Voila! Finally, the Return To Paradise
script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Anne Heche, Joaquin
Phoenix, and Vince Vaughn movie. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly
transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Return To Paradise. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally
tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to
drop me a line. You won't
hurt my feelings. Honest.
THEY WERE MY TWO BEST
FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD...
FOR WEEKS.
IT'S A TOTAL ACCIDENT
WE EVEN MET.
ME, A BUM FROM BROOKLYN, USING
PHONY FREQUENT-FLIER MILES.
TONY CROFT WAS KIND OF
A GOLDEN BOY
FROM HARVARD SCHOOL
OF ARCHITECTURE.
WE MET LEWIS McBRIDE,
THIS, UH, LONG-HAIRED, GREENPEACE,
YOU KNOW, TREE-HUGGER GUY.
SO THE PLAN WAS TO PARTY TILL
WE RAN OUT OF CASH IN MALAYSIA.
IT WAS A PARADISE OF RUM,
GIRLS, AND GOOD, CHEAP HASH.
WOOO!
HERE WE GO, BOYS.
WHOOO!
WHOOO!
WHOOO!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD
YOU'RE SAYING TO ME,
BUT THIS IS MY LEAST
FAVORITE PART ANYWAY,
THE TALKING STUFF.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU DO?
GOOD MORNING, BRO.
WHAT'S UP?
DID YOU SLEEP GOOD,
YOU LITTLE DREAMER?
WHAT DID YOU
DO THAT FOR?
IT'S MY LAST DAY, LEW,
GET UP.
WE'LL GO DO SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T
BE YOUR LAST DAY.
MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T
BE MY LAST DAY.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD
GET A HAIRCUT.
WOW!
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF
PARTY'S THIS?
MY PARTY.
YOUR PARTY? HEH HEH.
YES!
OH, YES.
IT'S THE AGGRESSIVE
INSTINCT...
WHERE ARE YOU BOYS FROM,
AMERICA?
THAT'S MALAYSIAN FOR
"DO YOU HAVE MONEY?"
YES. WE'RE FROM
THE STATES.
MM-HMM.
DO YOU HAVE
FUN HERE?
IT COULD BE BETTER.
LISTEN...
I GOT SOMETHING
SPECIAL FOR YOU.
YEAH, WHAT?
I GOT SPECIAL
ANIMAL POTION.
YOU WANT?
ANIMAL POTION?
YEAH.
NUMBER ONE APHRODISIAC.
KEEP YOU HARD
AS A ROCK ALL NIGHT.
YOU WANT?
AH, IT SOUNDS PAINFUL.
THANKS, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I WANT
TO SEE THIS.
YOU WANT TO SEE? YOUR
FRIEND, YOU WANT TO SEE?
SURE, YEAH.
OK, FOLLOW ME.
LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS DEAL.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS
GOOD. THIS IS ALL GOOD.
LEWIS, THIS
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THE NUMBER ONE PHARMACY
TO ME, YOU KNOW?
UH-HUH.
HEY, YO!
SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR YOU.
OH, THIS IS GOOD.
GOOD STUFF.
ORIGINAL.
GOOD. VERY GOOD.
THIS IS RHINO HORN,
ISN'T IT?
OH, SMART MAN.
RHINO HORN GOOD.
AMERICAN,
JAPANESE LIKE IT.
MAN, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
LISTEN, LISTEN.
WOMAN LIKE IT.
KEEP YOU HARD.
YOU KNOW,
KEEP YOU HARD. GOOD.
EVEN IF THIS WORKED...
LISTEN...
NO, YOU LISTEN TO ME.
EVEN IF THIS WORKED,
WHICH IT DOESN'T,
TO MURDER
ENDANGERED SPECIES...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO GET THAT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
YOU TAKE...
BUCKS, BUCKS.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO
GET FUCKING VIOLENT.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
HEY, MAN, FUCK YOU.
FUCK US UP, MAN!
HUH? FUCK US UP, MAN!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
GET THE FUCK
OUT OF HERE.
GET THE FUCK
OUT OF HERE.
FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKER.
EASY. OK.
YEE-HOO!
YEAH.
STOP MOVING THE BIKE.
I CAN'T BALANCE IT.
HA! HA!
STOP!
SLOWER, SLOWER!
THERE'S
A REALLY STEEP HILL.
YOU MIGHT WANT
TO BRAKE NOW.
BRAKE!
WHAT THE FUCK!
TIME TO GET OFF!
AW, SHIT.
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT, MAN?
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?
YOU OK?
OH MY GOD.
HOLY SHIT, BRO.
SAY, THANKS
FOR THE HELP, GUYS.
WHAT THE FUCK?
ARE YOU GOING TO PUSH THAT
THING ALL THE WAY TO PANANG.
LET THE BIKE GO,
BROTHER, LET IT GO.
I TELL YOU, I'M NOT
GOING TO LEAVE IT.
LEWIS, THE DEPOSIT
WE PUT DOWN ON THAT BIKE
IS ABOUT TIMES
ITS WORTH.
WHY ARE YOU PUSHING
THE FUCKING BIKE?
DROP THE FUCKING BIKE.
I'M NOT GOING TO
LEAVE IT.
THIS IS HIS LAST BIKE,
THAT'S HIS BREAD AND BUTTER.
YOU'RE OUT OF
YOUR FRICKIN' MIND.
MAYBE IF YOU'D
HELP ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
IT WOULD GO SO MUCH QUICKER
IF I HAD A LITTLE HELP.
LET ME DO IT.
HERE, I'LL PUSH IT.
I'LL PUSH
THE FUCKIN' THING.
THANK YOU.
YOU GOT THIS?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
OH!
NICE SHOT, SHERIFF.
REALLY.
THAT'S GREAT.
LET'S GET HOME.
COME ON.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE, MAN.
OH, HEY, YOU GUYS
GOTTA GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESSES.
YEAH.
WHEN I GET ONE,
I'LL GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS...
DOWN THERE
IN BORNEO.
WHERE?
BORNEO.
OH, YOU'RE STAYING?
YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND
THERE, MAN?
NO. AT THE ORANGUTAN
REINTRODUCTION PROJECT.
THE WHAT PROJECT?
IT'S THIS GROUP.
THEY GO, AND THEY RESCUE THESE
ORANGUTANS THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT AS PETS.
AND THEY HELP INTEGRATE THEM
BACK IN THE WILD.
YOU'RE GONNA
STAY HERE.
GO DOWN AND VOLUNTEER.
BRO, IF THE APES NEED
HUMANS TO SAVE THEM,
THEN THEY'RE FUCKED.
PAY NO ATTENTION
TO HIM.
HE ALWAYS DUMPING ON
SOMEBODY. THAT'S COOL.
WHAT ABOUT YOU,
GOLDEN BOY?
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GO
PUT ALL THOSE THINGS
YOU CALL BUILDINGS
UP IN NEW YORK.
SKYSCRAPERS.
NO, MAN,
THEY'LL BE BEAUTIFUL,
TOUCHING THE CLOUDS.
SEE, YOU GUYS DON'T
REALIZE HOW GOOD YOU HAVE IT
RIGHT NOW,
RIGHT HERE.
SO EAGER TO GET ON
WITH YOUR CHARMED LIVES
THAT YOU JUST MISS WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN?
LOOK, WE GOT
MELLOW HASH, RIGHT?
WE GOT COCONUTS
FILLED WITH RUM.
WE GOT BEAUTIFUL,
GRACIOUS CHICKS
THAT LIKE US
JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE FUCKIN' YANKEES
AND WE'RE TALL.
SOME OF US.
SOME OF US.
AND THEN YOU GOT THIS WARM, CALM WATER.
IT'S LIKE GOD'S OWN
BATHTUB OR SOMETHING, MAN.
HEY, LEW, ARE YOU
REALLY GOING TO DO THAT?
STAY HERE AND TRY TO
SAVE THOSE GORILLAS?
YEAH.
THAT'S COOL, MAN.
THAT'S TOTALLY COOL, LEW. TOTALLY COOL.
YOU SOUND INTERESTED.
YOU WANT TO JOIN ME?
FLIGHT'S TOMORROW.
CAN'T CHANGE THE TICKET,
NO REFUND.
THINK ABOUT IT.
MORNING.
HEY,
GOOD MORNING, MAN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
SO?
IS IT CIVILIZATION
AND ITS DISCONTENTS
OR, UH, YOU, ME,
AND THE MONKEYS?
I DON'T THINK I'M CUT OUT
FOR THAT KIND OF THING, LEW.
THAT'S FOR YOU, MAN.
TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH,
I DON'T HAVE THAT
KIND OF STUFF IN ME.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE
WRONG ABOUT YOURSELF, BUT...
GIVE 'EM HELL.
WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING TO GO, SHERIFF?
NEW YORK IS
CALLING YOU HOME:
MARTINIS, PRETTY GIRLS, THE YANKEES.
OR DO YOU WANT
TO STAY HERE?
ALL RIGHT, BROTHER, DON'T
SMOKE IT ALL IN ONE BOWL.
YOU KEEP THIS. I GOT
TONY'S, AND THAT'S PLENTY.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO TAKE EXCEDRIN
OUT OF THIS FUCKING COUNTRY.
