Indecent Proposal (1993) Movie Script
Losing Diana was like
losing a part of me.
I thought nothing could change
the way we felt about each other.
I thought we were invincible.
Someone once said, "If you
want something very badly...
set it free.
If it comes back to you,
it's yours forever.
If it doesn't,
it was never yours to begin with. "
I knew one thing...
I was David's to begin with...
and he was mine.
You light up my life
We met in high school.
David was a senior,
and I was a freshman.
On Wednesdays
after Glee Club...
he'd drive me and my best friend
home from school.
I used to watch him
in the rearview mirror.
I fell in love with his eyes.
When I was 19, David proposed to me
on the pier at Paradise Cove.
Our parents were against it.
They said we were too young,
we really didn't know each other.
But David said that a life
without risk is like no life at all.
So we eloped.
I graduated
from architecture school...
and got a job
at a small firm.
Diana helped support us
by selling real estate.
I spent all of my free time
working on a design of my own.
It summed up everything about
architecture that mattered to me.
It was my dream house.
D?
Have I ever told you
I love you?
No.
I do.
Still?
Always.
We had our differences.
He used to take his clothes off
and leave them on the floor.
It made me crazy.
What do you think this is?
Leaving your shoes
on the table?
- What is the problem?
- I don't need to do your laundry!
Honey, I'll pick it up.
You don't have to get violent.
What about this?
Peanut butter sandwich?
Put that down! That is serious.
You're gonna hurt somebody.
- Hurt somebody, huh?
- You're out of your mind.
Okay, now, fine.
Goddamn it!
Come on. Let's just relax.
Did I hurt you?
I'm sorry.
- Really?
- Yeah.
You were kidding?
D, your pants are on fire.
You have no idea.
We never had much money,
so for entertainment...
David would show me architecture
that moved him.
But sometimes I'd have to ask...
"Why are we looking at
a stupid car wash?"
And he'd just say,
"No, not stupid.
Don't just use your eyes. "
He made me look at things
differently.
David, this is a steal.
Nobody even knows about it yet.
- It's beautiful.
- You could build a house here.
Make a name for yourself.
The house will be brilliant because
it will be a David Murphy house.
I found an incredible property
in Santa Monica by the ocean.
It was the perfect site
for David's house.
- How are we supposed to do it?
- Borrow money, like everybody else.
I'm telling you, these leverage-
stockbroker-buyout guys...
You should see the junk they buy.
They would go crazy
for a house of yours.
It was brilliant, even though I
didn't understand a word of it.
We had to tighten our belts
for the loan payments...
but it was our future,
and I got to build my house.
Then the recession hit.
The real estate market dried up...
and I hadrt closed a sale
in six months.
Construction fell
to its lowest point in years.
People were being laid off
everywhere, and I was one of them.
- I feel really bad about this.
- I don't understand. What happened?
The bank has called in
the demand note.
Can they do that?
You don't have any income
right now...
so they could attach
your assets.
What assets?
Your house.
Gotta keep up those payments.
I'm sorry.
David, I'm scared.
We don't have any money.
What are we gonna do?
I'll wait tables
or drive a cab or something.
I'll take care of you.
Make it go away.
I was desperate.
We stood to lose everything...
the house I'd been building,
even our own home.
I swallowed my pride and borrowed
$5,000 from my father.
It wasrt enough.
We needed $50,000.
Money...
D.
- What?
- Get up. Get dressed.
- What's the matter?
- I got an idea. Come on.
- What time is it?
- Chop, chop.
Hi! How you doing? Okay!
Cigars. Cigarettes.
Lighted yo-yos.
- Oh, yeah!
- Oh, my God!
Oh, honey.
That's the spirit!
Keep 'em coming. $50,000!
That's what we want! We're winners!
Go, skinny, skinny!
Put some money in the kitty!
Eleven. It's a winner.
We got a shooter now, folks.
We got a shooter.
A lucky, lucky lady shooter.
Keep it coming.
- Stack it, don't rack it.
- Seven, come!
Nine!
Denzel Washington ain't fine!
- All set, folks?
- Who's the one?
And I have...
Why don't you put it on?
It suits you.
Well, I can't afford it.
That's too bad.
Yup.
I really think
you oughta have the dress.
Let me buy it for you.
You want to buy me this dress?
Yeah.
Why?
I've enjoyed watching you.
You've earned it.
No, I haven't.
The dress is for sale.
I'm not.
Boom! Skinny, skinny!
We got a new shooter now.
Coming out. Seven.
Roll 'em now, girlfriend.
Seven!
Come on now! Come on now!
- How are you doing?
- Can't lose. I'm up over $9,000.
I can't believe it!
- It's so great!
- Hey, this is my wife, D.
These are my girls.
They're gonna be moving in.
Kiss 'em.
I'm winning 'cause we're winners!
Skinny, skinny!
- Did I ever tell you I love you?
- No.
- I do.
- Still?
Always.
Five thousand.
This little pile here?
You guessed it.
Five more, D.
What do you think this is?
Five more.
Play with it, roll around with it.
Enjoy yourself.
Oh, my.
And the grand total is...
$25,040.
So we're halfway there,
like, in an hour.
I figure about...
two hours tomorrow,
we'll be home free.
Come here.
What?
I love you.
I know that.
No, I mean
even without the money.
Last call for wagers.
No more bets.
Come on, black.
Here we go. Here we go.
Yes!
All right. Double zero.
No more bets, please.
Yes. We won.
Forty-one hundred.
We said we wouldn't go
below 5,000.
- Do you want any more coffee?
- No, thank you.
Tails, we quit;
heads, we go for it.
Two out of three.
Last call for wagers.
No more bets.
Okay, I'm feeling lucky.
I say we put it on red.
All of it. Red.
I feel red.
Do you feel red, D?
We can do this, huh?
I'm going to put it all.
All right.
I'm puttir it on red.
Okay.
No, it's black.
- What are you doing?
- It's black.
No, it's red. It's red.
Go with your instinct, right?
- No more bets.
- Come on, red.
Gotta get it.
Come on, red. Come on, red.
Too late, young lady.
Place your bets.
Bank side, player side.
All set?
Cards, please.
Turning for the players.
Pass is to the right, please.
Player draws nothing.
Player has zero.
And set.
Player side, banker side.
- Any other bets?
- Who's that guy?
That's John Gage.
He's a damn billionaire.
That's a rich son of a bitch there.
He's down over
a million dollars already.
See them little gold things
he's playing with?
Ten thousand dollars apiece.
Every time he lays one down,
Look at him, how cool he is.
That son of a bitch must get more
pussy than you can shake a stick at.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to offend.
- Player wins.
- What y'all doing, gambling?
It's about time.
- Y'all married?
- Let's go.
- Stick around, gamble a little.
- Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Would you mind
lending me your wife?
Is that your wife?
Excuse me?
For luck.
You'd have to ask her.
May I?
- Go for it.
- I don't think it's a good idea.
- We should just go.
- Just for a moment?
- I'll go.
- Go ahead. It might be fun.
What do we got to lose?
- Well?
- He ain't gonna bite.
You go and see what happens.
- Go ahead.
- We'll be here backing you up.
Thank you.
See if she can get a little
of that money from him.
Do you think
she'll ever come back?
I'm just bullshittir you.
Have a seat.
I've been losing all day long.
You appeared, I win my first hand.
You brought me luck.
I'd say that's a sign.
Wouldrt you?
- Would you like a drink?
- No, thank you.
Candy?
Place your bets.
- Bank side, player side.
- Hundred thousand.
- Any other bets?
- Just like that?
- Just like that.
- All bets set.
Twenty-dollar tie-in.
Not like that.
Sorry.
All bets set. Cards, please.
Turning for the players.
What we want...
what we need...
is a nine.
We don't like that.
Player draws nothing.
Cards for the bank, please.
Bank's a winner with
a natural eight. Pay the bank.
I guess I'm not so lucky
after all.
Do you like cards?
Not especially.
Wish I had asked you sooner.
Dice?
Yeah, I guess so.
Sam.
Mr. G.
One.
Excuse me, Mr. G.
- Maybe I should go.
- This shouldn't take too long.
- What?
- This.
Now...
I hope you find this
interesting.
Pit. Tadross.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir, it's here now.
Yes, sir.
- I'll take it.
- I understand.
Yes, sir. Thank you.
Goes for $ 1 million.
It's a bet.
That's a lot of money.
There you are, Mr. G.
One million dollars.
Oh, boy!
Bet it all.
Excuse me.
Coming out.
Crap 11 or any 7.
This time it is a come out roll.
