I am announcing today my candidacy
for the presidency of the United States.
I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man,
but to propose new policies.
I run because I am convinced
that this country is on a perilous course
and because I have such strong feelings
about what must be done,
and I feel that I'm obliged
to do all that I can.
Hell, no, we won't go! Hell, no, we won't go!
There's a time when
the operation of the machine becomes so odious...
I shall not seek
and I will not accept
the nomination of my party for another term
as your president.
...some very sad news for all of you,
and, I think, uh, sad news for all of our fellow citizens
and people who love peace
all over the world, and that is that, uh,
Martin Luther King was shot
and was killed tonight in Memphis, Tennessee.
We're gonna say to the whole
damn government: "Stick 'em up, mother. "
Bobby Kennedy's the only white man in America I trust.
If I have reason to believe
that there's gonna be a riot started, and somebody tells me
that there's gonna be trouble if you don't stop them,
then it's my duty to stop them.
Then you go out and arrest them?
Oh, absolutely.
How can you go arrest somebody
if they haven't violated the law?
They're ready to violate the law.
In other words...
Could I suggest in the luncheon period of time
that the sheriff and the district attorney
read the Constitution of the United States?
I don't want to be part of the United States,
I don't want to be part of the American people,
and have them write of us
as they wrote of Rome: "They made a desert,
and they called it peace. "
Your generation, this generation,
cannot afford to waste its substance and its hope
in the struggles of the past.
For beyond these walls
is a world to be helped and improved
and made safe for the welfare of mankind.
Do we know anything yet?
We got men on the sixth floor
going from room to room. You the manager?
Paul Ebbers. And the bungalows?
We're checking them now.
5574.
Roger that.
-It's a false alarm. -False alarm.
I wouldn't want to be you today.
Occupational hazard. We'll open the cafe.
You or your men want coffee, a hot breakfast,
-it's on the house. -Thanks.
It'll take us a little while to wrap this up,
but I'll let the boys know.
We're gonna need to open a lane here for traffic.
False alarm.
Yeah. I didn't know you were in this early.
Are you kidding?
Have you seen my schedule for today?
Hey, Paul.
What the heck's going on here?
There's a hook and ladder keeping me
from my first cup of coffee and crosswords.
Don't you have a home, John?
Well, this is my home, you know that.
Retirement doesn't suit you, does it?
No, sir.
This is not the muscle tone of a retired man.
If it were up to me, John, you'd still be
in uniform, still at that door.
Oh, that's great. Hold it.
Okay, one more.
Everybody smile.
Thank you.
You guys can put out my fire anytime.
And how are you, my baby?
We're gonna go back up to bed, aren't we?
Ladies and gentlemen,
if I may have your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen.
We are very sorry.
This has been a false alarm.
Yes. Uh...
you are free to return to your rooms at this time
or join us in one of our cafes for a complimentary breakfast.
And once again, on behalf of the...
Jack?
Welcome to Los Angeles.
Sir.
The polls are open in South Dakota, fellas.
Let's go.
How long has it been since you've slept?
We bring home California,
we'll all sleep a hell of a lot better.
Timmons.
Damn it. Damn it.
-Good morning, my brown brother. -Hey.
You know you're working a double, right?
How come everybody knows but me?
And that's the third time this week.
For once, I'd like to be asked, "Hey, Jose,
would you mind working a double shift today?"
-That'll never happen. -Why not?
Because you're Mexican, that's why.
I'm Latino.
Latino?
Jose, you're a fuckin' Mexican, okay?
Call yourself what you will;
you're no different than the rest of us.
If you don't like the double shift,
there's a hundred guys
out there on the other side of that door
that'll take your place like this.
And if it makes you feel any better...
I'm working a double shift, too, so...
we'll both be here until midnight.
I got tickets to see Drysdale pitch
against Pittsburgh tonight.
-Is that right? -He's on a streak.
You know?
Field level.
These are good tickets.
I was gonna take my dad.
He's never been to a game.
Well, he ain't going to one tonight.
So, if I were you, I'd sell those tickets.
I can help you with that.
Son of a bitch.
Timmons, he doesn't show me the decency of the respect.
-Yeah, you know why? -Why?
Because you're Mexican.
And a busboy.
Hey, we're the new niggers, brother.
Get used to it.
Shit.
"Latino."
Well...
I missed all the excitement, I see.
Oh, it's not much to speak of.
Well, it's the Ambassador Hotel.
People coming, people going.
Nothing ever happens.
Grand Hotel.
What about it?
It's a line from the old Greta Garbo movie, Grand Hotel.
Okay, John.
Ever seen Grand Hotel, Henry?
-No, I haven't, Mr. Casey. -No, of course you didn't.
I have seen Bonnie and Clyde, though.
Ah, that's a good film.
