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0:00:03 > 0:00:06That Jack is quite delightful. It's Joe who's going places.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07I love you, son.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10I need to get out there, and I need to do something that matters.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12His PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'but your son and the rest of his crew are unaccounted for.'
0:00:14 > 0:00:16His getting decorated only helps this family.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18It doesn't help me!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20(CRYING) Everything is part of God's plan.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Part of God's plan to let Joe die?!
0:00:22 > 0:00:25It's up to you now, Jack.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29To do what? Carry on for your brother.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Well, no. That's just it.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09That's why I said I want precinct captains to call in
0:02:09 > 0:02:12every half-hour.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Well, of course they can reverse the charges.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Yeah. All right. All right. All right. Bye.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The, uh, polls have been open in the west for an hour.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23When we get back from voting,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I want to talk to you about some cabinet choices.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26No, no. That's for your transition team.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28After today, I'm retired.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29I just want to know who's on your mind.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Fine. (SIGHS)
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'm ready.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36See now, that - that's perfect for today.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Look, you look great in that colour.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Thank you.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Put yourself down for, uh, secretary of wardrobe.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Yeah?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Let's go vote for president.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49(BOBBY CHUCKLES) Fine.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54'Vice-President Nixon and his wife Pat voted
0:02:54 > 0:02:56'in the playroom of a private home
0:02:56 > 0:02:58'in Whittier, California,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01'the Los Angeles suburb where Mr Nixon grew up.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'Mr Nixon's running mate on the GOP ticket,
0:03:07 > 0:03:08'Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11'was almost totally overshadowed on election day
0:03:11 > 0:03:13by the popular concentration on the principles.'
0:03:13 > 0:03:16(JACK) Well, it's my back. (JACKIE) Do you want a pill?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19No, no. I'm loaded up on this, uh, procaine.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21(SIGHS) Oh, Jack.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Careful. The hair.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Life magazine says women like you unkempt.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28(CHUCKLES) Is that true?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Well, we need men - older men -
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and they prefer their presidents kempt.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38What?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40This... President.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Unbelievable.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45(JACK) Why are we running in Charlestown?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I mean, I've never even been here.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51We should be in Back Bay or Beacon Hill -
0:03:51 > 0:03:53people I have something in common with.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55They'd never elect a Catholic in Back Bay.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Charlestown's full of 'em -
0:03:56 > 0:03:59second-generation Micks with calluses on their hands.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Suppose I should mention my calluses are
0:04:01 > 0:04:03from trimming sails? (CHUCKLES)
0:04:19 > 0:04:20(HONKS HORN)
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Thanks, Pat. Spread it around.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24(BABY CRIES)
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Be right down!
0:04:32 > 0:04:34This is where you grew up.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Yeah. Hellhole even then.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Believe me, the only good thing about starting at the bottom is,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42you sure as hell know where you don't want to end up.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Here he is - Mr Charlestown.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48(ENGINE STARTS)
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Good to see you again, Mr Ambassador.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53Hiya, Jimmy.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And this is the candidate. Hey.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'm Jimmy Ryan, Jack. Jimmy knows Charlestown inside out.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02You're a good-looking kid. Uh, we have a problem of perception.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05As far as people are concerned, Jack's a rich man's son
0:05:05 > 0:05:08who's out of touch with the people who live on these streets.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Of course, we do have some things going for us.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Jack's a war hero. It was accidental. They sank my boat.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16A modest hero with a sense of humour. That's grand.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Saved his entire crew.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Swam 3 miles through shark-infested waters,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24towing a fella by the string of his life jacket in his teeth. There were no sharks.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Well, there are now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27All right, Jimmy.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30A warm stove in every apartment, a beer in every icebox.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33If a bum needs a drink, if a stiff needs a wake...
