1 00:01:44,807 --> 00:01:46,604 (SIRENS WAILING ) 2 00:01:49,946 --> 00:01:51,538 (PEOPLE CHATTERING ) 3 00:01:54,059 --> 00:01:54,987 ANDREA: Dana? 4 00:01:55,499 --> 00:01:57,223 Dana, can you hear me? 5 00:01:58,763 --> 00:02:01,129 ANDREA: Just follow the instructions. Is that so difficult? 6 00:02:01,227 --> 00:02:02,504 No, no, "N"! 7 00:02:08,427 --> 00:02:09,353 WOMAN: Harold. 8 00:02:09,867 --> 00:02:11,841 MAN: It's very becoming. I like that. 9 00:02:16,170 --> 00:02:18,177 MAN: Guys, there's nothing I can do, all right? 10 00:02:18,282 --> 00:02:20,005 The meeting's gonna be canceled. 11 00:02:20,105 --> 00:02:21,928 The building's being evacuated. 12 00:02:22,026 --> 00:02:24,743 Top four floors are closed off. I don't know what's going on. 13 00:02:24,842 --> 00:02:27,742 ANDREA: It doesn't matter. Nobody's supposed to be there. 14 00:02:27,945 --> 00:02:30,694 Just follow the instructions. Is that so difficult? 15 00:02:30,825 --> 00:02:33,956 Clifford, it's 2:37 and my interns are stranded. 16 00:02:34,057 --> 00:02:35,431 - Where the fuck is he? - He's coming. 17 00:02:35,529 --> 00:02:37,089 - He's coming? - He's coming. 18 00:02:40,296 --> 00:02:42,019 MAN ON RADIO: I think we got something. 19 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,029 Oh, my God. Is that him? 20 00:02:44,135 --> 00:02:45,150 South side of the building. Do you see it? 21 00:02:45,256 --> 00:02:48,125 - That's him! He's here! - Oh, my God! 22 00:02:48,232 --> 00:02:49,758 He's landing! Clear the roof! 23 00:02:49,863 --> 00:02:52,318 - BRAD: Get your things. Go! Come on! - Quickly. 24 00:03:02,407 --> 00:03:04,163 He keeps his promises. 25 00:03:11,526 --> 00:03:12,638 Fake. 26 00:03:14,085 --> 00:03:16,027 - Fake. - Yes. 27 00:03:16,454 --> 00:03:19,453 Malika, Clifford is the man who wrote Fake. 28 00:03:19,557 --> 00:03:23,419 An excellent book about the guy, artist... 29 00:03:23,526 --> 00:03:24,473 I'm blanking... Who was it? 30 00:03:24,581 --> 00:03:25,858 - Art forger. - The art forger. 31 00:03:25,957 --> 00:03:28,542 - Exactly. Elmyr de Hory was his name. - Okay. 32 00:03:28,645 --> 00:03:33,379 He forged Picassos, Matisses, Modiglianis... 33 00:03:33,604 --> 00:03:36,953 The whole theory of forgery as art. What is art? 34 00:03:37,061 --> 00:03:38,751 Very subversive kind of act. 35 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:40,542 The book sold poorly. 36 00:03:41,892 --> 00:03:44,575 - Well, it could've done better. - Let's not talk about that today. 37 00:03:44,676 --> 00:03:46,879 Regardless. The new one. Fiction. 38 00:03:47,012 --> 00:03:49,280 - Yes. - Rudnick's Problem. 39 00:03:52,099 --> 00:03:54,816 I like it. You're right. 40 00:03:55,203 --> 00:03:56,479 - I like it. Malika liked it, too. - MALIKA: Yeah. 41 00:03:56,578 --> 00:03:58,072 Yes, I did. I loved it. It was stunning. 42 00:03:58,179 --> 00:04:00,896 It scared the hell out of me, actually, to tell you the truth. 43 00:04:00,995 --> 00:04:02,882 - It's an angry book. - ALBERT: But funny! 44 00:04:02,978 --> 00:04:04,734 I mean, I read it, I thought it was hilarious. 45 00:04:04,834 --> 00:04:06,590 It wasn't angry to me. 46 00:04:06,690 --> 00:04:07,769 It was nice to me. It made me laugh. 47 00:04:07,874 --> 00:04:10,427 But anger's important. We need anger. 48 00:04:10,529 --> 00:04:13,049 Which I think will help us in Germany. 49 00:04:13,409 --> 00:04:16,256 Regardless, marry us and have our children? 50 00:04:16,417 --> 00:04:17,563 (ALL LAUGHING ) 51 00:04:17,665 --> 00:04:21,178 Brad Silber at Life is reading it right now for serialization rights. 52 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:22,229 Great. 53 00:04:22,337 --> 00:04:24,574 Harold McGraw himself is reading it this weekend. 54 00:04:24,672 --> 00:04:26,428 - You're kidding. - That's just a formality. 55 00:04:26,529 --> 00:04:28,383 You have waited, Cliff. 56 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,895 You've watched as less talented writers have bypassed you. 57 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,716 But now, justice at last. 58 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:38,678 They're going to push this one hard. They're going to bet the bank. 59 00:04:38,784 --> 00:04:41,467 - Is that a promise? - You can set your watch by it. 60 00:04:41,695 --> 00:04:43,288 Andrea, I don't have a watch. 61 00:04:43,391 --> 00:04:45,496 Then buy one. Trust me, you can afford it. 62 00:04:51,743 --> 00:04:53,882 (HERE CO MES THE SUN PLAYING ) 63 00:04:53,982 --> 00:04:56,251 CLIFFORD: Calls unreturned, they don't read you 64 00:04:56,350 --> 00:04:58,204 for six months, they're indifferent. 65 00:04:58,302 --> 00:05:02,525 Then overnight... God. Dick, can you hear me? 66 00:05:02,622 --> 00:05:05,851 Dick! Here, try these. They're bigger. 67 00:05:05,981 --> 00:05:06,909 No, they're fine. 68 00:05:07,005 --> 00:05:10,715 We're doing a vacation, a gentleman's celebration kind of thing. 69 00:05:11,101 --> 00:05:13,240 You got harpoons? The ones that shoot? 70 00:05:13,341 --> 00:05:15,545 - Yeah, most of them shoot. - Good. 71 00:05:15,773 --> 00:05:18,904 He looks like a sausage. All right, I'll take the whole outfit. 72 00:05:19,005 --> 00:05:21,623 Set me up as a regular account. I prefer monthly payments. 73 00:05:21,725 --> 00:05:24,822 You're a prick, Robert, you are such a prick. You played me like a harp. 74 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:27,771 Whitewalls, leather... Is this guy a salesman? 75 00:05:27,867 --> 00:05:29,973 Now, when my accountant comes by with the check, 76 00:05:30,076 --> 00:05:32,247 should he talk to you directly? 77 00:05:32,923 --> 00:05:36,239 He should speak to me directly, yeah, with the check, yeah. 78 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,292 Call the police, there's a beautiful woman in front of my house! 79 00:05:42,427 --> 00:05:43,920 (SCREAMING WITH JO Y) 80 00:05:48,763 --> 00:05:49,810 CLIFFORD: What's the matter, pear? 81 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:52,183 You haven't seen a bestselling author before? 82 00:05:52,282 --> 00:05:55,413 - Oh, Cliff. - Yes. 83 00:05:55,514 --> 00:05:56,724 You didn't think I was going to do it, did you? 84 00:05:56,826 --> 00:06:00,141 Stop, Cliff, stop. Look, they're taking the sofa. 85 00:06:02,106 --> 00:06:04,244 Oh, I love that sofa. 86 00:06:04,345 --> 00:06:05,209 Hey, guys. How are you doing? 87 00:06:05,209 --> 00:06:06,419 Hey, guys. How are you doing? 88 00:06:06,906 --> 00:06:08,334 Ah, fuck the sofa. 89 00:06:08,505 --> 00:06:10,992 - Close your eyes. Close, close. - What? 90 00:06:12,952 --> 00:06:16,465 - Okay. - Oh, Cliff. 91 00:06:16,569 --> 00:06:17,649 Cliff! 92 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:21,265 There, perfect. You are a beautiful man. 93 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,014 I am sure you would desert me. 94 00:06:24,119 --> 00:06:26,705 No, will desert you, the tense is future active. 95 00:06:26,807 --> 00:06:30,604 Don't correct the grammar of it. You are not this perfect person. 96 00:06:34,710 --> 00:06:37,842 Honey, it's finished. I told you it was finished. 97 00:06:37,942 --> 00:06:39,568 It's finished with her. 98 00:06:41,111 --> 00:06:42,801 - Good night. - Cliff... 99 00:06:43,543 --> 00:06:46,292 - Keys to my new car. - Yeah, got it. Bye, honey. 100 00:06:46,390 --> 00:06:47,339 Have fun. 101 00:06:47,702 --> 00:06:49,043 (SWING MUSIC PLAYING ) 102 00:06:49,846 --> 00:06:51,090 (PEOPLE CHATTERING ) 103 00:06:52,758 --> 00:06:53,706 CLIFFORD: Andrea! 104 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:57,490 Andrea! Hi, isn't this amazing? Isn't this wild? 105 00:06:57,590 --> 00:06:59,662 - Can I talk to you a second? - Let's talk on Monday, Cliff. 106 00:06:59,766 --> 00:07:02,132 No, just for a second. It's really important. I'd like to... 107 00:07:02,229 --> 00:07:04,269 Look, 30,000 copies is not gonna do it. 108 00:07:04,372 --> 00:07:06,608 A short run like that, it sends out a message, 109 00:07:06,708 --> 00:07:07,636 and it's not a good one. 110 00:07:07,733 --> 00:07:10,351 - We're not publishing the book. - Exactly, exactly. 111 00:07:10,452 --> 00:07:13,202 With 30,000 copies, it's like we're not really publishing the book... 112 00:07:13,301 --> 00:07:16,464 Brad Silber at Life magazine hated it. He called it, 113 00:07:16,564 --> 00:07:21,201 "A third-rate Philip Roth knock-off." And he told Harold. And it was awful. 