Have you seen Bonnie and Clyde, Nelson?
I saw it with you.
Thank you, Henry. Have a good day.
Thank you, Mr. Casey.
You know, I stood at that door from the first day
the Ambassador opened back in 1921,
and I greeted everyone: FDR, Truman, Eisenhower,
Jack Kennedy, Johnson, Premier Khrushchev,
the Shah of Iran, King of Sweden, all of them.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek-- she rented the entire fifth floor.
I personally delivered the Oriental furniture to her suite.
It was antiques, mostly.
Oh, yes, and one night, I, uh,
I caught Will Rogers having a pee.
He was taking a piss in the greenhouse.
He tried to convince me it was good for the plants.
He said, "Good for the shrubbery, boy."
I said, "Don't do it again, sir."
And I also danced at the Grove when I was off duty
with, uh, Barbara Stanwyck, believe it or not,
and Dolores del Rio and Rita Hayworth.
I was quite a dancer.
She was a beautiful woman, mind you.
And I heard Bing Crosby sing at the Grove, too.
Yeah, and Sinatra, too, of course, and Rudy Vallee.
Sophie Tucker, Ruby Keeler.
Yeah, and Cab Calloway, I think.
Yes, sir. All good things in this hotel.
Yeah.
Can I see the sports section?
# People say I'm the life of the party #
# 'Cause I tell a joke or two... #
Her boobs. I read about it somewhere.
Anne Bancroft is not
gonna show her breasts in a film.
She's a good-Iooking lady, Coop.
I'm not saying she's not a good-Iooking lady.
Oh, like you wouldn't, if you had the chance?
Anne Bancroft has too much class to show her breasts in a film.
That's it. That's the facts.
It's not just a film, Coop.
It's The Graduate.
Mm, I love that movie.
-More coffee? -Yes, please.
Okay, so I have a question for you.
What do you think, Bancroft or body double?
-The nude scenes? -Mm-hmm.
Flashes. They're not even scenes.
Body double. For sure.
Wait. You know this for a fact?
Well, no, but it's what I would do.
That is, if I ever actually got hired
-for a movie I auditioned for. -You will. You will.
Plus, you're my favorite ingenue.
And you got a great smile, and you're nice to us,
and you know how to pour coffee so well.
You know what? He actually thinks
he knows what he's doing with that thing.
I do know what I'm doing with this thing.
-No, you don't. -You look like a movie star.
Really? Who put it on 13 frames?
-There you go. -Well, say a prayer for me,
'cause tomorrow I'm interviewing for Schwab's.
Oh, wow, good for you.
Schwabs, is that a director or producer or something?
No, moron, Schwab's on Sunset.
Lana Turner was discovered there.
Oh, Schwab's.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, every
out-of-work actress in Hollywood is trying
to get a gig there waiting the lunch counter.
-Well, good luck. -Thank you.
Hey, I guarantee you, if Hitchcock asked her
to show her tits in a film, she'd do it in a heartbeat.
Daryl.
I'll call you back.
I do everything I can to make sure that
the employees of this hotel are treated equally and fairly.
I'm getting complaints that you're not allowing
the kitchen staff off work to vote today.
We're understaffed this week.
I've got six workers with the flu.
I've had to deny sick leave, too.
Did you tell them they couldn't leave?
This is no small thing we're doing tonight.
I need every staffer with a pulse on duty.
Did you tell them that they couldn't leave to vote?
They're not gonna vote.
Half of them are illegal; they can't vote.
Why give them the time off
for something they can't do anyway?
You'll post a memo informing all employees of their right
to vote.
They can't put two words of English together.
Put up a memo in English and in Spanish
informing all employees of their right to vote
and allowing them the privilege to do so.
Additionally, you will inform them that they will be paid
for their time off for this privilege.
And...
because I'm an equal-opportunity kind of guy,
you've got till the end of the week
to clear out your desk and leave.
You're fired, Daryl.
Good morning. Ambassador Hotel. How may I direct your call?
Please hold.
Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.
How may I connect your call?
Please hold.
One moment, please.
Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.
How may I direct your call?
I'm sorry, but I can't give out that information.
Please hold for the reservation desk.
It's the policy of the hotel.
Yes, it is.
Well, if you are his wife, then you should have
his room number, now, shouldn't you?
What a bitch.
Husband's playing around,
and she wants to take it out on me.
No, no, no. Not today.
No, thank you.
-Speaking of... -Don't start.
Ambassador Hotel. How may I direct your call?
It's gonna bring you nothing but trouble,
Angela, you don't end that.
Hey, do you have plans tonight?
Yeah. I got a hot date with my Magnavox.
Do you want to go to the party with me?
For Kennedy?
I didn't think employees were allowed at hotel functions.