How much goes now? Get 'em down.
Pick two.
Now just throw a seven.
You wanna throw an 11,
that's all right too.
Arert you forgetting something?
Winner!
Winner seven.
Everyone.
Think I oughta quit now?
I think I should.
Credit my account.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Sweetie, that was amazing.
That was incredible.
Oh, my God! Unbelievable.
Hi. John Gage.
Oh, hi. David Murphy.
- Hi, David.
- Congratulations.
This is my wife Diana.
I guess you met.
Hi. Diana?
- Diana.
- Hi. Thank you both.
Very generous of you, David.
Are you staying at the hotel?
- Actually, we're just leaving.
- You're leaving?
- We're on our way out.
- No, don't do that.
We got to celebrate.
Let me arrange a room for you here.
- That's very nice, but...
- I insist.
Please, it's the least I can do.
Okay?
Really, just sign for it.
Anything you want.
Oh, there's some lovely shops
off the lobby.
Have you seen 'em?
Let's go.
How 'bout that?
Wow.
Hey, D. What do you think?
Godfather?
You won a million dollars today.
He won it.
You won it for him.
This feels nice.
Don't get it.
Just stay right here.
- Okay.
- Okay?
Hello. William Shackleford.
Hi. David Murphy.
For Mrs. Murphy,
from John Gage.
- Oh, well, thank him for us.
- I'll do that.
Mr. Gage is hosting a gathering
tonight at his suite at 9:00.
If you can find the time in your
schedule, he'd be most pleased.
- Look what you got.
- What?
Gift from Gage.
Really?
Open it up.
That's $5,000.
How do you know that?
I saw it in a store downstairs.
Oh. Lucky for him
you like black.
Yeah.
It's not the pale moon
That excites me
That thrills
And delights me
Oh, no
It's just the nearness
Of you
It's not your
Sweet
Conversation
That brings
This sensation
Oh, no
It's just the nearness
Of you
In the future, just check into
a hotel and start all over again.
Stick 'em under the sheets.
That's strange. Am I right?
- Good night.
- Thanks.
Who is that guy, Shackleford?
Someone who works for me.
Someone I trust.
He killed someone once.
Tell me...
where do you see yourself
in, say, ten years?
I wouldn't mind being
a billionaire like yourself.
Nice shot.
I mean, beyond money.
What would satisfy you completely,
let you sleep well at night?
What, are you saying
you're not satisfied?
Who is?
I am.
She mean it?
I hope so.
Well, then you may not have won
in Vegas, but you're a lucky man...
'cause I got money, security,
I have businesses...
but you have something
that I just don't have.
I guess there's limits
to what money can buy.
Not many.
Some things aren't for sale.
Such as?
You can't buy people.
That's naive, Diana.
I buy people every day.
In business, maybe, but not
when real emotions are involved.
You're saying you can't buy love?
That's a bit of a clich.
It's absolutely true.
Is it?
What do you think?
- I agree with Diana.
- You do?
Let's test the clich.
Suppose...
I were to offer you $ 1 million...
for one night with your wife.
I'd assume you're kidding.
Let's pretend I'm not.
What would you say?
He'd tell you to go to hell.
I didn't hear him.
I'd tell you to go to hell.
That's a reflex answer because
you view it as hypothetical.
But let's say that there were
real money behind it.
I'm not kidding.
A million dollars.
The night would come and go,
but the money could last a lifetime.
Think of it.
A million dollars.
A lifetime of security...
for one night.
Don't answer right away.
But consider it.
Seriously.
We're positive, okay?
Then you've answered my question
and you've proved your point.
There are limits
to what money can buy.
It's late, and I hate to admit it,
but I have a meeting.
May I have one dance?
Of course, with your permission.
You know something? I think you
better get on to that meeting.
You don't want to miss out
on your next billion.
Understood.
I wouldn't part with her either.
Good night.
Can't sleep?
No.
Me neither.
I just keep thinking about it.
It's so weird, isn't it?
Yeah.
David, I think you
want me to do it.
What are you talking about?
Don't be ridiculous.
Well, maybe we should
just talk about it.
I don't want you to do it.
- But you'd let me do it?
- No.
Why? Do you want to do it?
No.
But I would.
I'd do it for you.
For me?
I can't believe
we're even talkir about this.
Think about what this money
could do for us...
what it could do
for our future.
You could finish your house.
You could pay your dad back...
get rid of our debts.
After all,
it wouldn't mean anything.
It's just my body.
It's not my mind.
It's not my heart.
You think we could
do something like that?
We both slept with other people
before we were married, right?
Yeah.
So we'd just have to
look at it like that.
I slept with Bubba Aruzio,
for God's sake.
If I can sleep with Bubba,
I can sleep with anyone.
- You slept with Bubba?
- You knew.
No, I didn't know that.
When did you sleep with Bubba?
When you were off sleeping
with that slut, Olivia Daigle.
Olivia Deagle.
And she wasrt a slut.
Olivia Beagle.
Let me in.
- She wasrt a slut.
- Yes, she was.
- She wasrt.
- She was.
She wasrt.
Unfortunately.
Thank God we can laugh about it.
Yeah.
That's easy to say now.
After...
We'd just have to forget
it ever happened.
And never discuss it,
not even once.
I mean, because nothing
will have happened.
Nothing that matters, anyway.
We have a brilliant script,
really very special.
- Major.
- It's a vehicle...
a comeback vehicle
for Diana Ross.
With Billy Ray Cyrus.
It's kind of A Star Is Born.
So...
your first screenplay sold
for half a million.
- Should've been two.
- Except our lawyer caved in on us.
That won't happen again.
We're gonna get a lawyer
that's tough, that's savvy.
Someone who will step
on his grandmother for us.
Mr. Green, a David Murphy
would like to speak to you.
He says it's urgent.
Put him on the speaker.
This is an old college buddy.
- It'll only take a second.
- Jeremy?
Davey, I'm in the middle
of a meeting. What's up?
Well, listen,
we need you to close a deal.
- What kind of deal?
- A very big deal.
Ooh, big deal. Go on.
We're in Vegas at the Hilton.
We met John Gage.
You know who he is?
Sure, I know who he is.
A billionaire and major poon hound.
He is?
Go on.
He offered us a million dollars.
Million dollars?
For what, your kidneys?
For one night with Diana.
What do you mean?
- One night, like...
- Yes.
Could you excuse me for a second?
Let me get this straight.
He offered you a million dollars
for a night with your wife?
As in your wife Diana?
And you agreed to it?
I don't know what to say.
How could you
do something like that?
How could you negotiate
without me?
Never negotiate
without your lawyer. Never!
For a woman like Diana, I could have
got you at least two million!
Obviously, you don't want to
get screwed, and then screwed.
Hey, stay, please.
This is damage control.
Two seconds. Eat cookies.
There's cookies coming.
You don't understand.
We've heard enough.
- You're hired.
- We love your style.
Great. Gladys, check
the gentlemers schedules.
- Call me next week. Wednesday?
- Great.
See you then.
Thanks for coming.
- No. Thank you.
- No. Thank you.
Okay, David,
before we go any further...
let's get the moral issue
out of the way.
- Leave that to us.
- I was referring to my fee.
I get five percent.
Do you want to elaborate
on the verification clause?
Verification.
That means you pay even if
the relationship isn't consummated.
You mean, if I'm impotent.
It's important for a lawyer
to cover contingencies.
I can live with that.
The John Garfield clause?
That's if you die in the act.
I have no problem with that either.
Can I have your pen?
- You're pretty good, you know?
- Thank you.
You should come work for me.
We have a deal.
A million dollars will be deposited
in your casino account...
in the morning.
So.
So.
So.
You can go.
Gentlemen...
I think it's time
for men of good will to...
take leave of one another.
It's all right.
I don't bite.
So...
what, should I go undress?
Cheer up. You got to find a more
creative way to think about this.
Look at it like an episode
of The Dating Game that went awry.
Ladies and gentlemen...
we wish to welcome you
to ourjamboree.
First punch, over he went.
I couldn't believe it.
I know we could have
gotten two million.
Here's your Buddha.
Davey, no point getting out
the crying towel.
You got a million bucks, buddy.
A million bucks.
Take the ribbon from your hair
She's an amazing woman.
She really is.
Couldrt have gotten 500
for my girlfriend.
Not that I'd do that.
But it's okay that you did.
This is a different situation.
She agreed to it.
You've gotta remember that.
It's not like it's hard duty.
He's a great-looking guy.
For a million bucks,
I'd sleep with him.
Maybe not.
