The Last Tycoon

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l'll be waiting for you there...

...in about one hour.

You can trust me.

Ah, signora.

Grazie.

Che cosa?

Go on.

Go on!

The end is too gory.

Cut out one roll of the table.

Okay.

The signal was much too obvious.

lt kills the surprise.

Make it shorter.

Okay, Monroe.

What else?

You wanted to see the beach

scene from Dark Moonlight.

Right.

Okay, Jack.

No, no, don't go to him at all,

stay on her.

You don't need him. Stay on her...

...all the way down

to the edge of the sea.

She's the one we're interested in.

Remember that scene

from Reaching for the Moon,

when Bebe Daniels ran out of

the house, down to the lake?

This is where we shot it.

No, of course

you wouldn't remember,

you're too young.

l've been here

since the silent days.

l knew them all.

Did you know the Keystone Kops?

All of them!

What a bunch of guys.

Shh.

This was Minna Davis'

dressing room.

She was taken ill for the last time...

...in this room.

That's her.

She was beautiful.

She was a great friend of mine.

l remember we had

to call her husband.

l called him myself.

l remember that call well.

l said, "Mr. Stahr...

...l'm afraid your wife

has been taken ill."

He said, "l'll be right over."

And this is where it all happened.

This is where Mr. Stahr was

when l called him.

The administration building.

That's where he still is.

That's his office up there.

Oh...

Gee, it's so big!

lt's big, all right.

They don't have anything bigger

in the whole world.

How did they do the earthquake

in San Francisco?

The earthquake?

Well, there are various ways

you can do an earthquake.

What you can do first is

rock the camera.

You see?

Or if you're in a room,

you can rock the set.

l mean, you can rock the room.

Then you throw in a lot of dust...

No, l wasn't asleep.

When are you coming home?

Mmm.

Oh, l'm all right.

l miss you, that's all.

Oh, she's with her grandmother.

She's fine.

She has a new tooth.

Mmm.

How did it go?

Oh, that's good.

Mmm...

When are you coming home?

Oh... good.

Beautiful baby.

And you want me to meet you?

Mmm.

Next time l'll be coming with you.

Come on, come on.

They owe me a little time off

at the club anyway.

Oh...

Couldn't be more boring

than being without you.

Yes, me too.

Bye, darling.

Want me to go?

Yes!

No.

Cut!

Kill the arc.

That's a print.

That was really good.

l mean, very good.

Give me a finder.

All right, take it up.

Your aspirin, sir.

Strike the sofa!

Pick up the phone, Harry.

Pull the phone back, Fred.

And watch that cable!

Makeup!

That was really very good indeed.

Makeup!

You think so?

lt was absolutely terrific.

lt was really wonderful.

lt was sh*t.

Here we go again, Billy.

Listen, Didi,

l have to tell you it was exquisite.

lt was fake.

lt was false.

Didn't you notice?!

l want to do it again.

You'll never do it better.

l know l can play that scene.

l want to do it again.

lt was good for me.

What?

Didi...

...trust me.

Thank you.

l'm ready.

Chief?

Let's do it again.

We're going to do it again.

B*tch.

Get it quiet now, damn it!

All right, bring it down.

Quiet! Quiet, damn it!

Good night, Frank.

Good night, Brian.

Yo.

Harry, l'm waiting!

Night, boys.

Night. See you tomorrow, Hank.

Goodnight. Bye.

- See you tomorrow.

l love him.

He's a genius.

l've always wanted him to get

every credit.

You know that.

But what about me?

New York has forgotten me.

No, no...

New York has forgotten me.

You want to know why?

Because l'm too generous.

lt's my nature.

l make life too easy for them.

You know what l am?

l am the strong base upon which

Monroe Stahr rests.

l'm loyal to him,

and l'm loyal to New York.

New York knows you're loyal...

...and New York respects you for it.

Well, New York

should be loyal, too.

New York is loyal.

To who?

To you.

All l want is recognition.

You've got it.

l want to see it.

l want to see it right here

on this desk.

l want to feel it.

Just cut it out, would you?

You see that bastard

touch my daughter?

Who is he?

Some goddamn writer.

You know, l went down to the

writers' building this morning.

l stood there and watched them

for 15 minutes.

There were two of them there

didn't write a line.

You can go right in.

Thanks.

Hi.

Are you an actress?

No, l'm just Daddy's little daughter.

Uh-huh.

What are you?

Oh, l'm just a lawyer...

...from New York.

She's too intelligent

to be an actress.

She's graduating

from Bennington next June,

with honors.

l love actors, though.

l don't need all this.

Oh, sure you do.

What's the matter,

don't you feel well?

l don't feel so good.

You want some bicarbonate?

l feel so shaky.

Here.

What were you doing

with that writer?

He's all right.

Don't get too close to writers.

Jesus Christ!

Cecilia, are you all right?

Stahr!

Brady!

Brady!

Hello?

Yeah?

Are you all right?

What happened?

Geez, yeah.

We had an earthquake.

Monroe, pick up the phone,

will you?

Yeah.

Yeah, l'll be right down.

Robbie!

Yeah!

lt's split!

lt's split all the way down...

Help with that spot!

Go on!

ls that where it's coming from?

Yeah, that's it.

Look at the water tower.

Get a light on it.

Get a light on that pipe break!

Where's the valve, Robbie?

You know where the valve is?

Robbie, they're shooting

on 17 and 24.

See the gates are shut tight.

French village is flooded, too.

We'll get the pumps from

the tanks on stage nine.

Okay.

Robbie, we need more men.

Oh, Christ,

we need that head next week.

Bring in the pumps

from stage nine!

Stage nine.

Watch those cables!

Get the cables out of the water!

Whoa...

All right, hold it, right...

Whoa.

l'm sorry.

We just followed the trucks in.

Good evening, sir.

Good evening, Kino.

ls everything all right

at the studio, sir?

Yes.

Would you like some tea?

No, thank you.

Shall l turn off the lights?

Yes.

Darling, l've come home.

Yes.

Yes.

l told you, one of them

wore a silver belt.

How dare you ask me

that question?

No, l don't know which one wore it.

Right.

Cut!

Well, find a cop on duty.

Mm-hmm.

And tell Robinson to call me

as soon as he wakes up.

Which one, Monroe?

Take six.

No, wait, let's see it again.

Roll it again, Jack.

Stage 24,

take five.

Action!

Yeah?

You found the name?

Oh, good work, good work.

Uh-huh.

Well, no, divide the name

between yourselves...

...and try every one in the book.

Okay?

Good work.

Hi.

Will you go to the ball

with me tomorrow night?

What ball?

Screenwriters' Ball...

...down at the Ambassador.

Oh, yeah.

No, l don't think so.

l might just come in late.

Oh?

So...

Uh...

So, when do you go

back to college?

l've just got home.

You get the whole summer off.

l'm sorry.

l'll go back as soon as l can.

Well, don't you want to?

Well, l don't know.

l'm pretty well educated.

Maybe l should get married.

Well, l'd marry you.

l'm lonely, but...

...l'm too old and tired

to undertake anything.

Undertake me.

What?

Undertake me.

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