GRADY: "The young girl sat silent in the confession room...
... listening to the boots her father eroded like chalk...
... in the ancient steps of the church... .
... then it grows faint, then disappears altogether.
He can feel the priest... "
That Friday afternoon , last February...
... I'm reading a story at the workshop by my advanced writer James Leer...
... juniors turn on the main occupants and the only if the gulag is gloomy.
"- he bit the meat his lips, closed his eyes...
... dumb."
James's story is almost as bright as his disposition.
I'm disturbed.
Maybe the fact is my wife left me that morning.
So, who?
Maybe not. My wife left me before.
Kerri?
As always, James's classmate, realized the vulnerability of a writer...
... offer their sensitive and gentle opinions.
I mean, Jesus, what's wrong with you Catholics?
Alright! OK.
Let's try constructively here.
Howard, how about you?
I hate that.
The story makes me want to kill myself.
That's not what I meant by being constructive.
Yes, Hannah?
I think we lost the point.
GRADY: Hannah Green. A talented writer, who rented a room in my house.
I know he has become insightful, kind and...
... compulsive wrapped in red cowboy boots.
I've never seen it without them.
He respects us enough to forget about us and that requires courage.
Baguss, Hannah.
Good notes to end, I guess.
Don't forget about Wordfest this weekend.
if you definitely want to party tonight...
... and must arrive at his house no later than 5.30.
Thank you for that.
Is he okay? I think so. How about you?
me? Yes. Why?
Just checking.
JAMES: Turn off the lights.
GRADY: It feels good to be in a car. Alone.
Where can I clean my head Tonight is the opening of Wordfest, gabathon annual university...
... for writers and wannabes.
My editor, Terry Crabtree, is flying to attend the event.
He himself fought for the novel my last, Arsonist's Daughter...
... and critical success made us on the map.
But it was seven years ago and I still haven't finished it yet.
Terry doesn't give mice _ about Wordfest.
He came to town to see my old book that was past long.
I have to hold it in the bay.
- Tripp! - Crabtree, how are you, my friend?
- Nice to meet you, Tripp. - Let me help you.
Greet my new friend, Ny. Antonia....
- Sloviak. - Nice to meet you. This way.
I invited Antonia to attend the event tonight.
The more merry.
Terry told me about you on the plane. That's very interesting.
I explained how a book was published.
What are you doing, what am I doing? I sweat blood for five years, and he corrects my spelling.
- That's what he said - We know each other well.
TERRY: And, actually, this is seven years.
You know how many times I got on a plane, prayed...
... that some girls like will he sit next to me?
- He is a transvestite. - You were stoned - He is still transvestite. - So how's the book?
That's fine. That was done.
Basically. I fiddled a little I still have to do it, you know.
I hope to see it during the weekend.
That will be difficult. I was at a critical moment.
I thought you were just tinkering.
me, but I have a little details that I have to do.
I won't pressure you I mean, I got pressure, you know?
Do you know what I mean?
What's in hootenanny do you think?
GRADY: That will be a tube.
TERRY: You didn't buy this car, right?
No, I got it from Jerry Nathan.
- He owes me. - He owes God.
Including my commander for his faux novel.
The perfume, Antonia, isn't Cristalle will happen, right?
- Yes it is. How do you know? - Lucky guess.
GRADY: The Wordfest party is in at Sara and Walter Gaskell's house.
He is chancellor, which means he oversees the university.
Her husband, Dr. Gaskell, is the head of the department of English...
... which means he's watching me
Isn't that a good greenhouse?
That belongs to Mrs. Gaskell. This is his hobby.
I thought you were his hobby.
You will find another. He must be young, beautiful.
They are always like that.
Hello everyone. Terry, nice to meet you again.
Chancellor, it looks like you look fun.
Wow.
I'm sorry! I am sorry!
I don't know how people can walk in these shoes.
Practice.
I can't believe we've met.
Antonia Sloviak.
(There are dogs) SARA: Poe. Poe.
(barking)
Poe, stop! Poe!
That's not Walter's dog?
Poe!
- Who is barking now? - Still on me He is blind.
SARA: You can stop this.
Honestly.
- I want to talk to you. - I also need to talk to you Help me bring this coat into the living room, professor.
I will be happy if I know where the living room is.
I can show it to you.
Terry.
We will make ourselves at home.
We will let Poe show us the way to get around. Thank you.
That's new, isn't it?
Walter just got it back from its creator.
You are first
- This morning-- - I'm pregnant.
I'm sure.
Now, that, that's very surprising.
Does Walter know that...
I think Walter will consider this a little more surprising.
Emily left me this morning.
He left you before.
He left me before, but he always returns.
I see....
I think we just divorced our partner, married each other and had this baby.
Simple.
Yes, right. Simple.
What is Cristalle?
Mm-hm.
Oh, God, I use the same aroma as transvestite.
Is he a transvestite?
Maybe later Terry will confirm him towards the end of the night.
Has he asked about the book?
- Yes. - And?
Will you tell him?
No, maybe. I don't know what I will do.
Likewise with me.
WALTER: DiMaggio's record for hits in consecutive games...
... perhaps the most impressive performance in sports...
... and in my opinion, it won't break.
Come here, big man.
ANTONlA: The condition is very sad.
WALTER: But he even went around blind.
GRADY: I don't drink...
... usually...
... but this has changed since I have experienced a chaotic day.
And now I find myself is near Sara's husband...
... and the dog, Poe.
- I see you have met my friend. - Yes, he is charming.
Despite having an education Harvard that is very proud of...
... Dr. Walter Gaskell does not have instructions about his wife and me.
DiMaggio is represented, metaphorically of course, the husband is a slugger.
Poe has been with me since the first day.
WALTER: Actually, I personally believe...
... that every woman in a certain way wants to be Marilyn Monroe.
Oh, I don't really agree.
Q: Sure, I have had a lot of success over the years...
GRADY: T.
Q is rich. Q is famous.
Q completes a novel every 18 months.
I hate it.
- My best job vanished in less time than five years. I found myself in conflict.