COME ON,
TAKE IT.
WHY THE HELL DID WE BUY
SO MUCH HASH ANYWAY?
AT THOSE PRICES,
WE COULDN'T AFFORD NOT TO.
UH-OH.
WOW.
I GUESS
THIS IS IT, MAN.
YEAH.
YEAH.
SEE YOU, BUDDY.
GOOD LUCK, BUDDY.
I'M GOING TO
MISS YOU GUYS.
YEAH, BULLSHIT.
THE SECOND WE'RE GONE,
YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND A COUPLE OF
CHIMPS PRETTIER THAN BOTH OF US.
YOU FUCKER.
TAKE CARE.
I'LL SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SAFE TRAVELS.
YEAH.
Sheriff:
YEAH, GABY, LISTEN
YEAH, OK.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HA HA HA!
NO. I JUST... I CAN'T
TALK ABOUT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
LISTEN, UH, NO, I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN DISCUSSING THIS RIGHT NOW, OK?
I GOT PEOPLE
IN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
I'M WORKING.
GABY, LISTEN,
MAYBE WHEN THE SHIFT'S OVER,
I'LL CALL YOU,
WHATEVER.
WE'LL GO OUT, WE'LL GRAB
A BITE OR SOMETHING, OK?
LOOK, THAT'S MY DISPATCHER.
I GOT TO GO.
I GOT TO GO, BYE.
YEAH, IT'S UNDERWAY.
Dispatcher: AFTER THE DROP, CAN
YOU SWING A PICKUP AT THE STANHOPE?
LADY NAMED EASTERN
ASKED FOR YOU.
EASTERN? EASTERN? UH, YEAH.
WHERE'S THE DROP AT?
SHE DIDN'T SAY.
Man in back seat:
FUCK!
I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE SUDDEN STOP, FOLKS,
BUT HOPEFULLY
YOU WERE BELTED IN.
OK. HERE WE ARE.
HERE, TAKE THAT.
PLEASURE SERVING YOU
AS ALWAYS, MR. HALLMAN.
THIS IS RAVITCH.
HEY, IT'S SHERIFF.
LISTEN, HOW MUCH IS NEW YORK'S MOST
FAMOUS DIVORCE ATTORNEY WORTH TO YOU?
HE'S WORTH SQUAT,
BROTHER. I'M SINGLE.
UH, WHAT ABOUT IF HE'S OUT
BOINKING AND GETTING BOMBED
AND HIS WIFE'S
NOT WITH HIM?
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
RAVITCH, CAN'T YOU
FIND ANOTHER DESK?
I'D SAY TWO BILLS.
YOU'RE A CHEAP SON OF A BITCH.
GRAB A PEN.
I'M SORRY.
OK, GIVE HER TO ME.
THANK YOU.
WE HEADED ANYWHERE
IN PARTICULAR?
HOW ABOUT WE JUST DRIVE AROUND
THE PARK FOR A LITTLE BIT?
YOU GOT IT.
AROUND THE PARK.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T
DRIVEN YOU BEFORE.
I NEVER FORGET
A FACE.
HEY, DO YOU MIND
IF I SMOKE IN THE CAR?
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN
LEFT THAT YOU CAN SMOKE.
GO AHEAD.
SO, UH, WHO RECOMMENDED
ME, MISS EASTERN?
PLEASE CALL ME BETH.
OK, WHO RECOMMENDED
ME, BETH?
LEWIS McBRIDE.
LEW?
WHAT DID HE SAY?
"LOOK UP OLD SHERIFF
WHEN YOU GOT TO TOWN?"
HOW DID YOU KNOW
WHERE TO FIND ME?
LEW SAID YOU LIVED
IN BROOKLYN,
ODDS WERE YOU WOULD BE
IN THE BOOK.
YEAH, HUH?
AND ODDS WERE THAT I'D PROBABLY
STILL BE STUCK IN BROOKLYN,
WHICH, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY I AM.
SO WHERE IS LEW, HUH?
IS HE IN TOWN HERE?
SHERIFF, THE DAY YOU
AND TONY LEFT PANANG,
A MAN CAME LOOKING FOR A
BIKE YOU GUYS HAD RENTED.
HE BROUGHT THE POLICE.
ONLY THEY DIDN'T
FIND THE BIKE.
THEY DID FIND
GRAMS OF HASHISH.
SOME STASHED IN THE HUT,
SOME IN THE TRASH.
JESUS CHRIST.
AND LEWIS... CAUGHT HELL
FOR THAT, HUH?
WELL, YEAH. HE SPENT THE
LAST TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
OH, MY GOD,
JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT A NIGHTMARE
THAT MUST BE, HUH?
IS HE STILL
IN PRISON NOW?
FOR MORE DAYS, YEAH.
I MEAN, I WISH I WOULD
HAVE KNOWN SOONER.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I
COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING, BUT...
AT LEAST HE'S GETTING OUT
IN DAYS, THOUGH, HUH?
THAT'S, UH,
NOT THE CASE.
IN MALAYSIA, ANYBODY FOUND WITH
MORE THAN GRAMS OF HASHISH
IS CONSIDERED
TO BE TRAFFICKING.
TRAFFICKING?
WHAT, IS THAT
LIKE DEALING?
SHERIFF,
IN ORDER FOR LEWIS NOT
TO BE CONSIDERED A DEALER,
YOU AND TONY HAVE TO
FLY BACK TO PANANG
AND ACCEPT YOUR SHARE
OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHAT ABOUT ME AND
TONY? WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
WELL, THE DEAL WAS THAT
IF BOTH OF YOU GO BACK,
IT'S YEARS APIECE.
AND IF ONLY ONE OF YOU
GOES BACK, IT'S .
WAIT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT. HOLD ON.
IT'S ? IT'S ?
WHY DON'T YOU FINISH THAT
SENTENCE FOR ME, PLEASE?
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YEARS IN
PRISON, LADY, YEARS IN PRISON.
SHERIFF, LET ME MAKE
THIS CLEAR TO YOU.
IN MALAYSIA,
DEALERS GET DEATH.
JESUS CHRIST, FOR A
SHITTY BRICK OF HASH?
YOU'RE TELLING ME
IN DAYS FROM NOW...
LEWIS McBRIDE
IS GOING TO HANG.
WHAT ARE YOU?
HIS LAWYER?
I'M HIS
AMERICAN LAWYER, YEAH.
SO, HOW ABOUT
WE HAVE DINNER
AND TALK MORE
ABOUT THIS?
UH, CAN'T. I'M ON UNTIL
: BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DRINKS, THEN?
WHAT? AT : ?
DON'T YOU SLEEP?
WELL, I WANT TO
DO THIS MORE.
BREAKFAST?
CAN'T.
LUNCH?
I PULLED
A DAY SHIFT...
ALL RIGHT.
BETH, I CAN'T...
LET'S HAVE DINNER,
THEN.
TOMORROW NIGHT,
HERE, SAY, : ?
TOMORROW AT : .
THANKS.
THANKS.
EXCUSE ME, I'M LOOKING
FOR TONY CROFT.
YEAH, HE'S UP TOP.
THANKS.
SO, IF YOU DON'T
GO BACK, TONY,
LEWIS WILL HANG.
I'M SORRY.
YOU JUST CAN'T COME
OUT OF NOWHERE
AND TELL ME THE BOTTOM'S
DROPPED OUT OF MY LIFE.
I GOT A WEEK TO BRACE
FOR THE IMPACT.
I'M SORRY, TONY, THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING
I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
HOW COME IT TOOK YOU GUYS
TWO YEARS TO TELL ME THIS.
LEWIS NEVER MENTIONED
THE TWO OF YOU,
NOT WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED TWO YEARS AGO,
NOT WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED
TO DEATH MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS ONLY LAST WEEK WHEN HIS
FINAL PARDON APPEAL WAS REJECTED.
I FOUND
A DETECTIVE.
THE SECOND HE FOUND YOU, HERE I AM.
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND, THIS
ISN'T JUST ABOUT ME, ALL RIGHT?
I MEAN, LIKE ANYBODY, I HAVE
A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
I'M ENGAGED.
I HAVE A FIANCEE.
I WANT TO
START A FAMILY.
A FAMILY'S WONDERFUL.
LEWIS WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE KIDS, TOO.
IF YOU CAN POSTPONE HAVING
YOURS FOR A FEW YEARS,
HE'LL BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT CHANCE.
I'M STAYING
AT THE STANHOPE.
COULD YOU CALL
ME THERE TONIGHT?
ALL RIGHT, I WILL.
THANKS.
THANKS, TONY.
THIS IS BETH.
MISS EASTERN, HI,
IT'S TONY CROFT.
TONY, HI.
LISTEN, KERRIE AND I
TALKED THIS OVER,
AND WE WANT TO, UM...
WELL, I WANT TO... FIRST OF
ALL, SIMPLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT,
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL
THAT I'LL DO THE YEARS.
BUT IF SHERIFF AGREES
TO GO BACK...
UM, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER...
IN THAT CASE, UM...
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE
PRETTY HARD TO SAY NO.
