1 00:00:36,580 --> 00:00:38,290 MAN: So I went over to Harold Becker and I said, 2 00:00:38,373 --> 00:00:39,625 "Listen, man, I’m not quitting. 3 00:00:39,708 --> 00:00:42,044 You can’t get me to quit, you fucker." 4 00:00:42,127 --> 00:00:43,712 I’ll kick that guy’s ass in the last scene. 5 00:00:43,796 --> 00:00:45,214 You know? 6 00:00:45,297 --> 00:00:47,716 So the next day, they said, "No, you got to go." 7 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,301 (chuckles) 8 00:00:49,384 --> 00:00:51,303 You ever been fired before? 9 00:00:51,386 --> 00:00:52,846 -Fuckers. -VAL: I’ve been fired. 10 00:00:52,930 --> 00:00:54,223 Yeah? 11 00:00:54,306 --> 00:00:56,350 VAL: I’ve almost been fired from all of my movies. 12 00:00:56,433 --> 00:00:59,144 Every time, they start looking for someone else. 13 00:00:59,228 --> 00:01:01,980 ("Livin’ For Your Lover" by Chris Isaak playing) 14 00:01:02,064 --> 00:01:04,733 -Even this one. -(chuckles) 15 00:01:04,817 --> 00:01:08,904 ♪ I love her... ♪ 16 00:01:12,741 --> 00:01:15,494 Hey! More! More! More. 17 00:01:15,577 --> 00:01:17,913 More. More. 18 00:01:17,996 --> 00:01:21,041 -(laughter) -(goofy accent): He wants more! 19 00:01:21,124 --> 00:01:22,251 More sex. 20 00:01:22,334 --> 00:01:25,754 More drugs. More wine! 21 00:01:25,838 --> 00:01:28,924 More tobacco. More headaches. 22 00:01:29,007 --> 00:01:32,344 More ulcers. More herpes. 23 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:33,929 More women. 24 00:01:34,012 --> 00:01:35,764 And less of Tom Cruise. 25 00:01:35,848 --> 00:01:37,808 (laughter) 26 00:01:37,891 --> 00:01:39,309 (yelling) 27 00:01:40,727 --> 00:01:43,021 Give me more! 28 00:01:47,192 --> 00:01:49,069 -(yells) -(laughter) 29 00:01:54,157 --> 00:01:57,411 ("Everybody’s Talkin’" by Harry Nilsson playing) 30 00:02:02,416 --> 00:02:06,169 ♪ Everybody’s talking at me ♪ 31 00:02:06,253 --> 00:02:09,381 ♪ I don’t hear a word they’re saying ♪ 32 00:02:09,464 --> 00:02:10,799 ♪ Only the echoes... ♪ 33 00:02:10,883 --> 00:02:13,218 I don’t do this with every interview I go on, 34 00:02:13,302 --> 00:02:15,053 take you inside my home. 35 00:02:15,137 --> 00:02:16,889 I don’t, but I’m going to. 36 00:02:17,973 --> 00:02:20,851 ♪ People stopping, staring ♪ 37 00:02:22,102 --> 00:02:25,647 ♪ I can’t see their faces ♪ 38 00:02:25,731 --> 00:02:30,611 ♪ Only the shadows of their eyes... ♪ 39 00:02:30,694 --> 00:02:33,530 JACK: My name is Val Kilmer. 40 00:02:33,614 --> 00:02:36,617 ♪ I’m going where the sun keeps shining ♪ 41 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:39,077 ♪ Through the pouring rain... ♪ 42 00:02:40,996 --> 00:02:43,749 I’m an actor. 43 00:02:43,832 --> 00:02:47,711 I was recently diagnosed with throat cancer. 44 00:02:47,794 --> 00:02:49,922 ♪ Banking off of the northeast winds... ♪ 45 00:02:50,005 --> 00:02:52,215 Though I healed quickly from the cancer, 46 00:02:52,299 --> 00:02:54,259 the extensive radiation and chemotherapy treatment 47 00:02:54,343 --> 00:02:57,054 that followed has left my voice impaired. 48 00:02:57,137 --> 00:02:59,932 ♪ The ocean like a stone... ♪ 49 00:03:00,015 --> 00:03:01,725 I’m still recovering, and it is difficult 50 00:03:01,808 --> 00:03:03,560 to talk and to be understood. 51 00:03:03,644 --> 00:03:08,231 ♪ Everybody’s talking at me ♪ 52 00:03:08,315 --> 00:03:11,693 ♪ Can’t hear a word they’re saying ♪ 53 00:03:11,777 --> 00:03:18,408 ♪ Only the echoes of my mind ♪ 54 00:03:18,492 --> 00:03:22,412 ♪ I won’t let you leave ♪ 55 00:03:22,496 --> 00:03:25,916 ♪ My love behind ♪ 56 00:03:25,999 --> 00:03:31,421 ♪ No, I won’t let you leave... ♪ 57 00:03:33,924 --> 00:03:38,387 ♪ No, I won’t... ♪ 58 00:03:41,723 --> 00:03:44,685 ♪ I won’t let you leave... ♪ 59 00:03:44,768 --> 00:03:47,354 Here we go. 60 00:03:47,437 --> 00:03:50,232 My name is Val Kilmer. 61 00:03:50,315 --> 00:03:52,651 (upbeat music playing over radio) 62 00:03:56,905 --> 00:03:59,199 I’ve lived a magical life. 63 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:02,661 And I’ve captured quite a bit of it. 64 00:04:06,623 --> 00:04:10,002 I was the first guy I knew to own a video camera. 65 00:04:13,505 --> 00:04:16,341 I have thousands of hours of videotapes and film reels 66 00:04:16,425 --> 00:04:19,219 that I’ve shot throughout my life and career. 67 00:04:21,555 --> 00:04:23,348 I’ve kept everything. 68 00:04:25,434 --> 00:04:27,519 And it’s been sitting in boxes for years. 69 00:04:27,602 --> 00:04:29,271 Writing. 70 00:04:32,482 --> 00:04:35,235 Hi, my name’s Val. 71 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:36,778 JACK: Audition tapes. 72 00:04:39,948 --> 00:04:42,492 Behind the scenes. 73 00:04:42,576 --> 00:04:44,828 -(helicopter whirring) -MAN: Hi, buddy. 74 00:04:44,911 --> 00:04:47,330 VAL: You look strangely natural in that. 75 00:04:47,414 --> 00:04:48,915 -Look what? -(laughter) 76 00:04:48,999 --> 00:04:52,753 (laughs): You look strangely natural in that. 77 00:04:55,797 --> 00:04:57,340 JACK: Home movies. 78 00:04:59,634 --> 00:05:02,262 Does that thing record your voice, too? 79 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:03,930 -WOMAN: Mm-hmm. -(gasps) 80 00:05:06,892 --> 00:05:09,019 JACK: Ideas for films. 81 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:12,230 I’ve wanted to tell a story about acting 82 00:05:12,314 --> 00:05:13,774 for a very long time. 83 00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:19,362 About the place where you end 84 00:05:19,446 --> 00:05:21,823 and the character begins. 85 00:05:23,408 --> 00:05:26,953 About truth and illusion. 86 00:05:30,207 --> 00:05:33,502 Now that it’s more difficult to speak, 87 00:05:33,585 --> 00:05:35,337 I want to tell my story more than ever. 88 00:05:39,091 --> 00:05:40,926 A story about my life... 89 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:47,599 ...that is also not my life. 90 00:05:55,816 --> 00:05:59,069 It’s like I’ve lived my life 91 00:06:00,195 --> 00:06:01,988 and 92 00:06:02,072 --> 00:06:04,366 it’s sort of 93 00:06:04,449 --> 00:06:08,245 all in these boxes, 94 00:06:08,328 --> 00:06:09,871 but what 95 00:06:09,955 --> 00:06:12,207 is part of the 96 00:06:12,290 --> 00:06:14,751 profound sadness 97 00:06:14,835 --> 00:06:16,837 is that 98 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,631 I know it’s incomplete. 99 00:06:20,507 --> 00:06:22,676 As much as I’ve 100 00:06:23,718 --> 00:06:27,472 filmed and as hard as I’ve tried, 101 00:06:27,556 --> 00:06:30,559 there’s nothing I can do 102 00:06:30,642 --> 00:06:33,019 to make 103 00:06:33,103 --> 00:06:35,605 any of it understood. 104 00:06:35,689 --> 00:06:37,732 I know that 105 00:06:37,816 --> 00:06:39,943 that’s not true, 106 00:06:40,026 --> 00:06:43,029 but it’s how I feel. 107 00:06:47,284 --> 00:06:49,870 ♪ Show me the way ♪ 108 00:06:49,953 --> 00:06:51,997 -♪ To go home ♪ -♪ Home ♪ 109 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,625 ♪ I’m tired and I want to go to bed ♪ 110 00:06:55,709 --> 00:06:57,210 ♪ Go to bed ♪ 111 00:06:57,294 --> 00:06:58,920 ♪ I had a little drink ♪ 112 00:06:59,004 --> 00:07:00,714 ♪ About an hour ago ♪ 113 00:07:00,797 --> 00:07:05,093 ♪ And it’s gone right to my head. ♪ 114 00:07:05,177 --> 00:07:07,345 Hey, there, you come to see the boating accident? 115 00:07:08,847 --> 00:07:09,848 (gasps) 116 00:07:11,683 --> 00:07:13,727 This was no boating accident. 117 00:07:21,318 --> 00:07:24,112 I know you want this fish dead. 118 00:07:24,196 --> 00:07:27,365 And I’ll find him. And I’ll kill him. 119 00:07:27,449 --> 00:07:31,244 But not for no measly $3,000. 120 00:07:31,328 --> 00:07:35,540 I’ll find him for three, but I’ll kill him for ten. 121 00:07:35,624 --> 00:07:37,667 $10,000? 122 00:07:37,751 --> 00:07:39,920 Ten boxes of crackers. 123 00:07:40,003 --> 00:07:43,924 JACK: Once upon a time, there were three brothers: 124 00:07:44,007 --> 00:07:45,884 Wesley, 125 00:07:45,967 --> 00:07:48,303 Mark 126 00:07:48,386 --> 00:07:51,181 and me, Val. 127 00:07:51,264 --> 00:07:53,892 Our father Eugene was an industrialist 128 00:07:53,975 --> 00:07:55,477 and real estate developer. 129 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,188 He named his company Liberty Engineering 130 00:07:58,271 --> 00:08:01,316 after the greatest large sculpture in America. 131 00:08:02,984 --> 00:08:05,195 Our mother Gladys was a spiritual woman 132 00:08:05,278 --> 00:08:07,656 who loved horses. 133 00:08:07,739 --> 00:08:10,242 It was their shared devotion to Christian Science 134 00:08:10,325 --> 00:08:12,202 that brought my parents together. 135 00:08:12,285 --> 00:08:15,163 They raised us in Chatsworth, California, 136 00:08:15,247 --> 00:08:18,416 deep in the San Fernando Valley, 137 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:22,254 adjacent to Hollywood, the movie capital of the world. 138 00:08:22,337 --> 00:08:25,632 My younger brother Wesley was an aspiring director, 139 00:08:25,715 --> 00:08:29,219 an artistic genius whose imagination dwarfed mine. 140 00:08:29,302 --> 00:08:31,638 He spent most of his time making art... 141 00:08:33,098 --> 00:08:35,392 ...and remaking the films he loved most. 142 00:08:38,186 --> 00:08:40,188 We lived down the street from Roy Rogers’ ranch, 143 00:08:40,272 --> 00:08:42,524 and when it went up for sale in 1971, 144 00:08:42,607 --> 00:08:45,193 my father bought it and moved us in. 145 00:08:46,778 --> 00:08:50,031 Wesley turned the ranch into a full-on movie set. 146 00:08:51,241 --> 00:08:53,660 Ha-ha! Push the button. (cackles) 147 00:08:53,743 --> 00:08:58,248 With this rocket, I intend to cover the measured mile 148 00:08:58,331 --> 00:09:00,792 in approximately 12 seconds. 149 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:03,336 (sinister laugh) 150 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:05,088 Activate the rocket. 151 00:09:05,171 --> 00:09:07,757 JACK: I wanted to act early on. 152 00:09:07,841 --> 00:09:09,801 ♪ Merry Christmas, Uncle Scrooge ♪ 153 00:09:09,884 --> 00:09:11,303 ♪ Humbug. ♪ 154 00:09:11,386 --> 00:09:13,722 JACK: My heroes were the greats... -Yeah? 155 00:09:13,805 --> 00:09:15,515 ...who trained on the stage and went on 156 00:09:15,598 --> 00:09:16,808 to light up the screen. 157 00:09:16,891 --> 00:09:19,519 Stella! 158 00:09:19,602 --> 00:09:23,189 JACK: I remember the first time I made a real audience laugh. 159 00:09:23,273 --> 00:09:24,607 (screaming) 160 00:09:24,691 --> 00:09:26,234 -Don’t wake the bomb. -(audience laughing) 161 00:09:26,318 --> 00:09:28,028 JACK: It was then and there that I realized 162 00:09:28,111 --> 00:09:30,030 -there was nothing better. -That small bomb, 163 00:09:30,113 --> 00:09:32,907 if it explodes, will blow up all of New York. 164 00:09:32,991 --> 00:09:35,577 Also, Philadelphia and Boston. 165 00:09:35,660 --> 00:09:37,078 JACK: And that was that. 166 00:09:37,162 --> 00:09:39,748 Repeat after me: 167 00:09:39,831 --> 00:09:42,917 -I... -AUDIENCE: I... 168 00:09:43,001 --> 00:09:45,253 -am... -am... 169 00:09:45,337 --> 00:09:47,172 -...listening! -...listening! 170 00:09:47,255 --> 00:09:50,759 -I don’t believe it! -I don’t believe it! 171 00:09:50,842 --> 00:09:52,802 This is the first time for Chatsworth. 172 00:09:52,886 --> 00:09:55,055 (wild cheering, screaming) 173 00:09:57,223 --> 00:09:59,309 JACK: If you believe in something enough, 174 00:09:59,392 --> 00:10:01,519 it becomes real. 175 00:10:01,603 --> 00:10:04,439 After years of dreaming about going to New York, 176 00:10:04,522 --> 00:10:06,608 I was the youngest kid ever accepted 177 00:10:06,691 --> 00:10:08,943 into drama school at Juilliard. 178 00:10:09,027 --> 00:10:12,113 WOMAN: Mr. Kilmer, just... just what did you feel 179 00:10:12,197 --> 00:10:14,115 at the time when they said 180 00:10:14,199 --> 00:10:16,951 Tales from Chatsworth is the play? 181 00:10:17,035 --> 00:10:19,412 VAL: All I felt was this numbing sensation 182 00:10:19,496 --> 00:10:22,582 in my left ear saying, "We won!" 183 00:10:22,665 --> 00:10:24,834 (laughter) 184 00:10:30,256 --> 00:10:32,801 JACK: I was about to start school in New York 185 00:10:32,884 --> 00:10:34,803 when I had a dream. 186 00:10:38,264 --> 00:10:41,184 In it, I was talking to my high school girlfriend Mare 187 00:10:41,267 --> 00:10:44,104 and her mom about death. 188 00:10:44,187 --> 00:10:46,231 Her mom said it wasn’t something she feared 189 00:10:46,314 --> 00:10:49,692 because it was where she would meet her creator. 190 00:10:51,945 --> 00:10:53,655 I woke from that dream to a phone call 191 00:10:53,738 --> 00:10:56,866 from my older brother Mark telling me that Wesley 192 00:10:56,950 --> 00:11:01,746 had an epileptic fit and drowned in our Jacuzzi. 193 00:11:06,751 --> 00:11:08,753 He was 15. 194 00:11:11,464 --> 00:11:14,050 (train passing) 195 00:11:14,134 --> 00:11:16,219 The sky wept. 196 00:11:20,723 --> 00:11:23,101 No more home videos. 197 00:11:23,184 --> 00:11:25,770 No more makeshift plays. 198 00:11:25,854 --> 00:11:30,775 My confidant had disappeared into dust. 199 00:11:33,695 --> 00:11:36,865 And our family was never the same again. 200 00:11:42,662 --> 00:11:44,914 -(buoy bell clanging) -(seabirds calling) 201 00:11:47,375 --> 00:11:49,461 (horns honking) 202 00:11:56,342 --> 00:11:57,552 Hi. 203 00:11:57,635 --> 00:12:01,222 I’m meeting the director of the drama division 204 00:12:01,306 --> 00:12:04,350 to show my son the school. 205 00:12:05,810 --> 00:12:07,854 JACK: When I finally started school, 206 00:12:07,937 --> 00:12:09,898 I was raw with grief. 207 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:22,202 I put Wesley’s drawings up all over my apartment to help me. 208 00:12:28,416 --> 00:12:30,084 Juilliard was tough. 209 00:12:30,168 --> 00:12:32,420 The courses were rigorous, and it was made clear to us 210 00:12:32,504 --> 00:12:36,341 on the first day, whatever we thought we knew was wrong. 211 00:12:39,677 --> 00:12:42,138 JAMES LIPTON: When did you write a volume of poetry 212 00:12:42,222 --> 00:12:46,184 called My Edens After Burns? 213 00:12:46,267 --> 00:12:48,228 ’87, ’88. 214 00:12:48,311 --> 00:12:50,855 There’s a poem in here called "Acting Class." 215 00:12:50,939 --> 00:12:53,316 VAL: "These acting scenes are death pennies 216 00:12:53,399 --> 00:12:56,694 -"hanging over my head. -(laughter) 217 00:12:56,778 --> 00:12:59,489 "But we’re all friends here, sitting in chairs 218 00:12:59,572 --> 00:13:01,950 -"designed by Satan... -(laughter) 219 00:13:02,033 --> 00:13:05,119 "a million miles away from this pontificator 220 00:13:05,203 --> 00:13:09,332 juicing over the eternal springs of moment-to-moment acting." 221 00:13:09,415 --> 00:13:11,626 (laughter, applause) 222 00:13:14,045 --> 00:13:16,631 -She was so hard on us. -She was hard? 223 00:13:16,714 --> 00:13:19,259 JACK: We were schooled in everything: Euripides, 224 00:13:19,342 --> 00:13:21,844 Chekov, and Shakespeare, of course. 225 00:13:21,928 --> 00:13:23,304 WOMAN: There you go, Val. 226 00:13:23,388 --> 00:13:25,014 -Here’s your name. -(laughter) 227 00:13:25,098 --> 00:13:27,141 Right under... 228 00:13:29,018 --> 00:13:32,063 -Do you know who that is? -JACK: I do not, no. 229 00:13:32,146 --> 00:13:33,982 That’s a famous actress, 230 00:13:34,065 --> 00:13:36,109 Kelly McGillis. 231 00:13:38,528 --> 00:13:40,572 -WOMAN: Does this look familiar? -VAL: It sure does. 232 00:13:40,655 --> 00:13:42,448 -(laughs) -JACK: This is cool. 233 00:13:42,532 --> 00:13:45,076 JACK: There was no playwriting program at the time, 234 00:13:45,159 --> 00:13:48,246 which was odd, so we started one. 235 00:13:48,329 --> 00:13:50,540 We wrote a play called How It All Began, 236 00:13:50,623 --> 00:13:52,417 based on the memoir of Michael Baumann, 237 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:54,502 a former leftist German militant. 238 00:13:54,586 --> 00:13:56,004 WOMAN: Well, now, 239 00:13:56,087 --> 00:13:58,673 Michael Baumann will be able to tell his story. 240 00:13:58,756 --> 00:14:00,717 JACK: The play was about terrorism, 241 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,636 a topic as relevant as ever today. 