All language subtitles for 8jhyyifdews

Chorus:
* should old acquaintance
Be forgot *

* and never brought to mind

* should old acquaintance
Be forgot *

* in days of auld lang syne

* for auld lang syne,
My dear *

* for auld lang syne

* we'll take
A cup of kindness yet *

* for auld lang syne.

Mr. Foreman, have you
Arrived at a verdict?

We have, your honor.

We find the defendant

Guilty of all charges.

He has no priors,
Your honor...

That's misleading,
Your honor.

He has no convictions.

Judge:
Is he dangerous?

No. He's a slippery
Little shit.

Request bail be continued.

Bail for this sleazebag?

He's already wasted
The jury's time.

Judge, knock him in now.

Your honor, he's a very decent
Family man.

He has no priors.

Judge:
Forget about the priors.

Was he violent
Or something?

He wouldn't hurt
A flea.

I mean, a fly.

But i'm asking bail.

I'm not naive.

Judge:
That's enough.

All right,
I'm going with you.

I got your bail continued.

I don't want
My bail continued.

You have to understand,
Mr. Laplante

That they found you guilty.

Guilty?

What do you mean?

The jury found you guilty.

I'm innocent,
For christ's sake.

Mr. Laplante,
I have been persuaded

In view of your continued
Employment and your lack

Of prior convictions,
To continue your bail

Under the same conditions
Heretofore

Pending sentencing
Six days from now.

In the meantime,
You'll make an appointment

With a probation officer

Who will make
A recommendation to me

Regarding your sentence.

I urge you
To use those six days

To get your personal affairs
In order

In anticipation
Of incarceration.

In anticipation
Of incarceration.

Anticipation
Of incarceration.

He means prison.

I know what he means.

I'm not a prisoner
Kind of guy, miss o'day.

Listen, you're not doing
Your job here.

Last time, my lawyer got
The charges dismissed.

That's why
The district attorney

Is being so hard-nosed
This time.

What about an appeal?

We don't have grounds.

We have to focus on
The probation officer's
Reports.

He gives a good report
And i walk?

A suspended sentence
Is unlikely now.

You still have
Your job, right?

Yeah. I've been
Calling in sick.

They think i got the flu.

And a son by your
Ex-wife? Joseph?

A son? Yeah.

What about him? Joey.

Are you involved
In his upbringing?

Christ, she attached
My paycheck, child support.

That's why i got
A court-appointed lawyer

Instead of a... You know,
More experienced one.

How often
Do you see your son?

I don't know.

On his birthday.

May, i think.

She don't like me
To see him.

She thinks
I'm a bad influence.

You should see your son

And get a note
From your boss

About your job performance.

You need to create
The impression

Of a decent citizen
With familial responsibilities

Who happened
To slip up once.

I know that you're having
Financial difficulties

But i was wondering
About the money

That i loaned you
Last week?

Some of it.

I'll get you the rest
As soon as i can.

If you're a little short,
I mean, it's okay.

Well, i better keep
Some of it

If i'm going
To see the kid

For gas and stuff.

( snarling )

Look at that one.

If you were in there,
He'd kill you.

Wouldn't he, dad?

Yeah, yeah,
Something like that.

You know, this guy
That your mother is seeing--

What is he, a fireman?

Did he ever, uh, you know,
Like, just spend the night?

Sometimes.

His name is elliott.

Saved a guy's life
One time in a fire.

Oh, a hero.

Was he ever in the 'nam,
This guy elliott?

The 'nam?

Yeah.

What's that?

It was this war,
Vietnam.

Doesn't matter.

Were you in it?
In the war?

You didn't see
That picture?

What picture?

Me in my uniform.

Used to be over
The fireplace.

Hmm.

See what i don't like
About public rest rooms

Is you're always
Standing in piss.

You got them sneakers on

But i'm standing in piss
In very expensive shoes.

I don't want piss
On them.

It's a breakdown
In custodial services.

Look, somebody lost
Their wallet.

What?

Where you going?

To give it
To the manager.

You give it to the manager,
He pockets the dough.

We'll go out back.

Most people in supervisory
Positions are crooks.

What about the check?

I've got an account here.

Tomorrow when i get
To the office

I'll have my secretary
Phone this guy up.

Let the guy come
And get his wallet.

Make sure you get a reward.

You deserve a reward.

You want one, don't you?

Can you spare
Some change?

Go away, fellow.

Resist the urge
To be nice to those people.

They're con artists.

A lot of them
Are financially better off

Than the rest of us.

You got to look out
For number one.

It's a goddamn--

Excuse the vulgarity--
Jungle out there.

You got to keep
A low profile.

Right? A low profile.

( rattling )

Hey, bernie,
Where you been, pal?

Some guys been
Looking for me, chick?

Spanish kind of guys?

Spanish kind of guys?

Business types.

Give me a seven and seven,
Will you?

What is it,
Five days now i don't see you?

'Cause i'm up to my ass
In shit is why.

Broke 'cause
I got legal problems.

Nobody was asking
For me, huh?

Nope.

Legal problems?

You got to have
A good attorney.

My attorney, she's just
Out of law school.

Couple of years older
Than my kid,
For christ's sake.

You got a kid, bernie?

How old is your kid?

Nine, i think.

Maybe ten.

Yeah, ten.

Nice kid.

You got a ten-year-old
Attorney, bernie?

I can't afford no better.

My ex,
She attached my paycheck
For child support payments.

You looking for
Bernie laplante by any chance?

I didn't even know
You had a kid.

The thing is, kids think
They're going to grow up

To be a wonderful person
Instead of an asshole

Like everybody else.

We're all assholes, bernie?

When i was a kid,
I thought i was going to be

This fantastic, wonderful,
Heroic human being.

Are you bernie laplanta?

Laplante--
Bernie laplante.

You the guys
That bunny called?

Mm-hmm.
Yeah.

Estas no sirven.

No trae nada.

Three hours
Is old, man.

He might not have
Reported them yet.

He might not know
For a couple of hours.

What did you do,
Pick his pocket?

Yeah, more or less.

Trust me,
These are very, very fresh.

To be honest,
It doesn't make a lot of sense

To me either, miss gayley.

Things seem to be
On the upswing.

Our difficulties with the fcc
Have been favorably resolved.

In a business sense,
I think we've turned
The corner.

Your wife and children
Are on their way.

Thank you
For coming out here

And letting me talk to you.

Oh, my god!

Chucky, tilt down!

( thudding )

Did you get it?

Jesus, did i say that?

Yeah, i got it.

Sports training--
Learn to follow the ball.

Hey, listen, how about you do
You wrap-up from up here?

I'll pull back
From that skyscraper there

Find you here,
Then reveal the drop.

Suicide #137 of this year
In this city

Was neither a destitute
Nor a lonely man

But a successful executive
With a loving family

And $40 million
In the bank.

If there's nameless despair
In executive offices

What can there be
60 stories below

Where the hungry
And the homeless

The brutalized
And the addicted

Fight their daily battle
For survival.

From a ledge 60 stories
Above the street

I'm gale gayley
For channel 4 news.

What did you think
Of the fall shot, chief?

The guy drops 20 stories
In perfect focus

Center frame while i smoothly
Go from f16 to f5.6.

Hell of a shot, chucky.

It's beautiful.

Parker, run this
Down to frazier.

Tell him
We'll open with it.

Bet she pushed him

Just for
The great shot.

Pushed him?

He's kidding,
Mr. Wallace.

Conklin's jealous

Because it wasn't
His story.

Actually,
It tore her up

Because we couldn't
Save the guy.

She wanted
To reach out.

Hi, chief.
Like the suicide?

Never reach out.

He's right.

It's unprofessional.

What are we
Talking about?

Saving people
Is not our job.

It's just as wrong

To step in
And save someone

As it would be
To push him off.

I didn't say i thought
We should have saved him.

I said i wish it had occurred
To me to consider saving him.

It's not a bad story--
Newswoman saves suicide.

It's unprofessional.

You just can't bear
Good news.

You're sitting
On your ticket.

What's going on?

She's flying
To new york.

She's been nominated
For a silver mic award.

You are covering us
In glory.

I haven't won yet.

I noticed you had me
Scheduled on a flight back

An hour
After the ceremony.

Deak, let's at least give her
A night in new york city.

We'll put her
And her boyfriend up...

She broke up
With her boyfriend.

We need you back

To follow up
On the jumper.

Find the human interest
In the unending woe

Pouring from
The heartless metropolis.

The dirt, you mean.

That too.

A really good hotel?

Absolutely.

So long, babe.

Okay,
The hell with it.

Party on, gale.

Is that what they say?

I'll figure
Something out.

She's pretending
To be a person.

She's really just a reporter.

50 bucks says she'll be back
On the first flight.

I don't understand
What you mean
By a technicality.

You were found guilty
By a jury.

But the cops didn't follow

The correct procedure
With the evidence.

You know,
The chain of evidence?

That should have been
Established by your attorney.

That's it. I'm broke.

