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Wow, you're Danny Collins.
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Yeah.
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Jesus H!
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You mind if we listen while we talk?
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Sure.
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- Is this cool?
- Sure.
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Smoke?
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No. No, thanks.
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Well, the album's going to be
massive, kid. Who got you there?
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- I'm sorry?
- Your influences, who do you dig?
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Who makes you hard?
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Well... I guess, I...
If I had to think...
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Hold on.
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June 30th, 1971.
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Guy DeLoach with the apparently
pre-pubescent Danny Collins.
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For Chime Mag.
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More than anything, it's your writing.
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You write like fucking Lennon, man.
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That's... Thank you.
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I guess he's probably the one who...
you know, makes me the hardest.
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Jesus H!
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Well, you're going to be huge, kid.
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Richer than rich. Famous as shit.
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More women than you know
what to do with.
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I'm telling you this,
and I've got to ask,
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why are you sitting there staring at me
looking like that information
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scares the livin' shit outta you?
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Because it does.
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Jesus H!
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Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny.
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- Break a leg, Danny.
- Just tell me whose.
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Hello, L.A.! It's good to be back!
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Danny!
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Hey, baby doll, what's goin' on?
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Sweet baby doll, I'll sing my song!
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For you!
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You were strong when I was weak
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With a kiss upon my cheek
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We could fly so far away from here
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My baby!
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Baby!
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Hey, baby doll!
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What's goin' on?
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Sweet baby doll,
I'll sing my song for you!
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Hey, baby doll!
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What's going on...
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Excuse me, Mr. Collins? Do you think
I could bother you for a quick picture?
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Just real quick.
Real quick, my mom will die.
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I hope not.
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- Awesome.
- Beauty...
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- I will tweet this to you.
- Awesome.
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It was a good show tonight, kid.
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Awesome.
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Hey, Sylvia Plath, you okay?
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If what I just did qualified as singing,
I'd be great.
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You know...
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Little birthday blues, I guess.
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All right, everyone.
My guy needs a little rest here.
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Bye, Danny.
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Sally, thank you for coming, honey.
Tell your dad I said hello, Kate.
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See those Golden Girls in the front row?
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- Eating the licorice the entire show.
- Can't choose your fans, Danny.
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Three of them.
Each one older than the next.
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Made one pack of licorice
last the whole show.
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Just sat there gummin' it for two hours.
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New billboard went up on Sunset.
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You should check it out
on your way home, yeah?
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All right, enough of this crap.
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So, your birthday's tomorrow.
Is that your big problem?
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Pregnant women in Africa, feeding half
their village from their titties.
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Those ladies got problems. Not you.
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- You're so right.
- Yeah.
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Of course I'm right, I'm always right.
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So you go home now to your stunning,
half-your-age fiancée
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who insists on throwing you
this massive surprise party tomorrow,
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which I didn't just tell you about,
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and then go tell the sore-titted
African ladies your problems.
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Okay?
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Okay.
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See you at my surprise party, buddy.
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- Hey.
- Yeah?
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It was a good show tonight, kid.
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Really.
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Okay.
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We'll have to get that fixed for you,
Mr. Collins. How was the show?
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I'm home!
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Babe?
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I'm in the shower.
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Listen, I'll be out in a minute.
I'm just finishing shaving.
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What'd you do tonight?
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Just busywork around here.
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You're always doing busywork.
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We have a big house.
Running it keeps a girl busy, right?
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- Oh... hon?
- Yeah, just a second.
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You know... Jesus, Sophie.
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What?
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Okay. The kid out front?
Could you maybe say something to him?
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Because I don't need a half-hour of chit-chat
every time I pull into my house.
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He's your fan,
he's just trying to impress you.
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Well, he's failing.
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I'm gonna go rest
before my surprise party.
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God damn it, fucking Frank!
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Surprise!
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Oh, no! No way! You did this.
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You guys should know better, you know,
you don't surprise a guy my age.
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You'll give me a heart attack.
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She looks like a young Jackie O.
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- I look absurd with her.
- Yes, you do.
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We have to make her
sign a prenup, don't we?
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Yes, we do.
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I'm way too old to be putting
this much shit up my nose.
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Yes, you are.
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Jesus, Frank, don't give me
all the good stuff at once, will ya.
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You're really earning
that 10% tonight, pal.
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What do you want me to say?
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Oh, no, Danny, you look perfectly normal
standing next to a coked-up teenager
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who can't keep her nipples covered
for more than five minutes.
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Prenup? Who needs a prenup?
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I mean, sure, you've gone
through three wives already,
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but this one seems like the real deal.
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Oh, look, I can see her vagina again.
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That's cute.
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Thank you, I try.
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So,
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I know how fanatical
you are about Lennon.
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So I started futzing around
on the Internet,
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and I... get in touch with this one guy.
He's a collector.
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I tell him that I'm looking
to get you something special.
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Holy shit.
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I've been holding onto this
for three months.
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No, no, no. Wait, wait. Hang on, wait.
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You remember doing an interview
when you were a kid?
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Something called... Chime Magazine.
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Fella named DeLoach?
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Yeah. Maybe. I don't know. Yeah.
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Well, I don't know
what you said to the guy,
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I mean, you must've mentioned
Lennon or something.
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But that doesn't matter, the point is
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Lennon read it.
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The interview.
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And...
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He wrote you a letter.
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What the hell are you talking about?
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John Lennon wrote you a letter, pal,
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in 1971.
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He sent it to you
care of this DeLoach guy.
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Now DeLoach smells money,
so he holds onto it, never tells you.
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Then DeLoach dies.
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But he's not the point, the point is
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he sold that letter to a collector.
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Can you believe this shit?
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I'm not following this, Frank.
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Open the box. Open the box.
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John Lennon wrote you
a handwritten letter in 1971.
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Can you fucking believe it?
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Read it!
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"Dear Danny Collins.
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"Yoko and I read your interview.
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"Being rich and famous
doesn't change the way you think.
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"It doesn't corrupt your art.
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"Only you can do that.
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"So, what do you think about that,
Danny Collins?
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"Stay true..."
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"...to your music.
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"Stay true to yourself.
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"My phone number is below.
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"Call me, we can discuss this.
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"We can help.
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"Love, John."
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It's crazy, right?
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I've been holding onto this
for months now.
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I'm home!
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Whatcha doin'?
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Packing.
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Where are we going?
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We're not going anywhere.
But I'm going away.
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Where you going?
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Where?
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- Where is he?
- Who?
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Whoever you were just in bed with.
That's who.
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Danny, I don't know
what you're talking about.
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Come on, Sophie.
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I didn't pull in the way I usually do,
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so the kid outside couldn't call you
and stall me.
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Okay, listen. I'm not mad,
I promise you. I am not mad.
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I just want to know who the fuck
is in my house. That's all.
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Hey! Wherever you are, it's okay,
I promise, I'm not mad.
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I just wanna see your face.
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Jesus, just come out.
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It's okay.
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Busywork.
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- Judd.
- No, "Busywork."
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I'm going to call you Busywork
because she's always doing busywork.
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Now, I understand.
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Okay, kids, you and Busywork here,
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I want you to stay here for a while,
if you wish.
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It's fine by me. You're young, have fun.
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I'm looking for my address book.
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'Cause I need an address in
my address book, and I found it.
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Sophie.
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I was going to make you
sign a prenup anyway.
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You know, so you're not
missing out on the big bucks.
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If that makes you feel better.
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I guess it does a little.
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Okay, you guys, I'm off.
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And, Busywork?
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Take care of her. Okay?
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My parents had their first dance
to one of your songs.
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- Sir.
- Yeah.
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Well, that's fucked up
in all kinds of ways now, isn't it?
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Hey, man. Listen. I need a plane.
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Jersey.
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Yeah, New Jersey.
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Yeah. A car... you know what I like.
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Make it red.
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Yeah. I'm changing shit up.
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What are you doing? It's just dead.
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There's a dental convention
here this week.
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Like four people have been here.
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Oh, shit!
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Oh, shit!
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Oh, nice!
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Welcome to the Hilton, Danny Collins.
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I mean, Mr. Collins. I mean...
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Welcome to the Hilton, sir.
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It's good to be here at the Hilton.
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You can call me Danny.
And what should I call you?
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Nicky Ernst.
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Nicky Ernst.
Absolute pleasure to meet you.
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You got a great face, Nicky.
May I give you 100 bucks?
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Try not to drool on the car, Nicky.
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Okay.
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Welcome to the Hilton,
do you have a reservation?
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No. But I hope that's not
a deal breaker because I am rapidly
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- falling in love with this here Hilton.
- Holy shit!
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- Holy shit!
- I get that a lot. What's your name?
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- Jamie.
- Jamie. I'm Danny.
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Yeah, I know who you are.
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How about that guy out front?
Nicky Ernst. He's a great guy, great face.
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Why don't you let him
take you out for a ride in my car?
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- You'll fall in love.
- Okay. Okay.
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Look at that face. Why does everybody
in here have such great faces?
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And so young. Why are you all so young?
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We're just college kids. Just graduated.
I'm off for the summer.
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That explains it.
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How long will you be staying with us,
Mr. Collins?
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I don't know. My GPS tells me that this
is not far from a Hillsdale, New Jersey.
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Now, is my GPS lying
or giving me the straight shit?
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Straight shit. You're five minutes away.
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Okay, I will stay here. Indefinitely.
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Hang on. Mary!
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Man, if another wonderful face
comes out of there,
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I don't think I can handle it.
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That's it. I definitely can't handle it.
255
00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:31,685
- Look who it is.
- I see.
256
00:22:31,785 --> 00:22:32,769
Hi.
257
00:22:32,869 --> 00:22:35,480
He wants to stay indefinitely
and we can give him the honeymoon suite.
258
00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:38,016
He doesn't want the honeymoon suite.
It's not my honeymoon.
259
00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:41,644
And I'm not very sweet.
Any room will suit me fine.
260
00:22:42,253 --> 00:22:44,772
And what college
do you go to, young lady?
261
00:22:51,321 --> 00:22:54,499
So, you're staying indefinitely? Here?
262
00:22:54,599 --> 00:22:57,643
I'm a huge fan of this Hilton.
263
00:22:57,777 --> 00:23:00,163
- Are you married, Mary?
- Oh, I'm sorry?
264
00:23:00,263 --> 00:23:02,290
Are you currently betrothed?
265
00:23:02,607 --> 00:23:05,084
- No.
- Good. Dinner?
266
00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:06,836
You're asking me to dinner?
267
00:23:06,945 --> 00:23:09,973
Yes. I think so. Jamie?
I asked her to dinner, didn't I?
268
00:23:10,073 --> 00:23:12,434
- Yup, yeah, you did.
- Proof.
269
00:23:12,534 --> 00:23:15,611
- I'm sorry, are you on drugs?
- Currently or in general?
270
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,556
- Currently?
- No. Dinner?
271
00:23:18,748 --> 00:23:21,517
- No. I'm going to have to decline.
- You're not a fan?
272
00:23:21,751 --> 00:23:24,195
- Currently or in general?
- In general.
273
00:23:24,295 --> 00:23:26,114
- No.
- Oh, that's too bad.
274
00:23:26,214 --> 00:23:27,857
But we have good patter.
275
00:23:28,633 --> 00:23:32,287
Don't we? Don't we, Jamie?
You following any of this, are you?
276
00:23:32,387 --> 00:23:35,031
- No.
- Look, I'll check you in, okay?
277
00:23:35,431 --> 00:23:37,867
While you're checking me in,
I'll check you out.
278
00:23:40,395 --> 00:23:41,496
Oh, my God.
279
00:24:06,921 --> 00:24:11,409
You know, I never actually
saw this being done.
280
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:16,072
Watch the door. Okay.
281
00:24:49,130 --> 00:24:51,107
- Danny?
- Hey.
282
00:24:51,674 --> 00:24:54,619
Frank. Oh, man.
283
00:24:54,719 --> 00:24:58,289
- Come to papa.
- Good to see you, buddy.
284
00:24:58,389 --> 00:25:01,559
Oh, what a trip.
I got on the first flight out.
285
00:25:01,659 --> 00:25:03,853
Thanks, Frank. You been here before?
286
00:25:03,953 --> 00:25:08,633
The bar at the Woodcliff Lake,
New Jersey Hilton? No.
287
00:25:11,528 --> 00:25:13,922
- Oh, man.
- I...
288
00:25:14,864 --> 00:25:18,868
Spoke to Sophie. She said...
289
00:25:19,702 --> 00:25:21,938
I did. I did. Josh.
290
00:25:22,038 --> 00:25:24,933
You wanna give us ice water
291
00:25:25,083 --> 00:25:27,936
for my handsome young friend here?
292
00:25:33,716 --> 00:25:36,310
Frank, I decided,
293
00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:39,088
to make some changes in my life.
294
00:25:40,682 --> 00:25:43,460
Some of the changes
may come as a bit of a shock.
295
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,463
Some may actually
affect you, financially.
296
00:25:46,563 --> 00:25:50,124
I'm here as your friend, Danny.
Not as your manager.
297
00:25:51,526 --> 00:25:53,503
I want to cancel the rest of the tour.
298
00:25:54,362 --> 00:25:57,307
- I'm sorry?
- I'm not sorry.
299
00:25:57,407 --> 00:25:59,217
I'm done, Frank.
300
00:25:59,868 --> 00:26:03,021
Done. So, help me, God,
301
00:26:03,121 --> 00:26:06,975
I will never be forced to sing
those songs again.
302
00:26:07,459 --> 00:26:10,945
Danny, you're spiraling. Are you
on something? What are you taking?
303
00:26:11,045 --> 00:26:13,823
I'm done with all of that shit too.
304
00:26:13,923 --> 00:26:16,601
No more, no more drinking,
no more drugging.