Ask him if he has a conflict with his home in the Hamptons.
- Grady. T: Alright, professor.
GRADY: Q, for your information...
... Hannah has two stories that were published in The Paris Review...
... so you better clean up your A ingredients.
You don't say that you are a writer.
You don't ask
Someone: How do you feel about adaptation?
Grady. Douglas Triddley, Amherst.
I have had the Princess Burning Arisan in my syllabus for three years.
No wonder it's still in print.
WOMEN: It's been a long time since Princess Burner.
WALTER: You are there.
I can swear I have a 1975 Lafite-Rothschild bottle for Q.
Given that he will handle 500 people in one hour -
- You want to keep Q happy. - If he's happy, I'm happy.
(Smoking)
GRADY: James?
That's fake. It belongs to my mother.
He won it at arcade penny in Baltimore...
... when he went to Catholic school
Now, that's very convincing.
I used to shoot this little paper hat...
... but they don't make them anymore.
This is just for luck, you know. Some people carry rabbit legs.
You carry a firearm
No thanks.
I don't like losing control of my emotions.
I'm not supposed to be in here, if you ask.
One night, I was out with Hannah in the cinema...
... and he asked me, because he was coming, so I finally joined too.
- do you and Hannah meet each other? - Not!
- What gave you that idea? - James, relax.
I'm not his father. I only rented the room.
He likes old movies, like me. That's all.
What movie did you see?
Son of Fury with Tyrone Power and Frances Farmer.
He went crazy, Frances Farmer.
So is Gene Tierney. He is also in it.
- Sounds good. - It's not bad You're not like my other teacher , Professor Tripp.
You're not like my other students, James.
Listen, James, about this afternoon at work.
I'm sorry. I think I let everything go out of control.
They really hate it. I think they hate it more than others.
- good.... - It took an hour to write.
Very? It was incredible.
I have trouble sleeping.
While I lay in place sleep I searched for them...
... story.
- Are you cold, James? - A little.
Why don't we enter?
It's cooler there.
I think you are right.
Actually I saw that greenhouse.
I thought I'd come outside and see it. It seems like heaven.
Looks like heaven?
I've watched movies.
Part of that happens in heaven. Everyone wears white.
Stay in a crystal house like that.
I really have to go.
- Goodbye, Professor Tripp. - Hey, James
James, don't go, don't.
There is something you want to see.
I will miss my bus.
That is very valuable.
Trust me.
HANNAH: Let me help you with that.
Thank you, honey. thanks.
Come on.
HANNAH: Hey, you two.
- James, do you want to go with me? - Not.
No, he went with me.
Why don't you drink Crabtree with a friend, okay?
- Alright. - Where are they, anyway?
Here it is
Alright Hello there.
- This is my editor, Terry Crabtree. - James.
- James will know about George Sanders. - George Sanders
Mr. Crabtree says that he killed himself...
... but he doesn't remember how.
Pill, April 25, 1972, in the Costa Brava hotel room.
How complete are you.
HANNAH: James is amazing. He knows all suicide films.
Tell him.
- There are so many - only a few. The big one
Pier Angeli, 1971 or '72, also pills.
Donald "Red" Barry, shot himself in 1980.
Charles Boyer, 1978, more pills.
Charles Butterworth, 1946, I guess. In a car.
It should have been an accident, but, you know, he was confused.
Dorothy Dandridge, pill, 1965.
Albert Dekker, 1968, he hung himself.
He wrote a note killing himself in lipstick on his stomach.
William lnge, carbon monoxide, 1973.
Carole Landis, pill, I forgot when.
George Reeves, Superman on TV, shot himself.
Jean Seberg, pills of course, 1979.
Everett Sloane, he's good, pill.
Margaret Sullavan, pill. Lupe Velez, lots of pills.
Gig Young, he shot himself and his wife in 1978. There are many more.
- I've never heard the most news. - You do it alphabetically.
That's how my brain works.
Interesting. Go with us after the lecture.
To where I brought Tripp to take me.
- I just want to go home. TERRY: Don't be silly There is no one of your age who wants to go home. The faculty will attend.
Think of this as a field trip.
JAMES: Is this really true?
It's really original.
JAMES: What he wears on his wedding day.
So I was told.
Continue.
Very?
Very.
JAMES: He is small.
Most people don't know that.
His shoulders are very small.
So perfect.
I'm sure that's the only thing when he wears it.
That day.
He must have felt very happy.
It must cost a lot Dr. Gaskell.
GRADY: I guess.
Walter never told Sara about what he paid for these things.
You really are a good friend with the chancellor, right?
Pretty good.
I'm also friends with her husband.
You have to if you know the combination to the cupboard...
... and he doesn't mind you being here, in their bedroom.
Right.
(Door Sound)
SARA: Beverly, stay close with me in case of gossip, okay?
We better go quickly.
James....
Are you okay, James?
(Sigh)
I'm sorry, Professor Tripp.
Maybe that...
... Seeing that jacket belongs to him.
It just looks very quiet...
... hanging in the closet.
Maybe I'm a little sad tonight.
I'm a little sad tonight too, James.
You mean...
... with your wife leaving you?
Hannah mentioned something about it.
Yeah, this is complicated, James.
I think we should leave now.
(Dog Sounds)
(Geraman)
(barking)
Relax... you're a good kid, Poe. Poe is a good child.
Calm down, Poe. Quiet.
A good dog.
(GRADY Pain)
Jesus Christ! Release me, you damn it!
(SOUND SHOTS)
Damn, James.
You shot the dog Dr. Gaskell.
But I have to do it, right?
You can pull it from me.
No, the dog is crazy, Professor Tripp.
- The dog attacked you - Calm down.
- What am I guessing - - Calm down. Do not panic.
Good. OK.
Do you have a mirror?
This is the best way to see if someone is still breathing.
The dog is dead, James.
Believe me, I know a dog dies when I saw it.
What should we do now?
First...
... you will give me your small cap gun.
Come on.
Professor Tripp, what we will do with...
... that?