I got this
Court-appointed lawyer.

She's a kid.

Mr. Laplante, my job today

Is to make a recommendation
For sentencing

Based on this interview.

I'm trying to tell you
I'm not a criminal.

Buying stolen goods?

It's a little technical thing.

Do i rob anybody?

Do i hit anybody?

You don't want to clutter up
Prisons with guys like me.

Prisons are for tough guys--

Guys who like
To beat each other up

Lift weights,
Fuck each other.

I can't do that kind of time.

I don't belong
In that kind of environment.

Give me a break.

Look, i...

I got this kid--
Nine, ten years old.

I'm taking him to the movies
Tonight after work.

He worships me.

If i go to the slammer

What's this going to do
To the kid?

I'm his goddamn role model,
For christ's sake.

I don't have to explain to you
How much my cameraman, editor

Assignment editor,
And news director--

To name a few--
Did to get me this award.

This is an onion.

It's a metaphor
For a news story.

Only a few hour ago,
I was standing on a ledge

60 stories above the street

Interviewing a man

Who subsequently
Jumped to his death.

$40 million in the bank,
Happily married, good health.

Great story.

But there's got to be more.

I mean, we're pros, right?

Some kind of extramarital
Hanky-panky, maybe?

Another great story.

Maybe the guy's been accused

Of child molesting.

Ah, a terrific story!

What? It turns out
The accusations were false?

Wonderful. More story.

Maybe the alleged mistress
Was lying.

Setting the guy up, huh?

Sensational story.

So we keep going.

Oh. Excuse me.

Keep digging, investigating.

We expose
The guy's whole life,
His family.

Why? Because we're pros.

Because we're looking
For the truth.

What if it turns out--
After all our digging

After all our
Painstaking investigation--

What if it turns out
There wasn't any truth?

Just stories--

One story after another,
Layer after layer

Till there's nothing left.

Do we have any obligation
To stop at any point

Or do we just keep going--

Digging, digging, peeling

Till we've peeled it all away?

Till we've destroyed
What we were investigating

In the first place?

I'll bet all of you, like me,
Yearn for just one story

That isn't about unveiling
Layer after layer
Of human weakness--

A story that reveals

With each new layer
Of investigation

Something finer and nobler.

Something even...

Inspirational.

( applause )

No, it's very nice, actually.

Um...

"for excellence
In the pursuit of truth."

Listen, i just wanted you
To know that i got a seat

Back on the early flight
After all, so...

What do you mean
You gave it to conklin?

He wasn't on that ledge.

He wasn't the one
The guy wanted to talk to.

You were going to do
The town, remember?

Fancy suite
At the station's expense

See a show, get laid.

What was i to do?

Cut the shit.

You know
I won't hang around new york

While you give away
All my stories to conklin.

Okay, you get back
Tonight, doll.

I'll take conklin
Off your suicide.

Congratulations
On the award.

What did i tell you?

They're all alike--
The good ones.

They're junkies
For the story.

Can't let go.

First rule out here
On the streets is

You got to watch out
For number one.

If you go down, break a bone,
You're gone.

Nobody's going to pick you up.

Shitty color.

Look at the skin tones.

For christ's sake.

Homeless people are supposed
To have shitty skin tones.

I'm not moving.

* put the blame on...

You're a vip, right?

From the most beautiful place
In the world...

There you go--
Skin tones.

You got a fish to cut.

I wouldn't even do this

If i didn't have
These legal problems.

$95, that's it.

I got to get out of here.

I got to take my kid
To the movies tonight,
Winston.

I'm late.

Fifty.

How about a watch?

Want to buy a watch?

Same kind i got, huh?

Tell you what.

Give me $85
For the machine, the watch

I'll throw in
A couple of wheel covers

A case of insect repellant.

Here--

You need a air filter?

I know why it's raining.

I could have predicted it.

It's raining because
My goddamn wipers
Are all screwed up.

If my wipers were okay

The goddamn sun
Would be shining at night.

Oh, damn it.

( engine sputtering )

Damn it.

Ladies and gentlemen

This is your captain.

We're experiencing
A high reading

On one of our indicators.

Ten to one it's a malfunction
In the gauge.

I'll ask you to fasten
Your seat belts

While the flight attendants

Run through
Some safety procedures.

Make sure your seat belts
Are fastened securely.

When the captain
Gives the signal

You will brace your arms

Against the seat
In front of you like this.

You may use
Pillows and blankets

To protect your face

From flying glass and debris.

Before you do this

Make sure you have removed
Your eyeglasses

And that your shoes...

( engine sputtering )

Remember, our biggest asset

In an emergency
Is calm, clear thinking.

All of us on the crew
Have been carefully trained

For an emergency such as...

Bernie:
Come on, come on.

I'm late already.

Don't quit on me now.

( engine sputtering )

Come on, come on.

( engine cranking )

( jet engine roaring )

( explosion )

( metal scraping )

( crackling )

( clattering )

Now what?

Man:
Hey!

Somebody!

Is anybody out there?

( thumping )

Is anybody there?

What's the problem, pal?

Get out! Get out!

( people moaning
And child crying )

Flight attendant:
Stay calm, everyone.

Everyone, please, stay calm.

Please don't push.

Everyone, please.

Everything will be all right
If we can just stay calm.

( screaming )

( people moaning and crying )

( grunting )

Gayley:
I can't move.

I'm trapped.

Get me out of here!

Mommy, mommy!

Man:
Help! We're stuck.

Hold it, hold it.

Just a minute.

Please, daddy, wake up.

Daddy, wake up.

Somebody's coming.

Hey, mister.

Mister, can you
Give us a hand?

Hold on, buddy!

We're talking
$100 shoes here.

Whoa!

( coughing )

Oh!

Shit!

Shit!

Shit!

Help us, please!

The handle's jammed.

You got to push
On the door.

You got to push hard.

What do you think i'm doing?

Harder!

Again, come on.

Come on.

I'm pushing it.

Harder!

I'm pushing it, asshole.

( all coughing )

Come on!

Oh!

Come on!

One at a time!

Don't push.

Ooh!

( coughing )

Ooh!

( coughing )

( yelling )

When you get outside,
Move as far away

From the airplane
As possible.

Please, one at a time.

Please, miss,
My father can't move.

We'll try to help him.

You wait outside.

Move as far away
From the plane as you can.

One at a time.
Let's go, let's go.

There's a woman back there.

She's trapped.

You get as far away
From the plane as you can.

Boy:
Daddy!

Daddy!

Where is my shoe?

Daddy!

Where are my shoes?

Dad!

Daddy, please.

Dad!

Sir, please!

My dad can't move.

Where? Where is he?

In there. He's hurt.

Listen, kid, the cops
Are coming

And the firemen--

They got equipment
For this kind of thing.

They're experts.

Where are my shoes?

Please, sir.

Please.

It's on fire.

He can't move.

( sniffing )

Oh, for christ's sake.

What's his name?

Sir, you can't...

Fletcher,
Where are you?

Fletcher! Fletcher!

Where are you, fellow?

Fletcher!

Flet...

Are you fletcher?

( grunting )

Who are you?
You fletcher?

Ah, come on.

Hey, somebody grab him,
Will you?

Get as far away
As you can.

Help this guy, will you,
Goddamn it?!

Help him. Get him
Away from the plane.

Get as far away
From the plane as you can.

Where are you?

Hey, buddy, goddamn it.

Mr. Fletcher! Fletcher!

Fletcher, speak up!

Oh.

Fletcher?

( moaning )

( gasping )

Oh, shit.

( coughing )

My leg is caught.

My leg... My leg is...

Can you get me
Out of here?

Oh, sure.

Yeah, i think.

Let me help you, there.

( pained groaning )

Give me a hand here, lady.

I'm not
A goddamn body builder.

Get away from the plane
Quickly!

It may explode!

( coughing )

( grunting and coughing )

Give me a hand here,
Will you, honey?

Move this piece of shit
Out of here right now.

Come on.

Dad?!

Dad!
Son!

Dad!

Thank god.

Put her on
Your shoulder!

Fire fighter:
I got her.

You better get
Out of here!
You too, miss.

Fletcher!

I've lost count!

Right away!

I think everybody's out.

Fletcher!
Hey, fletcher!

( coughing )

Where are you?

( coughing )

Fletcher! Hey, fletcher!

Man:
Here!

I'm over here!
Help me.

Where the hell are you?

Oh... Here.
My leg is broken.

I need help.

Fletcher, right?

Smith.

You're not fletcher?

I'm smith.
Please help me.

Fuck this.
I'm looking
For fletcher.

No! Don't leave me.

Please don't leave me!

Oh...

All right.

All right.

Come here.
Hold on.

Come on.
Thank god.

Don't count
Your chickens.

I can't see shit here.

You better come out!

Flight attendant:
There's another guy
In there.

Laplante:
Hey, you!

Get out of there!

Give me a hand here.
Come here.

I'll help him for you.

No, i've got this guy.

You go in...

There's a guy in there!

