I was afraid of that.
She wants to know who's staying in her apartment.
It's just for a night or two, until she finds her own place.
I tried to explain that to Aunt Ruth, but the connection was bad...
and her plane was leaving, and she got it all mixed up.
I kept telling her it was my friend Rita...
and she kept saying she didn't know any Ritas...
Look at me straight, sweetie.
Coco... she's very nice.
Honey... you're a good kid.
What you're telling me is a load of horse-pucky
even though it comes from a good place.
Now, I'm gonna trust you to sort this thing out
- Thank you. - Don't make me out to be a sucker.
Louise Bonner says there's trouble in there.
Remember last night?
Well, sometimes she's wrong,
but if there is trouble get rid of it.
Is everything all right?
Is it bad for you that I'm here?
No, no, everything is A-okay.
Now, I've gotta fix that sandwich!
And my audition is in one hour.
I hope I'm back in a couple of hours.
- Don't drink all the coke. - Good luck!
When I get back I'll have the cab waiting, so be ready to go.
- Okay. - Okay?
Come in.
Betty Elms, I'd like you to meet...
Jack Tuptman, my assistant,
Woody Katz who we've cast in the part...
of "Chuck". He'll do the scene with you.
Bob Brooker, the director
and Julie Chadwick...
Now, our surprise guest is:
Linney James.
Alas we can't afford her to cast our show,
but as casting agents go...
she's the best.
Why thank you, Wally. Hello Betty.
Very pleased to meet you.
This is my assistant, Nicki.
Oh, and the ever lovely Martha,
Martha Johnson, who you met out front.
Hi.
So shall we get it to go?
Would you like a water or a coffee before we begin?
No, no, I'm fine.
Well then, let's everyone take a seat.
Betty, why don't you join Woody over there and we'll play the scene.
Bob, do you have anything you wish to say...
something to Betty before we begin?
No... it's not a contest,
the two of them with themselves,
so don't play it for real...
until it gets real.
Okay.
Just tell me where it hurts, baby.
What?
Hey Bobby, I want to play this one nice and close,
like we did with that other girl,
what's her name? The one with the black hair. That felt kinda good.
- Whaddya think? - That's good, Woody.
Just don't rush that line again.
I told you... the line where you say, "Before what?"
Bobby, acting is reacting...
I just play off 'em. They all say:
"They're gonna arrest you" like that...
"put you in jail"... They all say it the same way,
so I react like that.
What's your name? - Betty
Yeah... Betty, look... You don't rush it. I don't rush it.
We're gonna play it nice and close...
just like in the movies. OK?
Dad's best friend goes to work.
And ... ACTION!!!!
You're still here?
I came back. I thought that's what you wanted.
- Nobody wants you here. - Really?
My parents are right upstairs! They think you've left.
So ... surprise!
I can call them... I can call my dad...
But you won't...
You're playing a dangerous game here...
if you're trying to blackmail me...
it's not gonna work.
You know what I want..
it's not that difficult.
Get out...
Get out before I call my dad.
He trusts you...
You're...
his best friend.
This will be the end of everything.
What about you? What will your dad think about you?
Stop...
stop it!
That's what you said from the beginning.
If I tell them what happened... they'll arrest you...
and put you in jail,
so get out of here...
before...
Before what?
Before...
I kill you.
Then they'd put you in jail.
I hate you...
I hate us both!
- I'm going to take her over there. - Yeah big time!
Wow! Well, there it was.
There it was all right!
Baby, you got away with it!
Very good. Really.
I mean it was forced maybe...
but still humanistic.
Yeah,
very good,
really.
Oh I thank you Betty...
and I really mean that sincerely.
I mean, it was extraordinary.
You've done your Aunt proud...
and I'm going to tell her the first chance I get.
Now, you and I...
are gonna speak again soon.
Thank you Mr.Brown.
Thank you, Wally.
I'm sure you all have a lot to talk about. We'll walk Betty out.
Well, yes indeed. And it was our pleasure, Linney.
Don't you be a stranger around here.
- We'd love to have you here. - Come on, Betty.
Thank you again, Mr. Brown.
It was nice meeting all of you.
Wow!
How do you find her...
God, that was awful!
Not you Betty. You were stellar and I mean that
But poor Wally.
He'll never get that picture made. - Why?
Wally's days were up twenty years ago.
You know Woody Katz is only doing it for a favor?
And the cast is terrible...
Oh, God, terrible
Poor old fool Wally...
It was very nice and he seems so sweet.
and Wally... Mr. Brown... is a very close friendof my Aunt's, so...
