Endless Love (1981) Movie Script
(dramatic orchestral music)
[Teacher] All right,
everybody, settle down.
Now that you've seen
the heart, let's go.
To the planetarium.
[Narrator] It is
awesome to think
of the hundreds of
billions of stars
spread in any infinite
volume of space.
Too vast for the human
mind to comprehend.
In ancient times, man
thought of the stars--
Hi.
[Narrator] As the
mythological gods themselves.
But now we know they're
bright centers
of their own universes.
Our lives seem like
small grains of sand--
[Jade] It's scary, isn't it?
[Narrator] Compared to the
immortality of the stars.
[Jade] It's like trying
to think about dying.
[Narrator] Regardless of
their distance and mystery.
What would you do if I died?
[Narrator] The heavenly stars,
the shrinking planetary system.
I'd die.
[Narrator] The red giants.
I'd die, too.
[Narrator] The white dwarfs
continue to fascinate man,
dazzling him as beautifully
designed jewels
against the evening sky.
(all cheering)
Okay, that's all for today.
But on the way back to the bus,
everyone stop and take a
look at the moon rock.
It's fascinating.
It's over four
billion years old.
Hey, you.
What are you doing here?
You don't belong in this group.
What's your name?
Uh, David.
David Axelrod, sir.
I'm a senior, sir.
I'm taking independent study.
(kids laughing)
Go on, get outta here,
get outta here.
Come on, let's go.
Everybody, this way.
Let's go.
(all chattering)
Roy, I don't want you
to worry about this.
We've got a lot of options
open to us, we really have.
I mean, we can always appeal.
[Roy] There's nothing
we can do about it.
Yes, there is now.
There's a hell of
a lot we can do.
They only took it
to the state court.
We're gonna do, huh?
We're gonna be murdered
in the appellate,
- right here in Illinois.
- No, not necessarily.
Yes, we are.
We gotta push it to
the Supreme Court.
I don't know where
we're gonna find
any of the money for this.
[Woman] Gotta get a seat.
(all chattering)
Mom, I'm going.
[Man] Rose, I've been
through them all.
Mom?
Yeah, but what do you think?
Do you think we have
the chance there--
[David] Mother, I'm going.
What?
[David] Good night, everybody.
[Woman] What is this, Halloween?
I thought Halloween was October.
It's a special occasion.
We're all dressing up.
My God, is that my old tuxedo?
Was I ever really that skinny?
Listen, if you're
not eating at home,
why don't you tell your mother?
I'm going to Jade's.
Who's Jade?
A Chinese person?
Yeah.
She just arrived from the
People's Republic of China.
She's studying
capital investment.
[Mom] Oh, what else?
How do you like that?
We call ourselves socialists,
and our son dresses
like a Rockefeller.
Leave him alone.
He's in love.
(bicycle bell dings)
[David] You're beautiful.
(laughing)
Come on, we should go in.
Everybody's--
David, where'd you
get the threads?
[Jade] You look fantastic.
Uh, it's my father's old tux.
(distant chattering)
Hi, Sammy.
Hey, David's here.
Can we eat now?
(speaking foreign language)
Hey.
Hi, Hugh.
(speaking foreign language)
Hey, David, have you
seen the insects
we're having for dinner tonight?
Shut up, smart-ass.
I'm trying to educate
this boy's palate.
(speaking foreign language)
Smells delicious.
Delicious?
You damn with faint
praise, my boy.
[Keith] The knife
goes on the left,
the fork goes on the right.
[Sammy] The fork
goes on the left,
the knife goes on the right.
[Keith] No, it doesn't.
The knife goes on the
left with the spoon.
[Sammy] The knife goes near
the glass on the right.
[Keith] No, it doesn't.
The fork goes on, you take the
fork, put it on the right.
The knife goes on the left.
[Ann] David?
Is he here?
[Sammy] David, does the fork--
Good evening, Ann.
[Ann] I don't want you to look.
What's going on?
What?
[Ann] Close your eyes.
Keep your eyes
closed, don't look.
What?
(laughs)
[Sammy] Mom, where'd
you get that?
[David] Where are you?
Tell him to keep
your eyes closed.
Wait till you see this, David.
Ta-da!
Oh, wow.
That's incredible, Ann.
That's beautiful.
Have you ever seen
anything like it?
I found it in this thrift shop.
Look at it, look at the fabric.
It's falling apart.
It's pure silk.
Oh, don't pick at it!
(laughing)
It's 2,000 years old.
It looks that way.
Oh, woof!
David, David, you look
smashing in that.
Thank you.
Eat, drink, and be merry.
Wow, looks great, Dad.
[Hugh] Special of the house.
Wine, who's gonna get the wine?
I'll get it.
Where is it?
In the pantry.
[Jade] I'll show him.
There, right there.
Get the red one.
This?
[Jade] Yep.
I love red wine.
How about this?
[Jade] Okay, good.
Two's enough.
I was arguing with Sammy before.
Does the fork go on the
right side of the plate
or the left side of the plate?
Are you right-handed
or left-handed?
Right-handed.
Then put it on the other side.
Let's go.
I love you.
[Hugh] Where's that wine?
Let's go.
Sammy, bring the corkscrew
while you're there.
Laugh, my lads.
Have on with drinking.
'Tis drinking makes
the world go round!
(all cheering)
Bravo, bravo.
I've got one, I've got one.
I remembered it, I
remembered it the other day.
Um, wine comes in at the eye--
[Hugh] No, no.
(laughing)
No, you got it all wrong.
And love comes in at the mouth.
[Hugh] No.
Wine comes in at the mouth.
[Hugh] Bravo.
[Ann] And love comes
in at the eye.
Eye, the eye.
[Ann] And that's all
we know for truth
before we grow old and die.
I lift my glass to my mouth,
I look at you, Hugh.
(laughing)
And I sigh.
Oh.
(all clapping) (all cheering)
Thank you.
(distant horn honking)
Who is that riffraff out there?
(distant chattering) (laughing)
[Keith] Is that Susan?
(all chattering)
[Hugh] Who's Susan?
Wait till you hear her new song.
Do you like the way she sings?
Yeah.
She's really sexy.
[Sammy] Hey, David.
(all chattering)
[Man] Keith, where's
the bathroom?
Are we in a gymnasium
or something?
You look ravishing tonight.
Thank you.
Did anyone ever tell you that?
Wait, you've, wait, hold on.
You have a little
chocolate right there.
I do?
(laughing)
Here they come.
Troubled masses.
Come in, come in.
Welcome to my humble abode.
Can you take these?
They're heavy.
What do you expect
me to do with those?
That's my father, not
the butler, idiot.
Go in there.
It's all set up.
(all chattering)
[Hugh] Bonsoir, bonsoir.
Mommy.
Come here.
Mommy, I want you to meet Susan.
This is my mother.
This is Susan?
Hello, Susan.
I'm happy to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
[Jade] Not know.
[David] I'm not gonna
be here all night.
[Jade] I'll wait.
[David] No.
(laughing)
Hey, David, I've been
looking all over for you.
I thought you were
gonna help us set up.
Well, he's busy right now.
Yeah, I see.
You know Pappy doesn't like
us bringing people in here.
David is not people.
He's part of the family.
Hmm.
Well, Pappy wants his trumpet.
Bring it down when you're
finished playing doctor, please.
(sighs)
He thinks he runs the place.
[David] Did you
really mean that?
That he runs the place?
No.
What you said about me
being part of the family.
You like that, don't you?
Yeah, I like that.
But watch out.
We are a very special family.
We are very particular
about who joins.
Come on, let's go.
(upbeat rock music)
(all chattering)
(all clapping) (all cheering)
(laughing)
Hey, thank you.
(all clapping)
Hey, Susan, Susan,
do you wanna sing?
Come on.
You have to sing.
Quiet down.
Sit down, quiet down.
Shh shh!
(all chattering)
("Endless Love")
My love
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love
You're every
breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I, I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do
'Cause your eyes
Tell me how much you care
Oh, yes
You'll always be
My endless love
Two hearts
Two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever
I'll hold you
close in my arms
I can't resist your charms
And now
I'd be a fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
'Cause you
You mean the world to me
You know
I found in you
My endless love
[Ann] Where's my book?
Jade, have, what're you doing?
We're cleaning up.
Oh.
Don't.
Wait, wait till tomorrow.
Annie?
Aren't you coming up to bed?
God damn it.
Who built that fire?
We did.
Why?
We were freezing, Pappy.
I'm in charge of the
fireplace here!
Nobody builds fires in
my fireplace except me.
It's the one thing in
this goddamn house
that still belongs
to the master.
I am retiring.
Come on, Hugh.
[Hugh] It's time for this
boy to be going home.
I'll go home when
it's burned down.
I'll go home when it's
burned down, sir!
Aye, aye, sir.
[Ann] All right, then.
All right, then.
You go when it's burned down.
Oh, God.
Oh, these steps seem
like Mount Everest.
You were great with
the trumpet, Pappy!
Oh, thank you, honey!
A little out of
practice, I'm afraid.
(chuckling)
(door clicking)
(clock chiming)
Oh.
Oh, I'm tired.
It was a good party,
though, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was.
Your father's right, though.
It's getting late.
I'd better go.
Uh, yeah, I've got a big day
ahead of me tomorrow.
I have, um, biology
in the morning.
Yeah, I have a French test.
[Jade] I'll see you tomorrow.
Okay, good night.
[Jade] Good night.
(Jade humming)
(door clicking)
La la
La la la la la la
(door clicking)
Oh, boy.
I'm too old for that
kind of madness.
Oh, geez.
I'm barely breathing.
(sighing)
What is that book?
He got it for me.
Who got it for you?
David.
We were talking about
Russian writers,
Gogol, and the next day he
brought it over for me.
I thought it was
very nice of him.
Mm, I just bet you did.
I bet you gave his cheek
a nice little peck, huh?
Didn't you?
Hmm?
I don't miss a trick, my friend.
Oh, good night.
(laughing)
(light orchestral music)
(floorboard creaking)
(light orchestral music)
(upbeat rock music)
(car horn honking)
Hi, Dad!
Oh, hi!
(door clicking)
Are you coming or going?
Going.
Hugh said we all have to
get up at five tomorrow.
We're gonna go duck hunting.
So I've been told.
You know, I read those stories.
The ones you published
in "The Atlantic."
I'd like to talk to you
about them sometime.
Sometime.
You don't have to court us all.
You sort of invited yourself
along for tomorrow morning.
Didn't you?
Keith was talking about it
and it sounded
really interesting.
I'm sure Hugh was
very flattered.
But don't try too
hard with Keith.
I know.
He was the one who brought
you home in the first place.
You were his find.
You turned out to
be more than that.
Well, I better be going.
Good night.
(gun firing)
(ducks quacking)
Good shot!
God, he's amazing.
Where did he learn
to shoot like that?