I don't know How do I tell the chancellor that I killed her husband's dog?
you?
When a pet family is killed...
... the owner does not want to hear that a student is a murderer.
Does he want to hear it is a professor?
I have a term of office.
Wait a minute.
(Snoring)
Still warm.
Let's try feet first.
JAMES: Yuck!
It's a big stick.
He holds the tuba, the suitcase, the dead dog and the garment bag perfectly.
Yes, that's the usual they say in advertisements.
Crabtree, I know you're holding.
- Whose tuba is that? - Ny. Sloviak's
- Can I ask something about him? - Yes he is.
So your friend Crabtree, is he gay?
Most of the time he's gay.
Sometimes he doesn't.
What do we have here?
This is like...
This is our old friend, Mr. Codeine.
It must take old marks from ankles. You want it
No thanks. I'm fine without them.
That's why you stand on the chancellor's page...
... Spinning your gun hat You are fine.
Yes, you are just as fit with a fucking violin.
(coughing)
I'm sorry, James. Sorry I said that.
What if we try again?
WALTER: Glad to be able to introduce the best-selling author ...
... Quentin Morewood, who is known for his friends is only Q.
ME...
... I'm a writer
(Applause)
As a writer, you learn that everyone has a story.
Every bartender, every taxi driver has an idea...
... it will make a good book.
Certainly, each has an idea.
But how do you get from there to here?
What is the bridge of edge water inspiration...
... to the beach which is far from achievement?
(Laughter)
Faith.
Faith that your story is worth telling.
Faith that you have the means to say it...
... and faith that the webbing structure you are careful to make...
... won't collapse under you
That faith when you get to the other side...
... there will be someone who cares about the story that you have to tell.
I'll be back soon.
T: I worship in the temple formal construction....
Grady.
You're having a problem, right?
What is the problem...
... is it finished?
Almost.
Want to sit?
(groans)
What's wrong?
Nothing, I just rotated....
Sara, I have something to say to you.
Something difficult.
Stand up. I'm too old for to roll on the floor.
Give me a hand - Well, tonight - - don't
- I know what you will say. - I don't think you do it.
You love Emily She's still young, she's beautiful, she's your wife.
You have to stay with him.
I have no choice. Emily left me
He will come back.
That's why I will...
... not to have this baby
You won't have it No, it's impossible. I mean....
Don't you think it's impossible?
Okay, I don't see anything...
- I know what that means to you - no!
Fuck because you said it and said that it's impossible!
Because there can be a way, Grady.
(Applause)
They are finishing. We have to go.
Whose weapon is it
This is a souvenir from Baltimore.
This is heavy.
- Smells like gunpowder. - Caps.
Pow.
I'm caught.
I love you, Grady.
Oh.
The door makes so much noise.
That's very embarrassing. They have to take it out.
- he's fine - he's fine. He is telling.
They go to the men's room.
But will they succeed in time?
Terry Crabtree and James Leer.
Leave it to you to make that mistake.
Wait here.
- I need a ride - I'm your man There is an explanation.
Can't he throw shoes at poor people?
- Antonia, listen-- - Tony. Now I'm at home.
Tony...
... I'm sorry tonight doesn't match Terry.
Forget it. Your friend is just...
I don't know, collects strange tricks.
I thought he would call it habit.
I feel he will do a little movement.
Do you mean because your career was destroyed and so on?
Is that what he said?
He said that he had never been successful for more than five years...
... and everyone in New York thinks he's a bit of a loser.
But he said he was sure your book was very good...
... that he will be able to maintain his job.
you are not a writer who has success...
... then freezes and never has anything else.
You can turn here.
Have to go. I thought I might have to save James Leer.
You know, Grady, maybe you should think about going home.
You look like you need _ save a little yourself.
(MUSIC sounds)
BARTENDER: Hey, Grady! - How are you?
Can I get Dickel double on the rocks? i'm here
Double Dickel.
- Is that just beer? - Especially.
Even though I gather you do attacks on Crabtree's pharmacopoeia.
GRADY: Where is everyone
Sara and Walter refused.
I think they want to curl on the couch with Poe.
- Jesus, he's out! - He has a book
- I know, he started the fall semester. - He finished winter.
- So is he good? - No, not necessarily, he doesn't.
- I'll read it too. - Crab, come on, huh?
He is one of the students me, for chrissakes!
Besides that, I'm not sure if he is....
He's smart. I am sure. Take my word for it
- I see myself in him. - I'm sure you did it
This is more complicated than that.
He is now scattered. He almost did something stupid tonight.
He doesn't need sexual confusion to mix things up.
I think that might just be the ticket.
Double Dickel Here.
"Oola."
TERRY: Thank you, Oola.
Cheers.
(TERRY sipping his drink)
Oh, my goodness, did you see what I saw?
There. Let's go. You first
President of the Hair Club James Brown for Men.
He is a boxer. A fly class
No, jockey. His name is Curtis.
- Curtis Hardapple - Not Curtis
Okay, then, Vernon. Vernon Hardapple. Scars originate from horses.
- He fell during the race. - He is addicted to painkillers.
He can't urinate standing up.
- Living with his mother - He has a younger brother...
-... who is-- - Who is the groom named Claudelle...
... and his mother blamed Vernon for Claudelle's death.
Because...
- Because... - Because why?
- Because, um... - Because...
JAMES: He was killed when an gangster named Freddy Nostrils...
... trying to shoot his favorite horse.
Claudelle took the bullet herself.
Vernon...
... there...
... is in a hit.
That's good.
Yes, he heard everything we said.
Come on, teach. I want you to dance with me.
- No. - Come on!
I have read back Princess Burner.
So beautiful, Grady.
Very natural
As your sentence is always there...
... Waiting there in Heaven Style for you to pick them up.
I thank you.
I like the writing you wrote me.
It's just that I'm not a very innocent person who you think I am.
I hope that is not true.
We need all people who are not sinners that we can get.
What this child can use is good Coca-Cola.
- Let me help - No, we get it.
- I'll meet you both in the car. - Oh, I see. OK.