Settle down, Betty. Don't get me wrong. I love Wally.
I ought to. I was married to him for ten years.
And I love actors, all actors.
We just get a little catty sometimes.
Now we want to take you across and introduce you to a director...
who's a head above the rest
He's got a project that you would kill!
Knock it right out of the park.
~ Sixteen reasons ~
~ why I ~
~ love you ~
~- One - The way you hold my hand ~
~ - Two - Your laughing eyes ~
~ - Three - The way you understand ~
~ - Four - Your secret sighs ~
~ They're all part ~
~ of sixteen reasons ~
~ why I... love you ~
~ - Five - The way you comb your hair ~
~ - Six - Your freckled nose ~
~ - Seven - The way you say you care ~
~ - Eight - Your crazy clothes ~
~ That's just half of sixteen reasons ~
~ why I ~
~ love you ~
~ - Nine - Snuggling in the car ~
~ - Ten - Your wish upon a star ~
~ - Eleven - Whispering on the phone ~
~ - Twelve - Your kiss when we're alone ~
~ - Thirteen - The way you thrill my heart ~
~ - Fourteen - Your voice so neat ~
~ - Fifteen - You say we'll never part ~
~ - Sixteen - Our love's complete ~
~ Those are all ~
~ the sixteen reasons ~
~ why I ~
~ love you ~
~ Sixteen reasons ~
~ why I ~
~ love you ~
Cut it! Thank you very much, Carol. I'm coming back.
Check it again? Check it again!
Thank you! Will tell you what happens next!
Thank you very much, for coming in I know how busy you are.
Oh, are you kidding me? I love this script! Show me where to sign!
Look... I love you...
but there's no way they're gonna let me cast this thing until I've seen everyone.
- I'll let you know as soon as I can. - I know you will.
cause my manager's gonna be bugging you day and night. ... and me.
- It'll be my pleasure. Now, get out of here. - Oh, you're just so cruel to me...
don't forget me. I'm the girl that's going to play this part.
See ya later.
Hank... where's Hank?
- Who's next, Hank? - Camilla Rhodes.
- Is she ready? - Already.
- Bring her in. - Camilla Rhodes next.
Sylvia North's story, Camilla Rhodes, take one.
Ok, here we go... Let's lock it up, please!
- Roll sound please... - That's it!
Playback! ACTION!
~ Why haven't I told you? ~
~ Oh, baby I've told ~
~ every little star ~
~ just how sweet I think you are ~
~ Why haven't I told you? ~
Get Jason over here.
Cindy ... Adam wants to see Jason. ~ I've told ripples in a brook ~
~ Made my heart an open book ~
~ Why haven't I told you? ~
~ Friends ask me "am I in love" ~
~ I always answer "yes" ~
~ Might as well confess ~
~ If the answer's yes ~
~ Maybe you may love me too ~
~ Oh my darling if you do ~
~ Why haven't you told me? ~ Did you want to tell me something, Adam?
This is the girl!
Excellent choice, Adam.
Oh... my goodness.
I have to be somewhere.
I promised a friend.
I'm sorry. I must go...
It should be around here...
2590... That's it.
Up there!
- Does it look familiar? - No.
- Don't stop! -What is it? What do you see?!
- Those men in front, in the car. - Do you know them?!
No... but... -Keep going.
Go around to the back.
Selwyn... number 12.
Now, you've got me scared.
See, I told you there was nothing to be afraid of!
Betty wait... wait
Oh no... don't.
No one's home.
Yes?
Number 17.
But it said number 12.
I switched apartments with her. She's in 17.
It's down in the end on the left.
She hasn't been around for a few days...
- Oh... we'll leave her a note. - I'll go with you.
She's still got some of my stuff.
You go ahead. I've got to get that.
I guess you're not Diane Selwyn.
Guess I'm not.
Still no one's home I guess.
C'mon do it.
C'mon help me in. Come on.
I'll open the front door.
C'mon.
I know what you're doing.
I know what you have to do,
but let me do it.
Let me do it.
You look like someone else.
Good night, Betty.
You don't wear it in the house.
What?
The wig.
Just I'm looking at myself again...
I'll take it off to sleep.
And you don't have to sleep on that couch.
No, it's okay.
No it's not. This is a huge bed.
C'mon, just get in and get a good night sleep.
It's more confortable than the couch, isn't it?
Yes.
Thank you, Betty.
It's nothing.
I shouldn't have let you sleep on the couch last night.
No... I mean...
Thank you for everything.
You're welcome.
