Yeah, we're walkin'. Yep.
(Small group applauds and cheers)
- Nice to meet you, Mr Darin. - Thank you very much.
Bobby, we've got an AP interview tomorrow...
- AP interview? - It's only two minutes.
It's my night with my wife and kid, for us to experience it.
It's only two minutes. That's all I'm asking.
It's my one night I don't have to do that. It's my anniversary celebration.
You missed them in Florida. We can't avoid 'em.
MAN: Good luck, Bobby.
# Mack The Knife
- Bobby, have a good evening. - Thank you.
Hey, Charlie.
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
tonight, celebrating his 10th anniversary in show business,
the Coconut Grove is proud to present the one, the only Bobby Darin!
(Cheering)
Thank you.
Three guesses.
Wrong.
# Oh, the shark, babe
# Has such teeth, dear
# And he shows them pearly white
# Just a jackknife - ah so metamuk -
# Wears MacHeath, babe
# And he keeps it out of sight
- Two, three and one... # You know when that shark bites
# With his teeth, babe
# Scarlet billows start to spread
# Fancy gloves though
# Wears old MacHeath, babe
# So there's never... never a trace of red
Darlin', then we'll swing.
# On a sidewalk
# Ooh, Sunday morning, ah-ha
# Lies a body
# Just oozing life
# Eeh! Some... Eeh! Someone's sneaking
# Round the corner
# Tell me, could that someone...
Stop! Stop! Richie, stop! Stop!
- Hold it! (Band stops playing)
OK, I want to start over. I want to do it again.
- You're kidding me. That was perfect. - I want to do it again.
- I can do it better. - Know how long it takes to set this up?
I don't know how much more my chops can take today, boss.
When you start playing it right, we can all call it a day,
but when you play it sloppy like you been doing,
then we're gonna do it again and again until we get it right.
- Bobby, the guys are tired, that's all. - How do you think I feel?
Call it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna let you leave in a minute...
Whoa! Please stay in your seats until Mr Darin has left the set.
Thank you. Can we have the bell up, please?
(Bell rings)
Bobby, we can't keep doin' it over and over and over.
If Bobby says he can get it better, then he can get it better.
- What the hell's he snapping at everybody for? - Just let him walk it off.
Mr Darin, do you want to start from the very top?
Hey, Bobby, you know we've got press on the set today,
can you give 'em a few minutes?
CREW: Ready to go in ten minutes.
And no-one is discarded.
- How you doin'? - I don't know, Charlie.
Ah, you'll figure it out. C'mon, let's go back upstairs.
Put those two pieces together. I'll look at 'em after lunch.
Mr Darin? David said I'd get a few minutes today.
- Do you mind if we do this now? - He's busy.
Nobody's ever done something quite like this, about their own life.
Sure, they have. It's a self-portrait on film.
Think you can be objective about your own life?
Listen, this guy was raised to always tell the truth,
and that's what he's doing.
- I'm sorry, who are you? - I'm his brother-in-law.
So you mess with him, you mess with me.
I'm not messing with anyone, sir. But being honest,
isn't the real truth he's too old to play this part?
He was born to play the part and you damn well know it.
Get outta here!
- Thanks, Charlie. - That's just crap!
How can you be too old to play yourself? C'mon! Let's get started.
OK, everybody... I want to change the opening.
- What? - Why, Bobby?
We can't start with Mack, we blow our wad too soon.
Opening with Mack is brave.
It says, "You want me? Fuck you! Here I am."
No. It's wrong.
- Let's just do Hello Young Lovers. - Bobby, start when you got sick.
Nina, it's his story. Let him work it out.
No, no, no. I know what's important here.
Everything starts when he got sick.
- Uh-uh... - Nina, please. Don't.
No, I think we should start when they booed me off the stage.
Nobody's gonna come see you get booed off the stage.
Stick with the hits. That's what sells.
How do you know what people will come to see, Boom-Boom?
- When did you become the big expert? - You tell him, Bobby.
As long as I've known you, as far as you're concerned, I am the expert.
BOY: Bullshit!
- Who was that? - That's the kid playing him as a kid.
- Get down from there, kid. CREW: I'll sort this out.
- We're not ready for you yet. - Take five.
- Wait. I wanna hear what he has to say. - Jesus Christ!
What did you just say, kid?
I said that's bullshit.
- What's bullshit? - That you know him better than anybody.
Great. A miniature version of you, and he's a method actor.
I need a drink.
- He looks just like him. - I know, it looks like him.
- I'll be back. DAVID: Here we go again.
So, you're playing me.
- I am you. - You think you got me down?
I know you better than they do.
We could do it 100 times, it'd never be good enough.
It's OK if he yells at me, but not at the other guys.
They've been working their asses off, man.
I've never worked with such an arrogant asshole.
Listen, you prick.
There are four people here who can't be fired. You're not one of 'em.
He might be an asshole...but he's our asshole!
Look, he finally found himself.
So how do you think we should start?
You want some truth? I'll give you some truth.
(Children playing)
BOBBY: The kid is right.
This is how to begin -
on the street where I grew up,
with my sister Nina, my brother-in-law Charlie,
and, to me, the greatest in the world - my mother Polly.
Mrs Cassotto, I'm sorry to have to tell you.
BOBBY: Ow. - The boy has rheumatic fever.
CHARLIE: What is it? - It's a strep infection.
But why is it so painful?
DOCTOR: Rheumatic fever damages the heart.
It affects the joints and the muscles, too.
So, what do we do, Doctor? How do I make him feel better?
Just make him as comfortable as possible.
POLLY: Just tell us the truth.
You can never go wrong with the truth.
Even with the best medical care in the world,
the boy will be lucky to see his 15th birthday.
(Bobby coughs)
CHARLIE: Come and sit down, Doctor.
POLLY: What are you doing? Come on, Bobby.
Silly man doesn't know what he's talking about.
Come on, let's get you back into bed.
Mama, tell me about my father.
You know all about your father. You just rest now.
But I like to hear you tell it.
Well...
Sam Cassotto was an important man.
He was a cabinet maker,
but then he started working for another man.
- Who was a gangster? - Walden Robert Cassotto!
He was a businessman.
I thought you said you could never go wrong with the truth.
All right, he was a gangster.
But he never did anything for this family.
But your father, Sam Cassotto, he was a loyal and good man.
And he would've been so proud of you.
Keep the noise down, all right? I want it to be a surprise.
Don't wake the kid, see?
(Car horn toots) - Hey!
You wake my kid, I'm gonna stick that horn up your fat ass.
You hear?
(Piano music)
# Up a lazy river by the old mill run
# Lazy lazy river in the noonday sun
# Linger awhile in the shade of a tree
# Throw away your troubles, dream a dream of me...
Y'know, before your sister was born,
this is what your mama did for a living.
Music opened a whole new world to me.
No matter how bad I feel, no matter how sad or sick I am,
I just touch these keys and "Poof!"
like magic, I always seem to feel better.
I've always known you had talent, Bobby.
This piano is for you. Charlie worked hard for it.
See, God wouldn't have made you suffer so much
if he weren't gonna make up for it later.
# I'm happy you can be
# Up a lazy river with me
(Bobby plays a high C)
Mama was right about music.
It opened a whole new world to me, outside of time and illness.
A world I could live in.
