1 00:00:32,970 --> 00:00:36,231 ~ Raindrops on roses ~ 2 00:00:36,301 --> 00:00:39,242 ~ And whiskers on kittens ~ 3 00:00:40,312 --> 00:00:42,403 ~ Bright copper kettles ~ 4 00:00:42,483 --> 00:00:45,934 ~ And warm woolen mittens ~ 5 00:00:47,014 --> 00:00:48,815 ~ Brown paper packages ~ 6 00:00:48,885 --> 00:00:52,185 ~ Tied up with string ~ 7 00:00:52,256 --> 00:00:54,886 ~ These are a few ~ 8 00:00:54,956 --> 00:01:00,868 ~ Of my favorite things ~ 9 00:01:03,339 --> 00:01:06,780 [ Duke Narrating ] We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert... 10 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,280 when the drugs began to take hold. 11 00:01:22,824 --> 00:01:24,465 [ Duke ] I remember saying something like: 12 00:01:24,535 --> 00:01:27,566 I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive. 13 00:01:28,036 --> 00:01:30,626 14 00:01:31,106 --> 00:01:34,147 - Hmm? - Suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us... 15 00:01:34,207 --> 00:01:37,148 and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats... 16 00:01:37,218 --> 00:01:40,149 - [ Bats Screeching ] - all swooping and screeching and diving around the car. 17 00:01:40,219 --> 00:01:43,210 - And a voice was screaming: - Holy Jesus, what are these goddamned animals? 18 00:01:43,290 --> 00:01:47,251 - [ Grunting ] - [ Rock Continues ] ~ Come on, baby ~ 19 00:01:47,331 --> 00:01:49,762 - Did you say something? - Hmm? 20 00:01:49,832 --> 00:01:51,762 Never mind. 21 00:01:51,832 --> 00:01:53,763 It's your turn to drive. 22 00:01:53,833 --> 00:01:56,774 No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. 23 00:01:56,844 --> 00:01:59,705 The poor bastard'll see them soon enough. 24 00:01:59,775 --> 00:02:01,715 ~ Baby, I'm startin' to feel human ~ 25 00:02:01,775 --> 00:02:04,336 - ~ Ohh, ohh, yeah ~ - ~ Hey, hey, Feel with me, baby ~ 26 00:02:04,416 --> 00:02:07,287 - [ Grunting ] - ~ 'Cause I feel it comin' on ~ 27 00:02:07,357 --> 00:02:09,788 28 00:02:09,858 --> 00:02:12,518 - [ Screeching Continues ] - Fucking pigs! Flying! 29 00:02:12,598 --> 00:02:15,529 [ Grunting, Murmuring ] 30 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:17,590 We had two bags of grass... 31 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:19,600 75 pellets of mescaline... 32 00:02:19,670 --> 00:02:22,691 five sheets of high-powered blotter acid... 33 00:02:22,771 --> 00:02:25,262 a salt shaker half-full of cocaine... 34 00:02:25,342 --> 00:02:28,543 a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers. 35 00:02:28,613 --> 00:02:32,554 Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer... 36 00:02:32,624 --> 00:02:34,555 - a pint of raw ether... - Shit! 37 00:02:34,625 --> 00:02:36,555 two dozen amyls. 38 00:02:36,625 --> 00:02:38,816 Not that we needed all that for the trip... 39 00:02:38,896 --> 00:02:41,827 but once you get locked into a serious drug collection... 40 00:02:41,897 --> 00:02:44,387 the tendency is to push it as far as you can. 41 00:02:45,768 --> 00:02:48,709 The only thing that really worried me was the ether. 42 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:52,040 There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved... 43 00:02:52,110 --> 00:02:55,050 than a man in the depths of an ether binge... 44 00:02:55,110 --> 00:02:58,051 and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. 45 00:03:00,452 --> 00:03:01,382 [ Radio: Female Newscaster ] A House subcommittee report says illegal drugs killed... 46 00:03:01,452 --> 00:03:04,323 160 American G.I.s last year... 47 00:03:04,393 --> 00:03:06,594 40 of them in Vietnam. 48 00:03:07,564 --> 00:03:08,824 - [ Tuning ] - ~ One toke over the line Sweet Jesus ~ 49 00:03:08,894 --> 00:03:10,835 One toke, man! 50 00:03:10,905 --> 00:03:14,066 [ Singing Along With Radio, Slightly Behind ] ~ One toke over the line ~ 51 00:03:14,136 --> 00:03:17,337 ~ Sittin' downtown at a railway station ~ 52 00:03:17,407 --> 00:03:20,178 ~ One toke over the line ~ 53 00:03:20,248 --> 00:03:22,808 - One toke, you poor fool? - ~ Sweet, sweet Mary ~ 54 00:03:22,888 --> 00:03:25,679 Wait'll you see those goddamned bats, man. 55 00:03:25,749 --> 00:03:27,720 ~ Mine ~ 56 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:30,451 [ Radio Continues ] ~ One toke over the line ~ 57 00:03:32,191 --> 00:03:35,792 - Let's give that boy a lift. - What? No! 58 00:03:35,862 --> 00:03:37,803 - ~ [ Ends ] - Wait! 59 00:03:37,873 --> 00:03:40,603 We can't stop here. This is bat country. 60 00:03:44,074 --> 00:03:48,016 Hot damn! I never rode in a convertible before! 61 00:03:48,086 --> 00:03:51,547 Is that right? Well, I guess you're about ready then, aren't ya? 62 00:03:51,617 --> 00:03:55,058 We're your friends. We're not like the others, man. Really. 63 00:03:55,128 --> 00:03:58,098 No more of that talk, or I'll put the leeches on you. Understand? 64 00:03:58,158 --> 00:03:59,759 [ Gonzo Giggling ] 65 00:04:00,829 --> 00:04:02,430 Get in. 66 00:04:06,001 --> 00:04:09,342 How long could we maintain, I wondered. 67 00:04:09,412 --> 00:04:13,003 How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? 68 00:04:13,083 --> 00:04:15,013 What will he think then? 69 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:19,244 This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. 70 00:04:19,324 --> 00:04:22,725 Would he make that grim connection when my attorney starts screaming... 71 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:25,726 about bats and huge manta rays coming down on the car? 72 00:04:25,796 --> 00:04:29,597 If so, well, we'll just have to cut his head off and bury him somewhere. 73 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:33,108 - 'Cause it goes without saying that we can't turn him loose. - [ Muttering ] 74 00:04:33,178 --> 00:04:36,609 He'd report us at once to some kind of outback Nazi law enforcement agency... 75 00:04:36,679 --> 00:04:39,110 and they'll run us down like dogs. 76 00:04:39,180 --> 00:04:43,121 - Jesus, did I say that, or just think it? - Jesus, did I say that? 77 00:04:43,191 --> 00:04:45,622 Was I talking? Did they hear me? 78 00:04:45,692 --> 00:04:48,993 It's okay. Just admiring the shape of your skull. 79 00:04:49,063 --> 00:04:51,994 - No, thanks! - Maybe I'd better have a chat with this boy. 80 00:04:52,064 --> 00:04:55,005 - I have asthma! - Perhaps if I explain things, he'll rest easy. 81 00:04:55,065 --> 00:04:57,005 All right, listen. 82 00:04:57,075 --> 00:05:00,766 There's one thing you should probably understand- Can you hear me? 83 00:05:00,846 --> 00:05:02,707 Good. 84 00:05:02,777 --> 00:05:05,718 I want you to have all the background. 85 00:05:05,778 --> 00:05:08,218 - Aah! - This is a very ominous assignment... 86 00:05:08,288 --> 00:05:10,219 with overtones of extreme personal danger. 87 00:05:10,289 --> 00:05:13,020 I'm a Doctor of Journalism. This is important, goddamn it! 88 00:05:13,090 --> 00:05:15,420 - This is a fucking true story! - [ Gasps ] 89 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:17,621 [ Gonzo Shouting ] You fucking- 90 00:05:17,701 --> 00:05:20,292 - Get your hands off my fucking head! - [ Grunting ] 91 00:05:20,372 --> 00:05:24,323 - Now, now, now. - Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? 92 00:05:24,403 --> 00:05:26,844 Was there no communication in this car? 93 00:05:26,914 --> 00:05:29,845 - Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts? - [ Giggling ] 94 00:05:29,915 --> 00:05:32,345 This man at the wheel is my attorney. 95 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:35,856 He's not just some dingbat I found on the Strip, man. He's a foreigner. 96 00:05:35,916 --> 00:05:39,547 I think he's probably Samoan. It doesn't matter, though, does it? 97 00:05:39,627 --> 00:05:42,058 - Are you prejudiced? - [ Whimpers ] Hell, no. 98 00:05:42,128 --> 00:05:44,059 I didn't think so. 99 00:05:44,129 --> 00:05:47,570 Because, in spite of his race, the man is extremely valuable to me. 100 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,071 - Oh, shit. I forgot about the beer. You want some? - No. 101 00:05:51,141 --> 00:05:53,301 - How 'bout some ether? - What? 102 00:05:55,482 --> 00:05:56,312 Never mind. All right, let's get right to the heart of this thing. 103 00:05:56,382 --> 00:05:57,572 - Twenty-four hours ago we were sitting... - ... in the Pogo Lounge... 104 00:05:59,373 --> 00:06:03,474 of the Beverly Heights Hotel, in the patio section, of course... 105 00:06:03,544 --> 00:06:07,005 drinking Singapore Slings with mescal on the side... 106 00:06:07,085 --> 00:06:12,997 hiding from the brutish realities of this foul year of our Lord, 1971. 107 00:06:13,057 --> 00:06:15,998 [ Muttering ] Cops were goin' apeshit- 108 00:06:16,068 --> 00:06:21,099 Perhaps this is the call you've been waiting for all this time, sir. 109 00:06:21,169 --> 00:06:23,110 Perhaps. 110 00:06:23,170 --> 00:06:25,800 Yeah. Mm-hmm. 111 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,811 Mmm! Really. All right. 112 00:06:27,881 --> 00:06:30,372 Yeah? Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. 113 00:06:30,452 --> 00:06:31,882 Okay. Bye. 114 00:06:31,952 --> 00:06:34,143 - That was headquarters. They want me to- - Ahem. 115 00:06:36,894 --> 00:06:38,824 [ Coins Clatter On Ground ] 116 00:06:38,894 --> 00:06:40,825 [ Whispers ] Thank you. 117 00:06:42,065 --> 00:06:45,006 They want me to go to Las Vegas at once... 118 00:06:45,066 --> 00:06:48,007 make contact with a Portuguese photographer named Lacerda. 119 00:06:48,077 --> 00:06:50,007 He'll have all the details. 120 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:53,508 All I have to do is check into my soundproof suite. He'll seek me out. 121 00:06:53,578 --> 00:06:56,309 - What do you think? - Sounds like real trouble. 122 00:06:56,379 --> 00:06:59,320 You're gonna need plenty of legal advice before this thing is over. 123 00:06:59,390 --> 00:07:01,321 Oh, yeah. 124 00:07:01,391 --> 00:07:04,551 As your attorney, I advise you to rent a fast car with no top. 125 00:07:04,631 --> 00:07:06,562 And you'll need the cocaine. 126 00:07:06,632 --> 00:07:10,033 Tape recorder for special music. 127 00:07:10,103 --> 00:07:12,034 Acapulco shirts. 128 00:07:12,104 --> 00:07:15,765 Get the hell out of L.A. for at least 48 hours. 129 00:07:15,845 --> 00:07:17,775 - Blows my weekend. - Why? 130 00:07:17,845 --> 00:07:21,786 'Cause, naturally, I'm gonna have to go with you. 131 00:07:21,846 --> 00:07:24,907 We're gonna have to arm ourselves to the teeth. 132 00:07:24,987 --> 00:07:27,418 Well, why not? 133 00:07:27,488 --> 00:07:31,219 I mean, if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing right. 134 00:07:32,499 --> 00:07:35,020 This is the American Dream in action. 135 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:37,661 Wait! 136 00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:44,003 Shit, we'd be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end. 137 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:46,013 Indeed. We must do it. 138 00:07:46,083 --> 00:07:48,074 What kind of story is this? 139 00:07:48,154 --> 00:07:50,084 It's the Mint 400... 140 00:07:50,154 --> 00:07:54,146 the richest off-road race for motorcycles and dune buggies in the history of organized sport. 141 00:07:54,226 --> 00:07:56,156 It's a fantastic spectacle... 142 00:07:56,226 --> 00:07:58,157 in honor of some fatback grosero... 143 00:07:58,227 --> 00:08:01,168 who owns the luxurious Mint Hotel in downtown Las Vegas. 144 00:08:01,238 --> 00:08:03,598 At least that's what the press release says. 145 00:08:03,668 --> 00:08:06,109 As your attorney, I advise you to buy a motorcycle. 146 00:08:06,169 --> 00:08:09,610 How else can you cover a thing like this righteously? 147 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,111 Well, we're gonna have to drum it up on our own. 148 00:08:13,181 --> 00:08:15,122 Pure Gonzo journalism. 149 00:08:15,182 --> 00:08:17,122 [ Tires Screeching ] 150 00:08:17,192 --> 00:08:19,753 Shit! 151 00:08:19,823 --> 00:08:21,763 [ Tires Screech ] 152 00:08:25,064 --> 00:08:28,505 [ Duke ] Getting hold of the drugs and shirts had been no problem... 153 00:08:28,565 --> 00:08:31,506 but the car and tape recorder were not easy things to round up at 6:30... 154 00:08:31,576 --> 00:08:34,007 on a Friday afternoon in Hollywood. 155 00:08:34,077 --> 00:08:36,978 Sounds beautiful. Great. Hang on to it. 156 00:08:37,048 --> 00:08:39,979 Fuckin' A, the gentleman has a major credit card! 157 00:08:40,049 --> 00:08:43,280 That's right, man. Don't take any guff from these fucking swine. 158 00:08:43,350 --> 00:08:45,290 I just got through saying that. 159 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,621 Do you realize who the fuck you're talking to? Do you? 160 00:08:49,691 --> 00:08:51,632 Be over in 30 minutes. 161 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:56,863 [ Duke ] We're gonna need a sound store. 162 00:08:56,933 --> 00:08:59,874 - [ Gonzo ] We won't make the nut unless we have unlimited credit. - We will, man. 163 00:08:59,944 --> 00:09:02,345 You Samoans are all the same. 164 00:09:02,415 --> 00:09:07,376 You have no faith in the essential decency of the white man's culture. 165 00:09:07,456 --> 00:09:09,387 [ Duke Narrating ] The store was closed... 166 00:09:09,457 --> 00:09:12,388 but the salesman said he could wait if we'd hurry. 167 00:09:12,458 --> 00:09:14,388 - [ Horns Honking ] - [ Sirens Wailing ] 168 00:09:14,458 --> 00:09:17,759 But we were delayed en route when the Stingray in front of us killed a pedestrian. 169 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,941 We had trouble again with the car rental agency. 170 00:09:22,001 --> 00:09:25,442 Mr. Duke, we're all settled. If I could get your John Hancock, you're on your way. 171 00:09:25,512 --> 00:09:29,273 - Yeah. - You're gonna be real careful with this car, right? 172 00:09:29,343 --> 00:09:31,283 Oh, yeah, man. Of course. 173 00:09:35,254 --> 00:09:37,185 [ Tires Screech ] 174 00:09:37,255 --> 00:09:40,196 [ Panting ] Holy smokes! 175 00:09:40,256 --> 00:09:44,197 You just backed over a 2-foot concrete abutment, you didn't even slow down. 176 00:09:44,267 --> 00:09:47,358 What, were you going about, uh, oh, I don't know, 45 miles an hour backwards? 177 00:09:47,438 --> 00:09:49,368 - There's no harm done. - Oh? 178 00:09:49,438 --> 00:09:52,379 I always test the transmission that way, the rear end for stress factors. 179 00:09:52,439 --> 00:09:55,380 - Boy, this is really a nice pen, man. - Hey, uh, listen, you- 180 00:09:55,450 --> 00:09:58,381 you fellas haven't been, uh, drinking, have you? 181 00:09:58,451 --> 00:10:00,382 - No. Not me. - Oh. Well- 182 00:10:00,452 --> 00:10:03,392 - We're responsible people. - [ Engine Revving, Tires Screeching ] 183 00:10:03,452 --> 00:10:05,393 Damn it, you've got my pen! 184 00:10:06,793 --> 00:10:08,734 Goddamn hippies! 185 00:10:11,435 --> 00:10:15,496 We spent the rest of that night rounding up materials and packing the car. 186 00:10:15,576 --> 00:10:18,507 Then we ate some mescaline and went swimming. 187 00:10:20,647 --> 00:10:22,578 Our trip was different. 188 00:10:22,648 --> 00:10:24,578 It was to be a classic affirmation... 189 00:10:24,648 --> 00:10:27,589 of everything right and true in the national character... 190 00:10:27,659 --> 00:10:30,820 a gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country. 191 00:10:30,890 --> 00:10:32,831 But only for those with true grit. 192 00:10:32,891 --> 00:10:35,261 And we are chock full of that, man. 193 00:10:36,132 --> 00:10:37,762 Damn right! 194 00:10:37,832 --> 00:10:41,433 My attorney understands this concept, despite his racial handicap. 195 00:10:41,503 --> 00:10:43,944 - But do you? - [ Giggling ] 196 00:10:44,014 --> 00:10:48,275 He said he understood, but I could see in his eyes that he didn't. 197 00:10:48,345 --> 00:10:51,316 - He was lying to me. - [ Gonzo Screams ] 198 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:55,057 Ohh! Aaah! 199 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:03,429 Aaah! Aaah! 200 00:11:03,499 --> 00:11:05,440 Ohhhhh! Medicine! 201 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,441 - What? - Medicine! 202 00:11:07,511 --> 00:11:10,201 Medicine? Oh, yeah, medicine! Right. Right here. 203 00:11:10,271 --> 00:11:13,212 - [ Shrieking ] - Don't worry. This man has a bad heart. 204 00:11:13,282 --> 00:11:15,213 Angina pectoris. 205 00:11:15,283 --> 00:11:18,214 But we have a cure for it. Here you go. All right. 206 00:11:18,284 --> 00:11:21,225 Big whiff. Big whiff. Big whiff, sonny boy. 207 00:11:21,295 --> 00:11:24,225 - Ah. There you go. Much better. - [ Sighs ] 208 00:11:24,295 --> 00:11:26,856 - Now for the doctor. - [ Groans Loudly ] 209 00:11:30,437 --> 00:11:33,528 [ Squealing ] 210 00:11:39,510 --> 00:11:41,450 What the- 211 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,011 What the fuck are we doing out here in the middle of the desert? 212 00:11:45,091 --> 00:11:47,882 Somebody call the police. We need help. 213 00:11:47,962 --> 00:11:50,983 - We need help. We need help. We need help. - [ Horn Honks ] 214 00:11:52,493 --> 00:11:54,934 [ Laughing ] 215 00:11:59,675 --> 00:12:01,606 The truth. 216 00:12:02,606 --> 00:12:04,547 Truth? 217 00:12:04,617 --> 00:12:06,878 We're goin' to Vegas... 218 00:12:06,948 --> 00:12:11,579 to croak a scag baron named Savage Henry. 219 00:12:11,659 --> 00:12:14,750 - It's true. - Why? Because I've known him for years... 220 00:12:14,830 --> 00:12:16,760 but he ripped us off. 221 00:12:16,830 --> 00:12:19,301 - [ Duke ] And you know what that means. - And you know what that means. 222 00:12:19,361 --> 00:12:21,262 - Right? - No. - Mm-hmm. 223 00:12:21,332 --> 00:12:23,272 Savage Henry... 224 00:12:23,332 --> 00:12:25,273 has cashed his check. 225 00:12:25,343 --> 00:12:28,274 - Cashed his check. - And we're gonna rip his lungs out. 226 00:12:28,344 --> 00:12:31,645 - [ Hammer Clicking ] - And eat them. That bastard won't get away with this. 227 00:12:31,715 --> 00:12:34,645 I mean, what is going on in this country... 228 00:12:34,715 --> 00:12:38,276 when a scum sucker like that can get away with sandbagging a Doctor of Journalism? 229 00:12:39,527 --> 00:12:41,457 - Hey! - Thanks for the ride! 230 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:43,958 - Don't worry about me! [ Giggling ] - Wait a minute! 231 00:12:44,028 --> 00:12:45,969 Come back and have a beer! 232 00:12:46,029 --> 00:12:47,969 Shit. 233 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:50,300 Fuck. I'm gonna miss him. 234 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,811 - Move over! - Did you see his eyes? 235 00:12:52,871 --> 00:12:55,811 We have to get out of California before that kid finds a cop. 236 00:12:55,881 --> 00:12:57,812 Scoot over, you fat bastard. 