Grace of Monaco

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Cut, great.

- That's a wrap, everyone!

- (APPLAUSE)

(CHUCKLES)

Great job, fantastic!

Fantastic!

That was amazing!

Nice. Beautiful job.

That was glorious. Thank you.

RADIO:
Grace Kelly, the Academy

A ward winning Movie Star,

born in Philadelphia, USA, is about to

rejoin Prince Rainier III of Monaco,

whose chance meeting with Grace in

Cannes led to a whirlwind courtship,

and a feat no Hollywood leading

man was ever able to accomplish,

winning Grace Kelly's

hand in marriage.

With their storybook romance

nearing its happy ending,

Miss Kelly boarded the liner Constitution

with the rest of the Kelly family,

including her father Jack,

who built a construction business

that made him a millionaire

and an embodiment of

the American dream.

Hollywood royalty joins

Monegasque royalty...

the century's biggest wedding

in the world's smallest state.

Best wishes and presents have

arrived from all over the world,

from kings and queens,

presidents and prime ministers,

movie magnates and millionaires.

Grace Kelly... now Her Serene

Highness, the Princess of Monaco...

has left behind everything she's ever

known for a new life in a new world,

destined to live happily ever

after with her charming prince.

From here you can see the

whole of Monaco, Mr Hitchcock.

Yes, I know.

You are to refer to

her as Your Highness.

Or if you speak French,

you can call her Votre Altesse.

Just Altesse is also acceptable,

but Highness is not. Nor is Princess.

Are you coming or not, Mr Hitchcock?

Remember to nod your head when you

first make her presence, but do not bow.

She's not the Queen of England.

Oh! You've grown so big!

This is for you. First prize of

the Monaco Young Poets' society.

Oh!

Ma'am, you can't bend down.

Oh... Pardon.

Hitch!

This is the part where I say, "Cut!"

Marnie.

Marnie?

So who's the leading man?

I don't know. Cubby Broccoli just made

a spy movie with some Scottish fellow

he's raving about.

We go into production in spring.

And Universal will

pay you $1 million.

Well, it's not about

the money, Hitch.

It's going to be the role

of a lifetime, Gracie.

Do I look that unhappy?

You look tired.

Where's Rainier?

We rarely see each other.

He er... He works a lot.

We've prepared a room at the

palace for you. You'll stay?

- I have to get back to LA.

- Oh, please!

I'm sorry, I left Evan

alone with Cary Grant.

And goodness knows what

they've done to my Birds script.

How is Cary?

Cary's great.

But his wife still sticks pins

in your effigy every night.

You're still an artist, Gracie.

Don't forget it.

Hitch!

I'm fine.

Doesn't get better than this.

Highness.

(BIRD CALLING)

(LIGHT JAZZ)

Hey, when I screw a woman,

I'm in it for the long haul, so to speak.

That's what I said to Maria.

Hey, be proud of your scandals.

What else are they gonna write

about when you're gone?

- (LAUGHTER)

- That's not how it happened at all.

No.

I was hoping we could talk privately.

President De Gaulle is

worried for French jobs.

We have to do something.

Our treasury is practically empty.

So you steal our taxes...

to pay for all of this?

This is all an image,

Monsieur Denard.

Your president knows that.

This is all we have left to sell.

Madam, did you know you are sitting

on the world's largest penis?

(CHUCKLES) My bar stools,

made from whale's scrotum.

- Ari! Please!

- (LAUGHS)

It's all right, Antoinette.

Mr Onassis was joking.

Ari, would you like me

to confiscate your boat?

I'd like to leave now.

You're his sister, you have to stay.

Are any of your

Hollywood friends here?

Uh... no. No. This is

Mr Onassis's party.

He likes to be the biggest

drunk on the boat.

Well, our point is, the British will

always side with the Americans.

Their Atlanticism will be

the end of our culture.

President de Gaulle believes we must pool

our wealth and finance a third pillar,

between the Soviets and

the United States.

That's what Europe must become.

- What should I do about my children?

- About what?

Well, they're Monegasque

and they're American.

Perhaps I should drop them

in the middle of the ocean?

France is stuck in a terrible

war in Algeria, Your Highness.

Many lives have been lost.

The very stability of our

country is under threat.

That means the stability

of Europe is under threat.

One would ask why you are

fighting a war in Africa.

Conflict is often a necessary evil.

Especially in the colonies.

Oh, but colonialism

is so last century.

I suspect one shouldn't occupy

a princess with such... matters.

I was brought up to participate.

My father would have been most upset

to see someone without enthusiasm.

Of course.

It is the American way.

Perhaps if it was the European way,

we wouldn't have had Fascism, Communism

or the need for your

president's third pillar.

(FIREWORKS EXPLODING)

This is not America, Grace!

- People don't just speak their minds.

- And why not?

Because that man is the

chief treasury agent...

That man is a bully!

He's the chief treasury

agent to Charles de Gaulle!

The most powerful voice in Europe.

And I need him on my side if I'm

ever to modernise this country.

- So what did you expect me to say?

- Say nothing! Say nothing!

Because everything you

say has consequences.

Not now, Madge. Not now.

Isn't this what you wanted me to

teach Caroline and Albert? Isn't it?

Never be afraid to speak your mind?

That's what you said

you loved about me.

(FIREWORKS EXPLODING IN DISTANCE)

Madge said...

Hitchcock came to see you.

Madge said that?

Yes, he came to see how I was.

He was passing through, and...

It was nice to see him.

I wish you told me.

I'd like to have seen him.

This hospital's been

abandoned for years.

We don't even know if

the floors are sound.

Ma'am, we simply cannot

justify these repairs.

The hospital already accounts

for most of our spending.

How about the palace

gives you an endowment,

and the Red Cross

Committee matches it?

If you pay to expand the orphanage,

the retirement homes will expect you

to do the same, and then the schools.

And you don't have the funds.

My dear Countess, it's really

very, very simple and necessary.

All we have to do is convert this

space into an open dormitory.

And then we put partitions and each child

will have their own separate living area.

Simple.

(BUZZ OF CONVERSATION)

Maybe we can vote for it in

our plenary session tomorrow.

But now we must get back,

there's the small issue of the

Annual Red Cross Ball to organise.

But that's not due until October.

It's the most important event

in our social calendar.

Besides, you just don't have the

money for renovations right now.

I'm sorry, Countess, I mistakenly thought

we were here to repair a hospital.

(GASPS OF SHOCK)

(ENGINE REVVING)

(TYRES SCREECH)

(TYRES SCREECH)

(PANTING)

(YELLS IN FRUSTRATION)

103 new companies registered offices

in Monaco in the last two years.

90 per cent of them

relocated from France.

All of them came for your zero-tax.

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