Well, screwing the boss does have its advantages.
Oh, God.
Look, I know it ain't easy.
I know it's damn near impossible to find a good man out there.
Seems like all the good ones are taken.
But a married one?
I'm not good at being alone.
You stay with a married man who ain't gonna leave his wife,
and you're looking at a lifetime of being alone.
Honey, don't kid yourself.
Ambassador Hotel. How may I connect you?
America was a great force in the world
with immense prestige
long before we became a great military power.
And that power has come to us, and we cannot renounce it.
But neither can we afford to forget
that the real constructive force in this world
comes not from tanks or not from bombs
but from the imaginative ideas, the warm sympathies
and the generous spirit of a people.
One thing is clear in this year of 1968,
I believe, in this country as I've traveled across,
and that is that the American people want no more Vietnam.
California can make the difference.
Test one, two. Test one, two.
Miss, uh, Jan... Jana...
Janacek.
Yes. Perhaps I need to remind you, Miss, uh...?
-Janacek. -Exactly.
That there is a law against loitering.
I've been in this lobby for the past two days
waiting for my interview with Senator Kennedy.
Miss...
there are no rooms available at the hotel,
and no records of your credentials
with regards to the senator's press corps.
What does this look like?
I write for an international publication.
Rude Pravo.
Well, it's not exactly the Washington Post, now, is it?
# I was born in Little Rock #
# Had a childhood sweetheart #
# We were always hand in hand #
# I wore high-top shoes and shirttails #
-# Suzy was in pigtails... # Excuse me.
Hi, um, I have an appointment for a manicure-pedicure.
Oh.
Yup. And you are...
our lovely bride-to-be.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, let me see 'em.
Excuse me?
Oh.
Oh...
You know he's gonna break it tonight, man.
What?
Drysdale, consecutive shutouts, it's gonna happen tonight.
Yeah, maybe.
You don't know how important this is, Miguel.
Jose, it's one baseball game.
You can buy tickets to another night.
What?!
No, no, no, no. It's not just a game, okay?
Don Drysdale has pitched five consecutive shutouts.
That's a record that has stood since 1904
by Doc White of the Chicago White Sox.
He's gonna break it tonight, man.
I know he is.
Who, Drysdale?
Yeah.
You got money on the game, Jose?
No, I'm-I'm just a fan.
Well, then, go Dodgers.
Yeah.
I need to see you in my office.
I'm supposed to tell the staff
to go to their polling place today and vote.
I'm not old enough to vote.
I'm a felon.
You're a felon?
Nah, I'm just kidding, brother.
'Course I'm gonna vote today.
# A-one, a-two, a-one, two... #
Now, listen, a lot of people,
a lot of people are gonna be intimidated
by this thing because it's new, all right?
So I'm counting on all of you
to reassure them that it's perfectly legitimate,
it's easy...
Just-just for one minute, please.
It's easy, and it makes voting simpler and quicker, all right?
All you have to do is turn the plastic pages.
Names and offices appear on the left.
Simply make your choice and push down firmly in the proper place
with the steel stylus attached to the vote recorder.
All right? Now, when you're finished with that,
take out the paper ballot.
And I want you all to check, check the back of it,
all right, to make sure that there are no stray bits
of punched-out paper called "card-hole-aggregate debris."
Or what the, uh, what the folks
down at IBM like to call "chads."
If I'd have worked this hard in school,
I'd be on the honor roll.
Hey, you think your brother will loan us his car again?
Ah, I don't know.
He was cool with it the first couple times,
but now, I don't know.
I can't do another day on this awful bus, Coop.
-Me neither. -I hate it.
Maybe if I was stoned.
Well, yeah, stoned would be good whether we're on the bus or not.
-Fellas. -Wade. -Wade.
You guys are on the Glendale-Pasadena bus today.
Well, no, uh, we were actually
gonna come over here to tell you,
we got a car today, Wade.
Uh, Coop's brother comes through again.
Really?
Um, just think of the number of elderly
we can help get to the polls with a car.
I think we're much more valuable on our own.
Yeah.
Well, that's great.
Maybe you can persuade them to go along with you.
Every little bit counts, right?
Uh, what precincts are you guys covering?
Actually, Dwayne and I won't be in the field today.
We're gonna stay here at campaign headquarters.
That way, we can take care of any problems that come up.
Yeah, we already received a call
about stolen voting machines down in Precinct 180.
I'm not familiar with that area.
It's a black neighborhood.
Oh, is it?
Yeah, I guess busing
doesn't really agree with you fellas, huh?
I guess we got more in common than you think.
Good luck.
Ladies and gentlemen, if we could get...
Now all we have to do is actually get a car.
Well, first things first.
First things first.
Mr. Buckley.
Please, Mr. Buckley.
Mr. Buckley, please.
