1 00:00:11,724 --> 00:00:14,563 [birds squawking] 2 00:00:19,171 --> 00:00:21,142 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:28,323 --> 00:00:31,530 [engine rattling, turns off] 4 00:00:33,735 --> 00:00:35,771 [wind whistling] 5 00:00:51,838 --> 00:00:54,542 [squawking] 6 00:00:57,081 --> 00:01:00,855 [soft squawking] 7 00:01:13,681 --> 00:01:15,751 ♪ ♪ 8 00:01:27,341 --> 00:01:30,014 - [brakes squeaking] - [whistle blowing] 9 00:01:30,014 --> 00:01:32,852 [horns honking] 10 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:51,455 [sniffles] Hi, Marc. 11 00:01:52,625 --> 00:01:55,163 - [elevator bell dings] - Thanks, Marc. 12 00:02:04,850 --> 00:02:06,687 [exhales sharply] 13 00:02:08,524 --> 00:02:11,964 Honey, it's okay. It's okay. 14 00:02:11,964 --> 00:02:14,435 - I'm here. - [gasps sharply] 15 00:02:18,176 --> 00:02:19,680 Mrs. P. needs to be alone. 16 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,316 Go to the movies, would you, dear? 17 00:02:21,316 --> 00:02:22,886 - Yes, sir. - And you know what? 18 00:02:22,886 --> 00:02:24,990 Get Janice and the grandkids, take everyone 19 00:02:24,990 --> 00:02:27,261 to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Paris Cinema, 20 00:02:27,261 --> 00:02:28,865 - and then Serendipity, okay? - Oh-- 21 00:02:28,865 --> 00:02:30,233 It's on me. 22 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:32,538 Dean, none of that fluffy shit, please. 23 00:02:32,538 --> 00:02:34,175 Baby's breath is vomitous. 24 00:02:34,175 --> 00:02:37,481 You have ten minutes, and out the door. 25 00:02:39,219 --> 00:02:41,857 More delphinium. 26 00:02:42,625 --> 00:02:44,830 Martha, leave us alone, please, would you? 27 00:02:44,830 --> 00:02:47,802 - Thank you, Martha. - Thank you. 28 00:02:50,274 --> 00:02:51,610 [door closes] 29 00:02:51,610 --> 00:02:54,215 Tell me everything from the beginning. 30 00:02:54,215 --> 00:02:56,553 - Tell me what happened. - [sighs, sniffles] 31 00:02:56,553 --> 00:02:59,225 Well... 32 00:02:59,225 --> 00:03:00,628 I was in Paris, as you know. 33 00:03:00,628 --> 00:03:02,365 The Givenchy fittings, the shows. 34 00:03:02,365 --> 00:03:03,768 It was perfect. 35 00:03:03,768 --> 00:03:05,170 And-and Hubert, 36 00:03:05,170 --> 00:03:06,573 he did something truly wonderful for me. 37 00:03:06,573 --> 00:03:08,143 [Truman] Well, he's such a master. 38 00:03:08,143 --> 00:03:09,580 [Babe] Yes, he's such a master. 39 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:11,850 It was really a great work of art. 40 00:03:11,850 --> 00:03:14,355 - I was struck. - [flash bulb popping] 41 00:03:14,355 --> 00:03:16,459 Well, I... I just wished. 42 00:03:16,459 --> 00:03:19,666 I wished someone had been there with me. 43 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,705 Bill, not because it's romantic with him anymore, 44 00:03:22,705 --> 00:03:25,544 but you want to... you want to share these things. 45 00:03:25,544 --> 00:03:27,883 Love him and hate him, all in the same moment, 46 00:03:27,883 --> 00:03:29,586 but somehow, 47 00:03:29,586 --> 00:03:32,090 being in Paris just brought it all to the fore. 48 00:03:32,090 --> 00:03:33,761 [Truman] Of course. 49 00:03:33,761 --> 00:03:35,765 [Babe] See, we have a life, and deep down, 50 00:03:35,765 --> 00:03:37,935 I just keep finding myself rather lonely. 51 00:03:37,935 --> 00:03:39,639 [Truman] I know. 52 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:41,510 [Babe] He's done the worst thing you can do. 53 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:44,382 - He's taken me for granted. - [camera shutter clicks] 54 00:03:44,382 --> 00:03:47,188 What is it? What did he do? 55 00:03:47,188 --> 00:03:50,594 I told him I was coming. I gave him just enough warning. 56 00:03:52,331 --> 00:03:55,572 I found out Bill was still having 57 00:03:55,572 --> 00:03:58,978 his grotesque little affair with Happy Rockefeller. 58 00:03:58,978 --> 00:04:01,282 - He was, still? - Now, 59 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:04,088 - in... our... home. - Go back. 60 00:04:04,088 --> 00:04:07,327 We're talking the governor's wildebeest wife here? 61 00:04:07,327 --> 00:04:08,864 That was still going on? 62 00:04:08,864 --> 00:04:10,902 I thought that was a one-time, at best. 63 00:04:10,902 --> 00:04:12,237 So did I. 64 00:04:12,237 --> 00:04:14,408 - Ew. - But he just wanted 65 00:04:14,408 --> 00:04:16,346 to keep screwing the governor's wife 66 00:04:16,346 --> 00:04:18,985 because he got... he gets a kick out of it. 67 00:04:18,985 --> 00:04:21,723 And this is what is so humiliating. 68 00:04:21,723 --> 00:04:23,994 And that fat-ankled harridan. 69 00:04:23,994 --> 00:04:26,466 Yes! 70 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:29,438 It's so humiliating to me 71 00:04:29,438 --> 00:04:33,246 because I still do... love him. 72 00:04:33,246 --> 00:04:35,050 He lied to your face. 73 00:04:35,050 --> 00:04:36,921 - Yes. - Mm. 74 00:04:36,921 --> 00:04:38,356 And even though that part 75 00:04:38,356 --> 00:04:39,993 of our marriage has been over for years, 76 00:04:39,993 --> 00:04:42,966 and God knows, I do understand, but there are rules, 77 00:04:42,966 --> 00:04:44,636 certain rules, aren't there, 78 00:04:44,636 --> 00:04:46,707 about how much humiliation one can stand? 79 00:04:46,707 --> 00:04:49,712 - Sure. - Because Happy Rockefeller... 80 00:04:49,712 --> 00:04:52,018 She was always so jealous. 81 00:04:52,018 --> 00:04:53,888 Oh, so jealous. 82 00:04:53,888 --> 00:04:56,493 So jealous. 83 00:04:56,493 --> 00:04:58,698 Here's what happened. 84 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:00,233 [Happy] Don't you think we should have 85 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:01,670 at least one last hurrah 86 00:05:01,670 --> 00:05:03,272 before she gets back, for God's sake? 87 00:05:03,272 --> 00:05:06,145 Happy, she's flying back today. 88 00:05:06,145 --> 00:05:08,584 Look, she and I talked, and-and she's right. 89 00:05:08,584 --> 00:05:11,388 It was fun, but... come on. 90 00:05:11,388 --> 00:05:16,534 Well, she's not back yet, and we've been relatively discreet. 91 00:05:16,534 --> 00:05:18,002 I don't know. I don't know. 92 00:05:18,002 --> 00:05:20,474 It's one last fuck for the road, okay? 93 00:05:20,474 --> 00:05:22,011 To take with me. 94 00:05:22,011 --> 00:05:23,881 I want to... 95 00:05:23,881 --> 00:05:26,553 taste you in my mouth one last time. 96 00:05:26,553 --> 00:05:30,928 Well, when you put it that way... 97 00:05:32,097 --> 00:05:33,634 We have some time still. 98 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:36,139 - Come over. - Happy? 99 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:37,542 Where you going? 100 00:05:37,542 --> 00:05:39,646 Saks. My hat from Milan just came in. 101 00:05:39,646 --> 00:05:41,115 Oh. 102 00:05:41,884 --> 00:05:44,889 Anyway, I mean, big vision... 103 00:05:52,438 --> 00:05:53,840 [gate creaks] 104 00:05:59,919 --> 00:06:01,857 [Babe] That shitty perfume she wears. 105 00:06:01,857 --> 00:06:04,228 Caleche. Hermes. 106 00:06:04,228 --> 00:06:05,698 [Bill laughs] So... 107 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,936 Too much sandalwood for a woman with her face. 108 00:06:07,936 --> 00:06:09,940 [Bill] Hey, listen, what are you making it so dark for? 109 00:06:09,940 --> 00:06:13,848 I like looking at you. I'll see. [laughing] 110 00:06:13,848 --> 00:06:16,419 [both laughing] 111 00:06:16,419 --> 00:06:18,323 [panting] 112 00:06:18,323 --> 00:06:20,694 [Truman laughs] 113 00:06:31,616 --> 00:06:33,486 What the hell is this? 114 00:06:35,691 --> 00:06:37,562 You ruined my life. 115 00:06:38,797 --> 00:06:43,440 You used me to be the punch line of some sick joke about what? 116 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,147 Being... better than Nelson? 117 00:06:47,147 --> 00:06:49,351 All I know is, I get off the Concorde, 118 00:06:49,351 --> 00:06:51,389 and I walked into that. 119 00:06:51,389 --> 00:06:52,726 You think you can get that stain out 120 00:06:52,726 --> 00:06:56,533 before your cunt wife gets back? 121 00:06:58,202 --> 00:07:02,077 [laughing] 122 00:07:07,689 --> 00:07:10,661 The evidence is all there. 123 00:07:10,661 --> 00:07:12,999 Should I? [laughs] 124 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:15,036 Hmm. Go look. 125 00:07:25,290 --> 00:07:27,228 What happened? 126 00:07:27,228 --> 00:07:30,233 Was someone shot in here? 127 00:07:30,233 --> 00:07:32,338 Well... 128 00:07:32,338 --> 00:07:34,241 you're gonna need a new mattress. 129 00:07:34,241 --> 00:07:35,377 [Babe laughs] 130 00:07:35,377 --> 00:07:37,247 [Truman laughs] 131 00:07:39,451 --> 00:07:42,358 The menstruating, so calculated. 132 00:07:42,358 --> 00:07:44,228 And you being in menopause. 133 00:07:44,228 --> 00:07:47,835 [scoffs] Which he obviously discussed with... 134 00:07:48,804 --> 00:07:50,808 I'm divorcing him. It's over. 135 00:07:50,808 --> 00:07:53,614 Finally, the final humiliation. 