114 00:07:21,299 --> 00:07:23,088 It just rolled like a snowball. 115 00:07:23,283 --> 00:07:24,396 (SIGHS ) 116 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,150 I wanted to tell you on Monday. I'm sorry. 117 00:07:29,620 --> 00:07:31,474 Fine, we'll do The New Yorker. The New Yorker's better anyway... 118 00:07:31,571 --> 00:07:32,553 You're not listening to me, Cliff. 119 00:07:32,659 --> 00:07:34,895 McGraw-Hill is not publishing your book. 120 00:07:34,995 --> 00:07:37,263 Book, gone. The bomb has dropped. 121 00:07:37,587 --> 00:07:39,277 It's over. 122 00:07:42,130 --> 00:07:44,650 Andrea, you said that this was a formality. 123 00:07:44,754 --> 00:07:46,762 Well, apparently, I was mistaken. 124 00:07:46,865 --> 00:07:50,029 Look, if you have other ideas, my door is always open to you. 125 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:23,782 REPORTER: The enemy, very deceitfully, 126 00:08:23,888 --> 00:08:26,092 has taken advantage of the troops... 127 00:08:26,191 --> 00:08:30,381 They are potatoes, all of them. Potato people. 128 00:08:30,991 --> 00:08:36,392 And you are a brilliant, strong man who will have all his dreams. 129 00:08:37,263 --> 00:08:38,539 All of them. 130 00:08:40,047 --> 00:08:41,802 (TV CHA TTERIN G) 131 00:08:46,285 --> 00:08:47,944 ( AIRPLANE WHIRRIN G) 132 00:08:51,309 --> 00:08:54,178 DICK: You know what I'm getting for dinner? Swordfish steak. 133 00:08:54,285 --> 00:08:56,489 It sounds good. Sounds enticing. 134 00:08:57,069 --> 00:08:59,719 Oh, come on, Cliff. Forget it, forget it. 135 00:08:59,884 --> 00:09:01,161 (SIGHING ) 136 00:09:01,261 --> 00:09:03,203 All right. Enough, enough. 137 00:09:03,308 --> 00:09:05,315 I want to talk about my friend. 138 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:07,013 Tell me about the children's book you're working on. 139 00:09:07,117 --> 00:09:10,432 Oh, Richard the Lionhearted. That's going okay. 140 00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:12,676 I should be done by the end of the year. 141 00:09:12,779 --> 00:09:15,594 You know, it's a great subject. War, sodomy. 142 00:09:15,691 --> 00:09:18,178 I mean, the war part's great. Kids love war. 143 00:09:18,283 --> 00:09:20,422 But what do you do with the sodomy? You know? 144 00:09:20,524 --> 00:09:22,793 You see, I want it to be historically accurate. 145 00:09:22,892 --> 00:09:26,917 And you will make it so because you are a superb researcher, 146 00:09:28,331 --> 00:09:29,759 and a fine writer. 147 00:09:30,827 --> 00:09:31,971 Thank you. 148 00:09:36,523 --> 00:09:38,977 CLIFFORD: Bumped by this adolescent coffee boy. 149 00:09:40,074 --> 00:09:43,041 My lit professor at Cornell compared me to Hemingway. 150 00:09:43,946 --> 00:09:47,241 The middle of my life is at hand. I don't have a couch. 151 00:09:47,977 --> 00:09:49,024 Think about this. 152 00:09:49,129 --> 00:09:51,518 Henry Miller was 38 years old, unpublished. 153 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:53,861 His wife left him for a lesbian. 154 00:09:56,104 --> 00:09:58,405 You're kind to tell me that, Dick. 155 00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:00,421 You're a very good man. You're a good friend. 156 00:10:00,521 --> 00:10:02,211 - Need a loan? - Always. 157 00:10:03,656 --> 00:10:05,664 - No, no. I was kidding, Cliff. - You got a pen, kid? 158 00:10:05,768 --> 00:10:08,288 I was kidding. Your house is going into foreclosure. 159 00:10:08,392 --> 00:10:11,588 - I'm post-dating it. - Stop that. Stop being the hero. 160 00:10:12,615 --> 00:10:15,517 - Go to bed. - I got it, I got it. Walk away. Go. 161 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,890 - I got it. - All right. 162 00:10:18,695 --> 00:10:20,385 - Go to bed. - I will. 163 00:10:28,038 --> 00:10:29,893 (PEOPLE CHATTERING ) 164 00:10:31,270 --> 00:10:34,237 MAN: Everyone's being relocated to another hotel. 165 00:10:34,630 --> 00:10:36,801 Please stay calm and follow me. 166 00:10:37,350 --> 00:10:39,237 - Excuse me. Can you... - MAN: Follow me, please! 167 00:10:39,334 --> 00:10:40,960 WOMAN: Somebody told me that Howard Hughes is 168 00:10:41,061 --> 00:10:42,850 moving into this hotel. 169 00:10:44,069 --> 00:10:45,891 What is this? What's going on? 170 00:10:45,989 --> 00:10:49,633 It's an executive decision to close the facility for the weekend, sir. 171 00:10:49,733 --> 00:10:52,515 - You're being relocated. - Executive decision? 172 00:10:53,060 --> 00:10:54,522 Howard Hughes wants the pool to himself, 173 00:10:54,628 --> 00:10:56,451 so he's kicking everyone out at 1:00 a.m.? 174 00:10:56,549 --> 00:10:58,621 I don't know about that, sir. 175 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:04,035 That's power. 176 00:11:25,730 --> 00:11:30,814 (WHISPERING ) It's a friendship between Tom Mix and Pancho Villa. 177 00:11:31,042 --> 00:11:32,503 (PHONE RINGING ) 178 00:11:32,609 --> 00:11:34,878 Revolution, Mexican revolution. 179 00:11:36,001 --> 00:11:37,278 Men were men. 180 00:11:37,825 --> 00:11:40,029 - Friendship and... - Mr. Clifford? 181 00:11:40,673 --> 00:11:44,088 Andrea's running late, so she said that we should just go ahead 182 00:11:44,193 --> 00:11:46,494 and start the meeting without her. 183 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,517 "Mr. Clifford"? Wait a minute. 184 00:11:52,096 --> 00:11:53,786 I'm meeting with you? 185 00:11:57,088 --> 00:11:58,332 (SIGHS ) 186 00:12:06,111 --> 00:12:08,697 Oh, no. Excuse me. 187 00:12:10,815 --> 00:12:12,244 Mr. Clifford... 188 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:13,694 (KNOCKING ) 189 00:12:13,791 --> 00:12:15,645 Excuse me! Hello, I'm sorry, everybody. Andrea... 190 00:12:15,742 --> 00:12:18,011 I'm sorry. I did tell him, but... 191 00:12:18,110 --> 00:12:20,031 ANDREA: Cliff, I'm in the middle of a conference meeting. 192 00:12:20,031 --> 00:12:21,110 ANDREA: Cliff, I'm in the middle of a conference meeting. 193 00:12:21,630 --> 00:12:24,794 Andrea, our personal history demands that I bring this to you first. 194 00:12:24,894 --> 00:12:26,170 Bring what? 195 00:12:28,222 --> 00:12:31,734 I'm working on the most important book of the 20th century. 196 00:12:32,125 --> 00:12:35,125 It's unprecedented. I'm gonna discuss it tomorrow. 197 00:12:35,229 --> 00:12:37,236 I'm gonna present the details about it tomorrow. 198 00:12:37,341 --> 00:12:40,657 - Okay. - Morning, 9:00 a.m. 199 00:12:40,925 --> 00:12:44,340 - Thank you. - At Nathan's Bowling Alley in Queens. 200 00:12:44,445 --> 00:12:46,615 - Did I ever take you there before? - Sir? 201 00:12:46,716 --> 00:12:48,821 Okay, yeah, I'm going, I'm going. 202 00:12:50,492 --> 00:12:52,793 You'd better be sure, Andrea, that I don't have anything, 203 00:12:52,891 --> 00:12:55,281 'cause Simon and Schuster is coming. 204 00:12:56,188 --> 00:12:59,701 "Of the century"? Couldn't you have just said "of the decade"? 205 00:12:59,803 --> 00:13:00,730 CLIFFORD: All right, all right. 206 00:13:00,827 --> 00:13:03,696 - And why a bowling alley? - Please, make a contribution here. 207 00:13:03,803 --> 00:13:06,007 Just open your mind. The first thing that comes to your mind. 208 00:13:06,107 --> 00:13:07,995 - Potato famine. - Too Irish. 209 00:13:08,091 --> 00:13:10,643 - A history of agriculture. - Oh, that's a bestseller. 210 00:13:10,747 --> 00:13:13,529 - Shedding new light on World War I. - What's the new light? 211 00:13:13,627 --> 00:13:17,172 Write about Picasso. Everyone loves Picasso. 212 00:13:17,273 --> 00:13:18,834 - CLIFFORD: I don't. - Charlemagne? 213 00:13:18,939 --> 00:13:21,753 - CLIFFORD: Too French. - History of the Vatican. 214 00:13:21,978 --> 00:13:24,181 - CLIFFORD: I'm dying. - Give me a clue here. 215 00:13:24,857 --> 00:13:27,955 - I'm being self-destructive. - I gotta call Barbara. 216 00:13:28,377 --> 00:13:30,352 I'm burning bridges, Edith. 217 00:13:31,545 --> 00:13:33,781 They never appreciated you there. 218 00:13:35,289 --> 00:13:36,663 I need lunch. 219 00:13:37,113 --> 00:13:38,935 I'm having a breakdown. 220 00:13:39,576 --> 00:13:42,478 - My gallery show's in three weeks. - I know. 221 00:13:42,585 --> 00:13:45,901 I don't have time for the drama now, darling. 222 00:13:46,169 --> 00:13:47,095 (SIGHS ) 223 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:50,127 Shit. 224 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:08,850 (HERE CO MES THE SUN PLAYING ) 225 00:14:08,951 --> 00:14:09,966 Dick! 226 00:14:12,566 --> 00:14:13,711 MAN: Size 7. 