237 00:12:57,882 --> 00:13:01,313 - We had a real freak on our hands! - Oh, shit. 238 00:13:03,724 --> 00:13:07,055 [ Duke Narrating ] It was absolutely imperative that we get to the Mint Hotel... 239 00:13:07,125 --> 00:13:09,065 before the deadline for press registration. 240 00:13:09,125 --> 00:13:12,396 Otherwise we might have to pay for our suite. 241 00:13:16,767 --> 00:13:18,138 [ Screeches ] 242 00:13:18,208 --> 00:13:22,669 Jesus! Did you see what God just did to us, man? 243 00:13:22,749 --> 00:13:25,180 God didn't do that. You did it. 244 00:13:25,250 --> 00:13:27,180 You're a narcotics agent. I knew it. 245 00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:30,851 That was our cocaine, you fucking pig, swine, whore! 246 00:13:30,921 --> 00:13:33,252 You'd better be careful. 247 00:13:33,322 --> 00:13:37,163 Plenty of vultures out here that'll pick your bones clean before morning. 248 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:39,994 - You fucking whore. - Hee hee hee. 249 00:13:41,274 --> 00:13:43,865 Here's your half of the sunshine acid. Eat it. 250 00:13:43,935 --> 00:13:46,376 Yeah. 251 00:13:46,446 --> 00:13:48,376 Great. 252 00:13:48,446 --> 00:13:50,507 How long do I have? 253 00:13:50,577 --> 00:13:53,518 As your attorney, I advise you to drive at top speed... 254 00:13:53,588 --> 00:13:57,519 or it'll be a goddamn miracle if we can get there before you turn into a wild animal. 255 00:13:57,589 --> 00:14:00,530 - [ Muttering ] - ~ [ Rock ] 256 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:02,460 ~ Yeah, yeah ~ 257 00:14:02,530 --> 00:14:04,461 - ~ [ Continues ] - Are you ready for that? 258 00:14:04,531 --> 00:14:07,472 Checking into a Vegas hotel under a phony name... 259 00:14:07,532 --> 00:14:11,103 with intent to commit capital fraud and a head full of acid? 260 00:14:11,173 --> 00:14:13,043 I sure hope so. 261 00:14:14,144 --> 00:14:16,774 [ Duke Narrating ] Thirty minutes. It was going to be very close. 262 00:14:16,844 --> 00:14:19,785 ~ [ Continues ] 263 00:14:21,926 --> 00:14:23,516 ~ Well, she's all you'd ever want ~ 264 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,257 ~ She's the kind I'd like to flaunt ~ 265 00:14:25,327 --> 00:14:27,157 ~ And take to dinner ~ 266 00:14:27,227 --> 00:14:29,528 [ Man On P.A. ] Welcome to the Mint Hotel! 267 00:14:29,598 --> 00:14:31,499 ~ Well, she always knows her place ~ 268 00:14:31,569 --> 00:14:33,439 ~ She's got style She's got grace ~ 269 00:14:33,509 --> 00:14:36,070 - ~ She's a winner ~ - [ Horn Honking ] 270 00:14:37,140 --> 00:14:39,981 ~ She's a lady ~ 271 00:14:40,051 --> 00:14:42,412 ~ Whoa-whoa-whoa She's a lady ~ 272 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,012 Hmm? Mmm. 273 00:14:44,082 --> 00:14:47,253 ~ Talking about my little lady ~ 274 00:14:47,323 --> 00:14:50,264 - Come on, take the ticket. We're busy here. - ~ And the lady is mine ~ 275 00:14:50,324 --> 00:14:52,425 Come on, take the ticket. Take it. 276 00:14:52,495 --> 00:14:54,435 Take the ticket. 277 00:14:54,495 --> 00:14:57,996 - ~ [ Continues ] - I need this. Right? 278 00:14:58,076 --> 00:14:59,907 I'll remember your face. 279 00:15:01,977 --> 00:15:05,348 [ Duke Narrating ] There is no way of explaining the terror I felt. 280 00:15:07,079 --> 00:15:10,520 - ~ [ Continues ] - [ On P.A. ] Attention, all Mint Hotel guests. 281 00:15:10,590 --> 00:15:13,020 Will the owner of a green Pinto... 282 00:15:13,091 --> 00:15:16,221 Minnesota license plate TGO432- 283 00:15:16,591 --> 00:15:19,222 [ Duke Narrating ] I was pouring sweat. 284 00:15:19,302 --> 00:15:21,593 My blood is too thick for Nevada. 285 00:15:21,673 --> 00:15:24,604 I've never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. 286 00:15:24,674 --> 00:15:26,604 [ Man Chattering ] 287 00:15:26,674 --> 00:15:29,645 [ Duke Narrating ] Okay. Be quiet, be calm. 288 00:15:29,715 --> 00:15:33,446 Name, rank and press affiliation. 289 00:15:33,516 --> 00:15:35,447 Nothing else. 290 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:38,458 ...hamburger stand. She was a waitress about 16 years old. 291 00:15:38,528 --> 00:15:41,619 They chopped her goddamn head off right there in the parking lot... 292 00:15:41,699 --> 00:15:43,789 and cut all kinds of holes in her and sucked out the blood. 293 00:15:43,859 --> 00:15:47,390 They were after the pineal gland, I think. Yeah. 294 00:15:47,470 --> 00:15:50,601 - No. How's your mama? - [ Duke ] ignore this terrible drug. 295 00:15:50,671 --> 00:15:52,572 Yeah. 296 00:15:52,642 --> 00:15:54,572 Pretend it's not happening. 297 00:15:54,642 --> 00:15:56,583 [ Grunts ] 298 00:15:56,643 --> 00:15:59,414 [ Shouts ] Hi there! Uhh- 299 00:15:59,484 --> 00:16:01,414 My name? 300 00:16:01,484 --> 00:16:04,455 Uh... Raoul Duke! 301 00:16:04,525 --> 00:16:07,686 [ Muttering ] On the list. Freelance. On the list, then? 302 00:16:07,756 --> 00:16:10,357 Total coverage. Uh-huh. 303 00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:15,038 I have my attorney... 304 00:16:17,239 --> 00:16:19,169 with me... 305 00:16:19,239 --> 00:16:22,180 and I realize that his name is not on that list... 306 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,181 but we must have a suite! 307 00:16:25,281 --> 00:16:26,982 [ Muttering ] Must have that suite. 308 00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:28,982 What's the score here? 309 00:16:29,052 --> 00:16:30,853 What's next? 310 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,053 Your suite isn't ready yet... 311 00:16:33,123 --> 00:16:36,124 but someone was looking for you. 312 00:16:36,194 --> 00:16:38,565 Aah! No! We haven't done anything yet! 313 00:16:38,635 --> 00:16:41,396 - I can handle this. - [ Muttering ] 314 00:16:41,476 --> 00:16:43,906 This man suffers from a bad heart. 315 00:16:43,976 --> 00:16:47,337 But I have plenty of medicine. My name is Dr. Gonzo. 316 00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:49,848 Prepare our suite at once. We'll be in the bar. 317 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:57,920 Aaah! [ Grunts ] 318 00:17:03,602 --> 00:17:07,033 [ Woman ] I don't know about you, but I'm startin' to feel that drink. 319 00:17:07,103 --> 00:17:09,033 [ Chuckling ] 320 00:17:10,274 --> 00:17:12,204 [ Growls ] 321 00:17:12,274 --> 00:17:14,715 Hey, beat it. Beat it. Go on. 322 00:17:16,116 --> 00:17:18,046 [ Woman ] I like the way you did that. 323 00:17:18,116 --> 00:17:20,057 Aaah! [ Whimpering ] 324 00:17:20,117 --> 00:17:22,057 Come on. Come on. Come on. 325 00:17:22,127 --> 00:17:25,058 - What's that? - Come on, come on. Let's get some peanuts. 326 00:17:25,128 --> 00:17:28,059 That's one thing that's good for you. Peanuts. 327 00:17:28,129 --> 00:17:30,190 Ohh! Jesus! 328 00:17:30,270 --> 00:17:33,460 - Two Cuba libres, beer and mescal on the side. - You got it. 329 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:35,971 - [ Man ] I'll bet you're a Libra. - Mmm. 330 00:17:36,041 --> 00:17:38,942 [ Wild Laughter ] 331 00:17:39,012 --> 00:17:41,713 [ Woman Moaning ] 332 00:17:43,183 --> 00:17:47,124 Who's Lacerda? He's waiting for us on the 12th floor. 333 00:17:47,184 --> 00:17:49,125 Room 1250. Lacerda. 334 00:17:50,325 --> 00:17:52,416 [ Duke Narrating ] I couldn't remember. 335 00:17:52,496 --> 00:17:55,957 - The name rang a bell, but I couldn't concentrate. - [ Gurgling, Bubbling ] 336 00:17:56,037 --> 00:17:58,468 Terrible things were happening all around us. 337 00:17:58,538 --> 00:17:59,968 [ Groans ] 338 00:18:00,038 --> 00:18:01,969 Buy us some golf shoes... 339 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:05,840 otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. 340 00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:08,110 Impossible to walk in this muck. 341 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:10,121 No footing at all. 342 00:18:10,181 --> 00:18:12,622 ~ [ Continues ] 343 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:16,623 [ Woman On P.A. ] Mr. Roger Pratt, please call the hotel operator. 344 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:23,525 ~ How can I bear to see your heart break ~ 345 00:18:23,605 --> 00:18:25,935 ~ To see your heart break ~ 346 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:29,306 ~ Over me ~ 347 00:18:29,376 --> 00:18:31,307 ~ [ Continues ] 348 00:18:33,177 --> 00:18:36,118 [ Growling, Roaring ] 349 00:18:36,188 --> 00:18:38,619 - ~ [ Continues ] - [ Growling, Roaring Continue ] 350 00:18:53,203 --> 00:18:57,504 I was right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo... 351 00:18:57,574 --> 00:19:00,635 and somebody was giving booze to these goddamn things. 352 00:19:00,715 --> 00:19:04,176 It won't be long now before they tear us to shreds. 353 00:19:04,256 --> 00:19:06,517 [ Growling, Roaring Continue ] 354 00:19:06,587 --> 00:19:09,318 - ~ [ Continues ] - [ Muttering Gibberish ] 355 00:19:11,668 --> 00:19:14,829 [ Muttering, Roaring Continues, Volume Increasing ] 356 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,371 - Please! - [ Muttering, Roaring Stop ] 357 00:19:20,441 --> 00:19:24,402 - Tell'em to get out their fucking golf shoes! - [ Growled Gasps ] 358 00:19:24,482 --> 00:19:27,413 Jesus God Almighty, look at that bunch over there, man. 359 00:19:27,483 --> 00:19:29,413 They've spotted us. 360 00:19:29,483 --> 00:19:31,424 [ Gonzo ] That's the press table, man. 361 00:19:31,484 --> 00:19:34,425 We're gonna have to sign in for our credentials. 362 00:19:35,825 --> 00:19:37,886 Okay? 363 00:19:37,966 --> 00:19:39,626 Are you ready? 364 00:19:39,696 --> 00:19:41,637 - Hmm? - Are you ready? 365 00:19:42,837 --> 00:19:45,208 - Come on, hurry up. - Wait! Don't leave me! 366 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:49,639 [ Boy ] Two club sandwiches... 367 00:19:49,709 --> 00:19:53,170 and, uh, two more club sandwiches... 368 00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:57,151 one, two, three, four shrimp cocktails... 369 00:19:57,221 --> 00:19:59,152 - Hmm? Hmm? - and nine fresh grapefruit. 370 00:19:59,222 --> 00:20:01,593 - [ Rumbling ] - Vitamin C. Need all we can get. 371 00:20:01,663 --> 00:20:04,353 - Four chicken- - There's a, uh... 372 00:20:04,433 --> 00:20:06,864 big machine in the sky, some kind of... 373 00:20:06,934 --> 00:20:10,265 - Quart of rum. - well, electric snake coming straight at us. 374 00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:11,776 [ Gonzo ] Shoot it. 375 00:20:11,846 --> 00:20:14,836 Not yet. I want to study its habits. 376 00:20:14,906 --> 00:20:18,577 - [ Boy ] You motorcycle people sure are hearty eaters. Rumbling, Explosions ] 377 00:20:18,647 --> 00:20:21,588 I need the cart. I need to return with the cart. 378 00:20:21,658 --> 00:20:25,389 Thank you, but the cart needs to go back with- I'll be back! 379 00:20:25,459 --> 00:20:27,450 - You bastard. - I've been hit, man! 380 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:31,361 I leave you alone for 3 minutes and you start waving that goddamn marlin spike around... 381 00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:33,372 yelling about reptiles. 382 00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:36,633 - What are you talking about? - You scared the shit out of those people. 383 00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,643 They were ready to call the cops. 384 00:20:38,713 --> 00:20:43,304 - Yes, sir, you were lucky I came back in time. - Don't come fucking near me! 385 00:20:43,385 --> 00:20:46,545 Explosions Continue ] - Leave me alone. 386 00:20:46,615 --> 00:20:49,786 The only reason they gave us press passes was to get you out of there. 387 00:20:50,757 --> 00:20:51,587 - [ Knock On Door ] - Oh, God! What's that? 388 00:20:51,657 --> 00:20:54,788 That scene straightened me right out, man. 389 00:20:54,858 --> 00:20:58,299 - Is it the door? Explosions Continue ] 390 00:20:58,369 --> 00:21:01,340 - [ TV Newscaster ] As the bombing continues in Laos- - Just a minute. 391 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,300 - [ Knocking Continues ] - Holy shit. 392 00:21:03,370 --> 00:21:05,311 Oh, my God. 393 00:21:05,381 --> 00:21:07,641 [ TV Newscaster Continues ] 394 00:21:07,711 --> 00:21:12,153 Hi. I'm, uh, Lacerda, your photographer. 395 00:21:17,054 --> 00:21:18,995 - Duke? - Mm-mmm. 396 00:21:19,065 --> 00:21:20,995 Back there. 397 00:21:21,065 --> 00:21:24,156 - [ TV ] It looks as though the North Vietnamese may- - Duke? Duke? 398 00:21:24,236 --> 00:21:26,167 Hi! [ Laughs ] 399 00:21:26,237 --> 00:21:28,757 Lacerda. Your photographer. 400 00:21:28,837 --> 00:21:30,778 You're not Portuguese, man! 401 00:21:30,838 --> 00:21:33,679 Hey, too bad you guys missed the bikes checkin' in. 402 00:21:33,749 --> 00:21:35,679 Oh, man, what a sight! 403 00:21:35,749 --> 00:21:38,650 - Husquavarnas, Yamahas, DMZs. Machine Guns Firing, Volume Increasing ] 404 00:21:40,191 --> 00:21:42,211 Kawasakis! 405 00:21:42,291 --> 00:21:45,022 - Maicos. Pursang! Plane Engines Roaring, Volume Increasing ] 406 00:21:45,092 --> 00:21:47,693 - Swedish fireballs. Volume Decreases, Quiets ] 407 00:21:47,763 --> 00:21:50,204 Couple of Triumphs. Here and there a CZ. 408 00:21:50,264 --> 00:21:52,704 All very, very fast. 409 00:21:52,774 --> 00:21:54,705 Very. [ Chuckling ] 410 00:21:54,775 --> 00:21:57,075 What a race it's gonna be. 411 00:22:00,146 --> 00:22:03,587 [ Chuckling Continues ] Yeah. 412 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:10,679 I'm gonna let myself out. 413 00:22:10,809 --> 00:22:12,610 We know what you're up to, man. 414 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,610 Hmm? 415 00:22:17,981 --> 00:22:20,922 [ TV Continues: Explosions, Helicopter Blades Whirring ] 416 00:22:23,923 --> 00:22:26,084 I'm gonna tell you- 417 00:22:26,164 --> 00:22:29,795 He's lying to us. I could see it in his eyes. 418 00:22:29,865 --> 00:22:31,595 Eyes? 419 00:22:31,665 --> 00:22:34,796 - [ TV Newscaster ] Late battle reports indicate- - Panic now, Charlie. 420 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:36,807 [ Muttering ] 421 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:39,608 Turn this shit off. 422 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,610 The racers were ready at dawn. 423 00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:49,620 Very tense. 424 00:22:49,690 --> 00:22:53,221 In some circles the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing... 425 00:22:53,291 --> 00:22:56,292 than the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby... 426 00:22:56,362 --> 00:22:59,303 and the Lower Oakland Roller Derby Finals all rolled into one. 427 00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:01,304 Slow down! This is a restricted area! 428 00:23:01,374 --> 00:23:03,744 This race attracts a very special breed. 429 00:23:03,814 --> 00:23:05,835 - [ Mutters ] Fuck off. - All right. 430 00:23:05,915 --> 00:23:09,346 It was time to get grounded, to ponder this rotten assignment... 431 00:23:09,416 --> 00:23:11,847 - and figure out how to cope with it. - Whoa! 432 00:23:11,917 --> 00:23:13,857 It was time to do the job. 433 00:23:13,927 --> 00:23:17,858 Those of us who had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and doughnuts. 434 00:23:17,928 --> 00:23:20,259 We wanted strong drink. 435 00:23:20,329 --> 00:23:22,270 - We were, after all... - [ Gunshots ] 436 00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:24,390 the absolute cream of the national sporting press. 437 00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:26,401 Pull! 438 00:23:26,471 --> 00:23:29,872 We were gathered in Las Vegas for this very special moment in sport. 439 00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:32,883 - When it comes to a thing like this, they don't fool around. - [ Gunshots Continue ] 440 00:23:32,943 --> 00:23:35,383 [ Snoring ] 441 00:23:35,453 --> 00:23:38,384 - It's, uh, just beautiful. - [ Chuckling ] 442 00:23:41,825 --> 00:23:44,256 [ Croupier ] Money plays. Money plays. 443 00:23:44,326 --> 00:23:47,727 Kill the body, the head will die. Ali-Frazier fight. 444 00:23:47,797 --> 00:23:51,138 - Crazy shit. - A proper end to the '60s. 445 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:54,139 Ali beaten by a human hamburger. 446 00:23:54,209 --> 00:23:57,040 - Both Kennedy’s murdered by mutants. - Hey, they're startin'! 447 00:23:57,110 --> 00:23:59,050 Oh, shit, they're startin'. Let's go! 448 00:23:59,110 --> 00:24:01,051 [ Man On P.A. ] Ladies and gentlemen... 449 00:24:01,121 --> 00:24:05,552 welcome to the start of the $50,000 Mint 400 Desert Race... 450 00:24:05,622 --> 00:24:08,923 with a purse of $50,000 going to the winner... 451 00:24:08,993 --> 00:24:11,524 of this grueling, gut-wrenching, dust-eating... 452 00:24:11,594 --> 00:24:14,655 in-your-face motocross extravaganza! 453 00:24:14,735 --> 00:24:16,665 And there they go! 454 00:24:16,735 --> 00:24:18,676 We've got rooster tails goin'! 455 00:24:18,736 --> 00:24:21,637 We're here to spit in your enemy's eye! 456 00:24:21,707 --> 00:24:23,937 There they go. [ Mutters ] 457 00:24:24,017 --> 00:24:27,608 [ Man On P.A. ] All right, our second group of ten is getting in place. 458 00:24:27,688 --> 00:24:30,979 - Kawasakis, Triumphs, Maicos. - [ Engines Revving ] 459 00:24:31,059 --> 00:24:34,350 We're ready to go. It's the green flag, and they're off! 460 00:24:34,430 --> 00:24:37,661 Another great start with a lot of dirt happening on this hill! 461 00:24:37,731 --> 00:24:41,532 All right, here we go with the third group. And they're off! 462 00:24:41,602 --> 00:24:44,593 Number 45 riding in the number-four position... 463 00:24:44,673 --> 00:24:47,374 is choking as the dust flies! 464 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:51,205 You'd better wet those bandannas you got stretched over your face! 465 00:24:51,285 --> 00:24:53,216 [ Cheering, Engines Revving ] 466 00:24:53,286 --> 00:24:56,216 [ Duke Narrating ] There was something like 190 more bikes waiting to start. 467 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:59,227 - Gimme a beer, man. - They were due to go off, ten at a time... 468 00:24:59,287 --> 00:25:01,228 every two minutes. 469 00:25:01,298 --> 00:25:03,228 There you go, buddy. 470 00:25:03,298 --> 00:25:05,229 [ Blows Nose ] 471 00:25:05,299 --> 00:25:07,230 [ Sighs ] 472 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,140 - Goddamn it. What day is it? Saturday? - Shit. 473 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,141 - More like Sunday. - Ahh. 474 00:25:16,582 --> 00:25:18,513 Hello! Anyone? 475 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:20,513 Have you seen the race? 476 00:25:20,583 --> 00:25:24,525 By 10:00 they were spread out all over the course. 