305
00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:19,453
You're drinking right now, Danny.
306
00:26:20,263 --> 00:26:21,706
True.
307
00:26:21,806 --> 00:26:24,225
Let's forget about
what I said about drinking.
308
00:26:24,325 --> 00:26:26,703
I mean, I'm not running for Pope.
309
00:26:26,895 --> 00:26:28,371
And this is because of Sophie?
310
00:26:30,565 --> 00:26:35,211
Frank, please. Give me
a little credit, will ya? Sophie?
311
00:26:38,948 --> 00:26:43,653
Okay. What would have happened
if I got that letter when I was supposed to?
312
00:26:44,262 --> 00:26:45,889
I would have called him.
313
00:26:46,122 --> 00:26:48,558
For sure as shit,
I would have called him.
314
00:26:50,268 --> 00:26:53,154
Maybe my whole life
would have turned out different.
315
00:26:53,254 --> 00:26:54,698
Don't... Don't...
316
00:26:54,798 --> 00:26:57,659
You're too hard on yourself, kid.
You always have been. Now, come on.
317
00:26:57,759 --> 00:26:59,647
Frank.
318
00:26:59,803 --> 00:27:04,490
I haven't written a song in 30 years.
Thirty years.
319
00:27:04,849 --> 00:27:07,326
I'm a fucking joke.
320
00:27:08,912 --> 00:27:10,942
I'm an MC.
321
00:27:11,648 --> 00:27:15,084
A fuckin' court jester
with a microphone.
322
00:27:17,742 --> 00:27:19,380
I was the real thing once.
323
00:27:19,656 --> 00:27:22,892
Right. I was the real thing.
324
00:27:22,992 --> 00:27:25,345
One album... my songs didn't sell,
325
00:27:25,954 --> 00:27:29,707
they handed me their songs to sing.
And I sung.
326
00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:31,684
I gave up.
327
00:27:31,876 --> 00:27:35,196
Danny, you're having a breakdown.
328
00:27:35,296 --> 00:27:39,384
I hate to tell you, buddy.
I've been breaking down for 40 years.
329
00:27:39,484 --> 00:27:42,678
I'm broken. Ain't nothin' left to break.
330
00:27:43,555 --> 00:27:47,116
I've been abusing my body
for the better part of four decades.
331
00:27:49,352 --> 00:27:52,863
If I'm going to find
any kind of redemption,
332
00:27:54,232 --> 00:27:57,001
I can't waste any more time.
333
00:27:59,295 --> 00:28:01,422
But why the fuck New Jersey?
334
00:28:02,966 --> 00:28:05,401
One shock at a time, Frank.
335
00:28:09,581 --> 00:28:10,899
Hey, Jamie.
336
00:28:10,999 --> 00:28:14,903
You talk to that kid Nicky Ernst
about that ride yet?
337
00:28:15,003 --> 00:28:17,947
- Not yet, Mr. Collins.
- You got to do it.
338
00:28:18,447 --> 00:28:21,409
- Meet me at 7:00 for dinner.
- Still going to have to pass.
339
00:28:21,509 --> 00:28:22,786
Mary, you keep passing,
340
00:28:22,886 --> 00:28:25,822
I'll keep making passes
and we'll see who quits first.
341
00:28:26,181 --> 00:28:27,591
Have a nice day, Mr. Collins.
342
00:28:27,691 --> 00:28:32,036
Big day. Big day for me.
I'm meeting someone for the first time.
343
00:28:32,395 --> 00:28:33,997
How do I look?
344
00:28:35,231 --> 00:28:36,641
Honestly?
345
00:28:36,741 --> 00:28:38,902
If this relationship is going
to go the distance, Mary,
346
00:28:39,002 --> 00:28:40,970
I think we should
be honest with one another.
347
00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:43,306
Okay. Well...
348
00:28:43,406 --> 00:28:45,216
you look slightly ridiculous.
349
00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:49,095
Nah. I look sharp.
350
00:28:49,746 --> 00:28:51,881
- See you at 7:00.
- No, you won't.
351
00:28:51,981 --> 00:28:54,309
Hey, Jamie, don't forget about Nicky.
352
00:28:54,918 --> 00:28:56,644
He's a wonderful boy.
353
00:28:58,546 --> 00:29:00,064
Don't say anything to anyone.
354
00:29:00,690 --> 00:29:03,226
- Nicky Ernst!
- It's ready for you, sir.
355
00:29:03,326 --> 00:29:05,662
Oh, man, I don't know what you did
to that girl inside,
356
00:29:05,762 --> 00:29:10,158
but, wow, all she does is talk about you.
You should ask her out.
357
00:29:10,258 --> 00:29:12,750
- Jamie?
- That's the one.
358
00:29:13,561 --> 00:29:16,380
Don't go after Mary. Mary's mine.
359
00:29:47,262 --> 00:29:49,538
I like your lawn.
360
00:29:51,057 --> 00:29:52,908
Thank you.
361
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,053
Hello!
362
00:30:09,659 --> 00:30:10,643
Hello.
363
00:30:10,743 --> 00:30:13,063
Hope, you're not to open
the door to strangers.
364
00:30:13,163 --> 00:30:17,067
He's not a stranger, we saw him on TV.
365
00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:19,152
Told you.
366
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:21,821
I told you.
367
00:30:21,921 --> 00:30:25,075
You didn't listen,
but I tried to tell you.
368
00:30:25,175 --> 00:30:28,495
I was unsure of... what was appropriate.
369
00:30:28,595 --> 00:30:29,862
He's at work.
370
00:30:30,013 --> 00:30:32,699
I brought bagels.
371
00:30:35,118 --> 00:30:37,979
One, two, three...
372
00:30:38,079 --> 00:30:43,426
The itsy-bitsy spider
came up the water spout
373
00:30:43,526 --> 00:30:44,678
Yeah.
374
00:30:44,778 --> 00:30:51,325
Down came the rain
and it washed the spider out
375
00:30:51,634 --> 00:30:57,140
Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain
376
00:30:57,849 --> 00:31:02,445
And the itsy-bitsy spider
377
00:31:02,545 --> 00:31:06,950
Climbed up the spout again
378
00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:10,820
That's beautiful.
You have a natural singing voice.
379
00:31:12,222 --> 00:31:15,125
- Oh, my God.
- Just comes out naturally.
380
00:31:15,225 --> 00:31:17,160
How did you find us?
381
00:31:17,852 --> 00:31:21,881
Oh, well, you know, I had
tracked him down years ago, you know,
382
00:31:21,981 --> 00:31:25,501
just never got the nerve up to...
come see him.
383
00:31:27,237 --> 00:31:29,973
I want a bagel. Can I have a bagel, Mom?
384
00:31:30,073 --> 00:31:32,809
Yeah. Okay. Let me just...
385
00:31:32,909 --> 00:31:35,729
Wow. On so many levels. Wow.
386
00:31:35,829 --> 00:31:37,897
How far along are you?
387
00:31:37,997 --> 00:31:39,933
With...
388
00:31:40,250 --> 00:31:41,851
Six months, more or less.
389
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:46,573
- Boy or girl? You know?
- It's a boy.
390
00:31:48,032 --> 00:31:49,817
Boy. Wow.
391
00:31:50,176 --> 00:31:51,653
On so many levels.
392
00:31:55,223 --> 00:31:57,292
I have to call him.
I mean, I have to call him.
393
00:31:57,392 --> 00:31:59,160
Oh, yeah, sure.
394
00:31:59,436 --> 00:32:00,887
Sure. Sure. Sure.
395
00:32:00,987 --> 00:32:03,623
I just finished the first grade.
396
00:32:03,773 --> 00:32:07,210
And my teacher is named Mrs. Williams.
397
00:32:07,694 --> 00:32:11,256
Her aunt died last week,
so we had a substitute.
398
00:32:11,648 --> 00:32:14,267
He had a mustache.
399
00:32:14,367 --> 00:32:15,602
She had a mustache?
400
00:32:15,702 --> 00:32:18,021
- He.
- Oh, it was a he. Oh, okay.
401
00:32:18,121 --> 00:32:19,939
Why are you on TV?
402
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:21,983
Because I'm a singer.
403
00:32:22,083 --> 00:32:24,652
Are you a good singer?
404
00:32:24,852 --> 00:32:27,931
Well, I don't know,
you know, not really.
405
00:32:28,031 --> 00:32:29,727
- I didn't think so.
- Hope.
406
00:32:29,827 --> 00:32:31,807
You didn't think so?
407
00:32:31,907 --> 00:32:35,088
And why didn't you think so?
408
00:32:35,188 --> 00:32:40,727
Because when you were on the TV,
my daddy said, "Shut it off, Samantha!"
409
00:32:40,827 --> 00:32:43,062
And Mommy turned it off really fast.
410
00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:47,050
And Mommy said, "Tom..."
And Daddy said, "N-O."
411
00:32:47,150 --> 00:32:49,627
And that was that.
412
00:32:51,045 --> 00:32:54,974
- But I thought you were great. Really.
- You thought I was good?
413
00:32:55,074 --> 00:32:58,444
Danny Collins showed up at our house.
414
00:32:59,746 --> 00:33:01,773
He's having bagels
in the kitchen with Hope.
415
00:33:01,873 --> 00:33:05,059
- Why don't we take a break from that?
- Okay. Let's just color.
416
00:33:05,502 --> 00:33:07,737
Look at this. Startin' to get it.
417
00:33:07,837 --> 00:33:11,032
- What was I supposed to do?
- Why don't you do it really slow?
418
00:33:11,132 --> 00:33:14,260
I do, yes, I do. Okay.
419
00:33:14,811 --> 00:33:16,579
- Bye, honey.
- Slowly makes it more...
420
00:33:16,679 --> 00:33:20,458
- Didn't I already color that?
- You did. You told me that.
421
00:33:20,558 --> 00:33:21,701
Well, he's coming home.
422
00:33:22,644 --> 00:33:24,829
Daddy's coming home.
423
00:33:24,929 --> 00:33:27,916
That should be... interesting.
424
00:33:28,024 --> 00:33:30,251
This is going to be interesting.
425
00:33:30,944 --> 00:33:34,039
- Mommy, look! It's Yo Gabba Gabba!
- I see it.
426
00:33:34,139 --> 00:33:38,134
The orange alien guy
has one eye just in the middle.
427
00:33:38,409 --> 00:33:40,678
Look, it's on TV!
428
00:33:41,370 --> 00:33:43,097
Hey, Hope. Settle. Calm.
429
00:33:44,999 --> 00:33:46,809
Thank you. Okay.
430
00:33:47,983 --> 00:33:51,564
She seems a little... energetic.
431
00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:54,451
Or severely hyperactive.
432
00:33:54,551 --> 00:33:56,986
You know ADHD, it's the thing.
433
00:33:57,762 --> 00:34:00,665
Learning issues,
behavioral stuff, all of it.
434
00:34:00,765 --> 00:34:04,244
We do the best we can,
but it's a battle.
435
00:34:05,645 --> 00:34:07,539
Why are you here?
436
00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:10,891
Well, you know,
437
00:34:11,209 --> 00:34:13,294
I'm just...
438
00:34:14,671 --> 00:34:16,297
Making some changes in my life.
439
00:34:17,699 --> 00:34:20,017
It's a little late for that, isn't it?
440
00:34:21,386 --> 00:34:25,647
Maybe. I don't know. I hope not.
441
00:34:28,376 --> 00:34:30,645
Tom's the best man I've ever met.
442
00:34:31,771 --> 00:34:35,533
He's solid, kind, funny.
443
00:34:35,633 --> 00:34:40,145
We've had one fight in 12 years,
we've had one serious fight.
444
00:34:41,222 --> 00:34:44,584
A couple years ago I got backstage passes
for one of your shows.
445
00:34:44,684 --> 00:34:45,810
I thought it was...
446
00:34:45,910 --> 00:34:50,940
You know, he should at least
meet you, right? After all this time?
447
00:34:51,649 --> 00:34:53,554
He disagreed.
448
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,422
He disagreed strongly.
449
00:34:58,990 --> 00:35:03,052
- So, this is not going to be pretty?
- I wouldn't think so, no.
450
00:35:03,152 --> 00:35:05,046
Okay.
451
00:35:06,664 --> 00:35:09,401
So, you think maybe... you know,
452
00:35:09,501 --> 00:35:12,973
you could help
grease the wheels a little?
453
00:35:13,073 --> 00:35:15,370
Mr. Collins.
454
00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:18,451
My parents are dead. His mom is, too.
455
00:35:18,551 --> 00:35:22,706
I mean, I would love for our children
to know their one remaining grandparent.
456
00:35:22,806 --> 00:35:26,801
I would love for my husband
to know his father.
457
00:35:26,910 --> 00:35:29,580
In a few minutes, my husband is going
to walk through that door and when he does,
458
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:34,042
I feel pretty confident
this will be the last time I ever see you.
459
00:35:34,317 --> 00:35:39,014
And despite your celebrity, and despite
what I want for my own family,
460
00:35:39,114 --> 00:35:41,349
I will not try to stop that.
461
00:35:41,449 --> 00:35:43,284
You did this.
462
00:35:43,384 --> 00:35:45,895
You did this to yourself.
463
00:35:45,995 --> 00:35:48,223
Shame on you.
464
00:35:50,166 --> 00:35:51,559
That was good.
465
00:35:53,461 --> 00:35:56,698
Thanks. I've been practicing
since you gave me the bagels.
466
00:35:56,798 --> 00:35:59,659
It has a certain feel to it.
467
00:35:59,759 --> 00:36:01,277
Oh, he married well.
468
00:36:01,553 --> 00:36:04,831
- He did. I'm great.
- Yeah.
469
00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:07,299
See what you missed out on?
470
00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:09,202
Perfect daughter-in-law.
