Fallow arriving, area A. Do you copy?
Hi, Mr. Fallow. Welcome.
Hi, so nice to see you!
Careful with that!
We're in a bit of a rush...
so let's hop on the cart and get going.
There are a lot of people waiting.
We're so honored to have you.
This is really
an historic occasion, Peter.
Mr. Fallow, I'd like
to take this private moment...
to tell you how much I admire your book.
When Faulkner was asked
to recommend three novels, he said:
"Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina,
Anna Karenina."
Today, he'd say:
"The Real McCoy and the Forgotten Lamb.
"The Real McCoy and the Forgotten Lamb,
The Real McCoy and..."
I know you've heard it a million times...
but the scene where the mayor is hit
in the head with the mayonnaise jar...
Well, to be continued.
Right this way.
I've got Mr. Fallow.
Get away!
This should never have happened.
I'm so sorry.
Right this way, Mr. Fallow.
We're just going through these two doors.
We're on our way.
But I must say, if I may quote you...
Look at all the busy bees.
If I may quote you...
"How in the name of God...
Who in the name of God...
"would bring a half-eaten jar
of mayonnaise to a public meeting?"
Ambassador!
I'm Charles Buchanan. This is my wife,
Stephanie, and my daughter.
Mr. Fallow, I read your book 15 times.
Next year, next year I'm going
to take a course in it.
We're going to go up by ourselves.
Are you hungry?
That's salmon, but I don't think
you should touch that.
Mr. Fallow, it's such an honor
to finally meet you.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
We are running a bit late.
I don't know what to say. Let me see...
-What's your name?
-Suzanne.
Are you married?
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
Animals!
Someone needs deodorant.
All right, all right, here we go.
Everything is under control.
Nothing to worry about.
Excuse me. I haven't
introduced myself, have I?
My name is Peter Fallow.
I am a writer.
But you know that already.
Unless you haven't read a newspaper
or seen a TV recently...
you know exactly who I am.
I am the man of the moment.
The hero of the evening.
Me and a book I happened to write.
The real hero of the evening
is not even with us tonight.
We'll come to him in a minute.
For now, indulge yourself
in the extravagance of the moment...
and remember, ifyou will,
a phrase from another little best-seller.
"What does it profit a man if he gains
the whole world and loses his soul?"
They're waiting.
This is a story about such a man.
There he is!
And it begins on a rainy night
a little over a year ago.
Our hero, Sherman McCoy,
was about to make a simple phone call.
But despite the existence of 11 phones
and seven different lines...
in the 14 rooms
of his $6-million-plus apartment...
this was a phone call
he could not make at home.
Gotcha!
What on earth are you doing?
I'm taking the dog for a walk.
You're not taking "the dog" for a walk,
you're taking "Marshall."
Marshall has a name. He's family.
And, anyway...
it's raining.
I know that.
So does Marshall.
He doesn't want to go.
Do you, Marshall?
Judy...
All right. Have a nice time.
He's not happy about it, Mr. McCoy.
Neither am I, Bill.
Tony, sir. My name is Tony.
Well, whatever.
Let's be men about this.
Hello, Sherman.
Good evening, Pollard.
It's raining, you know.
I did notice, yes.
Ah, Sherman, a true friend
to man's best friend.
Pollard, you old phrase-maker.
I beg your pardon?
Is that the best you can do?
Is that as witty as we get?
I don't know what you're talking about.
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Furthermore, if you're wet
when you return, take the service elevator.
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Come on, Marshall.
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Maria, hello. It's me.
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Who?
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I'm sorry.
May I speak to Maria?
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Who is this?
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Maria?
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Sherman?
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Sherman, is that you?
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Jesus!
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We're back.
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You were right. I got soaking wet
and Marshall didn't do anything.
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If you want to talk to a Maria...
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why call me?
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What do you mean?
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Please don't lie.
It makes your forehead crinkle.
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What are we talking about?
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You should see your face.
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I don't get it.
Did I miss something?
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You're going to stand there and say
you didn't call here asking for Maria?
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You think I don't know your voice?
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Judy, I was out walking the dog.
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Crinkle, crinkle.
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I am not lying. I took the dog for a walk.
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Then I came back here and wham!
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I hardly know what to say.
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You are asking me to prove
a negative proposition.
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Negative proposition?
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Oh, God, Sherman.
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Listen to the way I sound.
Listen to the stress. Hear it?
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I don't want to be this person. I don't.
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I am thin and beautiful.
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I do not deserve this.
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Here's the phone. Call her from here.
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I don't mind. I really don't mind.
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You are cheap and rotten and a liar.
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And you are dripping
on my Aubusson carpet.
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She was right.
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And Sherman knew it.
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Christ! How could he have been so stupid?
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A simple phone call.
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The next day, Judy's words still rang
in his ears.
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"Cheap, rotten and a liar."
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-Campbell, are we ready?
-I'm out of here.
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Hold on.
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Where is your mother?
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Campbell!
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She's crying on the Lifecycle.
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"Crying on the Lifecycle."
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Like so many men before him,
he was no match for a woman's tears.
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She won't kiss me because I'm all wet.
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Campbell, come and give
your mother a kiss.
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Judy?
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Why couldn't hejust say it:
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"Look, Judy, I still love you.
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"I still love our daughter,
our home, our life.
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"But I am a Master of the Universe.
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"I deserve more."
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Like the few privileged others
on Wall Street.
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How many? Two, three,
maybe 400 at most.
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For these men,
these Masters of the Universe...
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and Sherman McCoy was one of them...
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there were no limits whatsoever.
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Hi. This is 555-8771.
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Leave a message and I'll call you back.
Thank you.
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Maria, I've been calling you for days.
Call me at the office.
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Gene's on from London.
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-Let's go! Let's go!
-Calm down, Rawlie.
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Let's not get overexcited.
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Calm, cool, collated.
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Let's not lose our composure
over a few hundred million dollars.
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Christ, Sherman, you must be made of ice.
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Just remember, a frantic salesman
is a dead one.
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What the hell
will this crazy Giscard deal cost us?
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I need $600,000,000 to buy the bonds.
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You want us to sit
on $600,000,000 worth...
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of French government bonds?
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I'm confident on this.
It's a real sleeping beauty.
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-Where are you, Gene?
-At a cricket match.
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Somebody just hit the hell out of the ball.
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-Who's playing?
-Don't get technical.
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A bunch of men in white pants.
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How about it? Are we in or out?
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Gold has to hold steady.
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Bernard Sachs is already in
for $300,000,000.
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Feel better?
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You are going to make me
an old man.
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A rich old man, Gene. A rich old man.
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A $600,000,000 deal.
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Sherman's commission
would be $1.7 million.
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All in a day's work.
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He was there! At the top!
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Impervious, untouchable...
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insulated by wealth and power.
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A Master of the Universe.
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A great height
from which to view the world.
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A great height from which to fall.
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Sherman, you are an absolute angel
coming all the way out here.
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I had to talk to you.
I did a very stupid thing.
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Are we going to talk about it now?
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I'm afraid we have to.
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Sherman, don't you want
a little poontang first?
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I know it has its funny side,
but it isn't funny.
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It's your own fault
for getting caught like a red herring.
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You mean red-handed.
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Can't we stop talking
about your wife now...
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and head over to our little hideaway
on 59th Street and just hide away a little?
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I think she knows.
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Of course she knows. That's not the point.
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It isn't?
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God, Sherman, you are so sweet.
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I could eat you alive if I could get
this goddamn zipper down.
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Isn't that the turnoff?
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The turnoff to Manhattan?
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I can't get over right now.
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We'll just exit and get back on.
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Exit and get back on.
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Maria!
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Where are we?
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The Bronx.
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What does that mean?
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It means we're
north of Manhattan.
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All I need to do is make a right
and find a street back.
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And there it was.
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A simple wrong turn.
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Anyone could have done it.
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A simple phone call...
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a simple wrong turn,
and you're off the track...
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moving towards a destiny
you never imagined.
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-Sherman?
-Yes, Maria.
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Where are all the white people?
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Are they going to scratch the car?
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I'm from the South
and I don't like this very much.
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Excuse me.
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Please don't touch the car.
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Get us out of here.
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I have a red light.
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Hey, baby!
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We're having a party!
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Get us out of here!
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I want my money.
I want my money now!
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There was no need to panic.
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That's what you think.
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I have all my luggage with me.
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I just don't want to do anything stupid.
If we keep our heads, we'll be fine.
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We're in the middle
of a war zone...
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and you're worried about
doing the right thing?
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An arrow!
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Right there. It's an arrow!
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I see it.
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Then turn!
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I'm going to.
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There's the ramp
back to Manhattan. See?
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What's that?
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It's a body!
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It's an animal!
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Is it dead?
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It's a tire, that's all!
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-It's a dead tire?
-Calm down! It's just a tire!
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What are you doing?
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I can't drive around it.
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You're going to move it?
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Yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do.
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Sherman, be careful of your shoes.
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Sherman, come on.
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Touching that dirty old tire.
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I just want to get out of here.
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I want to get to Manhattan.
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Come on, Sherman.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Natives!
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Sherman! Sherman!
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Yo. Need some help?
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No.
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No, thank you. Hi!
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What's the problem? Need help or what?
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I don't think so. No. Thank you.
Very much.
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Shit.
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Shit!
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Sherman, come on!
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Sherman.
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I have to go.
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Where are you going with the tire?
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This is yours? Oh, then here, you take it.
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Oh, my God!
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Get in the car, quick!
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Here they come!
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Lock the door!
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Drive.
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Open the door!
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Get away! Get away!
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Careful. Look out!
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Back up!
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Get away from the car! I can't see a thing!
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Watch out!
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Go, car!
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Bitch, open this door!
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Where's the ramp?
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What are we doing here?
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Just make a left.
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A left? Okay, a left.
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Sherman, fuck the luggage.
Let's go have a drink.
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Maybe we should tell
the police about this.
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The police?
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Yes, the police.
We were almost robbed.
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There's a possibility that you...
that we hit one of them.
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There was this sound,
like we hit one of them.
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Did you see him get hit?
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No.
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Neither did I.
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So, if a question ever arises,
two boys blocked the road.
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They tried to rob us, and we got away.
That's all we know.
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But if we call the police now,
then we're not--
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Let's call them and invite them
to our little love nest.
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They'd love to get us.
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The police, the press,
and all the rest of the "mediarites."
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Mediarites?
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The newspapers, radio, television.
I can see it now.
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"Mr. Sherman McCoy of Park Avenue,
and Mrs. Arthur Ruskin of Fifth Avenue...
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"are recuperating after their adventures
in the Bronx."
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Explain that one to your wife.
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Yes, you have a point.
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But I'd feel better if--
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You don't have to feel better.
326
00:24:25,772 -- 00:24:27,842
I was the one who was driving.
327
00:24:28,292 -- 00:24:30,362
And I say I didn't hit anybody.
328
00:24:30,532 -- 00:24:33,729
And I'm not reporting anything
to the police.
329
00:24:34,052 -- 00:24:38,682
And if you're a gentleman,
you'll support me in that decision.
330
00:24:45,892 -- 00:24:47,769
We were in the jungle.
331
00:24:48,972 -- 00:24:51,202
-We were attacked.
-That's true.
332
00:24:51,492 -- 00:24:54,131
-We fought our way out.
-We could've been killed.
333
00:24:54,212 -- 00:24:55,645
We fought.
334
00:24:56,132 -- 00:24:58,043
I feel like an animal.
335
00:24:58,572 -- 00:25:00,767
You drove the hell out of that car.
336
00:25:00,932 -- 00:25:04,288
The hard part was getting into the seat,
over that gearshift.
337
00:25:04,452 -- 00:25:06,010
No, it was instinct.
338
00:25:06,092 -- 00:25:07,684
God, and that tire!
339
00:25:07,972 -- 00:25:10,725
-He was big, wasn't he?
-Sherman was bigger.
340
00:25:11,212 -- 00:25:13,726
-You were great.
-We were both great.
341
00:25:15,852 -- 00:25:19,049
This could be the best sex we've had
in a long time.
342
00:25:19,532 -- 00:25:22,524
-I still think--
-Don't think!
343
00:25:22,732 -- 00:25:24,290
Just fuck!
344
00:25:32,612 -- 00:25:34,443
Mr. Sonnenberg?
345
00:25:35,972 -- 00:25:38,247
Where the hell is Mr. Sonnenberg?
346
00:25:40,172 -- 00:25:44,006
Mr. Lockwood, you sit down.
If and when your lawyer appears--
347
00:25:44,292 -- 00:25:46,123
Two to six, Judge.
348
00:25:46,412 -- 00:25:50,041
Two to six. Two weeks ago,
he told me two to six.
349
00:25:50,572 -- 00:25:52,210
Two to six, or we go to trial.
350
00:25:52,292 -- 00:25:54,965
-Nobody wants to go to trial.
-I'll go.
351
00:25:55,052 -- 00:25:56,405
Approach the bench.
352
00:25:56,492 -- 00:25:58,403
I'll approach the bench.
353
00:26:01,132 -- 00:26:05,091
Listen, you son of a bitch.
You're a nice boy, with a lot going for you.
354
00:26:05,252 -- 00:26:09,086
We got 7,000 felony indictments
in the Bronx every year.
355
00:26:09,292 -- 00:26:12,090
We got room for 650 trials.
Yours isn't one of them.
356
00:26:12,172 -- 00:26:13,366
I go to trial.
357
00:26:13,572 -- 00:26:15,483
You go sit down.
358
00:26:15,812 -- 00:26:19,327
And you'll take whatever plea bargain
we give you.
359
00:26:19,532 -- 00:26:23,411
You'll kiss my ass and thank me
that I didn't put you away for 25 years.
360
00:26:23,532 -- 00:26:27,650
That's what you'd get if this case goes
to trial. Now get out of my face.
361
00:26:37,932 -- 00:26:39,206
What'd he do?
362
00:26:39,972 -- 00:26:44,443
Robbed and raped a 70-year-old lady
and put her in a garbage can.
363
00:26:44,652 -- 00:26:46,085
Jesus Christ.
364
00:26:46,412 -- 00:26:48,164
Welcome to the South Bronx.
365
00:26:49,572 -- 00:26:51,847
People versus Harold Williams.
366
00:26:52,772 -- 00:26:55,366
Indictment number 294721.
367
00:26:57,612 -- 00:27:00,001
This case was dismissed three weeks ago.
368
00:27:00,132 -- 00:27:01,531
Go get 'em, tiger.
369
00:27:02,532 -- 00:27:04,090
Why is this case here?
370
00:27:06,052 -- 00:27:08,771
May I approach the bench, Your Honor?
371
00:27:09,572 -- 00:27:11,085
Who the hell are you?
372
00:27:13,132 -- 00:27:15,248
Assistant District Attorney Kramer.
373
00:27:15,692 -- 00:27:18,252
Mr. Kramer, you are new here.
374
00:27:18,572 -- 00:27:20,563
Let me explain something to you.
375
00:27:21,252 -- 00:27:24,483
This case is what we call a piece of shit.
376
00:27:24,812 -- 00:27:28,600
Which, loosely translated,
means you don't have any evidence.
377
00:27:30,372 -- 00:27:34,365
Except that District Attorney Weiss
has instructed me to show you--
378
00:27:34,532 -- 00:27:37,569
I know who the District Attorney is,
Mr. Kramer.
379
00:27:38,732 -- 00:27:42,042
The only reason Mr. Weiss is interested
in this case...
380
00:27:42,252 -- 00:27:44,607
is because Mr. Williams over there...
381
00:27:44,972 -- 00:27:48,806
is a white man who lives
in a nice big house in Riverdale.
382
00:27:50,252 -- 00:27:51,765
I'm not following you.
383
00:27:51,852 -- 00:27:54,002
Because it's an election year.
384
00:27:54,092 -- 00:27:57,528
Ninety-nine percent of those you shovel
through this court are black...
385
00:27:57,612 -- 00:28:00,763
and the other ninety-nine percent
don't speak English.