136 00:07:53,614 --> 00:07:55,416 I don't know. 137 00:07:55,416 --> 00:07:56,887 No, no, you're not. 138 00:07:56,887 --> 00:08:00,226 I'm not? What... what do you mean? 139 00:08:00,226 --> 00:08:04,669 Honey, you're not a sexual creature anymore. 140 00:08:04,669 --> 00:08:08,275 Think about it. You have a great life. 141 00:08:08,275 --> 00:08:11,683 He's the most powerful man in America, really. 142 00:08:11,683 --> 00:08:15,056 Fuck Richard Nixon. It's Bill Paley. [laughs] 143 00:08:15,056 --> 00:08:18,998 You have a house in Bermuda, a mansion in Coral Gables, 144 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,503 a thing in London, and four kids. 145 00:08:21,503 --> 00:08:24,809 Don't be another divorcée of Manhattan, 146 00:08:24,809 --> 00:08:27,949 slowly going nuts up in Westchester, 147 00:08:27,949 --> 00:08:30,554 where you'll end up moving to get away from him, 148 00:08:30,554 --> 00:08:32,625 because he's everywhere. 149 00:08:32,625 --> 00:08:34,929 What do you want? 150 00:08:34,929 --> 00:08:38,169 Figure out what it is you want, darling. 151 00:08:38,938 --> 00:08:40,708 I know you've had your eye 152 00:08:40,708 --> 00:08:43,279 on that Van Gogh sunflower painting. 153 00:08:44,214 --> 00:08:46,854 Well, there's a Gauguin, 154 00:08:46,854 --> 00:08:49,225 Seed of Areoi, coming up at Sotheby's. 155 00:08:49,225 --> 00:08:52,497 And a nice Matisse Princess Margaret's trying to lay off. 156 00:08:52,497 --> 00:08:54,536 - Take both. [laughs] - [laughs softly] 157 00:08:54,536 --> 00:08:56,907 Woman with a Veil. 158 00:08:56,907 --> 00:08:59,478 Look, he'll buy you anything you want right now, 159 00:08:59,478 --> 00:09:01,583 so make him pay. 160 00:09:01,583 --> 00:09:03,754 But follow my advice. 161 00:09:03,754 --> 00:09:06,125 Don't tell anyone. 162 00:09:08,028 --> 00:09:09,699 What are you talking about? 163 00:09:09,699 --> 00:09:11,301 You want me to live with this? 164 00:09:11,301 --> 00:09:12,705 - No. Listen to me. - How? 165 00:09:12,705 --> 00:09:15,577 Play this right. This is our secret. 166 00:09:16,546 --> 00:09:18,718 Come on. You had a terrible, long day. 167 00:09:18,718 --> 00:09:21,623 You're exhausted. I know what you need. 168 00:09:23,928 --> 00:09:27,133 - Nice little whopper of a Valium for Baby. - Oh. 169 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:29,271 - Oh-- - Swallow it. Come on. 170 00:09:29,271 --> 00:09:31,476 No, I promised I'd have dinner with the kids. 171 00:09:31,476 --> 00:09:33,046 - I can't take-- - No. 172 00:09:33,046 --> 00:09:35,016 I sent them to Chitty Chitty and Serendipity 173 00:09:35,016 --> 00:09:38,557 with Sylvia and Janice for burgers and shakes. 174 00:09:38,557 --> 00:09:41,462 Come on. 175 00:09:41,462 --> 00:09:44,235 Nice, big sip of Scotch 176 00:09:44,235 --> 00:09:46,539 to wash it down. 177 00:09:46,539 --> 00:09:48,544 There you go. 178 00:09:48,544 --> 00:09:51,883 Little more. [laughs] 179 00:09:54,455 --> 00:09:56,660 - [sighs] - Good girl. 180 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:58,897 Come with me. 181 00:09:58,897 --> 00:10:00,901 Come on. 182 00:10:02,337 --> 00:10:04,475 You're a terrible influence, Tru. 183 00:10:04,475 --> 00:10:07,046 [Truman] Follow me. 184 00:10:08,851 --> 00:10:10,788 - Now... - [sighs] 185 00:10:10,788 --> 00:10:13,026 You're gonna take a nice nap now. 186 00:10:13,026 --> 00:10:15,397 - Are you sure they're gone? - Mm. 187 00:10:15,397 --> 00:10:17,702 And when you wake up, 188 00:10:17,702 --> 00:10:19,705 you're going to realize 189 00:10:19,705 --> 00:10:23,212 that everything I said is true. 190 00:10:25,350 --> 00:10:28,222 Meet him at the door with a drink. 191 00:10:29,959 --> 00:10:32,364 - [footsteps retreating] - Be the great lady that you are. 192 00:10:32,364 --> 00:10:34,669 [door closes] 193 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,954 Okay, I'll take a nap if you'll lay here with me. 194 00:10:44,689 --> 00:10:46,960 [chuckles] 195 00:10:53,173 --> 00:10:55,276 [sighs] Oh. 196 00:10:56,513 --> 00:10:59,619 - Well, Tru? - Mm. 197 00:10:59,619 --> 00:11:03,527 I'm so, so, so hurt. 198 00:11:03,527 --> 00:11:07,869 No. Let's be honest. 199 00:11:07,869 --> 00:11:10,807 It's your ego wounded here. 200 00:11:11,876 --> 00:11:14,314 He didn't really hurt you. 201 00:11:15,718 --> 00:11:18,924 You've not been in love for years. 202 00:11:20,394 --> 00:11:22,464 It's your pride. 203 00:11:22,464 --> 00:11:24,736 [Babe sighs] 204 00:11:24,736 --> 00:11:27,107 You're right. 205 00:11:27,107 --> 00:11:30,647 The only person who could ever really hurt me is you. 206 00:11:30,647 --> 00:11:34,655 - And that would never happen in a million years. - [laughs] 207 00:11:34,655 --> 00:11:37,293 Now close your eyes. 208 00:11:39,231 --> 00:11:41,401 [Babe sighs] 209 00:11:48,382 --> 00:11:50,453 ♪ ♪ 210 00:12:17,207 --> 00:12:19,277 ♪ ♪ 211 00:12:44,428 --> 00:12:46,966 ♪ ♪ 212 00:13:09,512 --> 00:13:11,582 ♪ ♪ 213 00:13:34,829 --> 00:13:37,100 [horns honking] 214 00:13:41,577 --> 00:13:43,312 [horn toots] 215 00:13:43,312 --> 00:13:45,149 [indistinct, overlapping chatter] 216 00:13:45,149 --> 00:13:47,286 [man] Just think about that. Yeah, 7:30 for that. 217 00:13:47,286 --> 00:13:49,124 - Uh, maybe-- - [Bill] I'm not moving Dragnet. 218 00:13:49,124 --> 00:13:50,928 It's fine where it is. 219 00:13:50,928 --> 00:13:52,965 Oh, and tell General Mills to pay up. 220 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:54,401 We sell their cereal, so pay up. 221 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:56,371 - [indistinct chatter] - [buzzer sounds] 222 00:13:56,371 --> 00:13:58,041 [secretary] Mr. Paley, sorry to interrupt, 223 00:13:58,041 --> 00:14:00,981 but David Selznick needs to speak with you. 224 00:14:02,484 --> 00:14:05,089 - [distant siren blaring] - [man] Hmm. 225 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,066 David, you better not be canceling on me 226 00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:11,703 at the last minute. 227 00:14:11,703 --> 00:14:13,306 I have the plane, Babe is excited, 228 00:14:13,306 --> 00:14:16,378 we're playing tennis, and it's 82 degrees in Montego Bay. 229 00:14:16,378 --> 00:14:18,115 [David] Jesus, Bill, no. 230 00:14:18,115 --> 00:14:19,686 Jennifer and I are coming. 231 00:14:19,686 --> 00:14:22,958 But, look, wouldn't it be great to have Truman come? 232 00:14:22,958 --> 00:14:24,394 Y-You don't really know him, do you? 233 00:14:24,394 --> 00:14:27,467 Uh, Truman? No. I mean, well, we-we've met. 234 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,037 Yeah, sure, bring him. 235 00:14:29,037 --> 00:14:30,841 Okay, I'll see you at the plane. 236 00:14:30,841 --> 00:14:33,379 Oh, David, David. Is he fun? 237 00:14:33,379 --> 00:14:36,184 Fun? Are you kidding? Truman? 238 00:14:36,184 --> 00:14:37,621 The most fun there is. 239 00:14:37,621 --> 00:14:39,692 Wait till you hear him tell stories. 240 00:14:39,692 --> 00:14:41,428 All right, I'll see you. 241 00:14:41,428 --> 00:14:42,998 [phone clatters] 242 00:14:42,998 --> 00:14:45,369 Harry Truman is fun? 243 00:14:45,369 --> 00:14:46,973 Here he comes. 244 00:14:46,973 --> 00:14:49,077 [car engine idling] 245 00:14:52,450 --> 00:14:54,054 Sir. 246 00:14:54,054 --> 00:14:55,857 - Of course, thank you. - Yes, sir. 247 00:14:55,857 --> 00:14:57,426 Thank you. 248 00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:01,602 - Who the fuck is that? - [laughter] 249 00:15:04,609 --> 00:15:08,584 Hi. So lovely of you to invite me. 250 00:15:08,584 --> 00:15:10,152 I love Jamaica. 251 00:15:10,152 --> 00:15:11,590 I once had a weekend there 252 00:15:11,590 --> 00:15:14,127 with that wonderful actor dancer fellow. 253 00:15:14,127 --> 00:15:17,535 - Jennifer. Look at you. - Truman. 254 00:15:17,535 --> 00:15:19,238 [smooching] 255 00:15:19,238 --> 00:15:20,340 David. 256 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:23,412 I'm mad at you but I don't remember why. 257 00:15:23,412 --> 00:15:24,749 [laughter] 258 00:15:24,749 --> 00:15:27,622 Mrs. Paley, I've wanted to meet you forever. 259 00:15:27,622 --> 00:15:29,157 It's Babe. [laughs] 260 00:15:29,157 --> 00:15:32,030 As have I. Finally, Mr. President. 261 00:15:32,030 --> 00:15:34,669 - [laughs] - [David] Bill. 262 00:15:34,669 --> 00:15:38,510 This is our dear, dear friend Truman Capote. 263 00:15:38,510 --> 00:15:40,948 Did you think it was the other Truman, Bill? 264 00:15:40,948 --> 00:15:42,183 - I did. - That happens. 265 00:15:42,183 --> 00:15:44,956 - [laughter] - You did? 266 00:15:44,956 --> 00:15:46,458 [laughing] Yes. 267 00:15:46,458 --> 00:15:48,563 What would I be doing with Harry fucking Truman? 268 00:15:48,563 --> 00:15:50,768 Well, thank your lucky stars it isn't. 269 00:15:50,768 --> 00:15:54,141 I hear two hours in a plane with him and his economic theories 270 00:15:54,141 --> 00:15:57,380 and you want to plunge into the Bermuda Triangle. 