ow!

CHARLOTTE: Listen,
why don't you come home
with me to my ranch?

You can stay for a couple
of days till we know
what's happening.

Call your parents,
tell them you're safe.

It's a nice little ranch.
I have horses.

Ow!

Um...

What do you say?

Yeah. Okay.
Yeah.

Totally boss, okay.

I'm gonna get...
Yeah.

And... Ooh! And this.

ELLIE: Max, I already
have one.

MAX: Steve will
like this one, too.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(LITTLE ELVIS SQUEAKS)

You having fun, Little E?

We gotta go back
for him.

Need a ride, sir?

Billy Hobgood?
What the hell are
you doing out here?

I'm just out
seeing the sights.

Yeah? Well, I'm out
here looking

for my daughter,
and my truck broke down.

That's what I'm doing.

Well, I can give
you a ride.

In this?

Yes, sir.
Yeah?

This vehicle make
it across country?

I think so.
Yeah?

Yeah.
Okay. Good.

Because I know
where they're going.
I got their map.

My daughter,
she's just...

She's been acting
out a little bit lately

and just having
a hard time,

and, uh, just been
dealing with that,

so I called the police
and put out an APB,
so took care of all that.

Really, sir?
Yeah.

You did that?
I did.

Son, you got
nothing to do
with this, do you?

And be honest with me.

No, sir.

All right, well,
start it up.
Yes, sir.

I'm not gonna ride in
the buddy-seat, though.

You have to, sir.

And also, you have to
hold the Little Elvis.

Weird kid.

(SQUEAKING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

And he might poop in
your pocket, so, uh,
don't get too mad.

Max, I don't know if
this is a good idea.

We don't even
know these people.

She seemed really nice,
and I really want
a home cooked meal

and a bathroom
without rodents.

Hope you girls
are hungry.

Dinner's almost
ready.

Yeah, I'm starving.

This place is great.
Can we go horseback
riding?

Yeah, I'm sure
my son can take
you out.

Oh, there he is.
Bud! Bud!

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Splendor in the Grass.

He looks just like...

Warren Beatty.

Howdy. I'm Bud.

MAX: I'm Max.

Ellie.
Nice to meet you both.

They're staying with us...
BUD: Bud. Nice to meet you.

...until we get an
all-clear from
the President.

Well, great.
Well, welcome.

Y'all coming?

Uh-huh.
Yeah.

Yeah.

BUD: Charlotte's
quite the cook.

ELLIE: Hold this, Max.

Be sure to call your
parents right after dinner

and let them know
you're okay.

Okay.

You're squeezed
in mighty tight
over there, ain't you?

(GRUNTS)

Do you guys want
to hear my greatest
idea ever?

Homing pigeons.

Does this have anything
to do with what you did
to the Little Elvis?

Mmm. No.

Take a pigeon,
and I drive it to
a movie star's house.

Pick somebody!

Warren Beatty.

I don't think
he likes birds,

but I like the way
you're thinking.
Charlotte.

Marlon Brando.

Yes, Brando.

So, I ride my bike
with the pigeon over
to Marlon's house,

show her Marlon's
house, drive home,

and then I write
a note that says,

"I love you,
Marlon Brando.

"Will you marry me?
Check the box,
'yes' or 'no.'"

Then I tape it to
the pigeon's leg

and it flies to
my fiance's house
and gives him the note.

Wait, the pigeon
gives Marlon the note?

Boom.
Flying fan-mail.

That's impossible,
Max.

No, it's not, because
I know where we
can get a pigeon.

Yeah, well, the pigeon's
not the hard part.

The making him fly
with a note taped

to his leg to
Marlon Brando's house?

BUD: Yeah, that's impossible.
ELLIE: It's impossible.

"Stella!"

MAX: Uh-huh.
ELLIE: Mmm-mmm.

I know this guy
in Detroit who
got a pigeon

and he drove to his
girlfriend's house
in Arkansas.

And then he drove
home to Detroit,
and the next day

the pigeon showed up
on her doorstep
in Little Rock.

There's a million
pigeons out there.

That could have
been any bird
in Little Rock.

True.
With a note?

HUGH: "I could have
been somebody.

"I could have
been a contender."

(CLEARS THROAT)

Y'all want to go
squirrel hunting
tomorrow?

ELLIE: Hey, Max?

I'm pretty sure I
saw Frank Morris
at the store today.

Who's Frank Morris?

The mastermind who
escaped Alcatraz.

Well, Billy says
nobody makes it
off Alcatraz alive.

Billy doesn't
know anything.

Well, why was
he on the Rock?

I don't know.
Probably murder.

Hmm.

All I'm saying is,

I'm pretty sure
I saw him steal
crackers today.

I need a cigarette.

I'll be right back.

You know,
smoking's
bad for you.

Oh. Well, not
that it matters.

We're all gonna
die anyway.

After all, this is
the western hemisphere.