386
00:28:01,252 -- 00:28:02,731
But they do vote.
387
00:28:03,532 -- 00:28:06,729
So your boss, the District Attorney,
Mr. Weiss...
388
00:28:07,172 -- 00:28:11,006
who dreams every night
of one day becoming mayor of New York...
389
00:28:11,212 -- 00:28:12,930
needs a white man.
390
00:28:13,092 -- 00:28:16,482
He needs to find him, book him,
and throw him in jail.
391
00:28:16,972 -- 00:28:18,644
Then everybody likes him.
392
00:28:18,732 -- 00:28:20,643
The press and voters like him.
393
00:28:22,412 -- 00:28:24,687
Even your mother would like him.
394
00:28:24,972 -- 00:28:27,008
-You following me?
-I am now.
395
00:28:27,212 -- 00:28:29,521
Now you tell your boss,
"Captain Ahab" Weiss...
396
00:28:29,612 -- 00:28:33,890
that I know he's out there looking
for "the great white defendant."
397
00:28:34,092 -- 00:28:36,765
But Mr. Williams, over there, is not it!
398
00:28:39,212 -- 00:28:40,884
Don't take it personally.
399
00:28:41,252 -- 00:28:43,243
Maybe he didn't like your shoes.
400
00:28:43,652 -- 00:28:44,846
You Andruitti?
401
00:28:45,252 -- 00:28:48,688
I'm Martin, this is Goldberg.
We just came from Bronx Hospital.
402
00:28:49,092 -- 00:28:52,641
Kid named Henry Lamb came in last night
with a broken wrist.
403
00:28:52,932 -- 00:28:55,207
They fixed him up and sent him home.
404
00:28:55,492 -- 00:28:58,370
This morning, he comes back in
with a concussion.
405
00:28:58,532 -- 00:29:01,251
He goes into a coma
and now they say he'll die.
406
00:29:01,412 -- 00:29:02,970
Did you talk to him?
407
00:29:03,052 -- 00:29:04,644
He's in a coma.
408
00:29:05,612 -- 00:29:07,330
What else?
409
00:29:07,492 -- 00:29:09,483
There's a nurse busting my balls.
410
00:29:09,572 -- 00:29:13,087
Says the kid told his mother he was hit
by a Mercedes, which drove off.
411
00:29:13,172 -- 00:29:15,732
-Hit-and-run.
-The mother told you this?
412
00:29:15,812 -- 00:29:19,725
She's got a pile of parking tickets
and won't talk to the police.
413
00:29:19,812 -- 00:29:21,131
Why come to us?
414
00:29:21,292 -- 00:29:24,602
You've got an unconscious victim,
no witness, and no driver.
415
00:29:25,292 -- 00:29:28,648
You've got what we call a piece of shit.
Right, Kramer?
416
00:29:28,972 -- 00:29:30,803
What we've got is a problem.
417
00:29:31,012 -- 00:29:33,082
Ever hear of Reverend Bacon?
418
00:29:33,892 -- 00:29:35,848
No, not me, gentlemen.
419
00:29:36,132 -- 00:29:39,010
Kramer, this is all yours. See you later.
420
00:29:41,572 -- 00:29:43,051
Reverend Bacon?
421
00:29:52,012 -- 00:29:54,207
This is a tragedy!
422
00:29:55,332 -- 00:29:58,404
A fine young man has been struck down.
423
00:29:59,532 -- 00:30:03,525
God-fearing, church-going,
never in trouble...
424
00:30:04,132 -- 00:30:07,966
graduated from high school,
on his way to college.
425
00:30:08,172 -- 00:30:12,051
Somebody comes along,
some rich white people...
426
00:30:12,332 -- 00:30:15,165
in a rich white man's car and wham!
427
00:30:18,052 -- 00:30:21,408
They run him down and never even stop.
428
00:30:25,292 -- 00:30:27,852
Now what'll we do
about these parking tickets?
429
00:30:31,332 -- 00:30:33,846
First of all, Reverend...is it Reverend?
430
00:30:33,932 -- 00:30:36,321
Is, was and always will be.
431
00:30:37,892 -- 00:30:40,326
First of all, we have no evidence--
432
00:30:40,652 -- 00:30:42,563
This is your evidence!
433
00:30:45,292 -- 00:30:47,647
I'm sorry. I didn't see you.
434
00:30:47,852 -- 00:30:50,730
Mrs. Lamb is not speaking to the police.
435
00:30:51,052 -- 00:30:53,805
Until we have proper counsel,
I'll speak for her.
436
00:30:54,252 -- 00:30:55,844
Fine. That's good.
437
00:30:56,132 -- 00:31:00,444
I just want to get a few things straight.
The boy was hit by a car?
438
00:31:00,612 -- 00:31:02,125
On Bruckner Boulevard!
439
00:31:02,212 -- 00:31:05,409
Innocently walking along
minding his own business.
440
00:31:05,612 -- 00:31:08,001
A clear case of hit-and-run.
441
00:31:08,612 -- 00:31:12,969
But there were no witnesses.
Without a witness, you have no case.
442
00:31:13,252 -- 00:31:15,083
You got what he told his mother.
443
00:31:15,172 -- 00:31:16,446
It's hearsay.
444
00:31:16,612 -- 00:31:20,651
You and I may believe it,
but it's not admissible in a court of law.
445
00:31:21,092 -- 00:31:23,811
If this boy was born on Park Avenue...
446
00:31:23,972 -- 00:31:27,009
and was run down by two niggers
in a Pontiac...
447
00:31:27,172 -- 00:31:29,242
then you'd have a case, right?
448
00:31:29,372 -- 00:31:31,886
I work Park Avenue
and Bruckner Boulevard.
449
00:31:31,972 -- 00:31:34,122
There's good and bad in both places.
450
00:31:34,212 -- 00:31:36,601
We'll try to help this lady...
451
00:31:36,732 -- 00:31:38,802
but there's not much to go on.
452
00:31:40,332 -- 00:31:42,892
I want you to make an investment here.
453
00:31:43,172 -- 00:31:46,369
An investment in steam control.
454
00:31:47,372 -- 00:31:48,646
Steam control?
455
00:31:49,132 -- 00:31:50,724
Steam control.
456
00:31:51,372 -- 00:31:55,206
A righteous steam is building up
in the souls of my people.
457
00:31:55,492 -- 00:31:57,722
And that steam is ready to blow!
458
00:31:58,092 -- 00:31:59,320
I see.
459
00:31:59,972 -- 00:32:03,044
On Judgment Day, I am your safety valve.
460
00:32:03,212 -- 00:32:05,885
Because when it blows, and it will...
461
00:32:06,092 -- 00:32:10,529
how grateful you will be
that I am on your side.
462
00:32:10,732 -- 00:32:15,408
The one nigger who can control
the steam and save your white ass...
463
00:32:16,052 -- 00:32:18,282
from being burned
off the face of the earth.
464
00:32:18,372 -- 00:32:19,646
So to speak.
465
00:32:23,052 -- 00:32:25,612
Thank you. We'll see what we can do.
466
00:32:26,372 -- 00:32:27,646
Excuse me.
467
00:32:39,532 -- 00:32:41,204
Thank you.
468
00:32:42,212 -- 00:32:43,850
He said...
469
00:32:44,332 -- 00:32:47,210
He said it started with an "R."
470
00:32:48,292 -- 00:32:51,329
The second letter was an "E"...
471
00:32:52,012 -- 00:32:53,445
or a "P."
472
00:32:53,892 -- 00:32:58,329
Those were the first two letters
of the license plate.
473
00:33:00,932 -- 00:33:03,162
We should move up here.
474
00:33:05,252 -- 00:33:09,086
Have you ever thought about moving out
of New York?
475
00:33:09,572 -- 00:33:13,406
Keep a small place in town.
Save loads of money. What do you think?
476
00:33:15,012 -- 00:33:16,286
About what?
477
00:33:16,972 -- 00:33:19,327
Do you think we could leave New York?
478
00:33:21,052 -- 00:33:22,531
No.
479
00:33:22,852 -- 00:33:24,171
My father did it.
480
00:33:24,452 -- 00:33:26,682
You are not your father.
481
00:33:28,492 -- 00:33:30,562
She knew how to hurt a guy.
482
00:33:30,852 -- 00:33:33,571
No, he was nothing like his father.
483
00:33:34,412 -- 00:33:38,087
His father, "The Lion of Dunning,
Sponget and Leach."
484
00:33:38,372 -- 00:33:41,728
His father, who took the subway
to work every day of his life.
485
00:33:41,932 -- 00:33:44,969
His father, who believed
in principles and ethics...
486
00:33:45,292 -- 00:33:49,922
whose lessons about duty and debt
had whistled through his son's head.
487
00:33:51,652 -- 00:33:54,086
Sherman McCoy was
nothing like his father.
488
00:33:55,372 -- 00:33:57,932
What're you looking for
in that paper?
489
00:33:58,412 -- 00:34:00,482
Nothing. Nothing special.
490
00:34:00,812 -- 00:34:02,404
What's a bond?
491
00:34:02,692 -- 00:34:04,444
Sherman, do explain it.
492
00:34:04,652 -- 00:34:07,689
Yes, your mother and I really want
to hear this.
493
00:34:09,732 -- 00:34:12,963
A bond is a way of lending people money.
494
00:34:13,292 -- 00:34:17,763
Say you want to build a road or a hospital,
and you need a lot of money.
495
00:34:18,052 -- 00:34:20,486
What you do is issue a bond.
496
00:34:21,412 -- 00:34:23,004
Do you build roads?
497
00:34:23,652 -- 00:34:26,041
No, I don't actually build them.
498
00:34:26,212 -- 00:34:27,884
You're in over your head.
499
00:34:28,132 -- 00:34:29,724
Let me try.
500
00:34:30,412 -- 00:34:34,883
Darling, Daddy doesn't build roads
or hospitals or anything, really.
501
00:34:35,652 -- 00:34:38,689
Daddy handles bonds for the people
who raise the money.
502
00:34:38,892 -- 00:34:41,281
That's what he said. Bonds.
503
00:34:43,172 -- 00:34:46,847
Just imagine that a bond is a slice of cake.
504
00:34:47,532 -- 00:34:50,092
Now, you didn't bake that cake.
505
00:34:50,412 -- 00:34:53,882
But every time you hand a slice
of that cake to somebody else...
506
00:34:54,052 -- 00:34:55,883
a little piece comes off.
507
00:34:55,972 -- 00:34:57,610
Little crumbs fall off.
508
00:34:58,092 -- 00:34:59,969
Really. Crumbs?
509
00:35:00,812 -- 00:35:03,531
And you are allowed to keep those crumbs.
510
00:35:03,812 -- 00:35:07,327
And many a man has sold his soul
for those little crumbs.
511
00:35:07,532 -- 00:35:09,284
And that's what Daddy does.
512
00:35:09,572 -- 00:35:13,406
Daddy passes somebody else's cake around
and picks up all of the crumbs.
513
00:35:14,052 -- 00:35:18,887
But you have to imagine a lot of crumbs,
and a great big golden cake...
514
00:35:19,372 -- 00:35:21,442
and a lot of golden crumbs.
515
00:35:22,692 -- 00:35:26,401
And imagine Daddy running around
picking up every little golden crumb...
516
00:35:26,492 -- 00:35:27,720
he can grab.
517
00:35:28,132 -- 00:35:30,362
And that's what Daddy does.
518
00:35:31,972 -- 00:35:34,327
You can call them crumbs if you want to.
519
00:35:34,412 -- 00:35:36,448
I'm doing the best I can.
520
00:35:37,452 -- 00:35:38,885
Excuse me.
521
00:35:47,692 -- 00:35:50,684
In my day, there was some integrity to it.
522
00:35:53,732 -- 00:35:57,566
Now it isn't about anything, is it?
Except the money.
523
00:35:58,052 -- 00:36:00,612
Well, I don't make the rules, so...
524
00:36:01,132 -- 00:36:03,566
All the more reason not to play the game.
525
00:36:06,372 -- 00:36:08,283
We're just having a little...
526
00:36:08,652 -- 00:36:10,563
It's nothing really.
527
00:36:15,052 -- 00:36:18,249
Up to this point in our story,
I was blissfully ignorant.
528
00:36:18,332 -- 00:36:20,926
I had no idea of the storm
that was gathering.
529
00:36:21,052 -- 00:36:22,929
Never even heard of Sherman McCoy.
530
00:36:23,012 -- 00:36:27,244
Hadn't the faintest notion that soon
his name would be inexorably tied to mine.
531
00:36:27,452 -- 00:36:30,888
That his fate would be inextricably bound
to my own destiny.
532
00:36:31,132 -- 00:36:32,724
I had my own problems...
533
00:36:32,932 -- 00:36:36,925
and I had no idea that Sherman McCoy
was the solution I was looking for.
534
00:36:38,652 -- 00:36:40,085
You're bad!
535
00:36:44,812 -- 00:36:46,962
Caroline, you look beautiful!
536
00:36:47,292 -- 00:36:48,691
-You devil.
-You pig.
537
00:36:48,772 -- 00:36:51,605
-Join us for a cocktail.
-No, I'm with someone.
538
00:36:52,092 -- 00:36:54,003
And a pretty someone he is.
539
00:36:55,772 -- 00:36:58,889
Filippo Chirazzi, the artist.
Peter Fallow, the has-been.
540
00:36:58,972 -- 00:37:00,451
Enchant.
541
00:37:00,732 -- 00:37:02,643
We're crowded this evening.
542
00:37:02,852 -- 00:37:05,571
Why don't you sit on top of Billy Cortez?
543
00:37:05,852 -- 00:37:08,412
I'll see if Caroline will sit on my face.
544
00:37:08,612 -- 00:37:12,890
No thanks. The last time I sat on your face
I got a yeast infection.
545
00:37:16,252 -- 00:37:17,731
Good evening, Peter.
546
00:37:19,852 -- 00:37:21,126
Good evening.
547
00:37:21,212 -- 00:37:23,772
Don't get up. Do you know my daughter?
548
00:37:24,932 -- 00:37:27,321
Of course. How are you, Evelyn?
549
00:37:27,532 -- 00:37:29,762
This is one of my invisible employees.
550
00:37:29,852 -- 00:37:34,004
One of the many journalists
who supposedly write for my newspaper.
551
00:37:34,332 -- 00:37:36,243
You're very honored to see him.
552
00:37:37,212 -- 00:37:38,361
I rarely do.
553
00:37:40,292 -- 00:37:42,965
I can explain. Come have a drink--
554
00:37:43,132 -- 00:37:45,202
We're having a private party.
555
00:37:45,572 -- 00:37:49,121
I was at a dinner last evening,
and halfway through the pudding...
556
00:37:49,372 -- 00:37:53,081
a 4-year-old child came in
dragging a little toy cart.
557
00:37:53,452 -- 00:37:55,966
And on the cart was a fresh turd.
558
00:37:56,252 -- 00:37:57,685
Her own, I suppose.
559
00:37:57,892 -- 00:38:00,770
The parents just shook their heads
and smiled.
560
00:38:01,212 -- 00:38:03,931
I've made a big investment in you, Peter.
561
00:38:04,132 -- 00:38:06,521
Time and money, and it's not working.
562
00:38:06,892 -- 00:38:09,565
I could just shake my head and smile.
563
00:38:09,892 -- 00:38:12,850
But in my house, when a turd appears,
we deal with it.
564
00:38:12,932 -- 00:38:15,651
We dispose of it. We flush it away.
565
00:38:16,572 -- 00:38:19,291
We don't put it on the table
and call it caviar.
566
00:38:19,652 -- 00:38:22,166
Of course you don't.
I've been working at home.
567
00:38:22,252 -- 00:38:26,564
I'm working on a story that I can't talk
about here. It's a big story.
568
00:38:26,852 -- 00:38:29,446
I sincerely hope so, Peter.
569
00:38:30,332 -- 00:38:32,084
I sincerely hope so.
570
00:38:37,372 -- 00:38:41,047
It was the end of the road for me.