UH, OK. WHAT YOU'VE SAID
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR.
I'M ABOUT TO GO HAVE DINNER
WITH SHERIFF RIGHT NOW,
I'LL CALL YOU IN THE MORNING
AND TELL YOU WHAT WAS SAID.
ALL RIGHT,
I'LL TALK TO YOU THEN.
THANK YOU, TONY.
GOOD NIGHT.
HEY.
HI.
SURPRISED I SHOWED?
NO. WHY?
BECAUSE I AM.
EASTERN PARTY?
UH, YEAH.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
THANKS.
WOULD YOU CARE FOR A COCKTAIL?
GLASS OF HOUSE RED.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE
A RUM AND COKE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
REMINDS ME OF MALAYSIA,
RUM AND COKE.
SO, HAVE YOU SPOKEN
TO TONY?
YES, I DID. MM-HMM.
TONY SAID HE WAS
GOING TO GO BACK.
YOU KNOW, TONY TOLD ME
HE WAS GOING TO CALL ME
WHEN WE GOT BACK
FROM PANANG, SO...
SO WHAT ARE
YOU SAYING?
I CAN'T COUNT
ON TONY'S WORD?
NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.
NOT AT ALL.
JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S GOOD
TONY SAYS HE'S GOING BACK.
HOW COME?
BECAUSE I'M...
EXCUSE ME, YOUR DRINKS.
THANKS.
THANKS A LOT.
TONY'S ONLY GOING BACK
IF YOU'RE GOING BACK.
YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T
LET ME FINISH.
WELL, OK, PLEASE FINISH, THEN, BETH,
FINISH WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA SAY.
I DON'T EXPECT
YOU TO DO THIS...
WITHOUT SOME
SORT OF COMPENSATION.
BOTH OF LEWIS' PARENTS
HAVE PASSED ON.
THEY LEFT
A LITTLE SOMETHING.
HOW DOES $ SOUND?
$ ? THAT SOUNDS FINE, JUST FINE...
BUT FOR EACH YEAR.
$ A YEAR.
YOU WANT ME
TO PAY YOU $
FOR ASSUMING WHAT IS,
IN FACT,
YOUR SHARE
OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
NO, NO, NO.
NOT YOU.
LEWIS'S ESTATE.
I MEAN, THEY GOT
HEAVY MONEY RIGHT?
COME ON, LET'S FACE IT.
YOU COME TO NEW YORK ON WHAT'S
PRETTY MUCH A FISHING EXPEDITION.
YOU STAY ON THE PARK, EAT HERE, NOT
AT SOME CHEAP COFFEE SHOP ON LEX.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I WILL DRAW UP THE
DRAFT AGREEMENT TOMORROW.
IF YOU PROMISE ME RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S
FUNNY TO ME...
REALLY FUNNY?
IS HOW PEOPLE
LIKE YOURSELF
THINK YOU CAN JUST
BUY PEOPLE LIKE ME.
BUT GUESS WHAT, BETH.
I WOULDN'T WALK INTO YOUR
SHIT STORM FOR ANY PRICE,
AND ANY SLIM CHANCE THAT THERE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT I WOULD GO BACK
JUST WENT BYE-BYE WHEN
YOU TRIED TO PAY ME OFF.
MENUS?
I'M SORRY. I THINK THERE'S
BEEN A MISTAKE TONIGHT.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU
TO BUY ME DINNER,
BECAUSE THEN I WOULD BE
EXPLOITING YOU, COUNSELOR.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
PLEASE, I'M SORRY.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU
BY OFFERING YOU MONEY.
INSULT ME? YOU INSULTED YOURSELF, BETH,
AND YOU ALREADY
MADE YOUR PLAY,
SO I THINK
WE'RE FINISHED.
MADE MY PLAY?
JESUS, I WOULD MAKE ANY
PLAY TO SAVE LEWIS'S LIFE.
I KNOW YOU CARE
ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, WELL,
YOU KNOW WHAT, BETH?
I THINK YOU GOT
THE WRONG GUY HERE.
DON'T LET MY NICKNAME
FOOL YOU.
IT'S JUST A BASTARDIZATION
OF MY LAST NAME,
WHICH IS VOLGECHEREV,
ALL RIGHT.
I KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT,
AND I KEEP MY HEAD DOWN,
BUT I DO WISH LEWIS
A LOT OF LUCK,
ESPECIALLY WITH YOU
AS HIS LAWYER.
OH, GOD. I APPRECIATE YOUR
CONCERN FOR HIS WELL-BEING.
I MAY NOT BE THE BEST,
BUT I AM
THE MOST PERSISTENT.
THAT'S GREAT.
WELL, YOU SHOULD FUCKING
TAKE YOUR PERSISTENCY
AND NOT WASTE IT
ON ME.
YOU ONLY GOT
A FEW DAYS LEFT.
YOU'RE APPEALING TO
EMOTIONS I DON'T HAVE
AND A FUCKING MORALITY
THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD
I COULD AFFORD.
THAT MAY BE WHAT
YOU THINK YOU ARE, SHERIFF,
BUT LISTEN,
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT
THAT A MAN'S LIFE HANGS
IN THE BALANCE.
HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
WHAT'S UP, SHERIFF?
HOW YOU DOING, TONY?
HEH HEH HEH.
HEH HEH... YEP.
HERE WE ARE.
LOOK, I'M FREEZING.
WHAT DO YOU SAY WE...
YOU KNOW, MY SECRETARY'S
OUT TODAY, TONY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE INCONVENIENCE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE
TO SEAT YOURSELF.
YEAH.
SO THIS IS
THE OFFICE, HUH?
HEH HEH.
LET'S JUST
SORT THIS OUT, OK?
YOU AND ME TOGETHER,
WITHOUT THAT, UH,
LAWYER BREATHING
DOWN OUR NECKS.
YEAH, SHE'S
PRETTY INTENSE, HUH?
NO SHIT, MAN.
AFTER SHE AMBUSHED ME,
I COULDN'T EAT
FOR TWO DAYS.
MY GIRLFRIEND FORCED SOME TOAST
DOWN MY THROAT THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW,
I THREW IT UP.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF
A DRY RUN
FOR OUR NEXT YEARS
IN PANANG PRISON, YOU KNOW.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO...
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS?
YOU'RE GOING BACK?
NO.
YOU DON'T
GIVE A SHIT, DO YOU?
ARE YOU SAYING I DON'T
GIVE A DAMN ABOUT LEWIS?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
ACTING LIKE, YEAH.
BECAUSE IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT,
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST
FUCKING THING ABOUT ME.
FINE. FINE.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN HOW COME YOU'RE SO
READY TO SLAM THE DOOR ON HIM?
BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT GUYS
WHO HAVE CLUBS AND BADGES, ALL RIGHT?
I'VE HAD MY ASS KICKED
BY THOSE BASTARDS, TONY.
IT'S NOT HOW YOU THINK. JUST
BECAUSE YOU DO SOMETHING GOOD
DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE
A HAPPY ENDING TO THE WHOLE THING.
YOU COULD VERY EASILY
DIE OVER THERE.
OK, YEAH.
YOU THINK OF THAT?
ALL RIGHT, LOOK...
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE COIN, OK?
LET'S SAY,
IF THIS GOES DOWN
AND, GOD FORBID,
OK, LEWIS HANGS,
YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING
TO BE, LIKE, HEADLINE NEWS?
SHERIFF, THIS IS GOING TO FOLLOW
YOU AROUND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
WHEREAS,
THE OTHER WAY,
WE COME HOME A PAIR OF
HEROES, AND THEN WHAT?
THE CITY THROWS US
A TICKER-TAPE PARADE?
GOD, TONY, YOU'RE A FUCKING
BOY SCOUT. YOU REALLY ARE.
LISTEN TO ME, OK?
LEWIS WOULD'VE GONE
BACK FOR EITHER OF US.
YOU KNOW THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'LL NEVER BE
MISTAKEN FOR LEWIS McBRIDE.
AFTERNOON,
MISS EASTERN.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
BETH EASTERN.
HI. I'M M.J. MAJOR,
A REPORTER FOR THE NEW YORK EXAMINER.
YOU'RE...
YOU'RE A WHAT?
A REPORTER.
REALLY.
YES.
AND... AND WHAT
WOULD YOU WANT WITH ME?
OH, COME ON, BETH.
I KNOW THE HANGING'S
IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
PRESS ON THIS THING IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU AND THE FAMILY NEED
FOR A PUBLIC OUTCRY.
THE FAMILY WANTS THIS
KEPT QUIET.
OH, REALLY? LISTEN,
IN THIS INSTANCE,
YOUR INTERESTS AND THE
INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC CONVERGE.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT
ABOUT THIS?
MY SOURCE IS AT
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A BLACKOUT
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY PASSED THE BUCK.
THEY SOLD IT AS DIPLOMACY.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED ME,
AND FAST.
I CAN MAKE THIS
HAPPEN FAST, BETH.
IN HOURS, LEWIS McBRIDE
CAN BE OVER EVERY...
NO, NO.
LISTEN TO ME.
DO YOU REMEMBER
SINGAPORE?