242 00:14:05,388 --> 00:14:07,932 Before the Central Committee of the Roaming Hash Rebels 243 00:14:08,016 --> 00:14:11,686 or anything like it existed, I was a perfectly normal person. 244 00:14:11,769 --> 00:14:13,354 And then I got this feeling from it that’s like, 245 00:14:13,438 --> 00:14:15,440 just like the Rolling Stones, like, you know, 246 00:14:15,523 --> 00:14:16,941 it’s a downtowner! 247 00:14:17,025 --> 00:14:19,360 JACK: We dreamed that play into existence 248 00:14:19,444 --> 00:14:23,406 and I experienced the joy of performing my own words onstage. 249 00:14:23,489 --> 00:14:24,907 -VAL: It’s-it’s abstract. -MAN: Abstract. 250 00:14:24,991 --> 00:14:26,951 JACK: It was life-changing. 251 00:14:27,035 --> 00:14:29,203 You can’t look at any one element in isolation 252 00:14:29,287 --> 00:14:31,289 and say this is the only thing that’s true. 253 00:14:31,372 --> 00:14:33,291 -(applause) -JACK: The play was such a success 254 00:14:33,374 --> 00:14:35,835 that we were invited to perform it at the public theater 255 00:14:35,918 --> 00:14:38,171 after graduation. 256 00:14:38,254 --> 00:14:40,590 As the lead, it was my first step toward 257 00:14:40,673 --> 00:14:43,092 becoming a young theater star in the city. 258 00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:06,157 Here we are, filming ourselves. 259 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,995 The date is April 3, 1983. 260 00:15:14,248 --> 00:15:15,875 JACK: Two years after graduation, 261 00:15:15,958 --> 00:15:17,543 I get my first big break 262 00:15:17,627 --> 00:15:20,963 on the New York stage in a play called Slab Boys. 263 00:15:25,885 --> 00:15:27,887 But after being given the lead, 264 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:29,889 I was asked by the director if I would mind 265 00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:33,643 playing the second lead because Kevin Bacon was available. 266 00:15:33,726 --> 00:15:35,645 (knocking) 267 00:15:35,728 --> 00:15:37,897 Come on, man. 268 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:39,774 Is that, uh, is that a video camera? 269 00:15:39,857 --> 00:15:42,485 -WOMAN: It’s rolling, yeah. -Oh, that’s really cool, Val. 270 00:15:42,568 --> 00:15:44,404 That... that is boss. 271 00:15:44,487 --> 00:15:46,197 Do we have a television here? 272 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,324 JACK: Then I was asked to play the third lead 273 00:15:48,408 --> 00:15:51,285 because Sean Penn was available. 274 00:15:51,369 --> 00:15:56,958 BOTH: ♪ There’s a moon out tonight ♪ 275 00:15:57,041 --> 00:15:59,669 -(both vocalizing) -(laughter) 276 00:15:59,752 --> 00:16:02,338 ♪ That I adore. ♪ 277 00:16:02,422 --> 00:16:05,717 That’s gonna be worth some money. 278 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,721 Now, what I’d like you to do is when I leave, 279 00:16:09,804 --> 00:16:12,014 I want you to get as close as you can. 280 00:16:12,098 --> 00:16:13,474 You only have a couple of feet. 281 00:16:13,558 --> 00:16:15,643 And zoom in on the box. 282 00:16:15,727 --> 00:16:18,980 And then you’ll hear me say, "I’ll take a tea, please," 283 00:16:19,063 --> 00:16:22,442 onstage, while Mark and Cheryl, my brother and-- 284 00:16:22,525 --> 00:16:25,903 you know who you are-- well, they’ll be watching it. 285 00:16:25,987 --> 00:16:27,488 -Bye. -(laughter over speaker) 286 00:16:27,572 --> 00:16:29,490 -About to go onstage. -(chatter over speaker) 287 00:16:29,574 --> 00:16:31,576 MAN: Val’s just about to make his entrance. 288 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:33,161 -Jack. -Hi, Archie. 289 00:16:33,244 --> 00:16:35,246 -And this is Phil McCann. -Howdy, Andy. 290 00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:37,123 And last but by all means least... 291 00:16:37,206 --> 00:16:40,209 -(laughter) -Hector McKenzie... 292 00:16:40,293 --> 00:16:42,670 JACK: I went from being the star of the play 293 00:16:42,754 --> 00:16:45,923 to playing the character that was the butt of every joke. 294 00:16:46,007 --> 00:16:50,636 It wasn’t an easy pill to swallow, but I did it. 295 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,263 -(cork pops) -MAN: Whoa! 296 00:16:52,346 --> 00:16:53,973 JACK: It’s true that there are no small parts, 297 00:16:54,056 --> 00:16:56,184 only small actors. 298 00:16:56,267 --> 00:16:59,437 It’s also true that not all characters are created equal, 299 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,731 and it became clear to me that my mission should be 300 00:17:01,814 --> 00:17:05,610 to chase down those roles that would transform me. 301 00:17:07,737 --> 00:17:09,989 (horns honking) 302 00:17:17,663 --> 00:17:22,585 I’m really determined to do Hamlet... 303 00:17:23,753 --> 00:17:27,215 ...by about 27, maybe 28. 304 00:17:27,298 --> 00:17:29,300 I really am. 305 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,846 I’m gonna work on it very hard and be very dedicated to it, 306 00:17:33,930 --> 00:17:38,100 just like a weekend camp counselor. 307 00:17:41,395 --> 00:17:44,899 JACK: In Hamlet, Shakespeare suggests it’s the actor’s job 308 00:17:44,982 --> 00:17:48,027 to hold a mirror up to nature. 309 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:52,865 To capture everlasting truth through an illusion. 310 00:17:52,949 --> 00:17:56,035 What we strive for as actors is a performance so true 311 00:17:56,118 --> 00:17:59,205 that the audience can see themselves in it. 312 00:17:59,288 --> 00:18:02,959 Good, bad or ugly. 313 00:18:05,419 --> 00:18:07,421 ♪ ♪ 314 00:18:12,343 --> 00:18:18,266 Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, 315 00:18:18,349 --> 00:18:20,810 thaw... 316 00:18:20,893 --> 00:18:25,940 and resolve itself into a dew. 317 00:18:26,023 --> 00:18:28,276 Oh... 318 00:18:32,446 --> 00:18:36,784 ...that this too, too solid flesh would melt, 319 00:18:36,868 --> 00:18:38,578 thaw... 320 00:18:40,663 --> 00:18:44,333 ...and resolve itself into a dew. 321 00:18:44,417 --> 00:18:46,335 Oh... 322 00:18:47,753 --> 00:18:51,340 ...that this too, too solid flesh would melt, 323 00:18:51,424 --> 00:18:55,386 thaw and resolve itself into a dew. 324 00:18:55,469 --> 00:18:57,471 (grunts) 325 00:18:57,555 --> 00:18:59,223 That this... 326 00:18:59,307 --> 00:19:03,561 too, too solid flesh would melt, 327 00:19:03,644 --> 00:19:08,399 thaw and resolve itself into a dew. 328 00:19:10,026 --> 00:19:12,069 Or that the Everlasting had not fixed 329 00:19:12,153 --> 00:19:14,572 his canon ’gainst self-slaughter. 330 00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:16,866 Oh, God. 331 00:19:16,949 --> 00:19:18,159 God! 332 00:19:18,242 --> 00:19:20,828 Your body was literally, uh, um, 333 00:19:20,912 --> 00:19:22,747 responding to what was happening. 334 00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:25,750 Turmoil was going on inside... 335 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,628 your head this time. 336 00:19:28,711 --> 00:19:32,924 Um... why such an extreme response? 337 00:19:33,966 --> 00:19:35,551 Uh, these words, when he says that, 338 00:19:35,635 --> 00:19:37,637 "I don’t want to live anymore, I wish I was dead," 339 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,556 I’ve-I’ve never thought those thoughts, really. 340 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,934 I’ve never-- and I took them to be true. 341 00:19:43,017 --> 00:19:44,393 It’s not just like a... 342 00:19:44,477 --> 00:19:46,103 "Fuck, I wish I was dead." Or, "I wish..." 343 00:19:46,187 --> 00:19:49,857 KASS: There is no way, absolutely no way 344 00:19:49,941 --> 00:19:52,735 you never thought those thoughts. 345 00:19:52,818 --> 00:19:55,696 There is no way. 346 00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:58,574 Every actor must finally accept that. 347 00:19:58,658 --> 00:20:00,326 Well, yeah, in the context of what... 348 00:20:00,409 --> 00:20:02,995 of the situation where the character expresses... 349 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:05,164 Yes, so you had those thoughts 350 00:20:05,247 --> 00:20:06,624 even as this character expresses. 351 00:20:06,707 --> 00:20:08,250 Yes, you’ve had these experiences. 352 00:20:08,334 --> 00:20:10,836 Yes, you have had this response. 353 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,255 There are no limitations 354 00:20:13,339 --> 00:20:17,009 to the actor’s capacity-- the creative capacity-- 355 00:20:17,093 --> 00:20:19,512 to have experienced even that which is not 356 00:20:19,595 --> 00:20:22,974 a conscious experience in your life, and it’s for this reason 357 00:20:23,057 --> 00:20:26,644 that I have held firmly to the belief 358 00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:30,398 that there never is a need for substitution. 359 00:20:30,481 --> 00:20:33,192 Because, "I never had this situation in my life. 360 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:35,027 I never experienced this." 361 00:20:35,111 --> 00:20:36,946 There is nothing 362 00:20:37,029 --> 00:20:39,991 that you have not experienced and known. 363 00:20:47,748 --> 00:20:49,625 ♪ Wop-bop-a-loo-bam, a-lop-bam-boom ♪ 364 00:20:49,709 --> 00:20:51,877 ♪ Tutti frutti, oh, Rudy... ♪ 365 00:20:51,961 --> 00:20:55,589 JACK: I had been working hard building a career in theater 366 00:20:55,673 --> 00:20:57,883 when Hollywood came calling. 367 00:20:57,967 --> 00:21:01,220 I was cast in the movie Top Secret. 368 00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:03,514 ♪ Wop-bop-a-loo-bam, a-lop-bam-boom... ♪ 369 00:21:03,597 --> 00:21:05,391 JACK: Top Secret is an over-the-top, 370 00:21:05,474 --> 00:21:08,519 rock musical, spy thriller parody. 371 00:21:08,602 --> 00:21:10,271 To this day, I have trouble 372 00:21:10,354 --> 00:21:11,814 explaining what the film is about. 373 00:21:11,897 --> 00:21:13,024 I’m not the first guy who fell in love 374 00:21:13,107 --> 00:21:14,316 with a girl he met in a restaurant, 375 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,776 who then turned out to be the daughter of 376 00:21:15,860 --> 00:21:17,528 a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her 377 00:21:17,611 --> 00:21:19,697 to a childhood lover who she’d last seen on a deserted island 378 00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:21,157 and who turned out 15 years later 379 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,325 to be the leader of the French Underground. 380 00:21:23,409 --> 00:21:24,660 I know. It... 381 00:21:24,744 --> 00:21:27,997 It all sounds like some bad movie. 382 00:21:32,877 --> 00:21:35,796 JACK: I approached the character the only way I knew how, 383 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,757 which was with everything I had. 384 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,551 ♪ How silly can you get, yeah, yeah... ♪ 385 00:21:40,634 --> 00:21:42,678 I spent four months learning how to play the guitar, 386 00:21:42,762 --> 00:21:44,680 but when I got to set, 387 00:21:44,764 --> 00:21:49,018 the directors thought it would be funnier if I mimed. 388 00:21:49,101 --> 00:21:50,811 They watched me make my fingers bleed 389 00:21:50,895 --> 00:21:52,646 just to see the look on my face 390 00:21:52,730 --> 00:21:54,857 when they told me, "We like it better 391 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:57,735 when you can’t play, like Elvis." 392 00:21:57,818 --> 00:22:00,613 We filmed the movie in London, 393 00:22:00,696 --> 00:22:02,531 but it was my initiation into Hollywood. 394 00:22:02,615 --> 00:22:04,200 ♪ Cross my heart... ♪ 395 00:22:07,787 --> 00:22:09,663 VAL: I miss London bad. 396 00:22:09,747 --> 00:22:11,957 It’s just, you know, 397 00:22:12,041 --> 00:22:14,335 the first big city I came to 398 00:22:15,586 --> 00:22:17,421 after New York. 399 00:22:19,632 --> 00:22:22,134 ♪ ♪ 400 00:22:22,218 --> 00:22:24,595 JACK: While I was filming, I stayed in an apartment 401 00:22:24,678 --> 00:22:27,223 just down the street from the famous Royal Court Theatre. 402 00:22:30,726 --> 00:22:32,269 Great actors like Laurence Olivier 403 00:22:32,353 --> 00:22:34,939 and Alec Guinness have graced that stage. 404 00:22:35,022 --> 00:22:38,234 At the time, an unknown Danny Boyle 405 00:22:38,317 --> 00:22:40,861 was directing a play there called The Genius, 406 00:22:40,945 --> 00:22:43,531 and I went eager for some culture and inspiration. 407 00:22:43,614 --> 00:22:45,199 I immediately fell in love 408 00:22:45,282 --> 00:22:47,284 with a young actress in it named Joanne Whalley. 409 00:22:50,496 --> 00:22:53,040 I watched her in that play more times than I’d like to admit. 410 00:22:53,124 --> 00:22:55,376 And one night, I followed her and her cast mates 411 00:22:55,459 --> 00:22:58,170 to a local pub, but I was too intimidated and shy 412 00:22:58,254 --> 00:23:00,339 to introduce myself. 413 00:23:00,422 --> 00:23:01,715 She was brilliant. 414 00:23:01,799 --> 00:23:04,802 ♪ And love me tonight... ♪ 415 00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:07,596 JACK: And I was in town making fluff. 416 00:23:08,722 --> 00:23:10,683 (guitar crackling) 417 00:23:10,766 --> 00:23:12,309 ♪ ♪ 418 00:23:18,524 --> 00:23:20,734 ("Top Gun Anthem" playing) 419 00:23:23,904 --> 00:23:26,198 (radio host speaking indistinctly) 420 00:23:30,202 --> 00:23:33,539 VAL: Fuck. This is our set. 421 00:23:33,622 --> 00:23:36,292 Welcome aboard, actors. 422 00:23:36,375 --> 00:23:38,627 ♪ ♪ 423 00:23:51,557 --> 00:23:55,144 Here it goes. The rails are up. 424 00:23:55,227 --> 00:23:57,521 (alarm blaring) 425 00:23:57,605 --> 00:23:59,857 (mechanical whirring) 426 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,740 Rick. 427 00:24:13,287 --> 00:24:15,623 And follow me. 428 00:24:15,706 --> 00:24:17,625 ("Films" by Gary Numan playing) 429 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:19,168 JACK: Believe it or not, 430 00:24:19,251 --> 00:24:21,921 I didn’t want to do Top Gun at first. 431 00:24:22,004 --> 00:24:24,131 I felt the script was silly, 432 00:24:24,215 --> 00:24:25,716 and disliked warmongering in film. 433 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:28,135 (indistinct chatter) 434 00:24:28,219 --> 00:24:30,679 But I was under contract with the studio, 435 00:24:30,763 --> 00:24:33,807 so I didn’t really have a choice. 436 00:24:33,891 --> 00:24:35,976 It was the director Tony Scott’s colorful vision 437 00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:38,938 and energy that made the whole experience enjoyable. 438 00:24:40,314 --> 00:24:43,651 It was hard not to be seduced by it. 439 00:24:43,734 --> 00:24:45,986 ♪ ♪ 440 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:55,120 On the page, there was very little to the character Iceman. 441 00:24:55,204 --> 00:25:00,334 ♪ I don’t like the film, I don’t like the film... ♪ 442 00:25:00,417 --> 00:25:03,170 So I attempted to make him real. 443 00:25:03,254 --> 00:25:05,422 ♪ Play it all back, and I don’t like... ♪ 444 00:25:05,506 --> 00:25:07,508 I manifested a backstory for him 445 00:25:07,591 --> 00:25:10,427 where he had a father who ignored him, 446 00:25:10,511 --> 00:25:13,013 and as a result, was driven by the need 447 00:25:13,097 --> 00:25:15,015 to be perfect in every way. 448 00:25:15,099 --> 00:25:16,892 ♪ But I like the actors... ♪ 449 00:25:16,976 --> 00:25:21,480 This obsession with perfection is what made him so arrogant. 450 00:25:29,738 --> 00:25:31,657 That was great. That was a good shot. 451 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:33,325 JACK: I would purposely play up the rivalry 452 00:25:33,409 --> 00:25:35,953 between Tom’s character and mine off-screen as well. 453 00:25:36,036 --> 00:25:38,622 And what ended up happening is the actors, 454 00:25:38,706 --> 00:25:42,251 in true Method fashion, split into two distinct camps. 455 00:25:42,334 --> 00:25:44,712 You had Maverick and Goose on one side 456 00:25:44,795 --> 00:25:48,966 and Slider, Hollywood, Wolfman and me, Iceman, on the other. 