(CHUCKLES)

Can I bum one?

Yeah.
Thank you.

You look like
Warren Beatty.

(LAUGHS)

Do I make you
nervous?

No. (CHUCKLES)

How old are you?
17.

You know you're not
inhaling that, right?

What?
Here, go like this.

Try it.

There you go.
(LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)
You got it,
you got it right.

So, why'd you run
away from home?

I... I didn't.

(CHUCKLES)
Sure you didn't.

You know you can
tell me. I ain't
gonna turn you in.

I didn't run away
from home. I'm...

I'm on vacation.

Hey, you wanna see
something cool?

Yeah.
Yeah? Come on.
Let's go.

Come on.

BUD: (SIGHS)
It's beautiful, huh?

ELLIE: Yeah.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(BREATHES)

CHARLOTTE: They're not 17.

Look at this postcard
Max asked me to mail.

"Dear Steve,
it's your favorite
15-year-old again.

"I was in the great
state of Utah recently.

"This is what my
motel looked like.

"Sincerely,
Max the Wax." Hmm.

I mentioned calling
their parents, they
changed the subject,

so I'm gonna
call the police
in the morning.

I think they're
runaways.

HUGH: Why don't you
call Max's father?

I don't have
his phone number.

You don't have
Steve McQueen's
phone number.

I don't think so.

(CHUCKLES)
You better not.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Wake up.
We're leaving.

Why? Did your
boyfriend break up
with you already?

What? No.

"Dear Steve McQueen,
it's your favorite

"15-year-old again."
That's what it is.

Charlotte thinks
we're runaways.

She's calling
the police.

Charlotte's making
chocolate chip pancakes

for breakfast.

Gosh, we don't have
time for chocolate
chip pancakes!

(MOANING) Ellie!

(SOFTLY) Get up.

You kissed him,
didn't you?

Are you kidding me
right now?

Why'd you have
to tell everyone
Steve McQueen's

your dad in
the first place, Max?
You know,

sometimes you have
to believe stuff
like that, Ellie.

You don't know.

You know, maybe
Steve likes my cards,
and maybe one day,

he'll pick me up in
his Corvette and give

Dave the what's what
for a whole day.

And it'll be great...
(TIRES SCREECHING)

What was that?
I don't know.

Max, what was that?
I don't know. You hit it.

Oh, my God,
it was a squirrel!

No, no, no, no!
I killed a squirrel.

You hit a squirrel!

Why would you
do that, Ellie?

Because
I was distracted.

Well, why were
you distracted?

Because you won't
stop talking.

Oh, my God.
One of the reasons
that you like me

is because I talk!

You know what?

Are you serious
right now?

I hate to say it, but
it's a great addition
to the scrapbook.

I'm done.

I'm done. Stop! Hush!
You're...

Don't talk.

Let's drive
in peace, please.

(MUTTERING)

This trip is
a disaster.

A complete disaster.

Can we just go
see Aunt Daisy now?

Fine. Fine.

Who's Aunt Daisy?

(SCREAMING)

Stop. Stop.
Stop screaming!

We're just kids!

Are you
the mastermind
from Alcatraz?

Is that what
they're calling me now?
I knew it was you!

I knew it was you,
Frank Morris.

It's Frank Morris?

Yes! This is
Frank Morris!

We're going to die.
We're gonna die!

I'm not dying
in Colorado!

Hold on, no one's
going to die.

Now calm the hell down.

(PANTING) You know what?
Before you do this,
you should know

that I am just
like you, okay?

I put laxative in
my teacher's coffee

and she was out of
school for two days.

I have a longer rap
sheet than you, Frank.

I am bad. I am bad,
all right? I am...
Ellie, I am bad.

Max, hey, give
him the money.

We don't have
any money.

Give him the money, Max!
We do not have any money!

I don't want your money.

I don't need to
go back to prison.
I want something else.

You are not gonna
get any of the money!

Relax.

I just need a ride.

(SOFTLY) Okay.

Now, we're gonna
walk in calmly,
sit down nicely

and you're gonna
act like I'm your pa.

(MUSIC PLAYING
ON JUKEBOX)

This is Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, California.

It's about 5:00
in the morning.

That's the homicide
squad complete

with detectives
and newspapermen.

A murder has
just been reported

from one of those
great big houses...

What are you talking about?
...on the 10,000 block.

Monologue.
You can't stop her.

You'll see it in
the late editions.

Monologue?
I'm sure. It'll play
over your radio.

And you'll see
it on television.

Because an old
time star is involved.

One of the biggest.

But before it gets
all distorted, blown
out of proportion,

before those
Hollywood columnists
get their hands on it,

maybe you want
to hear the facts.

If so, you've come
to the right party.

Make her stop.

I can't.
She's gotta finish.

You see, a young man
was found dead in her
mansion swimming pool.

Two shots in his back
and one in his stomach.

No one important,
really.

Just a movie writer
with a couple of B
pictures to his credit.

