The Champ Page #5

Whose instinctt forthe needs | of the contemporary woman...

..pulled fashion irrevocably...

..into the 20th century | and showed the world that comfortable...

..cooud be glamorous.

The Chanel revolution...

..gave women a total look | for day and evening.

And always with her perfect sense | of balance and proportion...

..which we see in his classic dinner suit.

Vizcaya, Vionnet, Lanvin, Chanel. | They were the dressmakers of Paris.

They were also aetists.

Historians, photographers and museums | are teaching us...

..that fashion, like painting | and sculpture, is an art.

Fashion.

What people choose to wear | has and always wil reflect...

..a time, and express a way of living.

Bravo!

Bravo!

Bravo! Bravo!

Carla, how are you? Hello. I'll be back.

Billy! Billy, wait!

It was stupid my cooming here. | don't know why I did it.

It was crazy.

Timmy's all right, isn't he?

T.J.'s fine.

I need a favor. You know all those guys.

Remember when I was on top? | I was a certain kind of guy.

Now people forget.

-You don't want to hear about this. | -Billy! Billy!

Why don't you tell me and let me decide?

$2,000. I need $2,000.

Okay.

It's no big deal. | want you to undersstand that.

It don't make no difference to me | if you give me the money or not.

I still feel the same way | about whatyou did.

I don't know when I can pay you back.

It doesn't matter.

I'm glad you're doing this.

-What are you talking about?. | -The money, for T.J.

You know about that?

Yeah, I lost T.J.'s horse gambling.

Some things never change.

I got to go.

Hey, do you know what?

You looked pretty good up there.

I couldn't figure out | what the hell you were talking about, but...

..you got it across pretty good.

-Billy. | -You're a big shot, now.

Bily, do you know what?

There aren't any big shots.

You know, you always did have | a head on your shoulderss.

That's one of the things I liked about you. | That you had a head on your shoulders.

Until I wanted to use it.

Well, times change. People change. | Did you never hearthat?

In those days, I wanted a woman...

..to be around when I needed her.

In a house waiting for me | when I come home.

Today, well, today, | I feel absolutely the same way.

You're something. | You're really something.

Yeah, well, I was only kidding.

But not much.

No, not much.

-Hey, excuse me. Barn 11? | -Yes, sir, it is.

-Is Billy around? | -You mean the Champ?

-Yeah. | -He's overthere working.

Billy!

How are you doing?

What's wrong? Don't you trust me?

I told you | I'll bring the money this afternoon.

What's this for?.

-What's this for? | -Yeah, what's thatfor?.

For caarrying a horse, that's what that's for.

What, do you think I drag around | a horsse trailer forthe hell of it?

That's very funny.

-What horse? | -Come on, Billy, you know what horse.

You were happy last night | when I told you had the money.

changed my mind.

I sort of like the idea | of owning a race horse.

Billy, come on now, | we had a deal, didn't we?

Forty-eight hours. The deadline was up | ten hours ago, right?

t's only a horse, bubby.

Get away from me!

Stop him!

I've talked to mosst of the witnesses, | gotten affidavits from several of them.

They all seem to tell the same story, | so there's...

..not much question about what happened.

Thejudge, | who is going to be handling this hearing...

..is a friend of mine.

So the only real problem we have...

..is the broken jaw | suffered by one of the security guards.

Poor guy.

He was just trying to do his job | and I brain him like a goddamn...

..animal.

Outside of the immediate task | of gettting you out ofjail...

..Mrs. Phillips is very worried | about her son.

She asked me to tell you...

..that she'd like to take care of him | until this is settled.

Champ!

I know how hard this must ne for you.

You don't know nothing.

How you doing, Champ?

Sit down.

I thought you might be hungry. | I brought you something to eat.

I brought you some ribs.

ain't hungry.

Okay, Champ.

I don't want you to call me Champ | no more.

Why?

A Champ don't use his fists | nowhere but in the ring.

But he was trying | to take our horse, Champ!

I know, | but it doesn't make no difference, T.J.

had no right, see?

-I'm a bum! | -No, you're not.

Did they say when you could get out? | Did they say when you could come home?

They don't know yet, T.J.

It could be a month.

Could be six months.

There's something we got to tak about.

Do you know that lady, | the one at the boat?

The one you go on about, | how nice she is all the time?

Annie?

Yeah, that's the one, Annie.

Wel, I want you to do me a favor.

I want you to live with her.

Why can't I stay in the backstretch | with Josie?

Because I said so, that's why. | I'm your father, and that's the end of that.

-Why do you want me to do that? | -Because you're a pain in the ass.

Because I can't do nothing...

..without you nagging at me all the time. | "The Champ this, the Champ that."

I go to have a drink, you say, "No, don't."

I go to play crds, you say, "No." | You tug at my belt!

I'm sick of you tugging at me! | I'm sick of feeding you!

I'm sick of taking care of you! | I'm sick of you hanging around!

You're a pain in the ass!

Please, Champ, 'll do whatever you say.

I won't eat that much.

I won't....

I'll let you play crds | as much as you want, I promise.

No, no, you're going, that's it!

Please, Champ, I'll.... | All I want is to be with you!

Please, Champ! | I'll be somebody when I grow up!

-Somebody like you! | -Don't talk like that.

You're going! want you to go!

I'll do whatever you say | as long as 'm with you.

I don't want to talk no more. | I want you to go on the boat!

You don't! You don't want me to go!

-You understand now, I want you to go! | -You don't want me to go! You're a liar!

Okay, Champ.

Okay, go ahead.

Take him to that boat.

-Can I get you something? | -No, 'm fine, don't bother.

I just ordered one.

-Dolly, cn I borrow you for a moment? | -There you are, baby, there you are!

Dolly, I have to talk to you. | Timmy, he's here.

-He's here? | -Yes, he's here.

-A lot sooner than I expected him to be. | -Well, good. Go to him!

-But, the party, Doll, l-- | -That doesn't matter.

Will you stop it? The kid must be starved. | Give him something to eat.

-I'll try to get there later. | -Okay.

I brought you some food. | You must be hungry.

No, I'm not. Honest.

-Have you eaten today? | -No.

Well, let me make you a sandwich.

T.J., have you ever been to New York?

No.

It's a really big city.

We could fly there tomorrow | just for a week.

And before you know it...

..Billy will be out | and you'll be back here with him.

Thank you, Annie.

Here, maybe you'll eat it later.

-How about a glass of milk? | -Okay.

You know, you must be tired.

It's time you went to bed.

Come on, I'll help you undress.

No, it's okay.

The day a man cn't take off | his own pants...

..he ain't a man.

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