1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,760 My attorney had never been able to accept the notion... 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,160 often espoused by former drug abusers... 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,360 that you can get a lot higher without drugs than with them. 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,280 Neither have l, for that matter. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,120 ~ When the truth is found ~ 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,440 ~ To be lies ~ 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,040 ~ And all the joy ~ 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,440 ~ Within you dies ~ 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,160 ~ Don't you want somebody to love ~ 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,640 ~ Don't you need somebody to love ~ 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,080 ~ Wouldn't you love somebody to love ~ 12 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:39,000 ~ You better find somebody to love ~ 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:40,960 ~ Love ~ 14 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,880 ~ 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,080 1965. The great San Francisco acid wave. 16 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,200 ~ When the garden flowers ~ 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,000 I recall one night in a place called the Matrix. There I was-- 18 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,360 - ~ - Mother of God. There I am. 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,280 Holy fuck. 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,480 Uh, clearly I was a victim of the drug explosion... 21 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,120 a natural street freak just eating whatever came by. 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,960 Does anybody want some LSD ? 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,440 I got all the makin's... 24 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,080 right here ! 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,760 All I need is a place to cook. 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,120 I decided to eat only half of the acid at first... 27 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,840 but I spilled the rest on the sleeve of my red woolen shirt. 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,880 What's the trouble ? 29 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:44,840 Well, all this white stuff... 30 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,880 on my sleeve... 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,120 is LSD. 32 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,160 With a bit of luck... 33 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,000 his life was ruined forever... 34 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,680 always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all his favorite bars... 35 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,920 men in red woolen shirts... 36 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,760 are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know. 37 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,160 ~ 38 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,760 Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. 39 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,280 Has it been five years ? Six ? 40 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:41,280 It seems like a lifetime, the kind of peak that never comes again. 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,240 ~ Love is but a song we're singin' ~ 42 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,720 San Francisco in the middle '60s... 43 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,560 was a very special time and place to be a part of... 44 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,200 - but no explanation... - ~ We can make the mountains ring ~ 45 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,120 no mix of words or music or memories... 46 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,520 can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive... 47 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,400 in that corner of time in the world, whatever it meant. 48 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,040 ~ Though the bird is on the wing ~ 49 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,560 ~ And you may not know why ~ 50 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,240 There was madness in any direction... 51 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,520 - ~ Come on, people, now ~ - at any hour. 52 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,600 - ~ Smile on your brothers ~ - You could strike sparks anywhere. 53 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,960 ~ Everybody get together ~ 54 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,040 - ~ Try to love one another ~ - There was a fantastic universal sense... 55 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,480 that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. 56 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,800 And that, I think, was the handle. 57 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,640 ~ Some may come and some may go ~ 58 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,560 That sense of inevitable victory... 59 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:33,120 over the forces of old and evil. 60 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,280 Not in any mean or military sense-- we didn't need that. 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,800 Our energy would simply prevail. 62 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,960 We had all the momentum. 63 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,400 We were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. 64 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,480 - So now, less than five years later... - ~ 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,000 you can go up a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west... 66 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,600 and with the right kind of eyes... 67 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,600 you can almost see the high-water mark... 68 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,480 that place where the wave finally broke... 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,400 and rolled back. 70 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,240 - ~ Try to love one another right now ~ 71 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:14,960 ~ 72 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,240 ~ 73 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:23,640 - ~ Want some whiskey in your water ~ 74 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,720 - Room service ! - ~ Some sugar in your tea ~ 75 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,920 ~ What's all these crazy questions they're askin' me ~ 76 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,760 - Good morning, sir. - ~ This is the craziest party there could ever be ~ 77 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,680 What do you want, man ? What do you want ? 78 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,600 - Room service. - Get out. 79 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,480 - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ - You're in the wrong room. Get the fuck out ! 80 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,360 - I've got a gun. It's not mine, really. - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ 81 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,280 - Uh, the-- the-- the bill. - What ? 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,160 - Will you... s-sign for it ? - Yeah, I'll get it. Hurry up. 83 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,560 Don't move, man. Be very still. 84 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,480 There we go. 85 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Say nothing to no one, man. 86 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,480 ~ Open up the window Let some air into this room ~ 87 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,800 The decision to flee came suddenly. Or maybe not. 88 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,760 - ~ That cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scared me half to death ~ - Maybe I'd planned it all along, 89 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:08,120 subconsciously waiting for the right moment. 90 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,920 - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ - The bill was a factor, I think... 91 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,680 - because I had no money to pay for it. - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ 92 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,520 Our room service tabs had been running somewhere between 29 and 36 dollars per hour... 93 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,400 - ~ That ain't the way to have fun, son ~ - for 48 consecutive hours. 94 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,320 - Incredible. - ~ That ain't the way to have fun ~ 95 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,240 How could it happen ? 96 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,520 But by the time I asked this question, there was no one around to answer it. 97 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,560 That rotten attorney of mine, Dr. Gonzo, was gone. 98 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,480 He must have sensed trouble. 99 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,320 Hmm ? Ohh. 100 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,120 A "Z" ? 101 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,200 Panic. 102 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,880 It crept up my spine like first-rising vibes of an acid frenzy. 103 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,720 - All these horrible realities began to dawn on me. 104 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,440 Oh, fuck. 105 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,360 Here I was... 106 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,360 alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs. 107 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,600 No cash, no story for the magazine... 108 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:03,880 and on top of everything else I had a gigantic goddamn hotel bill to deal with. 109 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,520 I didn't even know who'd won the race. 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,440 - Maybe nobody. 111 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,320 How would Horatio Alger have handled this situation ? 112 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,600 Stay calm. Stay calm. 113 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,880 I'm a relatively respectable citizen. 114 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,880 - Multiple felon, perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. 115 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,280 - Taxi ! 116 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,680 Luckily I had taken the soap and grapefruit and other luggage out to the car earlier. 117 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,240 Now-- 118 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:33,160 it was only a matter of slipping the noose. 119 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,840 Hey ! Here, take this. All right. 120 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,840 - Mr. Duke ! Mr. Duke ! - Oh, shit. 121 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:45,040 - We've been looking for you. - The game was up. They had me. 122 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,280 Many fine books have been written in prison, huh ? 123 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,440 - Sir ? - What ? 124 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Um, this telegram came for you. 125 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,480 Actually, it's not for you. It's for somebody named, uh, Thompson. 