477 00:25:24,595 --> 00:25:26,855 - Ohh! - It was no longer a race. 478 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:30,026 Now it was an endurance contest. 479 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:34,597 The idea of trying to cover this race in any conventional press sense was absurd. 480 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:37,068 - Hey! It's pretty great, huh? - What? 481 00:25:37,138 --> 00:25:39,229 Come on in! 482 00:25:41,349 --> 00:25:43,780 [ Shutter Clicking ] 483 00:25:43,850 --> 00:25:47,581 I'm just gonna try different combinations of lenses and film... 484 00:25:47,651 --> 00:25:51,022 until I find something that works in this dust! 485 00:25:51,092 --> 00:25:53,023 [ Helicopter Blades Whirring ] 486 00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:55,583 - What the hell? - [ Machine Gun Fire ] 487 00:25:55,663 --> 00:25:59,194 That's fucking machine guns. They're firing at us. Machine guns! 488 00:25:59,264 --> 00:26:02,395 - [ Gunfire Continues ] - It's a goddamn war zone! Get us out of here quick! 489 00:26:02,475 --> 00:26:06,136 - [ Lacerda ] Yeee-hoo! - Quick, man! We're gonna be killed, for fuck's sake! 490 00:26:06,206 --> 00:26:10,908 What the- Oh, no. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. 491 00:26:12,448 --> 00:26:14,389 Where's the damn race? 492 00:26:15,459 --> 00:26:17,390 Beats me, man. 493 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:19,620 We're just good, patriotic Americans like yourself. 494 00:26:20,861 --> 00:26:23,491 What outfit you fellas with? 495 00:26:23,561 --> 00:26:26,592 Oh. The sporting press. We're friendlies. 496 00:26:26,672 --> 00:26:28,603 Hired geeks. 497 00:26:31,814 --> 00:26:34,244 Uh... yeah. 498 00:26:34,314 --> 00:26:37,805 - Let's go. - Yee-ooooh! 499 00:26:37,885 --> 00:26:40,146 - Good luck, gentlemen. - [ Machine Gun Fire Resumes ] 500 00:26:40,216 --> 00:26:42,157 - Get him! - Freaks. 501 00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:45,287 - Take me back to the pits. - No! No, no, no. We have to go on. 502 00:26:45,358 --> 00:26:47,418 We need total coverage! 503 00:26:47,498 --> 00:26:51,659 It was time, I felt, for an agonizing reappraisal of the whole scene. 504 00:26:51,739 --> 00:26:54,260 You're fired. 505 00:26:54,340 --> 00:26:56,171 Awful jackass. 506 00:26:57,711 --> 00:26:59,642 All right. 507 00:26:59,712 --> 00:27:02,342 - Just drive into the dust! - I never wanna see you again. 508 00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:05,353 Just drive into the dust! 509 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:08,354 Huh? Ohh. 510 00:27:11,195 --> 00:27:14,456 The race was definitely underway. 511 00:27:14,536 --> 00:27:18,197 I had witnessed the start. I was sure of that much. 512 00:27:18,267 --> 00:27:20,207 But what now? 513 00:27:20,267 --> 00:27:22,208 What comes next? 514 00:27:23,678 --> 00:27:25,809 ~ [ Pop ] 515 00:27:29,550 --> 00:27:32,491 Put on the radio. Turn on the tape machine. 516 00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:34,491 Roll every goddamn window down. 517 00:27:34,562 --> 00:27:36,992 - ~ It's not unusual ~ - Let us taste this cool desert wind. 518 00:27:37,062 --> 00:27:38,993 ~ To be loved by anyone ~ 519 00:27:39,063 --> 00:27:42,004 - ~ [ Continues ] - Ah, yes. This is what it's all about. 520 00:27:42,064 --> 00:27:44,004 [ Duke Narrating ] Total control now... 521 00:27:44,074 --> 00:27:47,405 tooling along the main drag on a Saturday night in Vegas. 522 00:27:47,475 --> 00:27:50,406 Two good old boys in a fire-apple red convertible... 523 00:27:50,476 --> 00:27:54,507 stoned, ripped, twisted. 524 00:27:54,587 --> 00:27:56,518 Good people. 525 00:27:56,588 --> 00:27:59,279 Hot fuck. That sounds heavy. 526 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,219 - Twenty-nine cent hot dogs. - Mmm. 527 00:28:02,289 --> 00:28:04,230 What are we doing here? 528 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:07,231 Are we here to entertain ourselves or do the job? 529 00:28:07,301 --> 00:28:09,601 Do the job, of course. 530 00:28:09,672 --> 00:28:13,903 Here we go. Crab louie and a quart of muscatel for $20. 531 00:28:13,973 --> 00:28:18,914 - ~ It's not unusual ~ - As your attorney, I advise you to drive to the Tropicana. 532 00:28:18,984 --> 00:28:21,915 Guy Lombardo. He's in the Blue Room with his Royal Canadians. 533 00:28:21,985 --> 00:28:24,916 - Why? - Why? Why what? 534 00:28:24,986 --> 00:28:28,927 Why should I pay my hard-earned dollars to watch a fucking corpse? 535 00:28:28,997 --> 00:28:30,928 I don't know about you... 536 00:28:30,998 --> 00:28:34,259 - but in my line of business it's important to be hip. - [ Tires Screech ] 537 00:28:34,339 --> 00:28:36,059 What do you think you're doing? 538 00:28:36,139 --> 00:28:38,970 This is not a parking area! You've got to move your car! 539 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,981 You can't park your car here. Excuse me. Sir! 540 00:28:42,041 --> 00:28:44,141 - What? - You can't park- Hey! 541 00:28:44,211 --> 00:28:45,842 You can't park your car here! 542 00:28:45,912 --> 00:28:48,513 Is this not a reasonable place to park? 543 00:28:48,583 --> 00:28:51,814 Reasonable? You're on a sidewalk! It's a sidewalk! 544 00:28:51,894 --> 00:28:53,824 - This is not a parking area! - Debbie Reynolds? 545 00:28:53,894 --> 00:28:57,325 - You can't park on the sidewalk! - Seems like a hot ticket. 546 00:28:57,395 --> 00:29:00,166 Drove all the way from L.A. for this show. 547 00:29:00,236 --> 00:29:01,826 We're friends of Debbie's. 548 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:04,767 ~ [ Orchestra ] 549 00:29:04,837 --> 00:29:06,778 - Okay, bye. - We'll see you later. 550 00:29:06,838 --> 00:29:10,209 - [ Duke Narrating ] This was Bob Hope's turf. - ~ Strangers in the night ~ 551 00:29:10,279 --> 00:29:12,219 Frank Sinatra's. 552 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:14,220 - ~ Exchanging glances ~ - Spiro Agnew's. 553 00:29:14,290 --> 00:29:18,691 The place fairly reeked of high-grade Formica and plastic palm trees. 554 00:29:18,761 --> 00:29:22,162 Clearly a high-class refuge for big spenders. 555 00:29:22,232 --> 00:29:24,163 ~ [ Continues ] 556 00:29:24,233 --> 00:29:27,394 - It's started. Is she on stage? - She is. Sold out. 557 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:30,404 Sorry, sir. Full house. I'm sorry, sir. 558 00:29:30,475 --> 00:29:33,405 We drove all the way from L.A. for this show. 559 00:29:33,475 --> 00:29:36,916 - There are no seats left at any price. - Fuck seats! 560 00:29:36,976 --> 00:29:40,417 - We're friends with Debbie. I used to romp with her. - Mm-hmm. 561 00:29:40,487 --> 00:29:42,418 ~ [ Continues ] 562 00:29:42,488 --> 00:29:45,689 - Are you prepared to go to court? - Well, that depends. 563 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:48,700 I wanna talk to you for a second. 564 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,861 - Your attitude constitutes a breach of faith. - Uh, hi. 565 00:29:52,931 --> 00:29:54,871 In Nevada, that's illegal. 566 00:29:56,102 --> 00:29:59,773 - What's your name? - My name? Tony Pizzacata. 567 00:29:59,843 --> 00:30:01,773 [ Gonzo ] Tony Pizzacata. 568 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:04,284 [ Tony ] What, may I ask, is your name, sir? 569 00:30:04,354 --> 00:30:06,785 [ Gonzo ] It's on my driver's license. 570 00:30:06,855 --> 00:30:09,786 - I think we might be able to squeeze you in, sir. - Ohh! 571 00:30:09,856 --> 00:30:12,867 - Thank you kindly. - You'll have to stand in the back. 572 00:30:14,167 --> 00:30:18,108 After a lot of bad noise he let us in for nothing... 573 00:30:18,168 --> 00:30:21,229 provided we would stand quietly in the back and not smoke. 574 00:30:21,309 --> 00:30:23,240 ~ [ Continues ] 575 00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:25,250 [ Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen... 576 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:28,251 the Desert Inn is proud to present the one, the only... 577 00:30:28,321 --> 00:30:31,412 the incomparable Miss Debbie Reynolds! 578 00:30:31,492 --> 00:30:33,422 [ Backup Singers ] ~ Ooh, ooh-ooh ~ 579 00:30:33,492 --> 00:30:35,923 [ Debbie Reynolds ] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! 580 00:30:35,993 --> 00:30:38,934 It's wonderful to be here with you fabulous people! 581 00:30:38,994 --> 00:30:42,525 Whoa! Let's rock and roll! 582 00:30:42,605 --> 00:30:44,536 ~ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ~ 583 00:30:44,606 --> 00:30:47,036 - What the hell's going on? - [ Giggling Hysterically ] 584 00:30:47,106 --> 00:30:49,547 - Get'em out! - Come on, get outta here! 585 00:30:49,617 --> 00:30:51,548 - Aah! - Get'em out. 586 00:30:51,618 --> 00:30:54,879 - ~ Ooooh, ooooh ~ - Out. Get'em out! 587 00:30:54,949 --> 00:30:58,249 - ~ Ooooh, ahhhh ~ - [ Laughing, Giggling Continue ] 588 00:31:03,031 --> 00:31:06,622 Shit! We wandered into a fuckin' time capsule there. 589 00:31:06,702 --> 00:31:08,632 Scumbag! 590 00:31:08,702 --> 00:31:13,764 I'll find where you live and burn your house down, you piece of shit! 591 00:31:13,844 --> 00:31:15,774 - What happened? - Oh. 592 00:31:15,844 --> 00:31:19,446 - Ohh. - One of these days I'll toss a fuckin' bomb in that place. 593 00:31:19,516 --> 00:31:21,456 [ Stifled Giggle ] 594 00:31:21,916 --> 00:31:23,947 ~ [ Circus ] 595 00:31:32,269 --> 00:31:34,860 - [ Tires Screech ] - Oh, wait. You see that? 596 00:31:34,940 --> 00:31:36,870 This is the place, man. 597 00:31:36,940 --> 00:31:38,871 They'll never fuck with us here. 598 00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:43,382 Where's the ether? Mescaline's not working. 599 00:31:43,452 --> 00:31:45,383 Oh. 600 00:31:47,453 --> 00:31:49,544 There we go. Right. 601 00:31:51,455 --> 00:31:53,055 [ Mumbles ] 602 00:31:54,325 --> 00:31:56,266 Yeah. Why not? 603 00:31:58,097 --> 00:32:00,037 [ Groans ] Yeah. 604 00:32:00,107 --> 00:32:02,038 [ Inhales ] Mm-hmm. 605 00:32:04,078 --> 00:32:07,669 [ Duke Narrating ] Ahh. Devil ether. 606 00:32:07,749 --> 00:32:11,880 It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel. 607 00:32:11,950 --> 00:32:14,381 Total loss of all basic motor skills. 608 00:32:14,451 --> 00:32:17,392 Blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue. 609 00:32:17,462 --> 00:32:19,483 The mind recoils in horror... 610 00:32:19,563 --> 00:32:22,493 unable to communicate with the spinal column... 611 00:32:22,563 --> 00:32:26,505 which is interesting because you can actually watch yourself behaving in this terrible way... 612 00:32:26,575 --> 00:32:28,505 but you can't control it. 613 00:32:29,806 --> 00:32:32,296 ~ [ Continues, Distorted ] 614 00:32:32,376 --> 00:32:35,907 You approach the turnstiles and know that when you get there... 615 00:32:35,977 --> 00:32:38,918 you have to give the man two dollars or he won't let you inside... 616 00:32:38,988 --> 00:32:42,979 but when you get there everything goes wrong. 617 00:32:43,059 --> 00:32:47,431 Some angry Rotarian shoves you and you think, "What's happening here?" 618 00:32:47,501 --> 00:32:52,202 - You hear yourself mumbling: - Dogs fucked the Pope. No fault of mine. 619 00:32:52,272 --> 00:32:54,202 ~ [ Continues, Distorted ] 620 00:32:54,273 --> 00:32:57,503 Ether is the perfect drug for Las Vegas. 621 00:32:57,573 --> 00:33:01,014 In this town they love a drunk. Fresh meat. 622 00:33:01,084 --> 00:33:02,945 - Come on, buddy. Come on. - Holy- 623 00:33:03,015 --> 00:33:07,186 So they put us through the turnstiles and turned us loose inside. 624 00:33:07,256 --> 00:33:09,687 - ~ [ Drum roll ] - [ Announcer ] Ladies and gentlemen... 625 00:33:09,757 --> 00:33:11,697 boys and girls... 626 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:15,198 - visitors of all ages... - ~ [ Cymbal Crash ] 627 00:33:15,268 --> 00:33:20,530 - ~ [ Circus ] - the Bazooko Casino Circus proudly presents... 628 00:33:20,610 --> 00:33:23,941 the Flying Fellinis! 629 00:33:26,042 --> 00:33:28,882 [ Together ] Ooooh-whoop! 630 00:33:28,952 --> 00:33:31,383 ~ [ Continues ] 631 00:33:48,538 --> 00:33:50,479 Oh, my God! 632 00:33:52,079 --> 00:33:54,010 Whoop! 633 00:33:56,820 --> 00:33:58,751 [ Inhales ] 634 00:34:01,992 --> 00:34:05,123 [ Snarling ] 635 00:34:05,193 --> 00:34:07,133 [ Wolverine Snarling ] 636 00:34:12,775 --> 00:34:14,465 ~ Mm-hmm ~ 637 00:34:14,545 --> 00:34:17,276 [ Snarling Continues ] 638 00:34:26,789 --> 00:34:28,379 Whoa! 639 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,150 Excuse me. 640 00:34:31,230 --> 00:34:34,391 - Get out of my way, you- - [ Elephant Trumpets ] 641 00:34:37,142 --> 00:34:40,503 A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother... 642 00:34:40,573 --> 00:34:43,874 crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth... 643 00:34:43,944 --> 00:34:46,314 but nobody should be asked to handle this trip. 644 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:48,975 Bazooko Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing Saturday night... 645 00:34:49,055 --> 00:34:51,246 if the Nazis had won the War. 646 00:34:51,326 --> 00:34:53,256 This was the Sixth Reich. 647 00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:55,727 Place your bets! Everyone's a winner! 648 00:34:55,797 --> 00:35:00,388 Step right up and shoot the pasties off the nipples of a ten-foot bull dyke... 649 00:35:00,468 --> 00:35:02,329 and win a cotton candy goat! 650 00:35:02,399 --> 00:35:05,670 [ Hooting, Chittering, Hissing ] 651 00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:08,781 [ Blows Raspberry ] 652 00:35:08,841 --> 00:35:10,781 Step up to this fantastic machine! 653 00:35:10,851 --> 00:35:14,282 For just 99 cents your likeness will appear 200 feet tall... 654 00:35:14,352 --> 00:35:16,783 on a screen over downtown Las Vegas. 655 00:35:16,853 --> 00:35:20,294 For just 99 cents more you can have a voice message! Say whatever you want, fella! 656 00:35:20,364 --> 00:35:24,095 Oh, they'll hear you, all right! You'll be 200 feet tall! 657 00:35:25,596 --> 00:35:27,226 [ Duke Narrating ] The ether was wearing off. 658 00:35:27,306 --> 00:35:29,237 The acid was long gone. 659 00:35:29,307 --> 00:35:31,897 But the mescaline was running strong. 660 00:35:31,977 --> 00:35:35,238 Good mescaline comes on slow. 661 00:35:35,308 --> 00:35:37,749 The first hour's all waiting... 662 00:35:37,819 --> 00:35:40,550 and then about halfway through its second hour... 663 00:35:40,620 --> 00:35:43,551 you start cursing the creep who burned you because nothing's happening. 664 00:35:43,621 --> 00:35:44,991 And then... zang! 665 00:35:45,061 --> 00:35:47,462 I hate to say this- [ Hiccup ] 666 00:35:47,532 --> 00:35:50,463 but this place is getting to me. [ Hiccup ] 667 00:35:50,533 --> 00:35:52,763 I think I'm- [ Hiccup ] getting the fear. 668 00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:55,774 Nonsense. We came here to find the American Dream. 669 00:35:55,834 --> 00:35:59,245 Now that we're right in the vortex, you wanna quit? 670 00:35:59,305 --> 00:36:02,246 You must realize, man, we've found the main nerve. 671 00:36:02,316 --> 00:36:04,177 That's what- [ Hiccup ] gives me the fear. 672 00:36:04,247 --> 00:36:06,187 - Oh, look! - [ Carousel Horse Groans ] 673 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:09,778 There's, uh, two women fucking a polar bear. 674 00:36:09,858 --> 00:36:12,289 Don't tell me those things. 675 00:36:12,359 --> 00:36:15,260 Not n- [ Hiccup ] now, man. [ Hiccup ] 676 00:36:15,330 --> 00:36:19,291 This is my last drink. How much money can you lend me? 677 00:36:19,371 --> 00:36:20,991 Not much. Why? 678 00:36:21,071 --> 00:36:23,002 - I have to go. [ Hiccup ] - Go? 679 00:36:23,072 --> 00:36:26,343 - Yeah. Leave the country. - Oh, no. Calm down. 680 00:36:26,413 --> 00:36:29,944 You'll be straight in a few hours. Just sit the fuck down. 681 00:36:30,014 --> 00:36:32,955 Don't fuck around, man. This is serious. 682 00:36:33,015 --> 00:36:35,956 One more hour in this town- [ Hiccup ] I'll kill somebody. 683 00:36:36,026 --> 00:36:39,617 - [ Hiccup ] - Okay, I'll lend you some money. 684 00:36:39,697 --> 00:36:41,957 [ Gasps ] Can we make it? 685 00:36:42,027 --> 00:36:44,228 - I wanna leave fast. - Okay. 686 00:36:44,298 --> 00:36:47,669 Let's pay this bill, get up very slowly- 687 00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:50,170 I think it's gonna be a long walk. 688 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,680 Light, sir? 689 00:36:54,111 --> 00:36:57,052 Do they pay you to s- [ Hiccup ] screw that bear? 690 00:36:57,122 --> 00:36:59,912 What? What? 691 00:36:59,992 --> 00:37:02,223 - What did he say? - He's drunk. 692 00:37:02,293 --> 00:37:04,654 You'd better take care of your friend. 693 00:37:04,724 --> 00:37:07,164 Madam, sir, baby, child, whatever, can I pay- 694 00:37:07,234 --> 00:37:09,255 Here, take this. That should be enough. 695 00:37:09,335 --> 00:37:12,696 Hey, come on. Let's go downstairs and gamble. 696 00:37:12,766 --> 00:37:14,707 [ Grunting, Hiccupping ] 697 00:37:14,777 --> 00:37:17,537 You guys don't fucking give up. 698 00:37:17,607 --> 00:37:19,738 Where'd he go? 699 00:37:19,818 --> 00:37:21,409 Where did he go? 700 00:37:24,319 --> 00:37:27,250 - When is this thing gonna stop? - Stop? 701 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,551 - Stop it! - It won't stop. It's never gonna stop, man. 702 00:37:30,631 --> 00:37:32,392 Don't move. You'll fall down. 703 00:37:32,462 --> 00:37:34,222 Fuck, he's- 704 00:37:35,633 --> 00:37:38,573 Where did he go- Oh. 705 00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:40,574 Come on. Let go. 706 00:37:40,644 --> 00:37:43,045 Quick, like a bunny. Hop! Hop! 707 00:37:43,105 --> 00:37:45,045 - Come on. Hop! - I can't! 708 00:37:45,115 --> 00:37:48,606 Oh, you sniveling, chicken shit bastard! 709 00:37:51,687 --> 00:37:53,278 All right. 710 00:37:58,829 --> 00:38:01,770 Come on- Oh, fuck! Ohh! 711 00:38:01,830 --> 00:38:03,701 Come on. You fell, you fell. Let's go. 712 00:38:03,771 --> 00:38:06,701 [ Muttering ] Son of a bitch. You pushed me. 713 00:38:06,771 --> 00:38:08,432 - Go away! - Come on. 714 00:38:08,512 --> 00:38:11,443 All right. Stay here and go to jail. I'm leaving. 715 00:38:11,513 --> 00:38:13,273 Come on, you fiend! 716 00:38:13,353 --> 00:38:15,284 - Step right over- - Nothing. I want nothing. 717 00:38:15,354 --> 00:38:17,284 [ Gonzo ] Did you see that? 718 00:38:18,555 --> 00:38:21,826 Some son of a bitch just kicked me in the back. 719 00:38:21,896 --> 00:38:25,327 Probably the bartender. Wanted to stomp you for what you said to the waitress. 