Hey, buddy!
Come on.
Come on!
What have I done?
D!
It's me!
Where is she?
Where's my wife?
Where is she?
Diana!
Please!
Where did she go?
What happened to her?
- Where'd they go?
- Up, up.
Up where?
D!
They sent for me.
They said you were ready.
Come here.
You missed a button.
Thank you.
I want to show you something.
What happened?
Lights went off.
I see that. Why?
Look.
Can you turn those off too?
I'm working on it.
Who made the decision?
We both did.
Nah.
Do it for your own reasons,
or don't do it.
- You don't know him.
- I know he didn't stop you.
If you were mine...
I wouldn't share you
with anyone.
You have no right
to judge David.
You're the one
who has to buy women.
You think I have to buy women?
Why me, then?
I bought you because
you said you couldn't be bought.
I can't be bought.
We're just gonna fuck,
as I understand it.
You might enjoy it.
Don't bet on it.
I think I will.
Heads, we do...
tails, we call the whole thing off,
turn the boat around, go home.
No hard feelings.
What do you say?
It's your party.
This is my lucky dollar...
so I can't lose.
Trust me.
Nothing's gonna happen
you don't choose.
- I love you.
- I love you.
I told myself it was over...
like a dream that vanishes
in the morning light...
And in time... enough time...
I would forget.
Yeah.
All right.
A little fixer-upper
south of Wilshire.
It's nothing. Yeah.
I've got people here.
Yeah, I'll talk to you later.
Sorry.
I'm here for you now.
All right,
two acres on Alta Loma.
- Alta Vista.
- Vista. That's right.
Murphy property.
We've been a little late on
the payments, want to settle up.
I don't think that's possible.
What do you mean?
The mortgage
is two months in default...
and it appears that the property
is in contract to another party.
To another party?
- Who?
- That's privileged information.
How can that be? We called
specifically for an extension.
The extension
expired two days ago.
If you don't make a payment,
the bank can repossess.
Without prior notice?
Can they do that?
They don't have to warn us.
But, in fact, an attempt was made
to call you on the third...
and a registered letter,
return receipt requested...
was attempted on the fourth.
Apparently
there was no one home.
We were out of town.
Well, I am sorry...
but you snooze, you lose.
"You snooze, you lose."
"You snooze, you lose"?
- It's an expression.
- Oh, that's beautiful.
Bullshit!
This is bullshit, man!
Don't deal with these people.
They sold us out.
They'll sell you out too.
Hi. Wanna help me
in the garden?
Okay.
Our tomatoes are looking good.
Don't you think?
David?
What's "Gryphon"?
Gryphon.
Where'd you hear that name?
You have a box of matches.
We said we wouldn't
talk about it.
Yeah, well, now
I want to talk about it.
Don't you?
No.
D.
I thought I could forget about this,
but I can't.
So I think...
maybe if we just talk about it
we can put it behind us.
Gryphors a boat.
He took you to a boat?
- In Nevada?
- We flew to Santa Barbara.
- What kind of boat?
- A big boat.
And then what?
And then nothing.
Where did you get the matches?
Have you been going through my bag?
No.
Why? What's in your bag?
I'm not gonna talk about this.
I'm not gonna do it.
What?
Who are you talking to?
My mother.
And what did Mom have to say?
Nothing. She wasrt there.
You said you were talking to her.
How could you if she wasrt there?
Well, I was trying
to talk to her...
but I didn't reach her.
She wasrt in after 10:00?
No. If you don't believe me, would
you like to talk to her yourself?
What is the matter with you?
What is that?
You know what it is.
- Where did you get this?
- In your wallet.
I've never seen it before.
- It was in the secret compartment.
- I don't even use that.
- Have you been seeing him?
- No, I haven't.
- You can't stop thinking about him.
- You won't let me.
- Why were you in my wallet, anyway?
- I don't trust you.
- Well, I don't trust you either.
- Well, then we're even.
I had to do something.
I wanted to make something good
out of all we'd done wrong.
I decided to try
and buy our land back.
Alta Vista.
I need to find out the guy's name.
I wanna make him an offer.
I'm gonna get killed
for this, Diana.
I don't want you to get in trouble.
I really appreciate it.
There it is.
Right there.
- Back up.
- Here we go.
Oh, my God.
This guy's never gonna sell.
I just saw this guy on TV.
You bastard!
You stole our property!
Gentlemen,
I'd like to introduce a friend...
I'm not your friend.
Diana advised me on a piece
of property in Santa Monica.
You're a liar.
You took it, and I want it back.
Can we have a... Everything's fine.
Everything's under control.
Very well, sir.
Excuse me.
I'm taking it off.
Wait a minute.
- Did you just want to hurt me?
- Nonsense. I think you're wonderful.
- That was our house.
- I got there first.
I want you
to sell it back to me.
- You can't afford it.
- Oh? How's a million dollars?
The price is two.
If I had two,
the price would be four, right?
I saw an opportunity
and I took it.
You had the money and the right
instincts, but you were too late.
- I want you to work for me.
- You go to hell.
Listen, I mean it.
- Never.
- Why not?
- Because I hate you.
- No, you don't.
You wish you hated me.
Hi, D.
You look awful.
- Where you been?
- I'll tell you about it.
Gonna have some wine first.
Do you want some?
So, where you been?
Last night I was up for hours trying
to figure a way out of this mess.
And today?
And today I saw Gage.
Thank you for your trust, David...
and for listening.
Did you fuck him?
- No.
- But you wanted to.
I met him in broad daylight in
front of a bunch of rich assholes.
I don't believe you.
David, he bought our property.
Okay?
That's why I went to see him...
to find some way to get it back.
You have no reason to be jealous.
I hate him.
- Tell me what happened on that boat.
- Don't do this!
Why?
'Cause I want to know.
All right, I'll tell you.
The man was a fucking stallion.
Should I say we did it all night?
Does that do it for you?
- Is that the truth?
- You don't want the fucking truth.
You want me to lie.
So I'll tell you he's awful,
and you won't believe me.
Just tell me the truth, D.
It was sex, David.
Just sex. Not love.
Was it good sex?
- Don't do this.
- Can you just tell me that?
What are you hesitating for?
Just tell me. Was it good?
Was it good? Was it good?
Yes.
David.
Don't tell me it was just sex.
You were attracted to him all along.
That's bullshit.
David, I did it for you.
Don't you tell me
you did it for me.
You did it for yourself.
You were dying to do it.
I would never do this for myself.
It was all for you.
Don't lie to me!
You were attracted to him!
I knew something like this
was gonna happen.
I guess you make a deal
with the devil...
and eventually
you pay the price.
Thanks, Jeremy.
Coming from the man who closed
the deal, that's very comforting.
Green.
Oh, hi, Di.
I'm not here.
Yeah, he's right here.
You wanna speak to him?
No, I don't want to talk to him.
Look, sweetie...
he loves you...
you love him.
You gotta try and work this out.
It's all pretty simple, right?
This is a deal
even I can't screw up.
Tell him he can keep the money.
I don't want any of it.
Davey...
she says she doesn't
want the money.
I don't want the money either.
I'll take it.
I mean,
if nobody else wants it.
The next few weeks without David
felt like months.
I got very good
at staring at walls.
Diana.
The recession has ended.
There's a fella out there wants
to see ten-million-dollar homes.
There is a God.
Find someone else.
Find someone else?
Are you nuts?
Do you know what the commission
is on $ 10 million?
- I can't do it.
- You have to do it.
You're the best one I have.
You're the only one I have.
The others are all on caravan.
- I'm sorry, Mr. Langford. I can't.
- Diana.
I would never dream of forcing you
to do anything against your will.
Except this one time.
Now move your ass,
or you're fired.
If you think this is gonna work,
you underestimate me.
You are truly beautiful.
What do you think you're doing?
Looking for a house.
Well, there's Bel-Air, Holmby Hills,
Benedict Canyon, Pacific Palisades.
Where would you like to go first?
Paris.
The ceilings are French gothic.
Renaissance paintings,
as you can see.
Parquet floors throughout.
The bathrooms are Italian marble.
This is the master bath.
Why didn't you return
any of my calls?
Do you like it?
No.
- Thirty million, minimum.
- Do you think?
- I know.
- Well, let's look at it.
It's not for sale.
Everything's for sale.
This is your house, isn't it?
Do you like it?
Well, it's certainly beautiful.
What do you think it needs?
Tell me honestly.
I think it needs a life.
I think it needs furniture...
maybe a couple of dogs
and flowers.
It needs you.
Just forget it.
It just won't work.
Why not?
