Country Strong Page #3

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I said I want to look strong.

You look strong as hell.

Hey, guys,

can I talk to Beau

alone for a minute?

WINNIE:
Okay, girls,

let's clear the room.

KELLY:
Just a second, okay?

WOMAN:
No problem.

What are you doing?

I want you to

make me a promise.

Okay.

Don't sleep with

anybody else on this tour.

I'm serious.

Yeah, well,

how's that fair?

You sleep with James

every night.

I don't sleep

with him like that.

We don't even kiss

with our mouths open

any more.

All right.

You're mine.

I'm yours.

Oh.

Good.

Okay, everybody,

come on back in.

I just had to give Beau

a little pep talk.

WOMAN:
Okay, everybody,

we got 1 0 minutes

till showtime.

How many of those

pills are you

supposed to be taking?

I take whatever's

in the square.

That's an awfully

big square.

I've got some

awfully big problems.

(HUMMING)

Somebody get my husband.

I want him to know

how lucky he is.

(WHOOPS)

James, Kelly's

looking for you.

I'll be there

in a minute.

The blue dress.

She needs to look her age.

All right.

Do you want

her hair down?

Hey, how many

of those pills is she

supposed to be taking?

I want her hair up

because Kelly's is down.

And I want her to wear

those suede Manolos

because I don't like her boots

she's been wearing.

Okay? Thanks.

Do you like my makeup?

I did it to make

my eyes pop.

Well, you look beautiful.

James, Kelly took a lot of

those pills, all right,

and I don't know about it.

I thought maybe

you'd want to talk to her.

God damn it, Beau.

I know exactly

how many pills

Kelly took, all right?

Because I put them

in the pill box myself.

Now, the only problem

with those pills

is if she's mixing them

with alcohol.

That's your job.

Thank you.

Oh, my gosh.

That's from Emmylou.

That is so nice.

Hey. Did you find him?

Yeah, he's dealing with

a wardrobe emergency.

He said he'll be in

when he's done.

He had a wardrobe

emergency?

(BOTH GIGGLING)

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

MALE ANNOUNCER:
It's an

exciting night tonight.

Y'all are the first

to hear one of the best

country lineups

in the state of Texas.

And to kick it off,

we have a newcomer,

Mr Beau Hutton.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

Thank you.

Short and sweet is what

I'm going to make this.

It's caIIed Chances Are.

(SINGING CHANCES ARE)

Are you going to open up

any more of these

or do you want me

to write out a list for you?

Yeah. What's that red one?

It says "H. Roberts."

It's probably that

damn cookie place,

heard about the diet

I started yesterday.

(LAUGHS)

Man, they get you

every damn time.

(SCREAMS)

Who gave this to you?

Did you give this to her?

It was with all the other

packages. I'm sorry.

Who told you

to give this to her?

Get security.

Right away.

I can't get any air.

(CONTINUES SINGING

CHANCES ARE)

Thank you.

MALE ANNOUNCER:
How about it,

ladies and gentlemen?

How about another

round of applause

for Mr Beau Hutton?

MAN:
We need security down

in dressing room A right away.

What's going on?

You can't go in there, Beau.

Nobody's allowed. . .

Nobody's allowed

inside, man.

Hey, Kell.

Hey. It's Beau. Open up.

KELLY:
(CRYING) I need James.

You're out of your league

on this one, boy.

KELLY:
He's with her,

isn't he?

Who gives a sh*t

about any of that?

Just open the door.

Come on, let's talk.

I do! I love him, you idiot!

Get out of here!

Get out of here, Beau.

Let me deal

with this sh*t. Go!

MALE ANNOUNCER:

I'd like y'all to give

a nice, big, warm Houston

round of applause

for the former

Miss Dallas herself...

Baby, you got to

come out of there.

...the lovely and

talented Chiles Stanton.

(SINGING WORDS I COULDN"T SAY)

Those people think

I killed our baby, James.

Why would anybody

think that?

Every time I think

you're close to forgetting,

something happens

that brings it back up.

Well, I'm not going

to forget about Dallas.

It's not something

you just forget about.

What if we tried again?

I bet you

I could still get pregnant.

Kelly, listen to me.

You got a lot of people

waiting out there.

Let's just get this over with

and then we can go back

to the hotel, okay?

All right? Then we'll

get some fish and chips.

We'll get in the hot tub.

It'll be just me and you.

You don't want to leave

your fans waiting.

So, let's just

get out of here. . .

It's never been

just me and you.

Let's just get

out of here, baby.

No.

Get out of

the closet, Kelly.

Don't!

Get out of the closet.

Don't!

(GRUNTS)

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry.

James. James.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to do that.

I'll do whatever

you want, okay? Okay?

All right.

Will you remember me

like I was?

Yeah.

Go on stage,

give them hell.

Will you give me a kiss?

(CONTINUES SINGING

WORDS I COULDN'T SAY)

Careful of the step.

That's good.

I got it. I got it.

The first song,

Country Strong, right?

Yes.

Are you all right?

(CONTINUES SINGING

WORDS I COULDN'T SAY)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

MALE ANNOUNCER:

Now, ladies and gentlemen,

the star of tonight's show,

six-time Grammy winner,

the beIIe of BristoI,

our very own Kelly Canter.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

(SINGING COUNTRY STRONG)

Hold on one second.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Sorry. I just...

Thank you so much.

Oh...

You just cannot understand

what this means to me.

Thank you.

MAN:
We love you !

I was just

in my dressing room,

and I was looking out

the window,

and I was looking up

at the big, bright sky,

and there are so many stars.

And I thought,

"Man, it Iooks Iike

they would take

such good care of you."

Do you know what I mean?

Come on, baby, come on.

Don't do this.

I never Iived on a star,

but it sure looks like fun.

Hey, what did y'all

think of Beau?

Wasn't he great?

Let's go.

Come on, come on, play!

Come on, baby,

come on. Sing !

Oh, y'all want me to sing?

Oh.

I am going to sing, okay?

I just...

I just feeI like

I need to sit down.

Would that be okay?

Can I just sit

down and just rest?

And I am going to sing.

MAN 1 :
Love you !

MAN 2:
All right, Kelly!

I'm going to sing.

Let's sing A Fighter, okay?

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(SINGING)

Sing.

Sing, Kelly.

Sing, baby.

(INAUDIBLE)

We're never going to

make it to Dallas!

The whole show's

going to get cancelled !

Would you just relax?

Hey, where the hell

were you?

Where the hell were you

when she had

a bottle of vodka

in her dressing room?

I was on stage!

You were on stage?

Jesus Christ,

don't you have

any tricks up your sleeve?

Yeah, don't take

somebody out of rehab

before the rehab!

Who the hell

do you think

you are, kid?

(CROWD SCREAMING)

WOMAN:
Will you sign this?

RICHARD:
People are

ready to forgive you,

but you have to give them

something they want.

I've scheduled

an emergency

press conference

and a Make A Wish

appearance in Austin.

The kid's name is. . .

Travis.

Travis.

And he has. . .

Leukaemia.

Leukaemia.

Let's go, people.

It's time to do

some clean-up here.

(SIGHS)

JAMES:
Thanks, JJ.

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