720 00:38:25,397 --> 00:38:28,338 - Holy moley! Holy moley! - Cows are gonna kill me. 721 00:38:28,398 --> 00:38:30,838 Bisexuals are gonna kill me. 722 00:38:30,908 --> 00:38:33,339 Let's get outta here. Where's the elevator? 723 00:38:33,409 --> 00:38:36,340 Don't go near the elevator! That's just what they want us to do. 724 00:38:36,410 --> 00:38:40,711 Trap us in a steel box, take us down to the basement. Here. 725 00:38:40,781 --> 00:38:43,052 [ Gunshots ] 726 00:38:43,122 --> 00:38:46,553 Don't run, man. They'd like any excuse to shoot us. 727 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:50,024 [ Gasps ] 728 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:52,034 You drive. 729 00:38:52,094 --> 00:38:55,295 I think there's something wrong with me. [ Groans ] 730 00:38:59,396 --> 00:39:01,627 Mm-mmm. Wrong door. 731 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:03,568 - Hmm? - Wrong door. 732 00:39:03,638 --> 00:39:07,079 [ Duke Narrating ] This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. 733 00:39:07,149 --> 00:39:10,139 Extremely menacing vibrations were all around us. 734 00:39:10,219 --> 00:39:13,981 We finally made it to the room, but the key wouldn't open the door. 735 00:39:15,551 --> 00:39:18,652 - Those bastards have changed the lock on us, man. - Already? 736 00:39:20,732 --> 00:39:24,163 They probably searched the room, man. [ Panting ] 737 00:39:24,233 --> 00:39:26,494 [ Whispers ] Jesus Christ, we're finished. 738 00:39:26,574 --> 00:39:28,505 Move it! 739 00:39:29,845 --> 00:39:32,336 - Watch out! Watch out! - Aaah! 740 00:39:33,516 --> 00:39:35,807 - [ Duke ] Whoa! - Bolt everything! 741 00:39:35,877 --> 00:39:38,608 - Use all the chains! - ~ [ Humming ] 742 00:39:38,688 --> 00:39:42,019 Mmm. That's better. That's better. Ah. 743 00:39:43,189 --> 00:39:45,520 Where did this one come from? 744 00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:47,650 [ Muttering ] 745 00:39:47,730 --> 00:39:49,661 Uh, that's Lacerda's. 746 00:39:49,731 --> 00:39:51,671 Yeah. Yeah. I thought we might need it. 747 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,372 What for? 748 00:39:55,442 --> 00:40:00,534 So we can go up there and blast him out of bed with a fire hose, man. 749 00:40:01,944 --> 00:40:04,885 I think you should leave that poor bastard alone. 750 00:40:04,955 --> 00:40:06,586 - He told me he was gonna turn in early, so- - I knew it. 751 00:40:06,621 --> 00:40:08,216 - He told me he was gonna turn in early, so- - I knew it. 752 00:40:08,286 --> 00:40:10,847 He got a hold of my woman, man! 753 00:40:10,927 --> 00:40:14,368 You mean that, uh, blonde groupie with the film crew? 754 00:40:14,428 --> 00:40:17,029 Shit. Think he sodomized her? [ Giggles ] 755 00:40:17,099 --> 00:40:19,039 [ Gonzo ] That's right. Laugh about it. 756 00:40:19,099 --> 00:40:22,040 He's gluing her eyes shut right now, man. 757 00:40:22,110 --> 00:40:24,101 [ Mutters ] You goddamn honkies are all the same. 758 00:40:24,181 --> 00:40:27,041 You goddamn honkies are all the same! 759 00:40:27,111 --> 00:40:30,312 Jesus God Almighty, man, where'd you get that big fucker? 760 00:40:30,382 --> 00:40:32,323 [ Groans ] 761 00:40:32,383 --> 00:40:34,353 Room service sent it up. 762 00:40:34,423 --> 00:40:37,294 I needed something to cut the limes, man. 763 00:40:37,364 --> 00:40:40,455 Limes? What limes? 764 00:40:40,535 --> 00:40:43,726 They didn't have any. They don't grow in the desert. 765 00:40:43,806 --> 00:40:46,767 That dirty toad bastard. 766 00:40:46,837 --> 00:40:50,038 Should've taken him out when I had a chance. 767 00:40:50,108 --> 00:40:52,199 [ Roars ] 768 00:40:52,279 --> 00:40:54,869 Now he has her, man! 769 00:40:54,949 --> 00:40:57,440 He got a hold of my baby, yeah. 770 00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,951 [ Duke Narrating ] I remembered the girl. 771 00:41:00,021 --> 00:41:03,152 We'd had a problem with her in the elevator a few hours earlier. 772 00:41:03,232 --> 00:41:05,722 My attorney had made a fool of himself. 773 00:41:05,792 --> 00:41:09,734 - I think you look just like him. - You think so? 774 00:41:09,804 --> 00:41:12,234 [ Conversation Continues, Faint ] 775 00:41:14,005 --> 00:41:15,945 [ Coughs ] 776 00:41:17,176 --> 00:41:19,116 You must be a rider. 777 00:41:19,176 --> 00:41:21,617 Huh? Huh? 778 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:23,948 She's, uh, speaking to you. 779 00:41:27,889 --> 00:41:29,829 What class are you in? 780 00:41:29,899 --> 00:41:31,660 Class? 781 00:41:31,730 --> 00:41:33,530 What the fuck do you mean? 782 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,531 - What do you ride? - [ Coughs ] 783 00:41:35,601 --> 00:41:39,332 See, we're here getting a little footage on the race for- 784 00:41:39,402 --> 00:41:41,343 [ Chuckles ] a television series. 785 00:41:41,413 --> 00:41:45,144 - [ Chuckling ] - I thought maybe, um, we could use you. 786 00:41:45,214 --> 00:41:48,655 Oh, use me? I ride a- 787 00:41:48,715 --> 00:41:51,775 "Mother of God," I thought. Here it comes. 788 00:41:51,855 --> 00:41:54,846 I ride the big fuckers. You know? Big ones. 789 00:41:54,926 --> 00:41:57,867 - The really big fuckers. Yeah. - [ Both Chuckling ] 790 00:41:57,927 --> 00:41:59,868 Vincent Black Shadow. 791 00:41:59,938 --> 00:42:01,868 We're with the, uh, factory team. 792 00:42:01,938 --> 00:42:04,129 - Bullshit. - What? 793 00:42:04,209 --> 00:42:06,140 Bullshit. 794 00:42:06,210 --> 00:42:08,330 Uh-oh. 795 00:42:08,410 --> 00:42:12,351 I think there's some kind of ignorant, chicken shit- Move over, man. 796 00:42:12,411 --> 00:42:15,852 An ignorant chicken fucker in this town. 797 00:42:15,922 --> 00:42:17,983 You pink motherfucker. 798 00:42:18,053 --> 00:42:21,184 I can show you better than I can tell you, ma'am. 799 00:42:21,264 --> 00:42:23,194 Got a light? Hmm? 800 00:42:23,264 --> 00:42:25,195 [ Chuckling ] 801 00:42:25,265 --> 00:42:27,196 No. 802 00:42:31,837 --> 00:42:35,278 You don't trust me, do you? Huh? 803 00:42:35,348 --> 00:42:38,279 - Put the smile away. - It's okay. I know these guys. 804 00:42:38,349 --> 00:42:40,779 Keep smiling, jerk-off. Keep trying me. 805 00:42:40,849 --> 00:42:44,340 - You wanna impress her? Well, impress her with me. - [ Yelping ] 806 00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:46,051 Oh, fuck. [ Sighs ] 807 00:42:46,121 --> 00:42:47,721 [ Bell Dings ] 808 00:42:53,163 --> 00:42:55,103 [ Gonzo ] Whoo! 809 00:42:55,174 --> 00:42:58,104 - Whoo! Whoo! - No, you goddamn freak! Freak! 810 00:42:58,174 --> 00:43:00,105 - [ Jabbering ] - Oh, shit! 811 00:43:00,175 --> 00:43:03,046 The police will be coming after you. 812 00:43:03,116 --> 00:43:05,046 - Gimme the key. - Shh. Shh. 813 00:43:05,116 --> 00:43:06,847 Gimme the goddamn key! 814 00:43:07,917 --> 00:43:10,478 - ~ For your love ~ - Whoo! 815 00:43:12,528 --> 00:43:13,959 - ~ For your love ~ 816 00:43:14,029 --> 00:43:16,260 - ~ I give you everything and more ~ - Oh, no. 817 00:43:16,330 --> 00:43:18,630 - Put the knife away. - I been walking all day. 818 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:22,161 Come on. It's in my pocket. Come on. 819 00:43:22,241 --> 00:43:24,172 ~ For your love ~ 820 00:43:24,242 --> 00:43:28,843 ~ I give you everything I I give you diamonds, I ~ 821 00:43:28,913 --> 00:43:31,174 ~ Know the place that will excite ~ 822 00:43:31,254 --> 00:43:33,775 - ~ I'll make you feel you'll need me at night ~ - Goddamn it. 823 00:43:33,855 --> 00:43:35,945 - ~ [ Fades ] - It's serious now, man. 824 00:43:38,726 --> 00:43:40,626 That girl understood, man. 825 00:43:41,197 --> 00:43:43,357 [ Sighs ] Whew. 826 00:43:43,437 --> 00:43:46,128 She fell in love with me, man. 827 00:43:46,198 --> 00:43:48,139 Eye contact, man. 828 00:43:49,709 --> 00:43:51,640 Wait. 829 00:43:55,681 --> 00:43:57,611 Ohh! 830 00:43:57,681 --> 00:44:02,123 I should go up there and castrate that fucker. I'll take the blame, man. 831 00:44:02,193 --> 00:44:05,053 Let's just leave that weird fucker alone, man. Come on. 832 00:44:05,123 --> 00:44:08,564 Have you made a deal with him? 833 00:44:08,634 --> 00:44:12,065 Did you put him on to her? Huh? Huh? 834 00:44:13,436 --> 00:44:15,876 Huh? 835 00:44:15,937 --> 00:44:18,377 All right, look... 836 00:44:18,447 --> 00:44:21,348 you better put that goddamn blade away, man. 837 00:44:21,418 --> 00:44:23,349 Get your fuckin' head straight. 838 00:44:23,419 --> 00:44:25,349 I'm gonna go get the car washed. 839 00:44:25,419 --> 00:44:29,860 [ Duke Narrating ] One of the things you learn after years of dealing with drug people... 840 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,861 is that you can turn your back on a person... 841 00:44:32,931 --> 00:44:35,862 but never turn your back on a drug... 842 00:44:35,932 --> 00:44:39,063 especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye. 843 00:44:39,433 --> 00:44:41,064 [ Bell Dings ] 844 00:44:41,144 --> 00:44:44,575 - [ Chattering ] - [ Slot Machines Clicking, Ringing ] 845 00:44:44,645 --> 00:44:46,575 [ Man Shouts ] Whoa! 846 00:44:46,645 --> 00:44:49,376 [ Duke Narrating ] What was I doing out here? 847 00:44:49,446 --> 00:44:52,387 What was the meaning of this trip? 848 00:44:52,457 --> 00:44:55,888 Was I just roaming around in a drug frenzy of some kind... 849 00:44:55,958 --> 00:44:59,899 or had I really come out here to Las Vegas to work on a story? 850 00:45:05,341 --> 00:45:09,602 Who are these people, these faces? 851 00:45:09,672 --> 00:45:12,112 Where do they come from? 852 00:45:12,183 --> 00:45:15,443 They look like caricatures of used car dealers from Dallas... 853 00:45:15,513 --> 00:45:20,455 and, sweet Jesus, there are a hell of a lot of them at 4:30 on a Sunday morning... 854 00:45:20,525 --> 00:45:23,546 still humping the American Dream- 855 00:45:23,626 --> 00:45:25,566 that vision of the big winner... 856 00:45:25,626 --> 00:45:30,068 somehow emerging from the last-minute, pre-dawn chaos of a stale Vegas casino. 857 00:45:30,138 --> 00:45:32,068 - Twenty. - We change a twenty. 858 00:45:32,138 --> 00:45:34,539 Thank you. 859 00:45:34,609 --> 00:45:36,539 - Here we go. - Okay. 860 00:45:36,609 --> 00:45:39,550 ~ Spinning the wheel, Spinning the wheel Spinning the wheel ~ 861 00:45:39,610 --> 00:45:41,741 ~ Make me rich Make me very rich ~ 862 00:45:41,821 --> 00:45:43,782 Eee-yo! 863 00:45:43,852 --> 00:45:46,322 - That's ten. - Oh, you bastard! 864 00:45:46,392 --> 00:45:48,323 - Shit. [ Sighs ] - Sorry. 865 00:45:48,393 --> 00:45:51,324 [ Duke Narrating ] No, no. Calm down. 866 00:45:51,394 --> 00:45:53,364 Learn to enjoy losing. 867 00:45:53,764 --> 00:45:56,365 ~ [ Rock: Loud ] 868 00:45:58,236 --> 00:46:01,176 ~ [ Continues, Louder ] 869 00:46:06,418 --> 00:46:09,349 ~ [ Continues: Loud, Distorted ] 870 00:46:12,860 --> 00:46:15,791 Fuck, man, it's a fuckin' great deluge in here. 871 00:46:15,861 --> 00:46:19,302 Don't touch that. Leave it alone. Don't fuck with it, man! 872 00:46:21,602 --> 00:46:23,533 - [ Click ] - ~ [ Stops ] 873 00:46:23,603 --> 00:46:25,473 Oh, God. 874 00:46:25,543 --> 00:46:27,474 Did you eat all this acid? 875 00:46:27,544 --> 00:46:30,035 That's right. Music! 876 00:46:30,115 --> 00:46:33,046 You better pray to God there's some Thorazine in that bag. 877 00:46:33,116 --> 00:46:36,246 - Otherwise, you're in bad fucking trouble. - Put that tape on! 878 00:46:36,316 --> 00:46:38,757 - What tape? - Jefferson Airplane. "White Rabbit. " 879 00:46:38,827 --> 00:46:41,258 - I need a rising sound. - You're doomed. 880 00:46:41,328 --> 00:46:43,258 I'm leaving here in two hours. 881 00:46:43,328 --> 00:46:46,989 Then they're gonna come beat the mortal shit out of you right there in that tub. 882 00:46:47,070 --> 00:46:49,000 [ Shrieking ] 883 00:46:49,070 --> 00:46:50,736 All right, I'll do it! I'll do it. I'll do it. Fuck, man. 884 00:46:50,771 --> 00:46:52,401 All right, I'll do it! I'll do it. I'll do it. Fuck, man. 885 00:46:52,471 --> 00:46:55,162 Just do me one last favor, will ya? 886 00:46:55,242 --> 00:46:57,172 Give me two hours. That's all I ask. 887 00:46:57,242 --> 00:47:00,333 Two hours to sleep before tomorrow. 888 00:47:00,413 --> 00:47:02,284 - This is fixed. - ~ [ "White Rabbit" ] 889 00:47:03,584 --> 00:47:05,015 It's gonna be a very difficult day. 890 00:47:05,085 --> 00:47:07,315 I'll give you all the time you need. 891 00:47:07,385 --> 00:47:10,486 Electrocution. We don't want that. 892 00:47:10,556 --> 00:47:12,827 - [ Mutters ] Fuck off. - [ Fart ] 893 00:47:12,897 --> 00:47:14,827 ~ [ Continues ] 894 00:47:14,897 --> 00:47:17,058 [ Groans, Continues Farting ] 895 00:47:17,138 --> 00:47:19,929 [ Tape ] ~ When logic and proportion ~ 896 00:47:20,009 --> 00:47:21,939 - ~ Have fallen ~ - Goddamn it! 897 00:47:22,009 --> 00:47:23,940 ~ Sloppy dead ~ 898 00:47:24,010 --> 00:47:26,311 ~ And the White Knight ~ 899 00:47:26,381 --> 00:47:28,371 - ~ Is talking backwards ~ - Let's see. 900 00:47:28,451 --> 00:47:33,043 - ~ And the Red Queen's "Off with her head" ~ - [ Muttering ] 901 00:47:33,123 --> 00:47:35,053 - ~ Remember ~ - [ Muttering ] Oh, God Almighty. 902 00:47:35,123 --> 00:47:37,784 - Help! Help! Help me! Help! - ~ What the dormouse said ~ 903 00:47:37,864 --> 00:47:39,795 - Help! - Shit! He's killing himself! 904 00:47:39,865 --> 00:47:41,795 [ Shouting Incoherently ] 905 00:47:41,865 --> 00:47:45,306 - ~ Feed your head ~ - Don't touch it! Don't touch it! 906 00:47:45,376 --> 00:47:47,737 - For fuck's sake, man! - ~ Feed your head ~ 907 00:47:47,807 --> 00:47:51,868 [ Shouting Incoherently ] 908 00:47:53,979 --> 00:47:54,569 Back, God- Back, motherfucker! 909 00:47:54,649 --> 00:47:56,919 [ Shrieking ] 910 00:47:56,989 --> 00:48:00,390 - On a roll, man! I need it again! - What? 911 00:48:00,460 --> 00:48:04,321 When it comes to that fantastic note... [ Panting ] 912 00:48:04,392 --> 00:48:08,833 when the rabbit bites its own head off... 913 00:48:08,903 --> 00:48:13,704 I want you to throw that fuckin' radio... 914 00:48:13,774 --> 00:48:16,435 into the tub with me. 915 00:48:16,515 --> 00:48:18,946 Fuck! You've gone completely sideways, man. 916 00:48:19,016 --> 00:48:22,107 That'll blast you right through the wall. You'll be stone dead in ten seconds. 917 00:48:22,187 --> 00:48:25,117 - Fuck, they'll make me explain things. Shit. - Bullshit. 918 00:48:27,528 --> 00:48:31,399 Don't fuck with me now, man. I am Ahab. 919 00:48:31,459 --> 00:48:34,300 [ Groaning ] 920 00:48:34,370 --> 00:48:37,131 Jesus Christ. [ Sighs ] 921 00:48:37,201 --> 00:48:40,142 All right, you weird fucker! Sit down! Back in the tub! 922 00:48:40,212 --> 00:48:42,772 I'll plunge this into your fucking throat. 923 00:48:43,843 --> 00:48:47,244 Don't make me use this, man. 924 00:48:47,314 --> 00:48:49,284 All right, man. 925 00:48:49,354 --> 00:48:51,285 Probably the only solution. 926 00:48:51,355 --> 00:48:54,726 - Let me make sure I've got this all lined up. - [ Tape Rewinding ] 927 00:48:55,996 --> 00:48:57,927 You want me to, uh... 928 00:48:57,997 --> 00:49:01,128 throw this into the tub when "White Rabbit" peaks, is that it? 929 00:49:01,198 --> 00:49:03,068 Oh, fuck. 930 00:49:03,138 --> 00:49:05,069 [ Panting ] 931 00:49:05,139 --> 00:49:08,080 I was beginning to think I was gonna have to go outside... 932 00:49:08,140 --> 00:49:11,411 and get one of the goddamn maids to do it. 933 00:49:11,481 --> 00:49:13,421 Oh, no. I'll do it. 934 00:49:13,481 --> 00:49:15,642 Shit. What are friends for? 935 00:49:15,722 --> 00:49:18,653 [ Groaning, Howling ] 936 00:49:18,723 --> 00:49:21,954 - ~ I think she'll know ~ - You ready? 937 00:49:22,034 --> 00:49:24,934 - [ Groaning ] - ~ Where logic ~ 938 00:49:24,994 --> 00:49:26,995 - Close your eyes. - ~ And proportion ~ 939 00:49:27,065 --> 00:49:29,096 - Yeah, good boy. - [ Groaning Continues ] 940 00:49:29,176 --> 00:49:31,836 ~ Have fallen sloppy dead ~ 941 00:49:31,906 --> 00:49:36,008 - Rabbit! White Rabbit! - Quiet, goddamn it! You're wasting my time! 942 00:49:36,078 --> 00:49:39,539 [ Slurring ] Outta here, man! Get outta here. 943 00:49:39,619 --> 00:49:41,549 ~ [ Volume Increases ] 944 00:49:41,619 --> 00:49:46,461 - ~ Remember ~ - Okay, close those peepers. Ten... 945 00:49:46,531 --> 00:49:49,091 - [ Howling ] - ~ What the dormouse said ~ 946 00:49:49,161 --> 00:49:52,392 - nine... hundred and eleven! - ~ Feed your head ~ 947 00:49:52,472 --> 00:49:54,403 Fifty-two! 948 00:49:54,473 --> 00:49:57,874 - ~ Feed your head ~ - Hey! Hey! 949 00:49:57,944 --> 00:50:00,345 Hey! [ Shrieking ] 950 00:50:00,415 --> 00:50:02,105 [ Shouting ] 951 00:50:02,185 --> 00:50:04,676 [ Retching Loudly ] 952 00:50:04,746 --> 00:50:07,186 - [ Vomiting ] - I need sleep. 953 00:50:07,256 --> 00:50:09,187 [ Coughing ] 954 00:50:11,658 --> 00:50:14,098 [ Retching Continues ] 955 00:50:23,311 --> 00:50:25,212 [ Loud Roar ] 956 00:50:26,742 --> 00:50:29,773 Holy shit! 957 00:50:29,853 --> 00:50:32,714 Mace! Mace, man. You want this? 958 00:50:35,625 --> 00:50:37,555 You'd do that, wouldn't you? 959 00:50:37,625 --> 00:50:40,026 - Well, why not? - You fucking bastard! 960 00:50:40,096 --> 00:50:44,697 Hell, just a minute ago you were asking me to kill you. Now you wanna kill me. 961 00:50:44,767 --> 00:50:47,898 What I should do, goddamn it, is call the fucking police! 962 00:50:47,968 --> 00:50:50,639 Boy, are you upset. 963 00:50:51,809 --> 00:50:54,470 There'd be no point, man, calling the cops. 964 00:50:54,550 --> 00:50:56,480 There's no choice. 965 00:50:56,551 --> 00:51:00,492 I wouldn't dare go to sleep with you wandering around with a head full of acid... 966 00:51:00,552 --> 00:51:03,422 wanting to slice me up with that goddamn knife. 967 00:51:03,492 --> 00:51:06,423 Who said anything about slicing you up, man? 968 00:51:08,834 --> 00:51:11,965 I just wanted to cut a little "Z" in your forehead. 969 00:51:12,035 --> 00:51:14,025 [ Wheezing Laughter ] 970 00:51:14,106 --> 00:51:18,407 Get back in the tub. Eat some reds and try to calm down. 971 00:51:18,477 --> 00:51:21,418 Smoke some grass. Shoot some fucking smack. 972 00:51:21,478 --> 00:51:24,919 Shit, man, do whatever you gotta do, but please... 973 00:51:24,989 --> 00:51:28,480 I need some fucking rest, man. Please. Please. 974 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,150 Get out of here, you pig fucker! 975 00:51:31,230 --> 00:51:34,321 Up! Up! 976 00:51:34,401 --> 00:51:37,332 Well, I, uh- 977 00:51:37,402 --> 00:51:39,333 Yeah. [ Panting ] 978 00:51:40,503 --> 00:51:43,134 You need to get to work. 979 00:51:43,214 --> 00:51:45,374 Goddamn, what a bummer. 980 00:51:45,444 --> 00:51:47,385 You scurvy shyster bastard. 981 00:51:47,445 --> 00:51:50,176 - [ Groaning ] - I'm a Doctor of Journalism, man. 982 00:51:50,256 --> 00:51:52,186 Go on. 983 00:51:52,256 --> 00:51:54,347 - Don't let me keep you up. - Now- 984 00:51:54,427 --> 00:51:57,658 Don't let me keep you up. [ Groans ] 985 00:51:57,728 --> 00:52:00,669 - [ Klaxon Blaring ] - Get in there and clean your shorts! 