Because from where we started,
we've got nowhere to go.
You don't know that.
I've never started this way either.
I need you.
No.
You collect things.
Don't you?
Sometimes.
Yeah.
Even if you were extremely rich...
and extremely smart...
can you be president?
You couldn't be president?
Why not?
I took a second job teaching
citizenship just to keep busy.
Where were you born?
I was born in Seoul, Korea.
Where was she born?
She was born in Seoul, Korea.
Where were you born, Miguel?
Sorry.
Welcome back.
Where were you born?
Cuba.
So, how do we say "Cuba"
in America?
Cuba.
Hi.
- What are you doing here?
- Isn't this the citizenship class?
- Yes.
- Can I sit in?
It's full.
Okay.
Cuba.
Cuba. Thank you.
Okay, I have a question
for you, Lucy.
Excuse me. Is there something
you'd like to share with us?
I was just saying
that you're an amazing woman.
And...
beautiful.
And talented.
And I am crazy about her.
You're full of surprises,
aren't you?
I'm trying like hell.
I think maybe you should go.
You want me to go?
Nice people.
They want the dream.
They saw it in the flesh tonight.
You have chalk on your face.
I have something
I want to show you.
I didn't know whether you liked
big ones or little ones.
Oh, you're so beautiful.
Come here.
I didn't have much time
to do anything else...
but...
it's a start.
Dance?
I should go.
I remember once when I was young,
I was coming back from someplace.
A movie or something.
I was on the subway.
There was a girl
sitting across from me.
She was wearing this dress
that was buttoned...
clear up right to here.
She was the most beautiful thing
I'd ever seen.
I was shy then.
So when she would look at me...
I would look away.
Then afterwards,
when I would look back...
she would look away.
Then I got to
where I was gonna get off.
Got off, the doors closed...
and as the train
was pulling away...
she looked right at me...
and gave me
the most incredible smile.
It was awful.
I wanted to tear the doors open.
I went back every night,
same time...
for two weeks.
But she never showed up.
That was 30 years ago...
and I don't think
there's a day that goes by...
that I don't think about her.
I don't want that
to happen again.
Just one dance?
I want a word with you, Gage.
See, what you don't know is,
we got a secret, me and Diana.
We're invincible.
Diana, you're so fucking beautiful.
Maybe tomorrow would be better.
Maybe tomorrow
would be a better time?
Hey, I got a suggestion for you.
You know that emblem you got?
The gryphon? The eagle?
I don't think that's a good idea.
I got a better idea.
- Shall I?
- It's all right.
How about the cuckoo?
You know? Because...
I'm talking to you
for a second.
The cuckoo is interesting because
it doesn't have its own nest...
so it moves into other birds' nests
and it destroys their eggs.
David, stop. Just...
You don't love me anymore?
Have I ever told you I love you?
Have a nice dinner.
Help him.
Go inside.
Got him?
You've done a lot since USC.
First in your class...
AIA award, Prix de Rome.
Yeah.
Why would you want this job?
Well, I want to work.
Overqualified.
Fine. Exploit me.
Great architecture is only
gonna come from your passion.
And even that
won't assure you a job.
Louis Kahn died in a mers room
in Penn Station...
and for days
no one claimed the body.
Look at that.
Is that beautiful?
The money men did not weep...
because the great ones
are impossible to deal with.
They're a pain in the ass...
because they know that
if they do their jobs properly...
if they just this once
get it right...
they can actually
lift the human spirit...
take it to a higher place.
What is this?
A brick.
Good. What else?
A weapon.
Louis Kahn said
even a brick wants to be something.
A brick wants to be something.
It aspires.
Even a common, ordinary brick...
wants to be something
more than it is.
It wants to be something
better than it is.
That is what we must be.
See you on Friday.
A brick wants to be something, huh?
I'll bet it doesn't
want to be a lawyer.
- What are you doing here?
- I missed you.
I missed you too.
Thanks.
- How you doir?
- I'm good.
Getting it together.
She wants a divorce.
She wants her freedom and...
if you don't contest it...
you get everything...
the land, the money, everything.
Where is she?
Hi, everybody!
Hi, everybody.
I'm Billy Connolly.
Good-bye, everybody.
You may wonder
what you're doing here...
sitting in the sun as the smell
of the zoo wafts past your nostrils.
The reason you are here
is because you are loaded.
But may I say how brilliant it is
to see so many with an interest...
in the preservation
of endangered species.
Every year we have this unique way
of making money for the cause.
We auction animals.
We bid as high as possible...
and the money goes to sponsor
these lovely beasts.
Let's start with a bang.
We've got a superstar
as a first animal.
Ladies and gentlemen, the hippo.
The animal itself is far too big
and angry to bring along.
Look at this guy.
Thousands and thousands of pounds
of aggressive, hostile cellulite.
Weighs slightly less
than the average school bus.
Look at that magnificent beastie.
To put him in a better light, to
relieve you of some serious money...
Thank you very much.
We have a kissy-kissy picture.
Isn't that nice?
Ladies and gentlemen, I couldn't
even dream of starting the bid...
below $ 10,000.
- Now, I know it's a lot of money...
- Thirty.
Thirty thousand dollars,
ladies and gentlemen!
Call me a sentimental old fool.
Do I hear 35?
- Thirty-five.
- Thirty-five thousand dollars!
- Forty.
- Forty thousand dollars!
- Forty-five thousand.
- Forty-five thousand!
- Fifty.
- Fifty thousand dollars!
I can't believe it.
That's extraordinary.
Fifty thousand once.
Fifty thousand twice,
ladies and gentlemen.
One million dollars.
- Wow.
- Who is he?
I'm sorry?
One million dollars.
Did you say
one million dollars, sir?
Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen,
one million dollars!
Goodness! Would anybody care to
top that, ladies and gentlemen?
I didn't think so.
In that case, sir, I believe
you're the proud owner of a hippo.
Congratulations.
Hello, Diana.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the next animal is an ostrich.
I really wanted you
to have that money.
And I really wanted you
to have that hippo.
Maybe you two
would like a moment alone.
So can we hear a bid
of, maybe, a million?
That was a joke.
Start at 30,000. Do I hear 40?
So.
- How are you...
- I hear you're teaching.
- Go ahead.
- I'm sorry.
Yeah, I'm teaching.
It doesn't pay much, but at least
I get to talk about architecture.
You know how I love
to talk about architecture.
Oh, my goodness.
Don't leave, ladies and gentlemen.
It's just a little shower.
Please!
A checkbook
makes an ideal umbrella.
Do we have a dolphin?
Have we a dolphin or an octopus?
How about tropical fish?
I know! You're running home
for more cash. I get it.
Come on, ladies and gentlemen.
You can find the money.
Oh, to hell. I'm gone.
I have to talk to you
about what happened.
- Don't. Don't.
- No, no, no, I have to.
Just hear me out.
I think the mistake
I made in Vegas...
was thinking that I could
forget what we did.
I thought we were invincible.
But now I know that the things
people in love do to each other...
they remember.
If they stay together,
it's not because they forget.
It's because they forgive.
I was just...
I was just so afraid
that you wanted him.
No, actually I was afraid
that you were right to want him.
'Cause I thought
he was the better man.
And I know now he's not.
He's just got more money.
I think we should talk.
I am very happy.
Shackleford.
Did you ever see me like this?
Can't say that I have.
Diana is the reason.
Enough for any man.
She is the best of them.
Absolutely.
You are the best of them.
The best of them?
You said I'm the best of them?
You are.
I don't understand.
Shackleford,
could you explain it to her?
What?
I could do that, sir...
but somehow I feel Ms. Murphy would
rather hear it directly from you.
Okay. All right.
She's the best
of the million-dollar club.
Obviously.
- The million-dollar club?
- Now you've got it.
You told me
you'd never done that before.
How many members
would you say there are?
- Members?
- Yeah.
Worldwide?
Yeah.
A couple dozen.
Remember the one
that wouldn't stop hiccuping?
What?
The waitress from Oklahoma.
Every time you came near her
she would convulse into hiccups.
Yeah, I had forgotten.
Quite a night.
The best thing of it is...
you know
if you're sexually compatible...
right from the start.
Shackleford,
would you stop the car?
Thank you, John.
Good-bye.
Good-bye.
Oh.
Here.
For luck.
Yeah.
- Take care of him.
- Sure.
What was all that about?
I wanted to end it.
She never would have looked at me
the way she did at him.
Seven years ago David proposed to me
on the pier at Paradise Cove.
I wanted to go there to remember...
and start over.
Have I ever told you I love you?
