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[man sniffing]

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[sniffs]

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[groans]

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['80s pop music playing]

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♪ How can I be sure… ♪

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That belt's not working. Here.

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Okay. Go.

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♪ When you don't give me love ♪

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♪ You gave me pale shelter ♪

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♪ You don't give me love ♪

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♪ You give me cold hands ♪

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♪ And I can't operate on this failure ♪

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-♪ When all I want to be is ♪
-Go.

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♪ Completely in command ♪

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[Halston sniffing]

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[music fades out]

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So, it's come to this, has it, Sassy?

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It was a dazzling show.

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Shouldn't there be a hundred people here
saying just those very words?

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Staying up too late, having too much fun.

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But, no, it's just you and me.

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You're only here
'cause you're being paid so I'm not alone.

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You've got the reviews,
haven't you, Sassy?

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[lighter clicks]

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[lighter hits table]

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I don't wanna hear them.

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They're all jealous of me
since I became a big star.

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I confuse people.

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They see me on Donahue,
then they see me out and about

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with Barbara Walters
or Andy Warhol or Cher.

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I get it. I've got too much.

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I'd hate me.

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What do you think is the main criticism?

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I think it's mostly that, at one point,
you reinvented women's fashion.

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Wrapped a woman in a feeling.

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In your taste.

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And now it's all sweatshirts
and zippers and--

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Oh, fuck you.

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I'm not saying that. They are.

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Oh, darling. I'm only kidding.

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[Halston sniffs]

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Read one.

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[Sassy] Um…

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Okay.

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"His new line for JCPenney is Halston…"

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Go on.

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"…is Halston diluted to a pale substance

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that is a flimsy representation
of the designer's work."

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Another one.

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"Halston's mega-collection
for the American mall

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is undermined by inattention to fit."

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"A red and black jersey suit,
for example, is--"

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I can't hear you!

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"…is shown on a realistically short,
plumpish model

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but cut so sloppily
as to all but engulf her."

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"Conversely, a hot purple wrap dress

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is too skimpy to pass muster
at a proper luncheon,

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or for that matter,
at the neighborhood singles' bar."

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Reviews don't matter.

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[elevator bell dings]

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Hey, good morning. How are you?

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Good morning, everyone.

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Hi.

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[sighs]

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How are you?

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[Victor speaking Spanish]

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[glass shattering]

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-That was a Moser, you fucking idiot.
-I don't care what the fuck it was.

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That's all you care about. Your things.
They're so precious, so valuable.

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You know what's the most valuable thing
you've ever had, Halston? Me.

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Yes, you really are my rock,
aren't you, Victor?

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[Victor] Fuck you.

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Victor.
What do I need to do to get you to leave?

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As if you could.

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You'll fucking start crying.
"Please, Victor, don't leave."

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"You're the genius.
Everything I have is because of you."

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-[Halston] You never heard me say that.
-Bullshit!

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You take all the credit.
You take all the fucking money.

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But you know it all came from here.
From this brain.

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Do I take any fucking credit?
No, you treat me like a fucking dog.

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[Halston] Victor.

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Just tell me, what is it you want from me?

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[Victor clears throat]

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I want a million dollars.

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[Halston chuckles]

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I want a space.
A big one. Just like Warhol.

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I want my own Factory to scale up my work.

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Fucking Andy has everybody
doing it for him. That's what I want.

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A million dollars?
You'll make that money back in a year.

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It's good business.

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You're out of your tiny mind.

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That's the least I deserve.

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Well, it's not nearly what you deserve,
Victor, but I just want you to leave.

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[Victor laughs sarcastically]

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You don't want to do this, man.
I have dirt on you, Halston.

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All the home movies, the videos?

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You think the old ladies at JCPenney's
want to hear what you do in the bedroom?

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Don't you fucking dare.

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Oh, I'll do it, bitch.

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You fucking pay me,
or I'll send it to Donahue.

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That's what you're gonna do? Blackmail me?
After all these years protecting you?

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Providing for you?
That's what you're gonna leave me with?

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Get the fuck outta here,
and don't ever come back.

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You broke my fucking nose, Halston!
I'm gonna fucking sue you!

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[tense music playing]

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[door slams]

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[lighter clicks]

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Susan!

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Something's wrong with these numbers.

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It says here he spent $40,000 last year
on just orchids.

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-Oh, no, that's right.
-What about these travel expenses?

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Here. $354,000 in one year?

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Somebody make a mistake
and put an extra zero?

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Well, he takes the limo everywhere.
That's $5,000 a month right there.

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Then, last month,

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Martha Graham was being honored in Paris,

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so he bought a new set of Goyard luggage,

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flew himself and 11 staff members
to France on a private jet,

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put 'em all up at the Ritz.

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Why is he flying to Paris
for Martha Graham?

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They're old friends.
He's bankrolling her dance company.

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No. Why is Esmark
supposed to pay for that?

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Test fabrics. $750,000. [scoffs]

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Someone's gotta be skimmin' off the top.
What's muslin cost? Five bucks?

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He doesn't use muslin when he's designing.

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If the dress is gonna be in satin,
he builds it in satin.

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I mean, I get it.
His whole allure is in materials.

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How it falls and whatnot.

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He's the artist. Fabric's his medium.

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That's just the way it is.

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You know what happens if I go to the board
of Esmark Corporation,

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a publicly-traded company,

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and tell them
the division I was hired to turn around

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can't control its costs
because "that's just the way it is," huh?

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-What do you think happens?
-You get fired?

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-[Liza] Halston! I love it.
-[Sassy] He's on a call!

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[Halston]
Oh, I'm sorry, Liza. I've gotta go.

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An egg salad sandwich
just walked into my office.

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-[Liza] Oh, goodness.
-Lots of love.

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-[kiss smack]
-Yeah. Call me back.

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Your expenses are through the roof.
You told me you'd take care of that.

