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Jennifer, can you call Marcia,

the baby's mom,

and tell her that she needs

to come down here ASAP?

- Right this second.

- Well, where is she?

Probably at the motel

sunning her ass. Go!

Okay, calm down.

I am calm!

You're pulling my chest hairs!

Listen to me!

You are the leader.

I need you to act like one.

You're hurting my nipp...

From now on, you are gonna do

what I say, you understand?

Yes.

We are printing the second take.

We are printing the two last takes.

We need to match that last take

with the milk spilled

and the oatmeal,

and then when we come back from

lunch, we're gonna do a pick-up shot.

Yes, I get it, I get it.

I get it!

You are such an infant.

You're a baby!

Very touchy, isn't he?

Gavin, go down

to the production trailer.

Whoopsy daisy.

Drop dead, Lars.

I love you too!

Evan. Evan, darling...

- It's Gavin!

- Sorry, sweetie.

Listen, Evan, what are we

going to do about this wig?

- I mean, it doesn't even match...

- I don't care!

- What!

- Please excuse me for breathing!

Gavin, I'm really sorry

that I came in on that line,

but I don't know

what's going on around here.

- Who does?

- What line?

"Stop it! Stop doing this!"

I thought Mort

was gonna do that line.

No, that changed last night.

- Well, I didn't know!

- Well, you should've!

You should've said something!

- Come on, Florence Nightingale.

- Stop calling me that!

The nurse is coming over now,

and you were right, Barbara,

she was over there at craft service

just stuffing her face.

Unbelievable.

Hey, what are you doing?

Looking at your continuity sheets,

if that's what these

are supposed to be.

You're such an a**hole, Lars!

I don't look through your sh*t.

How's Marlon doing

out there, anyway?

- Should we get a doctor, too?

- I'm gonna talk to Burt about it.

Honey, oh! Honey, come here.

- How do you feel?

- Get him a chair.

Get him in the chair.

There we go.

Back it in, back it in.

I've done this before like this.

Dja vu.

Should we start the scene

in the kitchen?

We finished it, man.

We just have a pick-up shot.

- We started the scene?

- Yeah.

You were terrific.

No, no, I didn't think

you'd started the scene yet.

You scared the sh*t out of me.

Hey, hey! If you ever touch me

that way again,

I will eat your heart for lunch!

What are you talking about?!

Don't you touch me!

Don't anyone touch me!

That's lunch, everyone!

One hour.

One hour!

I'm gonna be sick.

I'm gonna be sick, everyone!

You need to lie down.

- You want my part?

- Maybe we should all lie down.

What happened, honey?

He was overacting.

Leave me alone!

Don't you understand?

- Time's gone all weird...

- That's it. I'm outta here.

Gotta get outta here!

Oh, Jesus Christ!

Anybody know what's for lunch?

Get him to his trailer.

Come on.

Buddy, I need to call a doctor.

I need a cell phone, someone!

You should have a f***ing phone!

That motherf***er!

Did you see that?

He just grabbed my titties!

This whole thing is going

to hell in a hand basket.

Okay, so we're clear?

Pick-up shot after lunch?

Yes, and we're gonna print

the last two takes.

If it were up to me,

we'd do a safety of the whole scene.

Anything for safety,

please, anything.

Come on, Lars, please,

give me a break.

I'm just kidding, old chum.

I'm just kidding.

Are you?

No.

- Who loves you, baby?

- Stop it!

Come on, sexy.

Who's that woman?

That's Lily. She's Russian.

What's she doing on my set?

Gavin, she financed half your film.

- That's why she wants a bigger part?

- Yeah.

What's she doing with Lars?

Giving him aid and sustenance

whenever he wants it.

Sh*t, directing sucks!

Where's my wife?

I'm here. Where's the baby?

- Jennifer has him.

- Where were you?

I was out buying diapers for him

and baby wipes for you, bonehead.

Oh, that's funny.

That's really funny!

Gavin.

I'm sor... I'm sorry. Sorry.

That's 45 minutes, people.

Back at 4:
00. Back at 4:00!

Back at 4:
00, copy that!

Gavin, this is Dr. Cohen.

Hi, Dr. Stuart Cohen.

Can we talk a moment, please?

- What's up?

- Privately.

- What's going on?

- What's the problem?

- Dead?

- Yeah.

I don't believe it.

Yeah, I don't know what to say. It was...

What happened?

It could have been

severe heat stroke, heart, anything.

I took Dr. Cohen to Ray's trailer...

Yeah, he was lying down there...

- Who was laying down?

- What?

- Who was laying down?

- Matt, Matt Dobbs.

Right, and he didn't look good.

I asked him to sit up.

I needed to get his blood pressure.

I gave him some water.

I turned around to get my stuff,

and he had collapsed onto the floor.

It was awful.

I called an ambulance.

Are you sure he's dead?

What do you mean?

Of course I'm sure. I'm a doctor.

He's dead, extremely dead.

Okay, so what do we do now?

There's gonna have to be an autopsy,

coroner's report, all the procedures.

Did he have an insurance medical

before you started filming?

I guess so.

Did he or didn't he?

Don't you people check this out?

I don't know.

Don't get in my face!

Gavin, calm down!

All I'm saying is they have

strict laws up here in Nevada.

I'm sure they do.

Dr. Cohen, I'm Jeffrey, by the way.

I'm an actor in the film,

and this is...

Bonnie.

...Gavin, but he's a little stressed.

Okay, but hell, he doesn't

have to jump down my throat.

Does he have a family

or relatives?

Yeah, I have a wife and a child.

- He means Matt.

- Matt?

You know, the deceased?

What's his name, Dobbs?

Does he have a family?

Yes, he does. He has a wife

and two young kids.

I think they're divorced.

- His kids are divorced?

- What the f*** is wrong with you?

Do you laugh at everything?

I mean, a man has died.

She thinks this is funny.

- Are all you movie people like this?

- Go, go!

Who's in charge of things?

I'm the director.

- You've gotta be kidding.

- He is, doc.

He's in charge.

We can all vouch for that.

- Who the hell was that?

- That was the production a**hole.

I thought as much.

Is there a producer around here?

Well, no. He's in LA.

His name is Harvey Brickman.

I'm gonna have to talk to him.

You know what, I'm gonna call

Harvey and break the news.

- I'll wait for the ambulance.

- I'll go with you.

No, it's okay. Go to lunch.

Copy that.

Gavin!

Your ice pack.

Why has he got

that ice pack on his knee?

He had an accident

surfing over in Malibu.

He surfs?

Oh, yeah.

- Harvey Brickman's office.

- Harvey.

- He's not here.

- Where is he?

- Would you like me to try his cell?

- Put me through!

God!

He's on medication, isn't he?

He's on everything.

Thought as much.

Vicodin?

Yeah.

Yeah, you got it.

That's why he's wacko.

He's wacko?

Hello.

Hey, Harvey, it's Gavin.

- Marvin?

- Gavin.

- Gavin?

- That's right.

I'm directing one of your films.

- Which one?

- Slipstream.

Yeah, out here in the desert.

- Garvin?

- Gavin, not Garvin.

- Right, no, I'm directing...

- Hot?

- It's very hot out here.

- Where?

- Near Vegas.

- Vegas?

Listen, Harvey,

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