Give me the key to the suitcase. I have to get my belongings.
The stem is a little sticky. I have to do it
It's up to...
... Professor Tripp.
When James returns to his apartment...
... make sure he's fine before you leave.
I will if I know where I brought it.
Are you saying that you don't know where James lives?
Some apartments are somewhere. I've never seen it.
- That surprised me. - Yeah, James is weird.
Her aunt is in Sewickley Heights. I escorted him there once.
The house is not her aunt's house. He said he worked there.
I need my backpack.
What did he say?
Her bag. The ugly green thing he always carries.
HANNAH: He must have left it inside.
Damn it! He left it in the hall.
JAMES: I need my backpack!
- Let him live in my house - Where do I put him?
GRADY: You can hold it in the garage next to the snow shovel...
... and he will be fine Grady, if you want to talk later, I'll wake up.
TERRY: Tripp, the suitcase. You killed me.
- I will get it - Kill me!
VERNON: Do you drive this car?
Ford Galaxie marathon 1966. Do you drive this car?
This is my car.
That shit is mine!
- You are wrong. - bullshit
TERRY: who is it - Vernon, go home to your mother
- What did you see? - Your face.
Hit that, Come on, killjoy, leave.
Can we leave now?
- What's wrong with you? - I hope.
- The child is coma. - Who started it?
- I calm him down! - You calm him down, Dr. Feelgood.
- Grady, press the brakes! - What?
VERNON: Stop the car! Hey!
Stop! What are you thinking--
- What's the problem? - Exit
Get out of the car! Hey!
TERRY: Go around him.
I stopped you I don't think so!
Come back here!
- What is this? TERRY: This is a one-way street.
(horn)
Oh! What
Go away! What
TERRY: He's back.
- What now? TERRY: Do you owe books to him too?
You can always handle it.
What is that?
I just raised my machine hood.
- Wait here. I will be right back. - Where are we going?
(SAM sings again)
Wait a minute.
Professor Tripp.
I think you're here for a backpack.
This is Traxler, Sam.
I see the manuscript in it, so when you appear, I think...
GRADY: Love Parade. So it's true.
The book was finished.
SAM: is that good? - I don't know, Maybe.
GRADY: So that's how it is.
Somewhere at night, is a Manhattan book editor...
... roaming the streets of Pittsburgh...
... best-selling author on his side...
... dead dog in his suitcase.
Say, Professor Tripp, is right about Errol Flynn?
How does he usually put peppers on his penis...
... to make it, you know, like...
... more stimulating for chicks?
Traxler, what should I know?
You read the biography, right?
Oh, right
No, it's true. He usually rubs all kinds of things on it.
salad dressing, lamb land.
Pain.
GRADY: Whenever I wonder what Sara saw in me...
... and I wonder more than once...
... I always come back to the fact that he likes to read.
He reads everything, all the time. He is an addict because of printed words.
And lucky for me...
... I made the medicine of his choice.
SAM: Is that your wife?
No, my wife is out of town.
What exactly do we do here, Professor Tripp?
Stay away from home.
- Take it easy, Professor Tripp. - Thank you for the ride.
GRADY: I told myself that I had to get rid of everything for now...
... Emily, Sara, jacket purple and dead dog...
... and work on my book
This started as a small book.
Maybe around, oh, 250, 300 pages.
That's already a little more the scope.
And finally it continues.
But the ending is there. I know it.
I can almost see it.
GRADY: James.
I'm fine.
I just lost my balance.
I put you on the floor.
Oh.
Thank you.
I thought you could swallow your tongue.
- I guess you really miss him a lot. - Hm?
Oh, this. No, no, I'm just writing this.
This is not Emily's.
I think there might be an story behind it.
There is, but it's not too interesting.
Are all one spaces?
I'm afraid so, huh.
That is a very large book that you are writing.
Wow, Hannah always swore you're working, but...
- But? - There is no.
It's only been since the Baptist Daughter and several people...
... some children at work think maybe you....
- Stranded? - blocked
I don't believe in the writer's block.
Don't joke around.
(Phone rings)
- Do you want me to get it? - Please, can you?
Glasses.
Thank you.
JAMES: Hello?
- He doesn't give his name. - Who?
- Man on the phone - Well, what does he want?
He wants to know if Grend Tripp lives here...
... and drove with maroon 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 with black interior.
- What did you say to him? - Yes.
Oh, good, James.
I just thought -
Good morning, boy.
- Good morning, James. - Good morning.
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy.
I'll take a shower.
Professor Tripp, how did I arrived here last night?
Nobody knows where you live. Hannah thinks you want a sofa.
And before that, did I do something?
I mean, am I doing something bad?
Well, James, you did shoot head of the dog department of England...
... and steal the most valuable memorabilia.
GRADY: Oh, shit.
Help yourself. Hide.
Hiding?
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Professor Tripp GRADY: That's right
COP: I understand you attended an event at Gaskell's house last night.
What's this all about?
Someone entered Dr. Gaskell. And the dog is gone.
I wonder if you saw someone who looked suspicious.
I won't say there is someone who is suspicious.
What about this child, your student, Leer? James Leer?
Do you know how I can relate to it?
I think I have a number on campus.
It's okay. We will find it.
- morning - You're a good cop you are there. I thought we were going to talk last night.
- I - JAMES: Professor Tripp?
(Ringing Phone)
JAMES: I heard what he said.
TERRY: what time is breakfast? - What are we doing now?
Only one minute. Hello?
SARA: Grady? - Sara.
Thank you God there You will not believe what happened.
Can you hold on for a minute, honey?
- Can I ask you something? - Sure, James.
Where exactly do we go
There are some things I have to do today.
- Look at my wife-- - Who left you?
That's the only one.
- Ow! Oh, shit! - Oh.
You bastard!
you're bleeding, Professor Tripp.
There's no bullshit, James.
So where exactly do you live, James?
Apparently, even Hannah Green has no instructions...
... like the location of your apartment
I was kicked out
Well, don't get kicked out at all. I was asked to leave.