126 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,800 But it says, "Care of Raoul Duke." Do you-- Do you-- 127 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:01,720 - Does that mean anything ? - Yes, yes, it means a lot. Thanks. 128 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,080 - Yeah, I checked the register for this man Thompson. 129 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,600 We don't show him, but I figured he might be part of your team. 130 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,640 -He is. Don't worry. I'll get it to him. -Yeah. 131 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,240 Um, what confused us was, uh... 132 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,560 Dr. Gonzo's signature on the telegram from Los Angeles when we knew he was right here. 133 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,640 Right. You did the right thing. 134 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,920 Never try to understand a press message. About half the time, we use codes. 135 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,200 Especially with Dr. Gonzo. See ya. 136 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,960 - Um, tell me. 137 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,480 When will the doctor be awake ? 138 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,400 - Awake ? What do you mean ? - Well, um... 139 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,000 my manager, Mr. Heem, would like to meet him. 140 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,440 It's nothing unusual, um-- 141 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,400 Mr. Heem likes to meet all of our large accounts... 142 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,640 put'em on a personal basis, you know ? 143 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,800 Just a chat and a handshake. You understand. 144 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,720 Of course, but if I were you... 145 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,120 I would leave the doctor alone until after he's eaten his breakfast... 146 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,000 because he's a very crude man. 147 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,440 Jesus God ! 148 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,920 - No ! 149 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:04,560 But he will be available, huh, maybe later this morning ? 150 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,480 Look, the telegram is actually all scrambled. 151 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,400 It's actually from Thompson, not to him. 152 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,960 All right ? Now, I've got to go. I've gotta get to the race. 153 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,680 - B-But there's no hurry. The race is over. - Not for me. 154 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,760 Well, um-- Let's have lunch ! 155 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,240 Righty-o, man. Righty-o. 156 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,800 - ~ Now, the bricks lay on Grand Street ~ - Jesus. 157 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,600 Bad waves of paranoia. Madness. Fear and loathing. 158 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,480 Intolerable vibrations in this place. Get out. 159 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,400 The weasels were closing in. 160 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,600 I could smell the ugly brutes. 161 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,520 Do me one last favor, Lord. 162 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:46,000 Just give me five more high-speed hours before You bring the hammer down. 163 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Just let me get rid of this goddamn car and off this horrible desert. 164 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,800 ~ Oh, Mama ~ 165 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,080 ~ Is this really the end ~ 166 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,720 - ~ To be stuck inside of Mobile ~ - Oh, you evil bastard. 167 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,280 - ~ With the Memphis blues again ~ - This is Your work. You better take care of me, Lord. 168 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,040 - If You don't, You're gonna have me on Your hands. 169 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,760 - Pull over ! Pull over ! - Hey ! 170 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,320 Good morning. How are you ? All right, man. Doing very well. 171 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:25,880 Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. 172 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,320 Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. 173 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,240 This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop heart. 174 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,920 Make the bastard chase you. He will follow. 175 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,560 But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you're about to turn right. 176 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,200 This is to let him know you're pulling off for a proper place to talk. 177 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,440 It'll take him a moment to realize he's about to make a 180-degree turn, at speed. 178 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,680 It'll take him a moment to realize he's about to make a 180-degree turn, at speed. 179 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,880 But you will be ready. Brace for the "G"s. 180 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,960 Fast heel-toe work. 181 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,760 Hi. How are you ? 182 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,680 Just what in the hell did you think you were doing ? 183 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,000 I wanna know. Let me see your license. 184 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,040 Oh, yeah, of course. There you are. 185 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,880 Oh, my gosh. 186 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,400 It's me. 187 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,320 May I please have that ? 188 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,360 I knew I was fucked. 189 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,440 See you have two cases of beer, a basket of grapefruit... 190 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,800 stack of T-shirts and towels, light bulbs. 191 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,040 - You realize what you did when you drive like that ? - Yeah, I know. I'm guilty. 192 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,480 I understand that. I knew it was a crime. I did it anyway. 193 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:01,440 Shit, why argue ? I'm a fucking criminal. Look at me. 194 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,920 You have a strange attitude. 195 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,920 Maybe. 196 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,320 You know, I have a feeling you need to take a nap. 197 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,600 There's a rest area just up ahead. 198 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,760 I'd like you to go up there, pull over and get a few hours' sleep. 199 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,760 That's not gonna help me. 200 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,920 I've been awake for too long. Three or four nights, maybe. Can't even remember. 201 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,600 I go to sleep now, I'm dead for 20 hours. 202 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,800 What are you carrying two cases of soap for, son ? 203 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,240 I wanna stay clean. 204 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,160 No. 205 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,120 Here's how it is. 206 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,960 What I put in my book, as of noon... 207 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,160 is that I apprehended you for driving too fast. 208 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,360 - I advised you to proceed to the next rest area. - ~ 209 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,280 Stop ! 210 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,120 I advised you to proceed to the next rest area-- 211 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,080 your stated destination, right ? 212 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,080 And take a long nap. 213 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,560 Do I make myself clear ? 214 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,520 Well... how far is Baker ? 215 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,840 I was sort of hoping to, I don't know, stop there for lunch. 216 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,120 It's not my jurisdiction. 217 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,560 City limits end 2.2 miles beyond the rest area. 218 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,520 Can you make it that far ? 219 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,680 I'll try. 220 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,840 I've been wanting to go to Baker for a long time. Yeah. Heard a lot about it. 221 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,440 Excellent seafood. 222 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,320 You know, I'm thinkin', a guy with your kind of mind... 223 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,120 ought to try the land-crab. 224 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,440 - Excellent seafood. - Land-crab. 225 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,720 All right. Why not ? 226 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,000 Thanks for the tip. 227 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,080 Look at me in the eyes. 228 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,080 Everything all right ? 229 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,840 May I have a little kiss before you go ? 230 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,360 I'm very lonely here. 231 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,760 ~ Oh, Mama ~ 232 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,520 ~ Can this really be the end ~ 233 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:11,280 I felt raped. The pig had done me on all fronts. 234 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,400 And now he was going off to chuckle about it on the west side of town... 235 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,840 waiting for me to make a run for L.A. 236 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,960 Why, yes, Officer. Of course I'll take advantage of that rest area. 237 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,440 And I can't tell you how grateful I am for this break you wanna give me. 238 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,320 Get a grip, man. 239 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,800 If I boom straight for L.A., he'll bust me for sure. 240 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,320 No. This was not the time for a showdown. 241 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,520 This was Death Valley. 242 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,280 Oh, fuck ! 243 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,640 Sweet Jesus, it's him. 244 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,040 Oh, my God ! 245 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,000 ~ 246 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,440 Shit ! Come on, you fucking bastard. 247 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,600 Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. I've got to go. I've got to-- 248 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,040 ~ 249 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,320 Well, they've nailed me, goddamn it. 250 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,720 I'm trapped in some stinking desert crossroads called Baker. 