The poor dope.
He always wanted a pool.

Well, in the end,
he got himself a pool.

Only the price turned
out to be a little high.

OFFICER 1: Hey, Delores.

OFFICER 2: Hey, how are you?
Good to see you.

Hey, Officers.

OFFICER 1:
How's your night going?

OFFICER 1: Let's sit
up near the bar here.

OFFICER 2: Cool.

You rat me out,

and I'll tell them
that you're juvenile
delinquent runaways,

and you'll be the ones
trying to find your
way off Alcatraz.

(CLEARS THROAT)

MAX: (SOFTLY)
Man, this is tepid.

Psst.
Shh!

Hey. Hi.

Can you heat
this up for me?

And can you also
put some more of that
"pff, pff," on top? Thanks.

DELORES: Coming right up.

I hear you have to eat
slop in prison, Frank.
Is that true?

You say another
word and that's
all you'll ever eat.

No more "pff, pff,"
ever, you hear me?

I'm in charge now.

Okay.

You know, none of this
would have happened

if you didn't take us
on that stupid detour.

MAX: Don't blame me.
ELLIE: Like, didn't you?

Shh!
ELLIE: Yeah, well,
whoop-de-doo.

That should have
been a clue.

MAX: You meet a guy who
looks like Warren Beatty
and ride a horse.

None of that would
have happened if
it wasn't for me.

Yeah, if it wasn't for
you, I wouldn't be
stuck with this guy!

Hey, hey, hey. Sit down.
I'm not gonna sit down.

If you didn't write
that stupid letter

to Eleanor Roosevelt
in the first place,

we wouldn't be in this
predicament right now.

I only wrote that letter,
Ellie, because I'm
your best friend

and I didn't
want you to end it.

Maybe you just
should have,

because you're
not the only one
with problems.

Thank you.
Come back soon, now.

Will you shut up,
Max?

You don't even know
what you're talking about.

You kissed Bud when
you knew that I liked him.

This is about
scoring Warren?

Yeah, it's about
scoring Warren!

So I kissed him.
Big deal. We're never
gonna see him again.

Sit down.
I'm not gonna sit down.

You know one more thing?
I blame you

for not letting me
eat those chocolate
chip pancakes.

Chocolate chip
pancakes! Come on.

My mom doesn't even
care about anything

other than stupid
Cream of Wheat and
I gosh-darn hate it!

She's driving me nuts.
MAX: No, you don't!

You're welcome. You're crazy!

You're crazy!

(EXHALES)

MAX: (SOFTLY) Frank.

This is for your
own good, okay?

I thought you knew me
better than this, Max.

I do.

Besides, I think
I like somebody
else anyway.

Hey, buddy?

I got two kids just
like that at home.

Hey, take a napkin.
Clean yourself up.

Cops won't give
a reward to
a couple of kids.

They'll just
say we're runaways
and send us home.

Definitely,
definitely no cops.

My gosh, here he comes.

What?
Lock the door.

(SUSPENSEFUL
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(SOFTLY) Come on, open up.

Open the door.

Open the door.
What's on your face?

Open the door.
No, Alcatraz man.

I already bailed
you out once.

(EXCLAIMING)

What's he doing?
I don't know!

"Want to hear a story
about right-hand, left-hand?

"A story about good and evil?"

Okay, I know this one.
My gosh!
"H-A-T-E."

It's going to kill me.
I know this one.
"It was with this hand

"that old brother
Cain struck the blow
that laid his brother low.

"L-O-V-E.

"You see these fingers,
dear hearts?

"The veins go straight
to the soul of a man.

"The right hand,
the hand of love.

"Let me tell you a story,
a story about life.

"These fingers, they were...

"They were a-warring
and a-fighting,

"one against the other,
and old brother left hand,

"he was a-fighting
and it looked like
love was a goner,

"but wait a minute.

"Wait a minute.

"Love. Love was a-winning.

"Hot dog, love was the winner.

"Old left hand, hate,

"he was down for the count."

Night of the Hunter,
Robert Mitchum!

MAX: Loved that.

Don't leave me out here.

I think we should
take him, Ellie.

Heck, this guy's
better than Brando.

I can learn a lot
from this fellow.

Night of the Hunter, huh?
You got it.

I got it.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

Did you work a lot on
your fitness in prison, Frank?

Not a lot else
to do on the Rock.

It shows. Ooh.

(WHISPERING)
Is it wrong to think
a convict is cute, Ellie?

He's an old man.
He's probably already 30.

Oh, ew!

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Everything's
A-okay, Mr. Potter.

My parents are
glad I'm gone.

Got fired from
Dairy Deluxe, though.

It happens.

Can I ask you a question, sir?
Right now?

How come you
gave up pumpkins?

How come I did what?

You're not really
a farmer anymore, sir.

All your pumpkins
are rotting.

I just see you
sitting in your
truck doing nothing.

It's creepy.