There might be a story there.
There is, but it's not too interesting.
So where do you live?
On...
Bus station, uh.
This isn't too bad. I know the night janitor...
... and there are lockers that I can store.
Jesus, James.
I mean, how long?
A few weeks. That's why....
That's why I have a gun, for protection.
- You should tell someone - Who?
I don't know, maybe me?
GRADY: James's story is _ bad fiction.
Under other circumstances, I might be wondering...
... where the page ends with him and real life begins.
But I have other things in my mind.
Gaskell's house looks lonely, estimated, since...
... the celebration of Wordfest. JAMES: what are we...?
Turn it off. It is quite acidic.
I can't help it. I do not know what happened.
You are rich hanged, What do you think of you?
I'll be back soon.
I know I have to have a heart from my heart with Sara.
But until then, I will only give a little signal.
SARA: Feeling guilty?
I can't believe you closed my call, you damn it!
Sara, I am very sorry this morning. There are many things that happen.
Walter's sack box Someone stole Marilyn's jacket last night. And Poe is gone.
- I heard that. - You hear? How?
A 12 year old policeman came to my house this morning.
Do you confess? Your fingerprint is in the entire bedroom.
Really? It's fast.
I'm kidding. Hello!
Right, right, right.
Listen, about last night, there was something that I had to talk to you about.
Good.
Uh, me...
I, um...
I want to be with you.
Wow, Grady, that sounds so sincere.
No, really, Sara, that's right. Honest.
No, I believe you want to be with me, but it's not good enough.
I know what is at stake.
No, I don't think you did it.
No problem. I haven't decided yet.
About babies
That, and you.
I will not draw you a map.
Times like this, you have to navigate yourself.
Why is your car there? And who is sitting in it?
James Leer.
What is he doing here?
I helped him through several problems.
Isn't he lucky?
He seems to think he's good enough.
Yeah, at that time it didn't really come alone.
You feel like riding a car right?
Yes.
Humboldt County?
Maybe.
My father, he got it from his doctor.
- Glaucoma? - Colon cancer.
- Jesus. James, wow. - This is a small scandal.
My parents live in a small town.
- Where is that? - Carvel.
- Carvel? Where is Carvel? - Scranton outside.
I have never heard of it.
This is a hell hole. Three motels and mannequin factories.
My father worked there for 35 years.
Your father works at the mannequin factory?
Seitz Plastics. That's where he met my mother.
He is a fried cook in the cafeteria.
Before that, he was a dancer.
What kind of dancer?
Whatever type they want.
Didn't you say that your mother went to Catholic school?
When we fall, we fall.
I don't think you want to lose control of your emotions.
Maybe I just need time to present itself.
(GRADY Knocking)
Mmm.
I will come to the house for a small _ for my ex-wife...
... to manage everything straight.
Say something to end something on the correct note.
To make Emily feel more good about it all...
... or maybe to make me feel better.
To be honest, I'm not so sure why I'm there.
Someone jumps into your car with their ass.
How do you know?
You can see the buttocks outline.
You want it, they're amazing. Extraordinary!
Smoke from the rest of the joint, you can start chewing in the box.
- Maybe he didn't come here - He came here
Let's wait
Meanwhile, I will need you to immediately get there.
Calm down, Emily hasn't used the key since she was 15 years old.
Your hips are not far away bigger than his lips.
Not that. It only reminds me of what is in the car.
In the trunk?
Oh, right, right.
Let's try not to think about it.
- Thank you. - Mm-hm.
It feels really good here.
Yes I know.
This is the type of house that you want to wake up on Christmas morning.
I'll be back soon. Make yourself at home I will make a phone call.
Ah.
Mmm.
There is no good influence.
- All immoral influences. - Why?
The purpose of life is self-development, to manifest one's character perfectly.
That's our goal here.
A man must live his life fully.
Give shape to every feeling and reality in each dream.
GRADY: Sitting there between the items, I was reminded...
... I didn't know Emily at all.
Even though we have lived together as husbands and wives, when I left home...
... when I was with Sara, I felt like I was at home.
WOMEN: University - Chancellor, please
MAN on TV: There is only one way to get rid of temptation: Make it.
Decline...
... and the soul longs for what is prohibited for itself.
Thank you.
Ah.
SARA: Hello? - Sara? Hi, this is Grady.
Where are you
In kinship. There is something that I have to talk to you about.
- Are you in kinship? - That's not the reason I'm calling.
- You are with Emily - What?
No, there's nobody here. I just....
Doing clean?
JUDY GARLAND on TV: Congratulations morning We danced all night
Good morning good morning...
... to you
JAMES: Good morning, good morning Good morning Sara, I'm not here
... to reconcile with Emily.
That doesn't matter.
How you live your life is your business.
GRADY: Sara, you don't understand SARA: Maybe not, but there is something I want to say.
And I want you to listen carefully, Grady.
Yes.
I can't wait for you, because if I do it...
... I can end up waiting forever...
... so I will make this decision myself.
Goodbye, grady
MlCKEY ROONEY on TV: Make smart.
Wow, it must be terrible to become an idol.
(Cough)
JAMES: Hello.
Hi.
Oh.
I can clean it, but you need to see someone who knows what he is doing.
How do you want some hot chocolate and fresh cakes to consume?
JAMES: Sounds good. thanks. lRENE: you are accepted
JAMES: This chocolate is really good.
Hank: He is one of your students, this child?
Yes, he is a good child. He's just a little messed up.
Then I'm sure he will be fine only, with the right guidance.
So where is Emily, Hank?
I don't know if I have to tell you that, Grady.
I don't want to follow it.
I want to tell him that I'm sorry.
I'm not trying to get him back.
Things that are not right with us for a while.
Well, all I know is, Emily feels you're not there for her.
That he feels it's been a long time, Grady.
He is currently in Philadelphia visiting Linda Ashby.
For chrissakes, they went to Wellesley together.
- Linda spends a week at your house. - Oh, Linda Oh.
I haven't slept much lately. I got my editor in town.