No.
I do.
Still?
Always.
losing a part of me.
I thought nothing could change
the way we felt about each other.
I thought we were invincible.
Someone once said, "If you
want something very badly...
set it free.
If it comes back to you,
it's yours forever.
If it doesn't,
it was never yours to begin with. "
I knew one thing...
I was David's to begin with...
and he was mine.
You light up my life
We met in high school.
David was a senior,
and I was a freshman.
On Wednesdays
after Glee Club...
he'd drive me and my best friend
home from school.
I used to watch him
in the rearview mirror.
I fell in love with his eyes.
When I was 19, David proposed to me
on the pier at Paradise Cove.
Our parents were against it.
They said we were too young,
we really didn't know each other.
But David said that a life
without risk is like no life at all.
So we eloped.
I graduated
from architecture school...
and got a job
at a small firm.
Diana helped support us
by selling real estate.
I spent all of my free time
working on a design of my own.
It summed up everything about
architecture that mattered to me.
It was my dream house.
D?
Have I ever told you
I love you?
No.
I do.
Still?
Always.
We had our differences.
He used to take his clothes off
and leave them on the floor.
It made me crazy.
What do you think this is?
Leaving your shoes
on the table?
- What is the problem?
- I don't need to do your laundry!
Honey, I'll pick it up.
You don't have to get violent.
What about this?
Peanut butter sandwich?
Put that down! That is serious.
You're gonna hurt somebody.
- Hurt somebody, huh?
- You're out of your mind.
Okay, now, fine.
Goddamn it!
Come on. Let's just relax.
Did I hurt you?
I'm sorry.
- Really?
- Yeah.
You were kidding?
D, your pants are on fire.
You have no idea.
We never had much money,
so for entertainment...
David would show me architecture
that moved him.
But sometimes I'd have to ask...
"Why are we looking at
a stupid car wash?"
And he'd just say,
"No, not stupid.
Don't just use your eyes. "
He made me look at things
differently.
David, this is a steal.
Nobody even knows about it yet.
- It's beautiful.
- You could build a house here.
Make a name for yourself.
The house will be brilliant because
it will be a David Murphy house.
I found an incredible property
in Santa Monica by the ocean.
It was the perfect site
for David's house.
- How are we supposed to do it?
- Borrow money, like everybody else.
I'm telling you, these leverage-
stockbroker-buyout guys...
You should see the junk they buy.
They would go crazy
for a house of yours.
It was brilliant, even though I
didn't understand a word of it.
We had to tighten our belts
for the loan payments...
but it was our future,
and I got to build my house.
Then the recession hit.
The real estate market dried up...
and I hadrt closed a sale
in six months.
Construction fell
to its lowest point in years.
People were being laid off
everywhere, and I was one of them.
- I feel really bad about this.
- I don't understand. What happened?
The bank has called in
the demand note.
Can they do that?
You don't have any income
right now...
so they could attach
your assets.
What assets?
Your house.
Gotta keep up those payments.
I'm sorry.
David, I'm scared.
We don't have any money.
What are we gonna do?
I'll wait tables
or drive a cab or something.
I'll take care of you.
Make it go away.
I was desperate.
We stood to lose everything...
the house I'd been building,
even our own home.
I swallowed my pride and borrowed
$5,000 from my father.
It wasrt enough.
We needed $50,000.
Money...
D.
- What?
- Get up. Get dressed.
- What's the matter?
- I got an idea. Come on.
- What time is it?
- Chop, chop.
Hi! How you doing? Okay!
Cigars. Cigarettes.
Lighted yo-yos.
- Oh, yeah!
- Oh, my God!
Oh, honey.
That's the spirit!
Keep 'em coming. $50,000!
That's what we want! We're winners!
Go, skinny, skinny!
Put some money in the kitty!
Eleven. It's a winner.
We got a shooter now, folks.
We got a shooter.
A lucky, lucky lady shooter.
Keep it coming.
- Stack it, don't rack it.
- Seven, come!
Nine!
Denzel Washington ain't fine!
- All set, folks?
- Who's the one?
And I have...
Why don't you put it on?
It suits you.
Well, I can't afford it.
That's too bad.
Yup.
I really think
you oughta have the dress.
Let me buy it for you.
You want to buy me this dress?
Yeah.
Why?
I've enjoyed watching you.
You've earned it.
No, I haven't.
The dress is for sale.
I'm not.
Boom! Skinny, skinny!
We got a new shooter now.
Coming out. Seven.
Roll 'em now, girlfriend.
Seven!
Come on now! Come on now!
- How are you doing?
- Can't lose. I'm up over $9,000.
I can't believe it!
- It's so great!
- Hey, this is my wife, D.
These are my girls.
They're gonna be moving in.
Kiss 'em.
I'm winning 'cause we're winners!
Skinny, skinny!
- Did I ever tell you I love you?
- No.
- I do.
- Still?
Always.
Five thousand.
This little pile here?
You guessed it.
Five more, D.
What do you think this is?
Five more.
Play with it, roll around with it.
Enjoy yourself.
Oh, my.
And the grand total is...
$25,040.
So we're halfway there,
like, in an hour.
I figure about...
two hours tomorrow,
we'll be home free.
Come here.
What?
I love you.
I know that.
No, I mean
even without the money.
Last call for wagers.
No more bets.
Come on, black.
Here we go. Here we go.
Yes!
All right. Double zero.
No more bets, please.
Yes. We won.
Forty-one hundred.
We said we wouldn't go
below 5,000.
- Do you want any more coffee?
- No, thank you.
Tails, we quit;
heads, we go for it.
Two out of three.
Last call for wagers.
No more bets.
Okay, I'm feeling lucky.
I say we put it on red.
All of it. Red.
I feel red.
Do you feel red, D?
We can do this, huh?
I'm going to put it all.
All right.
I'm puttir it on red.
Okay.
No, it's black.
- What are you doing?
- It's black.
No, it's red. It's red.
Go with your instinct, right?
- No more bets.
- Come on, red.
Gotta get it.
Come on, red. Come on, red.
Too late, young lady.
Place your bets.
Bank side, player side.
All set?
Cards, please.
Turning for the players.
Pass is to the right, please.
Player draws nothing.
Player has zero.
And set.
Player side, banker side.
- Any other bets?
- Who's that guy?
That's John Gage.
He's a damn billionaire.
That's a rich son of a bitch there.
He's down over
a million dollars already.
See them little gold things
he's playing with?
Ten thousand dollars apiece.
Every time he lays one down,
Look at him, how cool he is.
That son of a bitch must get more
pussy than you can shake a stick at.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to offend.
- Player wins.
- What y'all doing, gambling?
It's about time.
- Y'all married?
- Let's go.
- Stick around, gamble a little.
- Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Would you mind
lending me your wife?
Is that your wife?
Excuse me?
For luck.
You'd have to ask her.
May I?
- Go for it.
- I don't think it's a good idea.
- We should just go.
- Just for a moment?
- I'll go.
- Go ahead. It might be fun.
What do we got to lose?
- Well?
- He ain't gonna bite.
You go and see what happens.
- Go ahead.
- We'll be here backing you up.
Thank you.
See if she can get a little
of that money from him.
Do you think
she'll ever come back?
I'm just bullshittir you.
Have a seat.
I've been losing all day long.
You appeared, I win my first hand.
You brought me luck.
I'd say that's a sign.
Wouldrt you?
- Would you like a drink?
- No, thank you.
Candy?
Place your bets.
- Bank side, player side.
- Hundred thousand.
- Any other bets?
- Just like that?
- Just like that.
- All bets set.
Twenty-dollar tie-in.
Not like that.
Sorry.
All bets set. Cards, please.
Turning for the players.
What we want...
what we need...
is a nine.
We don't like that.
Player draws nothing.
Cards for the bank, please.
Bank's a winner with
a natural eight. Pay the bank.
I guess I'm not so lucky
after all.
Do you like cards?
Not especially.
Wish I had asked you sooner.
Dice?
Yeah, I guess so.
Sam.
Mr. G.
One.
Excuse me, Mr. G.
- Maybe I should go.
- This shouldn't take too long.
- What?
- This.
Now...
I hope you find this
interesting.
Pit. Tadross.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir, it's here now.
Yes, sir.
- I'll take it.
- I understand.
Yes, sir. Thank you.
Goes for $ 1 million.
It's a bet.
That's a lot of money.
There you are, Mr. G.
One million dollars.
Oh, boy!
Bet it all.
Excuse me.
Coming out.
Crap 11 or any 7.
This time it is a come out roll.
How much goes now? Get 'em down.