I could see it coming.
571
00:38:42,052 -- 00:38:44,122
See it coming? It was here.
572
00:38:44,892 -- 00:38:47,804
I'd had my chance and I'd blown it away
in a bottle.
573
00:38:48,092 -- 00:38:50,925
It was over. I had to face up to that fact.
574
00:38:53,092 -- 00:38:54,889
I could go back home.
575
00:38:55,172 -- 00:38:57,288
Small town, small newspaper.
576
00:38:57,692 -- 00:39:00,252
Or I could write a novel or two.
577
00:39:00,892 -- 00:39:02,803
Or I could slit my wrists.
578
00:39:03,052 -- 00:39:07,603
This last idea seemed most appealing,
as it required the least amount of effort.
579
00:39:09,852 -- 00:39:11,763
And then the telephone rang.
580
00:39:16,772 -- 00:39:17,841
Yeah?
581
00:39:17,932 -- 00:39:19,923
Peter! Albert Fox here.
582
00:39:21,612 -- 00:39:22,761
Peter?
583
00:39:23,052 -- 00:39:24,610
Peter!
584
00:39:25,852 -- 00:39:27,763
Yeah, this is Peter.
585
00:39:28,132 -- 00:39:30,043
You sound terrific.
586
00:39:30,412 -- 00:39:31,970
Any pulse?
587
00:39:33,412 -- 00:39:37,883
I called the paper. No one knew
where you were or who you were.
588
00:39:38,172 -- 00:39:39,810
Anything I should know?
589
00:39:39,932 -- 00:39:42,400
No, I'm just working at home today.
590
00:39:42,652 -- 00:39:46,645
Good. There's something
I want to talk to you about.
591
00:39:46,852 -- 00:39:48,922
There's a hell of a story in it.
592
00:39:49,252 -- 00:39:52,085
Meet me at NBC, studio 4H, 7:00.
593
00:39:52,332 -- 00:39:53,811
Ciao.
594
00:39:54,052 -- 00:39:55,531
Yeah. Ciao.
595
00:39:59,612 -- 00:40:01,921
You see that Henry Lamb material?
596
00:40:02,012 -- 00:40:03,843
Yeah, I looked at it.
597
00:40:04,292 -- 00:40:05,771
What do you think?
598
00:40:05,852 -- 00:40:07,126
What do I think?
599
00:40:07,452 -- 00:40:10,489
I think it's an unfortunate situation.
600
00:40:10,812 -- 00:40:12,484
Where's the Goddamn story?
601
00:40:12,572 -- 00:40:16,724
A poor, innocent black kid
walking down the street...
602
00:40:16,972 -- 00:40:20,362
and boom! Hit-and-run.
There's a story in it for somebody.
603
00:40:21,332 -- 00:40:23,243
The black community's up in arms.
604
00:40:23,332 -- 00:40:27,120
And when Reverend Bacon gets a feather
in his ass, the shit flies high.
605
00:40:29,052 -- 00:40:31,168
What's your angle on all this?
606
00:40:31,972 -- 00:40:34,088
What do you stand to get out of it?
607
00:40:34,972 -- 00:40:38,009
I'm a lawyer. I want justice done.
608
00:40:39,452 -- 00:40:42,410
Reverend Bacon is my friend.
It'll be good for him.
609
00:40:42,892 -- 00:40:46,646
And knowing your situation,
I thought if you broke the story--
610
00:40:46,812 -- 00:40:48,245
Wait a minute.
611
00:40:50,092 -- 00:40:52,242
What do you mean, my situation?
612
00:40:55,292 -- 00:40:57,760
Your boss was at my house for dinner.
613
00:40:58,332 -- 00:40:59,845
He said a few things.
614
00:41:01,892 -- 00:41:03,166
I see.
615
00:41:06,212 -- 00:41:08,772
-You have a little daughter?
-Yes, I do.
616
00:41:08,932 -- 00:41:10,968
I bet she has a toy wagon.
617
00:41:11,212 -- 00:41:12,884
Yes, she does. Why?
618
00:41:13,132 -- 00:41:14,690
Got any scotch in that car?
619
00:41:15,652 -- 00:41:17,643
Henry Lamb. Who's that?
620
00:41:17,852 -- 00:41:21,208
He was a student of yours
at Ruppert High.
621
00:41:21,412 -- 00:41:23,004
He was? What's he done?
622
00:41:23,292 -- 00:41:25,852
Nothing. He's been seriously injured.
623
00:41:26,212 -- 00:41:28,089
I'm a newspaper reporter.
624
00:41:28,292 -- 00:41:29,805
I don't remember him.
625
00:41:29,932 -- 00:41:31,888
What kind of student was he?
626
00:41:31,972 -- 00:41:34,532
If I don't remember him,
I guess he was okay.
627
00:41:35,332 -- 00:41:36,924
Was he a good student?
628
00:41:37,692 -- 00:41:41,844
Good doesn't apply at Ruppert High.
They're cooperative or life-threatening.
629
00:41:42,692 -- 00:41:45,286
-Wasn't he going to college?
-City College.
630
00:41:45,892 -- 00:41:50,682
If you live in the city, graduate high school,
and breathe, they take you.
631
00:41:52,492 -- 00:41:56,451
What about his performance in class?
Any aptitude, special skills?
632
00:41:57,692 -- 00:41:59,762
I got 65 students in each class.
633
00:41:59,932 -- 00:42:02,571
Tests, homework, any written work?
634
00:42:02,692 -- 00:42:06,810
There hasn't been written work
at Ruppert High for 20 years.
635
00:42:08,132 -- 00:42:10,521
How do you keep track of the kids?
636
00:42:10,732 -- 00:42:13,405
There must be some records.
637
00:42:13,692 -- 00:42:16,650
You're thinking about
honor students and grades.
638
00:42:16,732 -- 00:42:20,486
We don't make those comparisons.
We just try to keep them off the streets.
639
00:42:20,572 -- 00:42:22,483
At Ruppert, an honor student...
640
00:42:22,652 -- 00:42:26,361
is somebody who comes to class
and doesn't piss on the teacher.
641
00:42:31,012 -- 00:42:32,604
By that standard...
642
00:42:33,532 -- 00:42:35,602
was Henry Lamb an honor student?
643
00:42:38,572 -- 00:42:39,971
He never pissed on me.
644
00:42:40,252 -- 00:42:44,723
No, you're exaggerating
the situation. The franc is no problem.
645
00:42:45,292 -- 00:42:49,729
We can hedge that to next January,
to the term or to both, whatever.
646
00:42:50,852 -- 00:42:52,968
I don't think that's necessary.
647
00:42:56,732 -- 00:42:59,769
Look, Bernard, we've had our share of...
648
00:43:00,252 -- 00:43:05,929
Hell, I wouldn't even call them...problems,
so let's not work ourselves up...
649
00:43:06,212 -- 00:43:08,442
into a...coma.
650
00:43:08,732 -- 00:43:10,643
Jesus Christ, let me see that!
651
00:43:10,852 -- 00:43:12,444
No, not you, Bernard.
652
00:43:21,572 -- 00:43:24,405
Wait. What the hell are you talking about?
653
00:43:25,052 -- 00:43:28,249
No, we can't wait.
We have to move on this thing now.
654
00:43:31,852 -- 00:43:34,047
You're bringing up phantom issues!
655
00:43:34,332 -- 00:43:37,369
We must pull ourselves together
and fucking do it!
656
00:43:37,532 -- 00:43:38,647
Look!
657
00:43:38,852 -- 00:43:40,683
Bernard. Bernard!
658
00:43:41,052 -- 00:43:43,612
But it was too late. It was gone.
659
00:43:43,852 -- 00:43:45,080
Oh, Jesus.
660
00:43:46,812 -- 00:43:48,723
$600,000,000.
661
00:43:49,412 -- 00:43:53,928
On Wall Street, a frantic salesman was
a dead salesman. And Sherman knew it.
662
00:44:01,532 -- 00:44:03,045
You know what?
663
00:44:03,292 -- 00:44:06,170
I was just thinking of you.
Where have you been?
664
00:44:06,332 -- 00:44:07,890
Have you seen this?
665
00:44:08,092 -- 00:44:10,401
-Don't I get a kiss first?
-Have you read it?
666
00:44:10,492 -- 00:44:13,689
You know I only read
the newspapers spasmodically.
667
00:44:15,132 -- 00:44:16,724
Sporadically?
668
00:44:18,972 -- 00:44:23,602
Who is this Peter Fallow
character? He's got it all wrong!
669
00:44:23,932 -- 00:44:26,810
Excuse me, but what is going on here?
670
00:44:27,132 -- 00:44:30,807
I'm installing a new intercom system.
Super let me in.
671
00:44:31,172 -- 00:44:33,402
Are you Caroline Heftshank?
672
00:44:35,452 -- 00:44:37,329
I need you to sign a receipt.
673
00:44:37,412 -- 00:44:41,087
I don't live here.
I'm a guest of Miss Heftshank.
674
00:44:44,252 -- 00:44:46,163
No problem. I'm all done.
675
00:44:50,212 -- 00:44:52,407
-That was close.
-What's going on?
676
00:44:52,612 -- 00:44:56,571
I don't know. Caroline pays $300 rent
for this place.
677
00:44:56,812 -- 00:45:00,248
It's rent-controlled. I sublet it for $1,100.
678
00:45:00,452 -- 00:45:02,363
But it's not legal.
679
00:45:02,652 -- 00:45:05,962
To get Caroline out,
they have to prove she doesn't live here.
680
00:45:06,052 -- 00:45:10,364
Isn't it weird that he came here today?
After that piece in the paper?
681
00:45:12,772 -- 00:45:15,332
You are completely "paranoidical."
682
00:45:15,812 -- 00:45:19,646
I have to leave for the airport
in about 20 minutes.
683
00:45:20,332 -- 00:45:23,130
So, we don't have much time.
684
00:45:25,252 -- 00:45:27,686
Do you think they could trace
the car to me?
685
00:45:27,772 -- 00:45:30,809
How? They don't have
the full number or a witness.
686
00:45:30,972 -- 00:45:34,965
The only person who could recognize you
is in terminal "comatosis."
687
00:45:35,132 -- 00:45:38,169
But the other fella.
Suppose he comes forward?
688
00:45:38,372 -- 00:45:41,682
If he was going to materialize,
he would have by now.
689
00:45:41,932 -- 00:45:44,810
And he hasn't because he's a criminal.
690
00:45:46,372 -- 00:45:48,010
What a wretched painting.
691
00:45:48,092 -- 00:45:50,970
It's a Filippo Chirazzi.
He's a friend of Caroline's.
692
00:45:51,052 -- 00:45:54,647
-Know him?
-I hope not. God, that looks like you.
693
00:45:54,892 -- 00:45:56,450
No. How could it?
694
00:45:58,812 -- 00:46:03,124
-Where are you going?
-The airport. The car's coming soon.
695
00:46:03,332 -- 00:46:06,404
We have time for a quickie.
What do you say?
696
00:46:08,732 -- 00:46:12,884
I've lost $600,000,000 today.
Possibly my job.
697
00:46:13,532 -- 00:46:16,285
I don't feel terrifically sexy at the moment.
698
00:46:19,612 -- 00:46:22,843
You know I'm a sucker
for a soft dick, Sherman.
699
00:46:22,932 -- 00:46:25,446
You are incorrigible.
700
00:46:28,972 -- 00:46:33,887
I suppose we could still go to the police.
We could get a talented lawyer.
701
00:46:34,012 -- 00:46:36,731
And put our heads right
into the tiger's mouth?
702
00:46:37,372 -- 00:46:39,522
I'm the one who was driving the car.
703
00:46:39,772 -- 00:46:42,809
Shouldn't I be the one
to make that decision?
704
00:46:43,492 -- 00:46:46,052
And I say no. I say no.
705
00:46:47,812 -- 00:46:49,131
Trust me.
706
00:46:49,892 -- 00:46:53,202
Nothing will come
of that little newspaper article.
707
00:46:53,932 -- 00:46:55,843
Absolutely nothing.
708
00:47:12,892 -- 00:47:15,122
Mr. Fallow. Our hero.
709
00:47:15,652 -- 00:47:17,131
Reverend Bacon.
710
00:47:17,252 -- 00:47:20,244
I feel as we already know each other.
And Mr. Corsaro.
711
00:47:21,052 -- 00:47:22,610
Nice to see you again.
712
00:47:22,732 -- 00:47:25,326
You have an exclusive.
Understand?
713
00:47:25,692 -- 00:47:29,241
I could've had every newspaper
and TV station spreading this news.
714
00:47:29,572 -- 00:47:34,009
But I have chosen only
you two. And I expect big coverage.
715
00:47:34,732 -- 00:47:36,450
In-depth coverage.
716
00:47:36,932 -- 00:47:38,331
Let's get to work.
717
00:47:38,452 -- 00:47:39,726
Let's go.
718
00:47:45,052 -- 00:47:49,045
Might we be making a mountain
out of a molehill? Honestly--
719
00:47:49,212 -- 00:47:51,328
Honesty has nothing to do with this.
720
00:47:51,612 -- 00:47:55,446
This is show business. I've never known
the two to go hand in hand.
721
00:47:55,652 -- 00:47:58,644
Neither have I.
And I'm supposed to be a journalist.
722
00:47:58,812 -- 00:48:01,246
You're a drunk. That's what I heard.
723
00:48:01,692 -- 00:48:05,048
And you're almost out of a job.
Or am I misinformed?
724
00:48:05,212 -- 00:48:06,611
You have the wrong man.
725
00:48:06,692 -- 00:48:08,603
No, I don't think so.
726
00:48:08,932 -- 00:48:10,650
I don't think so at all.
727
00:48:11,492 -- 00:48:13,005
TV's ready, Reverend.
728
00:48:16,012 -- 00:48:19,925
Stay in the wide shot.
Push in when you see the action.
729
00:48:23,932 -- 00:48:25,331
He's something, isn't he?
730
00:48:25,412 -- 00:48:26,561
He sure is.
731
00:48:26,692 -- 00:48:29,923
He's on the level with this one, right?
The story's legitimate.
732
00:48:30,012 -- 00:48:31,047
Of course.
733
00:48:31,132 -- 00:48:32,804
This Henry Lamb's a nice kid.
734
00:48:32,892 -- 00:48:35,770
The neighbors like him. No record.
Honor student.
735
00:48:36,092 -- 00:48:37,684
No question about it.
736
00:48:37,892 -- 00:48:42,124
Personally, I don't care. But, when I finish
with this story, the kid'll be a saint.
737
00:48:42,212 -- 00:48:44,248
Be nice to know it's true, that's all.
738
00:48:44,332 -- 00:48:45,560
It's true.
739
00:48:46,332 -- 00:48:48,562
We're rolling the cameras. Go ahead.
740
00:48:54,492 -- 00:49:01,330
Brothers and sisters, I stand before you
with a heart that is broken.
741
00:49:02,372 -- 00:49:07,082
And I stand before you
with a heart that is angry.
742
00:49:08,132 -- 00:49:14,970
It's heartbroken because our brother,
our neighbor, our son, Henry Lamb...
743
00:49:15,452 -- 00:49:19,764
has been struck down
in the prime of his young life.
744
00:49:20,332 -- 00:49:25,326
And now he lies in a hospital...
broken, like my heart.
745
00:49:25,892 -- 00:49:28,611
But I tell you, my heart is also angry.
746
00:49:28,892 -- 00:49:30,405
Yes! Angry!
747
00:49:30,652 -- 00:49:34,850
Because the driver
of that car didn't do nothing for him!
748
00:49:35,212 -- 00:49:37,123
And neither did the police!
749
00:49:37,372 -- 00:49:40,125
And neither did this man!
750
00:49:40,772 -- 00:49:42,410
Mr. Abraham Weiss.
751
00:49:42,652 -- 00:49:45,849
That's my name. My own fucking name.
752
00:49:47,012 -- 00:49:48,923
That's a complete fuck-up.
753
00:49:50,172 -- 00:49:53,926
-Who the hell are you?