I don't know why
you'd call it creepy,
son. I mean,

I don't get
the problem you kids
have with that truck.

I just enjoy sitting
in there and smoking
the occasional cigarette.

I like it. Makes
me feel good.

See, I think you
might get confused
sometimes because, you know,

you're just
a little kid.

You know, what are you?
About 12?

Sixteen, sir.
Okay.

Well, see,
I'm a grown man,

and sometimes
grown men do things

that younger people
don't understand.

It doesn't make
sense to you 'cause
you haven't...

You haven't been around,
and I don't just mean

been around town,
I mean you haven't...

You haven't been
alive that long,
so you don't really know

what in the hell's
going on a lot of the time,

so you get kind
of confused like...

Like you do.

(INHALES) But...

(EXHALES)

I appreciate your

being interested
in how I spend
my private time.

Why don't you
finish up?

We gotta get back
out on the road.
Yes, sir.

You gotta...
You gotta keep eating

and just don't talk
for a minute, okay?

Yes, sir.

Dazzling Daisy's Palace,
show times,

all right, 2:00, 4:00
and 6:00 p.m.

What time is it, guys?

All right,
comes to 5 and 30.

It's 1:30.

Well, hurry up!
We can make it!

FRANK: Charleston Chew?
How did you know I
like Charleston Chew?

ELLIE: I want a bite.
Everyone likes candy, Frank.

FRANK: It's not that,
it's my favorite.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

If I hear this song again,
I'm gonna kill someone.

That's not funny, Frank.

Relax, it's just
a euphemism.

What's a euphemism?

A nicer way of
saying something.

Like, lovin' them up?
Yeah.

Frank, guess what
I just did.

I don't know. What?

I just ate a peanut
M&M with two nuts in it.

So, tell me about
this Aunt Daisy.

She was a big
Broadway showgirl

until she married
my Uncle Rocko,

and he thought
it would be better

for her career to
move to Las Vegas.

She's the best in
the business, Frank,

and an amazing dancer.

Great, make it fast.
I want to get
back on the road.

You're not
coming in, Frank.

You're staying
in the car.

Fine. I don't want
to see some old lady

doing the splits
with a hula-hoop anyway.

MAX: I gotta say,
it looks better in the movies.

Where's Frank Sinatra
and the Rat Pack
and the dancing women?

Where's Bugsy and
his bulletproof office?

Max, you didn't think
we were going to

Las Vegas, Nevada,
did you?

(BOTH LAUGH)

Are there two
Las Vegases?

ELLIE: Yeah. (LAUGHS)
FRANK: Yeah.

And the one Aunt Daisy
lives in, that's Las Vegas,
New Mexico.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(MEN LAUGHING)

MAX: All right.

MAX: This is certainly
a full house.

PRESENTER: All right,
ladies and gentlemen.

Let's give a warm
Las Vegas welcome

for the star of the show,
Dazzling Daisy!

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(LIP SYNCING SONG)

♪ You wanna cha-cha-cha ♪

(CHEERING)

♪ Cha-cha-cha ♪

♪ Aiya cha-cha-cha ♪

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(SOFTLY) Let's go
find her. Come on.

(MEN WHISTLING)

ELLIE: Max, are we
supposed to be in here?

MAX: She's my aunt.
I can do what I want.

MAX: Wow!

Whoo! (GASPS)

Gone with the Wind.

(GASPS) This is like
Clark Gable's suit!

We should get
this for Frank!

This is her stuff.
I'm going to get
it on the way out.

Jeez, she's got
a lot of stuff.

MAX: Aunt Daisy,
are you back here?

It's your favorite
niece, Maxine!

Maxie?
MAX: Mmm-hmm.

Is it really you? (SCREECHES)
MAX: Yeah.

Oh, honey!

What are you doing here?

Well, my friend Ellie
and I are on our
way to New York.

We decided
to stop by.

Ellie, this is
my Aunt Daisy.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

I like your show.
Thank you.

I just started
incorporating

the whole hula-hoop
thing and, you know,

you just never know
how it's gonna turn out.

Sensational.
Do you live here?
With all this stuff?

Well, you know,
it needs a bit
of straightening,

but I couldn't imagine
parting with any of it.

This is one of my favs.

Worn by
the Sandra Church
in Gypsy.

What about this pizza
box? Can you get rid
of this pizza box?

Give it to me.

So, where did you
put Uncle Rocko?

He vamoosed a long time
ago when he couldn't
fit through the door.

Would you girls like
some tea and cookies?

Yeah.

Great. Coming
right up.

Look. She circles
dance auditions,

but then she just
crosses them out.

This one's for next
week. In New York.

We have to get her to go
to that audition, Ellie.

All right,
catch the cookies.

(CLATTERING)

Huh?
Oh, my goodness.

DAISY: And the tea? (LAUGHS)
What?

I'm just kidding.
I'm not crazy.