It's going to explode,
You dumbshit!

There's a guy in there.

You're supposed
To be a fireman!

She's going to go!

Come on, come on!

Get back!

It's going to go!

Come on,
You stupid shit!

I lost my other shoe.

Man:
Get back!

I need a medic here!

Yes, yes--
Angle on fireman.

Jonesy!

Heroic, backlit...

Blazing inferno!

Look at that! Awesome!

Major awards!

"he stands his ground

"while capturing images
Of raging flames

With no regard for his own
Personal safety."

Go, chucky.

Go, baby!

Sorry, fletcher.

( booming explosion )

Ooh...

What a way to go, pal.

Gayley:
I'm okay.

Lady, you're not okay.

I'm a reporter.

You've got
A broken arm.

It's my leg.
My leg hurts.

Chucky!

Chucky!
Chucky!

Holy shit,
It's gayley!

Gayley! You were
On the plane?

It's my story.

I did the research.

Get the flight attendant
Who manned the door.

Also, some passenger
Pulled me out.

Take him down
To the hospital...

She's a real
Piece of work.

Unbelievable!

"it's my story.
I did the research"?

You wouldn't believe
The shot i got.

Major award!

I start on this
Fireman's face--

Fantastic! You know,
Sad but excited.

Where's my car?

My car was right here.

Where's my..?

Where are you hurt,
Sir?

What? Hurt?

Let's go over
To the ambulance

And check you out.

I don't need
An ambulance.

I'm looking for my car.

It must have burnt up.

You weren't in
Your car, sir.

You've been in
An airplane crash.

Please, my daughter
Needs medical attention.

Okay, ray, give me one
High and outside.

( car approaching )

( engine sputtering )

He waited
For three hours.

You won't
Believe what...

I'm so tired
Of your bullshit!

Ev, it's not my fault.

It's never your fault!

I'm trying
To tell you...

You're going to screw up
Your son's life

And you'll never
Accept responsibility!

Is he here?
Who?

The fireman.

He had an emergency.

A real emergency.

Why don't you let me in

Instead of waking up
The whole neighborhood?

If you let me talk,
For christ's sake

I'll tell you
What happened.

What happened
Is the same thing
That always happens--

You blew it

Only this time,
You broke your son's
Heart instead of mine.

He was so proud--

Looking forward to going
To the movies with his father

And you let him down,
Like always.

What did you do,
Take a mud bath?

That's what i'm trying
To tell...

Shut up, bernie!

Oh... Okay, forget it.

Just let me talk
To joey to apologize.

He's in bed

And you're not
Going to wake him up

And make him crazy.

He comes home
From the zoo

And wants to know

If elliot's a war hero,
Like you.

He wants to know how
Many people you killed.

Eliott-- the fireman.

I explained

Your tendency
To exaggerate--

How you killed
As many people

As the other supply clerks
In your outfit.

I didn't say
I killed anybody.

You let him
Believe it!

Then i had to explain
About the homeless.

The homeless?

How not all of them
Own apartment complexes.

How not all of them
Play the stock market.

How not all of them
Rent babies

When they're panhandling.

He's a young boy,
Bernie.

Impressionable.

Listen, ev,
I got to see him.

Well, use the phone.

He'd love
To hear from you.

I've got very important
Goddamn reasons.

What happened
To your shoe?

No, i don't
Want to know.

Some fantastic adventure?

Something really crazy?

All i was doing
Was giving him advice

Preparing him for life.

You don't want him
To grow up soft, do you?

It's tough out there.

It's a goddamn jungle.

Well, back
To the jungle, bernie.

( knocking )

Sorry i have
To bother you again.

This is for joey.

A reward for this wallet
He found.

When i returned it,
I told the guy

He had to give my kid
Something for finding it--

You know, for the honesty--

So the kid would learn
How honesty pays.

Do you want
To give it to him, ev

Or should i?

Right.

( horn honking )

( women yelling
And laughing )

Hey!

Moron.

Man:
You actually went into
A burning airplane?

Laplante:
Into it?

I was practically living
In the goddamn thing.

Every time i turn around

Some other person
Wants me to save them.

All of a sudden, boom!
It explodes.

You know,
I could be dead.

But you pulled people out.

You're a hero.

No, i fucked it up.

I was trying
To impress this kid.

I was going to rescue
His old man

But i couldn't find him.

He must have blew up.

I got the hell out of there.

I didn't have the nerve
To face the kid.

Most people wouldn't even try.

It was a brave thing

Even to try.

Yeah, try stupid.

Just toss them

In the back, please.

A lot of people
Would say

That's what
Heroism is--

Stupidity.

Doing something that
If you thought about it

You wouldn't do it.

It's not in
Your interest.

One more.

Ah, got it.

I guess you kind of got
A drinking problem, huh?

I sell them
At the recycling center.

It gives me a little

For gas and food.

Looks like you live in here.

I do in bad weather

But mostly i like
Camping in the woods.

I thought you were
Down on your luck too.

Down on my luck?

Hey, i told you,
A goddamn plane fell on me

From out of the sky,
In america, for christ's sake.

See these shoes--
$100 pair of shoes?

One shoe.

You should give it
To somebody with one leg.

Let me off
At the next exit.

I could take a bus.

I know a gentleman

Who sells stuff
At the recycling center.

He has one leg.

It's the right foot.

Sell it to him.

If you get
A couple of bucks

It pays for the gas.

He doesn't have
Any money.

That's very kind of you.

Down on my luck.

Got some mud on me, is all.

I got
A nice apartment, stereo.

We could listen to you
On the news.

What, are you worried
About the stock market?

No. Didn't they interview you?

I don't...
I don't give no interviews.

That's a lot of shit.

Keep a low profile--

That's my motto.

It happens i got
Some legal problems.

My attorneys don't like me
Talking to the media.

Now, if you could step on it

I'm supposed to be
In my office five minutes ago.

My secretary has
Got appointments

Booked for me, you know?
All day.

I'm very late.

One word--

One word, laplante,
And you're fired.

You got that?

Bill...

Don't say "bill," bernie.

Didn't i say one word
And you're fired?

You know why? Because
It will be an excuse.

It will be bernie laplante
Excuse #4,106.

That's how many excuses
You've given me.

I keep track of them
Electronically.

I've heard all of them.

I got legal problems.

That's it! You talked!

You're fired!
Out of here!

Jesus christ!

I got people waiting.

I got orders coming in.

And you? You're going
To go out like that--

Meet the public in
Stinking stocking feet?

I also have
Financial problems.

I care about
My problems

And you are one
Of my problems.

I was driving...

Out!

I don't want to hear
Any more about this.

A plane fell on my head.

I'll be on your head
In a second!

I don't understand.

You can't find him?

There's a lot
Of confusion

Around what took place
Last night.

You said all the passengers
Were accounted for.

The guy who pulled you out
Wasn't a passenger.

A fireman? A paramedic?

He didn't have
A uniform.

From what we could get,
There was a kind of...

Sort of a mystery guy
Involved.

We're piecing together
Different accounts.

A mystery guy.

Not a passenger.

Who?

We don't know
Who he is. He...

He disappeared.

A non-passenger,
Non-rescue worker

Went into a burning plane
And pulled me out

And disappeared?

Apparently, this guy
Is the one who opened

The emergency exit

From the outside.

He saved everybody.

Because of him, there
Were no fatalities.

I don't think you
Should be moving around.

You're attached
Over here.

Chucky, where's your camera?

Get this thing.
Bring that.

All of a sudden, this civilian
Rushes into the plane.

What did he look like?

Uh, he was...
Just this face-- all dirty.

It just appeared.

He was asking
For mr. Fletcher.

My son and i got separated
In the confusion and smoke.

A very courageous stewardess
At the exit

Told me my boy had gotten out,
So i got out too

But my son had already told
This man

That i was still in there.

Boy:
I thought my dad was still...

Still in there.

So i asked the man
To save my father.

What did the man say,
Richie?

He said, uh...

He said... "i'll save him."

He said,
"i'll save your father."

Thanks.

I need a medic here!

I need a medic.

Jonesy!

Holy shit!

Gayley:
Now freeze!

Go back, you missed it.

Keep going,
Keep going.

Back.

Now.
Go forward again.

Missed it again.

There.

Right there.

That's him?

We've accounted
For everybody else.

That's our hero.

I didn't even notice
The guy.

I was into
The foreground drama--

Heroic fireman
Looming in the frame.

Can we do some
Electronic enhancement?

Get a clear picture,
Identify him?

Far out!

Never saw him.

It's the camera.

It has a life of its own.

At times, i feel
As if we were one

Together capturing
Little moments of history

In a kaleidoscope
Of colors and drama.

Woman:
There's no face.

There's nothing really
To work with.

Big dots-- that's
All you're going to get.

Look at
That guy.

He just saved 54 people

And now
He's going to disappear.

Who is he?

( loud snoring )

"i'll save him."

He said,
"i'll save your father."

All of a sudden, this civilian

He rushed into the plane.