271 00:15:57,380 --> 00:16:00,754 [laughter] 272 00:16:00,754 --> 00:16:02,391 - Cheers. - Lovely to have you. 273 00:16:02,391 --> 00:16:05,697 What a pretty plane. [chuckles] 274 00:16:05,697 --> 00:16:09,003 ♪ ♪ 275 00:16:14,982 --> 00:16:19,157 ♪ ♪ 276 00:16:34,655 --> 00:16:37,728 ♪ ♪ 277 00:16:56,131 --> 00:16:57,467 [Truman laughing] 278 00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:59,304 Oh, please, are you kidding? 279 00:16:59,304 --> 00:17:02,377 He had ten boys stashed all over the eastern seaboard 280 00:17:02,377 --> 00:17:04,047 and nobody knew. [laughs] 281 00:17:04,047 --> 00:17:06,686 He was extorted five times. 282 00:17:06,686 --> 00:17:08,523 Cost him a Picasso. 283 00:17:08,523 --> 00:17:11,562 The most expensive hustlers ever. 284 00:17:11,562 --> 00:17:13,933 - [laughter] - You think he'd be more careful. 285 00:17:13,933 --> 00:17:15,402 People are not careful, though. 286 00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:17,842 He had a brief flirt with the Nazi party. 287 00:17:17,842 --> 00:17:20,112 And when I say "flirt," I mean he fucked everything 288 00:17:20,112 --> 00:17:23,352 with blond hair and blue eyes and a cock. 289 00:17:23,352 --> 00:17:26,225 - [laughter] - Well, I could never trust a writer. 290 00:17:26,225 --> 00:17:27,494 And why not? 291 00:17:27,494 --> 00:17:30,466 I mean, I agree, but... why not? 292 00:17:30,466 --> 00:17:33,005 The storytellers have the last word, don't you? 293 00:17:33,005 --> 00:17:34,875 And I would never let a storyteller 294 00:17:34,875 --> 00:17:36,679 have the last word. 295 00:17:36,679 --> 00:17:39,619 Louisa, how fascinating. 296 00:17:39,619 --> 00:17:42,456 But you tell me, dear, who should have the last word? 297 00:17:42,456 --> 00:17:44,060 That is perfectly obvious. 298 00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:48,101 Anyone who's lived through World War II could tell you. 299 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:50,841 The person who has the most power. 300 00:17:50,841 --> 00:17:52,845 America, for instance. 301 00:17:52,845 --> 00:17:54,815 She had the last word. 302 00:17:54,815 --> 00:17:58,455 Two bombs and it was all over. 303 00:17:58,455 --> 00:17:59,993 Kaboom. 304 00:17:59,993 --> 00:18:02,163 That is the last word. 305 00:18:02,163 --> 00:18:04,869 Not those of a writer of clever stories. 306 00:18:04,869 --> 00:18:07,574 But the ones with the power. 307 00:18:07,574 --> 00:18:09,812 [Babe] What a unique point of view. 308 00:18:09,812 --> 00:18:11,115 [laughing softly] 309 00:18:11,115 --> 00:18:13,052 Would anyone like some more rosé? 310 00:18:13,052 --> 00:18:15,489 [David] Hear, hear. 311 00:18:15,489 --> 00:18:17,694 - [Babe] Thank you. - [flatware clinking] 312 00:18:17,694 --> 00:18:19,866 [laughter] 313 00:18:19,866 --> 00:18:23,005 How do you get all of this gossip, Truman? 314 00:18:23,005 --> 00:18:25,376 On Beat the Devil, he knew more than everyone 315 00:18:25,376 --> 00:18:27,113 in hair and makeup combined, 316 00:18:27,113 --> 00:18:29,351 and that's usually where all the gossip is. 317 00:18:29,351 --> 00:18:34,127 But Truman, holed up in his hotel miles from the set, 318 00:18:34,127 --> 00:18:35,864 he knew everything. 319 00:18:35,864 --> 00:18:39,204 Truman's secret is seduction, isn't it, Truman? 320 00:18:39,204 --> 00:18:42,076 No, it's memory. 321 00:18:42,076 --> 00:18:45,149 Well, I think it's wonderful to know a good story. 322 00:18:45,149 --> 00:18:50,059 To have a good story, to love a good story, personally. 323 00:18:50,059 --> 00:18:52,329 Well, so do I. I think it's everything. 324 00:18:52,329 --> 00:18:55,269 But it's not all fun and games. 325 00:18:55,269 --> 00:18:56,840 [chuckles softly] 326 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,046 You know... 327 00:19:00,046 --> 00:19:01,983 we've been talking about society, 328 00:19:01,983 --> 00:19:06,325 but I'm interested in what it all means, really... 329 00:19:06,325 --> 00:19:08,329 to be important. 330 00:19:08,329 --> 00:19:12,871 Is there anything you know that we don't, Truman? 331 00:19:12,871 --> 00:19:15,677 Because we know an awful lot. 332 00:19:15,677 --> 00:19:17,815 [laughter] 333 00:19:17,815 --> 00:19:19,852 [Truman] Bill... [laughs] 334 00:19:19,852 --> 00:19:22,858 Well, you don't know this. 335 00:19:22,858 --> 00:19:27,233 There's a murderer walking free and you all know her. 336 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,772 And I'm gonna tell her story. 337 00:19:29,772 --> 00:19:31,877 Socialite, B-level. 338 00:19:31,877 --> 00:19:33,345 She married up. 339 00:19:33,345 --> 00:19:35,550 He was going to divorce her, she blew him away. 340 00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:38,389 Wait, who is it? Is that Ann Woodward? 341 00:19:38,389 --> 00:19:39,592 I'm not saying. 342 00:19:39,592 --> 00:19:41,061 I thought it was a tragic accident. 343 00:19:41,061 --> 00:19:42,330 She thought it was a burglar. 344 00:19:42,330 --> 00:19:44,367 Oh, come on, come out of the trenches. 345 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:46,906 The war is over. That was murder, my dear. 346 00:19:46,906 --> 00:19:50,179 She killed Billy with malice. The police are well aware of it. 347 00:19:50,179 --> 00:19:52,350 Well, how did she get away with it? 348 00:19:52,350 --> 00:19:54,454 [Truman] Are you saying you couldn't? 349 00:19:54,454 --> 00:19:56,458 Billy's mother paid for it to go away. 350 00:19:56,458 --> 00:19:59,297 You know, it's Oyster Bay, they're old money. 351 00:19:59,297 --> 00:20:01,234 They can do that there. 352 00:20:02,170 --> 00:20:04,141 [scoffs] 353 00:20:04,141 --> 00:20:07,347 There had been a string of burglaries all along the beach. 354 00:20:07,347 --> 00:20:09,952 They slept in separate bedrooms, 355 00:20:09,952 --> 00:20:11,689 he'd had it with her. 356 00:20:11,689 --> 00:20:13,760 He'd found out with the help of a detective 357 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,463 that there was another husband 358 00:20:15,463 --> 00:20:18,102 out there somewhere in an oil field, in Oklahoma. 359 00:20:18,102 --> 00:20:19,471 It was over. 360 00:20:19,471 --> 00:20:20,941 It's cold between them. 361 00:20:20,941 --> 00:20:22,778 She doesn't think she has much chance 362 00:20:22,778 --> 00:20:25,182 out there in the world if it gets out 363 00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:26,686 she's a bigamist. 364 00:20:26,686 --> 00:20:29,625 Poor William Woodward Jr. 365 00:20:29,625 --> 00:20:32,998 A virgin GI when they met, I'm sure. 366 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:37,173 And she was a jazzy little curly-haired killer 367 00:20:37,173 --> 00:20:38,943 from some country slum. 368 00:20:38,943 --> 00:20:42,283 She knew she'd hooked a big one when she met him. 369 00:20:42,283 --> 00:20:44,120 But she never pressed him. 370 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,859 No fancy gifts. Just a letter. 371 00:20:46,859 --> 00:20:50,667 Every day to him, a cozy little note. 372 00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:53,639 He comes back on leave and finds her pregnant. 373 00:20:53,639 --> 00:20:55,342 And of course they get married. 374 00:20:55,342 --> 00:20:59,785 They were at a Wallis Simpson affair the night in question. 375 00:20:59,785 --> 00:21:02,089 Billy Boy needed some Seconal. 376 00:21:02,089 --> 00:21:04,829 It's so funny, it usually was right beside his bed. 377 00:21:04,829 --> 00:21:07,634 Never mind, he knew there was more in the medicine cabinet 378 00:21:07,634 --> 00:21:09,572 in the master bedroom. 379 00:21:09,572 --> 00:21:13,646 A bother, he'll have to go past his estranged wife, 380 00:21:13,646 --> 00:21:16,218 and they'd had a fight at the party. 381 00:21:16,218 --> 00:21:17,621 It was very frosty. 382 00:21:17,621 --> 00:21:20,159 He'd just told her, it seems, 383 00:21:20,159 --> 00:21:22,765 in the car, they were done. 384 00:21:22,765 --> 00:21:24,267 And... 385 00:21:24,267 --> 00:21:27,541 bang, bang, he was dead. 386 00:21:28,876 --> 00:21:30,412 "She thought it was a burglar"? 387 00:21:30,412 --> 00:21:32,149 Oh, my. 388 00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:35,122 Let's call her Bang Bang, shall we? 389 00:21:35,122 --> 00:21:37,226 - Bang Bang! - [gasping] 390 00:21:37,226 --> 00:21:40,165 [laughter] 391 00:21:40,165 --> 00:21:43,740 But let me inform you that is not what happened, at all. 392 00:21:43,740 --> 00:21:46,746 Because the cops did not find him in the bedroom, 393 00:21:46,746 --> 00:21:50,085 they'd found him in the shower. 394 00:21:54,494 --> 00:21:57,668 That's the real story. 395 00:21:57,668 --> 00:21:59,370 And the police knew this? 396 00:21:59,370 --> 00:22:01,709 How is it possible? 397 00:22:01,709 --> 00:22:06,151 The mother, she paid to have it covered up. 398 00:22:06,151 --> 00:22:09,190 No scandal. The children. 399 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:12,496 Exactly, Bill. 400 00:22:12,496 --> 00:22:15,603 Mr. Bill Paley, ladies and gentlemen. 401 00:22:15,603 --> 00:22:17,106 It was the children. 402 00:22:17,106 --> 00:22:19,511 Tragic enough to have lost their father, 403 00:22:19,511 --> 00:22:21,616 what purpose could it serve to see their mother... 