Well, I might be
a little crazy, but
not that crazy.

So, New York City.
ELLIE: Mmm-hmm.

Oh, my goodness,
I love New York.

ELLIE: Yeah, it's just...

It's really lonely
on the road,
isn't it, Max?

I have an idea.
Why don't you come
with us, Aunt Daisy?

That's a great
idea, Max.

Isn't that
a great idea?

Oh, no. (LAUGHS)
I can't go with
you guys to New York.

MAX: You won't be
gone for long.

Yeah. Just think
of it as a holiday.

I can't leave all this.

You need to do this.
You see this
audition here?

You're gonna
make this audition,

and we're gonna
help you get there.

Daisy, you have to
get back out there.

You don't belong
here, on this stage.

You need to be
on the big stage.

The big stage.

Rise and shine.

FRANK: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
(WHISPERS) I got
you a present.

Who the hell is this?

I'm Daisy.

Daisy, this is...
Daisy.

My acting coach.
Max's acting coach,

Lee Strasberg.
MAX: Yeah.

You're not
Lee Strasberg.

I met Lee Strasberg,
and you don't look
a thing like him.

You look
familiar, though.

Must be a different
Lee Strasberg.

Must be.

ELLIE: All right,
New York, here we come.

(LIVELY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I gave Lee
a couple of egg rolls,

but he said he'd
be fine just sleeping
in the car.

We should just
say, "Dear Ed."

You can't just
call him Ed.

Just say,
"Dear Mr. Sullivan."

Ed is more
personal, Ellie.

What are you two
bickering about?

Trying to get on
The Ed Sullivan Show,
so we can show him our dance.

Your dance?

It's a tribute
to the late, great

Marilyn Monroe.

I want to see
your dance.

Yeah, put on
the record.

Well, it'd be much
better on a big stage,
but okay.

MAX: Good, Ellie?
ELLIE: Yeah.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ Tick tock tick tock

♪ Quarter after 8:00

♪ He's 15 minutes late

♪ Ooh, please don't
make me wait

♪ Met him at the dance

♪ Didn't think
I'd have a chance

♪ Ooh, please come, romance

(LIP SYNCING)

♪ Here, sit in my chair

♪ Running fingers
through my hair

♪ Just sayin' one prayer

♪ One little prayer

♪ Tick tock

♪ I've known lots of boys

♪ Through all the tears
and all the joys

♪ Didn't think
he'd be the kind

♪ Oh, look at the time ♪

How was that?

Amazing.

Let's do it for
Eleanor Roosevelt.

Showed it to our
friend Billy once.

MAX: But he didn't
say anything.

Okay, it's your turn.
Max, get her record.

Oh! Yeah!

This one?
Yeah.

Any song but
that song.

You know, as a matter
of fact, I'm not gonna
dance tonight.

Harry Truman called
Eleanor Roosevelt
the First Lady of the world.

She answered the door
to the White House herself.

When she wanted to
learn how to fly,

she got Amelia Earhart
to promise to teach her.

She could only cook
scrambled eggs,

and served them on
Sundays for dinner.

And when the KKK put
a bounty on her head,

she put a pistol
on the car seat

and drove to
Tennessee to speak
on civil rights anyway.

Eleanor Roosevelt
stood down the Klan.

(GASPING)

(DISTANT APPLAUSE)

Good evening,

ladies, gentlemen

and distinguished guests.

Mrs. Roosevelt says

you gain strength,

courage...
You all right, Ellie?

Yeah.

What have you
got there?

It's just a speech.

I'm just having a hard
time memorizing it all.

Is that why you girls
want to go to New York?

So you can deliver a speech
to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt?

Sort of.
That's exciting.

I guess.

My mom was gonna do
it before she died.

I didn't tell Max
just because, you know,
if I can't do it,

or if I chicken out...
(CHUCKLES)

She just thinks
we're going over
there to visit her

and look at her
gardens or something.
(LAUGHS)

Why do you not
like the dance
Max gave you?

I haven't really
danced full out like that
since I was 19 years old.

But you danced
in Las Vegas.

Yeah, I mean,
I can cha-cha-cha
all day long.

It's not the hardest
thing in the world.

Remember that
outfit I showed you?

The one from Gypsy?
Yeah.

I was supposed to
play the lead in Gypsy
for the Broadway premiere.

What happened?

Opening night came.

And when it came
time for the big number,

I couldn't remember
a step. (LAUGHS)
Not one.

(INHALES)

And the audience
started laughing.

That's awful.

And then the stage
hand dragged me, uh...

...all the way
to Las Vegas.

Turned out to be
Las Vegas, New Mexico,

of all places.

Rocko?
Yeah.

That Rocko.

He wasn't all
that bad, you know.

He built me
the theater because

he knew how much
I missed it. (LAUGHS)

But I never found
the confidence
I had as a girl.

Max is right.

I gotta do this because
if I don't at least try,
then I'm really finished.