-Assistant District Attorney Kramer.
754
00:49:54,052 -- 00:49:55,610
I work in this office.
755
00:50:04,452 -- 00:50:07,364
Sources at Motor Vehicles say...
756
00:50:07,452 -- 00:50:12,048
less than 200 Mercedes have plates
beginning with "RE," "RB," or "RP."
757
00:50:14,572 -- 00:50:17,928
How did they get this information
out of Motor Vehicles?
758
00:50:18,052 -- 00:50:21,044
Calm down. We've had this information
for over a week.
759
00:50:21,412 -- 00:50:25,121
Why aren't we doing anything about it?
Why aren't we tracing the car?
760
00:50:25,212 -- 00:50:27,123
Actually, I suggested we--
761
00:50:27,812 -- 00:50:29,928
What am I? The Wizard of Oz?
762
00:50:30,052 -- 00:50:34,250
Trace the car? Trace the car?
We don't even have a witness.
763
00:50:34,652 -- 00:50:37,849
We don't know where it happened,
or even if it happened.
764
00:50:38,012 -- 00:50:39,161
Trace the car.
765
00:50:39,532 -- 00:50:42,683
We don't have a case,
even if we find the car.
766
00:50:43,132 -- 00:50:46,522
If we found the driver,
and the driver came to us and said:
767
00:50:46,852 -- 00:50:49,207
"Yeah, that's right.
768
00:50:49,412 -- 00:50:53,246
"I hit this kid the other night,
and I didn't stop.
769
00:50:53,532 -- 00:50:57,844
"I didn't report it. I'm the guy. I did it."
Then we got a case.
770
00:50:58,172 -- 00:51:00,288
Just trace the fucking car.
771
00:51:07,932 -- 00:51:10,492
Yesterday, I was
a respected Jewish liberal.
772
00:51:11,292 -- 00:51:14,807
Ten minutes of news like this,
and now I'm a hymie racist pig?
773
00:51:17,212 -- 00:51:19,362
The Italians are going to love this.
774
00:51:19,452 -- 00:51:20,885
The Irish, too.
775
00:51:21,692 -- 00:51:22,966
And the WASPs.
776
00:51:24,652 -- 00:51:27,610
They love this shit more than anybody.
777
00:51:27,932 -- 00:51:29,570
They love laughing at me.
778
00:51:30,332 -- 00:51:32,209
All the rich sons of bitches.
779
00:51:32,332 -- 00:51:34,243
They still think they own this town.
780
00:51:34,332 -- 00:51:39,452
They sit in their co-ops, Park Avenue, Fifth,
Beekman Place, snug like a bug.
781
00:51:39,532 -- 00:51:42,205
Twelve-foot ceilings, a wing for them,
one for the help.
782
00:51:42,292 -- 00:51:44,044
They think money'll protect them.
783
00:51:44,132 -- 00:51:45,884
You stupid sons of bitches!
784
00:51:50,852 -- 00:51:54,925
I'd like to light a fire under their
white asses. Let them see how it feels.
785
00:51:55,012 -- 00:51:58,163
Let the Third World see the smoke
and come after them!
786
00:51:58,652 -- 00:52:03,646
Let them feel what it's like when every
Puerto Rican, West Indian, Cuban, Korean...
787
00:52:03,732 -- 00:52:07,168
Albanian, Filipino, black man
from every borough...
788
00:52:07,492 -- 00:52:10,325
The future knows how to cross a bridge!
789
00:52:12,412 -- 00:52:13,481
You laugh.
790
00:52:14,212 -- 00:52:17,443
You laugh! All right!
Here's what we're going to do!
791
00:52:17,732 -- 00:52:20,929
We're going to turn this thing around
if it kills us!
792
00:52:21,212 -- 00:52:24,170
We'll prove to these black motherfuckers--
793
00:52:24,452 -- 00:52:25,885
Pardon my language.
794
00:52:26,092 -- 00:52:31,086
We'll prove to these niggers
that this administration loves them!
795
00:52:31,652 -- 00:52:33,404
No matter what it takes.
796
00:52:33,772 -- 00:52:36,161
I am no racist hymie.
797
00:52:37,252 -- 00:52:38,446
By November...
798
00:52:39,332 -- 00:52:42,529
they are going to be thinking of me as...
799
00:52:44,732 -- 00:52:47,690
the first black district attorney
of Bronx County.
800
00:52:50,492 -- 00:52:52,722
They're going to beg me to be mayor.
801
00:52:53,172 -- 00:52:54,969
We'll walk away with that election.
802
00:52:55,052 -- 00:52:56,087
No question!
803
00:52:56,172 -- 00:52:57,685
That's what we'll do!
804
00:52:57,772 -- 00:52:58,841
Yes!
805
00:52:59,292 -- 00:53:03,922
If we have to screw every white asshole
from Albany to Park Avenue, we will!
806
00:53:14,852 -- 00:53:16,444
Here he comes now.
807
00:53:16,612 -- 00:53:18,330
-Tony, hi.
-It's Eddie, sir.
808
00:53:18,412 -- 00:53:20,846
I'm Detective Martin,
this is Detective Goldberg.
809
00:53:20,932 -- 00:53:24,288
We're investigating a car accident.
Maybe you heard about it.
810
00:53:27,692 -- 00:53:29,808
Yes! On television.
811
00:53:30,052 -- 00:53:31,963
Last night. My wife...
812
00:53:32,212 -- 00:53:36,524
We said, "We have a Mercedes
and the license starts with 'R.'"
813
00:53:36,652 -- 00:53:38,005
You and a lot of people.
814
00:53:38,092 -- 00:53:39,320
Going up?
815
00:53:39,532 -- 00:53:41,887
Yeah. Yes, yes, I will.
816
00:53:42,372 -- 00:53:43,646
Should we...?
817
00:53:43,812 -- 00:53:46,246
-Is it bad time for you?
-No, no...
818
00:53:48,932 -- 00:53:50,809
We just have a few questions.
819
00:53:51,332 -- 00:53:54,130
-Was your car in use the night it happened?
-When?
820
00:53:54,292 -- 00:53:55,725
Tuesday, a week ago.
821
00:53:55,812 -- 00:53:57,643
Let me think.
822
00:53:57,772 -- 00:53:59,649
Anybody else use your car?
823
00:53:59,852 -- 00:54:01,604
My wife sometimes.
824
00:54:01,892 -- 00:54:03,120
The men at the garage.
825
00:54:03,212 -- 00:54:06,170
Parking garage? You leave your car
and they park it?
826
00:54:06,372 -- 00:54:08,488
Can we go see it?
827
00:54:09,772 -- 00:54:11,364
The car? Now?
828
00:54:11,572 -- 00:54:15,042
Since we're here.
There's certain things to look for.
829
00:54:15,332 -- 00:54:18,051
We don't find them, we're out of your hair.
830
00:54:18,292 -- 00:54:20,328
So you want to look at the car?
831
00:54:20,812 -- 00:54:22,530
I see. I see.
832
00:54:22,732 -- 00:54:27,487
We don't have a description of a driver,
so we have to look for the car.
833
00:54:27,812 -- 00:54:31,009
We're sorry for the inconvenience,
but it's routine.
834
00:54:31,172 -- 00:54:32,491
I understand.
835
00:54:32,772 -- 00:54:37,846
But if there is a routine,
then I ought to follow the routine...
836
00:54:37,932 -- 00:54:41,720
that's appropriate to me,
to someone with a car in this situation.
837
00:54:41,812 -- 00:54:42,847
You see?
838
00:54:43,812 -- 00:54:45,723
No, I don't follow.
839
00:54:46,412 -- 00:54:49,961
If there's a routine
in an investigation like this...
840
00:54:50,212 -- 00:54:53,727
there must also be a routine
for a person like me.
841
00:54:54,892 -- 00:54:57,645
For the owner of a car
with a license number.
842
00:54:57,892 -- 00:54:59,848
That's what I need to consider.
843
00:55:00,652 -- 00:55:02,085
The routine.
844
00:55:03,212 -- 00:55:05,328
We just want to look at your car.
845
00:55:06,212 -- 00:55:08,328
That's what I mean. You see?
846
00:55:09,052 -- 00:55:09,848
No.
847
00:55:10,732 -- 00:55:12,882
Excuse me, Mr. McCoy.
848
00:55:13,572 -- 00:55:15,642
Do you want to tell us something?
849
00:55:15,732 -- 00:55:16,721
No.
850
00:55:18,052 -- 00:55:19,485
How do you mean?
851
00:55:19,972 -- 00:55:23,169
I mean, if there is,
now is the time to tell us.
852
00:55:23,332 -- 00:55:25,243
Before things get complicated.
853
00:55:25,332 -- 00:55:26,651
No, no, no...
854
00:55:26,732 -- 00:55:29,565
I just think that to be certain...
855
00:55:29,812 -- 00:55:32,770
to be safe, sure, I think--
856
00:55:35,172 -- 00:55:39,006
If you want to cooperate, that'd be great.
857
00:55:40,452 -- 00:55:42,920
If you have a reason not to cooperate...
858
00:55:43,012 -- 00:55:46,527
you don't have to say anything.
That's your right.
859
00:55:46,692 -- 00:55:49,286
If you want, you can say nothing at all.
860
00:55:49,972 -- 00:55:52,281
You also have the right to an attorney.
861
00:55:52,612 -- 00:55:54,682
For that matter...
862
00:55:55,252 -- 00:55:57,766
if you lack funds for an attorney...
863
00:55:58,052 -- 00:56:01,010
the state will provide you
with one free of charge.
864
00:56:01,732 -- 00:56:03,450
If that's what you wanted.
865
00:56:07,052 -- 00:56:09,407
I think what I should do is...
866
00:56:12,332 -- 00:56:14,050
talk to an attorney.
867
00:56:15,092 -- 00:56:17,560
So I casually read him
his rights.
868
00:56:17,732 -- 00:56:20,405
Then he sits down
on the guy's desk.
869
00:56:20,492 -- 00:56:23,882
And his eyes get bigger
and he starts double-talking like crazy.
870
00:56:23,972 -- 00:56:25,963
I know that there's something there.
871
00:56:26,052 -- 00:56:28,327
Mr. Weiss, I think we got him.
872
00:56:29,932 -- 00:56:31,001
Got who?
873
00:56:31,252 -- 00:56:33,163
Sherman McCoy. We got him.
874
00:56:33,412 -- 00:56:34,845
You think it's him?
875
00:56:35,492 -- 00:56:38,052
It's him! This guy is Park Avenue.
876
00:56:38,212 -- 00:56:42,683
His father ran Dunning, Sponget and Leach.
His wife is a socialite.
877
00:56:42,772 -- 00:56:45,161
Does this put an end
to this white-justice shit?
878
00:56:45,252 -- 00:56:47,004
We have zip on him.
879
00:56:47,172 -- 00:56:50,289
We could bring him in for questioning,
then go public.
880
00:56:51,172 -- 00:56:54,960
Go public? With what?
The only witness is in a coma, likely to die.
881
00:56:55,492 -- 00:56:57,881
Don't listen. You got a speech to make.
882
00:56:58,252 -- 00:57:00,766
Send a signal to the poor people
of the city.
883
00:57:00,932 -- 00:57:02,604
Let them know justice is blind.
884
00:57:02,692 -- 00:57:06,765
Let them know that rich whites
get the same treatment as poor blacks.
885
00:57:06,892 -- 00:57:08,928
You must give the people hope.
886
00:57:09,572 -- 00:57:11,802
You mean, we nail the WASP?
887
00:57:12,052 -- 00:57:13,565
To the wall.
888
00:57:15,892 -- 00:57:17,610
I like this man.
889
00:57:18,892 -- 00:57:21,611
So I tell him, "I'm your lawyer
from Legal Aid."
890
00:57:21,732 -- 00:57:25,645
He says, "I don't want a nigger lawyer.
I want a Jew."
891
00:57:25,892 -- 00:57:26,927
Nice guy.
892
00:57:27,012 -- 00:57:31,449
-It's his third drug arrest. He wants a deal.
-He'll say he was at the scene?
893
00:57:31,732 -- 00:57:34,246
He'll say whatever you want him to say.
894
00:57:34,732 -- 00:57:38,725
Get me Andruitti. Tell him it's urgent
about this Lamb shit.
895
00:57:39,172 -- 00:57:43,723
Suppose this other fellow comes forward.
There was another fellow. He was big--
896
00:57:44,132 -- 00:57:48,648
I believe you. It was a set-up.
They were going to rob you.
897
00:57:48,932 -- 00:57:51,492
He has good reasons not to come forward.
898
00:57:51,692 -- 00:57:53,728
Now, you just sit tight.
899
00:57:54,372 -- 00:57:58,684
Look, you were recommended
as the best criminal lawyer around.
900
00:57:58,892 -- 00:58:01,247
But I didn't come here to...
901
00:58:01,572 -- 00:58:05,611
I want to preempt this situation.
I don't want it to go any further.
902
00:58:06,212 -- 00:58:07,440
What does that mean?
903
00:58:07,532 -- 00:58:09,648
I want to take the initiative.
904
00:58:09,892 -- 00:58:12,247
I want to go to the police with Maria...
905
00:58:12,332 -- 00:58:15,210
with Mrs. Ruskin,
and tell them what happened.
906
00:58:15,492 -- 00:58:19,007
I feel morally certain
that what we did was right...
907
00:58:19,252 -- 00:58:21,163
in the circumstances we were in.
908
00:58:22,652 -- 00:58:25,371
Yeah, you Wall Street honchos
are real gamblers.
909
00:58:28,012 -- 00:58:29,923
What are you, nuts?
910
00:58:30,692 -- 00:58:32,922
They will devour you.
911
00:58:33,172 -- 00:58:34,685
-Eat you alive.
-Why?
912
00:58:35,332 -- 00:58:37,607
Forget that it's a political football.
913
00:58:37,732 -- 00:58:40,644
Forget about the TV and Reverend Bacon...
914
00:58:40,932 -- 00:58:43,162
and Weiss's upcoming election.
915
00:58:43,372 -- 00:58:47,570
Remember that everyday, the Bronx DA
prosecutes people with names...
916
00:58:47,812 -- 00:58:50,531
like Tiffany Latour, Sancho Rodriguez...
917
00:58:51,332 -- 00:58:54,404
Chong Wong and Shabazz Tamali.
918
00:58:54,692 -- 00:58:59,322
So he's dying to get his hands on a nice
white couple like you and Mrs. Ruskin.
919
00:58:59,972 -- 00:59:01,769
I mean, Biscuit City.
920
00:59:02,052 -- 00:59:04,486
Open your mouth and they will arrest you.
921
00:59:04,612 -- 00:59:09,049
They will make a big show of the arrest.
It will be very unpleasant. Guaranteed.
922
00:59:10,252 -- 00:59:13,210
And you don't want to be arrested
in the South Bronx.
923
00:59:17,412 -- 00:59:18,845
Put him on.
924
00:59:19,732 -- 00:59:20,801
I'll hold.
925
00:59:21,092 -- 00:59:23,560
I'll need to talk to Mrs. Ruskin too.
926
00:59:25,132 -- 00:59:27,009
I understand you went to Yale.
927
00:59:27,652 -- 00:59:29,404
Yeah. You too?
928
00:59:30,852 -- 00:59:32,365
What did you think of it?
929
00:59:32,452 -- 00:59:35,489
It was okay, as law schools go.
930
00:59:35,692 -- 00:59:38,206
They give you the scholarly view.
931
00:59:38,452 -- 00:59:43,048
And it's good for anything you want to do
that doesn't involve real people.
932
00:59:45,572 -- 00:59:47,847
Andruitti, you guinea bastard!
933
00:59:52,772 -- 00:59:55,809
I'm sitting here with Mr. Sherman McCoy.
934
01:00:00,812 -- 01:00:03,804
I don't know if he needs a lawyer.
What do you think?
935
01:00:06,212 -- 01:00:08,123
Okay. So what does that mean?
936
01:00:11,212 -- 01:00:13,203
Yeah, yeah...