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I think you must be
suffering from delusions, Carl.

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I said no such thing.

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I'm designing for you on a scale
that can only be described as Herculean.

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Those numbers reflect
how I can achieve that.

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I've given you suitcases, sunglasses.

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I've given you knitwear.
I've given you belts.

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Well, how about menswear?

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Home furnishings?
You said those would be ready weeks ago.

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-Where are they?
-Well, this isn't canned goods, Carl.

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I was not in canned goods, Halston.

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I was the general manager
of the Playtex division of Esmark,

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and now
I am the managing director of Halston.

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Okay, well, I don't design tampons, Carl.

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Although
I'm sure you'll ask me at some point.

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I'm working myself to the bone.
Seven days a week.

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I know.
You're burning the candle at both ends.

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I know how you're doing it too.

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Janitors come in here at night,

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and they take Polaroids
of cocaine residue on your desk.

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You wanna see?

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No.

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You got a drug problem, Halston.

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Or drugs and alcohol. I don't know.

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What I do know
is that if you just got back to normal,

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we could get this place humming,
you and me.

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Normal?

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What is normal, Carl?

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Are you normal?

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Give me the Mexico deal.

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You don't even have to say yes.
Just wave your hand, and it's done.

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It's all ready to go.

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$30 million right there.
You can keep spending however you want.

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No.

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Don't say no until you know
what you're saying no to.

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I know what I'm saying no to.
That's the last word.

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You diluted my brand more than enough,
thank you very much.

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I will not put my name and my legacy
on licenses designed by other people!

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People that I do not know
and I have not approved!

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I categorically refuse! Now get out!

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Just wave your hand, Halston.

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Just nod your head.

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Look at my head, Carl.

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It's not moving.

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[soft dramatic music playing]

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[door opens]

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[door closes]

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[woman sighs] Oh, no, no, no. Thank you.

189
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I… I've had quite enough.

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[both laughing]

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-[woman sighs]
-[Halston groans]

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Halston.

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You look tired.

194
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It's getting old, Martha.

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One foot in the grave. [exhales]

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I'm only kidding.
I'm just under a bit of pressure.

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Can I say something? Out of love.

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Uh-oh.

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God forgive me for talking about critics,

200
00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:11,356
but you know
what they say about critics, right?

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They've all soured on me.

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I know.

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00:12:14,942 --> 00:12:17,032
Oh, well. Quel dommage.

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[Martha] Yes, but, Halston,

205
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I feel like you've soured on you too.
That's the point.

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00:12:23,117 --> 00:12:25,747
I know what you're capable of.

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00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:28,538
You could wow them again if you wanted.

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I know you could.

209
00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:33,088
I just don't care anymore.

210
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I know who I am. I know what I am.

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I'm an artist.

212
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But I just care
about the money at this point.

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Just wanna make as much of it as I can
and then drive off into the sunset.

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00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:51,556
What?

215
00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:56,480
You've just managed to cram
"I'm an artist"

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and "all I care about is money"
into a single sentence.

217
00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,196
Well, what would you have me do?

218
00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:04,031
[Martha] Something different.

219
00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,366
Go get inspired.

220
00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:08,951
God, do something that isn't about money,
for Christ's sake.

221
00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,368
Well, like what?

222
00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:15,131
You could design the costumes
for my new dance.

223
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With my arthritis,
I… I can't do it anymore.

224
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Be my hands.

225
00:13:22,718 --> 00:13:23,758
Hmm?

226
00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:27,394
I've been dying to do Persephone.

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00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:29,643
-Persephone?
-Mm-hmm.

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I was taken over by Esmark, Martha.

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I have already descended into hell,
thank you very much.

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You could have total freedom.

231
00:13:37,942 --> 00:13:40,032
It could do you good.

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Dessert?

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00:13:47,117 --> 00:13:48,987
[bell ringing] Mohammed?

234
00:13:50,037 --> 00:13:51,157
Martha wants dessert.

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00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:52,077
[Martha scoffs]

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00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:54,004
-[Halston laughs]
-You're impossible.

237
00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:57,421
[Susan] This just came through.

238
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$200,000 for a plane ticket?

239
00:14:03,217 --> 00:14:04,427
Halston took the Concorde.

240
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:08,220
Told them not to bill him for six months
so it wouldn't come through on the report.

241
00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:10,717
Dammit!

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[door opens]

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00:14:18,607 --> 00:14:19,647
[Carl sighs]

244
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:21,940
Get me Betty Ford.

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00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:23,530
On his phone.

246
00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,569
[line ringing]

247
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[woman] Hello?

248
00:14:27,449 --> 00:14:29,869
Hello, Mrs. Ford. This is Carl Epstein.

249
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I don't know who that is.

250
00:14:31,328 --> 00:14:32,658
Betty, it's Halston.

251
00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:34,576
Halston, are you okay?

252
00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:35,495
[Carl] Halston

253
00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:38,543
is addicted to cocaine and alcohol.

254
00:14:38,627 --> 00:14:39,707
He's out of control.

255
00:14:39,795 --> 00:14:43,415
It has rendered him unable
to fulfill his contractual obligations.

256
00:14:43,507 --> 00:14:46,137
[Betty] Please, let Halston speak.

257
00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:47,298
I'm here, doll.

258
00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:49,466
Halston, do you need help?

259
00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:50,805
Well, of course I do.

260
00:14:51,432 --> 00:14:54,022
I need someone
to add ten hours onto every day,

261
00:14:54,101 --> 00:14:58,151
but I doubt you can help me there.
And I need out of this Esmark contract.

262
00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,520
For a company that makes adult diapers,

263
00:15:00,608 --> 00:15:03,108
they certainly
wet their pants an awful lot.