Leslie, the other
Flight attendant

Told me the guy dragged me

To the exit.

Leslie:
"here, give this guy a hand,"
He said.

And the next thing i knew

He was going back in there

Into all that smoke.

Gayley:
Out of the darkness

Out of the smoke and the fear

Came a man with no name,
No uniform

But an abundance of courage--

A man who was thinking
Not about himself

But about others,
Risking his own life for ours.

He's out there now, somewhere

And whoever you are

I, and the other survivors
Of flight 104, say...

...thank you.

God bless you.

( "the battle hymn
Of the republic" playing )

Not bad, but you should
Feature the cast more.

It's part of the story.

Network's taking
Everything we give them.

They want a feed
Off our 6:00

Whether we find
The mystery guy or not.

We're very big nationally.

It's a wonderful piece.

Emotional.
I love it.

We'll feature
Gale's cast more.

My cast is interesting
Until the hero shows up.

Whoever has him
Has the story.

Good reason for you
To find him.

You should be
Out digging.

How about offering
A reward

In exchange for
An exclusive interview?

Money and news, wally--
Dangerous waters.

Yeah? Speaking.

We don't even know
What he looks like.

Of course you know.
He saved you.

They found what?

A phone check with survivors

Confirmed that the shoe
Does not belong

To any of the passengers
Or crew of flight 104.

However, several witnesses
Recall the mysterious man

Who saved 54 people

Referring to his missing shoe.

The conclusion is

The unknown hero

Known to many as
"the angel of flight 104"

Wears a size 10-b.

Evelyn:
Joey, dinner, now!
Turn that thing off.

Mom! Mom!

He lost his shoe.

He lost his shoe.

He lost his shoe.

Who lost his shoe?

The unknown hero.

Wash your hands.

They found his shoe
Beside the plane crash.

Superman, you mean?

Lost his shoe?

What next?

Elliot, the man saved
Hundreds of people.

54. I was there,
Remember?

Do you know why none of us
Rushed in that plane?

We're trained firemen

Part of a team--
A disciplined team.

We take chances all the time,
Save people's lives

But we don't do
Crazy things.

This guy does
Something really dumb

And he lucks out.

So the media go crazy
Over his shoe, for god sakes.

What kind of message are they
Giving to the youth, huh?

What kind of message

Are you giving
To the youth?

Sneering at someone for
Sticking his neck out.

You sound like my ex--
Mr. Cynicism.

So what can i say?

Give your ex credit
For being smart enough

Not to do
Something stupid.

Maybe the guy's
Not all bad.

I'm going to watch tv

And hope it's not
All this superman stuff.

Mom, my father
Only had one shoe on

When he came here.

You were in bed,
Weren't you?

I saw him out the window.

Uh-huh.

And you think
Your father

Would do something
Like that?

Rescue people?

Your father is
Bernie laplante.

It's against
His religion

To stick his neck out.

Sit down.

The warden of a montana prison

Insists that the unknown hero
Is a dangerous child molester

Who escaped
From the institution in april.

As far away as scotland

The leader of a religious sect
Claims the mysterious hero

Is, in fact, an angel
Anticipated in scripture.

Hey, bernie.

How's it going?

You don't want
To know, chick.

You don't want to know.

Those guys been in yet?

You in business
With them guys?

'Cause i wouldn't want
A problem

For the establishment.

You couldn't have
A problem

Because i have got
Them all.

I cornered the market.

You wouldn't believe
What i've been through.

I was taking my car
To get my kid...

( door closes )

Oh.

How you doing?

Brought some friends,
Okay?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Excuse me, chick.

In addition, we bring you
A special announcement

From channel 4 station manager

James wallace.

Good evening.

We at channel 4, like you

Have been stirred
By the courage and humanity
Of this...

What you got
There for us?

More plastic?

Yeah, plastic.

Premium stuff here.

High limits.
Not reported.

How do you know
It's not reported?

Because i know.
Trust me on this.

Hey, hombre, he don't
Even trust his mother.

Why he going
To trust you?

'Cause i'm not
His mother.

Hey, hombre, por aqui.

...like you, we want to see
What is best in us.

We want to examine it,
And for that reason

We at channel 4

Have decided to offer
This unknown hero

A reward of $1 million.

How many you got,
Eight? Ten?

They're going to give
That plane crash guy

A million-dollar reward.

A million bucks?

What plane crash guy?

The one-shoe dude.

The guy that saved
All those people.

Channel 4
Is going to give this guy

A million dollars
Just for an interview.

Damn.

A million bucks.

Hey, hey, hombre

We're trying to do
Some business here.

You got more
Of these?

A million dollars?

Hey...

I'm the guy.

I got an appointment.

I got to get out of here.

Bullshit!

Laplante, you're under arrest.

You have the right
To remain silent.

Don't you know who i am?

Don't you know where
I got the plastic?

Call my attorney.

Hold it, i got
A million bucks..!

$1 million
To the anonymous hero!

One million bucks
To the angel

Who saved 50 people
And takes off!

Now, please, if your foot
Isn't a size 10-b

Don't remain in line.

We're only looking
For size 10-b heroes.

I'll kick your ass!

Hey, it ain't just me.

Everybody in line knows
You're not the hero.

That's a racist
Perspective--

Assuming because
Something heroic was done

A white man done it.

A man with mud
On his face

Could be any color.

Most likely was, which
Is true in this case

'Cause it was me...
With mud all over me.

Can you believe this?

There must be
A thousand phonies

After my reward.

Miss gayley, it's me!

I saved your life,
Remember?

My foot is only an 81/2

But i wear a 10-b
For comfort, i swear.

There's a cop
Looking for you--

Inspector dayton--
Wants you to call.

What about?

I didn't ask.

Call back and find out.

I'm real busy.

Excuse me.

Judge:
Bail in this matter
Will remain at $5,000.

The angel of flight 104?

You're saying
You're the angel of..?

"angel" is a little strong.

I got to get
To the tv station

And get my million bucks.

The people v.
Bernard laplante.

That's me!
I'm mr. Laplante.

The d.a. Is asking
That your bail be set

At $25,000 because
You were arrested

While awaiting sentencing.

25 grand is peanuts.

Just get me out
Long enough to collect.

My attorney says
The prosecutor

Wants 25 grand
For bail.

Mr. Laplante,
You'll be silent

Until the court
Recognizes you.

I got no problem
With that.

In fact, your honor

I'd be proud
To double it.

50 grand...
For the people.
Like a tip.

( gavel sounding )
What do you say?

If you don't stop chattering
Immediately

I will ask the bailiff to...

I...

Said...

I want...

Order!

Sorry, your honor.

We got
Carried away.

They found him.

Found who?

The angel of flight 104.

It was on the news, sir,
Just now.

He's going to be on channel 4
At noon.

The bail remains $25,000.

That ought to keep you
Out of trouble.

Your honor, my client...

Your client is
A pain in the ass.

Twelve noon, huh?

Channel 4.

I was out in the woods...

And...

I heard a huge crash...

And i saw flames...

And i went over there
To take a look.

And everything there
Was like a blur.

There was a lot of smoke...

And screaming.

Uh, i was actually
Relieved

That it was just
A plane crash

And i could help.

But i don't have
A detailed memory of it.

It was too scary.

Tell us why
You disappeared, john.

Well, uh...

At first
I didn't know i was a hero.

I thought the boy's father
Hadn't survived

And i had failed him,
And i couldn't face the boy.

And then...

After that, uh...

Well, i've been, uh...

I've been down on my luck
Lately

And i just didn't really, uh,
Feel too presentable.

But you did come forward.

Why?

The money.

I wouldn't have come forward
If it wasn't for...

If it wasn't for the money.

Gayley:
Go back.

( tape rewinding )

Cut.

Right there.

Right on that look.

You didn't tell me
He was so cute.

He saved my life.

The survivors
Were shocked to learn

That the hero who pulled them
To safety was indigent

And hadn't slept

In a bed in three years.

John bubber was living
In his car

At the time
Of the nearly tragic crash

Surviving by
Collecting bottles and cans...

Oh, he's a fake.

You know him?

He's a goddamn fake.

He's a goddamn homeless bum.

He ain't no hero.

You can trust me that much.

Fuck you!

What do you mean?

What do you know
About the homeless?

You know, i thought they'd
All go, "it's him"

And want to hug the guy
Or something.

He had the shoe,
And the shoe checked out.

This means
I could stop worrying?

Where are we
Putting him up?

Drake hotel.

Never stop worrying.

We'll do a sidebar on going
From sleeping in your car

To sleeping
In the poshest suite in town.

Also, gale's checking
Into his background.

What's it going to be,
Dirt or more poetry?

We know what you prefer.

Inspector dayton's recovered
Your credit cards.

He's that cop
From robbery detail.

They caught the guy
Who stole them.

Nobody stole my credit cards.

They were burned up
In the crash.

You got my money?

What about the reservations?

Two at 8:00
At the barcelona.

$400 for dinner?