227 00:14:14,870 --> 00:14:15,796 How? 228 00:14:15,893 --> 00:14:18,643 No one knows where he is. I show up, I've seen him. 229 00:14:18,741 --> 00:14:20,498 I've seen the snowman. 230 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:22,700 I send him my de Hory book. 231 00:14:22,934 --> 00:14:24,275 He reads it. 232 00:14:24,405 --> 00:14:26,794 It's a positive portrayal of a very complex man. 233 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,624 Oh, my God, I get a response. 234 00:14:28,725 --> 00:14:31,408 Correspondence. Sparks fly. Personal connection. 235 00:14:31,509 --> 00:14:32,970 We become best of friends. What do you think? 236 00:14:35,444 --> 00:14:37,451 - What is it? What's the book? - Wait, wait. 237 00:14:55,667 --> 00:14:58,122 Where's Simon and Schuster, Tolstoy? 238 00:15:07,410 --> 00:15:08,654 CLIFFORD: This is the key to it. 239 00:15:08,754 --> 00:15:12,266 Have a strong, continuous line, keep the pen on the paper. 240 00:15:12,369 --> 00:15:13,514 Just like that. 241 00:15:30,352 --> 00:15:32,010 CLIFFORD: All these articles say the same thing. 242 00:15:32,113 --> 00:15:34,501 Hughes runs a billion-dollar network of companies, 243 00:15:34,608 --> 00:15:37,160 but he only communicates with handwritten memos. 244 00:15:37,264 --> 00:15:40,199 He doesn't even talk to his top guys. There's no direct contact anywhere. 245 00:15:40,303 --> 00:15:41,547 That's why it's gonna work. 246 00:15:41,647 --> 00:15:44,136 Fine. Tell me my dick grew five inches last night. 247 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:45,385 I'll still use a ruler. 248 00:15:45,904 --> 00:15:47,659 (CLIFFORD CHATTERING ) 249 00:15:49,902 --> 00:15:53,317 Howard Hughes? Howard Hughes, the billionaire? 250 00:15:53,423 --> 00:15:56,684 His exclusive, authorized autobiography. 251 00:15:56,782 --> 00:15:59,084 He wants Cliff to write it with him. 252 00:15:59,183 --> 00:16:01,353 And they want us to publish it. 253 00:16:01,966 --> 00:16:05,414 Handwriting analysis? Right away. Can we bring it over right now? 254 00:16:05,518 --> 00:16:10,569 "It would not suit me to die without having stated the truth about my life." 255 00:16:10,669 --> 00:16:11,617 "My life." 256 00:16:11,726 --> 00:16:16,744 "I therefore authorize Clifford Irving to act as intermediary 257 00:16:16,973 --> 00:16:20,650 "as to any arrangements regarding the publishing of my memoir." 258 00:16:20,749 --> 00:16:23,367 ANDREA: "It would not suit me to die 259 00:16:23,469 --> 00:16:26,468 "without having certain misconceptions cleared up 260 00:16:26,892 --> 00:16:29,990 "and without having stated the truth about my life." 261 00:16:33,259 --> 00:16:34,437 So, 262 00:16:35,499 --> 00:16:37,409 taking you at your word... 263 00:16:38,123 --> 00:16:39,171 Yeah. 264 00:16:39,852 --> 00:16:42,339 How does Mr. Hughes propose we proceed? 265 00:16:44,619 --> 00:16:45,546 I... 266 00:16:46,698 --> 00:16:47,647 (CHUCKLING ) 267 00:16:47,755 --> 00:16:49,347 Look, this is all very strange. 268 00:16:49,451 --> 00:16:51,817 I'm just getting the lay of the land here myself. 269 00:16:51,914 --> 00:16:52,994 But what... 270 00:16:54,634 --> 00:16:58,889 What I can gather so far is that he refuses to go outdoors. 271 00:16:59,593 --> 00:17:03,106 He will only initiate, never accept, phone calls. 272 00:17:03,210 --> 00:17:05,893 Those two particular rumors seem to be true. 273 00:17:05,993 --> 00:17:08,327 But he did say that he would provide 274 00:17:08,425 --> 00:17:11,010 handwritten contracts for legal purposes. 275 00:17:11,657 --> 00:17:14,144 And... Whatever questions you... 276 00:17:15,049 --> 00:17:16,128 You know, you give them to me, 277 00:17:16,233 --> 00:17:17,477 I'll pass them on when he makes contact with me. 278 00:17:17,577 --> 00:17:20,446 But beyond that, I don't know what to say, really. 279 00:17:21,897 --> 00:17:23,490 Why you, Cliff? 280 00:17:24,488 --> 00:17:26,429 He could have any writer in the world do this for him. 281 00:17:26,536 --> 00:17:28,957 Albert, I have absolutely no idea. 282 00:17:29,064 --> 00:17:31,747 This is the strangest thing that has ever happened to me. 283 00:17:31,847 --> 00:17:34,531 Best guess, he likes me. 284 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,541 So, the matching against the reprinted letters from Newsweek magazine, 285 00:17:41,127 --> 00:17:43,614 Osborn Associates' preliminary opinion 286 00:17:43,911 --> 00:17:47,009 is that the handwriting samples are genuine. 287 00:17:50,598 --> 00:17:52,704 - Okay, well, all right... - Excuse me one second. 288 00:17:52,807 --> 00:17:54,016 Yeah, sure. 289 00:17:54,118 --> 00:17:55,067 Yeah? 290 00:17:56,966 --> 00:17:58,754 (WHISPERING ) 291 00:18:04,549 --> 00:18:06,175 - ANDREA: Clifford? - Yeah? 292 00:18:06,277 --> 00:18:10,684 Did you and Howard discuss how much you both wanted? 293 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:14,945 Because we would like to make you an offer today. 294 00:18:19,907 --> 00:18:22,330 We did. We did. We... 295 00:18:24,068 --> 00:18:25,628 We did discuss it. 296 00:18:26,179 --> 00:18:26,564 (UP ARO UND THE BEND PLAYING ) 297 00:18:26,564 --> 00:18:28,800 (UP ARO UND THE BEND PLAYING ) 298 00:18:36,323 --> 00:18:37,785 - DICK: Can I weigh in here? - No. 299 00:18:37,891 --> 00:18:42,046 A man walks in, he says something completely implausible, 300 00:18:42,146 --> 00:18:44,513 and for that exact reason, he is believed. 301 00:18:44,610 --> 00:18:47,260 No, it's an Aquarian phenomenon. 302 00:18:47,362 --> 00:18:50,678 - Very, very spiritual. - Lawyers are not spiritual. 303 00:18:51,074 --> 00:18:52,896 Presumably, this is gonna make news. 304 00:18:52,994 --> 00:18:55,547 Howard Hughes hasn't spoken to the press in 15 years. 305 00:18:55,649 --> 00:18:57,406 What are you so nervous about? 306 00:18:57,505 --> 00:19:00,800 - You can't think, Dick. No thinking. - All I'm saying is, once this gets out, 307 00:19:00,897 --> 00:19:03,318 what's gonna stop this guy from suing our asses off? 308 00:19:03,425 --> 00:19:06,741 Three words. TWA shareholder lawsuit. 309 00:19:07,969 --> 00:19:11,962 Howard has a judgment of 137 million bucks waiting to hit him 310 00:19:12,064 --> 00:19:13,657 if he walks into any courtroom. 311 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,736 So the book comes out, it doesn't matter. He can't sue. 312 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,301 He can still say it's a fake. 313 00:19:17,408 --> 00:19:19,676 He doesn't say anything about anything. This guy... 314 00:19:19,775 --> 00:19:23,605 He uses ripped-up Kleenex boxes for slippers and he drinks his own piss. 315 00:19:23,712 --> 00:19:26,712 - He's psychotic. - DICK: Have you heard of Intertel? 316 00:19:26,816 --> 00:19:29,684 He has his own private CIA. Ruthless advisors. 317 00:19:29,790 --> 00:19:31,962 His advisors don't know anything about the book 318 00:19:32,063 --> 00:19:34,452 because he's too paranoid to tell them. 319 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:37,941 And he'll never come out of hiding long enough to denounce me 320 00:19:38,046 --> 00:19:40,763 because he's a lunatic hermit. 321 00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:44,506 And I am the spokesperson for the lunatic hermit. 322 00:19:44,606 --> 00:19:47,323 So the more outrageous I sound, the more convincing I am. 323 00:19:47,422 --> 00:19:49,810 Do you believe this, the perfection? 324 00:19:51,389 --> 00:19:54,455 - They offered half a million. - Half a million dollars? 325 00:19:54,557 --> 00:19:56,761 Four-hundred grand for Howard and a hundred grand for us! 326 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:59,446 Oh, I thought you meant just a half a million for us. 327 00:19:59,548 --> 00:20:02,712 Schmuck, it's all for us. There is no Howard Hughes. 328 00:20:03,293 --> 00:20:05,780 - Dick, are you paying attention to me? - Yeah. 329 00:20:05,885 --> 00:20:07,291 The problem is this. 330 00:20:07,644 --> 00:20:08,593 It's an oral agreement. 331 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,325 Their lawyers are gonna jump all over this, 332 00:20:10,428 --> 00:20:11,989 which is why we have to leave right now. 333 00:20:12,092 --> 00:20:14,809 We gotta become experts on this man's life. 334 00:20:14,908 --> 00:20:18,617 And if we find dirt and it rings true, the top guys will shove this deal 335 00:20:18,715 --> 00:20:20,690 right down the lawyers' throats. 