937
01:00:16,292 -- 01:00:17,930
We got a problem.
938
01:00:19,012 -- 01:00:20,411
What is it?
939
01:00:20,772 -- 01:00:22,603
They're going to arrest you.
940
01:00:24,132 -- 01:00:28,444
While Sherman faced catastrophe
in his career and in his marriage...
941
01:00:28,612 -- 01:00:32,605
and while the police were circling,
while his life hung in the balance...
942
01:00:32,692 -- 01:00:34,603
Sherman went to the opera.
943
01:01:37,252 -- 01:01:38,890
There he is...
944
01:01:39,052 -- 01:01:43,011
Don Juan in the vise-like grip of fate...
945
01:01:43,332 -- 01:01:47,484
facing his crime, facing his entire life
of selfish consumption...
946
01:01:47,652 -- 01:01:50,371
and profligate wasting
of himself and others.
947
01:01:53,412 -- 01:01:55,243
You're Judy McCoy's husband.
948
01:01:55,332 -- 01:01:56,321
Yes.
949
01:01:57,172 -- 01:01:59,402
Have you met Aubrey Buffing, the poet?
950
01:01:59,492 -- 01:02:02,529
He's up for the Nobel Prize. He has AIDS.
951
01:02:03,732 -- 01:02:05,643
We were talking about the opera.
952
01:02:05,732 -- 01:02:08,007
The wrath of heaven must be at hand.
953
01:02:08,292 -- 01:02:10,760
Itsjustice will not tarry.
954
01:02:10,892 -- 01:02:13,611
I see the deadly thunderbolt
poised above his head!
955
01:02:15,332 -- 01:02:17,766
Suddenly, he saw her in the crowd.
956
01:02:18,052 -- 01:02:19,326
Maria!
957
01:02:23,012 -- 01:02:27,324
He followed her past the grinning faces
full of boiling teeth.
958
01:02:27,652 -- 01:02:29,244
Past the conversational bouquets.
959
01:02:29,332 -- 01:02:32,483
Past the impeccably emaciated
ladies of society.
960
01:02:32,812 -- 01:02:34,689
The social X-ray women.
961
01:02:34,892 -- 01:02:37,201
Christ, was this the world he lived in?
962
01:02:37,972 -- 01:02:41,362
Before he answered the question
he saw Maria being introduced...
963
01:02:41,452 -- 01:02:42,851
to his wife.
964
01:02:53,252 -- 01:02:55,288
Maria's just back from Italy.
965
01:02:55,372 -- 01:02:57,010
She lives on airplanes.
966
01:02:57,092 -- 01:03:00,243
She goes back and forth
from Italy like a Ping-Pong ball.
967
01:03:01,612 -- 01:03:03,011
Judy?
968
01:03:03,292 -- 01:03:04,486
Sherman!
969
01:03:06,092 -- 01:03:08,208
Have you met Nunnally Voyd?
970
01:03:08,612 -- 01:03:10,045
At last.
971
01:03:10,852 -- 01:03:13,127
Bobby Shalfet from the opera.
972
01:03:15,492 -- 01:03:17,084
And Arthur Ruskin.
973
01:03:19,332 -- 01:03:21,163
And his wife, Maria.
974
01:03:22,532 -- 01:03:23,965
We've met.
975
01:03:29,412 -- 01:03:32,802
Couldn't you try just once
to be a little bit interesting?
976
01:03:32,972 -- 01:03:35,486
I wanted you to meet Aubrey Buffing.
977
01:03:35,772 -- 01:03:39,321
Aubrey Buffing.
He's on the short list for the Nobel Prize.
978
01:03:39,412 -- 01:03:41,323
He has AIDS. You'll love him.
979
01:03:43,172 -- 01:03:46,847
We are in the middle of the room,
a married couple talking to each other.
980
01:03:46,932 -- 01:03:49,844
You simply don't do it. Go mingle. Please.
981
01:03:51,212 -- 01:03:55,046
And even when
repentance is offered, he refuses.
982
01:03:55,372 -- 01:03:57,442
He refuses to deny his life.
983
01:03:57,732 -- 01:04:00,929
The food, the drink, the flesh...
984
01:04:01,132 -- 01:04:04,647
fatal as they may be,
he cannot resist them.
985
01:04:24,172 -- 01:04:26,208
Maria, may I speak to you?
986
01:04:26,372 -- 01:04:28,203
We have to stop meeting like this.
987
01:04:28,292 -- 01:04:30,726
-Do you know Boris, the ballet dancer?
-No.
988
01:04:34,732 -- 01:04:37,121
-He's defective.
-You mean, he defected.
989
01:04:37,292 -- 01:04:39,681
No, I mean he doesn't speak English.
990
01:04:40,132 -- 01:04:42,088
Really? Are you sure?
991
01:04:42,212 -- 01:04:43,884
Do you know what's going on?
992
01:04:43,972 -- 01:04:46,406
Boris, want me to eat your ass?
993
01:04:49,012 -- 01:04:51,401
You see? It went right over his head.
994
01:04:51,532 -- 01:04:54,524
-We have to talk.
-Of course we do.
995
01:04:54,772 -- 01:04:57,650
But keep smiling because
my husband is watching.
996
01:04:59,012 -- 01:05:01,162
He's so pleased with himself.
997
01:05:01,292 -- 01:05:06,571
He'sjust closed a new deal.
Charter business. He'll fly Arabs to Mecca.
998
01:05:06,692 -- 01:05:09,889
-I'm going to be arrested.
-The planes are from Israel.
999
01:05:10,052 -- 01:05:11,371
By the police.
1000
01:05:11,572 -- 01:05:13,722
He'll make a Goddamn fortune.
1001
01:05:13,892 -- 01:05:15,723
My lawyer, if you can call him that--
1002
01:05:15,812 -- 01:05:19,964
He called me a whore today!
Right in front of the servants!
1003
01:05:21,092 -- 01:05:24,323
Really! How does he expect me
to run the house...
1004
01:05:24,532 -- 01:05:27,490
if he humiliates me in front of the help?
1005
01:05:27,972 -- 01:05:29,724
You have a point.
1006
01:05:31,532 -- 01:05:34,808
I'm sorry. What are we talking about?
1007
01:05:36,292 -- 01:05:39,329
The other guy's come forward.
Says I was driving.
1008
01:05:39,692 -- 01:05:41,762
I'm going to be arrested tomorrow.
1009
01:05:41,892 -- 01:05:45,567
I need to know from you
what you want me to say.
1010
01:05:46,732 -- 01:05:49,883
Maria, darling, I need your advice
about something.
1011
01:05:49,972 -- 01:05:52,645
Sherman, have you met Aubrey Buffing?
1012
01:05:55,052 -- 01:05:56,770
Like so many of us...
1013
01:05:56,972 -- 01:06:02,444
until Death itself takes us into his arms
and burns us with the fever of living...
1014
01:06:02,732 -- 01:06:06,691
dragging us like Don Juan
into the bonfires of hell!
1015
01:06:07,172 -- 01:06:09,891
The voice of the ghost ringing in our ears!
1016
01:06:10,132 -- 01:06:11,565
"Repent!"
1017
01:06:26,852 -- 01:06:30,925
Careful. My kid got Styrofoam shit
back there and it sticks to your clothes.
1018
01:06:31,012 -- 01:06:32,923
-How do you feel?
-Top notch.
1019
01:06:33,092 -- 01:06:34,810
This is just a formality, right?
1020
01:06:34,892 -- 01:06:36,803
No problem. They promised me.
1021
01:06:37,772 -- 01:06:41,924
I told Maria. I saw her last night.
In case we need her.
1022
01:06:42,092 -- 01:06:44,970
That explains it.
She left the country this morning.
1023
01:06:45,172 -- 01:06:48,164
You know an Italian painter
named Filippo Chirazzi?
1024
01:06:49,892 -- 01:06:52,611
I think your girlfriend's
got a new boyfriend.
1025
01:06:52,932 -- 01:06:55,492
It won't be so bad. This is routine.
1026
01:06:55,732 -- 01:06:58,405
Andruitti promised we'll be in
and out of there.
1027
01:06:58,972 -- 01:07:00,928
No one will ever know what happened.
1028
01:07:01,012 -- 01:07:02,047
Cuff him.
1029
01:07:02,132 -- 01:07:03,247
What?
1030
01:07:03,892 -- 01:07:06,486
The zone captain will be there.
And the press.
1031
01:07:06,692 -- 01:07:09,081
What the fuck? What press?
1032
01:07:09,412 -- 01:07:11,482
Ray promised no bullshit.
1033
01:07:11,692 -- 01:07:14,729
Weiss gave the order this morning.
1034
01:07:16,012 -- 01:07:18,082
Somebody's going to pay for this.
1035
01:07:24,812 -- 01:07:27,201
I made sure I was there that day.
1036
01:07:27,652 -- 01:07:29,882
That day would be full of revelations.
1037
01:07:30,092 -- 01:07:32,322
I would meet Sherman McCoy at last.
1038
01:07:32,612 -- 01:07:34,443
When he finally appeared...
1039
01:07:35,892 -- 01:07:38,360
Well, excuse me, what the hell...?
1040
01:07:38,852 -- 01:07:41,730
Who were these people?
What were they doing here?
1041
01:07:41,892 -- 01:07:43,245
This was my story!
1042
01:07:43,332 -- 01:07:46,529
Sherman McCoy was my baby!
My creation!
1043
01:07:58,412 -- 01:08:01,006
Look at these punks.
Get out of here!
1044
01:08:01,132 -- 01:08:02,724
Why'd you hit that kid?
1045
01:08:03,012 -- 01:08:05,128
Put the cuffs on him.
1046
01:08:07,852 -- 01:08:09,205
I'm going to jail, aren't I?
1047
01:08:09,292 -- 01:08:12,921
Don't say a word. Don't hide your head.
1048
01:08:13,132 -- 01:08:15,202
You don't even know they're there.
1049
01:08:15,492 -- 01:08:17,448
I'm going to jail.
1050
01:08:28,452 -- 01:08:31,330
What do you have
to say for yourself?
1051
01:08:31,532 -- 01:08:33,204
You been arrested before?
1052
01:08:33,412 -- 01:08:35,642
Where's your wife?
1053
01:08:35,852 -- 01:08:39,481
You ran down Mrs. Lamb's son.
Have you anything to say to her?
1054
01:08:39,652 -- 01:08:42,689
Here! Let me take your picture, shithead!
1055
01:08:42,892 -- 01:08:45,645
How do you like this cocktail party?
1056
01:08:48,812 -- 01:08:50,450
Hello, Mr. McCoy.
1057
01:08:50,692 -- 01:08:53,729
Don't make any statements!
Don't talk to anybody!
1058
01:08:53,932 -- 01:08:56,002
I'll meet you at the arraignment.
1059
01:10:01,092 -- 01:10:03,811
Quiet! You people sit down!
1060
01:10:04,132 -- 01:10:05,406
Shut up!
1061
01:10:19,492 -- 01:10:20,891
Mr. McCoy...
1062
01:10:22,612 -- 01:10:26,446
do you know the charges
that have been brought against you?
1063
01:10:27,812 -- 01:10:28,767
What?
1064
01:10:31,172 -- 01:10:33,640
How do you plead to the charges?
1065
01:10:36,452 -- 01:10:37,771
I'm sorry.
1066
01:10:39,892 -- 01:10:42,565
I am very sorry. Please forgive me.
1067
01:10:43,932 -- 01:10:45,490
Order!
1068
01:10:48,172 -- 01:10:52,131
I am truly sorry for everything.
Please forgive me.
1069
01:10:52,372 -- 01:10:54,681
For my life. For everything.
1070
01:10:55,172 -- 01:10:56,446
I'm truly sorry.
1071
01:10:57,292 -- 01:10:58,407
Shut up!
1072
01:10:58,612 -- 01:11:00,648
The defendant pleads not guilty.
1073
01:11:04,652 -- 01:11:07,246
Bail has been set at $10,000.
1074
01:11:12,172 -- 01:11:13,571
Order! Order!
1075
01:11:14,572 -- 01:11:16,722
You people sit down!
1076
01:11:24,532 -- 01:11:28,366
We do not believe it will serve
the interests of justice...
1077
01:11:28,612 -- 01:11:30,842
to allow this man to walk free...
1078
01:11:31,732 -- 01:11:33,768
on a token bail.
1079
01:11:35,572 -- 01:11:40,646
Mr. Kramer knows perfectly well
that my client won't jump bail!
1080
01:11:40,852 -- 01:11:43,241
Think of the emotions of this community!
1081
01:11:49,492 -- 01:11:53,326
That is patent nonsense.
Bail has already been agreed to.
1082
01:11:53,612 -- 01:11:59,687
Mr. Weiss has instructed me to ask
for bail in the amount of $250,000.
1083
01:12:00,172 -- 01:12:01,491
Cash!
1084
01:12:03,852 -- 01:12:05,444
Order!
1085
01:12:09,412 -- 01:12:13,963
If your office has any information
bearing on bail status of this case...
1086
01:12:14,212 -- 01:12:16,168
make a formal application.
1087
01:12:16,852 -- 01:12:18,490
Meanwhile, I release Mr. McCoy...
1088
01:12:18,572 -- 01:12:20,961
under a bond in the amount of $10,000.
1089
01:12:21,172 -- 01:12:23,447
Now get this sideshow out of my court!
1090
01:12:26,572 -- 01:12:30,690
Your Honor, your action will irreparably
damage not only the people's case...
1091
01:12:30,892 -- 01:12:32,325
I have spoken!
1092
01:12:33,252 -- 01:12:35,288
...but the people's cause as well.
1093
01:12:35,372 -- 01:12:36,566
Mr. Kramer!
1094
01:12:36,652 -- 01:12:39,120
It ill-behooves the criminal justice system!
1095
01:12:39,212 -- 01:12:41,362
Kindly behoove me no "ill-behooves."
1096
01:12:43,012 -- 01:12:45,242
The court directs you to shut up!
1097
01:12:49,412 -- 01:12:53,451
He's coming out the back!
Fall out! He's coming out the back!
1098
01:12:53,732 -- 01:12:55,051
Go get him!
1099
01:12:56,332 -- 01:12:57,651
Get him.
1100
01:12:58,892 -- 01:13:01,008
He's getting away!
1101
01:13:05,572 -- 01:13:07,005
He's getting away.
1102
01:13:17,252 -- 01:13:20,164
So much for my introduction
to Sherman McCoy.
1103
01:13:20,692 -- 01:13:23,570
Before we could even speak,
he had been swept away.
1104
01:13:25,012 -- 01:13:28,129
I began to appreciate the power,
the magnitude...
1105
01:13:28,292 -- 01:13:31,523
the sheer force unleashed
by my little story.
1106
01:13:34,412 -- 01:13:35,686
Jackals.
1107
01:13:36,172 -- 01:13:37,605
These dogs...
1108
01:13:38,052 -- 01:13:40,361
yapping at the heels of their prey.
1109
01:13:40,612 -- 01:13:42,887
And my God, I was one of them.
1110
01:13:43,372 -- 01:13:45,932
Let them have it. Enough is enough.
1111
01:13:46,412 -- 01:13:49,609
With what little dignity I had left,
I decided to go home.
1112
01:13:56,292 -- 01:13:59,807
Excuse me. Do you know
where I can find a taxi?
1113
01:14:06,852 -- 01:14:07,921
Sherman McCoy.
1114
01:14:08,012 -- 01:14:09,730
Yeah, I know who you are.
1115
01:14:13,492 -- 01:14:16,848
-What are you doing out here?
-I need a taxi.
1116
01:14:17,092 -- 01:14:19,162
There he is! There's McCoy!
1117
01:14:22,892 -- 01:14:25,486
You need to get out of here. Come on.
1118
01:14:26,692 -- 01:14:29,001
We'll get out of here
on the subway.
1119
01:14:29,092 -- 01:14:32,004
I don't usually travel in the subway.
1120
01:14:48,052 -- 01:14:50,043
I owe you an apology.
