Rules Don't Apply Page #9
(on speaker) Frank, how's it going on
the banana nut ice cream front?
The company's definitely
not making it anymore.
But the good news is we located
the last batch, 350 gallons.
And the company's
being very cooperative.
Let's buy it.
The company's not for sale, sir.
The ice cream! Buy all of it.
- How does it get here?
- By refrigerated truck.
Well, why don't we fly it in?
Ice cream does not travel
well on airplanes.
Why don't we look into a...
- refrigerated truck?
- That's a great idea, sir.
(phone ringing)
Mr. Hughes, I'm finding more
and more tax advantages
for buying up real estate in Nevada.
With accelerated depreciation,
you get just as much on hotels
- as you would on, on shopping centers.
- It's the White House again.
Mr. Hughes, the White House
is calling again...
I want banana nut ice cream!
I am in the middle of a desert!
Are you not in the desert with me?
Is it not hot enough for the desert?
Where do I put 350 gallons
of ice cream, huh?
The same flavor!
All of it is banana nut!
All of it is banana nut! Carlos?
Frank, we've been waiting
here for six weeks.
I am his chief executive officer.
I have to meet him.
I understand, Mr. Maheu.
Of course, you're right.
In California, abortion's...
not legal.
You might wanna give
the whole thing more thought.
- (music playing)
- Jingle bells
Jingle bells
Jingle all the way...
Howard, I think we should meet.
Moe Dalitz says he needs
you to change floors.
They own the hotel.
The mob is nothing to be fooled with.
Can we please meet?
Look, you ask that shitty
little Mafia hoodlum
how much he wants for the hotel
and say "yes" on the condition
he's out by Thursday.
There is no need for you
or anyone else to see me.
Howard. I feel I must advise you
that you can still be made
to be seen in court
in order to defend against charges
that you mismanaged TWA.
That's not true. That's not true.
I'm also finding it very difficult
to run your entire operation
when I've never, ever
actually seen you.
I mean, in the flesh.
Do you realize that, Howard?
That I've never actually seen you?
Howard?
(crying)
Bob? If you were
to actually see me
in the way that I need to be.
You are my chief executive officer,
you are not my father.
Okay, what's this?
It's Stouffer frozen
turkey dinner, sir.
Okay, well, I want you to
notify the Stouffer company
to remove the dark meat of the turkey
from the turkey frozen dinner.
- Banana nut?
- Banana nut, sir.
Forget banana nut!
Okay. Levar!
No more banana nut ice cream.
You got that?
No more banana nut ice cream.
From now on...
I want French vanilla.
Goddamn it. I want French vanilla now.
I want you to bring me
that schedule of Maheu's
because I wanna know exactly
- what that son of a b*tch is doing.
- (phone beeps)
Mr. Hughes,
Marla Mabrey has just come in.
I put her in the speakerphone room.
Shall I tell her
you're unavailable, sir?
Frank, handle this, will you?
Go talk to her.
Tell her I'm just not seeing people.
I want French vanilla from now on!
French vanilla immediately.
Hi.
What can I do for you?
It's my career, not yours.
And you can help by accepting that.
It's really none of
your business, Frank.
Okay.
But you can tell your boss
I feel it's only right
that I meet with him
before taking any action.
(door closing)
I don't know. You never looked
at her screen test.
She might have someone new
who's advising her.
Who? An agent? Lawyer? What?
involved with somebody?
I've heard nothing! l...
Never mind. You go ahead.
I'll talk to her.
Yes, sir.
(sighs)
(on speakers) Marla?
Are you, are you there, Marla?
Are you in the room?
I can't do this
on the telephone, Howard.
I'm not seeing people.
Something we didn't plan on
has happened.
You better pick up the phone, Marla.
We should have been more careful.
From a single encounter,
Marla? From one time?
Do you really expect me
to believe that?
I'm surprised.
I didn't think you were
that kind of a person.
How much money are you looking for?
Hey, is vanilla and French vanilla,
is it the same thing?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yes, it's the same?
I'm gonna go check on it.
(vase shatters)
You're acting crazy.
I know more about the business
than you think I do.
Oh, all those big deals
in your future, Frank?
You better get them in writing.
I don't need them in writing.
Well, that's right.
'Cause you trust him.
He won't even meet with his wife.
- Lucky woman.
- He won't let anybody look at him.
- Oh, well, he's right!
- There's no reason...
He's right. Because they might see
exactly what he is,
a cold, sleazy, egomaniacal, old fake
not worth meeting with.
You wanna have meetings
or make movies?
They got names for guys that are doing
what you're doing, Frank.
Who do you think you're talking to?
I think I'm talking to
somebody that sold out
and you can tell the guy
that you sold out to
that I'm never going back
to that stupid house!
And he can throw
whatever's in it away.
And that you wanna go home
to your fiance
and get legally married!
Do you actually think that you're
going somewhere with Howard Hughes?
You're even scared
to get on his plane!
- Okay, just...
- Don't be physical with me, Frank!
Whoever the hell
You know, it's none of your business
who's advising me now!
You need someone
who's advising you now!
To move on, Frank, move on! I have!
- Do you mind if I speak?
- Get out of here!
No, because there's
nothing left to say!
And if you call me,
I won't talk to you.
So kindly treat
my privacy with respect!
Respect?
Go back to your goddamn mystery man,
with your privacy and your rings
and don't worry about
me ever calling you.
Believe me, I never will!
(sniffling)
HOWARD (on phone): Nadine, who called
that Maheu didn't tell me about?
Today? The chairman of the FAA,
the Under Secretary of Defense,
the Treasury secretary,
someone from the air traffic
controller's union,
and a man from the AFL-CIO.
All right, look, we're leaving
that son of a b*tch Maheu
alone in Vegas tonight.
He's finished. He's fired!
We're going to Nicaragua.
This isn't the only place
in the world without taxes!
Get me my pilot's jacket.
All right, come on, come on.
Let's go. Come on!
Going through the kitchen now.
It's all up to me.
Nothing gets bought,
nothing gets sold without me.
For all practical purposes,
I am Howard Hughes.
Come on, Frank. Get outta the car.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
Come on!
(engine starting)
Frank, you can do this.
Come on. Flying can be fun.
I think I'm ready.
Okay, Cappy, it's about time
I did this again.
Gentlemen, I am finally
gonna do something
that I haven't done for far too long.
Far too long.
Cappy, this is Frank here's
first plane ride.
I wanna make it memorable.
- Everything ready?
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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