251 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,440 I don't have much time, man. The fuckers are closing in. 252 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,560 - They'll hunt me down like a fucking beast. - You sound paranoid. 253 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,640 I need a fucking lawyer immediately ! 254 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,360 What are you doing in Baker ? Didn't you get my telegram ? 255 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,760 What telegram, you worthless bastard ? I'll cripple your ass for this. 256 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,880 You brainless scumbag, you're supposed to be in Vegas. 257 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,040 I rented a suite at the Flamingo. 258 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:32,280 You're supposed to be covering the National District Attorney's conference. 259 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,360 - I made all the reservations. Everything is arranged. 260 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,720 Now, what the fuck are you doing out there in the middle of the desert ? 261 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,920 Nothing. Never mind. It's all a big joke. 262 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,320 I'm actually, uh-- I'm poolside at the Flamingo right now... 263 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,200 talking through a portable phone some dwarf brought out from the casino. 264 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,400 Yeah, I have total credit here. Don't come anywhere near this place, you bastard. 265 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,320 Foreigners aren't welcome here. 266 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,120 Well, this is how the world works. 267 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,360 All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. 268 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,000 What a fool I was to defy him. 269 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,160 I was going back to Vegas. I had no choice. 270 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,240 I had to get rid of the Shark. 271 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,400 Too many people might recognize it, especially the Vegas police. 272 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,360 Luckily, my credit card was still technically valid. 273 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,520 Now this was a superior machine. 274 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,360 Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. 275 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,720 The rear windows leapt up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. 276 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,080 The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters... 277 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,440 that I would never understand. 278 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,080 If the pigs were gathering in Vegas... 279 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:46,600 I felt the drug culture should be represented as well. 280 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,520 And there was a certain bent appeal in the notion of running a savage burn... 281 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,440 on one Las Vegas hotel... 282 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,640 and then just wheeling across town and checking into another. 283 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,840 Me and a thousand ranking cops from all over America. 284 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,880 Why not move confidently into their midst ? 285 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,320 - Welcome to the Flamingo Hotel, sir. 286 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,680 - Sir ? 287 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,600 Yeah, hi. Right. Okay. 288 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,080 ~ Let me stay in your arms ~ 289 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,560 ~ I'm addicted to your charms ~ 290 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,360 ~ You're gettin' to be a habit with me ~ 291 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,720 ~ I used to think your love was something that I ~ 292 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,000 ~ Could take ~ 293 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,840 - ~ Or leave alone ~ - My arrival was badly timed. 294 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,600 ~ But now I couldn't do without my supply ~ 295 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,400 ~ I need you for my own ~ 296 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,600 ~ 297 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,480 This here model is one that we had to use... 298 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,880 when we took on them little peckerheads down there at Kent State. 299 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,400 This baby here-- 300 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,040 I'm a police chief from Michigan. 301 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,120 Look, fella, I have explained to you. 302 00:16:55,160 --> 00:17:00,240 I have this postcard which says that I have a reservation in this hotel. 303 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,920 I'm very sorry, sir, but you're on the late list. 304 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,160 - So your reservation has been transferred to... - It's okay. 305 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,840 the... Moonlight Motel... 306 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,360 which is just out on Paradise Boulevard. 307 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,400 We've already paid for our goddamn room ! 308 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,440 It's actually a very fine place of lodging, and it's only 16 blocks from here. 309 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,440 It has a pool, sauna, steam. 310 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,800 You listen to me, you filthy little faggot ! 311 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,200 I want a manager down here, now, now ! 312 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,200 Because I'm sick of listening to your dog shit ! 313 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,240 - I am... very sorry, sir. 314 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,120 - Get off of me ! Get away from me ! - Can I call you a cab ? 315 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,200 Sure, and I'll call you a cocksucker ! 316 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,000 Of course, I could hear what the clerk was really saying. 317 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,000 Listen, you fuzzy little shithead ! 318 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,200 I've been fucked around in my time... 319 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,080 by a fairly good cross section... 320 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:52,360 of mean-tempered, rule-crazy cops... 321 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,520 and now... it's my turn. 322 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,320 So fuck you, Officer. I'm in charge. 323 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,800 Hey, listen, I really hate to interrupt, but I wonder if I could slide on through. 324 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,480 The name is Raoul Duke. I think my attorney made the reservations. 325 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,760 Duke, Raoul. 326 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,840 - Certainly, sir. 327 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,760 My bags-- My bags are out there in that white Cadillac convertible there. 328 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,600 Maybe somebody could bring it to the room for me. 329 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,920 Oh, yeah, uh, let me get a quart of Wild Turkey... 330 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,960 - two-fifths of Bacardi... 331 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,640 - some ice for the room, and let's see-- - You just calm down ! 332 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,800 Shit, let's try some lime chunks. What do you think ? 333 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,200 I say okay. 334 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,400 - You don't worry about a thing. - Now, calm down. 335 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,600 You don't hesitate to call me-- Sven. 336 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,520 All right, Sven. 337 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,400 - Thank you very much. 338 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,280 - You-- You-- - I know, I know, I know. 339 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,840 It's hideous. You're gonna be fine, though. You're doing well. 340 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,760 I'll see you later. Wait. Don't touch it. 341 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,800 - Good night. Pardon me. Bye, Sven. 342 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,400 - Look what you did ! Look what you did ! 343 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,000 Goddamn you, we wouldn't stay in this hotel if you begged us ! 344 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:07,080 ~ Magic moments ~ 345 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:11,560 ~ When two hearts are caring ~ 346 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,040 - ~ Magic moments ~ 347 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:20,960 - ~ Memories we've been sharing ~ - Home, sweet home. 348 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 - Whoa. What kind of sick shit-- 349 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,360 Oh, shit ! 350 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,280 - Shit. What the fuck ? 351 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,200 Stop, stop, stop. 352 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,240 Ow ! She's biting my leg off ! You degenerate pig. Please ! 353 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,920 - Can't be helped. 354 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,200 -My fucking leg ! -That's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." 355 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,200 Lucy, be cool, goddamn it. 356 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,680 Remember what happened at the airport, okay ? Come on. 357 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,520 No more of that, okay ? That's my client, Lucy. 358 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,360 That's Mr. Duke, the famous journalist. 359 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,960 He's paying for this suite, Lucy. 360 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,880 He's on our side. 361 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,640 He loves artists. 362 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,520 Lucy paints portraits of Barbra Streisand. 363 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,800 Yeah. Right ? 364 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,920 Um, I drew these from TV. 365 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,040 Really. 366 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:19,360 She came all the way down-- 367 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,920 - What's the name of that town ? - Montana. 368 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,560 Montana. Just to give these portraits to Barbra. 369 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,680 We're goin' over to the Americana tonight to meet her backstage. 370 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,640 I desperately needed peace, rest... 371 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,000 sanctuary. 