Lucky Bastard
[somber piano music]
[birds chirping]
[somber piano music]
Hey.
Daniel.
I'm leaving.
Okay, I'll drive you to the
airport.
No, no, no, I called a cab.
I thought you said you
wanted me to drive you...
No, I changed my mind.
But didn't you say....
No.
Danny.
I want you to think about
what I said last night.
You know what I want.
[phone ringing]
Thanks, thanks, I'll be right
out.
Danny.
Hey, you know I love you.
You're going to have to think
about that sometime.
Sometime is coming up.
Happy birthday.
Oh man, hey wait.
Thanks for remembering.
Sure.
I like the new chair.
Yeah, it's good.
It's much more visual than
the last one.
Think so?
Yeah.
Not very
comfortable though.
Yeah, visually it didn't work with
the cushions.
Looks great, sucks to sit on.
I'm representing the firm
for the Athens job,
Charlie told me that I might have to meet
with Bob at the architectural site,
they need expertise on the
architectural structural system
so I might be a little
longer than usual.
If I go to Sydney I'll give
you a call okay?
Let you know when
I'm coming back.
Wait.
We'll talk when I
get back, okay?
But Rusty I'm really, really
tired of living in a hotel.
It's the Tropical!
Janice Joplin died here;
it's like the hottest hotel in Hollywood.
Yes, but I want something
more permanent.
Say hi to Bob for me.
Yeah.
This one is May 1936.
Well that's good,
but not good enough.
Has to be 1935
and July please.
I've got it, June 1935.
June?
June's good, I
could approve June.
It's a month before
the house was finished.
Let's see.
Color is good!
Design is good,
texture is good...
uh, oh, what's this?
What?
Do you see it?
Look, there's a crack.
Yes!
F***!
Keep looking.
You can't even see it!
Garret it has to
be perfect, okay,
you can't put your name on
something unless it's absolutely
perfect, we just have to
keep looking that's all.
Rusty I need a minute.
Sorry, still looking.
Rusty, we'll find a sink okay,
can we have a minute please?
How are we supposed to
find a sink if we're talking?
This is serious.
I got a call from the
Howell's last night.
What?
They're not upset
about the house I hope.
The house is perfect, they can
not be upset about the house.
They love your work.
Okay.
And that's the thing, they
want you to design a house
for their daughter.
Did they find another
Frank Lloyd Wright to restore?
No, they want you to design this
one from the ground up and I
told them it's the chance
you've been waiting for.
They're nightmare
clients, nightmare clients.
I thought I was going to have a
nervous breakdown in the last
house I did for them.
You think you're going to have
a nervous breakdown on every
project we do.
What about the noitra, I mean
life on this project.
You said I should put my
whole life into this project.
Rusty listen to me, I think that
we need to get you moving past
the (inaudible)
restorations, okay,
think that that's all you do.
I got a call from a Russian
magazine last week
about your last restoration.
Magazine, Russia?
Yeah, Russia and I think
they want to do an interview.
Russian magazine?
Rusty I don't think
it's a good idea,
I think it will only perpetuate
the whole restoration thing and
not showcase your
design work.
Should I do an
interview in the magazine?
Rusty the point is even people
in Siberia only think that you
do restorations, okay.
I mean you need to break
out, make some other kind of
statement, move
towards your own creativity.
I don't want to
make a new statement,
I like this statement, I want
to make this statement over
and over again.
I'm about refinement,
I'm a perfectionist,
I've looked at 200
sinks for this job alone!
The house is for
their daughter, okay.
It's her wedding present.
I mean it's on a mountain
top in the desert!
house from the ground up,
I want you to be creative okay!
And, and, and you're talking to the
Howell's this afternoon, for us!
So you had this
planned all along?
Yeah, you're damn right I did
buddy because I'm the master
planner and you're the
master designer and,
and, you're the
greatest partner in the world,
I just want you to
fuckingg grow.
I don't want to grow.
Well you're going to
grow starting right now.
You know this is in
your best interest!
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
You're such a
fuckingg bastard.
You're an a**hole.
You're what?
I'm assigning Rusty
to a new project.
Yes, and it's almost finished.
I'm taking over, I'm going
to handle all the details.
ls this your idea Rusty?
This is my idea actually.
Rusty is going to be designing
He's moving past restorations.
What restorations?
I spent five million
dollars on this property,
now it's just a restoration?
I didn't say that, l
didn't say anything like that.
We spent every weekend looking
for vintage plumbing Rusty.
We even flew to the
Philippines to look at veneers.
And now you're just
dumping me for some new project.
I didn't dump you guys.
I'll be taking over the completion
aspect of the project.
ls this what you want Rusty?
Well I mean he is the boss.
I'm not the boss, I'm Rusty's
business partner and the house
is almost complete
Like hell he is!
I'm calling my
lawyers right now,
I'll see both of you in court.
I thought that went well.
Good, good...
Well, we're going
to the Howell's now,
so we'll get back.
So tell Rusty about the site.
Yes, um, we called Garrett
to see if we could get you to
design a house for our
daughter on some land
we have up in Mullholland.
Yeah, well of course l
would have to see the property,
you know feel it out,
get an idea of the land.
I haven't done much with it.
lt's about ten acres.
Ten acres, my God
on Mulholland.
More or less.
lt's some pretty spectacular
views if I say so myself.
Mr. Price, well Rusty,
if I can call you Rusty.
Oh, of course, I think I spent
you to call me
Rusty, Mrs. Howell.
Elaine.
Elaine.
so pleased with what you did,
we just wanted to give the
same pleasure to Brookie.
Uh huh.
You see Rusty what she
means-- what we mean is well,
turns out there's this
Gio Ponti up in the hills.
lt's unpublished and it's
unknown as well as untouched
and has been perfectly maintained
by the original builders.
Heard about it this
morning when I was playing golf.
And, um, well Rusty, we traded.
About 15 minutes before
you got here.
You would love it Rusty.
lt's got all the original furniture
that was built for the house.
lt was built by Venezuelan
copper magnet for his wife in
1955, she wanted to
be a film actress.
So you guys aren't
actually building anything?
That's right my boy,
we're giving her the Ponti.
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