457 00:25:49,049 --> 00:25:52,845 It was fun to play up the conflict between our characters, 458 00:25:52,928 --> 00:25:56,015 but in reality, I’ve always thought of Tom as a friend, 459 00:25:56,098 --> 00:25:58,767 and we’ve always supported each other. 460 00:25:58,851 --> 00:26:01,228 -WOMAN: It was Val. -WOMAN: Val, that smelled great. 461 00:26:01,312 --> 00:26:03,147 -Great. -VAL: Hey. 462 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:05,149 -Inserts. -(laughter) 463 00:26:05,232 --> 00:26:07,151 Inserts can be valuable. 464 00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:10,070 ("I Got You Babe" by UB40 and Chrissie Hynde playing) 465 00:26:10,154 --> 00:26:13,032 JACK: Each night after wrap, our camp would party hard 466 00:26:13,115 --> 00:26:14,616 around San Diego. 467 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,161 ♪ They say we’re young and we don’t know ♪ 468 00:26:17,244 --> 00:26:19,955 ♪ We won’t find out until we grow... ♪ 469 00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:22,666 Kelly McGillis and I hardly spoke at Juilliard, 470 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:24,793 but because we had that experience in common, 471 00:26:24,877 --> 00:26:27,129 we became fast friends on set. 472 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:28,964 ♪ Baby, I got you... ♪ 473 00:26:29,048 --> 00:26:31,425 She and Barry Tubb, who played Wolfman, 474 00:26:31,508 --> 00:26:32,885 fell in love during the film 475 00:26:32,968 --> 00:26:35,346 and stayed happily together for some time. 476 00:26:35,429 --> 00:26:38,766 ♪ I got you, babe ♪ 477 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:44,063 ♪ I got flowers in the spring ♪ 478 00:26:44,146 --> 00:26:48,317 ♪ I got you to wear my ring... ♪ 479 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,152 MAN: Anthony Edwards, 480 00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:52,738 star of Revenge of the Nerds! 481 00:26:52,821 --> 00:26:55,366 I’m a nerd, and, uh, 482 00:26:55,449 --> 00:26:57,659 I’m pretty proud of it. 483 00:26:57,743 --> 00:26:59,661 JACK: We were all at the start of our careers, 484 00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:01,455 with a film or two under our belts. 485 00:27:01,538 --> 00:27:04,041 Haven’t you dicks got anything better to do? 486 00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:06,377 CRUISE: There’s one thing I’ve learned 487 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:08,170 in all my years: 488 00:27:08,253 --> 00:27:11,382 sometimes you got to say, "What the fuck?" 489 00:27:11,465 --> 00:27:12,549 Come in for the close-up. 490 00:27:12,633 --> 00:27:14,718 Val, it was a full-page ad yesterday. 491 00:27:14,802 --> 00:27:17,638 Val, you have to get still approval next time. 492 00:27:17,721 --> 00:27:20,307 Would you be prepared if gravity reversed itself? 493 00:27:20,391 --> 00:27:22,393 ♪ I got you, babe ♪ 494 00:27:22,476 --> 00:27:24,395 ♪ I got you, babe... ♪ 495 00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:28,941 A surprise leader in the summer movie sweepstakes... 496 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,652 -Top Gun is a pop gun. -When it kicked in its burners, 497 00:27:31,735 --> 00:27:33,612 the box office went "pow!" 498 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:35,656 ("Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer playing) 499 00:27:35,739 --> 00:27:37,574 JACK: None of us knew at the time 500 00:27:37,658 --> 00:27:40,661 what a crazy commercial success the film would be. 501 00:27:40,744 --> 00:27:43,247 All of a sudden, 502 00:27:43,330 --> 00:27:46,333 I was being catapulted into the celebrity stratosphere. 503 00:27:46,417 --> 00:27:48,961 (excited chatter) 504 00:27:49,044 --> 00:27:51,547 -(women screaming) -WOMAN: Val! 505 00:27:51,630 --> 00:27:54,341 JACK: And for the rest of my life, I would be called "Iceman" 506 00:27:54,425 --> 00:27:57,136 by every pilot at every airport I ever went to. 507 00:27:57,219 --> 00:27:58,595 WOMAN: I love you, Val! 508 00:27:58,679 --> 00:28:00,013 Want to say a few words to Cable News Network? 509 00:28:00,097 --> 00:28:02,433 -Okay. -Sheryl, Val "Kilmeer." 510 00:28:02,516 --> 00:28:04,435 -Val! Val! -We’ve got... We have him? 511 00:28:04,518 --> 00:28:07,604 ♪ Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this evening ♪ 512 00:28:07,688 --> 00:28:10,315 -(women screaming) -♪ I need some hot stuff ♪ 513 00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:12,484 -♪ Baby, tonight ♪ -(reporters clamoring) 514 00:28:12,568 --> 00:28:17,406 ♪ I want some hot stuff, baby, this evening ♪ 515 00:28:17,489 --> 00:28:18,699 ♪ Got to have some hot stuff ♪ 516 00:28:18,782 --> 00:28:21,326 ♪ Got to have some love tonight ♪ 517 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:23,245 ♪ Hot stuff ♪ 518 00:28:24,538 --> 00:28:26,874 ♪ I need hot stuff ♪ 519 00:28:26,957 --> 00:28:28,750 (Jack laughing) 520 00:28:28,834 --> 00:28:30,252 ♪ I want some hot stuff ♪ 521 00:28:30,335 --> 00:28:32,171 Yeah? 522 00:28:32,254 --> 00:28:35,757 ♪ I need hot stuff ♪ 523 00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:37,426 What’s up? 524 00:28:37,509 --> 00:28:38,552 (song stops abruptly) 525 00:28:41,472 --> 00:28:46,143 So, as you have seen now several times, 526 00:28:46,226 --> 00:28:51,607 I can’t speak without plugging this hole. 527 00:28:51,690 --> 00:28:53,150 This is because 528 00:28:53,233 --> 00:28:54,902 they put a piece of plastic 529 00:28:54,985 --> 00:28:57,905 down my breathing tube, 530 00:28:57,988 --> 00:29:00,949 which is also, as everyone knows, 531 00:29:01,033 --> 00:29:03,160 where your food goes down, 532 00:29:03,243 --> 00:29:07,247 and because the hole is so small, 533 00:29:08,457 --> 00:29:10,501 you have to make a choice, 534 00:29:10,584 --> 00:29:13,587 when you have this kind of problem, whether you 535 00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:15,339 breathe or eat. 536 00:29:15,422 --> 00:29:18,383 Obviously, if you can’t breathe, you can’t eat. 537 00:29:18,467 --> 00:29:20,010 Shit! 538 00:29:20,093 --> 00:29:21,887 Goddamn. 539 00:29:21,970 --> 00:29:24,223 (bells jingling) 540 00:29:25,682 --> 00:29:28,393 (jingling) 541 00:29:28,477 --> 00:29:30,145 Oh, no, not... 542 00:29:30,229 --> 00:29:33,649 Oh, Val, I’m not even ready, dressed. 543 00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:35,442 WOMAN: She really looks great usually. 544 00:29:35,526 --> 00:29:37,819 -Oh... come on. -You’ll notice later. 545 00:29:37,903 --> 00:29:40,781 -MAN: I want my picture taken. -(gasps) 546 00:29:40,864 --> 00:29:43,450 Please d... don’t, Val. 547 00:29:43,534 --> 00:29:47,287 (laughing): Oh... don’t. Don’t, Val. 548 00:29:47,371 --> 00:29:50,624 JACK: My mom filed for divorce when I was eight. 549 00:29:50,707 --> 00:29:52,292 My father had several affairs, 550 00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:54,711 and my mother finally left him because of it. 551 00:29:54,795 --> 00:29:56,296 WOMAN: (laughs) She’s trying to hide. 552 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:58,131 JACK: My father used his power and money 553 00:29:58,215 --> 00:30:00,300 to win custody of my brothers and I. 554 00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:02,219 GLADYS: You can tell everybody it was... 555 00:30:02,302 --> 00:30:04,471 (Swedish accent): it was the Swedish cooking. 556 00:30:04,555 --> 00:30:08,058 JACK: Growing up, Mom was as enigmatic to me 557 00:30:08,141 --> 00:30:10,269 as Ingrid Bergman, 558 00:30:10,352 --> 00:30:12,271 who was also Swedish. 559 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:14,856 She was strong but aloof, 560 00:30:14,940 --> 00:30:17,943 which made me seek out her approval and love even more. 561 00:30:18,026 --> 00:30:20,571 GLADYS: Carla’s got eight grandkids. 562 00:30:20,654 --> 00:30:22,614 And they’re all darling. 563 00:30:22,698 --> 00:30:25,784 JACK: After the divorce, she moved to Wickenburg, Arizona, 564 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:28,996 and married Bill, the love of her life. 565 00:30:29,079 --> 00:30:33,083 That’s not fair, Val Kilmer, you turkey. 566 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,419 (playing gentle song) 567 00:30:40,799 --> 00:30:42,926 JACK: Bill was the life of the party, 568 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:45,012 who loved to drink till he slurred 569 00:30:45,095 --> 00:30:47,514 and told dirty jokes that my mom loved to laugh at 570 00:30:47,598 --> 00:30:50,976 and then would admonish with, "Oh, Bill." 571 00:30:51,768 --> 00:30:54,021 (rattling) 572 00:30:55,147 --> 00:30:57,149 Yeah, yeah, get it, get, get! 573 00:30:57,232 --> 00:30:59,818 JACK: I didn’t take to him right off the bat. 574 00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:03,697 I eventually came to recognize what a good soul he was. 575 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:06,575 (British accent): Hello. 576 00:31:06,658 --> 00:31:09,953 I think I’ll have another Diet Coke. 577 00:31:11,204 --> 00:31:13,498 (piano playing "Winter Wonderland") 578 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,630 JACK: My mother rarely shared her personal feelings, 579 00:31:19,713 --> 00:31:21,590 but I always felt connected to her 580 00:31:21,673 --> 00:31:24,885 through the faith that she passed on to me. 581 00:31:24,968 --> 00:31:26,970 That faith has helped me weather 582 00:31:27,054 --> 00:31:30,265 some of life’s most devastating hardships. 583 00:31:34,353 --> 00:31:39,066 I used to hate the Valley with an absolute passion. 584 00:31:40,901 --> 00:31:42,319 I hate it. 585 00:31:44,446 --> 00:31:45,530 It’s so, uh-- 586 00:31:45,614 --> 00:31:46,823 it’s the rim of hell. 587 00:31:46,907 --> 00:31:49,576 It’s where hell begins, right here. 588 00:31:49,660 --> 00:31:51,495 If you look over the edge, 589 00:31:51,578 --> 00:31:53,622 you can look down into hell. 590 00:31:59,127 --> 00:32:02,464 I haven’t been out here in 15 years. 591 00:32:02,547 --> 00:32:06,218 The last time I was out here was making 592 00:32:06,301 --> 00:32:10,722 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Robert Downey Jr. 593 00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:14,184 That house was there, 594 00:32:14,267 --> 00:32:17,270 but the rest of these houses weren’t here, 595 00:32:17,354 --> 00:32:20,190 and my dad bought all the property 596 00:32:20,273 --> 00:32:21,233 and 597 00:32:21,316 --> 00:32:23,777 sold each one of the lots 598 00:32:23,860 --> 00:32:26,238 so he could 599 00:32:26,321 --> 00:32:29,408 decide who his neighbors were gonna be. 600 00:32:30,242 --> 00:32:32,911 This is my old house. 601 00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:35,080 The second house. 602 00:32:37,874 --> 00:32:40,669 It’s full of death. 603 00:32:42,254 --> 00:32:44,506 ♪ ♪ 604 00:32:48,927 --> 00:32:52,597 JACK: Dad blamed himself for Wesley’s death. 605 00:32:52,681 --> 00:32:55,726 Wesley was under his care, and he wasn’t as strict 606 00:32:55,809 --> 00:32:57,269 as he probably should have been 607 00:32:57,352 --> 00:32:59,396 about making him take his epilepsy pills. 608 00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:02,566 Moses and his band of faithful followers. 609 00:33:04,735 --> 00:33:07,112 We’re coming to the promised land. 610 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,450 That’s over Jordan and beyond the Red Sea. 611 00:33:11,533 --> 00:33:13,160 ♪ Look over Jordan ♪ 612 00:33:13,243 --> 00:33:15,537 -♪ And what did I see ♪ -Just outside of Egypt. 613 00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:18,915 ♪ Coming for to carry me home? ♪ 614 00:33:18,999 --> 00:33:21,168 ♪ ♪ 615 00:33:29,426 --> 00:33:33,889 JACK: After Wesley died, all of my father’s charisma vanished, 616 00:33:33,972 --> 00:33:37,976 and he became a detached and vacant version of himself. 617 00:33:46,735 --> 00:33:49,362 VAL: What you thinking about? 618 00:33:50,655 --> 00:33:53,533 I’m thinking about how nice it is to be away from 619 00:33:53,617 --> 00:33:56,161 the civilization called Los Angeles. 620 00:33:58,079 --> 00:33:59,998 Life seems to have more meaning out here 621 00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:02,793 if you can just get connected to it, huh? 622 00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:06,630 JACK: His finances had also taken a turn for the worse. 623 00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:09,174 But he was unwilling to give up his dream: 624 00:34:09,257 --> 00:34:11,510 becoming one of California’s biggest land barons. 625 00:34:11,593 --> 00:34:13,512 So he asked for my help. 626 00:34:13,595 --> 00:34:16,848 After starring in a few films, I’d begun to make my own money 627 00:34:16,932 --> 00:34:19,184 and was asked to cosign on his loans. 628 00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:20,894 That’s our property line right there? 629 00:34:20,977 --> 00:34:23,271 MAN: Yeah, that’s the property. This is lot number three. 630 00:34:23,355 --> 00:34:25,315 JACK: I wanted to be a good son to him 631 00:34:25,398 --> 00:34:27,400 and agreed without much hesitation. 632 00:34:27,484 --> 00:34:29,986 VAL: My father bought all of this. 633 00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:32,364 All of this. 634 00:34:40,497 --> 00:34:42,415 EUGENE: Come over, Val, so we can show you... 635 00:34:42,499 --> 00:34:44,042 -VAL: Okay. -...what we’re doing here. 636 00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:45,335 Good deal. 637 00:34:45,418 --> 00:34:47,295 EUGENE: So, we’re coming here with a ten-foot... 638 00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:49,548 JACK: I gave my father power of attorney, 639 00:34:49,631 --> 00:34:51,967 and he put my name on over 20 phantom companies 640 00:34:52,050 --> 00:34:55,220 that were shells in order to avoid taxes. 641 00:34:56,638 --> 00:34:59,015 He hoped it would work out, but when it didn’t, 642 00:34:59,099 --> 00:35:01,268 I had to make a choice: 643 00:35:01,351 --> 00:35:03,478 sue my own father 644 00:35:03,562 --> 00:35:06,898 or write a check for everything I had. 645 00:35:06,982 --> 00:35:10,735 I wrote the check and got back to work. 646 00:35:12,946 --> 00:35:15,198 (thunder rumbling) 647 00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:20,412 Whoa. 648 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:23,623 (thunder rumbling) 649 00:35:23,707 --> 00:35:27,002 What are you staring at? 650 00:35:27,085 --> 00:35:29,170 ("Look at What the Light Did Now" by Little Wings playing) 651 00:35:29,254 --> 00:35:31,464 (indistinct chatter) 652 00:35:38,847 --> 00:35:42,058 JACK: A few years after first seeing her perform in London, 653 00:35:42,142 --> 00:35:45,186 fate miraculously cast Joanne Whalley and I together 654 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:46,980 in the movie Willow. 655 00:35:47,063 --> 00:35:50,525 I fell in love with her all over again. 656 00:35:50,609 --> 00:35:53,278 ♪ Hear it like a pounce upon a peak, oh ♪ 657 00:35:53,361 --> 00:35:56,489 ♪ Look at what the light did now ♪ 658 00:35:56,573 --> 00:35:59,200 ♪ Bear it like a bounce upon the beak, oh... ♪ 659 00:35:59,284 --> 00:36:00,911 (whispers): Help! 660 00:36:00,994 --> 00:36:02,287 (lively chatter) 661 00:36:02,370 --> 00:36:04,164 ♪ Land and water and bird... ♪ 662 00:36:04,247 --> 00:36:06,499 MAN: Uh, it’s too late. 663 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:08,460 It’s too late to stop now, Val. 664 00:36:08,543 --> 00:36:10,503 -No, I-I’m fine. -WOMAN: All right. 665 00:36:10,587 --> 00:36:12,380 WOMAN 2: You having fun? 666 00:36:12,464 --> 00:36:14,674 -(mouthing) -(laughs) 667 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:16,051 ♪ Look at what the light did now... ♪ 668 00:36:16,134 --> 00:36:17,886 -(camera clicks) -(woman laughs) 669 00:36:17,969 --> 00:36:20,555 It’s too late, Val. 670 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:24,267 ♪ Look at what the light did now... ♪ 671 00:36:24,351 --> 00:36:27,020 JACK: My father was born in Texas, 672 00:36:27,103 --> 00:36:30,440 but raised on Native American land in New Mexico. 