404 00:22:21,616 --> 00:22:24,120 go to jail for murder? 405 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,659 The grandparents wanted Ann to go scot-free 406 00:22:26,659 --> 00:22:29,798 and within their terrain, they have the power 407 00:22:29,798 --> 00:22:33,072 to brainwash cops, reweave minds, 408 00:22:33,072 --> 00:22:37,615 move corpses from shower stalls to hallways. 409 00:22:37,615 --> 00:22:40,119 The very power to control inquests. 410 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,624 His death was declared an accident 411 00:22:42,624 --> 00:22:46,131 in an inquest that lasted less than a day. 412 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:48,335 And Bang Bang got away with it. 413 00:22:48,335 --> 00:22:50,406 And I'm gonna write it. 414 00:22:50,406 --> 00:22:52,042 [giggles] 415 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:54,848 And Bill, you should tell your boys over at 60 Minutes 416 00:22:54,848 --> 00:22:57,821 'cause it's a killer story. But let me sell it first. 417 00:22:57,821 --> 00:22:59,891 [laughter] 418 00:22:59,891 --> 00:23:02,964 [applause] 419 00:23:04,167 --> 00:23:05,837 [laughs] No. 420 00:23:05,837 --> 00:23:06,972 No, no. 421 00:23:06,972 --> 00:23:08,943 [applause] 422 00:23:08,943 --> 00:23:10,279 Shall we adjourn? 423 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:13,886 [indistinct chatter] 424 00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:18,529 My God, he's dazzling. 425 00:23:18,529 --> 00:23:21,268 Invite him to everything we ever have. 426 00:23:21,268 --> 00:23:23,372 [laughs] Next weekend. 427 00:23:23,372 --> 00:23:25,977 Yes, yes, do it, do it. 428 00:23:35,563 --> 00:23:38,836 - [crickets chirping] - [waves crashing] 429 00:23:47,287 --> 00:23:48,956 [distant laughter] 430 00:24:11,401 --> 00:24:13,271 Oh, hello, how are you? 431 00:24:13,271 --> 00:24:15,577 [laughs] 432 00:24:15,577 --> 00:24:18,048 [sighs] You know. 433 00:24:18,048 --> 00:24:20,553 Yes, I do. [giggles] 434 00:24:20,553 --> 00:24:22,724 Yes, you do, don't you? 435 00:24:22,724 --> 00:24:26,030 Tell me about your little locked golden notebook. 436 00:24:26,030 --> 00:24:28,301 - [laughs] - What fabulous secrets it must hold. 437 00:24:28,301 --> 00:24:32,678 Actually, this is just a list of everything I... 438 00:24:32,678 --> 00:24:35,149 do wrong and everything I could do better, 439 00:24:35,149 --> 00:24:36,819 the next time. 440 00:24:36,819 --> 00:24:39,792 -"Better"? "Wrong"? - [laughs] 441 00:24:39,792 --> 00:24:42,797 Whoever put that idea in your head? 442 00:24:42,797 --> 00:24:44,768 Babe, don't you see? 443 00:24:44,768 --> 00:24:47,440 Our mistakes are what makes us interesting. 444 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,845 Do you not worry about anything, Truman? 445 00:24:49,845 --> 00:24:53,820 Oh, sure, money, aloneness, calories... 446 00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:56,925 - [both laugh] - But never about perfection. 447 00:24:56,925 --> 00:24:58,662 [chuckles] 448 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,569 Now, open your golden notebook 449 00:25:01,569 --> 00:25:05,843 and put down this word to the wise. 450 00:25:05,843 --> 00:25:07,012 Tell me. 451 00:25:07,012 --> 00:25:09,450 Next time, seat me next to you. 452 00:25:09,450 --> 00:25:11,421 That's all you need to do. 453 00:25:11,421 --> 00:25:13,358 [chuckling] 454 00:25:13,358 --> 00:25:15,295 I need to tell you something. 455 00:25:15,295 --> 00:25:17,534 I think we're going to be close friends. 456 00:25:17,534 --> 00:25:19,871 I know these things. 457 00:25:19,871 --> 00:25:20,707 How? 458 00:25:20,707 --> 00:25:23,111 Oh, I don't know, I just do. 459 00:25:23,111 --> 00:25:24,915 I'm witchy. 460 00:25:24,915 --> 00:25:26,018 "Witchy." 461 00:25:26,018 --> 00:25:28,923 Well, tell me, Mr. Witch, did you see... 462 00:25:28,923 --> 00:25:33,899 my husband and Miss Europe 1952? 463 00:25:35,236 --> 00:25:36,739 [inhales] I did. 464 00:25:36,739 --> 00:25:39,343 I saw him take her to one of the cottages. 465 00:25:39,343 --> 00:25:41,682 [groans] 466 00:25:45,757 --> 00:25:48,428 What do you suggest I do about it? 467 00:25:48,428 --> 00:25:50,666 Oh, I don't know... 468 00:25:52,136 --> 00:25:53,606 Rise above? 469 00:25:53,606 --> 00:25:54,941 [chuckles softly] 470 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:04,461 I know about you, I know about your car accident. 471 00:26:04,461 --> 00:26:07,934 Shattered your cheekbones... 472 00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:10,774 How, when they rebuilt your face, 473 00:26:10,774 --> 00:26:13,111 you were suddenly more beautiful than ever, 474 00:26:13,111 --> 00:26:15,182 you became a swan 475 00:26:15,182 --> 00:26:17,554 from an ugly duckling, am I right? 476 00:26:17,554 --> 00:26:20,593 How do you know about all that? 477 00:26:20,593 --> 00:26:23,600 Well, my point is... 478 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,572 the accident was a blessing. 479 00:26:26,572 --> 00:26:28,976 And now there's something else. 480 00:26:30,713 --> 00:26:33,586 You have a new best friend. 481 00:26:33,586 --> 00:26:35,723 [both laughing] 482 00:26:35,723 --> 00:26:39,263 Now let's have a cigarette. [chuckles] 483 00:26:39,263 --> 00:26:41,200 Mm. 484 00:26:43,271 --> 00:26:44,841 May I? 485 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:11,260 [Truman] Irving, you have to go back 486 00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:13,164 to them and explain. 487 00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:16,739 I need to be given some benefit of the doubt. 488 00:27:16,739 --> 00:27:19,912 I have earned that. 489 00:27:19,912 --> 00:27:24,220 I'm not giving Random House back my advance 490 00:27:24,220 --> 00:27:27,660 for Answered Prayers for failure to deliver. 491 00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:32,069 I will deliver it one day, you know that. 492 00:27:32,069 --> 00:27:35,677 How much do they want from me? 493 00:27:35,677 --> 00:27:41,121 [laughing] $400,000?! 494 00:27:41,121 --> 00:27:47,033 Yes, I know it's the third deadline I've missed. 495 00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:49,839 Well, I'm close, I'm very close, 496 00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:52,009 but this one... 497 00:27:52,009 --> 00:27:54,982 Irving, I'm telling you, you have to explain to them 498 00:27:54,982 --> 00:28:00,192 this is so much harder than Cold Blood. 499 00:28:00,192 --> 00:28:03,298 Well, because I'm writing about society. 500 00:28:03,298 --> 00:28:05,102 It's New York society, 501 00:28:05,102 --> 00:28:09,009 it's a very small needle to thread. 502 00:28:09,009 --> 00:28:12,884 You do not want to get one thing wrong. 503 00:28:14,187 --> 00:28:16,424 What do you mean, Irving, you've heard it all before? 504 00:28:16,424 --> 00:28:20,399 How much have they made from me worldwide? 505 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:22,804 They'll sue me? 506 00:28:22,804 --> 00:28:26,913 I cannot give back money I don't have! 507 00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:28,783 Tell them that! 508 00:28:28,783 --> 00:28:31,387 [phone clatters] 509 00:28:35,495 --> 00:28:37,399 Oh... 510 00:28:38,368 --> 00:28:41,173 Were you listening? 511 00:28:41,173 --> 00:28:44,113 Why is your coat on? Do we have a dinner? 512 00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:46,084 [Jack] Actually, no. 513 00:28:46,084 --> 00:28:48,188 No dinner, I just don't want to... 514 00:28:48,188 --> 00:28:49,558 be here for this. 515 00:28:49,558 --> 00:28:51,094 It's very clear to everyone 516 00:28:51,094 --> 00:28:53,599 what's happening here while you're stuck. 517 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,603 Oh, go on, Jack. 518 00:28:55,603 --> 00:28:58,776 Why don't you enlighten me...? 519 00:29:00,179 --> 00:29:02,985 - The reason that you can't write the book... - Oh. 520 00:29:02,985 --> 00:29:04,721 ...is that you are now no longer a writer, 521 00:29:04,721 --> 00:29:07,927 but rather a full-time, 60-hour-a-week 522 00:29:07,927 --> 00:29:09,163 high-level drunk. 523 00:29:09,163 --> 00:29:12,102 Mm. Well, you may be right, 524 00:29:12,102 --> 00:29:15,543 but that's just the surface, Jack. 525 00:29:15,543 --> 00:29:17,480 Which is what you do so well. 526 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,785 The surface. 527 00:29:19,785 --> 00:29:24,226 But why, why am I doing this to myself? 528 00:29:24,226 --> 00:29:27,634 Is it because it hurts more than you could ever comprehend 529 00:29:27,634 --> 00:29:30,205 to lose something so rare? 530 00:29:30,205 --> 00:29:33,412 Oh, yes, your elite pain is so singular 531 00:29:33,412 --> 00:29:36,885 that no one but you could bear it. Please. Really? 532 00:29:36,885 --> 00:29:41,528 And it's just out of sight, too, I can smell it. 533 00:29:41,528 --> 00:29:44,801 You don't know what the stakes are, you have no stakes. 