In the Army?
No, he was in the
Air Force, right?
His father taught him.
My grandfather was taught
how to shoot by his father.
It's a family tradition.
My grandfather built that place.
Then Pappy let it go.
I'm going to rebuild the whole
thing one of these days.
Yeah?
That's a great idea.
You're good at doing
stuff like that.
I'll help you, okay?
We'll come up here on weekends.
And Jade would love it.
Imagine getting up in the morning
with the lake right there.
I mean, of course, this is a
place for the whole family.
Just because you're fucking
my sister doesn't make you
part of the family.
I don't know about you,
but after that movie,
I am going to have a drink.
I'll join you in a moment.
(light pop music)
Four o'clock,
I've been walking
[Jade] Hi, Pappy.
How was the movie?
[Hugh] Very good.
Good night.
If you could only
see through my eyes
Then you'd know just
what I'm going through
Oh, my God, he, he saw me.
He's seen a naked man before.
Oh, come on.
They're always claiming
they're so open-minded.
I mean, this is my room.
He can't say anything.
Huh!
Wanna bet?
What are you gonna do now,
jump out of the window?
If he comes in here,
he'll kill me.
Then we'll die together.
Come on.
What's that look?
David is here.
I just caught them
bare-assed up in her room.
Oh, my God.
I thought it was
something awful.
(sighs)
You were meant to
catch them, I'm sure.
She didn't even bat an eyelash.
Well, you didn't raise
her to be a hypocrite.
I mean, you know he's been
staying over, don't you?
Yes.
He hides in the house
till they think we're asleep,
and, of course, he
scuttles away at dawn.
They're rather sweet.
Like bats.
I don't know what
to do about this.
I'm so happy to
hear you say that.
You're always so definite
with the children.
Let's all be open about sex.
Well, they certainly
got the idea.
They feel free to express love.
It's worth all those
awful frank discussions
at the dining room table.
I'm not talking about morality.
Does this boy think he
can just come in here
and take over our life?
They believed everything
that we said.
Imagine.
A girl like that
doesn't have to take
the first guy who comes along.
Oh, I didn't realize
we were saving her
for somebody special.
Oh.
(scoffs)
Are we saving her
for someone rich?
God damn it!
That's not fair!
The girl is 15 years old!
Now, when is she gonna study,
when is she gonna sleep?
Now, come on, you're the
one who's always saying
she's sleeping too much.
I know it's difficult,
but aren't you happy
that she has someone?
That someone finally
had the courage
to wake up Sleeping Beauty?
It had to happen
sooner or later.
Class, please take your book,
"The Essentials of
American History,"
and turn to page 47.
Mobilizing for War.
Come on, page 47.
Hurry up.
[Teacher] "Congressmen
face the overwhelming task
"in raising and
organizing armies--"
(knocking on door)
Come in.
Well, you're home early tonight.
How's Jade?
Fine.
She's got a French test tomorrow
and I've got all this.
We decided we've got to study.
Well, you always
get good grades.
A few years from now
who's gonna remember
what grade you got in calculus?
That's not what
you're gonna remember
about this time of your life.
Is it?
Huh?
Uh-uh.
Are you happy?
Yeah.
[Dad] Good for you.
Good night.
[David] Good night.
(phone rings)
Hello?
(speaking foreign language)
[Jade] I've just
finished the translation
up to where she traps the bus.
She what?
[Jade] She traps the bus.
She traps a bus?
(laughing)
It doesn't mean that.
It means she catches the bus.
Attraper means she
catches a bus.
Come on, concentrate.
Hey, I love you.
I love you, too.
The French are very energetic.
You would rather trap a bus--
Hey, mademoiselle?
(speaking foreign language)
You've been on over an hour.
Will you give me
a break, please?
(sighing)
(speaking foreign language)
Yeah, if he's not here,
he's on the phone.
Pardon, I have to study.
(speaking foreign language)
Bitch.
(light orchestral music)
I'm going to name
a star after you.
I'll put it--
Where?
Do you think I'm
too small on top?
You're perfect.
My eyes are too close together.
They're perfect.
When I'm wrinkled and fat,
you'll stop loving me.
C'est la vie.
I'll never stop loving you.
You can't say that.
You don't know.
Yes, I do.
I knew that from the very first.
I'll never stop loving you.
I'll never want to.
You're all I care about.
And me,
the person I am
when I'm with you.
It's kinda scary.
It keeps on getting
stronger and stronger.
I used to think it'd be
like being thirsty.
Sometimes you feel like
you've had enough.
(light orchestral music)
It's not like that,
it's not like that.
You better go.
I've got to sleep.
I don't wanna stop, ever.
Being with you.
I don't wanna go.
(door clicking)
(dog barking)
Hugh?
[Hugh] Yeah?
What time is it?
I don't know.
Go back to sleep.
(door squeaking)
[Ann] What's the matter?
Wait a minute.
(door clicking)
(rattling)
What are you doing?
[Jade] What?
No.
Come on, come here.
Give me, open your
hand, damn it!
Jesus Christ, I
don't believe this!
I can't sleep.
[Hugh] You don't fool
around with these things!
I can't sleep.
[Hugh] Neither can anybody
else in this house!
(Jade sobbing)
[Ann] Hugh, for heaven's sake.
Well, she just comes in
here and helps herself
to these pills.
I needed something to sleep!
You don't just help herself
to pills like this!
Well, why don't you
lock the cabinet?
It's too early for
all this shouting.
Let her have a pill.
[Hugh] Would you stay
the hell out of this?
I'm the doctor here, and I
don't want her to have these.
(sobbing)
Then give me something else!
You bring this goddamn
boyfriend over here.
You keep everybody else awake!
I'm fed up with this!
I can't sleep with all
this racket going on!
I will not have this
family torn apart!
David cannot stay here!
Yes, he can.
It is my room.
We are not a couple
of little kids.
[Hugh] He doesn't give
a damn about you.
All he cares about is
his own satisfaction!
(sobbing)
I don't want him in your room!
I don't want him in this house!
- Stop it!
- You're just jealous.
You're jealous of us!
[Ann] Oh, baby, calm down.
You're such a hypocrite!
You say one thing to David,
you say something else to me.
You change your mind from
one minute to the next!
There's something
wrong with that guy.
Look at the way he
sucked up to everybody.
[Ann] Stay out of it.
I was the one who
brought him here.
I just want to apologize.
Go back to your room!
[Hugh] Did you hear what I said?
If you wanna play
father, play father.
If you say I can't
see him, I won't.
Just let me know--
Will you come in here
and talk to your
daughter, please?
You're a hell of a doctor.
She's hysterical.
[Hugh] You encouraged
this mess, not me!
You handle it!
I don't know what you want!
He wants to destroy our love.
We love each other!
God damn it, I don't want him
hanging around this house!
She'll just see him in school.
I'll drag her out of school.
And you can go live
with your uncle!
You don't know what
you're saying.
Leave us alone.
[Hugh] Damn, ever since that
kid came in this house,
I get nothing but back talk,
back talk, back talk!
(dog barking)
[David] Morning, Hugh.
Hi, Keith.
Keith.
David?
I don't want you to
go in the house.
Why?
What's the matter?
You and Jade won't be seeing
each other for a while.
What?
You heard what I said.
This thing has gotten
totally out of control.
I made a mistake giving you
so much freedom around here.
Now Jade's fallen behind
in her schoolwork,
she can't sleep at night.
Just a second.
I mean, Jade didn't say
anything to me about this.
Well, I'm telling you.
I want you to stay away
until after school is out.
30 days.
You can't do this.
Don't you tell me what
I can do and can't do.
Jade is my daughter.
She's only 15 years old.
After 30 days, we'll take
another look at the situation.
Do you understand?
Is she in there?
Don't you go in that house.
I'm going to talk to Jade.
[Hugh] You get the
hell outta here.
No.
I want you out!
What the hell's going on?
Hugh!
I wanna talk to Jade.
You'd better go talk to Mrs.
Baxter.
Return her call.
She's called three times.
I'll talk to David.
David--
[David] I've got
to talk to Jade.
Hey.
Do you trust me?
Yes.
Hugh has to do this.
He's trying to break us up,
that's what he's trying to do.
He's trying to give us all a
chance to catch our breath.
You and Jade have
pushed this too far.
We're not a couple
of little kids.
You come out and you say
you can't play together.
We love each other.
It's not fair.
He say a month?
30 days.
Fine, 30 days.
It's not such a long time.
You have finals, you
have graduation.
Jade has her exams.
Oh, my God.
I'm sounding like a mother.
Don't inflict that
on me, please.
Just promise me.
Give me your word.
Don't make Hugh do
something he'll regret,
we'll all regret.
This isn't going to
change anything.
You're part of our lives.
(dramatic guitar music)
(all chattering)
[Girl] Jade.
Jade!
Hey, Bob, you gonna be
at my party tonight?
Is Jade gonna be there?
Yeah, she'll be there.
Of course she's gonna be there.
Come on.
[Bob] Yeah, I heard she's
going with someone.
No, she broke up with him.
[Bob] Hey, I'm available.
What time?
You know our house, man.
Anytime, whenever you want.
Catch ya later.
See you then.
(all shouting)
(whistle blowing)
I have an idea.
What do you say,
so, we kidnap her?
Say, a million in ransom.
Shut up.
Listen, if some woman
did that to me,
I'd burn her damn house down.
Hey, I tried that.
I ever tell you guys?
Eight years old and
I was into arson.
You're full of it.
No, I'm serious.
I lit a whole pile
of newspapers.
You ever try to light a whole
pile of wet newspapers?
Geez, it smokes like crazy.
I got real scared, see?
Do you wanna hear the wild part?
It's like I'm a hero.
They thought I saved
the whole block.
(laughing)
To this day, my mother
thinks I'm a hero.
(laughing)
Hey, you better not tell
her what I just told you.
I'll see you later.
[Man] Hey, where you goin'?
David?
(all shouting)
I was made for
loving you, baby
You were made for loving me
And I can't take
another minute
Oh, God damn him!
David!
David!
(knocking on door)
The neighbors are
gonna call the cops.
Feel the magic
It might wake him up to
have to talk to the police.
Too much self-dramatizing
around here.
I keep hoping he'll get that
girl out of his system.
It's none of our business.
[Mom] It is our business!
You should have
heard what Margaret
has to say about that household.
Oh, Margaret.
What goes on there.
I wish she'd told me sooner,
because if she had,
I would have said something
about those bums.
Oh, he is not a baby.
He can take care of himself.
He can't take care of himself.
He's in love with that girl.
That house is the joke
of the neighborhood.
Into drugs, into everything.
A relic of the '60s.
Who the hell are you
to even talk about
them that way?
You've never even met them.
Well, thank God I haven't,
because if I had--
You wouldn't understand them.
Good or bad, at least
they're a family.