471
00:36:13,523 --> 00:36:15,332
Well...
472
00:36:19,529 --> 00:36:21,631
Daddy! Daddy!
473
00:36:21,865 --> 00:36:26,369
Look who it is, it's the man from TV!
It's the man from TV that we saw singing!
474
00:36:26,469 --> 00:36:28,355
- And Mommy said...
- Easy...
475
00:36:28,455 --> 00:36:30,724
And he brought bagels.
He brought bagels.
476
00:36:30,824 --> 00:36:35,528
- Mommy called you. And you're home early.
- Hope, your favorite flower is a...
477
00:36:35,628 --> 00:36:36,613
Rose.
478
00:36:36,713 --> 00:36:39,924
To smell it, you breathe through your...
479
00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:42,735
Keep it in, long as you can go.
480
00:36:43,219 --> 00:36:47,122
Then let it out in one big...
481
00:36:48,312 --> 00:36:50,067
blow.
482
00:36:51,953 --> 00:36:53,997
- Hi, honey.
- Hey, baby.
483
00:36:57,375 --> 00:36:59,803
Speak to you outside for a second?
484
00:36:59,903 --> 00:37:02,463
Of course. Sure.
485
00:37:03,740 --> 00:37:04,924
Okay.
486
00:37:06,910 --> 00:37:08,728
If I have,
487
00:37:08,828 --> 00:37:11,481
I am truly very sorry,
488
00:37:11,581 --> 00:37:13,892
that I missed out on you.
489
00:37:16,002 --> 00:37:18,187
Thank you for the bagels.
490
00:37:18,763 --> 00:37:21,408
- Okay.
- Hope, say goodbye to Mr. Collins.
491
00:37:21,508 --> 00:37:25,828
- Goodbye, Mr. Collins.
- Mr. Collins, say goodbye to Hope.
492
00:37:28,473 --> 00:37:31,117
Goodbye to Hope.
493
00:37:36,206 --> 00:37:37,749
Come here.
494
00:37:45,448 --> 00:37:47,467
You're so tall.
495
00:37:48,618 --> 00:37:50,762
I'm sorry, what exactly do you want?
496
00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:55,525
- Well, you know...
- Are you sick?
497
00:37:55,625 --> 00:37:57,961
Is that what you're doing here?
Are you dying?
498
00:37:58,061 --> 00:38:00,329
No, I'm not sick.
499
00:38:01,965 --> 00:38:06,536
- You have every right to be angry.
- No. No. I'm not angry. Really, I'm not.
500
00:38:06,636 --> 00:38:10,448
I'm a little confused,
and strangely, not interested. so...
501
00:38:10,907 --> 00:38:12,709
if you have anything to ask me,
just go ahead.
502
00:38:12,809 --> 00:38:15,912
'Cause this is the last time
we'll see each other.
503
00:38:18,164 --> 00:38:23,219
- So, what do you do for a living?
- I work construction. Local, residential.
504
00:38:23,319 --> 00:38:25,805
It's not my dream job, but it's steady,
505
00:38:25,905 --> 00:38:28,800
and, you know, Princeton
wasn't exactly in the cards.
506
00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:31,561
- What else?
- Your mom?
507
00:38:31,661 --> 00:38:34,681
- She...
- She died of cancer 10 years ago.
508
00:38:36,140 --> 00:38:38,735
Never married, never spoke about you
509
00:38:38,835 --> 00:38:41,567
except to say that it was a wild thing
she did when she was 23
510
00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:43,590
and got drunk backstage
after one of your concerts.
511
00:38:43,690 --> 00:38:45,742
I use her last name. Anything else?
512
00:38:45,842 --> 00:38:48,578
- You're clearly angry.
- Look, I don't care enough to be angry.
513
00:38:48,678 --> 00:38:51,122
I am wondering what I'm going
to tell my little girl about who you are.
514
00:38:51,222 --> 00:38:53,433
And I'm thinking,
I have to be back at work in 20 minutes.
515
00:38:53,533 --> 00:38:56,252
- Are we done here?
- I sent checks.
516
00:38:56,352 --> 00:38:57,754
- I ripped them up, okay?
- Okay.
517
00:38:57,854 --> 00:39:00,656
Okay. Nice to meet you.
Have a good life.
518
00:39:01,791 --> 00:39:05,537
- Are you happy?
- Am I happy?
519
00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:07,346
I don't know.
520
00:39:08,364 --> 00:39:10,633
You have a happy life?
521
00:39:15,705 --> 00:39:18,073
I hate my boss.
522
00:39:18,917 --> 00:39:21,477
Fucking Mets break my heart every year.
523
00:39:22,754 --> 00:39:26,116
But I have the most amazing wife
in the history of wives,
524
00:39:26,216 --> 00:39:28,159
and an amazing little girl.
525
00:39:28,259 --> 00:39:30,954
One that I wish I could do more for.
That I really wish I could do.
526
00:39:31,054 --> 00:39:33,223
But you know what,
if it makes you sleep better at night,
527
00:39:33,323 --> 00:39:35,466
yeah, I'm happy.
528
00:39:36,259 --> 00:39:38,828
And fuck you,
you selfish prick, I am angry.
529
00:40:26,234 --> 00:40:28,086
Mr. Collins.
530
00:40:28,278 --> 00:40:30,330
How we doing tonight?
531
00:40:31,781 --> 00:40:34,692
Peachy. Thank you for asking.
532
00:40:35,018 --> 00:40:38,146
Good. I'm really glad to hear that.
533
00:40:38,246 --> 00:40:39,856
Mr. Collins,
534
00:40:39,956 --> 00:40:41,891
I was wondering if you could
help me with something.
535
00:40:42,459 --> 00:40:44,694
- Shoot.
- Okay.
536
00:40:44,794 --> 00:40:48,198
When a famous musician starts
getting fall-down drunk in a hotel bar
537
00:40:48,298 --> 00:40:50,200
and you're the manager of that hotel,
538
00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:54,036
is there a protocol
on how to handle the situation?
539
00:40:54,204 --> 00:40:58,667
Because actually, we have had a shortage
of famous fall-down drunk musicians lately,
540
00:40:58,767 --> 00:41:00,910
I'm a bit out of my depth.
541
00:41:03,788 --> 00:41:05,581
I see.
542
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,511
Well, you know, I had a bad day.
543
00:41:09,611 --> 00:41:12,013
Oh. Okay.
544
00:41:12,113 --> 00:41:13,723
This is just water.
545
00:41:13,823 --> 00:41:15,350
- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
546
00:41:15,450 --> 00:41:19,095
Yeah, that's just because you drank
all the booze and the ice is melted.
547
00:41:19,621 --> 00:41:22,232
Don't be mean to me.
I really had a bad day.
548
00:41:22,332 --> 00:41:24,413
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
549
00:41:25,101 --> 00:41:28,021
- Well, I had a bad day too.
- Yeah?
550
00:41:29,798 --> 00:41:31,316
Can I buy you a drink?
551
00:41:31,983 --> 00:41:34,035
Bay Breeze?
552
00:41:34,135 --> 00:41:36,913
Wine spritzer?
Maybe even one of those frozen...
553
00:41:37,013 --> 00:41:42,377
Josh, give me tequila, rocks,
something añejo, and a splash of soda.
554
00:41:42,477 --> 00:41:44,746
Right away, boss.
555
00:41:44,979 --> 00:41:47,590
You're not the only rock star
in this hotel.
556
00:41:47,690 --> 00:41:49,625
Apparently not.
557
00:41:51,069 --> 00:41:53,596
So, you had a bad day?
558
00:41:53,696 --> 00:41:55,965
Why'd you have a bad day?
559
00:41:57,408 --> 00:42:00,937
Okay, I work with a bunch
of well-meaning... Thank you.
560
00:42:01,037 --> 00:42:02,772
But remarkably dim twenty-somethings
561
00:42:02,872 --> 00:42:05,108
who are just passing time
until they go back to college.
562
00:42:05,208 --> 00:42:07,110
And one of them
screwed up the computer system
563
00:42:07,210 --> 00:42:11,814
and it took me half the day to reprogram
every reservation manually.
564
00:42:18,388 --> 00:42:20,356
What about you?
565
00:42:22,016 --> 00:42:26,020
I tracked down my grown son,
566
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,897
who I've never met before.
567
00:42:29,357 --> 00:42:35,379
I met him, his wife, my granddaughter.
568
00:42:35,572 --> 00:42:40,142
And then he told me, quite emphatically,
569
00:42:40,510 --> 00:42:43,972
to fuck off and to die.
570
00:42:48,226 --> 00:42:50,445
Well, it was every reservation,
571
00:42:50,545 --> 00:42:55,191
each one had to be reprogrammed manually.
I hope I made that clear.
572
00:42:57,135 --> 00:42:59,628
Can I ask you a question?
573
00:43:00,263 --> 00:43:04,542
Not if it's about why
I never met my son until today.
574
00:43:04,642 --> 00:43:07,495
Oh, shit. Well, that was my question.
575
00:43:19,949 --> 00:43:22,393
We lost our patter.
576
00:43:23,787 --> 00:43:24,813
It's gone.
577
00:43:24,913 --> 00:43:27,982
You know, I saw you in concert once,
about five years ago.
578
00:43:28,082 --> 00:43:31,528
- You did?
- Yeah, my husband... My ex-husband.
579
00:43:31,628 --> 00:43:35,840
He was a big fan. Oh, he loved it.
580
00:43:36,658 --> 00:43:38,434
And you?
581
00:43:39,594 --> 00:43:41,237
I appreciated your zeal.
582
00:43:41,805 --> 00:43:42,997
Oh, shit.
583
00:43:43,097 --> 00:43:47,160
- What? Zeal is not awful.
- Zeal's not great.
584
00:43:48,103 --> 00:43:51,548
Hear us? "Zeal's not awful.
Zeal's not great."
585
00:43:51,648 --> 00:43:52,749
We got our patter back.
586
00:43:53,233 --> 00:43:56,469
How about that?
We should take this on the road.
587
00:43:56,569 --> 00:43:59,255
You and me. The new Nichols and May.
588
00:44:03,576 --> 00:44:06,429
Well, May and Nichols.
I would want top billing.
589
00:44:07,288 --> 00:44:09,080
You're good.
590
00:44:09,891 --> 00:44:12,162
I want to drink to you.
591
00:44:12,502 --> 00:44:15,321
- Toast.
- Oh, okay.
592
00:44:15,421 --> 00:44:17,323
You'll have to come a little closer.
593
00:44:17,423 --> 00:44:20,276
- Oh, that was so good.
- See how I work it?
594
00:44:21,344 --> 00:44:23,997
What does that drink need?
It needs a lemon.
595
00:44:24,097 --> 00:44:25,498
No.
596
00:44:26,282 --> 00:44:27,617
Then he writes,
597
00:44:27,851 --> 00:44:30,786
"What do you think of that,
Danny Collins?"
598
00:44:31,938 --> 00:44:35,450
John Lennon? John Lennon writes, "What
do you think about that, Danny Collins?"
599
00:44:35,550 --> 00:44:37,293
Yeah.
600
00:44:37,627 --> 00:44:39,262
Well, you know, John.
601
00:44:39,362 --> 00:44:45,060
I think, maybe... you should have
sent the letter to my house.
602
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:48,897
And then maybe I could have
avoided living such a bullshit life
603
00:44:48,997 --> 00:44:52,375
for the past 40 years,
that's what I think, John.
604
00:44:52,475 --> 00:44:55,228
Well, I might have that last sip.
605
00:44:56,463 --> 00:44:59,048
- I'm sorry. I'm a little giddy.
- Laughing, no...
606
00:44:59,148 --> 00:45:01,117
No, I just don't...
I usually don't drink this much.
607
00:45:01,217 --> 00:45:03,453
- You've emptied it.
- I wonder if anyone's noticing.
608
00:45:03,553 --> 00:45:06,180
There's one of those people at the...
609
00:45:06,990 --> 00:45:11,419
No, the girl at the desk. She's the one
that screwed up the computer.
610
00:45:11,519 --> 00:45:13,296
- This is Danny Collins.
- Oh, geez.
611
00:45:13,396 --> 00:45:14,381
He's our guest.
612
00:45:14,481 --> 00:45:17,666
- Do you have a name, sir?
- Hiroshi.
613
00:45:18,167 --> 00:45:21,288
- That's nice, Hiroshi.
- Hiroshi.
614
00:45:21,388 --> 00:45:23,556
This is my daughter. She's 18.
615
00:45:23,656 --> 00:45:24,908
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
616
00:45:25,008 --> 00:45:26,426
- Wow.
- Don't say it like that.
617
00:45:28,328 --> 00:45:31,940
- I'm ready. Okay.
- Oh, my God!
618
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,317
It just turns me on.
619
00:45:34,417 --> 00:45:36,352
Rick and I split last year.
620
00:45:36,586 --> 00:45:40,323
Most parents, they try to wait
till their kids leave for college.
621
00:45:40,423 --> 00:45:42,575
But we actually did the opposite.
622
00:45:42,675 --> 00:45:46,487
We tried to do it at the time that
it would really screw her up the most.
623
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,094
- Well, did it work?
- Yes. Yeah, perfect.
624
00:45:53,194 --> 00:45:55,246
She's a complete mess, hates us both.
625
00:45:55,939 --> 00:45:57,665
- Guess what?
- What?
626
00:45:57,774 --> 00:45:59,968
She hates him more.
627
00:46:00,827 --> 00:46:02,470
That's perfect.
628
00:46:02,570 --> 00:46:08,009
My second wife actually was one
of the stars of Gilligan's Island.
629
00:46:09,452 --> 00:46:11,054
- Ginger?
- No.
630
00:46:11,454 --> 00:46:13,389
- Mary Ann?
- Yeah.
