Indecent Proposal Page #5

Oh, you're so beautiful.

Come here.

I didn't have much time

to do anything else...

but...

it's a start.

Dance?

I should go.

I remember once when I was young,

I was coming back from someplace.

A movie or something.

I was on the subway.

There was a girl

sitting across from me.

She was wearing this dress

that was buttoned...

clear up right to here.

She was the most beautiful thing

I'd ever seen.

I was shy then.

So when she would look at me...

I would look away.

Then afterwards,

when I would look back...

she would look away.

Then I got to

where I was gonna get off.

Got off, the doors closed...

and as the train

was pulling away...

she looked right at me...

and gave me

the most incredible smile.

It was awful.

I wanted to tear the doors open.

I went back every night,

same time...

for two weeks.

But she never showed up.

That was 30 years ago...

and I don't think

there's a day that goes by...

that I don't think about her.

I don't want that

to happen again.

Just one dance?

I want a word with you, Gage.

See, what you don't know is,

we got a secret, me and Diana.

We're invincible.

Diana, you're so f***ing beautiful.

Maybe tomorrow would be better.

Maybe tomorrow

would be a better time?

Hey, I got a suggestion for you.

You know that emblem you got?

The gryphon? The eagle?

I don't think that's a good idea.

I got a better idea.

- Shall I?

- It's all right.

How about the cuckoo?

You know? Because...

I'm talking to you

for a second.

The cuckoo is interesting because

it doesn't have its own nest...

so it moves into other birds' nests

and it destroys their eggs.

David, stop. Just...

You don't love me anymore?

Have I ever told you I love you?

Have a nice dinner.

Help him.

Go inside.

Got him?

You've done a lot since USC.

First in your class...

AIA award, Prix de Rome.

Yeah.

Why would you want this job?

Well, I want to work.

Overqualified.

Fine. Exploit me.

Great architecture is only

gonna come from your passion.

And even that

won't assure you a job.

Louis Kahn died in a mers room

in Penn Station...

and for days

no one claimed the body.

Look at that.

Is that beautiful?

The money men did not weep...

because the great ones

are impossible to deal with.

They're a pain in the ass...

because they know that

if they do their jobs properly...

if they just this once

get it right...

they can actually

lift the human spirit...

take it to a higher place.

What is this?

A brick.

Good. What else?

A weapon.

Louis Kahn said

even a brick wants to be something.

A brick wants to be something.

It aspires.

Even a common, ordinary brick...

wants to be something

more than it is.

It wants to be something

better than it is.

That is what we must be.

See you on Friday.

A brick wants to be something, huh?

I'll bet it doesn't

want to be a lawyer.

- What are you doing here?

- I missed you.

I missed you too.

Thanks.

- How you doir?

- I'm good.

Getting it together.

She wants a divorce.

She wants her freedom and...

if you don't contest it...

you get everything...

the land, the money, everything.

Where is she?

Hi, everybody!

Hi, everybody.

I'm Billy Connolly.

Good-bye, everybody.

You may wonder

what you're doing here...

sitting in the sun as the smell

of the zoo wafts past your nostrils.

The reason you are here

is because you are loaded.

But may I say how brilliant it is

to see so many with an interest...

in the preservation

of endangered species.

Every year we have this unique way

of making money for the cause.

We auction animals.

We bid as high as possible...

and the money goes to sponsor

these lovely beasts.

Let's start with a bang.

We've got a superstar

as a first animal.

Ladies and gentlemen, the hippo.

The animal itself is far too big

and angry to bring along.

Look at this guy.

Thousands and thousands of pounds

of aggressive, hostile cellulite.

Weighs slightly less

than the average school bus.

Look at that magnificent beastie.

To put him in a better light, to

relieve you of some serious money...

Thank you very much.

We have a kissy-kissy picture.

Isn't that nice?

Ladies and gentlemen, I couldn't

even dream of starting the bid...

below $ 10,000.

- Now, I know it's a lot of money...

- Thirty.

Thirty thousand dollars,

ladies and gentlemen!

Call me a sentimental old fool.

Do I hear 35?

- Thirty-five.

- Thirty-five thousand dollars!

- Forty.

- Forty thousand dollars!

- Forty-five thousand.

- Forty-five thousand!

- Fifty.

- Fifty thousand dollars!

I can't believe it.

That's extraordinary.

Fifty thousand once.

Fifty thousand twice,

ladies and gentlemen.

One million dollars.

- Wow.

- Who is he?

I'm sorry?

One million dollars.

Did you say

one million dollars, sir?

Yeah.

Ladies and gentlemen,

one million dollars!

Goodness! Would anybody care to

top that, ladies and gentlemen?

I didn't think so.

In that case, sir, I believe

you're the proud owner of a hippo.

Congratulations.

Hello, Diana.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the next animal is an ostrich.

I really wanted you

to have that money.

And I really wanted you

to have that hippo.

Maybe you two

would like a moment alone.

So can we hear a bid

of, maybe, a million?

That was a joke.

Start at 30,000. Do I hear 40?

So.

- How are you...

- I hear you're teaching.

- Go ahead.

- I'm sorry.

Yeah, I'm teaching.

It doesn't pay much, but at least

I get to talk about architecture.

You know how I love

to talk about architecture.

Oh, my goodness.

Don't leave, ladies and gentlemen.

It's just a little shower.

Please!

A checkbook

makes an ideal umbrella.

Do we have a dolphin?

Have we a dolphin or an octopus?

How about tropical fish?

I know! You're running home

for more cash. I get it.

Come on, ladies and gentlemen.

You can find the money.

Oh, to hell. I'm gone.

I have to talk to you

about what happened.

- Don't. Don't.

- No, no, no, I have to.

Just hear me out.

I think the mistake

I made in Vegas...

was thinking that I could

forget what we did.

I thought we were invincible.

But now I know that the things

people in love do to each other...

they remember.

If they stay together,

it's not because they forget.

It's because they forgive.

I was just...

I was just so afraid

that you wanted him.

No, actually I was afraid

that you were right to want him.

'Cause I thought

he was the better man.

And I know now he's not.

He's just got more money.

I think we should talk.

I am very happy.

Shackleford.

Did you ever see me like this?

Can't say that I have.

Diana is the reason.

Enough for any man.

She is the best of them.

Absolutely.

You are the best of them.

The best of them?

You said I'm the best of them?

You are.

I don't understand.

Shackleford,

could you explain it to her?

What?

I could do that, sir...

but somehow I feel Ms. Murphy would

rather hear it directly from you.

Okay. All right.

She's the best

of the million-dollar club.

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