336 00:20:21,883 --> 00:20:22,811 Cliff, 337 00:20:24,379 --> 00:20:27,249 no visits with special friends, right? 338 00:20:29,915 --> 00:20:34,486 I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize what we've rebuilt, okay? 339 00:20:35,002 --> 00:20:37,904 You just said to warn you when you get excited. 340 00:20:38,202 --> 00:20:40,623 - You seem excited. - Well... 341 00:20:46,425 --> 00:20:47,734 I love you. 342 00:20:50,681 --> 00:20:52,023 I love you. 343 00:21:11,416 --> 00:21:12,910 (PROTESTERS CLAMORING ) 344 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,782 DICK: (WHISPERING ) Cliff, Howard Hughes' testimony 345 00:21:24,887 --> 00:21:27,276 at the Senate committee hearings in 1947. 346 00:21:27,702 --> 00:21:31,182 It's got his speech patterns, his syntax, everything. It's perfect. 347 00:21:36,437 --> 00:21:37,867 Take a picture. 348 00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:41,394 You can't photograph a government document, it's a felony. 349 00:21:41,493 --> 00:21:43,217 You gonna memorize it? Take a picture. Take a picture. 350 00:21:43,317 --> 00:21:45,073 I'm a researcher, Cliff. I am not a jewel thief. 351 00:21:45,174 --> 00:21:47,083 You own 25 percent of this book. 352 00:21:47,189 --> 00:21:49,709 You want it to be good? You take a picture. 353 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:55,828 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ) 354 00:21:57,077 --> 00:21:59,051 DICK: You know, I've always had a dangerous side. 355 00:21:59,157 --> 00:22:01,523 Barbara has often remarked on it. 356 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:04,882 But to take down the Library of Congress. God, the adrenaline. 357 00:22:04,981 --> 00:22:07,566 You took a nice picture of your leg here. 358 00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:09,935 - Or is that your ankle? I can't tell. - Where? 359 00:22:10,035 --> 00:22:11,344 Right there. 360 00:22:12,596 --> 00:22:15,912 - It's my ankle. - It's all out of focus anyway. 361 00:22:16,083 --> 00:22:17,610 - Jesus. - Want another drink? 362 00:22:17,715 --> 00:22:19,405 - Yeah. - Yeah, me, too. 363 00:22:20,115 --> 00:22:21,293 Oh, fuck. 364 00:22:33,106 --> 00:22:36,401 Harold, this book will sell more copies than the Bible. 365 00:22:36,626 --> 00:22:39,408 And our competitors will kill to get it, and if they can't get it, 366 00:22:39,505 --> 00:22:42,320 they will do anything they can to destroy it. 367 00:22:42,418 --> 00:22:47,338 I say we sign this contract immediately, and institute absolute, total secrecy. 368 00:22:47,441 --> 00:22:49,808 Total. Not even wives can know. 369 00:22:52,017 --> 00:22:52,966 Within reason. 370 00:22:53,073 --> 00:22:56,847 From now on, we refer to Hughes as "Octavio." 371 00:22:57,808 --> 00:23:00,623 The book is called "Project Octavio." 372 00:23:01,265 --> 00:23:02,376 HAROLD: Get Ralph Graves on the phone. 373 00:23:02,479 --> 00:23:03,461 That's the code name. 374 00:23:03,568 --> 00:23:05,455 I want our journalist friends to weigh in on this 375 00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:08,170 before I sign Mr. Hughes' piece of paper. 376 00:23:12,176 --> 00:23:13,768 Look at all this security personnel. 377 00:23:14,990 --> 00:23:16,453 This is a secure facility. 378 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:19,144 We need the information in portable form. 379 00:23:21,423 --> 00:23:23,594 Just look comfortable, be buoyant. 380 00:23:23,694 --> 00:23:25,604 Hell, they can let anybody in here. 381 00:23:25,710 --> 00:23:29,005 - What if I'm a Russian? - Be a buoyant Russian. 382 00:23:29,102 --> 00:23:31,785 Records? What for? 383 00:23:31,918 --> 00:23:35,234 You don't know what the hell's going on with your own company? 384 00:23:36,845 --> 00:23:40,161 Well, to be honest with you, Sergeant, no, actually, we don't. 385 00:23:40,525 --> 00:23:42,412 Mr. Hughes doesn't like to share information. 386 00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:44,483 It's very frustrating for us. 387 00:23:44,588 --> 00:23:45,901 You want frustration? 388 00:23:45,901 --> 00:23:46,282 You want frustration? 389 00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:50,057 Call Hughes Aircraft and try to find out when your plane's gonna be ready. 390 00:23:50,156 --> 00:23:53,320 I've seen decorated individuals sobbing like six-year-old girls 391 00:23:53,420 --> 00:23:55,394 after dealing with you people. 392 00:23:55,499 --> 00:23:58,117 Could my associate use your facilities, Sergeant? 393 00:23:58,219 --> 00:23:59,430 Could he? 394 00:24:03,084 --> 00:24:05,058 - Thank you for that. - To your left. 395 00:24:05,164 --> 00:24:06,854 I'll level with you. We've had some problems. 396 00:24:06,955 --> 00:24:08,482 Everyone has told us stories about delays. 397 00:24:08,587 --> 00:24:10,147 Well, I can't get anybody on the phone, for one thing. 398 00:24:10,251 --> 00:24:12,290 - I had no idea it was this serious. - It's very serious. 399 00:24:12,395 --> 00:24:14,304 - Frustrating. - Can you go into any more detail? 400 00:24:14,410 --> 00:24:15,621 Well, the only details I can tell you 401 00:24:15,723 --> 00:24:18,373 is that I've been on the phone three times today to one girl, 402 00:24:18,474 --> 00:24:19,880 who doesn't know what she's talking about, 403 00:24:19,978 --> 00:24:21,288 can't tell me when I'm gonna get my airplanes. 404 00:24:21,387 --> 00:24:23,753 Which office were you talking to? Do you mind if I write something down? 405 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:25,955 - Sure. - This was the complaint department? 406 00:24:26,057 --> 00:24:27,399 - No, acquisitions. - Acquisitions? 407 00:24:27,497 --> 00:24:29,986 Acquisitions, as far as I know. 408 00:24:30,089 --> 00:24:32,990 My people been dealing with her, or somebody down there, 409 00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:35,236 for the last three months, trying to get two aircrafts. 410 00:24:35,338 --> 00:24:36,930 This is an outrage. 411 00:24:37,033 --> 00:24:39,684 An outrage, the military should be treated that way. 412 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,007 DICK: No. No. I'm not doing it. 413 00:24:51,112 --> 00:24:52,060 Hi. 414 00:25:04,647 --> 00:25:05,890 Thank you. 415 00:25:09,287 --> 00:25:10,781 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 416 00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:14,271 - Hey, Dick. You all right? - Yeah. 417 00:25:14,374 --> 00:25:15,999 Okay. Keep moving, keep moving. 418 00:25:16,102 --> 00:25:18,491 - Just fine, just fine. - It's palpitations. 419 00:25:18,630 --> 00:25:21,532 It's okay. A little bit more, a little bit more. Keep moving. 420 00:25:21,637 --> 00:25:23,198 Sit down here. That's good. 421 00:25:24,325 --> 00:25:25,570 You all right? 422 00:25:25,702 --> 00:25:27,457 You're fine. You're fine. 423 00:25:27,557 --> 00:25:28,899 Fight or flight. It's an animal thing. 424 00:25:28,997 --> 00:25:31,299 It's like you're being chased by a cheetah or something. 425 00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:33,404 Okay, okay. I'll be fine. 426 00:25:39,493 --> 00:25:41,347 - You okay? - Yeah, I'm good. 427 00:25:41,444 --> 00:25:44,444 Look, Noah Dietrich, on the right. 428 00:25:44,549 --> 00:25:46,555 Howard Hughes' right-hand man for over 30 years. 429 00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:48,416 Retired to Vegas. The other guy, I don't know. 430 00:25:48,515 --> 00:25:49,596 Vegas? 431 00:25:50,851 --> 00:25:54,364 You know, my guess is this guy, Dietrich, is going to be really cagey. 432 00:25:56,099 --> 00:25:58,466 CLIFFORD: Information? Las Vegas, Nevada, please. 433 00:25:58,595 --> 00:26:00,286 (PHONE RINGING ) 434 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:06,141 NO AH: Hello? CLIFFORD: Mr. Dietrich? 435 00:26:06,243 --> 00:26:09,503 - Yeah? - Yeah, I'm sorry to bother you at home. 436 00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:11,774 My name is Clifford Irving and I'm writing a book 437 00:26:11,875 --> 00:26:13,882 about the history of aviation. 438 00:26:13,986 --> 00:26:17,183 I'd be really grateful if you'd share some of your expertise with me. 439 00:26:17,442 --> 00:26:19,330 Oh, great. Come on over. 440 00:26:19,842 --> 00:26:21,248 (CUPS RATTLING ) 441 00:26:23,553 --> 00:26:25,310 You like geranium tea? 442 00:26:27,329 --> 00:26:29,533 It helps your bowels. Follow me. 443 00:26:30,145 --> 00:26:31,638 Watch your step. 444 00:26:32,096 --> 00:26:34,878 - Hey, you're a writer. - Yes, I am. 445 00:26:35,713 --> 00:26:37,720 I should show you something. 