Yes, Miss...?
-Janacek. -Yes, Miss Janacek.
You told me on Sunday that I would have my interview
with Senator Kennedy, but no interview.
Then you said Monday. Monday, no interview.
Five minutes, Mr. Buckley, that's all I'm asking...
Miss Janacek, I believe I also told you
that you have to call his press secretary.
I left 20 messages for Mr. Mankiewicz.
Well, perhaps you'd like to join the volunteers today,
hop on one of the buses.
The only thing I want is five minutes
with Senator Kennedy.
Does he have any idea what's happening
in Czechoslovakia right now?
The censorship law has been repealed.
The people are energized.
Bobby Kennedy is an inspiration to the Czech people.
Miss Janacek, you are a Communist writer
for a Communist paper in a country
that is an ally of the Soviet Union.
I mean... do you have any idea
how that would look for the senator?
"Be informed."
"Informados importante. "
"Informados...
importante. "
"Importante. "
It's almost like you just add an "E"
to the end of every English word. Huh.
Almost.
All right, let's keep going here.
"Employees must be informed of their right to vote."
"Los empleados deben estar
informados de derecho de votar. "
I might need some help spelling that.
L-O-S...
Love or money?
Pardon me?
The reason you're getting married.
Love or money?
I'm saving a life,
marrying a boy from my school.
There's a lot of that going on these days.
The government sends a check to the spouse for $135 a month.
Mm.
It's definitely not for money.
Well, I married for love.
He was
the most handsome man I had ever seen.
He looked like a movie star.
He could have had any woman he wanted, and he picked me.
You picked him, too.
Yeah.
Suppose I did.
What color is your dress?
Lavender.
Maybe a bit lighter.
We have polish to match that, if you like.
Sure.
Yeah?
Big wedding?
No.
No, my father refuses to go.
He calls the shots.
My father's a veteran.
Uh, he thinks William, my groom,
should take whatever tour they give him.
You see, if he's married, he goes to Germany.
If not, then, um,
he's more likely to go straight to the front lines.
My father thinks he's a coward.
What do you think?
You know, more and more
young men keep coming back in body bags.
Two last week from my graduating class.
And if I could've married them
and kept them from getting killed, then I would've.
So, until someone in charge tells me
why it is that we're over there,
then...
I don't know.
You are gonna be the prettiest
June bride in this hotel today, dear.
English and Spanish.
Great.
I've given six years of my life to this place.
It means everything to me.
I'll give you a fine recommendation.
You're not gonna have any problems finding another job.
I don't want another goddamn job, Paul.
Hello.
I don't know if I have
that portfolio with me.
You know, we're three hours behind you.
Say again.
No, I'm saying
we're three hours in time behind New York.
I can't say for sure.
Oh, damn.
What is it?
It's nothing.
-What is...? -It's stupid.
No, no, I'm listening.
You know those black shoes?
What?
I told you it was stupid.
Let me call you back.
I bought this dress to go with
the black shoes I forgot to pack.
I did pack six other pair, none of them black.
And I have two pair of tennis shoes,
so if you're up for a little game later...
You see, women have to pack for every occasion,
making it virtually impossible to travel light.
Like tonight, it's a formal event,
so I brought formalwear.
But... God has a sense of humor.
So I... I bring backup.
However, I'm doubly screwed.
Two dresses, both black, and no black shoes.
I know you're probably thinking,
"Who the hell cares what color shoes she's wearing?"
Believe me, Jack, women notice.
So, basically, you're saying you need to go shopping.
For shoes.
Black shoes.
At least I don't have to get up
three times a night to go have a pee.
Well, at least I get out of bed to have one.
Checkmate.
See, when you make a move out of frustration or anger,
it always ends in catastrophe.
Ah, to beat you just once, Casey.
I'd like to die knowing that I've beaten you just once.
It's all I pray for, Lord.
Keep praying.
Hey, Paul.
Gentlemen.
Would you like to replace an elderly gentleman
while he goes off to take his afternoon nap?
Nelson, if I may--
you could have held your rook in reserve,
given up one of your pawns
and turned this game back around in your favor.
Now you tell me.
Hey, Mr. Fallon.
Hey, puppy, come here.
Beautiful girl.
Come here.
She's a beautiful little thing. Oh, yeah.
How's your wife?
She's perfect.
-We're a sold-out show tonight. -Yeah?
You and Mrs. Fallon getting
everything you need from my staff?
We are, Paul, thank you.
Jefferson once said about the United States
that we were the last best hope for mankind.
That's what I want the United States to be.
This is a generous and compassionate country.
That's what I want this country to stand for.
Not violence, not lawlessness, not disorder,
but compassion and love and peace.
That's what this country should stand for.
And that's what I intend to do, if I'm elected president.
