Will you leave it on, please?
For me?
How come you're always following her around?
Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
You'd better stay away from that one.
Otherwise, she's going to break your heart.
Could I have a Boodles martini, straight up?
Two olives, please.
Excuse me...
I'm Jerome.
I'm American.
I feel like a fool in this thing.
It's a shame you can't understand me...
because I'm about to give you a compliment.
You ready?
From the moment I saw you...
I suddenly wanted you more than anything or anyone...
I've ever wanted in my life.
But you don't give a shit about that, do you?
All you want is my money, right?
That's too bad.
Because as beautiful as you are, I can see...
just putting you on a plane and taking you home with me.
Setting you up in a nice place with a doorman and a view.
Seriously.
You'd sleep till noon.
Eat in the finest restaurants.
Shop.
But first I'd like you to do a little something for me.
All you have to do is put your hand...
in my lap...
until I count to three.
Do it...
and this is yours.
Son of a bitch.
He actually wants me to go up to one of those rooms with him.
Do I actually look that...
Desirable?
Does that surprise you, Emily?
Is that so bad?
To want someone so much that you're willing to pay for it?
What are you trying to say?
That this is infinitely...
more exciting.
To who?
To you.
To me.
And if you didn't want to play, Emily...
you wouldn't be here.
You don't touch...
so you're touching through me.
You don't feel...
so you're feeling through me.
Is that it?
I can't begin to tell you what I'm feeling right now.
Show me.
I'm not going to hurt you.
It's OK.
So beautiful.
So unbelievably beautiful.
I told you if I had to, I'd bring him back on a leash.
I don't think she gets it.
Just kidding, sweetheart. A joke.
Thought you'd be amused. Elliot Costa, Emily Reed.
Elliot, watch my lips.
As we speak, my investors are flying across the world...
to sign this thing.
I'm planning a big celebration... dancing girls, bands, the works.
Now either we close this motherfucker today...
or I'm out of here.
Am I making myself clear?
Hope you got a good night's sleep. You're going to need it.
Word has it Elliot's brought in a couple of hotshot lawyers...
from New York to help him close.
But he's already agreed to all the major points.
They always have something up their sleeve.
If they didn't, I wouldn't need you.
So tell me about Wheeler.
What's your impression of him?
Say the first thing that comes into your mind.
Strange.
I didn't think he was your type.
Flavio, the minute this has wrapped...
find Roberto, close on the old hotel.
Give them what they're asking.
I don't care what it costs. Get it done by tonight.
Here they come.
Fancy meeting you fellas so far from home.
Jerome McFarland, Fred Davis...
meet Juan Lopez from our local office...
and Emily Reed, your worthy opponent...
not that I'm anticipating a battle.
Mr. Davis, Mr. McFarland.
I know you.
Now, we know each other, don't we?
I don't think so.
I'd like to open up by saying...
that my discussions with Elliot have been quite specific...
and the agreement we reached suits me just fine.
In the interest of time...
if you gentlemen have no objection...
I'm willing to go with it.
So, McFarland, do we have a deal?
I wish I could accommodate you, Claudia...
but after closer scrutiny, I think there are...
a few fine points that really need to be discussed.
Would you care to elaborate, Mr. McFarland?
It's occurred to me that when this is all over...
my client's going to be out of a job...
and that's a tremendous waste of valuable manpower.
When you could, for example...
keep him on as a consultant liaison...
between the new owners and the local subcontractors.
Now, I think a starting salary...
of 350,000 a year might be fair.
You seem to be forgetting that it was Mr. Costa's...
inability to handle the subcontractors...
that got him into this trouble in the first place.
I'm not forgetting, Ms. Reed.
I'm not forgetting anything.
Now, we all make mistakes.
Mr. Costa has learned from his, I can assure you.
We got 'em.
Relax, man.
So that's it? That's all of it?
You fucked the guy. You went to bed with him.
I think I should withdraw from the negotiation.
Are you kidding?
Just when the fun is beginning? This is what I dream of.
He wants to play games? Just watch this.
Chin up. Come on.
Please excuse my associate, fellas.
