Jimmy Hollywood Page #10

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-What channel did you see it on?

-PBS.

Jimmy.

Where the hell you been?

Ive been looking all over for you.

When?

-What do you mean "when"?

-I got you a root beer.

Oh, sh*t. Look at this.

Its really dark in here.

Where'd you get that?

The car radio guy.

Let me see that.

What the hell building is this?

Looks like a pyramid, don't it?

Those look like Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Isn't that where they bury mummies?

Don't worry, Will.

He's not even in Philadelphia yet.

What do we do now?

I don't know.

The best thing to do is to wait till dark

and then we'll sneak out of here.

Good afternoon.

Breaking news in Hollywood.

Hollywood police

have surrounded the Egyptian theater...

-Ten minutes. Ten minutes.

-...where they apparently have cornered

the man who calls himself Jericho,

who we now know is Jimmy Alto...

-Did you bring my Hollywood tapes?

-Yeah.

Get them out.

The Egyptian theater

has been derelict for some time,

so it's conceivable

it could be the S.O.S. Headquarters.

We intend to cordon off the area and

make sure the situation is contained.

Do you think

they could have explosives in there?

...and there's been absolutely no movement,

but so far no shots have been fired.

But we still don't know from police

how many people there are inside...

Police have the situation

basically under control.

Its basically wait and see.

What will Jimmy Alto's next move be?

As you can see

from the number of police here...

For the hopefuls who have flocked

to Hollywood through the years,

the studios were citadels to be conquered.

Because there were so many who came

hoping to succeed in pictures,

the producers

hid themselves from the onslaught

behind their bars and walls.

From the outside,

the studios can seem as bleak

and uninviting as fortresses.

I think it takes a great deal

to withhold and withstand

the mad competition that you do have

and to not give up,

because it's very easy to give up.

There are roles that you think

you're just are on the verge of getting,

and then it turns out

they go to someone else.

They still come,

the young aspirants to Hollywood success.

One sees them like moths

fluttering in the glare of neon lights.

Hollywood is a town in transition.

Hollywood promises to become

part of another supercity,

like a lot of supercities in America.

But the dream persists

that there is still magic here.

At night from a high building or hilltop,

when the lights of the city

are like beacons down below,

the dream persists.

Can the police estimate

just how many members of the S.O.S.

may be inside the theater at this point?

Well, Hal, if they can, they're certainly

not giving us any information about that.

But judging

from the manpower they have outside

and the weapons they're carrying,

they're ready to take on an army.

Well, are they speculating,

or could you perhaps speculate,

on just how long

this standoff can last, Paul?

Are the police considering

forcing their way into the building?

Great documentary, huh?

Great documentary.

Think Im just gonna

have a look around a little bit.

Rather quickly, since earlier today,

when this station received

the latest S.O.S. videotape...

-Jimmy. Jimmy!

-What?

You don't have to go take a look around.

-What?

-Its all right here.

-What are you talking about?

-There's, like, a million cops out there.

Jimmy Alto, an unemployed actor

who lives in Hollywood...

Holy sh*t! All those people are out there?

Yeah.

So much for sneaking out

inconspicuously tonight, huh?

...have secured the building.

-We've also received word...

-Yes! Look at this, Will.

Fans. They're our fans.

...covering all possible exits

from the theater.

One thing I want to point out to you

when you see it,

all these people out here,

it's like an old Hollywood premiere.

They're a fan club.

The police want Jericho,

or Jimmy Alto, in custody.

These people want to applaud him.

In Hollywood,

we have the hyphenate of actor/writer,

producer/director.

Well, now we have a new hyphenate,

actor/vigilante.

Jimmy Alto, we know him as Jericho...

Well, there's still a tremendous amount

of police activity here...

Special weapons

and tactics team continue to...

I want to ask about this new information,

that Jericho may actually be an actor.

Well, as far as Im concerned,

he's a vigilante.

If he's an actor,

he's playing on the wrong stage.

We've managed to obtain a video

of Jimmy Alto's taped audition...

Look, look, look.

They got your audition tape.

-Apparently, he did not get the part.

-Let me see that beauty.

-They're showing it on television?

-Let's take a look at that audition tape.

What are you saying, I can't?

Because Ill kill him.

This one I did better in another scene.

Why'd they put that take in there?

-He's not dangerous.

-Think you can get him out here?

He's just an actor.

Police have apparently persuaded

Jimmy Alto's girlfriend,

Lorraine De la Pena, to negotiate with Alto,

in hopes of coaxing the S.O.S. leader

-out of the theater peacefully.

-Jimmy Alto!

-Jimmy! This is the police.

-Look here. You're looking up at the ceiling.

We have Lorraine out here, out in front.

She wants to talk to you.

Id better get out there. Watch on this.

Stay here, just in case.

She is now walking up

to the front doors of the theater...

Hey, Lorraine.

I think it would be good if we talked.

Come on in. The show's about to begin.

Look what happened?

How the hell did you end up here?

Well, William's MR took a little

longer than we thought it would,

and, I don't know,

one thing led to another, and...

Yes, one thing leads to another,

but not to this.

This building is surrounded.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. Its like an army out there.

Hollywood Boulevard's

really happening, huh?

You have to come out.

Hey, did you see

they showed my audition tape

-on television from Urban Nomad?

-Yes.

I thought it was pretty good.

What'd you think?

Yes, Jimmy. Very good.

You know, they used to show

classic movies in this place.

Let's get William, and we'll go out together.

Okay?

Im not going to give up, Lorraine.

Not now. This is the greatest role of my life.

You've got to know how crazy this is.

Jimmy, they will kill you.

They ready.

Ill never get another role

as good as Jericho.

Nothing this good.

You never know.

I do know.

Im a one-role actor.

Brando...

He's an actor.

Stanley Kowalski, Street car Named Desire.

Terry Malloy, On the Waterfront.

The Godfather.

I don't have that in me.

Think of it this way, Jimmy.

Look at all the attention you're getting.

And the charges against you

probably won't be that great.

You'll be out in a couple of years,

and you'll be acting for sure.

This is the role. Im going to play it out.

You've played it out, Jimmy.

Its over.

No, it's not over.

Every great role has a great ending.

I am not going to cheat that.

l want you to take William out with you.

-William!

-Yeah.

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