On Our Way (2021) Movie Script
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[crickets chirping]
[water splashing]
-[calling tone beeps]
-[beep]
[machine speaking French]
[Rosemary] Henry? Hello, Henry?
I don't even know
if you'll get this
'cause I don't know what this
frickin' French lady is saying,
but I'm gonna come there
and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly things.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
I love you.
[machine speaking French]
[Rosemary's voice echoing]
Henry?
Hello, Henry?
I love you.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
-I love you. I love you.
-[tense music playing]
["Haunted"
by Pinc Louds playing]
I remember those days
Giving candy
to the insects in the park
You handed me the last piece
When I told you
that we'd never be apart
Oh, yesterday I went back
They were eating out
the pieces of your heart
[Rosemary] I just want to
run away to France together.
Write our own movie.
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
About what?
I dunno.
[clock ticking]
[Rosemary] Oh,
we could title it On Our Way.
Yes there was time
I said there was time
-Rosemary. Nice to meet you.
-I'm Henry.
[gasping]
I remember those days
Giving candy
to the insects in the park
Are you feeling weird
about the other night?
-[Rosemary] It was more me.
-[Henry] Actually--
[little Henry] I'm going to
make movies one day.
[Henry] I don't want to make
the same mistakes
my parents did.
[Henry's mother]
Honey, your father's a lost boy.
[Johnny] If you stay,
you become like me.
-[Mr. Adler] It's just a movie.
-[Henry] No, it's my life.
I love you.
[Rosemary] Henry?
[wind howling]
-[wind howling]
-[door slamming]
-[crow caws]
-[wind howling]
-[wings flapping]
-[birds chirping]
[somber piano music playing]
[Henry] You know that feeling
when you're like,
"How the hell did I get here?"
There should be a word for that.
Something
in the vein of dj vu,
but not.
You go through the events
that led up to this moment
a million times,
trying to make sense of it.
You think, "If I had
just done this instead,
things would be different.
If I had just turned back."
They say time heals all wounds.
As if the most painful part
of not being together
is when things fall apart.
But they're wrong.
It's when the shock wears off,
and the comfort
of you waking up next to me
just a few days ago disappears.
The more time passes,
the further away
you seem, Rosie.
The details of you, of us,
are starting to slip away,
and I just--
I want the world to stop
before my memories of you
become out of focus.
-[seagulls squawk]
-[crows cawing]
[Rosemary] [echoing]
Henry, what are you doing?
Henry, it's okay, I'm here.
Come on, baby.
Find me at the beach.
[Rosemary chuckling]
[intriguing music playing]
Come on now. Pick up the pace.
We don't have much time.
[seagulls squawk]
Once upon a time,
there was a young man
who carried a darkness
on his shoulders.
One day,
he would be the kind of writer
that changed lives
with his words.
But long before that...
he had to save his own.
-Rosemary, what are you doing?
-It's our story, Henry.
The one we were supposed to
write together, remember?
Come on, let's read through it.
Act One: "The Girl."
Where are we going?
[Rosemary] I'm taking you
to the night we met.
[Henry] Yeah.
I was walking through Soho
when I saw you.
I never quite understood
what you were doing.
[Rosemary] I guess
I just wanted to be noticed.
[Henry] I remember
you asked for a cigarette
and you looked up at me.
I had the weirdest feeling,
like I'd known
those eyes forever.
What's this place?
[Rosemary]
A smelly, old costume shop.
I work here.
That didn't look like
no day job.
Yeah, well, people's truths
tend to come out at night.
You a filmmaker?
I see you, walking by,
filming the sky,
trees, people and shit.
Big ass smile on your face.
[Henry] It was impossible
not to notice you.
Girl in the window.
You were the first.
You were the most important
stranger I ever met.
[Henry] I went back the next day
to make sure
it wasn't all my head.
[Rosemary sighs]
[Rosemary chuckles]
Hi.
Welcome to the shop.
-Do you wanna--
-[Henry] Yeah.
[Rosemary] I can't get it on.
[Henry]
Ooh, she does not look like
-she's in good shape.
-[Rosemary chuckles]
-What?
-There we go.
[laughs]
Come in.
Wow.
It's colorful.
Don't tell me to wait there
You know I'll go
Um, do you mind?
Every day that goes by
Think of our ways,
please stay
Oh, I don't know
if I could be away from you
So, you're an actress?
Yeah, uh...
Kind of.
Uh, would I have seen you
in anything?
No, that requires you
to actually be in something.
Well.
["Sure Fine"
by Ancient Pools playing]
[Rosemary chuckles]
Action.
Away, away, away
We will go
[indistinct lyrics]
When you just
[indistinct lyrics]
[hissing]
Away, away, away, we will go
Little did you know,
I was trying to get
my first feature off the ground.
It was going pretty miserably.
We need to treat it like
they don't have any imagination,
I feel like.
[David] Yeah, 'cause they don't.
-Hey, come check it out, look.
-Oh, you're finished?
-[David] Yeah.
-[Henry grunts]
[Henry] That looks nice.
-All right, Mr. Producer.
-Thank you, thank you.
And here we got
the writer and director.
[Henry] That's all we got?
Can't do better?
This works.
It works for the world.
It looks like I'm not even
living in this world.
When I invest,
I really like to get a sense
of who I'm investing in.
And Henry...
your aura...
I'm not even sure
what the name is
for this color...
but it's dark.
It's...
feeling dark.
[Henry] Do you think
I have a dark aurora?
Nah, man.
[Henry] What times is
that meeting tomorrow?
[David]
You got to find out, man,
you know,
they love to switch the times.
A lot of hurry up and wait.
[Henry]
I'm feeling good about it.
[David] I am, too.
I think the script writer
just a little too, you know...
soft.
I like, uh, something hard.
[David] What did she say?
Like, you're too hard,
and they're looking
for something soft and soft
-and too hard.
-No, other way around.
Oh, man.
Would you think we need to put
more sex scenes in or...
[man] Did you really steal
from those people
like Robbie does in the script?
Well, it's loosely inspired
by Henry's teenage years
after he returned to South Fork.
That's actually how we met.
I stole David's watch.
Yeah, so I took his journal
with the first draft
scribbled inside.
Look, boys, I'm only interested
if my princess plays
Robbie's love interest, Ruby.
You actually might be the reason
why we didn't...
[laughing] Shut up.
I think we just need
to get excited
-about the movie.
-[David] Yeah, for sure.
[Henry]
What if we had auditions?
[David] Good call.
[Henry] I think I have
someone in mind for Ruby.
All right,
we're going to do the finale
following the full script.
-Hi, I'm Sasha.
-Hi, my name is Jonathan.
[crosstalk]
I'm Justin Flanagan.
I'm from Littleton, Florida.
-...from Ireland.
-Boston, Massachusetts.
-Los Angeles.
-I'm reading for the role of...
-...Robbie.
-...Ruby.
-...the role of Ruby.
Whenever you're ready.
Moments like earlier...
...floating in the water.
Fucking free.
Isn't that a feeling
you want forever?
Yeah, of course I do.
It's just hard to believe
that we're destined for...
...anything greater that--
than we already know.
If you don't try,
that fear
of who you'll grow up to be
will just get stronger.
It'll weigh you down so deep
that the light will become
too small to find it,
-then what?
-[gasping]
And then you run out of air.
[woman] One day, you'll have to
pull yourself out of your shit.
Shit.
Can't watch you die
on this beach.
Don't be a waste.
All right, let's do it.
Let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
[distorted crosstalk]
All right, that was pretty bad.
Maybe it's a sign
we're forcing it.
We still don't have enough money
to pull it off.
Ooh, who's that?
[Rosemary] Hi!
I'm really late,
but is there any chance
of this audition?
Whenever you're ready.
Moments like earlier
with you, fucking free.
Isn't that the feeling
you want forever?
Yeah, of course I do.
It's just hard to believe
we're destined
for anything greater
than what we know.
But if you don't try,
that fear
of who you'll grow up to be,
it'll only get stronger.
It'll weigh you down so deep
that the light
will become too small
to find anymore, and...
and then what?
And then you run out of air.
I know you're right,
I just need something
to pull me out of my own way.
What if I told you
I scored two train tickets
to the city tomorrow night
and a place to stay?
I'd ask why the hell
are you gonna go ahead
and waste that on me?
Because I can't watch you die
on this beach.
One day you're going to
have to pull yourself
out of your own shit.
But I'm here now.
I'm right here.
Surprise me. Surprise yourself.
Don't be a waste.
All right, let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
[phone ringing]
[woman over phone] Mr. Adler's
office, please hold.
Wait, you can't go in there,
he's in a meeting.
-Very busy today, David.
-As always.
You didn't call
or respond to my email, so.
Email?
Oh, right, your script.
Yeah,
and audition tapes I sent you.
[Mr. Adler]
Yeah, I watched them.
You got a good eye.
Issue is cost, David.
-It'll be ultra-low budget.
-So, poor quality?
No, it'll look super high value,
-Henry has--
-The second issue.
-Henry.
-[David] Here we go.
-He stole from you.
-That was a long time ago.
-He's a thief.
-He's had a rough life, yes.
Right, right, just because
you feel this responsibility
taking in him after his father--
This has
nothing to do with that.
This is about making the film,
this is about making
something for the culture,
-something real that moves--
-With my money?
-This was a mistake.
-Not saying no, David.
I'm saying don't mix up
business ventures
with personal feelings, son.
-Son?
-Oh, don't do that.
I've always had this thing
hanging over my head.
I've always felt guilty
asking for anything more
because you and Mom
did me this big favor.
But this is my one shot,
and I don't have time
for guilt anymore.
I didn't think
we ever made you feel like--
[David] You didn't have to.
It came with me.
Passionate. That's your mother.
You're a hard seller.
That's me.
I'll take the credit for that.
So?
So, I'm going to give you
what you need.
I'm going to give you the rest.
But I want to oversee
everything,
Start to finish.
Also, I want a say
over final cut,
copyright, all of it.
You know, uh, I used to dabble
in this business a bit myself.
I'd have to talk to Henry first.
[Mr. Adler] You talk to Henry.
Just know I only invest
in things I can control.
I won't budge.
And, uh, David,
about those tapes.
Those two in particular
had a real chemistry.
Something the others didn't.
You're not gonna be able
attract a named actor
for the budget,
so using those two
will add a hook.
All right, let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
No fucking way.
Really? You got the money?
-How'd you do it?
-Well, I had to go to my dad.
-What? David, I thought--
-I know, I know.
But I promise we make this thing
no matter what,
-and now we can.
-Thank you.
I-- I just don't want you
putting yourself out there
-like that.
-Look, it's worth it.
This film means
everything to me, too.
The thing is...
What?
...my dad wants to own
100% of the film.
100%?
I know it's not ideal,
but I think he can help us.
Come on, let's just go
make our movie already.
I mean, yeah, I trust
your opinion more than anyone.
Oh, good.
Because I want to talk to you
about the Robbie part.
What, does Papa Adler
want to play
-the lost boy of South Fork now?
-No.
Actually, we want you to.
Nah, no, thanks,
I am trying to quit.
Hey, I thought you quit.
Then you made it look so nice,
and this girl needs herself
a little celebration, okay?
I just booked
a fucking movie, man.
Well, in that case.
That I actually don't do.
-What, whiskey?
-No. Drinking.
It's in, uh,
solidarity with my mom,
she's actually trying
really hard this time.
So, how's the production going?
David's dad actually
happens to be
-backing the film now.
-[Rosemary] Who's his dad?
Hedge fund guy.
Him and his wife adopted David
when he was little.
I don't think
he was around much, though.
Sounds complicated.
[Henry]
Yeah, dads are complicated.
-What's up with your dad?
