All at Once

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[PIANO FLOURISH PLAYING]

[BEETHOVEN'S

FUR ELISE PLAYING]

[MAN] I'm here with

James Maxwell in his solo show.

Are you pleased with tonight?

Satisfied with your final product?

I would hope so, I'm standing

in a room filled with it, right?

Do you feel like

this is your best work,

or do you feel like your best

work is still yet to come?

Why don't you ask me

that in ten years?

Okay, sorry,

can you excuse me for a second?

I wasn't finished

with the interview.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

James, I want you to

meet Arthur Chang.

- [WHISPERS] He's from Vogue.

- How you doing?

- Congratulations. Congratulations.

- Thank you.

Thank you, man, thank you.

- Hi.

- You like this one?

- I do. I do.

- I might know the artist.

And I might be able

to get you a deal.

- A deal?

- Yeah.

Just my opinion,

my professional opinion,

maybe don't give out deals,

and the artist

doesn't have to sleep on

his buddy's couch anymore.

Maybe he sleeps

on his buddy's couch

- 'cause he likes his kids.

- You can have one of the kids.

You can buy one of the kids

when you make some money.

- I am blown away.

- Everything's for sale.

This is amazing.

All of it.

Just know that I'm available

to be muse in any way possible.

- Did you hear that? She said any way possible.

- I did.

I know.

No, it's absolutely fine

because I've always wanted

to f*** Barbara Bush.

Is she here tonight? Come here.

All kidding aside, okay?

- What?

- You are beyond talented.

You deserve all this,

and we are very proud of you.

- So proud. We love you.

- And I love you.

Oh, my God!

I'm at the right place!

Ah! Oh, honey.

Gosh, they look great.

- Oh, hi, you, hi.

- What do you think?

Maybe no more monthly trips

to Western Union.

You know, I've made some trips

down to Western Union

for you too, sir,

Mr. Rockefeller.

Who are you? Loosen up.

You look like

you're suffocating.

Untuck. Untuck.

Hi.

Come here.

- Maybe not.

- Okay.

Hi. Welcome.

Can I steal the man of the hour?

Oh, did you hear that?

The man of the hour.

You are the man of the hour.

And your hour is almost up.

So please do your schmooze thing

with these weird people,

and we will meet you

over at Bobby's.

First drink's on you.

I gotta be up at 5:30

in the morning.

Where is this guy?

Relax,

he'll be here in a second.

He just needed

some time to himself.

Some time to himself?

Is this the right place?

[ALL EXCLAIM]

My boy!

Hey, Bobby,

whatever he wants on me.

A beer, please,

Bobby, my friend.

- He'll have a beer.

- Okay, Vincent, man.

- So? Verdict, verdict.

- Come on!

- I sold every painting.

- [ALL CHEER]

Oh, I'm not surprised a bit.

Not a bit.

- I'm a little prejudiced.

- I want to make a toast.

I can't believe it.

Your first show?

You sell everything.

I want to say something.

Zip it.

Don't say anything.

Bobby, no more drinks

for this one.

- You do it. Go.

- Oh, can I?

- Yeah, please.

- Thank you very much.

Now that I'm allowed to speak,

to my best friend

in the whole world,

I love you very m

- To the next who's a big artist?

- Basquiat.

That's a lot of pressure.

That's a lot of pressure.

Hey, the world is your oyster,

babe, I love you very much.

- Salud!

- Hey, James Maxwell, huh?

- Everybody, James Maxwell!

- Cheers!

- [SIRENS AND HORNS IN DISTANCE]

- [WOMAN] James!

James!

What? What?

- Get in here!

- [GROANS] I'm still drunk.

- [SIGHS]

- We're being attacked.

What,

what are you talking about?

What are you talking about?

Hmm?

- Come look at this.

- What are you going on about?

[SIRENS CONTINUE]

[JAMES]

This is a movie?

[WOMAN] No, this is happening.

It's on every channel.

What?

[WOMAN] Oh, my God,

all those people.

[JAMES] Oh, my God, no.

No.

- [EXPLOSION]

- No!

They might not have made it

to work, right?

Pick up the phone.

Pick up the f***ing phone!

F***.

[DIALING]

F***.

I'm going down there, okay?

[FEMALE VOICE]

Due to an emergency situation,

we are unable to take your call

at this time.

Please try your call later.

[TONE WARBLING]

[WOMAN] First let me start

by telling you

lam so sorry for your loss.

So, Mr. Maxwell,

it says here that Elizabeth

and Alexander Clark

in the event of their death

bequeath guardianship

of both of their children,

Alexis and Grace Clark

to you.

- To James?

- What?

There has to be

some sort of mistake.

I'm afraid there isn't. It's

Why would they not

have told me that?

To be honest, Mr. Maxwell,

younger parents,

parents in general would never

imagine this happening,

certainly not like this.

Okay, so, I mean, what

What are

what are the options?

Well, should you choose

not to accept guardianship,

the children would be put

in foster care.

Together?

- In foster care together?

- It's highly unlikely.

[PIANO FLOURISH PLAYING]

[BEETHOVEN'S

FUR ELISE PLAYING]

This is so beautiful.

[SONG ENDS]

[APPLAUSE]

Gracie, oh! Gracie!

You were so wonderful.

Teach, I can't believe you came.

I just happened to be

in the neighborhood.

- Thought I'd stop by.

- Stop it!

I'm so proud of you.

I wouldn't have missed this

for anything.

What about you?

Did you like it?

It was all right.

- Just all right?

- It was okay.

It was ow, ow, ow!

Okay, okay, okay.

Are you kidding?

It was great.

It was more than great.

It was beautiful.

I'm so proud of you.

Hi, that was just wow.

That that

that was just fantastic.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

You have a very talented

little girl there.

Thank you.

Giovanni Sacco,

Hoffman Music Center.

James Maxwell.

Nice to meet you.

[GIOVANNI] Our special music high

school just opened last fall.

I'm just I'm curious.

What does a tuition cost a year

at the Hoffman

special music high school?

- Around 36.

- Thousand.

And another 13 and a change

for room and board

if she decides to live

on campus, which is recommended.

- Sure, of course, course.

- The most important thing

is getting her in, and for that,

I'm almost certain we can do.

On a scholarship or

Um, possibly a scholarship.

Though with only 50 slots

available for each grade,

full ride is about as likely

as winning the lottery,

but possibly a scholarship.

Listen, It's up to Grace.

This is ultimately her decision.

- Of course.

- Is there a way I can reach you?

- Did you have a card?

- Oh, I do. I do.

Listen, let's not

let's not wait on this.

The sooner we move

- I'll be in touch. Okay.

- Okay.

[JAMES] Are you sure that's

something you're interested in?

- Yeah.

- Okay. All right.

I need to make sure because

I wouldn't force you

to do something

you don't want to do.

- You understand right?

- I know. I know.

All right. Okay.

You gotta do what you love.

- You gotta love it.

- I know. I know.

All right.

All right, okay.

- Dad.

- Yeah?

You know in First Blood

when Stallone is on the mountain

and the bad guys

are shooting at him,

and he falls into

the freezing-cold water?

And then he's like

so, so, so cold.

Like,

he's gonna freeze to death.

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