1121
01:14:50,252 -- 01:14:52,129
No, you were very helpful.
1122
01:14:52,292 -- 01:14:55,170
-You don't know who I am.
-It's all right. Thanks.
1123
01:14:57,652 -- 01:14:59,085
I should go.
1124
01:14:59,332 -- 01:15:01,288
Go where? You're on a train.
1125
01:15:03,532 -- 01:15:05,648
Come over here and sit down.
1126
01:15:09,452 -- 01:15:11,363
I'll make sure you get home.
1127
01:15:23,372 -- 01:15:25,602
-Want some?
-No thanks.
1128
01:15:25,892 -- 01:15:27,211
Fuck it.
1129
01:15:27,972 -- 01:15:29,530
What'll they do?
1130
01:15:29,612 -- 01:15:31,045
Arrest you?
1131
01:15:42,852 -- 01:15:46,242
Does this train go
anywhere near Park Avenue?
1132
01:15:47,572 -- 01:15:49,767
Not for the last million years.
1133
01:15:51,812 -- 01:15:55,043
My father rode the subway
every day of his life.
1134
01:15:57,572 -- 01:16:00,291
He didn't live in the South Bronx, though.
1135
01:16:01,372 -- 01:16:02,566
No...
1136
01:16:05,092 -- 01:16:06,525
I look terrible.
1137
01:16:08,092 -- 01:16:09,525
You look like shit.
1138
01:16:10,532 -- 01:16:13,046
You don't smell good, either.
1139
01:16:17,932 -- 01:16:21,447
I think when I was in jail
I pissed in my pants.
1140
01:16:34,612 -- 01:16:36,170
Take it easy.
1141
01:16:36,332 -- 01:16:38,209
I'm all right.
1142
01:16:39,412 -- 01:16:40,731
I can't think.
1143
01:16:41,532 -- 01:16:43,011
Cheer yourself up.
1144
01:16:52,092 -- 01:16:53,445
Thank you.
1145
01:16:53,532 -- 01:16:54,885
Your welcome.
1146
01:17:01,892 -- 01:17:05,123
Then this newspaper thing started.
This Peter Fallow.
1147
01:17:05,412 -- 01:17:09,087
Everything was wrong.
Total disregard for the truth.
1148
01:17:09,292 -- 01:17:10,645
This is your stop.
1149
01:17:10,732 -- 01:17:15,169
Everyone calls me by my first name,
like they know me. Like they own me.
1150
01:17:15,412 -- 01:17:20,008
Lawyers, police, newspapers.
How did I get to be so important?
1151
01:17:20,332 -- 01:17:24,166
You're not important. You're dinner.
Don't you get it?
1152
01:17:24,372 -- 01:17:27,444
A week from now,
they won't even remember what they ate.
1153
01:17:28,772 -- 01:17:30,683
Thank you for everything.
1154
01:17:30,892 -- 01:17:35,568
I should have just called the police
right away. Right when it happened.
1155
01:17:35,852 -- 01:17:38,924
But it really wasn't my decision to make.
1156
01:17:39,172 -- 01:17:40,844
I wasn't driving the car.
1157
01:17:42,932 -- 01:17:45,321
Stand clear of the doors, please.
1158
01:17:45,412 -- 01:17:47,607
Sherman, wait a minute!
1159
01:17:52,012 -- 01:17:54,082
It's going to be fine.
1160
01:18:31,972 -- 01:18:34,440
-What do we want?
-Justice!
1161
01:18:34,532 -- 01:18:37,330
-What do we get?
-Racism!
1162
01:18:55,852 -- 01:18:58,889
It's Sherman! A bravo, everybody!
1163
01:19:12,652 -- 01:19:15,962
You sly fox. Don't let the newspapers
keep you down.
1164
01:19:16,132 -- 01:19:18,202
The press are bloody fruit flies.
1165
01:19:18,372 -- 01:19:20,840
They hover over the feces.
Just swipe them away.
1166
01:19:20,932 -- 01:19:22,729
But they always come back to the shit.
1167
01:19:23,972 -- 01:19:26,042
I always thought you were dull.
1168
01:19:31,532 -- 01:19:32,965
Congratulations.
1169
01:19:33,652 -- 01:19:36,530
Has anybody talked to you
about television?
1170
01:19:36,772 -- 01:19:39,889
We'd have to play down the racial thing.
1171
01:19:40,012 -- 01:19:42,287
Kind of make you more sympathetic.
1172
01:19:42,692 -- 01:19:47,208
I know I'm first, but I wanted to be there
before the corpse was cold.
1173
01:19:47,812 -- 01:19:49,211
$200,000.
1174
01:19:49,292 -- 01:19:51,681
-I beg your pardon?
-Fuck my pardon.
1175
01:19:51,972 -- 01:19:54,281
I'll suck your dick for the rights. $250,000.
1176
01:19:54,372 -- 01:19:58,411
A book, a mini-series. $500,000.
Go to jail, double.
1177
01:19:58,692 -- 01:20:01,570
-Is that a great blow job or what?
-Excuse me!
1178
01:20:07,972 -- 01:20:10,281
Didn't mean anything to interrupt anything.
1179
01:20:10,372 -- 01:20:12,124
Gene asked me to come by.
1180
01:20:13,252 -- 01:20:15,402
I haven't talked with anyone yet.
1181
01:20:15,532 -- 01:20:17,727
If there's anything we can do...
1182
01:20:19,492 -- 01:20:21,722
I'll be back to work in a day or two.
1183
01:20:21,892 -- 01:20:25,726
That won't be necessary.
That's what I was sent to...
1184
01:20:25,972 -- 01:20:27,405
You don't have to.
1185
01:20:28,132 -- 01:20:30,851
I mean, you shouldn't come down.
1186
01:20:31,972 -- 01:20:34,122
They don't want you to come down.
1187
01:20:35,172 -- 01:20:36,924
Sherman, I'm sorry.
1188
01:20:37,252 -- 01:20:40,369
Between this and the way you handled
the Giscard deal...
1189
01:20:40,452 -- 01:20:43,489
-I mean, $600,000,000 is a--
-This is final?
1190
01:20:43,732 -- 01:20:45,927
Well, the firm feels that...
1191
01:20:47,092 -- 01:20:48,445
I'm sorry.
1192
01:21:07,372 -- 01:21:09,840
Judy, could we...
What's going on?
1193
01:21:09,932 -- 01:21:14,562
This dinner party was planned weeks ago,
if you bothered to check your calendar.
1194
01:21:16,372 -- 01:21:18,090
Under the circumstances--
1195
01:21:18,172 -- 01:21:21,403
I know the whole story.
I saw it on television.
1196
01:21:23,172 -- 01:21:25,561
I'm sorry. Judy, I am.
1197
01:21:26,092 -- 01:21:29,801
You betrayed us. Me. Campbell.
Even yourself.
1198
01:21:30,292 -- 01:21:34,604
But I'm chairing the museum benefit
thanks to your escapades.
1199
01:21:35,092 -- 01:21:37,128
What can I say? Life goes on.
1200
01:21:37,412 -- 01:21:40,563
I'll make the best
of an appalling situation.
1201
01:21:40,932 -- 01:21:43,002
Can you forgive me?
1202
01:21:46,132 -- 01:21:50,444
I suppose I can forgive anything,
but not television.
1203
01:21:52,172 -- 01:21:53,571
I'm leaving you.
1204
01:21:56,292 -- 01:21:57,725
After the party.
1205
01:21:58,532 -- 01:22:01,251
Now if you will excuse me,
we have guests.
1206
01:22:04,972 -- 01:22:08,806
I'm terribly sorry to bother you.
Is this a bad time?
1207
01:22:10,892 -- 01:22:11,881
No.
1208
01:22:12,932 -- 01:22:14,445
The more the merrier.
1209
01:22:14,572 -- 01:22:17,245
I've been in touch with the co-op board.
1210
01:22:17,452 -- 01:22:20,205
We want you to know
you have our support.
1211
01:22:20,292 -- 01:22:21,771
Oh, thank you!
1212
01:22:22,052 -- 01:22:23,963
You know, I wanted to die...
1213
01:22:24,172 -- 01:22:27,403
with everybody calling my name
in that courtroom.
1214
01:22:27,652 -- 01:22:29,529
Of course. It's hard to believe.
1215
01:22:29,612 -- 01:22:32,809
And then I thought, "I have a gun."
1216
01:22:34,372 -- 01:22:36,283
A 12-gauge, pump action.
1217
01:22:36,532 -- 01:22:38,488
We've known each other a long time.
1218
01:22:38,572 -- 01:22:41,644
We went to Buckley together.
My father knew your father.
1219
01:22:41,732 -- 01:22:44,485
I speak as a friend and also for the board.
1220
01:22:44,692 -- 01:22:46,922
How do I get the barrels into my mouth?
1221
01:22:47,012 -- 01:22:49,606
How am I going to pull the trigger?
1222
01:22:49,772 -- 01:22:52,969
I read about a man who took off his shoe...
1223
01:22:53,252 -- 01:22:55,561
and pulled the trigger with his toe.
1224
01:22:57,772 -- 01:23:00,366
This can't be a comfortable situation
for you.
1225
01:23:03,412 -- 01:23:04,606
Is that a gun?
1226
01:23:07,532 -- 01:23:09,170
Where would I do it?
1227
01:23:09,772 -- 01:23:11,842
And who would find me?
1228
01:23:12,172 -- 01:23:13,764
Yes, exactly.
1229
01:23:14,052 -- 01:23:15,804
Have you considered...
1230
01:23:16,772 -- 01:23:18,842
changing residence for a while?
1231
01:23:21,932 -- 01:23:23,490
You want me to leave?
1232
01:23:26,852 -- 01:23:28,365
This is my home.
1233
01:23:29,332 -- 01:23:33,450
I have no safe place to go.
People are threatening my life.
1234
01:23:33,892 -- 01:23:35,450
I must protect myself.
1235
01:23:37,532 -- 01:23:42,162
People are demonstrating out front.
Black people with basketballs.
1236
01:23:42,332 -- 01:23:44,402
You're putting everyone at risk!
1237
01:23:44,492 -- 01:23:47,086
It's not your fault. But that's the fact.
1238
01:23:47,372 -- 01:23:49,761
If you're so scared, you move out.
1239
01:23:50,692 -- 01:23:51,647
Please.
1240
01:23:52,172 -- 01:23:53,321
Start...
1241
01:23:54,292 -- 01:23:56,601
by moving out of my apartment now.
1242
01:23:56,772 -- 01:23:58,683
I came here in good faith.
1243
01:23:59,492 -- 01:24:00,607
Now, out!
1244
01:24:02,572 -- 01:24:05,086
You were a fat blowhard at Buckley...
1245
01:24:05,252 -- 01:24:07,288
and you're a fat blowhard now!
1246
01:24:07,372 -- 01:24:10,409
I'll enforce the provision
on unacceptable situations.
1247
01:24:10,692 -- 01:24:14,844
Another word and you'll have
an unacceptable situation up your ass!
1248
01:24:16,292 -- 01:24:17,566
March!
1249
01:24:23,572 -- 01:24:26,564
That goes for the rest of you too! Out!
1250
01:24:36,772 -- 01:24:38,524
I said, "Get out!"
1251
01:24:41,932 -- 01:24:44,207
Parasites! Everybody out!
1252
01:24:44,492 -- 01:24:47,689
Out of my house! Out of my apartment!
1253
01:24:50,212 -- 01:24:51,531
Out of my life!
1254
01:24:56,612 -- 01:24:59,001
Sherman McCoy is dead!
1255
01:24:59,372 -- 01:25:02,921
Sherman McCoy of Park Avenue
and Wall Street...
1256
01:25:04,932 -- 01:25:09,210
will never be Sherman McCoy again!
1257
01:25:14,732 -- 01:25:19,248
Meanwhile,just a few blocks away,
I was being praised and congratulated.
1258
01:25:19,652 -- 01:25:22,530
It should have been
a triumphant yours truly...
1259
01:25:22,892 -- 01:25:24,245
but it wasn't.
1260
01:25:24,932 -- 01:25:28,447
My encounter with the real
Sherman McCoy was spoiling everything.
1261
01:25:29,092 -- 01:25:30,684
Truth has a way of doing that.
1262
01:25:30,772 -- 01:25:32,285
Daddy, dinner.
1263
01:25:32,452 -- 01:25:36,286
-Yes. Shall we take Peter with us?
-Lovely.
1264
01:25:36,532 -- 01:25:39,330
Pay full attention to this story.
1265
01:25:39,532 -- 01:25:42,842
We look better and better
the more we do for the Lambs.
1266
01:25:43,012 -- 01:25:45,287
These poor little Lambs.
1267
01:25:45,572 -- 01:25:47,961
These fuzzy-wuzzy little wogs!
1268
01:25:51,892 -- 01:25:54,360
Phone call for you in the office.
1269
01:25:55,332 -- 01:25:58,881
Thank you. I'm expecting a call
about the story.
1270
01:25:59,212 -- 01:26:01,885
I'll see you at dinner. Thank you.
1271
01:26:18,692 -- 01:26:20,250
Where's the phone?
1272
01:26:20,332 -- 01:26:21,765
I lied.
1273
01:26:22,532 -- 01:26:24,762
I wanted to see you alone.
1274
01:26:26,092 -- 01:26:28,481
I'm going to do you a favor.
1275
01:26:28,852 -- 01:26:32,003
Does this mean I'll finally get
into your panties?
1276
01:26:34,892 -- 01:26:37,406
You don't deserve this, Peter.
1277
01:26:39,892 -- 01:26:42,008
I'm going to tell you
something.
1278
01:26:42,092 -- 01:26:44,765
I'm with some people right outside.
1279
01:26:46,732 -- 01:26:48,324
Relax, darling.
1280
01:26:51,532 -- 01:26:52,931
Do you remember...
1281
01:26:53,412 -- 01:26:57,724
my pretty little Italian friend?
The painter.
1282
01:26:59,372 -- 01:27:01,966
Frederico. No. Franco.
1283
01:27:02,212 -- 01:27:03,611
Filippo.
1284
01:27:03,692 -- 01:27:05,125
The shit.
1285
01:27:07,252 -- 01:27:09,243
You are very intoxicated.
1286
01:27:11,172 -- 01:27:15,484
Filippo has run off with a little slut
you should know about.
1287
01:27:19,292 -- 01:27:20,805
Isn't that dangerous?
1288
01:27:23,092 -- 01:27:24,923
At the very least, unsanitary?
1289
01:27:25,012 -- 01:27:26,684
Shut up, Peter.
1290
01:27:26,852 -- 01:27:28,444
You're not listening.
1291
01:27:28,772 -- 01:27:32,606
Her name is Maria Ruskin.
1292
01:27:34,412 -- 01:27:36,801
She was subletting my apartment.
1293
01:27:39,892 -- 01:27:42,360
She was also subletting Filippo.
1294
01:27:45,572 -- 01:27:47,164
As it turns out...
1295
01:27:47,852 -- 01:27:52,607
she was in the car with Sherman McCoy
when he had his little mishap.
1296
01:27:55,372 -- 01:27:56,930
You're joking.
1297
01:27:57,172 -- 01:27:58,685
I never joke.
1298
01:28:00,812 -- 01:28:03,042
She was in the bloody car.
1299
01:28:05,612 -- 01:28:06,886
How do you know?
1300
01:28:08,692 -- 01:28:10,808
The apartment was bugged.
1301
01:28:12,052 -- 01:28:14,043
They had a wire in the intercom.
1302
01:28:15,652 -- 01:28:18,883
They wanted to prove
I wasn't living there.
1303
01:28:19,972 -- 01:28:21,405
Which I wasn't.
1304
01:28:23,172 -- 01:28:26,721
Now I've lost the apartment
and the boyfriend.
1305
01:28:29,932 -- 01:28:31,684
Do you know where they are?
1306
01:28:31,772 -- 01:28:32,761
No.
1307
01:28:37,892 -- 01:28:40,964
I am trusting you to find them.