-[Henry] Ah.
Don't remember him much.
Moved to France
when I was little.
[little Henry]
Where are we going?
We are finally
getting out of South Fork, baby.
-[little Henry] What?
-Yeah.
You remember Tosin, right?
-What? Where are we going?
-France.
-[little Henry] France?
-Yeah.
Yeah. Grandma and grandpa
are coming too.
[little Henry] What about Papa?
[Henry's mother]
Honey, your father's a lost boy.
And if we stay, we're just
going to end up lost with him.
Now just rest, my love.
And when you wake up,
you won't be afraid to dream
past this life anymore.
[Henry's father] Oh! Hey!
Henry!
When my mom
and grandparents passed,
I went back there
to look for him.
Hey, Dad.
-[Rosemary] You find him or?
-Uh, no.
Well, look at you now.
About to make your first movie.
I actually made my first movie
when I was ten.
[Rosemary chuckles]
Of course you did.
About what?
You want to see it?
Welcome to my studio. "Ish"
[Rosemary]
I'm not even going to ask.
This is my little
screening room.
-[faint rattling]
-Take a seat.
This is our house in France.
[little Henry] I've named
the house Entry to Artiste.
Because we are the artists.
[laughing]
-Yeah.
-Smile for my first movie.
Hi, I'm Henry
and I'm in France, baby.
[speaking French]
I'm a bird.
You can be a bird too.
Let's fly away, come on.
I don't think
they're home today.
But, in here
I can see our whole future.
I'm gonna make movies one day.
I'm the king of France!
-[Henry's mother whoops]
-[Tosin] I'm the king of France!
[Tosin laughs]
[little Henry]
Tosin, take the camera,
I want to show my mom something.
You put your hands on her face,
you'll get magical powers.
Here. It'll make you happy.
-[Rosemary] She's beautiful.
-Yeah, she really was.
[Henry's mother chuckles]
[little Henry]
Mom, you're so pretty.
Come here, my baby.
[little Henry] That's nice,
that's what it's supposed
to look like.
[chuckles]
My grandparents were such winos.
Working on anything
interesting right now?
I'm rehearsing "Tartuffe"
at the Comdie-Franaise.
Lucky you, I'm still waiting
for a call from my agent.
The call never comes.
[Tosin]
What shall we paint today?
-[Henry's mother] A heart.
-[Tosin] A heart it is.
[Henry] Tosin would paint
on my face all the time.
Now we're connected.
My mom would keep me up late
dancing with her.
[little Henry]
Tosin, come under here with us.
[Henry] Tosin remarried
and lives full-time
in London now.
The place is like
a total ghost town.
-Hide both of us.
-[little Henry] Yeah.
That's why I love film.
You can relive
moments like this.
[little Henry] I want to be
in this moment forever.
Doesn't have to be as dark
as the real thing.
[little Henry] Everyone.
The end.
But if it's not real
what's it for?
["All Over Me"
by Cards and Sita playing]
I don't care
If you walk over me
Baby, all over me
For a while
No, I don't mind
[lips smacking]
-Hey! How you doing?
-Hey!
[Henry] Are you feeling weird
about the other night?
-No.
-I wasn't trying to make a move.
I know, I know.
It was more me, actually.
Yeah, yeah, it was-- [laughs]
But I liked it.
I just, um,
no, I also
want to be professional.
And I believe in you,
this character, I'm not--
I don't want you
to be a part of this because--
-I mean, I am attracted to you.
-Okay.
Okay, I'm going to talk myself
into a hole,
this is bad, I don't even...
How about
we go grab a bite to eat?
[Henry] Cool, do you know
any places around here?
Yes, burgers,
and, uh,
there's no kissing allowed, so.
No kissing allowed.
Okay, yeah, if it's a burger
and then we'll just go.
That's such a weird coincidence.
We're all going to be doing
a movie together.
[David] I need a cheers to that.
-Yeah.
-[David] That deserves a cheers.
-Okay.
-[all] Cheers!
Just-- you know,
I don't usually drink this much,
but it's really cool. [chuckles]
[Henry] So, Rosie said
you wanted to do costumes
-for the film?
-Mm-hmm.
You were telling me
about a dance scene
with, like, jewelry.
How does that go?
Like, what is that?
What does that look like?
I'm a visual person.
-Okay.
-Would you guys show me?
I haven't really worked it out.
That's okay.
It's on the spot. Yeah.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Well, I wasn't plan...
I think it...
Well, I want it to be, like,
start off as, like, a light--
I wanted all of them
to start sort of down,
and then-- and then Santo
is given the jewels
and he kind of rises up.
And maybe
there's a little ballet.
-[Lily] Yes. Flowy.
-[Henry] A bit of that.
But then again,
there're lots of voices,
maybe it's just... [voice fades]
[Henry] It's funny how when you
fall in love with someone
it feels like you're living
in this constant state of past,
present and dream.
When I was little,
I'd stand at the edge
of my mom's bed
reenacting old films.
Stop, to run across to him,
take him in my arms
and tell him I love you.
You silly,
silly man, I love you.
[Henry] Is that what
made you want to act?
I think it was more bad luck.
In my mom's face,
when she'd watch me,
you know when, like, a little
firefly lights up again.
For a moment.
And then it's gone.
[Henry] Yeah.
[Rosemary]
Like a small reminder of hope.
Then I guess I just knew
I wanted to make other people
feel that somehow.
[Henry] Well,
you made me feel it,
that's for sure.
When I was with you,
I could feel this part of me
I thought I lost
a long time ago.
This burnt-out firefly,
or whatever you want to call it,
turned back on again.
And I wanted to hold on
for as long as I could.
Wow.
-How are you doing?
-I'm good.
Is this your regular date spot?
Yeah, I take
all my boyfriends here.
Wow. I thought I was special.
[Mr. Adler] A darker ending
would give us the best shot.
Look, I appreciate
you helping us make this film--
Save the film.
Save the film, okay?
You've been trying
to get this film
off the ground for six years.
I'm on board a few weeks
and it's practically done,
for crying out loud.
Look, David...
your job as producer
is to find out
where the real story is.
The guts, the meat.
The meat, you know?
Meat and potatoes of the movie,
that's your job,
and this little fairytale,
silly ending just ain't it.
What's real
is what you told me about
what happened when Henry
went back searching...
Hey, I wasn't supposed to
tell anyone.
...finds his father and they--
I wasn't supposed to
tell anyone that.
-Henry will freak out.
-He's not gonna fr--
it's not going to be
the exact story.
It's just inspired by it.
Writing about this better life
is what got Henry
through it all.
He needs his hopeful ending.
Well, unfortunately,
people don't want to see
his hopeful ending, okay?
They want to see
a dark, twisted,
freaky, gritty,
nasty, bizarre, weird shit,
and that's what they
want to see, in fact,
that's all I want to see
when I go to the movies.
[phone rings]
[voicemail] This is Henry.
Leave a message.
-[phone beeps]
-[Rosemary] Hi, baby,
it's taking longer
to close up the shop
than I thought,
but I'll be there soon,
so we can celebrate.
Love you, birthday boy.
["Momma" by Nat Letkoff playing]
But you don't care
for me no more
And heavy lines
been drawn down that door
But momma
protect my feelings
I'm still a child
and it's late in the evening
Can you remember
when the night was easy?
Oh, momma, I still need you
The mask I made for myself
seems see through
When I'm alone in my head
I see you
[Henry hums]
["En catimini"
by Clich playing]
Si j'tais
[audience cheering]
Un homme
On dcompose
[Henry's mother] Nice time.
[Tosin]
It'll all be worth it soon.
Hey.
Hey.
Who the hell was that guy?
Why don't you go
brush your teeth, okay?
Uh, we missed the last train,
so he gave us a ride
from the diner.
Yeah?
-You look pretty.
-Thank you.
Hey. Come here.
I'm serious, you look beautiful.
[Henry's mother sighs]
Very beautiful.
You know, why don't we put
Henry to bed,
me and you
can have some time together?
We haven't done that in a while.
It's been
a lot longer than that.
You reek.
["Ozma"
by Shannon & The Clams playing]
Ooh, ah, ooh
Forgive
all those little rabbits
I forgive you now
Well I've seen you
in my dreams
You've regrown
all your teeth
You're sniffing flowers
all day long
And laying in the sun
Hey, get in there, boy. Yeah.
Go on, come on.
What's up, birthday boy?
Look at your moves, yeah. Yeah.
Get down, man. [laughs]
One day, this could
all be yours, look at that.
But that stuff
isn't yours, Papa.
You in my dreams
Hey, who told you that?
Your mom tell you that?
-Let's just keep dancing.
-No, no, no.
If it wasn't for me
busting my ass,
while she's gallivanting
all over the city,
we'd have nothing.
Come on,
do I look stupid to you?
I know where you guys were.
Trying to be the next
Moulin Rouge or whatever.
Hey, look at me.
Dreams like that,
they don't exist
for people like us.
[Johnny scoffs]
She used to look at me
like I was a hero.
But things change.
But that doesn't matter
because I got you.
You're my legacy.
You're gonna grow up
to look like me one day.
Let's get you to bed, Papa.
No, no, no, no, no, no,
stop, stop, stop.
I need you to learn something.
Look at yourself.
Okay, now I want you to imagine
the man you're going to be.
That's good, yeah.
What does he look like?
Envision him.
Now what would he say to you?
Can you hear him?
What's his story, Henry?
[Henry]
What's your story, Henry?
All I knew
is what I didn't want.
To be the lost boy
who couldn't love you right
because he was too busy
getting in his own way.
So, I tried.
I tried so hard to love you
the way you deserved.
But when filming came around,
my past that I had hid from you
caught up with me.
-[David] Get your asses up.
-[knocking on door]
It's movie making time. Come on.
What's wrong?
I'm nervous to go back there.
I'm going to be with you
this time.
[phone ringing]
I don't know what to say to her.
I know how much
you love her, Rosie,
but if you keep giving in,
she's not going to be able
to figure out
how to take care of herself.
Let's get dressed.
[Johnny] You're sick
of your fancy life in France
-or something?
-Something like that.
Oh, it's not like that?
You left with your mom.
You made your choice,
and you come back
seven years later?
What's it like, Henry?
She's dead, Dad.
Cancer.
["From the Start" by
Israel Cannan playing]
And I told you
from the start
That the world
would break your heart
Shake the ground
on which you stand
Make your castles
feel like a sand
And it's sometimes
hard to see
Like a forest
through the trees
Like a diamond in the sky
Like a star
that's passing by
And it makes me sad again
And the days you spend alone
In the house
you call your home
In the morning you will see
It was all but just a dream
And you never understood
That my heart for you
was good
And it makes me sad again
Because it's been so long
When the tide runs out again
[car horn honks]
Just like the water
I'll be gone
[Henry] Hey, guys.
[Mr. Adler]
Nah, he's a great kid,
I want you to meet him today,
okay?
Well, come by.
Come by, we gotta have dinner.
It's been a long time.
Take care.
All right.
Are we all set on wardrobe?
-Perfect.
-All right.
[indistinct] nail polish.
No, I love the nail polish.
Keep it.
[Mr. Adler] Hey, Henry!
Why don't you show him how
to swipe something on camera,
so it looks authentic,
what do you say, huh?
-You're good at that, right?
-Right.
It's in your wheelhouse,
isn't it?
[Henry] Um...
Too sweet.
-[gasps]
-What?
When did you get
so good at that?
Uh, look, I found your letters.
About needing money
and I wanna--
You have money?
No, but I heard the guys you owe
are looking for some new hires.
Those guys are not to be
fucked around with.
-[knocking on door]
-[man] Hey, Henry!
I'm going to slip the call sheet
under your door for tomorrow.