"And that's what I intend to do if I'm elected president."
# Could fill spoons full of gold #
# Just a little spoon of your precious love... #
-Hey. -Hey.
# Will satisfy my soul #
Yes?
We were here yesterday.
# Some of them cries about it #
# Some of them cries... #
Yes?
We...
We purchased some, uh...
Goods.
...goods from you yesterday.
# A-fightin' about the spoonful. #
Floor?
Um... four.
Mm. That's where I'm going.
I know you, right?
You, uh, you work here, don't you?
Uh, switchboard.
And you?
Kitchen. Food and beverage.
Huh. That's got to beat the pants off
of sitting at the switchboard all day.
Not that I'm complaining.
It's just got to be more stimulating than:
"Good morning. Ambassador Hotel.
How may I direct your call?"
Grass is always greener.
Your job certainly sounds more exciting than mine.
Well, be my guest.
Today, our brilliant general manager wants me to let
all the wetbacks know they can have time off to go vote.
After you.
See you around.
Sure.
Mm...
Anybody see you?
No.
What are you fellas looking for?
We just wanted to get another joint from you. Um...
Well, what are you... Iooking for?
Uh...
Oh, that's my camera.
Uh...
Just what I said, just another joint.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
-Oh, okay. -No.
-Maybe we should split, man...
We could come back tomorr...
What are you looking for?
Um...
I don't...
I don't understand.
You don't understand
because you're not listening to the words.
You're not listening to the words
in the question, my friend.
Well... if we could just get our, uh, the joint...
-Okay, why, why? -then we could I...
Why?
Why...?
Why do you want a joint?
Why do I want a joint?
-To-to get stoned, man. -To get stoned.
What's with all your questions?
-Um... -Okay, okay, okay.
Now...
why do you want to get stoned?
We want to get stoned because it feels good, man.
Because it feels good?
Bingo! Because it feels good.
Right.
You want to get stoned because it feels good!
-Right?! Right! -Right.
-Wrong!
W-What?
Wh... Wr... Why is that wrong?
Because it's a cop-out, man.
Okay, then can you explain to us why, for what other reason
than the fact that it feels good do we want to get stoned, man?
Because...
it's our way...
of getting closer...
to God.
And that is what you're looking for.
Except for you didn't know it...
Yeah.
...until this moment.
I had no idea.
Well, I knew.
Thank God for me, huh?
Absolutely.
So, if we could just get the joint and...
Are you fellas familiar with lysergic acid diethylamide?
# Every stitch #
# You've got to pick up #
# Every stitch, yeah #
# Beatniks are out to make it rich... #
Hey.
William.
I couldn't sleep last night
and I had to get out of the house.
My folks are driving me nuts.
You gonna invite me in?
Of course.
That dress looks great on you.
You know it's bad luck.
What is?
Well, for the groom to see the bride in her dress
before the wedding.
Oh. Is that better?
You silly.
Any chance of getting this in earlier?
9:00.
Seems late for a wedding.
Chapel sure is busy for a Tuesday.
It's summertime-- June brides.
You didn't have to get me this room, by the way.
My brother...
my family really appreciates what you're doing, Diane.
It means a lot to all of us.
To me.
You know, I always thought my wedding would be
the most exciting day of my life.
Every little girl's fantasy.
A white dress, cake taller than me,
hundreds of guests.
It's just a certificate, Diane.
You can still have all of that.
Yeah.
If marrying you tonight keeps you from going to Vietnam,
then it's worth it.
Yeah.
Chef's Special, Edward?
Miguel, you know if I could, I would.
Bullshit, man.
I see you serving the brothers the good stuff.
White folks, too.
You don't see them eating this dog food.
Lord, today.
Do we have to do this every day, Miguel?
Every day you keep putting the brown man down, Edward.
Keeping the brown man down.
I'm putting the brown man down.
That's right. Let's keep the brown man down.
Let's send the brown man back across the border
to his sweet senoritas and his refried beans.
First of all, we didn't cross the border.
The border crossed us.
And our senoritas are better than
your fried-chicken-eating mama with the big backyard.
Hey, you smell that?
Look at that-- my very own
special berry cobbler, fresh out of the oven.
But since you had to put my mama in it, excuse me.
Here you go, Jose, enjoy.
Come on, man.
"Come on, man."
You Mexican boys can't play the dozens.
I don't know why you keep on, Miguel.
Yeah, man.
Man, what do you know about the dozens?
I know that I got some cobbler and you don't.
You're a sellout, man.
-You know. -Hey.
It's good, ain't it, Jose?
Mm-hmm.
That recipe was handed down by my great-grandmother.
Mm...
Hey, let me have some of that. Come on, brother.
We ain't brothers, amigo.
And we ain't amigos, "bruh-thuh."