I mean, they talk to each other,
they listen to one another.
Oh, come on, knock it
off, knock it off.
They like to do things together.
They're wonderful people.
Here, the only people you listen
to are your goddamn clients!
Well, then, why don't
you go live with them?
Right?
Obviously, anyone is better
than your own family.
("Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
(teens chattering)
Once I had a love
and it was a gas
Soon turned out had
a heart of glass
Seemed like the real
thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
Once I had a love
and it was divine
Soon found out I
was losing my mind
Seemed like the real
thing, but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
In between what I
find is pleasing
And I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing,
there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing
you, it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love
and it was a gas
Soon turned out had
a heart of glass
Seemed like the real
thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
(all chattering)
Lost inside,
adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We could've made
it cruisin', yeah
Yeah, ridin' high on
love's true bluish light
Oooh, ooh, oh
Ooh, ooh, oh
In between what I
find is pleasing
And I'm feelin' fine
(phone ringing)
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
[Man] Hey, Keith!
Telephone!
Hey, don't answer that, okay?
[Man] It's those
goddamn assholes.
Hey, and somebody shut the
goddamn door, please.
(line ringing)
Shit.
(all chattering)
(engine starting)
Thanks for the party.
(chattering)
Bye.
Yep, night.
(engine starts)
Jade.
Jade?
(knocking on window)
Jade, Jade?
(dramatic orchestral music)
(distant barking)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
Jade!
Jade!
Jade, Jade!
Jade, come quick!
The house is on fire!
We can't go out this way.
Quick, we'll have
to go out the back.
Sammy, quick everybody,
out the back.
[Jade] No!
[David] Quick, out the back.
Sammy, gotta get out.
Get everybody out the back!
[Sammy] Mom, come on!
[David] Where's Keith?
Quick, everybody out.
God!
Keith!
Keith?
Keith?
(coughing)
[Hugh] Everybody out!
Stay here.
[Hugh] Leave everything!
Just get out of the house!
Everybody, get out!
[David] Keith, get
out of the house!
What the fuck are you doing
here, you little bastard?
Come on, get out of the house!
Gonna tear your
goddamn head off!
Get the hell out of the house!
(all shouting)
[Man] Stay back, stay back.
Come on, come on, get out.
(coughing)
David?
Come on, go on.
Get outta there!
David.
Come on.
(all shouting)
[Man] Quick, the stairway.
Is there anybody else?
(dramatic orchestral music)
[Man] Come on, come on, come on.
Arson is one of the
most grievous offenses
to come before a court.
Your client is guilty of
arson by his own admission.
He has been convicted of
arson in the second degree.
And it is within my power
to sentence him to prison
for as long as 20 years.
In determining
sentence, however,
I must take into account the
psychiatric evaluations
of the defendant
probation reports,
the testimony of
the boy's family,
and I see grounds for some
leniency in this case.
I am sentencing him to
five years' probation--
That's ridiculous.
On the understanding
that he enter
a psychiatric facility
approved by the court.
Most ridiculous thing I
ever heard in my life.
That's supposed to be justice?
[Judge] But let me emphasize
that unless David wants
to spend the balance
of that time in prison,
he will remain under treatment
until his doctors can
convince this court
that he no longer presents
a danger to himself
or to others.
Part of the condition will be
that he may not
attempt to contact
any member of this family
in any way in the future.
(patient sobbing)
[David] What is it, Leonard?
Wanna talk about it?
(sobbing)
What's the matter?
(sobbing)
He's crying.
Can't you sleep?
I was asleep.
[Nurse] I'll give you a pill.
No.
Then get back to bed.
(sobbing)
Come on, now.
Come on, come on.
(sobbing)
I'm give you some medicine.
Calm down.
I'm gonna give you something
to make you feel better.
Open your mouth,
open your mouth.
There you go.
Down the hatch.
All right, up.
Good boy.
(coughing)
(light orchestral music)
[Man] Tommy, it looks like
you got some presents.
Let me take a look.
(all chattering)
Oh, that's a fat one today.
It's going to need two stamps.
I never seem to find the
time to write letters.
Well, you should.
It's really important, you know.
Otherwise, a person could go
crazy in a place like this.
The doctors say you're
making progress, David.
I wanna get out of here.
Your father and I
are aware of that.
They don't want to
keep people here.
They don't believe in
that, they told me that,
and they've shown
me the figures.
I wanna get out of here.
I wanna come back home.
Listen, am I paranoid?
I got this idea that you two
aren't getting along so well.
Oh, Arthur and I?
I said that to one
of my doctors.
Of course.
You have to talk about
family and things like that.
They've gotta talk
about something.
It's pretty common.
Families, uh, fall apart when
the kid goes in the nuthouse.
They blame each other.
It's nothing like that.
It has nothing to do with you.
(sighing)
How long have we been
married, 25 years?
So, we've had our ups and downs.
You just never
noticed it before.
So what?
Don't worry.
You think about yourself.
(all chattering)
You.
Come on, you're in
this group today.
Martin, let's go.
[Martin] Gladly.
John, come on.
Damien.
David, you have a 10
o'clock appointment
to see Dr. Miller today.
Will you tell him I'm
studying, please?
All right.
But this is the
fourth week in a row
you've skipped therapy.
David.
David.
(dramatic orchestral music)
What would you do if I died?
I'd die.
I'd die, too.
I don't ever wanna
stop being with you.
[Hugh] This thing is getting
completely out of control.
You and Jade are not going
to see each other again.
[David] He's trying
to break us up.
That's what he's trying to do.
[Hugh] You get the
hell out of my house!
Jade.
Jade!
No!
Stay with me!
Jade, no!
(dramatic orchestral music)
Are there enough stamps?
[Woman] Yes, this
is enough postage.
Is there any mail for me?
[Woman] Mm-mm, no.
Okay, thank you.
Any mail for me?
Mm-mm, no.
Hey, John.
Take this to Dr. Miller, please.
Okay.
Okay, Bob, today we're gonna do
a little mirror therapy.
So I want you to just
come over to the mirror.
Just relax and take it easy,
and we're gonna
work this up, okay?
Now, whom do you
see in the mirror?
[Bob] Me.
[Therapist] That's
very good, very good.
Now, just tell me, who is me?
[Bob] I don't remember.
[Therapist] Think carefully.
Look in the mirror and
tell me, who is me?
What is your name?
Bob.
Very good, Bob, very good.
Now, Bob, I want you to
just touch your chin.
Good.
Now, whom are you touching?
I'm touching me.
Very good, very good.
Now, let's go over here,
and I want you to remember
what you saw in the mirror,
because what you saw was real.
That was you in the mirror, Bob.
That's right.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Jade!
They're trying to make me crazy.
They're trying to make
me think I'm insane.
I gotta get outta here.
David, listen, the doctor said--
[David] Don't listen to the
doctors, listen to me!
Let me tell you what
the doctor's saying.
[David] Listen to me!
You don't understand!
You don't understand because
you don't listen to me!
You listen to them.
You listen to the lawyers.
For once in your life, God
damn it, listen to me!
Listen to your son.
They're killing me.
I'm dying.
Get the fuck outta
here, Leonard!
Go on, leave us alone!
Look!
Look at him!
You wanna take him home?
Well, that's what
you're gonna take home!
You've got to get
me out of here!
Look, I'm holding on day by day.
You don't know what
one day is like here,
and I've been here
almost two years!
Oh, God.
(sobbing)
You've got to get
me out of here!
We've got to do
something about him.
We've just got, we must.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Oh!
Margo, we just arrived.
That's why I'm so
out of breath, yes.
Yes, he's just fine.
He's gonna be okay.
(door slamming)
No, well, you know, it, it's
gonna be an adjustment,
and I want him to be happy here.
Arthur was magnificent.
Completely convinced
the doctors.
Hmm?
Oh, no, we don't have to worry
about them, thank goodness.
But he is only on probation.
Well, he can't travel.
He can't even get a
driver's license, no.
Oh, no, we are not going
to argue the conditions.
He can't leave Chicago,
and that's that.
Ah, don't worry.
I want you to take
it easy this weekend
because as of Monday morning,
you're going to be
starting a whole new life.
By the end of the week,
you'll have a whole
new set of friends.
Ah, you'll see.
We're all gonna help.
Help what?
We'll help you forget.
I don't mean forget...
I know there are some things
you'll want to remember.
I only saw her once.
You were together on
your bicycle, and she
waved at me.
I'll remember that picture
for the rest of my life.
But it's over, David.
They've moved back East.
New York, someplace.
Anyway,
that's the past.
Nobody can ever take
that away from you.
But you can never bring it back.
(light acoustic guitar music)
I love her.
David, you're in love with a
girl who no longer exists.
How do you know?
David, in all this time,
she's never called you.
Never written you.
Of course not.
Those bastards, those
bastards stopped my mail.
How would she know
what to think?
She may think I hate her.
David, for God's
sake, let her go.
No.
I can't.
No one ever thinks they can
forget their first love.
But we can.
(dramatic orchestral music)
I know because it
happened to me.
David, your mother and I are...
Separation.
About six weeks now.
We'd been considering
it for some time,
but we didn't,
didn't want you in the hospital
thinking you didn't have
a home to come back to.
Her name is Barbara Sherwood.
You never met her.
I love her, David.
I'll tell you something.
Seeing you in love
reminded me of
what it's like,
how it feels.
Made me remember.
I never thought I could believe
in all this a second time,
but I do.
It can happen for
you, too, David.
That boy has never
been punished!
I knew when they sent him to
this goddamn country club,
they didn't understand that kid!
Why wasn't I told
about his release?
I mean before, not afterwards.
I was told my family
would be protected.
Whose decision was this, anyway?
Was this your decision?
He was punished
by his stay here.
[Hugh] Bullshit!
[Doctor] We believe he's matured
sufficiently to be able--
Matured?
That's a lot of crap!
He burned down my house.
He tried to burn me and
my family to death!
Would you just calm down?
What's gonna satisfy you,
putting that boy in jail
the rest of his life?
Come on, Keith.
I wanna tell you something,
if that kid comes near me
or anybody in my
family ever again,
I'll kill him.
(doorbell buzzing)
You know, I don't
like surprises.
And you won't stop
surprising me.
(sighing)
I, I've been having
so many visitors.
Sammy has been camping
out on the sofa.
He went back to
school this morning.
This is nice, this place.
The nouveau moi.
Where should I sit?
Assuming you should?
Tell me if you want me to go.
Still doing it?
Still giving people permission
to say what's on their mind?
(sighing)
What brings you to New York?
You.
I wanted to see you again.
It's been a long time.
Two years.
Hugh predicted that you would
find me and get in touch,
and I should've
been the hardest.
Oh, damn him, he is
clairvoyant sometimes.
(sighing)
Once we, uh,
didn't have those
old doors to slam,
the quiet just went on and on.
I'm paying for this one.