Rest up, buddy.
[criminal] Johnny, you sure?
Once he's in, he's in.
Stop.
Address. Time.
Don't fucking let him be late.
[Johnny] No son of mine
is gonna end up being a thief.
[Rosemary] Hey, hey.
Babe, what's wrong?
I just feel like
this part is, um...
I can't even see
the present moment
because it's just flooded
with all these fucking memories.
[teenage Henry] Go on, Dad.
Everything's going to be fine.
I'm here now.
I promise.
[Johnny sobs]
In the script,
you described Robbie as the sand
and Ruby as the water.
What's that about?
Just because as a teenager,
I felt like--
like stuck, shattered pieces.
I'd go and sit
by the hotel pool...
wishing that somebody like her
would pull me out of it.
All right, well, let's use that.
Oh.
[Lily] Okay. Let's see.
Yeah. You are a blonde.
Go wash it off.
There goes my strong
baby blue Rosie
[Lily chuckles]
In my bootleg barber shop
Running by the boy
I'm 'bout to bang
Have I told you
how nice it is having you here?
I'm never going to leave you.
Go to the bathroom.
Be with your boy.
Conserve water. Shower together.
Think of Mother Nature.
Are you feeling more ready
for tomorrow?
Actually, yeah.
Is this why girls
are always dyeing their hair
-after breakups?
-Pretty much.
Well, this is just
temporary, so...
now don't go
falling in love with Robbie.
[Rosemary] Why not?
Well, you know,
there's this guy, Henry.
Not sure you know him,
but he's gunning
pretty bad for you.
["Henry and Rosa"
by Elle Msa playing]
I always found his character
more interesting anyway.
["Henry and Rosa"
by Elle Msa playing]
Everything's all calm
Henry and Rosa
And he knows her
Everything's all right
Rosa and Henry
She only needs him
He only needs her
It's okay, it's all right
I really do, though.
What?
Love you.
I really do, too.
Rosa and Henry
Henry and Rosa
Rosa and Henry
Softly he takes her
It's all she needs
["Superstar"
by Pretty Sick playing]
Oh, to be happy
Oh, to be white
When everything's easy
Why do I put up a fight?
I can be a superstar
Whatever you like
[Henry] That's why
I gotta make this movie.
-See if it's true or not.
-[Rosemary] If what is?
[Henry] The voice inside my head
that tells me I'm going to
wash up in South Fork,
a lonely monster.
[Rosemary]
Why are you so afraid of that?
[Henry] Ah, it's nothing.
Just note to self,
don't make your next movie
so personal.
[Mr. Adler] Pay the guy.
Give him his fucking check
-or anything.
-[employee] Check is dead, boss.
[man] In the beginning I told
you had to pay
you didn't wanna pay.
-[Mr. Adler] [indistinct]
- Ooh la la.
[Mr. Adler] Anyway,
I pretty much did
what I needed to do,
let's put it that way.
Fuck, yes! Fuck the system!
[Mr. Adler] Excuse me.
What did you do to yourself?
[Henry] It's dope, right?
It's to help us
get into character.
It's not dope.
It's fucking moronic.
You look like a dead
bleached rat fell in your head.
-Well, I wouldn't go that far.
-What is wrong with you?
[Henry] Sorry I--
I didn't mean to upset you.
I didn't invest
in your little film
so you could mess everything up
because you are too busy
fucking with the actress
to focus, all right?
God, I should never listen
to my son about you.
Never.
Well, okay, David didn't know
anything about this,
and I'm sorry,
I should have ran it by you.
But, um, listen,
our target audience...
[blowing raspberry]
You're going to hit this off.
[David] What's going on here?
Nothing.
We're-- we're dope, right?
I want a rough draft
of my ending
in my hands tonight, okay?
In my hands.
Or I'm pulling the plug.
His ending?
[David]
We'll still film your original,
and I promise
that's the one we will use,
but we'll shoot his version,
so we can get him off our backs.
-[Henry] Okay? What is it?
-Uh, Robbie not--
not making it out
of South Fork and, um,
jumping off the cliff.
David, did you--
did you tell him?
No, no, I-- I--
he thought of it on his own.
Look, it-- it's just a movie.
It doesn't have to be
a reflection.
It's me, David, of course
it's a reflection of me.
I can't write that.
I wouldn't have got
my dad involved,
but it was our only option.
My back
is against the wall here.
We shoot it, he's happy.
Done. We will not use it.
And that's
not going to be my ending?
I promise.
-Uh, all right.
-Thank you.
-Hey, guys.
-What's up?
-How are you doing?
-Sorry to keep you waiting.
[Henry] Action.
Sines everywhere that I go
The sound of my home
And now you have to put it
in the pile.
[actors screaming playfully]
Out into this open view...
If I see one more local
get replaced
by these pretentious
lobster-bib-wearing assholes,
I'm fucking out of here.
[actor] Yeah?
Where the fuck you gonna go?
This is why we do what we do.
Or into
Our hotel guests have been
missing a lot of stuff.
I think it's these local kids.
I know one of them.
His father was the one involved
in those burglaries
a few years back.
[music stops]
-[Henry] Cut.
-Hey, guys.
[man] Sorry to keep you waiting.
There's been a lot of changes
in the schedule,
so you all wrapped up
for the day.
[Henry]
Thank you so much for your work.
-[Henry] Great job.
-[man] I appreciate it.
-Thanks for coming out, man.
-Hey, great work.
[eerie music starts]
-Where are you goin', big boy?
-Work.
Just like that?
I told you
you're gonna blend in.
I'm not doing that shit anymore.
I got a real job.
It's a lifeguard
over at the new hotel.
I-- I'm going to try
to pay the guys back that way.
What?
What are you talking about,
what happened?
[criminal] I need another hit.
I need another hit.
Don't you think
she's lost enough?
I'm not doing it. I can't.
Oh, shit.
-Henry, what--
-[door slams shut]
Hello. Yes, we need your pool.
I'll hold, I'll hold.
[Adler] You don't get the pool,
I can't give you the money.
[hotel owner] I can get people
over here right now, I can.
-[Mr. Adler] Well, pay for it.
-[David] Guys, stop arguing.
-What's going on?
-[David] Yes, we will need
to use your pool
for a film shoot today.
[Adler] I don't understand
how am I supposed to shoot
this pool scene
with this fucking pool cover on?
I-- I told you,
this ain't your regular tarp.
It's custom.
It takes six guys six hours
and you didn't wanna pay.
I could do it
with three guys in one hour.
[both arguing in Spanish]
Relax, relax! I found one.
-[speaking Spanish]
-What?
What did you find?
You found a pool?
-I found a pool.
-Where did you find a pool?
-At a motel.
-Why didn't you say so?
-Nice shades.
[Rosemary] They're real steel.
How's it going today?
Fancy a swim?
Come on. We're safe here.
Even when I'm without you
I can tell that
you're needing me too
Meet me out in the deep end
It's too late
to go backwards
[Henry] I've got you now.
[indistinct lyrics]
say the word...
Just close your eyes.
The water
and I will carry you now.
Can you see me
like I see you
I forgot what it feels like.
-[Henry] What?
-To be free.
[muffled screaming]
Like I see you
Dive in the deep end,
I've got this feeling for you
Hold me tight
'cause I need you
-Hey.
-What's up?
Oh, I was just checking
to see how you were.
I read that alternate ending,
and it was--
It's what you wanted, right?
You know
it wasn't me who wanted that.
And I told you
we just have another option.
It's not an option for me, dude.
Look, I'm grateful, okay?
I know I couldn't have done this
without you, without your dad.
-But writing that, it really--
-I know, I know.
No, I don't want Rosemary
seeing me like that.
I want to know the guy
that fights,
that doesn't give up.
Not that bullshit.
Look, I get it.
But I think
you need to stop focusing on
what happens to Robbie
and decide
if Henry
is going to be that guy.
-Look what I got.
-Hmm.
So, you guys excited to shoot
a double ending or what?
You know what Kubrick said?
-What?
-He said,
"Making a movie
is like trying to write a poem
while on the rollercoaster."
Sounds pretty impossible.
[Rosemary] I have an idea.
[whispers inaudibly]
[Mr. Adler snoring]
[snores louder]
-[snoring stops]
-[muffled laughter]
[snoring continues]
[chuckles and screams]
-[Henry] Where are you going?
-[David] Come on!
[Ruby] He's waking up, Henry!
-[Henry] We can't do this.
-[David] Come on, Henry.
Welcome to the Lost Boys Bay
on Six Flags, baby.
What do you want us
to do with this.
-All right.
-Write a damn poem.
[Henry groans]
[actresses laugh]
["Sign"
by VHS Collection playing]
If we've got something to say,
now's the time
I was here.
I know my car
was right here wasn't it?
No, don't you cry
Smoke fills your eyes
I'm down and no leader
And I'm losing time
Now I got a fucking headache.
[shouting] Where is my car?
Broke and in disguise
I'm halfway out
of New York...
Anybody!
Where is my car, damn it!
Left behind
If we've got something to say
then now is the time
[exclaiming]
[David groans]
-[actresses laugh]
-[David] Yep.
Check that out.
"We think you're pretty cheesy."
[all laugh]
"But fuck-ups like us
like cheesy.
So even though
this shit ain't easy,
and we have no clue
where we're headed,
we feel overwhelmingly indebted.
All that really matters today
is that we're on our way."
[Lily screaming, laughing]
Fuck you!
-[David] It's nice.
-[Lily] Ugh.
[Tony] I can't give you--
I can't give your boy a choice.
I can't give your boy a choice.
Tony, come on.
Johnny, send him back.
You know
what happens if you don't.
"The last word my mom used
to describe my father
before we left was 'lost.'
'He's a lost boy,'
she whispered.
I didn't understand
the sentiment
at the ripe page of ten,
but seven years later,
sitting right back
on the sucking hole of a couch
my mother
gently swooped me away from,
I noticed my reflection
is quickly turning
into my father's.
I came back to South Fork
with the naive idea
that I could be
the one to save him.
But one can only ignite
the Savior in another.
And there is no Savior that lies
within the walls
of my father's chest."
My mom is right, "If you stay,
you'll get lost with him."
[little Henry reading]
"So, in moments like this,
of complete
and utter hopelessness,
I set one foot on the pavement
of my rotten home town
and one foot
into the unknown water,
hoping the story
I'm about to write
about a lost boy named Robbie
who befriends a girl named Ruby
ignites strength within me
to float hell away from here."
[Rosemary]
Baby, what are you doing?
I just had a bad dream.
I'll be back.
Dad?
Dad?
[echoing] Dad! Dad! Dad!
Henry! Henry, come on, man.
[Mr. Adler]
Let's just check playback.
I told you my idea for
the ending was gonna be great.
That is an ending.
This is captivating.
[Johnny's voice]
Look at yourself.
The man you're gonna be.
[Mr. Adler]
Cut, print. That's the one.
[Johnny's voice]
What's your story, Henry?
-[distant thud]
-Bravo. Great job.
-Wait, what?
-Yeah, yeah.
All we need is a few
exterior shots at South Fork
and we are a wrap on time,
on the budget.
-Great work, everyone.
-No, Dad,
we still have the original
ending to shoot tomorrow.
Great work.
Yeah, that's been cut.
What the fuck
are you talking about?
Dad, don't do this.
We had a deal.
We've got the ending
we need, Henry.
No. That can't be it. I--
I can't end up with nothing,
lose her, die here.
Mr. Adler, I'm--
-Henry, breathe.
-[Henry breathes heavily]
It's not
actually happening to you.
He's right.
Henry, it's just a movie.
No, it's my life.
You stole it and I want it back.