264
00:15:03,193 --> 00:15:04,153
[Betty laughing]

265
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:05,276
[Halston]  Honestly, Betty,

266
00:15:05,362 --> 00:15:09,072
I'm fine. I hit a bit of a rough spot.
I'm exhausted, but trust me.

267
00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:11,988
If I ever need any real help,
you'll be the first one I call.

268
00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,247
I was thinking about you.

269
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:17,169
Remember that charmeuse fitted dress
you wore to Bianca's birthday at 54?

270
00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,499
Yes. I remember it well.

271
00:15:20,127 --> 00:15:21,167
Those were the days.

272
00:15:21,253 --> 00:15:22,673
Oh, those were the days.

273
00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:28,049
But listen. There's great days ahead.
Give my love to Gerry, Betty. Goodbye.

274
00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:29,550
[phone hangs up]

275
00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:33,768
[Halston shouts] How dare you?

276
00:15:35,809 --> 00:15:37,519
Who do you think you're fucking with?

277
00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:40,313
You pull that shit on me again,
and I'll have you killed!

278
00:15:40,397 --> 00:15:42,817
You hear me, you thick-fingered jackass?

279
00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,690
Go back to hocking
baked beans in a fucking can!

280
00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:52,407
[Carl] Gentlemen,
the Halston ship has sunk.

281
00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,333
The drug abuse is bad.

282
00:15:54,411 --> 00:15:56,501
The lack of respect, bad.

283
00:15:57,331 --> 00:16:02,501
The refusal to sign off on licensing deals
that would keep this division afloat?

284
00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:06,922
I'm sorry to report we've hit rock bottom.

285
00:16:07,007 --> 00:16:08,427
[elevator bell dings]

286
00:16:08,509 --> 00:16:11,759
[Carl] Halston arrives
at the office at 6:00 p.m.

287
00:16:11,845 --> 00:16:15,095
This is after waking up
around four in the afternoon, mind you.

288
00:16:15,599 --> 00:16:16,519
[Sassy] Good afternoon.

289
00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,350
[Carl] Then he walks into his office
and snorts cocaine.

290
00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:22,606
-He's barely coherent.
-[Halston] …silk.

291
00:16:22,690 --> 00:16:24,440
At 7:00, he has a light supper.

292
00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:26,895
She said,
"I like my coffee the way I like my men."

293
00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:30,236
[Carl] This is before doing
any work at all, mind you.

294
00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,372
Still hasn't told anyone the plan.

295
00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:34,079
[Halston] "…we don't have any gay coffee."

296
00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:35,579
[all laugh]

297
00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:39,251
I think the color we want here
is persimmon.

298
00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:41,291
-And I'll need to see that.
-Okay.

299
00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,088
-Now?
-[Halston] No.

300
00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:46,593
No, that's enough work for today.

301
00:16:47,256 --> 00:16:48,756
I'm not feeling inspired.

302
00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:53,854
[Carl] Meanwhile, the staff has been there
since eight in the morning.

303
00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:59,520
It's very clear to me
what we have to do here.

304
00:17:00,936 --> 00:17:02,936
[soft dramatic music playing]

305
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,400
Sorry, I've been trying to call you.

306
00:17:10,487 --> 00:17:11,817
I had my phone off the hook.

307
00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:14,372
I had a headache.

308
00:17:30,257 --> 00:17:31,087
Who are you?

309
00:17:32,634 --> 00:17:34,014
I'm John David Ridge.

310
00:17:34,928 --> 00:17:36,098
What are you doing here?

311
00:17:36,180 --> 00:17:39,480
I've been hired to help design
so you can make your deadlines.

312
00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:49,069
I would like to speak with
John David Ridge in private, everybody.

313
00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:51,151
[soft dramatic music continues playing]

314
00:18:10,005 --> 00:18:13,335
[inhales] You can understand
why this is my worst nightmare.

315
00:18:15,803 --> 00:18:16,803
Yes.

316
00:18:17,387 --> 00:18:18,847
The humiliation of this.

317
00:18:21,558 --> 00:18:22,558
The betrayal.

318
00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:29,942
Building something that's your own name

319
00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:31,864
and then being replaced.

320
00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:33,404
I don't think you're being rep--

321
00:18:35,239 --> 00:18:37,909
But, yes,
I imagine this must be very difficult.

322
00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:42,704
I don't know if I should say this.

323
00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:45,706
It's an honor to be here.

324
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:47,038
For me.

325
00:18:48,001 --> 00:18:49,131
Just so you know.

326
00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:51,711
It's a dream come true
to be working with you

327
00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:52,837
and…

328
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,387
surreal.

329
00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,433
I've admired you
for as long as I can remember.

330
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,436
Where did they find you?

331
00:19:08,939 --> 00:19:10,609
I'm a costume designer.

332
00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:12,396
Broadway.

333
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:14,494
We're doing costumes now, are we?

334
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:19,071
It's all costumes, though, really,
isn't it, fashion?

335
00:19:22,744 --> 00:19:25,414
We dress ourselves up
to be someone we're not.

336
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:28,041
Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat.

337
00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:30,415
Now there's a bit of costume
if ever there was one.

338
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:42,389
So, maybe you can help me fix this.

339
00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,232
And what are we fixing?

340
00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:48,097
My name.

341
00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:51,652
It'd be an honor.

342
00:19:54,776 --> 00:19:57,026
I always wanted to do a cruise line.

343
00:19:57,946 --> 00:20:00,986
You know, in the Caribbean tones.
This might work. Do you think?

344
00:20:01,074 --> 00:20:02,534
[John] In aquamarine.

345
00:20:02,618 --> 00:20:03,538
Yes.

346
00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:05,828
Yes, we could put a belt.

347
00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:09,829
-I like what you've done here.
-Oh, thank you.

348
00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:14,760
[Liza] I can't believe it.

349
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:17,171
It's… it's slanderous!

350
00:20:17,257 --> 00:20:20,337
I'm too nervous, darling.
Can you read it to me?