372 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,120 I hadn't counted on this: 373 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,000 finding my attorney on acid and locked into some kind of preternatural courtship. 374 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,160 Well... 375 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:48,280 they must have, uh, brought the car around by now. 376 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,160 So... 377 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,840 why don't, uh... 378 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,840 ou-yay and... I-ay... 379 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,120 o-gay and, uh, et-gay the... 380 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,000 uff-stay... 381 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,600 out of the unk-tray. 382 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,760 Absolutely. Yeah. 383 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,240 Let's get the stuff. 384 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,880 We'll be right back, Lucy. 385 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,160 - Give me a kiss ? One kiss, one kiss. - No. 386 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,440 - No. No. - One kiss. Why not ? 387 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,360 Okay. 388 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,240 Don't answer the phone. 389 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,560 God bless. 390 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,520 Well, what are your plans ? 391 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,720 Plans ? 392 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,080 - The child in the bedroom. - Oh, Lucy. 393 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,040 I met her on the plane. 394 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,960 Yeah. She's a religious freak. 395 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,800 I gave her a cap before I realized-- 396 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,480 Jesus, she's never even had a drink. 397 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,640 Well, it'll probably work out. 398 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,800 We can keep her loaded, and then peddle her ass at the drug convention. 399 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,560 Yeah, she's perfect for this gig. 400 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,560 These cops'll go 50 bucks a head to beat her into submission and then gang-fuck her. 401 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,920 We can set her up in one of these backstreet motels... 402 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,160 hang pictures of Jesus all over the room, and then turn these fucking pigs loose on her. 403 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,120 Hell, she's strong, man. She'll hold her own. 404 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,640 Jesus Christ, I knew you were sick... 405 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,360 but I never expected to hear you actually say that kind of stuff. 406 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,520 - You filthy bastard. - Straight economics, man. This girl's a godsend. 407 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,360 Shit. She could make us a grand a day. 408 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,440 That's ugly, man. Stop talking like that. 409 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,760 Well, I figure she can do about four at a time. 410 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,840 If we keep her full of acid, that's more like two grand a day, maybe three. 411 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,640 Hold on, man. 412 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,520 What if I just jump on you and beat the dog shit out of you ? 413 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,240 Would that make you feel any better, you filthy bastard ? 414 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,160 All right, listen to me. 415 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,960 In a few hours, she'll probably be sane enough to work herself... 416 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,720 into some sort of towering Jesus-based rage at the hazy recollection... 417 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,920 of being seduced by some kind of cruel Samoan... 418 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,760 who fed her liquor and LSD, dragged her to a Vegas hotel room... 419 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,280 and then savagely penetrated every orifice in her little body... 420 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,320 with his throbbing, uncircumcised member. 421 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,680 - That's so ugly, man. 422 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,720 - Well, truth hurts. - That's-- Argh ! 423 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,040 - Yeah. - Argh ! That's argh ! 424 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,960 - Argh ! - Argh ? 425 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,880 - Argh ! - Argh. 426 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,960 I wanted to help her, man. 427 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,600 Well, you'll go straight to the gas chamber for this one. 428 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,280 Even if you manage to beat that, they'll still send you back to Nevada... 429 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:47,840 for rape and consensual sodomy. 430 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,520 No, she's gotta go. 431 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,920 Shit. 432 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,280 It doesn't pay to try to help somebody these days, huh ? 433 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,280 Let's go. 434 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,480 Yeah. Americana Hotel ? I need a reservation. 435 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,080 For my... niece. 436 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,120 Look, I want her treated very gently. She's an artist and-- 437 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,640 Fuck off. She might seem a trifle high-strung. 438 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,520 She's doing her masters thesis on, uh... 439 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,440 well, Barbra Streisand. 440 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,320 - It's time to meet Barbra. - Last name ? 441 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,880 I'd rather not say. My brother's in politics. Yeah, you understand. 442 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,880 I felt like a Nazi, but it had to be done. 443 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,200 - Yeah, yeah, righto. Okay, yeah. Bye. 444 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,720 ~ Yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy ~ 445 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,640 - ~ And I feel like loving you ~ 446 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,720 ~ Love is such a sweet thing Good enough to eat ~ 447 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,320 ~ And it's just what I'm gonna do ~ 448 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,080 Lucy was a potentially fatal millstone on both our necks. 449 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,960 - Hurry the fuck up ! - There was absolutely no choice... 450 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,040 - but to cut her adrift... - Jesus Christ. Take your time ! 451 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,960 and hope her memory was fucked. 452 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,160 Here's an extra ten bucks. Make sure she gets there safely. 453 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,600 ~ 454 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,280 - That's that. 455 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,320 Hey, man, take off slowly. Don't attract attention. 456 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,640 - ~ Yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy ~ - ~ 457 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,000 Let's find a good seafood restaurant and eat some red salmon. 458 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,680 I feel a powerful lust for red salmon. 459 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,480 - Oh, no, man. We're gonna be late. 460 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,440 - We gotta go. 461 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,360 Goddamn mescaline. 462 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,160 Why the fuck can't they make it a little less pure ? 463 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,080 I welcome you... 464 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,960 to the third National D.A.'s Convention... 465 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,400 on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. 466 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,880 And now, without further ado... 467 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,120 the man who will define this cancer eating at the heart of America... 468 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,520 Dr. L. Ron Bumquist. 469 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,040 I saw these bastards in Easy Rider, but I didn't believe they were real. 470 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,040 Not like this, man, not hundreds of them. 471 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:27,760 They're actually pretty nice people once you get to know them. 472 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,480 Know them ? I know these people in my goddamn blood. 473 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,040 Don't say that word around here. You'll get them excited. 474 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,480 - You're right. - The most efficient way for us to do this... 475 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,960 is for each one of us... 476 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,800 to try and attempt... 477 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,960 to imagine what it is like inside... 478 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,920 - of the possessed mind of the addict. - Hmm ? 479 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,840 For example... 480 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,240 a dope fiend... 481 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,600 refers to the reefer butt... 482 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,600 as a "roach"... 483 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,680 because... 484 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:01,720 it resembles a cockroach. 485 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,080 What the fuck are these people talking about ? 486 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:08,880 You've got to be crazy on acid to think a joint looks like a goddamn cockroach. 487 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,400 You will notice that I have distinguished... 488 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,200 four-- four distinct states of being... 489 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,240 in the cannabis or marijuana society. 490 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,760 They are cool, groovy... 491 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,000 hip and square. 492 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,920 Seldom, if ever-- 493 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,280 - Too crazy, man. Too crazy. 494 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,920 We should get the hell out. What a fucking nightmare. 495 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,800 If he figures out what is happening... 496 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,280 then he can rise one notch... 497 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:41,360 and become hip. 498 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,480 And then if he can convince himself... 499 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,080 to approve of what is happening... 