People I Know Page #7

Am I missing something here?

Miss Hopper give you anything

last night?

Perhaps something for Cary Launer?

No.

You know what that is?

No.

It's a children's toy, Eli.

You attach this to it.

It becomes a camera.

Takes digital images

you can download onto a computer

and then onto the Internet.

Serge gave her her toy back,

not knowing what it was.

She was taking pictures, Eli.

Sandy?

What are you doing here?

They got pictures of you on there?

Is that what this is?

Pictures of Elliot?

Cary?

There are Websites

for such things, Mr. Wurman.

People blackmailed.

Lives broken.

Ruined.

For money and power.

The images, they...

Well, they end up on the Internet.

It's politics, Eli.

It's just politics.

We feel the images from that toy

could influence Mr. Launer

in his decision on whether to run.

This is a good thing,

how I'm trying to do this benefit.

It's not about elections.

Politicians come and go.

It's about people who are powerless.

Now, Mr. Sharansky,

you have so much power.

You use it wisely.

I would say the same to you,

my friend.

Did someone kill that girl

over a toy?

Eli, you're not thinking clearly.

We're civic leaders, Eli.

Harry Gould back there is a rabbi.

Tom Hiler is on the board

of the ACLU.

We're concerned about the

political future of our state,

which, by the way,

is very precarious.

A future which we all care

very deeply about.

Well, if you care,

you'll be there tonight.

You'll be there with Reverend Blunt.

And you'll take a stand.

Eli, hey.

- Eli.

- Who are these people?

Give them the thing.

If you've got the thing,

give it to them.

Get them to come.

Jesus.

Cary.

Listen.

You got to call me back soon.

Please.

Please, just call me.

Eli, where are you?

I'm at the Palm.

I put off the cops

till tomorrow afternoon.

You've got to get down here.

Elsa is taking over.

I can't stop her.

Hey, Elsa. You came.

How touching.

E., they bumped us

to the small room.

No, Romeo. No.

No. Forget it.

I want you to move these tables

out of here right now, Romeo.

Eli, you have fewer people.

It's fashion week.

I have "InStyle" magazine.

We are not huddling in that

bar mitzvah room upstairs

because of your tragic causes.

You used to work for me.

I trained you. I screwed you.

If you didn't scare me in the sack,

you ain't gonna scare me now.

That was a hundred years ago,

big shot.

You're a lot sadder now.

I am a lot tougher.

Tonight the Palm is mine.

I'm not asking.

I may be old, but I can still hurt.

Now, you think

about how I can hurt you.

Jesus.

Come on, Eli.

Romeo, I want you to move her

out of here.

And I want you to rearrange

this room.

Because it's not 70 people.

It's the whole goddamn world.

Eli, I have fashion week.

I have "InStyle."

I have Cary Launer!

He never shows.

Look what you are.

Look what you've become.

Do it, Romeo.

It's starting.

I know.

Uh, where's Jon Hendricks?

He's on his way.

Blunt is here.

I put him in the kitchen.

Why?

I didn't know what else to do.

He has half a dozen bodyguards.

Where's Cary?

He coming?

His doorman says he's still at home.

He ordered a Mr. Chow's

takeout duck salad,

an echinacea shake,

and some valerian drops.

Valerian drops. Jesus.

I know what that means.

- Just keep trying him.

- Yeah.

And this model kid.

You know. The one I invited.

Michael.

- Yeah. I put him next to you.

- Oh, good.

- Okay.

- Eli, wait a sec.

- I want to say something.

- Oh, not now.

No. Look.

I really have loved working for you.

I even sort of respect you.

But...

Always a "but."

Where you going?

You gonna be an agent?

No.

Back to Seattle.

I miss quaint and grunge and rain.

Don't we all.

That's a smart move, kid.

Come on.

I want to know

who's working the door.

I hate those flowers.

They look like they died last Easter.

George.

You're here.

Very good seeing you.

- Good seeing you, Gay.

- Hi.

Hey, Ross, how are you?

Ah. Welcome, Reverend.

They take care of you?

I have a long night.

A lot of stops.

- I know.

- Any fun people showing up?

Well, I hear Gandhi might stop by.

But that might only be a rumor.

Yeah, he was good in that movie.

But this ain't India.

Are they feeding you?

Anybody working?

Let's get some more shrimp.

- Sharansky's arrived.

- Yeah.

He's in a limo out front.

But he won't come in

until he knows he's safe.

Safe?

It's always about safety with him.

I'd like to know

what that man is so scared of.

I don't know.

Maybe he's afraid Mustafa here

is gonna ask him to dance.

Is there a problem?

This is Berger.

He does security for us.

No way can I let my man

in this place.

You can't?

I don't have enough exits

to make a clean retreat.

You are gonna be a lot safer

in there than you are in a car.

You can't sit in a limo all night.

Elliot, sweetheart, it's the Palm.

You're not walking into

a PLO training camp.

Think of Jimmy Carter.

Anwar Sadat. Camp David.

Elliot.

Let me help you.

I know Jimmy Carter.

Eli, believe me,

you're no Jimmy Carter.

We look alike.

Don't know why I like you, but I do.

You're the little Jew who could.

Don't worry about the guns.

They're just show.

They always love their guns.

- It's so good to see you.

- How are you?

Well, here we are.

Okay, gentlemen.

Here's the story.

We don't have much time.

So here's how it's gonna work.

I'm gonna introduce you.

Both of you.

That would hardly be appropriate.

You do not have the right stature.

- Stature?

- I agree, Mr. Sharansky.

I think it's more effective

if I speak first.

No. We never agreed on that.

Whatever the order, I go first.

"B," I need to be

out of here by 9:45.

And "C," Cary Launer introduces us.

Cary?

That's a deal-breaker.

He is planning on coming

but not necessarily speaking.

You never know with him.

Not talking?

Then Rev. Blunt is walking.

Nada con nada equals nada.

If Reverend Blunt leaves, I leave.

I'm not here to be the lone

schmuck on page 6 of the "Post."

You can say that again.

We can leave together.

Guys, I have almost 200

of the most important people

in this town out there,

opinion makers, to honor.

Just think about the cause, will you?

I don't appreciate

standing by the ovens.

The symbolism is unpleasant.

And it's hot.

And I need to see

Reverend Blunt's speech.

- You what?

- I'm sorry.

I need to know we're not

going to be humiliated.

Now, listen. Remember why

we're here, guys. Okay?

Why is it always about the past, huh?

What about today?

Where were you

when I was being thrown

in the back of a paddy wagon?

I was arrested because my people

are experiencing a holocaust.

Please, don't use that word with me!

What's tonight all about?

This INS thing.

They've been trying to send us

back to Africa for years.

You think you have a copyright

on tragedy?

Now, look, guys...

This has nothing to do with you.

While you were arrested, I was

quietly making phone calls

- on behalf of these gentlemen.

- We are on the same team.

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