631
00:46:13,806 --> 00:46:15,742
- Wait, that's insane.
- I know.
632
00:46:15,842 --> 00:46:17,986
- You were married to Mary Ann?
- Yes.
633
00:46:18,086 --> 00:46:20,688
Oh, my God. So, what's she like?
634
00:46:21,089 --> 00:46:22,357
I don't remember.
635
00:46:23,633 --> 00:46:26,653
"...doesn't corrupt your art,
only you can do that.
636
00:46:27,137 --> 00:46:31,065
"So, what do you think about that,
Danny Collins?"
637
00:46:31,307 --> 00:46:33,960
- That is unreal.
- Yeah.
638
00:46:34,060 --> 00:46:35,587
You know, you better have
something to play me
639
00:46:35,687 --> 00:46:40,191
because if this is just a lame attempt
to get me to your room then...
640
00:46:42,819 --> 00:46:44,921
I have something to play you. Yes.
641
00:46:45,155 --> 00:46:46,448
You're really going to play?
642
00:46:46,548 --> 00:46:49,050
Now, I haven't written anything
in a long time.
643
00:46:49,826 --> 00:46:51,970
And piano's not my first language.
644
00:46:52,787 --> 00:46:56,358
Piano's my first love,
but it's not my first language.
645
00:46:56,458 --> 00:46:58,193
- You're nervous.
- Yes.
646
00:46:58,293 --> 00:47:00,144
- I love that.
- So what?
647
00:47:00,336 --> 00:47:01,813
So bear with me.
648
00:47:17,729 --> 00:47:19,923
It's spring
649
00:47:20,023 --> 00:47:23,542
In my mind
650
00:47:25,328 --> 00:47:29,015
But the autumn leaves
651
00:47:29,115 --> 00:47:31,325
They fall...
652
00:47:37,473 --> 00:47:39,693
Oh, keep going. Keep going.
653
00:47:39,793 --> 00:47:42,170
That's it. That's as far as I got.
654
00:47:42,270 --> 00:47:46,716
Honestly, this kind of was just a lame
attempt to get you up to my room.
655
00:47:46,816 --> 00:47:48,468
Jesus Christ.
656
00:47:48,568 --> 00:47:50,995
- No, no, no, don't go now. Stay.
- Good night, Danny.
657
00:47:51,095 --> 00:47:53,957
Come on. I'm an old man
with 10 Scotches in him.
658
00:47:54,057 --> 00:47:55,450
What am I going to do?
659
00:47:56,142 --> 00:48:02,498
Please, I mean the chances of anything
risqué happening is so fucking remote.
660
00:48:02,857 --> 00:48:03,883
Good night, Danny.
661
00:48:03,983 --> 00:48:05,710
- Good night, Mary.
- Good night.
662
00:48:05,902 --> 00:48:11,182
You know, that song, it's beautiful.
It's just a little short.
663
00:48:11,282 --> 00:48:14,544
- But other than that, it's beautiful.
- Thank you.
664
00:48:14,644 --> 00:48:17,922
And you know,
what we were talking about before,
665
00:48:18,498 --> 00:48:19,766
you shouldn't give up.
666
00:48:19,916 --> 00:48:21,376
- I agree.
- Yeah.
667
00:48:21,476 --> 00:48:25,313
- Dinner tomorrow?
- Not that. Your son.
668
00:48:26,214 --> 00:48:27,857
Oh, yeah. I know.
669
00:48:27,966 --> 00:48:30,526
Okay. But don't give up
on dinner either.
670
00:48:30,780 --> 00:48:33,379
Dinner... tonight?
671
00:48:35,557 --> 00:48:37,508
She'll have dinner with me.
672
00:48:37,617 --> 00:48:40,795
That's right. A six-year-old girl.
Well, you know, money's no issue. So...
673
00:48:40,895 --> 00:48:44,165
I'm running my operation
out of the business center.
674
00:48:44,524 --> 00:48:48,386
He said he was sending it to me.
Well, I haven't gotten it yet.
675
00:48:48,486 --> 00:48:50,505
Yeah, it's for my granddaughter.
676
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,632
What's he doing?
677
00:48:52,782 --> 00:48:55,769
He's bitch slappin'
the business center is what he's...
678
00:48:55,869 --> 00:48:58,438
- Hey.
- Hey.
679
00:48:58,538 --> 00:49:00,431
Hey.
680
00:49:18,992 --> 00:49:22,287
- Hey, Ray!
- Steve, Mr. Collins.
681
00:49:23,062 --> 00:49:26,616
- You'll always be Ray to me.
- Fine.
682
00:49:32,697 --> 00:49:35,008
- Oh, fuck me.
- Language, dear.
683
00:49:35,425 --> 00:49:37,302
We don't want your music!
684
00:49:38,203 --> 00:49:39,771
You don't want my music?
685
00:49:39,871 --> 00:49:42,565
Tom explained to Hope
how you're a musician
686
00:49:42,665 --> 00:49:46,277
and sometimes musicians travel
door to door to sell their music.
687
00:49:46,377 --> 00:49:48,571
- Just like Girl Scouts sell their cookies.
- Yeah.
688
00:49:48,671 --> 00:49:51,282
And sometimes you don't want Girl Scout
cookies, so we're not being rude 'cause...
689
00:49:51,382 --> 00:49:54,661
- Yeah, we're not rude.
- Yeah. Just don't want any.
690
00:49:54,761 --> 00:49:55,787
- I get it.
- Okay.
691
00:49:55,887 --> 00:49:59,749
Possibly more complicated an explanation
than is required for a seven-year-old.
692
00:49:59,849 --> 00:50:02,252
- Possibly.
- You know what, I get it.
693
00:50:02,352 --> 00:50:04,729
Mommy, do you see this?
694
00:50:04,829 --> 00:50:06,423
- Hey, Jimmy!
- Hope.
695
00:50:06,523 --> 00:50:08,299
- Sorry. Hope.
- No, no, it's okay.
696
00:50:08,399 --> 00:50:10,510
- No, no. He's got her. He's got her.
- Thank you, Jimmy.
697
00:50:11,461 --> 00:50:13,430
So, are you just out
running some errands?
698
00:50:13,530 --> 00:50:16,157
Yeah, you know.
I was in the neighborhood. So, you know.
699
00:50:16,257 --> 00:50:18,290
Are you fucking kidding me?
700
00:50:18,390 --> 00:50:20,603
- Look at this, there's three of us.
- You got to be fucking kidding me.
701
00:50:20,703 --> 00:50:23,623
Have you heard of the New
Compass School in Manhattan?
702
00:50:23,723 --> 00:50:24,774
What?
703
00:50:24,874 --> 00:50:28,728
It's the most progressive
private school in the country.
704
00:50:29,145 --> 00:50:33,867
It's got a multi-modal approach
705
00:50:33,967 --> 00:50:38,487
towards treating children
with learning issues, particularly ADHD.
706
00:50:38,721 --> 00:50:43,293
I pulled some strings,
and you have an interview in two hours.
707
00:50:43,393 --> 00:50:46,838
- It has a shower!
- I know.
708
00:50:46,938 --> 00:50:48,506
You can go in there, it doesn't work.
709
00:50:48,606 --> 00:50:51,468
Wait a second, do you really think
we haven't looked into every school there is?
710
00:50:51,568 --> 00:50:53,336
- Not this one.
- How do you know that?
711
00:50:53,736 --> 00:50:55,505
Well, you know, you can't afford it.
712
00:50:57,282 --> 00:50:59,059
Steven, would you mind
your own fucking business, please!
713
00:50:59,159 --> 00:51:02,579
I'm sorry, excuse me. You mean that we have
an interview, as our family, today,
714
00:51:02,679 --> 00:51:04,481
in two hours at the New Compass School?
715
00:51:04,581 --> 00:51:07,359
People wait two years
for such an interview.
716
00:51:07,459 --> 00:51:09,519
Two years. You have it in two hours.
717
00:51:10,186 --> 00:51:13,264
Just give me a day
to do something good for you.
718
00:51:13,365 --> 00:51:16,592
And then, you know, I'm gone, forever.
719
00:51:16,693 --> 00:51:19,829
And you still go to heaven
because you're so damn tolerant.
720
00:51:19,929 --> 00:51:24,367
And I will still go to hell because,
you know, you can't buy redemption.
721
00:51:24,768 --> 00:51:28,772
Everybody wins.
Let's do this thing. Come on.
722
00:51:28,872 --> 00:51:33,084
Bring your friends, you have friends?
We got room.
723
00:51:34,611 --> 00:51:35,720
Hey!
724
00:51:35,820 --> 00:51:38,323
This school, it's not like
there's a two-year wait.
725
00:51:38,423 --> 00:51:42,102
- It's like there's a six-year wait.
- What are you saying?
726
00:51:42,202 --> 00:51:46,356
I'm saying I'm gonna get Hope and you
put on a shirt with some fucking buttons.
727
00:51:46,456 --> 00:51:49,684
Hey, Hope. Come here, baby.
728
00:51:54,981 --> 00:51:57,801
Everything is back there!
729
00:51:57,901 --> 00:52:00,328
I love it! It's so cool!
730
00:52:00,428 --> 00:52:03,998
And I love everything in it!
It looks like it could be a house.
731
00:52:04,098 --> 00:52:07,811
And maybe he lives in here!
And I'm sure he really does.
732
00:52:07,911 --> 00:52:11,597
But it's still cool,
and I can't even stop talking!
733
00:52:12,649 --> 00:52:15,652
I wrote him, and then
I talked to him on the phone.
734
00:52:15,752 --> 00:52:17,654
So, do you know Dr. Kurtz?
735
00:52:17,754 --> 00:52:20,423
Sometimes he does
a talk-back thing on his blog.
736
00:52:20,523 --> 00:52:23,859
- On his what?
- His blog. He writes a blog.
737
00:52:23,985 --> 00:52:25,854
- What's a block?
- A blog. It's a...
738
00:52:25,954 --> 00:52:28,214
- A blog.
- I can't believe I'm going to meet him.
739
00:52:28,314 --> 00:52:31,847
Everything is on this bus!
740
00:52:39,859 --> 00:52:42,328
This is a school?
741
00:52:42,428 --> 00:52:45,040
- The blog doesn't do it justice.
- I know.
742
00:52:45,140 --> 00:52:46,950
Sorry to keep you waiting. Sorry.
743
00:52:47,475 --> 00:52:50,670
I'm dressed like Jack LaLanne,
I'm elastic-only on the weekends.
744
00:52:50,770 --> 00:52:54,290
I'm Dr. Kurtz. Shock-ma-a-lya!
745
00:52:54,607 --> 00:52:56,259
You really are Danny Collins!
746
00:52:56,359 --> 00:52:59,729
- Yes, I am. You're really Dr. Kurtz.
- You really are.
747
00:52:59,829 --> 00:53:03,400
Tom Donnelly. My wife, Samantha.
My daughter, Hope.
748
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:05,510
My balls are in her purse.
In case you want to meet them later.
749
00:53:05,610 --> 00:53:07,520
You're a lot different
than talking on the phone.
750
00:53:07,620 --> 00:53:10,039
Well, I hope so.
751
00:53:10,139 --> 00:53:12,116
You must be Hope.
752
00:53:12,876 --> 00:53:16,379
- I'm Tom.
- Tom. Then you must be Hope.
753
00:53:16,479 --> 00:53:19,032
Hi, Samantha Donnelly.
I follow you on Twitter.
754
00:53:19,132 --> 00:53:20,950
- Well, thank you.
- She reads your blog.
755
00:53:21,801 --> 00:53:23,286
Then who's Hope?
756
00:53:23,386 --> 00:53:27,624
I'm Hope! Over here! That's me!
I'm seven! I'm Hope!
757
00:53:27,724 --> 00:53:31,027
How are you? Let me show you around.
758
00:53:31,761 --> 00:53:35,423
- Come on you, you started all this.
- Oh, I did.
759
00:53:35,523 --> 00:53:37,901
Mom, Dad,
you're not going to believe it!
760
00:53:38,001 --> 00:53:39,469
Hope! Hope!
761
00:53:39,569 --> 00:53:42,572
She's okay. She'll be all right.
She's fine.
762
00:53:42,672 --> 00:53:46,142
It was in the first grade when we started
to notice that she was having some trouble.
763
00:53:46,242 --> 00:53:47,977
Yeah, we got a tutor for her
once a week,
764
00:53:48,077 --> 00:53:50,897
and I do these exercises with her,
every night really.
765
00:53:50,997 --> 00:53:53,516
- But she's got trouble with focus.
- It's been a real struggle for us.
766
00:53:53,875 --> 00:53:57,253
- Really.
- Yeah. Yeah.
767
00:53:57,353 --> 00:54:00,949
Most schools try to train children
like Hope to fit into their systems.
768
00:54:01,049 --> 00:54:03,092
We prefer to tailor a program
to the child's needs.
769
00:54:03,192 --> 00:54:04,994
It's like one big IEP here.
770
00:54:05,094 --> 00:54:07,956
Individualized Educational Program?
771
00:54:08,056 --> 00:54:09,949
IEP.
772
00:54:10,425 --> 00:54:12,344
- You've been doing your homework.
- Got it right here.
773
00:54:14,304 --> 00:54:16,172
Come on, let me show you the rest.
774
00:54:16,272 --> 00:54:18,326
Do you remember
who did the original assessment?
775
00:54:18,626 --> 00:54:19,943
You having fun?
776
00:54:20,043 --> 00:54:23,103
A little, yeah. I'm very excited.
777
00:54:23,713 --> 00:54:25,849
We're only half speed
during our summer programs.
778
00:54:25,949 --> 00:54:27,700
But you can still get
a sense of the place.
779
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,687
- Oh, yeah, I got a sense of it already.
- How about that?