She's taking
Mr. Bubber

To dinner
At the barcelona.

Bubber? To dinner?

That's a great idea.

Chucky,
Come in here, chucky.

This is private
And personal.

He's a news story.

He saved my life.

Thank you.

They're all looking at us.

Not us, john.

They're used
To celebrities here.

Listen, miss gayley...

Gale.

Gale.

I didn't mean to, uh...

It's not what i wanted,
That reward.

I didn't even think...

Thank you.

All i wanted
Was a square meal

Maybe a bath

A night between
Clean sheets.

I wasn't after
A million dollars.

What's a guy like me
Going to do
With a million dollars?

Take a look at these prices
And say that.

You mess with me

I'll cut your heart out
And eat it!

Stop it, stop it!

Oh, you're such
A brute.

Come on!

Come on!

Very good, sir.

It's a special privilege
To serve you.

Oh, thank you...

And you.

You were saying

You don't want
A million dollars?

I'm not entitled to it.

I didn't expect...

...all the adulation?

Makes you feel
Like a fake?

Yes. I should have
Never come forward.

You're a credit
To the goddamn human race.

Well, i wouldn't put it...

It could have been me
On that plane

Or my family.

You're a celebrity now.

People are going
To want to please you...

Or use you, or both.

( reporters shouting )

Mr. Bubber.

Mr. Bubber,
Do you think you could...

You could...

You want me
To sign this?

What's your name?

Sylvia.

Sylvia.

Sylvia, if i sign this
For you

Will you do me a favor?

All right, what i'd like is,
And maybe

Some of the rest of you
Can help sylvia here

I'd like you to scrounge up
Some blankets...

Old ones, maybe 50.

Take them down to the corner
Of fifth and grand

And pass them out.

Man:
Fifth and grand?

Boy:
He means the homeless.

The bums.

It's cold out there.

You'll feel warmer

For every person
You give a blanket to.

I'll bet they'll do it.

I'll bet they'll get
Some blankets.

What you did
Was so uplifting.

You're a saint, john bubber.

You think so?

Maybe you should up...

Support the...

Up the support
For the needy...

She could support
The entire chicago bulls.

Good night.

I think i'd better
See you to your room.

Kind of a bodyguard.

Um... Could you maybe support
A small airfield?

Gale, uh...

It's been some time
Since i've received

That kind of attention.

It's been several years.

Years?

Yes.

Huh.

Well, there will be
Plenty of opportunities.

You're a very nice person.

I don't want to hurt you.

I know.

You think i saved your life.

I can't take advantage.

You did save me

And that's me--
I'd be taking advantage.

I'm a reporter.

I'm...

I'm supposed
To be a professional.

I can't do this.

It's not right.

I don't have
The right, huh?

You're a news story.

A news story, right.

Good night.

I know the truth
About you, john.

They're flying in guys from
Your unit in vietnam tomorrow.

Vietnam?

Good night.

Smoke, mortar fire.

People screaming.

We would have all died
In that rice paddy

If it hadn't been
For johnny bubber.

Gayley:
What did he do?

He pulled us out.

He pulled us out one by one.

I wouldn't be giving
No tv interview.

I'd be lying in my grave
If it hadn't been for johnny.

Why didn't he get a medal?

Wasn't no officers around
To write him up.

It didn't surprise me
That he was the one

That saved all those people
In the plane.

He was always thinking about
The other guy before himself.

After an emotional reunion

Bubber's fellow veterans
Watched as station manager
James wallace

Presented bubber with a check
For one million dollars.

As bubber reacted
To his sudden wealth

Word came that the secretary
Of the navy

Responding to an urgent
Resolution of the senate

Has conferred upon john bubber
The medal of honor.

Bubber:
When you're out on the streets

Whether it's living
In your car

Or sleeping under bridges

Even worse than the hunger
Is the feeling

That
You're just plain useless--

That you don't matter
To a single soul

In the entire world.

Nobody really needs you.

Nobody really wants you.

So i guess i...

I did what i did

Because i think
I was really trying

To save my life
More than anything else.

I was trying to connect myself
With people again.

Trying to be part of the whole

And you have to help others
In order to do that.

You need a role to play--

Even a humble role--

That gives you self worth.

I'm not one

Of those guys that say
Money isn't important.

When you're down on your luck
Like i was

A buck can be the difference
Between life and death

But money isn't everything.

Even millionaires
Commit suicide.

He is like that
In real life?

So gorgeous?

He's pretty remarkable.

You didn't
Get it on with him.

Don't be ridiculous.

I'm a reporter.

Reporters
Don't have hormones?

Reporters have to rise
Above their hormones.

He needs to be a person.

The guy is a natural.

He needs to be

Part of society.

You can do that

By helping those

Who need help.

You've helped me.

You've made me a hero.

It makes you a hero.

If we help each other,
We can all be heroes together.

We're all heroes, huh?

Asshole.

Laplante, bernard.

Me?

You made bail, ace.

Me?

Man:
You lucky they taking
Your ass

Out of here, boy.

How did you get me out?

I took a loan on my car
And my computer.

You paid a deposit
Of 10%?

I was inspired
By the hero--

How he stuck
His neck out for others

How he took a chance.

That fake inspired you
To loan me--

A guy who's probably
Going to do time?

You're supposed
To be an attorney.

You're supposed to use
Good judgement.

As you point out,
I am relatively inexperienced.

My naivete may have worked
To your benefit.

You're right.

I'm glad you got me out.

I appreciate it.

Oh, miss o'day...

Miss o'day, come here.

Now that you loaned me
2,500 plus

Can i have $20
For cab fare, please?

What do you say,
Miss o'day?

I read
The probation report

And it's not good.

Bernie, i think
You're going to prison.

Well, at least i'm going
To get my million bucks.

I seen where that
Do-gooder is going

To a children's hospital
To visit sick kids.

He's got to be stopped.

Who, john bubber?

Look what he's done to you.

He's making people wacko.

I mean wacko.

Wacko, wacko, wacko.

( horn honking )

Boy:
When's he coming?

I want to see bubber.

You, leave!

Leave!

Is that him?

No, it's just
Some guy.

May i help you?

Well...

You'll have to leave.

If you want to
Arrange a visit,
Please go downstairs.

Hi.

Bubber:
What's your name, champ?

Jose.

Hi, jose.

Hi, beautiful.

I'm mandy.

Hi. What's your name?

Cody.

Cody, i'll be
Right back.

Can i get
Your autograph?

Did you save
All those people?

Yes,
All those people.

Woman:
This way please.

Bubber:
Hi.

Excuse me.

I just want to...

You got
A press pass, sir?

I forgot it.

Get your hands off me!

Is he here?

I want
To see him first.

Is he here?

Listen, kid...

You got to hang on.

I know you're scared.

We all get scared.

That's when you have to fight.

Allen's in a coma.

He can't hear you.

He can hear me.

Listen, allen...

Okay.

Listen, allen

I know you're in the darkness
In there.

I know it's scary.

Now, the doctors
Are trying their best

But they can't do it.

You have to do it.

You got to come
Out of the darkness.

I want you to struggle
For me, allen.

You're a hero.

You can't quit.

Heroes never quit.

Come on, this is a hospital.

Let's cooperate.

Let's keep this area clear

Unless you have
Hospital business.

Come on, fella, how's
About some cooperation?

Hey, buddy, you're
With the media, right?

I got a story for you.

Bubber-- he's a fake.

I'm talking to you!

Laplante:
What's the matter
With you?

( crowd clapping )

Bubber! Remember me?
Remember me?

( crowd cheering )

I love you, john bubber.

Laplante:
You phony!

Thanks for helping.

Laplante:
I'm talking to you.

You got my shoe.

Where's my money?

I want my money.

You fake! You phony!

You hear me?

Don't push!

That's my shoe and my money!

( playing
"marine corps hymn" )

Come on, up, up,
Rise and shine.

Watch it, you big bozo!

Don't you tell me
What i can or cannot say!

This is america.

If it makes you
Feel better

To insult
The very brave man

Who's worth a thousand
Of you, go ahead.

Like he says,
We're all heroes, pal.

Bullshit.

That's a lot of bullshit.

Okay, have it
Your own way.

You're not a hero.

Announcer:
John bubber himself

Along with 20 of the real
Survivors of flight 104.

See the real-life participants
Reenact the terrifying drama

Inside the burning plane.

Out of the darkness

The fire, a nightmare of fear

Came the angel of flight 104.

John bubber saved 54 people.

This is his story and theirs--

A drama
Featuring the actual people

Who actually lived
Those moments of terror.

No makeup,
No music, no actors.

This is the real thing.

Thursday night, channel 4.

Be there.

All right.

Upset?

What's he upset about?

He said
He's not an actor.

He's not supposed
To be an actor.

He's a real-life hero.

All he has to do is act
Like a real-life hero.

That's the beauty
Of the concept--

The whole freshness of it.

Did she call him back?

She's talking to him.

Wally.

We paid him
A million dollars.