It was fine.
What were we talking about?
Um, your divorce.
Ah, my divorce,
my happy divorce.
Uh, Hugh is living in New Jersey
with his girl at the moment.
And they frequently
come by the apartment.
Hugh thinks that we should
all be great friends.
She sits in a corner
and glares at me.
She hates me, of course.
She thinks I put
him through hell.
What do you think?
Should I go to the wedding?
When are they getting married?
Who knows?
She has the matrimonial
glint in her eye.
It'll be a great
relief for everybody.
My children will have
a devoted stepmother.
She fawns on them, Keith
and Ingrid of great chums.
What's her name?
Ingrid?
Ingrid Orchester.
Citizen of Jupiter.
She drives a van,
believes in an astrological
explanation for everything.
(chuckling)
She lives in the stars.
You still want to
be an astronomer?
I'm sure she's right.
There is such a thing as fate.
I'm glad to hear that
you're writing again.
It's great.
Tell me, that story
you wrote about me,
do you have a copy of it?
I'd like to read it sometime.
It isn't just about you.
It's about you and Jade and me.
It's about a time I saw the
two of you making love.
You saw us?
I heard something.
I thought there were
robbers in the house.
(chuckles)
I was halfway down the stairs
and I saw you, the two
of you in the firelight.
I was dazzled.
I, I couldn't move.
You never knew I was
there, did you?
No.
(light orchestral music)
And it changed
everything that night.
Everything that I
believed about love,
about my marriage.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what
I'm talking about.
And it feels good.
Oh, come and sit next to me.
I don't want to sit
here all alone.
I think that night,
that night that I came
down and saw you with Jade
and then made love
to my husband,
I was making love to you.
You know, they thought we
were lovers, you and I.
Did they?
Maybe we should've done them a
favor of making them right.
It's so nice to be here.
I missed you.
It was a long time.
The only things that I regret
and the only things
I'll ever regret
are things I didn't do.
In the end, that's
what we mourn,
the paths we didn't take.
People we didn't touch.
I should be angry.
I know it's difficult
to understand, but
I can't make love to
anybody but Jade.
It's just the way I feel.
(sighs)
I'd better go.
Where are you staying?
I don't know.
It's late, and you don't
know your way around.
[David] Well, I saw a place
near the bus terminal
called The Ivanhoe.
Oh, my.
You don't know your
way around, do you?
That area's too rough
at this time of night.
You better stay here.
You can sleep on the sofa.
My kids do all the time.
You have to let yourself
out in the morning
and get breakfast elsewhere.
Call me tomorrow, David.
For heaven's sake,
don't drop by.
Hugh and Ingrid have
a way of turning up
on Saturdays.
David?
Did you hear what I said?
What time's the next bus
to Burlington, Vermont?
Burlington, Vermont.
2:30?
Thank you, thank you.
(car horns honking)
(whistle blowing)
[Woman] Taxi.
[Man] Taxi.
(whistle blowing)
(tires screeching)
(woman screaming)
(clamoring)
Hugh!
What happened?
What happened to him?
(sobbing)
Help.
Help him.
Help.
Help him, please.
(siren wailing)
No!
(sobbing)
[Bus Driver] Anybody
else for Burlington?
(doorbell buzzing)
(footsteps thudding)
(sobbing)
Hugh was hit by a car.
This afternoon.
He, uh,
and he's dead.
Ann.
Killed.
Dead on arrival.
He never knew what happened.
[Ingrid] I will.
Is that Sammy?
Who's that?
Ingrid, this is David.
Our friend, David.
This is Ingrid Orchester,
Hugh's friend.
What the hell is he doing here?
David was in town.
He came to see me, Keith.
I don't understand this.
Did she tell you?
My father's dead.
I wanna talk to you, Keith.
We used to be good friends.
This has nothing to do with you,
so don't push in now.
First of all, you don't give
a damn about my father.
That's not true.
I loved your father.
He saved my life.
You came here looking
for my sister.
Well, my sister doesn't
want to see you.
My sister hates you!
So you can stop looking for her.
Don't you understand?
Jade hates you!
Hush!
I can't,
David, can't you stay?
You don't have to go back.
Find a hotel.
[David] Ann, it doesn't
matter anymore.
Let me, no, don't
listen to Keith.
Go to that hotel, the Ivanhoe.
I'll tell Jade.
The thing that's so weird
is that I didn't
even see it happen.
Oh, for God's sake!
That is the way Hugh was.
He was so damned arrogant.
He even had to have his
way at a stop-light.
He was so stupid.
I'm sorry.
But I should know.
It isn't fair.
Ann, I just want to
understand what happened.
You've been saying that
all afternoon, Ingrid.
I'm sorry, but she makes
me so angry, I could spit.
Ann, will you give
these to Jade?
She's trying to be
as difficult, what?
She may not wanna
see me anymore.
[Ann] What do you mean?
Please make sure she gets them.
They wouldn't let me mail them.
[Ann] David.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(knocking on door)
Well?
He's not there.
He's not anywhere.
His note said that he'd
be back on Sunday.
(door clicking)
He's in some sort of trouble.
I'm terribly afraid.
So am I.
(knocking on door)
(dramatic orchestral music)
I was on my way to
the bus station.
And I wanted to talk to you.
May I come in?
I heard about you and Keith.
What he said.
It wasn't fair.
He said you hate me.
Is it true?
I don't hate you, David.
You shouldn't be here.
I know you're still on parole.
I don't want you to be in any
more trouble because of me.
I had to see you again.
I haven't changed.
I love you.
I don't deserve it.
I never wrote you.
I never even called your family.
I probably wouldn't have
gotten your letters, anyway.
I got yours.
Ann gave them to me.
I read all of them.
I felt like I ruined your life.
(sighing)
We can talk about that sometime.
I can't handle it now.
There won't be any sometime.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime
thing, David.
I know that.
And it came at a time
when we were both
too young to handle it.
That was the terrible part.
(Jade sobbing)
Jade?
I had to say good-bye
to my father.
I never thought I could do that.
I'll be all right.
[David] Where are you going?
[Jade] Back to school.
It's in Burlington.
That's up in Vermont.
My bus leaves in an hour.
(bag zipper zipping)
Don't go.
Stay.
I don't know when we'll
see each other again.
I can't.
I really must go.
Good-bye, David.
You have to let it go.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Go back to Chicago.
Please take care of yourself.
Please say good-bye.
(sobbing)
Please, please.
No.
No.
Jade!
[Jade] No, David!
[David] Please stay with me!
[Jade] Please let me go!
[David] I don't care what
happens to me, Jade!
All I care about is you!
[Jade] Please, no, no.
Can't you see?
I can't let go.
It's not over!
We're not finished.
It won't work.
David, it's all over.
Look at me, look at me.
Jade, we're not finished.
No!
I know you still love me!
(sobbing) (light
orchestral music)
David.
David, look at me.
David, look at me.
You, you're right.
You're right.
I love you.
It'll be weird going
back to Chicago.
Do you ever go by the house?
I thought about it.
I'm glad I'll be
going back with you.
It'll mean it's all over.
Maybe like it never
even happened.
It happened.
What?
Nothing.
Come on.
Yeah, what room is
David Axelrod in?
David Axelrod.
Yeah.
David, it's Keith.
Yeah, I'm in the lobby.
You wanna come downstairs
a moment, please?
Tell Jade to come with you.
They'll be downstairs
in just a minute.
Now, look, you tell Jade
exactly what you told me.
Keith, I told you I wasn't sure.
I don't want to do this.
Oh, come on.
I know it's him.
Look, it all makes sense.
Keith, I wanna know what
happened just as much as you do,
but I want to be fair about it.
[Man] All right,
sir, I don't see
the name Shapiro listed here.
Could it have been some
other, another name?
Perhaps in your wife's name?
Ingrid.
It was him.
You were right there.
What?
[Ingrid] You were standing right
there, and I touched you.
What?
Jade, do you think this was
some sort of coincidence?
What are you talking about?
[Keith] He was in town, and
your father was killed.
I know.
You think this was coincidence.
[Ingrid] Jade, he was
standing right there.
Ingrid saw him there.
She saw him.
This bastard was
standing right there.
That's why Pap ran out like...
Pappy's dead because of him.
No!
He killed your father!
David.
I was there.
It was an accident.
Jade, listen to me.
Let me explain.
[Keith] Get your
goddamn hands off her!
Jade, it was an accident.
Jade--
You goddamn son of a bitch.
I'm gonna kill you!
Jade, let me tell
you what happened!
I didn't do anything.
(all shouting)
You dirty bastard,
I'll kill you!
You killed my father!
Keith, it wasn't his fault!
[Man] Step aside.
Step aside, police, police.
(all shouting)
[Woman] Somebody get
him off of him.
Let go of me!
That bastard burned
down my house,
for God's sakes!
He's on fucking parole!
(all shouting)
[Jade] Stop him!
Damn you, let me go!
(sobbing)
Jade!
[Jade] Don't hurt him!
Jade!
Jade!
(grunting)
(screaming)
(all shouting)
Jade!
[Man] Go on, boy!
[David] Jade!
(all shouting)
[Jade] You know what I
keep thinking about?
The night at the house.
Pappy played the
trumpet that night.
[Ann] Yeah, and I was with him.
I was his little girl.
And then I saw David all alone.
And I don't know, I just,
I wanted to go to him.
Was it wrong?
No.
I wasn't Pappy's
little girl anymore.
Something had changed.
For the first time in
my life, I was me.
Life goes on.
We change.
(dramatic orchestral music)
[Jade] But I hurt.
I hurt so much.
Oh, baby.
It all happened so fast for you.
But you'll,
you'll have a lifetime
to understand it.
(sighing)
But he loved me.
He loves me.
No one will ever
love me like that.
You'll always be loved.
You'll see.
Not like that.
Not like David.
Not like David.
I can't help you very much.
I wish I could.
But you deserve--
What?
Anything.
Everything.
You have to find
out for yourself.
("Endless Love" by Diana
Ross and Lionel Richie)
My love
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love
You're every
breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I, I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do
And your eyes
Your eyes, your eyes
They tell me how
much you care
Oh, yes
You will always be
My endless love
Two hearts
Two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever
Oh oh ooh
I'll hold you
close in my arms
I can't resist your charm
And now
Oh, yeah
I'll be a fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
Oh, you know I don't mind
'Cause you
You mean the world to me
Oh, I know
I know
I found in you,
I found in you
My endless love
Oh, oh
Bom, bom
Bom, bom, bom,
bom, bom, bom, bom
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom
Oh, and love
Oh love
I'll be that fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
Oh, you know I don't mind
And yes
You'll be the only one
'Cause love
I can't deny this love
I have inside
I'll give it all to you
My love, my love, my love
My endless love
[Teacher] All right,
everybody, settle down.
Now that you've seen
the heart, let's go.