Pick two.
Now just throw a seven.
You wanna throw an 11,
that's all right too.
Arert you forgetting something?
Winner!
Winner seven.
Everyone.
Think I oughta quit now?
I think I should.
Credit my account.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Sweetie, that was amazing.
That was incredible.
Oh, my God! Unbelievable.
Hi. John Gage.
Oh, hi. David Murphy.
- Hi, David.
- Congratulations.
This is my wife Diana.
I guess you met.
Hi. Diana?
- Diana.
- Hi. Thank you both.
Very generous of you, David.
Are you staying at the hotel?
- Actually, we're just leaving.
- You're leaving?
- We're on our way out.
- No, don't do that.
We got to celebrate.
Let me arrange a room for you here.
- That's very nice, but...
- I insist.
Please, it's the least I can do.
Okay?
Really, just sign for it.
Anything you want.
Oh, there's some lovely shops
off the lobby.
Have you seen 'em?
Let's go.
How 'bout that?
Wow.
Hey, D. What do you think?
Godfather?
You won a million dollars today.
He won it.
You won it for him.
This feels nice.
Don't get it.
Just stay right here.
- Okay.
- Okay?
Hello. William Shackleford.
Hi. David Murphy.
For Mrs. Murphy,
from John Gage.
- Oh, well, thank him for us.
- I'll do that.
Mr. Gage is hosting a gathering
tonight at his suite at 9:00.
If you can find the time in your
schedule, he'd be most pleased.
- Look what you got.
- What?
Gift from Gage.
Really?
Open it up.
That's $5,000.
How do you know that?
I saw it in a store downstairs.
Oh. Lucky for him
you like black.
Yeah.
It's not the pale moon
That excites me
That thrills
And delights me
Oh, no
It's just the nearness
Of you
It's not your
Sweet
Conversation
That brings
This sensation
Oh, no
It's just the nearness
Of you
In the future, just check into
a hotel and start all over again.
Stick 'em under the sheets.
That's strange. Am I right?
- Good night.
- Thanks.
Who is that guy, Shackleford?
Someone who works for me.
Someone I trust.
He killed someone once.
Tell me...
where do you see yourself
in, say, ten years?
I wouldn't mind being
a billionaire like yourself.
Nice shot.
I mean, beyond money.
What would satisfy you completely,
let you sleep well at night?
What, are you saying
you're not satisfied?
Who is?
I am.
She mean it?
I hope so.
Well, then you may not have won
in Vegas, but you're a lucky man...
'cause I got money, security,
I have businesses...
but you have something
that I just don't have.
I guess there's limits
to what money can buy.
Not many.
Some things aren't for sale.
Such as?
You can't buy people.
That's naive, Diana.
I buy people every day.
In business, maybe, but not
when real emotions are involved.
You're saying you can't buy love?
That's a bit of a clich.
It's absolutely true.
Is it?
What do you think?
- I agree with Diana.
- You do?
Let's test the clich.
Suppose...
I were to offer you $ 1 million...
for one night with your wife.
I'd assume you're kidding.
Let's pretend I'm not.
What would you say?
He'd tell you to go to hell.
I didn't hear him.
I'd tell you to go to hell.
That's a reflex answer because
you view it as hypothetical.
But let's say that there were
real money behind it.
I'm not kidding.
A million dollars.
The night would come and go,
but the money could last a lifetime.
Think of it.
A million dollars.
A lifetime of security...
for one night.
Don't answer right away.
But consider it.
Seriously.
We're positive, okay?
Then you've answered my question
and you've proved your point.
There are limits
to what money can buy.
It's late, and I hate to admit it,
but I have a meeting.
May I have one dance?
Of course, with your permission.
You know something? I think you
better get on to that meeting.
You don't want to miss out
on your next billion.
Understood.
I wouldn't part with her either.
Good night.
Can't sleep?
No.
Me neither.
I just keep thinking about it.
It's so weird, isn't it?
Yeah.
David, I think you
want me to do it.
What are you talking about?
Don't be ridiculous.
Well, maybe we should
just talk about it.
I don't want you to do it.
- But you'd let me do it?
- No.
Why? Do you want to do it?
No.
But I would.
I'd do it for you.
For me?
I can't believe
we're even talkir about this.
Think about what this money
could do for us...
what it could do
for our future.
You could finish your house.
You could pay your dad back...
get rid of our debts.
After all,
it wouldn't mean anything.
It's just my body.
It's not my mind.
It's not my heart.
You think we could
do something like that?
We both slept with other people
before we were married, right?
Yeah.
So we'd just have to
look at it like that.
I slept with Bubba Aruzio,
for God's sake.
If I can sleep with Bubba,
I can sleep with anyone.
- You slept with Bubba?
- You knew.
No, I didn't know that.
When did you sleep with Bubba?
When you were off sleeping
with that slut, Olivia Daigle.
Olivia Deagle.
And she wasrt a slut.
Olivia Beagle.
Let me in.
- She wasrt a slut.
- Yes, she was.
- She wasrt.
- She was.
She wasrt.
Unfortunately.
Thank God we can laugh about it.
Yeah.
That's easy to say now.
After...
We'd just have to forget
it ever happened.
And never discuss it,
not even once.
I mean, because nothing
will have happened.
Nothing that matters, anyway.
We have a brilliant script,
really very special.
- Major.
- It's a vehicle...
a comeback vehicle
for Diana Ross.
With Billy Ray Cyrus.
It's kind of A Star Is Born.
So...
your first screenplay sold
for half a million.
- Should've been two.
- Except our lawyer caved in on us.
That won't happen again.
We're gonna get a lawyer
that's tough, that's savvy.
Someone who will step
on his grandmother for us.
Mr. Green, a David Murphy
would like to speak to you.
He says it's urgent.
Put him on the speaker.
This is an old college buddy.
- It'll only take a second.
- Jeremy?
Davey, I'm in the middle
of a meeting. What's up?
Well, listen,
we need you to close a deal.
- What kind of deal?
- A very big deal.
Ooh, big deal. Go on.
We're in Vegas at the Hilton.
We met John Gage.
You know who he is?
Sure, I know who he is.
A billionaire and major poon hound.
He is?
Go on.
He offered us a million dollars.
Million dollars?
For what, your kidneys?
For one night with Diana.
What do you mean?
- One night, like...
- Yes.
Could you excuse me for a second?
Let me get this straight.
He offered you a million dollars
for a night with your wife?
As in your wife Diana?
And you agreed to it?
I don't know what to say.
How could you
do something like that?
How could you negotiate
without me?
Never negotiate
without your lawyer. Never!
For a woman like Diana, I could have
got you at least two million!
Obviously, you don't want to
get screwed, and then screwed.
Hey, stay, please.
This is damage control.
Two seconds. Eat cookies.
There's cookies coming.
You don't understand.
We've heard enough.
- You're hired.
- We love your style.
Great. Gladys, check
the gentlemers schedules.
- Call me next week. Wednesday?
- Great.
See you then.
Thanks for coming.
- No. Thank you.
- No. Thank you.
Okay, David,
before we go any further...
let's get the moral issue
out of the way.
- Leave that to us.
- I was referring to my fee.
I get five percent.
Do you want to elaborate
on the verification clause?
Verification.
That means you pay even if
the relationship isn't consummated.
You mean, if I'm impotent.
It's important for a lawyer
to cover contingencies.
I can live with that.
The John Garfield clause?
That's if you die in the act.
I have no problem with that either.
Can I have your pen?
- You're pretty good, you know?
- Thank you.
You should come work for me.
We have a deal.
A million dollars will be deposited
in your casino account...
in the morning.
So.
So.
So.
You can go.
Gentlemen...
I think it's time
for men of good will to...
take leave of one another.
It's all right.
I don't bite.
So...
what, should I go undress?
Cheer up. You got to find a more
creative way to think about this.
Look at it like an episode
of The Dating Game that went awry.
Ladies and gentlemen...
we wish to welcome you
to ourjamboree.
First punch, over he went.
I couldn't believe it.
I know we could have
gotten two million.
Here's your Buddha.
Davey, no point getting out
the crying towel.
You got a million bucks, buddy.
A million bucks.
Take the ribbon from your hair
She's an amazing woman.
She really is.
Couldrt have gotten 500
for my girlfriend.
Not that I'd do that.
But it's okay that you did.
This is a different situation.
She agreed to it.
You've gotta remember that.
It's not like it's hard duty.
He's a great-looking guy.
For a million bucks,
I'd sleep with him.
Maybe not.
Hey, buddy!
Come on.
Come on!