# Throw away your troubles, baby, dream a dream with me
# Up a lazy river with me
I knew then if I could live to 10,
maybe I'd make it to 15, and then maybe 20.
From then on, music was the most important thing in my life.
Mama taught me all the moves and dances from vaudeville
that made the greats stand out.
I would spend most days in bed with fever
but when I had the strength, Mama and I would practise,
and practise, and practise,
until we created what she called "The Plan".
# Up A Lazy River instrumental
(Unaccomplished tooting)
Soon I would be old enough to head to New York,
but Mama had one more lesson to teach.
From the halfway mark!
To be a star, a big star,
you've got to be talented, obviously.
But you got to be tenacious, have charisma.
But most importantly, you gotta have...it!
The great intangible.
And you've got it all, Bobby.
You're gonna be bigger than Sinatra.
I'd settle for a little Jolson. Mama, Mama, Mama.
# There are blue skies up above
# For as long as we're in love
# We'll be up a lazy river
# Up a crazy, lazy river
# Up a lazy river
# I go in your way
# Get out of my way
# Up a lazy river with me
(Cheering and farewells)
So part of Mama's plan...
YOUNG BOBBY: Wait a minute. - What?
You didn't go dancing down the street like that.
I know. It's a fantasy sequence.
- But it's not real. - Forget real.
Listen, kid. Memories are like moonbeams.
We do with them what we want.
Oh. OK, then.
Go on. I'll be around when you need me.
Mama's plan was to surround myself with the best.
So I now had a manager who had never managed -
Steve Boom-Boom Blauner,
a public relations guy who had never related to the public - David Gershenson,
Behrke, who had only conducted the high school band,
and my brother-in-law Charlie, a garbage man, as my valet.
Not in the school band now, huh, Bobby?
Let me tell you, when you come from nothing, like us - like him -
then you're destined to make a name for yourself.
And we will, Richie, we will.
Drive over there. Drive over to those friggin' girls. Go on.
Go on! Hey, girls, do you wanna see a real star?
While Sinatra was playing at the Copa,
Walden Robert Cassotto would play any place they would book him -
barmitzvahs, weddings, and a few dives on Long Island.
# Jump Down, Spin Around
# I saw a skeeter on my head
# Slipped and fell and killed him dead...
- Hey, kid, you ain't no Sinatra. - Stop. Stop.
They're lazy. They don't like to rehearse.
They don't get better. They're wasting my time.
- It's only the Safari Club. - I don't care!
We know three songs, they can't keep pace with two of them.
Bobby, you didn't know what F sharp was, now you're an expert?
Bobby, you called the Safari Club a disease.
- You guys sounded great. - No, we sounded like shit.
The audience deserves better.
I had a hot head, a weak heart and an even worse stage name.
Walden Robert Cassotto isn't a name you could see on a marquee.
Well, maybe for one night only.
One thing most performers were doing back then was to find a great stage name.
And then one day, I saw it.
The perfect name.
Just blinking. Darin.
(Electrics fizz) - Darin. Bobby Darin.
And no sooner did I change my name that I got my first gig on television.
# The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
# Rock Island Line is the road to ride
# Rock Island Line...
Unfortunately, I didn't know the lyrics to the song,
so I had to devise my own method to get through it on live television.
# Ooh-ee
# Well, it's ABC WXYZ
# Cat's in the corner and he don't see me
# On the Rock Island Line, it's a mighty fine road
# Rock Island Line is the road to ride
# Rock Island Line, it's a mighty fine road
# And if you wanna ride it, gotta ride it...
Didn't win me many fans.
# On the Rock Island Line
But it didn't finish me either.
My record company was giving me one last chance to make a hit.
Bobby, it's all about the image.
Are you starting again? It's my last session.
- You look like shit. - I know my hair is falling out!
Next time you go on television, wear one.
- That looks so goddamn fake. - John Wayne wears one.
Very authentic. Humphrey Bogart wears one.
- Bogart has an album coming out, does he? - Sinatra wears one.
(As Jerry Lewis) All right, Boom-Boom, you win.
I'll go back to making the vinyl and the records,
and the putting the wax in the thing and making it go.
Let's sing the song again, hello.
CHARLIE: Does this song make any sense to you?
It takes place in a toilet. It shouldn't.
Maybe he should be in the shower.
- Guys don't take baths. - I agree.
I put the tow... Wait, wait. I wrap the towel around me,
and then I jump back in the bath.
How comes he jumps back in the tub?
- Doesn't he know these people? - Where else should he go?
- We gotta play with it. - Play, but just keep it to an hour.
That's all the time we got, Bobby.
Hey, tell me something.
Who's this guy, Yom Kippur, they got booked on Friday?
# Splish splash, I was taking a bath
# Long about a Saturday night
(Screaming on TV) - What are they screaming?
# ...thinking everything was all right
# Well, I stepped out the tub, I put my feet on the floor
# I wrapped the towel around me...
I finally topped the charts with a song I wrote in 20 minutes.
Now, listen carefully to the lyrics. They're very profound.
# Oh, there was a party going on A splishin'and a splashin'
# Reelin' with the feelin' - Look at that!
He said he'd do it, and he did it.
Charlie, I'm trying to hear him sing!
He's going to be the biggest star in show business.
# Bing-bang, I saw the whole gang
# Dancing on my living room rug, yep
# Flip flop, they were doing the bop...
Ma, get away, I can't see.
What's that on his head?
# Miss Molly was even there too...
- What is it? - It's a toupee. One of those.
(All laugh)
# I was a splishin' and a splashin'
# I was a rollin' and a strollin'
# Yeah, I was a movin' and a groovin'
I was a teen idol for about a minute and a half,
but Mama's plan was to be bigger than Sinatra.
I wanted to do the great standards,
but my producer thought I was nuts to turn my back on rock'n'roll.
Teenagers aren't going to buy an album of you doing standards.
Ahmet, how do you know what teenagers will buy?
What, you got a crystal ball back there?
I know you don't change your image when you're hot like this.
You know what? I don't want teenagers to be my only audience, so that's perfect.
Why can't you be satisfied? You just did Bandstand!
Bandstand's mostly for kids. Ahmet, I want the Copa.
With rock'n'roll, I'm like a thousand other guys out there.
I gotta prove I can sing. I want it all.
I want the major leagues. I want nightclubs, Vegas, movies, TV.
This album will make it happen all fast.
You don't have to prove anything. You're a star already.
- Is that what you think, Ahmet? - Of course!
Hang on a second. Hey, kid! Hang on a second.
- Kid! Kid! - I don't have time for this, Bobby.
- What's up? - I've a question. Will you do me a favour?
- Will you look at me? - What?
Just look at me.
Do you know me?
- What? - Do you recognise me?
- What are you talking about? - Do I look familiar to you?
No. You don't. I don't know you.
Leave me alone, crazy bastard. I got things to do.
Thanks, pal.
Ahmet, when the delivery guy knows me, then I'm a star.
# They found little Annie all covered with ice
# Still clutching her poor frozen shears
# Amidst all the blossoms she had fashioned by hand
# And watered with all her young tears
# There must be a heaven where little Annie can play
# In heavenly gardens and bowers
# And instead of a halo, she'll wear round her head
# A garland of genuine flowers
# No more artificial flowers
# Throw away those artificial flowers
# Flowers for ladies of society to wear
# Throw away those artificial flowers
# Those dum-dum flowers
# Fashioned from Annie's...
# Fashioned from Annie's despair
- Give her the real thing. - Yeah!