0:05:33 > 0:05:35and let me know when that's gone.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37What?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Charlestown may be shanty, but, uh, it knows
0:05:39 > 0:05:41when it's being sold a bill of goods.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44We'll be running against fellas who were born and raised here,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and they live to campaign. It's in their blood.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Now I can show Jack the ropes - teach him how to drink whiskey,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52slap backs, and kiss babies,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54but if he doesn't really want to do this,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56the campaign is doomed before it begins.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Show him the ropes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22No-one gets elected from Charlestown
0:06:22 > 0:06:23unless the longshoremen give 'em their blessing.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Thought that's what priests were for. And do me a favour.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Don't mention that you never worked a day in your life.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Timmy Doolan, say hello to Jack Kennedy. How are ya, Timmy?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35How are ya? Hi there. Thank you very much.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Hope you show me some consideration in the election.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Hi there. How are you? Jack. I'm Jack. I hope, uh,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42you make it to the polls this year.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44(INDISTINCT)
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Hi. Jack Kennedy.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Ladies, you coming down here or what?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54(JACK) This is where all the action is.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Tomorrow's Feast of the Assumption.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Jack should go to mass at St Bernardine's
0:06:58 > 0:06:59and glad-hand the wives and mothers.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Tomorrow night there's a wake for Dan Murphy's Uncle Pat.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Jack needs to pay his respects. I don't even know the guy.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Doesn't matter. Pat was beloved.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I actually have a date tomorrow night.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Send her over to me. You're going to the wake.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15(ORCHESTRA MUSIC PLAYS)
0:07:15 > 0:07:16What the hell is that?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Joseph Russo.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20I never heard of him.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Doesn't matter. Every Italian in this district has,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24and that's a substantial amount of votes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Enough to win?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Enough to hurt us.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36(VOICE AMPLIFIED) And that is, uh, one of the reasons why I,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39uh, chose to run in this campaign, uh, to begin with.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Having won the, uh, war,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44we must now win the peace.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Um... You know,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I don't believe that opportunity is a, uh, privilege.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I believe that it's a...a right,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54and the people of Charlestown here, uh, they'll tell you,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56uh, they want less jobs.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Um... they want -
0:07:57 > 0:07:59more jobs is what they want,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02and, uh, the fact of the matter is that opportunity is, um,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05is what people in this area, uh, are striving for right now...
0:08:05 > 0:08:08(LOWERED VOICE) We need new speech writers.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10(JACK) I believe, uh, uh, not bureaucratic red tape...
0:08:10 > 0:08:11(LOWERED VOICE) It's not what he's sayin'.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It's how he's sayin' it -
0:08:13 > 0:08:16like English wasn't his mother tongue.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20We, uh, we've got to, uh, find opportunities,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23and, uh, uh, try to, uh...
0:08:23 > 0:08:24uh, work on that,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27rather than, uh, you know, missing, uh,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30the, um, areas that we are missing in.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I can't do this!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35You want me to be Joe, and I'm not!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Well, that's obvious.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Well, then save your money, for chrissake!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41End it right now! I can't win.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Yes, you can. Your name is Kennedy,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and Kennedys never come second, ever.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I've been listening to this since I was 4.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Well, you can listen to it some more,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52till it sinks in.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56(PHONE RINGS)
0:08:56 > 0:08:57(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICK)
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Well...
0:09:00 > 0:09:02there's no ambiguity in him.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03It's exhausting.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06What do you want to do? What do I want to do?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I want to go to Harvard and teach history, chase girls.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11(SIGHS)
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I'm not running against Russo and the others.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I'm running against a ghost.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I don't envy you, lad.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30(JIMMY) Gentlemen.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Sorry I'm late. Use these.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36What? What for? You're a war hero. Look like one.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37No.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38(WOMAN) And now it's my great pleasure
0:09:38 > 0:09:41to introduce to you a young man...
