The Idolmaker Page #8

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who started off in this club,...

...right on this stage.

-Whoo hoo!

Now I want to hear a warm

welcome for Tommy Dee!

Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, okay, okay!

Thank you!

Well

Here's My Love for Tommy!

All right!

-Excuse me, honey.

-Thank you!

You all right kid? You okay?

What 's the matter with you?

If you ain't, we can

forget about this. I'm serious.

-l can do it, Vinnie.

-We can get another...

-I can do it.

-A kid with a lot of promise.

Let's have a warm

welcome for Caesare.

Okay, come on.

You got it, baby. Go ahead.

Is he all right?

I don't know. He's sweatin'.

He's nervous. He'll be okay.

Never been tonight before

Never

Never

Never been tonight before

I can't remember

What I'm trying to forget

Come on. Come on.

I only know

I know

This is embarrassing.

Miss you, need you

Since you've been gone

Come on, Chez.

It's never been tonight before

-Hey, Gino!

-Vinnie, what'll we do?

Come here! Get a cab for Brenda.

Get the car and meet me outside.

-C'mon, Brenda. Let's go.

-That's all right, Gino.

I'll get the cab. You go ahead.

Get the car.

You, Tommy coming with me?

-No, go ahead, Brenda.

I'll catch a ride with Delano.

Hey, kid!

Chez!

Is that you, kid?

Whoa!

Come on, now. Take it easy, huh?

-I'm sorry.

-Take it easy.

-I'm sorry, Vinnie.

I screwed up.

-Don't be sorry. It's all right.

It's your first time

out of the gate. Come on.

-I couldn't do it.

-Hey, don't worry about it.

Come on! You'll perform again!

We're gonna get 'em!

We're gonna...

-Hey, Vinnie, would you give up?

I don't have it!

I couldn't do it!

Don't you ever let me hear you

talk like that again!

You understand?

I never told you this was

gonna be easy, god damn it!

It's gonna be a lot of pain, and

a lot of work, but it's worth it!

You'll be a star, okay?

You're gonna be a star.

Those people in there are gonna be

fightin' for your autograph.

Come on! Gigi!

I'm not gonna let you fail.

Please, believe me.

I'm not gonna let you fail.

Now, you go home.

You go to my mother's.

Take it easy.

We'll start again on Monday.

Don't worry about it.

Come on.

Please don't worry. Now, get

in the car. Don't worry about it.

Drink some milk.

Gigi, make sure he gets some milk.

Don't drive fast.

-I ruined your handkerchief.

-Don't worry about it. Please!

Believe me,

I'm not gonna let you fail!

Field goal, Vaccari.

Come on.

You need a ride?

I gotta take care of Tommy.

Tommy thought you went home

with Chez, so he left with Delano.

-S..t! That's all I need.

-Come on, let me take you home.

Come on, Vinnie.

Over the bridge, please.

I'm sorry about what

happened tonight, Vinnie.

You want to talk about it?

Tell me what you're feeling?

It might help.

Vincent, I know it's hard to think

about, but, maybe...

...Caesare just doesn't have it.

-He's got it.

-Well, even you can't help him...

...up in front of an audience.

-He just had a bad night.

That's all. That's all.

-Maybe not, Vinnie.

Is it so hard to admit that

you might be wrong?

Let's forget about it, okay?

That the great Vincent

Vaccari made a mistake.

What's the big...

-Shut up! Goddamn broads!

You don't know when

to keep your mouth shut!

Don't you talk to me like that!

I'm trying to help you!

Boy, you say you don't need

a shrink, huh?

Well, here's some free advice.

You can't play God with...

-Shut up! Shut up!

Jesus, Vincent!

What are you gonna do to me?

Are you gonna hit me?

Is this the only way you

can show your feelings?

What are you doing?

Baby.

Help me with the kid.

Don't be embarrassed.

Come on.

I'm not embarrassed.

I remember going to dances at

Pope Plus the Tenth School.

And if we danced too close

to the boys...

...the nuns would come running up,

yelling,...

..."Make sure you leave room

for the Holy Ghost".

Crazy.

-Yeah.

I was a virgin till I was nineteen.

Is that late for an Italian?

Are you kiddin'?

It's like over the hill.

The Italian girls,

they don't put out at all.

Just, some quick feels

and wet pants. That's it.

Yeah.

I finally went to a pro.

-Did you?

Told her I was thirty.

-Oh, Vinnie.

-Yeah.

I don't know how we got

through it all.

Angel face. What a face.

You're wonderful.

I tell ya,

I could lie here forever.

You know, Brenda.

I really think

the kid he's gonna make it.

-What?

-I really think he's got it.

Vinnie.

I'm serious. He's got it.

Vincent, after tonight

all you've got to sell is a...

...pretty face.

That's it!

That's what I'll sell!

I'll sell his face!

I'll plaster his face all over town!

The industry won't even

know what hit them.

I'll make this kid a star

before he sings a note!

Vincent, it's too dangerous!

It's dangerous, it's dangerous.

I know it's dangerous.

lf he doesn't deliver,

it's dangerous. But he'll deliver.

lf I have to work with him

24 hours a day, he'll deliver.

I know he'll deliver.

Murray, this kid's gonna be

bigger than Elvis. I'm telling you.

No, we don't have a record

on him yet, but we're.

Did you see those pictures

I dropped off on your desk?

What a face! I'm telling.

What a face!

We're gonna debut him

next month at the Paramount.

Terrific.

I was just wonderin' if you can,

give us a plug on your show.

You would?

That's great!

One, two, three, four.

I just want to take you

where I'm

No, no, no, no, no.

Chez, you're missing the

quarter notes, okay?

Quarter notes.

That's one, two, three, four!

Okay?

-Okay.

-Okay. Okay, well, let's do it.

Okay?

-Ready.

-All right.

One, two, three, four.

I just want to take you

No, no, no, no. Chez,

your quarter notes, you know?

I just want to take you

where I'm going

Know what I'm sayin'?

-Okay, okay, I got it this time.

-Get it, then! Do it!

-I got it. I got it.

Okay, okay. Here we go.

Ready! One, two, three, four.

I just want to take you

where I'm going

It's easy' kid

when you got rhythm.

Keep working on it.

I'll be right back, okay?

Okay, wise guy, why aren't you

at rehearsal?

-I could ask you the same thing.

-Why aren't you at my rehearsal?

I was there four nights last week.

Everything sounded great,

you got it together.

Let's not go through this again.

Chez needs me here.

Hey, what are you smoking for?

-Why didn't you tell me Phil...

...got me a TV series?

Because I didn't think

it was important enough...

...to disturb your rehearsal.

Besides, it's not right.

It's not right, huh?

Well, you always said you wanted

Hollywood for us, right?

That's right, and I still do.

But I want movies, not television.

Well, Phil says it's great exposure.

Phil?

Phil's thinking about

his ten per cent, not your career.

Hey, what you think you are,

Gene Autry?

That's bulls..t, Vinnie!

You're so caught up in that

god damn busboy kid...

...you're not thinking

what's best for me.

I'm taking that TV series.

Get it out of your head,

'cause it's not right.

And I make the business decisions.

-Yeah?

Well, not anymore.

-What?

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