446 00:26:37,824 --> 00:26:40,409 This is an account of my years at Tool Co. 447 00:26:40,928 --> 00:26:44,125 You know Tool Co.? Howard Hughes' company. 448 00:26:49,344 --> 00:26:51,515 Has anyone seen this? 449 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,301 Nobody's seen it. It's sensitive. 450 00:26:55,006 --> 00:26:56,862 Listen, I'll come right to the point. 451 00:26:56,959 --> 00:26:59,577 I'll give you $500 to clean up the grammar, 452 00:26:59,679 --> 00:27:01,534 'cause I'm bad with spelling. 453 00:27:01,630 --> 00:27:05,592 Yeah, well, I'd have to read it first. When can I get it back to you? 454 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:08,791 No, no, no, I can't let it out of the house. 455 00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:11,741 Why don't you read it right now, sitting here? 456 00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,423 - Now? - Now. 457 00:27:14,526 --> 00:27:15,736 (CHUCKLING ) 458 00:27:16,222 --> 00:27:17,748 Right here? Okay. 459 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:24,056 - NOAH: Take your time. See you later. - Thank you. 460 00:27:27,580 --> 00:27:30,842 (WHISPERING ) You know what this is? Do you understand what this means? 461 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:33,722 - This is exactly... It's gold. - It's perfect. 462 00:27:34,429 --> 00:27:37,079 We have to find a way to get it out of the house. 463 00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:38,714 Copy, we need a copy. 464 00:27:38,812 --> 00:27:41,594 Okay, get up. Stand in front of me. Come over here. 465 00:27:41,691 --> 00:27:43,960 - NOAH: It's great in the water! - Keep smiling. What's he doing? 466 00:27:44,059 --> 00:27:46,263 - Oh, yeah. - CLIFFORD: Tell me if he can see it. 467 00:27:46,363 --> 00:27:47,738 Grab it. 468 00:27:47,835 --> 00:27:50,650 Tell your friend to come in. The water's beautiful. 469 00:27:50,747 --> 00:27:53,300 Copy that and get back here, right away. 470 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:11,410 (COPIER WHIRRING ) 471 00:28:19,193 --> 00:28:20,208 Thank you! 472 00:28:28,855 --> 00:28:30,961 Sit down, sit down. Thank you. 473 00:28:31,832 --> 00:28:33,742 All right? Are you ready? 474 00:28:33,976 --> 00:28:35,186 (EXHALES ) 475 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,010 All right. I'm done. 476 00:28:37,879 --> 00:28:39,821 Sir, honesty is my policy. 477 00:28:40,343 --> 00:28:42,067 This is atrocious. It's not publishable. 478 00:28:42,168 --> 00:28:45,298 It's run-on sentences, it's mangled verbiage... 479 00:28:45,399 --> 00:28:46,861 I'm very sorry. 480 00:28:46,967 --> 00:28:50,315 You benefit and I benefit from honesty. God bless. 481 00:28:52,854 --> 00:28:56,498 This is badly spelled gossip from someone absolutely in the know. 482 00:28:56,598 --> 00:28:58,964 This is perfect. Perfect! Oh, my... 483 00:29:00,022 --> 00:29:02,259 CLIFFORD: You know what we should do? Let's give Andrea some good news. 484 00:29:10,677 --> 00:29:12,270 (MAN CHA TTERIN G ON RADIO ) 485 00:29:16,661 --> 00:29:19,311 DICK: This is amazing. Everybody hates Howard Hughes. 486 00:29:19,413 --> 00:29:21,868 They call him cheap, everything else. 487 00:29:21,972 --> 00:29:24,590 But, you know, they're in his thrall. They can't stop talking about him. 488 00:29:24,692 --> 00:29:26,415 He's Howard Hughes. Who the fuck are they? 489 00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:28,971 DICK: Listen. "He rarely took vacations. 490 00:29:29,396 --> 00:29:29,716 "But when he did, he usually booked a remote hotel 491 00:29:29,716 --> 00:29:32,367 "But when he did, he usually booked a remote hotel 492 00:29:32,467 --> 00:29:35,566 "in the Juchit�n mountains called the Salina Cruz." 493 00:29:35,923 --> 00:29:39,239 - Remote. R-E-M-O-A-T. Vacation... - I'm going for a walk. 494 00:29:39,411 --> 00:29:40,972 - I'll be back in a little bit. - Okay. 495 00:29:43,411 --> 00:29:44,687 CLIFFORD: What is it? 496 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:51,117 Look, you told me not to call you ever again, so I didn't. 497 00:29:52,306 --> 00:29:55,622 - I say a lot of stupid things, you know? - Yeah. 498 00:29:57,393 --> 00:29:59,401 It was funny seeing you the other night. 499 00:30:01,073 --> 00:30:05,993 I would have given anything to get this call a year ago. 500 00:30:08,209 --> 00:30:10,761 - It's too late. I... - Clifford... 501 00:30:10,864 --> 00:30:13,547 - You ran out of time. Sorry. - Clifford, wait. I need to see you. 502 00:30:13,648 --> 00:30:14,630 Bye. 503 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:21,701 (LO UN GE MUSIC PLA YIN G) 504 00:30:24,592 --> 00:30:25,836 (SLOT MACHINE CRANKING ) 505 00:30:30,895 --> 00:30:34,474 DICK: Cliff, listen to this. This is from the Dietrich manuscript. 506 00:30:34,671 --> 00:30:38,118 There's a full transcription here of a conversation between Howard Hughes 507 00:30:38,223 --> 00:30:39,979 and Frank McCullough from Time magazine. 508 00:30:40,079 --> 00:30:45,130 They mention Intertel, the Mormon guy, George Gordon Holmes. 509 00:30:45,359 --> 00:30:47,563 - It's fantastic. - Stop, listen to me. 510 00:30:47,662 --> 00:30:50,979 - Nina called from New York last night. - Oh, here we go. 511 00:30:51,789 --> 00:30:55,750 Dick, it took me a year to make things right with Edith. 512 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,741 - Keep an eye on me, will you? - Keep an eye? 513 00:30:57,838 --> 00:30:59,692 It's my second profession. 514 00:31:03,950 --> 00:31:05,705 - Here you are. - Thanks. 515 00:31:09,005 --> 00:31:10,150 Cliff... 516 00:31:11,981 --> 00:31:13,606 I've been talking to Barbara, 517 00:31:13,709 --> 00:31:17,670 and she's found some kind of publishing contract. 518 00:31:18,155 --> 00:31:21,155 And I was wondering if maybe we could talk about, 519 00:31:21,324 --> 00:31:23,560 you know, some kind of credit deal, 520 00:31:23,660 --> 00:31:26,081 or just some more money for me. 521 00:31:28,236 --> 00:31:29,577 You're not happy with what we talked about? 522 00:31:29,674 --> 00:31:31,845 - No, no, no, it's not that. - What? What is it? 523 00:31:31,947 --> 00:31:33,409 Well, it's just like... I sort of feel that, you know... 524 00:31:33,515 --> 00:31:34,594 (PHONE RINGING ) 525 00:31:34,698 --> 00:31:36,585 Don't answer that! Don't... 526 00:31:36,682 --> 00:31:39,300 Hello, darling. It's Ms. Tate calling. We have a bit of a problem. 527 00:31:39,402 --> 00:31:43,232 - Andrea thinks it's just me... - Hello! Hi, Andrea, this... 528 00:31:44,074 --> 00:31:46,146 - Who is this? - You can't say her name. 529 00:31:46,250 --> 00:31:48,354 - This is Dick. - No, no, don't give your name. 530 00:31:48,458 --> 00:31:49,865 Dick Suskind. 531 00:31:50,153 --> 00:31:51,779 Dick, how do you know my name? 532 00:31:51,882 --> 00:31:54,881 - Don't tell her! - Cliff mentioned you. 533 00:31:54,986 --> 00:31:57,506 What are you doing out there with Clifford? 534 00:31:58,505 --> 00:31:59,454 (STUTTERING ) 535 00:31:59,561 --> 00:32:04,579 - I am the... - Co-coordinator of... 536 00:32:05,129 --> 00:32:08,870 - I'm the coauthor of Project Octavio. - ANDREA: Excuse me? 537 00:32:10,088 --> 00:32:12,805 - Is Cliff there? - DICK: Yes, certainly. He's right here. 538 00:32:12,904 --> 00:32:16,166 - Put him on the phone, please. - I didn't know what else to say. 539 00:32:16,264 --> 00:32:18,052 - I heard you talking... - I know what you're doing. 540 00:32:18,152 --> 00:32:19,580 - I know what you're doing. - What? 541 00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:21,575 I know what you're doing. 542 00:32:21,671 --> 00:32:22,718 Hi, Andrea. 543 00:32:22,823 --> 00:32:24,384 Who the hell was that, Clifford? 544 00:32:24,488 --> 00:32:27,521 That is my associate. 545 00:32:27,623 --> 00:32:29,478 I was intending to talk to you about him. 546 00:32:29,575 --> 00:32:31,363 He's working with me on this. 547 00:32:31,463 --> 00:32:34,496 All right. You need to be in New York at 9:00 on Monday morning. 548 00:32:34,598 --> 00:32:36,354 You're meeting with Ralph Graves. 549 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:38,974 He's the editor-in-chief of Life magazine. 550 00:32:39,718 --> 00:32:41,310 Yeah, I know who he is. 551 00:32:41,414 --> 00:32:44,730 You need to go over all your contacts with Octavio. 