I don't steal, you agreed
to sign the rights over,
and I'm doing my job now
to sell this thing.
And I'm very sorry you're all
broken up about your dad.
-How about you grow the fuck up?
-What did you say?
Hey, Henry, stop, stop, Okay?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[Mr. Adler]
Get the fuck over it.
[David] I told him.
I knew it.
-[David] Henry!
-[Mr. Adler] Let him go.
-We'll finish it without him.
-No!
No!
You think you can take and take.
Sometimes there's nothing left.
Is that fair, David?
Is that fair
for you to say that to me?
Look around, look at everything
that I've done.
I'll stop you before you say
you did it for me.
David...
[Henry] Hey, what the hell
are you doing?
I'm just having a few sips.
It's been a long few weeks.
[Henry sighs]
It's not a big deal.
I don't wanna make you
like this.
You're not
making me like anything.
Come on. [groans]
[groans] I just wanna run away
to France together.
Write our own movie.
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
About what?
Who the hell knows?
I was rereading that poem
that you and David wrote.
And there was this line
about not knowing
exactly where we're going,
but only caring that
we're on our way.
Well, we could title it that.
Title it?
On Our Way.
Yeah, I like it.
I have a funky typewriter
at home you could write it on.
Go to sleep.
You should get some rest.
[Henry shouting] Dad! Dad!
I was so scared
something happened.
What are you doing out here?
I don't want you
to have to live like this.
Scared all the time.
You're too talented
for that bullshit.
I saw some of your writing
the other night.
You have a way with words.
-[indistinct]
-Dad, stop.
You said it yourself.
That life
isn't for people like us.
It's done. I already told Tony.
I-- I'm going to go back
to work for him.
No, you're not.
No son of mine is going to
end up being a thief.
You're going to go out
in the world,
and you're going to create
something of your own.
I know you came here to help me
but I'm not worth it, so...
Why don't you just
float the hell out of here
before you get stuck for good?
You're worth it, okay?
You're worth it to me.
Henry,
you are not listening to me.
If you stay...
you become like me.
[Henry] They'll kill you
if I don't go back.
I don't care what you say.
I'm going to fix this.
[forlorn music playing]
[distant thud]
Dad.
["Untitled (For Now)"
by Oliver Daldry playing]
[sobbing] Dad, no!
[shouting] Dad!
Dad! [voice echoes]
I have been here before
[sobbing] Dad, no!
To these cemetery doors
Dad! [voice echoing]
With my hands almost bleeding,
my heart barely beating
No one alone
[breathing shakily]
Can do it alone
You say
[Henry] Rosie.
Rosie!
[music fades]
[forlorn music playing]
[Rosemary groaning softly]
[Rosemary] Baby.
All right.
That's all you gonna say to me
after everything, you can't?
I don't know
what you want from me.
I want you to fight for us.
I-- I--
So you're just
going to leave me?
I love you.
Please,
can you just let me love you?
-Stop.
-[Henry sighs]
Don't go.
Please, please don't go.
-Please.
-I can't.
["Firefly Lullabies"
by Ava Beathard playing]
You don't wanna be
alone right now
[Rosemary sobbing]
So I'll lay with you
if you don't mind
Just sit and watch the stars
As they hover over us
Like fireflies and lullabies
And I wish I could hold you
And I wish I could tell you
it's all right
And I wish I could kiss you
And I wish you would tell me
it's all right
I'm okay,
I don't need to fight
But you don't know
that I love you yet
[David] You know,
before he met you,
I was fucking scared
for that kid.
Living in reality has
always been too hard for him.
But then you came along
and for once,
he didn't want to escape.
Right.
Then why did he leave?
That ending we shot...
that wasn't just
some story that...
actually happened
to Henry's father.
He jumped off those cliffs
down there
right in front of him.
[Henry sobbing]
And you guys
let him relive that?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
I know. I know.
I know. Believe me.
And it doesn't fix
anything but...
I deleted it,
there's no ending now.
I need to talk to Henry.
He gave me this.
Go remind him
of those fireflies.
He talks about you...
a lot.
[Rosemary sighs and sobs]
[line ringing]
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[answering machine
speaking French]
[line beeps]
Henry?
Hello? Henry.
I don't even know if you'll get
this 'cause I don't know
what this frickin'
French lady is saying,
but I'm going to come there,
and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly bits.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'll see you soon.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
I love you.
[upbeat music playing]
[singer vocalizing]
I'm tired of this town
I need to find a way out
[line ringing]
I'm tired of these people
trying to put me down
I need to find a way out
[phone ringing]
[Rosie over phone]
Hey, it's Rosie.
I'm not here right now,
so leave a message.
[line beeps]
I need myself a woman
To hold me through the night
Just to feel all right
I need myself a woman
[indistinct, loud chatter]
[Johnny's voice]
What's it like, Henry?
[Rosemary] That's all you say
to me after everything,
-you can't?
-[Henry] I don't know
what you want from me.
[Rosemary]
I want you to fight for us!
-[Henry] She's dead, Dad.
-[phone ringing]
[Henry]
I think it's pretty obvious
I can't take care of you so...
[phone keeps ringing]
[tires screech]
...I'm trying but it keeps
getting worse and worse.
And I'm getting--
Stop! I already told you
I don't want to see this, okay?
[Rosemary]
This is the end, you have to.
Wa-- wa-- wait.
Do-- do you hear that?
-What?
-The music.
This is-- the story,
it's still going.
-It's not over.
-Henry.
No, no, no, I remember,
Rosemary, I remember.
I remember why I tore
the script pages off the walls.
I-- I remember
why I threw them away.
The ending was wrong.
What's in here is bullshit.
Henry, it's not wrong.
It's what happened.
[Henry] No, no, no.
I'll tell you the ending, okay?
[clears throat]
[Henry breathing heavily]
I'm on my way, you angel.
That's right.
I'm on my way, you angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
Remember that.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[echoes]
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[coughs]
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[car horn honking]
[birds chirping]
[car door clicks open]
[lighthearted music playing]
Hello.
If I had known that I was coming
here to pick up your mess,
I probably would have
saved myself a trip.
["You Caught the Butterflies in
my Stomach" by Kenneth Takanami]
You make me smile
Like the world...
-[Henry] All right.
-Carry my bags.
That I spend my days
in silence
Waiting for [indistinct] you
[Henry sighs]
I'm just floating,
I'm just floating
I'm just floating here
with you
[Henry] Remember how we used to
talk about all the films
we would make together someday.
[Rosemary] Yeah, I remember.
And don't you feel like,
you're just giving
little bits of your soul out
every day for free?
Nothing's free.
Especially your soul.
[waves crashing]
See, Rosie? You're fine.
You made it there.
["Pas chat" by Clich playing]
C'est vrai
c'est de formidable
Seulement des caresses
et des poils
Tu minaudes quand
je te touche
Tu ronronnes
et puis tu soupires
Et j'excite tes vibrisses
Tes rtines deviennent
mon calice
Et c'est bien
c'est bien c'est tout
De te titiller mon minou
Comment t'aimer
si t'es pas chat
[music stops]
-[clock ticking]
-[crickets chirping]
[eerie music playing]
[music stops abruptly]
[Les chardes
by Charlotte Cardin playing]
Berons-nous
comme des amoureux
What's it gonna take for a man
to get a piece of bacon
around here?
Hey.
Well, I don't know if I would
qualify you as a man,
but how about I give you
a bite of my food
for each piece of the story
you give me.
The real story.
I don't think so.
I'm feeling kind of funny.
I think I'm gonna go upstairs
and take a rest for a while.
a passera
[music stops]
[waves crashing on shore]
[Henry] Rosie.
[ominous music playing]
Rosie!
Rosie?
[Rosie] [echoing] Henry! Henry!
Rosie?
[upbeat music playing]
[Tosin]
What shall we paint today?
-[Rosemary] How about a heart?
-[Tosin] A heart it is.
Hold still... How's that?
[lyrics in French]
Rosie!
[song continues]
[Henry's grandpa laughing]
-[glass shatters]
-[music stops]
[Henry's grandpa laughs]
[Henry's grandma] [echoes]
It's not really helping.
Rosie!
Don't slip away from me, okay?
Don't slip away from me.
[Rosemary] [echoes] Henry.
Henry, the only way out
is to let me go.
Rosie.
Rosemary.
[Rosemary] [echoes] Henry!
-Rosie!
-[Rosemary] Henry!
Rosie!
Rosie!
[Rosemary] [echoes]
Henry, I'm right here.
[Rosemary]
Henry. [voice echoing]
[clock ticking]
["Haunted"
by Pinc Louds playing]
Last seven years
I felt so wanted
Now I'm a house
Broken and haunted
The wind, she laughs
Do you still want me?
[music stops]
[ominous music playing]
[distorted singing]
[Rosemary] I'm going to come
there and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly bits.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you. I love you.
[phone ringing]
-[tires screech]
-[glass shatters]
[breathing heavily]
[bells tolling]
["Agnes Water"
by Jamie Rose playing]
I was in love
with the big blue ocean
Letting her waves
take me anywhere
Fulfilled
with the words not spoken
Hey.
Silence
and the salt in my hair
-Hey.
-[David] Hello.
I'm really happy
you finally came home.
What with the thought of you...
[sighs]
You know
you're my family, right?
It's just too much to face.
And then when Rosemary, uh...
when she died...
I tried to ignore it,
but it only made me worse.
[David] You really want to make
this thing with me?
I know I've blown things.
I just believed if I stayed...
I'd become like him.
And take you guys down with me.
But leaving...
[Henry sobbing]
Look what I did.
But sometimes words don't work
the way we wish they were
My friends said that you said
that you rearranged me
I wonder did I have
the same effect on you
Words can't do no right
We can touch the sky...
I didn't think that
there would be a repeat.
-I know, right? [chuckles]
-Where is he?
[David] Hey.
You ready?
Yeah.
There are a lot of
beautiful faces in there.
A lot.
[all chuckle]
-You guys are ready?
-Yeah.
-Let's do it.
-[Henry] All right.
Cheer up.
[man over PA]
Ladies and gentlemen,
may I ask that you please
take your seats at this time.
The program begins momentarily.
["Little Marriage"
by Lia Ices playing]
A year and a day could pass
just as quickly
And I don't mind,
I don't mind
If they end
as they should be
[water bubbling]
Your open eyes
are two private oceans
They don't cry, I don't mind
To see your devotion
Little Marriage
blew through this home
With a difference between us
and have and hold
What is this marrow
we're burrowed upon
Remember me?
I got caught on a day thrill
I can't see you tonight
I don't mind but you do
[loud cacophony of voices]
[Henry] I remember standing
on that pier,
and suddenly I felt
my younger self pull me back.
And I remembered him.
The boy who just wanted to love
and be loved,
and make movies.
It took me a while to get here,
but I did it, Rosie.
-I made a movie.
-[Rosemary's voice] I love you.
[Henry]
Maybe we couldn't last forever
but I know our story will.
To my firefly, I'm here,
and I won't stop trying.
For you, for me, for him.
["Stars" by Feyde playing]
Hey, girl, what are you doing
in the night?
I look up at the stars
And see them twinkle
like your eyes
Hey, girl
I know you're out there
looking for me
And one day we'll be two
Until then
one will have to do
I just want to be
by your side
With nothing to hide
No reason to run from anyone
And you won't have to
say goodbye
Goodbye
I miss you
I miss you
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[indistinct lyrics]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
Don't tell me to wait there
You know I'll go
wherever you wanna go
Every day that goes by
Think of our ways
please stay
Oh, I don't know
if I could be away from you
I think that I would die
if you're not by my side
[music fades]
[crickets chirping]
[water splashing]
-[calling tone beeps]
-[beep]
[machine speaking French]
[Rosemary] Henry? Hello, Henry?