351
00:20:20,427 --> 00:20:21,717
No!

352
00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:23,603
Liza, if you love me,

353
00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,600
then you'll read it to me, okay?

354
00:20:26,183 --> 00:20:27,103
Fine.

355
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:30,104
[exhales deeply]

356
00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:36,735
"It's no secret celeb designer Halston
loves the limelight."

357
00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:39,068
"A source close to the fashion icon

358
00:20:39,154 --> 00:20:41,704
paints a portrait
of a designer unraveling."

359
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:46,501
"A spirited drug user
when partying at the notorious Studio 54,

360
00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:50,038
Halston's heavy cocaine use
now extends through the workday

361
00:20:50,123 --> 00:20:53,593
in his mirrored studio in the sky
in Midtown's Olympic Tower."

362
00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:54,959
Blah, blah, blah.

363
00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:59,415
"Artist Victor Hugo is
the designer's lover man of longstanding,

364
00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:05,138
but Halston has also enlisted some of
Manhattan's priciest male prostitutes."

365
00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:09,731
"His preferred gigolos have purportedly
visited with the insatiable designer--"

366
00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:10,770
That's enough.

367
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,600
All right. It's bad, okay?

368
00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:15,516
But look at it this way--

369
00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:16,817
No, it's Victor.

370
00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,028
It's not gonna stop.

371
00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:23,946
He has tapes, Liza.

372
00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:27,912
Home videos of he and I with-- Well…

373
00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:29,285
Halston.

374
00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:31,960
God, how could you do that?

375
00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:35,456
You can't leave yourself so exposed.
Not when you're famous.

376
00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:37,424
I know. I know. I…

377
00:21:38,338 --> 00:21:40,088
I was so high every time.

378
00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,510
And I trusted him.

379
00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:47,426
All right, honey.
Here's what you're gonna do.

380
00:21:47,514 --> 00:21:49,224
-Pay him off.
-No.

381
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,268
Halston.

382
00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:51,687
Pay him off!

383
00:21:51,768 --> 00:21:55,938
He'll be out of your life forever,
and then you can move on.

384
00:21:56,606 --> 00:21:59,396
I'm not gonna give him one goddamn cent.

385
00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:03,492
He already cost me so much.

386
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,200
[mysterious music playing]

387
00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:15,128
[woman, muffled] 6572?

388
00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:17,711
6572?

389
00:22:18,962 --> 00:22:20,462
6572?

390
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:35,016
May I smoke?

391
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:43,529
How long have I got?

392
00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:45,701
[woman] That's hard to say.

393
00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:49,115
Have you had any pneumonia-like symptoms?

394
00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:51,580
Dark splotches on your skin?

395
00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:54,753
Well, that is encouraging.

396
00:22:55,665 --> 00:22:57,535
Do you think you'll need a counselor?

397
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:06,337
No.

398
00:23:07,928 --> 00:23:10,138
I need to speak to my PR agent.

399
00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:13,805
You see, I don't have AIDS.

400
00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:19,896
I have liver cancer, should anyone ask.

401
00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:21,691
Sorry, I'm thinking out loud.

402
00:23:29,699 --> 00:23:31,369
Anything new on Page Six?

403
00:23:31,451 --> 00:23:34,621
No, but there is something
you should know.

404
00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:36,617
[Halston] You.

405
00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:39,039
You said I could trust you.

406
00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:40,996
You said you were here to support me.

407
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,956
Halston, I don't know
what you're talking about.

408
00:23:43,463 --> 00:23:45,883
You submitted a sketch to Epstein
behind my back!

409
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,836
We were eight weeks behind.
He needed a design.

410
00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,967
I… I couldn't get in touch with you.
You didn't come in yesterday.

411
00:23:52,055 --> 00:23:53,845
-I didn't know what to do.
-How dare you?

412
00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:54,932
How dare you?

413
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,902
How dare you be so irresponsible

414
00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:01,979
with the empire
you spent your whole life working for?

415
00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:04,994
How could you be
so careless with your own brand?

416
00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:06,897
Your own name.

417
00:24:07,654 --> 00:24:11,584
You are the most talented man I have
ever met, and you are throwing that away.

418
00:24:12,284 --> 00:24:14,204
And I will never understand why.

419
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:22,042
[Halston] Send everybody home.

420
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,443
[Carl] Halston, you can't just quit.

421
00:24:43,523 --> 00:24:44,863
Yes, I can.

422
00:24:44,941 --> 00:24:46,441
I quit. There, it's done.

423
00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,106
Quitting would be breaking your contract.

424
00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:52,737
You would owe us $925 million.

425
00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:56,914
You okayed a design without my permission,
so you broke our contract.

426
00:24:56,995 --> 00:25:00,535
So you owe me $925 million.

427
00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:01,834
This isn't working.

428
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:02,997
You said it yourself.

429
00:25:03,084 --> 00:25:06,714
So we're bending over backwards
here trying to restructure a deal

430
00:25:06,796 --> 00:25:08,666
to make you happy so we can be happy.

431
00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:10,087
Well, I'm not happy.

432
00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:12,005
It's a good deal, Halston.

433
00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:16,353
All we're asking for
is… is 20 days out of the year.

434
00:25:16,431 --> 00:25:18,811
Ten for Penney's. Ten on fragrances.

435
00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:20,312
We can take care of the rest.

436
00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:24,193
That leaves you 345 days
that you don't have to do anything.

437
00:25:24,272 --> 00:25:27,282
-How can you not be happy with that?
-Don't know. It's a mystery, isn't it?

438
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,529
Nick, would you please
talk some sense into your client?

439
00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:30,741
Here's my offer, Carl.

440
00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:33,200
You fuck off.

441
00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:36,615
And you fuck off, and you and you and you,

442
00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:39,961
you can all fuck off,
and I'll find someone new to work for.