552 00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:49,310 Life knows a lot about him, so get your memory clear and be specific. 553 00:32:49,413 --> 00:32:52,063 I don't want to lose the deal over their knee-jerk suspicions. 554 00:32:52,165 --> 00:32:54,783 What do you... Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean, "lose the deal"? 555 00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:56,379 What suspicions? 556 00:32:56,774 --> 00:32:58,683 Just tell them the truth. 557 00:33:01,701 --> 00:33:02,648 (PROTESTERS CLAMORING ) 558 00:33:12,132 --> 00:33:16,092 He gave me a prune. He gave me a prune. 559 00:33:17,059 --> 00:33:19,033 Visualize the Mediterranean or something. 560 00:33:19,139 --> 00:33:20,994 You're sweating like an animal. 561 00:33:21,091 --> 00:33:22,946 You know, it's pretty nervy of these publishers 562 00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:24,287 to put us through this inquisition. 563 00:33:24,386 --> 00:33:27,769 Well, you can't sit it out now. You're a coauthor. 564 00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:32,219 History. 565 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:35,200 Quite a responsibility. 566 00:33:36,258 --> 00:33:38,200 The second handwriting analysis told us 567 00:33:38,305 --> 00:33:42,015 your letters from Mr. Hughes are authentic. 568 00:33:42,242 --> 00:33:44,380 ANDREA: 100 percent. RALPH: No surprise there. 569 00:33:44,866 --> 00:33:48,061 Experts want to provide their employers with good news. 570 00:33:49,025 --> 00:33:50,585 He gave me a prune. 571 00:33:53,121 --> 00:33:54,047 What? 572 00:33:58,944 --> 00:34:00,351 (STAMMERING ) 573 00:34:01,377 --> 00:34:03,743 Right... In a bag. 574 00:34:04,351 --> 00:34:06,806 He gave me a prune. Howard Hughes. 575 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:10,588 Dick is jumping forward a little bit. It was a memorable moment for him. 576 00:34:10,688 --> 00:34:14,365 - Anyway, Ralph, how can we help? - You know, no one likes to be accused. 577 00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:17,755 I really don't think anyone's making accusations here, Dick. 578 00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:19,481 Are we going to stand around all day looking at photographs? 579 00:34:19,583 --> 00:34:21,470 We came here to talk about Howard Hughes. Let's talk about him. 580 00:34:21,566 --> 00:34:22,712 He gave me a prune. 581 00:34:22,815 --> 00:34:25,629 Howard Hughes gave me a prune on the beach at Nassau. 582 00:34:26,238 --> 00:34:29,435 I thought you met Hughes the first time in Mexico. 583 00:34:33,502 --> 00:34:36,185 Ralph, what happened was this. I got a phone call. 584 00:34:36,286 --> 00:34:37,812 Really, out of the blue. 585 00:34:37,918 --> 00:34:41,213 From a man named George Gordon Holmes. 586 00:34:41,373 --> 00:34:43,413 Longtime associate of Howard Hughes. 587 00:34:43,678 --> 00:34:46,230 He says he wants us to fly down to Mexico City, 588 00:34:46,814 --> 00:34:49,563 wait for a call, so we go ahead and do this. 589 00:34:49,661 --> 00:34:52,922 We fly down there, we check into this fleabag hotel. 590 00:34:53,756 --> 00:34:55,643 Eighteen hours we wait, no air conditioning, 591 00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:58,707 sand crabs in the bathtub, I say, "The hell with him," 592 00:34:58,812 --> 00:35:00,438 when we spot an envelope, 593 00:35:02,364 --> 00:35:03,541 shoved under the door. 594 00:35:03,643 --> 00:35:04,985 DICK: He rarely went on vacation, but when he did, 595 00:35:05,084 --> 00:35:06,458 he usually booked into a remote hotel 596 00:35:06,555 --> 00:35:08,603 - in the mountains of Juchit�n. - CLIFFORD: It says, 597 00:35:08,603 --> 00:35:08,820 - in the mountains of Juchit�n. - CLIFFORD: It says, 598 00:35:08,923 --> 00:35:11,672 "There's a pilot waiting to take you to Juchit�n." 599 00:35:13,914 --> 00:35:18,421 So it's 6:00 a.m., we're flying low over the mountains, 600 00:35:18,715 --> 00:35:19,892 and I'm nervous. 601 00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:21,718 But he's got a touch, this bush pilot. 602 00:35:21,819 --> 00:35:25,364 He brings it right down onto a gray pebble landing strip. 603 00:35:25,465 --> 00:35:27,124 Just as it comes down, I see out of the corner of my eye, 604 00:35:27,227 --> 00:35:30,040 there's a jeep that's coming down from the mountains. 605 00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:31,985 Mexican military? 606 00:35:32,890 --> 00:35:33,970 No. 607 00:35:34,810 --> 00:35:35,758 It's Holmes. 608 00:35:35,865 --> 00:35:39,695 - Mr. Irving? - Yes, that's right. Mr. Holmes? 609 00:35:39,865 --> 00:35:41,719 - Who is this? - Dick Suskind, sir. 610 00:35:41,817 --> 00:35:43,922 So, he's a little surprised to see Dick, 611 00:35:44,024 --> 00:35:46,293 but I explained that Dick was my researcher and friend, 612 00:35:46,392 --> 00:35:48,596 and that's why he was there and I couldn't do without him. 613 00:35:48,697 --> 00:35:49,711 We get in the jeep, 614 00:35:49,816 --> 00:35:53,111 and he takes us on this endless ride, up through the mountains. 615 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:57,167 We circled around the top of this hill and we got to the hotel, 616 00:35:57,528 --> 00:35:59,022 which was called 617 00:35:59,864 --> 00:36:01,206 Salina Cruz. 618 00:36:03,671 --> 00:36:05,875 Holmes motions for us to follow. 619 00:36:08,247 --> 00:36:09,742 It's quiet. 620 00:36:14,615 --> 00:36:17,462 There's a room way in the back, like a hut. 621 00:36:18,998 --> 00:36:21,136 Doesn't even have a view of the ocean. 622 00:36:24,918 --> 00:36:26,293 We can barely see. 623 00:36:28,438 --> 00:36:33,969 There's a little slip of a man on a bed, sitting like a monk. 624 00:36:38,005 --> 00:36:39,467 Howard Hughes. 625 00:36:44,021 --> 00:36:45,514 Howard Hughes. 626 00:36:46,452 --> 00:36:48,590 Howard Hughes is sitting right there. 627 00:36:51,284 --> 00:36:52,658 My heart... 628 00:36:55,572 --> 00:37:00,012 And then he was reaching out through the mosquito netting, 629 00:37:01,044 --> 00:37:03,662 and he offered Dick a... 630 00:37:04,979 --> 00:37:06,124 A prune. 631 00:37:06,515 --> 00:37:07,692 A prune. 632 00:37:10,258 --> 00:37:11,665 Dick takes the prune, 633 00:37:22,002 --> 00:37:23,278 eats the prune... 634 00:37:25,234 --> 00:37:26,313 Not bad. 635 00:37:26,481 --> 00:37:27,943 (PEOPLE LAUGHIN G) 636 00:37:28,209 --> 00:37:32,038 And he started talking about the extraordinary value of Mexican soil, 637 00:37:32,145 --> 00:37:33,933 organic farming, organic food, et cetera, et cetera. 638 00:37:34,033 --> 00:37:36,454 The two of them started jabbering like old friends. 639 00:37:36,561 --> 00:37:40,489 We ended up talking a little bit about business, then Dick and I went home. 640 00:37:43,152 --> 00:37:44,264 - I'm a little hungry. - Let's eat. 641 00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:45,295 (CLIFFORD LAUGHS ) 642 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,713 ANDREA: Ralph, will you pick something fabulous? 643 00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:51,471 The Latour please, '61. 644 00:37:51,568 --> 00:37:54,219 - That'll get us started. Thank you. - Oh, yes. 645 00:37:54,319 --> 00:37:56,228 And some beluga, shall we, gentlemen? 646 00:37:56,335 --> 00:37:57,545 MAN: Sounds good. 647 00:37:58,767 --> 00:38:01,352 You know, Howard Hughes doesn't like caviar. 648 00:38:01,455 --> 00:38:02,404 Really? 649 00:38:02,511 --> 00:38:05,445 Really. In fact, he made a special point of saying so. 650 00:38:05,646 --> 00:38:07,053 I remember that. I... 651 00:38:07,150 --> 00:38:08,775 It was such a non sequitur. It was a strange thing. 652 00:38:08,878 --> 00:38:12,522 It was just after Clifford finished talking about the... 653 00:38:14,094 --> 00:38:15,523 - The crash. - That's right. The crash. 654 00:38:15,630 --> 00:38:18,150 The one in Beverly Hills. He nearly hit the top of that house, 655 00:38:18,253 --> 00:38:21,287 parked it right on top of the house, hurt his back, but he walked away from it. 656 00:38:21,389 --> 00:38:24,454 And he said that people in Beverly Hills eat caviar, 657 00:38:24,557 --> 00:38:27,372 and he doesn't like it and then he crashed his plane. 658 00:38:30,444 --> 00:38:34,635 RALPH: Okay, then let's make it two beluga appetizers, please. 659 00:38:34,732 --> 00:38:38,594 - Three maybe. - Three, yeah. Make it three. 