Trying to finish my book.
Yes, right. Book.
I hope it's really good, Grady.
I have a very good time, Professor Tripp.
I'm very happy for you, James.
Help me, stop my drugs.
The item is not for amateurs.
You're angry at me, aren't you?
You're crazy because I shot your girlfriend's dog.
Not the dog, it's belongs to her husband.
Who said anything about girlfriends?
Okay, James, I hope you don't shoot my girlfriend's dog.
Even though Poe and I aren't what you call simpatico...
... that's not the reason he should have taken two in the chest.
I don't know You just keep acting like a *** all the time, James.
I think that explains why all children at work hate me.
All children at work hate you because now...
... you are ten times more familiar with the author wrong one of them is famous than the others.
The thing I smell you say it yourself last night to your friend Crabtree.
I didn't mean it like that.
What's the difference between what I think?
What's the difference between what people think? Most people don't think.
And if they do, it's not about writing.
Books, they mean nothing.
Not to anyone
Not anymore.
Putri Pembakar is something meaningful.
That means something to me.
That's the reason I came to school here, to be taught by you.
This is one reason why I want to be a writer.
Well, for that, James, if there's nothing else...
... I'm really sorry.
What do we do?
I'll give you good food, some cup of coffee, and take you home.
- Take me now. - What?
- I'm not hungry. - You have to eat
I will get something from the vending machine.
What are you talking about?
At the bus station, they have a cheese sandwich. The food is pretty good.
Take me now, that way Carl won't get my place.
Carl?
- Forget it. - James, let's eat, right?
I won't let the writer be the most talented in my class...
... eat a cheese sandwich a few weeks.
I will not let him sleep on several bus stations.
So go inside. I'll be there soon.
GRADY: C-A-R-V-E-L.
Yes, I'm sure, ma'am. This is outside Scranton.
you don't have a list
Alright...
Lady, when we talk, I see residents of Carvel, Pennsylvania.
I'm sure he'll be interested in learning...
... that people at the Bell Atlantic are wrong places in their entire hometown.
Not that I made this when we went -
Forget it. My mistake.
JAMES: Do you want to try this? - No, thank you.
That's why you have it, your spell.
Mantra
We don't play at Tennessee Williams. I didn't get a spell.
What will you call them?
I don't know...
Episode.
I'm just worried about you, that's all.
GRADY: You only worry about yourself, okay
(groans)
- Where did you go? - don't go, just stay here and eat.
I'll be back soon.
- Good night. - Professor Tripp
- Grady. - Fred Leer This is my wife, Amanda.
Looks like I ran a nice night.
We are on our way to profit...
... but the club is in a trip, so we performed.
I thought it would be good for James to stay with his family this weekend.
Oh, of course we can understand that.
Right.
Okay, I guess I'll get James.
Um, I hope you don't find this forward, Amanda, but...
... have you ever gone to Catholic school?
Excuse me?
I didn't go with them.
- Things are a little strange to me now. - A little strange for me too.
I got my editor in town, I have to finish my book -
I won't bother you.
Like it or not, people out are your parents.
- They are not my parents - What?
They are my grandparents. My parents are dead.
The man is clearly your father. You look like him.
There is a reason for that.
Get out of here.
That's why he made me sleep in the basement.
In a crawling room with mice and Amontillado stone barrels.
They treat me like a weirdo!
You're a freak, James. Welcome to the club.
You don't know how it feels.
You are right, I don't.
I won't feel sorry for you, because I don't know who you are.
Let me ask you something, James. In the last 36 hours...
... have you told me something right? One thing that came from you?
I just want to stay with you for a while. That's all.
I'm a teacher, James. I'm not a holiday.
Thank you, professor Hey!
Hey.
Crabtree. Jesus!
(MUSIK)
Is it okay?
- Grady. - Hey
Uh.
I know it shouldn't, but in an open place and I can't stand it.
I don't believe that I left it like this.
TERRY: Tripp! Where are you - Has Crabtree peered around?
I don't know I don't think so.
Let's get rid of this.
TERRY: Tripp!
Oh, shit.
Don't go I have waited overnight for you.
I'm really flattered, but this isn't -
I'm sorry. Am I disturbing the teacher-student conference?
You are not the most attentive host.
You have treated him well.
Sometimes we have to improvise. Where are you, huh?
I drive with James Leer.
- He killed the chancellor's dog. - What?
The police thought he was running away, but Dr. Gaskell found blood on the carpet.
Oh, Jesus.
They thought it was an intruder, but Terry's words were messed up inside.
Has anyone else experienced this brilliant deduction?
Not yet. It's only a matter of time.
You don't even know James.
Who did it?
I do, I do it now
I spent some time with him, and I read something about him.
You read the book
- Yes. - is that good
This is good. This is very, very good.
That's right.
I know that. So where is he now?
- I sent him home with his parents. - What?!
What? Her parents?
Why did you do that?
In this situation, I think is the best thing for him.
I began to think it was the best thing for me.
I'm just not there for him.
Imagine that
Hannah, do you remember where you took James that day? Is that her aunt?
- Yes. - I told you, Sewickley Heights.
What is the address?
He told me to take him to a corner.
- Contact the university - A little late to contact reception.
Is it rather late calling the chancellor?
I don't know, Maybe.
You really just made a small mess the terrible and terrible of all.
Is that all?
Don't even think about it. Don't come near
- Never without your permission, but - - 262 Baxter Drive.
They are in the book.
- I'll drive - I'll drive
Love Parade. I have a feeling about this . I feel it in my back bone.
Only on your bones?
I've felt this before.
Remember?
It's been a long time, but...
How bad is that for you?
This is very bad.
It's bad enough that they see me like I don't work there anymore.
I don't think I match the new company profile.
Which one?
Gosh. Competence.
GRADY: Here it is
GRADY: I don't have a business going hard _ going to James Leer's parents' house at night.
Not if what's important is makes everything right with Sara.
But we have decided to save James Leer.
I'm not sure of that, because I'm sure...
... that everything that comes out from James's mouth is bullshit.