(Telephone ringing)
POLLY: Cypress, 2-6-7-2.
Bobby, you're to remember this number.
Any time, if you need me,
no matter where you go, you call.
Cypress 2-6-7-2.
You have to answer it. You have to tell what happens next.
- Hey, Nina. How's it going? - Honey, I gotta tell you something.
What?
# Up A Lazy River (Melancholy jazz rendition)
(Church bell tolls)
(Drum Intro to Mack The Knife)
Go ahead.
You have to go.
Don't worry about me.
I can't.
You have to.
# Oh, the shark, babe
# Has such teeth, dear
# And he shows them
# Pearly white
# Just a jackknife
# Has old MacHeath, babe
# And he keeps it
# Out of sight
# You know when that shark bites
# With his teeth, babe...
(Whispers) Mama, I think this is what we've been looking for.
(Television applause)
HOST: And here he is,
the greatest - Bobby Darin.
# So there's never... never a trace of red
# On a sidewalk
# Sunday morning, uh-huh
# Lies a body
# Just oozing life - eeh!
# And someone's sneaking round the corner...
Best New Artist. Best Album. Bobby Darin.
# There's a tugboat, huh-huh
# Down by the river, don't you know
# With cement bags just hanging on down
# Oh, that cement is there
# Strictly for the weight, dear
# Five'll get you ten...
Bobby Darin, this is your life.
# Did you hear about Louie Miller?
# He done disappeared, dear
# After drawing out -
feels good - # ...all his hard-earned cash
# And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
# Could it be our boy's done something rash?
# Come on, come on!
# Now, Jenny Diver ho-ho-ho
# Sukey Tawdry
# Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya
# Good evening, Lucy Brown
# Oh, the line forms way on the right, babe
# Now that Mackie's back in old LA town
# Oh, Sukey, you gotta look out, Sukey Tawdrey
# Stay back, Lotte Lenya
# Move it over, Lucy Brown
# Oh, the line forms way on the right, babe
# Now that Mackie's...
# Back in town
# Look out, old Mackie is back
(Cheering)
Let's go make movies!
# La mer
# Qu'on voit danser...
So with success, Hollywood came knocking.
I flew to Italy with Charlie and Nina
to make a movie with Rock Hudson and Sandra Dee.
What is wrong with you, you stupid wop?
There's things in there that break!
- Oh, my God. I'm sorry. - Nina, just cool it.
No, I'll do it myself.
BOBBY: Look who's on the cover of Screen magazine, Charlie.
- No, just... - Nina, we're gonna take a walk.
CHARLIE: This is a movie. - You bet.
- Can you act? Charlie, I've been acting my whole life.
One, two, three.
- Ah. - What did you wish for?
It's not good luck to tell.
I hope you get what you want.
Oh, that sure is sweet of you.
Cut! Great.
- OK with that? (Bell rings)
That's lunch. We'll move on after lunch.
- Hey, Sandy? - Hm?
What do you say you and me have dinner tonight?
No, thank you. I'll have dinner in my room and then go to bed early.
Oh, my goodness, how can you stand all that excitement?
I'm not here for excitement. I'm here to work.
- Maybe you should go to sleep early, too. - How do you know I don't?
Sandra Dee, have you been spying on me?
I have never worked with somebody so unprofessional in my life.
- Have you ever even acted before? - Well, I'm learning.
But, blondie, you're not exactly Audrey Hepburn.
OK, people, that's lunch. One hour.
Poo-Poo, how you doin', boy?
The name's Pom-Pom and she's a girl.
Sandy, don't let that little cupcake ruin your make-up.
Mary, there's something I don't understand, you'll have to explain it.
What?
How is it possible that you are Sandy's mother, not her sister?
Oh! (Tuts) Mr Darin.
No. I'm serious. Look at the two of you - side by side, you're mirror images of each other.
Honey, when you smile, just make it a really soft smile.
Keep your lips a little... That's good.
There she is, Charlie, the girl I'm gonna marry.
I want you to find me a florist, a good one.
I want to send 18 yellow roses to her hotel suite every day.
No cards. She'll know who they're from.
I'll give it a week, maybe less. It won't take that long for Mary to cave.
Mary?
You're gonna send roses to the mother?
You always make sure the mama dog likes you before you go near her puppy.
Mary ain't no Rin Tin Tin.
She's a tough broad with a star to protect.
You're gonna get yourself in a lot of trouble.
Charlie, this is trouble I can handle.
Your florist is gonna make more out of this movie than you are.
I know you want to act convincingly and everything,
but in the front of your mind, think, "What are my lips doing now? Where are my teeth?"
Sandy and I just got off on the wrong foot.
If I could just get her away from her mother.
Just imagine, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee.
We have a photo shoot in less than an hour.
I want you to wear the dress the studio sent over from Paris. Don't forget the belt.
That's it. I'm gonna start all over. Like we've never met.
Only this time I'll romance her the best way I know.
Hello, Sandra Dee, I'm Bobby Darin.
- I believe we're making a movie together. - Hello.
# Beyond The Sea
# Somewhere beyond the sea
# Somewhere waiting for me
# My lover stands on golden sands
# And watches the ships that go sailing
# Somewhere beyond the sea
# She's there watching for me
# If I could fly like birds on high
# Then straight to her arms I'd go sailing
# It is far beyond the stars
# It is near beyond the moon
# And I know beyond a doubt
# My heart will lead me there soon
# We'll meet beyond the shore
# We'll kiss just as before
# Happy we'll be beyond the sea
# And never again I'll go sailing
# And I know beyond a doubt
# My heart will lead me there soon
# We'll meet, I know we'll meet beyond the shore
# We're gonna kissjust as before
# And happy we'll be beyond the sea
# And never again, I'll go sailing...
Sandy, we have to go now.
I have an interview.
Tell 'em you met Bobby Darin and he's gonna marry you.
Come on, Pom-Pom. Nice hat, Mr Darin.
- I think she likes me, Charlie. - The mother?
- That's a different story. - She's just doing her job.
What job is that?
Steering her daughter clear of guys like you!
Yeah, well, guess what, Charlie?
Mama's job just got a whole lot tougher.
(Laughs) Yeah. That's my boy.
# So long sailing
# Bye-bye, sailing
So, Mr Darin, I've read that you think very highly of yourself.
Well, Miss Duvan, I'm a man who was raised to believe
that you should have a plan in life.
So once I've set my mind to achieving something, that's it.
Would you excuse me for a second?
She has a slight cold.
You know, Miss Duvan... Mary...
I just think your daughter's absolutely terrific.
I just think she's the most wonderful thing on earth.
But she's still only a child.
What you need is an older woman.
I just wanna be friendly with her.
We're doing a movie together, she acts like she don't even like me.
Give her time. She's not very comfortable around strangers.
Mary, I got an idea. Why don't you let me take her out?
- On a date? - No, no, for publicity. One time.
I'd never let her do anything like that.
Mary, think about what it would mean for the movie.
- One time? - One time.
Well, maybe we can do something.
For publicity.
I swear undying fealty to thee, Sandra Dee, Queen o' the Hop.
And I pronounce thee, Sir Splish Splash.
- Arise, Sir Splish Splash. - How was that, guys?
