[Confronts David]
You're in ****in' sad shape! Don't **** ever hit a girl. Hit me, but don't **** ever hit a girl!
Listen to me. It wasn't Sofia. It was Julie. It was Julie. It was Julie Gianni.
Yes. So Sofia was abducted by Julie... and now Julie is posing as Sofia. You're in O.J. land, man!
Julie Gianni is **** dead!
I don't care what they told you, I can assure you Julie Gianni is alive. She is alive.
I didn't talk to them. I talked to Sofia. Where is she?
I just dropped Sofia off. I saw everything you did to her.
Let me tell you something. I did not do that to her.
Look at me. Look me in the eye. You tell me that's the girl you brought to the party. You tell me that that's your dream girl... your proximity infatuation.
And you stole her from me. The one girl I really wanted, and you took her from me. You're insane. You're losin' it, man. You have revealed yourself.
Where'd you get the coat, Brian? Where'd you get the camera? How much did they pay you?
Listen to me, 'cause this is the last time we're ever gonna speak. I was your only friend. You have revealed yourself to me.
[Approaches bar wearing his medical mask]
Give me a Budweiser and a shot of tequila.
NB Nightclub bartender
What kind of tequila?
NB Nightclub bartender
I said, what kind of tequila?
Why don't you ask me to my face, bitch? Patron, if you have it.
NB Nightclub bartender
[Pours drink]
Another shot, another Bud. [Serves David] This is on the house.
NB Nightclub bartender
It just is... bitch.
[At party in his residence]
Hey, Tommy.
Thomas Tipp No, no, don't blow me off. I'm all packed. I'm going back to London and I understand. You put me up for the other attorney's job so you didn't have to fire me. That's a classy move and your father would have done the same.
It's okay, Tommy. I became incompetent. Is there anything more unbecoming than an aging mascot?
Thomas Tipp I cared for your father. I lived and breathed for him. These guys, the Seven Dwarfs... they think you're stupid... a corporate hazard, a rogue. They are gonna find a way to get you out, David. They're lined up for your office, your life... your position. They're working day and night... to cheat you out of your 51% vote. And they're gonna sell this tradition of words... so they can eat in a better cafeteria. But what they don't know is this; [raises voice and a hand] people will read again! [Party attendees cheer and applaud]
Thomas Tipp They even got a nickname for you behind your back. Citizen Dildo. You got great instincts... but I say this with complete love. Claim your life... learn to be an asshole. Two's enough. Forgive me. I still believe in this family, David... even if it's only you.
[Greeted by dog at Sofia's residence]
Hey, Paolo.
SS Sofia Serrano
[To David]
Hello. [To dog] I have to take you for a walk.
I'm glad he protects you. He's a lethal canine.
SS Sofia Serrano
I love living here, [throws towel to floor in lighthearted humor] and I refuse to clean up!
SS Sofia Serrano
I have to work around the clock to keep this place.
SS Sofia Serrano
For 14 years. But I don't dance like you dance. Do you want something to drink?
SS Sofia Serrano
Hey, beautiful, beautiful boy. What do you want for dinner tonight? Do you want fried chicken? I like your life.
Well, it's mine and you can't have it. [Observing bedside photo] I don't wanna know the story behind this photo. Who's Sergio?
SS Sofia Serrano
It's a nickname.
SS Sofia Serrano
It's a long story. And we don't know each other.
SS Sofia Serrano
That's because I'm an arms dealer.
I've never known an arms dealer.
SS Sofia Serrano
You do now. What about you? What's your nickname?
SS Sofia Serrano
You are not staying over. Never run a company. Stay an artist. Stay an arms dealer.
SS Sofia Serrano
Somehow I can't play the violin for you. Although, it must be difficult controlling all those people's lives. Everyone at that party is connected to you for survival in some way. It seems. Ever been married? Did you ever accept any of your 12,000 proposals?
Twelve thousand and eight.
And you moved to New York to dance, paint, act and deal arms?
SS Sofia Serrano
[Holds up CD albums]
Do you wanna hear Jeff Buckley or Vicki Carr?
Jeff Buckley or Vicki Carr? Both simultaneously.
SS Sofia Serrano
Everyone said, "Don't go to New York." I just think good things will happen... if you're a good person with a good attitude. Don't you think?
SS Sofia Serrano
No. I really don't. I have to get to sleep. Truthfully, I also work mornings as a dental assistant.
Boy, am I going to the wrong dentist.
[He and Sofia are drawing caricatures of each others simultaneously]
Just our shortcomings, that's all we're allowed to draw.
SS Sofia Serrano
I've never drawn such a true likeness before. Mine's finished.
SS Sofia Serrano
Done. [Shows David his caricature á la Carnival-esque with exaggerated smile and teeth]
And you didn't immediately wanna sleep with her?
Well, you know, I'm a pleasure delayer.
How does that work? Pleasure delayer?
You don't know? You keep a relationship casual... until the absolute breaking point. And then one evening or afternoon or morning, it could be months from now. You know how it works.
No, actually I don't. I've been married for 22 years.
You've got dinner with your daughters.
Back then I had intricate systems with women... you wouldn't believe.
Hey, Doc, don't get melancholy over the 30 seconds you were single... a long time ago.
That's what you think I'm doing?
You might be right. Let's continue. Time is not our friend.
You're scared of your dreams, aren't you?
It's a nightmare either way.
Is that how you explain what's happened to you?
What happened to your face?
I'm not talking to you anymore.
You don't wanna show me your face?