I really want to
do this for my mom.

Make her proud
of me, you know?

I've just never done
a speech before, or...
(EXHALES)

Or anything.

Let's make a deal,
all right?

If I do it, you do it.

Pinky swear.

Okay.

You can do this.

Come here.

(CAR APPROACHING)

(CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO)

(CAR DOORS CLOSING)

OFFICER: Police! Open up!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

ELLIE: I swear,
if that's Frank...

MAX: That Frank.

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

(LIVELY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(DOOR CLOSES)
Eleanor Potter
and Max the Wax?

We've been caught.
MOTEL CLERK: Runaways, huh?

All the way
from California.

Are you gonna book us?

On what charges?

Juvenile delinquency.

You missed school,
you're underage,

and you've given your
parents a first-class
heart attack.

Now come on,
get dressed and get
your things together.

We're taking you
downtown right now.

What? Where?
All right, we'll be
there as soon as we can.

Okay, they found
them in Kentucky.

If we get on, we can get
there in a couple of hours,
put an end to all this.

Let's hustle,
Hobgood, come on.
There you go.

This stinks.
Your dad's on his way.

Hey, copper,
how did you find us?

"Dear Steve, how are you?
I am fine.

"I'm in Las Vegas, New Mexico,
and I ate an enchilada.

"It was real good.
Talk to you soon.
Love Maxine."

Here's another one
all the way from Oklahoma.

"Dear Steve,
guess what I saw today?
Two midgets on a motorcycle.

"I've never seen that before.
Wish you were here.

"Love, Maxine."

And there's another one,
and another one,
and another one.

How did you
get my cards?

We have our ways.

Max, what is
wrong with you?

I'm sorry. I didn't
think that we'd get caught.

ELLIE: (SOFTLY) I should
have never gone on that
stupid trip with you.

I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to.

Yeah, no, you're
always sorry.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Oh! Girls! Oh!

Mom!
Mom!

(ALL SCREECHING)

I've been worried
sick! (CRYING)

Oh! Officer.

Sorry, ma'am, I can
only release them to
their father, Bob Potter.

What? No. But...

But... Oh! Dear God!

He's sleeping in the car
and he gets so mad
when we wake him.

Sorry, ma'am,
you'll have to wake him.

I have to have his
signature on the release.

God! Really?

Yes, ma'am.

(CONTINUES CRYING)

(BLOWS NOSE)

Well, girls,

looks like I have to
go wake your father.
He's going to be very upset.

He is gonna tan
your little hides.

(SNIFFS)

DAISY: Oh!

(DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING)

Here I am.

Bob Potter.

(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Where do I sign?
(SOFTLY) Right here.

(EXHALES)

Hi, Daddy.

Gee, that's
a nice suit, Dad.

You two are in
deep trouble.

Get your stuff.
Let's go.

MAX: Okay.

MAX: Wait, wait, wait. Okay.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

You all lied to me.
I didn't know you
were runaways.

I mean, I knew you
weren't Lee Strasberg,

but I didn't know you were
the man from Alcatraz.

Gee whiz.

You two were hilarious.
You should start
up a comedy team.

How did y'all
get that money?

Ellie stole it.

I didn't steal anything.
I sold something.

That's the thing, see?
You're just helping out a guy.

A guy who went to the Rock
for stealing something.

We're three of a kind.

What do you mean,
my wife picked her up?

She did. She left
here with you.

No.

She didn't. That's
impossible you see,

because I'm here,
right now, with you.

And my wife, well, she...
Is dead.

You let strangers
kidnap my daughter?

Now, Mr...
What do these
people look like?

Was it this lady?

Was it her?
Was it this lady?

Look at it.

That's Eleanor Roosevelt.

Yes, it is. We know that.
No shit.

DAISY: You two little ladies,
what are y'all running from?

ELLIE: Nothing.

No, you shouldn't
run away. You're lucky.

I grew up on
the streets making

every bad choice
a kid could make.

I've been in and out
of prison from the time
I was 13 years old.

I was inside longer
than I was on the outside.

Do you know this is
the first road trip
I ever took?

My first road trip.
(CHUCKLES)

I gotta say,

I'm having
a heck of a time.

All right, well,

half hour to sunrise.

Frank!

Why don't you just
put the mustache back on

and come with us
to New York?

Can't do it, Max.

Can't do it.

You could mastermind
Alcatraz, but you
couldn't mastermind us.

Nobody could
mastermind you two.

And Daisy?

Knock 'em dead.

I hope they never
find you, Frank!

Yeah, me, too,
Frank! Bye!

Bye!

So long, Frank!

Bye, Frank!

DAISY: All right,
let's go. Get in the car,
you knuckleheads.

(ENGINE WHIRRING)

BOB: You lock up Elvis Jr.?

BILLY: It's the Little Elvis,
and, yep, he's in the tub.

He ain't going nowhere.
I mentioned to him
that we're in Kentucky.