What have I done?
D!
It's me!
Where is she?
Where's my wife?
Where is she?
Diana!
Please!
Where did she go?
What happened to her?
- Where'd they go?
- Up, up.
Up where?
D!
They sent for me.
They said you were ready.
Come here.
You missed a button.
Thank you.
I want to show you something.
What happened?
Lights went off.
I see that. Why?
Look.
Can you turn those off too?
I'm working on it.
Who made the decision?
We both did.
Nah.
Do it for your own reasons,
or don't do it.
- You don't know him.
- I know he didn't stop you.
If you were mine...
I wouldn't share you
with anyone.
You have no right
to judge David.
You're the one
who has to buy women.
You think I have to buy women?
Why me, then?
I bought you because
you said you couldn't be bought.
I can't be bought.
We're just gonna fuck,
as I understand it.
You might enjoy it.
Don't bet on it.
I think I will.
Heads, we do...
tails, we call the whole thing off,
turn the boat around, go home.
No hard feelings.
What do you say?
It's your party.
This is my lucky dollar...
so I can't lose.
Trust me.
Nothing's gonna happen
you don't choose.
- I love you.
- I love you.
I told myself it was over...
like a dream that vanishes
in the morning light...
And in time... enough time...
I would forget.
Yeah.
All right.
A little fixer-upper
south of Wilshire.
It's nothing. Yeah.
I've got people here.
Yeah, I'll talk to you later.
Sorry.
I'm here for you now.
All right,
two acres on Alta Loma.
- Alta Vista.
- Vista. That's right.
Murphy property.
We've been a little late on
the payments, want to settle up.
I don't think that's possible.
What do you mean?
The mortgage
is two months in default...
and it appears that the property
is in contract to another party.
To another party?
- Who?
- That's privileged information.
How can that be? We called
specifically for an extension.
The extension
expired two days ago.
If you don't make a payment,
the bank can repossess.
Without prior notice?
Can they do that?
They don't have to warn us.
But, in fact, an attempt was made
to call you on the third...
and a registered letter,
return receipt requested...
was attempted on the fourth.
Apparently
there was no one home.
We were out of town.
Well, I am sorry...
but you snooze, you lose.
"You snooze, you lose."
"You snooze, you lose"?
- It's an expression.
- Oh, that's beautiful.
Bullshit!
This is bullshit, man!
Don't deal with these people.
They sold us out.
They'll sell you out too.
Hi. Wanna help me
in the garden?
Okay.
Our tomatoes are looking good.
Don't you think?
David?
What's "Gryphon"?
Gryphon.
Where'd you hear that name?
You have a box of matches.
We said we wouldn't
talk about it.
Yeah, well, now
I want to talk about it.
Don't you?
No.
D.
I thought I could forget about this,
but I can't.
So I think...
maybe if we just talk about it
we can put it behind us.
Gryphors a boat.
He took you to a boat?
- In Nevada?
- We flew to Santa Barbara.
- What kind of boat?
- A big boat.
And then what?
And then nothing.
Where did you get the matches?
Have you been going through my bag?
No.
Why? What's in your bag?
I'm not gonna talk about this.
I'm not gonna do it.
What?
Who are you talking to?
My mother.
And what did Mom have to say?
Nothing. She wasrt there.
You said you were talking to her.
How could you if she wasrt there?
Well, I was trying
to talk to her...
but I didn't reach her.
She wasrt in after 10:00?
No. If you don't believe me, would
you like to talk to her yourself?
What is the matter with you?
What is that?
You know what it is.
- Where did you get this?
- In your wallet.
I've never seen it before.
- It was in the secret compartment.
- I don't even use that.
- Have you been seeing him?
- No, I haven't.
- You can't stop thinking about him.
- You won't let me.
- Why were you in my wallet, anyway?
- I don't trust you.
- Well, I don't trust you either.
- Well, then we're even.
I had to do something.
I wanted to make something good
out of all we'd done wrong.
I decided to try
and buy our land back.
Alta Vista.
I need to find out the guy's name.
I wanna make him an offer.
I'm gonna get killed
for this, Diana.
I don't want you to get in trouble.
I really appreciate it.
There it is.
Right there.
- Back up.
- Here we go.
Oh, my God.
This guy's never gonna sell.
I just saw this guy on TV.
You bastard!
You stole our property!
Gentlemen,
I'd like to introduce a friend...
I'm not your friend.
Diana advised me on a piece
of property in Santa Monica.
You're a liar.
You took it, and I want it back.
Can we have a... Everything's fine.
Everything's under control.
Very well, sir.
Excuse me.
I'm taking it off.
Wait a minute.
- Did you just want to hurt me?
- Nonsense. I think you're wonderful.
- That was our house.
- I got there first.
I want you
to sell it back to me.
- You can't afford it.
- Oh? How's a million dollars?
The price is two.
If I had two,
the price would be four, right?
I saw an opportunity
and I took it.
You had the money and the right
instincts, but you were too late.
- I want you to work for me.
- You go to hell.
Listen, I mean it.
- Never.
- Why not?
- Because I hate you.
- No, you don't.
You wish you hated me.
Hi, D.
You look awful.
- Where you been?
- I'll tell you about it.
Gonna have some wine first.
Do you want some?
So, where you been?
Last night I was up for hours trying
to figure a way out of this mess.
And today?
And today I saw Gage.
Thank you for your trust, David...
and for listening.
Did you fuck him?
- No.
- But you wanted to.
I met him in broad daylight in
front of a bunch of rich assholes.
I don't believe you.
David, he bought our property.
Okay?
That's why I went to see him...
to find some way to get it back.
You have no reason to be jealous.
I hate him.
- Tell me what happened on that boat.
- Don't do this!
Why?
'Cause I want to know.
All right, I'll tell you.
The man was a fucking stallion.
Should I say we did it all night?
Does that do it for you?
- Is that the truth?
- You don't want the fucking truth.
You want me to lie.
So I'll tell you he's awful,
and you won't believe me.
Just tell me the truth, D.
It was sex, David.
Just sex. Not love.
Was it good sex?
- Don't do this.
- Can you just tell me that?
What are you hesitating for?
Just tell me. Was it good?
Was it good? Was it good?
Yes.
David.
Don't tell me it was just sex.
You were attracted to him all along.
That's bullshit.
David, I did it for you.
Don't you tell me
you did it for me.
You did it for yourself.
You were dying to do it.
I would never do this for myself.
It was all for you.
Don't lie to me!
You were attracted to him!
I knew something like this
was gonna happen.
I guess you make a deal
with the devil...
and eventually
you pay the price.
Thanks, Jeremy.
Coming from the man who closed
the deal, that's very comforting.
Green.
Oh, hi, Di.
I'm not here.
Yeah, he's right here.
You wanna speak to him?
No, I don't want to talk to him.
Look, sweetie...
he loves you...
you love him.
You gotta try and work this out.
It's all pretty simple, right?
This is a deal
even I can't screw up.
Tell him he can keep the money.
I don't want any of it.
Davey...
she says she doesn't
want the money.
I don't want the money either.
I'll take it.
I mean,
if nobody else wants it.
The next few weeks without David
felt like months.
I got very good
at staring at walls.
Diana.
The recession has ended.
There's a fella out there wants
to see ten-million-dollar homes.
There is a God.
Find someone else.
Find someone else?
Are you nuts?
Do you know what the commission
is on $ 10 million?
- I can't do it.
- You have to do it.
You're the best one I have.
You're the only one I have.
The others are all on caravan.
- I'm sorry, Mr. Langford. I can't.
- Diana.
I would never dream of forcing you
to do anything against your will.
Except this one time.
Now move your ass,
or you're fired.
If you think this is gonna work,
you underestimate me.
You are truly beautiful.
What do you think you're doing?
Looking for a house.
Well, there's Bel-Air, Holmby Hills,
Benedict Canyon, Pacific Palisades.
Where would you like to go first?
Paris.
The ceilings are French gothic.
Renaissance paintings,
as you can see.
Parquet floors throughout.
The bathrooms are Italian marble.
This is the master bath.
Why didn't you return
any of my calls?
Do you like it?
No.
- Thirty million, minimum.
- Do you think?
- I know.
- Well, let's look at it.
It's not for sale.
Everything's for sale.
This is your house, isn't it?
Do you like it?
Well, it's certainly beautiful.
What do you think it needs?
Tell me honestly.
I think it needs a life.
I think it needs furniture...
maybe a couple of dogs
and flowers.
It needs you.
Just forget it.
It just won't work.
Why not?
Because from where we started,
we've got nowhere to go.