To the planetarium.
[Narrator] It is
awesome to think
of the hundreds of
billions of stars
spread in any infinite
volume of space.
Too vast for the human
mind to comprehend.
In ancient times, man
thought of the stars--
Hi.
[Narrator] As the
mythological gods themselves.
But now we know they're
bright centers
of their own universes.
Our lives seem like
small grains of sand--
[Jade] It's scary, isn't it?
[Narrator] Compared to the
immortality of the stars.
[Jade] It's like trying
to think about dying.
[Narrator] Regardless of
their distance and mystery.
What would you do if I died?
[Narrator] The heavenly stars,
the shrinking planetary system.
I'd die.
[Narrator] The red giants.
I'd die, too.
[Narrator] The white dwarfs
continue to fascinate man,
dazzling him as beautifully
designed jewels
against the evening sky.
(all cheering)
Okay, that's all for today.
But on the way back to the bus,
everyone stop and take a
look at the moon rock.
It's fascinating.
It's over four
billion years old.
Hey, you.
What are you doing here?
You don't belong in this group.
What's your name?
Uh, David.
David Axelrod, sir.
I'm a senior, sir.
I'm taking independent study.
(kids laughing)
Go on, get outta here,
get outta here.
Come on, let's go.
Everybody, this way.
Let's go.
(all chattering)
Roy, I don't want you
to worry about this.
We've got a lot of options
open to us, we really have.
I mean, we can always appeal.
[Roy] There's nothing
we can do about it.
Yes, there is now.
There's a hell of
a lot we can do.
They only took it
to the state court.
We're gonna do, huh?
We're gonna be murdered
in the appellate,
- right here in Illinois.
- No, not necessarily.
Yes, we are.
We gotta push it to
the Supreme Court.
I don't know where
we're gonna find
any of the money for this.
[Woman] Gotta get a seat.
(all chattering)
Mom, I'm going.
[Man] Rose, I've been
through them all.
Mom?
Yeah, but what do you think?
Do you think we have
the chance there--
[David] Mother, I'm going.
What?
[David] Good night, everybody.
[Woman] What is this, Halloween?
I thought Halloween was October.
It's a special occasion.
We're all dressing up.
My God, is that my old tuxedo?
Was I ever really that skinny?
Listen, if you're
not eating at home,
why don't you tell your mother?
I'm going to Jade's.
Who's Jade?
A Chinese person?
Yeah.
She just arrived from the
People's Republic of China.
She's studying
capital investment.
[Mom] Oh, what else?
How do you like that?
We call ourselves socialists,
and our son dresses
like a Rockefeller.
Leave him alone.
He's in love.
(bicycle bell dings)
[David] You're beautiful.
(laughing)
Come on, we should go in.
Everybody's--
David, where'd you
get the threads?
[Jade] You look fantastic.
Uh, it's my father's old tux.
(distant chattering)
Hi, Sammy.
Hey, David's here.
Can we eat now?
(speaking foreign language)
Hey.
Hi, Hugh.
(speaking foreign language)
Hey, David, have you
seen the insects
we're having for dinner tonight?
Shut up, smart-ass.
I'm trying to educate
this boy's palate.
(speaking foreign language)
Smells delicious.
Delicious?
You damn with faint
praise, my boy.
[Keith] The knife
goes on the left,
the fork goes on the right.
[Sammy] The fork
goes on the left,
the knife goes on the right.
[Keith] No, it doesn't.
The knife goes on the
left with the spoon.
[Sammy] The knife goes near
the glass on the right.
[Keith] No, it doesn't.
The fork goes on, you take the
fork, put it on the right.
The knife goes on the left.
[Ann] David?
Is he here?
[Sammy] David, does the fork--
Good evening, Ann.
[Ann] I don't want you to look.
What's going on?
What?
[Ann] Close your eyes.
Keep your eyes
closed, don't look.
What?
(laughs)
[Sammy] Mom, where'd
you get that?
[David] Where are you?
Tell him to keep
your eyes closed.
Wait till you see this, David.
Ta-da!
Oh, wow.
That's incredible, Ann.
That's beautiful.
Have you ever seen
anything like it?
I found it in this thrift shop.
Look at it, look at the fabric.
It's falling apart.
It's pure silk.
Oh, don't pick at it!
(laughing)
It's 2,000 years old.
It looks that way.
Oh, woof!
David, David, you look
smashing in that.
Thank you.
Eat, drink, and be merry.
Wow, looks great, Dad.
[Hugh] Special of the house.
Wine, who's gonna get the wine?
I'll get it.
Where is it?
In the pantry.
[Jade] I'll show him.
There, right there.
Get the red one.
This?
[Jade] Yep.
I love red wine.
How about this?
[Jade] Okay, good.
Two's enough.
I was arguing with Sammy before.
Does the fork go on the
right side of the plate
or the left side of the plate?
Are you right-handed
or left-handed?
Right-handed.
Then put it on the other side.
Let's go.
I love you.
[Hugh] Where's that wine?
Let's go.
Sammy, bring the corkscrew
while you're there.
Laugh, my lads.
Have on with drinking.
'Tis drinking makes
the world go round!
(all cheering)
Bravo, bravo.
I've got one, I've got one.
I remembered it, I
remembered it the other day.
Um, wine comes in at the eye--
[Hugh] No, no.
(laughing)
No, you got it all wrong.
And love comes in at the mouth.
[Hugh] No.
Wine comes in at the mouth.
[Hugh] Bravo.
[Ann] And love comes
in at the eye.
Eye, the eye.
[Ann] And that's all
we know for truth
before we grow old and die.
I lift my glass to my mouth,
I look at you, Hugh.
(laughing)
And I sigh.
Oh.
(all clapping) (all cheering)
Thank you.
(distant horn honking)
Who is that riffraff out there?
(distant chattering) (laughing)
[Keith] Is that Susan?
(all chattering)
[Hugh] Who's Susan?
Wait till you hear her new song.
Do you like the way she sings?
Yeah.
She's really sexy.
[Sammy] Hey, David.
(all chattering)
[Man] Keith, where's
the bathroom?
Are we in a gymnasium
or something?
You look ravishing tonight.
Thank you.
Did anyone ever tell you that?
Wait, you've, wait, hold on.
You have a little
chocolate right there.
I do?
(laughing)
Here they come.
Troubled masses.
Come in, come in.
Welcome to my humble abode.
Can you take these?
They're heavy.
What do you expect
me to do with those?
That's my father, not
the butler, idiot.
Go in there.
It's all set up.
(all chattering)
[Hugh] Bonsoir, bonsoir.
Mommy.
Come here.
Mommy, I want you to meet Susan.
This is my mother.
This is Susan?
Hello, Susan.
I'm happy to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
[Jade] Not know.
[David] I'm not gonna
be here all night.
[Jade] I'll wait.
[David] No.
(laughing)
Hey, David, I've been
looking all over for you.
I thought you were
gonna help us set up.
Well, he's busy right now.
Yeah, I see.
You know Pappy doesn't like
us bringing people in here.
David is not people.
He's part of the family.
Hmm.
Well, Pappy wants his trumpet.
Bring it down when you're
finished playing doctor, please.
(sighs)
He thinks he runs the place.
[David] Did you
really mean that?
That he runs the place?
No.
What you said about me
being part of the family.
You like that, don't you?
Yeah, I like that.
But watch out.
We are a very special family.
We are very particular
about who joins.
Come on, let's go.
(upbeat rock music)
(all chattering)
(all clapping) (all cheering)
(laughing)
Hey, thank you.
(all clapping)
Hey, Susan, Susan,
do you wanna sing?
Come on.
You have to sing.
Quiet down.
Sit down, quiet down.
Shh shh!
(all chattering)
("Endless Love")
My love
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love
You're every
breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I, I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do
'Cause your eyes
Tell me how much you care
Oh, yes
You'll always be
My endless love
Two hearts
Two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever
I'll hold you
close in my arms
I can't resist your charms
And now
I'd be a fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
'Cause you
You mean the world to me
You know
I found in you
My endless love
[Ann] Where's my book?
Jade, have, what're you doing?
We're cleaning up.
Oh.
Don't.
Wait, wait till tomorrow.
Annie?
Aren't you coming up to bed?
God damn it.
Who built that fire?
We did.
Why?
We were freezing, Pappy.
I'm in charge of the
fireplace here!
Nobody builds fires in
my fireplace except me.
It's the one thing in
this goddamn house
that still belongs
to the master.
I am retiring.
Come on, Hugh.
[Hugh] It's time for this
boy to be going home.
I'll go home when
it's burned down.
I'll go home when it's
burned down, sir!
Aye, aye, sir.
[Ann] All right, then.
All right, then.
You go when it's burned down.
Oh, God.
Oh, these steps seem
like Mount Everest.
You were great with
the trumpet, Pappy!
Oh, thank you, honey!
A little out of
practice, I'm afraid.
(chuckling)
(door clicking)
(clock chiming)
Oh.
Oh, I'm tired.
It was a good party,
though, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was.
Your father's right, though.
It's getting late.
I'd better go.
Uh, yeah, I've got a big day
ahead of me tomorrow.
I have, um, biology
in the morning.
Yeah, I have a French test.
[Jade] I'll see you tomorrow.
Okay, good night.
[Jade] Good night.
(Jade humming)
(door clicking)
La la
La la la la la la
(door clicking)
Oh, boy.
I'm too old for that
kind of madness.
Oh, geez.
I'm barely breathing.
(sighing)
What is that book?
He got it for me.
Who got it for you?
David.
We were talking about
Russian writers,
Gogol, and the next day he
brought it over for me.
I thought it was
very nice of him.
Mm, I just bet you did.
I bet you gave his cheek
a nice little peck, huh?
Didn't you?
Hmm?
I don't miss a trick, my friend.
Oh, good night.
(laughing)
(light orchestral music)
(floorboard creaking)
(light orchestral music)
(upbeat rock music)
(car horn honking)
Hi, Dad!
Oh, hi!
(door clicking)
Are you coming or going?
Going.
Hugh said we all have to
get up at five tomorrow.
We're gonna go duck hunting.
So I've been told.
You know, I read those stories.
The ones you published
in "The Atlantic."
I'd like to talk to you
about them sometime.
Sometime.
You don't have to court us all.
You sort of invited yourself
along for tomorrow morning.
Didn't you?
Keith was talking about it
and it sounded
really interesting.
I'm sure Hugh was
very flattered.
But don't try too
hard with Keith.
I know.
He was the one who brought
you home in the first place.
You were his find.
You turned out to
be more than that.
Well, I better be going.
Good night.
(gun firing)
(ducks quacking)
Good shot!
God, he's amazing.
Where did he learn
to shoot like that?
In the Army?
No, he was in the
Air Force, right?
His father taught him.
My grandfather was taught
how to shoot by his father.
It's a family tradition.
My grandfather built that place.