He just couldn't
believe it.

So close to Graceland,
yet so far.

You talk to Little Elvis,
do you, Billy?

Yeah, I do.

And he wants to know
why you stopped
farming pumpkins.

Give me a break,
son, okay? Been
a hell of a long day.

Not in the mood to
talk about pumpkins.

My daughter's
been kidnapped by
a strange woman.

(SIGHS) Could be
Eleanor Roosevelt.

And Franklin.
And you should be
happy about that.

Franklin's dead.
Yeah, well they're
both Democrats.

That's way better
than just plain
old Americans.

Leave me alone.
Let me think.

Thinking portion
of the night, okay?

Gotta formulate a plan.
Okay.

Little Elvis says
you have a gift
for gourds.

And once a farmer,
always a farmer.

You can't just stop
and be something else.

He says you
gave up on life.

Tell Little
Elvis to kiss my ass.

I think he's right.

You shouldn't
smoke in bed.

You know, growing up,
there was a boy
on the farm next to us.

Nice kid, simple,
though, like you.

We wouldn't let him near
any of the farm equipment.

Wouldn't even let him
sit on a turned off tractor.

Now, here I am,
riding cross-country
with you, coast to coast.

You driving.

Life's funny.

Well, not funny,
but unpredictable.

Well, I know
about life.

No, I know.
I also know about family.

And how important
it is to make sure

that they know how
much you love them.

And that they're
connected to something.

And it ain't enough
for you to just go

and find Ellie
and bring her home.

Gotta make sure
that she has a real
home to come back to.

(LIVELY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

MAX: My gosh,
Ellie, you better hurry up

because we're
going to be late.

MAX: We're going to
miss the audition.

DAISY: We're already
a little late.

ELLIE: This is it?
MAX: Ooh! It's pretty.

MAX: I like it.

So ready for this audition.
DAISY: Okay.

MAX: Let's go, let's go.

DAISY: Oh...

Okay.

All right, where's
the dressing room?

We don't have time
for a dressing room.

Come on, let's just
get you dressed, Daisy.

Here? Oh.
Yeah!

MAX: Just put this on!
DAISY: All right. Unzip me.

MAX: Sorry.

DAISY: Ouch! It's too
tight. I gotta breathe!

MAX: Do you wanna
get the part or not?
(DAISY SIGHS)

DAISY: All right.
No breathing.

MAX: What do you think?
ELLIE: It's great.

Here. Here.

MAX: Fluff, fluff, fluff.
All right.

(WOMAN SOBBING)

Hey, look at me.

A deal's a deal,
all right?

Pinky swear.

Pinky swear.

You got this.

I have your record.
Here's your record.

(EXHALES)

Just one more breath.

No, no, no. Okay.

You can breathe on the way.
Breathe on the way.

Let's go. Let's go.
Yeah.

I'm actually pretty
nervous.

You're going to
do great. Great.

Nerves are fine.
Nerves are good.

Hi, hello there.
Sorry. Um.

You the 10:00?

Daisy.

Nice to meet you,
Daisy.

Let's get started.

You're late.

Yes, sir. I'm
aware of that, sir.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(MIC SCREECHING)

She's not
a mind reader.

Excuse me?

Just hand her
the record.

Could you give her
the record, sweetie?

The record?

Yes, yes, yes, sorry.

DAISY: Sorry.

Whenever you're ready.

You got this,
Aunt Daisy.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ A woman's love is never done

♪ For when she starts
to love a man

♪ She loves him all she can

♪ Once more... ♪

She's incredible.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

♪ A woman's love is never done

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

♪ For even when a man is gone

♪ Her love goes on and on,
my friend

♪ A woman loves a man no end

♪ Be careful in case
you find a new place

♪ To fling your hat

♪ You might discover
she'll find a new lover

♪ Zing, like that

♪ So, all you guys
remember this

♪ Don't ever lose
the love you got

♪ The game of love
is not for fun

♪ 'Cause you'll wind up
the sorry one

♪ And when you say
you're through

♪ The fool is you

♪ 'Cause a woman's love
is never done

♪ Well, be careful in case

♪ You find a new place

♪ To fling your hat

♪ You might discover
she'll find a new lover

♪ Zing, like that

♪ So, all you guys
remember this

♪ Don't ever lose
the love you got

♪ The game of love
is not for fun

♪ 'Cause you'll wind up
the sorry one

♪ And when you say
you're through

♪ The fool is you

♪ 'Cause a woman's love
is never done

♪ Yes, a woman's love
is never done ♪

That was very nice.

Thank you so much.
MANAGER: Very nice.

It was the best audition.
They loved you.
I could tell.

Those directors
went nuts.

They were smiling,
they were studying
you the entire time.

Mrs. Wax?

We're going to
need some more
information from you.

MAX: Go.
DAISY: Great.

MAX: Aunt Daisy?
Yes.

From now on,
no more Las Vegas,
New Mexico.