780
00:54:30,787 --> 00:54:34,524
So, is this just K through 5
or all the way K through 8?
781
00:54:34,624 --> 00:54:36,626
No, elementary and middle.
782
00:54:36,726 --> 00:54:39,079
We'd carry her through the 8th grade
and then we'd place her in one of our...
783
00:54:39,179 --> 00:54:42,407
No, no, no. We live in New Jersey.
We can't come all the way in...
784
00:54:42,507 --> 00:54:45,677
No, she'll have a driver. Every day.
785
00:54:45,777 --> 00:54:48,446
To and from school.
Every day, through college.
786
00:54:50,882 --> 00:54:53,976
Put that in writing. Guaranteed.
787
00:54:54,310 --> 00:54:56,871
A more formal interview
is required, obviously.
788
00:54:56,971 --> 00:54:59,424
But considering
Mr. Collins' generous donation
789
00:54:59,524 --> 00:55:03,127
and what I see in Hope's records,
I suspect the interview will go well.
790
00:55:03,945 --> 00:55:07,048
You have a lot to discuss,
but trust me, you want this.
791
00:55:07,398 --> 00:55:10,626
This can change the course of Hope's life.
I'll give you guys a minute.
792
00:55:10,726 --> 00:55:12,929
- Thank you, Doc.
- You're a good grandpa.
793
00:55:13,496 --> 00:55:14,481
Thank you, man.
794
00:55:14,581 --> 00:55:17,475
- Thank you so much for... Thank you.
- Yeah.
795
00:55:19,043 --> 00:55:24,206
So, now that the educational
portion of the day is over,
796
00:55:24,845 --> 00:55:26,150
let's get to the fun stuff.
797
00:55:26,551 --> 00:55:29,412
What fun stuff? Like... No, we're
just gonna go back home. Right?
798
00:55:29,512 --> 00:55:31,807
- No, you said a day. Remember?
- No, I didn't.
799
00:55:31,907 --> 00:55:33,775
- We agreed to it, Samantha.
- Yes, he did!
800
00:55:33,875 --> 00:55:36,211
- Yes, he did.
- I don't think "agreed" is the word.
801
00:55:36,311 --> 00:55:38,663
- I didn't agree to a day.
- Samantha. For God's sake.
802
00:55:38,997 --> 00:55:43,051
Okay. Okay. We agreed.
We agreed to a day.
803
00:55:43,151 --> 00:55:45,687
And when I check it,
804
00:55:47,297 --> 00:55:49,390
day ain't over yet.
805
00:55:49,741 --> 00:55:52,510
It's not over, Dad!
806
00:55:53,036 --> 00:55:56,356
- Every single thing he says upsets me.
- Let him have this one day.
807
00:56:29,372 --> 00:56:31,011
Stay here, I got her.
808
00:56:31,111 --> 00:56:32,725
Kiss?
809
00:56:38,706 --> 00:56:44,395
I wanna say something,
but I'm afraid I'm going to be too nice.
810
00:56:45,797 --> 00:56:47,398
Good night, Samantha.
811
00:56:48,274 --> 00:56:50,091
Thank you.
812
00:56:52,323 --> 00:56:54,171
Thank you.
813
00:56:58,368 --> 00:57:01,087
Jimmy, you wanna help her, please?
814
00:57:01,287 --> 00:57:03,672
Watch your head, honey.
815
00:57:03,957 --> 00:57:06,601
Thank you so much, Jimmy.
Thank you, guys.
816
00:57:06,793 --> 00:57:11,255
Jimmy, give us a minute. Thanks.
817
00:57:28,982 --> 00:57:31,542
You are a ridiculous man.
818
00:57:33,486 --> 00:57:36,705
You know, I've spent my entire life
819
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:40,134
trying to become the man
that you aren't.
820
00:57:41,286 --> 00:57:43,654
I am exhausted.
821
00:57:44,330 --> 00:57:47,433
You have no idea
how exhausting that has been.
822
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:53,222
You know, when I met your mom,
823
00:57:54,340 --> 00:57:58,912
I was so strung out on God knows what.
824
00:57:59,012 --> 00:58:02,156
And when I found out, you know...
825
00:58:03,324 --> 00:58:07,353
I... tried to help. Send money.
826
00:58:07,979 --> 00:58:11,332
She wouldn't have any of it. Refused it.
827
00:58:12,667 --> 00:58:18,281
But, you know, my life was so extreme.
It was so full of drugs and women...
828
00:58:18,656 --> 00:58:23,636
Traveling. All that rock star shit.
829
00:58:24,746 --> 00:58:26,748
I always thought, whoever you were,
830
00:58:26,848 --> 00:58:31,069
that you'd be better off
with a more normal life.
831
00:58:31,169 --> 00:58:34,197
More normal people.
832
00:58:34,297 --> 00:58:36,491
I don't know
833
00:58:36,591 --> 00:58:42,154
how I allowed it to go on this long.
834
00:58:48,311 --> 00:58:50,702
What you did today,
835
00:58:51,639 --> 00:58:54,011
your slate's clean with me.
836
00:58:55,193 --> 00:58:57,920
But that's as far as this goes, okay?
837
00:58:59,672 --> 00:59:02,600
- I want to be a part of your life.
- It's not a good time right now.
838
00:59:02,700 --> 00:59:05,636
This is not the right time, okay?
839
00:59:06,371 --> 00:59:08,440
- Why is this not the right time?
- It's not the right time.
840
00:59:16,856 --> 00:59:19,900
- What's the matter?
- I'm sick.
841
00:59:23,254 --> 00:59:24,988
Shit.
842
00:59:26,182 --> 00:59:29,419
You're sick? What do you mean?
843
00:59:29,519 --> 00:59:32,213
It's what Mom died...
844
00:59:33,731 --> 00:59:35,967
It's in the blood.
845
00:59:36,067 --> 00:59:38,327
It's pretty bad.
846
00:59:41,698 --> 00:59:43,557
Fuck.
847
00:59:45,159 --> 00:59:47,370
Fuck, you're kidding me?
848
00:59:48,637 --> 00:59:52,433
I just met you.
You gotta be fucking kidding me!
849
00:59:53,726 --> 00:59:59,062
Oh, man, I'm sorry. Obviously,
that wasn't a great thing, a great reaction.
850
00:59:59,162 --> 01:00:01,075
- I'm sorry.
- No, that's okay.
851
01:00:01,175 --> 01:00:02,752
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay, man. Look...
852
01:00:02,852 --> 01:00:06,414
Look, I'm the one that should be sorry.
I mean, after all, you're...
853
01:00:06,514 --> 01:00:08,958
You're Danny Collins, right? I mean...
854
01:00:09,058 --> 01:00:12,282
Who the fuck am I to get in the way
of your happy ending?
855
01:00:12,382 --> 01:00:13,463
Tom, Tom, Tom...
856
01:00:13,563 --> 01:00:16,658
Let me ask you something.
How did you think this was going to end,
857
01:00:16,758 --> 01:00:18,635
that little movie
you've got going on in your head?
858
01:00:18,735 --> 01:00:21,971
What, you thought you'd just show up
out of the blue, out of nowhere, really,
859
01:00:22,071 --> 01:00:23,840
and fix my little girl,
860
01:00:23,940 --> 01:00:27,769
and then, what, you and me hold hands
and cry as the music swells, is that it?
861
01:00:27,869 --> 01:00:29,062
- Don't you fucking touch me.
- If I meant that...
862
01:00:29,162 --> 01:00:31,147
Don't fucking touch me!
863
01:00:31,247 --> 01:00:35,193
You want a little bit of the real world?
You wanna do, like, normal?
864
01:00:35,293 --> 01:00:37,821
How's this for normal, superstar?
865
01:00:37,921 --> 01:00:41,991
I got a $200,000 mortgage.
I got a pregnant wife.
866
01:00:42,091 --> 01:00:45,787
And, oh, yeah, I got this rare form
of leukemia that's probably going to kill me.
867
01:00:45,887 --> 01:00:49,983
- Welcome home, Dad. See what you missed?
- I don't know what to say.
868
01:00:50,083 --> 01:00:54,003
I don't need you to say anything, man.
I just need you to leave.
869
01:00:54,103 --> 01:00:56,613
Let me go back inside and talk
to my wife before she asks me
870
01:00:56,713 --> 01:00:59,550
- what the hell we're talking about.
- Wait, hold it!
871
01:01:00,693 --> 01:01:02,945
She doesn't know?
872
01:01:03,796 --> 01:01:05,937
Are you crazy?
873
01:01:08,826 --> 01:01:10,728
That's no good, man.
874
01:01:10,828 --> 01:01:14,356
Look, I got a great doctor in New York.
875
01:01:15,224 --> 01:01:20,255
He's talking about three weeks
of this target therapy shit.
876
01:01:20,355 --> 01:01:22,157
I'm not going to lose my hair.
877
01:01:22,257 --> 01:01:26,035
Within a month, they know if it's taken.
If it's taken, then maybe I stand a chance.
878
01:01:26,135 --> 01:01:29,614
And if it doesn't,
then it happens quick.
879
01:01:31,099 --> 01:01:34,794
Sam is six months
into a rough pregnancy.
880
01:01:34,894 --> 01:01:37,980
So I'll tell her after the baby.
881
01:01:38,523 --> 01:01:43,319
I'm going to Delaware on a job.
That's what she knows.
882
01:01:43,511 --> 01:01:46,414
I mean, you're going to need help.
You have a friend?
883
01:01:47,073 --> 01:01:49,000
She's my friend.
884
01:01:50,577 --> 01:01:55,381
Then... Whatever. I'll be there.
885
01:01:56,866 --> 01:02:00,545
- I mean, what else is there?
- Be where?
886
01:02:00,645 --> 01:02:04,599
Wherever. I mean,
you need me, I'll be...
887
01:02:04,699 --> 01:02:08,570
No, no, no, I don't need you.
That's not what this is about.
888
01:02:08,670 --> 01:02:13,374
This is not open for discussion.
This is not open for discussion.
889
01:02:13,474 --> 01:02:16,085
You're going to have to deal with it.
890
01:02:16,185 --> 01:02:20,573
Because I'm here to fucking stay.
891
01:02:51,471 --> 01:02:53,665
- Hi.
- Hey.
892
01:02:53,765 --> 01:02:55,917
So, how'd it go?
893
01:02:56,017 --> 01:03:00,412
Well, yeah. You know, it was just...
894
01:03:00,897 --> 01:03:01,948
You know, yeah.
895
01:03:02,523 --> 01:03:06,469
No, I get it. I get it.
Family can be messy. Right?
896
01:03:06,569 --> 01:03:09,973
Yeah, that is true.
That is definitely true.
897
01:03:10,073 --> 01:03:12,016
In this case, yes.
898
01:03:12,116 --> 01:03:15,019
Exactly, I mean, you're meeting
your grown son for the first time.
899
01:03:15,119 --> 01:03:17,939
You didn't expect it to be easy, right?
900
01:03:18,039 --> 01:03:20,717
I thought it'd be
fucking easier than this.
901
01:03:21,517 --> 01:03:23,895
Right. Yeah.
902
01:03:25,755 --> 01:03:28,158
You know, every part of me right now
903
01:03:28,258 --> 01:03:31,944
would like to just go in there
and get soused with you.
904
01:03:33,304 --> 01:03:34,828
But...
905
01:03:34,928 --> 01:03:36,949
I'm going to go upstairs instead.
906
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:38,835
That's good, right?
907
01:03:38,935 --> 01:03:42,330
Yeah, no. There's a piano up there
with your name on it.
908
01:03:42,647 --> 01:03:44,090
Only if my name is Steinway.
909
01:03:46,859 --> 01:03:48,461
So we got our patter back.
910
01:03:52,365 --> 01:03:53,616
You're cool.
911
01:03:55,702 --> 01:03:59,263
- I am not cool.
- Yes, you are.
912
01:03:59,363 --> 01:04:01,442
I am not cool.
913
01:04:02,917 --> 01:04:08,106
It's spring in my mind
914
01:04:10,049 --> 01:04:14,529
But the autumn leaves they fall
915
01:04:17,575 --> 01:04:22,169
As I am walking by
916
01:04:22,979 --> 01:04:25,423
I collect them all
917
01:04:25,523 --> 01:04:27,801
Now I have had success
with this in the past.
918
01:04:27,901 --> 01:04:29,352
But I'm not going to lie
to you, Mr. Donnelly.
919
01:04:29,452 --> 01:04:32,305
The next several weeks
aren't going to be pretty.
920
01:04:32,722 --> 01:04:36,592
Most people are a little alarmed
at how awful it can feel.
921
01:04:36,993 --> 01:04:38,661
And that will get worse.
922
01:04:43,933 --> 01:04:45,168
This okay?
923
01:04:54,452 --> 01:04:57,196
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?
924
01:05:06,105 --> 01:05:07,966
You don't like chicken noodle soup?
925
01:05:08,066 --> 01:05:09,868
How the fuck do you not like
chicken noodle soup?
926
01:05:09,968 --> 01:05:12,762
I don't like noodles, okay?
927
01:05:12,862 --> 01:05:15,031
Makes me think of worms.
928
01:05:21,955 --> 01:05:23,748
Surprise.
929
01:05:25,875 --> 01:05:28,319
My uncle took me fishing one time.
He took the worm,
930
01:05:28,419 --> 01:05:30,947
put it in his mouth and he ate it
just to fuck with me, okay?
931
01:05:31,047 --> 01:05:32,657
And now, whenever I see a noodle,
932
01:05:32,757 --> 01:05:36,719
I think of my fat slob of an uncle
eating a worm and it freaks me out.
933
01:05:40,590 --> 01:05:43,226
- Well, look at this.
- This technique...
934
01:05:43,326 --> 01:05:47,638
- You made the picture.