I don't even know
if you'll get this
'cause I don't know what this
frickin' French lady is saying,
but I'm gonna come there
and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly things.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
I love you.
[machine speaking French]
[Rosemary's voice echoing]
Henry?
Hello, Henry?
I love you.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
-I love you. I love you.
-[tense music playing]
["Haunted"
by Pinc Louds playing]
I remember those days
Giving candy
to the insects in the park
You handed me the last piece
When I told you
that we'd never be apart
Oh, yesterday I went back
They were eating out
the pieces of your heart
[Rosemary] I just want to
run away to France together.
Write our own movie.
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
About what?
I dunno.
[clock ticking]
[Rosemary] Oh,
we could title it On Our Way.
Yes there was time
I said there was time
-Rosemary. Nice to meet you.
-I'm Henry.
[gasping]
I remember those days
Giving candy
to the insects in the park
Are you feeling weird
about the other night?
-[Rosemary] It was more me.
-[Henry] Actually--
[little Henry] I'm going to
make movies one day.
[Henry] I don't want to make
the same mistakes
my parents did.
[Henry's mother]
Honey, your father's a lost boy.
[Johnny] If you stay,
you become like me.
-[Mr. Adler] It's just a movie.
-[Henry] No, it's my life.
I love you.
[Rosemary] Henry?
[wind howling]
-[wind howling]
-[door slamming]
-[crow caws]
-[wind howling]
-[wings flapping]
-[birds chirping]
[somber piano music playing]
[Henry] You know that feeling
when you're like,
"How the hell did I get here?"
There should be a word for that.
Something
in the vein of dj vu,
but not.
You go through the events
that led up to this moment
a million times,
trying to make sense of it.
You think, "If I had
just done this instead,
things would be different.
If I had just turned back."
They say time heals all wounds.
As if the most painful part
of not being together
is when things fall apart.
But they're wrong.
It's when the shock wears off,
and the comfort
of you waking up next to me
just a few days ago disappears.
The more time passes,
the further away
you seem, Rosie.
The details of you, of us,
are starting to slip away,
and I just--
I want the world to stop
before my memories of you
become out of focus.
-[seagulls squawk]
-[crows cawing]
[Rosemary] [echoing]
Henry, what are you doing?
Henry, it's okay, I'm here.
Come on, baby.
Find me at the beach.
[Rosemary chuckling]
[intriguing music playing]
Come on now. Pick up the pace.
We don't have much time.
[seagulls squawk]
Once upon a time,
there was a young man
who carried a darkness
on his shoulders.
One day,
he would be the kind of writer
that changed lives
with his words.
But long before that...
he had to save his own.
-Rosemary, what are you doing?
-It's our story, Henry.
The one we were supposed to
write together, remember?
Come on, let's read through it.
Act One: "The Girl."
Where are we going?
[Rosemary] I'm taking you
to the night we met.
[Henry] Yeah.
I was walking through Soho
when I saw you.
I never quite understood
what you were doing.
[Rosemary] I guess
I just wanted to be noticed.
[Henry] I remember
you asked for a cigarette
and you looked up at me.
I had the weirdest feeling,
like I'd known
those eyes forever.
What's this place?
[Rosemary]
A smelly, old costume shop.
I work here.
That didn't look like
no day job.
Yeah, well, people's truths
tend to come out at night.
You a filmmaker?
I see you, walking by,
filming the sky,
trees, people and shit.
Big ass smile on your face.
[Henry] It was impossible
not to notice you.
Girl in the window.
You were the first.
You were the most important
stranger I ever met.
[Henry] I went back the next day
to make sure
it wasn't all my head.
[Rosemary sighs]
[Rosemary chuckles]
Hi.
Welcome to the shop.
-Do you wanna--
-[Henry] Yeah.
[Rosemary] I can't get it on.
[Henry]
Ooh, she does not look like
-she's in good shape.
-[Rosemary chuckles]
-What?
-There we go.
[laughs]
Come in.
Wow.
It's colorful.
Don't tell me to wait there
You know I'll go
Um, do you mind?
Every day that goes by
Think of our ways,
please stay
Oh, I don't know
if I could be away from you
So, you're an actress?
Yeah, uh...
Kind of.
Uh, would I have seen you
in anything?
No, that requires you
to actually be in something.
Well.
["Sure Fine"
by Ancient Pools playing]
[Rosemary chuckles]
Action.
Away, away, away
We will go
[indistinct lyrics]
When you just
[indistinct lyrics]
[hissing]
Away, away, away, we will go
Little did you know,
I was trying to get
my first feature off the ground.
It was going pretty miserably.
We need to treat it like
they don't have any imagination,
I feel like.
[David] Yeah, 'cause they don't.
-Hey, come check it out, look.
-Oh, you're finished?
-[David] Yeah.
-[Henry grunts]
[Henry] That looks nice.
-All right, Mr. Producer.
-Thank you, thank you.
And here we got
the writer and director.
[Henry] That's all we got?
Can't do better?
This works.
It works for the world.
It looks like I'm not even
living in this world.
When I invest,
I really like to get a sense
of who I'm investing in.
And Henry...
your aura...
I'm not even sure
what the name is
for this color...
but it's dark.
It's...
feeling dark.
[Henry] Do you think
I have a dark aurora?
Nah, man.
[Henry] What times is
that meeting tomorrow?
[David]
You got to find out, man,
you know,
they love to switch the times.
A lot of hurry up and wait.
[Henry]
I'm feeling good about it.
[David] I am, too.
I think the script writer
just a little too, you know...
soft.
I like, uh, something hard.
[David] What did she say?
Like, you're too hard,
and they're looking
for something soft and soft
-and too hard.
-No, other way around.
Oh, man.
Would you think we need to put
more sex scenes in or...
[man] Did you really steal
from those people
like Robbie does in the script?
Well, it's loosely inspired
by Henry's teenage years
after he returned to South Fork.
That's actually how we met.
I stole David's watch.
Yeah, so I took his journal
with the first draft
scribbled inside.
Look, boys, I'm only interested
if my princess plays
Robbie's love interest, Ruby.
You actually might be the reason
why we didn't...
[laughing] Shut up.
I think we just need
to get excited
-about the movie.
-[David] Yeah, for sure.
[Henry]
What if we had auditions?
[David] Good call.
[Henry] I think I have
someone in mind for Ruby.
All right,
we're going to do the finale
following the full script.
-Hi, I'm Sasha.
-Hi, my name is Jonathan.
[crosstalk]
I'm Justin Flanagan.
I'm from Littleton, Florida.
-...from Ireland.
-Boston, Massachusetts.
-Los Angeles.
-I'm reading for the role of...
-...Robbie.
-...Ruby.
-...the role of Ruby.
Whenever you're ready.
Moments like earlier...
...floating in the water.
Fucking free.
Isn't that a feeling
you want forever?
Yeah, of course I do.
It's just hard to believe
that we're destined for...
...anything greater that--
than we already know.
If you don't try,
that fear
of who you'll grow up to be
will just get stronger.
It'll weigh you down so deep
that the light will become
too small to find it,
-then what?
-[gasping]
And then you run out of air.
[woman] One day, you'll have to
pull yourself out of your shit.
Shit.
Can't watch you die
on this beach.
Don't be a waste.
All right, let's do it.
Let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
[distorted crosstalk]
All right, that was pretty bad.
Maybe it's a sign
we're forcing it.
We still don't have enough money
to pull it off.
Ooh, who's that?
[Rosemary] Hi!
I'm really late,
but is there any chance
of this audition?
Whenever you're ready.
Moments like earlier
with you, fucking free.
Isn't that the feeling
you want forever?
Yeah, of course I do.
It's just hard to believe
we're destined
for anything greater
than what we know.
But if you don't try,
that fear
of who you'll grow up to be,
it'll only get stronger.
It'll weigh you down so deep
that the light
will become too small
to find anymore, and...
and then what?
And then you run out of air.
I know you're right,
I just need something
to pull me out of my own way.
What if I told you
I scored two train tickets
to the city tomorrow night
and a place to stay?
I'd ask why the hell
are you gonna go ahead
and waste that on me?
Because I can't watch you die
on this beach.
One day you're going to
have to pull yourself
out of your own shit.
But I'm here now.
I'm right here.
Surprise me. Surprise yourself.
Don't be a waste.
All right, let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
[phone ringing]
[woman over phone] Mr. Adler's
office, please hold.
Wait, you can't go in there,
he's in a meeting.
-Very busy today, David.
-As always.
You didn't call
or respond to my email, so.
Email?
Oh, right, your script.
Yeah,
and audition tapes I sent you.
[Mr. Adler]
Yeah, I watched them.
You got a good eye.
Issue is cost, David.
-It'll be ultra-low budget.
-So, poor quality?
No, it'll look super high value,
-Henry has--
-The second issue.
-Henry.
-[David] Here we go.
-He stole from you.
-That was a long time ago.
-He's a thief.
-He's had a rough life, yes.
Right, right, just because
you feel this responsibility
taking in him after his father--
This has
nothing to do with that.
This is about making the film,
this is about making
something for the culture,
-something real that moves--
-With my money?
-This was a mistake.
-Not saying no, David.
I'm saying don't mix up
business ventures
with personal feelings, son.
-Son?
-Oh, don't do that.
I've always had this thing
hanging over my head.
I've always felt guilty
asking for anything more
because you and Mom
did me this big favor.
But this is my one shot,
and I don't have time
for guilt anymore.
I didn't think
we ever made you feel like--
[David] You didn't have to.
It came with me.
Passionate. That's your mother.
You're a hard seller.
That's me.
I'll take the credit for that.
So?
So, I'm going to give you
what you need.
I'm going to give you the rest.
But I want to oversee
everything,
Start to finish.
Also, I want a say
over final cut,
copyright, all of it.
You know, uh, I used to dabble
in this business a bit myself.
I'd have to talk to Henry first.
[Mr. Adler] You talk to Henry.
Just know I only invest
in things I can control.
I won't budge.
And, uh, David,
about those tapes.
Those two in particular
had a real chemistry.
Something the others didn't.
You're not gonna be able
attract a named actor
for the budget,
so using those two
will add a hook.
All right, let's do it.
Let's float the hell away.
No fucking way.
Really? You got the money?
-How'd you do it?
-Well, I had to go to my dad.
-What? David, I thought--
-I know, I know.
But I promise we make this thing
no matter what,
-and now we can.
-Thank you.
I-- I just don't want you
putting yourself out there
-like that.
-Look, it's worth it.
This film means
everything to me, too.
The thing is...
What?
...my dad wants to own
100% of the film.
100%?
I know it's not ideal,
but I think he can help us.
Come on, let's just go
make our movie already.
I mean, yeah, I trust
your opinion more than anyone.
Oh, good.
Because I want to talk to you
about the Robbie part.
What, does Papa Adler
want to play
-the lost boy of South Fork now?
-No.
Actually, we want you to.
Nah, no, thanks,
I am trying to quit.
Hey, I thought you quit.
Then you made it look so nice,
and this girl needs herself
a little celebration, okay?
I just booked
a fucking movie, man.
Well, in that case.
That I actually don't do.
-What, whiskey?
-No. Drinking.
It's in, uh,
solidarity with my mom,
she's actually trying
really hard this time.
So, how's the production going?
David's dad actually
happens to be
-backing the film now.
-[Rosemary] Who's his dad?
Hedge fund guy.
Him and his wife adopted David
when he was little.
I don't think
he was around much, though.
Sounds complicated.
[Henry]
Yeah, dads are complicated.
-What's up with your dad?
-[Henry] Ah.
Don't remember him much.
Moved to France
when I was little.