534 00:29:44,801 --> 00:29:48,442 But for me, it's all of it or none of it. 535 00:29:48,442 --> 00:29:52,784 And maybe, just maybe I lost everything 536 00:29:52,784 --> 00:29:54,386 that made me Truman Capote. 537 00:29:54,386 --> 00:29:58,996 Maybe... Cold Blood took everything I had. 538 00:29:58,996 --> 00:30:01,500 Don't tell me I'm a drunk. 539 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,540 I know it. 540 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:06,477 But tell me why. 541 00:30:06,477 --> 00:30:08,081 Tell me how to stop it. 542 00:30:08,081 --> 00:30:12,990 Tell me how to be Truman Capote again and I'll do it. 543 00:30:14,059 --> 00:30:16,531 Can you tell me how to be him again? 544 00:30:16,531 --> 00:30:18,434 [ashtray clattering] 545 00:30:18,434 --> 00:30:20,305 No. 546 00:30:20,305 --> 00:30:23,846 But you won't find it this way. 547 00:30:23,846 --> 00:30:27,887 Not with gin or vodka or pills. 548 00:30:28,989 --> 00:30:31,427 No one ever has and no one ever will. 549 00:30:31,427 --> 00:30:32,997 There, I've done my bit. 550 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:36,070 Well, we can't be sure, can we? 551 00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:38,776 Because sometimes... 552 00:30:38,776 --> 00:30:41,080 after the third wine and... 553 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,017 a couple of pills... 554 00:30:43,017 --> 00:30:46,826 I do feel him right next to me. 555 00:30:46,826 --> 00:30:49,430 The old me. 556 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:51,067 [chuckles] 557 00:30:51,067 --> 00:30:53,137 [door rattling] 558 00:30:53,137 --> 00:30:55,175 [laughs] 559 00:30:55,175 --> 00:30:57,213 No, and I'm not going to stop chasing him 560 00:30:57,213 --> 00:31:00,285 till he's returned to Mama. 561 00:31:00,285 --> 00:31:03,592 Maybe it's that I haven't drunk enough. 562 00:31:03,592 --> 00:31:05,496 [chuckles] 563 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:09,436 I intend to investigate that, dear heart. 564 00:31:13,277 --> 00:31:14,948 Okay? 565 00:31:17,854 --> 00:31:20,191 Okay? 566 00:31:23,565 --> 00:31:25,603 [elevator bell dings] 567 00:31:40,633 --> 00:31:42,670 [engine puttering] 568 00:31:44,007 --> 00:31:46,177 [brakes squeaking] 569 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:14,701 ♪ ♪ 570 00:32:27,927 --> 00:32:30,165 [steam hissing] 571 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:48,167 [door opens] 572 00:32:49,604 --> 00:32:51,273 [door closes] 573 00:33:00,927 --> 00:33:03,699 [sighs] 574 00:33:22,269 --> 00:33:24,473 [steam hissing] 575 00:33:25,943 --> 00:33:28,281 You're Truman Capote. 576 00:33:30,318 --> 00:33:33,357 You're not worried about being recognized? 577 00:33:34,694 --> 00:33:36,030 I'm not him anymore. 578 00:33:36,030 --> 00:33:38,669 Oh. Okay. 579 00:33:38,669 --> 00:33:41,742 You reserve the right not to be molested. 580 00:33:41,742 --> 00:33:43,646 Oh... 581 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:46,050 I want to be molested. 582 00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:48,455 That's why I'm here. 583 00:33:48,455 --> 00:33:51,427 I want to be molested into oblivion. 584 00:33:51,427 --> 00:33:53,098 Uh-huh. 585 00:33:53,098 --> 00:33:55,603 - Well... - [moans] 586 00:33:55,603 --> 00:33:58,910 We can do oblivion no matter who you are or used to be. 587 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:02,048 If this is your hustle, don't waste your time on me. 588 00:34:02,048 --> 00:34:05,657 I'm... broken and empty. 589 00:34:05,657 --> 00:34:07,225 Oh, yeah? 590 00:34:07,225 --> 00:34:09,263 You don't think you got a little something for me? 591 00:34:09,263 --> 00:34:12,102 - [grunts] - Well, maybe that's my kink. 592 00:34:13,238 --> 00:34:15,408 You're not gay, are you? 593 00:34:15,408 --> 00:34:18,682 - [scoffs] - This is your thing, right? 594 00:34:18,682 --> 00:34:20,820 I'm not a fag. 595 00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:22,890 I'm not straight. 596 00:34:22,890 --> 00:34:25,195 I just love to come. 597 00:34:25,195 --> 00:34:29,538 My shrink told me I'm a sexual sociopath. 598 00:34:29,538 --> 00:34:33,244 Once, I came nine times in a row going from room to room here. 599 00:34:33,244 --> 00:34:34,982 I went home for dinner and fucked my wife 600 00:34:34,982 --> 00:34:36,751 without any problems. 601 00:34:36,751 --> 00:34:39,658 - What was dinner? - Well... 602 00:34:39,658 --> 00:34:43,097 It was a Friday. 603 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:47,038 So, fish sticks. [grunts] 604 00:34:47,038 --> 00:34:50,580 Mmm, I love a good Catholic lapse. 605 00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:52,583 Mm-hmm. [grunts] 606 00:34:52,583 --> 00:34:57,560 I used to loathe myself for all this crummy scuzziness, 607 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,298 but now I don't. 608 00:35:00,298 --> 00:35:02,870 I remind myself that... 609 00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:05,509 I used to be beautiful and... 610 00:35:05,509 --> 00:35:10,218 all these louts and tricks and closet cases 611 00:35:10,218 --> 00:35:13,893 are lucky to even be with me in decay. 612 00:35:13,893 --> 00:35:16,899 [sharp inhale] Because... 613 00:35:16,899 --> 00:35:20,305 - I was something. - [grunting] 614 00:35:20,305 --> 00:35:23,210 [both moaning] 615 00:35:26,518 --> 00:35:27,720 [grunts] 616 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,691 [John] Yeah. 617 00:35:29,691 --> 00:35:31,728 [grunts] 618 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,111 Do you always take trade to meet your swans, huh? 619 00:35:40,111 --> 00:35:42,416 - [giggles] - Why do you call them that? 620 00:35:42,416 --> 00:35:45,155 Because they are swans, you... 621 00:35:45,890 --> 00:35:49,196 Beautiful and unruffled above the waters, 622 00:35:49,196 --> 00:35:55,208 stunning, singular, gliding through the ponds of society. 623 00:35:55,943 --> 00:36:00,520 But God gave them too much baggage, you see. 624 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,527 Underneath the crisp surface of the water, they have to... 625 00:36:04,527 --> 00:36:07,365 paddle twice as fast and vigorously 626 00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:10,539 as an ordinary duck just to stay afloat. 627 00:36:10,539 --> 00:36:11,841 [chuckles] 628 00:36:11,841 --> 00:36:14,146 It's a great burden only some can bear. 629 00:36:14,146 --> 00:36:15,917 Oh, yeah? That sounds awful. 630 00:36:15,917 --> 00:36:17,419 It is. 631 00:36:18,154 --> 00:36:21,427 You know, some swans actually drown under the beauty 632 00:36:21,427 --> 00:36:24,801 and weight of their fantastical superficial plumage? 633 00:36:24,801 --> 00:36:27,540 - So what? - They just can't keep going. 634 00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:30,445 Yeah? They all gonna be there today? 635 00:36:30,445 --> 00:36:33,184 Oh, no. [chuckles] No. 636 00:36:33,184 --> 00:36:35,756 That would be too much for you to bear, 637 00:36:35,756 --> 00:36:38,729 a little mortal mallard like you, no. 638 00:36:38,729 --> 00:36:42,703 Only three of the swans will be in attendance today. 639 00:36:42,703 --> 00:36:47,646 The number one swan in the pecking order, Babe. 640 00:36:47,646 --> 00:36:50,586 The most perfect woman ever made. 641 00:36:50,586 --> 00:36:54,594 Her only flaw is her perfection. 642 00:36:54,594 --> 00:36:57,734 She's almost too beautiful to look at. 643 00:36:57,734 --> 00:36:58,969 And her eyes... 644 00:36:58,969 --> 00:37:02,275 they're so smart, they see so much. 645 00:37:04,647 --> 00:37:08,254 And there's no greater WASP. 646 00:37:08,254 --> 00:37:12,128 Just to be around her smooths the rough edges off. 647 00:37:12,128 --> 00:37:16,938 Anyone in her orbit glows. 648 00:37:16,938 --> 00:37:19,176 Her husband Bill Paley treats her 649 00:37:19,176 --> 00:37:22,850 precisely like an employee with no time off. 650 00:37:22,850 --> 00:37:25,188 Even while he's fucking someone else 651 00:37:25,188 --> 00:37:28,695 in a hotel a block from home. 652 00:37:28,695 --> 00:37:31,534 She offered to buy me a house. 653 00:37:32,536 --> 00:37:34,072 But you can't take too many gifts 654 00:37:34,072 --> 00:37:37,980 from these beautiful creatures, or they own you. 655 00:37:37,980 --> 00:37:42,857 And Slim, Slim Keith, came out of dusty poverty 656 00:37:42,857 --> 00:37:45,461 in the middle of rust-fuck California 657 00:37:45,461 --> 00:37:48,067 to marry Howard Hawks 658 00:37:48,067 --> 00:37:49,837 and then Leland Hayward 659 00:37:49,837 --> 00:37:54,179 and then an even sweller swell with all the money in the world 660 00:37:54,179 --> 00:37:58,922 and no discernable personality to interfere with any of it. 661 00:37:58,922 --> 00:38:00,191 [chuckles] 662 00:38:00,191 --> 00:38:01,662 There is no one smarter 663 00:38:01,662 --> 00:38:04,767 or as many steps ahead of you at chess. 