- I made the picture. Yeah.
935
01:05:48,231 --> 01:05:49,608
Don't get cocky.
936
01:05:49,708 --> 01:05:52,177
What kind of uncle
screws up a little kid,
937
01:05:52,277 --> 01:05:54,262
makes him phobic
about chicken noodle soup?
938
01:05:54,362 --> 01:05:56,739
- That I don't get.
- Get out!
939
01:06:04,455 --> 01:06:06,566
A, B minor, C sharp.
940
01:06:06,666 --> 01:06:10,553
- I don't know what that means.
- No, no. Listen, let me teach you.
941
01:06:10,653 --> 01:06:14,082
Let me teach you,
petulant little fucker.
942
01:06:17,176 --> 01:06:21,122
Okay, so three weeks from today
we'll go over the test results together,
943
01:06:21,222 --> 01:06:24,000
and that'll dictate
what our next steps should be.
944
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:27,670
Now, let's just hope for the best.
Stay positive, all right?
945
01:06:27,770 --> 01:06:28,838
Yeah, thank you.
946
01:06:28,938 --> 01:06:31,081
- Thanks, Doc.
- Thank you.
947
01:06:34,886 --> 01:06:38,598
I'm walking blind upon this road
948
01:06:38,698 --> 01:06:41,884
In search of higher ground
949
01:06:42,285 --> 01:06:45,783
I'm walking blind upon this road
950
01:06:45,883 --> 01:06:49,508
In search of higher ground
951
01:06:50,043 --> 01:06:53,127
Walking blind upon this road
952
01:06:53,227 --> 01:06:56,935
In search of higher ground
953
01:06:57,467 --> 01:07:01,279
Don't look back
954
01:07:04,641 --> 01:07:07,018
Don't look back
955
01:07:12,065 --> 01:07:16,419
Don't look back
956
01:07:18,504 --> 01:07:21,090
And don't look down
957
01:07:37,173 --> 01:07:41,510
Come in! It's unbolty thinged.
958
01:07:42,654 --> 01:07:44,730
- Hi.
- Hi.
959
01:07:45,265 --> 01:07:49,686
- Yeah, so, I got your note.
- Yeah, so, what do you think?
960
01:07:51,187 --> 01:07:54,240
Well, okay, okay.
961
01:07:54,340 --> 01:07:57,360
"Pictures from my life
as I'm walking down the hall.
962
01:07:58,194 --> 01:08:00,913
"As I'm walking by, I collect them all."
963
01:08:01,739 --> 01:08:03,283
- What do you think?
- Well...
964
01:08:04,033 --> 01:08:07,437
You're aware that I have no basis
in musical knowledge or theory.
965
01:08:07,537 --> 01:08:08,947
- Okay. Yeah.
- Okay.
966
01:08:09,047 --> 01:08:11,441
- So, you still want my opinion?
- Of course.
967
01:08:11,541 --> 01:08:16,479
Well, I think I kind of liked it better
the way it was, with the leaves.
968
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:20,550
- Really?
- Yeah, the leaves and... Yeah.
969
01:08:21,526 --> 01:08:23,462
Me, too.
970
01:08:26,222 --> 01:08:28,391
I just wanted to get you back
in my room again.
971
01:08:29,100 --> 01:08:31,986
So now I can ask you out
to dinner, right?
972
01:08:32,086 --> 01:08:34,839
Play this in a concert, okay?
Then you can take me to dinner.
973
01:08:35,273 --> 01:08:37,767
- You're a dinner tease.
- I am not a dinner tease.
974
01:08:37,867 --> 01:08:41,763
You're a huge dinner tease.
I found you out.
975
01:08:41,863 --> 01:08:43,915
Oh, you're terrible.
976
01:08:46,201 --> 01:08:50,146
This is my second time
in New Jersey in two months.
977
01:08:50,246 --> 01:08:52,607
I am not happy about that.
978
01:08:52,707 --> 01:08:56,986
Frank. Gee, I owed you a call.
979
01:08:57,086 --> 01:08:59,264
Oh, Frank. I'm so sorry.
980
01:08:59,364 --> 01:09:01,341
But you know what it's like
when I'm workin'.
981
01:09:02,526 --> 01:09:04,661
- I've been so busy...
- Yeah, apparently.
982
01:09:05,803 --> 01:09:07,330
May I...
983
01:09:07,430 --> 01:09:12,001
Oh, yeah, sure. This is Frank Grubman.
984
01:09:12,101 --> 01:09:14,546
My manager and my best friend.
985
01:09:14,646 --> 01:09:15,639
- Hello. Hello.
- Hello.
986
01:09:15,739 --> 01:09:18,341
This is Mary. She's my new girlfriend.
987
01:09:18,441 --> 01:09:19,509
Oh, really?
988
01:09:19,909 --> 01:09:21,386
I'm working on it. You know, I mean...
989
01:09:21,903 --> 01:09:25,181
- She's a big dinner tease.
- I'm not. I am not.
990
01:09:25,281 --> 01:09:28,785
Yes, yes, yes.
She keeps moving the goal post. No?
991
01:09:29,652 --> 01:09:33,281
Mary, would you mind
if I had a word with Danny in private?
992
01:09:33,381 --> 01:09:37,494
Oh, no, of course. Of course.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
993
01:09:37,594 --> 01:09:39,796
Yeah, I think you've said enough.
994
01:09:40,488 --> 01:09:44,425
- Okay, dinner tonight.
- Yeah, you're ridiculous.
995
01:09:46,402 --> 01:09:48,429
- She's lovely.
- And age appropriate.
996
01:09:48,846 --> 01:09:50,940
- No, not really.
- Baby steps.
997
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:54,569
Yeah. All right, sit, sit, sit.
We need to talk.
998
01:09:54,669 --> 01:09:56,780
I know. There's a lot
I want to tell you, pal.
999
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,649
Unfortunately,
I have my manager hat on right now.
1000
01:10:02,552 --> 01:10:04,528
Okay.
1001
01:10:05,194 --> 01:10:06,106
What's up?
1002
01:10:06,206 --> 01:10:09,125
I've been going over things
with Bill and...
1003
01:10:09,225 --> 01:10:12,328
you're not exactly
where you think you are.
1004
01:10:13,772 --> 01:10:16,649
Okay. Where am I?
1005
01:10:16,749 --> 01:10:20,236
A little ahead when we sell properties.
But only a little.
1006
01:10:20,336 --> 01:10:24,107
I mean, we shouldn't have sold
your publishing rights so early.
1007
01:10:24,207 --> 01:10:27,185
All those properties,
the housing market has collapsed.
1008
01:10:27,285 --> 01:10:30,205
The private plane, your lifestyle.
1009
01:10:30,305 --> 01:10:33,541
The Madoff thing,
that absolutely killed you, as you know.
1010
01:10:33,641 --> 01:10:37,987
But... you're not bankrupt or anything.
1011
01:10:38,087 --> 01:10:42,483
It's just that you need to understand
how serious it is.
1012
01:10:42,926 --> 01:10:46,487
Okay. So what do I do?
1013
01:10:46,587 --> 01:10:50,792
One of two things.
You start living like a normal human.
1014
01:10:50,892 --> 01:10:54,254
You buy a Prius, you fly Continental,
you know, that kind of shit.
1015
01:10:54,354 --> 01:10:57,232
Or you go back on tour.
1016
01:10:57,332 --> 01:11:00,460
And this last tour
was my retirement plan for you.
1017
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:02,445
- I mean, we had a big piece.
- I know.
1018
01:11:02,545 --> 01:11:03,805
- Concessions!
- I know.
1019
01:11:03,905 --> 01:11:06,115
- Merchandise!
- I know.
1020
01:11:06,774 --> 01:11:08,384
I'm writing, Frank.
1021
01:11:08,660 --> 01:11:10,929
- Danny.
- I'm telling you, it's good.
1022
01:11:11,371 --> 01:11:13,556
Mary thinks it's really good.
1023
01:11:13,790 --> 01:11:18,862
Oh, the Woodcliff Lake Hotel manager?
Oh, oh, okay. Well, now I feel much better.
1024
01:11:18,962 --> 01:11:20,822
Just get me a gig.
1025
01:11:20,922 --> 01:11:22,490
- A gig?
- A gig, yeah.
1026
01:11:22,590 --> 01:11:24,668
Something small, not a big arena.
1027
01:11:24,768 --> 01:11:28,121
Just, you know, something
like Springsteen would go do.
1028
01:11:28,221 --> 01:11:32,742
- "Like Springsteen would do."
- Yeah, he just pops into these places...
1029
01:11:32,842 --> 01:11:35,628
Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny...
1030
01:11:35,728 --> 01:11:37,330
Do you even hear yourself?
1031
01:11:38,398 --> 01:11:41,543
This stuff is good.
Just give it a chance.
1032
01:11:42,018 --> 01:11:44,754
And then, we'll tour.
1033
01:11:46,181 --> 01:11:49,450
And the bonus is that...
1034
01:11:50,910 --> 01:11:52,929
I won't think about killing myself
every night.
1035
01:11:56,599 --> 01:11:58,367
Okay?
1036
01:11:59,535 --> 01:12:01,395
Okay.
1037
01:12:02,055 --> 01:12:04,324
Okay, I'm going to make an announcement.
1038
01:12:04,424 --> 01:12:05,408
- All right.
- All right.
1039
01:12:05,508 --> 01:12:07,685
- Are you ready?
- Yup.
1040
01:12:09,179 --> 01:12:12,515
- I'll be playing a gig in a bar.
- Oh, a gig?
1041
01:12:12,615 --> 01:12:15,018
- On Friday night.
- A gig?
1042
01:12:15,118 --> 01:12:16,219
What's a gig?
1043
01:12:16,319 --> 01:12:19,355
A gig. A gig is where I sing
in front of people.
1044
01:12:19,689 --> 01:12:22,258
- I wanna hear you sing.
- And I want you to hear me sing.
1045
01:12:22,358 --> 01:12:25,570
I want you to hear me sing
more than anything in the world.
1046
01:12:25,670 --> 01:12:30,208
But we have to check it out
with Mom and Pop and see if it's okay.
1047
01:12:30,308 --> 01:12:33,177
- It's at a bar?
- I'm going to go to a gig at a bar.
1048
01:12:33,745 --> 01:12:35,772
It's an upscale bar.
You know, it's got...
1049
01:12:35,872 --> 01:12:37,073
What's an upscale bar?
1050
01:12:37,173 --> 01:12:40,110
Fully appropriate cocktail menu.
Cover charge...
1051
01:12:40,210 --> 01:12:41,945
- Cover charge! Really?
- Yes, that's right.
1052
01:12:42,045 --> 01:12:44,314
You're doing things
with cover charges now?
1053
01:12:44,464 --> 01:12:47,483
This place big enough for you
to be able to do your moves?
1054
01:12:49,302 --> 01:12:51,375
Man, nothing holds my moves back.
1055
01:12:51,475 --> 01:12:54,933
- That's what we're looking for.
- Yeah.
1056
01:12:55,033 --> 01:12:57,227
Another Danny Collins?
I think it's called "the Danny Collins."
1057
01:12:57,327 --> 01:13:01,664
Hey, baby doll, what's goin' on?
1058
01:13:02,065 --> 01:13:03,499
I don't want that to start.
1059
01:13:03,917 --> 01:13:06,586
So what do you think? Show starts 7:30.
1060
01:13:06,686 --> 01:13:09,055
- Done by 9:00.
- 9:00?
1061
01:13:09,155 --> 01:13:11,441
- Yeah, it's late. But not too late.
- That's late. I don't know.
1062
01:13:11,541 --> 01:13:14,227
You sure your crowd's going to be able
to stay awake until 9:00?
1063
01:13:14,327 --> 01:13:15,995
They going to be conscious?
1064
01:13:16,095 --> 01:13:18,092
We're going to have to call the club
and let them know
1065
01:13:18,192 --> 01:13:20,400
that there might be a whole room
full of snoring old ladies.
1066
01:13:20,500 --> 01:13:22,485
That's good, I'm gonna give them
a call and give them a heads up,
1067
01:13:22,585 --> 01:13:25,864
- make sure they know.
- Oh, you're so kind.
1068
01:13:25,964 --> 01:13:28,491
So what are we going to do?
We going to get your permission?
1069
01:13:28,591 --> 01:13:31,369
Are we going to get Mommy and Daddy
to say, "Yes, it's okay"?
1070
01:13:31,469 --> 01:13:33,279
Because it's a big thing for me.
1071
01:13:33,847 --> 01:13:36,407
And it would help
if I had these cheeks there.
1072
01:13:36,741 --> 01:13:38,309
These cheeks will be there.
1073
01:13:38,409 --> 01:13:40,235
There you go.
1074
01:13:40,335 --> 01:13:44,224
From the... cheeksy-mouth.
1075
01:13:44,707 --> 01:13:47,927
Babe? Do you hear this?
It's been going on...
1076
01:13:48,027 --> 01:13:49,871
When are you going to get yourself
to the doctor already?
1077
01:13:49,971 --> 01:13:51,581
- It's just a little bug.
- It's not a little bug.
1078
01:13:51,681 --> 01:13:54,367
It's been happening for weeks,
at least since you got back.
1079
01:13:54,467 --> 01:13:57,787
Hope, is your Daddy
the most stubborn man on the planet?
1080
01:13:57,987 --> 01:14:00,331
Don't be so stubborn, Daddy!
1081
01:14:00,431 --> 01:14:02,959
- I'm fine, baby.
- Yeah, don't be so stubborn, Daddy!
1082
01:14:03,059 --> 01:14:06,095
He'd rather walk around like the living dead
instead of just get antibiotics.
1083
01:14:06,204 --> 01:14:07,447
Listen to Mama!