Then Pappy let it go.
I'm going to rebuild the whole
thing one of these days.
Yeah?
That's a great idea.
You're good at doing
stuff like that.
I'll help you, okay?
We'll come up here on weekends.
And Jade would love it.
Imagine getting up in the morning
with the lake right there.
I mean, of course, this is a
place for the whole family.
Just because you're fucking
my sister doesn't make you
part of the family.
I don't know about you,
but after that movie,
I am going to have a drink.
I'll join you in a moment.
(light pop music)
Four o'clock,
I've been walking
[Jade] Hi, Pappy.
How was the movie?
[Hugh] Very good.
Good night.
If you could only
see through my eyes
Then you'd know just
what I'm going through
Oh, my God, he, he saw me.
He's seen a naked man before.
Oh, come on.
They're always claiming
they're so open-minded.
I mean, this is my room.
He can't say anything.
Huh!
Wanna bet?
What are you gonna do now,
jump out of the window?
If he comes in here,
he'll kill me.
Then we'll die together.
Come on.
What's that look?
David is here.
I just caught them
bare-assed up in her room.
Oh, my God.
I thought it was
something awful.
(sighs)
You were meant to
catch them, I'm sure.
She didn't even bat an eyelash.
Well, you didn't raise
her to be a hypocrite.
I mean, you know he's been
staying over, don't you?
Yes.
He hides in the house
till they think we're asleep,
and, of course, he
scuttles away at dawn.
They're rather sweet.
Like bats.
I don't know what
to do about this.
I'm so happy to
hear you say that.
You're always so definite
with the children.
Let's all be open about sex.
Well, they certainly
got the idea.
They feel free to express love.
It's worth all those
awful frank discussions
at the dining room table.
I'm not talking about morality.
Does this boy think he
can just come in here
and take over our life?
They believed everything
that we said.
Imagine.
A girl like that
doesn't have to take
the first guy who comes along.
Oh, I didn't realize
we were saving her
for somebody special.
Oh.
(scoffs)
Are we saving her
for someone rich?
God damn it!
That's not fair!
The girl is 15 years old!
Now, when is she gonna study,
when is she gonna sleep?
Now, come on, you're the
one who's always saying
she's sleeping too much.
I know it's difficult,
but aren't you happy
that she has someone?
That someone finally
had the courage
to wake up Sleeping Beauty?
It had to happen
sooner or later.
Class, please take your book,
"The Essentials of
American History,"
and turn to page 47.
Mobilizing for War.
Come on, page 47.
Hurry up.
[Teacher] "Congressmen
face the overwhelming task
"in raising and
organizing armies--"
(knocking on door)
Come in.
Well, you're home early tonight.
How's Jade?
Fine.
She's got a French test tomorrow
and I've got all this.
We decided we've got to study.
Well, you always
get good grades.
A few years from now
who's gonna remember
what grade you got in calculus?
That's not what
you're gonna remember
about this time of your life.
Is it?
Huh?
Uh-uh.
Are you happy?
Yeah.
[Dad] Good for you.
Good night.
[David] Good night.
(phone rings)
Hello?
(speaking foreign language)
[Jade] I've just
finished the translation
up to where she traps the bus.
She what?
[Jade] She traps the bus.
She traps a bus?
(laughing)
It doesn't mean that.
It means she catches the bus.
Attraper means she
catches a bus.
Come on, concentrate.
Hey, I love you.
I love you, too.
The French are very energetic.
You would rather trap a bus--
Hey, mademoiselle?
(speaking foreign language)
You've been on over an hour.
Will you give me
a break, please?
(sighing)
(speaking foreign language)
Yeah, if he's not here,
he's on the phone.
Pardon, I have to study.
(speaking foreign language)
Bitch.
(light orchestral music)
I'm going to name
a star after you.
I'll put it--
Where?
Do you think I'm
too small on top?
You're perfect.
My eyes are too close together.
They're perfect.
When I'm wrinkled and fat,
you'll stop loving me.
C'est la vie.
I'll never stop loving you.
You can't say that.
You don't know.
Yes, I do.
I knew that from the very first.
I'll never stop loving you.
I'll never want to.
You're all I care about.
And me,
the person I am
when I'm with you.
It's kinda scary.
It keeps on getting
stronger and stronger.
I used to think it'd be
like being thirsty.
Sometimes you feel like
you've had enough.
(light orchestral music)
It's not like that,
it's not like that.
You better go.
I've got to sleep.
I don't wanna stop, ever.
Being with you.
I don't wanna go.
(door clicking)
(dog barking)
Hugh?
[Hugh] Yeah?
What time is it?
I don't know.
Go back to sleep.
(door squeaking)
[Ann] What's the matter?
Wait a minute.
(door clicking)
(rattling)
What are you doing?
[Jade] What?
No.
Come on, come here.
Give me, open your
hand, damn it!
Jesus Christ, I
don't believe this!
I can't sleep.
[Hugh] You don't fool
around with these things!
I can't sleep.
[Hugh] Neither can anybody
else in this house!
(Jade sobbing)
[Ann] Hugh, for heaven's sake.
Well, she just comes in
here and helps herself
to these pills.
I needed something to sleep!
You don't just help herself
to pills like this!
Well, why don't you
lock the cabinet?
It's too early for
all this shouting.
Let her have a pill.
[Hugh] Would you stay
the hell out of this?
I'm the doctor here, and I
don't want her to have these.
(sobbing)
Then give me something else!
You bring this goddamn
boyfriend over here.
You keep everybody else awake!
I'm fed up with this!
I can't sleep with all
this racket going on!
I will not have this
family torn apart!
David cannot stay here!
Yes, he can.
It is my room.
We are not a couple
of little kids.
[Hugh] He doesn't give
a damn about you.
All he cares about is
his own satisfaction!
(sobbing)
I don't want him in your room!
I don't want him in this house!
- Stop it!
- You're just jealous.
You're jealous of us!
[Ann] Oh, baby, calm down.
You're such a hypocrite!
You say one thing to David,
you say something else to me.
You change your mind from
one minute to the next!
There's something
wrong with that guy.
Look at the way he
sucked up to everybody.
[Ann] Stay out of it.
I was the one who
brought him here.
I just want to apologize.
Go back to your room!
[Hugh] Did you hear what I said?
If you wanna play
father, play father.
If you say I can't
see him, I won't.
Just let me know--
Will you come in here
and talk to your
daughter, please?
You're a hell of a doctor.
She's hysterical.
[Hugh] You encouraged
this mess, not me!
You handle it!
I don't know what you want!
He wants to destroy our love.
We love each other!
God damn it, I don't want him
hanging around this house!
She'll just see him in school.
I'll drag her out of school.
And you can go live
with your uncle!
You don't know what
you're saying.
Leave us alone.
[Hugh] Damn, ever since that
kid came in this house,
I get nothing but back talk,
back talk, back talk!
(dog barking)
[David] Morning, Hugh.
Hi, Keith.
Keith.
David?
I don't want you to
go in the house.
Why?
What's the matter?
You and Jade won't be seeing
each other for a while.
What?
You heard what I said.
This thing has gotten
totally out of control.
I made a mistake giving you
so much freedom around here.
Now Jade's fallen behind
in her schoolwork,
she can't sleep at night.
Just a second.
I mean, Jade didn't say
anything to me about this.
Well, I'm telling you.
I want you to stay away
until after school is out.
30 days.
You can't do this.
Don't you tell me what
I can do and can't do.
Jade is my daughter.
She's only 15 years old.
After 30 days, we'll take
another look at the situation.
Do you understand?
Is she in there?
Don't you go in that house.
I'm going to talk to Jade.
[Hugh] You get the
hell outta here.
No.
I want you out!
What the hell's going on?
Hugh!
I wanna talk to Jade.
You'd better go talk to Mrs.
Baxter.
Return her call.
She's called three times.
I'll talk to David.
David--
[David] I've got
to talk to Jade.
Hey.
Do you trust me?
Yes.
Hugh has to do this.
He's trying to break us up,
that's what he's trying to do.
He's trying to give us all a
chance to catch our breath.
You and Jade have
pushed this too far.
We're not a couple
of little kids.
You come out and you say
you can't play together.
We love each other.
It's not fair.
He say a month?
30 days.
Fine, 30 days.
It's not such a long time.
You have finals, you
have graduation.
Jade has her exams.
Oh, my God.
I'm sounding like a mother.
Don't inflict that
on me, please.
Just promise me.
Give me your word.
Don't make Hugh do
something he'll regret,
we'll all regret.
This isn't going to
change anything.
You're part of our lives.
(dramatic guitar music)
(all chattering)
[Girl] Jade.
Jade!
Hey, Bob, you gonna be
at my party tonight?
Is Jade gonna be there?
Yeah, she'll be there.
Of course she's gonna be there.
Come on.
[Bob] Yeah, I heard she's
going with someone.
No, she broke up with him.
[Bob] Hey, I'm available.
What time?
You know our house, man.
Anytime, whenever you want.
Catch ya later.
See you then.
(all shouting)
(whistle blowing)
I have an idea.
What do you say,
so, we kidnap her?
Say, a million in ransom.
Shut up.
Listen, if some woman
did that to me,
I'd burn her damn house down.
Hey, I tried that.
I ever tell you guys?
Eight years old and
I was into arson.
You're full of it.
No, I'm serious.
I lit a whole pile
of newspapers.
You ever try to light a whole
pile of wet newspapers?
Geez, it smokes like crazy.
I got real scared, see?
Do you wanna hear the wild part?
It's like I'm a hero.
They thought I saved
the whole block.
(laughing)
To this day, my mother
thinks I'm a hero.
(laughing)
Hey, you better not tell
her what I just told you.
I'll see you later.
[Man] Hey, where you goin'?
David?
(all shouting)
I was made for
loving you, baby
You were made for loving me
And I can't take
another minute
Oh, God damn him!
David!
David!
(knocking on door)
The neighbors are
gonna call the cops.
Feel the magic
It might wake him up to
have to talk to the police.
Too much self-dramatizing
around here.
I keep hoping he'll get that
girl out of his system.
It's none of our business.
[Mom] It is our business!
You should have
heard what Margaret
has to say about that household.
Oh, Margaret.
What goes on there.
I wish she'd told me sooner,
because if she had,
I would have said something
about those bums.
Oh, he is not a baby.
He can take care of himself.
He can't take care of himself.
He's in love with that girl.
That house is the joke
of the neighborhood.
Into drugs, into everything.
A relic of the '60s.
Who the hell are you
to even talk about
them that way?
You've never even met them.
Well, thank God I haven't,
because if I had--
You wouldn't understand them.
Good or bad, at least
they're a family.
I mean, they talk to each other,
they listen to one another.
Oh, come on, knock it
off, knock it off.
They like to do things together.
They're wonderful people.
Here, the only people you listen
to are your goddamn clients!
