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The Big One Page #4
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1997
- 91 min
- 254 Views
Grand Funk Railroad...
and they had those
"I want you to want me"guys...
Cheap Trick.
Random House
had arranged for me...
to speak that night
[ltalian accent]
No photos, please. No photos.
MOORE:
Media Playwas a sprawling complex...
that sold books, CDs, videos,
a ten-minute lube job
while you wait.
Which way to home appliances?
I was really excited
to learn that Rick Nielsen...
the lead guitarist
from Cheap Trick...
lived just down the road.
P.R. Director, Pat...
if she knew if he was in town.
I think she was worried
I was gonna go off...
and hang with him,
so she told me...
he was absolutely,
definitely not in Rockford.
Why did I come to Rockford?
I really wanted
to go to some cities...
other than the ones
they usually send authors to...
New York, Los Angeles,
Boston, Washington, right?
And nobody
ever comes to Rockford.
Right? And I know
what that's like...
because I lived in Flint
most of my life.
Nobody ever comes to Flint.
MAN:
Thank you very much.Thank you very much.
[People chattering, laughing]
How ya doin', Mike?
- Who's this to?
- Laura.
- L-a...
- U-r-a.
What do you do here?
- What do I do?
- Yeah.
I sell cars.
Oh, yeah?
What kind of cars?
Fords.
And I got laid off today.
Today? Oh, I'm sorry.
Wow.
And this just happened today?
- Mm-hmm.
- Do you have kids?
No, and I don't have kids.
But I don't know
how they expect the people...
30 to 45 to be able
with jobs that they don't
have any benefits...
on themselves, at minimum wage.
MOORE:
I'm really sorry.Can I give you a hug?
I'll come over there.
OK? I'm really, really sorry.
Yeah. That's OK.
I tell ya,
every city I go to...
every day,
this is what's goin' on.
You are not alone in this.
Well, I know that, and I'm...
That's why
I'm glad that you're here...
and just seeing you
meant a whole lot to me.
There you go.
"Downsized but not out."
LAURA:
Well, that's true.All right, hang in there, OK?
Really. Seriously, man. OK?
- Thank you very much.
- I'm really sorry.
Thanks for coming to Number 300.
MOORE:
Ha ha! Fellow 300-ite.That's right.
Good luck, Flint, Michigan.
All right. Take care.
Any advice for... You came from
the worst city in America.
Now you are in
the worst city in America...
according to "Money" magazine.
Any advice for the beleaguered
Rockford residents?
Yes. I've been to 20 cities
so far in this tour...
and the entire country
has seen the effects...
of what it's like
to be downsized...
while these companies
and lots of people
have lost their jobs.
MOORE:
Rick from Cheap Trickis not in town?
PAT:
No. They're not in town.MOORE:
They're not in town?And how do you know that?
PAT:
Oh, we have our ways.MOORE:
How do you feelabout how it went tonight?
PAT:
I hear thatyou only run about 3%.
People that listen to you
only have about 3% book sales.
To me, you mean?
That what they're saying?
Basically, yeah.
You have a lot of people
that listen to you talk...
but they don't buy the book.
Right. Good point.
So, now, where do you get
those numbers, from the reps?
- Mostly. Yeah.
- From Random House?
a lot of things.
Yeah.
Like who have you talked to?
Other stores. Other areas.
Give me an example.
Barnes and Noble tonight
was really scared...
because they thought
you were over there tonight...
and they were worried.
They had no books.
Why don't they have any books?
I don't know why.
- They sold out, or...
- Probably didn't buy any.
You don't think they bought any
at the Barnes and Noble.
I want to review now what
I've learned from you tonight.
Number one...
only 3% of the people...
who come to hear me speak
Mmm, no. That's low.
MOORE:
Three percent?I mean, there were
100 or more people here...
and they sold
just over 100 books.
You know, it's a great
sell-through on an event.
Usually, if you can sell
at a ratio of 50%...
you're doing great.
Number two... Barnes and Noble
didn't have any books...
because they probably
didn't order any books.
Correct!
WOMAN:
It's been just a real...
MOORE:
Right.Oh! These are all yours?
We were told
that they had no books here.
That it wasn't even ordered.
WOMAN:
Seriously?- Yeah.
- Told by who?
Somebody down the street there
at Media Play.
WOMAN:
You can't alwaysbelieve everything you hear.
MOORE:
Yeah, I guess so, huh?
Last time we send people
down there, huh?
Number three... Rick from
Cheap Trick is not in town.
PAT:
Nope.Here's something you might know.
It's three chords.
For your love
I'd give you anything
And more that's for sure
For your love
do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do
You wrote a song, you know.
Too bad
- Yeah, right.
[Imitating Bob Dylan]
Come, senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorways
Don't block up the hall
For he who has stalled
is he who is bald
Oh, the outside
[Humming]
It'll rattle your windows
and you'll shake like a stone
For the times
they are a-changin'
Oh!
[Both humming]
For the times
they are a-changin'
[Laughing]
The answer my friend
Forget this book tour.
Forget the movie crap. Come on!
I could be a Dylan impersonator.
On the road, baby. You're it.
I am on the road.
Forty-seven cities.
- That's commendable, you know.
- How do you guys do this?
It's travel and perform,
travel and perform.
That's, uh... you, uh...
You kind of look forward
to a day off.
- I did Media Play in Rockford.
- So did we.
- You did Media Play?
- You're dang right we did.
- I don't feel so bad now.
- Oh, thanks.
But I walked in there thinking,
"What is this?"
I felt like that scene
in "Spinal Tap", you know?
"Puppet show and Michael Moore,
appearing tonight."
MOORE:
What's your advicefor Milwaukee?
RICK:
Well, where are you going?We're going
to Schwartz's book store.
Yeah, we're playing there next.
You've never played Schwartz's.
BOTH:
On the road againGood night, everybody. Peace.
[Country western music playing]
I didn't understand
till I was grown
Why my daddy didn't spend
a little time at home
Instead of runnin'
'round the country
That way
Whoa
I'm lookin' at the world
through a windshield
Seein' everything in
That I'm dyin' to see
in Nashville
Milwaukee is not a New York
or a Chicago or an L. A...
so we don't tend to have as many
high-profile celebrity types...
movie stars, et cetera.
So we tend to get people...
who don't take themselves
quite so seriously in Milwaukee.
We're considered more
of a second-tier city...
so we get
more thoughtful people...
who are literary writers
or nonfiction writers...
or like Michael,
who is doing...
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