673 00:36:30,523 --> 00:36:32,734 When we were kids, he brought my brothers and I there 674 00:36:32,817 --> 00:36:36,029 to visit my grandfather’s grave. 675 00:36:36,112 --> 00:36:39,658 That day, something deep in my spirit awoke 676 00:36:39,741 --> 00:36:42,285 and New Mexico became home to me. 677 00:36:42,369 --> 00:36:45,121 Joanne agreed to make it hers as well, 678 00:36:45,205 --> 00:36:49,501 and we decided to build a beautiful life there together. 679 00:36:49,584 --> 00:36:51,461 (Southern accent): This is the reason I’m here, 680 00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:53,880 -and it’s the reason you’re here. -MAN: What? 681 00:36:53,964 --> 00:36:55,924 My daddy, Gene Kilmer. 682 00:36:56,007 --> 00:36:59,594 He spawned me now some 28 years ago. 683 00:36:59,678 --> 00:37:01,721 -Yeah, about that. -Mm-hmm. 684 00:37:01,805 --> 00:37:04,099 (normal voice): Well, we’re gonna go cut the cake, Pop. 685 00:37:04,182 --> 00:37:06,226 Okay, I’ll be with you. 686 00:37:06,309 --> 00:37:08,561 (guitar playing "Love") 687 00:37:08,645 --> 00:37:11,481 ANDY and DAVID WILLIAMS: ♪ Love is touch ♪ 688 00:37:12,524 --> 00:37:14,109 (laughing) 689 00:37:14,192 --> 00:37:16,486 ♪ Touch is love ♪ 690 00:37:19,072 --> 00:37:22,200 ♪ Love is reaching ♪ 691 00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:27,998 ♪ Reaching love ♪ 692 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,919 ♪ Love is needing ♪ 693 00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:38,341 ♪ To be loved. ♪ 694 00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:41,720 (playing hard rock music) 695 00:37:53,231 --> 00:37:55,442 (Jack groans, laughs) 696 00:37:55,525 --> 00:37:56,568 Okay. 697 00:37:56,651 --> 00:37:58,903 (playing hard rock music) 698 00:38:06,995 --> 00:38:09,247 ♪ ♪ 699 00:38:37,942 --> 00:38:40,111 (gun racks) 700 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:46,493 He’s freaked out and he said he saw the bogeyman, okay? 701 00:38:46,576 --> 00:38:50,121 So I took it away for him. That’s all. 702 00:38:50,205 --> 00:38:52,082 I took it away. 703 00:38:52,165 --> 00:38:54,167 That’s all I’m saying. 704 00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:55,627 (gunshot) 705 00:38:55,710 --> 00:38:57,879 JACK: Though I had starred in a few films, 706 00:38:57,962 --> 00:39:00,882 I was hardly walking in Brando’s footsteps. 707 00:39:00,965 --> 00:39:03,551 The best character roles were few and far between. 708 00:39:03,635 --> 00:39:04,969 (gunfire) 709 00:39:05,053 --> 00:39:07,180 So I’d go out of my way to make audition tapes 710 00:39:07,263 --> 00:39:09,724 for directors that I wanted to work with, 711 00:39:09,808 --> 00:39:12,060 for roles that I wanted to play. 712 00:39:14,646 --> 00:39:18,066 Marines are not allowed to die without permission. 713 00:39:18,149 --> 00:39:20,026 ’Cause we are... 714 00:39:21,528 --> 00:39:23,571 ...government property. 715 00:39:23,655 --> 00:39:25,698 JACK: I made multiple tapes for Stanley Kubrick 716 00:39:25,782 --> 00:39:27,992 when I heard he was making Full Metal Jacket. 717 00:39:28,076 --> 00:39:29,452 I’m gonna give you about four takes 718 00:39:29,536 --> 00:39:30,703 with some different voices. 719 00:39:30,787 --> 00:39:32,622 (exhales) 720 00:39:32,705 --> 00:39:35,208 I sure do like shooting people. 721 00:39:35,291 --> 00:39:38,419 (voice lower): I sure do like shooting people. 722 00:39:38,503 --> 00:39:40,088 (laughs softly) 723 00:39:41,923 --> 00:39:44,843 (Southern accent): I sure do like shooting people. 724 00:39:44,926 --> 00:39:47,428 I sure do like killing people. 725 00:39:47,512 --> 00:39:51,391 JACK: I even flew 6,000 miles to hand-deliver it in person. 726 00:39:51,474 --> 00:39:54,102 I’m in England now for a couple of days because I made 727 00:39:54,185 --> 00:39:57,981 a film here last year and I still have a ticket back. 728 00:39:58,064 --> 00:40:01,067 And I thought that I would come by and... 729 00:40:02,318 --> 00:40:04,404 ...see how you felt about this. 730 00:40:04,487 --> 00:40:07,907 JACK: I also made a film for Martin Scorsese, 731 00:40:07,991 --> 00:40:10,410 where I played Henry Hill around the time of Goodfellas. 732 00:40:10,493 --> 00:40:12,328 VAL: The feds spent so much money to hook me. 733 00:40:12,412 --> 00:40:14,747 They had wiretaps, surveillance, helicopters. 734 00:40:14,831 --> 00:40:17,250 They had a list a mile long for him. 735 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:19,043 I had a lot of money out on the street to collect, 736 00:40:19,127 --> 00:40:20,628 several scores to wrap up. 737 00:40:20,712 --> 00:40:23,590 I mean, I was really scrambling the last days there. 738 00:40:23,673 --> 00:40:25,717 It was very dangerous. 739 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,219 JACK: Those attempts didn’t work. 740 00:40:28,303 --> 00:40:31,431 But when I heard they were making a Doors movie, 741 00:40:31,514 --> 00:40:33,808 not playing Jim was not an option. 742 00:40:35,018 --> 00:40:38,563 Snow peas, righteous. 743 00:40:38,646 --> 00:40:40,440 (echoing): ♪ Give us a creed to believe ♪ 744 00:40:40,523 --> 00:40:43,109 ♪ A night of lust, give us trust in the night... ♪ 745 00:40:43,193 --> 00:40:45,904 JACK: I made an audition tape where I sang the songs myself. 746 00:40:45,987 --> 00:40:49,032 ("Hour for Magic" playing) 747 00:40:49,115 --> 00:40:50,408 ♪ Give of color, hundred hues ♪ 748 00:40:50,491 --> 00:40:52,911 ♪ A rich mandala for me and you... ♪ 749 00:40:55,496 --> 00:40:57,749 JACK: The tape impressed the producers, and I was given 750 00:40:57,832 --> 00:41:01,377 the character that I would live in for the next year of my life. 751 00:41:01,461 --> 00:41:02,879 MAN: Background action. 752 00:41:02,962 --> 00:41:05,840 -Come on! -Come on, man. This isn’t our scene, man. 753 00:41:05,924 --> 00:41:07,717 These people are vampires. Come on, man. 754 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,427 It’s the four of us tonight. 755 00:41:09,510 --> 00:41:11,930 Make the myths, man. Come on. 756 00:41:12,013 --> 00:41:14,599 -Come on. -Hey, don’t leave. 757 00:41:14,682 --> 00:41:17,185 Come on, don’t let me down. 758 00:41:17,268 --> 00:41:20,188 I don’t know what’ll happen tonight. 759 00:41:20,271 --> 00:41:22,774 Might be death. 760 00:41:24,359 --> 00:41:27,904 JACK: I would watch videos to study Jim’s movements... 761 00:41:27,987 --> 00:41:29,989 ("Five to One" by The Doors playing) 762 00:41:30,073 --> 00:41:32,283 (cheering and applause) 763 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:41,376 ...and memorize them so the way he moved 764 00:41:41,459 --> 00:41:44,420 was the way I moved at all times. 765 00:41:44,504 --> 00:41:46,547 ♪ Five to one, baby ♪ 766 00:41:46,631 --> 00:41:49,050 ♪ One in five ♪ 767 00:41:49,133 --> 00:41:54,597 ♪ No one here gets out alive, now ♪ 768 00:41:54,681 --> 00:41:57,267 ♪ You get yours, baby ♪ 769 00:41:57,350 --> 00:42:00,228 ♪ I’ll get mine ♪ 770 00:42:00,311 --> 00:42:04,107 ♪ Gonna make it, baby, if we try ♪ 771 00:42:04,190 --> 00:42:06,109 ♪ Yeah. ♪ 772 00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:07,819 ♪ ♪ 773 00:42:07,902 --> 00:42:11,406 JACK: He wore these leather pants for years, 774 00:42:11,489 --> 00:42:13,324 so I wore them as long as I could, 775 00:42:13,408 --> 00:42:15,368 which was about a year. 776 00:42:15,451 --> 00:42:19,956 For Joanne, my wife, it was total hell. 777 00:42:21,874 --> 00:42:25,586 Home was just another place to rehearse. 778 00:42:26,713 --> 00:42:28,089 (Joanne clears throat) 779 00:42:28,172 --> 00:42:31,301 ("Break on Through (To the Other Side)" by The Doors playing) 780 00:42:31,384 --> 00:42:34,178 She tried to be supportive, but 781 00:42:34,262 --> 00:42:35,471 also just the music 782 00:42:35,555 --> 00:42:38,224 over and over and over again. 783 00:42:38,308 --> 00:42:40,268 ♪ Country in your eyes ♪ 784 00:42:40,351 --> 00:42:42,854 ♪ Arms that chain us, eyes that lie ♪ 785 00:42:42,937 --> 00:42:45,815 ♪ Break on through to the other side... ♪ 786 00:42:45,898 --> 00:42:48,151 (instruments warming up) 787 00:42:50,278 --> 00:42:53,614 Jim had this aspiration to 788 00:42:54,782 --> 00:42:57,368 capture this 789 00:42:58,369 --> 00:43:00,330 fleeting 790 00:43:00,413 --> 00:43:02,707 ethereal truth. 791 00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:05,001 ("The End" by The Doors playing) 792 00:43:05,084 --> 00:43:08,087 I think it’s Yeats who said, 793 00:43:08,171 --> 00:43:09,922 I’m paraphrasing, but 794 00:43:10,006 --> 00:43:11,549 the idea is 795 00:43:13,092 --> 00:43:17,305 you see a tree and you observe a truth 796 00:43:17,388 --> 00:43:19,766 about the tree. 797 00:43:20,850 --> 00:43:22,185 JACK: You see a tree, 798 00:43:22,268 --> 00:43:25,355 and you observe a truth about the tree. 799 00:43:25,438 --> 00:43:27,106 VAL: And you’re hit with it... 800 00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:29,609 JACK: And you’re hit with it... 801 00:43:29,692 --> 00:43:32,362 VAL: ...the magic of the tree. 802 00:43:32,445 --> 00:43:34,906 JACK: ...the magic of the tree. 803 00:43:34,989 --> 00:43:36,866 It’s a spiritual thing 804 00:43:36,949 --> 00:43:39,535 beyond the physical life-form of the tree. 805 00:43:39,619 --> 00:43:42,080 So, then you write and write 806 00:43:42,163 --> 00:43:45,333 and write about the form of the tree 807 00:43:45,416 --> 00:43:49,545 and the life of the tree and the spirit of it... 808 00:43:51,714 --> 00:43:55,134 ...till your own personality is gone from the words. 809 00:43:56,636 --> 00:43:58,679 ♪ This is the end ♪ 810 00:43:58,763 --> 00:44:01,182 ♪ Beautiful friend ♪ 811 00:44:01,265 --> 00:44:03,726 JACK: And when you’re gone from the poem, 812 00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:04,977 then it’s a poem. 813 00:44:05,061 --> 00:44:08,314 ♪ This is the end ♪ 814 00:44:08,398 --> 00:44:10,942 ♪ My only friend ♪ 815 00:44:11,025 --> 00:44:12,860 ♪ The end ♪ 816 00:44:12,944 --> 00:44:16,572 ♪ It hurts to set you free ♪ 817 00:44:16,656 --> 00:44:20,493 ♪ But you’ll never follow me... ♪ 818 00:44:20,576 --> 00:44:21,953 JACK: Part of you disappears 819 00:44:22,036 --> 00:44:23,996 so that you can dance with the spirit 820 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:25,748 of something else. 821 00:44:27,041 --> 00:44:30,378 ("Not to Touch the Earth" by The Doors playing) 822 00:44:33,881 --> 00:44:36,134 ♪ Not to touch the earth ♪ 823 00:44:36,217 --> 00:44:38,886 ♪ Not to see the sun ♪ 824 00:44:38,970 --> 00:44:42,098 ♪ Nothing left to do but run, run, run ♪ 825 00:44:42,181 --> 00:44:44,767 ♪ Let’s run ♪ 826 00:44:46,727 --> 00:44:48,980 ♪ Let’s run ♪ 827 00:44:50,940 --> 00:44:53,151 ♪ House upon the hill ♪ 828 00:44:53,234 --> 00:44:55,069 ♪ Moon is lying still ♪ 829 00:44:55,153 --> 00:44:57,363 ♪ Shadows of the trees ♪ 830 00:44:57,447 --> 00:44:59,907 ♪ Witnessing the wild breeze ♪ 831 00:44:59,991 --> 00:45:03,244 ♪ Come on, baby, run with me ♪ 832 00:45:05,204 --> 00:45:07,290 ♪ Let’s run ♪ 833 00:45:07,874 --> 00:45:10,460 (shouts) 834 00:45:11,294 --> 00:45:12,753 ♪ Some outlaws lived ♪ 835 00:45:12,837 --> 00:45:14,464 ♪ By the side of a lake ♪ 836 00:45:14,547 --> 00:45:18,009 ♪ The minister’s daughter’s in love with the snake ♪ 837 00:45:18,092 --> 00:45:21,888 ♪ Who lives in a well by the side of the road ♪ 838 00:45:21,971 --> 00:45:23,431 ♪ Wake up, girl ♪ 839 00:45:23,514 --> 00:45:25,975 ♪ We’re almost home, yeah ♪ 840 00:45:29,312 --> 00:45:32,690 ♪ I will get you ♪ 841 00:45:32,773 --> 00:45:35,526 ♪ Soon ♪ 842 00:45:36,652 --> 00:45:39,697 ♪ Soon, soon ♪ 843 00:45:40,948 --> 00:45:43,159 (cheering and applause) 844 00:45:49,665 --> 00:45:52,585 ♪ I am the Lizard King ♪ 845 00:45:53,419 --> 00:45:56,255 ♪ I can do anything. ♪ 846 00:45:56,339 --> 00:45:58,591 (cheering and applause continue) 847 00:46:07,225 --> 00:46:09,477 WOMAN: Or we could do one. 848 00:46:10,645 --> 00:46:12,480 (man laughs) 849 00:46:13,397 --> 00:46:15,983 I see this 850 00:46:16,067 --> 00:46:17,276 hole in my throat 851 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:18,694 and I wonder 852 00:46:20,238 --> 00:46:22,990 whether people wonder 853 00:46:23,074 --> 00:46:25,743 if I’ve had any fear of dying. 854 00:46:29,038 --> 00:46:31,999 Because I obviously 855 00:46:33,459 --> 00:46:35,795 am 856 00:46:35,878 --> 00:46:38,047 sounding 857 00:46:38,965 --> 00:46:42,510 much worse than I feel. 858 00:46:42,593 --> 00:46:46,681 But it’s an obstacle obviously that 859 00:46:46,764 --> 00:46:48,641 is, uh, 860 00:46:48,724 --> 00:46:52,520 very present with whoever sees me. 861 00:46:53,938 --> 00:46:55,565 And 862 00:46:57,942 --> 00:47:01,571 I have had fears 863 00:47:01,654 --> 00:47:04,407 but none that have ever 864 00:47:06,325 --> 00:47:08,494 been overwhelming 865 00:47:09,704 --> 00:47:11,831 about my life, 866 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,085 because I 867 00:47:17,086 --> 00:47:19,463 don’t believe in death, 868 00:47:19,547 --> 00:47:21,882 and my whole life I’ve 869 00:47:21,966 --> 00:47:26,095 tried to see the world 870 00:47:27,013 --> 00:47:29,056 as one 871 00:47:29,140 --> 00:47:31,183 piece of life. 872 00:47:31,267 --> 00:47:33,311 That’s how I understand it right; 873 00:47:33,394 --> 00:47:35,521 when you pull back 874 00:47:35,605 --> 00:47:37,857 from the planet, you see that 875 00:47:37,940 --> 00:47:40,693 we’re all one 876 00:47:40,776 --> 00:47:42,361 life source. 877 00:47:44,905 --> 00:47:47,074 ♪ ♪ 878 00:47:58,127 --> 00:48:00,379 (line ringing) 879 00:48:04,008 --> 00:48:05,259 MERCEDES (over phone): Hello? 880 00:48:05,343 --> 00:48:08,304 -Hi, sweetheart. -Hey. 881 00:48:08,387 --> 00:48:09,930 You’re not quite ready yet. 882 00:48:10,014 --> 00:48:11,849 Almost. (chuckles) 883 00:48:11,932 --> 00:48:13,351 Okay. 884 00:48:13,434 --> 00:48:14,894 I’m going to come... 885 00:48:14,977 --> 00:48:16,395 I’m going to come over to you, right? 886 00:48:16,479 --> 00:48:17,813 -Pick you up? -Okay. 887 00:48:17,897 --> 00:48:19,982 -All right. -Bye. 888 00:48:23,069 --> 00:48:25,321 ♪ ♪ 889 00:48:46,884 --> 00:48:48,552 JOANNE: It’s a peach. 890 00:48:48,636 --> 00:48:50,221 It’s a peachy little bum. 891 00:48:55,768 --> 00:48:58,437 What did you do? It’s all over your belly. 892 00:48:58,521 --> 00:49:00,648 You dirty mate. Look. 893 00:49:00,731 --> 00:49:02,608 Oh, my God. 894 00:49:02,692 --> 00:49:04,360 -You think you’re funny, don’t you? -(Val laughs) 895 00:49:04,443 --> 00:49:06,404 -Well, let’s get this off, as well. -VAL: Ew. 896 00:49:06,487 --> 00:49:07,697 JOANNE: Ew. 897 00:49:13,035 --> 00:49:15,329 VAL: Mercedes’ first over the shoulder. 898 00:49:15,413 --> 00:49:16,956 (Mercedes babbles) 899 00:49:17,707 --> 00:49:19,166 (TV playing indistinctly) 900 00:49:19,250 --> 00:49:20,584 (whispers) 901 00:49:20,668 --> 00:49:23,045 Don’t wake the child. 902 00:49:26,799 --> 00:49:29,051 (vocalizing) 903 00:49:30,553 --> 00:49:33,639 (Joanne laughs) 904 00:49:48,487 --> 00:49:50,740 Yeah, you can do it. 905 00:49:52,324 --> 00:49:53,743 (laughs) 906 00:49:53,826 --> 00:49:57,538 We’re just one big happy family, aren’t we, honey? 907 00:49:57,621 --> 00:50:00,583 One small happy family. 908 00:50:06,547 --> 00:50:08,799 ♪ ♪ 909 00:50:22,104 --> 00:50:23,355 -My trailer. -VAL: You’ve arrived. 910 00:50:23,439 --> 00:50:25,357 You’re a... you’re a pro. 911 00:50:25,441 --> 00:50:28,319 In close. 912 00:50:28,402 --> 00:50:30,446 Who’s the real...? 913 00:50:30,529 --> 00:50:34,241 VAL: See, what a historian would say during the credits, 914 00:50:34,325 --> 00:50:38,329 if you don’t show a picture of Wyatt Earp, it’s what? 915 00:50:38,412 --> 00:50:41,791 This Wyatt Earp or this Wyatt Earp? 916 00:50:41,874 --> 00:50:43,918 Which one is Memorex? 917 00:50:44,001 --> 00:50:46,587 You be the judge. (chuckles) 918 00:50:46,670 --> 00:50:48,839 You’re out of focus. You can’t get that close. 