500 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,760 then he becomes groovy. 501 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,680 Groovy. 502 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,760 And then, after that, he can actually raise himself... 503 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,400 to the rank of cool. 504 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,560 He can become one of those... 505 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,480 cool guys. 506 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,520 Dr. Bumquist. 507 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,360 You think the anthropologist Margaret Mead's strange behavior of late... 508 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,040 could be explained by a private marijuana addiction ? 509 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:18,960 Good question. 510 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,880 - I'm not really sure I can answer that. 511 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,040 But what I can tell you, sir, is if Margaret Mead... 512 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,480 at her age... 513 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,600 smoked grass... 514 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,720 she'd have one hell of a trip. 515 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,240 One more layer of deviance to the woman. 516 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,680 This is fuckin' bullshit. 517 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,040 I'll be out in the casino. 518 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,800 Shut up, man. Go to hell ! 519 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,920 Thank you very much. Thank you. 520 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,680 - Thank you. Thank you for having me. - Projector, please. 521 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,360 - Excuse me. - All right. 522 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,280 ~ 523 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,600 ~ 524 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,760 Know your dope fiend. 525 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,120 Your life may depend on it. 526 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,800 You will not be able to see his eyes, because of Tea-Shades... 527 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,120 but his knuckles will be white from inner tension. 528 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,440 And his pants will be crusted with semen... 529 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,640 from constantly jacking off when he can't find a rape victim. 530 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,280 He will stagger and babble when questioned. 531 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,120 - He will not respect your badge. 532 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,440 The dope fiend fears nothing. 533 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,120 He will attack for no reason, with any weapon at his command... 534 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,200 - including yours. - Excuse me. 535 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:42,040 - Beware: any officer apprehending a suspected marijuana addict... - Pardon me. 536 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,720 - should use all necessary force immediately. - Sorry. Pardon me. 537 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,240 One stitch in time on him will usually save nine... 538 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,160 on you-- 539 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,720 Oh, God. Oh, God. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. 540 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,600 - Oh, God. Oh, God. 541 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,320 Yeah ? 542 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,680 Yes, Mr. Duke, hello. You have one message. 543 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,600 - Call Lucy... 544 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,680 - at the Americana Hotel, room 1600. - Oh, fuck. 545 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,120 - Hello ? 546 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,480 - Lucy called. 547 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,880 - What ? 548 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,480 - Lucy called. - What ? 549 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,200 - Lucy called, man. 550 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,000 Those two men in the dock, they gave me the LSD. 551 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,960 They took me to the hotel. 552 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,840 I don't know what they done to me, but I remember... 553 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,760 it was horrible. 554 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,320 - They gave you what ? 555 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,240 LSD. 556 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,280 Castration ! 557 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,040 Double castration ! 558 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,920 - Where's my .357 ? - Who the fuck knows, man ? 559 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,600 - You can't leave me alone in this snake pit. 560 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,760 You bastard, what did you do with my .357 ? 561 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:14,080 - This room is in my name. - Well, tough titty. 562 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,640 Okay, goddamn it ! 563 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,600 You're right. 564 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,960 She's my problem. I'll call her, I'll get her off our backs. 565 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,560 - It's gone too fucking far. - No, I'll take care of the situation. 566 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,480 - Relax. - Relax ! 567 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,640 Let me handle this. 568 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,440 - Where are my shoes ? - The Americana Hotel. 569 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,920 -What did you do with my goddamn shoes ? -Room 1600, please. 570 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000 As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle... 571 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,480 in my shaving kit. 572 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,960 You won't need much. 573 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,920 Just a... tiny taste. 574 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,200 Let's have it. Ah, there it is. 575 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,240 - What is this shit ? - That stuff... 576 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,760 makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer, man. 577 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,840 - Adrenochrome. - Adrenochrome ? Hmm. 578 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,120 Hello. 579 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,640 - Hi, Lucy. God bless. - Hmm ? 580 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,600 Yeah, it's me. 581 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,440 Hell, no, I taught the bastard a lesson he'll never forget. 582 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,600 What ? No, not dead. 583 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,760 But he won't be bothering anybody for a while. 584 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,040 Yeah, I left him out there. 585 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,680 I stomped him. I pulled all his teeth out. 586 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,600 I remember thinking, Jesus... 587 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,160 what a terrible thing to lay on somebody with a head full of acid. 588 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,080 But we have a problem. 589 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,280 That bastard cashed a bad check downstairs and gave you as a reference. 590 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,080 They'll be looking for both of you. 591 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,040 Yeah, I know, Lucy, but you can't judge a book by its cover. 592 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,800 Some people are just basically rotten. 593 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:07,040 Anyway, the last thing in the world you wanna do is call this hotel again. 594 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,160 - They'll trace the call, put you behind bars. 595 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,120 No, I'm moving to the Tropicana right away. 596 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,480 Hmm. 597 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,800 I'll use a different name. I'll let you know what it is. 598 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,880 I gotta get off. 599 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,760 Probably have this phone tapped, baby. 600 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,680 - Yeah, it was horrible, but it's all over now. 601 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,600 Oh, my God. There's someone at the door. 602 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,480 - There's someone at the door. 603 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,800 Christ ! Hey ! 604 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,600 No ! I'm innocent ! It was Duke ! 605 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,960 It was Duke ! Lucy ! Lucy ! 606 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,960 I love you ! I love you ! 607 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,240 Don't put that thing on me. Aaaah ! Aaaah ! 608 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,440 Whoo. Oh. 609 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,520 Well-- 610 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,880 That's that. 611 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,360 - That's the last we should be hearing from Lucy, man. 612 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,280 She's probably stuffing herself down the incinerator about now. 613 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,200 You know what we need ? 614 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:33,600 We need some opium. 615 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,160 I remember slumping on the bed. 616 00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:48,560 His performance had given me a bad jolt. 617 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,280 For a moment, I thought his mind had snapped... 618 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,200 that he actually believed he was being attacked by invisible enemies. 619 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,640 But the room was quiet again. 620 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,680 Where'd you get this ? 621 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,920 Never mind. It's absolutely pure. 622 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,800 What kind of monster client have you hooked up with this time ? 623 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,720 Satanism freak. 624 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,600 I think there's only one source for this stuff-- 625 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,440 the, uh, adrenaline gland... 626 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,640 from a living human body. 627 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:22,000 - I know. The guy didn't have any cash to pay me. - ~ 628 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,800 He offered me human blood, said it would take me higher than I'd ever been in my life. 629 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,240 - I thought he was kidding... - Oh. 630 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,040 so I told him I'd just as soon have an ounce or so of pure adrenochrome... 