- Whoa! - What about Rock Hudson?
- Rock Hudson's great. Isn't he great? - He's great.
- I say we ditch these clowns. - What?
- As soon as I say "run", run. - You like it here?
- Terrific. - You plan on more films together?
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
Run. Run!
Hey!
(Sandra giggles)
Are you OK?
I can't believe I just did that.
God, you're beautiful.
Come on.
# Dream Lover
# Every night I hope and pray
# A dream lover will come my way
# A girl to hold in my arms
# And know the magic of her charms
# Because I want a girl
# To call my own
# I want a dream lover
# So I don't have to dream alone...
You OK? You look kind of pale.
Oh, no, I'm OK. I just kind of run out of gas sometimes, that's all.
It really makes you think, being in a place this old.
I mean, people have been living here and loving here,
struggling, dying, for thousands of years.
And now you and I are here.
So, what kind of things do you like?
Well, I can think of one right now.
- Really. - Oh, OK.
Erm...let me think.
A great melody.
Seeing somebody do something better than anybody else in the whole world.
Ice cream. A good book.
What about you? What kind of things does Sandra Dee like?
Er...long walks on the beach.
Crossword puzzles.
Empty studios.
- Elvis. - Hey.
(Giggles) Just making sure you're paying attention.
I'm paying attention, trust me.
You know, I was right about you.
Right about what?
You're gonna be easy to love.
# Someday, I don't know how
# I hope that she'll hear my plea
# Some way, I don't know how
# She'll bring her love to me...
May I have this dance, Miss Sandra Dee?
I would be honoured, Bobby Darin.
# That's the only thing to do
# Till all my lover's dreams come true
# Because I want a girl
# To call my own
# I want a dream lover
# So I don't have to dream alone...
Oh, you son of a bitch!
I felt sorry for you and you betrayed me.
Mary, I think you're overreacting.
I said you could take her out sightseeing. For publicity.
- I didn't say you could marry her! - Mother!
We are only engaged.
You, come with me!
# Because I want a girl...
(Door slams)
Sit!
You... You don't even know how to comb your hair without me.
You don't know how to dress without me, walk, talk to people without me!
I'm the one who brought you into this world. I created you.
You'd fall apart in 15 minutes without me.
Oh, Mother, please.
When the time is right and you're ready,
we will find a husband for you who is suitable...
What's going on?
No, I love him! I love him with all my heart.
- Oh, he's a loser. - No, he's smart and he's funny.
I wish you'd concentrated more on Rock Hudson.
Rock Hudson is a very nice man, Mother, but I'm not in love with him.
He still would have been a better husband for you than Bobby Darin!
Why can't you let me make a decision on my own?
I don't even want to talk about this any further.
We're leaving.
Him or me?
Fine.
Give her to me. Give her to me!
Mary! Mary! Wait, wait, wait a minute!
Nina, stay out of it!
It's none of your business!
NINA: Mary! I wanna talk to you!
(Reporters clamour)
You gonna plan to have any kids?
Show us the ring!
- Have you set the date yet? - Marriage is such a big step.
We'll wait before rushing into anything. Right, honey?
Right. Absolutely.
We are definitely gonna wait, gentlemen. Absolutely.
OK, there.
- Bobby. - OK.
This...is your home.
No...
I don't mind having a few friends around every now and then,
and when your mother comes around, which she finally will,
why, she'll be welcome too.
But for the moment, I think it should be exclusively us.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Darin at home.
Sandy?
Hey, where'd you go?
Did you go in here already?
Sandush, where are you?
(Sandra sobs)
Hey, baby.
Baby, this should be the happiest night of your life.
All right. Come on, let's get out of here. Come on.
I can't. I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't.
- You can't what? - I can't go through with this.
- Of course you can, baby. - I can't.
- Yes, you can. - You don't want to be married to me!
I'm staying married to you until death do us part.
How do you marry somebody that you don't even know?
Who doesn't know who? I don't know you or you me?
I don't know if I know you. I know you don't know me.
- I know you, you're Mrs Bobby Darin. - No!
It's never gonna work, Bobby. Let's just get out of it now.
No way.
- I'll make you miserable. - OK.
Do you not understand that?
I don't want to.
I don't want to. I can't help it.
(Sobs)
Oh, my God.
What?
I love you.
I really love you.
Wait a minute.
Wait, don't move. Don't move a muscle.
Oh, God, Bobby, no! Please!
No, honey, honey. It's OK.
I'm not gonna hurt you. It's... Just watch.
My mama used to tell me a story when I was a kid.
That in the Middle Ages,
one of the knights in King Arthur's court,
he laid down his sword between himself and Guinevere
and he promised that he would never cross over to the other side of the bed.
Really?
I am laying down this sword between us.
That's my side of the bed, and that's yours.
And I will never cross over...
...ever.
I don't care if we don't touch for a thousand nights.
Only you can cross over to my side.
Only you.
# Once Upon A Time
# How the breeze ruffled through her hair
# How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there
# We were young and didn't have a care
# Where did it go?
# Once upon a time
# The world was sweeter than we knew
# Everything was ours
# How happy we were then
# But somehow once upon a time
# Never comes again
(Bobby laughs) I can't believe it!
Gimme a break.
(Men laugh and chat)
You look like a dummy.
- (Laughter) - That's not my fault.
If it's not your fault, who's running the goddamn thing?
- Hi, honey. - Hey, sweetie.
- Look who's on the cover. - (Wolf whistle)
Oh, honey, that's great. Did you see this?
(Men laugh) - "I want to be a legend."
DICK: I can't believe you said that.
BOBBY: That's not exactly the way I said it.
- Next time get him the cover. - Yeah, it's a great story.
It gets better. "Brash, cocky and arrogant", Darin then says,
"I hope to surpass Sinatra in everything he does."
And now, ladies and gentlemen, one time only on our stage:
Brash, Cocky and Arrogant.
We ought to use that next time we play somewhere.
Boom-Boom, where are we gonna be in five years?
Who knows? The Russians may own show business in five years.
That's bullshit. What about next week, next month, next year?
I can tell you where we're gonna be next month.
Don't tell me Detroit.
You know everybody in show business hates me because of the deals I get?
What do you think, guys, is that the reason they hate him?
While we're on the subject of what's next, I almost forgot to tell you.
We're gonna need a new comedian to open for you at the Copa.
What did you just say?
Didn't I tell you? You're playing the Copa.
You're friggin' kidding me?
- I got the call this morning, big shot. - No, no, no!
We're gonna play the Copa!
We got the Copa!
Boom-Boom, you gigantic genius! Mwah!
Goddamned lunatic.
Sandush, I'm playing... Sandy!
Sandy, I'm playing the Copa! We're playing the Copa.
My dream has come true, I'm playing the Copa!
That's great, sweetie.
What's the Copa?
The Copacabana's the most important nightclub in the whole world -
everybody famous has played here.
And one day, you're gonna play here, Bobby.
And you're gonna break all his box office records.
You got that?
(Girls scream) Bobby, Bobby, Bobby!
All right.
George Kirby is the funniest comic working today.
I never said he wasn't funny. I said he was a negro.
He's breaking house records.
If they're a big act, like Sammy Davis, they can headline here,
but they never- and you know that - they never open at the Copa.
Look, Mr Podell, there's a first time for everything.
Why not let one of the great comedians play here?