THE AMERICAN KID
WHO GRAFFITIED A CAR?
SURE. BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA FRENZY,
THEY HAD TO CANE
THE KID.
BUT THAT WAS A CANING
TO SHOW SOME NATIONAL BACKBONE.
THIS IS A HANGING!
OH, AND I DON'T
KNOW THAT?
LISTEN, SOME AUSSIE
DOPE DEALER'S MOTHER
WENT ON EVERY ENGLISH-
SPEAKING TALK SHOW
FROM SIDNEY TO LONDON.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY HUNG HER SON A WEEK
EARLY TO SHUT HER UP.
EXCUSE ME. I'VE GOT
A REALLY BIG WEEK.
BETH, I CAN MAKE MIRACLES
HAPPEN IN A WEEK.
DON'T DO THIS.
DON'T DO IT.
WAIT A MINUTE,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST...
WHAT?!
I'M SORRY.
JESUS CHRIST!
I'M SORRY.
I'M... VERY SORRY.
JUST...
COULD I HAVE THAT,
PLEASE?
IS HE BOYISH?
WHAT?
IS HE CUTE?
IS HE CLEAN-CUT?
BECAUSE IF HE IS,
AND I PUT HIM ON THE
FRONT PAGE OF MY NEWS...
GIVE ME SOME TIME.
GIVE ME SOME TIME,
SOME SPACE,
AND I'LL GIVE YOU
YOUR STORY.
WHEN?
SOON.
I'M GOING
TO CALL YOU, BETH.
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I HAVE A TAPE
I WANT YOU TO WATCH.
YEAH? JESUS CHRIST,
YOU DON'T LET UP, DO YOU?
I CAN'T.
OK, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO WATCH YOUR TAPE.
HONEST TO GOD, I AM.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING
TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
SO I'LL WATCH IT LATER.
ARE YOU INVITING ME
TO DINNER,
OR ARE WE STILL MAD
AT EACH OTHER?
BOTH.
CHEERS.
CHEERS
IT'S A TOAST
TO LEWIS.
SWEET GUY...
LOVED THE ANIMALS.
LOVED HIS BEER.
DID HE?
YEAH.
I NEVER KNEW THAT
ABOUT HIM.
TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE.
REALLY, BEER IS ALL
I REALLY REMEMBER.
THAT'S IT?
YEAH.
WOW.
HE DIDN'T MAKE REALLY MUCH OF
AN IMPRESSION, THEN, DID HE?
LEWIS?
MM-HMM.
WHAT, ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
HAVE YOU SPENT A LOT
OF TIME WITH HIM?
I'VE... NEVER HAD A BEER
WITH HIM.
HE IS,
HONESTLY, BETH...
ONE OF
THE SWEETEST PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET
IN MY LIFE.
LEWIS IS THE KIND OF GUY
WHO'D HAVE, LIKE,
A BEGGAR ON
THE STREET, RIGHT?
AND HE JUST...
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'D TOUCH HIM SOMEHOW,
TALK TO HIM.
THE GUY COULD HAVE,
LIKE, AN ILLNESS, MAYBE,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW,
A LANGUAGE BARRIER.
WHATEVER IT WAS, HE JUST
COULD SEE PEOPLE, I GUESS.
GOT A BIG HEART.
YEAH...
THAT'S NICE.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU
TELL ME ABOUT HIM?
YOU ARE GOOD,
AREN'T YOU?
SHERIFF, WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT ME?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU SEEM TO THINK I HAVE ALL
THESE WILES AND STRATAGEMS.
I DON'T.
I HAVE A MAN'S LIFE
IN MY HANDS.
I GET THAT.
LET ME ASK YOU
A QUESTION, BETH.
AND ASK YOURSELF
THIS HONESTLY.
WOULD YOU GO BACK?
I WOULDN'T ASK YOU
OR TONY... TO DO THIS
IF I HADN'T ALREADY ANSWERED
THE QUESTION FOR MYSELF.
YEAH.
BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T THINK
YOU COULD EVER REALLY
HONESTLY ANSWER THAT
UNLESS YOU'RE IN THAT
SITUATION YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?
IT'S NOT A...
WHOA!
HI, GABY.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M NOT SOME PIECE OF DIRT
YOU GET OFF ON
THEN FLUSH DOWN THE JOHN,
ALL RIGHT?
RIGHT.
HE'LL FUCK YOU
AND THEN SNEAKS OUT...
BY THE FIRE ESCAPE,
IF HE HAS TO.
UNLESS YOU DON'T
GIVE A SHIT.
UNLESS YOU'RE SOME WHORE.
I'M HIS WIFE.
WHAT?
FUCK YOU
FOR NOT WEARING A RING.
THAT'S MY FRIEND
GABY.
HEH HEH.
WOW.
YEAH.
GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T
GIVE HER A SOCIAL DISEASE.
WE'D ALL BE DEAD.
UH, THANKS, FRANK.
I APPRECIATE IT.
SO WHEN DID YOU GUYS
TIE THE KNOT?
YOU KNOW WHAT,
FRANK?
GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE, WILL YOU?
HA HA HA!
Beth:
OK? HA HA.
YEAH.
WELL, THAT WAS FUN.
THAT WAS SOMETHING.
"I'M HIS WIFE."
I LIKE THAT ONE.
"I'M HIS WIFE."
THANKS.
YOU LEFT THIS
ON THE TABLE.
PLEASE WATCH IT.
I WILL, BETH.
I WILL.
GOOD NIGHT.
OK.
OK, LEWIS. GO AHEAD.
WHOO. UM...
HEY, GUYS.
SHERIFF... TONY.
LONG TIME, HUH?
I GUESS IF YOU'RE
SEEING THIS TAPE,
YOU KIND OF FIGURED THAT
MY VACATION PLANS, UH...
CHANGED.
I WAS SET TO GO OFF AND...
TRY AND SAVE THE ORANGUTAN,
DO WHAT I C-CAN.
I- IRONIC, ISN'T IT?
LOOK WHO'S...
CAGED AND...
UM, THIS... LITTLE D-DOCUDRAMA
HERE WAS NOT MY IDEA,
AND I'M SORRY, BUT, UM...
THE FOLKS AT
THE AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICE
H- HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN,
AND... AND NOW THEY TELL ME
THAT... THAT YOU GUYS
ARE MY LAST CHANCE.
SO... I DON'T KNOW IF...
IF YOU EVEN...
IF YOU'RE EVEN THINKING
ABOUT COMING BACK,
BUT IF THERE'S
THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE,
I WILL TELL YOU THIS,
THAT, UM...
I... I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH,
HARMED IN ANY WAY.
I... I HAVEN'T...
I HAVEN'T BEEN TORTURED.
EXCEPT BY BOREDOM
AND HUNGER.
NOT... NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
GOOD STUFF TO EAT.
NO BURGERS FOR YOU,
SHERIFF,
BUT... THERE'S RICE,
PLENTY OF RICE.
YOUR RICE NEEDS
DEFINITELY WILL BE MET.
BUT, UM...
IF YOU DO...
IF YOU DO COME BACK,
I WILL... I WILL
FEEL GUILTY, YES.
AND I ALREADY DO JUST FOR...
JUST FOR ASKING YOU, BUT...
AT LEAST I WON'T...
I WON'T FEEL THE FEAR,
AND I KNOW
THAT'S NOT FAIR, UM...
SO THAT'S
WHY I'M DOING THIS.
HEY!
I'M BUSY.
CAN'T TAKE YOU TODAY.
YEAH, WELL,
I CAN'T TAKE YOU EITHER.
HA HA.
HEY, POP, YOU REMEMBER
THAT TRIP I TOOK
A COUPLE YEARS BACK,
TO MALAYSIA?
YEAH. I REMEMBER.
SOME SLEAZE WAS SELLING
FREQUENT FLYER MILES, RIGHT?
WELL,
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS, THERE'S THIS
GUY THAT'S STILL OVER THERE
IN PANANG, WHERE I WAS,
AND HE'S KIND OF A PAL.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE GOING
TO... THEY'RE GOING TO HANG HIM.
THEY FOUND
SOME HASHISH ON HIM.
REALLY?
YEAH.
BUT SOME OF THE HASH
WAS MINE.
AND SO, IF I GO BACK THERE,
I'D HAVE TO...
I'D HAVE TO SERVE YEARS IN
PRISON... YOU KNOW, PANANG PRISON.
BUT IF I DON'T GO BACK,
THEY HANG THIS GUY.
THEY DON'T HANG GUYS
FOR HASHISH.
I'M NOT THAT NAIVE.
YOU'RE LEAVING SOMETHING
OUT, LIKE ALWAYS.
I'M NOT LEAVING
ANYTHING OUT, DAD.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUCKED UP.
IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR,
BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE
YOU'RE RIGHT AND I'M WRONG.
YOU STILL WANT MY ADVICE
IN THIS HANGING STUFF?
YEAH. FEELS LIKE AN EASY CALL.
UH, IF YOU WEREN'T WASTING YOUR
LIFE HERE, IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS PAL
YOU'LL SAVE...
ODDS ARE HE'S WORTH
MORE THAN YOU,
SO MY ADVICE... YOU GO.
