You Don't Know Jack Page #8

from his seizures,

He used to pray

not to wake up.

He talked about

shooting himself,

But he didn't want to leave

me the mess to clean up.

So here's your truth, mr.

Thompson.

As sick as hugh was,

I begged h

not to make the call.

I begged him every

night for nine months.

And then before christmas,

I asked him what he

wanted for a gift--

The last gift I'd

ever give him--

And he said, "there's only one

thing you can get me, sweetheart.

It's an appointment with dr.

Kevorkian."

I find no factual basis

to proceed.

- ( jazz music playing )

- ( people vocalizing )

- ( people chatting ) - fieger:

Exonerated once again.

Jack, 15;

thompson, zilch.

Wow. No wonder everyone's

drinking at this show.

( margo laughs )

Is that santa claus

stepping on a baby?

- Yes. - Janet:
Tell me

about doc's christmases.

It looks quite morbid--

Well, except for

the flower that is.

Thank god

I'm not a shrink.

Margo:
Our grandparents,

our aunts, our uncles,

The armenian holocaust was

the same as the jews.

Only our parents--

barely teenagers--

Were able to flee.

Growing up, all we heard were those

terrible stories of all the bloodshed,

And it frightened jack so.

It's all dealing with the

melancholy age-old struggle

Between warmth of life,

the iciness of death.

Only I'm sure that theme

would be better served

Had a real artist done it.

Margo:
Many nights he would

just sit in his bed--

Lights on a must--

you know,

Clutching that little

dog of ours so tightly.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

He had a dog?

You're looking

so intently.

- Yes. - What are you feeling?

That's what I'd like to know.

- Jack, it's, uh-- it's--

- it's, uh--

- Hi.

- Hi.

- It's, um-- - I know

what you're feeling.

You're feeling it's--

it's macabre.

Stan:
It is macabre, my friend.

Jack:
Yes, but you're

looking at it nonetheless.

It's like war.

War, you're drawn to it,

But after you've been through it,

you say, "oh, that was grotesque,

Macabre, strange, ugly.

"

That's the feeling I'm

trying to convey.

- I'm sold.

- I heard "sold."

- How much, jack?

- Whatever you think is fair.

- My patients thank you in advance.

- Good.

This is from

my private collection.

( phone ringing )

Hello.

Man:
Dr.

Kevorkian, I'm afraid we have

Some bad news regarding

your sister.

It appears she had

the heart attack

A couple of hours before

she called 9-1-1.

Perhaps she thought that whatever

it was, it would just pass.

I'm terribly sorry

for your loss.

Wouldn't you like

to see her?

( whispers ) no.

( flute playing )

Jack:
"by late, much

too often deceived,

By too early a death

now relieved

Of the burden she bore,

My sis margo gave more

To my life than she

ever received."

The whole question

of death and dying

Involves the most profound and

complex ethical questions

That we must decide

as a society.

At no time have the

people of michigan

Or the michigan legislature

granted jack kevorkian

Or any other individual

the sole right

To decide who lives or

dies in our state.

- Thank you. - Thank you, governor.

Congratulations.

Over here.

Just bring it right over here.

- We're going to save some of that stuff.

- ( honking )

- ( men chatting )

- ( silent )

We all

support you, jack.

Oh, thanks, fellas.

Thank you.

- Could I?

- Oh yeah.

- ( honking ) - jimmy!

Yeah, give me a hand here.

I'm signing

autograph!

- Okay? Wait a minute.

- gonna grab me a plane

that'll take me back

home to my folks...

( geese honking )

maybe real soon...

( engine stops )

just as soon as I get a

few dollars ahead...

I got it in a settlement

a couple of years ago.

It beats the hell out

of your apartment.

- ( chuckles )

- a lake.

- ( geese honking )

- oh!

- Geese? - Yeah.

( chuckles )

Well, it is a bit

romantic for my taste.

Well, sue me for trying to put a

goddamn roof over your head, jack.

- Well-- - I'm not letting

you live in some y.M.C.A.

- Come on.

- Fine.

Only I haven't

taken this yet.

And if I do,

I'm paying the rent.

No charity case.

Okay, I'll take it.

Okay.

Geoff?

- Yeah?

- Let's go.

Let's go.

Don't you have work to get back to?

Like what?

"like what?

"

Like appealing the 15-month

ban that's tying my hands.

What's on your mind, jack?

They made a law

specifically to stop me.

- I want to challenge it.

- ( paper rustling )

I want to test it.

What is this?

Thomas hyde,

30 years old,

Lou gehrig's disease.

Oh.

Are you gonna go along

with me on this?

I'm with you, jack.

- ( grunts ) - jack: Okay,

don't strain too much.

Don't strain.

Don't strain.

- Ah!

- He's gonna get a cramp here?

Does he? Yes. All right, that's

enough of the physical stuff, tom.

No more physical. I just wanted you

to move a little for the record.

So now, tom, tell me:

What is it you wish?

In plain english.

( camera clicks )

( clears throat )

Bond is set for $50,000.

Are you gonna pay that today?

Oh, that is beyond

egregious, your honor.

That is no way I'm going to pay

a bond like that, your honor.

You can forget it.

You can forget it,

- Because this is the last time...

- Fieger:
Jack.

...You people unjustly take

away from me my liberties.

- I need a moment with my client, your honor.

- The last time.

And I will not-- hear me

now-- I will not eat.

- Jack.

- Guaranteed.

- I apologize for my client.

- You are assisting in my suicide.

( whispers ) please.

Jack jack jack, just come on.

( door buzzes )

( doors clanging )

Fieger:
Jack, this is better

than I could've imagined.

Every paper is treating

you as a victim.

Don't even think

about paying my bond.

- Let 'em convict me.

- You're not getting convicted on my watch.

Here, jack.

Come on.

- Jack:
Huh?

- Have a bazooka.

- Bazooka?

- No, it is not cheating.

It's just

a little apple juice.

I put some vitamin

drops in, that's all.

Go ahead.

- Vitamin drops?

- Yummy. There you go.

I've seen you before, haven't I?

What the hell is in there?

You've seen better days, doc.

Just drink it down.

- I sure have.

- ( chuckles )

That's it.

Mmm.

That's sweet

of you, janet.

- Oh, my pleasure, doc.

- Share some with me.

No no no, you have it.

I'm on the wagon.

- ( chuckles )

- ( door buzzes )

- "because it's"--

- ( door clangs )

- "because it's"--

- ( door clangs )

What's this?

I know this.

I know this well.

Why can't I--

"because it is my name.

"

"because it is"--

Jack's voice:
"...

My soul."

"because it"--

How could

I not know that?

"because it is my name.

- Because I cannot have"--

- ( door clanging )

"because I cannot have

another in my--

Because I cannot have

another in my life."

- "because it is my name.

" - ( door buzzes )

"I have given you...

My life.

"

"I've given you my life.

"

"because I would--

Because I would"--

no no no.

- "because I-- I cannot

have"-- - ( door buzzes )

"because I cannot have"--

let meot--

- ( door clanging

) - ( mumbles )

"I cannot-- I cannot have

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