Because I say so. You understand? It's policy.
I understand but, frankly, to hell with policy.
This is 1960, not 1860.
I heard you had a mouth on you, kid. Save it for singing.
Listen, Mr Podell, I respect that this is your club, I truly do.
But if you don't let George Kirby open for me, I can't be responsible for the consequences.
You threatening me? Hm?
I'm cautioning you, Mr Podell. Have you never heard of a sit-in?
A sit what?
It's a very popular form of protest today.
It's where members of the black and the white community...
actually, all communities, come together to an establishment
that they feel is being unfair to their brothers and sisters.
Then the media shows up, they hold hands, and they... they sit.
Sometimes for days.
They sit?
Yeah, they sit and erm...
And they sing.
You know, songs like, what's the...?
Oh. We Shall Overcome.
Overcome?
Overcome what?
Policy, Mr Podell.
Outdated policy.
Thank you so very much.
I don't know if you've noticed what a wonderful thing television is today.
I got Hollywood, California on one channel and, of all people, I got Louella Parsons.
I'll never forget she started out her programme by saying,
(Mimics her) "Good evening from Hollywood."
(Laughter)
(Commotion outside)
You don't know who I am? I'm Bobby Darin's sister!
Don't put your hands on me, I'm going over there!
Don't tell me where I'm going. I know where I'm going!
I'm going right over there to see Mr Darin. I'm his sister.
You don't say anything to me!
Nina.
Nina! What's going on?
These goons won't let me back to see you.
I am family. They're treating me like some goddamn fan.
They have instructions not to let anybody back this close to a show.
Oh, I guess I'm just anyone, then, huh?
No, you're... Guys, give me a moment.
Nina, I have to prepare to go on.
- Why are we sitting in the back again? - What?
My table is almost in the kitchen. Maybe I should bring you out some coffee.
You know the tables upfront are for the boys I gotta take care of.
- Sandy's sitting right upfront. - That's where they want her.
Why don't you just say it? You are embarrassed by us.
- I am not, honey, but those are Podell's tables. - Oh, that's bullshit.
It is not bullshit. Now go enjoy the show.
It's the most important night of my life.
I'll do my best. I won't see anything.
Maybe the maître'd will tell me how it went!
Ladies and gentlemen, Bobby Darin!
Thank you.
# Hello, young lovers, whoever you are
# I hope your troubles are few
# All my good wishes go with you tonight
# I've been in love like you
# You be brave, young lovers, and follow your star
# Brave and faithful and true
# And cling very close to each other tonight
# I've been in love like you
# And I know how it feels to have wings on your heels
# And to fly down the street in a trance
# You wing down that street on the chance that you'll meet
# And you meet, not by chance
# Don't cry, young lovers, whatever you do
# Said don't cry because I'm alone
# All of my memories are happy tonight
# I've had a love of my own, hallelujah!
# I've had a love of my own like yours
# I have had... a love...
# ...of my own!
Thank you and welcome to the Copacabana. How about Richard Behrke right there?
I'm very honoured to be here tonight at the Copacabana.
It's always been...
my dream to play this club.
And er... in connection with that I would like to er... pay tribute to...
to two women in my life.
My er...mother Polly... always dreamed and believed
that one day I would play the Copacabana.
- And so tonight this is for her, for my mother. (Applause)
And the other woman, who is here tonight,
is, of course, my lovely new wife Sandra Dee,
the woman you are all looking at when I'm trying to work.
(Applause)
Ah, would you look at that? She's blushing.
Thank you for making her feel so welcome tonight,
and for that I wanna do a special number for her.
- I wanna dedicate this song to... - Come on.
I love you, Sandush.
# That's All
# I can only give you love that lasts for ever
# And the promise to be near each time you call
# And the only heart I own, for you and you alone
# That's all, that's all
# I can only give you country walks in springtime
# And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall
# And a love whose burning light will warm the winter night
# That's all, that's all
# There are those, I am sure, who have told you
# They would give you the world for a toy
# All I have are these arms to enfold you
# And a love time can never destroy
# If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear
# You'll be glad to know that my demands are small
# Say it's me that you'll adore for now and evermore
# That's all, that's all
(Scats)
# There are those, I am sure, who have told you
# They would give you the world for a toy
# All I have are these arms to enfold you
# And a love time can never destroy
# If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear
# You'll be glad to know that my demands are small
# Say it's me that you'll adore
# Yeah, it's me that you'll adore
# For now and evermore
# That's all
In those long ago years, it seemed as if Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee,
were the most talked about couple on the planet.
After the birth of Dodd Mitchell Cassotto on December 16th,
they both stayed in Los Angeles to make movies:
Sandra, in another Tammy picture,
and Bobby in a supporting role in Captain Newman, MD.
- Shh! - Quiet.
I'm sorry.
OK. Quiet on the set!
And rolling.
Speed.
And...action, Bobby.
OK, Big Jim, you go on,
you get this two-bit corn-feeder off the ground, huh?
Hey, Buck! Buck?
We ought to get a couple of broads when we get home.
Ones with real builds on them that won't quit.
I'm talking about some real balloon smugglers.
Jesus, what was that?
We got hit.
Buck, Buck, we're going down. Oh, Jesus, we're gonna crash!
I gotta get out, I gotta use the escape hatch.
Oh, come on! Oh, no! He doesn't have a head. Oh, no!
God, please, can't you fix him the way he was before?
- Oh, God, no. - And cut. Fantastic.
Bobby, you were wonderful.
Oh, my baby.
Bobby. Thanks, that was incredible.
- It's the best part I've ever had. - Told you it was a great script.
But how can you go wrong with Gregory Peck and Tony Curtis?
Don't forget Angie. Thanks, Angie. See you soon.
- So, what's next? - Boom-Boom, what's next?
We open in Tahoe for three nights on the 20th,
then we got Philly, Chicago and Miami Beach.
- Thank you. Good luck. - Thank you so much.
- What's he talking about? - The tour, baby.
Honey, I'm not done filming my movie yet.
OK, you can join me when you're done.
- I'm not bringing the baby on the road. - Leave him with the nanny.
I don't want Dodd to be raised by the nanny.
He's not gonna be raised by the nanny.
What'll I do on the road? Who am I gonna sing to if you're not there?
Back to my set.
- Don't be mad. - I'm not mad.
- You look mad. - I'm not mad.
The sooner I finish filming, the sooner I can join you.
Did you know your toupee was on a little crooked?
- What? - Yeah.
Are you kidding? How many times have I told you to watch my hair?
Great timing, Steve. It'd be nice to have him home for a while.
It's a wonder Dodd even knows what he looks like.
Great having them both at the same studio, isn't it?
# There are so many fabulous faraway places to see
# Such as Mexico, Sweden, Hawaii, Japan and Capri
# There's so many exciting and wonderful places
# Mountains and jungles and desert oases
# Pleasant as home is, it isn't what Rome is
# So why stay there?
# When there are so many fabulous faraway places to see
# Why should Spain and Tahiti and Rio
# Just be only names to you and me
# I feel certain there's people we'd be glad to know there
# So tell me why don't we get up and just go there
# Go to those fabulous places where we long to be
# Like Bangkok and Hong Kong and Paris and Venice
# Tokyo and Cairo and Lisbon and London
# Siam, Siena, Vienna, Verona
# Java, Jamaica, Bombay, Barcelona
# Show me those fabulous places
# We're longing to see
(Cheering and applause)
So this is your suite, Bobby and Mrs Darin.