Well, then, why don't
you go live with them?
Right?
Obviously, anyone is better
than your own family.
("Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
(teens chattering)
Once I had a love
and it was a gas
Soon turned out had
a heart of glass
Seemed like the real
thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
Once I had a love
and it was divine
Soon found out I
was losing my mind
Seemed like the real
thing, but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
In between what I
find is pleasing
And I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing,
there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing
you, it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Once I had a love
and it was a gas
Soon turned out had
a heart of glass
Seemed like the real
thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust,
love's gone behind
(all chattering)
Lost inside,
adorable illusion
And I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using
Please don't push me aside
We could've made
it cruisin', yeah
Yeah, ridin' high on
love's true bluish light
Oooh, ooh, oh
Ooh, ooh, oh
In between what I
find is pleasing
And I'm feelin' fine
(phone ringing)
Love is so confusing
There's no peace of mind
[Man] Hey, Keith!
Telephone!
Hey, don't answer that, okay?
[Man] It's those
goddamn assholes.
Hey, and somebody shut the
goddamn door, please.
(line ringing)
Shit.
(all chattering)
(engine starting)
Thanks for the party.
(chattering)
Bye.
Yep, night.
(engine starts)
Jade.
Jade?
(knocking on window)
Jade, Jade?
(dramatic orchestral music)
(distant barking)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
Jade!
Jade!
Jade, Jade!
Jade, come quick!
The house is on fire!
We can't go out this way.
Quick, we'll have
to go out the back.
Sammy, quick everybody,
out the back.
[Jade] No!
[David] Quick, out the back.
Sammy, gotta get out.
Get everybody out the back!
[Sammy] Mom, come on!
[David] Where's Keith?
Quick, everybody out.
God!
Keith!
Keith?
Keith?
(coughing)
[Hugh] Everybody out!
Stay here.
[Hugh] Leave everything!
Just get out of the house!
Everybody, get out!
[David] Keith, get
out of the house!
What the fuck are you doing
here, you little bastard?
Come on, get out of the house!
Gonna tear your
goddamn head off!
Get the hell out of the house!
(all shouting)
[Man] Stay back, stay back.
Come on, come on, get out.
(coughing)
David?
Come on, go on.
Get outta there!
David.
Come on.
(all shouting)
[Man] Quick, the stairway.
Is there anybody else?
(dramatic orchestral music)
[Man] Come on, come on, come on.
Arson is one of the
most grievous offenses
to come before a court.
Your client is guilty of
arson by his own admission.
He has been convicted of
arson in the second degree.
And it is within my power
to sentence him to prison
for as long as 20 years.
In determining
sentence, however,
I must take into account the
psychiatric evaluations
of the defendant
probation reports,
the testimony of
the boy's family,
and I see grounds for some
leniency in this case.
I am sentencing him to
five years' probation--
That's ridiculous.
On the understanding
that he enter
a psychiatric facility
approved by the court.
Most ridiculous thing I
ever heard in my life.
That's supposed to be justice?
[Judge] But let me emphasize
that unless David wants
to spend the balance
of that time in prison,
he will remain under treatment
until his doctors can
convince this court
that he no longer presents
a danger to himself
or to others.
Part of the condition will be
that he may not
attempt to contact
any member of this family
in any way in the future.
(patient sobbing)
[David] What is it, Leonard?
Wanna talk about it?
(sobbing)
What's the matter?
(sobbing)
He's crying.
Can't you sleep?
I was asleep.
[Nurse] I'll give you a pill.
No.
Then get back to bed.
(sobbing)
Come on, now.
Come on, come on.
(sobbing)
I'm give you some medicine.
Calm down.
I'm gonna give you something
to make you feel better.
Open your mouth,
open your mouth.
There you go.
Down the hatch.
All right, up.
Good boy.
(coughing)
(light orchestral music)
[Man] Tommy, it looks like
you got some presents.
Let me take a look.
(all chattering)
Oh, that's a fat one today.
It's going to need two stamps.
I never seem to find the
time to write letters.
Well, you should.
It's really important, you know.
Otherwise, a person could go
crazy in a place like this.
The doctors say you're
making progress, David.
I wanna get out of here.
Your father and I
are aware of that.
They don't want to
keep people here.
They don't believe in
that, they told me that,
and they've shown
me the figures.
I wanna get out of here.
I wanna come back home.
Listen, am I paranoid?
I got this idea that you two
aren't getting along so well.
Oh, Arthur and I?
I said that to one
of my doctors.
Of course.
You have to talk about
family and things like that.
They've gotta talk
about something.
It's pretty common.
Families, uh, fall apart when
the kid goes in the nuthouse.
They blame each other.
It's nothing like that.
It has nothing to do with you.
(sighing)
How long have we been
married, 25 years?
So, we've had our ups and downs.
You just never
noticed it before.
So what?
Don't worry.
You think about yourself.
(all chattering)
You.
Come on, you're in
this group today.
Martin, let's go.
[Martin] Gladly.
John, come on.
Damien.
David, you have a 10
o'clock appointment
to see Dr. Miller today.
Will you tell him I'm
studying, please?
All right.
But this is the
fourth week in a row
you've skipped therapy.
David.
David.
(dramatic orchestral music)
What would you do if I died?
I'd die.
I'd die, too.
I don't ever wanna
stop being with you.
[Hugh] This thing is getting
completely out of control.
You and Jade are not going
to see each other again.
[David] He's trying
to break us up.
That's what he's trying to do.
[Hugh] You get the
hell out of my house!
Jade.
Jade!
No!
Stay with me!
Jade, no!
(dramatic orchestral music)
Are there enough stamps?
[Woman] Yes, this
is enough postage.
Is there any mail for me?
[Woman] Mm-mm, no.
Okay, thank you.
Any mail for me?
Mm-mm, no.
Hey, John.
Take this to Dr. Miller, please.
Okay.
Okay, Bob, today we're gonna do
a little mirror therapy.
So I want you to just
come over to the mirror.
Just relax and take it easy,
and we're gonna
work this up, okay?
Now, whom do you
see in the mirror?
[Bob] Me.
[Therapist] That's
very good, very good.
Now, just tell me, who is me?
[Bob] I don't remember.
[Therapist] Think carefully.
Look in the mirror and
tell me, who is me?
What is your name?
Bob.
Very good, Bob, very good.
Now, Bob, I want you to
just touch your chin.
Good.
Now, whom are you touching?
I'm touching me.
Very good, very good.
Now, let's go over here,
and I want you to remember
what you saw in the mirror,
because what you saw was real.
That was you in the mirror, Bob.
That's right.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Jade!
They're trying to make me crazy.
They're trying to make
me think I'm insane.
I gotta get outta here.
David, listen, the doctor said--
[David] Don't listen to the
doctors, listen to me!
Let me tell you what
the doctor's saying.
[David] Listen to me!
You don't understand!
You don't understand because
you don't listen to me!
You listen to them.
You listen to the lawyers.
For once in your life, God
damn it, listen to me!
Listen to your son.
They're killing me.
I'm dying.
Get the fuck outta
here, Leonard!
Go on, leave us alone!
Look!
Look at him!
You wanna take him home?
Well, that's what
you're gonna take home!
You've got to get
me out of here!
Look, I'm holding on day by day.
You don't know what
one day is like here,
and I've been here
almost two years!
Oh, God.
(sobbing)
You've got to get
me out of here!
We've got to do
something about him.
We've just got, we must.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Oh!
Margo, we just arrived.
That's why I'm so
out of breath, yes.
Yes, he's just fine.
He's gonna be okay.
(door slamming)
No, well, you know, it, it's
gonna be an adjustment,
and I want him to be happy here.
Arthur was magnificent.
Completely convinced
the doctors.
Hmm?
Oh, no, we don't have to worry
about them, thank goodness.
But he is only on probation.
Well, he can't travel.
He can't even get a
driver's license, no.
Oh, no, we are not going
to argue the conditions.
He can't leave Chicago,
and that's that.
Ah, don't worry.
I want you to take
it easy this weekend
because as of Monday morning,
you're going to be
starting a whole new life.
By the end of the week,
you'll have a whole
new set of friends.
Ah, you'll see.
We're all gonna help.
Help what?
We'll help you forget.
I don't mean forget...
I know there are some things
you'll want to remember.
I only saw her once.
You were together on
your bicycle, and she
waved at me.
I'll remember that picture
for the rest of my life.
But it's over, David.
They've moved back East.
New York, someplace.
Anyway,
that's the past.
Nobody can ever take
that away from you.
But you can never bring it back.
(light acoustic guitar music)
I love her.
David, you're in love with a
girl who no longer exists.
How do you know?
David, in all this time,
she's never called you.
Never written you.
Of course not.
Those bastards, those
bastards stopped my mail.
How would she know
what to think?
She may think I hate her.
David, for God's
sake, let her go.
No.
I can't.
No one ever thinks they can
forget their first love.
But we can.
(dramatic orchestral music)
I know because it
happened to me.
David, your mother and I are...
Separation.
About six weeks now.
We'd been considering
it for some time,
but we didn't,
didn't want you in the hospital
thinking you didn't have
a home to come back to.
Her name is Barbara Sherwood.
You never met her.
I love her, David.
I'll tell you something.
Seeing you in love
reminded me of
what it's like,
how it feels.
Made me remember.
I never thought I could believe
in all this a second time,
but I do.
It can happen for
you, too, David.
That boy has never
been punished!
I knew when they sent him to
this goddamn country club,
they didn't understand that kid!
Why wasn't I told
about his release?
I mean before, not afterwards.
I was told my family
would be protected.
Whose decision was this, anyway?
Was this your decision?
He was punished
by his stay here.
[Hugh] Bullshit!
[Doctor] We believe he's matured
sufficiently to be able--
Matured?
That's a lot of crap!
He burned down my house.
He tried to burn me and
my family to death!
Would you just calm down?
What's gonna satisfy you,
putting that boy in jail
the rest of his life?
Come on, Keith.
I wanna tell you something,
if that kid comes near me
or anybody in my
family ever again,
I'll kill him.
(doorbell buzzing)
You know, I don't
like surprises.
And you won't stop
surprising me.
(sighing)
I, I've been having
so many visitors.
Sammy has been camping
out on the sofa.
He went back to
school this morning.
This is nice, this place.
The nouveau moi.
Where should I sit?
Assuming you should?
Tell me if you want me to go.
Still doing it?
Still giving people permission
to say what's on their mind?
(sighing)
What brings you to New York?
You.
I wanted to see you again.
It's been a long time.
Two years.
Hugh predicted that you would
find me and get in touch,
and I should've
been the hardest.
Oh, damn him, he is
clairvoyant sometimes.
(sighing)
Once we, uh,
didn't have those
old doors to slam,
the quiet just went on and on.
I'm paying for this one.
It was fine.
What were we talking about?
Um, your divorce.
