Defending Your Life Page #5

I pretty much never lied to him.

You never lied to your father?

Would you like to see

at least 500 examples?

I said, "pretty much."

I didn't say, "never, ever lied."

You have to lie sometimes...

...in an emergency.

It doesn't mean that the bond is affected.

If you've got the bond,

the bond's always there.

Even if you lie sometimes,

you won't interfere with it.

You know, the bond can wait for a little lie.

In the end, it's there for you.

Sometimes in the middle of a lie...

...l found that the bond would kick in.

Maybe squeeze a little truth out.

Wrap it up.

I am through.

Very good day. I'm pleased.

She's tough, isn't she?

If I told you how tough,

you wouldn't sleep, believe me.

Well, I'm off. You call me if you need me.

You going out with that gal tonight?

I can't. She's busy.

Busy?

I'll be damned.

-How are you?

-Fine. And you?

Some sake.

How are you?

-What's good?

-Everything.

Everything.

What's this? It looks like a worm.

Our resident food.

How does it taste?

You'd throw up.

I'll have the tuna.

Very good tuna.

Very fast.

So I've been told.

Delicious!

Like it?

Thank you very much.

How many days?

How many days you looking at?

Nine.

Nine days?

Oh, my God! Nine days!

You better have more sake!

9 days?

I have 15.

My name's Frank.

Fifteen days?

-Is that a lot?

-I don't know.

How'd you die, Dan? May I call you Dan?

I got hit by a bus.

-And you?

-Got shot in the head.

Really? Murder?

Hunting accident.

Some putz thought I was an animal.

-How'd you make a living?

-Advertising.

-And you?

-Made a lot of money in adult books.

Selling them?

No, reading them.

Yes, of course, selling them.

Were you from LA?

-Know the night clubs by the airport?

-Those strip clubs?

I coined the phrase, "All nude."

-What do you mean?

-That was mine.

I bought two clubs.

They were only using the word "nude."

I put up "Totally all nude."

Doubled business in a month.

I got to piss. You?

Thank you very much.

I'm not leaving. I'm going to take a piss.

Take a piss!

-Hello.

-Mr. Miller?

I have a message for you.

You do?

Here it comes.

Hi. Where are you?

I'm going to sleep.

Tomorrow, when you're done...

...meet me by the main entrance.

I'll be there.

I miss you. Isn't that funny?

Good night.

This is wild.

Let me get this straight. You actually

had sex with Benjamin Franklin?

Twice.

How was he?

He was fat, Bob.

I couldn't believe it.

It's wonderful. I'd forgot all about it.

He was willing to sleep underwater.

Marvelous.

Good morning.

Good morning. I'm Dick Stanley.

I'm going to defend you today.

I'm going to defend you today.

Mr. Diamond couldn't make it.

He couldn't make it? You're kidding.

He'll be back tomorrow.

How can you? You don't know me.

Mr. Miller, I use 51 percent of my brain.

I know everything about you.

51 percent? That's clocked?

Clocked.

Impressive.

I'll lose. I can't start over again with you.

I operate differently than Diamond.

Without tooting my own horn,

I'm quite good at this.

I'm familiar with your life

and I want you to trust me.

I'll lose.

Thank you so much. That was so nice.

It was nothing.

Good morning. Your Honor,

my defender is not here this morning.

Under the circumstances,

this puts me at a disadvantage.

It's quite common.

Mr. Stanley will do fine. Begin.

Today I would like to begin

with an episode in the 24th year of life.

Mr. Miller had been out of school

and working for several years...

...and he had put aside $10,000...

...specifically to invest.

Do you remember?

One of Mr. Miller's good friends

from school...

...was the son of an executive

of the Casio Corporation...

...which at that time

was not doing particularly well.

Mr. Miller had dinner with this friend...

...at which he was given information...

...which comes along maybe once

every five or six lifetimes.

May we go to 24-2-16, please?

They're gearing up now.

They'll start production in three months.

-Buy as much stock as you can.

-This is fantastic.

Switzerland keeps the time, Charles,

not Japan.

-It'll change.

-I doubt it.

Why not?

Because you need a society

that is into precision.

Japan makes great radios,

but they don't know beans about precision.

You come here and tell me the Germans

are going to start making watches...

...and I'll invest.

What's the present value?

-Six.

-Here's my prediction.

When word hits the street, you're at three.

You watch. Remember who said it.

For the record...

...Casio is one of the largest producers

of time pieces in the universe.

I know who they are.

For the record,

his original investment of $10,000...

...would be worth $37.2 million today.

Wow!

I have nothing further to say.

I'm fine.

You're what?

He's not going to reply.

You aren't responding?

I'd like to hear you speak.

You are good.

Listen, I'm not as smart as everyone here.

Am I defective because

I didn't make money on this?

I can't believe that the whole point

of the universe is to make money.

I can't believe that.

This has nothing to do with making money.

It's a judgment you made.

Nobody dragged you from home,

saying:
"You have to invest $10,000."

You chose to do that.

You sought the investment.

We're just looking at that choice.

What did you finally invest in?

Do you remember?

I think it was cattle.

Cattle.

What happened?

I never got a straight answer.

All I know is, their teeth fell out.

I rest.

Mr. Stanley, you're up.

No counter at this time.

Wait a second.

You're not showing something in my favor?

Not at this time.

I think it's better to move on.

-Shall we move on?

-Sure, let's move on.

Your Honors, I would like to go to 29-4-5.

This is the evening

before Mr. Miller took the advertising job...

...he was to hold until his passing.

He asked his wife to help him

by playing a little game.

Remember?

You asked her to act the boss...

...so you could practice

getting what you wanted.

-Do this for me. It helps.

-I'm eating.

Do it.

-What do you want me to do?

-Be him.

-This is silly.

-It's not. It helps me.

Offer me $55,000. No more.

-How much do you want?

-What's the offer?

$55,000.

I can't work here for less than $65,000.

I can't pay you $65,000.

Then I can't work here.

$58,000.

$65,000.

$59,000.

$65,000.

-$60,000?

-$65,000.

$61,000.

Listen.

I cannot take the job for under $65,000,

under no conditions.

I would like to go to the next afternoon

and show you the real encounter.

-I'm prepared to offer you $49,000.

-I'll take it.

I'll get you a parking place.

I'm curious why you caved in so fast.

Why did you accept less money

and do it so quickly?

Here we go again.

Obviously, this is all about money.

I'm guilty.

I didn't make enough money, okay?

Call me a "hippie," send me to hell.

You keep thinking it's about money,

but it's about fear.

Why didn't you stand up to your boss

the way you did to your wife?

First, it wasn't my wife.

It was a man in a suit.

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