Bar, fire pit. The bathroom's over there.
- And the living room's this way, sir. - Thank you.
- I'll just put your luggage in. - Great, thank you.
Look at this, baby.
Gonna be a hot night in Vegas.
- Anything else I can do for you? - No, that's all. Thank you.
- Would you like to have some ice? - No, I'm great. There you go.
- Where are you from? - I'm from Germany.
That's a terrific city. Thank you.
- I'm a big fan, Mr Darin. - That's very kind. Good night.
Sandush...
Don't you think you're drinking a little bit too much lately?
No, actually I don't think I've had enough to drink.
OK, what's the problem?
I just want us to be together.
- We are together, baby, look. - I mean some kind of normal schedule.
We have a baby, and if I don't see you up on stage,
- I don't see you at all. - Well, you're here, too.
Recording or performing or filming or making appearances.
- Why can't we just stay home? - Honey, performing is my life.
- Well, what about me? - You're here, aren't you?
- Yeah, with all of them. - They're a part of my life.
Just like Mary is a part of your life and now a part of ours.
They are our family. All of them, like it or not.
I can't just stop working to tour with you.
- Yes, you can. - No, I can't.
- You can. - No. I'm an actress.
Making movies is what I do.
Kissing Troy Donahue's not acting.
- Oh, yeah? Then you try it. - I'd rather not.
Hey, what a face.
- You should lock the door. - Why?
- Before someone comes in. - Nobody's coming in.
Yesterday, Charlie walked in on me taking a shower.
You're kidding? What did he want?
He asked me if I wanted a corned beef sandwich.
- Do you? - (Giggles) Ooh, honey.
It's OK. It's just us.
Bobby! Whoa, sorry. But I was right about the war picture.
Get your speech ready cos after the tour, you're going to the Oscars, pal.
- You just got nominated. - Hallelujah! Yes! Yes!
Oh, Christ.
And the nominees are, Nick Adams in Twilight Of Honour.
Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, MD.
Melvyn Douglas in Hud.
- Hugh Griffith in Tom Jones. - Hello!
And John Huston in The Cardinal.
And the winner is...
Melvyn Douglas? Melvyn Douglas?
My blood is up there on the screen and they give it to him!
Unzip me, please.
"You don't care about people, Hud.
You don't give a damn about 'em."
I heard he was dying or something.
- It's a sympathy vote. - He's dying? I'm the one dying!
Way before he was dying, I was dying. Where's my sympathy?
You're doing fine feeling sorry for yourself all alone.
"Stick your finger up my ass, Alma, and wiggle it, just like the doctor does."
It's an honour just to be nominated. I've never been nominated.
All your Hollywood friends probably voted against me.
- I voted for you, Bobby. - It's BD. What time's the car?
All right, see you then. All the slaps and smiles,
and I'm a goddamn joke out there.
Not as big of a joke as you are right now.
Warren Beatty is there with Leslie Caron, nominated for Best Actress,
and I'm there with Gidget.
Leslie Caron is not box office!
- Those people don't care about that. - It's all they give a shit about.
Only people from the Bronx actually care about the Oscars.
Melvyn Douglas is married to a congresswoman, I'm married to Tammy.
It took Melvyn Douglas 40 years to get a Supporting Actor's face.
You should be happy you did it in just two.
You know what? Maybe I'll just go back out on tour.
Oh, that's just great, Bobby. That's just fucking great!
Like usual, you leave Dodd and me behind.
When you're on the boards, it's real.
The audience is right there, you can feel 'em.
- Maybe movie audiences are too sober for you. - It's reality, the nightclubs are reality.
It's not like the frickin' movies that are all fake!
I just have one thing to say to you, Mr Reality, Mr King of Reality -
your toupee's on crooked!
You're always trying to undermine me every time I go on stage like that!
Telling me I've got a pimple on my nose. I'm goddamn sick of it!
- What are you doing? - What does it look like?
No, you don't. Oh, no, you don't!
You don't leave me! I leave you!
The cars and the clothes and the hair and the premiere.
It's bullshit. I'm sick of all of it.
I'm telling you I'm out of here.
You stay here cos you gotta take care of Dodd.
The nanny's here. He's fine!
You had a chance to be happy and you messed it up!
Well, you...
You come... You...
You come back here!
SANDRA: You think it's gonna be easy to find somebody who'll love you?
A big-nosed, self-centred, mean, nasty, balding, little shithead with a bad heart?
Well, you go for it, honey, cos I am through!
# Charade
# Fate seemed to pull the strings
# I turned and you were gone
# While from the darkened wings
# The music box played on and on
# Sad little serenade
# Song of my heart's composing
# I hear it still, I guess I always will
# Best on the bill
# Charade!
My baby.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe you're right about all these people being around us all the time.
Maybe it should just be us.
# Whatever you've done, it's all over
# Wherever you've been is so strange
# Yesterday's long gone for ever - Daddy, I found your hair!
That's good, Moose, cos I left it somewhere!
# Damned if what you're feeling isn't change...
So I did stay home for a while.
The 1960s rushed by like a locomotive,
while Dodd grew up like a moose.
Sandy and I did a couple of movies together but they were dogs.
The music scene was changing as dramatically as the country.
Nightclubs were out and big venues like stadiums were in.
I was suddenly irrelevant, my stage literally disappearing.
I tried to write new music and got involved in politics
because we were now a country at war.
But the fact was, I was a balding chart singer
who hadn't had a hit in years, and who should be dead.
INTERVIEWER: So why Kennedy?
Like most people in this country, I'm fed up with all the insanity.
The assassination of our president, Vietnam, riots.
I'm looking for salvation from all the madness,
and then along comes another guy named Bobby.
Now, here is a no-bullshit guy who is committed, passionate,
who really cares - I've completely dedicated myself to this man.
I think he may be this country's last hope.
Go out and vote.
While it seemed Bobby Kennedy might heal the country,
Sandy and I drifted farther and farther apart.
Bobby, why do you sing the same songs every night?
Isn't it boring?
Well, honey, it's an act.
Do you expect me to sing different songs every night?
Why not? I don't make the same movies.
Well, actually, you do. Sweet, little, innocent...
Excuse me!
But I think I know what people want in the movies nowadays, OK?
You may be the expert in... in music,
but I... I have had years of movie experience!
Not bad, Sand.
Would've been even better without the slur in your voice.
My sister came out to stay with us,
but her real reason for coming I couldn't have possibly imagined.
Listen, Bobby, there's a reason I felt I had to come and stay with you.
Yeah, what?
I heard you were going into politics. You still thinkin' about doing that?
Well, I'm considering it. I mean, they've asked me.
You know how the papers try and smear people
with things from their past when they're gonna run for office?
Mm-hm. Yeah. So what?
There's something about your past that I think it's finally time for you to know.
What are you talking about?
It's about Polly.
She wasn't who you thought she was, Bobby.
She was the best mother in the whole goddamn world.
She was, because she was my mother, so I know it's true.
- Then take that back! - She was a wonderful person and mother.
But what I think you really need now is the truth.
The truth about your mother.
And the truth is...
Polly was not your mother.
Sam was not your father.
You ain't my brother, Bobby.