919 00:50:48,923 --> 00:50:50,758 (chuckles): Do you have a macro lens on that thing? 920 00:50:50,841 --> 00:50:52,343 -Listen, conk. -(chuckles) 921 00:50:52,426 --> 00:50:54,053 -Listen, conky. -I’ve been conked. 922 00:50:54,136 --> 00:50:56,555 -(laughter) -VAL: Lot of love on this location. 923 00:50:56,639 --> 00:50:59,600 Lot of love in these tumbleweeds. 924 00:50:59,683 --> 00:51:01,602 POWERS BOOTHE: It’s an extremely unusual experience. 925 00:51:01,685 --> 00:51:02,978 It’s one we used to talk about 926 00:51:03,062 --> 00:51:04,438 in the theater, that you really want 927 00:51:04,522 --> 00:51:06,148 an ensemble feeling and all those things 928 00:51:06,232 --> 00:51:08,192 that are rarely, if ever, achieved. 929 00:51:08,275 --> 00:51:10,820 -KURT RUSSELL: Are you filming? Stay filming. -VAL: Uh-huh. 930 00:51:10,903 --> 00:51:13,948 -Whoa! -(laughing) 931 00:51:14,031 --> 00:51:15,699 Doctor’s in. 932 00:51:15,783 --> 00:51:18,077 -I’ll be your huckleberry. -(gunshot) 933 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:21,247 JACK: Doc Holliday was a highly educated aristocrat 934 00:51:21,330 --> 00:51:23,415 and-and a dentist. 935 00:51:23,499 --> 00:51:24,708 Really? 936 00:51:24,792 --> 00:51:26,377 (chuckles) 937 00:51:26,460 --> 00:51:28,504 -MAN: Roll, Liz. -We’re rolling. 938 00:51:28,587 --> 00:51:30,464 JACK: He was also dying of tuberculosis 939 00:51:30,548 --> 00:51:33,759 and lost everything, including his practice, because of it. 940 00:51:33,843 --> 00:51:35,511 Tough roles are when the writing’s not good, 941 00:51:35,594 --> 00:51:37,805 and the writing was good. 942 00:51:37,888 --> 00:51:41,517 Doc Holliday’s a very well-written character. 943 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:43,477 Five hundred. 944 00:51:43,561 --> 00:51:46,313 Must be a peach of a hand. 945 00:51:46,397 --> 00:51:48,107 So it was just a pleasure, but it’s all... 946 00:51:48,190 --> 00:51:50,234 it’s in the writing. 947 00:51:50,317 --> 00:51:53,821 JACK: I saw Tombstone as a love story between two men. 948 00:51:53,904 --> 00:51:56,532 In the final scene, Doc, who’s dying, 949 00:51:56,615 --> 00:52:00,786 tries to get Wyatt to leave him and go live his life. 950 00:52:00,870 --> 00:52:03,330 I got the art department to fill my bed with ice 951 00:52:03,414 --> 00:52:05,499 so I could lay on top of it. 952 00:52:05,583 --> 00:52:08,377 I wanted to create a pain for myself equal to the pain 953 00:52:08,460 --> 00:52:10,588 Doc must have felt in saying goodbye. 954 00:52:10,671 --> 00:52:12,840 It was the best way I could come up with 955 00:52:12,923 --> 00:52:16,468 to do justice to their beautiful friendship. 956 00:52:16,552 --> 00:52:19,805 (quietly): Live, Wyatt. 957 00:52:19,889 --> 00:52:22,057 Live for me. 958 00:52:23,142 --> 00:52:26,061 Wyatt, if you ever were my friend, 959 00:52:26,145 --> 00:52:29,356 if you ever had even the slightest feeling for me, 960 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,025 leave now. 961 00:52:31,775 --> 00:52:34,028 Leave now. 962 00:52:38,198 --> 00:52:40,242 Please. 963 00:52:40,993 --> 00:52:43,829 ♪ ♪ 964 00:52:43,913 --> 00:52:45,372 (indistinct chatter) 965 00:52:45,456 --> 00:52:46,665 (chuckles) 966 00:52:46,749 --> 00:52:48,542 -You want to throw a tomahawk? -Sure, why not? 967 00:52:48,626 --> 00:52:49,793 Come on. 968 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,087 -Hey! -(laughs) 969 00:52:52,171 --> 00:52:54,632 -Ready. -(laughter) 970 00:52:57,259 --> 00:52:58,969 (cheering and applause) 971 00:52:59,053 --> 00:53:01,597 ♪ Have you got a nickel? ’Cause I got a dime ♪ 972 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,682 ♪ Let’s get together and drink... ♪ 973 00:53:05,976 --> 00:53:08,020 WOMAN: I’ll take a photo for you. 974 00:53:08,103 --> 00:53:10,356 Oh, I got it. Ready to do this? 975 00:53:10,439 --> 00:53:12,358 WOMAN 2: Yeah, you can go on in. What’s your name? 976 00:53:12,441 --> 00:53:15,402 -MAN: Steve. -WOMAN 2: Steve. Oh, I got it. There we go. 977 00:53:15,486 --> 00:53:18,197 Steve, this is Val. 978 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:20,032 Holy cow. 979 00:53:20,115 --> 00:53:21,951 -This is for you. -Howdy. 980 00:53:22,034 --> 00:53:23,661 -STEVE: How you doing? -Not bad. 981 00:53:23,744 --> 00:53:26,121 -Hop in there. I’ll get your photo. -STEVE: All right. 982 00:53:27,915 --> 00:53:29,583 I enjoy your films. 983 00:53:29,667 --> 00:53:31,418 Thank you so much. 984 00:53:31,502 --> 00:53:32,920 Thunderheart. 985 00:53:33,003 --> 00:53:34,213 Yeah. 986 00:53:35,798 --> 00:53:37,925 (man chuckles) 987 00:53:38,759 --> 00:53:40,302 Thank you very much, sir. 988 00:53:40,386 --> 00:53:42,930 We’re nerds, so we play Magic: The Gathering. 989 00:53:43,013 --> 00:53:44,223 It’s a card game. 990 00:53:44,306 --> 00:53:45,808 -So we made that for you. -Thank you. 991 00:53:45,891 --> 00:53:47,309 There’s a Bible verse on the back there for you. 992 00:53:47,393 --> 00:53:49,186 Fantastic. 993 00:53:49,269 --> 00:53:52,106 Val Kilmer "Chosen by God." 994 00:53:54,191 --> 00:53:55,776 MAN: Thank you very much, sir. 995 00:53:55,859 --> 00:53:58,112 WOMAN: One, two, three. 996 00:54:01,115 --> 00:54:03,784 (indistinct chatter) 997 00:54:03,867 --> 00:54:05,202 He blew my mind in South India. 998 00:54:05,285 --> 00:54:07,621 -Val gets around. -MAN: Yeah, man. 999 00:54:07,705 --> 00:54:10,416 I blew his mind in South India. 1000 00:54:10,499 --> 00:54:12,376 WOMAN: Who’s next? 1001 00:54:12,459 --> 00:54:16,338 EMCEE: Val Kilmer is here, and we’re gonna watch Tombstone 1002 00:54:16,422 --> 00:54:18,090 -on this screen. -(crowd cheering) 1003 00:54:19,299 --> 00:54:21,468 VAL: I always love it here 1004 00:54:21,552 --> 00:54:23,262 in Texas because 1005 00:54:23,345 --> 00:54:25,514 my father was born here. 1006 00:54:25,597 --> 00:54:27,099 (cheering) 1007 00:54:27,182 --> 00:54:30,227 Even though he passed on, 1008 00:54:30,310 --> 00:54:34,023 I always feel close by when I come to Texas. 1009 00:54:34,106 --> 00:54:35,983 -(cheering) -And, um... 1010 00:54:37,609 --> 00:54:38,694 and, um, 1011 00:54:38,777 --> 00:54:41,280 I’m having such a great time here. 1012 00:54:41,363 --> 00:54:43,449 I’d like to thank everybody for 1013 00:54:43,532 --> 00:54:46,618 -putting on such a great show. -(cheering) 1014 00:54:46,702 --> 00:54:48,746 EMCEE: Ladies and gentlemen, Val Kilmer is here with us 1015 00:54:48,829 --> 00:54:51,457 for Tombstone in a Western town! 1016 00:54:51,540 --> 00:54:53,709 (cheering) 1017 00:54:56,211 --> 00:54:58,380 -(Tombstone score playing) -(hoofbeats rumbling) 1018 00:55:01,550 --> 00:55:03,719 ♪ ♪ 1019 00:55:05,888 --> 00:55:08,182 VAL: Sometimes 1020 00:55:08,265 --> 00:55:12,895 I feel so low and I have the blues 1021 00:55:12,978 --> 00:55:15,355 really, really hard 1022 00:55:15,439 --> 00:55:18,150 about having to, 1023 00:55:18,233 --> 00:55:21,653 you know, fly around the country. 1024 00:55:23,655 --> 00:55:25,741 I don’t look great and 1025 00:55:25,824 --> 00:55:31,705 I’m selling basically my old self, my old career. 1026 00:55:33,707 --> 00:55:35,084 For many people, 1027 00:55:35,167 --> 00:55:38,504 it’s like the lowest thing you can do is 1028 00:55:38,587 --> 00:55:44,259 talk about your old pictures and sell photographs of... 1029 00:55:44,343 --> 00:55:47,137 of when you were Batman or 1030 00:55:48,138 --> 00:55:51,225 the Terminator. 1031 00:55:51,308 --> 00:55:54,436 I don’t want to insult any of the other actors 1032 00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,271 that fly around the world. 1033 00:55:56,355 --> 00:55:59,525 -(Doc Holliday coughing) -(cheering) 1034 00:55:59,608 --> 00:56:01,860 (toy cap guns popping) 1035 00:56:03,695 --> 00:56:04,988 Five hundred. 1036 00:56:05,072 --> 00:56:07,908 Must be a peach of a hand. 1037 00:56:07,991 --> 00:56:11,995 VAL: But it enables me to 1038 00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:14,665 meet my fans and... 1039 00:56:17,376 --> 00:56:19,336 and what ends up happening is 1040 00:56:19,419 --> 00:56:25,134 I feel really grateful rather than humiliated 1041 00:56:26,510 --> 00:56:29,304 because there’s so many people. 1042 00:56:29,388 --> 00:56:31,223 ED BAILEY: Come on. 1043 00:56:31,306 --> 00:56:34,810 -Come on, show. -(Doc Holliday coughs) 1044 00:56:36,562 --> 00:56:39,189 Is everybody paying attention? 1045 00:56:39,273 --> 00:56:42,276 I will help you solve the greatest riddle of all. 1046 00:56:42,359 --> 00:56:45,154 The mother of all riddles. 1047 00:56:46,321 --> 00:56:49,449 Who is... Batman? 1048 00:56:49,533 --> 00:56:51,785 (distorted upbeat music playing) 1049 00:57:04,798 --> 00:57:06,216 VAL: You see him? 1050 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:08,468 -MAN: See? -Yeah. 1051 00:57:09,678 --> 00:57:11,930 -MAN: Oh. -VAL: Whew. -MAN 2: He’s pissed. 1052 00:57:12,014 --> 00:57:14,141 -MAN: Fuck, look at that head, eh? -VAL: Yeah. 1053 00:57:14,224 --> 00:57:16,560 JACK: I was in Africa when I got a call from my agent, 1054 00:57:16,643 --> 00:57:20,022 who had been frantically trying to get ahold of me. 1055 00:57:20,105 --> 00:57:23,483 He asked me how I’d feel about being the next Batman. 1056 00:57:23,567 --> 00:57:25,819 (Batman Forever score playing) 1057 00:57:27,529 --> 00:57:30,282 I was in shock and disbelief, 1058 00:57:30,365 --> 00:57:34,286 mostly because I had just been exploring a remote bat cave 1059 00:57:34,369 --> 00:57:36,830 and that’s why I was so hard to reach. 1060 00:57:36,914 --> 00:57:38,790 (bats squeaking) 1061 00:57:38,874 --> 00:57:40,834 It was a sign. 1062 00:57:44,129 --> 00:57:46,381 ♪ ♪ 1063 00:57:51,053 --> 00:57:54,348 Every boy dreams of being Batman. 1064 00:57:54,431 --> 00:57:58,060 Batman is a superhero without any superpowers. 1065 00:57:58,143 --> 00:57:59,603 Just a normal guy. 1066 00:57:59,686 --> 00:58:02,689 Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb. 1067 00:58:02,773 --> 00:58:04,358 JACK: But he does incredible things 1068 00:58:04,441 --> 00:58:06,276 using his own intelligence 1069 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:09,154 and the amazing gadgets he invents. 1070 00:58:10,364 --> 00:58:13,951 Every boy dreams of being Batman 1071 00:58:14,034 --> 00:58:16,703 because it actually is possible to be him. 1072 00:58:19,248 --> 00:58:21,500 When I was in second grade, 1073 00:58:21,583 --> 00:58:24,920 our family was invited to the set of the Batman TV show. 1074 00:58:25,003 --> 00:58:27,547 To this day, one of my dearest memories 1075 00:58:27,631 --> 00:58:31,551 is that of my father lifting me into the Batmobile. 1076 00:58:31,635 --> 00:58:33,303 By Hollywood standards, 1077 00:58:33,387 --> 00:58:35,472 Batman is the ultimate leading role 1078 00:58:35,555 --> 00:58:37,349 and a dream come true. 1079 00:58:37,432 --> 00:58:40,102 I took the part without even reading the script. 1080 00:58:40,185 --> 00:58:42,688 -(whooshing) -NEWSMAN: Michael Keaton has moved on. 1081 00:58:42,771 --> 00:58:46,149 Val Kilmer has moved into the rubber body armor of Batman. 1082 00:58:46,233 --> 00:58:48,235 MAN: Mark. 1083 00:58:48,318 --> 00:58:52,072 JACK: But whatever boyish excitement I had going in 1084 00:58:52,155 --> 00:58:54,825 was crushed by the reality of the Batsuit. 1085 00:58:56,159 --> 00:58:58,620 When you’re in it, you can barely move 1086 00:58:58,704 --> 00:59:01,540 and people have to help you stand up and sit down. 1087 00:59:01,623 --> 00:59:03,125 Poor Val would have to put the mask on 1088 00:59:03,208 --> 00:59:05,043 and couldn’t hear when he had it on 1089 00:59:05,127 --> 00:59:06,670 and couldn’t breathe properly. 1090 00:59:06,753 --> 00:59:08,463 JACK: You also can’t hear anything. 1091 00:59:08,547 --> 00:59:10,882 And after a while, people stop talking to you. 1092 00:59:12,134 --> 00:59:14,428 It’s very isolating. 1093 00:59:14,511 --> 00:59:17,431 Do about an hour of acting, and then you fall down... 1094 00:59:17,514 --> 00:59:20,976 (chuckles): hyperventilate and need oxygen and water. 1095 00:59:21,059 --> 00:59:22,394 JACK: It was a struggle for me 1096 00:59:22,477 --> 00:59:24,688 to get a performance past the suit, 1097 00:59:24,771 --> 00:59:27,899 and it was frustrating until I realized that my role 1098 00:59:27,983 --> 00:59:31,653 in the film was just to show up and stand where I was told to. 1099 00:59:32,779 --> 00:59:34,781 VAL: Actors like Tommy Lee Jones... 1100 00:59:34,865 --> 00:59:37,200 Ha! Our kind of day. 1101 00:59:37,284 --> 00:59:40,412 ...had designed this whole performance, 1102 00:59:40,495 --> 00:59:43,123 and so had Jim Carrey. 1103 00:59:43,206 --> 00:59:46,293 Riddle me this, riddle me that. 1104 00:59:46,376 --> 00:59:48,962 Was that over-the-top? I can never tell. 1105 00:59:49,046 --> 00:59:51,173 (cackling) 1106 00:59:51,256 --> 00:59:53,759 It was just so huge. 1107 00:59:53,842 --> 00:59:57,429 I think it made no difference what I was doing. 1108 00:59:57,512 --> 01:00:00,432 I tried to be like an 1109 01:00:00,515 --> 01:00:03,435 actor on a soap opera. 1110 01:00:03,518 --> 01:00:06,938 The way I would turn to Nicole. 1111 01:00:08,190 --> 01:00:09,900 Bat-Signal is not a beeper. 1112 01:00:09,983 --> 01:00:13,570 Well, I wish I could say that my interest in you was 1113 01:00:13,653 --> 01:00:15,447 purely professional. 1114 01:00:15,530 --> 01:00:18,575 Go count how many times 1115 01:00:18,658 --> 01:00:21,203 I put my hands on my hips. 1116 01:00:21,286 --> 01:00:24,748 I don’t know how they come up with this 1117 01:00:24,831 --> 01:00:26,249 style of acting, 1118 01:00:26,333 --> 01:00:29,169 but they seem to go... 1119 01:00:29,252 --> 01:00:31,213 go to soap opera school. 1120 01:00:31,296 --> 01:00:34,883 "Why, why, why would you say that?" 1121 01:00:37,386 --> 01:00:39,179 JACK: The day I wrapped Batman, 1122 01:00:39,262 --> 01:00:42,682 I jumped in the car and went immediately to the set of Heat. 1123 01:00:42,766 --> 01:00:44,393 (gunfire) 1124 01:00:44,476 --> 01:00:46,603 Compared to the massive production of Batman, 1125 01:00:46,686 --> 01:00:48,647 Heat felt like an indie film. 1126 01:00:52,317 --> 01:00:54,694 Working with Al Pacino, 1127 01:00:54,778 --> 01:00:56,363 Robert De Niro 1128 01:00:56,446 --> 01:00:58,698 and director Michael Mann was pure joy. 1129 01:00:58,782 --> 01:01:01,243 Remember Jimmy MacAwain on the yard used to say, 1130 01:01:01,326 --> 01:01:03,578 "You want to be making moves on the street? 1131 01:01:03,662 --> 01:01:04,996 "Have no attachments. 1132 01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:06,748 "Allow nothing to be in your life 1133 01:01:06,832 --> 01:01:08,959 "that you cannot walk out on in 30 seconds flat 1134 01:01:09,042 --> 01:01:11,336 if you spot the heat around the corner." 1135 01:01:11,420 --> 01:01:13,296 Remember that? 1136 01:01:19,636 --> 01:01:23,056 For me, the sun rises and sets with her, man. 1137 01:01:23,140 --> 01:01:24,433 (applause) 1138 01:01:24,516 --> 01:01:26,601 Well, let’s talk about Batman now. 1139 01:01:26,685 --> 01:01:28,728 Now, this is kind of neat. You’re playing Batman. 1140 01:01:30,439 --> 01:01:32,065 NEWSWOMAN: Batman became the number one movie of the year 1141 01:01:32,149 --> 01:01:34,609 with $183 million. 1142 01:01:34,693 --> 01:01:36,111 NEWSWOMAN 2: Val Kilmer is Batman. 1143 01:01:36,194 --> 01:01:37,320 Most of the time, all you see is his lips, 1144 01:01:37,404 --> 01:01:38,905 so who would know anyway? 1145 01:01:38,989 --> 01:01:40,282 Hot entrance. 1146 01:01:40,365 --> 01:01:42,617 JACK: Batman Forever got mixed reviews 1147 01:01:42,701 --> 01:01:45,078 but was a commercial success. 1148 01:01:45,162 --> 01:01:47,998 They wanted to start the next one immediately. 1149 01:01:48,081 --> 01:01:50,167 I turned it down. 1150 01:01:50,250 --> 01:01:52,544 I was already committed to The Saint, 1151 01:01:52,627 --> 01:01:55,172 a remake of a British spy thriller series 1152 01:01:55,255 --> 01:01:57,340 where I’d get to play a character who dons 1153 01:01:57,424 --> 01:01:59,718 multiple personas and disguises. 