443
00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:43,668
Someone who knows how to manage talent,
which you've never known how to do, Carl.

444
00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:45,631
And you mark my words.

445
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:49,880
I'll start from scratch, and in one year,
I'll be bigger than I ever was.

446
00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,755
Bigger than Calvin Klein.

447
00:25:51,841 --> 00:25:52,721
You know why?

448
00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:55,101
Because I have two things
that you'll never have.

449
00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:57,888
My talent and my name.

450
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:07,982
Okay. Let's just take a break
so Mr. Lewin can familiarize his client

451
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:11,026
with the basics of contract law and logic.

452
00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,459
I'm high-strung, Nick.
I'd be the first to admit it.

453
00:26:28,545 --> 00:26:31,085
[Nick] Evicting you, telling the press.

454
00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:32,672
What did you think they would do?

455
00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:34,587
And you gave away all our leverage.

456
00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:37,296
The deal we had to take,
it was a hundred times worse.

457
00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:40,717
Nick, I know,
I went off the deep end. Really.

458
00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:43,887
But I signed the contract,
and I have turned the page.

459
00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:45,977
I've been clean and sober for two weeks.

460
00:26:46,062 --> 00:26:47,482
I even look better.

461
00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:49,398
Thanks for noticing.

462
00:26:49,482 --> 00:26:53,782
And what it is, a million dollars a year,
and I don't have to do anything.

463
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:57,276
[Nick clearing throat]
Well, it's not as simple as that.

464
00:26:58,074 --> 00:27:01,124
Well, I know it's not as much money
as I'm used to, but we'll be fine.

465
00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:04,292
I'm gonna start over.
Set up meetings all over town.

466
00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:05,672
We'll find a new backer.

467
00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:07,669
You can't just go work for somebody else.

468
00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:09,921
I know what they said,
but they can't hold me to that.

469
00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:12,263
Of course they can.
That was the agreement.

470
00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,629
Well, then get me out of it.

471
00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:16,045
You sold your name, Halston.

472
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:20,805
Anything you make or try to sell,
Esmark owns that.

473
00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,349
For how long? For a year?

474
00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:26,103
Five years?

475
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:28,982
[Nick] For the rest of your life.

476
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:31,863
You are not Halston anymore.

477
00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:33,862
They are.

478
00:27:40,283 --> 00:27:42,293
[soft dramatic music playing]

479
00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:47,044
Well, moving forward,
next time I sign a contract,

480
00:27:47,123 --> 00:27:48,923
I'll be sure to read it first.

481
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,010
Well, what can I do?

482
00:27:58,093 --> 00:28:00,303
Design dresses for your friends.

483
00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:02,137
But they can't say
they're wearing Halston.

484
00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:06,182
I'm doing two Oscar dresses
for Anjelica Huston and Geraldine Page.

485
00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:09,227
Well, then you'll be doing it
out of your own pocket.

486
00:28:09,312 --> 00:28:11,732
And they can't say
they're wearing a Halston.

487
00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:20,413
This is their pound of flesh, Halston.
This is what you have to give up

488
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:23,660
to get a million dollars every year
without lifting a finger.

489
00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,371
There's also the subject of Victor.

490
00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:31,037
He's threatening us now.

491
00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:33,340
If we don't pay him off,

492
00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:36,420
he said he's sending those tapes
to People magazine.

493
00:28:40,176 --> 00:28:41,586
Just give him the money.

494
00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:44,929
[soft dramatic music continues]

495
00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:01,073
I missed you.

496
00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:06,038
I heard what happened. You got fucked.

497
00:29:07,704 --> 00:29:08,964
I have a plan for us.

498
00:29:09,038 --> 00:29:10,288
And you're gonna love it.

499
00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:14,790
Halston, please.

500
00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:16,498
Just hear me out. Please.

501
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,338
Okay, you and me. That's settled.

502
00:29:19,382 --> 00:29:20,972
Thank you for the money. I appreciate it.

503
00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:23,470
I got what I deserved,
so I'm not angry anymore.

504
00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:26,933
You have talent, and I have talent.

505
00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:29,425
So we're gonna figure this out
together as a team.

506
00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:31,479
I'm not gonna let you give up.

507
00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:33,901
So you lost your name. Who cares?

508
00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:36,610
We're gonna start a new line,
and it's gonna be better.

509
00:29:36,691 --> 00:29:39,861
We're gonna call it "Roy."
Everybody's gonna love it.

510
00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:42,195
What do you think?

511
00:29:44,657 --> 00:29:45,577
Huh?

512
00:29:46,659 --> 00:29:47,539
What?

513
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:50,868
[chuckles] You're still angry with me
because of the money?

514
00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:54,705
Come on, baby. That's just how I am.
You know me, and I know you.

515
00:30:00,757 --> 00:30:01,757
I loved you.

516
00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:05,597
I did.

517
00:30:25,573 --> 00:30:26,953
[classical piano music playing]

518
00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:28,163
[Martha] And…

519
00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:35,001
Don't take your eyes off her, Willy.

520
00:30:39,045 --> 00:30:40,915
Effort.

521
00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:44,425
I need to see more effort.

522
00:30:47,804 --> 00:30:48,684
[piano stops]

523
00:30:48,763 --> 00:30:51,723
We'll get back to this.
Let's call that lunch.

524
00:30:59,482 --> 00:31:00,982
How are you, darling?

525
00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:05,407
Well, besides the cancer and the soupçon
of pneumonia, I'm just peachy.

526
00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:09,330
[Martha] I called you several times.

527
00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:10,699
Never heard back.

528
00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:14,161
I was worried you were done with me.

529
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:16,287
Oh, darling, never.

530
00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:20,210
No, I just needed time to reflect.

531
00:31:21,921 --> 00:31:24,091
You probably heard I was fired.

532
00:31:25,091 --> 00:31:28,391
I don't even own
my own creativity anymore.