[little Henry]
Where are we going?
We are finally
getting out of South Fork, baby.
-[little Henry] What?
-Yeah.
You remember Tosin, right?
-What? Where are we going?
-France.
-[little Henry] France?
-Yeah.
Yeah. Grandma and grandpa
are coming too.
[little Henry] What about Papa?
[Henry's mother]
Honey, your father's a lost boy.
And if we stay, we're just
going to end up lost with him.
Now just rest, my love.
And when you wake up,
you won't be afraid to dream
past this life anymore.
[Henry's father] Oh! Hey!
Henry!
When my mom
and grandparents passed,
I went back there
to look for him.
Hey, Dad.
-[Rosemary] You find him or?
-Uh, no.
Well, look at you now.
About to make your first movie.
I actually made my first movie
when I was ten.
[Rosemary chuckles]
Of course you did.
About what?
You want to see it?
Welcome to my studio. "Ish"
[Rosemary]
I'm not even going to ask.
This is my little
screening room.
-[faint rattling]
-Take a seat.
This is our house in France.
[little Henry] I've named
the house Entry to Artiste.
Because we are the artists.
[laughing]
-Yeah.
-Smile for my first movie.
Hi, I'm Henry
and I'm in France, baby.
[speaking French]
I'm a bird.
You can be a bird too.
Let's fly away, come on.
I don't think
they're home today.
But, in here
I can see our whole future.
I'm gonna make movies one day.
I'm the king of France!
-[Henry's mother whoops]
-[Tosin] I'm the king of France!
[Tosin laughs]
[little Henry]
Tosin, take the camera,
I want to show my mom something.
You put your hands on her face,
you'll get magical powers.
Here. It'll make you happy.
-[Rosemary] She's beautiful.
-Yeah, she really was.
[Henry's mother chuckles]
[little Henry]
Mom, you're so pretty.
Come here, my baby.
[little Henry] That's nice,
that's what it's supposed
to look like.
[chuckles]
My grandparents were such winos.
Working on anything
interesting right now?
I'm rehearsing "Tartuffe"
at the Comdie-Franaise.
Lucky you, I'm still waiting
for a call from my agent.
The call never comes.
[Tosin]
What shall we paint today?
-[Henry's mother] A heart.
-[Tosin] A heart it is.
[Henry] Tosin would paint
on my face all the time.
Now we're connected.
My mom would keep me up late
dancing with her.
[little Henry]
Tosin, come under here with us.
[Henry] Tosin remarried
and lives full-time
in London now.
The place is like
a total ghost town.
-Hide both of us.
-[little Henry] Yeah.
That's why I love film.
You can relive
moments like this.
[little Henry] I want to be
in this moment forever.
Doesn't have to be as dark
as the real thing.
[little Henry] Everyone.
The end.
But if it's not real
what's it for?
["All Over Me"
by Cards and Sita playing]
I don't care
If you walk over me
Baby, all over me
For a while
No, I don't mind
[lips smacking]
-Hey! How you doing?
-Hey!
[Henry] Are you feeling weird
about the other night?
-No.
-I wasn't trying to make a move.
I know, I know.
It was more me, actually.
Yeah, yeah, it was-- [laughs]
But I liked it.
I just, um,
no, I also
want to be professional.
And I believe in you,
this character, I'm not--
I don't want you
to be a part of this because--
-I mean, I am attracted to you.
-Okay.
Okay, I'm going to talk myself
into a hole,
this is bad, I don't even...
How about
we go grab a bite to eat?
[Henry] Cool, do you know
any places around here?
Yes, burgers,
and, uh,
there's no kissing allowed, so.
No kissing allowed.
Okay, yeah, if it's a burger
and then we'll just go.
That's such a weird coincidence.
We're all going to be doing
a movie together.
[David] I need a cheers to that.
-Yeah.
-[David] That deserves a cheers.
-Okay.
-[all] Cheers!
Just-- you know,
I don't usually drink this much,
but it's really cool. [chuckles]
[Henry] So, Rosie said
you wanted to do costumes
-for the film?
-Mm-hmm.
You were telling me
about a dance scene
with, like, jewelry.
How does that go?
Like, what is that?
What does that look like?
I'm a visual person.
-Okay.
-Would you guys show me?
I haven't really worked it out.
That's okay.
It's on the spot. Yeah.
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Well, I wasn't plan...
I think it...
Well, I want it to be, like,
start off as, like, a light--
I wanted all of them
to start sort of down,
and then-- and then Santo
is given the jewels
and he kind of rises up.
And maybe
there's a little ballet.
-[Lily] Yes. Flowy.
-[Henry] A bit of that.
But then again,
there're lots of voices,
maybe it's just... [voice fades]
[Henry] It's funny how when you
fall in love with someone
it feels like you're living
in this constant state of past,
present and dream.
When I was little,
I'd stand at the edge
of my mom's bed
reenacting old films.
Stop, to run across to him,
take him in my arms
and tell him I love you.
You silly,
silly man, I love you.
[Henry] Is that what
made you want to act?
I think it was more bad luck.
In my mom's face,
when she'd watch me,
you know when, like, a little
firefly lights up again.
For a moment.
And then it's gone.
[Henry] Yeah.
[Rosemary]
Like a small reminder of hope.
Then I guess I just knew
I wanted to make other people
feel that somehow.
[Henry] Well,
you made me feel it,
that's for sure.
When I was with you,
I could feel this part of me
I thought I lost
a long time ago.
This burnt-out firefly,
or whatever you want to call it,
turned back on again.
And I wanted to hold on
for as long as I could.
Wow.
-How are you doing?
-I'm good.
Is this your regular date spot?
Yeah, I take
all my boyfriends here.
Wow. I thought I was special.
[Mr. Adler] A darker ending
would give us the best shot.
Look, I appreciate
you helping us make this film--
Save the film.
Save the film, okay?
You've been trying
to get this film
off the ground for six years.
I'm on board a few weeks
and it's practically done,
for crying out loud.
Look, David...
your job as producer
is to find out
where the real story is.
The guts, the meat.
The meat, you know?
Meat and potatoes of the movie,
that's your job,
and this little fairytale,
silly ending just ain't it.
What's real
is what you told me about
what happened when Henry
went back searching...
Hey, I wasn't supposed to
tell anyone.
...finds his father and they--
I wasn't supposed to
tell anyone that.
-Henry will freak out.
-He's not gonna fr--
it's not going to be
the exact story.
It's just inspired by it.
Writing about this better life
is what got Henry
through it all.
He needs his hopeful ending.
Well, unfortunately,
people don't want to see
his hopeful ending, okay?
They want to see
a dark, twisted,
freaky, gritty,
nasty, bizarre, weird shit,
and that's what they
want to see, in fact,
that's all I want to see
when I go to the movies.
[phone rings]
[voicemail] This is Henry.
Leave a message.
-[phone beeps]
-[Rosemary] Hi, baby,
it's taking longer
to close up the shop
than I thought,
but I'll be there soon,
so we can celebrate.
Love you, birthday boy.
["Momma" by Nat Letkoff playing]
But you don't care
for me no more
And heavy lines
been drawn down that door
But momma
protect my feelings
I'm still a child
and it's late in the evening
Can you remember
when the night was easy?
Oh, momma, I still need you
The mask I made for myself
seems see through
When I'm alone in my head
I see you
[Henry hums]
["En catimini"
by Clich playing]
Si j'tais
[audience cheering]
Un homme
On dcompose
[Henry's mother] Nice time.
[Tosin]
It'll all be worth it soon.
Hey.
Hey.
Who the hell was that guy?
Why don't you go
brush your teeth, okay?
Uh, we missed the last train,
so he gave us a ride
from the diner.
Yeah?
-You look pretty.
-Thank you.
Hey. Come here.
I'm serious, you look beautiful.
[Henry's mother sighs]
Very beautiful.
You know, why don't we put
Henry to bed,
me and you
can have some time together?
We haven't done that in a while.
It's been
a lot longer than that.
You reek.
["Ozma"
by Shannon & The Clams playing]
Ooh, ah, ooh
Forgive
all those little rabbits
I forgive you now
Well I've seen you
in my dreams
You've regrown
all your teeth
You're sniffing flowers
all day long
And laying in the sun
Hey, get in there, boy. Yeah.
Go on, come on.
What's up, birthday boy?
Look at your moves, yeah. Yeah.
Get down, man. [laughs]
One day, this could
all be yours, look at that.
But that stuff
isn't yours, Papa.
You in my dreams
Hey, who told you that?
Your mom tell you that?
-Let's just keep dancing.
-No, no, no.
If it wasn't for me
busting my ass,
while she's gallivanting
all over the city,
we'd have nothing.
Come on,
do I look stupid to you?
I know where you guys were.
Trying to be the next
Moulin Rouge or whatever.
Hey, look at me.
Dreams like that,
they don't exist
for people like us.
[Johnny scoffs]
She used to look at me
like I was a hero.
But things change.
But that doesn't matter
because I got you.
You're my legacy.
You're gonna grow up
to look like me one day.
Let's get you to bed, Papa.
No, no, no, no, no, no,
stop, stop, stop.
I need you to learn something.
Look at yourself.
Okay, now I want you to imagine
the man you're going to be.
That's good, yeah.
What does he look like?
Envision him.
Now what would he say to you?
Can you hear him?
What's his story, Henry?
[Henry]
What's your story, Henry?
All I knew
is what I didn't want.
To be the lost boy
who couldn't love you right
because he was too busy
getting in his own way.
So, I tried.
I tried so hard to love you
the way you deserved.
But when filming came around,
my past that I had hid from you
caught up with me.
-[David] Get your asses up.
-[knocking on door]
It's movie making time. Come on.
What's wrong?
I'm nervous to go back there.
I'm going to be with you
this time.
[phone ringing]
I don't know what to say to her.
I know how much
you love her, Rosie,
but if you keep giving in,
she's not going to be able
to figure out
how to take care of herself.
Let's get dressed.
[Johnny] You're sick
of your fancy life in France
-or something?
-Something like that.
Oh, it's not like that?
You left with your mom.
You made your choice,
and you come back
seven years later?
What's it like, Henry?
She's dead, Dad.
Cancer.
["From the Start" by
Israel Cannan playing]
And I told you
from the start
That the world
would break your heart
Shake the ground
on which you stand
Make your castles
feel like a sand
And it's sometimes
hard to see
Like a forest
through the trees
Like a diamond in the sky
Like a star
that's passing by
And it makes me sad again
And the days you spend alone
In the house
you call your home
In the morning you will see
It was all but just a dream
And you never understood
That my heart for you
was good
And it makes me sad again
Because it's been so long
When the tide runs out again
[car horn honks]
Just like the water
I'll be gone
[Henry] Hey, guys.
[Mr. Adler]
Nah, he's a great kid,
I want you to meet him today,
okay?
Well, come by.
Come by, we gotta have dinner.
It's been a long time.
Take care.
All right.
Are we all set on wardrobe?
-Perfect.
-All right.
[indistinct] nail polish.
No, I love the nail polish.
Keep it.
[Mr. Adler] Hey, Henry!
Why don't you show him how
to swipe something on camera,
so it looks authentic,
what do you say, huh?
-You're good at that, right?
-Right.
It's in your wheelhouse,
isn't it?
[Henry] Um...
Too sweet.
-[gasps]
-What?
When did you get
so good at that?
Uh, look, I found your letters.
About needing money
and I wanna--
You have money?
No, but I heard the guys you owe
are looking for some new hires.
Those guys are not to be
fucked around with.
-[knocking on door]
-[man] Hey, Henry!
I'm going to slip the call sheet
under your door for tomorrow.
Rest up, buddy.
[criminal] Johnny, you sure?