You'd think he'd want
To cooperate a little--

Help us with our ratings.

How did it go?

Well, he'll do it.

You really should have talked
To him first, you know.

Back in the news again,
John bubber.

The man who saved 54 people
From a burning plane

Has apparently awakened...

Hey, i don't blame you
For being sore.

I know i screwed up

For getting busted
In here.

You got the right
To kick me out.

Young allen baird
Had been unconscious

Since an automobile accident
Five days ago.

Bubber insisted
On talking to allen

Though doctors discouraged it

Saying the boy couldn't hear
Bubber's encouragement...

I'm not going to kick you out,
Bernie.

...suddenly and unexpectedly

Regained consciousness.

The doctors who had believed

The boy had little
Or no chance of survival

Now predict the slow
But complete recovery.

Thanks, chick.

I appreciate it.

Hell of a guy.

Vietnam, plane crash...

Now miracles.

Allen himself
Has yet to comment.

A nurse who was with him says

His first words were

"could you ask my mom
To make me some pancakes?"

Just a rehearsal.

Action.

Gayley:
John.

What?

Come here, come here.

And then you lean down
And free me from the seat.

Remember? I was caught,
And you...

Like that...

Yeah, right, like that.

And then you helped me up.

Yeah.

Boy, you seem taller.

Must be psychological

Now that i know
You saved my life.

Oh, gale, i can't...

This is wrong.

I can't do this.

I can't go through
With this.

You're doing fine.

It's okay.

No, wait.

You didn't lift me, though.

Wait. Put me down.

Put me down.

Come on.

It was more, um...
Like you supported me.

You were like this.

Like that.

Yeah. It was kind of sexy.

You can support me
Any time, john.

Oh, gale.

This is no good.

You know
What i just remembered?

You were, like, swearing

And talking
About body building.

Body building?

Guys,
This has to play serious.

John, could you lift her more
And carry her like this?

I think it will play better.

Gale, if your artistic
And journalistic integrity

Can handle it, it will look
Fabulous on the screen.

Take this through
To the end, please.

Then we'll put john
In his mud makeup

And do a take
From the top.

This is not right.

It's okay.

It just looks
Better this way.

I didn't have my purse
Then though.

You're an inspiration, john.

You're making us
Better human beings--

Less cynical, more open,
More giving.

Do you realize that?

Yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

You leave her here

And you go back inside
For mr. Smith.

Mr. Smith?

Right.

Mr. Smith?

What would you say
If i told you i ran into
A burning plane

And saved a bunch of people

And risked my life?

You mean like bubber?

The hero?

Yeah.

Like that. Same thing.

Well, i mean, uh...

What do you want me
To say here, bernie?

Is this like a riddle
Or something?

I mean...

If i said it,
Would you believe me?

You wouldn't, would you?

Well, i mean

It's a character thing,
Bernie.

You wouldn't do it.

No offense. Me either.

Bubber, though, he's
A certain kind of guy.

He's heroic.

You and me, we're not.

It's not our nature.

It don't mean
We're bad or nothing.

We're just not
So inclined.

What about it?

Don't be depressed, bernie.

You don't have to be a hero
To be a human being.

The thing is, chick,
I'm going down.

You mean jail

For that credit card stuff?

Jesus, bernie.

Not jail. Prison.

Not that credit card bullshit.

That's nothing.

I got a conviction.

Sentencing tomorrow.

Some cases of paint
I got involved with.

Latex.

I see this
Probation officer.

He writes a letter
To the judge

Says i'm...

Antisocial.

Antisocial?

Jesus, bernie.

How much paint
Are we talking about?

A lot.

Director: i think
We've all done something
Very important today.

Congratulations.
Thank you.

Excellent job.
Good work.

Take care of that eye.

Okay. Nice to meet you.

Thank you so much.

Keep studying.
You'll be a big actress.

Bye.

John, john.

Powerful stuff,
Very powerful.

Thank you so much.

Let's keep in touch, okay?

What's it about,
Anyway?

Can we go somewhere
And talk?

Oh, my goodness.

Just let me get
That gunk off your face.

Mr. Bubber...

John, would you sign
Kelly's bubber doll?

Bubber doll?

It won't take more than
Ten minutes of your time.

15 at the most.

I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

Bubber:
Gale?

Gale!

So how does this,
What's his name, sleazebag

Say he got my cards?

Bernard laplante?

This bozo got more stories
Than a newspaper.

One of them, he says
He's the angel of flight 104.

Pulls you off the plane

Saves your purse,
And forgets to return it

And that's version 63.

Version 64,
He says he kept it

To pay for his
Hundred-dollar shoes.

The guy's a two-bit
Bullshit artist.

Already got a sentence pending
For dealing stolen goods.

Listen, this guy--
The hero

Bubber-- he was
A homeless guy, right?

I mean, he was
Down on his luck.

He couldn't have swiped
Your purse, could he

While he was rescuing you

And sold it
To this guy laplante?

John bubber risks his life
To save me and 54 other people

And swipes my purse?

Too farfetched.

Listen, i'm not trying

To make problems
For john bubber.

I just want to make sure

This laplante guy
Does some meaningful time.

Tell me more about him.

Homework.

You're doing
Your homework, remember?

( phone ringing )

Homework, homework,
Homework, homework!

No homework, no zoo trips,
No movies.

Hello?

He's doing
His homework.

It's your father.

If you don't talk to him,
He'll call all night.

Hey, joey, how you doing, pal?

It's me, your old man.

Did you get the $20?

What?

Oh, well,
She's right on that, joey.

That's the best place for it.

Yeah, college fund.

I was going
To tell you that myself.

Look,
About how i didn't show up
The other night, i just...

What? You seen me
Out the window?

One shoe, yeah, and the mud.

So you thought
I might have been
The heroic guy.

Yep.

And what did she say
When you..?

Against my religion, huh?

Well, you know, joey,
This kind of stuff

We got to talk about it
Sometime man-to-man

But listen, i got to go away
On this business trip

So i won't be seeing you
For a while

And you got to listen
To your mother

Because she's smart.

She's very smart.

You know, she knows
What's best for you.

No.

No.

No!

No!

Joey, it ain't because
I don't like you.

Christ! I mean, not christ.

You know, i don't...

I don't want to go away
On this business trip.

I love you.

But i got to...

That's part of growing older.

It's all these goddamn--
Pardon the expression--

Business things
You have to do.

Which reminds me, you know,
This hero business?

One of the things you'll learn
As you grow...

As, as, as you grow older

Is that
Life gets very complicated.

We're naturally...

It's... You know, like people
Aren't exactly like they seem.

Nothing is.

Life gets
Un-un-un-unbelievable.

This is normal
As you grow older.

I-i would... I would have
Seen you that night.

I was talking to joey.

Your son actually wants
To spend time with you.

If you let him down this time

After popping back
Into his life...

You got to understand.

It's this goddamn
Business trip...

Please don't hang up.

Wait a second, ev, please?

Just let me say one thing.

( theme from close encounters
Of the third kind playing )

Look, i know i kind of act
Like an asshole sometimes.

I know that.

I know you were a good...

Wife.

I know i fucked it up.

I had a good thing. I blew it.

I just... I just...

I just want you to know
That i know that.

That's all.

I got to go now.

Business trip, you know.

Be a while.

Okay?

I'm sorry i took so much time.

Bernie.

Bernie!

Hey, laplante, open the door!

Television interview.

Fame and fortune.

Geez, i hope the silly bastard
Didn't kill himself.

He's been very upset
About this sentence
That he got.

He's going to prison.

Hey, is that a camera
You're carrying?

If he killed himself
You could take pictures.

Too bad,
No dead body.

I suppose it's not too often
You get to take pictures

Of the body
Before the cops arrive.

Exclusive.

Mr, winston, i wonder
If you'd mind

If we waited here.

What's he going
To do-- sue?

He's lucky that a person
Like yourself...

A celebrity
Like yourself

Would take an interest
In him.

What he do,
Some kind of drug thing?

We're not really
Free to say.

Of course,
I understand.

It's confidential.

Okay, it's personal.

Okay, well, i'll watch it
On television.

All right.

Okay.

What are we doing here?

This guy could be hours.

I have a feeling
He's important somehow.

Listen, i know
You're this career fiend

But i've got
A wife and family.

Well, you're lucky,
Chucky. Ow!

What's the matter?

This sofa.

What is it?

The silver mic award.

How did a guy like laplante
Get an award?

"for excellence
In the pursuit of truth."

Laplante?

Shh!

( footsteps approaching )

( whispering: )
Camera, chucky.

Are you

Bernard laplante?

What's your relationship

With john bubber?

Turn that...

You?!
How did you

Acquire this?

How do you think?

Put that down.

What are you trying
To get john bubber to do?

Bubber's going to jump!

It's on channel 13.

13!

Officials say they cannot
Rig a net below him

Because it may trigger
His decision to jump.

Bubber has said

He will only talk
With gale gayley.

The phone, quick!

It's over here.