533
00:31:28,469 --> 00:31:29,549
[chuckles]

534
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:31,722
But you know me.

535
00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:33,676
I've got to create.

536
00:31:34,809 --> 00:31:36,189
So I was thinking…

537
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,440
Would you still have me?

538
00:31:42,692 --> 00:31:44,112
Of course.

539
00:31:44,193 --> 00:31:45,743
Oh, thank you, Martha.

540
00:31:47,196 --> 00:31:49,486
So how long have we got? When do we open?

541
00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:52,374
Oh, darling, we open in a week.

542
00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:55,462
Well, I like a challenge.

543
00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:04,802
-Mr. Halston.
-Hello, Susan.

544
00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:07,091
Uh, you're not supposed
to be here anymore.

545
00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:08,635
I've come to see Mr. Ridge.

546
00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:09,888
Oh, but, uh--

547
00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:13,064
[sewing machines whirring]

548
00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:15,392
Hello, everyone.

549
00:32:16,392 --> 00:32:17,642
[all] Hello.

550
00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:20,097
Don't worry.
I haven't come to try and kill you.

551
00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:23,816
How can I help you, Halston?

552
00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:28,108
I have a project.

553
00:32:29,405 --> 00:32:32,985
I need an assistant.
Someone who I admire and trust.

554
00:32:34,369 --> 00:32:36,079
I immediately thought of you.

555
00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:39,423
[soft piano music playing]

556
00:32:41,834 --> 00:32:44,004
[John] Hem to the floor is 36.

557
00:32:59,268 --> 00:33:00,098
[John] Okay.

558
00:33:00,186 --> 00:33:01,016
That's it.

559
00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:04,194
I bought every last ACE bandage
in New York City.

560
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,071
Wow. That's extraordinary.

561
00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:16,366
[Sassy] Hold the phone.

562
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,000
They're not taking the dye.

563
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:26,127
You know what helps me sometimes?

564
00:33:26,212 --> 00:33:29,922
I stop thinking about
how I want the costume to look,

565
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:34,428
and I think about how I want
the audience to feel when they see it.

566
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,729
When the dancers move,

567
00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:49,191
I want the audience to feel something
pulling back against them.

568
00:33:50,069 --> 00:33:54,239
The mortality that everyone's
desperate to escape from but can't.

569
00:33:55,158 --> 00:33:56,988
It's Greek tragedy. Persephone.

570
00:33:58,453 --> 00:34:00,503
[sighs] I wanna feel the membrane

571
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:04,790
that separates our world from the heavens
that we can never quite touch.

572
00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,875
If… if we could just stretch
a little further…

573
00:34:12,175 --> 00:34:13,375
we'd be immortal.

574
00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:18,391
[chuckles]

575
00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:22,688
I feel like I wanna wrap up
all the dancers

576
00:34:22,769 --> 00:34:24,519
in great big bolts of Spandex.

577
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:25,564
[exhaling]

578
00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:29,322
Then why don't you just
wrap them up in big bolts of Spandex?

579
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,702
[slow uplifting music playing]

580
00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:47,884
Thank you, Mohammed.

581
00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:57,804
Thank you, Mohammed.

582
00:35:08,231 --> 00:35:09,901
It's been a long time, H.

583
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,201
I can't do this right now, Joe.

584
00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:16,860
Drive.

585
00:35:20,827 --> 00:35:22,697
[Joe] Look, I'm not kidnapping you.

586
00:35:23,371 --> 00:35:25,541
Sassy still takes my calls.

587
00:35:30,711 --> 00:35:31,881
I have it on authority

588
00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:36,553
that Got Tu Go Disco was the biggest bomb
on Broadway since the Moose Murders.

589
00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:40,598
Well, at least
I didn't sell away my fucking name.

590
00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:44,307
You messy, miserable bitch.

591
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:46,392
[both laughing]

592
00:35:48,771 --> 00:35:50,311
Oh, Joe, I missed you.

593
00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:52,068
Oh, I missed you too.

594
00:35:55,778 --> 00:35:56,818
[Halston sighs]

595
00:35:58,072 --> 00:36:00,072
How's Elsa? Have you heard from her?

596
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,778
She's good. She's…

597
00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:03,825
She's Elsa.

598
00:36:03,911 --> 00:36:04,951
[whispers] Oh, good.

599
00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:07,577
Good.

600
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:09,745
[sighs]

601
00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:11,456
Joe.

602
00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,299
Tell me you're healthy.

603
00:36:18,384 --> 00:36:19,264
I am.

604
00:36:23,055 --> 00:36:25,015
I hear you finally got rid of Victor.

605
00:36:25,099 --> 00:36:26,269
Oh, finally.

606
00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:28,480
God knows it took me long enough.

607
00:36:29,645 --> 00:36:32,685
Any idea how many Warhols
he stole from me?

608
00:36:32,773 --> 00:36:33,733
Oh God.

609
00:36:33,816 --> 00:36:35,896
I thought, "Fuck you. You can have them."

610
00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:39,454
Oh, Joe, I saw your designs for Tiffany's.

611
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:40,620
The china.

612
00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:41,698
Sublime.

613
00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,242
I almost started smashing them
right in the store.

614
00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:45,867
I was so jealous.

615
00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:47,831
Bullshit.

616
00:36:48,456 --> 00:36:49,366
But thank you.

617
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:54,054
I am so excited
to see this performance tonight.

618
00:36:54,128 --> 00:36:56,338
I can't wait to see
what you've come up with.

619
00:36:56,422 --> 00:36:58,932
Well, you know the critics will hate it.

620
00:36:59,008 --> 00:37:03,348
They'll say, "Halston hasn't had
a glimmer of inspiration in ten years."

621
00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:04,429
[Joe] Who cares?

622
00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:08,349
I'm just so glad that you're
doing something on your own again.