You all have wives.
You know how crazy we get at certain times of the month...
and with the full moon and being so far away from home.
You must be used to that, Jerome.
I'm talking about being on the road.
Must be hard on Cynthia.
Since her father made you a partner in the firm...
you've been traveling a lot.
Last time I saw her, she expressed some doubts...
but then she has the kids to keep her company.
I must say...
I am looking forward to little Jerry's birthday.
Tavern-on-the-Green again?
Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be a guy?
Don't you wonder what it would be like to be Wheeler?
For just fifteen minutes?
Come on, you can't tell me...
you weren't just a little intrigued by him.
I didn't say I wasn't intrigued.
I said I found him strange.
Strange...
interesting...
distant.
In total control.
I do.
I wonder what it would be like to be Wheeler all the time.
Because then maybe I'd understand...
his source of power over me.
I was hooked from the moment I laid eyes on him.
He came in on a deal I was having trouble closing.
Last money in, first money out.
He took us to the cleaners. Didn't matter.
I would have given him anything he wanted.
After that, he started using me as a go-between...
on some of his deals.
And I started following him...
everywhere he went.
I even hired a private detective to look into his past.
I don't mean to be rude...
but I'd rather not hear about your personal life.
What if I was to tell you...
there's nothing personal about it?
That he never touched me.
What if I was to tell you...
that he was an orphan on the streets of Philadelphia?
He barely went to school.
That he stuttered so badly as a child...
he could barely talk.
What if I was to tell you...
that my obsession for him...
grew so wildly out of control...
that I dressed up as a maid and snuck into his hotel room?
And when he caught me...
he pretended not to recognize me...
and he waited for me...
to make up the bed...
put a mint on his pillow...
and leave...
without saying a word.
The next day, a box arrived with a beautiful dress...
and a note saying...
"If you enjoy dressing up, why not do it right?"
And what if I told you I'm really not interested?
What if I told you that I dressed you up...
in that very same dress and pushed you at him...
just to see if he'd respond to you...
any differently than he has to me?
Is there anything between you?
Well, then let's do it.
Do what?
Let's blow their minds. It's carnival after all.
Let's go to the signing as twins.
Absolutely not!
Thanks.
Shit! Something's wrong. I can feel it in my bones.
Let's pretend we don't see them.
I can deal with just about anything or anybody...
but not right now, not today.
Not two hours before our signing.
Don't look at them.
If you look at them, we're through.
Turn around, Claudia.
So, why the long faces?
Roberto found out someone bought the old hotel.
Whoever he was paid him in cash.
I'm sure I'll be able to find out who it was by morning.
Don't bother.
I have a feeling I know who it is.
Did you buy the old hotel?
Why?
It's what I do.
What?
Use people to make a buck?
Don't you have enough?
No one ever has enough, Emily.
If you think...
that I am going to let you piggyback...
on my deal with the Chinese, you are mistaken.
I strongly advise you to tell them.
If you don't, you're liable. It's misrepresentation.
Just stay with me. We'll work it out.
I'm begging you.
It's show time.
Chin up. Come on.
Let's go.
Mr. Chin would like to express...
how delighted he is to add a place of beauty...
to this already beautiful land.
Is everything all right?
All right.
How do you say "Let the party begin"?
Let them go.
Get them drunk enough...
and they'll sleep till noon. Buy us some time.
Come on. Cheer up. We're in this together.
We both got fucked by that son of a bitch!
Good-bye, Wheeler! Good-bye, motherfucker!
Why?
So tell me.
The suspense is killing me.
Was Wheeler there when you made love to Jerome?
What the hell.
I think I'll be saying good night.
I think I might have a little trouble communicating.
Do you mind translating for me?
If it's not too much to ask.
Ask him...
if he likes what he sees.
Tell him to take off his pants.
Tell him.
What did he say?
He said, "With pleasure."
Ask him if he understands...
what tremendous pleasure women get looking at naked men.
Ask him, Emily.
He says he wants to take you into the other room...
where you can both be alone.
Bullshit.
Son of a bitch!
What in the hell do you want?