660 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,838 - Andrea, yeah? - Thank you. Okay. Good. 661 00:38:42,732 --> 00:38:45,928 Did you get any sense of his business acumen? 662 00:38:46,796 --> 00:38:47,778 Go ahead. 663 00:38:47,884 --> 00:38:50,152 (STUTTERING ) It's interesting. He said that... 664 00:38:50,891 --> 00:38:55,266 Very interesting. He said that people often think of business as business, 665 00:38:55,371 --> 00:38:58,568 which of course it is, but also... Within business, there is also pleasure. 666 00:38:58,667 --> 00:39:00,838 You know, business is pleasure. Pleasure can be a business. 667 00:39:00,939 --> 00:39:04,234 Business has pleasure. It's both. It's both at the same time. 668 00:39:04,714 --> 00:39:07,496 I didn't really understand it, but after a while it sunk in, 669 00:39:07,594 --> 00:39:12,002 and I realized, you know, that's his genius. 670 00:39:21,673 --> 00:39:24,127 This is your check for writing services. 671 00:39:24,233 --> 00:39:27,811 The second check for Mr. Hughes, or, Octavio, sorry... 672 00:39:27,913 --> 00:39:30,596 It's gonna take a little longer to process. 673 00:39:30,697 --> 00:39:33,861 I understand you're authorized to receive Mr. Hughes' payment? 674 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,025 Yeah, I am, I am, thank you. But don't take too long, all right? 675 00:39:37,127 --> 00:39:40,062 Life magazine is prepared to offer $250,000 676 00:39:40,167 --> 00:39:44,291 for worldwide exclusive rights to serialize the Howard Hughes story. 677 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,254 That's a record, Harold. 678 00:39:51,174 --> 00:39:54,590 I'm wondering if it's enough of a record, Ralph. 679 00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:58,434 (DOWN ON THE CORNER PLAYING ) 680 00:39:58,534 --> 00:40:00,095 DICK: Oh, jeez. CLIFFORD: The money makes this real. 681 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:01,146 (MAN CHA TTERIN G ON RADIO ) 682 00:40:01,254 --> 00:40:03,588 You can still back out, but you gotta tell me now. 683 00:40:03,686 --> 00:40:04,635 - Back out? - Yeah. 684 00:40:04,742 --> 00:40:07,163 Fuck, no! We're the goddamn Musketeers. 685 00:40:07,270 --> 00:40:09,691 Good. That's good. Don't spend any money, though. 686 00:40:09,798 --> 00:40:11,521 Better we keep it for later, in case we need it. 687 00:40:11,622 --> 00:40:12,549 Absolutely. 688 00:40:12,645 --> 00:40:14,206 REPORTER: In other news, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear 689 00:40:14,309 --> 00:40:18,618 the TWA shareholders' case against reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. 690 00:40:18,821 --> 00:40:22,944 A loss could cost Hughes $ 137,000,000 691 00:40:23,044 --> 00:40:25,116 and devastate his financial empire. 692 00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:26,976 The Nixon Justice Department has thus far refused... 693 00:40:27,077 --> 00:40:28,189 CLIFFORD: We gotta reach big. 694 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:31,162 We'll go for texture, gritty details, we need blood, we need money, 695 00:40:31,268 --> 00:40:34,170 we need real juicy, Shakespearean, big stuff... 696 00:40:34,275 --> 00:40:36,861 You want to critique a sitting president who's also a war criminal? 697 00:40:36,963 --> 00:40:38,076 - No, no, no. - You can do anything you want. 698 00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:40,089 You can impact culture with something like this. 699 00:40:40,195 --> 00:40:42,104 "Lmpact culture." I want to make some money and not get caught. 700 00:40:42,211 --> 00:40:43,901 You know, we've got to make this plausible. 701 00:40:44,003 --> 00:40:46,305 Dick, I handed them three yellow letters. 702 00:40:46,403 --> 00:40:49,271 They gave me $500,000. Is that plausible? 703 00:40:49,378 --> 00:40:50,905 I don't think so. 704 00:40:51,011 --> 00:40:52,668 (BOTH LAUGHING ) 705 00:40:54,882 --> 00:40:56,224 - You want to get a drink? - Okay. 706 00:40:56,322 --> 00:40:58,689 I'm gonna change my shirt. I'll be right out. 707 00:40:59,586 --> 00:41:02,814 - I'm heading home. - You go. I'm sticking for a while. 708 00:41:03,777 --> 00:41:05,686 - See you, Tom. - Good night. 709 00:41:24,864 --> 00:41:27,831 - Tommy, can I use your phone? - Yeah, sure, go right ahead. 710 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,011 NINA: I saw Elmyr a few months ago in lbiza. 711 00:41:34,304 --> 00:41:36,725 So, how is our old friend Elmyr? 712 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:38,907 Well, I was having dinner with friends, 713 00:41:39,007 --> 00:41:41,690 and he was at the bar, sitting all alone, drinking. 714 00:41:41,951 --> 00:41:43,161 He came up to me and he said, 715 00:41:43,263 --> 00:41:47,453 "I have always found your affair with Clifford to be common and immoral." 716 00:41:47,551 --> 00:41:49,012 And he stormed out. 717 00:41:49,150 --> 00:41:50,263 (LAUGHING ) 718 00:41:50,366 --> 00:41:52,570 You're lying. Elmyr didn't say that. 719 00:41:53,023 --> 00:41:53,182 Oh, I'm the liar? 720 00:41:53,182 --> 00:41:54,643 Oh, I'm the liar? 721 00:41:54,749 --> 00:41:58,644 And who's writing a fake book about the most famous man in the world? 722 00:42:01,246 --> 00:42:02,707 Gotta get back. 723 00:42:02,941 --> 00:42:06,324 No! No, the clock is broken. You stay. 724 00:42:08,797 --> 00:42:10,389 Just to confirm, 725 00:42:10,812 --> 00:42:13,627 he's still rich and you're still not gonna leave him. 726 00:42:14,141 --> 00:42:16,312 Oh, I want to, Cliff, I want to. 727 00:42:16,828 --> 00:42:19,828 But, no, I'm not going to. 728 00:42:24,380 --> 00:42:26,005 I'm shallow, Cliff. 729 00:42:27,772 --> 00:42:31,088 My greatest desire is to be an American movie star. 730 00:42:31,674 --> 00:42:33,845 - How shallow is that? - Pretty shallow. 731 00:42:35,067 --> 00:42:38,230 And besides, why does it bother you so much that I'm your mistress? 732 00:42:38,331 --> 00:42:40,786 Brecht, Hemingway, they all had mistresses. 733 00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:44,436 The lying gives me a headache, if you want to know the truth. 734 00:42:44,698 --> 00:42:46,870 Oh, I forgot. You're a devoted husband. 735 00:42:47,131 --> 00:42:49,880 I think I forgot while you were screwing me. 736 00:42:53,273 --> 00:42:54,451 Sorry. 737 00:42:56,185 --> 00:42:58,640 Sorry. I know I should have not called you. 738 00:42:58,745 --> 00:43:01,331 I'm not gonna go through this whole thing again. 739 00:43:02,361 --> 00:43:05,208 I can't do it to her. I can't. 740 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,561 NINA: I'll see you next time? 741 00:43:12,504 --> 00:43:13,813 (GROANS ) 742 00:43:13,912 --> 00:43:16,662 DICK: Oh, Dick, Nina! There's no future with her. 743 00:43:17,143 --> 00:43:19,663 - She weakens me. - Okay, all right. That's very helpful. 744 00:43:19,768 --> 00:43:22,156 Edith is stability, Dick. She's my rock. 745 00:43:22,263 --> 00:43:24,271 Give me a break, will you, please? 746 00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:26,702 Did you tell Nina about the book? 747 00:43:28,343 --> 00:43:29,718 Are you out of your fucking mind? 748 00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:32,401 I've got the "I'm an asshole" part down pretty good. 749 00:43:32,503 --> 00:43:34,706 It's the "What do I do now?" part I need help with. 750 00:43:34,807 --> 00:43:36,749 Please? Be my friend? 751 00:43:36,854 --> 00:43:38,861 - Are you my friend? - Yeah, I'm your friend. 752 00:43:38,967 --> 00:43:42,382 I don't know what I'm gonna do if she asks me where I went. 753 00:43:42,807 --> 00:43:44,083 Come clean. 754 00:43:45,462 --> 00:43:47,371 She'll leave me, for good. 755 00:43:48,310 --> 00:43:50,798 It's the best I got. What else can I tell you? 756 00:43:52,373 --> 00:43:53,780 You wanna hear this? 757 00:43:54,997 --> 00:43:55,924 Yeah. 758 00:43:56,021 --> 00:43:58,476 All right, this is the Senate hearings, 1947. 759 00:43:58,805 --> 00:44:01,652 HUGHES: I'm not even sure that's a correct statement, 760 00:44:01,749 --> 00:44:06,156 but the fact remains that if I made 15 million dollars, 761 00:44:06,260 --> 00:44:09,609 I made it selling oil well tools and beer, 762 00:44:09,716 --> 00:44:12,684 Grand Prize beer, to people down in Texas. 763 00:44:12,788 --> 00:44:14,478 "Beer down in Texas." 764 00:44:14,580 --> 00:44:15,693 (LAUGHING ) 765 00:44:15,796 --> 00:44:19,625 And I don't think the public should be led to believe... 