1308
01:28:44,492 -- 01:28:45,925
When you do...
1309
01:28:46,732 -- 01:28:48,450
give them this.
1310
01:28:50,252 -- 01:28:53,881
Tell them it's from the little twat
who turned them in.
1311
01:28:55,612 -- 01:28:59,048
Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice, Mr. Ruskin.
1312
01:28:59,252 -- 01:29:00,526
Peter Fallow.
1313
01:29:00,692 -- 01:29:03,206
I'm a good friend of your wife.
1314
01:29:03,372 -- 01:29:04,964
My wife. My wife.
1315
01:29:05,292 -- 01:29:08,807
I'm glad she's not here.
Otherwise I couldn't have a drink.
1316
01:29:09,292 -- 01:29:12,489
A Courvoisier VSOP. Put it in a sidecar.
1317
01:29:12,692 -- 01:29:13,761
Where is Maria?
1318
01:29:13,852 -- 01:29:16,366
Italy. She's always in Italy.
1319
01:29:16,652 -- 01:29:19,041
She's young. She needs young people.
1320
01:29:19,212 -- 01:29:20,964
I know what goes on.
1321
01:29:21,132 -- 01:29:23,088
I'll want to talk to her.
1322
01:29:23,252 -- 01:29:24,924
My office has her number.
1323
01:29:27,092 -- 01:29:31,131
I'm not supposed to drink,
but I love a sidecar.
1324
01:29:31,372 -- 01:29:33,442
So you're on The City Light?
1325
01:29:34,012 -- 01:29:37,925
We're profiling the new tycoons.
Naturally, we thought of you.
1326
01:29:38,252 -- 01:29:40,368
Good. Good. I like that.
1327
01:29:40,732 -- 01:29:43,610
New tycoons. What do you want to know?
1328
01:29:45,452 -- 01:29:48,046
The best one happened
a few weeks ago.
1329
01:29:49,772 -- 01:29:53,128
My jackass pilot lands long
and the plane goes off the runway.
1330
01:29:53,292 -- 01:29:54,930
I was on the plane.
1331
01:29:55,212 -- 01:29:58,887
We were going to Mecca.
The plane is full of Arabs with animals.
1332
01:29:59,092 -- 01:30:03,290
Goats, sheep, chickens. They don't
go anywhere without their animals.
1333
01:30:03,572 -- 01:30:07,406
We had to put plastic in the cabins.
They urinate, they defecate.
1334
01:30:07,692 -- 01:30:12,891
Anyway, the plane goes off the runway
and lands into that sand with a jolt!
1335
01:30:13,132 -- 01:30:17,683
The right wing tip digs into the sand
and spins around in a circle.
1336
01:30:18,092 -- 01:30:21,767
Three hundred and sixty degrees.
I'm scared shitless. Panic!
1337
01:30:22,252 -- 01:30:26,086
I look in the cabin. In there, calm, quiet...
1338
01:30:26,412 -- 01:30:29,290
they're picking up their luggage
and animals...
1339
01:30:29,492 -- 01:30:32,848
and looking out the window
at a little fire on the wings.
1340
01:30:33,052 -- 01:30:36,488
They're waiting for the doors
to open like nothing happened!
1341
01:30:36,692 -- 01:30:38,330
Then it dawns on me.
1342
01:30:38,612 -- 01:30:40,364
They think it's normal!
1343
01:30:42,452 -- 01:30:44,329
That's how you stop a plane!
1344
01:30:44,572 -- 01:30:47,769
Stick the wing in the sand
and let it spin until it stops!
1345
01:30:52,652 -- 01:30:55,849
They'd never been on a plane before!
What do they know?
1346
01:30:56,172 -- 01:30:58,242
They think this is how you do it!
1347
01:31:06,012 -- 01:31:07,411
Mr. Ruskin?
1348
01:31:15,692 -- 01:31:16,966
Mrs. Ruskin?
1349
01:31:17,212 -- 01:31:20,488
I'm Peter Fallow.
I want to express my sympathies.
1350
01:31:20,692 -- 01:31:22,284
How very kind.
1351
01:31:22,612 -- 01:31:24,170
Did you know Arthur?
1352
01:31:24,332 -- 01:31:27,290
Actually, I was quite close to him
when he died.
1353
01:31:29,132 -- 01:31:33,762
I have reprobated myself,
over and over again, for not being there.
1354
01:31:34,092 -- 01:31:37,129
I understand that
you're Sherman McCoy's lover.
1355
01:31:37,452 -- 01:31:38,521
Excuse me?
1356
01:31:38,612 -- 01:31:42,924
And that you were driving the car
on the night of that unfortunate accident.
1357
01:31:43,212 -- 01:31:46,966
-Sherman would never tell you that.
-Tell me what happened that night.
1358
01:31:47,052 -- 01:31:49,441
Listen, Mr. Peckerhead.
1359
01:31:49,852 -- 01:31:53,003
I am here for my husband's funeral.
Understand?
1360
01:31:53,292 -- 01:31:56,204
Go away. Disappear. Disintegrate.
1361
01:31:59,092 -- 01:32:02,926
Yes, yes, yes.
This story was getting better every day.
1362
01:32:03,412 -- 01:32:04,811
I could smell it.
1363
01:32:05,052 -- 01:32:07,327
Hell, some of it was even true.
1364
01:32:08,692 -- 01:32:12,048
I was back on track.
I was a reporter again.
1365
01:32:16,652 -- 01:32:19,689
You're a muckraking yellow journalist!
1366
01:32:19,852 -- 01:32:24,323
You print this story without so much
as a by-your-leave to me or the Reverend.
1367
01:32:24,692 -- 01:32:26,250
Who do you think you are?
1368
01:32:26,332 -- 01:32:28,288
For chrissakes, calm down.
1369
01:32:28,372 -- 01:32:31,045
You have to keep
your voices down.
1370
01:32:32,972 -- 01:32:36,885
Sherman McCoy was not driving the car.
I think I can prove it.
1371
01:32:37,012 -- 01:32:38,001
So what?
1372
01:32:38,092 -- 01:32:41,801
This is our case. Right here.
The hospital is the guilty party.
1373
01:32:42,252 -- 01:32:43,526
The hospital?
1374
01:32:43,732 -- 01:32:47,566
The hospital. A young man comes in
with a cerebral concussion.
1375
01:32:47,852 -- 01:32:49,570
They treat him for a broken wrist.
1376
01:32:49,652 -- 01:32:53,691
That is our case. That is the lawsuit
we'll bring against the hospital.
1377
01:32:53,932 -- 01:32:57,607
That is what we have been
working toward all this time.
1378
01:32:57,812 -- 01:33:00,406
And you are confusing the issue.
1379
01:33:01,452 -- 01:33:03,363
What about Sherman McCoy?
1380
01:33:03,852 -- 01:33:05,365
What about the truth?
1381
01:33:05,492 -- 01:33:06,925
Congratulations.
1382
01:33:07,732 -- 01:33:09,609
You're a reporter again.
1383
01:33:10,732 -- 01:33:13,292
Don't forget where your story came from.
1384
01:33:13,612 -- 01:33:16,331
That's right.
You our boy, Peter.
1385
01:33:16,852 -- 01:33:19,685
You take care of us
and we'll take care of you.
1386
01:33:20,092 -- 01:33:25,041
I promise you that is going
to be a very profitable relationship...
1387
01:33:25,452 -- 01:33:27,363
for all of us.
1388
01:33:39,772 -- 01:33:44,892
Annie, I know nothing can heal
the wound that you've suffered.
1389
01:33:46,412 -- 01:33:51,281
But $10,000,000 in damages
will make your grief more comfortable.
1390
01:33:59,372 -- 01:34:01,169
I could use a few things.
1391
01:34:01,772 -- 01:34:06,971
I feel that the presentation of my person
should be carefully designed.
1392
01:34:08,172 -- 01:34:11,050
I think I should have the right wardrobe.
1393
01:34:11,372 -- 01:34:15,684
So if Mr. Fox's limousine could pick me up
tomorrow morning...
1394
01:34:16,172 -- 01:34:18,003
I could do some shopping.
1395
01:34:20,652 -- 01:34:21,926
Certainly.
1396
01:34:24,412 -- 01:34:26,482
I printed the story they wanted.
1397
01:34:28,852 -- 01:34:31,924
If you work in a whorehouse,
there's only one thing to be.
1398
01:34:32,012 -- 01:34:33,843
The best whore in the house.
1399
01:34:34,092 -- 01:34:38,131
And I was beginning to see
even greater possibilities in my situation.
1400
01:34:38,412 -- 01:34:41,131
They're going to sue the hospital.
1401
01:34:42,292 -- 01:34:43,930
All they want is money.
1402
01:34:45,132 -- 01:34:49,011
Can you imagine using a tragedy like this
for your own selfish motives?
1403
01:34:49,172 -- 01:34:50,651
It really is terrible.
1404
01:34:50,732 -- 01:34:52,245
Shut up, asshole!
1405
01:34:56,492 -- 01:35:00,326
What is happening to my campaign?
The People versus Sherman McCoy?
1406
01:35:01,452 -- 01:35:02,931
Where is my issue?
1407
01:35:04,012 -- 01:35:05,764
Where is my cause?
1408
01:35:07,132 -- 01:35:08,690
Where is my hope?
1409
01:35:12,012 -- 01:35:14,572
We've got to talk to this Ruskin woman.
1410
01:35:20,012 -- 01:35:24,005
You go to the press. Tell them we're going
to question the woman.
1411
01:35:24,212 -- 01:35:28,728
If she's the woman in the car,
she faces possible charges, etc., etc.
1412
01:35:32,492 -- 01:35:33,720
And you!
1413
01:35:34,772 -- 01:35:37,161
Mr. Wise-Guy-Know-It-All-Shitface!
1414
01:35:37,452 -- 01:35:40,330
You got us into this!
You're going to get us out.
1415
01:35:40,532 -- 01:35:42,443
Look at me when I talk to you!
1416
01:35:43,412 -- 01:35:47,928
Go to this broad.
Tell her she's in a whole lot of trouble.
1417
01:35:48,412 -- 01:35:52,849
But, if she's willing to cooperate,
if she'll say what we want her to say...
1418
01:35:53,012 -- 01:35:54,923
we will grant her immunity.
1419
01:35:57,172 -- 01:35:59,083
What are you waiting for? Go!
1420
01:36:03,372 -- 01:36:04,487
Today?
1421
01:36:05,452 -- 01:36:07,841
Her husband's funeral is today.
1422
01:36:10,252 -- 01:36:13,927
I don't care if today is
her mother's bar mitzvah.
1423
01:36:14,412 -- 01:36:16,164
Go to her. Now!
1424
01:36:20,652 -- 01:36:23,883
I hear you did some creative wiring
in the building.
1425
01:36:24,692 -- 01:36:27,286
You bugged
Caroline Heftshank's apartment.
1426
01:36:27,412 -- 01:36:29,972
In three minutes,
I had what I needed.
1427
01:36:30,252 -- 01:36:33,608
It was more than a story.
I had the makings of a book.
1428
01:36:33,812 -- 01:36:36,406
A great book. A prize-winning effort.
1429
01:36:36,892 -- 01:36:38,325
All I needed was a finish.
1430
01:36:38,412 -- 01:36:41,131
-Do you have the tape upstairs?
-I got it.
1431
01:36:41,612 -- 01:36:44,410
I shipped off a present
to McCoy's lawyer...
1432
01:36:44,492 -- 01:36:46,210
and waited for the fireworks.
1433
01:36:46,292 -- 01:36:49,364
I don't feel
terrifically sexy at the moment.
1434
01:36:49,452 -- 01:36:52,728
You know I'm a sucker
for a soft dick, Sherman.
1435
01:36:52,812 -- 01:36:55,201
You are incorrigible.
1436
01:36:55,692 -- 01:36:58,490
That is me! That's Maria!
Where did you get this?
1437
01:36:58,572 -- 01:36:59,561
Listen!
1438
01:37:02,132 -- 01:37:06,250
We could still go to the police.
We could get a talented lawyer.
1439
01:37:06,412 -- 01:37:09,449
And put our heads right
into the tiger's mouth?
1440
01:37:09,652 -- 01:37:11,802
I'm the one who was driving the car.
1441
01:37:12,052 -- 01:37:15,203
Shouldn't I be the one
to make that decision?
1442
01:37:15,692 -- 01:37:17,648
And I say no. I say no.
1443
01:37:18,932 -- 01:37:22,242
The apartment was wired?
It was bugged all that time?
1444
01:37:22,412 -- 01:37:23,527
Why?
1445
01:37:23,692 -- 01:37:24,761
Who knows?
1446
01:37:24,892 -- 01:37:29,443
Whoever sent this tape is either a fan
of yours or not a fan of Maria's.
1447
01:37:29,812 -- 01:37:31,643
Then we have this as evidence!
1448
01:37:31,732 -- 01:37:34,485
This tape is illegal. Totally illegal.
1449
01:37:34,732 -- 01:37:37,371
The guy who did this could go to jail.
1450
01:37:37,612 -- 01:37:40,331
If this were your tape, it'd be legal.
1451
01:37:40,492 -- 01:37:41,527
But it's not.
1452
01:37:41,612 -- 01:37:43,523
If it were my tape?
1453
01:37:43,692 -- 01:37:46,081
If you recorded your own conversation...
1454
01:37:46,292 -- 01:37:48,044
it would be okay.
1455
01:37:49,852 -- 01:37:52,571
But this tape can't be used as evidence
in a court of law.
1456
01:37:52,652 -- 01:37:54,165
Then what good is it?
1457
01:37:54,252 -- 01:37:56,561
-It gave me an idea.
-What kind of idea?
1458
01:37:56,852 -- 01:37:58,968
About what you wear to the funeral.
1459
01:37:59,372 -- 01:38:00,964
What funeral?
1460
01:38:40,652 -- 01:38:42,165
Please be seated.
1461
01:38:44,572 -- 01:38:48,201
In accordance with the wishes
of Mr. Ruskin...
1462
01:38:49,172 -- 01:38:53,450
Manny Leerman will play a medley
of Arthur's favorite songs.
1463
01:39:00,652 -- 01:39:02,244
It's me. Sherman.
1464
01:39:16,652 -- 01:39:19,610
I need to talk to you.
Can you come?
1465
01:39:28,012 -- 01:39:29,411
What are you doing here?
1466
01:39:29,492 -- 01:39:31,050
I had to talk to you.
1467
01:39:31,852 -- 01:39:36,323
Sherman, it seems like you've been doing
all your talking to the newspapers.
1468
01:39:36,532 -- 01:39:40,810
I had nothing to do with it.
We didn't want your name brought up.
1469
01:39:41,292 -- 01:39:42,247
I see.
1470
01:39:42,732 -- 01:39:44,802
Maria, you have to help me.
1471
01:39:45,932 -- 01:39:47,365
How can I help you?
1472
01:39:47,452 -- 01:39:51,764
This may sound strange,
but you could start by...
1473
01:39:52,652 -- 01:39:56,486
telling the police
what really happened that night.
1474
01:39:56,692 -- 01:39:59,252
Sherman, you are the sweetest thing.
1475
01:39:59,332 -- 01:40:02,369
I'm not sure anybody knows
what really happened that night.
1476
01:40:03,692 -- 01:40:05,205
Not anymore.
1477
01:40:05,292 -- 01:40:07,283
Oh, God! Oh, God!
1478
01:40:13,132 -- 01:40:16,966
There's something about funerals
that is so stimulating.
1479
01:40:17,212 -- 01:40:19,601
My panties have been wet all morning.
1480
01:40:22,972 -- 01:40:24,325
Maria, stop.
1481
01:40:24,412 -- 01:40:27,404
What's wrong with you?
Why are you all hunched over?
1482
01:40:27,692 -- 01:40:29,444
What's on your back?
1483
01:40:30,452 -- 01:40:32,488
This lump, this piece of metal.
1484
01:40:32,572 -- 01:40:35,769
-That's my belt buckle.