986 00:52:00,729 --> 00:52:03,600 Clean your shorts, goddamn it, like a big boy! 987 00:52:03,670 --> 00:52:05,600 Pig! 988 00:52:08,471 --> 00:52:11,412 The acid had shifted gears on him. 989 00:52:11,482 --> 00:52:15,413 The next phase would probably be one of those hellishly intense introspective nightmares. 990 00:52:15,483 --> 00:52:17,424 [ Mutters ] Must get some peace. 991 00:52:17,484 --> 00:52:20,714 - Four hours or so of catatonic despair. - [ Gonzo Shouting ] 992 00:52:20,794 --> 00:52:23,885 - Damn drugs. - Aaaaah! 993 00:52:24,325 --> 00:52:27,456 - Mmm? - [ Shouting Continues ] 994 00:52:30,007 --> 00:52:33,738 Ignore the nightmare in the bathroom. 995 00:52:33,808 --> 00:52:37,069 Just another ugly refugee from the love generation. 996 00:52:38,450 --> 00:52:41,350 My attorney had never been able to accept the notion... 997 00:52:41,420 --> 00:52:43,851 often espoused by former drug abusers... 998 00:52:43,921 --> 00:52:47,182 that you can get a lot higher without drugs than with them. 999 00:52:47,262 --> 00:52:49,193 Neither have I, for that matter. 1000 00:52:49,263 --> 00:52:52,163 ~ When the truth is found ~ 1001 00:52:52,233 --> 00:52:56,635 ~ To be lies ~ 1002 00:52:56,705 --> 00:52:59,365 ~ And all the joy ~ 1003 00:52:59,445 --> 00:53:03,937 ~ Within you dies ~ 1004 00:53:04,017 --> 00:53:06,778 ~ Don't you want somebody to love ~ 1005 00:53:06,848 --> 00:53:10,409 ~ Don't you need somebody to love ~ 1006 00:53:10,489 --> 00:53:14,020 ~ Wouldn't you love somebody to love ~ 1007 00:53:14,090 --> 00:53:19,121 ~ You better find somebody to love ~ 1008 00:53:19,201 --> 00:53:21,192 ~ Love ~ 1009 00:53:21,272 --> 00:53:23,202 ~ [ Continues ] 1010 00:53:23,272 --> 00:53:27,543 [ Duke Narrating ] 1965. The great San Francisco acid wave. 1011 00:53:27,614 --> 00:53:29,774 ~ When the garden flowers ~ 1012 00:53:29,844 --> 00:53:34,786 I recall one night in a place called the Matrix. There I was- 1013 00:53:34,856 --> 00:53:38,287 - ~ [ Continues ] - Mother of God. There I am. 1014 00:53:38,357 --> 00:53:40,297 Holy fuck. 1015 00:53:40,357 --> 00:53:44,658 Uh, clearly I was a victim of the drug explosion... 1016 00:53:44,728 --> 00:53:48,469 a natural street freak just eating whatever came by. 1017 00:53:48,539 --> 00:53:53,501 [ Voice Extremely Slowed Down ] Does anybody want some LSD? 1018 00:53:53,581 --> 00:53:57,142 I got all the makin's... 1019 00:53:57,212 --> 00:53:59,913 right here! 1020 00:53:59,983 --> 00:54:05,824 [ Echoing ] All I need is a place to cook. 1021 00:54:08,895 --> 00:54:12,456 I decided to eat only half of the acid at first... 1022 00:54:12,536 --> 00:54:16,337 but I spilled the rest on the sleeve of my red woolen shirt. 1023 00:54:20,649 --> 00:54:24,710 [ Voice Slowed Down, Echoing ] What's the trouble? 1024 00:54:24,780 --> 00:54:27,811 [ Voice Slowed Down, Echoing ] Well, all this white stuff... 1025 00:54:27,891 --> 00:54:30,982 on my sleeve... 1026 00:54:32,322 --> 00:54:36,423 is LSD. 1027 00:54:51,447 --> 00:54:53,148 [ Duke Narrating ] With a bit of luck... 1028 00:54:54,388 --> 00:54:56,119 his life was ruined forever... 1029 00:54:56,189 --> 00:55:00,990 always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all his favorite bars... 1030 00:55:01,060 --> 00:55:03,331 men in red woolen shirts... 1031 00:55:03,401 --> 00:55:07,342 are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know. 1032 00:55:10,113 --> 00:55:12,973 ~ [ Pop: Mid-Tempo ] 1033 00:55:13,044 --> 00:55:16,745 Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. 1034 00:55:16,815 --> 00:55:21,446 Has it been five years? Six? 1035 00:55:21,526 --> 00:55:26,657 It seems like a lifetime, the kind of peak that never comes again. 1036 00:55:26,727 --> 00:55:29,758 ~ Love is but a song we're singin' ~ 1037 00:55:29,838 --> 00:55:32,329 San Francisco in the middle '60s... 1038 00:55:32,409 --> 00:55:36,340 was a very special time and place to be a part of... 1039 00:55:36,410 --> 00:55:39,071 - but no explanation... - ~ We can make the mountains ring ~ 1040 00:55:39,151 --> 00:55:41,081 no mix of words or music or memories... 1041 00:55:41,152 --> 00:55:44,643 can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive... 1042 00:55:44,723 --> 00:55:48,684 in that corner of time in the world, whatever it meant. 1043 00:55:48,764 --> 00:55:52,495 ~ Though the bird is on the wing ~ 1044 00:55:52,565 --> 00:55:56,156 ~ And you may not know why ~ 1045 00:55:58,066 --> 00:56:00,007 There was madness in any direction... 1046 00:56:00,077 --> 00:56:02,368 - ~ Come on, people, now ~ - at any hour. 1047 00:56:02,448 --> 00:56:04,538 - ~ Smile on your brothers ~ - You could strike sparks anywhere. 1048 00:56:04,608 --> 00:56:07,009 ~ Everybody get together ~ 1049 00:56:07,079 --> 00:56:09,179 - ~ Try to love one another ~ - There was a fantastic universal sense... 1050 00:56:09,250 --> 00:56:11,720 that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. 1051 00:56:12,891 --> 00:56:15,191 And that, I think, was the handle. 1052 00:56:15,261 --> 00:56:17,092 ~ Some may come and some may go ~ 1053 00:56:17,162 --> 00:56:19,092 That sense of inevitable victory... 1054 00:56:19,162 --> 00:56:20,723 over the forces of old and evil. 1055 00:56:20,803 --> 00:56:24,034 Not in any mean or military sense- we didn't need that. 1056 00:56:26,044 --> 00:56:28,735 Our energy would simply prevail. 1057 00:56:28,815 --> 00:56:32,046 We had all the momentum. 1058 00:56:32,116 --> 00:56:35,607 We were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. 1059 00:56:37,117 --> 00:56:41,959 - So now, less than five years later... - ~ [ Continues ] 1060 00:56:42,029 --> 00:56:45,620 you can go up a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west... 1061 00:56:45,700 --> 00:56:48,331 and with the right kind of eyes... 1062 00:56:48,401 --> 00:56:51,462 you can almost see the high-water mark... 1063 00:56:51,542 --> 00:56:54,472 that place where the wave finally broke... 1064 00:56:54,542 --> 00:56:56,483 and rolled back. 1065 00:56:56,543 --> 00:57:00,484 - ~ Try to love one another right now ~ - [ Waves Gently Crashing ] 1066 00:57:02,885 --> 00:57:04,375 ~ [ Electric Piano ] 1067 00:57:08,456 --> 00:57:10,897 ~ [ Piano Continues, Rock Band Begins ] 1068 00:57:10,967 --> 00:57:13,398 - [ Doorbell Buzzing ] - ~ Want some whiskey in your water ~ 1069 00:57:13,468 --> 00:57:16,629 - Room service! - ~ Some sugar in your tea ~ 1070 00:57:16,709 --> 00:57:19,940 ~ What's all these crazy questions they're askin' me ~ 1071 00:57:20,010 --> 00:57:22,940 - Good morning, sir. - ~ This is the craziest party there could ever be ~ 1072 00:57:23,010 --> 00:57:25,951 What do you want, man? What do you want? 1073 00:57:26,021 --> 00:57:27,952 - Room service. - Get out. 1074 00:57:28,022 --> 00:57:30,953 - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ - You're in the wrong room. Get the fuck out! 1075 00:57:31,023 --> 00:57:33,964 - I've got a gun. It's not mine, really. - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ 1076 00:57:34,024 --> 00:57:35,964 - Uh, the- the- the bill. - What? 1077 00:57:36,034 --> 00:57:38,965 - Will you... s-sign for it? - Yeah, I'll get it. Hurry up. 1078 00:57:39,035 --> 00:57:41,466 Don't move, man. Be very still. 1079 00:57:41,536 --> 00:57:43,476 There we go. 1080 00:57:43,536 --> 00:57:45,477 Say nothing to no one, man. 1081 00:57:45,547 --> 00:57:48,708 ~ Open up the window Let some air into this room ~ 1082 00:57:48,778 --> 00:57:53,219 [ Duke Narrating ] The decision to flee came suddenly. Or maybe not. 1083 00:57:53,289 --> 00:57:57,350 - ~ That cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scared me half to death ~ - Maybe I'd planned it all along, 1084 00:57:57,420 --> 00:57:59,791 subconsciously waiting for the right moment. 1085 00:57:59,861 --> 00:58:02,732 - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ - The bill was a factor, I think... 1086 00:58:02,802 --> 00:58:05,593 - because I had no money to pay for it. - ~ Mama told me not to come ~ 1087 00:58:05,673 --> 00:58:09,604 Our room service tabs had been running somewhere between 29 and 36 dollars per hour... 1088 00:58:09,674 --> 00:58:12,605 - ~ That ain't the way to have fun, son ~ - for 48 consecutive hours. 1089 00:58:12,675 --> 00:58:14,615 - Incredible. - ~ That ain't the way to have fun ~ 1090 00:58:14,675 --> 00:58:16,616 How could it happen? 1091 00:58:16,686 --> 00:58:21,057 But by the time I asked this question, there was no one around to answer it. 1092 00:58:21,117 --> 00:58:24,248 That rotten attorney of mine, Dr. Gonzo, was gone. 1093 00:58:24,328 --> 00:58:26,258 He must have sensed trouble. 1094 00:58:26,329 --> 00:58:28,159 Hmm? Ohh. 1095 00:58:28,229 --> 00:58:30,060 A "Z"? 1096 00:58:30,130 --> 00:58:32,190 Panic. 1097 00:58:32,500 --> 00:58:37,102 It crept up my spine like first-rising vibes of an acid frenzy. 1098 00:58:37,172 --> 00:58:41,113 - [ Bell Dings ] - All these horrible realities began to dawn on me. 1099 00:58:41,183 --> 00:58:43,914 [ Duke ] Oh, fuck. 1100 00:58:43,984 --> 00:58:45,914 Here I was... 1101 00:58:45,984 --> 00:58:49,045 alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs. 1102 00:58:49,125 --> 00:58:52,426 No cash, no story for the magazine... 1103 00:58:52,496 --> 00:58:57,938 and on top of everything else I had a gigantic goddamn hotel bill to deal with. 1104 00:59:00,368 --> 00:59:02,769 I didn't even know who'd won the race. 1105 00:59:02,839 --> 00:59:04,779 - Maybe nobody. - [ Arguing ] 1106 00:59:04,839 --> 00:59:07,780 How would Horatio Alger have handled this situation? 1107 00:59:08,951 --> 00:59:12,252 Stay calm. Stay calm. 1108 00:59:12,322 --> 00:59:14,652 I'm a relatively respectable citizen. 1109 00:59:14,722 --> 00:59:17,753 - Multiple felon, perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. - [ Whistles ] 1110 00:59:17,823 --> 00:59:20,264 - [ Engine Revs ] - Taxi! 1111 00:59:20,334 --> 00:59:24,855 Luckily I had taken the soap and grapefruit and other luggage out to the car earlier. 1112 00:59:24,935 --> 00:59:26,466 Now- 1113 00:59:26,536 --> 00:59:28,476 it was only a matter of slipping the noose. 1114 00:59:28,536 --> 00:59:32,337 Hey! Here, take this. All right. 1115 00:59:32,417 --> 00:59:36,508 - Mr. Duke! Mr. Duke! - Oh, shit. 1116 00:59:36,589 --> 00:59:40,890 - We've been looking for you. - The game was up. They had me. 1117 00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:44,261 Many fine books have been written in prison, huh? 1118 00:59:44,331 --> 00:59:46,521 - Sir? - What? 1119 00:59:46,601 --> 00:59:48,692 Um, this telegram came for you. 1120 00:59:48,772 --> 00:59:51,763 Actually, it's not for you. It's for somebody named, uh, Thompson. 1121 00:59:51,833 --> 00:59:55,204 But it says, "Care of Raoul Duke. " Do you- Do you- 1122 00:59:55,274 --> 00:59:58,265 - Does that mean anything? - Yes, yes, it means a lot. Thanks. 1123 00:59:58,345 --> 01:00:01,786 - Yeah, I checked the register for this man Thompson. - [ Engine Revs ] 1124 01:00:01,846 --> 01:00:04,406 We don't show him, but I figured he might be part of your team. 1125 01:00:04,486 --> 01:00:06,517 - He is. Don't worry. I'll get it to him. - Yeah. 1126 01:00:06,587 --> 01:00:09,218 Um, what confused us was, uh... 1127 01:00:09,298 --> 01:00:13,729 Dr. Gonzo's signature on the telegram from Los Angeles when we knew he was right here. 1128 01:00:13,799 --> 01:00:15,930 Right. You did the right thing. 1129 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,341 Never try to understand a press message. About half the time, we use codes. 1130 01:00:19,411 --> 01:00:21,701 Especially with Dr. Gonzo. See ya. 1131 01:00:21,771 --> 01:00:25,642 - Um, tell me. - [ Tires Screech ] 1132 01:00:25,712 --> 01:00:28,273 When will the doctor be awake? 1133 01:00:28,353 --> 01:00:32,344 - Awake? What do you mean? - Well, um... 1134 01:00:32,424 --> 01:00:36,085 my manager, Mr. Heem, would like to meet him. 1135 01:00:36,165 --> 01:00:38,656 It's nothing unusual, um- 1136 01:00:38,726 --> 01:00:42,757 Mr. Heem likes to meet all of our large accounts... 1137 01:00:42,837 --> 01:00:45,098 put'em on a personal basis, you know? 1138 01:00:45,168 --> 01:00:47,369 Just a chat and a handshake. You understand. 1139 01:00:47,439 --> 01:00:49,379 Of course, but if I were you... 1140 01:00:49,449 --> 01:00:51,850 I would leave the doctor alone until after he's eaten his breakfast... 1141 01:00:51,910 --> 01:00:53,850 because he's a very crude man. 1142 01:00:53,921 --> 01:00:56,381 Jesus God! 1143 01:00:56,451 --> 01:00:58,942 - No! - [ Tires Screech ] 1144 01:00:59,022 --> 01:01:03,793 But he will be available, huh, maybe later this morning? 1145 01:01:03,863 --> 01:01:07,894 Look, the telegram is actually all scrambled. 1146 01:01:07,965 --> 01:01:10,935 It's actually from Thompson, not to him. 1147 01:01:11,005 --> 01:01:14,666 All right? Now, I've got to go. I've gotta get to the race. 1148 01:01:14,746 --> 01:01:17,477 - B-But there's no hurry. The race is over. - Not for me. 1149 01:01:17,547 --> 01:01:20,708 Well, um- Let's have lunch! 1150 01:01:20,788 --> 01:01:23,279 Righty-o, man. Righty-o. 1151 01:01:23,619 --> 01:01:29,081 - ~ Now, the bricks lay on Grand Street ~ - Jesus. 1152 01:01:29,161 --> 01:01:34,102 Bad waves of paranoia. Madness. Fear and loathing. 1153 01:01:34,172 --> 01:01:37,073 Intolerable vibrations in this place. Get out. 1154 01:01:37,143 --> 01:01:39,073 The weasels were closing in. 1155 01:01:39,143 --> 01:01:41,374 I could smell the ugly brutes. 1156 01:01:41,444 --> 01:01:43,375 Do me one last favor, Lord. 1157 01:01:43,445 --> 01:01:47,006 Just give me five more high-speed hours before You bring the hammer down. 1158 01:01:47,086 --> 01:01:52,247 Just let me get rid of this goddamn car and off this horrible desert. 1159 01:01:52,327 --> 01:01:56,198 ~ Oh, Mama ~ 1160 01:01:56,268 --> 01:01:59,629 ~ Is this really the end ~ 1161 01:01:59,699 --> 01:02:02,360 - ~ To be stuck inside of Mobile ~ - Oh, you evil bastard. 1162 01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,031 - ~ With the Memphis blues again ~ - This is Your work. You better take care of me, Lord. 1163 01:02:05,111 --> 01:02:07,912 - If You don't, You're gonna have me on Your hands. - [ Siren Wailing ] 1164 01:02:17,554 --> 01:02:20,155 - Pull over! Pull over! - Hey! 1165 01:02:20,225 --> 01:02:21,756 Good morning. How are you? All right, man. Doing very well. 1166 01:02:26,567 --> 01:02:28,627 Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. 1167 01:02:28,707 --> 01:02:33,239 Your normal speeder will panic and immediately pull over to the side. 1168 01:02:33,309 --> 01:02:36,300 This is wrong. It arouses contempt in the cop heart. 1169 01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:41,151 Make the bastard chase you. He will follow. 1170 01:02:41,221 --> 01:02:44,952 But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you're about to turn right. 1171 01:02:45,022 --> 01:02:49,793 This is to let him know you're pulling off for a proper place to talk. 1172 01:02:49,864 --> 01:02:52,169 It'll take him a moment to realize he's about to make a 180-degree turn, at speed. 1173 01:02:52,204 --> 01:02:54,475 It'll take him a moment to realize he's about to make a 180-degree turn, at speed. 1174 01:02:54,545 --> 01:02:56,745 But you will be ready. Brace for the "G"s. 1175 01:02:56,815 --> 01:02:58,916 Fast heel-toe work. 1176 01:03:07,098 --> 01:03:08,619 [ Siren Continues ] 1177 01:03:08,699 --> 01:03:11,430 [ Siren Stops ] 1178 01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:14,370 Hi. How are you? 1179 01:03:16,611 --> 01:03:19,512 Just what in the hell did you think you were doing? 1180 01:03:19,582 --> 01:03:22,983 I wanna know. Let me see your license. 1181 01:03:23,053 --> 01:03:26,114 Oh, yeah, of course. There you are. 1182 01:03:29,225 --> 01:03:31,165 Oh, my gosh. 1183 01:03:35,637 --> 01:03:37,967 It's me. 1184 01:03:38,037 --> 01:03:39,968 May I please have that? 1185 01:03:41,478 --> 01:03:44,209 I knew I was fucked. 1186 01:03:50,221 --> 01:03:53,682 See you have two cases of beer, a basket of grapefruit... 1187 01:03:53,762 --> 01:03:56,122 stack of T-shirts and towels, light bulbs. 1188 01:03:58,033 --> 01:04:01,594 - You realize what you did when you drive like that? - Yeah, I know. I'm guilty. 1189 01:04:01,664 --> 01:04:05,195 I understand that. I knew it was a crime. I did it anyway. 1190 01:04:05,275 --> 01:04:08,246 Shit, why argue? I'm a fucking criminal. Look at me. 1191 01:04:08,306 --> 01:04:10,837 You have a strange attitude. 1192 01:04:10,917 --> 01:04:12,937 Maybe. 1193 01:04:13,017 --> 01:04:17,508 You know, I have a feeling you need to take a nap. 1194 01:04:17,588 --> 01:04:19,889 There's a rest area just up ahead. 1195 01:04:19,959 --> 01:04:23,190 I'd like you to go up there, pull over and get a few hours' sleep. 1196 01:04:23,260 --> 01:04:25,291 That's not gonna help me. 1197 01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:28,562 I've been awake for too long. Three or four nights, maybe. Can't even remember. 1198 01:04:28,632 --> 01:04:31,362 I go to sleep now, I'm dead for 20 hours. 1199 01:04:32,873 --> 01:04:35,774 What are you carrying two cases of soap for, son? 1200 01:04:35,844 --> 01:04:38,284 I wanna stay clean. 1201 01:04:38,344 --> 01:04:40,285 No. 1202 01:04:41,615 --> 01:04:43,386 Here's how it is. 1203 01:04:43,456 --> 01:04:46,357 What I put in my book, as of noon... 1204 01:04:46,427 --> 01:04:49,688 is that I apprehended you for driving too fast. 1205 01:04:49,768 --> 01:04:53,029 - I advised you to proceed to the next rest area. - ~ [ Humming ] 1206 01:04:53,099 --> 01:04:55,039 Stop! 1207 01:04:58,170 --> 01:05:01,111 I advised you to proceed to the next rest area- 1208 01:05:01,181 --> 01:05:04,202 your stated destination, right? 1209 01:05:05,782 --> 01:05:08,383 And take a long nap. 1210 01:05:09,583 --> 01:05:12,024 Do I make myself clear? 1211 01:05:12,094 --> 01:05:15,085 Well... how far is Baker? 1212 01:05:15,165 --> 01:05:18,566 I was sort of hoping to, I don't know, stop there for lunch. 1213 01:05:20,036 --> 01:05:21,967 It's not my jurisdiction. 1214 01:05:22,037 --> 01:05:25,568 City limits end 2.2 miles beyond the rest area. 1215 01:05:25,638 --> 01:05:27,608 Can you make it that far? 1216 01:05:27,678 --> 01:05:29,839 I'll try. 1217 01:05:29,919 --> 01:05:34,180 I've been wanting to go to Baker for a long time. Yeah. Heard a lot about it. 1218 01:05:36,021 --> 01:05:37,961 Excellent seafood. 1219 01:05:39,762 --> 01:05:43,023 You know, I'm thinkin', a guy with your kind of mind... 1220 01:05:43,103 --> 01:05:45,964 ought to try the land-crab. 1221 01:05:46,034 --> 01:05:49,435 - Excellent seafood. - Land-crab. 1222 01:05:49,505 --> 01:05:52,836 All right. Why not? 1223 01:05:52,906 --> 01:05:55,206 Thanks for the tip. 1224 01:05:55,276 --> 01:05:57,377 Look at me in the eyes. 1225 01:06:00,688 --> 01:06:02,618 Everything all right? 