We swore we would never let you find out.
Polly was my mother.
Not yours.
She was your grandmother.
Sweetheart...
I'm not your sister.
Bobby, I'm your mother.
We made a pact that we would never tell you.
Is she kidding?
She got pregnant when she was 17.
It's true. I didn't want you to be a bastard, so I gave you to mama,
so that way no-one could call you one.
She couldn't give you up for adoption.
When I went off to the hospital when it was time for you to be born,
Mama moved us to the Bronx where we didn't know nobody.
And then when I came back, we said you were her baby, not mine.
But that way, I could keep you.
Do you realise what you're saying to me?
We did it to protect you, Bobby.
You need me now. I can really be here for you.
You're lost.
You can finally have the mother that you never really had.
# THE ROLLING STONES: Let It Loose
# Who's that woman on your arm
# All dressed up to do you harm?
# And I'm hip to what...
Who was my father?
Oh, Bobby.
I was dating a lot of guys back then.
Who was my father?
# Bit off more than I can chew
# And I knew what it was leading to
# Some things, well, I can't refuse
# One of them, one of them the bedroom blues
# She delivers right on time
# I can't resist a corny line
# But take the shine right off your shoes
# Carrying, carrying the bedroom blues
(Waves break on shore)
(Strums chords)
# Come and sing a simple song of freedom
# Sing it like you've never sung before
# Let it fill the air
# Tell the people everywhere
# We the people here don't want a war
RADIO: Senator, how are you going to counter Mr Humphreys
and his backgrounding you as far as the delegate votes go?
We're just going to have to struggle for it.
ANNOUNCER: Senator Kennedy has been shot! Is that possible?
Is that possible?
(Shouting on radio)
(Voices fade)
(Stones rattle)
Oh...
Charlie...
How you been doing? You OK?
How can I sing the same old crap when thousands of American kids
are getting their heads blown off in some rice field?
We've been lied to. The government lies to us every day.
There's no end to this war. The President lies to us.
The people we trust the most, they lie to us.
- You're just all worked up. - No, it's not that.
Bobby Kennedy told the truth and look what they did to him.
Look what he did with the time that he had. He didn't waste his time.
What are you doing out here?
Sandy misses you.
Dodd misses you.
When did you meet Nina? What year?
Hell, I don't know. 1930-something.
Do you know who my father is, Charlie?
No, Bobby. I don't.
I wish I knew who he was.
Look, Bobby, I know...
I know I ain't no college boy,
but I always kinda felt like I was your father.
Charlie, you've been more than a father to me, you know that.
I just wish I knew.
Stay out here much longer and Dodd's gonna be saying the same thing about you.
You may not know who your father is,
but you got two mothers out of the deal.
Both are of them are great. Have you thought how hard it's been for her?
Not to be able to tell anybody that you're her son?
You wanna find yourself, get back on the stage.
- You are Bobby Darin. - That's who I thought I was.
OK, OK, then you're Walden Robert Cassotto.
No, I'm not, Charlie. I'm not even him.
Well, maybe you're both.
OK, Boom-Boom, let's go. We got a show to do!
Come on! Get it on!
(In falsetto) # Woo-oo-ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
# Ah-ah ah-ah hah, I'll let them know, yeah!
# I got no mama, got no papa, just got myself
# That's what I got, hoo!
# Come and sing the simple song of freedom
(Audience laugh and chat)
# Sing it like you've never sung before...
Sing Dream Lover!
# Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We the people here don't want a war
# Seven hundred million, are you listening?
# Most of what you read is made of lies...
Sing Splish Splash!
# But speaking one-to-one...
What is this, hm?
Is it a joke?
STEVE: Bobby, you're turning into a total hippie!
I don't have much time left. I'm a dying man.
Stop that. I'm not gonna listen to that shit from you.
- It's not shit! It's the truth! - We're all dying.
That's not what I'm talking about!
- Every day I live is a miracle! - I know. You weren't supposed to reach 16.
- Don't you make fun of me, Steve! - I'm not making fun of you!
How am I supposed to react when you tell me the same thing for the 2,000th time?
They booed me off the goddamn stage
like I'd swindled them out of their last 15 friggin' bucks!
They wanted to hear Dream Lover! They're not ready for the new you!
They either take me as I am, or I don't want them!
Bobby, in seven years you've made ten films,
won two Grammies, had seven Top 10 singles,
got nominated for an Academy Award...
What the hell more do you want?
I just gotta find myself, that's all.
Everybody else seems to know who you are.
But you keep looking.
When you find yourself, give me a call.
Then we'll see where we are.
Steve...
You don't really think I'm crazy?
My watch is slowing down.
Better get this fixed.
What does "your time's up" mean?
What are you talking about?
My friend Gregory said that my time's up.
Your time's up! Bullshit. Here.
You wear that when you get older. Hm?
I'm gonna get older?
Well, sure, you are.
But you gotta believe it. You always gotta believe it, Bobby.
As long as you really believe it, it's true.
(Ticking)
Hey.
You're back.
How do you feel?
Like somebody's had their hands in my chest.
Yeah. They said it went well.
They replaced both valves.
It won't last, Charlie.
Ah, that's just the medication talking.
- You need to eat. - I need to eat?
Yeah.
You can't have this yet,
but I want you to have something to look forward to.
- Well, what is it? - Manicotti.
We got good manicotti.
And Nina sent her spaghetti all the way from New York.
Nina's spaghetti? What are you trying to do, kill me, Charlie?
She misses you, Bobby.
I'll just call her and Sandy and tell everybody that you're OK. OK?
Nine hours on the operating table, and he keeps on ticking!
Oh, yeah. I just have one thing to say.
I bet old Dr Andretti, old dead Dr Andretti,
would sure be surprised to see I made it to my 36th birthday!
Don't steal that! It's not yours!
Ha-Happy birthday.
Thank you, Nina. You look great. That's a nice outfit.
You like it? Cos I got it special for your birthday.
I wanted you to know that your mother can be a classy lady.
What, Bobby?
It's OK, Nina. I think I know why you told me.
Excuse me for a minute.
- Hi. - Don't he look great?
- He looks great.
He looks like a million bucks. He's gonna live to be 100.
Hey. I've been looking for you all day.
- No, you haven't, you liar. - I have. I have.
- You look so good. - Oh, I feel good.
I feel great, physically.
In so much as I can actually breathe easy for the first time since I can remember.
Dodd misses you being home.
I miss you.
I'm proud of you, baby.
- I'm really trying, Bobby. - I know you are.
That's not why you left. There's more than that.
I'm not what you want me to be. I'm not an intellectual, I'm not as smart as you.
You're smart enough for ten of me.
And look what we did together.
- You gonna sing again? - Oh, I'd love to.
I'm just not sure I can get used to the idea of booing as a nightly ritual.
Oh, you can't blame them. They don't understand.
You were always ahead of your time.
They're so shallow. People hear what they see, anyway.
Yeah. I know, the...
- What did you just say? - That you can't blame them...
No, no, no. About people hearing what?
Boom-Boom! Boom-Boom! Boom-Boom!
Boom-Boom, Boom-Boom, Boom-Boom.
Book me back in Vegas.
You don't wanna go back to Vegas.
Oh, yes, I do. I wanna go back to Vegas, and I wanna go back on stage.
Don't tell me you found yourself.