Go ahead.
-You, um... -Mm...
You working a double shift like the rest of us?
I most certainly am not.
You must be the only one.
Yeah, and you know why.
Why?
Too good-Iooking for that mess.
You ain't working a double
'cause whitey's afraid of your black ass, man.
They're afraid you're gonna go
all Huey Newton on them, all violent.
See, they ain't afraid of us yet, Jose.
Not yet, man, but one day, one day they will be, man.
We're gonna get the respect that we deserve.
We're gonna take back California,
take back our land, man.
I want you to park that anger in my kitchen, young man.
I want you to get your hand off my shoulder, Negro.
All right, keep it up.
See, the first few times, I tried to make this dessert,
couldn't get it right.
Too much sugar one time, not enough sugar the next time,
couldn't find the balance.
I realized I was forcing it.
You know, trying to make it taste
like my mama's or her mama's.
Mine didn't have any poetry, didn't have any light.
And then I realized I was trying to force it
to taste like my mother's, taste like her mother's.
Mm-hmm.
See, it had to be Edward's creation.
Mm-hmm.
It had to come from me.
Now, you, Miguel, you've got... shit to offer.
You've got no poetry. You've got no light.
You've got no one looking at you and saying,
"Damn.
"Look at that Miguel.
I want some of what he's got."
All you got is your anger.
I ain't angry.
I'm sorry, I didn't hear you.
-Come on. Speak up... -I said I'm not angry!
All right.
You know, I used to be just like you.
I had anger.
And then, after Dr. King was killed...
...well, anger like you can't even imagine.
White folks ain't trying to keep you down, Miguel.
White folks just don't like to be pushed into a corner.
They'll come around.
You just got to make it look like it was their idea,
like they're the ones that thought of it.
They need to feel like they're the great emancipators.
Like it was theirs to give in the first place.
Let 'em have it.
I mean, if that's all it takes, let them have it.
Can you dig it?
I know my man Jose can dig it, can't you?
Yeah.
Hmm.
Edward.
Is that your famous cobbler I'm smelling down in my office?
Yes, sir, Mr. Timmons.
I just pulled a fresh batch out of the oven.
I'll make sure some gets to your office
directly, sir.
"I'll get some sent to your office directly, sir."
Step-and-fetch-it motherfucker.
Hey.
I'm not working a double shift today, though, am I... amigo?
# Histories of ages past #
LSD was first discovered in 1938.
# Down through all eternity #
She can be beautiful.
She can be terrifying.
# 'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man #
The difference between a good trip and a bad trip
is completely contingent upon your willingness to let go.
# Comes singing songs #
Turn yourself over to her completely.
# Of love #
# Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy, he sang #
Are you ready to have
a personal relationship with God?
# Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy #
Very well. Open.
Under the tongue.
# Gurdy, gurdy he sang #
# #
You figure out what to do with those Dodger tickets?
I know a few guys might like to buy them.
I'm not selling them, Miguel.
How many times I got to tell you that?
Hey, what's the face value?
I don't know... $4.50 apiece.
$4.50? I can get you ten bucks easy.
I'm not selling them.
I want this whole place filled with balloons.
I want people having to fight their way through the balloons
just to get in here.
Balloons don't translate into more votes, Wade.
But they look better on TV.
McCarthy's not going to want to give
a concession speech after the big win in Oregon.
They're gonna turn those cameras on
before the polls close, so we got to look
like we got the thing already won.
It sends a stronger message.
Why are we still standing here? Let's go!
Dwayne, we need you upstairs right away.
# Come on, boy, see about me #
Socialist.
What's that?
You said I write
for a Communist paper in a Communist country.
It's a Socialist paper
in a Socialist country.
Red is red, Miss Janacek.
The reforms in my country
are working to put a human face on Socialism.
See the room we're standing in right now?
In a few hours, it's going to be filled
with hundreds of people who are here
either to celebrate a victory or lament a defeat
because of something that we have in America
called the democratic process.
Now, if you can tell me the last time that happened
in your country, I'll give you your five minutes
with the senator.
# I'm gonna keep sighing, baby, for you #
Damn right I'm threatening you!
We're not just talking about a few stolen
voting machines this time!
Do we understand each other?!
Damn it.
What is it?
There's a police checkpoint
outside of a polling place in Watts.
The system's not working for us... again.
I was watching the local news yesterday...
...and what-what I saw happen on that motorcade
just gave me hope.
I mean, it's Negroes and Mexicans
by the tens of thousands just leaping in front of his car,
tearing at his clothes, ripping at his shoes.
They loved him.
Now that Dr. King is gone... no one left but Bobby.
No one.
And how did it seem to you
when the senator came through Prestonsburg?
Oh, it, uh, it's one
of the greatest days we've ever had in this town...
especially the young people.