631 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,800 or maybe just a fresh adrenaline gland... 632 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,720 to chew on. 633 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,560 I could already feel the stuff working on me. 634 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,640 The first wave felt like a combination of mescaline and methedrine. 635 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,120 Maybe I should take a swim, I thought. 636 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,040 Yes, sir. 637 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,560 They nailed this guy for child molesting. 638 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,920 He swore he didn't do it. 639 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,720 "Why should I fuck with children ?" he said. "They're too small." 640 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,080 - Christ, what could I say ? 641 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,240 Even a goddamn werewolf is entitled to legal counsel. 642 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,280 I didn't dare to turn the creep down. 643 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,840 He might have picked up a letter opener and gone after my... 644 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,400 pineal gland. 645 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,360 - You know ? - Yeah. 646 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,800 - Crazy. - Why not ? 647 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,000 Shit. We should get some of that. 648 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,320 Just... eat a big handful and see what happens. 649 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,080 Some of what ? 650 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,360 Extract of pineal. 651 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,120 Sure, that's a good idea. 652 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,160 One whiff of that stuff will turn you into something out of a goddamn... 653 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,120 medical encyclopedia, man. 654 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,400 Beautiful fucking tits. 655 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,760 Man, your head would swell up like a watermelon. 656 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,800 - You'd gain about a hundred pounds in two hours. - Right ! 657 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,200 Grow claws, bleeding warts. 658 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,840 Yes. 659 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,840 And then you'd notice about six huge, hairy tits... 660 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:10,880 swelling up on your back. 661 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,680 Fantastic ! 662 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,760 You'd go blind. 663 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,840 Your body would turn to wax. 664 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,880 They'd have to put you in a wheelbarrow. 665 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,840 And when you scream for help... 666 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,640 you'll sound like a raccoon. 667 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,440 Man, I'll try just about anything... 668 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,560 but I'd never in hell touch a pineal gland. 669 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,360 Finish the fucking story, man ! 670 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,560 What happened ? What about the glands ? 671 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,960 Jesus, that stuff got right on top of you, didn't it ? 672 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,760 Look at your face. You're about to explode. 673 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,200 Maybe you could just... 674 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,320 shove me into the pool. 675 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,960 Man, if I put you in the pool right now, you'll sink like a goddamn stone. 676 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,520 You took too much, man. You took too much. Too much. 677 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,640 Don't try and fight it. 678 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,400 You'll get brain bubbles, strokes, aneurysms. 679 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,320 You'll just wither up and die. 680 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,720 - They continue killing innocent people ! 681 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,400 Allowing the hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people... 682 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,600 to be suffocated. 683 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,600 So tonight, we do. 684 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,000 The great silent majority. 685 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,920 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 686 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,680 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 687 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,680 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 688 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,760 ~ 689 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:55,240 ~ I feel the cottonwood whispering above ~ 690 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,960 ~ Tammy, Tammy ~ 691 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,680 - ~ Tammy's in love ~ 692 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,600 ~ 693 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,320 What kind of rat-bastard psychotic would play that song right now, at this moment ? 694 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:12,120 ~ Tammy, Tammy ~ 695 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,080 When I came to... 696 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,840 the general back-alley ambience of the suite was so rotten... 697 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,160 - so incredibly foul. - ~ 698 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,240 How long had I been lying there ? 699 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,920 All these signs of violence. 700 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,160 - What had happened ? 701 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,560 There was evidence in this room of excessive consumption... 702 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,000 of almost every type of drug known to civilized man since 1544 A.D. 703 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,320 Oh, ah, Debbie. 704 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,360 Thank God. 705 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,040 Oh, Debbie. Hmm ? Look. 706 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,520 What kind of addict would need all these coconut husks and crushed honeydew rinds ? 707 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,920 Would the presence of junkies account for all these uneaten french fries ? 708 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,040 These puddles of glazed ketchup on the bureau ? 709 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,120 Maybe so... 710 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,520 but then why all this booze... 711 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,880 and these crude pornographic photos smeared with mustard... 712 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,200 that had dried to a hard, yellow crust ? 713 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:15,080 These were not the hoofprints of your normal God-fearing junkie. 714 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,800 It was too savage, too aggressive. 715 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,280 - Put your hands where I can see them. - What ? What ? 716 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,200 Jesus God, man. Huh ? 717 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:26,120 Put your hands where I can see them. Put your hands where I can see them ! 718 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,840 Grim memories and bad flashbacks. 719 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,760 Get a grip. 720 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,400 Maintain. 721 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,040 How many nights and weird mornings had this shit been going on ? 722 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:59,320 - Something ugly had happened. I was sure of it. 723 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,880 Who is that ? Oh. Shit, that's me. 724 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,600 - Help me ! - What the fuck ? 725 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,400 - Oh, shit. 726 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,040 - You're under arrest ! - She must have used a pass key. 727 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,400 I was polishing my shoes in the closet when I noticed her sneaking in, so I took her. 728 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,280 - What made you do it ? Who paid you off ? - Nobody ! I'm the maid ! 729 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,200 - You're just as much a part of it as they are. - Part of what ? 730 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,720 The goddamn dope ring. You must know what's going on in this hotel. 731 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:37,840 Why do you think we're here ? 732 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,400 I know you're the cops, but I thought you were just here for the convention. 733 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,880 I swear. All I wanted to do was clean up the room. 734 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,280 - I don't know anything about no dope. - Come on, baby. 735 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,840 Don't try to tell us you never heard of the Grange Gorman. 736 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,320 I swear to Jesus I never heard of that stuff. 737 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,800 Maybe she's telling the truth. Maybe she's not part of it. 738 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,560 I swear I'm not. I swear. 739 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,400 In that case, maybe she can help. 740 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,760 Oh, yes, I'll help you all you want. 741 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,240 - I hate dope. - So do we. 742 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:14,040 I think we should put her on the payroll, see what she comes up with. 743 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,240 - You think you can handle it ? - What ? 744 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,320 One phone call every day. 745 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,120 Don't worry if it doesn't add up. That's our problem. 746 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,280 Y-You'd pay me for that ? 747 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,400 You're damn right we would. 748 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,040 But the first time that you say anything about this to anybody... 749 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,760 you will go straight to prison for the rest of your life. 750 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,680 - What's your name ? - Alice. 751 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:35,600 Prove it ! 752 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,040 - Okay. - Just ring Linen Service and ask for Alice. 753 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,200 All right, Alice. 754 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:48,400 You'll be contacted by Inspector Rock, Arthur Rock. 755 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,920 He'll be posing as a politician, but you'll have no problem recognizing him. 756 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,000 That's right, Inspector Rock will pay you in cash... 757 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,200 - $1,000 on the ninth of every month. - Oh, Lord ! 