-You don't have a buckle in the back.
1485
01:40:35,852 -- 01:40:37,922
There's subterfuge afoot!
1486
01:40:38,252 -- 01:40:42,962
You're secreting something on
your body! I want to see what it is!
1487
01:40:44,212 -- 01:40:47,090
A hidden microphone? A wire!
1488
01:40:49,052 -- 01:40:50,451
Sherman!
1489
01:40:52,012 -- 01:40:54,572
You rotten, dishonest bastard!
1490
01:40:54,652 -- 01:40:57,803
I didn't want to do it!
You gave me no choice!
1491
01:41:00,612 -- 01:41:02,011
Mrs. Ruskin?
1492
01:41:02,612 -- 01:41:04,250
Go away, whoever you are!
1493
01:41:04,332 -- 01:41:08,962
I'm so sorry. I'm Jed Kramer,
of the district attorney's office.
1494
01:41:11,252 -- 01:41:13,163
District attorney's office.
1495
01:41:16,492 -- 01:41:18,448
My, my, my, Mr. McCoy.
1496
01:41:18,732 -- 01:41:21,804
I'd say your goose is just about home-fried.
1497
01:41:22,692 -- 01:41:26,241
I have protected you.
I have been a gentleman about this.
1498
01:41:26,332 -- 01:41:30,769
I've tried to keep your name out of the
papers. Now you must do the right thing!
1499
01:41:31,412 -- 01:41:33,926
Never. Never! Never!
1500
01:41:37,132 -- 01:41:40,363
I hope you die and hang
in the electric chair!
1501
01:41:43,052 -- 01:41:46,249
Mrs. Ruskin,
I apologize for the intrusion...
1502
01:41:47,052 -- 01:41:48,201
He's gone!
1503
01:41:48,812 -- 01:41:51,565
I know. And I'm sorry for your loss.
1504
01:41:51,852 -- 01:41:53,763
He just ran out the back door!
1505
01:41:56,372 -- 01:41:58,124
-Who?
-Sherman McCoy!
1506
01:41:58,492 -- 01:41:59,686
Jesus!
1507
01:42:05,132 -- 01:42:08,841
I'm sorry if I alarmed you,
but he was acting very strange.
1508
01:42:10,092 -- 01:42:13,448
Where are my manners?
My name is Maria Ruskin.
1509
01:42:15,412 -- 01:42:16,845
I'm Kramer.
1510
01:42:17,292 -- 01:42:18,566
Jed Kramer.
1511
01:42:20,692 -- 01:42:23,252
I'm the assistant district attorney.
1512
01:42:23,692 -- 01:42:25,011
Bronx County.
1513
01:42:27,292 -- 01:42:28,361
I see.
1514
01:42:28,732 -- 01:42:31,405
What a handsome district attorney you are.
1515
01:42:33,052 -- 01:42:35,247
We have a lot to talk about.
1516
01:42:36,012 -- 01:42:38,572
Because if I'm going to testify...
1517
01:42:38,652 -- 01:42:41,120
I need to know what I should
or should not say.
1518
01:42:41,772 -- 01:42:43,842
You can start by telling the police...
1519
01:42:43,932 -- 01:42:45,763
what really happened that night.
1520
01:42:45,852 -- 01:42:48,082
Sherman,
you are the sweetest thing.
1521
01:42:48,172 -- 01:42:51,084
I'm not sure anybody knows
what really happened.
1522
01:42:51,372 -- 01:42:52,805
Not anymore.
1523
01:43:19,212 -- 01:43:21,931
They weren't sure downstairs
if you were here.
1524
01:43:25,452 -- 01:43:27,522
I usually come up the back way now.
1525
01:43:28,012 -- 01:43:30,651
I see. May I?
1526
01:43:30,732 -- 01:43:32,324
Yes. Yeah, sure.
1527
01:43:38,892 -- 01:43:40,803
It's all gone. Everything.
1528
01:43:42,452 -- 01:43:44,090
Judy's gone too?
1529
01:43:44,172 -- 01:43:45,571
Yes.
1530
01:43:46,292 -- 01:43:47,930
She moves quickly.
1531
01:43:49,012 -- 01:43:51,287
She's got a good lawyer.
1532
01:43:53,932 -- 01:43:57,766
I'm not sure I ever really liked her,
your wife.
1533
01:43:58,812 -- 01:44:00,609
No, of course not.
1534
01:44:00,692 -- 01:44:04,844
Or this apartment, for what you paid for it.
1535
01:44:05,132 -- 01:44:06,645
Or the furniture--
1536
01:44:06,732 -- 01:44:10,964
Or my car, or my job,
or my clothes, my life, my money!
1537
01:44:11,932 -- 01:44:15,402
Christ! You did not come
all the way here...
1538
01:44:16,332 -- 01:44:18,562
on a fucking subway to tell me...
1539
01:44:18,892 -- 01:44:20,211
I am not...
1540
01:44:20,572 -- 01:44:24,531
at this late date, going to get
the ethics and morality speech!
1541
01:44:24,812 -- 01:44:29,442
Not now! Not when I have to do what
I'm going to do in court tomorrow.
1542
01:44:29,932 -- 01:44:32,651
If you came to give me that...
Jesus Christ!
1543
01:44:38,332 -- 01:44:40,721
I don't know how to do this.
1544
01:44:42,652 -- 01:44:45,803
You didn't call. We wanted to help.
1545
01:44:48,692 -- 01:44:52,162
I came to say that we're here for you.
1546
01:44:52,452 -- 01:44:56,331
You're our son and we love you.
1547
01:44:58,292 -- 01:44:59,930
I don't mean "we."
1548
01:45:00,812 -- 01:45:02,131
I mean "I."
1549
01:45:03,572 -- 01:45:05,005
I love you.
1550
01:45:06,252 -- 01:45:07,526
That's all.
1551
01:45:10,252 -- 01:45:11,367
Please.
1552
01:45:27,892 -- 01:45:30,360
Have you thought about
what you want to do?
1553
01:45:33,812 -- 01:45:36,201
There's only one thing I can do.
1554
01:45:37,172 -- 01:45:39,811
I want the truth to come out
and burn every one of them.
1555
01:45:39,892 -- 01:45:41,883
There's only one way to do that.
1556
01:45:44,012 -- 01:45:45,286
Lie.
1557
01:45:49,652 -- 01:45:53,440
I have always been a great believer
in the truth.
1558
01:45:54,092 -- 01:45:57,243
I've lived my life as honestly as I can.
1559
01:45:58,012 -- 01:46:02,244
I believe in the truth as an essential
companion to a man of conscience.
1560
01:46:02,452 -- 01:46:06,730
A beacon in this vast and dark
wasteland that is our modern world.
1561
01:46:06,932 -- 01:46:08,160
And yet...
1562
01:46:09,772 -- 01:46:11,091
Yes?
1563
01:46:12,972 -- 01:46:16,965
In this case,
if the truth won't set you free...
1564
01:46:18,892 -- 01:46:20,211
then lie.
1565
01:46:26,652 -- 01:46:30,327
Did this incident take place
on the ramp to the expressway...
1566
01:46:30,412 -- 01:46:32,482
or on the avenue itself?
1567
01:46:33,372 -- 01:46:35,966
On the avenue. Right on the street.
1568
01:46:37,892 -- 01:46:41,328
Was there a barricade,
or an obstruction of any kind...
1569
01:46:41,412 -- 01:46:43,642
that forced the car to stop?
1570
01:46:45,372 -- 01:46:47,966
No, there was nothing like that at all.
1571
01:46:51,932 -- 01:46:53,888
Just one last question.
1572
01:46:54,172 -- 01:46:57,403
Who was driving the car
when Henry Lamb was hit?
1573
01:47:02,012 -- 01:47:04,890
Sherman never let anyone drive his car.
1574
01:47:09,532 -- 01:47:12,729
So, Sherman McCoy was driving the car?
1575
01:47:17,532 -- 01:47:18,806
Yes.
1576
01:47:22,652 -- 01:47:27,123
Lock him up! Bang it shut!
Lock him up! Bang it shut!
1577
01:47:28,452 -- 01:47:30,647
Chill, everybody. Chill!
1578
01:47:31,772 -- 01:47:33,524
And there it was.
1579
01:47:34,052 -- 01:47:35,963
The end of Sherman McCoy.
1580
01:47:37,252 -- 01:47:39,607
It wasn't the ending I was hoping for.
1581
01:47:39,932 -- 01:47:43,288
All my work, all my efforts,
down the tubes.
1582
01:47:44,612 -- 01:47:47,172
My hero was gone. Finished.
1583
01:47:48,532 -- 01:47:52,002
Maria might as well have put a gun
to his head and pulled the trigger.
1584
01:47:52,092 -- 01:47:54,208
She and everyone in this courtroom.
1585
01:47:55,812 -- 01:47:58,201
I saw a wave of triumph wash over them.
1586
01:47:58,492 -- 01:48:02,087
I could feel them rising like the tide
as Sherman sank before them.
1587
01:48:03,292 -- 01:48:06,648
The Master of the Universe was
going down for the third time.
1588
01:48:07,132 -- 01:48:08,406
It was all over.
1589
01:48:08,892 -- 01:48:10,450
There was no hope now.
1590
01:48:10,852 -- 01:48:13,082
The darkness closed in around him.
1591
01:48:13,892 -- 01:48:16,281
And then I noticed a peculiar thing.
1592
01:48:18,492 -- 01:48:20,722
Sherman was smiling.
1593
01:48:21,572 -- 01:48:23,881
You people settle down!
1594
01:48:23,972 -- 01:48:26,167
I will have you all thrown out!
1595
01:48:27,812 -- 01:48:29,723
You are out of order!
1596
01:48:31,452 -- 01:48:33,408
Order in here! Order!
1597
01:48:37,532 -- 01:48:38,681
Order!
1598
01:48:43,652 -- 01:48:45,244
Go on, Mrs. Ruskin.
1599
01:48:46,212 -- 01:48:48,123
And I wanted...
1600
01:48:48,292 -- 01:48:52,285
to report the incident,
but he wouldn't let me.
1601
01:48:52,732 -- 01:48:54,962
He said that he was driving...
1602
01:48:55,292 -- 01:48:58,170
and that it was his decision to make.
1603
01:48:59,772 -- 01:49:03,651
And did that surprise you?
1604
01:49:03,972 -- 01:49:05,564
I was shocked.
1605
01:49:06,372 -- 01:49:11,241
There are certain qualities of virtue
that I admire in a human being.
1606
01:49:11,972 -- 01:49:13,530
Virtues that I hope...
1607
01:49:13,732 -- 01:49:15,324
I possess myself.
1608
01:49:15,412 -- 01:49:17,562
We have time
for a quickie.
1609
01:49:17,652 -- 01:49:18,926
What do you say?
1610
01:49:25,812 -- 01:49:28,804
I don't feel
terrifically sexy at the moment.
1611
01:49:28,892 -- 01:49:32,362
You know I'm a sucker
for a soft dick, Sherman.
1612
01:49:35,332 -- 01:49:37,243
You are incorrigible.
1613
01:49:39,452 -- 01:49:43,365
We could still go to the police.
We could get a talented lawyer.
1614
01:49:43,492 -- 01:49:45,926
And put our heads
into the tiger's mouth?
1615
01:49:46,012 -- 01:49:48,162
I'm the one who was driving the car.
1616
01:49:55,812 -- 01:49:57,211
Order!
1617
01:50:06,532 -- 01:50:08,568
Order in here, Goddamn it! Order!
1618
01:50:13,372 -- 01:50:15,124
Approach the bench.
1619
01:50:17,732 -- 01:50:19,165
Now, gentlemen.
1620
01:50:23,812 -- 01:50:24,881
Damn it.
1621
01:50:26,172 -- 01:50:27,890
That can't be used.
1622
01:50:43,612 -- 01:50:45,523
-Whose tape is this?
-Mine.
1623
01:50:45,852 -- 01:50:46,887
Shut up!
1624
01:50:54,052 -- 01:50:56,930
I remind you that you are still under oath.
1625
01:51:01,532 -- 01:51:04,126
Did you record this conversation?
1626
01:51:05,532 -- 01:51:07,170
Yes, sir, I did.
1627
01:51:07,932 -- 01:51:10,127
I recorded the conversation on this tape.
1628
01:51:10,212 -- 01:51:12,043
My tape. This is my tape...
1629
01:51:12,252 -- 01:51:13,810
of my conversation.
1630
01:51:14,852 -- 01:51:16,410
I recorded it.
1631
01:51:26,012 -- 01:51:27,411
Get out of my face.
1632
01:51:29,612 -- 01:51:30,522
All of you!
1633
01:51:32,972 -- 01:51:35,247
You can't let them get away with this!
1634
01:51:37,252 -- 01:51:38,526
Order!
1635
01:51:39,972 -- 01:51:41,963
Order in the court!
1636
01:51:44,772 -- 01:51:47,969
You insist on testing the will of this court?
1637
01:51:48,452 -- 01:51:50,522
Now shut up and sit down!
1638
01:52:03,452 -- 01:52:04,567
Very well.
1639
01:52:05,652 -- 01:52:08,530
In the case of
The People versus Sherman McCoy...
1640
01:52:12,732 -- 01:52:15,769
based on the evidence contained
in this recording...
1641
01:52:18,372 -- 01:52:21,808
I order the indictment dismissed
in the interest of justice.
1642
01:52:29,052 -- 01:52:31,168
That's not justice, you racist pig!
1643
01:52:32,612 -- 01:52:33,647
Racist?
1644
01:52:38,332 -- 01:52:40,892
You dare call me racist?
1645
01:52:45,212 -- 01:52:46,964
I say unto you...
1646
01:52:47,972 -- 01:52:51,169
what does it matter
the color of a man's skin...
1647
01:52:51,452 -- 01:52:52,851
if witnesses...
1648
01:52:52,932 -- 01:52:54,684
perjure themselves?
1649
01:52:55,292 -- 01:52:56,691
If a prosecutor...
1650
01:52:57,252 -- 01:52:59,163
enlists the perjurers?
1651
01:53:00,292 -- 01:53:02,203
When a district attorney...
1652
01:53:03,172 -- 01:53:05,128
throws a man to the mob...
1653
01:53:05,372 -- 01:53:07,283
for political gain?
1654
01:53:08,092 -- 01:53:10,162
When men of the cloth...
1655
01:53:12,772 -- 01:53:14,967
men of God...
1656
01:53:16,412 -- 01:53:18,482
take the prime cuts?
1657
01:53:24,932 -- 01:53:26,570
Is that justice?
1658
01:53:33,412 -- 01:53:35,004
I don't hear you.
1659
01:53:40,252 -- 01:53:42,812
I'll tell you what justice is.
1660
01:53:44,412 -- 01:53:45,845
Justice...
1661
01:53:46,852 -- 01:53:48,410
is the law.
1662
01:53:50,052 -- 01:53:51,644
And the law...
1663
01:53:52,132 -- 01:53:54,521
is man's feeble attempt...
1664
01:53:55,652 -- 01:53:59,167
to set down the principles of decency.
1665
01:54:01,892 -- 01:54:03,291
Decency.
1666
01:54:04,572 -- 01:54:06,290
And decency is not a deal!
It isn't an angle, or a contract or a hustle.
Decency...
Decency is what
your grandmother taught you.
It's in your bones.
Now you go home.
Go home and be decent people.
Be decent.
Mr. McCoy, you're free to go.
I don't fucking believe this.
Shit!
So we come to the end
of our story.
That was the last I saw of Sherman McCoy.
The last anyone saw of him.
He was gone...
in a blaze of glory. A hero for our times.
Or as close to a hero
as we're likely to get these days.
And now, without further ado,
the man of the moment.
The winner of the Pulitzer Prize...
the National Book Award
and every other prize you can win.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Peter Fallow.
Sherman, who started with
so much, lost everything.
But he gained his soul.
Whereas I, who started with so little...
gained everything.
"But what does it profit a man
if he gains the world and loses..."
Ah, well.
There are compensations.