TERRY: Yikes! There must be two dozen windows.
How can we find it?
I told you, they held him in the basement.
But maybe that doesn't matter.
Sometimes people only need to be saved.
(MUSIC starts)
- Rodgers and Hart? - Yeah.
James Leer.
(Typewriter sounds)
What are you doing here
We are reviving you Wear some good clothes.
I like what you did to that place. When did Captain Nemo move?
I don't believe that you _ made fun of my bathrobe.
Candelabras is my great grandmother.
Don't start with family history. I will leave you here
I heard about your parents, your grandparents.
I trust you. That's the reason we are here. Change clothes.
Do you mind if I use this again?
Use whatever you want.
- He is very simple. - He is very sensitive TERRY: Why don't you cut the child loose?
These are library books that are too late.
It seems like our Mr. Leer is facing some late fees for monsters.
Don't believe the bullshit he spins.
Once, I want to know that bastard is telling the truth.
TERRY: Hey.
Look at this
"The door opens.
... going into a room like an old hairdresser, limping, being beaten. "
Does that sound like the person we know?
" Then, when the man squints eyes into the twilight of dusk... "
Children definitely need an editor.
"... and mumble simple:
"That doesn't mean anything. All of that, nothing '...
... that the real surprise is coming.
Then the boy understands...
... that the actual wound of the hero lies in a darker place.
His heart... "
What is your heart?
"His heart, once able to inspire others...
... can no longer inspire so much like himself.
That beats it now just because of habit.
That beats it now only...
... because you can. "
JAMES: I'm ready. Are you okay, Professor Tripp?
He's fine. Can we go, before Grandma comes and boils your bones?
That could be a problem He goes down every half hour to check on me.
If I'm not here, he might call the police.
Okay, make a trap. We will put a pillow in under the blanket.
Like at Against All Flags. They use big ham.
No, I have a better idea.
Good night, sweet prince.
(TERRY Cough)
Let's go upstairs. There is a bad vibration here.
Things must have been cut off after we left, huh, Grady?
(Removing Shoes)
Good night, bro.
(LAMPu falls)
(Phone rings)
SARA on the phone: You have arrived at Sara and Walter Gaskell.
Walter or I can't take you--
WALTER: Hello? - Walter?
Grady? Oh, my God, Grady, do you know what time you are?
Yes. I have 8:15 minutes.
- I don't think that's right - It's 3:30, Grady.
- Well, this is important, Walter. - Oh?
ME....
What's wrong, Grady?
I fell in love with your wife.
Excuse me?
Sara. I fell in love with him.
Do you drink now?
No.
Even so, I want to see you in my office...
... Monday morning.
Oh Boy.
- Sara, what...? - I tried calling, but...
... something seems wrong...
... with your phone
It seems that one of our students is missing.
And his parents found a dead dog on his bed.
I was wrong. I have tried to tell you -
I don't feel happy right now.
And Walter is not so happy. He got the police involved.
They seem to think James Leer is responsible for all this.
You won't know where is James Leer is...
... Will you?
He is inside.
And Marilyn's jacket?
Oh, it's in my car -
- Someone stole my car! - Oh man!
Honestly! I parked it there last night!
- are you sure - Of course I'm sure!
GRADY: There is a police now.
Okay, okay, I'll handle this. You go call James.
Is he awake?
A police officer on the veranda. He won't leave.
- Same person? - The same one.
No offense, Professor Tripp, but you look so ugly.
You look terrible This is the chancellor.
- We're fine. JAMES: Fine. Okay.
Suitable as a fucking violin.
James, come on.
James, this book is yours...
His...
... not bad. Not bad at all.
- Thank you. - You are welcome.
I will publish this.
I think with the right editorial guide...
... this can be brilliant
Oh, that's great.
Between the Pupcik Officer and you, he can become the next Jean Genet.
It's been a long time since someone wrote a good book in prison.
Don't worry We will find out.
I'm not worried.
You're not worried, right?
I'm a little worried, James.
Don't
I don't care if they drive me away. I might have to be kicked out.
Let's hope it doesn't come for that.
- Professor Tripp - Yes, James
Even if I end up going to jail...
... you're still the best teacher I've ever had.
I wonder if this is what the university knows?
... when promising liberal education.
- Will Walter really make a claim? - We will know fast enough.
Within a few hours, he will sit down with the police and James's parents...
... and he's a little bleeding this morning.
You didn't happen to call our home last night, right?
I thought, I might call, huh.
What did you say
I thought I might say I fell in love with you.
Did he tell you?
He told me.
And what do you say?
I said it doesn't sound like you.
TERRY: Hey, Tripp?
(TERRY WHISTLING)
What do we do now?
Find the jacket.
- How do we do it? - I have an idea where it is.
We can ask Hannah for her car.
Good. The key is on the table.
Next to your book.
I'm not done yet, I overslept.
That's good, huh?
Not that. It's just--
It's just...
... what?
do you know how you always give know us that the writer made a choice?
Yes.
And even though your book is extraordinarily beautiful, it's...
... that's sometimes, this...
... very detailed
you know, with pedigree horses everyone...
... and dental records and so on.
And I can be wrong, but it's just kind of reading in places like...
... you really don't make a choice.
Absolutely.
I just want to know if might not be different...
... if when you write, you don't always...
... under influence.
Good.
Thank you for your thoughts.
But it's surprising because it might sound...
... I'm not the first writer who sips a little weed.
And it might surprise you that one book I wrote was "under the influence"...
... happened to win something called PEN Award.
Which, I accept "under influence."
Hey! Let me help you with that.
- Don't touch it. - Well.
I'll drive
Jerry Nathan owes you money, so as a guarantee he gave you his car?
It's just that I'm starting to think that the car doesn't belong to Jerry.
Ah, so whose car is that?
I'm guessing: Vernon Hardapple.
Is that him?
He said some things that made me believe it was his.
Like?
"That's my car, motherfucker."
So we find Vernon...
-... we found the car. We found the car - - We found the jacket.
Wow!