He's green,
For christ's sake.

No shit.

You took advantage
Of me.

It's a piece of shit.

You got to adjust it.

Don't touch it,
Scumbag!

You'll screw it up more.

Tell him i'm on my way.

Let's go, chucky.

Police escort
Will pick us up.

Laplante,
You're coming with me.

Me?

If you're not
In that van

The cops
Will pick you up.

What kind of bullshit
Is this?

Let's see
If money can talk.

Chucky, what have you got?

Give mr. Laplante
Your money.

Come on, let's go.

You media people
Think you can just buy people.

Hey, that's
All i have.

A big-time cameraman
Like you?

( siren wailing )

Laplante:
This nut case goes out
On a ledge and it's my fault?

If anything happens to john,
I will see you prosecuted.

What, is everybody
In love with this bozo?

Yes, the whole country,
And they won't be happy

If he leaps to his death
Because he was blackmailed...

Blackmailed?!
I blackmailed him?

Just 'cause the cops
Aren't on to you

Doesn't mean
You're home free.

I've seen
Your kind before--

The underbelly of crime.

In all that smoke and flame

John had
A moment of weakness.

It was an impulse,
Stealing my purse.

He stole your purse
While saving you?

And sold it to mr. Laplante,
Who's trying to
Blackmail john.

He saves those people

Then swipes
Your purse?

Because he was
A real hero.

He didn't expect a reward.

He saved 54 people
Because something in him

Made him go into that plane
When his good sense

Told him otherwise.

He settled for credit cards

Which he sold for, what,
A couple of bucks?

Give him enough
For a decent meal?

All this is
Off the record, chucky.

If john lives,
Mr. Laplante is going to
Offer his assurances

There will be no further
Misbehavior on his part

And what's more,
He'll apologize.

I'm going to apologize
To bubber?

I could deny i had
Those cards on the plane.

Lie, you mean.

I'll tell it
Like i just did.

Everyone will see that
John is a bigger hero than
They thought.

You are the
Lowest fucking thing
That ever crawled!

Your name is going
To be synonymous

With blackmail.

I got a kid.

I'm a person,
For christ's sake.

For your child's
Sake

Try to show some decency!

You may have killed him
Already!

Not you, pal.

Officer, it's okay.

He belongs to me.

Go away, boys.

That was channel 4's
Gale gayely

Being escorted into the hotel
By police officers.

Gale, who was rescued from
The plane crash by john bubber

Has a special relationship
With the angel of flight 104.

Now, as to what she might
Be doing here

There might be a reason
To be found

In her wanting
To speak with him.

He will only talk
To you, ms. Gayley

And he won't move any closer

So if you'll just lean out,
We'll hold you from behind.

Fellows, give us some room.

Let her in there.

John.

John, i'm here.

Don't do it.

Everything's okay.

Gale.

I want you to know
I never meant to hurt you.

This is for you.

It explains everything.

John, i know the whole story.

You do?

John, john, john!

John, it's okay.

It was a moment of weakness.

A little mistake.

"a little mistake"?

You're being
Too hard.

I have the little creep
That's trying

To blackmail you.

Bullshit, hold on.

I just want to talk to him.

I got to talk to you, buddy.

Laplante.
Don't be
An asshole.

I don't like heights.

Laplante, i'm sorry.

It's all in my letter there.

Turn that off.

You want him
To jump?

Get out of here,
Both of you.

I just want to talk to you,
And then you can jump.

You can jump twice
For all i care.

Talk from there.

In private.

They got cameras.

Microphones.

There is someone out
On the ledge with bubber.

We can only presume he's
A rescue person of some kind

From the police
Or fire department.

He is moving...

He is crawling
Toward bubber.

He does not have
A safety rope tied to him

And as we've explained,
The fire department...

I'm sorry.
I had the shoe.

You didn't want any publicity.

I didn't say
I didn't want a million bucks.

I didn't expect them
To go for it.

They investigated
My war record.

I kept expecting you
To expose me.

I was in jail,
For christ's sake.

Man:
Everyone, please stand back.

Laplante:
Whoa, this is crazy.

We could fall off of here.

You should go inside.

You're risking
Your life again.

I'm beginning to be aware
Of that, john.

Listen, i'm not going to do
Nothing heroic here.

You can trust me on that,
Buddy.

Now, why don't we sit down
For a while?

You know, you could, like,
Rest up for the jump.

Huh?

( crowd cheering )

What have i done?

I was dirt poor
And useless

But i was honest.

Oh, lighten up, john.

You think you got problems,
For christ's sake.

I'm the guy
With the problems.

We still don't know
Why john bubber,
Hero to the nation

Stepped out onto the ledge

15 stories above the street
More than an hour ago

But we now have
The identity of the man

Who has been talking to him
For the last 15 minutes

At great personal risk.

He has been identified
As bernard laplante

Former employee of...

Mom!

It's my father!

Bernie?

He's one of your clients?

Laplante, you crazy bastard.

Laplante?

...bernard laplante.

Oh!

I'm going to get
A hot overhead angle.

... At gumley's
Carpet care company.

Laplante seems to have
Persuaded john bubber
To sit down

And the two men seem to be
Engrossed in conversation.

What they might be saying
At a moment like this...

It is him.

What's he doing
Up there, mom?

Where's your coat?

Get your coat.

...is a good sign
Since he has not jumped.

If a man doesn't jump
Immediately

There is a chance
That he won't jump at all.

...a man who claims that he
Is an expert lip-reader

Reports that john bubber
And bernard laplante

Are discussing religion
As they sit on the ledge.

You stole her purse
While you were saving her?

What's the big deal?

You decided to pretend
You were me.

A little moment
Of weakness, right?

So i swiped her purse.

I got feet of clay too.

And now she thinks
You're blackmailing me.

She don't like me, john,
And she ain't alone.

I guess it's kind
Of a personality thing.

Look at those maniacs
Down there.

They love you,
For christ's sake.

I can't face
Those people now.

The looks in their eyes

After the trust
They gave me...

Great. You make
This big goddamn mess

And then you jump.

I was there
At the hospital.

I seen you with
Those little bastards.

I thought i heard you.

I'm not saying
I hate sick people

But i hate
Being around them

If you know what i mean.

There you go--

You inspire this kid
To live.

I probably would have
Vomited on him.

Allen?
Allen's okay?

See what i mean?

You remember his name,
For christ's sake.

You're the guy that got
Those people out of the plane.

You would have
Gone in there.

You wouldn't have
Thought twice.

That's the kind
Of guy you are.

What do we do?

The blackmail thing
Don't sound bad.

You still have some
Money left, don't you?

There's a lot of it left.

The tv lady thinks
I'm blackmailing you

Because you swiped
Her purse.

She thinks i know
You swiped it

Because you sold it to me.

What she don't know

Is that i really am going
To blackmail you

Because i swiped
Her purse

Because it was me
On the plane.

You want me not to jump

And keep lying and pay you
To keep your mouth shut.

You are crazy. Why?

I don't need your problems--

All this tv bullshit,
All these fans.

I just want
Some of the money.

Here's what i got in mind.

What do you mean,
What do i want to know?

I want to know everything.

Who's this screwball laplante?

What are those two bozos
Chattering about?

You can't hear them?

Read their lips.

You're a reporter--
Improvise.

This is not a news story.

This is real life!

Real life?

Jesus christ, gale,
Don't crack up on me now.

Why would i?

I'm a professional, aren't i?

I'm a cynical, hard-bitten,
Professional hard-ass,
Aren't i?

A cold, ambitious bitch
Or something.

Isn't that
What everybody says?

No, gale,
You are none of those things.

You are a goddamn cream puff.

You're a marshmallow.

That's why
Everybody loves you.

Now try and be
A professional marshmallow

And get out there and report
The goddamn human drama!

( crowd chanting: )
Bubber, bubber, bubber...

John!

( sobbing )

I quit, deak.

You can't!
It's unprofessional!

Maybe he's up there
Because he misses you.

I wouldn't let him see you
The other night.

Oh, god,
Maybe it's my fault.

I thought
You hated him.

No. He just
Makes me angry.

He's selfish and cynical.

What's cynical?

It's when you say, "everybody
Else cheats, why shouldn't i?"

But he does have his good side

Like when you were
In the hospital

And you had
Your appendix out.

He stayed with you
The whole night

And he hates
Hospitals.

It seems like your father's
At his best

When there's a crisis.

When
Something goes really wrong

Or there's some kind
Of emergency

Your father... He just forgets
To be bernie laplante

And acts sort of like
A human being.

Look!
Oh, god,
What is it?

Something's going on.

He seems to be calling out
To them.

Now... He's holding up
Two fingers.

He's signaling something.

Holding up two fingers.

There are firemen
Leaning out the window.

They have long poles.

What's happening?!

They're reaching the poles
Towards the two men.

There's something
At the tip of the poles.

It looks like...

( horn honking )

Wait a minute,
I have a report here.

Coffee.

We're told that bubber
And laplante asked for coffee.

