The Last Tycoon Page #6

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Come back.

Closer.

Open your cape.

Close your eyes.

l can never get used to the way

night falls here so fast.

There's no twilight, is there?

Not really, no.

lt's so sudden.

l suppose some parts

of America are...

...gentle.

Are you leaving California?

We might.

l might.

Listen.

What?

Nothing.

Can you drop me here

at this corner?

Good-bye.

ls Mr. Stahr...

She just flew in from New York.

Well, Christ,

she's a very important actress!

l'm sorry, there's nothing

l can do about it.

We have an appointment!

l'm sorry,

there's nothing l can...

Mr. Robinson, please...

We've got to get this set

approved by 2:
00.

Otherwise,

we're way behind.

l understand,

but there's nothing

l can do for you today.

Now, please go.

You have to make arrangements

for the preview on Friday.

He's escorting me.

l'll do it.

We have to make arrangements

for the preview.

What time shall l pick you up?

Don't say you're not going...

because you must go.

You're the head of the studio.

You've no alternative.

What time shall l pick you up?

Any time.

l'll be here at 7:00.

Okay.

They're waiting for you,

Mr. Rodriguez.

They're waiting for you

on the mike.

Excuse me!

Didi!

Didi, this is Mr. Fleishacker.

How do you do?

Mrs. Fleishacker.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Here comes Didi.

Excuse me.

Are you happy?

lt went very well.

A really great performance.

You really think so?

Yes.

No kidding,

you were terrific.

Oh... thanks to you...

...to you all.

And to you, for changing...

...that f***ing director.

They're waiting for you,

Miss Didi.

l'm coming.

She really looks good!

Let's go to the beach.

What about the party?

They're expecting you at the party.

Drive me to the beach.

Do you think you'll ever finish it,

so you can live in it?

l think you like it as it is.

l think you like it without a roof.

You think it needs a roof?

lf you don't want one,

it doesn't need one.

lt's your house.

When are you going

back to college?

Any time.

Yes?

Will you hold one moment,

please?

Miss Kathleen Moore.

Hello.

l got your letter.

Yes?

Listen, l must see you.

lt's very difficult.

lt's essential. You know that.

Look, we have the weekend.

Come away for the weekend.

l can't.

You must.

We must have time to talk.

l'll tell you tomorrow.

No, you must say yes now.

Say yes.

Yes.

l'll be going away

this afternoon for the weekend.

Cancel all my appointments.

l'll be unreachable.

You're meeting with Mr. Brimmer...

...at Miss Brady's

tonight for drinks.

Cancel it...

l'll see him on Monday.

Fine.

This just came for you.

Monroe?

Keep going.

Sugar, Mr. Brimmer?

No, thank you, Miss Brady.

Sugar, Monroe?

No, thank you.

Who designed these rooms...

...your father?

My father asked a designer...

...to design it.

Well, he designed them,

all right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

l thought it would be

a nice quiet place...

...for you two to meet.

Oh, it is.

lt's a very nice room.

Know California well,

Mr. Brimmer?

No... l spend most of

my time in New York.

Busy?

Oh, yes.

Your name's well-known here.

And yours is well-known

in New York, Mr. Stahr.

You have done well by water...

...and you by land.

What?

Anthony and Cleopatra...

...didn't you recognize it?

Shakespeare?

No, l didn't get any

Shakespeare at school.

How about you, Mr. Brimmer?

Oh, a bit.

Where do you come from?

Tennessee.

Baptist.

l'm New York. Jewish.

l know.

Oh, at least we're all Americans.

We sure are, Mr. Stahr.

Well...

Well, l'm glad you came out here.

l wanted to talk to you.

You've got my writers all upset.

Keeps them from going to sleep,

doesn't it?

l want them awake,

but l don't want them crazy.

Well...

...we're simply concerned...

...that they have

the proper protection.

That's all.

Who from, me?

You're a very good employer,

Mr. Stahr, but, uh...

...we still think that the position

can be...

...rationalized.

l'll tell you three things:

all writers are children;

50% are drunks;

and up till very recently,

writers in Hollywood

were gag men.

Most of them still are gag men,

but we call them writers.

Uh-huh.

But, uh... they're still

the farmers in this business.

They grow the grain,

but they're not in at the feast.

lt looks to me like

a try for power, Mr. Brimmer,

and l will not give them power.

l'll give them money;

l won't give them power.

Anyway, they're not equipped

for authority.

More coffee, Mr. Brimmer?

No, thank you.

Monroe?

No.

l don't get to meet Reds very often.

Are you a real Red?

A real one.

Please do.

Well, l guess some of you

believe in it.

Quite a few.

Not you.

Oh, yes.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes.

Monroe!

Monroe!

All the stars come here to eat.

Oh, really?

ls, uh... Greta Garbo here?

No.

A pity.

Mr. Stahr...

Good evening, Mr. Stahr.

May l have a picture, please?

Mr. Stahr...

...please?

Brimmer.

Want your photograph taken?

lf you don't mind,

l'd prefer not.

Wouldn't they have liked that

photograph back in New York?

Same again.

Yes, sir.

Two of us happy and smiling?

Why, they'd have been

tickled pink.

Three of us happy and smiling.

Oh, of course, with the

beautiful boss's daughter.

Well, they'd have liked her.

Did l say...

"the beautiful boss's daughter"?

l meant "the boss's

beautiful daughter."

lsn't Mr. Brady your boss?

No, he's not my boss.

And he's not beautiful either.

What's not beautiful about him?

Same again.

Listen.

l like writers.

l understand writers.

Sure you do.

l mean, l...

...l don't think that...

...l have more brains than a writer,

l just think that

his brains belong to me.

l know how to use them.

Well, you know yourself

very well, Mr. Stahr.

Here you are, sir.

Thank you.

Now l know you've been

disappointed in love.

What?

That's your fourth scotch.

Oh, come on,

don't be silly, l never drink.

l know you don't,

but that's your fourth scotch.

Well, l haven't tasted any of them.

Well, this is the first drink

l had in a week.

Did my drinking...

...in the navy.

You hear that?

This soapbox son of a b*tch...

...has been working on the navy.

Well, uh...

...thanks for the dinner and

the meeting, but l must go.

l have to talk to some people.

You mean, you have friends

out here?

Dessert, sir?

That's right.

No, thank you.

Oh, no, wait.

You've got time.

We're going to go back

to your house.

We're going to have

one game of Ping-Pong,

one more drink...

...and then l'm going to tell you

what l really think.

You play Ping-Pong well,

Mr. Stahr?

ls this Ping-Pong?

He can't play.

Saturday is a...

a night to relax.

Hey, you're pretty good.

You're not so bad yourself.

l'm going to beat up Brimmer.

l'm going to handle this thing

personally.

Can't you pay somebody to do it?

No, l do my own dirty work.

Mm-hmm.

l'm going to beat

the hell out of you,

and l'm going to put you

on a train, Mr. Brimmer.

Now, stop this.

Now, stop it!

This man has an influence on you.

He has an influence

on all you young people.

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