1226 01:06:05,929 --> 01:06:09,660 May I have a little kiss before you go? 1227 01:06:09,730 --> 01:06:13,331 I'm very lonely here. 1228 01:06:13,591 --> 01:06:16,862 ~ Oh, Mama ~ 1229 01:06:16,932 --> 01:06:19,733 ~ Can this really be the end ~ 1230 01:06:19,803 --> 01:06:23,674 I felt raped. The pig had done me on all fronts. 1231 01:06:23,744 --> 01:06:26,935 And now he was going off to chuckle about it on the west side of town... 1232 01:06:27,015 --> 01:06:29,476 waiting for me to make a run for L.A. 1233 01:06:29,546 --> 01:06:33,747 Why, yes, Officer. Of course I'll take advantage of that rest area. 1234 01:06:33,817 --> 01:06:38,449 And I can't tell you how grateful I am for this break you wanna give me. 1235 01:06:38,529 --> 01:06:41,459 Get a grip, man. 1236 01:06:41,529 --> 01:06:45,090 If I boom straight for L.A., he'll bust me for sure. 1237 01:06:45,170 --> 01:06:48,762 No. This was not the time for a showdown. 1238 01:06:51,012 --> 01:06:53,103 This was Death Valley. 1239 01:06:53,183 --> 01:06:55,583 [ Loud Grunt ] 1240 01:06:55,643 --> 01:06:58,084 Oh, fuck! 1241 01:06:58,154 --> 01:07:00,555 Sweet Jesus, it's him. 1242 01:07:00,625 --> 01:07:03,056 Oh, my God! 1243 01:07:03,126 --> 01:07:06,156 ~ [ Nervous Humming ] 1244 01:07:06,226 --> 01:07:08,167 [ Engine Stalling ] 1245 01:07:08,227 --> 01:07:11,798 Shit! Come on, you fucking bastard. 1246 01:07:11,868 --> 01:07:15,099 Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. I've got to go. I've got to- 1247 01:07:15,169 --> 01:07:17,670 ~ [ Humming Resumes ] 1248 01:07:17,740 --> 01:07:20,010 Well, they've nailed me, goddamn it. 1249 01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:22,511 I'm trapped in some stinking desert crossroads called Baker. 1250 01:07:22,581 --> 01:07:25,352 I don't have much time, man. The fuckers are closing in. 1251 01:07:25,422 --> 01:07:28,613 - They'll hunt me down like a fucking beast. - [ Gonzo ] You sound paranoid. 1252 01:07:28,693 --> 01:07:30,783 I need a fucking lawyer immediately! 1253 01:07:30,863 --> 01:07:33,624 [ Gonzo ] What are you doing in Baker? Didn't you get my telegram? 1254 01:07:33,694 --> 01:07:38,196 What telegram, you worthless bastard? I'll cripple your ass for this. 1255 01:07:38,266 --> 01:07:41,467 You brainless scumbag, you're supposed to be in Vegas. 1256 01:07:41,537 --> 01:07:43,707 I rented a suite at the Flamingo. 1257 01:07:43,777 --> 01:07:48,148 You're supposed to be covering the National District Attorney's conference. 1258 01:07:48,218 --> 01:07:52,380 - I made all the reservations. Everything is arranged. - [ Bird Cawing ] 1259 01:07:52,450 --> 01:07:55,891 Now, what the fuck are you doing out there in the middle of the desert? 1260 01:07:55,961 --> 01:07:59,222 Nothing. Never mind. It's all a big joke. 1261 01:07:59,302 --> 01:08:02,793 I'm actually, uh- I'm poolside at the Flamingo right now... 1262 01:08:02,873 --> 01:08:05,803 talking through a portable phone some dwarf brought out from the casino. 1263 01:08:05,873 --> 01:08:09,134 Yeah, I have total credit here. Don't come anywhere near this place, you bastard. 1264 01:08:09,214 --> 01:08:11,145 Foreigners aren't welcome here. 1265 01:08:13,486 --> 01:08:17,177 Well, this is how the world works. 1266 01:08:17,257 --> 01:08:21,588 All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. 1267 01:08:21,658 --> 01:08:24,359 What a fool I was to defy him. 1268 01:08:24,429 --> 01:08:27,630 I was going back to Vegas. I had no choice. 1269 01:08:30,871 --> 01:08:32,961 I had to get rid of the Shark. 1270 01:08:33,041 --> 01:08:37,302 Too many people might recognize it, especially the Vegas police. 1271 01:08:38,643 --> 01:08:42,444 Luckily, my credit card was still technically valid. 1272 01:08:42,514 --> 01:08:45,755 Now this was a superior machine. 1273 01:08:45,825 --> 01:08:49,756 Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. 1274 01:08:49,826 --> 01:08:53,267 The rear windows leapt up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. 1275 01:08:53,337 --> 01:08:56,768 The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters... 1276 01:08:56,838 --> 01:08:59,239 that I would never understand. 1277 01:08:59,309 --> 01:09:01,969 If the pigs were gathering in Vegas... 1278 01:09:02,039 --> 01:09:05,640 I felt the drug culture should be represented as well. 1279 01:09:05,710 --> 01:09:08,681 And there was a certain bent appeal in the notion of running a savage burn... 1280 01:09:08,751 --> 01:09:10,692 on one Las Vegas hotel... 1281 01:09:10,752 --> 01:09:14,023 and then just wheeling across town and checking into another. 1282 01:09:14,093 --> 01:09:17,354 Me and a thousand ranking cops from all over America. 1283 01:09:17,434 --> 01:09:20,525 Why not move confidently into their midst? 1284 01:09:20,605 --> 01:09:24,126 - Welcome to the Flamingo Hotel, sir. - [ Whimpers ] 1285 01:09:24,206 --> 01:09:26,606 - [ Grunts, Clears Throat ] - Sir? 1286 01:09:26,676 --> 01:09:28,607 Yeah, hi. Right. Okay. 1287 01:09:28,677 --> 01:09:31,168 ~ Let me stay in your arms ~ 1288 01:09:31,248 --> 01:09:33,778 ~ I'm addicted to your charms ~ 1289 01:09:33,848 --> 01:09:37,720 ~ You're gettin' to be a habit with me ~ 1290 01:09:39,530 --> 01:09:42,261 ~ I used to think your love was something that I ~ 1291 01:09:42,331 --> 01:09:44,662 ~ Could take ~ 1292 01:09:44,732 --> 01:09:47,602 - ~ Or leave alone ~ - My arrival was badly timed. 1293 01:09:47,672 --> 01:09:51,534 ~ But now I couldn't do without my supply ~ 1294 01:09:51,604 --> 01:09:54,474 ~ I need you for my own ~ 1295 01:09:54,544 --> 01:09:57,815 ~ [ Continues Faintly ] 1296 01:10:00,886 --> 01:10:03,917 [ Man ] This here model is one that we had to use... 1297 01:10:03,987 --> 01:10:07,488 when we took on them little peckerheads down there at Kent State. 1298 01:10:07,558 --> 01:10:10,089 This baby here- 1299 01:10:11,929 --> 01:10:14,930 I'm a police chief from Michigan. 1300 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:17,101 Look, fella, I have explained to you. 1301 01:10:17,171 --> 01:10:22,442 I have this postcard which says that I have a reservation in this hotel. 1302 01:10:22,512 --> 01:10:26,283 I'm very sorry, sir, but you're on the late list. 1303 01:10:26,353 --> 01:10:30,725 - So your reservation has been transferred to... - It's okay. 1304 01:10:30,795 --> 01:10:34,556 the... Moonlight Motel... 1305 01:10:34,626 --> 01:10:37,157 which is just out on Paradise Boulevard. 1306 01:10:37,237 --> 01:10:40,327 We've already paid for our goddamn room! 1307 01:10:40,407 --> 01:10:43,498 It's actually a very fine place of lodging, and it's only 16 blocks from here. 1308 01:10:43,578 --> 01:10:45,599 It has a pool, sauna, steam. 1309 01:10:45,679 --> 01:10:48,080 You listen to me, you filthy little faggot! 1310 01:10:48,150 --> 01:10:50,550 I want a manager down here, now, now! 1311 01:10:50,620 --> 01:10:53,711 Because I'm sick of listening to your dog shit! 1312 01:10:53,791 --> 01:10:56,852 - [ Continues Yelling ] - I am... very sorry, sir. 1313 01:10:56,922 --> 01:10:59,863 - Get off of me! Get away from me! - Can I call you a cab? 1314 01:10:59,933 --> 01:11:02,054 Sure, and I'll call you a cocksucker! 1315 01:11:02,134 --> 01:11:04,964 [ Duke Narrating ] Of course, I could hear what the clerk was really saying. 1316 01:11:05,034 --> 01:11:08,095 Listen, you fuzzy little shithead! 1317 01:11:08,175 --> 01:11:11,406 I've been fucked around in my time... 1318 01:11:11,476 --> 01:11:14,417 by a fairly good cross section... 1319 01:11:14,477 --> 01:11:16,818 of mean-tempered, rule-crazy cops... 1320 01:11:16,888 --> 01:11:20,119 and now... it's my turn. 1321 01:11:21,959 --> 01:11:26,160 So fuck you, Officer. I'm in charge. 1322 01:11:26,230 --> 01:11:30,822 Hey, listen, I really hate to interrupt, but I wonder if I could slide on through. 1323 01:11:30,902 --> 01:11:33,603 The name is Raoul Duke. I think my attorney made the reservations. 1324 01:11:33,673 --> 01:11:36,003 Duke, Raoul. 1325 01:11:36,073 --> 01:11:38,164 - [ Bell Dings ] - Certainly, sir. 1326 01:11:38,244 --> 01:11:42,235 My bags- My bags are out there in that white Cadillac convertible there. 1327 01:11:42,315 --> 01:11:44,186 Maybe somebody could bring it to the room for me. 1328 01:11:44,256 --> 01:11:48,657 Oh, yeah, uh, let me get a quart of Wild Turkey... 1329 01:11:48,727 --> 01:11:50,787 - [ Arguing Continues ] - two-fifths of Bacardi... 1330 01:11:50,857 --> 01:11:53,588 - some ice for the room, and let's see- - You just calm down! 1331 01:11:53,668 --> 01:11:55,829 Shit, let's try some lime chunks. What do you think? 1332 01:11:55,899 --> 01:11:58,370 I say okay. 1333 01:11:58,440 --> 01:12:01,701 - You don't worry about a thing. - Now, calm down. 1334 01:12:01,771 --> 01:12:05,042 You don't hesitate to call me- Sven. 1335 01:12:05,112 --> 01:12:07,042 All right, Sven. 1336 01:12:07,112 --> 01:12:10,013 - [ Bawling ] - Thank you very much. 1337 01:12:10,083 --> 01:12:13,024 - You- You- - I know, I know, I know. 1338 01:12:13,094 --> 01:12:16,755 It's hideous. You're gonna be fine, though. You're doing well. 1339 01:12:16,825 --> 01:12:18,765 I'll see you later. Wait. Don't touch it. 1340 01:12:18,825 --> 01:12:21,926 - [ Crying ] - Good night. Pardon me. Bye, Sven. 1341 01:12:21,996 --> 01:12:26,698 - [ Loud Bawling ] - Look what you did! Look what you did! 1342 01:12:26,778 --> 01:12:30,469 Goddamn you, we wouldn't stay in this hotel if you begged us! 1343 01:12:30,609 --> 01:12:34,710 ~ Magic moments ~ 1344 01:12:34,780 --> 01:12:39,381 ~ When two hearts are caring ~ 1345 01:12:39,451 --> 01:12:44,053 - ~ Magic moments ~ - [ Door Hinges Creak ] 1346 01:12:44,133 --> 01:12:49,194 - ~ Memories we've been sharing ~ - Home, sweet home. 1347 01:12:49,264 --> 01:12:51,325 - Whoa. What kind of sick shit- - [ Yelling ] 1348 01:12:51,405 --> 01:12:53,775 Oh, shit! [ Yells ] 1349 01:12:53,845 --> 01:12:55,776 - Shit. What the fuck? - [ Grunting ] 1350 01:12:55,846 --> 01:12:57,777 Stop, stop, stop. 1351 01:12:57,847 --> 01:13:02,008 Ow! She's biting my leg off! You degenerate pig. Please! 1352 01:13:02,088 --> 01:13:03,778 - [ Grunting Continues ] - Can't be helped. 1353 01:13:03,858 --> 01:13:08,219 - My fucking leg! - That's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. " 1354 01:13:08,290 --> 01:13:11,350 Lucy, be cool, goddamn it. 1355 01:13:11,430 --> 01:13:14,961 Remember what happened at the airport, okay? Come on. 1356 01:13:18,402 --> 01:13:22,103 No more of that, okay? That's my client, Lucy. 1357 01:13:22,173 --> 01:13:26,135 That's Mr. Duke, the famous journalist. 1358 01:13:26,215 --> 01:13:28,815 He's paying for this suite, Lucy. 1359 01:13:28,885 --> 01:13:30,816 He's on our side. 1360 01:13:30,886 --> 01:13:33,727 He loves artists. 1361 01:13:33,797 --> 01:13:37,748 Lucy paints portraits of Barbra Streisand. 1362 01:13:37,828 --> 01:13:41,199 Yeah. Right? 1363 01:13:41,269 --> 01:13:44,430 Um, I drew these from TV. 1364 01:13:44,510 --> 01:13:46,630 Really. 1365 01:13:46,710 --> 01:13:50,111 [ Gonzo ] She came all the way down- 1366 01:13:50,181 --> 01:13:52,772 - What's the name of that town? - Montana. 1367 01:13:52,852 --> 01:13:56,583 Montana. Just to give these portraits to Barbra. 1368 01:13:58,154 --> 01:14:01,925 We're goin' over to the Americana tonight to meet her backstage. 1369 01:14:01,995 --> 01:14:04,986 [ Duke Narrating ] I desperately needed peace, rest... 1370 01:14:05,066 --> 01:14:07,466 sanctuary. 1371 01:14:07,536 --> 01:14:09,667 I hadn't counted on this: 1372 01:14:09,737 --> 01:14:13,728 finding my attorney on acid and locked into some kind of preternatural courtship. 1373 01:14:13,808 --> 01:14:15,969 Well... 1374 01:14:16,049 --> 01:14:20,280 they must have, uh, brought the car around by now. 1375 01:14:20,580 --> 01:14:22,241 So... 1376 01:14:22,311 --> 01:14:25,011 why don't, uh... 1377 01:14:25,081 --> 01:14:29,183 ou-yay and... I-ay... 1378 01:14:29,253 --> 01:14:32,594 o- gay and, uh, et-gay the... 1379 01:14:32,664 --> 01:14:34,594 uff-stay... 1380 01:14:34,664 --> 01:14:37,295 out of the unk-tray. 1381 01:14:43,707 --> 01:14:45,797 Absolutely. Yeah. 1382 01:14:45,877 --> 01:14:48,368 Let's get the stuff. 1383 01:14:48,448 --> 01:14:51,149 We'll be right back, Lucy. 1384 01:14:51,219 --> 01:14:53,519 - Give me a kiss? One kiss, one kiss. - No. 1385 01:14:53,589 --> 01:14:56,920 - No. No. - One kiss. Why not? 1386 01:14:56,990 --> 01:14:58,921 Okay. 1387 01:15:04,503 --> 01:15:07,163 Don't answer the phone. 1388 01:15:13,875 --> 01:15:15,816 God bless. 1389 01:15:15,886 --> 01:15:17,846 [ Hinges Creaking ] 1390 01:15:17,916 --> 01:15:21,017 [ Sighs ] Well, what are your plans? 1391 01:15:21,087 --> 01:15:23,288 Plans? 1392 01:15:23,358 --> 01:15:26,819 - The child in the bedroom. - Oh, Lucy. 1393 01:15:26,899 --> 01:15:28,830 I met her on the plane. 1394 01:15:31,370 --> 01:15:35,031 Yeah. She's a religious freak. 1395 01:15:35,111 --> 01:15:37,972 I gave her a cap before I realized- 1396 01:15:38,042 --> 01:15:40,773 Jesus, she's never even had a drink. 1397 01:15:40,843 --> 01:15:43,044 [ Duke ] Well, it'll probably work out. 1398 01:15:43,114 --> 01:15:46,344 We can keep her loaded, and then peddle her ass at the drug convention. 1399 01:15:46,425 --> 01:15:49,215 Yeah, she's perfect for this gig. 1400 01:15:49,295 --> 01:15:53,386 These cops'll go 50 bucks a head to beat her into submission and then gang-fuck her. 1401 01:15:53,467 --> 01:15:55,827 We can set her up in one of these backstreet motels... 1402 01:15:55,897 --> 01:16:00,238 hang pictures of Jesus all over the room, and then turn these fucking pigs loose on her. 1403 01:16:00,308 --> 01:16:03,329 Hell, she's strong, man. She'll hold her own. 1404 01:16:04,580 --> 01:16:07,010 Jesus Christ, I knew you were sick... 1405 01:16:07,080 --> 01:16:10,911 but I never expected to hear you actually say that kind of stuff. 1406 01:16:10,982 --> 01:16:15,223 - You filthy bastard. - Straight economics, man. This girl's a godsend. 1407 01:16:15,293 --> 01:16:18,194 Shit. She could make us a grand a day. 1408 01:16:18,264 --> 01:16:21,424 That's ugly, man. Stop talking like that. 1409 01:16:21,505 --> 01:16:24,865 Well, I figure she can do about four at a time. 1410 01:16:24,935 --> 01:16:29,137 If we keep her full of acid, that's more like two grand a day, maybe three. 1411 01:16:29,207 --> 01:16:31,147 [ Sinister Chuckling ] 1412 01:16:32,218 --> 01:16:34,148 Hold on, man. 1413 01:16:34,218 --> 01:16:37,149 What if I just jump on you and beat the dog shit out of you? 1414 01:16:37,219 --> 01:16:39,990 Would that make you feel any better, you filthy bastard? 1415 01:16:40,060 --> 01:16:41,990 All right, listen to me. 1416 01:16:42,060 --> 01:16:44,891 In a few hours, she'll probably be sane enough to work herself... 1417 01:16:44,961 --> 01:16:48,832 into some sort of towering Jesus-based rage at the hazy recollection... 1418 01:16:48,902 --> 01:16:52,163 of being seduced by some kind of cruel Samoan... 1419 01:16:52,243 --> 01:16:56,174 who fed her liquor and LSD, dragged her to a Vegas hotel room... 1420 01:16:56,244 --> 01:16:59,805 and then savagely penetrated every orifice in her little body... 1421 01:16:59,885 --> 01:17:03,016 with his throbbing, uncircumcised member. 1422 01:17:03,086 --> 01:17:05,457 - [ Woman Gasps ] - That's so ugly, man. 1423 01:17:05,527 --> 01:17:07,578 - Well, truth hurts. - That's- Argh! 1424 01:17:07,658 --> 01:17:09,988 - Yeah. - Argh! That's argh! 1425 01:17:10,058 --> 01:17:11,999 - Argh! - Argh? 1426 01:17:12,069 --> 01:17:14,029 - Argh! - Argh. 1427 01:17:14,099 --> 01:17:17,200 I wanted to help her, man. 1428 01:17:17,270 --> 01:17:22,042 Well, you'll go straight to the gas chamber for this one. 1429 01:17:22,112 --> 01:17:24,873 Even if you manage to beat that, they'll still send you back to Nevada... 1430 01:17:24,953 --> 01:17:27,543 for rape and consensual sodomy. 1431 01:17:27,613 --> 01:17:30,314 No, she's gotta go. 1432 01:17:30,384 --> 01:17:32,825 Shit. 1433 01:17:32,895 --> 01:17:36,346 It doesn't pay to try to help somebody these days, huh? 1434 01:17:37,726 --> 01:17:40,167 [ Siren Wailing In Distance ] 1435 01:17:41,637 --> 01:17:43,628 Let's go. 1436 01:17:43,708 --> 01:17:46,969 Yeah. Americana Hotel? I need a reservation. 1437 01:17:47,039 --> 01:17:49,670 For my... niece. 1438 01:17:49,750 --> 01:17:52,840 Look, I want her treated very gently. She's an artist and- 1439 01:17:52,921 --> 01:17:56,512 Fuck off. She might seem a trifle high-strung. 1440 01:17:56,592 --> 01:17:59,522 She's doing her masters thesis on, uh... 1441 01:17:59,592 --> 01:18:01,523 well, Barbra Streisand. 1442 01:18:01,593 --> 01:18:04,534 - It's time to meet Barbra. - Last name? 1443 01:18:04,594 --> 01:18:09,265 I'd rather not say. My brother's in politics. Yeah, you understand. 1444 01:18:09,335 --> 01:18:12,396 I felt like a Nazi, but it had to be done. 1445 01:18:12,476 --> 01:18:15,877 - [ Clapping ] - Yeah, yeah, righto. Okay, yeah. Bye. 1446 01:18:22,719 --> 01:18:25,820 ~ Yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy ~ 1447 01:18:25,890 --> 01:18:29,891 - ~ And I feel like loving you ~ - [ Horn Honking ] 1448 01:18:29,961 --> 01:18:33,092 ~ Love is such a sweet thing Good enough to eat ~ 1449 01:18:33,172 --> 01:18:35,793 ~ And it's just what I'm gonna do ~ 1450 01:18:35,873 --> 01:18:38,674 [ Duke Narrating ] Lucy was a potentially fatal millstone on both our necks. 1451 01:18:38,744 --> 01:18:41,674 - Hurry the fuck up! - There was absolutely no choice... 1452 01:18:41,744 --> 01:18:43,845 - but to cut her adrift... - Jesus Christ. Take your time! 1453 01:18:43,915 --> 01:18:45,846 and hope her memory was fucked. 1454 01:18:45,916 --> 01:18:49,217 Here's an extra ten bucks. Make sure she gets there safely. 1455 01:18:49,287 --> 01:18:51,727 ~ [ Impatient Humming ] 1456 01:18:53,258 --> 01:18:57,669 - [ Gasps ] - [ Sighs ] That's that. 1457 01:18:57,729 --> 01:19:00,860 Hey, man, take off slowly. Don't attract attention. 1458 01:19:02,940 --> 01:19:06,381 - ~ Yummy, yummy, yummy I've got love in my tummy ~ - ~ [ Humming ] 1459 01:19:06,441 --> 01:19:09,882 Let's find a good seafood restaurant and eat some red salmon. 1460 01:19:09,952 --> 01:19:13,714 I feel a powerful lust for red salmon. 1461 01:19:13,784 --> 01:19:16,384 [ Retching ] 1462 01:19:23,296 --> 01:19:27,067 - [ Grunts ] - Oh, no, man. We're gonna be late. 1463 01:19:27,137 --> 01:19:30,168 - We gotta go. - [ Panting ] 1464 01:19:30,238 --> 01:19:32,179 Goddamn mescaline. 1465 01:19:34,709 --> 01:19:38,210 Why the fuck can't they make it a little less pure? 1466 01:19:38,491 --> 01:19:40,211 [ Man ] I welcome you... 1467 01:19:40,291 --> 01:19:44,282 to the third National D.A.'s Convention... 