Louder Than Words Page #4
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2013
- 95 min
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I mean, I have a lot of 'em,
like I want to make a
difference in the world.
I know. It sounds cheesy,
but I want to help people.
Dad builds these huge buildings,
and mom makes them look great,
And someday I want to figure out
my own way to make people happy.
[ LAUGHS ]
But that isn't the wish I
picked to write about.
Even though I have a
million wishes for me,
like being a star or a really
famous scientist...
[ LAUGHS ]
I wished for the health
and well-being
of all the children
in the world.
It's weird. It's like it
just wrote itself.
[ OVERLAPPING CHATTER ]
Yeah.
Hey, Eddie.
John. You okay?
I'm gonna build you a hospital,
a children's hospital.
How much will that cost?
Nothing would make me happier,
John,
but, uh, I'd better explain
a couple things.
Okay.
Why don't we go inside
out of the cold?
[ RADIO ]...Figure out
what to do next.
[ BUZZER ]
...encouraged by
Friday's report.
Obviously it was better than
the market expected.
BRENDA:
Hello.Hi. Uh, Brenda?
Yes.
Hi. Bruce komiski.
Uh-huh.
Yeah. John invited
me to dinner.
Oh, uh...
Right. Right.
Uh, let me open the gate, okay?
Give me a second.
You've reached John fareri.
Damn it.
Leave a message.
John, w-where are you,
and who is Bruce?
BRENDA:
Have a seat.Oh, thank you.
Would you like a glass of wine?
Red or white? Sure.
Whatever's open.
Okay. All right. I'll just...
I'll be back in one second.
All right.
Ah.
Here we are.
Thank you. Great.
Cheers. Cheers.
So John's probably just having
one of those crazy days at work.
I'm sure he'll be right
along any minute.
Great.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thanks.
Unusually, uh, warm for
this time of year?
You know how it is.
the next day or...
Right. Funny.
Heh.
That... this is good.
What is it?
Uh, I forget.
I'll go get the bottle.
You know, it's... it's
not important.
No? Okay.
You know what?
snow last year
right around this time.
Huh.
Oh.
John.
Bruce? What are you doing here?
Dinner.
Remember?
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh. [ CHUCKLES ]
Yeah, sure.
Brenda and I, we got a chance
to get to know one another.
You two have already met, right?
No.
No? No, John.
JOHN:
So how was your firstday on the job?
Well, I, uh, got to the
medical center,
and I introduced myself to
the head of planning,
and I... I told her that
I was in charge
of the new hospital project,
and, um... and she said,
if there was such a thing,
that would be her job.
Yeah, yeah. She thinks it is.
Yeah. So I then went to Eddie
stolzenberg's office,
and, um... and he said, "yeah,
yeah, no.
"You don't want to tell
anybody, you know,
what you're doing or... or
why you're here."
[ CHUCKLES ]
So, I mean, he is...
he does have
the authority
to... to build this?
Oh, yeah, he thinks he does,
yeah.
I mean, you know, I, um...
I left my job, and I
moved my stuff here.
If I don't really have a job...
no, you have a job.
I... I hired you.
Uh-huh.
I mean, usually, the
board hires me.
I don't have a board.
Should I get a board?
Bruce, would you like
some more wine?
Yes, please.
Well, he seems very nice.
Yeah.
But do you think you could try
to remember to tell me
the next time you invite
somebody over for dinner?
I mean, I'm... I'm glad you
had someone over
and that we had dinner together.
Lydia.
John...
Sorry about your loss.
Uh,
I was wondering if
you've heard about
this project that
I'm working on.
The hospital?
Yeah. Yeah.
Um, I was hoping
that I could have your
support on it.
Honestly, I don't think I can
be much help to you on that.
The folks I have influence with
are just too suspicious of you,
John.
Sorry.
You gotta be kidding.
Really, it was awful.
Apparently, dad talked this guy
into leaving a real job.
Is this some kind of
cut-rate deck?
Oh, listen to her.
Whoa, don't bet outside
your comfort zone.
I'll raise you. Okay.
This guy, by the end
of the evening,
he had this look on his face,
you know, like the
environmentalists get
when they realize that dad has
done a number on them?
Sounds like the old dad.
Yeah.
Is he getting anywhere
with this hospital?
Uh, whew.
I... you know, I don't
really know.
He doesn't talk to me about it.
It's weird. He's normally
such a chatterbox.
Well, it's good he
has a project.
Yes, yes. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Fantasy of some hospital
so he can wipe out the memories
of what happened to Maria
at the old one
and, uh, forget the
family he has left.
Michael. Okay, Michael.
What? It's like none of
us even exist.
Michael, everyone that loses
someone goes through this.
We just have to stick together.
Whose bet is it?
Mine.
Steph.
You there?
Needless to say, we
love the idea.
We're... we're 100% behind it.
It's a beautiful thing,
what you're doing.
Especially with everything that
you've been through.
Okay. What do you
need me to do?
Well, the thing is...
I'm not a patient you're
giving bad news to.
It's all right. You can just...
what?
All right. Well, how do I...
how do I put this? Um,
and how they're our... our
future and everything,
uh, pediatrics is the bottom
of the food chain,
neurosurgeons, the
transplant guys
being the big guns around here
since they bring in the money.
Now, they are not happy
with your idea,
because they're like, "well,
we want a new toy.
"We want a gamma knife.
We don't want a
children's hospital."
So they've gone to b*tch to all of their
friends at the county legislature,
who unfortunately
are our bosses,
and they're not happy with
your idea either,
because they don't
want to take on
any big capital projects during
an election cycle.
Their biggest donors, who don't
want to lose any business,
they don't want you stealing
any of their business...
[ OVERLAPPING ]...State
board of health
which has to approve any
construction of new hospitals.
They don't want you taking
their business.
And a lot of these s. O.B.S...
...construction on a
new hospital.
Money.
Yeah, nobody's mentioned where
would the money come from.
Okay. We finished?
That's not enough?
Bruce found a fund-raiser.
I'll speak to the state senator.
It's all good.
Courage, compassion, devotion,
destiny.
What do you think?
It's wonderful, Michael.
It's so big.
That must have hurt quite a lot.
Lot less than laying around,
trying to figure out
how long it would take to
flunk out. Heh.
I'm gonna go for a walk.
[ SIGHS ]
I'm trying to take care of him.
I know. I know you are.
At least I've got my classes
to get my mind off things,
but he's...
did you ever try to talk to
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