It's just like your father

To request something
Totally inappropriate.

Thousands of people
Are watching

And he wants coffee.

We have just learned that
Laplante is a convicted felon

Due to be sentenced tomorrow
For trafficking
In stolen goods.

Gale should have aired
That bit first.

She's the one who found
This clown laplante.

She let channel 8
Get a beat on us.

Deak, what if bubber
Has got something to hide?

What if he's the wrong guy?

Hell of a story.

No, deak, that is not
A good story.

We backed this guy.

He's our boy.

We gave him
A vote of confidence.

We gave him
A million dollars.

You got it?

Four-year scholarship
To a top college

Plus medical school
Or law school

Or whatever joey wants.

Pay off my attorney, plus
My annual consulting fee...

...plus giving a deposition
To the judge on your behalf.

It is not going to work.

A testimonial
From john bubber--

You think he won't
Suspend my sentence

For the angel of flight 104?

That's not what i mean.

I'm not comfortable
Deceiving people.

You took my shoe,
For christ's sake.

Why should you
Be comfortable?

Uncomfortable
Is how you should be.

Besides

How comfortable
Will you feel if you jump

Breaking the hearts
Of millions

And leaving bernie laplante
Vomiting on kids

Instead of inspiring them?

You think i'd give a cent
To charity?

Give donations
To the homeless?

I'm not a nice guy.

You're the nice guy.

Now do your job.

Be a hero.

Better get rid
Of your confession.

Will you be all right

With me receiving
All the credit?

I don't take credit.

I'm a cash kind of guy.

We got a deal?

You sure
We can pull this off?

John, you're sitting
On a ledge

About to jump
To your doom.

I'm about to go to prison.

What exactly
Have we got to lose?

( crowd cheering )

Conklin:
They're getting to their feet.

Carefully.

You can feel the excitement
In the crowd.

John bubber is standing
And is helping his companion.

A misstep,
And they could plummet 15...

After what i did

How do you know
You can trust me?

'Cause bottom line, john

I ain't no different
Than all those assholes.

We all trust you

For...

For christ's sake.

We...

That was really dumb

Coming out here
On this ledge.

Oh, my god, bernie.

( wood creaking )

Whoa!

( crowd screaming )

Oh, my god! Oh, my god!

Gayley:
Save him!

Don't grab him, don't!

No, grab him!

Yes, grab him!

Grab this.

You can't help him.

He'll pull you over.

No! Never reach out!

Chorus:
* glory, glory hallelujah

* glory, glory hallelujah

Take the line.

Put it around him.

He'll pull you off.

If he goes, i go.
You got that?

He'll pull you off!
Do it!

Yes, sir. I got it.

* glory, glory hallelujah.

Zooming in tighter yet

He captures the stark drama
At great personal risk.

Was i afraid?

Well, at moments like that
You don't think
About yourself.

You think about the focus.

You think about f-stop.

You think about the 11:00 news

Everybody counting on you.

Looking good, partner.

Hang in there.

You're a goddamn saint,
John.

Pardon the vulgarity.

While it's true that i saved
Bernard laplante's life
Just now

But i couldn't have done it

If he hadn't
Saved my life first.

You see, i had a...

I had a terrible moment
Of weakness

And i was feeling...

I guess you'd call it
Overwhelmed by the pressures

Of fame and celebrity.

I didn't feel, uh,
Quite adequate.

I wasn't measuring up
To people's expectations

Of my image

And i was going to take
That despair out on the ledge

With the intention...

How did you
Get in here?

I snuck in.

This is private here.

No media.

Was it you?

On the plane
Who saved my life?

Look, lady

I don't give
No interviews.

I got an attorney.

You got any questions,
You could talk to her.

Mr. Laplante... Bernie

I want to talk to you
Like a human being

Not a reporter.

I'm somebody who was going
To die in a burning plane

And i looked up
And this man came out

Of the smoke

His face covered
With mud and soot

And he saved my life.

Off the record...
Was it you?

Off the record--

What's that, like, time out?

It just means it's between us.

Doesn't leave the room.

Lady, do i look dumb enough
To run into a burning plane

And save a bunch of strangers?

I ain't the type.

Right.

We're here in the lobby
With evelyn laplante

Who says she
Is the wife

Of bernie laplante...

Oh, jesus christ all mighty.

...who was rescued
By john bubber.

Mrs. Laplante has just told me
That bernard laplante

Spoke to her earlier today
About going away
On a long trip

And wanting to say good-bye

To his ten-year-old son, joey.

I didn't know bernie would try

To jump off a building.

I just thought he was up
To his old...

There you go, tv.

You can't believe one word

You hear on tv.

Bernard laplante is
A decent, wonderful human
Being deep down.

It's all bullshit.

You have to know him.

You love your father?

Leave my boy alone.

My dad's great.

How did you feel, joey,
Seeing your dad on that ledge?

I was scared, but i...

But what, son?

But i knew john bubber
Would save him.

I think you should at least
Tell your son
About his father.

Off the record

Thank you for saving my life.

You're welcome.

...an organization designed
To help the needy...

...the homeless,
Veterans, elderly.

We're even funding a group
For the protection

Of small animals.

Mr. Bubber.

Mr. Bubber.

Hello, ms. Gayley.

You have a question for me?

Everyone thinks of you
As a hero, mr. Bubber.

How do you see yourself?

I think we're all heroes

If you catch us
At the right moment.

We all have something

Noble and decent in us
Trying to get out

And we're all less than heroic
At other times.

It's the media that notices

One person one moment

And not another.

I'm just like the next person-
Full of frailty

With some courage,
Some decency, mixed in.

You think i'm a hero.

To me, a hero is just a symbol
Of what's good in all of us.

You're looking at me

And maybe you just notice
What's good in yourself.

What a crock of shit.

Have you ever heard
More bullshit or drivel

Coming from somebody
Who's not even the president?

It's not unthinkable.

What?

The presidency--
The public loves him.

Remember where
I said

I was going
To explain

About life, buddy?

The thing
About life is

It gets weird.

People are always
Talking about truth

Like it's toilet paper
Or something

And they got a supply
In the closet.

What you learn
When you're older

Is there ain't no truth.

All there is
Is bullshit--

Pardon my vulgarity--

Layers of it.

One layer of bullshit
On top of another

And what you do in life

Is you pick the layer
Of bullshit you prefer

And that's your bullshit,
So to speak.

You got that?

No.

It's complicated.

Maybe when you go
To college...

You're going
To college, right?

I got it all fixed up.

Your mom and i
Want you to go.

Now, listen, joey.

What i'm going to tell you now
Is off the record.

Strict confidence, right?

Remember that night

It was raining
Like a son of a bitch--

The night of the plane crash

Where you seen on tv where
Bubber saved those people?

The thing about tv is

You don't want to believe
What you see--

Not if you're smart.

Now, what really happened...

( playing "auld lang syne" )

...and that's what
Really happened.

Wow!

But you always said
Keep a low profile.

Right.

You said never
Stick your neck out.

Right.

Well, how could you
Go in a burning plane

And save 54 people?

Well, i screwed up.

( woman screaming )

Woman:
My daughter fell
In the lion's cage!

Call the zoo keeper.

Hey, somebody call
The zoo keeper

For christ's sake.

Woman:
Please, my little girl
Fell in the lion's cage!

Help me,
Please!

Oh, for christ's sake.

Here...

Watch my shoes.

Chorus:
* ...and drink
A cup of kindness yet *

* for auld lang syne.

* hero

* hero

* someone above
Keeps sending us love *

* he wants us
To love each other *

* you see, the more we give,
The better we live *

* let's help the world
Of the future *

* we're singing

* oh, happy day

* life is for us

* 'cause life without love
Is a zero *

* come on, sing it together

* oh, happy day

* i heard someone say

* inside every heart
Is a hero *

* you're a hero

* if you're a friend
To every man *

* you're that much closer
To heaven *

* heaven knows,
In love we share *

* god wants us to care

* think of the world
We'll be getting *

* keep singing

* oh, happy day

* this world is for us

* but a world without love
Is a zero *

* there ain't nothing to it

* oh, happy day

* give love to someone

* and you'll have the heart
Of a hero *

* you're a hero

* sometimes a hero
Doesn't know he's a hero *

* and
That's the beauty of... *

* sharing love

* and
It doesn't take superman *

* just
Plain, ordinary people *

* trying to give someone
A hand *

* if they can

* together

* oh, happy day

* thank god for his love

* 'cause life without love
Is a zero *

* come on, sing it together

* oh, happy day

* give love to someone

* and you'll have the heart
Of a hero *

* oh, yes, you will 'cause

* oh, happy day

* oh, happy day

* life is for us

* but life without love
Is a zero *

* i want to hear
Everybody say *

* oh, happy day

* oh, happy day

* life is for us

* but life without love
Is a zero *

* i want to hear
Everybody say *

* oh, happy day

* oh, day

* i heard someone say

* that inside every heart
Is a hero *

* you're a hero

* say it

* hero