YOU DO THE TIME.
HA HA.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU LOOK SICK.
I MEAN, YOU'RE MY DAD.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BEG ME
NOT TO GO BACK, YOU KNOW?
IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I
EXPECTED TO HEAR, I GUESS.
LIGHTEN UP.
I'M JUST YANKIN'
YOUR CRANK.
WHY PUT YOURSELF
THROUGH ALL THE AGONY
WHEN YOU KNOW
YOU'RE NOT GOING?
I MEAN,
WHO'S KIDDING WHO?
WHAT ARE WE,
SUCKERS HERE?
NO, WHAT...
THEY DIDWHAT?
THEY WEIGHED HIM?
FOR... WELL, FOR WHAT?
OH... JESUS.
UH...
UH...
I...
I HAVE TO GET MY...
I HAVE TO GET THE CALL.
IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE GUYS.
WE'LL TALK TOMORROW?
UM, THIS IS...
THIS IS BETH.
BETH, HI.
YOU SOUND STRESSED.
THIS IS M.J. MAJOR.
UM...
IS THIS A BAD TIME?
NO. NO, IT'S
NOT A BAD TIME.
BETH, WHAT'S WRONG?
HOW CAN I HELP?
YOU KNOW...
YOU WANT TO KNOW
HOW YOU CAN HELP?
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, M.J.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
LISTEN, I'VE GOT THE
RESOURCES TO A DAILY PAPER
WITH WORLDWIDE
READERSHIP.
WE ARE PICKED UP BY
THEINTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIB.
WE COULD BE DOING
ANYTHING YOU WANT, BETH...
PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTICLES,
PETITIONS...
EVERY SINGLE ONE
IS A DEATH WARRANT, M.J.
A DEATH WARRANT.
NOW, I'VE ASKED YOU NICELY
TO STAY OUT OF THIS
UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING.
BETH, IF I DON'T GET
SOMETHING FROM YOU SOON,
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO
STRAIGHT TO YOUR TWO GUYS.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO THEY ARE,
OTHERWISE YOU'D ALREADY
BE THERE, WOULDN'T YOU?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M HANGING UP.
BETH, I'M GOING TO NEED
TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON.
YOU WILL.
SHERIFF.
HEY.
WELL, HI.
I... I DIDN'T EXPECT
TO SEE YOU. COME ON IN.
THANKS.
HOW YOU DOING?
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
YEAH?
PLEASE GIVE ME
SOME GOOD NEWS.
ARE YOU, UM...
DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE
ABOUT DINNER?
YEAH. YEAH,
I GOT YOUR MESSAGE,
BUT I CAN'T MAKE
DINNER, ACTUALLY.
I GOT SOME PLANS
TONIGHT,
BUT I DID WANT TO RETURN
THIS TO YOU... THE TAPE.
UH...
OK, DID YOU WATCH IT?
YEAH, I WATCHED IT. I
WATCHED THE WHOLE THING.
UH-HUH?
AND... I DID A LOT OF
SOUL-SEARCHING
LAST NIGHT WITH THIS.
RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, I FIGURED
YOU GOT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW,
SOONER THAN LATER
BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANTED
TO COME AND...
TO LET YOU KNOW
WHERE YOU STAND WITH ME.
THAT'S GOOD.
WHERE DO I STAND...
WITH YOU?
I TALKED TO TONY, AND HE SAID
THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, GOING BY ME.
AND HE'S, LIKE, HALFWAY
TO PANANG ALREADY.
I THINK HE JUST
NEEDS A NUDGE.
BUT I THINK... I THINK
HE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED
INSIDE, DEEP INSIDE, BETH,
TO FIND SOMETHING.
BUT...
IT ISN'T IN ME.
OH, IT ISN'T...
IN YOU.
GOD, JOT THAT DOWN,
WOULD YOU?
DO ME A FAVOR,
WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ME.
I MEAN, JUST A FEW WORDS.
I'D LOVE TO GIVE THEM TO LEW
RIGHT BEFORE HE HANGS.
YOU KNOW,
LETTER FROM A PAL.
"LISTEN, I SEARCHED MY SOUL"
WAS THE BEST PART FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S... THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK HE'D LOVE TO KNOW
THAT YOU SEARCHED YOUR SOUL
BEFORE...
YOU DECIDED NOT TO GO.
YEAH.
THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT
THEY WEIGHED LEWIS TODAY
FOR THE TRAPDOORS
OF THE GALLOWS.
BETH...
GET OUT OF HERE.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE,
SHERIFF.
SHERIFF... IS HERE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY,
GUYS? HOW YOU DOING?
SO, SHERIFF, I THOUGHT
YOU HAD PLANS.
YEAH,
WELL, I WAS BUSY.
I HAD A THING
AT LINCOLN CENTER.
YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN?
BUT, UH...
HERE I AM.
READY TO DISCUSS.
WHAT'D I ORDER?
SHERIFF, THIS IS KERRIE,
MY FIANCEE.
KERRIE,
JOHN VOLGECHEROV.
KERRIE,
HOW YOU DOING?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
YOU'RE NOT, UM...
NOT AS PLATINUM AS
I EXPECTED YOU TO BE.
SO, SHERIFF...
IT'S... IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS
THAT, WITH GOOD REASON,
YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION
OF GOING BACK, RIGHT?
WHERE?
HA.
IS HE DRUNK?
OH, I MEAN... YOU MEAN
"BACK" LIKE BACK TO PRISON.
RIGHT, WELL, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN.
THEY HAVE A FORK? YOU
HAVE A FORK I COULD USE?
THANK YOU. I NEVER
BEEN TO PRISON.
THUS, I CAN'T GO BACK TO
SOMEWHERE I'VE NEVER BEEN.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS
BRILLIANTLY UNHELPFUL.
YES.
BETH, I CHECKED.
PANANG PRISON IS AT A THIRD-WORLD
LEVEL OF SANITATION, NUTRITION.
RICE RATIONS DON'T MEET
MINIMUM CALORIC REQUIREMENTS...
LEWIS IS PROVIDED
WITH FOOD FROM
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
SO WOULD TONY...
INMATES
HAVE BEEN TORTURED.
HE HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
INMATES HAVE DIED
OF TYPHUS.
WELL, THAT'S ONLY
BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING,
AND LEWIS HAS HIS OWN
CELL... AS WOULD TONY...
AND SHERIFF, IF
HE DECIDES TO GO BACK.
THAT'S REALLY
GOOD. AND THE OTHER THING
I THINK THAT YOU LADIES
HAVE OVERLOOKED...
IS THAT THAT BUILDING'S
NOT UP TO CODE.
OH, JESUS...
WHAT ARE YOU,
THE CLASS CLOWN?
AND WHO ARE YOU TO TELL THEM
TO GIVE UP THEIR FREEDOM
AND MAYBE LOSE THEIR LIVES?
I REPRESENT A BOY
WHO'S BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
RIGHT. FOR THE SAKE OF SOME
CLIENT, YOU DEMAND THAT THEY...
I DEMAND?
NO, NO, NO.
YOU DEMAND.
I DON'T DEMAND.
I HAVE NOT
DEMANDED ANYTHING...
DEMAND THAT THEY
ENDURE OR YEARS
OF GOD KNOWS WHAT,
AND I THINK THAT IS INSANE.
YEAH, IT'S INSANE, OK?
I'M GOING TO GO BACK.
WHAT?
OK?
I'M SORRY, HONEY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
WHOLE THING, WHAT MATTERS?
LEWIS DOESN'T DIE.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO
SOMETHING. PLEASE.
WHERE'S THE COURT DOCUMENT
THAT GUARANTEES THIS DEAL?
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
MALAYSIA HAS AGREED TO...
YEAH, SO WHERE IS IT?
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A COPY?
IT'S AN ORAL AGREEMENT.
NO. NO.
TONY DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE TILL WE
HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN OUR HANDS.
THEY DON'T WORK
THAT WAY.
I WISH THEY DID.
I CANNOT GET ANYTHING
TO YOU IN WRITING.
I'LL BE AT HOME
IF YOU WANT ME.
I'M SORRY, TONY.
I'M SORRY.
SHE... SHE'S
JUST SCARED, ALL RIGHT?
SHE'S MORE SCARED
THAN I AM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO EXCUSE ME. I'M...
IF I'M GOING TO GET HER
TO WAIT YEARS FOR ME, I...
I GUESS ...
I SHOULDN'T KEEP HER
WAITING TONIGHT.
TONY, WHAT CAN I SAY?
THANK YOU...
THANK YOU.
YEAH. SURE.
ALL RIGHT, TONY.
SEE YOU, MAN.
SEE YOU LATER, MAN.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
RIGHT, SHERIFF.
SHE'S PRETTY UPSET.
GO TALK TO THE FIRM.
WELL...
QUITE A PARTY.
SO WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO,
GO BACK TO YOUR HOTEL?
OH... YES.
GOT TO CALL PANANG,
GIVE THEM THE GOOD NEWS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I GUESS LEW'S GOING
TO BE OK, THEN, HUH?
WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW...
YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK?
I'M OFF THE HOOK,
HUH?