758 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,200 I'd do just about anything for that. 759 00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,760 - You and a lot of other people. - Come here. 760 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,800 The password is: "One hand washes the other." 761 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,600 The minute you hear that, you say, "l fear nothing." 762 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,600 - Say it. - I fear nothing. 763 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,720 - Say it again ! - I fear nothing ! 764 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,280 Get the fuck out of here. Oh, yeah, listen. 765 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,200 Nice meeting you. 766 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,080 Don't bother to make up the room. 767 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:24,960 Just leave a pile of towels and soap outside the door exactly at midnight. 768 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,800 That way we won't have to risk another one of these little incidents, will we ? 769 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,240 - Whatever you say, gentlemen. - Thank God for decent people. 770 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:35,400 - Say it again ! - I fear nothing ! 771 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,280 Terrible gibberish. Splintered memories looming up out of the time fog. 772 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,440 - Just press play. 773 00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,680 This is it, the American Dream. 774 00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,160 We're sitting on the main nerve right now. 775 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,080 Yeah, don't get me started. 776 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,040 The owner always wanted to run away and join the circus when he was a kid. 777 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,160 Now the son of a bitch owns the circus. 778 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:59,440 Ah, man, a real license to steal. 779 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,640 Oh, yeah. The American Dream come true, man. 780 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:04,880 Pure Horatio Alger. 781 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,080 Yeah. Welcome to the happy place. 782 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,600 Listen, let's get down to brass tacks here. 783 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,640 How much for the ape ? 784 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:17,120 How much you got ? 785 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:21,320 How much do you think you'd take for the ape ? Just wait here. I'll be back. 786 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,400 - Madness. It made no sense at all. 787 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,320 I desperately needed the facts. 788 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,240 - ~ - What the fuck is going on ? 789 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,480 Where's the ape, man ? Where's the ape ? 790 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,840 Forget about it. He attacked an old man. 791 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,840 Bit off the head of the bartender, then the cops came and took him away. 792 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,960 - Is that your car ? 793 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,560 - Somebody stop them ! - You poor fools don't understand. 794 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,320 This car is property of the World Bank. That money goes to lately. 795 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,600 You can't put on a circus without a tent. 796 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,720 - The top is completely jammed. - You're right. 797 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:06,640 There's something wrong with the motor. 798 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,560 All right, who has the story ? 799 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,560 - Where are you, you fucking monkey ? - You can't do that ! 800 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,480 You people voted for Hubert Humphrey. 801 00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,440 And you killed Jesus. 802 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,720 There was every reason to believe that we'd been heading for trouble... 803 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,160 that we'd pushed our luck a bit too far. 804 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:25,640 Oh, gosh ! God. 805 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,000 Right. Uh-- 806 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,960 The possibility... 807 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:34,160 of physical and mental collapse... 808 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,920 is now very real. 809 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,320 No sympathy for the devil. 810 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,480 Keep that in mind. 811 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,000 Uh, buy the ticket... 812 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,360 uh, take the ride. 813 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,880 Hey, there. You folks want to buy some heroin ? 814 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,480 Hey, honkies ! Goddamn it ! 815 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,400 Pull ahead, will you ? 816 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,800 I want to sell you some pure fucking scag ! 817 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,320 Cheap ! The real stuff. 818 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,880 I just got back from Vietnam. 819 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,000 Scag. 820 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,840 I want to sell you some pure fucking scag. 821 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,280 Shit ! Fuck ! 822 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:33,720 Now hear me, you bastard ! Pull over ! I'll kill you ! 823 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,800 - Pull over ! Come on ! 824 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,480 Oh, shit. Oh, oh. 825 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,400 ~ 826 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,560 Okay. Let's see here. 827 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,600 ~ 828 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,440 The mentality of Las Vegas is so grossly atavistic... 829 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:05,040 that a really massive crime often slips by unrecognized. 830 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,760 North Vegas is where you go when you've fucked up once too often on the strip... 831 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,680 - and when you're not even welcome in the cut-rate downtown places. 832 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,160 The North Star Coffee Lounge seemed like a fairly safe haven from our storms. 833 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,480 No hassles, no talk. 834 00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:31,040 Just a place to rest and regroup. 835 00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,520 I wasn't even hungry. 836 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,680 There was nothing in the atmosphere of the North Star to put me on my guard. 837 00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:41,040 Two glasses of ice water with ice. 838 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:45,360 Two glasses of ice water with ice. 839 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,240 Two. 840 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,960 She looked line a burnt-out caricature of Jane Russell. 841 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,440 She was definitely in charge here. 842 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:11,800 He did it very casually... 843 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:15,440 but I knew that our peace was about to be shattered. 844 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,360 What was that ? 845 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:29,880 What is this ? 846 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:33,080 - It's a napkin. - Don't give me that bullshit. 847 00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:36,000 I know what that means, you fat goddamn pimp bastard ! 848 00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,240 That's the name of a horse I used to own, ma'am. 849 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,800 - What's wrong with you ? The question mark was emphasized. 850 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,360 You listen to me, you son of a bitch. 851 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:50,280 I gotta take a lot of shit in this place, but I don't have to take it off no spic pimp ! 852 00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,480 Anybody that knows anything knows that. 853 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,880 - Go on ! Pay your check and get out of here ! 854 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,160 You want me to call the cops ? I'll call the fuck-- 855 00:49:05,240 --> 00:49:08,320 Oh, shit. 856 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,120 Fuck. 857 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,560 Want me to call the cops ? 858 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,040 How much is that lemon meringue pie ? 859 00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:47,920 Her eyes were turgid with fear, but her brain was functioning... 860 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,120 - on some basic motor survival level. - Thirty-five cents. 861 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:54,160 - How much is that lemon meringue pie ? - Thirty-five cents. 862 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:57,800 Whoo ! What a waste of talent. 863 00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,360 No, honey, I mean the whole pie. 864 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,880 The whole pie. 865 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,200 - Hmm ? 866 00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:18,840 What, three ? 867 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,560 Three ? Four ? 868 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,680 Five ? Hmm ? 869 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:32,600 Five. 870 00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,520 I'll be in the car. 871 00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,720 The sight of the blade had triggered bad memories. 872 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,880 The glazed look in her eyes said her throat had been cut. 873 00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:03,240 - She was still in the grip of paralysis when we left. 874 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,240 It was all over now. 875 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,040 We'd abused every rule that Vegas lived by. 876 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:22,200 Threatening the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help. 877 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,520 The only chance now, I felt... 878 00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:28,040 was the possibility that we'd gone to such excess... 879 00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,800 that nobody in the position to bring the hammer down on us... 880 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,840 could possibly believe it. 881 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,560 Fifteen minutes to get my attorney to the airport... 882 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,040 but we'll make it. 883 00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,920 Christ ! 