623
00:37:08,851 --> 00:37:11,101
Away from all that corporate bullshit.

624
00:37:13,814 --> 00:37:15,984
I never did anything on my own, Joe.

625
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,239
I always had you.

626
00:37:25,284 --> 00:37:26,374
[chuckles]

627
00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:29,707
You were right about one thing though.

628
00:37:30,498 --> 00:37:32,038
I did sell my name.

629
00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:34,674
Oh, sweetheart,
I was just teasing you about that.

630
00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:36,962
No. We're given one name, Joe.

631
00:37:37,046 --> 00:37:38,006
Just one.

632
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:41,303
And that's all we have
while we're on the earth.

633
00:37:41,801 --> 00:37:44,471
And it's all we leave behind us
when we're gone.

634
00:37:44,971 --> 00:37:47,061
I wasn't precious enough with mine.

635
00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:51,190
And I sold it cheap.
I didn't even think twice about it.

636
00:37:56,649 --> 00:37:59,739
Hundreds of millions of dollars
ain't cheap, Halston.

637
00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:02,150
But it is, Joe.

638
00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,374
You know how I know?

639
00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,406
I'd spend twice that to get it back.

640
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:20,720
Yeah. Here we are.

641
00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,637
[bells ringing]

642
00:38:36,772 --> 00:38:38,772
[applause]

643
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,152
[slow classical music playing]

644
00:38:56,625 --> 00:38:58,375
Well, it's time, Joe.

645
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:01,507
-Time for what?
-For the reviews.

646
00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:04,549
Mohammed! I asked him to get the papers.

647
00:39:05,217 --> 00:39:07,047
You always said reviews didn't matter.

648
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:08,886
Well, still, I've got to read them.

649
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,980
I know they'll say, "Will someone please
tell Halston his time has come and gone?"

650
00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:15,020
You mark my words.

651
00:39:15,102 --> 00:39:17,652
-[Joe] No.
-Not me, Mohammed.

652
00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:20,820
-Joe's gonna read them.
-Oh, Halston, please don't make me.

653
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,860
Please, come on, Joe. Just one last time.

654
00:39:23,944 --> 00:39:26,914
And just skip straight
to the parts about me.

655
00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:30,490
I don't wanna hear about
the third ballerina from the left.

656
00:39:30,576 --> 00:39:32,116
[Joe chuckles and sniffs]

657
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:40,174
Ah! Here it is.

658
00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:42,252
Blah, blah, blah. "Martha Graham."

659
00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:43,708
Blah, blah, blah.

660
00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,088
"The dancers…"

661
00:39:46,008 --> 00:39:48,048
"The costume design by Halston

662
00:39:48,135 --> 00:39:51,425
could have easily sent this production
off the rails."

663
00:39:51,514 --> 00:39:55,104
"Instead, it steals the show."

664
00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:01,443
[sniffs]

665
00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:04,068
Okay, Daily News.

666
00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:07,663
Oh, you're the headline.

667
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:12,119
"Move over, Martha.
Let Halston take a bow."

668
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:16,080
"Dreamed up by superstar designer Halston,

669
00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:19,883
the costumes
sadly won't be available for purchase

670
00:40:19,959 --> 00:40:22,589
at even the most upscale boutique."

671
00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:24,840
"But perhaps that's for the best."

672
00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:28,722
"They are far too beautiful
to be worn by mere mortals

673
00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:31,551
and meet every moment with grace

674
00:40:31,637 --> 00:40:34,717
in Martha Graham's staging
of Persephone at City Center."

675
00:40:37,977 --> 00:40:40,187
All right, Joe. Let's take the gloves off.

676
00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,858
What does The Times have to say?

677
00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:53,028
Okay.

678
00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:58,830
"The costumes by Halston
will have the world wondering

679
00:40:58,914 --> 00:41:03,254
whether the man should
have made his career in the theater

680
00:41:03,335 --> 00:41:05,165
rather than on the runway."

681
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:10,894
"The stretch-fabric design
is sensual, innovative,

682
00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:14,808
and upon reflection, uniquely brave."

683
00:41:16,265 --> 00:41:20,595
"Perhaps even a high-point
of a long and illustrious career."

684
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:26,780
Well?

685
00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:33,661
Well, reviews don't matter.

686
00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:41,326
Bravo.

687
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:45,880
Thanks, Joe.

688
00:41:49,798 --> 00:41:52,838
Now what the fuck do we do with it?

689
00:41:52,927 --> 00:41:55,677
[laughs]

690
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,390
I don't know.

691
00:41:58,474 --> 00:42:01,444
-I've never carved a fucking turkey.
-Well, me neither!

692
00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:03,938
Uh, okay.

693
00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:07,691
I'll do it, but, um, you can't laugh.
[chuckles]

694
00:42:09,443 --> 00:42:10,533
Oh, poor thing.

695
00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:13,531
It was murdered once.
Now it's being murdered again by you.

696
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:16,454
You should know
that while I am doing this,

697
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:19,334
I am thinking about
that Olympic Tower asshole.

698
00:42:19,411 --> 00:42:21,791
-Now, now.
-No, I mean it.

699
00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:23,122
What he did to you…

700
00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:25,377
I don't know why
you can't get angry about that.

701
00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,499
Oh, I'm through with angry.

702
00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:31,881
Frankly, I should thank him.

703
00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:34,676
It wasn't till after all that
that I found a little peace.

704
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,300
Wow. Then find some for me, won't ya?

705
00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:38,388
[laughs]

706
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:42,690
Happy Thanksgiving, love.

707
00:42:42,768 --> 00:42:44,558
Oh, Liza. I love you.

708
00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:45,475
I love you.

709
00:42:48,524 --> 00:42:49,574
Oh.

710
00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:51,606
[chuckles]

711
00:42:53,153 --> 00:42:55,163
Thank God for this place.