664 00:38:04,767 --> 00:38:09,276 And she knows Hollywood like she knows London, 665 00:38:09,276 --> 00:38:12,415 like she knows Paris and Capri, 666 00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:15,088 with her eyes closed. 667 00:38:15,088 --> 00:38:16,591 - You keeping up, John? - Mm. 668 00:38:16,591 --> 00:38:18,361 'Cause you're gonna need to be on your toes, sweetie. 669 00:38:18,361 --> 00:38:20,533 - Please? - All right. 670 00:38:20,533 --> 00:38:22,837 Tell them about the book you're writing, but not too much 671 00:38:22,837 --> 00:38:24,808 'cause they're easily bored. [giggles] 672 00:38:24,808 --> 00:38:29,149 Anyway, also, there will be the breath of fresh air 673 00:38:29,149 --> 00:38:31,254 that is C.Z. Guest. 674 00:38:31,254 --> 00:38:34,192 The most exemplary of the swans. 675 00:38:34,192 --> 00:38:36,430 Really, my dear, she gardens 676 00:38:36,430 --> 00:38:39,169 the way Jascha Heifetz plays violin. 677 00:38:40,238 --> 00:38:44,079 You know, C.Z.'s been able to stretch the marigold season 678 00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:45,582 way into late fall. 679 00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:51,094 The marigolds she grows don't want to fade as summer ends. 680 00:38:51,094 --> 00:38:54,701 They just want to share their great sunlike beauty for her, 681 00:38:54,701 --> 00:38:59,611 as though they were wonderful pets eager to please. 682 00:38:59,611 --> 00:39:01,982 She does this with anything that lives. 683 00:39:01,982 --> 00:39:04,554 Like magic. 684 00:39:04,554 --> 00:39:07,025 It's done through love. 685 00:39:15,074 --> 00:39:16,477 [camera shutter clicking] 686 00:39:16,477 --> 00:39:18,915 [Truman chuckles] 687 00:39:18,915 --> 00:39:21,921 Keep the meter running, please, would you? 688 00:39:21,921 --> 00:39:24,961 We don't want to go in quite yet. 689 00:39:24,961 --> 00:39:28,935 Timing is everything. 690 00:39:36,450 --> 00:39:37,753 [diners chatting] 691 00:39:37,753 --> 00:39:39,924 Anita, hi. 692 00:39:39,924 --> 00:39:42,262 Ian, hi. Take my glasses, thank you. 693 00:39:42,262 --> 00:39:44,166 - Thank you. - This is my friend John. 694 00:39:44,166 --> 00:39:46,103 [diners chatting] 695 00:39:46,103 --> 00:39:47,607 [John] Hey. 696 00:39:47,607 --> 00:39:49,677 [Truman] Watch this. 697 00:39:52,917 --> 00:39:56,056 My darlings, this is the man I've been telling you all about. 698 00:39:56,056 --> 00:39:58,596 The absolutely delightful, entrancing, 699 00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,600 marvelous John O'Shea. 700 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,102 How do you do, ladies? 701 00:40:02,102 --> 00:40:03,506 See you started refreshments already. 702 00:40:03,506 --> 00:40:04,840 I can't wait to catch up. 703 00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,878 - Thank you, Ian. - [Slim] Welcome to the club. 704 00:40:06,878 --> 00:40:08,381 - Let's get the boy a drink. - Yes, ma'am. 705 00:40:08,381 --> 00:40:09,717 Or two. [laughs] 706 00:40:09,717 --> 00:40:11,721 Thanks. Uh, I will take... Oh, it's for me. 707 00:40:11,721 --> 00:40:14,293 It's so good to finally meet the great John O'Shea. 708 00:40:14,293 --> 00:40:15,629 It is? Okay. [chuckles] 709 00:40:15,629 --> 00:40:17,867 - Thanks. - Sir. 710 00:40:17,867 --> 00:40:19,036 Cheers. 711 00:40:19,036 --> 00:40:21,775 [Slim] When I was in London last week, 712 00:40:21,775 --> 00:40:23,444 I went to a party at Drue Heinz's. 713 00:40:23,444 --> 00:40:26,952 And I got stuck with Princess Margaret. 714 00:40:26,952 --> 00:40:29,289 - Oh, dear. - Hell on Earth, let me tell you. 715 00:40:29,289 --> 00:40:32,128 She's tough sledding. How did you deal with her? 716 00:40:32,128 --> 00:40:35,134 Well, I asked her about Mick Jagger and Mustique. 717 00:40:35,134 --> 00:40:37,105 - [Truman laughs] - [Babe] Her mother's a darling, 718 00:40:37,105 --> 00:40:38,642 - but the rest of that family? - Ah. 719 00:40:38,642 --> 00:40:40,579 Well, Prince Charles may amount to something. 720 00:40:40,579 --> 00:40:43,117 Hopefully. He likes growing stuff. 721 00:40:43,117 --> 00:40:44,821 He gave me a gorgeous courgette once, though. 722 00:40:44,821 --> 00:40:46,123 [John] Is that a car? 723 00:40:46,123 --> 00:40:48,729 [Truman] [laughs] It's a zucchini, sweetie. 724 00:40:48,729 --> 00:40:49,997 [John] Oh. 725 00:40:49,997 --> 00:40:52,402 But nothing like the ones grown by C.Z. 726 00:40:52,402 --> 00:40:53,806 She bathes the little things in milk 727 00:40:53,806 --> 00:40:55,809 while they're still nesting in the ground. 728 00:40:55,809 --> 00:40:57,412 Yes, but it's skim milk, kiddo. 729 00:40:57,412 --> 00:40:59,350 It's the secret to a good green. 730 00:40:59,350 --> 00:41:01,754 [Slim] You know basically royals think there are just three categories. 731 00:41:01,754 --> 00:41:04,927 Colored folk, white folk, and royals. 732 00:41:04,927 --> 00:41:08,167 [laughter] 733 00:41:08,167 --> 00:41:10,806 I mean, you spend any time with his family 734 00:41:10,806 --> 00:41:13,979 and you just wonder how the fuck did they get the prize? 735 00:41:13,979 --> 00:41:15,983 - [laughs] - Thank God for these lunches. 736 00:41:15,983 --> 00:41:19,389 I-I swear I really do, I really actually do. 737 00:41:19,389 --> 00:41:22,329 [laughs] Well, we'll always have these, won't we? 738 00:41:22,329 --> 00:41:25,603 Always because it keeps me sane. 739 00:41:25,603 --> 00:41:27,673 Or semi, as much as it can. 740 00:41:27,673 --> 00:41:30,545 [Babe] Are you sane, though, Slim? 741 00:41:30,545 --> 00:41:32,315 [laughter] 742 00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:35,655 ♪ ♪ 743 00:41:50,953 --> 00:41:54,560 [chatting and laughing] 744 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,898 [laughter] 745 00:42:11,627 --> 00:42:15,234 [John] Well, the chow in the Navy is not as bad as you might think. 746 00:42:15,234 --> 00:42:17,907 It's not, uh, it's not, it's not this, 747 00:42:17,907 --> 00:42:19,409 but what is that? Whatever that-- 748 00:42:19,409 --> 00:42:20,813 - [Truman] That is a piece of chicken. - That's-- 749 00:42:20,813 --> 00:42:22,215 Poulet something. 750 00:42:22,215 --> 00:42:23,752 [John] Oh, poulet? Okay, it's not that. 751 00:42:23,752 --> 00:42:25,589 But I... it's where I learned to cook. 752 00:42:25,589 --> 00:42:28,261 And, uh, my, uh... my wife, 753 00:42:28,261 --> 00:42:29,830 she doesn't mind if I go ahead in the kitchen. 754 00:42:29,830 --> 00:42:32,803 I-I make something called a country captain. 755 00:42:32,803 --> 00:42:36,143 It's a chicken dish, but it has, uh, peppers 756 00:42:36,143 --> 00:42:38,582 - and tomatoes, and, uh, it's-- - [Slim] Excuse me. 757 00:42:38,582 --> 00:42:40,986 Before you continue, please, Fierro, 758 00:42:40,986 --> 00:42:42,923 a-another bottle of the Sangiovese, my dear? 759 00:42:42,923 --> 00:42:44,961 [Truman] And a Chablis. Mm. 760 00:42:44,961 --> 00:42:47,967 Yes, go on and tell us more about the country, uh, colonel? 761 00:42:47,967 --> 00:42:49,603 [John] It's, uh... [laughs] 762 00:42:49,603 --> 00:42:51,541 It's "captain." [stammers] 763 00:42:51,541 --> 00:42:54,279 When I come back from the men's room, it's a good recipe. 764 00:42:54,279 --> 00:42:56,349 It's, uh, it's a roux. 765 00:42:56,349 --> 00:42:58,120 You ladies know what a roux is? 766 00:42:58,120 --> 00:42:59,523 A street in Paris. 767 00:42:59,523 --> 00:43:00,959 [laughter] 768 00:43:00,959 --> 00:43:02,996 Ha. 769 00:43:02,996 --> 00:43:04,500 [laughter] 770 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:05,636 Who wants to go first? 771 00:43:05,636 --> 00:43:07,773 Truman, dear, 772 00:43:07,773 --> 00:43:10,011 are you aware of what a mistake you're making? 773 00:43:10,011 --> 00:43:12,082 Explain yourself, Truman, quickly. 774 00:43:12,082 --> 00:43:15,689 I find it rich that my having an affair, 775 00:43:15,689 --> 00:43:19,162 something all your husbands do without you saying a word... 776 00:43:19,162 --> 00:43:21,033 [Slim] We don't care about that. 777 00:43:21,033 --> 00:43:23,839 Babe says you're making him your manager? 778 00:43:23,839 --> 00:43:25,308 Well, I need help, I tell you, 779 00:43:25,308 --> 00:43:28,213 I need help with the foreign sales, 780 00:43:28,213 --> 00:43:29,584 the book royalties. 781 00:43:29,584 --> 00:43:32,422 Who knows what those publishers are stiffing me on? 782 00:43:32,422 --> 00:43:34,894 And Jack, what does he say about all this? 783 00:43:34,894 --> 00:43:37,900 He's tired, he wants to sit in Sagaponack 784 00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:39,537 and write those terribly polite little books, 785 00:43:39,537 --> 00:43:40,939 he's tired of me after all these years. 786 00:43:40,939 --> 00:43:42,208 You're lucky Jack puts up with 787 00:43:42,208 --> 00:43:44,279 all of your endless bullshit, Truman. 788 00:43:44,279 --> 00:43:45,715 I mean, my God, really. 789 00:43:45,715 --> 00:43:48,988 Oh, Jesus. 790 00:43:50,324 --> 00:43:52,094 John is terrific. 791 00:43:52,094 --> 00:43:55,936 This meat-and-potatoes ruddy, healthy heathen is quite smart. 792 00:43:55,936 --> 00:43:57,271 And he wants to write, too. 793 00:43:57,271 --> 00:43:58,842 [Slim] Of course he wants to write. 