You set people up to disappoint you...
and they always do, don't they?
I never set anybody up.
That's just the way it is.
If you have anything to say to me, say it!
You're the lawyer, honey.
We're not talking circumstantial evidence.
We're talking getting caught with a smoking gun in your hand.
Bang, you're guilty.
You're guilty of being just like all the rest of them.
The rest of what? The rest of who?
There never was anybody else in your life...
and there never will be!
I don't know where you get your information from...
but I can tell you for certain the deal stands as it is.
Take it or leave it.
Tell me you don't hate me.
Hate you?
You have to admit...
things got a little out of control this morning.
I think we should talk about this.
It's the deed to the old hotel. Wheeler signed it over to me.
I was hoping it wasn't too late...
that maybe there's still a chance of saving the deal.
The deal?
You bet your ass it'll save the deal.
Congratulations.
You might have broken through to him.
I'll bet you sang in the Presbyterian choir.
You went on family reunions.
You picked blueberries and...
blackberries and huckleberries in the summer.
The pride of your mother.
Apple of your father's eye.
I had a...
father for a while.
And we lived...
in a little room...
by the water.
He talked a lot about not having any money.
Taught me how to swim.
When he disappeared...
I barely spoke for years.
I stayed in the third grade for a long time.
The teachers thought I was retarded.
So they just let me put my head down on the desk.
I didn't want to ask any questions...
because I was afraid.
I worked day and night.
When I was sixteen...
I bought my first house...
on the worst block in the city.
And I fixed it up.
And I bought two more...
and I kept it rolling.
And I got everything I thought that I ever wanted.
And it still wasn't enough.
And then the ladies came.
You know, the kind attracted to success.
And it didn't matter to them...
that I stuttered, and I could barely speak.
The more remote that I became, the more they liked it.
They took it as a sign of strength.
So I started playing games...
just to keep it interesting.
And the games became a way of life.
A maze.
I realize now that...
I couldn't get out of it even if I wanted to.
If you want me...
come over here and hold me.
I can go to...
any fancy restaurant I want.
And I can sit at my own table.
But I can't swallow my goddamn food.
Just reach out and touch me.
I'm sorry that I disappoint you, Emily.
I just don't know any other way.
Touch me.
I'm just...
afraid that...
you're gonna disappear.
You really can't do it, can you?
Oh, God!
You can walk with your masquerade
But you still got to wear it
But don't you wonder who truly might be you
See you're somebody else flying high like a bird
With a rainbow feather
Hear the wind, hear it sing
And the way your old taboo
Come on
Don't you know
It's just a carnival
And your life is such a masquerade
It's just a carnival
Come on, see yourself now
Don't you be afraid
Come on
Don't you know
It's just a carnival
And your life is such a masquerade
It's just a carnival
Come on, see yourself now
Don't you be afraid
Oh, no, no, no, no
It's just a carnival
And your life is such a masquerade
Come and join this carnival
Come on, see yourself now
Don't you be afraid
Come on, baby, now
Dance, baby, dance
Bring out your masquerade, be yourself
Dance, baby, dance
Don't you ever leave once you enter
Dance, baby, dance
Bring out your masquerade, be yourself
Dance, baby, dance
Don't you know
It's just a carnival
And your life is such a masquerade
It's just a carnival
Come on, come on
Don't you be afraid
It's just a carnival
And your life is such a masquerade
Come and join this carnival
Come on, see yourself now
Don't you be afraid
Oh, come on
Don't you be afraid
No, no, no
Don't you be afraid
Oh, don't you be afraid
No, baby, now
Don't you be a
Don't you be afraid
Come on, no, no, no, no
Don't you be afraid
It's just a carnival
Don't you be afraid
No, no, no, no, no
Don't you be afraid
And let me tell you now
No, no, no, no, no
Don't you be afraid
Don't you be a
Don't you be afraid
Well, well, well, well
Don't you be afraid
No, no, no, no, no
Don't you be afraid
No, no, no, no, no
Don't you be afraid
Well, well, well, well
Don't you be afraid
Don't you be
Don't you be afraid