884 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,080 No ! Oh, fuck ! 885 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,480 - Fuck. - Whoa, shit ! Whoa, shit ! 886 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:49,480 Oh, God. Oh, God. You son of a bitch ! 887 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:51,720 Oh, God. 888 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,720 - You're going the wrong way. - The next left. 889 00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,320 Go ! Fuck ! 890 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,720 Take a right here. Take a right here. 891 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:16,080 Goddamn it. We're lost. 892 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:19,800 What are we doing out here on this godforsaken road ? 893 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:21,720 The airport's over there. 894 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,160 Goddamn it ! It's over there. 895 00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:27,880 - I've never missed a plane yet. 896 00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,360 Hold on ! 897 00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,600 All right. I'm gonna drop you right next to the plane. 898 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,480 Fuck you. I'm gonna have to take the blame. They'll crucify me. 899 00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,720 - Right here, right here. - Ridiculous, man. 900 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:08,440 Just say you were hitchhiking to the airport, and I picked you up. 901 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:10,840 - You bastard. - Get out. 902 00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,240 Hey, hey ! Hey, listen. 903 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,160 Don't take any guff from these swine. 904 00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,880 If you have any trouble, remember: 905 00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,760 you can always send a telegram to the right people. 906 00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:35,760 Yeah, explaining my position. Some asshole wrote a poem about that once. 907 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,920 Probably good advice, if you have shit for brains. 908 00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,040 There he goes... 909 00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:49,560 one of God's own prototypes. 910 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:54,000 A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. 911 00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:57,280 -Too weird to live, and too rare to die. -Ugh ! 912 00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:22,560 ~ There you stood on the edge of your feather ~ 913 00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:27,680 ~ Expecting to fly ~ 914 00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,920 We're all wired into a survival trip now. 915 00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,920 No more of the speed that fueled the '60s. 916 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,960 That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. 917 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:44,000 He crashed around America, selling "consciousness expansion"... 918 00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,120 without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait... 919 00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,600 for all those people who took him seriously. 920 00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:52,840 All those pathetically eager acid freaks... 921 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:56,680 who thought they could buy peace and understanding for three bucks a hit. 922 00:55:56,720 --> 00:55:59,240 But their loss and failure... 923 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,800 is ours too. 924 00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:04,680 What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle... 925 00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:06,800 that he helped create. 926 00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:09,160 A generation of permanent cripples... 927 00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:11,080 failed seekers... 928 00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:15,280 who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the acid culture: 929 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,240 the desperate assumption that somebody... 930 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,200 or at least some force... 931 00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:22,520 is tending the light at the end of the tunnel. 932 00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:31,880 There was only one road back to L.A. 933 00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,800 U.S. Interstate 15. 934 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:38,640 Just a flat out high-speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo. 935 00:56:38,720 --> 00:56:41,200 Then onto the Hollywood Freeway, straight into frantic oblivion... 936 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,480 safety, obscurity. 937 00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:46,600 Just another freak... in the freak kingdom. 938 00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:51,160 ~ I was born in a cross-fire hurricane ~ 939 00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:58,000 ~ But I howled at my ma in the driving rain ~ 940 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:04,640 ~ But it's all right now ~ 941 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,680 ~ In fact, it's a gas ~ 942 00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,480 ~ But it's all right ~ 943 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,280 ~ I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas ~ 944 00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:27,920 ~ I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag ~ 945 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:35,120 ~ I was schooled with a strap right across my back ~ 946 00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:41,400 ~ But it's all right now ~ 947 00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,360 ~ In fact, it's a gas ~ 948 00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:47,200 ~ But it's all right ~ 949 00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:50,920 ~ I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas ~ 950 00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:23,720 ~ I was drowned I was washed up and left for dead ~ 951 00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,520 ~ I fell down to my feet ~ 952 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,520 ~ And I saw they bled ~ 953 00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:33,560 ~ Yeah, yeah I frowned ~ 954 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:37,240 ~ At the crumbs of a crust of bread ~ 955 00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:40,200 ~ Yeah, yeah, yeah I was crowned ~ 956 00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:43,880 ~ With a spike right through my head ~ 957 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,240 ~ Yeah, yeah, yeah ~ 958 00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:50,000 ~ But it's all right now ~ 959 00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:51,960 ~ In fact, it's a gas ~ 960 00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:55,760 ~ But it's all right ~ 961 00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:59,560 ~ I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas ~ 962 00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:05,920 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 963 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:09,240 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 964 00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:12,640 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 965 00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:14,920 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 966 00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:19,400 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 967 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:22,680 ~ Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas ~ 968 01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:25,240 ~ Bright light city gonna set my soul ~ 969 01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:28,400 ~ It's gonna set my soul on fire ~ 970 01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,360 ~ I got a whole lotta money that's a-ready to burn ~ 971 01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:34,400 ~ So get those stakes up high ~ 972 01:00:34,480 --> 01:00:38,000 ~ There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there ~ 973 01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:41,000 ~ They're all waitin' The devil may care ~ 974 01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:44,040 ~ And I'm just a devil with love to spare ~ 975 01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:47,280 ~ So Viva Las Vegas ~ 976 01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:50,360 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 977 01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:53,200 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 978 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,480 ~ How I wish that there were more ~ 979 01:00:57,560 --> 01:01:01,000 ~ Than the 24 hours in the day ~ 980 01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:03,600 ~ Even if I ran out of sleep ~ 981 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:06,520 ~ Boy, I wouldn't sleep a minute away ~ 982 01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,960 ~ Oh, there's blackjack and poker and the roulette wheel ~ 983 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,200 ~ A fortune won and lost on every deal ~ 984 01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:15,960 ~ All you need's a strong heart and nerves of steel ~ 985 01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:19,400 ~ So Viva Las Vegas ~ 986 01:01:19,480 --> 01:01:22,560 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 987 01:01:22,640 --> 01:01:25,400 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 988 01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:28,240 ~ Viva Las Vegas where the neon signs are flashing ~ 989 01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:30,160 ~ And the one-armed bandits crashing ~ 990 01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:33,080 ~ All those hopes down the drain ~ 991 01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:35,840 ~ Viva Las Vegas turning day into nighttime ~ 992 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:37,760 ~ Turning night into daytime ~ 993 01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:41,280 ~ lf you see it once you'll never be the same again ~ 994 01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:46,160 ~ I gotta keep on runnin' Gonna have me some fun ~ 995 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,520 ~ lf it costs me my very last dime ~ 996 01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:52,480 ~ lf I wind up broke then I'll always remember ~ 997 01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:55,240 ~ That I had a swingin' time ~ 998 01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:58,800 ~ Oh, I'm gonna give it everything I've got ~ 999 01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:01,720 ~ Lady Luck's with me Dice, stay hot ~ 1000 01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,560 ~ Got coke up my nose to dry away the snot ~ 1001 01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:07,840 ~ So Viva Las Vegas ~ 1002 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,000 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 1003 01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:13,880 ~ Viva Las Vegas ~ 1004 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:16,520 ~ Viva, Viva ~ 1005 01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:21,560 ~ Las Vegas ~ 1006 01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:23,480 Whee !