- He's going back to Vegas? - First I've heard.
I'm a nightclub animal, Boom-Boom, and I love it.
Frankly, I think I do it better than anybody else in the world.
You're also modest, but I don't want you going back there.
It's gonna work this time.
I can be what I want, I can say what I want, I can sing what I want.
Sandy just said it. She just said it beautifully.
What?
People hear what they see.
It's funny. You weren't a girl a guy like me was supposed to get.
I mean, there I was, a singer from the Bronx,
and there you were, a movie star.
Bobby, what's gonna happen to me?
No matter what happens, baby, you'll always be Sandra Dee.
- Why can't I open it? - Because it's not like the gifts you're used to.
This one is very, very special and nobody can know you have it.
What's in it?
$2 million hard cash, but unfortunately it's Confederate money, so...
- Dad! - No.
It's just some things I want you to have.
So nobody can know I have it? Not even Mom?
Not Mom, not Charlie, not Aunt Nina, or Grandma.
Nobody but you and me. It's a secret.
When can I open it?
When I'm gone.
I don't want you to die, Dad.
Well, you know, Moose, I'm no different than anybody else.
My time might just come a little sooner, that's all.
- What about me? - What about you?
You're gonna be just fine...
...if you're the man I think you are.
You know, I had to fight my way out of the Bronx to make something of myself.
But not nearly as hard as you're gonna have to fight to get out of Beverly Hills.
How you doing in there?
- Trying to find a heartbeat. - That's not funny.
- Are my tux and toupee laid out? - Yeah.
You got nothing to worry about.
You don't look so good.
To tell you the truth, Charlie, I don't feel so hot.
I gotta go under the knife again, that's why we're taking off early.
I got blood poisoning. It's catching up.
Look, we don't have to do this. We can call it off.
Charlie, I gotta get ready now.
I gotta go make sure Nina's at a good table.
Charlie, I wouldn't have gone this far without you.
Kid, you were a runaway train.
- Just get through tonight. - Yeah.
Always leave 'em wanting more, Charlie.
Ladies and gentlemen,
would you please welcome back to the Flamingo stage an old friend,
one of this country's greatest entertainers.
Academy Award nominee, two-time Grammy winner...
Sing Dream Lover! (Laughs)
The Flamingo Hotel is proud to present...
...the legendary Bobby Darin!
(Applause)
# Guitar intro
# Come and sing a simple song of freedom
# Sing it like you've never sung before
# Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We, the people here, don't want a war
# Hey, there, Mr black man, can you hear me?
# I don't want your diamonds or your game
# I just wanna be someone known to you as me
# And I will bet my life you want the same
# Come and sing a simple song of freedom
# Sing it like you've never sung before
# Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We, the people here, don't want a war
(Clapping)
# Seven hundred million, are you listening?
# Most of what you read is made of lies
# But speaking one-to-one, ain't it everybody's sun
# To wake to in the morning when we rise?
# Come and sing a simple song of freedom
# Sing it like you've never sung before
# Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We, the people here, don't want a war
# Now, no doubt some folks enjoy doing battle
# Like presidents, prime ministers and kings...
Jesus Christ, Steve! Where the hell you been?
- Traffic getting out of LA! - You gotta get in here!
- What the hell's goin' on? - He's back.
# Leave the people be who love to sing
# Come and sing a simple song of freedom
# Freedom!
# Sing it like you've never sung before
# Freedom!
# Let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We, the people here, don't want a war
# I said let it fill the air, tell the people everywhere
# We, the people here,
# Don't want a war
People hear what they see.
# Freedom! Freedom!
# Freedom!
(Wild cheering)
We love you, Bobby!
Yeah!
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Please, sit down.
You've been a wonderful audience.
It's been delightful to be back in Las Vegas.
I hope you've had luck at the tables.
Er...I may not be er...performing for a while.
I'm gonna take a little break.
And as a result, I may not get a chance to publicly do something
that I've wanted to do for a very long time.
And that is to...introduce to you the woman who raised me.
My mother, Nina Cassotto Maffia.
Please, take a bow, Ma. Take a bow.
- That's my son. - All right!
That's my son.
I wanna do a song that has been especially written for tonight.
(Piano starts up) - Its lyrics have been changed.
It was an old Bob Hope number, actually.
But we'd like to do it for you tonight as our way of closing and saying good night...
as soon as Richie's finished with that thing he's composing over there.
It goes something like this:
# The Curtain Falls
# Off comes the make-up
# Off comes the clown's disguise
# The curtain's falling
# The music softly dies
# But I hope you're smiling
# As you're filing out the door
# As they say in this biz
# That's all there is, there isn't any more
# We've shared a moment
# And as the moment ends
# I got a funny feeling
# We're parting out as friends
# Your cheers and laughter
# Will linger after
# They've torn down these dusty walls
# If I had this to do again
# And the evening were new again
# I would spend it with you again
# But now the curtain falls
# Your tears and laughter
# Will linger after
# They've torn...
# ...down these dusty walls
# People say I was made for this
# Nothing else would I trade for this
# And just think - I get paid for this!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Where you going?
No, that's it, kid.
You can't go. That's not the end. Let me tell you how it goes.
The man we thought was our father turned out to be our grandfather.
The guy we thought was our brother-in-law is really our stepfather.
The woman we thought was our sister turned out to be our mother.
Because she slept with half the Bronx, God knows who our father was.
Right. So, now we know it. Now we're done.
No, not you. I'm the one who goes.
Don't you get it? Bobby Darin doesn't die.
- What are you talking about? - Don't you remember?
Memories are like moonbeams. We do with them what we want.
Just listen.
Listen, OK? It's not the way it goes.
# As long as you're singing
# Then the world's all right and everything's swinging
# Long as you're singing your song
# As long as you're singing
# There's a bell up in your brain that's ringing
# Making a crazy ding-dong
# And if this band don't desert us
# Then there's nothing in the world can hurt us
# Long as we're singing our song
# Give me trumpets, legato
# Put some saxes with 'em
# Strings, pizzicato
# Add some rhythm
# As long as we're singing
# Then the world's all right and everything's swinging
# Long as we're singing our... Long as we're singing our...
# Long as we're singing...
# ...our song
Hey, hang onto this for me.
# Making music is more to me than a pleasure
# Cos me and music
# We go together like notes in a measure
# As long as I'm singing
# Then the world's all right and everything's swinging
# Long as I'm singing my... Long as I'm singing my...
# Long as I'm singing...
# ...my...
# ...song!
# Some of these days
# You're gonna miss me, baby
# Some of these days
# You'll feel so lonely
# You're gonna miss my hugging
# You'll miss my kissing
# You may even miss me, baby
# When I'm gone away
# You're gonna feel lonely
# And want me only
# Cos you know, honey
# You always got your way
# Say, baby, if you really leave me, oh, yes
# You know it's gonna grieve me
# You're gonna miss your bony little daddy
# Cos one of these, yeah!
# Said some of these days - do it, Sophie
# You're gonna miss me, honey
# And I'm talking about days
# When you feel all blue
# You're gonna miss my hugging
# You're gonna miss my kissing
# You may even miss me, baby
# When I'm long gone
# I hope you feel lonely
# And want me only
# Cos you know, lover
# You always had your way
# And if you leave me
# You know it's gonna grieve me
# You're missing your brown-eyed daddy - grab it now
# Some of these days!