GOOD NIGHT.
JAFFE, I WANT A FOLLOW-UP
ON THE CANARSIE FIRE.
RIGHT.
NICE OF YOU TO JOIN US, RAVITCH.
Ravitch:
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
OK, MR. LATE,
I'D LIKE SOME PICTURES
OF A SHOPKEEPER,
BURNT OUT.
YOU GOT IT.
M.J.!
WHERE'S
MY PENSION FUND FRAUD?
I THOUGHT YOU HAD A C.P.A. WHO
WAS READY TO TALK ON BACKGROUNDS.
I DID. I DID, AND...
SHE'S GIVING ME GOLD.
I'M JUST FACT-CHECKING
A FEW POINTS,
AND I'M LOOKING
FOR A SOURCE...
CALLED SHERIFF.
RING ANYBODY'S BELL?
SHERIFF?
OK, LET'S GO, THEN.
YEAH?
HI. IT'S...
IT'S BETH.
I TALKED TO THE GARAGE,
AND THEY SAID
YOU CALLED IN SICK.
CAN I COME UP
AND SEE YOU?
UH...
SURE.
HI.
HI THERE.
HI THERE.
I BROUGHT YOU SOME GOODIES FROM ZABAR'S.
JEWISH PENICILLIN,
CURE YOU RIGHT UP.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
SHOULD I BEWARE
LAWYERS BEARING GIFTS?
THINK I'M GONNA HAVE A
BEER. DO YOU WANT ONE?
UH... BEER, SURE.
YOU'RE QUITE THE AVID
READER, AREN'T YOU?
OR IS THIS JUST...
YEAH,
JUST FOR SHOWING OFF.
ALL THE VISITORS I HAVE, I KEEP
MY PLACE REAL IMPRESSIVE, DON'T I?
IT'S NICE.
ACTUALLY, THE BOOKS ARE
KIND OF A RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I TRIED
LIKE HELL TO AVOID READING.
THEN I GRADUATE AND REALIZE
I DON'T KNOW SHIT.
YEAH.
WHO DOES?
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO ANYWAY, I START
GETTING THE BOOKS, AND...
DO SOME READING, LEARN
ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME.
JUST TRYING TO BE
CIVILIZED, I GUESS, BETH.
THAT'S GOOD.
LEWIS SAID YOU WERE BETTER
THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE
POP-UP BOOKS, COLORING...
THAT KIND OF THING.
WHERE'S YOUR PASSPORT?
WHAT?
I JUST WANT TO SEE
YOUR PASSPORT.
IN CASE IT'S NOT GOOD,
YOU KNOW,
I CAN RENEW IT TOMORROW
ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS
IF YOU... DECIDE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO THEN WHEN YOU SAID THAT THING
ABOUT ME BEING OFF THE HOOK,
YOU WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST
LYING TO MY FACE, RIGHT?
NO, I THINK YOU WERE
LYING TO YOURSELF.
COME ON, SHERIFF. ONLY A TOTAL
BASTARD WOULD LET TONY GO ALONE.
YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT
IN CHARGE OF TONY.
I'M NOT HIS DAD.
I KNOW THAT.
TONY'S A MAN WHO'S GOT...
TONY'S A GOOD GUY,
BUT HE'S GOT
A FUTURE
AND
A SEXY FIANCEE.
YEAH.
YEARS UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
IS GONNA BE
HARD AS HELL,
BUT THIS... THIS CASE,
IT'S INCONCEIVABLE.
MM-HMM.
I THINK TONY'S A MAN
OF HIS WORD.
TONY CALLED ME
DAYS AGO
AND TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T DO YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT HE SAID
LAST NIGHT.
I APPLAUD
HIS IDEALISM, BUT...
I CAN'T COUNT ON IT.
I HAVE TO HAVE YOU ON
THAT PLANE, SHERIFF.
PLEASE SHOW ME
YOUR PASSPORT.
NOT THAT IT'S ANY
OF YOUR BUSINESS,
BUT MY PASSPORT'S GOOD.
IT IS?
YEAH.
SHOW IT TO ME.
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
SHOW IT TO ME.
YOU'D TAKE YEARS FROM ME,
BUT YOU WOULDN'T TAKE MY WORD?
OK. ALL RIGHT, I PUSHED IT. I'M SORRY.
I TRUST YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
COME ON, BETH.
YOU GONNA GO FOR ME IF
YOU DON'T HAVE A CLIENT?
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
WH... WHAT?
KINDA MAKES SENSE TO ME. YOU OFFER
ME MONEY, AND I DON'T TAKE THAT,
SO YOU GOT DAYS LEFT, SO YOU FIGURE
WHY DON'T I JUST TRY TO FUCK THE GUY
'CAUSE THEN MAYBE I'LL
GET HIM TO DO WHAT I WANT.
THAT'S EXACTLY ME. THAT'S
ACTUALLY EXACTLY ME.
WHAT WAS
THE MONEY OFFER?
I'M GONNA GET YOU
TO GO BACK BECAUSE
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
A LITTLE SEX.
THAT'S EXACTLY
FUCKING ME.
GO FUCK YOURSELF.
WHOO! THAT'S FUN,
ISN'T IT?
I'M THE GUY THAT'S
GOTTA CLEAN UP,
AND THAT'S A LOT OF
FUCKING FUN, ISN'T IT?
HAVE FUN CLEANING
IT UP, SHERIFF.
Neighbor: SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING
TOO MUCH GOD DAMNED NOISE!
OPEN THE DOOR! OPEN THE
DOOR, YOU FUCKING PUSSY!
SHERIFF...
OPEN YOUR FUCKING DOOR!
SHERIFF...
TURNABOUT'S FAIR GAME,
RIGHT, SHERIFF?
NOW THAT YOU'RE NEWS...
SHERIFF, DON'T!
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
TAKING PICTURES
OF ME? HUH?
I'LL BUST YOUR
FUCKING FACE OPEN,
YOU LITTLE FUCKER!
I'M DOING MY JOB.
I'M DOING MY JOB.
GET THE FUCK
OUT OF MY FACE.
I'LL SUE YOUR ASS.
SHERIFF?
SHERIFF, LISTEN...
CAN I JUST TALK TO YOU FOR ONE SECOND?
PLEASE?
OH, WAS THAT YOUR
PHOTOGRAPHER UP THERE?
IS THAT SHERIFF?
IS THAT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
YOU'RE GONNA PRINT
PICTURES NOW?
PEOPLE ARE SNIFFING
AROUND THIS STORY.
IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW
WIDE OPEN.
OK? I FOUND
THIS STORY FIRST,
I'M GONNA PRINT IT
FIRST, PERIOD!
YOUR STORY COULD
COST LEWIS HIS LIFE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
YOU GIVE ME DAYS...
DAYS UNTIL THE HEARING
IS OVER, OK?
YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU
WILL NOT TALK TO A SOUL
ANDTHAT I HAVE LEWIS
EXCLUSIVELY.
EXCLUSIVE.
THEN YOU PROMISE ME YOU'RE
GONNA HOLD OFF ON THE STORY.
DAYS, BETH.
SLOW DOWN, DRIVER,
YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.
I'M SORRY, SIR.
IT'S A BAD HABIT I GOT.
I WAS ALL MELLOWED OUT,
BUT YOU FUCKED THAT UP.
HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL
ME I CAN'T SMOKE BACK HERE.
NO, MATTER OF FACT,
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE LEFT
IN TOWN YOUCANSMOKE.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE
YOU DOING?
ARE YOU SMOKING CRACK?
CRACK IS FOR OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BRETHREN.
THIS IS PURE ROCK COCAINE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
DRIVER,
YOU CAN RAISE
THE PARTITION.
I CAN RAISE
THE PARTITION.
WHATEVER
YOU WANNA DO.
WHATEVER I WANNA DO?
DO YOU WANNA SEE
WHAT I WANNA DO?
HUH?
HA HA!
FUCKING COCKSUCKER.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WANT TO SEE YOU.
OK.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE, BETH?
YOU TELL ME, SHERIFF.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT I JUST...
I CAN'T TAKE THIS
ANYMORE.
SO DON'T TAKE IT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
OH, MY GOD.
YOU'RE KILLING ME,
BETH.
I'M KILLING YOU?
YOU'RE KILLING ME.
SHERIFF?
OH, SHIT.
SHERIFF,
ARE YOU THERE?
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY
THAT I HOPED THAT, UM...
YOU DON'T THINK
LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT...
UM...
COULD YOU CALL ME?
WHEN YOU GET THIS MESSAGE?
THAT'D BE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU
ON THE PLANE?
HEY, TONY.
TONY?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH. YEAH,
I'M FINE.
YOU SURE?
YOU WANNA, UM...
DO YOU WANNA
SWITCH WITH US?
YEAH, TONY, YOU WANT TO
SWITCH SEATS OR SOMETHING?
NO, NO. YOU KNOW...
I LIKE MY SEAT.
IT'S FINE.
SHERIFF,
I'M A BIG BOY.
I DON'T NEED SOMEBODY
TO HOLD MY HAND, OK?
OK.
AT LEAST TILL WE GET OVER
THE PHILIPPINES.