1468 01:19:44,362 --> 01:19:47,853 on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. 1469 01:19:47,933 --> 01:19:50,424 And now, without further ado... 1470 01:19:50,504 --> 01:19:54,875 the man who will define this cancer eating at the heart of America... 1471 01:19:54,945 --> 01:19:57,376 Dr. L. Ron Bumquist. 1472 01:20:05,188 --> 01:20:08,349 I saw these bastards in Easy Rider, but I didn't believe they were real. 1473 01:20:08,429 --> 01:20:11,450 Not like this, man, not hundreds of them. 1474 01:20:11,530 --> 01:20:14,291 They're actually pretty nice people once you get to know them. 1475 01:20:14,361 --> 01:20:17,132 Know them? I know these people in my goddamn blood. 1476 01:20:17,202 --> 01:20:19,792 Don't say that word around here. You'll get them excited. 1477 01:20:19,872 --> 01:20:22,363 - You're right. - The most efficient way for us to do this... 1478 01:20:22,443 --> 01:20:24,934 is for each one of us... 1479 01:20:25,014 --> 01:20:27,885 to try and attempt... 1480 01:20:27,945 --> 01:20:31,216 to imagine what it is like inside... 1481 01:20:31,286 --> 01:20:35,317 - of the possessed mind of the addict. - Hmm? 1482 01:20:35,397 --> 01:20:37,327 For example... 1483 01:20:37,397 --> 01:20:39,828 a dope fiend... 1484 01:20:39,898 --> 01:20:43,339 refers to the reefer butt... 1485 01:20:43,399 --> 01:20:45,430 as a "roach"... 1486 01:20:45,510 --> 01:20:47,600 because... 1487 01:20:47,670 --> 01:20:49,701 it resembles a cockroach. 1488 01:20:51,181 --> 01:20:53,202 What the fuck are these people talking about? 1489 01:20:53,282 --> 01:20:57,183 You've got to be crazy on acid to think a joint looks like a goddamn cockroach. 1490 01:20:57,253 --> 01:21:00,854 You will notice that I have distinguished... 1491 01:21:00,924 --> 01:21:05,865 four- four distinct states of being... 1492 01:21:05,935 --> 01:21:09,026 in the cannabis or marijuana society. 1493 01:21:09,106 --> 01:21:12,697 They are cool, groovy... 1494 01:21:12,777 --> 01:21:15,038 hip and square. 1495 01:21:15,108 --> 01:21:17,049 Seldom, if ever- 1496 01:21:17,109 --> 01:21:20,550 - Too crazy, man. Too crazy. - [ Grunting ] 1497 01:21:20,620 --> 01:21:23,310 We should get the hell out. What a fucking nightmare. 1498 01:21:23,390 --> 01:21:26,291 If he figures out what is happening... 1499 01:21:26,361 --> 01:21:28,882 then he can rise one notch... 1500 01:21:28,962 --> 01:21:31,053 and become hip. 1501 01:21:31,133 --> 01:21:35,334 And then if he can convince himself... 1502 01:21:35,404 --> 01:21:39,105 to approve of what is happening... 1503 01:21:39,175 --> 01:21:42,946 then he becomes groovy. 1504 01:21:43,016 --> 01:21:44,947 Groovy. 1505 01:21:46,747 --> 01:21:50,248 And then, after that, he can actually raise himself... 1506 01:21:50,318 --> 01:21:52,989 to the rank of cool. 1507 01:21:53,059 --> 01:21:56,290 He can become one of those... 1508 01:21:56,360 --> 01:21:58,300 cool guys. 1509 01:21:58,370 --> 01:22:00,421 [ Man ] Dr. Bumquist. 1510 01:22:00,501 --> 01:22:05,462 You think the anthropologist Margaret Mead's strange behavior of late... 1511 01:22:05,542 --> 01:22:08,273 could be explained by a private marijuana addiction? 1512 01:22:08,343 --> 01:22:10,284 Good question. 1513 01:22:10,344 --> 01:22:14,375 - [ Murmuring ] - I'm not really sure I can answer that. 1514 01:22:14,455 --> 01:22:17,646 But what I can tell you, sir, is if Margaret Mead... 1515 01:22:17,726 --> 01:22:20,217 at her age... 1516 01:22:20,297 --> 01:22:23,458 smoked grass... 1517 01:22:23,528 --> 01:22:25,658 she'd have one hell of a trip. 1518 01:22:25,738 --> 01:22:27,989 [ Hysterical Laughing ] 1519 01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:33,520 One more layer of deviance to the woman. 1520 01:22:33,590 --> 01:22:36,061 This is fuckin' bullshit. 1521 01:22:36,131 --> 01:22:38,502 I'll be out in the casino. 1522 01:22:38,562 --> 01:22:41,473 [ Hysterical Laughing Continues ] 1523 01:22:41,533 --> 01:22:43,473 Shut up, man. Go to hell! 1524 01:22:43,543 --> 01:22:46,734 [ Giggling ] Thank you very much. Thank you. 1525 01:22:46,814 --> 01:22:49,605 - Thank you. Thank you for having me. - Projector, please. 1526 01:22:49,685 --> 01:22:52,416 - Excuse me. - All right. 1527 01:22:52,486 --> 01:22:54,416 ~ [ Dramatic ] 1528 01:22:54,486 --> 01:22:57,857 ~ [ Continues ] 1529 01:22:57,927 --> 01:23:00,118 [ Male Narrator ] Know your dope fiend. 1530 01:23:00,198 --> 01:23:02,599 Your life may depend on it. 1531 01:23:02,669 --> 01:23:06,430 You will not be able to see his eyes, because of Tea-Shades... 1532 01:23:06,500 --> 01:23:09,871 but his knuckles will be white from inner tension. 1533 01:23:09,941 --> 01:23:12,311 And his pants will be crusted with semen... 1534 01:23:12,381 --> 01:23:16,683 from constantly jacking off when he can't find a rape victim. 1535 01:23:16,753 --> 01:23:19,443 He will stagger and babble when questioned. 1536 01:23:19,523 --> 01:23:22,384 - He will not respect your badge. - [ Woman Moaning ] 1537 01:23:22,454 --> 01:23:24,825 The dope fiend fears nothing. 1538 01:23:24,895 --> 01:23:28,656 He will attack for no reason, with any weapon at his command... 1539 01:23:28,726 --> 01:23:31,857 - including yours. - Excuse me. 1540 01:23:31,937 --> 01:23:36,928 - Beware: any officer apprehending a suspected marijuana addict... - Pardon me. 1541 01:23:37,008 --> 01:23:40,740 - should use all necessary force immediately. - Sorry. Pardon me. 1542 01:23:40,810 --> 01:23:45,481 One stitch in time on him will usually save nine... 1543 01:23:45,851 --> 01:23:47,481 [ Echoing ] on you- 1544 01:23:47,551 --> 01:23:51,182 Oh, God. Oh, God. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. 1545 01:23:51,262 --> 01:23:54,193 - Oh, God. Oh, God. - [ Phone Ringing ] 1546 01:23:54,263 --> 01:23:57,164 [ Gonzo Moaning ] 1547 01:23:59,235 --> 01:24:01,175 Yeah? 1548 01:24:01,235 --> 01:24:04,676 Yes, Mr. Duke, hello. You have one message. 1549 01:24:04,746 --> 01:24:06,677 - Call Lucy... - [ Retching Sounds ] 1550 01:24:06,747 --> 01:24:09,908 - at the Americana Hotel, room 1600. - Oh, fuck. 1551 01:24:09,988 --> 01:24:11,418 - [ Dial Tone ] - Hello? 1552 01:24:11,488 --> 01:24:13,889 - Lucy called. - [ Retching Continues ] 1553 01:24:13,959 --> 01:24:16,390 - [ Toilet Flushes ] - What? 1554 01:24:16,460 --> 01:24:19,090 - Lucy called. - What? 1555 01:24:19,160 --> 01:24:21,931 - Lucy called, man. - [ Phone Ringing ] 1556 01:24:30,644 --> 01:24:33,845 - [ Ringing Continues ] - [ Metal Gate Slams ] 1557 01:24:33,915 --> 01:24:37,376 Those two men in the dock, they gave me the LSD. 1558 01:24:37,456 --> 01:24:39,386 They took me to the hotel. 1559 01:24:39,456 --> 01:24:42,387 I don't know what they done to me, but I remember... 1560 01:24:42,457 --> 01:24:44,398 it was horrible. 1561 01:24:44,458 --> 01:24:47,088 - [ Duke Groans ] - They gave you what? 1562 01:24:47,168 --> 01:24:49,099 LSD. 1563 01:24:49,169 --> 01:24:52,230 [ Judge ] Castration! 1564 01:24:52,310 --> 01:24:55,141 Double castration! 1565 01:24:57,641 --> 01:25:00,202 - Where's my.357? - Who the fuck knows, man? 1566 01:25:00,282 --> 01:25:04,053 - [ Car Horn Honking ] - You can't leave me alone in this snake pit. 1567 01:25:04,123 --> 01:25:07,354 You bastard, what did you do with my.357? 1568 01:25:08,965 --> 01:25:12,896 - This room is in my name. - Well, tough titty. 1569 01:25:12,966 --> 01:25:15,556 Okay, goddamn it! 1570 01:25:16,737 --> 01:25:18,667 You're right. 1571 01:25:18,737 --> 01:25:22,138 She's my problem. I'll call her, I'll get her off our backs. 1572 01:25:22,208 --> 01:25:25,909 - It's gone too fucking far. - No, I'll take care of the situation. 1573 01:25:25,979 --> 01:25:27,920 - Relax. - Relax! 1574 01:25:27,980 --> 01:25:30,181 Let me handle this. 1575 01:25:30,251 --> 01:25:33,091 [ Siren Wailing In Distance ] 1576 01:25:33,161 --> 01:25:35,182 - Where are my shoes? - The Americana Hotel. 1577 01:25:35,262 --> 01:25:37,753 - What did you do with my goddamn shoes? - Room 1600, please. 1578 01:25:37,833 --> 01:25:42,034 As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown bottle... 1579 01:25:42,104 --> 01:25:44,595 in my shaving kit. 1580 01:25:44,675 --> 01:25:47,195 You won't need much. 1581 01:25:48,276 --> 01:25:50,266 Just a... tiny taste. 1582 01:25:50,346 --> 01:25:53,677 Let's have it. Ah, there it is. 1583 01:25:58,059 --> 01:25:59,989 - What is this shit? - That stuff... 1584 01:26:00,059 --> 01:26:04,720 makes pure mescaline seem like ginger beer, man. 1585 01:26:06,471 --> 01:26:09,992 - Adrenochrome. - Adrenochrome? Hmm. 1586 01:26:10,072 --> 01:26:12,063 - [ Phone Rings ] - [ Gasps ] 1587 01:26:15,474 --> 01:26:17,914 [ Rings ] 1588 01:26:17,984 --> 01:26:20,745 [ Quietly ] Hello. 1589 01:26:20,815 --> 01:26:24,416 - Hi, Lucy. God bless. - Hmm? 1590 01:26:24,486 --> 01:26:26,457 Yeah, it's me. 1591 01:26:26,527 --> 01:26:30,428 Hell, no, I taught the bastard a lesson he'll never forget. 1592 01:26:30,498 --> 01:26:33,729 What? No, not dead. 1593 01:26:33,799 --> 01:26:37,030 But he won't be bothering anybody for a while. 1594 01:26:37,110 --> 01:26:39,400 Yeah, I left him out there. 1595 01:26:39,480 --> 01:26:43,211 I stomped him. I pulled all his teeth out. 1596 01:26:43,281 --> 01:26:45,212 [ Duke Narrating ] I remember thinking, Jesus... 1597 01:26:45,282 --> 01:26:47,883 what a terrible thing to lay on somebody with a head full of acid. 1598 01:26:47,953 --> 01:26:49,883 But we have a problem. 1599 01:26:49,953 --> 01:26:54,255 That bastard cashed a bad check downstairs and gave you as a reference. 1600 01:26:54,325 --> 01:26:57,165 They'll be looking for both of you. 1601 01:26:57,235 --> 01:27:01,297 Yeah, I know, Lucy, but you can't judge a book by its cover. 1602 01:27:01,367 --> 01:27:04,207 Some people are just basically rotten. 1603 01:27:05,948 --> 01:27:10,709 Anyway, the last thing in the world you wanna do is call this hotel again. 1604 01:27:10,779 --> 01:27:14,980 - They'll trace the call, put you behind bars. - [ Babbling ] 1605 01:27:15,050 --> 01:27:18,081 No, I'm moving to the Tropicana right away. 1606 01:27:19,662 --> 01:27:21,592 Hmm. [ Babbling ] 1607 01:27:21,662 --> 01:27:25,063 I'll use a different name. I'll let you know what it is. 1608 01:27:25,133 --> 01:27:27,074 [ Gasps ] 1609 01:27:28,974 --> 01:27:31,375 I gotta get off. 1610 01:27:31,445 --> 01:27:34,376 Probably have this phone tapped, baby. 1611 01:27:34,446 --> 01:27:38,477 - Yeah, it was horrible, but it's all over now. - [ Banging ] 1612 01:27:38,547 --> 01:27:41,548 Oh, my God. There's someone at the door. 1613 01:27:41,618 --> 01:27:45,579 - [ Squealing ] - There's someone at the door. 1614 01:27:45,659 --> 01:27:49,030 Christ! Hey! 1615 01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:51,971 No! I'm innocent! It was Duke! 1616 01:27:52,031 --> 01:27:55,472 It was Duke! Lucy! Lucy! 1617 01:27:55,542 --> 01:27:57,563 [ Yelling ] I love you! I love you! 1618 01:27:59,543 --> 01:28:01,914 [ Screaming ] 1619 01:28:03,954 --> 01:28:08,256 Don't put that thing on me. Aaaah! Aaaah! 1620 01:28:08,326 --> 01:28:12,257 [ Screaming Continues, Echoing ] 1621 01:28:12,327 --> 01:28:15,768 Whoo. Oh. 1622 01:28:15,838 --> 01:28:18,999 Well- [ Sighs ] 1623 01:28:19,069 --> 01:28:21,439 That's that. 1624 01:28:21,509 --> 01:28:26,101 - [ Gurgling ] - That's the last we should be hearing from Lucy, man. 1625 01:28:26,181 --> 01:28:28,811 [ Exhales ] 1626 01:28:28,882 --> 01:28:33,343 She's probably stuffing herself down the incinerator about now. 1627 01:28:36,424 --> 01:28:38,454 You know what we need? 1628 01:28:38,524 --> 01:28:40,965 We need some opium. 1629 01:28:48,437 --> 01:28:50,738 [ Gurgling Continues ] 1630 01:28:51,978 --> 01:28:54,069 I remember slumping on the bed. 1631 01:28:54,149 --> 01:28:56,579 His performance had given me a bad jolt. 1632 01:28:56,649 --> 01:28:59,420 For a moment, I thought his mind had snapped... 1633 01:28:59,490 --> 01:29:02,461 that he actually believed he was being attacked by invisible enemies. 1634 01:29:02,521 --> 01:29:06,022 But the room was quiet again. 1635 01:29:07,262 --> 01:29:09,203 Where'd you get this? 1636 01:29:09,273 --> 01:29:12,604 Never mind. It's absolutely pure. 1637 01:29:12,674 --> 01:29:15,605 What kind of monster client have you hooked up with this time? 1638 01:29:15,675 --> 01:29:17,615 Satanism freak. 1639 01:29:17,675 --> 01:29:20,616 I think there's only one source for this stuff- 1640 01:29:20,686 --> 01:29:23,547 the, uh, adrenaline gland... 1641 01:29:23,617 --> 01:29:26,888 from a living human body. 1642 01:29:26,958 --> 01:29:31,449 - I know. The guy didn't have any cash to pay me. - ~ [ Dramatic ] 1643 01:29:31,529 --> 01:29:35,400 He offered me human blood, said it would take me higher than I'd ever been in my life. 1644 01:29:35,470 --> 01:29:37,961 - I thought he was kidding... - Oh. 1645 01:29:38,041 --> 01:29:42,973 so I told him I'd just as soon have an ounce or so of pure adrenochrome... 1646 01:29:43,043 --> 01:29:45,843 or maybe just a fresh adrenaline gland... 1647 01:29:45,913 --> 01:29:47,854 to chew on. 1648 01:29:47,914 --> 01:29:50,785 I could already feel the stuff working on me. 1649 01:29:50,855 --> 01:29:55,056 The first wave felt like a combination of mescaline and methedrine. 1650 01:29:55,126 --> 01:29:57,657 Maybe I should take a swim, I thought. 1651 01:29:57,727 --> 01:29:59,667 Yes, sir. 1652 01:30:01,668 --> 01:30:05,399 They nailed this guy for child molesting. 1653 01:30:06,909 --> 01:30:08,900 He swore he didn't do it. 1654 01:30:08,980 --> 01:30:12,851 "Why should I fuck with children?" he said. "They're too small. " 1655 01:30:12,921 --> 01:30:15,352 - [ Whining Sound ] - Christ, what could I say? 1656 01:30:15,422 --> 01:30:19,683 Even a goddamn werewolf is entitled to legal counsel. 1657 01:30:19,763 --> 01:30:22,854 I didn't dare to turn the creep down. 1658 01:30:24,364 --> 01:30:28,636 He might have picked up a letter opener and gone after my... 1659 01:30:28,706 --> 01:30:31,296 pineal gland. 1660 01:30:31,376 --> 01:30:33,367 - You know? - Yeah. 1661 01:30:33,447 --> 01:30:35,878 - Crazy. - Why not? 1662 01:30:35,948 --> 01:30:39,249 Shit. We should get some of that. 1663 01:30:39,319 --> 01:30:42,680 Just... eat a big handful and see what happens. 1664 01:30:42,820 --> 01:30:45,580 Some of what? 1665 01:30:45,650 --> 01:30:49,061 [ Grunting, Sniffs ] 1666 01:30:49,121 --> 01:30:51,062 Extract of pineal. 1667 01:30:51,132 --> 01:30:53,963 Sure, that's a good idea. 1668 01:30:54,033 --> 01:30:58,164 One whiff of that stuff will turn you into something out of a goddamn... 1669 01:30:59,904 --> 01:31:02,305 medical encyclopedia, man. 1670 01:31:04,346 --> 01:31:06,746 Beautiful fucking tits. 1671 01:31:06,816 --> 01:31:10,277 Man, your head would swell up like a watermelon. 1672 01:31:10,357 --> 01:31:14,489 - You'd gain about a hundred pounds in two hours. - Right! 1673 01:31:14,559 --> 01:31:16,989 Grow claws, bleeding warts. 1674 01:31:17,059 --> 01:31:18,690 Yes. 1675 01:31:18,760 --> 01:31:22,861 And then you'd notice about six huge, hairy tits... 1676 01:31:22,931 --> 01:31:24,992 swelling up on your back. 1677 01:31:25,072 --> 01:31:26,872 Fantastic! 1678 01:31:26,942 --> 01:31:29,033 You'd go blind. 1679 01:31:30,443 --> 01:31:33,284 Your body would turn to wax. 1680 01:31:33,354 --> 01:31:35,445 They'd have to put you in a wheelbarrow. 1681 01:31:35,515 --> 01:31:37,485 And when you scream for help... 1682 01:31:37,555 --> 01:31:40,386 you'll sound like a raccoon. 1683 01:31:40,456 --> 01:31:42,447 [ Whimpering ] 1684 01:31:42,527 --> 01:31:45,397 Man, I'll try just about anything... 1685 01:31:45,467 --> 01:31:48,658 but I'd never in hell touch a pineal gland. 1686 01:31:48,738 --> 01:31:51,569 Finish the fucking story, man! 1687 01:31:51,639 --> 01:31:54,910 What happened? What about the glands? 1688 01:31:54,980 --> 01:31:58,471 Jesus, that stuff got right on top of you, didn't it? 1689 01:31:58,551 --> 01:32:02,422 Look at your face. You're about to explode. 1690 01:32:09,724 --> 01:32:12,255 Maybe you could just... 1691 01:32:12,335 --> 01:32:15,526 [ Groans ] shove me into the pool. 1692 01:32:15,606 --> 01:32:20,337 Man, if I put you in the pool right now, you'll sink like a goddamn stone. 1693 01:32:20,407 --> 01:32:25,109 You took too much, man. You took too much. Too much. 1694 01:32:25,179 --> 01:32:27,409 [ Gurgling ] 1695 01:32:27,489 --> 01:32:29,420 Don't try and fight it. 1696 01:32:29,490 --> 01:32:32,291 You'll get brain bubbles, strokes, aneurysms. 1697 01:32:32,361 --> 01:32:36,382 You'll just wither up and die. 1698 01:32:36,462 --> 01:32:40,963 - [ Duke Muttering ] - [ Man ] They continue killing innocent people! 1699 01:32:41,033 --> 01:32:44,804 [ Echoing ] Allowing the hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people... 1700 01:32:44,874 --> 01:32:47,105 to be suffocated. 1701 01:32:47,175 --> 01:32:50,236 So tonight, we do. 1702 01:32:50,316 --> 01:32:52,717 The great silent majority. 1703 01:32:52,787 --> 01:32:54,717 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 1704 01:32:54,787 --> 01:32:57,618 [ Echoing ] Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 1705 01:32:57,688 --> 01:33:01,789 Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. 1706 01:33:01,859 --> 01:33:04,160 - [ Continues Echoing ] - [ Moaning ] 1707 01:33:05,670 --> 01:33:08,101 ~ [ Orchestral ] 1708 01:33:08,171 --> 01:33:13,843 [ Woman ] ~ I feel the cottonwood whispering above ~ 1709 01:33:13,913 --> 01:33:17,714 ~ Tammy, Tammy ~ 1710 01:33:17,784 --> 01:33:20,545 - ~ Tammy's in love ~ - [ Moaning ] 1711 01:33:20,625 --> 01:33:22,555 ~ [ Continues ] 1712 01:33:22,625 --> 01:33:26,426 What kind of rat-bastard psychotic would play that song right now, at this moment? 1713 01:33:28,267 --> 01:33:31,428 ~ Tammy, Tammy ~ 1714 01:33:31,498 --> 01:33:33,488 When I came to... 1715 01:33:33,568 --> 01:33:36,369 the general back-alley ambience of the suite was so rotten... 1716 01:33:36,439 --> 01:33:39,810 - so incredibly foul. - ~ [ Continues ] 1717 01:33:41,180 --> 01:33:44,081 How long had I been lying there? 1718 01:33:44,151 --> 01:33:46,852 All these signs of violence. 1719 01:33:46,922 --> 01:33:49,223 - What had happened? - [ Insect Buzzing ] 1720 01:33:49,293 --> 01:33:51,723 There was evidence in this room of excessive consumption... 1721 01:33:51,793 --> 01:33:56,325 of almost every type of drug known to civilized man since 1544 A.D. 1722 01:33:59,966 --> 01:34:03,567 [ Coughs, Groans ] 1723 01:34:03,647 --> 01:34:06,077 Oh, ah, Debbie. 1724 01:34:06,147 --> 01:34:08,168 Thank God. 1725 01:34:08,248 --> 01:34:10,979 Oh, Debbie. Hmm? Look. 1726 01:34:13,490 --> 01:34:17,721 What kind of addict would need all these coconut husks and crushed honeydew rinds? 