They're all crazy about him.
Do you feel any differently after seeing him?
I feel a little prouder being an American.
Did you get to see the senator?.
Yes, sir, I did.
How did you feel about it?
Whew. I was very pleased.
I'd just loved to have got to laid my hand on him.
Senator, you've just about completed
the second day now.
Is there anything significant
that you've learned on this trip?
Well, people, uh, are still having
a very, very difficult time.
There is hunger, considerable hunger
in this part of the country.
There's no real hope for the future
amongst many of these people who, uh, worked hard
in the coal mines, and now that the coal mines shut down,
uh, they have no place to go.
There's no hope for the future.
There's no industry moving in.
The men are trained in government programs
and there's no jobs at the end of the training program
because of the cutback,
because of the demands on our federal budget
in Washington and the war in Vietnam there...
even these training programs are being cut back,
and so people are being cut off and they have no place to turn,
and so they're, uh, desperate and...
and filled with despair.
It seems to me that, uh, this country,
as wealthy as we are, that this is an intolerable condition
that reflects on all of us.
We can do things all over the rest of the world,
but I think we should do something for our people here
in our own country.
It's over.
You okay?
You want to talk about it?
Not really.
Sometimes it helps.
Not right now, not this time.
Good afternoon. Ambassador Hotel.
How may I direct your call?
Connecting to his room, sir.
Have a nice day.
Good afternoon. Ambassador Hotel.
How may I direct your call?
Please hold.
Come on, girl. Come on.
It's our summer clearance sale.
Everything must go! Everything!
That shit, this shit for... this shit, for sure.
Hey, man, it's okay.
I want you to look at me.
I am.
Through my eyes.
No.
This is painful.
Shut up.
You shut up.
No, you shut up.
See, it comes and it goes.
I can't see.
Okay.
What were you saying?
# L-B-J took the l-R-T #
# Down to 4th Street U-S-A #
# When he got there #
# What did he see? #
# The youth of America #
# On L-S-D #
# L-B-J #
# l-R-T #
# U-S-A #
# L-S-D, L-S-D #
# L-B-J #
# F-B-I #
# C-l-A #
# F-B-I, C-l-A #
# L-S-D #
# L-B-J. #
Hi.
I realized I hadn't prayed in a long time.
Thought it might be a good idea, you know?
Well, what are we praying for?
I suppose, whatever you like:
world peace, sick grandparent, better job.
Do you really believe that our prayers get answered?
Some do.
I prayed for my brother to come back from Vietnam in one piece,
and he did.
I guess when a prayer is answered,
it's called a miracle.
Well, in that case, I'm going to pray
that my mother and father show up tonight.
Now, that would be a miracle.
Mm-hmm.
I remember you saying something
something about a friendly game, John.
Yeah, well, I think that, uh, chess is a little bit like life.
It scares people, intimidates them,
and that's why they invented checkers.
Hm.
You're still in check.
Story of my life.
What exactly is that story, sir?
Well, it's not what you read in the gossip mags,
that's for sure.
Mm. Well, I'm glad of that, then.
I mean, we have our moments,
like any married couple, but, you know...
Mm-hmm.
But you stay, huh?
Real men stay.
They-they fight the good fight. They don't leave.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Your wife?
Oh, she's gone.
She died last year.
Any regrets?
Well, I suppose I could've spent more time with my kids.
I've got three of them and eight grandchildren,
and, um...
I suppose I missed out quite a bit,
being here all the time, working here,
I mean.
You know, it has to be said,
in those days, your job was your life
because your-your life depended on it.
I remember my wife said to me once,
she said, "You know, John, I think you-you love that hotel
more than you love me."
Perhaps she was right.
And you're still in check.
# Forever and ever #
# There's a kind of hush #
Oh, hi.
# All over the world #
-# Tonight # -I think, after five years,
the entire staff knows we're married, Paul.
-# Of lovers in love # -I guess.
So it would probably be safe to steal a little kiss
now and then.
And you have to eat lunch more than once every two weeks.
Salad?
Is that all I get?
Yes.
Well, you had a heck of a morning.
Which you slept through.
Hey! My name tag does not say "manager" on it.
Hey, I'll switch with you.
I'll be the stylist of the stars.
Oh!
And you can start with Virginia Fallon.
-# It isn't a dream # -Okay.
-So sad... -# The only sound #
-That woman. -# That you will hear #
# Is when I whisper in your ear #
-Tonight's her last show. -# I love you... #
She's not booked here at the Grove until next fall.
Can we go on vacation that week?
Hey, did you vote?
I tried, but the line was too long.
I've got some, um...
it's "yes" on Proposition 1.
That's the Veterans' Bond Act.
"No" on 2.
Mills for supervisor, not Hahn.
Cranston, Sheinbaum.