LET'S GO!
WHOO! LOOK OUT!
WA-HOO!
WE SHOULD ALL
WASH UP.
MEET, LIKE, IN A
HALF-HOUR OR SOMETHING.
FINE WITH ME.
IS THAT COOL
WITH EVERYONE?
SURE.
COOL.
I'M RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
HI.
SHERIFF...
WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT'S WRONG?
UM...
WHAT?
I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
HE WON'T BEND.
ONLY ONE VISITOR
ALLOWED IN THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ONE AT A TIME OR WHAT?
NO, NO.
ONLY ONE TODAY.
OH, GREAT.
THAT'S GREAT.
WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO?
DO YOU MIND IF I GO BACK
THERE, TONY, AND SEE HIM?
NO, NO.
ARE YOU SURE
ABOUT HIS?
YEAH, YOU GO.
GO AHEAD.
TELL HIM
I'LL SEE HIM SOON.
OK.
OK, COME
BACK HERE.
YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
LEW?
LEWIS?
SHERIFF?
YEAH.
DIDN'T THEY TELL YOU
I WAS COMING?
I WAS PRAYING.
I... THOUGHT YOU WERE
A DREAM 'CAUSE...
NO PRAYER OF MINE HAS EVER
BEEN ANSWERED HERE BEFORE.
YEAH? I SURE AS HELL AIN'T
A DREAM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU.
YOU, TOO.
HOW ARE YOU, MAN?
I'M BETTER NOW.
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S GOOD. YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M ALL RIGHT, MAN.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
NICE, NICE.
SPIFF-ON.
YEAH.
YOU'VE COME SO FAR.
ARE YOU THIRSTY AT ALL?
DO YOU... YOU WANT
SOME TEA?
I CAN MAKE SOME TEA.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
LET'S HAVE SOME TEA.
OK. IT'S NOT WARM
OR ANYTHING, BUT...
THAT'S OK.
YEAH?
YOU'RE NOT COLD,
ARE YOU?
NO, I'M NOT COLD.
NO?
TONY IS HERE
TO SEE YOU, TOO.
HE'S OUTSIDE.
YOU SEE, THEY...
THEY TOOK AWAY
MY BLANKET THERE.
WHY'D THEY TAKE
YOUR BLANKET AWAY?
'CAUSE THEY WERE
SCARED THAT I WAS
GONNA TEAR IT INTO
STRIPS AND HANG MYSELF.
SO I SAID,
"HEY, GUYS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK
I'M PAYING YOU FOR?"
YEAH...
THANK YOU, MAN.
THAT'S GOOD TEA.
I KNOW WHY TONY
DIDN'T COME IN HERE.
I KNOW 'CAUSE THERE'S NO GOD IN HERE.
THEY ONLY LET ONE VISITOR
AT A TIME HERE.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHY
I PRAY NOW, SHERIFF.
BECAUSE... OUT THERE,
THERE'S... THERE'S
NO NEED TO... TO PRAY
WHERE GOD'S HAND
IS FELT.
YOU KNOW?
WHERE GOD IS...
IS APPARENT?
BUT IN HERE, THERE'S
DEFINITELY A NEED
T- T-TO PRAY,
TO BEG, TO PLEAD,
TO SING FOR...
FOR A SIGN LIKE...
YOU KNOW HOW...
HOW YOUR VOICE
SOUNDS SO PRETTY
IN THE SHOWER?
BECAUSE... BECAUSE
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THERE.
BECAUSE IT ECHOES OFF THE
WALLS, AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY.
MY PRAYERS SOUND SO PERFECT IN HERE...
BECAUSE IT'S SO...
BECAUSE IT'S SO
TOTALLY EMPTY.
BECAUSE IT'S SO...
IT'S SO GODLESS.
IT'S SO VOID OF...
OF... OF...
ANYTHING.
DO YOU KNOW HOW
I KNOW, SHERIFF?
DO YOU KNOW HOW
I KNOW?
I KNOW BECAUSE...
BECAUSE...
I ASKED MYSELF
WOULD I COME BACK
FOR YOU?
AND THE ONLY ANSWER IS
A GODLESS, EMPTY, EVIL...
NO.
I SAID I WOULDN'T
HAVE COME BACK.
I'M SORRY.
DON'T BE SORRY.
IT'S OK.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T
COME BACK JUST FOR YOU.
I DIDN'T COME BACK
JUST FOR YOU, YOU KNOW?
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
HEY, MAN, IT'S OK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
COME HERE. IT'S OK.
IT'S OK.
OK, MAN.
OK.
I'M GONNA SEE YOU
IN A COUPLE HOURS.
ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT?
THANKS FOR THE TEA,
I LIKED IT.
SEE YOU IN
A COUPLE HOURS, MAN.
YOU'LL BE
CLEANED UP GOOD.
SHERIFF?
YEAH?
I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK,
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T.
THANK YOU.
Tony: SO HOW BAD
WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE...
YOU WANNA KNOW HOW BAD IT
WAS, IT WAS... NOT GOOD.
WHAT WASN'T GOOD? THE
PRISON OR LEWIS? WHICH ONE?
THE PRISON SUCKS FOR SURE.
IT'S DIRTY, IT'S SCARY,
IT'S THIRD WORLD.
HOW'S LEWIS?
IS HE SICK?
IS HE ALL THERE
MENTALLY?
IS HE THE SAME GUY
WE USED TO KNOW?
I DON'T THINK HE'S LOST
HIS MIND OR ANYTHING,
BUT IT'S NOT EASY SITTING AROUND
A PRISON CELL WAITING TO HANG.
WHAT DID HE SAY? DID
HE TELL YOU ANYTHING?
HE JUST BABBLED
A LITTLE BIT, TONY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE,
RAMBLED A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE STREAM-OF-
CONSCIOUSNESS STUFF.
GOD'S NOT IN HERE,
THERE'S NO GOD IN HERE.
IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL IN HERE, LIKE,
WHEN YOU SING IN THE SHOWER, JUST...
SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE
SAYING HE LOST IT.
HE'S HANGING ON TO ANYTHING
HE POSSIBLY CAN, TONY.
LOOK, NO ONE'S
QUESTIONING HIS COURAGE...
YOU'RE QUESTIONING
HIS SANITY.
YOU WANT A WAY OUT,
FIND A WAY OUT,
BUT DON'T MAKE THIS ABOUT LEWIS.
HE'S ALWAYS TALKED THAT WAY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
ALWAYS?
YOU'RE
ONLY HIS LAWYER.
YOU'VE KNOWN HIM
FOR YEARS.
YEARS.
I'M HIS SISTER.
WHAT?
HE'S MY BABY BROTHER.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T
TRUST ME, SHERIFF.
I THOUGHT YOU'D THINK I'D
DO ANYTHING, THAT I'D...
SAY ANYTHING, THAT I'D
SELL YOU OUT, THAT I'D...
I WANTED TO.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
I TR-TRIED TO TELL YOU.
BUT YOU DIDN'T
TELL ME.
BUT YOU DIDN'T
TELL ME.
SHERIFF?
WHAT ARE WE
STILL DOING HERE?
I WISH IT WAS
THAT SIMPLE, TONY.
I THINK
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW,
I CAME BACK HERE.
I CAME BACK HERE BASED
ON WHAT SHE TOLD ME, OK?
SHE GAVE ME HER WORD,
AND SHE LIED.
HOW ARE WE GONNA
TRUST HER, SHERIFF?
SHERIFF... LOOK, SHE DRAGS
US INTO THIS NIGHTMARE, OK?
WE FIND OUT IT IS
HER OWN PERSONAL NIGHTMARE,
A WOMAN WE DON'T KNOW
FROM ADAM, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T KNOW HER,
YOU DON'T KNOW HER.
WHAT?
I KNOW HER.
LIKE,KNOW HER.
DON'T...
DON'T EVEN... DON'T.
FUCK. FUCK.
ALL RIGHT,
I'M AN ASSHOLE.
NO, TONY.
THIS TIME,I'M
THE FUCKIN' ASSHOLE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
WHAT THE FUCK DO I OWE YOU TO
TELL YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN
GOING ON FOREVER, ALL RIGHT?
IT HAPPENED.
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
DON'T EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT
LIKE I'M HOLDING OUT ON YOU,
BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD I'M
NOT HOLDING SHIT OUT ON YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
LISTEN TO ME, SHERIFF.
THIS GIRL
WILL DO ANYTHING
TO GET YOU TO DO WHAT SHE
NEEDS YOU TO, ALL RIGHT?
THAT'S HER BROTHER
IN THERE... HER BLOOD.
SHE'LL LIE TO YOU,
SHE'LL SLEEP WITH YOU,
SHE'LL TELL YOU SHE LOVES
YOU, SHE'LL DO ANYTHING.
SHE'LL GET DOWN ON
HER KNEES AND BEG YOU.
BUT DON'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S A SETUP.
WE WALK OUT OF HERE,
TONY, THAT BOY HANGS.
AND IF WE STAY, MAYBEWEHANG.
BUT IF WE LEAVE, WE LIVE.
THAT'S THE ONE THING I
KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW.
HUH?
DOES HE HAVE CLOTHES?