712
00:42:58,534 --> 00:42:59,954
Well, I should tell you.

713
00:43:02,162 --> 00:43:03,962
I've decided to get rid of it.

714
00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:09,168
And I've sold the townhouse.

715
00:43:09,878 --> 00:43:10,748
[Liza] What?

716
00:43:11,797 --> 00:43:12,917
What are you gonna do?

717
00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:17,264
I'm gonna go to the West Coast.
San Francisco.

718
00:43:17,344 --> 00:43:19,564
Take a little time.
Go up and down the coast.

719
00:43:23,726 --> 00:43:25,886
[crying] I don't understand.
Why would you do that?

720
00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:29,689
Oh, Liza, look at me. You know why.

721
00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:33,609
Baby, come here.

722
00:43:34,194 --> 00:43:35,244
Come here.

723
00:43:36,155 --> 00:43:38,775
-[sobbing]
-It's all right. It's all right.

724
00:43:38,866 --> 00:43:41,866
Shh. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

725
00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:43,750
It's okay.

726
00:43:43,829 --> 00:43:45,829
[Liza sobbing]

727
00:43:45,914 --> 00:43:48,134
You promise me that this isn't the end?

728
00:43:48,208 --> 00:43:49,168
No, no, no, no.

729
00:43:49,251 --> 00:43:52,211
I'll come back. I promise. I promise.

730
00:43:53,213 --> 00:43:56,723
-I'm sorry to spring it on you like this.
-[sobs]

731
00:44:00,179 --> 00:44:01,809
-It's all right.
-[sniffles]

732
00:44:06,644 --> 00:44:07,694
Don't worry.

733
00:44:27,623 --> 00:44:29,123
[Mohammed] Just checking in, sir.

734
00:44:30,751 --> 00:44:33,551
We've been here over an hour.
You wanna get moving?

735
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:35,505
In a minute.

736
00:44:40,886 --> 00:44:43,466
Look at the blue of that ocean.

737
00:44:45,265 --> 00:44:47,885
How the sun hits it.
It keeps changing color.

738
00:44:47,976 --> 00:44:49,936
Look, it's all silver now.

739
00:44:50,854 --> 00:44:53,734
Years ago, I'd look out there,
and I'd look at that blue,

740
00:44:53,816 --> 00:44:56,736
and I would think,
"What can I do with that blue?"

741
00:44:58,278 --> 00:45:01,908
My mind would start racing,
thinking about the collection I could do.

742
00:45:01,990 --> 00:45:04,030
Or maybe more than one.

743
00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:06,158
Maybe all the shades of blue.

744
00:45:07,788 --> 00:45:09,788
Could I get it ready by the fall?

745
00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:12,788
What cover could I get it on?

746
00:45:12,876 --> 00:45:13,996
Would they like it?

747
00:45:17,506 --> 00:45:18,506
But now…

748
00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:23,426
I only think about
what a pretty blue it is.

749
00:45:30,894 --> 00:45:32,234
All right. Let's go.

750
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:46,119
Thank you.

751
00:45:58,589 --> 00:45:59,629
Where to?

752
00:46:00,841 --> 00:46:01,841
Anywhere.

753
00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:04,597
Let's just drive.

754
00:46:09,224 --> 00:46:12,144
['80s music playing]

755
00:46:26,450 --> 00:46:29,290
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

756
00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:33,535
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

757
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:37,798
♪ It's a life of pain ♪

758
00:46:38,921 --> 00:46:41,261
♪ By the pearly-dewdrop's drops ♪

759
00:46:42,591 --> 00:46:45,261
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

760
00:46:47,095 --> 00:46:49,385
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

761
00:46:49,473 --> 00:46:51,393
♪ Ruby suns ♪

762
00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:55,595
♪ And ruddy cups ♪

763
00:46:56,772 --> 00:47:00,862
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

764
00:47:00,943 --> 00:47:03,403
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

765
00:47:03,487 --> 00:47:05,487
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

766
00:47:05,572 --> 00:47:07,662
♪ Ruby suns ♪

767
00:47:08,951 --> 00:47:11,701
♪ And ruddy cups ♪

768
00:47:12,496 --> 00:47:16,876
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

769
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:19,289
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

770
00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:21,758
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

771
00:47:25,384 --> 00:47:31,604
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

772
00:47:45,612 --> 00:47:47,612
♪ Ruby suns ♪

773
00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:51,912
♪ And ruddy cups ♪

774
00:47:52,661 --> 00:47:56,961
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

775
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,380
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

776
00:47:59,459 --> 00:48:01,749
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

777
00:48:01,837 --> 00:48:03,837
♪ Ruby suns ♪

778
00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:07,889
♪ And ruddy cups ♪

779
00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:12,965
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

780
00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:14,976
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

781
00:48:15,058 --> 00:48:17,728
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

782
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:24,941
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy
Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

783
00:48:25,027 --> 00:48:28,697
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

784
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:31,580
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

785
00:48:31,658 --> 00:48:33,328
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

786
00:48:37,122 --> 00:48:40,632
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy
Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

787
00:48:40,709 --> 00:48:44,799
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

788
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:47,760
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

789
00:48:47,841 --> 00:48:49,841
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

790
00:48:52,763 --> 00:48:56,643
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy
Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

791
00:48:56,725 --> 00:49:00,805
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

792
00:49:00,896 --> 00:49:03,396
♪ Should you ruddy ruddy
Pearly pearly pearly ♪

793
00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:06,112
♪ Bite the pearly-dewdrops off ♪

794
00:49:08,862 --> 00:49:12,702
♪ Ruby suns and ruddy
Ruby suns and ruddy ♪

795
00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:16,663
♪ Of the pearly-dewdrops' drops ♪

796
00:49:17,579 --> 00:49:19,209
[song fades]

797
00:49:22,167 --> 00:49:24,167
[melancholy music playing]