People I Know Page #6

black leaders were arrested,

including the Reverend

Lyle Blunt of the Harlem force.

We have a mayor

on a political mission

to deprive the black man

of his God-given rights!

So, what do you think of him?

False prophet.

Probably.

So you heard about Jilli Hopper.

Yeah. I don't know

what this world's become.

It's like a high-speed

trash heap.

Well, she was clearly

headed for trouble.

Eli, I have Regis.

Okay.

Oh.

Hi, Rege.

How you doing?

Are you gonna come

to my thing tonight?

Oh, well, we got everybody.

We got, uh, Mailer and Hamill.

Lee Grant.

Cyndi Lauper.

John and Joan Dunne.

The list goes on and on.

Great, Rege.

Great!

I love you.

Oh, thank you so much.

Bye.

Well, there you have it.

Dr. Publicity in action.

What the hell went on last night?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Kind of blurry.

She give you anything for me?

No.

Okay. Well...

75 G's.

That's a year's severance.

You're firing me, Cary?

Again?

Well, here's the thing.

There's some talk.

People have approached me.

Some smart people.

And they think I can snatch

O'Horrigan's Senate seat.

You want to be a senator?

I'm sorry.

I didn't get much sleep.

I'm overtired.

Uh, okay.

A Democrat, of course.

One never knows with you.

Hey, I'm sure it's funny.

But remember this.

I go back.

I go back to Bobby.

To Gene McCarthy.

I got some credibility here, man.

Oh, Cary.

You are not seriously

contemplating this.

What are you gonna do?

Drive around and kiss babies?

Come on, man.

You're used to a private jet.

A suite at the Carlyle.

You live in a f***ing hotel, man.

I don't have to kiss anybody.

I can go on "Nightline"

and "Larry King"

because of who I am.

Well, if you're really serious

about this...

If you're seriously thinking

of doing this thing,

then you're gonna need me.

Why would you drop me now?

Listen, if I'm really serious

about this,

I'm gonna need young

and energetic people around me.

So you can suck them dry.

I introduced you to the Panthers.

You never met a black man

till I took you to Lenox Lounge.

You're off the picture.

I'm just here to say goodbye.

A girl who had it all.

Rhodes scholar, TV star.

I think they left out

"call girl."

Jilli Hopper's body being

removed from the D'Orsay Hotel.

Nah.

She wasn't a hooker.

She was just an actress acting.

For 30 years I picked up

the pieces after you.

Like the man at the circus who

cleans up after the elephant.

You're just gonna drop me now?

E., listen to me.

Everybody has their time.

We're very good friends.

Think about that.

You don't want to spoil

our friendship.

You're supposed to be there

for me tonight, man.

You know this thing is

important to me.

Before you go, Cary,

I just want to ask one question.

You think if Jilli Hopper

hadn't come to New York with you

on your little field trip

to an opium den,

you think maybe, just maybe,

she'd be alive today?

What are you saying?

Don't forget how much I know.

Go on, Cary.

Walk out on me.

Go on.

I think someone killed her.

I think I saw it.

How about that?

Can you just see

those "Post" headlines?

"Starlet's Last Binge with

Movie Star/Senator Lothario"?

Come on, Cary.

You're always gonna need someone

to pick up the pieces

you leave in your wake.

And they have to be someone

with no real center.

No real soul.

Someone who'll do absolutely

anything and then cover it up.

Because... they're loyal.

And they believe in the guy.

Where you gonna find

someone like that?

Like an Ehrlichman or a Haldeman?

Come on.

I'm not Nixon.

I'm not so sure about that.

I told people you'd be there, man.

It's my name on the line!

Ross?

Order me a car to go to Sharansky's.

There's no cars for you, E.

I beg your pardon?

They cut you off.

You haven't paid.

What do you mean I haven't paid?

That's your job, a**hole.

More on the tragic life

of a TV starlet and model.

From promising

lvy-League beginnings

to a lonely end in a Midtown hotel.

We'll have reports

from Hollywood and Paris.

There's cash on the desk.

Take some.

Pay everyone I owe,

including yourself.

A picture is emerging

of a troubled life

and her ongoing battle

with substance abuse.

We'll have all that and more.

Stand by.

Pete in the Bronx, you're on.

If people from lawless,

Third-World countries

come here and break laws,

they should be deported.

Who would want to listen

to this sh*t?

Change it, please.

Could you change it, please?

Driver, you ever drop people off

or pick them up

down by Wall Street late at night?

Like 12:
00 midnight

or 2:
00 in the morning?

Sometimes.

Keep the change.

Summer Showroom?

- 47.

- Thank you.

Can I help you, sir?

Uh...

No, that's...

- Eli.

- Elliot.

- Come on in. Nice to see you.

- Nice to see you.

Sit down.

It means so much when people

venture all the way down here.

Sit down.

Have some coffee.

Very good coffee.

Thank you.

You went to college with my brother.

I did. Israel. Yeah.

Yeah. Izzy.

He died, you know.

- Yeah.

- O.D.'d.

So sad.

Yeah, it was sad.

Well, in any event,

it's good to have you come down

and see us so quickly.

It would mean so much if you

came to my benefit tonight.

Elliot, it would make

such a powerful statement

if you were there.

By the way, it was very good

to see you last night.

Last night?

Oh.

You were at the opening

of "Flypaper"?

Okay.

Well, tell us about tonight.

We're very interested.

Who, if I may, is "we"?

Tom Silverton.

Sorry, Eli.

This is Tom Silverton.

We're a little group.

We meet, have lunch, discuss things.

Sometimes we try

and make ourselves heard.

Above the din.

Above the din.

And many of us were involved

in the civil rights movement.

Well, you wield a great deal

of influence, Elliot.

If you came,

it would make a difference.

Who would be there with us?

You mean from the black community?

Well, we'd have a good cross section.

Because we were wondering

about Reverend Blunt.

Yeah.

Well, I saw him earlier today.

And he has got a fabulous program.

Teaching stonemasonry to the kids.

I believe he referred to us

as "hook-nosed Satans."

He's no Reverend King.

He's not even Al Sharpton.

No. But he's receptive.

It wouldn't be such a bad idea

to open a dialogue.

I think something would come of that.

And you can give us assurance

this is serious?

I wouldn't be involved if it wasn't.

My God.

That's what I do.

That's my life.

No. I can imagine.

Eli, there's gonna be a Senate

race in this state very soon.

- Yeah?

- We need to run someone

who's gonna beat

this cocksucker mayor.

Of course.

Your client is not that person.

My client?

You mean Cary Launer?

Yeah. He's been a no-show

at many lunches here.

And we've done the numbers.

In the end,

the mayor will tear him apart.

Because of your boy.

This fatuous, debauched party boy

playing out a fantasy of '60s glory.

He's going to lose us

an absolutely vital seat

in the United States Senate.

I don't know.

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