CAN YOU GET HIM
A SHOWER, A SHAVE,
BEFORE HE SHOWS UP
IN COURT?
UH-HUH. OK, LISTEN.
I...
WHAT CAN I DO
FOR YOU, SIR?
WE NEED TWO SEATS
ON ANY FLIGHT
THAT'S GONNA GET US TO NEW
YORK... AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT, SHERIFF?
WHAT IS IT?
I TRASHED THAT BIKE,
TONY.
SO FUCKIN' WHAT?
GET ON THE PLANE,
SHERIFF.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? YOU WANT
TO ROT IN ONE OF THESE PRISONS?
I THINK I'M GONNA
TAKE MY CHANCES, TONY.
YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY CHANCES, SHERIFF.
DON'T LEAVE YOUR LIFE
TO FATE. THIS IS STUPID.
I DON'T KNOW, TONY.
YOU HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT.
WHAT'S HE SAYING?
HE SAYS,
"THEY RETURNED...
"BUT BECAME FRIGHTENED
AND MAY HAVE LEFT.
WHILE WE LOOK INTO THIS, WE REQUEST
ADJOURNMENT TILL THE TWO CAN BE FOUND."
UM, HE'S WORRIED
ABOUT THE APPEARANCE
OF PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT.
SHERIFF.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
MY FAITH IN HUMANITY
IS HALF RESTORED.
IN RETURNING VOLUNTARILY,
YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED
FOR YOUR COURAGE.
IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WISH TO SAY
TO THIS COURT,
MR. VOLGECHEREV?
NOT REALLY, YOUR HONOR.
JUST THAT WE WERE
YOUNG AND STUPID...
I GUESS, BUT NOT EVIL.
I DIDN'T COME BACK HERE
TODAY BECAUSE I'M COURAGEOUS.
I CAME BACK HERE BECAUSE I'VE
BEEN CARELESS FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
AND I'M SICK
OF THAT FEELING.
THE SIMPLE FACT,
YOUR HONOR,
IS THAT
I AM RESPONSIBLE...
AND I'M ALSO SCARED.
BUT I AM WILLING TO DO
WHATEVER'S NECESSARY...
IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SPARE
MY FRIEND'S LIFE.
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
I'M GUILTY.
FOLLOWING THIS HEARING,
YOU WILL BE DETAINED IN PANANG
PRISON TO AWAIT SENTENCE.
HE ASKED THE PROSECUTOR IF HE WILL
NOW AGREE TO REDUCE THE CHARGES.
PROSECUTOR HAS AGREED.
CHIEF JUSTICE WILL BE BACK
SHORTLY WITH HIS DECISION.
BETH?
WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
WE'RE BACK?
YEAH.
THE DEPUTY HIGH MINISTER HAS
TOLD CHIEF JUSTICE HE IS ANGERED
ABOUT SOME INTERNATIONAL
NEWS STORY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT.
M.J. MAJOR.
AN AMERICAN
STORY THAT WAS PICKED UP
BY THEASIAN
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNE.
"IN A COUNTRY
PROUD OF ITS MANY SPECIES
"OF EXOTIC BUTTERFLIES,
"A BUTTERFLY IS ABOUT
TO BE BROKEN ON A WHEEL.
"THE WHEEL IS
MALAYSIAN JUSTICE...
A TERM WHICH STRIKES ONE
AMERICAN WOMAN AS A CRUEL JOKE."
YOUR HONOR...
"THE WOMAN IS
BETH McBRIDE, ... "
PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
"... ARRESTED
TWO YEARS AGO IN PANANG.
"BLAMED FOR HAVING BOUGHT
THE LION'S SHARE OF HASHISH
"WITH TWO FRIENDS,
THIS NATURE-LOVING YOUNG MAN
NOW INCREDIBLY FACES DEATH."
SHE WAS DETERMINED TO WRITE
THE STORY, YOUR HONOR...
SILENCE!
WE KNOW YOU WESTERNERS
DON'T UNDERSTAND
OUR ATTITUDE
TOWARD DRUGS,
BUT WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND YOURS.
YOUR CITIES
ARE DECAYING.
THE SOULS OF YOUR YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE STOLEN FROM YOU.
OUR LAWS
MAY SEEM HARSH,
BUT OUR STREETS
REMAIN SAFE,
AND OUR YOUTH
IS PROTECTED.
SO WHEN AN AMERICAN
JOURNALIST TRIES TO CRITICIZE
OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM...
I BEGGED HER NOT TO.
I BEGGED HER.
I DID EVERYTHING
I POSSIBLY COULD...
SILENCE!
...TO STOP HER
FROM DOING IT!
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS HE
SAYING? WHAT DID HE SAY?
WHAT IS HE SAYING?!
HE WILL NOT AMEND
THE CHARGE NOW.
WHAT?
HE MUST BE HANGED TOMORROW
AS SCHEDULED.
WHAT...
WHAT? LEWIS...
YOUR HONOR, I CAME
BACK! YOU CAN'T HANG HIM!
LEWIS! LEWIS...
LEWIS! LEWIS!
LEWIS, I LOVE YOU...
I LOVE YOU!
LEWIS!
LEWIS... GET YOUR
FUCKING HANDS OFF ME!
WHAT IS THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?
WHAT IS THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
YOU MOTHERFUCKER!
YOU LYING
SON OF A BITCH!
GOD DAMN IT, SHERIFF...
NO!
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
NO!
YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
AAH!
HELP!
LEWIS...
LEWIS!
LEWIS!
DON'T DO IT!
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!
YOU... AAH!
AAH!
DON'T... DON'T...
NO! NO!
LEWIS...
LEW! LEWIS!
NO! NO!
LEWIS!
LEWIS!
LEWIS! GOD DAMN IT,
LOOK UP HERE!
SHERIFF?!
I'M HERE, LEWIS!
I'M RIGHT HERE!
YOU'RE NOT ALONE,
LEWIS!
LOOK AT ME, LEWIS!
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, LEWIS.
LOOK AT ME. YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I'M HERE. LOOK AT ME.
SEE ME, LEWIS.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I'M RIGHT HERE.
I'M RIGHT HERE, LEWIS.
I'M RIGHT HERE.
I SEE YOU, LEWIS!
I'M RIGHT HERE!
LEWIS, YOU ARE NOT ALONE
RIGHT NOW. I'M RIGHT HERE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, LEWIS.
I SEE YOU.
I SEE YOU, LEWIS. I'M RIGHT
HERE. YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE,
LEWIS!
FFF...
UP, UP, UP!
UP!
OK.
UP!
OK.
WHERE AM I GOING HERE?
BETH.
WERE YOU THERE?
YEAH.
HE WASN'T AFRAID, BETH.
HE WALKED RIGHT PAST ME,
AND THEN...
I SAW HIM GO PAST ALL THE
GUARDS, AND HE WAS CALM.
HE WAS COURAGEOUS.
COME ON, SHERIFF.
TELL ME THE TRUTH.
IT WAS HARD.
IT WAS HARD, BUT...
YOU KNOW,
I THINK THAT...
HE FOUND AT... AT THE END,
BETH, AT THE END...
I MEAN, HE WAS LEWIS,
YOU KNOW?
AND AT THAT LAST SECOND...
I SWEAR TO GOD...
HE WAS AT PEACE
WITH EVERYTHING.
HE WAS.
I JUST WISH I COULD'VE
DONE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW...
LIKE I COULD'VE BEEN THERE TO
DO SOMETHING, FIGHT HARDER...
BETH, YOU DID EVERYTHING
YOU COULD'VE DONE.
NOBODY COULD'VE DONE MORE
THAN WHAT YOU DID.
YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE THAT.
NOBODY DID MORE THAN WHAT YOU DID.
NOBODY COULD'VE DONE MORE.
YOU DID
EVERYTHING YOU COULD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE
GONE BACK WITH TONY.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GO BACK
WITH TONY?
I COULDN'T GO BACK
WITH TONY.
I COULDN'T GO BACK
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT
YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME.
AND I'M NOT SORRY, BETH.
I'M NOT SORRY RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT.
BECAUSE IF I WOULD'VE
WENT BACK,
I DON'T THINK I'D BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT YOU EVER AGAIN.
AND THAT'D BE A LOT HARDER
THANTHISSHIT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I LIKE TO LOOK AT YOU.
I LIKE TO LOOK AT YOU.
I LIKE TO LOOK AT YOU.
OH...
THE AMBASSADOR HEARD...
THAT WHEN ALL THIS
PUBLICITY DIES DOWN,
THEY'RE GONNA
LET YOU GO, SHERIFF...
AND THEY'RE GONNA DO IT
QUIETLY TO SAVE FACE,
BUT IT'S GONNA BE...
MONTHS, MAXIMUM.
SHERIFF...
YEAH?
OH... GOD DAMN IT.
OH... GOD DAMN IT!
SHERIFF...
I'M GONNA TAKE...
MY BROTHER HOME...
AND I'M COMING
RIGHT BACK HERE...
AND I WILL NOT
LEAVE PANANG...
UNTIL YOU'RE WITH ME.
I KNOW, BETH.
I KNOW.