The Prince of Tides Page #6

to be someone else.

- That was okay with you?

- It was not okay.

I said unless she resolved her own

problems, she wouldn't have a chance.

Is that what people pay you to do?

Turn them into someone else?

You're not listening!

What do you think I'm doing

here every day?

- Complaining! Avoiding!

- F*** you, Lowenstein!

F*** you, Sigmund Freud and

Renata Halpern. It makes me sick!

Your reaction makes me sick!

How do you expect me to react?

What if I'd done the same to your son?

It's not the same thing!

I'll make him

a Presbyterian quarterback!

It's quite different.

My son didn't try to kill himself.

Give him time, Lowenstein.

Give him time!

You son of a b*tch!

My God, I'll go get you some ice.

I see a malpractice suit coming

out of this, doctor.

I am so embarrassed.

What a day.

I get dropped by a dictionary...

...and I find out my sister's

become a Brooklyn Jew.

Here. Here.

I don't need that.

I'd rather bleed to death.

Just be quiet and take it.

After you've stopped bleeding,

I'll take you to dinner.

No chili today.

This time it's gonna cost you.

This is therapy, huh?

Yeah, pretty bloody, isn't it?

I still can't believe

I did that to you.

Face it, Lowenstein.

I bring out the animal in you.

- I owe you an apology.

- I accept.

- That was a terrible thing to say.

- Yes.

I know it. Jesus.

Thank you for accepting.

Would you like to order now?

We would like to order now.

Do you want me to order for you?

I eat here all the time.

How am I supposed to trust a woman

who can't even cook?

Just because I can't cook

doesn't mean I can't eat.

Go ahead. I'll do anything

to make you happy tonight.

I think...

...we'll start with the artichaut

garni de champignons au safran.

And pour monsieur...

La mousse de canard

aux baies sauvages.

And then we'll have the soupe de

poisson au crabe. Delicious.

And for our main course,

rble de lapin.

The rabbit is superb.

God, there's nothing sexier than

a beautiful woman...

...ordering food in French.

Read me the whole menu.

Are you flirting with me?

Yeah, I think I am.

I'd like you to find me attractive,

bloody nose and all.

I'd like to ask you about Savannah.

Don't you ever take a night off?

You said you'd do anything to

make me happy. Just one thing.

Savannah told me her children's book

came out of a dream.

More like a nightmare.

Images in it terrorized her,

but she didn't know why.

Like the three stray dogs.

What do you think it means?

Lowenstein, you're incorrigible.

We're at a wonderful restaurant...

...and you want me to interpret

my sister's dreams?

You wanna interpret dreams?

Do mine.

I had a great one about you

last night.

You had a dream about me?

You wanna hear?

I'm not sure.

Don't worry. This one's G-rated.

This one?

Tell me.

There was a blinding snowstorm

right here in New York City.

I went out for a walk,

and I ran into you.

We decided to go to the Rainbow Room.

No one was there.

So we started to slow dance.

What do you think it means?

You said it was a snowstorm?

Blinding snowstorm?

Maybe there's something

you're afraid to see.

Maybe I wanna get to know you better.

Maybe you're trying to snow me.

Maybe I have cold feet.

Maybe you just miss winter.

Move those legs. Move them!

That's it. Get in position.

Keep your head up. Come!

Is that my son?

Is that you in there, Bernard?

I don't think this was

such a good idea.

Stop being a Jewish mother.

I am a Jewish mother.

I brought sandwiches.

Oh, good. I'm starving.

I got delicious ones here.

Take a break.

Great. I got one for you.

Slave away in the kitchen all day

making those?

I bought them as usual.

Would you like one?

No, I'm not hungry.

So can I watch you play?

I promise I won't be overprotective.

I don't feel like playing anymore.

Let's toss the ball around

for a few minutes.

Am I a trained seal?

I gotta do what she wants?

Oh, you got it tough, kid!

Let's lie in the grass and cry for all

the terrible misfortune in your life.

You're a jerk every time

my mother's around.

Are you trying to impress her?

You're out of line.

You're mad at me, not him.

Save that crap for your patients, Mom.

He's right, you know.

He's absolutely right.

I don't know how to talk to him.

Maybe you should try a new approach.

What's that?

Laugh, Lowenstein, laugh.

The Southern way?

If that doesn't work,

then you bop him on the head.

What do you think of me?

Well, I think you have it made.

You're rich. You live like a queen.

Your kid needs some work...

...but overall, you're in

the top 1 percent.

You're lying.

I think you're a very sad woman,

Lowenstein.

I like it when you tell the truth.

I think you're the first friend

I've made in a long time.

Come on. Let's go to the movies.

- The movies?

- Yeah, come on.

Rare footage from

the Savannah Wingo archives.

How wonderful!

Where did you find this?

I was snooping around.

Savannah must've kept them.

Is that Luke?

Yeah, that's Luke.

He was always horsing around.

Oh, here's our graduation.

From grade school, right?

Yeah, right. Grade school.

Did you always jump in

with your clothes on?

As a matter of fact, we did.

- And that's your mother? Lila?

- Yeah, that's Miss Lila.

She was very pretty.

She still is.

So who took these pictures?

My father bought this camera one year.

Thought he'd give up shrimping,

the only thing he was good at...

...and make a fortune in film.

Don't ask me how.

Savannah said your father was

always losing money. Is that true?

That's an understatement. Henry Wingo

had the opposite of the Midas touch.

- Everything he touched turned to sh*t.

- What is that?

That is one of my father's

all-time cockamamie schemes.

- What?

- He bought this gas station.

He thought a tiger would

draw people by the thousands.

All it did is scare them

the hell away.

The only one that wasn't afraid

of that animal was Luke.

He fed him.

Took care of him.

He had a lot of courage.

What about you?

I didn't need any. I had Luke.

Oh, this is our island.

The only place Dad ever really owned.

By the time this was taken,

it was worthless.

Not to Luke, though.

To him it was the most precious place

in the world.

When he was older, he went to Vietnam.

He came back a hero.

Swore he'd never leave it again.

He didn't.

What happened?

Mother got the island

in the divorce settlement.

She immediately sold it to

the government for a lot of money.

They wanted to put up a power plant.

Luke went crazy.

He made some threats.

The government laughed.

He blew up a construction site.

They quit laughing.

And then?

He went on waging his own private war.

Hurt some people.

Savannah and I tried to stop him,

but the government stopped him first.

Shot him in the head. Bingo.

Would you like a cold drink?

Maybe a beer?

How did you deal with his death?

I shut down like a broken motor.

And according to the Southern way,

still no tears.

Oh, I cry sometimes, Lowenstein.

I cry at weddings, at the Olympics,

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