Of course Bobby.
Also, on the, um...
What?
# La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la... #
What? What is it?
Your hair, your suit...
you know, it might say 1968,
but your attitude is pure 1920.
Well, look, if they don't close the deal
by the end of the day, then we're out...
Uh, he just came in.
Aw, you're the best.
Thank you.
Good afternoon, Mr. Fallon.
Afternoon, Mario.
Tim, did you know
that Mario's family's from Portofino?
We spent two weeks there last summer.
Tim simply adores it.
He adores...
I had to drag him off the beaches
to go to work.
Can I get you anything else, Mrs. Fallon?
No, we're fine, Mario. Thank you.
Oh, Tim, can you give Mario...?
Very well. Have a nice night
and a wonderful show, Mrs. Fallon.
Thank you, Mario.
Hello, Tim.
Phil.
Virginia woke up, couldn't find you.
We were nervous.
We were, huh?
Phil has lots to tell you about Vegas next month, baby.
-That's right. -Oh, yeah?
Has it changed since the last time we were there?
Lots of hotels and casinos
in the middle of the desert, as I remember it.
What, they get rid of gambling?
We booked the Flamingo, Tim.
Four weeks in July!
I booked the Flamingo.
Guys, four weeks in Vegas in the middle of summer?
That's not a booking. That's a sentence, Phil.
Tim, come on.
No, no, no, you come on.
Who the hell wants to spend four weeks in Vegas in July?
I'll tell you who: nobody.
What happened to that picture that you promised us?
Things are slow at the studios, Tim.
The Vegas deal is a good deal.
Good for who?
Tim, give it a rest.
It's not like you have to perform.
What the hell is this, Virginia?
Well, from the looks of it,
a very fine single malt Scotch, Tim.
Thought we had an agreement.
I haven't had a drink all day.
You've been sleeping all day.
Tim, there is a time and a place...
Hey, you know, believe it or not, Virginia,
people do eat food every now and again.
Take your fucking judgment and check it at the door.
I don't need you to babysit.
You don't want to go to Vegas?
It's too hot?
Well, then, get out.
I'm the reason we have all this, not you.
-Nobody's saying that you... -Phil, shut the fuck up!
People come to see me.
People love me.
They love me.
So if I want to have one fucking drink,
I'm going to have one fucking drink,
because I deserve it.
That's the new agreement, sweetheart.
You have a 5:00 hair appointment.
You're on stage at 9:00 sharp.
You'll have a 45-minute break,
then you're introducing Senator Kennedy in the Embassy Ballroom.
Try and stay sober enough
to not embarrass us in front of the next president.
I've heard a rumor that someone's trying to unload
tickets for tonight's Dodgers game.
It's Drysdale's night.
Tell me about it.
Six consecutive.
He's gonna do it tonight.
Not since 1904-- 64 years.
Yeah, I know.
They're yours, man.
But we haven't discussed a price.
There is no price.
Enjoy the game.
You could've just gone, Jose.
And tomorrow... then what?
I would've been out on the street looking for another job.
That's you.
Little man...
that's you.
The story of King Arthur.
Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the magician.
You have heard of it, of course.
Yeah.
We read the stories in school.
Then you know that Arthur wasn't always a king.
He was a young man once, like you.
You, Jose, are a young king.
Kind, caring, humble.
Eager for adventure.
And so... I thank you, humbly,
for these tickets, my young brother, my young king.
A chivalrous act.
Chivalrous act, indeed.
Hey, Edward.
Hey, save a... save a ticket stub for me, okay?
You bet I will.
Go, Dodgers.
Yeah.
Go, Dodgers.
Ah...
Nice shot.
It's 40-Iove.
All right.
How come we only play tennis when we come to Los Angeles?
That was... that was...
I'm s... Bring it in. We-We gotta discuss.
-Let's talk. Okay. -We gotta talk.
How long does this stuff last?
I don't know, man.
I am freakin' out right now.
Me, too.
-Let's go. -Okay.
Play-Play tennis.
14-Iove.
What's wrong?
Good.
What's the matter, Nelson?
I don't know if it's because of my age
or that I simply can't remember.
I, uh... I keep losing track of things--
my keys, my cane, my socks.
I don't even know in what drawer I put my underwear.
I got lost on the way home today.
That's never happened to me before.
No.
Well...
You know, perhaps it's just a phase.
No.
This is no phase, Casey.
It's about growing old.
Old bones, old face, old man.
I hate it.
I hate retirement.
Yeah.
Makes me... feel useless.
Yeah.
Hey, how 'bout a nice cup of tea?
Tea?
Yeah.
Tea is a drink for old white folks.
How 'bout a Scotch?
Well, a Scotch.
I don't know; could be arranged.
Make it a double.
On the rocks.