766 00:44:19,732 --> 00:44:21,389 "Led to believe." 767 00:44:21,491 --> 00:44:24,524 ... on war contracts while I did not. Now, furthermore... 768 00:44:24,627 --> 00:44:26,384 "Now, furthermore..." 769 00:44:26,514 --> 00:44:28,686 - "Furthermore, Senator..." - "Furthermore..." 770 00:44:28,787 --> 00:44:31,852 ... a little money somewhere. How could I put nine million dollars... 771 00:44:31,954 --> 00:44:33,416 (IMITATING HUGHES ) A little pocket change 772 00:44:33,523 --> 00:44:36,523 worth five million dollars in my pocket. 773 00:44:36,626 --> 00:44:37,553 (LAUGHING ) 774 00:44:38,898 --> 00:44:40,785 DICK: Mr. Hughes, where would you like to begin? 775 00:44:43,057 --> 00:44:45,479 - Family, friends, father... - Yeah. 776 00:44:45,585 --> 00:44:47,374 My father. We'll do father. 777 00:44:52,145 --> 00:44:56,039 (IMITATING HUGHES ) People called my father Big Howard. 778 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:57,168 (CHUCKLES ) 779 00:44:57,777 --> 00:44:58,987 Big Howard... 780 00:44:59,824 --> 00:45:04,461 Big Howard made his money leasing drilling bits in the oil business. 781 00:45:06,831 --> 00:45:09,003 He said to me... He said, "Sonny..." 782 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,542 "Sonny, these drill bits are your bread and butter. 783 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,395 "Don't ever let 'em go." 784 00:45:19,439 --> 00:45:23,497 Big Howard died when I was 18. 785 00:45:26,350 --> 00:45:31,816 His bunch of Texas roughneck friends tried to sell his company. 786 00:45:34,094 --> 00:45:37,061 Pushed me out of the picture. I don't like being pushed. 787 00:45:38,893 --> 00:45:44,556 Now, when two parties negotiate, you got a lion and a donkey. 788 00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:51,558 One party, through bluster or leverage, 789 00:45:53,005 --> 00:45:56,354 claims control of the situation right away. That's the lion. 790 00:45:58,412 --> 00:45:59,754 At 18, 791 00:46:00,236 --> 00:46:02,953 I sued these men trying to sell my father's company. 792 00:46:03,052 --> 00:46:05,474 I sued them, I attacked them, I blackmailed them, 793 00:46:05,581 --> 00:46:09,060 I pushed every which way I could! 794 00:46:11,051 --> 00:46:12,840 I learned to be a lion. 795 00:46:26,891 --> 00:46:28,264 Jesus, Cliff. 796 00:46:37,386 --> 00:46:39,687 - Read the women's rags lately? - Hi. 797 00:46:40,426 --> 00:46:43,208 Excerpts from Howard Hughes' autobiography 798 00:46:43,305 --> 00:46:46,850 in Ladies Home Journal from the book by Robert Eaton. 799 00:46:49,033 --> 00:46:51,585 Life's lawyers are gnawing the flesh from my bones. 800 00:46:51,688 --> 00:46:53,961 Would you like to tell me, Clifford, what the fuck is going on here? 801 00:46:53,961 --> 00:46:54,592 Would you like to tell me, Clifford, what the fuck is going on here? 802 00:46:54,695 --> 00:46:55,906 I don't know anything about this. 803 00:46:56,008 --> 00:46:57,949 This goddamn Eaton supposedly has memos, 804 00:46:58,056 --> 00:47:01,089 the same handwritten memos that you've got, so... 805 00:47:01,544 --> 00:47:04,359 Either you're selling this twice and using Robert Eaton as a pen name... 806 00:47:04,456 --> 00:47:06,495 I won't even dignify that with a response. 807 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:11,869 Or, more likely, your demigod lunatic friend is using two writers. 808 00:47:11,975 --> 00:47:12,989 You get it? 809 00:47:13,094 --> 00:47:15,069 All the sharks at my company have is you, 810 00:47:15,175 --> 00:47:19,713 which means they will sue your skinny ass for every cent of the advance, 811 00:47:19,814 --> 00:47:22,367 plus damages, for making false representations... 812 00:47:22,471 --> 00:47:23,680 No, I made no false representations! 813 00:47:23,782 --> 00:47:26,629 ...about an exclusive book you said you could deliver. 814 00:47:26,725 --> 00:47:29,310 DICK: So she said that they said that they would sue us both? 815 00:47:29,413 --> 00:47:30,395 - Yeah. - Both of us? 816 00:47:30,502 --> 00:47:32,476 - I mean, she mentioned me by name? - Yes. 817 00:47:32,582 --> 00:47:34,686 Can you believe this son of a bitch had the same idea? 818 00:47:34,789 --> 00:47:36,513 But I spent the money. 819 00:47:37,029 --> 00:47:39,931 I told you we might have to give it back! Jeez, Dick. 820 00:47:40,037 --> 00:47:42,274 Well, it wasn't exactly a huge percentage to begin with. 821 00:47:42,372 --> 00:47:43,518 Look, just pay the money. 822 00:47:43,621 --> 00:47:46,490 Tell them that Hughes has changed his mind. 823 00:47:46,596 --> 00:47:50,175 - And I'll owe you the difference. - I can't. I'm down most of it myself. 824 00:47:50,276 --> 00:47:53,537 Yeah, well, borrow it. This isn't a prank anymore, Cliff. 825 00:47:53,636 --> 00:47:55,425 If they go to the press with this, 826 00:47:55,524 --> 00:47:57,760 we're gonna have Howard fucking Hughes chasing us. 827 00:47:57,860 --> 00:47:59,004 And Intertel. 828 00:47:59,108 --> 00:48:01,791 Remember, they'll stab us with sodium pentothal? 829 00:48:01,890 --> 00:48:05,436 They'll kill us or tie us up or something. 830 00:48:05,763 --> 00:48:09,625 Howard won't be coming after us. His advisors maybe, but he won't. 831 00:48:09,730 --> 00:48:10,745 - Oh, really? - Yeah. 832 00:48:10,851 --> 00:48:12,312 - What, he tell you that over breakfast? - Yeah. 833 00:48:12,418 --> 00:48:14,459 And what about this other book? What if that's the real thing, huh? 834 00:48:14,562 --> 00:48:16,090 You thought about that? 835 00:48:16,514 --> 00:48:17,594 All right, the question is, 836 00:48:17,698 --> 00:48:19,739 what would Howard do in a situation like this? 837 00:48:19,842 --> 00:48:21,914 I don't know. Buy a fucking airline. 838 00:48:23,873 --> 00:48:27,321 Diversion, end run, surprise. 839 00:48:29,410 --> 00:48:31,319 Who are you now? General Patton? 840 00:48:31,746 --> 00:48:35,193 HUGHES: Viruses and bacteria are the most powerful enemies... 841 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:40,858 Luce. 842 00:48:42,176 --> 00:48:44,794 ... the human body has got. You look at the fingernail clippings... 843 00:48:44,896 --> 00:48:46,554 Henry Luce. 844 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,280 Dick, I think you should take a little holiday. 845 00:48:52,767 --> 00:48:54,262 CLIFFORD: You got everything? You got your passport? 846 00:48:54,368 --> 00:48:55,709 - You got the letter? Okay, great. - Yeah, I'm fine... 847 00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:57,302 You're gonna be fine. Bye. 848 00:48:57,407 --> 00:48:58,782 ( ONLY YO U KNOW AND I KNOW PLAYING ) 849 00:49:07,455 --> 00:49:08,949 (CAR HONKING ) 850 00:49:30,204 --> 00:49:32,179 - Hello, this is Andrea. - Yeah, Andrea, it's Cliff. 851 00:49:32,284 --> 00:49:34,423 Yeah, one more thing, Shelton Fisher needs to be at the meeting. 852 00:49:34,525 --> 00:49:35,702 ANDREA: Do you know who he is? 853 00:49:35,805 --> 00:49:37,398 CLIFFORD: Chairman of McGraw-Hill, yes. 854 00:49:37,501 --> 00:49:39,672 - Has to be at the meeting. - All right, I'll see what I can do. 855 00:49:39,772 --> 00:49:43,546 It's not me. It's him. No negotiation. No Fisher, no meeting. 856 00:49:54,171 --> 00:49:58,066 Mr. Irving, it would appear that either you 857 00:49:58,171 --> 00:50:01,782 or your illustrious sponsor is jerking someone's chain. 858 00:50:02,234 --> 00:50:05,779 Let me assure you that chain will not be connected to Life magazine. 859 00:50:06,938 --> 00:50:11,160 So, why don't you begin by telling us who Robert Eaton is 860 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:14,673 and why he's selling the book you're supposed to be writing? 861 00:50:17,082 --> 00:50:19,449 Shelton, have you received your mail today? 862 00:50:21,721 --> 00:50:22,966 Excuse me? 863 00:50:23,705 --> 00:50:25,615 Ralph, I was talking to Shelton. 864 00:50:25,914 --> 00:50:28,215 As a side comment, watch your tone with me. 865 00:50:28,313 --> 00:50:31,628 I've been up for two nights negotiating with a very stubborn billionaire, 866 00:50:31,737 --> 00:50:34,289 and my quota for verbal abuse has been reached. 867 00:50:37,816 --> 00:50:39,703 Could you get the mail, please? 868 00:50:40,376 --> 00:50:42,645 Life magazine has been known 869 00:50:42,744 --> 00:50:45,940 to have a slight impact on writers' careers, my friend. 870 00:50:46,039 --> 00:50:49,617 And we... We are not afraid of civil litigation.