1154 01:01:59,801 --> 01:02:04,014 It was like ten roles in one, and I wanted to do that more. 1155 01:02:05,098 --> 01:02:07,601 VAL: What’s that I see, Jack? 1156 01:02:07,684 --> 01:02:09,561 Batmobile! 1157 01:02:09,644 --> 01:02:12,355 -Is that mine, Daddy? -Yeah! 1158 01:02:12,439 --> 01:02:14,399 (chuckles) 1159 01:02:17,027 --> 01:02:18,195 VAL: Ready? 1160 01:02:18,278 --> 01:02:20,155 Are you all ready, Batman? 1161 01:02:20,238 --> 01:02:21,281 -(revving sounds) -Quick, turn left. 1162 01:02:21,364 --> 01:02:22,824 That’s this way. Turn, turn. 1163 01:02:22,908 --> 01:02:25,994 JACK: Yes, every boy wants to be Batman. 1164 01:02:27,245 --> 01:02:29,539 They actually want to be him. 1165 01:02:31,082 --> 01:02:34,294 They don’t necessarily want to play him in a movie. 1166 01:02:36,546 --> 01:02:38,798 (indistinct chatter) 1167 01:02:47,682 --> 01:02:50,685 -Val, Val, Val, Val, Val. -Val, Val, Val, Val Kilmer. 1168 01:02:50,769 --> 01:02:53,605 Is it possible to write "You can be my wingman" on there? 1169 01:02:53,688 --> 01:02:57,317 Sorry, can you put "Iceman" on that one? 1170 01:02:57,400 --> 01:02:59,528 Would you write "You can be my wingman"? 1171 01:02:59,611 --> 01:03:01,321 "You can be my wingman" on this one. 1172 01:03:01,404 --> 01:03:03,657 Can you put "Iceman" on it as well, please, Val? 1173 01:03:03,740 --> 01:03:05,992 Can you put "You can be my wingman anytime" 1174 01:03:06,076 --> 01:03:07,369 and then "Val Kilmer, Iceman"? 1175 01:03:07,452 --> 01:03:09,037 I wanna take a break. 1176 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:10,830 You want to take a break anyway? Okay. 1177 01:03:10,914 --> 01:03:12,707 -Yeah, my stomach... -Okay, okay. All right. Let me-- 1178 01:03:12,791 --> 01:03:14,042 -Hey, Kim? -Yep. 1179 01:03:14,125 --> 01:03:15,502 Can we just finish these last few people? 1180 01:03:15,585 --> 01:03:16,836 Want to lock it down, if they would-- 1181 01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:18,922 Yaseem, tell them to hold the people. 1182 01:03:19,005 --> 01:03:20,423 Hold the people. Thank you. 1183 01:03:20,507 --> 01:03:21,841 Okay. 1184 01:03:22,801 --> 01:03:25,387 -I wanna lay down. -Okay. 1185 01:03:28,390 --> 01:03:30,433 -Thank you. -MAN: Hey, thank you so much. 1186 01:03:30,517 --> 01:03:34,396 So, Val, what do you want to do with that guy’s autos? 1187 01:03:37,148 --> 01:03:39,109 (indistinct chatter) 1188 01:03:39,192 --> 01:03:41,361 ♪ ♪ 1189 01:04:05,093 --> 01:04:07,095 (indistinct chatter) 1190 01:04:07,178 --> 01:04:09,347 ♪ ♪ 1191 01:04:26,281 --> 01:04:29,326 ♪ ♪ 1192 01:04:29,409 --> 01:04:32,078 (film popping) 1193 01:04:32,162 --> 01:04:34,080 WESLEY: Testing for Fatman. 1194 01:04:34,164 --> 01:04:37,292 (vocalizing theme music) 1195 01:04:45,884 --> 01:04:48,386 (vocalizing continues) 1196 01:04:52,849 --> 01:04:56,519 ♪ Fatman... ♪ 1197 01:05:05,236 --> 01:05:10,075 Wes Kilmer-- coming in the famous actor’s home. 1198 01:05:10,158 --> 01:05:14,204 Wes Kilmer, KBIC News. 1199 01:05:14,287 --> 01:05:16,623 Goodbye. 1200 01:05:18,041 --> 01:05:20,001 Look, there’s a fence! How we gonna get out?! 1201 01:05:20,085 --> 01:05:21,461 Ha-ha. Push the button. 1202 01:05:21,544 --> 01:05:23,630 -Okay. -(cackling) 1203 01:05:24,339 --> 01:05:26,633 (engine revving) 1204 01:05:27,509 --> 01:05:29,761 ♪ ♪ 1205 01:05:46,736 --> 01:05:48,196 He’s back, he’s back. 1206 01:05:48,279 --> 01:05:49,531 MAN: Cheer for Val Kilmer, please! 1207 01:05:49,614 --> 01:05:52,617 (cheering) 1208 01:05:55,328 --> 01:05:58,498 I’ll take that ticket, and then you move right down. 1209 01:06:01,835 --> 01:06:03,378 -Hope you’re feeling better. -Oh, he chose blue. 1210 01:06:03,461 --> 01:06:04,713 Thank you. 1211 01:06:04,796 --> 01:06:07,173 MAN: Thanks, Val. Much appreciated. 1212 01:06:07,257 --> 01:06:08,550 Thanks for coming back. 1213 01:06:08,633 --> 01:06:10,260 -Thank you, sir. -Very good of you. 1214 01:06:10,343 --> 01:06:12,220 -You take care. -Thank you. 1215 01:06:12,303 --> 01:06:14,556 WOMAN: Thank you. 1216 01:06:21,730 --> 01:06:23,064 You’re an amazing Batman. 1217 01:06:23,148 --> 01:06:24,315 Thank you very much. Really appreciate it. 1218 01:06:24,399 --> 01:06:26,735 -MAN: Okay. -WOMAN: Thank you very much. 1219 01:06:26,818 --> 01:06:28,111 I’m glad you’re feeling better. 1220 01:06:28,194 --> 01:06:30,655 WOMAN: I love you. 1221 01:06:30,739 --> 01:06:34,576 Last call for Val autographs! 1222 01:07:06,858 --> 01:07:08,485 YOUNG MERCEDES: Hi, Daddy. 1223 01:07:10,779 --> 01:07:12,280 (engine rumbling in distance) 1224 01:07:12,363 --> 01:07:14,365 Hello, Mercedes. 1225 01:07:14,449 --> 01:07:16,951 We were talking about things that are scary, 1226 01:07:17,035 --> 01:07:19,662 and you said the only things that you were afraid of 1227 01:07:19,746 --> 01:07:21,790 were your dreams. 1228 01:07:21,873 --> 01:07:24,125 ♪ ♪ 1229 01:07:28,338 --> 01:07:31,341 Not many things scare me. 1230 01:07:31,424 --> 01:07:33,593 But one thing kind of is, um... 1231 01:07:33,676 --> 01:07:35,720 Scary. 1232 01:07:35,804 --> 01:07:37,388 It’s not exactly scary 1233 01:07:37,472 --> 01:07:40,016 but one thing that I’m concerned about. 1234 01:07:42,811 --> 01:07:45,605 I’m concerned 1235 01:07:45,688 --> 01:07:49,526 about making a really beautiful home 1236 01:07:49,609 --> 01:07:51,820 for you and Jack 1237 01:07:51,903 --> 01:07:54,572 in New Mexico. 1238 01:07:54,656 --> 01:07:56,658 There’s the river. 1239 01:07:56,741 --> 01:08:01,412 It’s beautiful this morning. 1240 01:08:02,580 --> 01:08:04,541 (wind whooshing) 1241 01:08:18,805 --> 01:08:23,351 ♪ Me and my shadow ♪ 1242 01:08:23,434 --> 01:08:26,271 (Mercedes panting) 1243 01:08:26,354 --> 01:08:28,815 ♪ Love you more than life. ♪ 1244 01:08:28,898 --> 01:08:33,403 Jezebel likes carrots a whole lot more than James Brown. 1245 01:08:37,907 --> 01:08:40,493 And... 1246 01:08:40,577 --> 01:08:43,830 sometimes not-- I’m not afraid... 1247 01:08:46,374 --> 01:08:48,835 ...but close to being afraid 1248 01:08:48,918 --> 01:08:52,088 of when I’m standing on a high cliff 1249 01:08:52,171 --> 01:08:54,090 that I might fall. 1250 01:08:58,970 --> 01:09:01,264 (laughing) 1251 01:09:02,432 --> 01:09:05,435 ♪ So I walk up on high ♪ 1252 01:09:05,518 --> 01:09:08,396 ♪ And I step to the edge ♪ 1253 01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:11,524 ♪ To see my world below... ♪ 1254 01:09:12,775 --> 01:09:14,736 VAL: Marlon gets to video. 1255 01:09:14,819 --> 01:09:17,155 I’m gonna video. 1256 01:09:18,531 --> 01:09:20,575 ♪ While the tears roll down ♪ 1257 01:09:20,658 --> 01:09:24,037 ♪ ’Cause it’s the world I know, oh ♪ 1258 01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:26,456 VAL: ♪ It’s the world that I know. ♪ 1259 01:09:26,539 --> 01:09:27,916 WOMAN: Is that one of those brand-new ones? 1260 01:09:27,999 --> 01:09:29,667 -Nice ones? -VAL: Yeah, it’s one of the brand-new ones. 1261 01:09:29,751 --> 01:09:31,377 If you could all just scooch in a little. 1262 01:09:31,461 --> 01:09:33,463 MAN: Okay, thanks. If we can clear the frame please. 1263 01:09:33,546 --> 01:09:35,423 -Umbrellas out. -Wait, wait, wait. 1264 01:09:35,506 --> 01:09:38,134 MAN: Want everybody that’s not in costume off the set. 1265 01:09:38,217 --> 01:09:40,219 Let’s all, let’s all kiss. 1266 01:09:41,930 --> 01:09:44,265 JACK: The Island of Dr. Moreau was my chance 1267 01:09:44,349 --> 01:09:47,101 to finally work with Marlon Brando. 1268 01:09:47,185 --> 01:09:49,854 The movie was doomed from the start. 1269 01:09:49,938 --> 01:09:53,274 Our first director, Richard Stanley, who was talented 1270 01:09:53,358 --> 01:09:56,152 but had never directed anything of this scale, 1271 01:09:56,235 --> 01:09:57,820 was replaced after he started shooting 1272 01:09:57,904 --> 01:10:01,824 by the experienced John Frankenheimer. 1273 01:10:01,908 --> 01:10:04,535 Frankenheimer, tasked with getting a production 1274 01:10:04,619 --> 01:10:07,080 already weeks behind under control, 1275 01:10:07,163 --> 01:10:10,041 was intent on finishing the film as quickly as possible, 1276 01:10:10,124 --> 01:10:11,960 and was unwilling to take the time 1277 01:10:12,043 --> 01:10:14,420 to explore Marlon’s ideas. 1278 01:10:16,339 --> 01:10:18,633 When this became clear to Marlon, he stopped trying 1279 01:10:18,716 --> 01:10:21,594 to inject his own genius into the film. 1280 01:10:23,012 --> 01:10:25,390 This was devastating to me. 1281 01:10:25,473 --> 01:10:27,850 VAL: That’s not Marlon. 1282 01:10:27,934 --> 01:10:30,269 WOMAN: He’s not coming in today. 1283 01:10:32,063 --> 01:10:33,731 VAL: Did anybody tell you that Marlon wasn’t 1284 01:10:33,815 --> 01:10:35,274 -working today, David? -No. 1285 01:10:35,358 --> 01:10:37,235 -No one told me, either. -You don’t notice. 1286 01:10:37,318 --> 01:10:38,820 -Can you tell it’s not him? -What? 1287 01:10:38,903 --> 01:10:40,488 -Can you tell it’s not him? -No, you can’t even tell, 1288 01:10:40,571 --> 01:10:42,573 to quote John Frankenheimer. What’s the problem? 1289 01:10:42,657 --> 01:10:44,909 -You can’t even tell. -This guy’s exactly like him. 1290 01:10:44,993 --> 01:10:46,536 VAL: What’s your name? 1291 01:10:46,619 --> 01:10:48,538 -Norm. -Norm. 1292 01:10:48,621 --> 01:10:50,289 You’re rockin’, Norm. 1293 01:10:50,373 --> 01:10:53,334 (quietly): Marlon Brando’s played by Norm. 1294 01:10:53,418 --> 01:10:56,838 -(gunshot) -Back! Back! 1295 01:10:59,382 --> 01:11:01,551 WOMAN: No! Douglas, no! 1296 01:11:01,634 --> 01:11:03,636 No! No! 1297 01:11:03,720 --> 01:11:06,180 MAN: He won’t hurt us. 1298 01:11:07,473 --> 01:11:09,559 VAL: Can I help you in any way? 1299 01:11:09,642 --> 01:11:11,561 Um... 1300 01:11:13,604 --> 01:11:15,606 Maybe if I acted better? 1301 01:11:15,690 --> 01:11:17,650 No, that’s not it. 1302 01:11:17,734 --> 01:11:19,861 Okay. Let me know 1303 01:11:19,944 --> 01:11:21,988 if there is anything I can do for you. 1304 01:11:22,071 --> 01:11:24,323 -The writing. -Writing. 1305 01:11:24,407 --> 01:11:26,075 Should we get together and write? 1306 01:11:26,159 --> 01:11:27,410 Sophie, was I smoking in this? 1307 01:11:27,493 --> 01:11:28,911 Get those umbrellas out of there. 1308 01:11:28,995 --> 01:11:31,497 -Let’s go! Roll! -Roll? 1309 01:11:31,581 --> 01:11:32,957 What do you need? Tell me what you-- 1310 01:11:33,041 --> 01:11:34,459 Speak English. Go. 1311 01:11:34,542 --> 01:11:35,918 MAN: Right. He won’t let me get in. 1312 01:11:36,002 --> 01:11:39,088 -BILL: You want shoes for the cast? -Yes. 1313 01:11:39,172 --> 01:11:41,090 I have no shoes on. 1314 01:11:41,174 --> 01:11:42,675 Very observant of you. This is blue. 1315 01:11:42,759 --> 01:11:45,553 -Remember, I saw that. -I’m right over there. 1316 01:11:47,847 --> 01:11:50,558 Thanks for your-your concern, Bill. 1317 01:11:50,641 --> 01:11:53,394 Have we discussed the blocking or what happens in this scene? 1318 01:11:53,478 --> 01:11:55,855 -No. -No. Did you say "no"? 1319 01:11:55,938 --> 01:11:57,648 -No. -Yeah. Thank you. 1320 01:11:59,192 --> 01:12:01,152 JACK: The chance to make a great film 1321 01:12:01,235 --> 01:12:03,112 with my hero, slipping away. 1322 01:12:03,196 --> 01:12:04,947 And on top of everything, 1323 01:12:05,031 --> 01:12:07,700 the strain of our careers and too much time apart 1324 01:12:07,784 --> 01:12:10,453 had taken its toll on my marriage, 1325 01:12:10,536 --> 01:12:13,289 and I was served divorce papers on set. 1326 01:12:14,707 --> 01:12:16,501 You know, John Frankenheimer can say "action" and "cut" 1327 01:12:16,584 --> 01:12:19,045 all day long, and it will never make him a director. 1328 01:12:19,128 --> 01:12:20,421 (man laughs) 1329 01:12:23,591 --> 01:12:24,759 Action. 1330 01:12:24,842 --> 01:12:27,053 (indistinct chatter) 1331 01:12:30,765 --> 01:12:33,434 JOHN FRANKENHEIMER: Okay. Uh, this has just gone too far. 1332 01:12:33,518 --> 01:12:35,144 I can’t do it. 1333 01:12:35,228 --> 01:12:36,646 If we’re going to work this way. 1334 01:12:36,729 --> 01:12:37,688 Shut the video camera off. 1335 01:12:37,772 --> 01:12:39,148 VAL: Are we rehearsing? 1336 01:12:39,232 --> 01:12:40,525 JOHN: We are about to rehearse. 1337 01:12:40,608 --> 01:12:42,068 Would you please shut the video camera off? 1338 01:12:42,151 --> 01:12:44,112 VAL: No, because I’m in a highly emotional state, 1339 01:12:44,195 --> 01:12:46,072 because you said earlier to David and I 1340 01:12:46,155 --> 01:12:47,740 you were going to leave this movie. 1341 01:12:47,824 --> 01:12:50,201 JOHN: If this continues, I will not... 1342 01:12:50,284 --> 01:12:53,496 I do not see how I could function under these conditions. 1343 01:12:53,579 --> 01:12:55,331 I’m supposed to be doing creative work 1344 01:12:55,414 --> 01:12:57,792 and this is not conducive to creating a good scene. 1345 01:12:57,875 --> 01:12:59,293 VAL: Well... 1346 01:12:59,377 --> 01:13:01,379 can I have a minute, because I’m in an emotional state 1347 01:13:01,462 --> 01:13:03,214 and I won’t be able to read my lines. 1348 01:13:03,297 --> 01:13:05,007 JOHN: By all means, please have a minute. 1349 01:13:05,091 --> 01:13:07,426 I’ll tell you what. When you guys are ready to rehearse... 1350 01:13:07,510 --> 01:13:09,428 VAL: I’m ready to rehearse right now. 1351 01:13:09,512 --> 01:13:11,139 JOHN: Shut the video camera off? 1352 01:13:11,222 --> 01:13:14,308 VAL: I need a witness because of things you’ve said. 1353 01:13:14,392 --> 01:13:15,643 JOHN: Things that I’ve said? 1354 01:13:15,726 --> 01:13:17,562 VAL: Yeah. 1355 01:13:17,645 --> 01:13:20,022 You’ve debated in front of your two lead actors 1356 01:13:20,106 --> 01:13:23,109 on whether you will continue to direct this film. 1357 01:13:23,192 --> 01:13:25,653 That puts me in a state of mind 1358 01:13:25,736 --> 01:13:27,822 not conducive to creating. 1359 01:13:27,905 --> 01:13:30,116 JOHN: Please shut the video camera off. 1360 01:13:30,199 --> 01:13:32,785 VAL: I will keep it on until we’re rehearsing. 1361 01:13:37,290 --> 01:13:39,125 (indistinct chatter) 1362 01:13:39,208 --> 01:13:40,877 VAL: ¿Donde esta Marlon? 1363 01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:42,670 Uh, he’s around the corner. 1364 01:13:42,753 --> 01:13:44,714 VAL: Thanks. 1365 01:13:57,393 --> 01:14:00,104 (laughs): What’s your earliest childhood memory? 1366 01:14:00,188 --> 01:14:02,356 (Val laughing) 1367 01:14:04,150 --> 01:14:06,861 Gimme a shove. 1368 01:14:08,571 --> 01:14:12,033 Can you-- Do you have memories from before you could speak? 1369 01:14:12,116 --> 01:14:14,744 Big, big, big shove. 1370 01:14:14,827 --> 01:14:17,538 Yeah. That’s good. 1371 01:14:17,622 --> 01:14:19,874 Ah, there we are. 1372 01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:24,837 This is a nice fade-out. 1373 01:14:28,507 --> 01:14:31,260 (descending whistle) 1374 01:14:32,845 --> 01:14:35,014 VAL: I have a legal right to have my children 1375 01:14:35,097 --> 01:14:37,934 and use my best discretion. 1376 01:14:38,017 --> 01:14:40,228 Uh, we don’t have anything written in the agreement, 1377 01:14:40,311 --> 01:14:42,730 and I don’t remember saying that anyway. 1378 01:14:42,813 --> 01:14:44,649 If that’s what the court order says, 1379 01:14:44,732 --> 01:14:46,400 then that’s what I’ll do. 1380 01:14:47,985 --> 01:14:49,570 ♪ ♪ 1381 01:14:49,654 --> 01:14:52,240 Well, the-- that happens every single time 1382 01:14:52,323 --> 01:14:56,744 we don’t make separate time and agree about the time. 1383 01:14:56,827 --> 01:14:58,621 I’m not saying you did it. 1384 01:14:58,704 --> 01:15:01,624 I’m saying we cannot do a schedule in front of them. 1385 01:15:01,707 --> 01:15:03,501 And if you’re willing to do that, 1386 01:15:03,584 --> 01:15:05,586 you’re willing to experience conflict like you had. 1387 01:15:05,670 --> 01:15:07,755 I’m not willing to experience it in my home 1388 01:15:07,838 --> 01:15:09,507 or in your home. 1389 01:15:09,590 --> 01:15:12,051 I’m not blowing off steam. I’m speaking directly 1390 01:15:12,134 --> 01:15:15,346 to the children’s best interest, which is the quality of time 1391 01:15:15,429 --> 01:15:17,848 that they have with both parents. 