You don't know that.
I've never started this way either.
I need you.
No.
You collect things.
Don't you?
Sometimes.
Yeah.
Even if you were extremely rich...
and extremely smart...
can you be president?
You couldn't be president?
Why not?
I took a second job teaching
citizenship just to keep busy.
Where were you born?
I was born in Seoul, Korea.
Where was she born?
She was born in Seoul, Korea.
Where were you born, Miguel?
Sorry.
Welcome back.
Where were you born?
Cuba.
So, how do we say "Cuba"
in America?
Cuba.
Hi.
- What are you doing here?
- Isn't this the citizenship class?
- Yes.
- Can I sit in?
It's full.
Okay.
Cuba.
Cuba. Thank you.
Okay, I have a question
for you, Lucy.
Excuse me. Is there something
you'd like to share with us?
I was just saying
that you're an amazing woman.
And...
beautiful.
And talented.
And I am crazy about her.
You're full of surprises,
aren't you?
I'm trying like hell.
I think maybe you should go.
You want me to go?
Nice people.
They want the dream.
They saw it in the flesh tonight.
You have chalk on your face.
I have something
I want to show you.
I didn't know whether you liked
big ones or little ones.
Oh, you're so beautiful.
Come here.
I didn't have much time
to do anything else...
but...
it's a start.
Dance?
I should go.
I remember once when I was young,
I was coming back from someplace.
A movie or something.
I was on the subway.
There was a girl
sitting across from me.
She was wearing this dress
that was buttoned...
clear up right to here.
She was the most beautiful thing
I'd ever seen.
I was shy then.
So when she would look at me...
I would look away.
Then afterwards,
when I would look back...
she would look away.
Then I got to
where I was gonna get off.
Got off, the doors closed...
and as the train
was pulling away...
she looked right at me...
and gave me
the most incredible smile.
It was awful.
I wanted to tear the doors open.
I went back every night,
same time...
for two weeks.
But she never showed up.
That was 30 years ago...
and I don't think
there's a day that goes by...
that I don't think about her.
I don't want that
to happen again.
Just one dance?
I want a word with you, Gage.
See, what you don't know is,
we got a secret, me and Diana.
We're invincible.
Diana, you're so fucking beautiful.
Maybe tomorrow would be better.
Maybe tomorrow
would be a better time?
Hey, I got a suggestion for you.
You know that emblem you got?
The gryphon? The eagle?
I don't think that's a good idea.
I got a better idea.
- Shall I?
- It's all right.
How about the cuckoo?
You know? Because...
I'm talking to you
for a second.
The cuckoo is interesting because
it doesn't have its own nest...
so it moves into other birds' nests
and it destroys their eggs.
David, stop. Just...
You don't love me anymore?
Have I ever told you I love you?
Have a nice dinner.
Help him.
Go inside.
Got him?
You've done a lot since USC.
First in your class...
AIA award, Prix de Rome.
Yeah.
Why would you want this job?
Well, I want to work.
Overqualified.
Fine. Exploit me.
Great architecture is only
gonna come from your passion.
And even that
won't assure you a job.
Louis Kahn died in a mers room
in Penn Station...
and for days
no one claimed the body.
Look at that.
Is that beautiful?
The money men did not weep...
because the great ones
are impossible to deal with.
They're a pain in the ass...
because they know that
if they do their jobs properly...
if they just this once
get it right...
they can actually
lift the human spirit...
take it to a higher place.
What is this?
A brick.
Good. What else?
A weapon.
Louis Kahn said
even a brick wants to be something.
A brick wants to be something.
It aspires.
Even a common, ordinary brick...
wants to be something
more than it is.
It wants to be something
better than it is.
That is what we must be.
See you on Friday.
A brick wants to be something, huh?
I'll bet it doesn't
want to be a lawyer.
- What are you doing here?
- I missed you.
I missed you too.
Thanks.
- How you doir?
- I'm good.
Getting it together.
She wants a divorce.
She wants her freedom and...
if you don't contest it...
you get everything...
the land, the money, everything.
Where is she?
Hi, everybody!
Hi, everybody.
I'm Billy Connolly.
Good-bye, everybody.
You may wonder
what you're doing here...
sitting in the sun as the smell
of the zoo wafts past your nostrils.
The reason you are here
is because you are loaded.
But may I say how brilliant it is
to see so many with an interest...
in the preservation
of endangered species.
Every year we have this unique way
of making money for the cause.
We auction animals.
We bid as high as possible...
and the money goes to sponsor
these lovely beasts.
Let's start with a bang.
We've got a superstar
as a first animal.
Ladies and gentlemen, the hippo.
The animal itself is far too big
and angry to bring along.
Look at this guy.
Thousands and thousands of pounds
of aggressive, hostile cellulite.
Weighs slightly less
than the average school bus.
Look at that magnificent beastie.
To put him in a better light, to
relieve you of some serious money...
Thank you very much.
We have a kissy-kissy picture.
Isn't that nice?
Ladies and gentlemen, I couldn't
even dream of starting the bid...
below $ 10,000.
- Now, I know it's a lot of money...
- Thirty.
Thirty thousand dollars,
ladies and gentlemen!
Call me a sentimental old fool.
Do I hear 35?
- Thirty-five.
- Thirty-five thousand dollars!
- Forty.
- Forty thousand dollars!
- Forty-five thousand.
- Forty-five thousand!
- Fifty.
- Fifty thousand dollars!
I can't believe it.
That's extraordinary.
Fifty thousand once.
Fifty thousand twice,
ladies and gentlemen.
One million dollars.
- Wow.
- Who is he?
I'm sorry?
One million dollars.
Did you say
one million dollars, sir?
Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen,
one million dollars!
Goodness! Would anybody care to
top that, ladies and gentlemen?
I didn't think so.
In that case, sir, I believe
you're the proud owner of a hippo.
Congratulations.
Hello, Diana.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the next animal is an ostrich.
I really wanted you
to have that money.
And I really wanted you
to have that hippo.
Maybe you two
would like a moment alone.
So can we hear a bid
of, maybe, a million?
That was a joke.
Start at 30,000. Do I hear 40?
So.
- How are you...
- I hear you're teaching.
- Go ahead.
- I'm sorry.
Yeah, I'm teaching.
It doesn't pay much, but at least
I get to talk about architecture.
You know how I love
to talk about architecture.
Oh, my goodness.
Don't leave, ladies and gentlemen.
It's just a little shower.
Please!
A checkbook
makes an ideal umbrella.
Do we have a dolphin?
Have we a dolphin or an octopus?
How about tropical fish?
I know! You're running home
for more cash. I get it.
Come on, ladies and gentlemen.
You can find the money.
Oh, to hell. I'm gone.
I have to talk to you
about what happened.
- Don't. Don't.
- No, no, no, I have to.
Just hear me out.
I think the mistake
I made in Vegas...
was thinking that I could
forget what we did.
I thought we were invincible.
But now I know that the things
people in love do to each other...
they remember.
If they stay together,
it's not because they forget.
It's because they forgive.
I was just...
I was just so afraid
that you wanted him.
No, actually I was afraid
that you were right to want him.
'Cause I thought
he was the better man.
And I know now he's not.
He's just got more money.
I think we should talk.
I am very happy.
Shackleford.
Did you ever see me like this?
Can't say that I have.
Diana is the reason.
Enough for any man.
She is the best of them.
Absolutely.
You are the best of them.
The best of them?
You said I'm the best of them?
You are.
I don't understand.
Shackleford,
could you explain it to her?
What?
I could do that, sir...
but somehow I feel Ms. Murphy would
rather hear it directly from you.
Okay. All right.
She's the best
of the million-dollar club.
Obviously.
- The million-dollar club?
- Now you've got it.
You told me
you'd never done that before.
How many members
would you say there are?
- Members?
- Yeah.
Worldwide?
Yeah.
A couple dozen.
Remember the one
that wouldn't stop hiccuping?
What?
The waitress from Oklahoma.
Every time you came near her
she would convulse into hiccups.
Yeah, I had forgotten.
Quite a night.
The best thing of it is...
you know
if you're sexually compatible...
right from the start.
Shackleford,
would you stop the car?
Thank you, John.
Good-bye.
Good-bye.
Oh.
Here.
For luck.
Yeah.
- Take care of him.
- Sure.
What was all that about?
I wanted to end it.
She never would have looked at me
the way she did at him.
Seven years ago David proposed to me
on the pier at Paradise Cove.
I wanted to go there to remember...
and start over.
Have I ever told you I love you?
No.
I do.
Still?
Always.