1084
01:14:07,547 --> 01:14:09,699
- Gotta listen to Mama. That's a good idea.
- Listen to Mama.
1085
01:14:10,300 --> 01:14:12,034
Stubborn man.
1086
01:14:12,969 --> 01:14:15,037
Stubborn man.
1087
01:14:21,278 --> 01:14:25,164
Hey, baby doll, what's goin' on?
1088
01:14:29,794 --> 01:14:32,297
Yes, all the way. Yes!
1089
01:15:07,023 --> 01:15:10,335
Jesus. You look like Lee Trevino.
1090
01:15:12,879 --> 01:15:15,273
Samantha took me shopping.
1091
01:15:15,373 --> 01:15:17,726
You ever hear of this place,
the Banana Republic?
1092
01:15:17,826 --> 01:15:19,744
- Yeah, I think so.
- It's an amazing place.
1093
01:15:20,870 --> 01:15:24,524
Yeah, okay. The house is packed.
1094
01:15:24,624 --> 01:15:26,918
- Oh, that's good.
- Band's out there, ready.
1095
01:15:27,018 --> 01:15:30,947
Phil can step in on piano
if you need him for the new stuff.
1096
01:15:31,047 --> 01:15:33,441
Family's up front.
1097
01:15:34,050 --> 01:15:38,388
And I saved a spot for Mary.
She's with them.
1098
01:15:38,488 --> 01:15:40,473
Speak of the devil.
1099
01:15:40,573 --> 01:15:43,351
- Break a leg, kid.
- Just tell me whose.
1100
01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:47,172
Go on in. He'll be thrilled to see you.
1101
01:15:47,272 --> 01:15:48,757
- Well, thank you.
- Thank you.
1102
01:15:48,857 --> 01:15:51,217
Okay, bye, see you later out there.
1103
01:15:51,317 --> 01:15:57,157
Oh, my God, thank you for the VIP ticket.
I am right in the front row.
1104
01:15:57,257 --> 01:16:01,686
I thought I'd come back and see
how you're doing, you know. You nervous?
1105
01:16:01,786 --> 01:16:04,773
Mary, you know,
I've done this a zillion times.
1106
01:16:04,873 --> 01:16:08,276
I'm never nervous.
Hand to God, not once.
1107
01:16:08,576 --> 01:16:09,644
Not once?
1108
01:16:11,496 --> 01:16:15,025
- But I'm nervous now.
- No, that's nice.
1109
01:16:15,125 --> 01:16:16,993
So this...
1110
01:16:17,093 --> 01:16:21,364
I mean, I guess this means that finally
you'll let me buy you dinner?
1111
01:16:21,931 --> 01:16:23,533
Let's see how you do first.
1112
01:16:25,059 --> 01:16:28,088
Give me a little more pressure.
Just what I need.
1113
01:16:28,188 --> 01:16:30,507
You know, this is kind of weird
to say, I know,
1114
01:16:30,607 --> 01:16:35,253
because I really haven't know you very long.
But I am very proud of you, Danny.
1115
01:16:36,963 --> 01:16:39,265
That is fucking weird, Mary.
1116
01:16:39,765 --> 01:16:42,852
- You're sweet and weird. Just how I like 'em.
- There you go.
1117
01:16:42,952 --> 01:16:47,107
Okay. Well, there you go. Have a great time.
You're going to be fantastic.
1118
01:16:47,207 --> 01:16:49,759
Thank you. I love you, Mary.
1119
01:16:50,451 --> 01:16:52,946
That's a show-business expression,
you know.
1120
01:16:53,046 --> 01:16:56,699
Kind of means I sort of like ya.
1121
01:16:57,650 --> 01:16:59,569
You still there?
1122
01:17:05,517 --> 01:17:07,936
You look really nice.
1123
01:17:08,036 --> 01:17:10,354
You look really nice, too.
1124
01:17:11,147 --> 01:17:13,525
Oh, for Christ's sake.
1125
01:17:13,625 --> 01:17:15,518
Oh, right.
1126
01:17:44,113 --> 01:17:46,699
Hi, Grandpa!
1127
01:17:50,170 --> 01:17:51,729
Grandpa!
1128
01:17:57,460 --> 01:18:01,189
Thank you. Thank you again.
1129
01:18:02,382 --> 01:18:04,601
Thank you three times.
1130
01:18:04,701 --> 01:18:07,095
My granddaughter, ladies and gentlemen.
1131
01:18:12,292 --> 01:18:14,027
Okay.
1132
01:18:14,127 --> 01:18:17,329
- Baby Doll!
- Baby Doll!
1133
01:18:30,410 --> 01:18:31,961
Come on, Danny, play Baby Doll!
1134
01:18:32,061 --> 01:18:34,231
Yeah, Baby Doll!
1135
01:18:34,531 --> 01:18:36,983
Play Baby Doll, Danny!
1136
01:18:38,777 --> 01:18:41,671
- Play Baby Doll!
- Baby Doll!
1137
01:18:41,771 --> 01:18:44,908
- Baby Doll, Danny!
- Baby Doll!
1138
01:18:45,008 --> 01:18:47,027
- Play Baby Doll, Danny!
- Baby Doll!
1139
01:18:47,127 --> 01:18:50,513
- Play Baby Doll, Danny!
- Play Baby Doll!
1140
01:19:05,512 --> 01:19:06,738
Phil.
1141
01:19:07,989 --> 01:19:10,241
Can you just...
1142
01:19:12,310 --> 01:19:14,479
- Hello, everybody.
- Hi, Danny.
1143
01:19:14,579 --> 01:19:17,840
Just working out a little something.
1144
01:19:19,025 --> 01:19:22,003
But I know what you're here for.
1145
01:19:24,547 --> 01:19:25,882
I think you know this one.
1146
01:19:29,944 --> 01:19:32,080
Hey, baby doll
1147
01:19:32,180 --> 01:19:33,581
What's going on?
1148
01:20:32,907 --> 01:20:34,450
Danny!
1149
01:20:35,510 --> 01:20:36,811
Sophie!
1150
01:20:37,620 --> 01:20:40,131
- Danny Collins.
- What are you doing here?
1151
01:20:40,231 --> 01:20:43,134
Well, we heard about the gig and we're like,
"Let's go support our sugar daddy."
1152
01:20:43,234 --> 01:20:44,386
Oh, yeah...
1153
01:20:44,486 --> 01:20:47,764
And I used your credit card
for the flight. I hope that's okay.
1154
01:20:47,864 --> 01:20:50,684
- What's up? What do you got on you?
- What do you mean?
1155
01:20:50,784 --> 01:20:53,520
- Come on. Come on. What do I mean?
- Come on, babe, he wants to party.
1156
01:20:53,620 --> 01:20:58,249
- I wanna taste.
- I got it all, baby. I got it all.
1157
01:21:02,812 --> 01:21:04,697
Yeah.
1158
01:21:08,968 --> 01:21:10,870
Here you go, Danny.
1159
01:21:10,970 --> 01:21:13,014
- Oh, man.
- Yeah.
1160
01:21:13,114 --> 01:21:15,199
It's good.
1161
01:21:21,356 --> 01:21:23,591
I fired the pool guy and the gardener.
1162
01:21:23,691 --> 01:21:26,402
I really didn't like the way
he looked at me.
1163
01:21:26,502 --> 01:21:29,014
- You know, I decided to start...
- Grandpa!
1164
01:21:29,589 --> 01:21:31,607
- Grandpa?
- Honey.
1165
01:21:32,342 --> 01:21:34,911
Hey, baby doll
1166
01:21:35,011 --> 01:21:37,188
What's goin' on?
1167
01:21:37,288 --> 01:21:38,565
Come here. Come on.
1168
01:21:38,665 --> 01:21:40,358
- Dad! What you doing?
- Go to Mommy. It's okay.
1169
01:21:40,458 --> 01:21:42,168
What are you doing? What are you doing?
1170
01:21:42,268 --> 01:21:46,731
Wasn't doing anything. I didn't know...
I didn't know... Hi, Samantha. Hi.
1171
01:21:47,298 --> 01:21:53,038
This is my friend Sophie there.
And her friend, Busywork.
1172
01:21:53,138 --> 01:21:54,572
So what's goin' on?
1173
01:21:55,615 --> 01:21:57,617
What's the look?
1174
01:21:59,352 --> 01:22:01,162
You just keep judging me, Tom.
1175
01:22:02,038 --> 01:22:04,215
You just judge me. Go ahead.
You judge me all you want.
1176
01:22:04,315 --> 01:22:06,042
It's fine, that's what you're good at.
1177
01:22:06,776 --> 01:22:09,054
And when you're done,
1178
01:22:09,154 --> 01:22:13,759
you know, being so fucking perfect
and honorable,
1179
01:22:13,859 --> 01:22:17,053
you should talk to your wife
about what you did in Delaware.
1180
01:22:20,807 --> 01:22:24,852
What's that? What's he mean? Tom?
1181
01:22:26,754 --> 01:22:28,731
I'll tell you when we get home.
1182
01:22:35,863 --> 01:22:38,360
- Stay the fuck away from my family.
- Tom.
1183
01:22:39,060 --> 01:22:40,824
Let's go.
1184
01:22:46,191 --> 01:22:48,092
Bye, Hope.
1185
01:22:57,176 --> 01:22:58,970
Oh, man.
1186
01:23:31,486 --> 01:23:34,447
Come on, let's get the fuck out of here.
1187
01:24:11,376 --> 01:24:13,002
Who are you?
1188
01:24:14,721 --> 01:24:18,550
- Oh, I'm sorry, I work for the hotel.
- Oh, good. That's good.
1189
01:24:19,609 --> 01:24:23,021
- We need more towels. Can you do that?
- Mary!
1190
01:24:23,121 --> 01:24:24,397
- And some beer.
- Oh, Mary.
1191
01:24:24,497 --> 01:24:27,433
I'll get you some towels and some beer.
1192
01:24:33,590 --> 01:24:36,659
Mary, wait, wait, wait.
1193
01:24:36,859 --> 01:24:38,344
Mary, please.
1194
01:24:41,306 --> 01:24:44,083
- It's not...
- What happened last night?
1195
01:24:44,642 --> 01:24:46,311
Well, you know... I...
1196
01:24:46,411 --> 01:24:50,382
Just... It wasn't right, you know?
It wasn't the right time.
1197
01:24:50,482 --> 01:24:52,692
What are you talking about?
1198
01:24:52,792 --> 01:24:55,595
You've worked so hard
and your whole family was there.
1199
01:24:55,695 --> 01:24:58,456
- I know. I just couldn't...
- Come on!
1200
01:24:59,482 --> 01:25:02,719
- I lost my nerve.
- Oh, well, you lost your dinner, too.
1201
01:25:03,386 --> 01:25:04,421
Okay...
1202
01:25:04,521 --> 01:25:06,873
You should have played the song, Danny.
1203
01:25:06,973 --> 01:25:09,434
You should have at least played
the one fucking song.
1204
01:25:20,220 --> 01:25:22,205
Take care, Jamie.
1205
01:25:22,889 --> 01:25:24,716
You, too, Mr. Collins.
1206
01:25:24,816 --> 01:25:29,378
You be good to Nicky. He's a good boy.
You got a wonderful face.
1207
01:25:29,913 --> 01:25:32,724
Yours isn't so bad either, Mr. Collins.
1208
01:25:33,149 --> 01:25:35,919
Look at that. Now we're getting patter.
1209
01:25:40,857 --> 01:25:42,488
Okay.
1210
01:25:45,161 --> 01:25:48,439
You know, for the record...
1211
01:25:49,165 --> 01:25:53,878
Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island,
1212
01:25:54,170 --> 01:25:56,823
her real name was Dawn Wells.
1213
01:25:56,923 --> 01:26:00,493
And she was Miss Nevada
before she got famous
1214
01:26:00,593 --> 01:26:03,696
and she couldn't hold
a fucking candle to you.
1215
01:26:13,931 --> 01:26:15,606
Bye.
1216
01:26:21,089 --> 01:26:22,751
Nicky.
1217
01:26:23,251 --> 01:26:25,785
Oh, Nicky. What a pleasure it's been.
1218
01:26:25,885 --> 01:26:27,696
Pleasure's definitely
been all mine, Danny.
1219
01:26:27,796 --> 01:26:30,207
I'm gonna miss you.
1220
01:26:30,307 --> 01:26:32,567
Gonna miss you.
1221
01:26:32,667 --> 01:26:34,494
Look at this.
1222
01:26:34,702 --> 01:26:38,073
- Ran out of hundreds.
- Don't even worry about it. Come on.
1223
01:26:38,173 --> 01:26:40,383
I'll tell you what.
1224
01:26:41,551 --> 01:26:44,320
I'm in a giving vein today.
1225
01:26:50,268 --> 01:26:51,945
Come on, get outta here.
What are you talking about?
1226
01:26:52,045 --> 01:26:55,641
The second you stop appreciating
this piece of machinery,
1227
01:26:55,741 --> 01:26:58,359
then you give it to somebody else.
1228
01:26:58,659 --> 01:27:00,443
Deal?
1229
01:27:00,943 --> 01:27:02,662
Deal.
1230
01:27:03,506 --> 01:27:05,642
Go ahead, man.
1231
01:27:06,201 --> 01:27:09,095
- God bless you, Danny Collins.
- Back at ya.
1232
01:27:10,722 --> 01:27:15,426
How much does insurance even cost...
Fuck it, I don't care. I don't care.
1233
01:27:15,894 --> 01:27:18,103
- Watch your head.
- Okay.
1234
01:27:26,195 --> 01:27:27,588
Okay, Danny.
1235
01:27:28,598 --> 01:27:31,042
I don't want the last thing
I ever said to you to be mean,
1236
01:27:31,142 --> 01:27:33,378
but I don't want to say anything nice.