1392 01:15:19,183 --> 01:15:20,726 If you’re unwilling to negotiate with me, 1393 01:15:20,810 --> 01:15:22,937 then we have to negotiate with someone else. 1394 01:15:23,020 --> 01:15:25,564 I’ll lodge a legal complaint with the sheriff’s department 1395 01:15:25,648 --> 01:15:27,483 since we can’t go through the court 1396 01:15:27,566 --> 01:15:29,193 ’cause it’s the holidays and no one’s there, 1397 01:15:29,277 --> 01:15:30,945 that you’re unwilling to negotiate with me, 1398 01:15:31,028 --> 01:15:32,530 and someone else has to do it. 1399 01:15:32,613 --> 01:15:34,407 And I’ll check out what... what I have to do. 1400 01:15:34,490 --> 01:15:36,534 If I have to legally bring them back by 6:00, 1401 01:15:36,617 --> 01:15:39,996 then I’ll try to legally, just like I did 15 times 1402 01:15:40,079 --> 01:15:41,872 in the last two years... 1403 01:15:41,956 --> 01:15:43,916 (line clicking) 1404 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:45,084 Enough! 1405 01:15:47,461 --> 01:15:49,714 Good morning. 1406 01:15:49,797 --> 01:15:52,133 Hi, Jack. Hi, Mercedes. 1407 01:15:52,216 --> 01:15:56,512 Happy Easter from New Mexico. 1408 01:15:56,595 --> 01:15:58,973 Look what I found... 1409 01:15:59,056 --> 01:16:01,017 in a cactus. 1410 01:16:01,100 --> 01:16:03,769 What a clever Easter Bunny. 1411 01:16:03,853 --> 01:16:05,396 A beanbag duck? 1412 01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:07,898 What are you doing in New Mexico? 1413 01:16:10,151 --> 01:16:12,862 Oh, there’s another one. 1414 01:16:12,945 --> 01:16:15,656 (high-pitched voice): My name is Pinky. 1415 01:16:15,740 --> 01:16:17,491 (normal voice): Hi, Pinky. 1416 01:16:17,575 --> 01:16:19,493 Will you come with us to California? 1417 01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:23,122 There’s the river. 1418 01:16:23,205 --> 01:16:27,001 It’s beautiful this morning. 1419 01:16:32,214 --> 01:16:34,216 Wish you were here. 1420 01:16:48,898 --> 01:16:51,150 (soft rock music playing quietly) 1421 01:17:13,214 --> 01:17:15,424 It’s really interesting in acting, 1422 01:17:15,508 --> 01:17:18,260 where you do so many things that are... 1423 01:17:18,344 --> 01:17:20,679 very final about your personal life. 1424 01:17:20,763 --> 01:17:22,973 There’s no turning back. 1425 01:17:23,057 --> 01:17:24,975 You say yes and agree to do a film, 1426 01:17:25,059 --> 01:17:30,189 then it’s-it’s a-- what they call a "pay-or-play contract," 1427 01:17:30,272 --> 01:17:33,776 and a lot of them have been lawsuits through the years. 1428 01:17:33,859 --> 01:17:37,238 They become final if you verbally agree. 1429 01:17:38,697 --> 01:17:40,282 And, uh... 1430 01:17:41,826 --> 01:17:44,412 ...it’s your, uh... 1431 01:17:44,495 --> 01:17:48,165 actual life that you’re agreeing to... 1432 01:17:50,793 --> 01:17:52,711 ...forfeit. 1433 01:17:56,424 --> 01:17:59,218 It’s one of the things that they buy for all that money. 1434 01:17:59,301 --> 01:18:02,430 They-they actually buy your... 1435 01:18:02,513 --> 01:18:04,432 life for a period of time. 1436 01:18:04,515 --> 01:18:07,226 Your experience, your opinions, your... 1437 01:18:09,979 --> 01:18:12,148 ...soul in a way. 1438 01:18:14,150 --> 01:18:17,736 The Indians thought that-that a photograph 1439 01:18:17,820 --> 01:18:21,115 or the image took away... 1440 01:18:21,198 --> 01:18:23,909 the soul, and it’s... 1441 01:18:24,994 --> 01:18:27,580 ...it sometimes feels like that. 1442 01:18:29,665 --> 01:18:31,834 ♪ ♪ 1443 01:18:45,514 --> 01:18:47,475 NEWSWOMAN: All these stories about 1444 01:18:47,558 --> 01:18:49,727 how tough Val Kilmer, who pulled out of Batman, 1445 01:18:49,810 --> 01:18:50,811 is to work with. 1446 01:18:50,895 --> 01:18:52,605 (crowd shouting) 1447 01:18:55,483 --> 01:18:57,026 OPRAH WINFREY: Spoiled and immature, 1448 01:18:57,109 --> 01:18:59,236 a perfectionist obsessed with detail. 1449 01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:01,780 Stop it. Stop! 1450 01:19:01,864 --> 01:19:04,074 -Let that man alone! -DAVID LETTERMAN: I’m guessing 1451 01:19:04,158 --> 01:19:06,660 that probably not much of those things are true. 1452 01:19:06,744 --> 01:19:08,120 -None that I heard of. -Yeah. 1453 01:19:08,204 --> 01:19:09,580 LARRY KING: You’re not difficult 1454 01:19:09,663 --> 01:19:12,333 -to work with? -No, I care very much about 1455 01:19:12,416 --> 01:19:13,834 telling the story well. 1456 01:19:16,545 --> 01:19:19,298 I’m frustrated because what I have to do isn’t getting filmed 1457 01:19:19,381 --> 01:19:22,676 ’cause the director isn’t able to bring it out. 1458 01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:25,679 Not very long ago, it mattered if you knew how to act. 1459 01:19:25,763 --> 01:19:27,389 MAN: Smile through it, Val. Smile through it, Val. 1460 01:19:27,473 --> 01:19:29,642 VAL: Now it actually is a deterrent. 1461 01:19:29,725 --> 01:19:31,519 Yeah, if you know how to act, 1462 01:19:31,602 --> 01:19:34,605 you know, you-you know, you-you could be a problem actor. 1463 01:19:34,688 --> 01:19:35,856 Is there a problem? 1464 01:19:35,940 --> 01:19:38,567 -Yeah. There’s a problem. -(laughter) 1465 01:19:39,818 --> 01:19:43,072 You, ’cause you’re dangerous. 1466 01:19:43,155 --> 01:19:45,324 You are a perfectionist. 1467 01:19:45,407 --> 01:19:47,618 You are an intense individual, would you not say? 1468 01:19:47,701 --> 01:19:49,411 Val is his own man. You understand? 1469 01:19:49,495 --> 01:19:52,623 VAL: The only thing that I’ve obligated myself to 1470 01:19:52,706 --> 01:19:54,917 is to be, uh, the best 1471 01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:56,752 actor that I can be. 1472 01:19:56,835 --> 01:20:02,049 I didn’t want to address also being a politician. 1473 01:20:04,009 --> 01:20:07,513 You don’t turn down Batman. 1474 01:20:07,596 --> 01:20:08,889 You know, you don’t. 1475 01:20:08,973 --> 01:20:11,183 Val is a puzzle inside 1476 01:20:11,267 --> 01:20:13,561 a mystery wrapped in an enigma. 1477 01:20:13,644 --> 01:20:15,312 He sees deeply. 1478 01:20:15,396 --> 01:20:17,606 I think he was always right, and sometimes it’s convoluted. 1479 01:20:17,690 --> 01:20:18,649 (yelling) 1480 01:20:18,732 --> 01:20:20,025 Like, here it goes again. 1481 01:20:20,109 --> 01:20:21,735 Here’s that thing. You’re the difficult guy. 1482 01:20:26,282 --> 01:20:27,533 No, he’s not. 1483 01:20:36,458 --> 01:20:38,377 (applause) 1484 01:20:43,215 --> 01:20:45,843 MAN (over P.A.): Now collecting one through 15 general boarding. 1485 01:20:45,926 --> 01:20:49,430 Keep in mind that you are going to preboard the aircraft... 1486 01:20:49,513 --> 01:20:51,265 MAN (over P.A.): ...service to Oakland. 1487 01:20:51,348 --> 01:20:54,143 My name is Matt. I’ll be your operations agent this afternoon. 1488 01:20:54,226 --> 01:20:56,729 Want to welcome you to start lining up now, please. 1489 01:20:56,812 --> 01:21:00,232 A1 through 30 on your left. A31 through 60 on your right. 1490 01:21:00,316 --> 01:21:02,234 If you have a boarding pass with a B or C, 1491 01:21:02,318 --> 01:21:04,153 please stay seated until I make that announcement. 1492 01:21:04,236 --> 01:21:07,740 The reason I’m wearing an AZ hat 1493 01:21:08,782 --> 01:21:10,451 is that 1494 01:21:10,534 --> 01:21:12,536 I’m going to Arizona, 1495 01:21:13,871 --> 01:21:15,372 because 1496 01:21:15,456 --> 01:21:18,083 my mother passed on, 1497 01:21:18,167 --> 01:21:20,586 and 1498 01:21:20,669 --> 01:21:22,338 she, uh... 1499 01:21:22,421 --> 01:21:25,841 right now she doesn’t have anyone to cremate her. 1500 01:21:25,924 --> 01:21:28,135 (flagpole clanging) 1501 01:21:32,890 --> 01:21:35,142 (footsteps running) 1502 01:21:39,521 --> 01:21:42,691 Don’t... don’t get my dress. Don’t get me wet. 1503 01:21:42,775 --> 01:21:45,444 Val, stop it. Stop it! 1504 01:21:45,527 --> 01:21:47,029 Oh, Val. 1505 01:21:47,112 --> 01:21:49,156 That’s not funny. Look. 1506 01:22:00,876 --> 01:22:04,546 That’s not funny, and it’s not kind, and it’s not nice. 1507 01:22:04,630 --> 01:22:06,674 And it’s not environmentally friendly. 1508 01:22:10,511 --> 01:22:12,012 (chuckles) 1509 01:22:12,096 --> 01:22:15,891 Yo... you got me. 1510 01:22:15,974 --> 01:22:18,811 VAL: It glows in the dark. 1511 01:22:18,894 --> 01:22:20,688 It’s very pretty. 1512 01:22:20,771 --> 01:22:21,772 Awesome. 1513 01:22:21,855 --> 01:22:25,025 These ones or the big ones? 1514 01:22:26,235 --> 01:22:29,113 VAL: I like those with that dress. 1515 01:22:30,572 --> 01:22:32,032 Okay, time to go. 1516 01:22:32,116 --> 01:22:34,910 Okay, let me just do my eyelashes, then we can go. 1517 01:22:42,459 --> 01:22:44,712 ♪ ♪ 1518 01:22:59,017 --> 01:23:01,395 Hi, Val. (laughs) 1519 01:23:09,695 --> 01:23:11,864 I’m happy you’re here. 1520 01:23:22,624 --> 01:23:24,877 ♪ ♪ 1521 01:23:37,931 --> 01:23:40,142 (quiet chatter) 1522 01:23:41,602 --> 01:23:43,020 (barking) 1523 01:23:43,103 --> 01:23:44,897 (laughing) 1524 01:23:44,980 --> 01:23:46,899 Hey, boy. (kisses) 1525 01:23:49,818 --> 01:23:52,070 (laughs): There he goes. 1526 01:23:52,154 --> 01:23:54,406 ♪ ♪ 1527 01:24:04,333 --> 01:24:05,959 Val. 1528 01:24:08,253 --> 01:24:09,296 (dog barking) 1529 01:24:09,379 --> 01:24:11,924 Oh, lookee at you. 1530 01:24:12,007 --> 01:24:13,842 Lookee at you. 1531 01:24:13,926 --> 01:24:15,469 Oh, yeah. 1532 01:24:27,606 --> 01:24:29,149 (dog whines) 1533 01:24:37,491 --> 01:24:41,495 Hey, Val, here’s something for you. 1534 01:24:43,622 --> 01:24:46,416 This is for you. 1535 01:25:02,975 --> 01:25:04,935 Val. 1536 01:25:06,395 --> 01:25:08,564 (sighs): Oh, Val. 1537 01:25:16,864 --> 01:25:18,866 (dog barking) 1538 01:25:18,949 --> 01:25:20,576 No, no. Come here. 1539 01:25:20,659 --> 01:25:23,161 Come here. Sit. Sit. 1540 01:25:24,121 --> 01:25:25,330 See the camera? 1541 01:25:27,958 --> 01:25:31,461 VAL: I wrote something nice last night all about her style. 1542 01:25:31,545 --> 01:25:34,548 Her hairdo and her jewelry-- 1543 01:25:34,631 --> 01:25:36,550 they always popped. 1544 01:25:47,519 --> 01:25:49,688 (sobbing softly) 1545 01:25:53,942 --> 01:25:56,194 ♪ ♪ 1546 01:26:10,667 --> 01:26:12,836 (wind whooshing) 1547 01:26:35,776 --> 01:26:37,945 (papers rustling) 1548 01:26:44,952 --> 01:26:47,829 I miss my mama. 1549 01:26:53,126 --> 01:26:55,379 But I had a vision 1550 01:26:55,462 --> 01:26:58,882 that she was so happy 1551 01:26:58,966 --> 01:27:02,636 with her youngest son. 1552 01:27:09,476 --> 01:27:12,145 The kind of acting that I’m really interested in, 1553 01:27:12,229 --> 01:27:15,482 I haven’t very-- I haven’t done very much of in movies. 1554 01:27:15,565 --> 01:27:18,735 So it’s a strange feeling, because I can’t really complain. 1555 01:27:18,819 --> 01:27:21,363 I’m very, very fortunate, and... 1556 01:27:21,446 --> 01:27:23,949 and, um, you... you can’t really discuss it 1557 01:27:24,032 --> 01:27:25,826 with other fellow actors, 1558 01:27:25,909 --> 01:27:29,871 because nobody has a job in acting, so you can’t... 1559 01:27:29,955 --> 01:27:34,209 you can’t, uh, complain about jobs 1560 01:27:34,292 --> 01:27:35,877 or, especially, successful jobs. 1561 01:27:35,961 --> 01:27:39,297 Then they just think you’re crazy or a pig or something. 1562 01:27:39,381 --> 01:27:41,091 -(quiet laughter) -So, uh, 1563 01:27:41,174 --> 01:27:44,886 it’s-it’s a difficult thing, uh, trying to reconcile. 1564 01:27:44,970 --> 01:27:48,098 And the business changes all the time, so... 1565 01:27:48,181 --> 01:27:52,352 But I-I don’t have the kind of doubts I did when I started. 1566 01:27:52,436 --> 01:27:54,479 And I’m in... I’m still interested 1567 01:27:54,563 --> 01:27:57,899 in pursuing acting, and it’s-it’s, uh, 1568 01:27:57,983 --> 01:28:02,029 fascinating studying people, but, uh, 1569 01:28:02,112 --> 01:28:04,906 I-I don’t think I would let myself 1570 01:28:04,990 --> 01:28:07,826 get as worked up as I used to. 1571 01:28:07,909 --> 01:28:10,162 ♪ ♪ 1572 01:28:33,018 --> 01:28:35,270 ♪ ♪ 1573 01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:44,279 VAL: It’s very hard in the movie business 1574 01:28:44,362 --> 01:28:49,034 to do something different on any level 1575 01:28:49,117 --> 01:28:52,370 without being on your own. 1576 01:28:54,039 --> 01:28:55,916 And so that’s what happened to me. 1577 01:28:55,999 --> 01:28:59,419 I just ended up in sort of constant conflicts with people 1578 01:28:59,503 --> 01:29:02,380 that wanted me to do commercial work. 1579 01:29:04,508 --> 01:29:09,721 I was looking for a big American story to direct. 1580 01:29:09,805 --> 01:29:11,723 I came across 1581 01:29:11,807 --> 01:29:14,684 the story of Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy. 1582 01:29:16,186 --> 01:29:20,440 I spent ten years writing the screenplay on and off. 1583 01:29:20,524 --> 01:29:22,442 When I got close to finishing the script, 1584 01:29:22,526 --> 01:29:24,986 I felt I needed to understand the character 1585 01:29:25,070 --> 01:29:26,947 I was going to play in my movie. 1586 01:29:27,030 --> 01:29:29,699 I started writing a one-man play. 1587 01:29:31,201 --> 01:29:34,162 I play the character of Mark Twain, 1588 01:29:34,246 --> 01:29:37,541 who was arguably America’s greatest writer. 1589 01:29:37,624 --> 01:29:40,836 He was also the first stand-up comedian. 1590 01:29:45,465 --> 01:29:47,801 (Val imitates cow bellowing) 1591 01:29:47,884 --> 01:29:49,970 (cow bellows in distance) 1592 01:29:50,053 --> 01:29:52,222 (Val bellows) 1593 01:29:53,849 --> 01:29:57,018 (Val bellowing) 1594 01:30:00,564 --> 01:30:02,232 I speak cow. 1595 01:30:03,608 --> 01:30:05,902 It’s very hard to write a good movie, 1596 01:30:05,986 --> 01:30:09,364 and I’ve been trying to write a great movie. 1597 01:30:09,447 --> 01:30:12,868 Uh, I might even... I might even go further than that, 1598 01:30:12,951 --> 01:30:16,580 say I’m trying to write a classic. 1599 01:30:16,663 --> 01:30:20,083 JACK: In order to bring Twain to life onstage, 1600 01:30:20,167 --> 01:30:22,711 I needed money and a lot of it. 1601 01:30:22,794 --> 01:30:26,047 And at the time, I was in a lot of debt from the divorce, 1602 01:30:26,131 --> 01:30:28,175 and the economy had crashed. 1603 01:30:28,258 --> 01:30:30,760 The only thing I had of significant value 1604 01:30:30,844 --> 01:30:34,681 was the 6,000 acres of land I’d accumulated in New Mexico, 1605 01:30:34,764 --> 01:30:38,143 with the dream of one day building an artist community. 1606 01:30:39,936 --> 01:30:41,938 It was going to be my legacy 1607 01:30:42,022 --> 01:30:45,108 that I passed on to my children and their children. 1608 01:30:46,193 --> 01:30:47,861 I made the impossible choice 1609 01:30:47,944 --> 01:30:50,030 to sell the land that was so dear to me 1610 01:30:50,113 --> 01:30:51,907 in order to pay off my debts 1611 01:30:51,990 --> 01:30:55,660 and pursue the role I believed I was destined to play. 1612 01:30:58,121 --> 01:31:00,332 VAL (as Twain): If a man picks up a cat 1613 01:31:00,415 --> 01:31:03,293 by the tail, he learns something about life 1614 01:31:03,376 --> 01:31:06,296 that he cannot learn in any other way. 1615 01:31:09,257 --> 01:31:12,886 Man is the only animal that blushes, 1616 01:31:12,969 --> 01:31:15,138 or needs to. 1617 01:31:15,222 --> 01:31:19,184 Civilization is the limitless multiplication 1618 01:31:19,267 --> 01:31:21,937 of unnecessary necessities. 1619 01:31:23,438 --> 01:31:28,068 If you had to pick a narrator for the story of America, 1620 01:31:28,151 --> 01:31:31,154 you can’t name... 1621 01:31:31,238 --> 01:31:36,117 a more qualified man, because... 1622 01:31:36,201 --> 01:31:39,537 he really understood everything. 