794 00:43:58,842 --> 00:44:01,715 Anyone can tell he wants to write. 795 00:44:01,715 --> 00:44:03,552 He's on his sixth glass of wine. 796 00:44:03,552 --> 00:44:05,154 [chuckling] 797 00:44:05,154 --> 00:44:07,459 Never very good. 798 00:44:07,459 --> 00:44:09,363 - [chuckling] - [Truman] Hmm. 799 00:44:09,363 --> 00:44:12,269 She's here, she's staring... 800 00:44:12,269 --> 00:44:13,905 Forget Ann. 801 00:44:13,905 --> 00:44:15,374 Pretend you don't see her. 802 00:44:15,374 --> 00:44:18,047 You're gonna run into her. It's not a surprise. 803 00:44:18,047 --> 00:44:20,619 Look, Truman, we don't care who you screw. 804 00:44:20,619 --> 00:44:23,223 Just don't put them in charge of your life, for God's sake. 805 00:44:23,223 --> 00:44:25,128 It's bad mojo, kid. 806 00:44:25,128 --> 00:44:27,566 - Keep it separate. - Stop being an idiot, Truman. 807 00:44:27,566 --> 00:44:29,335 A complete idiot. 808 00:44:29,335 --> 00:44:31,908 He's a bank teller from the middle of Long Island. 809 00:44:31,908 --> 00:44:34,346 An alcoholic, clearly, who can't dress and who, what, 810 00:44:34,346 --> 00:44:37,118 left his wife and kids to go on a ride with you? 811 00:44:37,118 --> 00:44:39,389 Does that seem like anyone who can... 812 00:44:39,389 --> 00:44:40,759 manage anything? 813 00:44:40,759 --> 00:44:44,099 Why does she keep staring at me? 814 00:44:44,099 --> 00:44:45,970 Maybe it's because you keep telling everyone 815 00:44:45,970 --> 00:44:47,873 she's a murderess and in your new book. 816 00:44:47,873 --> 00:44:49,643 Could that possibly be why? 817 00:44:49,643 --> 00:44:51,413 [Truman chuckles] 818 00:44:51,413 --> 00:44:54,820 - All right, where was I? So, uh, the country captain. - John... 819 00:44:54,820 --> 00:44:57,191 [John] Your, uh, tomatoes and peppers. 820 00:44:57,191 --> 00:44:59,830 You like onions, put onions in, I don't mind that. 821 00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:02,202 - [Truman] Mm, yum. - [John] Sometimes-- 822 00:45:02,202 --> 00:45:05,776 Truman, you fucking little piece of shit. 823 00:45:05,776 --> 00:45:07,780 You think I don't know? 824 00:45:07,780 --> 00:45:09,684 I know what you're saying about me. 825 00:45:09,684 --> 00:45:10,819 -"Bang Bang"? - [Slim] Ann, 826 00:45:10,819 --> 00:45:11,955 you really don't want to do this. 827 00:45:11,955 --> 00:45:13,691 - Whatever you're doing... - No? 828 00:45:13,691 --> 00:45:15,495 - ...just don't do it in public, dear, go sit down. - No? 829 00:45:15,495 --> 00:45:19,069 You're telling people that I murdered my poor late husband? 830 00:45:19,069 --> 00:45:21,306 Isn't that slander and libel? 831 00:45:21,306 --> 00:45:26,183 And you're telling people it's in your new book? 832 00:45:26,183 --> 00:45:28,789 Well, if it were not true, it would be libel, Ann, 833 00:45:28,789 --> 00:45:30,892 but it is true. 834 00:45:30,892 --> 00:45:33,197 And we all know it. 835 00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:36,671 And it will be a very interesting chapter. 836 00:45:36,671 --> 00:45:39,677 I don't know why you started this. 837 00:45:39,677 --> 00:45:41,547 I mean, we... 838 00:45:41,547 --> 00:45:43,918 we were close. 839 00:45:43,918 --> 00:45:46,423 Just tell me why. 840 00:45:47,893 --> 00:45:49,564 No, l-let me go, Slim. 841 00:45:49,564 --> 00:45:50,999 No, he's-he's... 842 00:45:50,999 --> 00:45:52,970 I mean, it's... it's torture. 843 00:45:52,970 --> 00:45:55,241 I hear it everywhere! 844 00:45:55,241 --> 00:45:57,813 I don't even know how you can be sitting here with him. 845 00:45:57,813 --> 00:45:59,684 Just tell me why, Truman. 846 00:45:59,684 --> 00:46:01,688 Well... 847 00:46:01,688 --> 00:46:03,323 you know, 848 00:46:03,323 --> 00:46:05,027 I liked you once. 849 00:46:05,027 --> 00:46:07,533 I liked you quite a bit. 850 00:46:07,533 --> 00:46:11,439 But then I heard behind my back you called me a fag. 851 00:46:12,375 --> 00:46:13,712 So... 852 00:46:13,712 --> 00:46:15,649 I thought I'd... 853 00:46:15,649 --> 00:46:17,920 be a fag. 854 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,924 And show you what a fag can do 855 00:46:19,924 --> 00:46:21,995 when he's angry. 856 00:46:21,995 --> 00:46:24,767 When he's very angry. 857 00:46:24,767 --> 00:46:28,808 And when he's been betrayed by someone he actually liked, 858 00:46:28,808 --> 00:46:31,914 - even though I knew what you were. - Truman, sit down. 859 00:46:31,914 --> 00:46:33,217 Ann, you sit down, too. 860 00:46:33,217 --> 00:46:35,387 Even if you are a killer as he says, 861 00:46:35,387 --> 00:46:39,028 he has a typewriter and you don't. 862 00:46:40,866 --> 00:46:43,203 [Ann] I never... 863 00:46:43,203 --> 00:46:46,977 I never called you a fag, Truman. 864 00:46:52,255 --> 00:46:56,530 What I called you was a venomous little faggot. 865 00:46:56,530 --> 00:46:58,366 Now get your quotes right. 866 00:46:58,366 --> 00:47:00,705 Isn't that what you're supposed to be good at? 867 00:47:00,705 --> 00:47:04,012 I mean, what else did he get wrong? 868 00:47:04,012 --> 00:47:06,183 You miserable little faggot. 869 00:47:06,183 --> 00:47:07,886 - [gasping] - [Truman laughs] 870 00:47:07,886 --> 00:47:11,360 All right, that's quite enough. You've had your scene, dear. 871 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,497 - Fuck you, Slim. - That's enough now, really. - Please? 872 00:47:13,497 --> 00:47:16,369 - Let's go out, out there. - You're all a bunch of snakes. 873 00:47:16,369 --> 00:47:18,508 Oh, Ann. [laughs] 874 00:47:18,508 --> 00:47:21,614 Uh, waiter, I think we need a refill here. 875 00:47:21,614 --> 00:47:22,783 [waiter] Yes, sir. 876 00:47:22,783 --> 00:47:25,487 [laughing] 877 00:47:27,593 --> 00:47:29,295 Now, where were we? 878 00:47:29,295 --> 00:47:31,099 - John, you were saying something about a roux? - [coughs] 879 00:47:31,099 --> 00:47:32,536 - Yes, a country captain. - [John] I was, uh... 880 00:47:32,536 --> 00:47:35,341 Just a moment, just a moment, C.Z. 881 00:47:35,341 --> 00:47:36,744 Truman... 882 00:47:36,744 --> 00:47:40,251 you're going to get it wrong at some point, really. 883 00:47:40,251 --> 00:47:43,524 I mean, what you do is quite fucking dangerous. 884 00:47:43,524 --> 00:47:45,628 You see what can happen. 885 00:47:46,797 --> 00:47:49,035 I really want dessert. [laughs] 886 00:47:49,035 --> 00:47:51,674 And maybe let's stay for dinner, too. 887 00:47:51,674 --> 00:47:56,416 I can't bear the thought of going back into the real world. 888 00:47:56,416 --> 00:47:59,189 [laughs] 889 00:47:59,189 --> 00:48:02,896 I thought you said Babe was getting us a car. 890 00:48:02,896 --> 00:48:06,604 I'm sure it slipped her mind. 891 00:48:06,604 --> 00:48:08,273 Hmm. 892 00:48:08,273 --> 00:48:10,712 Don't humiliate me about the subway. 893 00:48:10,712 --> 00:48:14,318 I told you my situation. 894 00:48:14,318 --> 00:48:16,422 [groans] 895 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:21,534 No, hold on. 896 00:48:21,534 --> 00:48:22,903 [doors rattling open] 897 00:48:22,903 --> 00:48:24,874 Oh, excuse me. 898 00:48:24,874 --> 00:48:27,579 Come on, sit down. 899 00:48:29,382 --> 00:48:31,286 [sighs] 900 00:48:36,630 --> 00:48:39,068 [train doors closing] 901 00:48:41,139 --> 00:48:43,443 [wheels screeching] 902 00:48:45,014 --> 00:48:48,153 So you need to finish your book, huh? 903 00:48:51,159 --> 00:48:53,631 Write about the world you're showing me. 904 00:48:55,802 --> 00:48:58,541 Go on, please. 905 00:48:59,710 --> 00:49:01,981 Truman... 906 00:49:01,981 --> 00:49:03,951 that lunch... 907 00:49:03,951 --> 00:49:05,788 it's gold. 908 00:49:05,788 --> 00:49:08,126 All of it. 909 00:49:08,126 --> 00:49:10,599 Just write it down, the lunch. 910 00:49:10,599 --> 00:49:14,072 Nobody can show us these women, Truman. 911 00:49:14,072 --> 00:49:16,644 How they really are. 912 00:49:17,780 --> 00:49:20,317 You're not blocked. 913 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,560 Just not looking at what you got. 914 00:49:27,700 --> 00:49:31,173 "La Cote Basque." 915 00:49:31,173 --> 00:49:33,612 - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. 916 00:49:33,612 --> 00:49:35,347 [Truman] Mm. 917 00:49:36,717 --> 00:49:40,559 "That's why Ann Hopkins got away with cold-blooded murder. 918 00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:45,334 "Her mother-in-law is a Rhode Island goddess and a saint. 919 00:49:45,334 --> 00:49:47,673 "But it could have been an accident. 920 00:49:47,673 --> 00:49:49,644 "As I remember, 921 00:49:49,644 --> 00:49:52,616 "they'd just come home from a dinner party in Watch Hill 922 00:49:52,616 --> 00:49:55,622 "and gone to bed in separate rooms. 923 00:49:55,622 --> 00:49:57,258 "Weren't there supposed to have been 924 00:49:57,258 --> 00:49:59,563 a recent series of burglaries thereabouts?" 925 00:49:59,563 --> 00:50:02,335 [glass shattering] 926 00:50:03,337 --> 00:50:06,343 "Ann, she kept a shotgun by her bed. 927 00:50:06,343 --> 00:50:07,979 "And suddenly, in the dark, 928 00:50:07,979 --> 00:50:11,219 "her bedroom door opened and she grabbed the shotgun 929 00:50:11,219 --> 00:50:13,658 and shot at what she thought was a prowler." 