1237
01:27:33,478 --> 01:27:35,438
So, Mr. Collins,
1238
01:27:35,738 --> 01:27:39,776
on behalf of the Woodcliff Lake Hilton,
we'd like to thank you for your stay.
1239
01:27:39,876 --> 01:27:44,464
And we hope that you will make Hilton
a home wherever your travels take you.
1240
01:27:46,616 --> 01:27:48,952
I'm grabbing a cab.
1241
01:27:50,194 --> 01:27:55,599
- I see that.
- I gave Nicky my Mercedes.
1242
01:27:56,042 --> 01:27:59,838
You gave your Mercedes to Nicky?
You are fucking crazy.
1243
01:27:59,938 --> 01:28:02,991
It's been said, yes.
I can afford it, though.
1244
01:28:03,091 --> 01:28:05,985
Frank called me this morning
and we're going back on tour.
1245
01:28:06,261 --> 01:28:10,031
I need the money. I got a family now.
1246
01:28:10,306 --> 01:28:11,791
So...
1247
01:28:11,891 --> 01:28:14,711
They hate my guts, but...
1248
01:28:14,811 --> 01:28:16,604
I'm told that's what families do.
1249
01:28:17,263 --> 01:28:19,624
Yeah, that's right.
I've taught you well.
1250
01:28:19,941 --> 01:28:24,045
Yeah. I'm going to play my new songs.
1251
01:28:24,404 --> 01:28:28,266
Some of them. We'll see what happens.
1252
01:28:28,366 --> 01:28:29,759
I know what will happen.
1253
01:28:30,034 --> 01:28:33,788
- Yeah, they'll throw tomatoes at me.
- Yeah, and onions.
1254
01:28:37,183 --> 01:28:39,903
You know, I'm going to be here
in a couple of months.
1255
01:28:40,003 --> 01:28:43,740
You know, in the area.
We're playing the Garden.
1256
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:45,575
Yeah, maybe you'll come by,
see the show.
1257
01:28:45,675 --> 01:28:49,287
We'll have... dinner afterwards.
1258
01:28:49,387 --> 01:28:51,723
You know what I like about you?
You never give up.
1259
01:28:53,491 --> 01:28:56,402
Some dinners are worth fighting for.
1260
01:29:00,732 --> 01:29:03,968
I left something in the room for ya.
1261
01:29:04,068 --> 01:29:07,447
Yeah? You probably left me a big mess,
is what you left me.
1262
01:29:07,547 --> 01:29:11,275
Well, you know, rock stars.
1263
01:29:14,037 --> 01:29:15,897
So...
1264
01:29:17,624 --> 01:29:19,976
Another life?
1265
01:29:21,503 --> 01:29:23,546
You never know.
1266
01:30:25,191 --> 01:30:27,427
- Oh. Hi.
- Hey.
1267
01:30:27,527 --> 01:30:31,181
Hi, sorry, I don't think we met.
I'm Mary, the hotel manager.
1268
01:30:31,281 --> 01:30:33,783
- You must be Busywork?
- Yeah.
1269
01:30:34,534 --> 01:30:35,560
I'm Judd.
1270
01:30:35,660 --> 01:30:38,872
- Judd, yeah, right. Okay, very good.
- Yeah, yeah.
1271
01:30:38,972 --> 01:30:41,391
- Anyway, checkout's noon.
- Sweet.
1272
01:31:10,086 --> 01:31:13,239
Christ, what, did he send you out here
to check up on me?
1273
01:31:13,339 --> 01:31:15,542
Well, the hotel didn't know what to do
with the damn piano.
1274
01:31:15,642 --> 01:31:17,760
So I thought you might want it.
1275
01:31:17,860 --> 01:31:19,954
- I don't want his piano.
- Yeah?
1276
01:31:20,154 --> 01:31:22,399
Well, it took six hours
to move it out of the Hilton
1277
01:31:22,499 --> 01:31:25,268
and I don't know anyone else
in New Jersey. So tough shit.
1278
01:31:26,686 --> 01:31:31,349
Look, it's a $30,000 instrument, Tom.
1279
01:31:31,449 --> 01:31:33,757
Sell it, for all I care.
1280
01:31:37,005 --> 01:31:39,048
How's your health?
1281
01:31:40,133 --> 01:31:41,601
I find out in a few days.
1282
01:31:43,770 --> 01:31:45,755
Your age.
1283
01:31:48,458 --> 01:31:51,461
You know, when I was in my 30s,
I started drinking, heavily.
1284
01:31:52,595 --> 01:31:55,298
Long line of drunks in my family.
1285
01:31:55,657 --> 01:31:57,892
All with the usual bullshit excuses.
1286
01:31:57,992 --> 01:32:00,395
Careful, gentlemen!
1287
01:32:00,795 --> 01:32:03,064
That is a Steinway!
1288
01:32:05,041 --> 01:32:10,780
Anyway, we were on tour in the Bay Area.
I fell asleep at the wheel.
1289
01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:14,835
Almost killed myself and others.
Danny bailed me out.
1290
01:32:14,935 --> 01:32:19,347
5:00 in the morning, he shows up
at the San Jose police station,
1291
01:32:19,447 --> 01:32:20,740
wacked out of his skull.
1292
01:32:21,841 --> 01:32:27,589
He drives me six hours
to this Hollywood rehab joint
1293
01:32:27,689 --> 01:32:30,416
drunker than I'd been the night before,
the dumb shit.
1294
01:32:31,151 --> 01:32:34,888
He visited me every Saturday
till I got dry,
1295
01:32:34,988 --> 01:32:37,974
and then once a week for 37 years,
1296
01:32:38,074 --> 01:32:45,106
I get four cases of bottled water,
sent to me wherever I am in the world.
1297
01:32:45,206 --> 01:32:47,150
Always with the same note.
1298
01:32:47,250 --> 01:32:51,771
"Drink as many as you want.
On me. Danny."
1299
01:32:56,292 --> 01:32:58,828
Best friend I ever had, your father.
1300
01:33:01,931 --> 01:33:06,169
Yeah, the man saved my life
and got me stone-cold sober.
1301
01:33:06,269 --> 01:33:10,398
And was three sheets to the wind
the whole time he was doing it.
1302
01:33:10,498 --> 01:33:13,026
I'm sorry,
but I'm not seeing your point.
1303
01:33:13,126 --> 01:33:16,257
The point, my boy, is...
1304
01:33:16,357 --> 01:33:18,807
that he's got a good heart.
1305
01:33:18,907 --> 01:33:21,384
He just keeps it up his ass
half the time.
1306
01:33:22,869 --> 01:33:26,815
What you do with that is up to you.
1307
01:33:26,915 --> 01:33:30,226
My waters will keep coming,
no matter what.
1308
01:33:30,627 --> 01:33:35,690
All right, boys, let's move that puppy!
So I can get the fuck out of New Jersey.
1309
01:33:47,435 --> 01:33:50,247
So I'll see you guys in Pittsburgh?
1310
01:33:50,747 --> 01:33:53,835
Yeah. Frank is setting up
the other events.
1311
01:33:54,135 --> 01:33:56,950
Okay, talk soon.
1312
01:34:02,726 --> 01:34:06,095
Okay. Now let's take a look
at the computer system.
1313
01:34:06,195 --> 01:34:08,331
I still don't know...
1314
01:34:36,776 --> 01:34:39,178
Have fun at the doctor.
1315
01:34:56,546 --> 01:34:59,448
Your favorite flower is...
1316
01:35:00,817 --> 01:35:02,410
Rose.
1317
01:35:02,510 --> 01:35:05,855
To smell it you breathe through your...
1318
01:35:06,723 --> 01:35:11,778
Hold it in as long as you can go,
and let it out in one big...
1319
01:36:39,607 --> 01:36:42,569
Hi. Tom Donnelly for Dr. Silverman.
1320
01:36:42,669 --> 01:36:45,296
Sure. Just have a seat, Mr. Donnelly.
1321
01:37:11,264 --> 01:37:13,583
So... she's pissed?
1322
01:37:13,683 --> 01:37:16,986
Nah, she's thrilled. Thanks for asking.
1323
01:37:18,454 --> 01:37:21,716
Oh, that was such a horrible night
for me. It's no excuse.
1324
01:37:21,816 --> 01:37:25,428
Well, I can assure you
it was a worse night for me.
1325
01:37:30,633 --> 01:37:33,311
So she's not going to come at all?
1326
01:37:38,625 --> 01:37:41,168
She can barely move.
1327
01:37:41,544 --> 01:37:45,556
Doctor's got her on full bed rest now.
1328
01:37:46,174 --> 01:37:50,620
Plus whatever this news is, I'd rather
she heard it from me. Not some doctor.
1329
01:37:51,329 --> 01:37:53,206
Mr. Donnelly?
1330
01:38:19,807 --> 01:38:22,544
Listen, if this news is bad...
1331
01:38:22,644 --> 01:38:26,038
- Tom...
- No, listen to me.
1332
01:38:26,689 --> 01:38:28,441
If it's bad,
1333
01:38:29,217 --> 01:38:32,987
- Samantha, Hope and the baby...
- They'll be taken care of, Tom.
1334
01:38:33,863 --> 01:38:38,085
- Don't even think about it.
- Okay. Okay. Good.
1335
01:38:38,185 --> 01:38:40,293
Thank you.
1336
01:38:45,500 --> 01:38:48,002
I am not ready to leave them.
1337
01:38:49,696 --> 01:38:52,114
I'm not ready.
1338
01:38:55,243 --> 01:38:59,038
You know, Tom, I've been thinking.
1339
01:38:59,556 --> 01:39:03,392
I noticed something very interesting.
1340
01:39:04,085 --> 01:39:07,063
Whenever this doctor comes in here,
1341
01:39:07,881 --> 01:39:13,119
he either calls you Mr. Donnelly or Tom.
1342
01:39:13,219 --> 01:39:15,054
You notice that?
1343
01:39:15,154 --> 01:39:17,540
Always one or the other.
1344
01:39:17,640 --> 01:39:22,912
Now, when he calls you Mr. Donnelly,
1345
01:39:23,012 --> 01:39:24,481
it's never good news.
1346
01:39:25,106 --> 01:39:29,844
Next thing you know, he's shooting you up
with some stuff that makes you throw up.
1347
01:39:29,944 --> 01:39:32,071
Or he doesn't like your levels.
1348
01:39:32,989 --> 01:39:38,094
But when he calls you Tom,
it's always good news.
1349
01:39:39,095 --> 01:39:44,626
I mean, the time he liked
your white cell count. Remember that?
1350
01:39:44,726 --> 01:39:48,171
He calls you Tom.
It's here, I've been taking notes.
1351
01:39:48,922 --> 01:39:52,146
Literally, every time,
1352
01:39:52,246 --> 01:39:55,086
it's a good thing when he calls you Tom.
1353
01:39:55,378 --> 01:40:00,116
So this is what we want right now.
1354
01:40:00,517 --> 01:40:06,304
We want him to come in here,
open that door, call you Tom.
1355
01:40:08,024 --> 01:40:10,360
That's what we want.
1356
01:40:10,460 --> 01:40:12,095
You understand?
1357
01:40:12,195 --> 01:40:15,497
So let's... Let's focus...
1358
01:40:16,783 --> 01:40:18,535
On that.
1359
01:40:18,835 --> 01:40:20,469
Okay?
1360
01:40:21,037 --> 01:40:22,838
Okay.
1361
01:40:24,666 --> 01:40:27,762
Everything's going to be all right, son.
1362
01:40:28,728 --> 01:40:30,880
It's going to be all right.
1363
01:40:30,980 --> 01:40:33,065
You promise?
1364
01:40:36,845 --> 01:40:39,639
Have I ever let you down before?
1365
01:40:43,076 --> 01:40:46,661
- You're a ridiculous man, you know that?
- I know.
1366
01:40:46,761 --> 01:40:49,031
I've been told.
1367
01:40:51,100 --> 01:40:52,952
Okay.
1368
01:40:54,404 --> 01:41:00,426
Yeah, he's going to come in here
and he's going to call you Tom.
1369
01:41:04,238 --> 01:41:06,989
And everything's going to be okay...
1370
01:41:07,763 --> 01:41:09,678
all right?
1371
01:41:09,778 --> 01:41:12,888
Everything's going to be okay.
1372
01:41:22,265 --> 01:41:25,669
Okay, Tom, so here's where we are.
1373
01:41:51,828 --> 01:41:53,980
What happened was I did an interview
1374
01:41:54,080 --> 01:41:58,435
with a magazine called Zig Zag in 1971.
1375
01:41:58,535 --> 01:42:01,454
After I've had my first album out.
1376
01:42:01,554 --> 01:42:06,459
And in it, I was asked by the fellow who
was interviewing me whether I thought...
1377
01:42:06,559 --> 01:42:08,577
If I...
1378
01:42:09,512 --> 01:42:14,442
If I became, you know, rich beyond
the dreams of avarice, you know,
1379
01:42:14,542 --> 01:42:18,079
whether it would affect my song writing,
you know, detrimentally.
1380
01:42:18,179 --> 01:42:20,573
And I thought...
I said I thought it would.
1381
01:42:20,673 --> 01:42:22,626
Anyway, John, for some reason,
1382
01:42:22,726 --> 01:42:26,345
took an exception to this
and wrote a letter in.
1383
01:42:41,377 --> 01:42:43,913
It was a very friendly letter.
1384
01:42:45,381 --> 01:42:48,802
And he finished it with,
"Well, what do you think of that?"
1385
01:42:49,602 --> 01:42:52,255
He had his own home
telephone number in Ascot.
1386
01:42:52,355 --> 01:42:56,176
So, if I had got the letter, you know,
when he sent it, I would have rung him.
1387
01:42:56,276 --> 01:42:58,360
Right, yeah.