Christ!
How do you know?
Oh, I don't know.
- Call it a hunch. - Call it a genius.
It's nice to know that I'm still talented in something.
Careful.
Keep the car off the road.
I know you.
"Double Dickel on rocks."
Oola.
I never forget to drink.
I have never forgotten Oola.
VERNON: did you forget me?
- Vernon? - Get inside, cupcake! He has a gun!
GRADY: who has a gun? VERNON: you! Drop it!
Uh oh.
- Vernon, relax. - Why did he call you Vernon?
Why is he in my car? He's crazy, that's why!
He might call everyone Vernon!
- Drop the gun! - Oh dear.
- This is a souvenir. - This is a souvenir.
Bullshit I know a gun when I see it, and it's a gun!
Not really.
(SOUND SHOTS)
TERRY: Oh, God! Oh! VERNON: Give me the gun!
Are you crazy?
Can't you see the condition of my girl? Exit! Exit!
Hey!
TERRY: Stop!
Cupcake, you're fine
(horn)
Tripp, run it!
VERNON: Who is that...
Oh, shit.
- No, no! - Not!
GRADY: Don't shoot! OOLA: Oh, no, no!
Come on, Tripp! Oh, my God!
She's crazy.
God!
GRADY: I take it back.
Shoot him.
Of course, you have a copy.
I have an alternative version of the first chapter.
You will be fine right then. Look at Carlyle when he loses his luggage.
- That is Macaulay. - Oh.
What about Hemingway, when Hadley lost the story?
He can never reproduce them.
Listen, I don't want to depreciate losses here...
... but maybe, in a sense, this is for the best.
do you suggest that is some kind of sign?
- in the sense of - In my experience...
... the signs are a little smoother.
Let me straighten this out. All the paper that blew away...
... is that the only copy?
I'm afraid so, yeah.
And you, you say that is a sign?
What's wrong with you?
OOLA: Don't
What I'm saying is that sometimes, unconsciously...
... someone will put themselves in a situation, maybe even create it...
... to have an arena where solving unresolved problems.
This is a veiled way to solve problems.
I will tell you the problem
you are behind the wheel, there is your problem.
Are you or you don't have a gun on his head?
He tried to steal my car.
Don't you have a gun on his head ?!
GRADY: Alright alright!
That's enough! Whatever happens, let it happen!
I don't want to hear it again, okay?
So what's up?
Your book.
OOLA: What is the story?
I don't know That is, it is difficult to filter the essence of the book because it lives in the mind.
VERNON: But you have to know what it is.
If you don't know what it is, why do you write it?
I can't stop.
Vernon, can I ask a question?
Male or female?
As long as it looks like him...
... I really don't care do you know what I'm saying?
Yes.
- Thank you for the trip, Vernon. - anytime
- And other things. - huh?
- Stop calling me Vernon. - Well.
Jackets, tripp
- What? - We need the jacket.
Oh, right
- Oola, about the jacket? - Yeah.
It used to be Marilyn Monroe.
Really?
He has small shoulders...
... just like you.
Many people don't know that.
Thank you.
Man, your book is definitely a crazy journey.
Come on, honey, let's go.
Explain to me what you just did.
Come to my senses.
Congratulations.
And what should James do? Praying Walter Gaskell came to his house?
Walter Gaskell doesn't want to send James Leer to jail.
He is in his office now. He is talking to his parents.
The local police are trying to find a solution.
Tripp, the least they will do is drive them away.
No problem.
That's very enlightened.
Entertaining to know children America has you to be a teacher.
Nobody taught anything to an author. You tell them what you know.
Tell them to find their voice. Tell the people who have it to save it...
... say the same to those who don't.
That's how they go to their destination.
Of course, this helps if you know where you want to go.
Helping my students know about it...
That and Sara.
That's what makes the last years useful.
As for James...
... well, he doesn't really need me anymore. He has you me?
- What can I do? - Oh, I don't know.
Improving
You're pretty good at that.
Tripp?
I'm sorry.
Improving
GRADY: As for me, I went through improvisation.
I know what I have to do. I have to find Sara.
I have to convince him that he is my choice.
He has been the person I liked from the beginning.
And now...
... because those who have shared with us in previous years know...
... we have a tradition of kinds at Wordfest.
Of course I speak about "plums."
WALTER: Lucky local writer who has been successfully placed...
... their manuscripts with representatives of publishers who visit.
This weekend, Susan Lowery...
... from North Braddock found an publisher for his children's books...
... The Most Beautiful Shrimp.
Stand up, Susan.
Now, this is next...
... is, I suppose, very exciting for announcing...
... because it involves students at this university.
James Leer is our own...
... sophomore in English literature...
... has found the publisher for his first novel...
... what I believe is called:
Beautiful parade.
Love Parade.
- Love Parade. - James.
Stand up.
He is a real alien investigation, if you know what I mean.
Take a bow, James!
Magical child
And finally, and maybe is not less important...
... Terry Crabtree from Bartizan has also decided to publish my own book...
... critical exploration unity Joe DiMaggio...
... and Marilyn Monroe, and functions in American myths.
Which, meanwhile, I have the right:
America's Last Marriage.
So until next year...
... Thank you all.
I look again.
The description of the stench makes me breathless.
Thank you, T. I appreciate that.
Sara!
(Door closed)
(Sam walks)
(SAM singing)
Yo, Traxler
Hey, Professor Tripp.
Are you tall, sam?
Only when I work.
Damn it!
Are you serious?
Be careful there!
Whoa.
I did not fall.
Not at that time. Never again
After the Monongahela River swallowed my opus which was incessant...
... no more "spells".
James Leer was not expelled or jailed, thanks to Crabtree.
But he still stopped.
Go to New York to process the novel for publication.
Hannah Green has decided to take the position as junior editor...
... when he graduated.
And Crabtree, yeah, Crabtree has gone insane and becomes Crabtree.
As for me...
... I lost everything.
My wife, my book, my job.
Everything that I consider important.
But finally I know where I want to go.
And now I have someone to help me get there.