I love you so much.

Never give up on
your dreams, sweetheart.

You're bound
for something big.

And you.

You give
Eleanor Roosevelt

the introduction
of a lifetime.

Okay.

Make your mother proud.

Okay.

I'm going to
miss her.

So long, Aunt Daisy!

All right, let's go.

Looking for these?

You found them?

Yeah, you left them
in the motel

when the copper
snagged us.

I know it's your
mom's speech, Ellie.

I know what
you're doing.

You think it's stupid,
what I'm doing?

No, I don't think
what you're doing
is stupid at all.

(INHALES) I actually think
that it's pretty spectacular.

I know, I was...

I should have told you.

I should have told
you what I was doing,

and I didn't,
and out of everyone,

you would have probably
understood the most.

Probably would have.

Sorry I've been
blaming everything on you,

and I've been such
an awkward friend.

You know, I know that
this was supposed to be

this really fun road trip,

and I know I haven't
been a lot of fun lately.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
says that

a friend is someone
with whom you can
be the most sincere.

But I prefer that
you only meet

your once-in-a-lifetime
friend once in a lifetime.

And that's from
The Little Rascals.

You know, you're my
once-in-a-lifetime friend,
Max.

You know, I don't
really think you
need these, Ellie.

I heard you rehearsing
the other night.

I think you've
got it memorized.

You think I can do it?

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

(BOTH LAUGH)

What's happening?

I don't know.

ELLIE: Excuse me?

What's happening?

Didn't you hear?

Eleanor Roosevelt
died last night
in her sleep.

Wait. Wait, Ellie.

Let's take
one more picture.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

Wait, Max, the guards.

I'll distract them.

WOMAN: She really
had a way with people.

MAN: I still can't believe it.

MAX: Sir?

(SOBBING) Is the news true?

Is it true?

(WAILING)

Get back.
Get back, please.

GUARD: Please stay back.
Are you okay, miss?

MAX: No, I am not okay.

GUARD: Sam! Sam, come here.
(MAX CONTINUES WAILING)

Can I get you anything?

I am not okay.

Sam, will you go
get me some water?
She stood down the Klan.

(DOOR CREAKING)

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Good evening,

ladies,

gentlemen

and distinguished guests.

Mrs. Roosevelt says
you gain strength,

courage

and confidence

by every experience
in which you really look fear

in the face.

Why?

Why?

What the...
(ENGINE WHIRRING)

Busted.

Come with me,
young lady.

Give me a second.
I'm sorry,

but we're going to
have to break this up now.

Thank you very much
for paying your respects,

but it's time to go
home.
Thank you.

Thank you.
Come with me.

(SOBBING SOFTLY)
I stand before you tonight,

doing the thing

I thought I could not do.

Speaking before
an audience of over 200,

introducing
the woman who has meant

so much to me
and so many others,

and having raised a daughter
who I am so proud of.

And now,

it is my great honor

to introduce to you

the greatest First Lady
this country has ever known,

the greatest champion
of human rights

and a wonderful mother,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.

I did it, Mama.
(CHUCKLES)

And I left nothing out.
(CRYING)

(SQUEAKING)

How long have you
been standing there?

Long enough, young lady.
Now I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave.

Your dad is here.
We drove across
the country together.

It was a little
weird at first,

but I think we're
friends now.

Come here.

Oh, honey.

I'm so glad
you're safe.

I'm here to take
you home, okay?

I don't know
what I'm doing.

I need your help.

I mean, your brothers
are like little wild animals.

I wake up, the little
one's just staring at me
with those goggles on.

(LAUGHS)
Where the hell did
he get those goggles?

(LAUGHS) I don't know.
And he doesn't speak.

(LIVELY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

We can do it, though.

Did you find what
you were looking for?

I think so.

(SOFTLY) That's good.

So did I.

(SOFTLY) Okay.

Max, I took care
of the Little Elvis
for over 3,000 miles,

and I wouldn't
have done that for
anybody but you

because I like you.
Mmm-hmm.

(SQUEAKING)

ELLIE: Driving home
with my dad, Max and Billy,

I looked out
the window and saw
Marilyn Monroe and my mother

speeding by in
Marilyn's pink Thunderbird.

And I knew right then
that I was gonna be okay.

And the red line highways

would link us state by state
until it brought us
safely back to California.

Back to the pumpkin
capital of the world.

All in the western hemisphere.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Ellie! Guess what
we got with a postmark
from Ireland?

"Dear girls, having
the time of my life.

"I wish you were here.
Guess what?

"I just ate a peanut M&M
with two peanuts in it.

"Your friend and partner
in crime, Lee Strasberg."

Give me a hand,
lover boy. Hand
the baby over.

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

♪ ...trade them for a package
of sunshine and flowers

♪ So, when you hear it thunder

♪ Don't run under a tree

♪ There'll be pennies
from heaven

♪ For you and me ♪