1623 01:31:51,007 --> 01:31:53,551 Please forgive me if you’re having trouble 1624 01:31:53,635 --> 01:31:56,763 (coughs) hearing me in the back. 1625 01:31:56,846 --> 01:31:58,598 I’m dead. 1626 01:32:01,977 --> 01:32:04,604 Please forgive me if you’re having trouble 1627 01:32:04,688 --> 01:32:07,190 hearing me in the back. 1628 01:32:07,274 --> 01:32:08,692 (coughs) 1629 01:32:08,775 --> 01:32:10,694 I’m dead. 1630 01:32:10,777 --> 01:32:14,030 ("Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" by Bob Dylan playing) 1631 01:32:18,576 --> 01:32:23,581 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1632 01:32:25,792 --> 01:32:30,255 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1633 01:32:32,924 --> 01:32:37,512 ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ 1634 01:32:39,514 --> 01:32:42,475 ♪ Mama, take this badge off of me ♪ 1635 01:32:46,438 --> 01:32:49,190 ♪ I can’t use it anymore ♪ 1636 01:32:53,153 --> 01:32:56,948 ♪ It’s getting dark, too dark to see ♪ 1637 01:32:59,367 --> 01:33:01,411 -All right. -♪ I feel I’m knockin’ ♪ 1638 01:33:01,494 --> 01:33:04,039 ♪ On heaven’s door ♪ 1639 01:33:04,122 --> 01:33:08,543 "The secret source of humor ain’t joy but sorrow." 1640 01:33:08,626 --> 01:33:10,045 ♪ On heaven’s door ♪ 1641 01:33:10,128 --> 01:33:13,548 The secret source of humor is not 1642 01:33:13,631 --> 01:33:16,760 joy but sorrow. 1643 01:33:16,843 --> 01:33:20,221 There ain’t no laughter in heaven. 1644 01:33:20,305 --> 01:33:22,057 -Bang! -♪ Knock, knock, knockin’ ♪ 1645 01:33:22,140 --> 01:33:24,976 ♪ On heaven’s door ♪ 1646 01:33:27,729 --> 01:33:30,482 ♪ Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door... ♪ 1647 01:33:30,565 --> 01:33:32,400 (cheering, applause) 1648 01:33:32,484 --> 01:33:35,528 Why is there no cat food that’s mouse-flavored? 1649 01:33:35,612 --> 01:33:37,030 (laughter) 1650 01:33:37,113 --> 01:33:39,324 You know the difference between 1651 01:33:39,407 --> 01:33:42,994 praying in the casino and praying in church, don’t you? 1652 01:33:43,078 --> 01:33:44,996 In the casino, 1653 01:33:45,080 --> 01:33:48,249 -they really mean it. -(laughter) 1654 01:33:48,333 --> 01:33:50,752 ♪ Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door... ♪ 1655 01:33:50,835 --> 01:33:53,922 (laughter) 1656 01:33:54,005 --> 01:33:56,549 What in the hell am I doing out here? 1657 01:33:56,633 --> 01:33:58,051 (laughter) 1658 01:33:58,134 --> 01:34:00,845 (normal voice): Twain lost his river. 1659 01:34:00,929 --> 01:34:02,680 I lost my river. 1660 01:34:02,764 --> 01:34:04,307 (as Twain): I took a measureless pride 1661 01:34:04,391 --> 01:34:07,727 in being a steamboat captain. 1662 01:34:07,811 --> 01:34:10,397 (normal voice): He lost his daughters. 1663 01:34:11,439 --> 01:34:14,651 I lost my brother. 1664 01:34:14,734 --> 01:34:16,111 (as Twain): I stopped writing 1665 01:34:16,194 --> 01:34:19,030 my autobiography that day. 1666 01:34:19,114 --> 01:34:22,992 (normal voice): Twain had to go on the road to pay his debts. 1667 01:34:23,076 --> 01:34:25,829 I’m on the road to pay my debts. 1668 01:34:25,912 --> 01:34:28,248 NEWSWOMAN: In a one-man show, 1669 01:34:28,331 --> 01:34:30,542 Kilmer takes on the life of Mark Twain. 1670 01:34:30,625 --> 01:34:33,253 VAL: I can probably self-finance the movie 1671 01:34:33,336 --> 01:34:35,588 in about three years of doing the play, 1672 01:34:35,672 --> 01:34:37,799 so I’m out on the road now. 1673 01:34:37,882 --> 01:34:39,676 (cheering) 1674 01:34:39,759 --> 01:34:41,344 Are you gonna bring it to New York, maybe Broadway? 1675 01:34:41,428 --> 01:34:43,012 Yes, yes. I’ve been meeting producers here, 1676 01:34:43,096 --> 01:34:44,639 -and, uh, I don’t have a... -Yes! 1677 01:34:44,722 --> 01:34:46,558 -Bring this to Broadway! -(cheering) 1678 01:34:46,641 --> 01:34:47,725 -I’ll do it! -Yes! 1679 01:34:47,809 --> 01:34:49,477 -I’ll do it here. -You must do it! 1680 01:34:49,561 --> 01:34:51,938 -(whoops) -♪ Knock, knock, knockin’... ♪ 1681 01:34:52,021 --> 01:34:55,608 What’s the most important question in the world? 1682 01:34:55,692 --> 01:34:58,236 WOMAN: Why are we here? 1683 01:34:58,319 --> 01:35:00,405 ’Cause you paid 70 bucks. I... 1684 01:35:00,488 --> 01:35:02,532 (laughter, applause) 1685 01:35:09,414 --> 01:35:11,583 (engine stops) 1686 01:35:25,430 --> 01:35:28,141 (as Twain): When I... 1687 01:35:28,224 --> 01:35:30,727 was away, uh, our youngest daughter, 1688 01:35:30,810 --> 01:35:34,105 our favorite daughter... 1689 01:35:35,440 --> 01:35:37,609 ...Susy, died of a broken heart 1690 01:35:37,692 --> 01:35:41,613 because I was away too long touring to pay my debts 1691 01:35:41,696 --> 01:35:44,115 because of my folly. 1692 01:35:46,326 --> 01:35:49,954 And my wife took ill and she also passed. 1693 01:35:51,122 --> 01:35:52,790 I used my influence 1694 01:35:52,874 --> 01:35:57,212 to get our youngest daughter, Jean, 1695 01:35:57,295 --> 01:36:00,340 released from the sanatorium. 1696 01:36:04,219 --> 01:36:05,637 (smacks lips) 1697 01:36:06,763 --> 01:36:09,474 My poor Ophelia... 1698 01:36:11,059 --> 01:36:15,522 ...drowned in a bathtub in 1909. 1699 01:36:18,358 --> 01:36:21,736 My poor Ophelia 1700 01:36:21,819 --> 01:36:25,156 drowned in a bathtub in 1909, 1701 01:36:25,240 --> 01:36:27,992 the last year I suffered Earth. 1702 01:36:32,247 --> 01:36:35,500 How do you heal a broken heart? 1703 01:36:40,797 --> 01:36:45,176 What are the words that heal a broken heart? 1704 01:36:47,178 --> 01:36:50,723 I know that’s not the most important question in the world, 1705 01:36:50,807 --> 01:36:55,937 but that’s the ball and chain around my memory tonight. 1706 01:36:57,730 --> 01:36:59,941 (bird calling in distance) 1707 01:37:16,249 --> 01:37:18,501 (siren wailing) 1708 01:37:32,181 --> 01:37:35,768 JACK: I was getting ready to put on Citizen Twain in Nashville 1709 01:37:35,852 --> 01:37:38,146 when I lost my voice. 1710 01:37:39,772 --> 01:37:43,526 I postponed the show for what I thought would be a month or two. 1711 01:37:44,986 --> 01:37:46,738 My voice didn’t get better. 1712 01:37:46,821 --> 01:37:49,866 It got worse, and one day I started coughing up blood 1713 01:37:49,949 --> 01:37:52,535 and was rushed to the hospital. 1714 01:37:54,162 --> 01:37:57,665 Through treatment and prayer, I slowly recovered, 1715 01:37:57,749 --> 01:38:01,794 but how much I would regain my voice remained unknown. 1716 01:38:03,421 --> 01:38:07,300 I wrestled with the possibility of my career being over, 1717 01:38:07,383 --> 01:38:10,428 and fell into darkness. 1718 01:38:13,181 --> 01:38:16,142 If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say 1719 01:38:16,225 --> 01:38:18,519 when you arrive at the pearly gates? 1720 01:38:19,395 --> 01:38:23,024 Well, I had this dream once. 1721 01:38:24,859 --> 01:38:27,654 And, uh... 1722 01:38:27,737 --> 01:38:29,822 this happened. 1723 01:38:31,240 --> 01:38:36,537 And she opened what would be her arms, 1724 01:38:36,621 --> 01:38:40,792 that feeling, and enveloped me and said, "I love you." 1725 01:38:42,835 --> 01:38:45,129 ♪ ♪ 1726 01:38:55,807 --> 01:38:58,726 JACK: In the hospital, I began to paint again. 1727 01:39:02,814 --> 01:39:05,066 The way we did when we were kids. 1728 01:39:08,695 --> 01:39:10,947 When I finally got out, I threw myself 1729 01:39:11,030 --> 01:39:13,116 into making art. 1730 01:39:18,329 --> 01:39:20,832 I found a studio big enough for my ideas. 1731 01:39:23,334 --> 01:39:27,171 That studio has become a sacred space 1732 01:39:27,255 --> 01:39:29,048 where artists gather and collaborate... 1733 01:39:30,758 --> 01:39:32,427 ...and help the next generation of artists 1734 01:39:32,510 --> 01:39:34,095 in our community grow. 1735 01:39:36,556 --> 01:39:38,516 -(actors shouting) -Here on Earth, 1736 01:39:38,599 --> 01:39:40,560 the distance between heaven and hell 1737 01:39:40,643 --> 01:39:44,564 is the difference between faith and doubt. 1738 01:39:44,647 --> 01:39:48,401 I have no doubt, for example, my recent illness shut down 1739 01:39:48,484 --> 01:39:52,530 professional opportunities that were not opportunities at all. 1740 01:39:53,823 --> 01:39:55,867 Healing is not born of vanity. 1741 01:39:55,950 --> 01:39:57,827 It is born of honesty. 1742 01:39:57,910 --> 01:40:00,955 Honesty is born of pure love. 1743 01:40:01,038 --> 01:40:04,208 And love is the most divine healer, 1744 01:40:04,292 --> 01:40:08,504 the sweetest, holiest and most effective. 1745 01:40:11,799 --> 01:40:15,136 VAL: So we’re going out to Malibu 1746 01:40:15,219 --> 01:40:19,098 because of my wonderful little church, 1747 01:40:19,182 --> 01:40:20,558 and 1748 01:40:20,641 --> 01:40:24,187 my members there, I love them very much. 1749 01:40:25,688 --> 01:40:29,817 I’ve studied all the major religions. 1750 01:40:29,901 --> 01:40:32,904 I’ve always been interested in religions, 1751 01:40:32,987 --> 01:40:34,030 and 1752 01:40:34,113 --> 01:40:35,990 often when I meet someone, 1753 01:40:36,073 --> 01:40:38,242 I’ll end up talking about their faith. 1754 01:40:38,326 --> 01:40:39,952 I’ll ask them. 1755 01:40:50,129 --> 01:40:52,089 JACK: You okay? 1756 01:40:56,260 --> 01:40:58,179 (both laugh) 1757 01:40:58,262 --> 01:41:00,640 -I can’t help it. -That’s not funny. 1758 01:41:00,723 --> 01:41:02,683 I’m a bastard. 1759 01:41:02,767 --> 01:41:05,436 -Not funny. -And I love you. 1760 01:41:05,520 --> 01:41:07,438 Not funny. 1761 01:41:10,650 --> 01:41:12,443 It’s very, very funny. 1762 01:41:15,947 --> 01:41:17,698 Malibu, six miles. 1763 01:41:21,452 --> 01:41:23,996 Oh, look at the ocean. 1764 01:41:25,957 --> 01:41:30,503 What would happen if I went into this church service 1765 01:41:30,586 --> 01:41:35,591 and I came out speaking perfectly well? 1766 01:41:35,675 --> 01:41:37,885 WOMAN (over computer): Thanks be to God 1767 01:41:37,969 --> 01:41:42,014 which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1768 01:41:42,098 --> 01:41:47,603 Our master fully and finally demonstrated divine science 1769 01:41:47,687 --> 01:41:50,982 in his victory over death and the grave. 1770 01:41:55,069 --> 01:41:59,073 It’s a very good lesson for me to study 1771 01:41:59,156 --> 01:42:01,367 about victory over the grave. 1772 01:42:08,583 --> 01:42:11,627 (as Twain): I think we got time for one more story, don’t we? 1773 01:42:11,711 --> 01:42:13,462 I’m gonna tell you one more story. 1774 01:42:13,546 --> 01:42:16,799 This is as humble as I’m willing to get. 1775 01:42:16,883 --> 01:42:19,010 ♪ ♪ 1776 01:42:27,393 --> 01:42:29,770 JACK: I’ve wanted to tell a story about acting 1777 01:42:29,854 --> 01:42:31,772 for a very long time. 1778 01:42:32,940 --> 01:42:34,400 About truth. 1779 01:42:35,526 --> 01:42:37,153 And illusion. 1780 01:42:37,236 --> 01:42:39,155 VAL (as Twain): My sermon’s gonna be about 1781 01:42:39,238 --> 01:42:41,407 truth and illusion. 1782 01:42:41,490 --> 01:42:43,701 JACK: The truth is, 1783 01:42:43,784 --> 01:42:45,620 in order to find each character, 1784 01:42:45,703 --> 01:42:48,497 I’ve had to put a little bit of me in them 1785 01:42:48,581 --> 01:42:51,375 and find a little bit of them in me. 1786 01:42:53,127 --> 01:42:55,838 I’ve lived in the illusion 1787 01:42:55,922 --> 01:42:59,008 almost as much as I’ve lived outside of it. 1788 01:42:59,091 --> 01:43:01,385 I have behaved poorly. 1789 01:43:02,511 --> 01:43:04,472 I have behaved bravely. 1790 01:43:04,555 --> 01:43:07,600 I have behaved bizarrely, to some. 1791 01:43:07,683 --> 01:43:11,604 I deny none of this and have no regrets because I’ve lost 1792 01:43:11,687 --> 01:43:15,232 and found parts of myself that I never knew existed. 1793 01:43:16,067 --> 01:43:18,319 And I am blessed. 1794 01:43:23,824 --> 01:43:26,077 ♪ ♪ 1795 01:43:38,172 --> 01:43:39,632 MAN: Action. 1796 01:43:41,175 --> 01:43:43,344 Let’s just say I was testing the bounds 1797 01:43:43,427 --> 01:43:45,763 of reality. 1798 01:43:47,139 --> 01:43:49,725 That’s all. I was curious. 1799 01:43:49,809 --> 01:43:53,312 Like Erich von Stroheim in the movies. 1800 01:43:53,396 --> 01:43:56,065 The man you love to hate. 1801 01:43:57,066 --> 01:43:59,318 It’s meant to be ironic, 1802 01:43:59,402 --> 01:44:02,738 like courage wants to laugh. 1803 01:44:02,822 --> 01:44:07,159 But essentially, it’s a stupid situation. 1804 01:44:07,243 --> 01:44:10,037 I go out onstage and howl for people. 1805 01:44:10,121 --> 01:44:14,625 O, vengeance! 1806 01:44:18,629 --> 01:44:21,841 -What an ass am I. -(laughter) 1807 01:44:23,175 --> 01:44:26,095 In me, they see exactly what they want to see. 1808 01:44:26,178 --> 01:44:28,180 Some say a lizard king, 1809 01:44:28,264 --> 01:44:31,642 whatever that means. 1810 01:44:31,726 --> 01:44:34,645 Some black-clad leather demon, whatever that means. 1811 01:44:36,814 --> 01:44:38,691 But really, 1812 01:44:38,774 --> 01:44:41,861 I see myself as a... 1813 01:44:41,944 --> 01:44:44,655 sensitive, intelligent human being... 1814 01:44:46,323 --> 01:44:48,993 ...but with the soul of a clown. 1815 01:44:51,620 --> 01:44:53,414 (as Twain): Here’s what I preach. 1816 01:44:53,497 --> 01:44:57,084 Do what you love to do so well... 1817 01:44:57,168 --> 01:44:59,462 I’m thrilled. It excites me. 1818 01:44:59,545 --> 01:45:02,048 That’s why working here is so stimulating. 1819 01:45:02,131 --> 01:45:04,341 ...that someone will pay you wages for it. 1820 01:45:04,425 --> 01:45:05,885 (laughter) 1821 01:45:05,968 --> 01:45:10,639 And then sometimes there is God so quickly. 1822 01:45:11,766 --> 01:45:14,185 Am I the conscience of America? 1823 01:45:14,268 --> 01:45:16,145 No, I leave that to my betters. 1824 01:45:18,105 --> 01:45:20,983 Perhaps I am the narrator. 1825 01:45:22,151 --> 01:45:23,444 Yes, that’s it. 1826 01:45:23,527 --> 01:45:25,905 All you need is ignorance and confidence, 1827 01:45:25,988 --> 01:45:28,741 -and success is sure. -(laughter) 1828 01:45:30,076 --> 01:45:32,745 Don’t let go of your illusions though. 1829 01:45:32,828 --> 01:45:36,624 When they are gone, you may still exist, 1830 01:45:36,707 --> 01:45:39,585 but you have ceased to live. 1831 01:45:46,801 --> 01:45:50,137 ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ 1832 01:45:50,221 --> 01:45:53,474 ("I Am a Cinematographer" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy playing) 1833 01:45:56,977 --> 01:46:01,273 ♪ I am a cinematographer ♪ 1834 01:46:03,192 --> 01:46:08,447 ♪ I am a cinematographer ♪ 1835 01:46:08,531 --> 01:46:10,282 ♪ Oh, I am ♪ 1836 01:46:10,366 --> 01:46:14,078 ♪ A cinematographer ♪ 1837 01:46:15,830 --> 01:46:20,209 ♪ I am a cinematographer ♪ 1838 01:46:20,292 --> 01:46:22,211 ♪ And I walked away ♪ 1839 01:46:22,294 --> 01:46:26,257 ♪ From New York City ♪ 1840 01:46:26,340 --> 01:46:32,096 ♪ And I walked away from everything that’s good ♪ 1841 01:46:32,179 --> 01:46:38,269 ♪ And I walked away from everything I leaned on ♪ 1842 01:46:38,352 --> 01:46:41,147 ♪ Just to find ♪ 1843 01:46:41,230 --> 01:46:44,775 ♪ It was made of wood ♪ 1844 01:46:44,859 --> 01:46:47,820 ♪ Of wood ♪ 1845 01:46:47,903 --> 01:46:50,823 ♪ Wood ♪ 1846 01:46:50,906 --> 01:46:56,829 ♪ And I was a big old bear once ♪ 1847 01:46:56,912 --> 01:47:02,168 ♪ And I was a big old bear once ♪ 1848 01:47:02,251 --> 01:47:08,340 ♪ Oh, I was a big old bear once ♪ 1849 01:47:08,424 --> 01:47:13,888 ♪ Yeah, I was a big old bear once ♪ 1850 01:47:13,971 --> 01:47:19,518 ♪ And I walked away from California ♪ 1851 01:47:19,602 --> 01:47:25,733 ♪ And I walked away from everything that shone ♪ 1852 01:47:25,816 --> 01:47:29,862 ♪ And I walked away from everything ♪ 1853 01:47:29,945 --> 01:47:32,865 ♪ I lived for just to find ♪ 1854 01:47:32,948 --> 01:47:34,742 -MAN: Action! -MAN 2: Running! 1855 01:47:34,825 --> 01:47:37,411 ♪ Everything had grown ♪ 1856 01:47:37,494 --> 01:47:39,622 ♪ It had grown ♪ 1857 01:47:40,748 --> 01:47:44,168 ♪ Grown ♪ 1858 01:47:44,251 --> 01:47:49,256 ♪ And I am a cinematographer ♪ 1859 01:47:50,466 --> 01:47:55,137 ♪ I am a cinematographer ♪ 1860 01:47:55,221 --> 01:48:01,393 ♪ Oh, I am a cinematographer ♪ 1861 01:48:01,477 --> 01:48:07,358 ♪ I am a cinematographer ♪ 1862 01:48:09,318 --> 01:48:12,905 ♪ And if you were alone ♪ 1863 01:48:12,988 --> 01:48:15,574 ♪ You could walk away ♪ 1864 01:48:15,658 --> 01:48:17,868 ♪ From anywhere. ♪ 1865 01:48:20,120 --> 01:48:22,248 Say adios. 1866 01:48:22,331 --> 01:48:23,916 -Adios. -Adios. 1867 01:48:23,999 --> 01:48:25,251 Vaya con dios. 1868 01:48:25,334 --> 01:48:26,961 -(laughs) -À bientôt. 1869 01:48:27,044 --> 01:48:29,338 -À bientôt. -(both laugh) 1870 01:48:31,006 --> 01:48:32,508 Au revoir. 1871 01:48:32,591 --> 01:48:35,719 C’est la vie. Hasta mañana.