Once he's in, he's in.
Stop.
Address. Time.
Don't fucking let him be late.
[Johnny] No son of mine
is gonna end up being a thief.
[Rosemary] Hey, hey.
Babe, what's wrong?
I just feel like
this part is, um...
I can't even see
the present moment
because it's just flooded
with all these fucking memories.
[teenage Henry] Go on, Dad.
Everything's going to be fine.
I'm here now.
I promise.
[Johnny sobs]
In the script,
you described Robbie as the sand
and Ruby as the water.
What's that about?
Just because as a teenager,
I felt like--
like stuck, shattered pieces.
I'd go and sit
by the hotel pool...
wishing that somebody like her
would pull me out of it.
All right, well, let's use that.
Oh.
[Lily] Okay. Let's see.
Yeah. You are a blonde.
Go wash it off.
There goes my strong
baby blue Rosie
[Lily chuckles]
In my bootleg barber shop
Running by the boy
I'm 'bout to bang
Have I told you
how nice it is having you here?
I'm never going to leave you.
Go to the bathroom.
Be with your boy.
Conserve water. Shower together.
Think of Mother Nature.
Are you feeling more ready
for tomorrow?
Actually, yeah.
Is this why girls
are always dyeing their hair
-after breakups?
-Pretty much.
Well, this is just
temporary, so...
now don't go
falling in love with Robbie.
[Rosemary] Why not?
Well, you know,
there's this guy, Henry.
Not sure you know him,
but he's gunning
pretty bad for you.
["Henry and Rosa"
by Elle Msa playing]
I always found his character
more interesting anyway.
["Henry and Rosa"
by Elle Msa playing]
Everything's all calm
Henry and Rosa
And he knows her
Everything's all right
Rosa and Henry
She only needs him
He only needs her
It's okay, it's all right
I really do, though.
What?
Love you.
I really do, too.
Rosa and Henry
Henry and Rosa
Rosa and Henry
Softly he takes her
It's all she needs
["Superstar"
by Pretty Sick playing]
Oh, to be happy
Oh, to be white
When everything's easy
Why do I put up a fight?
I can be a superstar
Whatever you like
[Henry] That's why
I gotta make this movie.
-See if it's true or not.
-[Rosemary] If what is?
[Henry] The voice inside my head
that tells me I'm going to
wash up in South Fork,
a lonely monster.
[Rosemary]
Why are you so afraid of that?
[Henry] Ah, it's nothing.
Just note to self,
don't make your next movie
so personal.
[Mr. Adler] Pay the guy.
Give him his fucking check
-or anything.
-[employee] Check is dead, boss.
[man] In the beginning I told
you had to pay
you didn't wanna pay.
-[Mr. Adler] [indistinct]
- Ooh la la.
[Mr. Adler] Anyway,
I pretty much did
what I needed to do,
let's put it that way.
Fuck, yes! Fuck the system!
[Mr. Adler] Excuse me.
What did you do to yourself?
[Henry] It's dope, right?
It's to help us
get into character.
It's not dope.
It's fucking moronic.
You look like a dead
bleached rat fell in your head.
-Well, I wouldn't go that far.
-What is wrong with you?
[Henry] Sorry I--
I didn't mean to upset you.
I didn't invest
in your little film
so you could mess everything up
because you are too busy
fucking with the actress
to focus, all right?
God, I should never listen
to my son about you.
Never.
Well, okay, David didn't know
anything about this,
and I'm sorry,
I should have ran it by you.
But, um, listen,
our target audience...
[blowing raspberry]
You're going to hit this off.
[David] What's going on here?
Nothing.
We're-- we're dope, right?
I want a rough draft
of my ending
in my hands tonight, okay?
In my hands.
Or I'm pulling the plug.
His ending?
[David]
We'll still film your original,
and I promise
that's the one we will use,
but we'll shoot his version,
so we can get him off our backs.
-[Henry] Okay? What is it?
-Uh, Robbie not--
not making it out
of South Fork and, um,
jumping off the cliff.
David, did you--
did you tell him?
No, no, I-- I--
he thought of it on his own.
Look, it-- it's just a movie.
It doesn't have to be
a reflection.
It's me, David, of course
it's a reflection of me.
I can't write that.
I wouldn't have got
my dad involved,
but it was our only option.
My back
is against the wall here.
We shoot it, he's happy.
Done. We will not use it.
And that's
not going to be my ending?
I promise.
-Uh, all right.
-Thank you.
-Hey, guys.
-What's up?
-How are you doing?
-Sorry to keep you waiting.
[Henry] Action.
Sines everywhere that I go
The sound of my home
And now you have to put it
in the pile.
[actors screaming playfully]
Out into this open view...
If I see one more local
get replaced
by these pretentious
lobster-bib-wearing assholes,
I'm fucking out of here.
[actor] Yeah?
Where the fuck you gonna go?
This is why we do what we do.
Or into
Our hotel guests have been
missing a lot of stuff.
I think it's these local kids.
I know one of them.
His father was the one involved
in those burglaries
a few years back.
[music stops]
-[Henry] Cut.
-Hey, guys.
[man] Sorry to keep you waiting.
There's been a lot of changes
in the schedule,
so you all wrapped up
for the day.
[Henry]
Thank you so much for your work.
-[Henry] Great job.
-[man] I appreciate it.
-Thanks for coming out, man.
-Hey, great work.
[eerie music starts]
-Where are you goin', big boy?
-Work.
Just like that?
I told you
you're gonna blend in.
I'm not doing that shit anymore.
I got a real job.
It's a lifeguard
over at the new hotel.
I-- I'm going to try
to pay the guys back that way.
What?
What are you talking about,
what happened?
[criminal] I need another hit.
I need another hit.
Don't you think
she's lost enough?
I'm not doing it. I can't.
Oh, shit.
-Henry, what--
-[door slams shut]
Hello. Yes, we need your pool.
I'll hold, I'll hold.
[Adler] You don't get the pool,
I can't give you the money.
[hotel owner] I can get people
over here right now, I can.
-[Mr. Adler] Well, pay for it.
-[David] Guys, stop arguing.
-What's going on?
-[David] Yes, we will need
to use your pool
for a film shoot today.
[Adler] I don't understand
how am I supposed to shoot
this pool scene
with this fucking pool cover on?
I-- I told you,
this ain't your regular tarp.
It's custom.
It takes six guys six hours
and you didn't wanna pay.
I could do it
with three guys in one hour.
[both arguing in Spanish]
Relax, relax! I found one.
-[speaking Spanish]
-What?
What did you find?
You found a pool?
-I found a pool.
-Where did you find a pool?
-At a motel.
-Why didn't you say so?
-Nice shades.
[Rosemary] They're real steel.
How's it going today?
Fancy a swim?
Come on. We're safe here.
Even when I'm without you
I can tell that
you're needing me too
Meet me out in the deep end
It's too late
to go backwards
[Henry] I've got you now.
[indistinct lyrics]
say the word...
Just close your eyes.
The water
and I will carry you now.
Can you see me
like I see you
I forgot what it feels like.
-[Henry] What?
-To be free.
[muffled screaming]
Like I see you
Dive in the deep end,
I've got this feeling for you
Hold me tight
'cause I need you
-Hey.
-What's up?
Oh, I was just checking
to see how you were.
I read that alternate ending,
and it was--
It's what you wanted, right?
You know
it wasn't me who wanted that.
And I told you
we just have another option.
It's not an option for me, dude.
Look, I'm grateful, okay?
I know I couldn't have done this
without you, without your dad.
-But writing that, it really--
-I know, I know.
No, I don't want Rosemary
seeing me like that.
I want to know the guy
that fights,
that doesn't give up.
Not that bullshit.
Look, I get it.
But I think
you need to stop focusing on
what happens to Robbie
and decide
if Henry
is going to be that guy.
-Look what I got.
-Hmm.
So, you guys excited to shoot
a double ending or what?
You know what Kubrick said?
-What?
-He said,
"Making a movie
is like trying to write a poem
while on the rollercoaster."
Sounds pretty impossible.
[Rosemary] I have an idea.
[whispers inaudibly]
[Mr. Adler snoring]
[snores louder]
-[snoring stops]
-[muffled laughter]
[snoring continues]
[chuckles and screams]
-[Henry] Where are you going?
-[David] Come on!
[Ruby] He's waking up, Henry!
-[Henry] We can't do this.
-[David] Come on, Henry.
Welcome to the Lost Boys Bay
on Six Flags, baby.
What do you want us
to do with this.
-All right.
-Write a damn poem.
[Henry groans]
[actresses laugh]
["Sign"
by VHS Collection playing]
If we've got something to say,
now's the time
I was here.
I know my car
was right here wasn't it?
No, don't you cry
Smoke fills your eyes
I'm down and no leader
And I'm losing time
Now I got a fucking headache.
[shouting] Where is my car?
Broke and in disguise
I'm halfway out
of New York...
Anybody!
Where is my car, damn it!
Left behind
If we've got something to say
then now is the time
[exclaiming]
[David groans]
-[actresses laugh]
-[David] Yep.
Check that out.
"We think you're pretty cheesy."
[all laugh]
"But fuck-ups like us
like cheesy.
So even though
this shit ain't easy,
and we have no clue
where we're headed,
we feel overwhelmingly indebted.
All that really matters today
is that we're on our way."
[Lily screaming, laughing]
Fuck you!
-[David] It's nice.
-[Lily] Ugh.
[Tony] I can't give you--
I can't give your boy a choice.
I can't give your boy a choice.
Tony, come on.
Johnny, send him back.
You know
what happens if you don't.
"The last word my mom used
to describe my father
before we left was 'lost.'
'He's a lost boy,'
she whispered.
I didn't understand
the sentiment
at the ripe page of ten,
but seven years later,
sitting right back
on the sucking hole of a couch
my mother
gently swooped me away from,
I noticed my reflection
is quickly turning
into my father's.
I came back to South Fork
with the naive idea
that I could be
the one to save him.
But one can only ignite
the Savior in another.
And there is no Savior that lies
within the walls
of my father's chest."
My mom is right, "If you stay,
you'll get lost with him."
[little Henry reading]
"So, in moments like this,
of complete
and utter hopelessness,
I set one foot on the pavement
of my rotten home town
and one foot
into the unknown water,
hoping the story
I'm about to write
about a lost boy named Robbie
who befriends a girl named Ruby
ignites strength within me
to float hell away from here."
[Rosemary]
Baby, what are you doing?
I just had a bad dream.
I'll be back.
Dad?
Dad?
[echoing] Dad! Dad! Dad!
Henry! Henry, come on, man.
[Mr. Adler]
Let's just check playback.
I told you my idea for
the ending was gonna be great.
That is an ending.
This is captivating.
[Johnny's voice]
Look at yourself.
The man you're gonna be.
[Mr. Adler]
Cut, print. That's the one.
[Johnny's voice]
What's your story, Henry?
-[distant thud]
-Bravo. Great job.
-Wait, what?
-Yeah, yeah.
All we need is a few
exterior shots at South Fork
and we are a wrap on time,
on the budget.
-Great work, everyone.
-No, Dad,
we still have the original
ending to shoot tomorrow.
Great work.
Yeah, that's been cut.
What the fuck
are you talking about?
Dad, don't do this.
We had a deal.
We've got the ending
we need, Henry.
No. That can't be it. I--
I can't end up with nothing,
lose her, die here.
Mr. Adler, I'm--
-Henry, breathe.
-[Henry breathes heavily]
It's not
actually happening to you.
He's right.
Henry, it's just a movie.
No, it's my life.
You stole it and I want it back.
I don't steal, you agreed
to sign the rights over,
and I'm doing my job now
to sell this thing.
And I'm very sorry you're all
broken up about your dad.