Good night, sweet Betty.
Good night.
Have you ever done this before?
I don't known!
Have you?
I want to with you...
I'm in love with you.
Silencio.
No hay banda.
No hay orquestra.
Silencio.
Rita? - No hay banda.
Rita, wake up
- No, no... - It's ok, it's ok.
No it's not ok.
What's wrong?
Go with me somewhere...
It's 2 o'clock It's 2 o'clock in the morning.
Go with me somewhere...
Sure. Now?
Right now!
No hay banda!
There is no band!
Il n'est pas de orquestra!
This is all...
a tape-recording.
No hay banda!
and yet we hear a band.
If we want to hear a clarinette...
listen...
Un trombon "à coulisse".
Un trombon "con sordina".
Sient le son du trombon in sourdine.
Hear le son...
and mute it... drop it...
It's all recorded.
No hay banda!
It's all a tape.
Il n'est pas de orquestra.
It is...
an illusion.
Listen...
Senoras y senores...
el club Silencio les presenta la llorona de Los Angeles:
Rebekah del Rio.
Betty?
Donde estas?
Betty?
Hey, pretty little girl...
time to wake up.
- Where have you been? - What do you want?
My lamp and dishes...
C'mon Diane, it's been three weeks.
I put your dishes in that box.
- That's my ashtray. - Take it.
Anytime...
I'm just making sure, Diane.
- That is it? - Yeah
Ah, by the way, those two detectives came by again, looking for you.
Camilla!
You've come back!
What was that you were saying, beautiful?
I said:
"You drive me wild".
We shouldn't do this anymore...
Don't say that...
Don't ever say that!
Don't Diane,
Stop it... Diane STOP!
I've tried to tell you this before.
It's him, isn't it?
I'm not trying to show you how to do the scene.
Just watch me...
and I think you'll understand what I'm getting at.
Don't seat so rigid...
just, just relax...
You two are here alone...
and it's real comfortable...
like you've known each other forever...
ven if you don't say anything... It's real comfortable.
Hank, can you just clear the set...
there's too many people around here... Let's get this worked out...
Clear the set! Clear the set!
Everyone get another cup of coffee.
- Everyone please! - Can Diane stay?
Yes, true. Diane can stay. Hank, let Diane stay.
Now when she starts to cry...
don't pull her toward you.
Let her fall in to you...
Let her fall.
When you kiss her...
It's just a continuation of that move
There is no break...
Kill the lights!
Don't be mad!
- Don't make it be like this! - Oh, sure.
You want me to make this easy for you? No!
No-fucking-way it's not gonna be!
It's not easy for me!!!
Hello, it's me...
leave a message...
Hello?
Diane, the car is waiting.
Are you ok?
You comin'?
Good...
It means so much to me.
Go on... the car is right outside the house..
It's been waiting, ok ?
Ok.
It's 6980, Mulholland drive.
Mulholland drive.
What are you doing? We don't stop here...
A surprise...
Shortcut.
C'mon sweetheart.
It's beautiful.
A secret path.
Ah, perfect timing!
Welcome, Diane.
Well...
Here's to love...
Ah, here she is...
I don't believe you met my mother...
Hi, I'm Diane Selwyn.
Just call me Coco, everybody does...
- Pleased to meet you... - Let's eat...
I'm starving...
I'm sorry, I was late.
I'm from Deep River, Ontario...
a small town.
So, you rolled in here from Canada.
I've always wanted to come here.
I won this ballet contest...
that sort of led to acting...
you know, wanting to act.
When my aunt died...
anyway, she left me so money... she worked here...
In the movies?
Yes.
How did you meet Camilla?
On a "Sylvia North Story".
Camilla was great in that.
Yeah, I wanted the lead so bad.
Anyway, Camilla got the part.
The director...
Bob Brooker?
Yes.
Hadn't so much of me...
anyway, that's when we became friends.
She helped me...
getting some parts in some of her films.
I see.
So, I got the pool...
and she got the pool-man.
I couldn't believe it I wanted to buy that judge a Rolls-Royce.
Sometimes good things happen.
So, I guess we saved the best for last...
Do you want to tell them?
No, you to tell them.
Camilla and I...
are going to be...
Sorry about that.
No, I'm fine.
This is the girl.
Don't show me this photothing here.
It's just an actress' photo, everybody's got one.
You got the money?
Sure do.
Ok, once you hand that over to me, it's a done deal.
Are you sure you want this?
More than anything in this world.
When it's finished, you'll find this where i told you.
What's it open?
Silencio