Ah, my divorce,
my happy divorce.
Uh, Hugh is living in New Jersey
with his girl at the moment.
And they frequently
come by the apartment.
Hugh thinks that we should
all be great friends.
She sits in a corner
and glares at me.
She hates me, of course.
She thinks I put
him through hell.
What do you think?
Should I go to the wedding?
When are they getting married?
Who knows?
She has the matrimonial
glint in her eye.
It'll be a great
relief for everybody.
My children will have
a devoted stepmother.
She fawns on them, Keith
and Ingrid of great chums.
What's her name?
Ingrid?
Ingrid Orchester.
Citizen of Jupiter.
She drives a van,
believes in an astrological
explanation for everything.
(chuckling)
She lives in the stars.
You still want to
be an astronomer?
I'm sure she's right.
There is such a thing as fate.
I'm glad to hear that
you're writing again.
It's great.
Tell me, that story
you wrote about me,
do you have a copy of it?
I'd like to read it sometime.
It isn't just about you.
It's about you and Jade and me.
It's about a time I saw the
two of you making love.
You saw us?
I heard something.
I thought there were
robbers in the house.
(chuckles)
I was halfway down the stairs
and I saw you, the two
of you in the firelight.
I was dazzled.
I, I couldn't move.
You never knew I was
there, did you?
No.
(light orchestral music)
And it changed
everything that night.
Everything that I
believed about love,
about my marriage.
I'm sorry.
I don't know what
I'm talking about.
And it feels good.
Oh, come and sit next to me.
I don't want to sit
here all alone.
I think that night,
that night that I came
down and saw you with Jade
and then made love
to my husband,
I was making love to you.
You know, they thought we
were lovers, you and I.
Did they?
Maybe we should've done them a
favor of making them right.
It's so nice to be here.
I missed you.
It was a long time.
The only things that I regret
and the only things
I'll ever regret
are things I didn't do.
In the end, that's
what we mourn,
the paths we didn't take.
People we didn't touch.
I should be angry.
I know it's difficult
to understand, but
I can't make love to
anybody but Jade.
It's just the way I feel.
(sighs)
I'd better go.
Where are you staying?
I don't know.
It's late, and you don't
know your way around.
[David] Well, I saw a place
near the bus terminal
called The Ivanhoe.
Oh, my.
You don't know your
way around, do you?
That area's too rough
at this time of night.
You better stay here.
You can sleep on the sofa.
My kids do all the time.
You have to let yourself
out in the morning
and get breakfast elsewhere.
Call me tomorrow, David.
For heaven's sake,
don't drop by.
Hugh and Ingrid have
a way of turning up
on Saturdays.
David?
Did you hear what I said?
What time's the next bus
to Burlington, Vermont?
Burlington, Vermont.
2:30?
Thank you, thank you.
(car horns honking)
(whistle blowing)
[Woman] Taxi.
[Man] Taxi.
(whistle blowing)
(tires screeching)
(woman screaming)
(clamoring)
Hugh!
What happened?
What happened to him?
(sobbing)
Help.
Help him.
Help.
Help him, please.
(siren wailing)
No!
(sobbing)
[Bus Driver] Anybody
else for Burlington?
(doorbell buzzing)
(footsteps thudding)
(sobbing)
Hugh was hit by a car.
This afternoon.
He, uh,
and he's dead.
Ann.
Killed.
Dead on arrival.
He never knew what happened.
[Ingrid] I will.
Is that Sammy?
Who's that?
Ingrid, this is David.
Our friend, David.
This is Ingrid Orchester,
Hugh's friend.
What the hell is he doing here?
David was in town.
He came to see me, Keith.
I don't understand this.
Did she tell you?
My father's dead.
I wanna talk to you, Keith.
We used to be good friends.
This has nothing to do with you,
so don't push in now.
First of all, you don't give
a damn about my father.
That's not true.
I loved your father.
He saved my life.
You came here looking
for my sister.
Well, my sister doesn't
want to see you.
My sister hates you!
So you can stop looking for her.
Don't you understand?
Jade hates you!
Hush!
I can't,
David, can't you stay?
You don't have to go back.
Find a hotel.
[David] Ann, it doesn't
matter anymore.
Let me, no, don't
listen to Keith.
Go to that hotel, the Ivanhoe.
I'll tell Jade.
The thing that's so weird
is that I didn't
even see it happen.
Oh, for God's sake!
That is the way Hugh was.
He was so damned arrogant.
He even had to have his
way at a stop-light.
He was so stupid.
I'm sorry.
But I should know.
It isn't fair.
Ann, I just want to
understand what happened.
You've been saying that
all afternoon, Ingrid.
I'm sorry, but she makes
me so angry, I could spit.
Ann, will you give
these to Jade?
She's trying to be
as difficult, what?
She may not wanna
see me anymore.
[Ann] What do you mean?
Please make sure she gets them.
They wouldn't let me mail them.
[Ann] David.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(knocking on door)
Well?
He's not there.
He's not anywhere.
His note said that he'd
be back on Sunday.
(door clicking)
He's in some sort of trouble.
I'm terribly afraid.
So am I.
(knocking on door)
(dramatic orchestral music)
I was on my way to
the bus station.
And I wanted to talk to you.
May I come in?
I heard about you and Keith.
What he said.
It wasn't fair.
He said you hate me.
Is it true?
I don't hate you, David.
You shouldn't be here.
I know you're still on parole.
I don't want you to be in any
more trouble because of me.
I had to see you again.
I haven't changed.
I love you.
I don't deserve it.
I never wrote you.
I never even called your family.
I probably wouldn't have
gotten your letters, anyway.
I got yours.
Ann gave them to me.
I read all of them.
I felt like I ruined your life.
(sighing)
We can talk about that sometime.
I can't handle it now.
There won't be any sometime.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime
thing, David.
I know that.
And it came at a time
when we were both
too young to handle it.
That was the terrible part.
(Jade sobbing)
Jade?
I had to say good-bye
to my father.
I never thought I could do that.
I'll be all right.
[David] Where are you going?
[Jade] Back to school.
It's in Burlington.
That's up in Vermont.
My bus leaves in an hour.
(bag zipper zipping)
Don't go.
Stay.
I don't know when we'll
see each other again.
I can't.
I really must go.
Good-bye, David.
You have to let it go.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Go back to Chicago.
Please take care of yourself.
Please say good-bye.
(sobbing)
Please, please.
No.
No.
Jade!
[Jade] No, David!
[David] Please stay with me!
[Jade] Please let me go!
[David] I don't care what
happens to me, Jade!
All I care about is you!
[Jade] Please, no, no.
Can't you see?
I can't let go.
It's not over!
We're not finished.
It won't work.
David, it's all over.
Look at me, look at me.
Jade, we're not finished.
No!
I know you still love me!
(sobbing) (light
orchestral music)
David.
David, look at me.
David, look at me.
You, you're right.
You're right.
I love you.
It'll be weird going
back to Chicago.
Do you ever go by the house?
I thought about it.
I'm glad I'll be
going back with you.
It'll mean it's all over.
Maybe like it never
even happened.
It happened.
What?
Nothing.
Come on.
Yeah, what room is
David Axelrod in?
David Axelrod.
Yeah.
David, it's Keith.
Yeah, I'm in the lobby.
You wanna come downstairs
a moment, please?
Tell Jade to come with you.
They'll be downstairs
in just a minute.
Now, look, you tell Jade
exactly what you told me.
Keith, I told you I wasn't sure.
I don't want to do this.
Oh, come on.
I know it's him.
Look, it all makes sense.
Keith, I wanna know what
happened just as much as you do,
but I want to be fair about it.
[Man] All right,
sir, I don't see
the name Shapiro listed here.
Could it have been some
other, another name?
Perhaps in your wife's name?
Ingrid.
It was him.
You were right there.
What?
[Ingrid] You were standing right
there, and I touched you.
What?
Jade, do you think this was
some sort of coincidence?
What are you talking about?
[Keith] He was in town, and
your father was killed.
I know.
You think this was coincidence.
[Ingrid] Jade, he was
standing right there.
Ingrid saw him there.
She saw him.
This bastard was
standing right there.
That's why Pap ran out like...
Pappy's dead because of him.
No!
He killed your father!
David.
I was there.
It was an accident.
Jade, listen to me.
Let me explain.
[Keith] Get your
goddamn hands off her!
Jade, it was an accident.
Jade--
You goddamn son of a bitch.
I'm gonna kill you!
Jade, let me tell
you what happened!
I didn't do anything.
(all shouting)
You dirty bastard,
I'll kill you!
You killed my father!
Keith, it wasn't his fault!
[Man] Step aside.
Step aside, police, police.
(all shouting)
[Woman] Somebody get
him off of him.
Let go of me!
That bastard burned
down my house,
for God's sakes!
He's on fucking parole!
(all shouting)
[Jade] Stop him!
Damn you, let me go!
(sobbing)
Jade!
[Jade] Don't hurt him!
Jade!
Jade!
(grunting)
(screaming)
(all shouting)
Jade!
[Man] Go on, boy!
[David] Jade!
(all shouting)
[Jade] You know what I
keep thinking about?
The night at the house.
Pappy played the
trumpet that night.
[Ann] Yeah, and I was with him.
I was his little girl.
And then I saw David all alone.
And I don't know, I just,
I wanted to go to him.
Was it wrong?
No.
I wasn't Pappy's
little girl anymore.
Something had changed.
For the first time in
my life, I was me.
Life goes on.
We change.
(dramatic orchestral music)
[Jade] But I hurt.
I hurt so much.
Oh, baby.
It all happened so fast for you.
But you'll,
you'll have a lifetime
to understand it.
(sighing)
But he loved me.
He loves me.
No one will ever
love me like that.
You'll always be loved.
You'll see.
Not like that.
Not like David.
Not like David.
I can't help you very much.
I wish I could.
But you deserve--
What?
Anything.
Everything.
You have to find
out for yourself.
("Endless Love" by Diana
Ross and Lionel Richie)
My love
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love
You're every
breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I, I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do
And your eyes
Your eyes, your eyes
They tell me how
much you care
Oh, yes
You will always be
My endless love
Two hearts
Two hearts that beat as one
Our lives have just begun
Forever
Oh oh ooh
I'll hold you
close in my arms
I can't resist your charm
And now
Oh, yeah
I'll be a fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
Oh, you know I don't mind
'Cause you
You mean the world to me
Oh, I know
I know
I found in you,
I found in you
My endless love
Oh, oh
Bom, bom
Bom, bom, bom,
bom, bom, bom, bom
Bom, bom, bom, bom, bom
Oh, and love
Oh love
I'll be that fool
For you
I'm sure
You know I don't mind
Oh, you know I don't mind
And yes
You'll be the only one
'Cause love
I can't deny this love
I have inside
I'll give it all to you
My love, my love, my love
My endless love