-How about you grow the fuck up?
-What did you say?
Hey, Henry, stop, stop, Okay?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[Mr. Adler]
Get the fuck over it.
[David] I told him.
I knew it.
-[David] Henry!
-[Mr. Adler] Let him go.
-We'll finish it without him.
-No!
No!
You think you can take and take.
Sometimes there's nothing left.
Is that fair, David?
Is that fair
for you to say that to me?
Look around, look at everything
that I've done.
I'll stop you before you say
you did it for me.
David...
[Henry] Hey, what the hell
are you doing?
I'm just having a few sips.
It's been a long few weeks.
[Henry sighs]
It's not a big deal.
I don't wanna make you
like this.
You're not
making me like anything.
Come on. [groans]
[groans] I just wanna run away
to France together.
Write our own movie.
-Oh, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
About what?
Who the hell knows?
I was rereading that poem
that you and David wrote.
And there was this line
about not knowing
exactly where we're going,
but only caring that
we're on our way.
Well, we could title it that.
Title it?
On Our Way.
Yeah, I like it.
I have a funky typewriter
at home you could write it on.
Go to sleep.
You should get some rest.
[Henry shouting] Dad! Dad!
I was so scared
something happened.
What are you doing out here?
I don't want you
to have to live like this.
Scared all the time.
You're too talented
for that bullshit.
I saw some of your writing
the other night.
You have a way with words.
-[indistinct]
-Dad, stop.
You said it yourself.
That life
isn't for people like us.
It's done. I already told Tony.
I-- I'm going to go back
to work for him.
No, you're not.
No son of mine is going to
end up being a thief.
You're going to go out
in the world,
and you're going to create
something of your own.
I know you came here to help me
but I'm not worth it, so...
Why don't you just
float the hell out of here
before you get stuck for good?
You're worth it, okay?
You're worth it to me.
Henry,
you are not listening to me.
If you stay...
you become like me.
[Henry] They'll kill you
if I don't go back.
I don't care what you say.
I'm going to fix this.
[forlorn music playing]
[distant thud]
Dad.
["Untitled (For Now)"
by Oliver Daldry playing]
[sobbing] Dad, no!
[shouting] Dad!
Dad! [voice echoes]
I have been here before
[sobbing] Dad, no!
To these cemetery doors
Dad! [voice echoing]
With my hands almost bleeding,
my heart barely beating
No one alone
[breathing shakily]
Can do it alone
You say
[Henry] Rosie.
Rosie!
[music fades]
[forlorn music playing]
[Rosemary groaning softly]
[Rosemary] Baby.
All right.
That's all you gonna say to me
after everything, you can't?
I don't know
what you want from me.
I want you to fight for us.
I-- I--
So you're just
going to leave me?
I love you.
Please,
can you just let me love you?
-Stop.
-[Henry sighs]
Don't go.
Please, please don't go.
-Please.
-I can't.
["Firefly Lullabies"
by Ava Beathard playing]
You don't wanna be
alone right now
[Rosemary sobbing]
So I'll lay with you
if you don't mind
Just sit and watch the stars
As they hover over us
Like fireflies and lullabies
And I wish I could hold you
And I wish I could tell you
it's all right
And I wish I could kiss you
And I wish you would tell me
it's all right
I'm okay,
I don't need to fight
But you don't know
that I love you yet
[David] You know,
before he met you,
I was fucking scared
for that kid.
Living in reality has
always been too hard for him.
But then you came along
and for once,
he didn't want to escape.
Right.
Then why did he leave?
That ending we shot...
that wasn't just
some story that...
actually happened
to Henry's father.
He jumped off those cliffs
down there
right in front of him.
[Henry sobbing]
And you guys
let him relive that?
What the fuck is wrong with you?
I know. I know.
I know. Believe me.
And it doesn't fix
anything but...
I deleted it,
there's no ending now.
I need to talk to Henry.
He gave me this.
Go remind him
of those fireflies.
He talks about you...
a lot.
[Rosemary sighs and sobs]
[line ringing]
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[answering machine
speaking French]
[line beeps]
Henry?
Hello? Henry.
I don't even know if you'll get
this 'cause I don't know
what this frickin'
French lady is saying,
but I'm going to come there,
and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly bits.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'll see you soon.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you.
I love you.
[upbeat music playing]
[singer vocalizing]
I'm tired of this town
I need to find a way out
[line ringing]
I'm tired of these people
trying to put me down
I need to find a way out
[phone ringing]
[Rosie over phone]
Hey, it's Rosie.
I'm not here right now,
so leave a message.
[line beeps]
I need myself a woman
To hold me through the night
Just to feel all right
I need myself a woman
[indistinct, loud chatter]
[Johnny's voice]
What's it like, Henry?
[Rosemary] That's all you say
to me after everything,
-you can't?
-[Henry] I don't know
what you want from me.
[Rosemary]
I want you to fight for us!
-[Henry] She's dead, Dad.
-[phone ringing]
[Henry]
I think it's pretty obvious
I can't take care of you so...
[phone keeps ringing]
[tires screech]
...I'm trying but it keeps
getting worse and worse.
And I'm getting--
Stop! I already told you
I don't want to see this, okay?
[Rosemary]
This is the end, you have to.
Wa-- wa-- wait.
Do-- do you hear that?
-What?
-The music.
This is-- the story,
it's still going.
-It's not over.
-Henry.
No, no, no, I remember,
Rosemary, I remember.
I remember why I tore
the script pages off the walls.
I-- I remember
why I threw them away.
The ending was wrong.
What's in here is bullshit.
Henry, it's not wrong.
It's what happened.
[Henry] No, no, no.
I'll tell you the ending, okay?
[clears throat]
[Henry breathing heavily]
I'm on my way, you angel.
That's right.
I'm on my way, you angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
Remember that.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[echoes]
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[coughs]
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I'm on my way to you, angel.
[car horn honking]
[birds chirping]
[car door clicks open]
[lighthearted music playing]
Hello.
If I had known that I was coming
here to pick up your mess,
I probably would have
saved myself a trip.
["You Caught the Butterflies in
my Stomach" by Kenneth Takanami]
You make me smile
Like the world...
-[Henry] All right.
-Carry my bags.
That I spend my days
in silence
Waiting for [indistinct] you
[Henry sighs]
I'm just floating,
I'm just floating
I'm just floating here
with you
[Henry] Remember how we used to
talk about all the films
we would make together someday.
[Rosemary] Yeah, I remember.
And don't you feel like,
you're just giving
little bits of your soul out
every day for free?
Nothing's free.
Especially your soul.
[waves crashing]
See, Rosie? You're fine.
You made it there.
["Pas chat" by Clich playing]
C'est vrai
c'est de formidable
Seulement des caresses
et des poils
Tu minaudes quand
je te touche
Tu ronronnes
et puis tu soupires
Et j'excite tes vibrisses
Tes rtines deviennent
mon calice
Et c'est bien
c'est bien c'est tout
De te titiller mon minou
Comment t'aimer
si t'es pas chat
[music stops]
-[clock ticking]
-[crickets chirping]
[eerie music playing]
[music stops abruptly]
[Les chardes
by Charlotte Cardin playing]
Berons-nous
comme des amoureux
What's it gonna take for a man
to get a piece of bacon
around here?
Hey.
Well, I don't know if I would
qualify you as a man,
but how about I give you
a bite of my food
for each piece of the story
you give me.
The real story.
I don't think so.
I'm feeling kind of funny.
I think I'm gonna go upstairs
and take a rest for a while.
a passera
[music stops]
[waves crashing on shore]
[Henry] Rosie.
[ominous music playing]
Rosie!
Rosie?
[Rosie] [echoing] Henry! Henry!
Rosie?
[upbeat music playing]
[Tosin]
What shall we paint today?
-[Rosemary] How about a heart?
-[Tosin] A heart it is.
Hold still... How's that?
[lyrics in French]
Rosie!
[song continues]
[Henry's grandpa laughing]
-[glass shatters]
-[music stops]
[Henry's grandpa laughs]
[Henry's grandma] [echoes]
It's not really helping.
Rosie!
Don't slip away from me, okay?
Don't slip away from me.
[Rosemary] [echoes] Henry.
Henry, the only way out
is to let me go.
Rosie.
Rosemary.
[Rosemary] [echoes] Henry!
-Rosie!
-[Rosemary] Henry!
Rosie!
Rosie!
[Rosemary] [echoes]
Henry, I'm right here.
[Rosemary]
Henry. [voice echoing]
[clock ticking]
["Haunted"
by Pinc Louds playing]
Last seven years
I felt so wanted
Now I'm a house
Broken and haunted
The wind, she laughs
Do you still want me?
[music stops]
[ominous music playing]
[distorted singing]
[Rosemary] I'm going to come
there and we're going to talk.
Tell each other
all the ugly bits.
No rewrites this time, okay?
I'm on my way to you, angel.
I love you. I love you.
[phone ringing]
-[tires screech]
-[glass shatters]
[breathing heavily]
[bells tolling]
["Agnes Water"
by Jamie Rose playing]
I was in love
with the big blue ocean
Letting her waves
take me anywhere
Fulfilled
with the words not spoken
Hey.
Silence
and the salt in my hair
-Hey.
-[David] Hello.
I'm really happy
you finally came home.
What with the thought of you...
[sighs]
You know
you're my family, right?
It's just too much to face.
And then when Rosemary, uh...
when she died...
I tried to ignore it,
but it only made me worse.
[David] You really want to make
this thing with me?
I know I've blown things.
I just believed if I stayed...
I'd become like him.
And take you guys down with me.
But leaving...
[Henry sobbing]
Look what I did.
But sometimes words don't work
the way we wish they were
My friends said that you said
that you rearranged me
I wonder did I have
the same effect on you
Words can't do no right
We can touch the sky...
I didn't think that
there would be a repeat.
-I know, right? [chuckles]
-Where is he?
[David] Hey.
You ready?
Yeah.
There are a lot of
beautiful faces in there.
A lot.
[all chuckle]
-You guys are ready?
-Yeah.
-Let's do it.
-[Henry] All right.
Cheer up.
[man over PA]
Ladies and gentlemen,
may I ask that you please
take your seats at this time.
The program begins momentarily.
["Little Marriage"
by Lia Ices playing]
A year and a day could pass
just as quickly
And I don't mind,
I don't mind
If they end
as they should be
[water bubbling]
Your open eyes
are two private oceans
They don't cry, I don't mind
To see your devotion
Little Marriage
blew through this home
With a difference between us
and have and hold
What is this marrow
we're burrowed upon
Remember me?
I got caught on a day thrill
I can't see you tonight
I don't mind but you do
[loud cacophony of voices]
[Henry] I remember standing
on that pier,
and suddenly I felt
my younger self pull me back.
And I remembered him.
The boy who just wanted to love
and be loved,
and make movies.
It took me a while to get here,
but I did it, Rosie.
-I made a movie.
-[Rosemary's voice] I love you.
[Henry]
Maybe we couldn't last forever
but I know our story will.
To my firefly, I'm here,
and I won't stop trying.
For you, for me, for him.
["Stars" by Feyde playing]
Hey, girl, what are you doing
in the night?
I look up at the stars
And see them twinkle
like your eyes
Hey, girl
I know you're out there
looking for me
And one day we'll be two
Until then
one will have to do
I just want to be
by your side
With nothing to hide
No reason to run from anyone
And you won't have to
say goodbye
Goodbye
I miss you
I miss you
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[indistinct lyrics]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
Don't tell me to wait there
You know I'll go
wherever you wanna go
Every day that goes by
Think of our ways
please stay
Oh, I don't know
if I could be away from you
I think that I would die
if you're not by my side
[music fades]