Do you know why you're here? Conversation, the coffee... David, the part where we parry and just... and get to know each other bit by bit--
We'll have to skip that because you've been charged with murder. In four weeks, a judge will determine your fate... based on what I write. So you will talk to me.
There is no murder. There is no murder! It never happened! I don't have to talk to anybody!
Get the **** away from me.
You take it easy, sunshine. Take it easy, Face.
Your whole story's full of holes!
[To security guard]
Stop. Stop! Please leave right now. I'll take responsibility. Please leave right now.
Security guard [To colleague]
He's got control.
I'm gonna get you, daddy's boy little freak.
My parents are dead, you ****!
That you're a daddy's boy?
[Interpreting David's dream of driving the ominously deserted streets of Manhattan in the morning and then out bursting in existential torment]
Well, I suppose the empty street meant loneliness.
You're a shrink. You gotta do better than that.
I'm a doctor. Let's not stereotype each other. Not all rich kids are soul less and... not all psychologists care about dreams. The question is how you got here and why you've been charged.
What do you want to know? I was about to turn 33. I ran three magazines and a world wide publishing house. Most days I fooled myself in to believing it would last forever. Isn't that what being young is about? Believing secretly that you would be... the one person in the history of man... who would live forever.
Where you going so early?
Edmund Ventura [Approaches David at bar]
Problems?
I'm in no mood to be **** with, so do yourself a favor.
Edmund Ventura There's an explanation for all this, David. You and I know each other. You found me on the Internet. I'm here to help you, David.
Who the **** are you? Why are you following me?
Edmund Ventura First of all, it's very important that you calm down.
Edmund Ventura Calm down. You must overcome your fears and regain control. Take ahold of your life again, David. It's as easy as holding that glass. What if I were to tell you that you can take control... of all of this, everything? Even me.
Look, I'm straight. Okay?
Edmund Ventura David, look at all these people. Seems as though they're just all chatting away, doesn't it?
Edmund Ventura Nothing to do with you.
Edmund Ventura And yet... maybe they're only here because you wanted them to be here. You are their god. Not only that, but you can make them obey you or even destroy you.
Well, what I'd love for them to do is shut the **** up. Especially you. [All bar patrons go silent and staring at David]
Edmund Ventura You see? You and I signed a contract, David.
OA Office assistant
David! Okay, they're all waiting for you.
BM Board Member
You changed your hair.
BM Board Member
And David... opinions are expected.
[Voiceover]
Do you dream about the board; the Seven Dwarfs as you call them? [Camera focuses on each board members face] Sneezy, Bashful... Sleepy... Happy... Doc... Dopey... and of course, Grumpy.
BM Board Member
How was Aspen?
Good. Now, I want answers and I want them now. How's it going? [Voice of thought] They still look at me as if I was 11 years old.
OS Office staffer
He's going to inherit everything. He gets it all.
SS Sofia Serrano
You're amazing. Did you get to work all right?
No, actually, I had a horrible dream.
SS Sofia Serrano
You dreamed you'd never see me again.
I left your apartment, I went downstairs to the car... and my friend, the stalker, had followed me there.
And she wanted to talk to me. And I remember I had this buzz, you know... that buzz from you and me. I think my mind was still on that terrible drawing of me. But she was upset... about... I don't know. I got in the car and... she drove off a bridge... and committed suicide with me in the car.
SS Sofia Serrano
I thought you were going straight to work.
But I survived... with my arm and my face... reconstructed. And what's worse... is that I can't wake up.
SS Sofia Serrano
And how was your house after the party?
SS Sofia Serrano
The party. Remember? Red dress, strappy shoes. I spilled something on your shirt. Sweet and sour. And the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.
Thomas Tipp Right now I want you to look at these photos, then I'm gonna destroy them. Sofia's testimony is also in here. It won't exist. She's not gonna press charges.
Press charges against me?
Thomas Tipp David, wake up. Now, as a friend... I think you should see what you did to Sofia. The press won't get hold of this if you get away quickly.
[Points to photo]
Tommy, this is Julie. This is not Sofia. This is Julie Gianni. I didn't do this to her. Tommy, someone's setting me up.
Thomas Tipp David, the board and I have taken care of everything. Okay, they've been really great, really great, actually. All this is gonna disappear. We're all behind you, even the board. Get out of here. This is a revolution of the mind.
D David
[David is knocked fiercely over the head with frying pan. He wakes up later. He is puzzled by the presence of Julie.]
Who are you?
D David
You are not Sofia.
D David:
I wasn't hitting on Sophia.
Oh, fine. Whatever you say. I'm crazy. I'm blind.
D David:
You're not blind, you're drinking Jack Daniels, and when you drink Jack you start in with that, "Frank Sinatra, she shot me down, give me a cigarette, King of Sad" thing.
That I do. Give me a cigarette.
But wait. You're rich and women love you, and I'm from Ohio and I'm drunk. Can I tell you the truth?
I dig her. And I've never said this to you before about any girl, but she could be - could be, could be, could be - the girl of my **** dreams.
D David:
You're not from Ohio.
I know. But if she ****s up our friendship, she can go to hell. I won't allow it. We are bros.
D David:
I feel the same way.
D David
How 'bout if you help me, unless i'm horning in here.
S Sofia
You are, but the food's good.
D David
See, I've got this little problem. I've got a stalker.
S Sofia
It doesn't sound life threatening.
D David
But I need a cover. I need for you to pretend we're having a scintillating conversation, and you are wildly entertained. I know it's tough.
D David
She's across the room and burning a hole in my back now, isn't she?
S Sofia
Red dress, strappy shoes? Wow. She's really staring at you.
S Sofia
And she seems to be crying. Less happy. I think she's the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.