930 00:50:13,658 --> 00:50:15,094 [gunshot] 931 00:50:15,094 --> 00:50:18,467 "Only it was her husband David Hopkins 932 00:50:18,467 --> 00:50:20,873 "with a bullet through his head. 933 00:50:20,873 --> 00:50:23,343 The end." 934 00:50:23,343 --> 00:50:26,416 Yay! 935 00:50:39,041 --> 00:50:40,679 [Bill] How bad is it? Is it true? 936 00:50:40,679 --> 00:50:44,252 [Hillary] I'm sorry, Bill, I don't know what to say. 937 00:50:44,252 --> 00:50:45,254 There's no doubt 938 00:50:45,254 --> 00:50:47,424 it's you and Babe. 939 00:50:49,997 --> 00:50:53,170 [phones ringing] 940 00:50:53,170 --> 00:50:55,408 [Truman] The name, pronounced by Ina, 941 00:50:55,408 --> 00:50:57,946 was a caressing hiss. To be sure. 942 00:50:57,946 --> 00:50:59,349 Sidney Dillon. 943 00:50:59,349 --> 00:51:01,988 Conglomateur, adviser to presidents... 944 00:51:01,988 --> 00:51:03,824 Especially when he's married to Cleo Dillon, 945 00:51:03,824 --> 00:51:06,864 to my mind the most beautiful creature alive... 946 00:51:06,864 --> 00:51:08,868 Whether he confesses to it or not, 947 00:51:08,868 --> 00:51:11,272 that is why he wanted to fuck the governor's wife, 948 00:51:11,272 --> 00:51:13,410 revenge himself on that smug hog-bottom... 949 00:51:13,410 --> 00:51:14,847 ...covered with blood as it was. 950 00:51:14,847 --> 00:51:16,618 - ...make her sweat and squeal... - So was the bed, 951 00:51:16,618 --> 00:51:19,824 the sheets bloodied with stains the size of Brazil. 952 00:51:19,824 --> 00:51:23,564 Doesn't he know who we are? 953 00:51:23,564 --> 00:51:26,704 ♪ ♪ 954 00:51:46,811 --> 00:51:48,013 You read it? 955 00:51:48,013 --> 00:51:51,019 Nobody... 956 00:51:51,019 --> 00:51:54,125 nobody will know 957 00:51:54,125 --> 00:51:56,062 that it's us. 958 00:51:56,062 --> 00:51:59,335 Nobody will know? 959 00:51:59,335 --> 00:52:02,008 Look, it feels terrible right now, 960 00:52:02,008 --> 00:52:03,410 but it'll go away. 961 00:52:03,410 --> 00:52:06,149 We have to do what we always do. 962 00:52:06,149 --> 00:52:07,553 Pretend? 963 00:52:07,553 --> 00:52:10,090 You think that's the smart move? 964 00:52:10,090 --> 00:52:13,497 And you're right. You're always right. 965 00:52:13,497 --> 00:52:16,336 You know the chess board. 966 00:52:16,336 --> 00:52:18,975 You can... can see so far into the future, 967 00:52:18,975 --> 00:52:22,983 you're so many moves ahead of Truman and me. 968 00:52:22,983 --> 00:52:24,753 Did you see this moment 969 00:52:24,753 --> 00:52:27,959 when you fucked the governor's wife in... 970 00:52:27,959 --> 00:52:29,896 our apartment? 971 00:52:29,896 --> 00:52:32,368 And left me to quietly throw out those sheets 972 00:52:32,368 --> 00:52:35,240 and order new ones from Porthault in Paris, 973 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:39,348 which I did, and it was all white again. 974 00:52:39,348 --> 00:52:42,054 As it always is, always so... 975 00:52:42,054 --> 00:52:44,693 perfect for you. 976 00:52:44,693 --> 00:52:46,897 Babe, I understand how betrayed you feel, I do-- 977 00:52:46,897 --> 00:52:50,170 I wonder which is worse. 978 00:52:50,170 --> 00:52:52,876 You betraying me for years and years 979 00:52:52,876 --> 00:52:55,314 and being so flagrant 980 00:52:55,314 --> 00:53:00,290 and so profoundly disrespectful towards me... 981 00:53:01,226 --> 00:53:03,496 ...or Truman's betrayal. 982 00:53:06,302 --> 00:53:08,139 Because I don't know if what we do 983 00:53:08,139 --> 00:53:10,812 is even close to love, you and me. 984 00:53:10,812 --> 00:53:13,717 But I sure did love him. 985 00:53:19,797 --> 00:53:21,867 And I let him in. 986 00:53:21,867 --> 00:53:23,571 'Cause I had nobody. 987 00:53:23,571 --> 00:53:26,242 Look, I promise you we can get through this with our heads-- 988 00:53:26,242 --> 00:53:28,279 No. 989 00:53:30,919 --> 00:53:34,626 I am... humiliated. 990 00:53:35,661 --> 00:53:37,498 I am. 991 00:53:37,498 --> 00:53:39,970 My heart is broken. 992 00:53:41,974 --> 00:53:44,111 Don't you see? 993 00:53:44,111 --> 00:53:45,815 It's all true. 994 00:53:45,815 --> 00:53:47,919 His portrait of us, he got it right. 995 00:53:47,919 --> 00:53:51,894 He got it right about all of us, but mostly me. 996 00:53:53,197 --> 00:53:55,000 Oh, my God. 997 00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:56,871 How seriously I took this job, 998 00:53:56,871 --> 00:54:02,347 this fucking religion of us, dying of perfection. 999 00:54:03,785 --> 00:54:06,990 But I have been so angry for so long 1000 00:54:06,990 --> 00:54:10,665 and I need you to tell me why did I deserve this? 1001 00:54:10,665 --> 00:54:13,638 What did I do to deserve your contempt? 1002 00:54:13,638 --> 00:54:17,178 Because all those affairs, Bill, they are, 1003 00:54:17,178 --> 00:54:18,514 they are contempt. 1004 00:54:18,514 --> 00:54:20,519 That's untrue, Babe, that's not true. 1005 00:54:20,519 --> 00:54:23,357 Yes, utter contempt for me! 1006 00:54:23,357 --> 00:54:25,127 No matter how perfect the pictures are, 1007 00:54:25,127 --> 00:54:28,601 the dinners I curated for you, the guests... 1008 00:54:28,601 --> 00:54:32,642 all of it, all of it for you. 1009 00:54:32,642 --> 00:54:35,948 Because I did love you. 1010 00:54:35,948 --> 00:54:38,420 And you squandered that. 1011 00:54:38,420 --> 00:54:44,298 Like I was a television station you just bought up and ignored. 1012 00:54:44,298 --> 00:54:45,935 Just another asset. 1013 00:54:45,935 --> 00:54:48,440 Like all the other wives and slick husbands 1014 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:54,619 in this... thing that he disembowels. 1015 00:54:59,863 --> 00:55:01,967 And he's right. 1016 00:55:03,637 --> 00:55:06,677 I turned to him for love. 1017 00:55:07,411 --> 00:55:08,948 This... 1018 00:55:08,948 --> 00:55:11,921 homosexual court jester 1019 00:55:11,921 --> 00:55:14,058 singing for his supper. 1020 00:55:20,538 --> 00:55:23,042 [diners chatting] 1021 00:55:33,798 --> 00:55:35,467 [sniffles] 1022 00:55:37,672 --> 00:55:40,110 Don't know how I'm going to get through this. 1023 00:55:47,258 --> 00:55:49,529 They're all staring. 1024 00:55:51,065 --> 00:55:53,170 [sniffles] 1025 00:55:53,170 --> 00:55:55,809 Everyone knows. 1026 00:55:55,809 --> 00:55:58,313 [Slim] Yes, they all know. 1027 00:55:58,313 --> 00:55:59,984 [sniffles] 1028 00:55:59,984 --> 00:56:02,488 They all know... 1029 00:56:02,488 --> 00:56:05,528 that both of us are barely disguised. 1030 00:56:05,528 --> 00:56:07,397 - [sighs] - [taps on glass] 1031 00:56:07,397 --> 00:56:10,037 - Do you have a light? - Oh, sweetheart. 1032 00:56:10,037 --> 00:56:12,809 Every newsstand. 1033 00:56:14,913 --> 00:56:17,619 The phone calls. The Post. 1034 00:56:17,619 --> 00:56:19,221 Listen, I need to tell you something. 1035 00:56:19,221 --> 00:56:21,393 Please don't react. 1036 00:56:21,393 --> 00:56:23,598 Ann Woodward is dead. 1037 00:56:23,598 --> 00:56:27,170 She knew... 1038 00:56:27,170 --> 00:56:30,143 that Esquire was coming out today. 1039 00:56:32,047 --> 00:56:34,719 Do you understand what I'm saying, Babe? 1040 00:56:37,659 --> 00:56:40,965 Someone slipped her an advance copy. 1041 00:56:46,309 --> 00:56:51,018 Ann... committed suicide because of Truman's story. 1042 00:56:52,556 --> 00:56:54,592 Cyanide. 1043 00:56:58,299 --> 00:57:00,905 At least we're still alive. 1044 00:57:08,587 --> 00:57:10,925 Well, I want to die, too. 1045 00:57:10,925 --> 00:57:12,762 I do. 1046 00:57:13,665 --> 00:57:16,469 No, no, no, no, no. No. 1047 00:57:16,469 --> 00:57:18,407 That's enough now. 1048 00:57:18,407 --> 00:57:20,679 Now we close ranks, my dear. 1049 00:57:21,547 --> 00:57:25,788 Now, no more being deceived by these men. 1050 00:57:25,788 --> 00:57:28,527 Truman, the husbands, the men. 1051 00:57:28,527 --> 00:57:30,598 Enough. 1052 00:57:35,340 --> 00:57:37,311 What...? 1053 00:57:37,311 --> 00:57:39,214 [sighs] 1054 00:57:41,019 --> 00:57:43,189 He killed Ann. 1055 00:57:43,189 --> 00:57:45,995 And we are going to kill him. 1056 00:57:46,931 --> 00:57:51,373 He will have nowhere, nothing. 1057 00:57:51,373 --> 00:57:53,476 Everyone will see it. 1058 00:57:53,476 --> 00:57:56,182 Everyone will watch. 1059 00:57:57,184 --> 00:57:59,823 He will have no door open to him. 1060 00:57:59,823 --> 00:58:02,696 He will have no oxygen. 1061 00:58:02,696 --> 00:58:05,535 [chuckles] And he will die. 1062 00:58:05,535 --> 00:58:08,508 Just like Ann Woodward died. 1063 00:58:08,508 --> 00:58:11,980 But it will be much slower. 1064 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,971 - Oh. - [waiter] Excuse me, Mrs. Paley. 1065 00:58:23,971 --> 00:58:26,075 Thank you. 1066 00:58:27,344 --> 00:58:29,949 - And for you. - Lovely. 1067 00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:40,203 [sighs] 1068 00:58:43,209 --> 00:58:45,280 ♪ ♪ 1069 00:59:04,084 --> 00:59:06,155 ♪ ♪ 1070 00:59:17,077 --> 00:59:21,352 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org