1727 01:34:18,231 --> 01:34:21,292 Would the presence of junkies account for all these uneaten French fries? 1728 01:34:21,362 --> 01:34:24,533 These puddles of glazed ketchup on the bureau? 1729 01:34:24,603 --> 01:34:26,693 Maybe so... 1730 01:34:26,773 --> 01:34:29,204 but then why all this booze... 1731 01:34:29,274 --> 01:34:31,675 and these crude pornographic photos smeared with mustard... 1732 01:34:31,745 --> 01:34:34,075 that had dried to a hard, yellow crust? 1733 01:34:34,145 --> 01:34:37,086 These were not the hoof prints of your normal God-fearing junkie. 1734 01:34:37,156 --> 01:34:39,917 It was too savage, too aggressive. 1735 01:34:39,987 --> 01:34:42,518 - Put your hands where I can see them. - What? What? 1736 01:34:42,588 --> 01:34:44,528 Jesus God, man. Huh? 1737 01:34:44,598 --> 01:34:48,590 Put your hands where I can see them. Put your hands where I can see them! 1738 01:34:48,670 --> 01:34:50,600 [ Groans ] 1739 01:34:50,670 --> 01:34:53,541 Grim memories and bad flashbacks. 1740 01:34:53,611 --> 01:34:55,542 Get a grip. 1741 01:34:55,612 --> 01:34:58,272 Maintain. 1742 01:34:58,342 --> 01:35:02,073 How many nights and weird mornings had this shit been going on? 1743 01:35:12,666 --> 01:35:16,427 [ Urinating ] 1744 01:35:19,308 --> 01:35:23,239 - Something ugly had happened. I was sure of it. - [ Retching ] 1745 01:35:28,051 --> 01:35:31,112 Who is that? Oh. Shit, that's me. 1746 01:35:33,022 --> 01:35:35,853 - [ Muttering ] - [ Woman Screams ] 1747 01:35:35,923 --> 01:35:39,164 - Help me! [ Shouting In Spanish ] - What the fuck? 1748 01:35:39,234 --> 01:35:42,065 - [ Gonzo Yelling ] - Oh, shit. 1749 01:35:42,135 --> 01:35:45,266 [ Woman Yelling ] 1750 01:35:45,336 --> 01:35:47,966 - You're under arrest! - She must have used a pass key. 1751 01:35:48,046 --> 01:35:51,477 I was polishing my shoes in the closet when I noticed her sneaking in, so I took her. 1752 01:35:51,547 --> 01:35:54,478 - What made you do it? Who paid you off? - Nobody! I'm the maid! 1753 01:35:54,548 --> 01:35:57,539 - You're just as much a part of it as they are. - Part of what? 1754 01:35:57,619 --> 01:36:01,180 The goddamn dope ring. You must know what's going on in this hotel. 1755 01:36:01,260 --> 01:36:03,421 Why do you think we're here? 1756 01:36:03,501 --> 01:36:07,122 I know you're the cops, but I thought you were just here for the convention. 1757 01:36:07,202 --> 01:36:10,763 I swear. All I wanted to do was clean up the room. 1758 01:36:10,843 --> 01:36:14,294 - I don't know anything about no dope. - Come on, baby. 1759 01:36:14,374 --> 01:36:16,975 Don't try to tell us you never heard of the Grange Gorman. 1760 01:36:17,045 --> 01:36:19,535 I swear to Jesus I never heard of that stuff. 1761 01:36:19,615 --> 01:36:23,176 Maybe she's telling the truth. Maybe she's not part of it. 1762 01:36:23,257 --> 01:36:26,057 I swear I'm not. I swear. 1763 01:36:29,158 --> 01:36:31,099 In that case, maybe she can help. 1764 01:36:31,169 --> 01:36:33,569 Oh, yes, I'll help you all you want. 1765 01:36:33,639 --> 01:36:37,200 - I hate dope. - So do we. 1766 01:36:37,270 --> 01:36:41,172 I think we should put her on the payroll, see what she comes up with. 1767 01:36:41,242 --> 01:36:43,442 - You think you can handle it? - What? 1768 01:36:43,512 --> 01:36:45,603 One phone call every day. 1769 01:36:45,683 --> 01:36:48,554 Don't worry if it doesn't add up. That's our problem. 1770 01:36:48,624 --> 01:36:50,784 Y- You'd pay me for that? 1771 01:36:50,854 --> 01:36:54,025 You're damn right we would. 1772 01:36:54,095 --> 01:36:56,786 But the first time that you say anything about this to anybody... 1773 01:36:56,866 --> 01:36:59,627 you will go straight to prison for the rest of your life. 1774 01:36:59,697 --> 01:37:01,637 - What's your name? - Alice. 1775 01:37:01,707 --> 01:37:03,638 Prove it! 1776 01:37:03,708 --> 01:37:07,239 - Okay. - Just ring Linen Service and ask for Alice. 1777 01:37:07,309 --> 01:37:09,470 All right, Alice. 1778 01:37:12,320 --> 01:37:16,982 You'll be contacted by Inspector Rock, Arthur Rock. 1779 01:37:17,062 --> 01:37:20,653 He'll be posing as a politician, but you'll have no problem recognizing him. 1780 01:37:20,733 --> 01:37:24,924 That's right, Inspector Rock will pay you in cash... 1781 01:37:25,004 --> 01:37:28,265 - $1,000 on the ninth of every month. - Oh, Lord! 1782 01:37:28,335 --> 01:37:30,326 I'd do just about anything for that. 1783 01:37:30,406 --> 01:37:33,006 - You and a lot of other people. - Come here. 1784 01:37:33,076 --> 01:37:36,177 The password is: "One hand washes the other. " 1785 01:37:36,247 --> 01:37:40,118 The minute you hear that, you say, "I fear nothing. " 1786 01:37:40,188 --> 01:37:42,209 - Say it. - I fear nothing. 1787 01:37:42,289 --> 01:37:44,450 - Say it again! - I fear nothing! 1788 01:37:44,530 --> 01:37:47,090 Get the fuck out of here. Oh, yeah, listen. 1789 01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:49,101 Nice meeting you. 1790 01:37:50,161 --> 01:37:52,102 Don't bother to make up the room. 1791 01:37:52,172 --> 01:37:55,103 Just leave a pile of towels and soap outside the door exactly at midnight. 1792 01:37:55,173 --> 01:37:59,134 That way we won't have to risk another one of these little incidents, will we? 1793 01:37:59,214 --> 01:38:02,715 - Whatever you say, gentlemen. - Thank God for decent people. 1794 01:38:02,855 --> 01:38:06,016 - [ Duke On Tape ] Say it again! - [ Maid ] I fear nothing! 1795 01:38:06,086 --> 01:38:10,047 Terrible gibberish. Splintered memories looming up out of the time fog. 1796 01:38:10,127 --> 01:38:13,358 - [ Tape Rewinding ] - Just press play. 1797 01:38:13,428 --> 01:38:16,729 [ Duke On Tape ] This is it, the American Dream. 1798 01:38:16,799 --> 01:38:19,290 We're sitting on the main nerve right now. 1799 01:38:19,370 --> 01:38:21,310 Yeah, don't get me started. 1800 01:38:21,370 --> 01:38:24,401 The owner always wanted to run away and join the circus when he was a kid. 1801 01:38:24,481 --> 01:38:27,672 Now the son of a bitch owns the circus. 1802 01:38:27,752 --> 01:38:31,083 Ah, man, a real license to steal. 1803 01:38:31,153 --> 01:38:34,424 Oh, yeah. The American Dream come true, man. 1804 01:38:34,494 --> 01:38:36,755 Pure Horatio Alger. 1805 01:38:36,825 --> 01:38:39,055 Yeah. Welcome to the happy place. 1806 01:38:39,125 --> 01:38:41,126 [ Grunting ] 1807 01:38:41,196 --> 01:38:44,797 Listen, let's get down to brass tacks here. 1808 01:38:44,867 --> 01:38:46,927 How much for the ape? 1809 01:38:47,007 --> 01:38:49,528 [ Laughing ] How much you got? 1810 01:38:49,608 --> 01:38:53,879 How much do you think you'd take for the ape? Just wait here. I'll be back. 1811 01:38:53,949 --> 01:38:57,110 - Madness. It made no sense at all. - [ Tape Rewinding ] 1812 01:38:57,190 --> 01:38:59,121 I desperately needed the facts. 1813 01:38:59,191 --> 01:39:04,062 [ Duke Yelling Incoherently ] 1814 01:39:05,893 --> 01:39:09,464 - ~ [ Hard Rock On Tape ] - What the fuck is going on? 1815 01:39:09,534 --> 01:39:11,804 Where's the ape, man? Where's the ape? 1816 01:39:11,874 --> 01:39:14,235 Forget about it. He attacked an old man. 1817 01:39:14,305 --> 01:39:17,366 Bit off the head of the bartender, then the cops came and took him away. 1818 01:39:20,087 --> 01:39:22,708 - [ Yells ] - [ Man ] Is that your car? 1819 01:39:22,788 --> 01:39:27,189 [ Shouting ] 1820 01:39:27,259 --> 01:39:30,630 - Somebody stop them! - You poor fools don't understand. 1821 01:39:30,700 --> 01:39:33,531 This car is property of the World Bank. That money goes to lately. 1822 01:39:33,601 --> 01:39:35,901 You can't put on a circus without a tent. 1823 01:39:35,971 --> 01:39:39,132 - The top is completely jammed. - You're right. 1824 01:39:39,202 --> 01:39:41,143 There's something wrong with the motor. 1825 01:39:41,213 --> 01:39:43,173 All right, who has the story? 1826 01:39:43,243 --> 01:39:46,304 - Where are you, you fucking monkey? - You can't do that! 1827 01:39:48,085 --> 01:39:50,385 You people voted for Hubert Humphrey. 1828 01:39:50,455 --> 01:39:52,426 And you killed Jesus. 1829 01:39:52,486 --> 01:39:54,787 There was every reason to believe that we'd been heading for trouble... 1830 01:39:54,857 --> 01:39:57,347 that we'd pushed our luck a bit too far. 1831 01:39:57,427 --> 01:40:00,958 Oh, gosh! God. 1832 01:40:02,369 --> 01:40:04,459 Right. Uh- 1833 01:40:04,539 --> 01:40:06,530 The possibility... 1834 01:40:06,610 --> 01:40:09,871 of physical and mental collapse... 1835 01:40:09,951 --> 01:40:12,712 is now very real. 1836 01:40:12,782 --> 01:40:15,223 No sympathy for the devil. 1837 01:40:15,283 --> 01:40:17,483 Keep that in mind. 1838 01:40:17,553 --> 01:40:20,114 Uh, buy the ticket... 1839 01:40:20,194 --> 01:40:22,595 uh, take the ride. 1840 01:40:22,665 --> 01:40:26,496 [ Weeping ] 1841 01:40:26,566 --> 01:40:30,437 Hey, there. You folks want to buy some heroin? 1842 01:40:30,507 --> 01:40:34,038 [ Crying Continues ] 1843 01:40:38,019 --> 01:40:40,420 [ Crying ] Hey, honkies! Goddamn it! 1844 01:40:40,490 --> 01:40:42,420 Pull ahead, will you? 1845 01:40:42,490 --> 01:40:45,981 I want to sell you some pure fucking scag! 1846 01:40:46,061 --> 01:40:48,622 Cheap! The real stuff. 1847 01:40:48,692 --> 01:40:52,323 I just got back from Vietnam. 1848 01:40:52,403 --> 01:40:56,064 [ Crying ] 1849 01:40:57,805 --> 01:40:59,745 Scag. 1850 01:41:01,746 --> 01:41:04,807 I want to sell you some pure fucking scag. 1851 01:41:04,887 --> 01:41:07,317 Shit! Fuck! 1852 01:41:07,387 --> 01:41:11,949 Now hear me, you bastard! Pull over! I'll kill you! 1853 01:41:12,289 --> 01:41:15,160 - Pull over! Come on! - [ Tape Audio: Fast Forward ] 1854 01:41:15,230 --> 01:41:17,990 Oh, shit. Oh, oh. 1855 01:41:18,070 --> 01:41:21,001 ~ [ Slow Jazz-Pop: Woman Singing ] 1856 01:41:25,473 --> 01:41:29,544 Okay. Let's see here. 1857 01:41:31,854 --> 01:41:34,785 ~ [ Continues ] 1858 01:41:36,956 --> 01:41:40,897 The mentality of Las Vegas is so grossly atavistic... 1859 01:41:40,967 --> 01:41:44,628 that a really massive crime often slips by unrecognized. 1860 01:41:49,939 --> 01:41:53,711 North Vegas is where you go when you've fucked up once too often on the strip... 1861 01:41:53,781 --> 01:41:57,812 - [ Shouts ] - and when you're not even welcome in the cut-rate downtown places. 1862 01:42:02,623 --> 01:42:06,654 The North Star Coffee Lounge seemed like a fairly safe haven from our storms. 1863 01:42:06,734 --> 01:42:09,065 No hassles, no talk. 1864 01:42:09,135 --> 01:42:11,726 Just a place to rest and regroup. 1865 01:42:11,806 --> 01:42:14,326 I wasn't even hungry. 1866 01:42:14,406 --> 01:42:17,607 There was nothing in the atmosphere of the North Star to put me on my guard. 1867 01:42:17,677 --> 01:42:19,668 [ Banging On Plate ] 1868 01:42:19,748 --> 01:42:22,179 Two glasses of ice water with ice. 1869 01:42:23,819 --> 01:42:26,690 Two glasses of ice water with ice. 1870 01:42:30,861 --> 01:42:32,792 Two. 1871 01:42:41,044 --> 01:42:43,975 She looked line a burnt-out caricature of Jane Russell. 1872 01:42:45,145 --> 01:42:47,636 She was definitely in charge here. 1873 01:42:52,117 --> 01:42:54,248 He did it very casually... 1874 01:42:54,328 --> 01:42:58,059 but I knew that our peace was about to be shattered. 1875 01:42:58,129 --> 01:43:00,059 What was that? 1876 01:43:11,183 --> 01:43:13,113 What is this? 1877 01:43:13,183 --> 01:43:16,444 - It's a napkin. - Don't give me that bullshit. 1878 01:43:16,524 --> 01:43:19,485 I know what that means, you fat goddamn pimp bastard! 1879 01:43:21,095 --> 01:43:23,926 That's the name of a horse I used to own, ma'am. 1880 01:43:23,996 --> 01:43:26,587 - What's wrong with you? - [ Narrating ] The question mark was emphasized. 1881 01:43:26,667 --> 01:43:29,258 You listen to me, you son of a bitch. 1882 01:43:29,338 --> 01:43:34,369 I gotta take a lot of shit in this place, but I don't have to take it off no spic pimp! 1883 01:43:38,380 --> 01:43:40,851 Anybody that knows anything knows that. 1884 01:43:43,422 --> 01:43:46,483 - Go on! Pay your check and get out of here! - [ Gasps ] 1885 01:43:46,563 --> 01:43:49,894 You want me to call the cops? I'll call the fuck- 1886 01:43:49,964 --> 01:43:53,195 [ Duke ] Oh, shit. 1887 01:43:56,305 --> 01:43:58,206 [ Duke ] Fuck. 1888 01:44:00,547 --> 01:44:02,837 Want me to call the cops? 1889 01:44:18,162 --> 01:44:20,102 [ Coughs ] 1890 01:44:29,215 --> 01:44:31,475 How much is that lemon meringue pie? 1891 01:44:31,545 --> 01:44:34,486 Her eyes were turgid with fear, but her brain was functioning... 1892 01:44:34,556 --> 01:44:37,817 - on some basic motor survival level. - Thirty-five cents. 1893 01:44:37,887 --> 01:44:41,018 - How much is that lemon meringue pie? - Thirty-five cents. 1894 01:44:41,098 --> 01:44:44,789 Whoo! What a waste of talent. 1895 01:44:44,869 --> 01:44:48,500 No, honey, I mean the whole pie. 1896 01:44:50,241 --> 01:44:52,171 The whole pie. 1897 01:44:54,742 --> 01:44:56,683 - Hmm? - [ Gasps ] 1898 01:45:04,025 --> 01:45:06,725 What, three? 1899 01:45:11,697 --> 01:45:14,798 Three? Four? 1900 01:45:17,038 --> 01:45:19,069 Five? Hmm? 1901 01:45:19,139 --> 01:45:21,080 Five. 1902 01:45:46,917 --> 01:45:49,178 I'll be in the car. 1903 01:46:01,601 --> 01:46:03,542 [ Quiet Sob ] 1904 01:46:32,210 --> 01:46:34,150 [ Gasps ] 1905 01:46:41,222 --> 01:46:43,663 [ Engine Starts ] 1906 01:46:45,494 --> 01:46:48,835 The sight of the blade had triggered bad memories. 1907 01:46:48,905 --> 01:46:52,095 The glazed look in her eyes said her throat had been cut. 1908 01:46:52,175 --> 01:46:55,606 - She was still in the grip of paralysis when we left. - [ Sobbing ] 1909 01:46:55,676 --> 01:46:58,607 [ Engine Revs ] 1910 01:46:58,677 --> 01:47:00,618 [ Tires Screeching ] 1911 01:47:04,849 --> 01:47:07,080 It was all over now. 1912 01:47:07,160 --> 01:47:10,021 We'd abused every rule that Vegas lived by. 1913 01:47:10,091 --> 01:47:15,402 Threatening the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help. 1914 01:47:15,472 --> 01:47:17,803 The only chance now, I felt... 1915 01:47:17,873 --> 01:47:21,464 was the possibility that we'd gone to such excess... 1916 01:47:21,544 --> 01:47:24,375 that nobody in the position to bring the hammer down on us... 1917 01:47:24,445 --> 01:47:26,475 could possibly believe it. 1918 01:47:26,545 --> 01:47:29,316 Fifteen minutes to get my attorney to the airport... 1919 01:47:29,386 --> 01:47:31,907 but we'll make it. 1920 01:47:31,987 --> 01:47:34,928 Christ! 1921 01:47:34,988 --> 01:47:38,189 No! Oh, fuck! 1922 01:47:38,259 --> 01:47:40,699 - Fuck. - Whoa, shit! Whoa, shit! 1923 01:47:40,769 --> 01:47:43,830 Oh, God. Oh, God. You son of a bitch! 1924 01:47:43,900 --> 01:47:46,171 Oh, God. 1925 01:47:46,241 --> 01:47:50,342 - [ Gonzo ] You're going the wrong way. - [ Duke ] The next left. 1926 01:47:50,412 --> 01:47:53,073 Go! Fuck! 1927 01:47:57,024 --> 01:48:00,785 Take a right here. Take a right here. 1928 01:48:08,707 --> 01:48:11,568 [ Gonzo ] Goddamn it. We're lost. 1929 01:48:11,638 --> 01:48:15,439 What are we doing out here on this godforsaken road? 1930 01:48:15,509 --> 01:48:17,450 The airport's over there. 1931 01:48:17,510 --> 01:48:21,041 Goddamn it! It's over there. 1932 01:48:21,121 --> 01:48:23,882 - I've never missed a plane yet. - [ Tires Screeching ] 1933 01:48:31,394 --> 01:48:33,334 [ Horn Honks ] 1934 01:48:39,506 --> 01:48:42,237 [ Grunting ] 1935 01:48:46,488 --> 01:48:49,419 Hold on! 1936 01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:56,951 All right. I'm gonna drop you right next to the plane. 1937 01:48:57,031 --> 01:48:59,972 Fuck you. I'm gonna have to take the blame. They'll crucify me. 1938 01:49:00,032 --> 01:49:02,303 - Right here, right here. - Ridiculous, man. 1939 01:49:02,373 --> 01:49:06,204 Just say you were hitchhiking to the airport, and I picked you up. 1940 01:49:06,544 --> 01:49:08,704 - You bastard. - Get out. 1941 01:49:19,557 --> 01:49:21,618 Hey, hey! Hey, listen. 1942 01:49:21,698 --> 01:49:24,669 Don't take any guff from these swine. 1943 01:49:24,729 --> 01:49:27,500 If you have any trouble, remember: 1944 01:49:27,570 --> 01:49:30,511 you can always send a telegram to the right people. 1945 01:49:30,571 --> 01:49:34,672 Yeah, explaining my position. Some asshole wrote a poem about that once. 1946 01:49:34,742 --> 01:49:37,983 Probably good advice, if you have shit for brains. 1947 01:49:38,983 --> 01:49:41,074 [ Wheezing Laugh ] 1948 01:49:41,154 --> 01:49:43,584 [ Coughing ] 1949 01:49:43,654 --> 01:49:46,425 There he goes... 1950 01:49:46,495 --> 01:49:49,086 one of God's own prototypes. 1951 01:49:49,166 --> 01:49:53,697 A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. 1952 01:49:53,767 --> 01:49:57,108 - Too weird to live, and too rare to die. - Ugh! 1953 01:50:18,334 --> 01:50:23,466 ~ There you stood on the edge of your feather ~ 1954 01:50:24,746 --> 01:50:28,837 ~ Expecting to fly ~ 1955 01:50:32,018 --> 01:50:35,349 We're all wired into a survival trip now. 1956 01:50:36,629 --> 01:50:39,490 No more of the speed that fueled the '60s. 1957 01:50:39,560 --> 01:50:42,691 That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. 1958 01:50:42,771 --> 01:50:45,862 He crashed around America, selling "consciousness expansion"... 1959 01:50:45,942 --> 01:50:49,103 without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait... 1960 01:50:49,173 --> 01:50:52,704 for all those people who took him seriously. 1961 01:50:52,784 --> 01:50:55,045 All those pathetically eager acid freaks... 1962 01:50:55,115 --> 01:50:59,056 who thought they could buy peace and understanding for three bucks a hit. 1963 01:50:59,126 --> 01:51:01,717 But their loss and failure... 1964 01:51:01,787 --> 01:51:04,387 is ours too. 1965 01:51:04,457 --> 01:51:07,398 What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole lifestyle... 1966 01:51:07,468 --> 01:51:09,629 that he helped create. 1967 01:51:09,699 --> 01:51:12,069 A generation of permanent cripples... 1968 01:51:12,139 --> 01:51:14,070 failed seekers... 1969 01:51:14,140 --> 01:51:18,471 who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the acid culture: 1970 01:51:18,541 --> 01:51:21,542 the desperate assumption that somebody... 1971 01:51:21,612 --> 01:51:23,583 or at least some force... 1972 01:51:23,653 --> 01:51:26,023 is tending the light at the end of the tunnel. 1973 01:51:33,436 --> 01:51:35,766 There was only one road back to L.A. 1974 01:51:35,836 --> 01:51:38,827 U.S. Interstate 15. 1975 01:51:38,907 --> 01:51:42,838 Just a flat out high-speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo. 1976 01:51:42,908 --> 01:51:45,509 Then onto the Hollywood Freeway, straight into frantic oblivion... 1977 01:51:45,579 --> 01:51:47,880 safety, obscurity. 1978 01:51:47,950 --> 01:51:51,111 Just another freak... in the freak kingdom.