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Gold Star Mothers, Jack.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Every one of 'em lost a son in the war.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48They'll be lookin' at you, but they'll be seein' them.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50...Mr Jack Kennedy.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53(APPLAUSE)
0:09:57 > 0:09:59(VOICE AMPLIFIED) Um, having won the war,
0:09:59 > 0:10:00we must now win the peace.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Uh, prosperity is a, uh, privilege.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Um, not only a privilege, but also a right,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and I believe, as a Congressman,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11uh, these are the sorts of organizations
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I would, uh, very much like to help,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16and if I have the honour of representing you in Congress,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I can tell you right now that that'll be, uh, uh, something
0:10:19 > 0:10:22that we will, um, work to, uh, to further,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25and we can help organizations like this,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27and I can do that for all of you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I can do that, uh,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32uh, by, uh, various tax incentives.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Um, we can...
0:10:35 > 0:10:36(SOBS)
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I, uh...
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I think I know how, uh, many of you feel.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55My, uh...
0:10:55 > 0:10:57my mother is a part of this organization.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00She's a Gold Star Mother as well.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Our house is filled with many memories,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06just like yours.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We, uh... we see my brother...
0:11:10 > 0:11:14We see his smile everywhere,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and my mother cries for him,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and there isn't a day that goes by
0:11:20 > 0:11:22that we don't think of Joe.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24He'll always be with us,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27the same way that your sons will always be with you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34And I would say that this is exactly the sort of organization
0:11:34 > 0:11:35that we are gonna support.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38This is the sort of organization that needs our help,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40and we're gonna give it to 'em!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43This is the sort of organization that I believe in.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Let me represent this district in Congress,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48and I will serve your interests!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Ma'am, I appreciate that. Thank you so much. Thank you.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56This is my son. He was lost at sea. Oh, I'm...
0:12:00 > 0:12:01They liked him.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03That's cos he spoke from the heart.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05That's what it's all about.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07So what do you think, Jimmy?
0:12:07 > 0:12:08I think we turned a corner tonight.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10I think we're gonna make it. We're gonna try.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13What do you mean "try"? I'm still worried about Russo. We're behind in his district.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Well, what are we doing about it?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18You think I should throw more money at it?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Money's not the problem. Neither's organization.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23We've got more volunteers than anyone.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25We got the Kennedy razzle-dazzle.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27But we're Irish, and Russo's Italian,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and there's nothing you can do about that.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Hey, Jimmy. How are ya?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55(MAN) Over here, Mr Kennedy.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57(MAN) Mr Russo!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Let's get a shot of the new candidates!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Come on, Mr Kennedy. Shake hands and smile.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02(REPORTERS SHOUT INDISTINCTLY)
0:13:02 > 0:13:04There we go.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07(LOWERED VOICE) That was a lousy trick, Jack.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09What are you talking about?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Like you don't know.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK)
0:13:33 > 0:13:34I, uh, would like to know why there's
0:13:34 > 0:13:37a, uh, second Joseph Russo on the ballot. I put him there.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Well, who the hell is he?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41He's a plumber. He works up the street.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44He doesn't speak any English, does he, Jimmy?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Uh, no, sir. He doesn't.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48You put him there to confuse people?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I put him on the ballot to split the Italian vote.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52There's nothing illegal about it, Jack.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55It's the way the game's played around here.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58(MAN) Congratulations!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01(CHEERING)
0:14:01 > 0:14:04(INDISTINCT)
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Hey, quiet, quiet, quiet! Quiet, everybody! Quiet down!
0:14:07 > 0:14:09To the next Congressman from Charlestown -
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Jack Kennedy!
0:14:11 > 0:14:15(CHEERING)
0:14:15 > 0:14:18(CROWD CHANTS) Kennedy! Kennedy!
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Kennedy!
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Kennedy! Kennedy! Kennedy!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Kennedy!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Kennedy! Kennedy!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31So the, uh, projections are looking good in North Carolina.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Just not so hot in West Virginia. Oh, I knew that'd be tough.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Too many Baptists.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I think we're gonna win this thing, Dad,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40but, uh, when we do, Jack's gonna need some serious guys
0:14:40 > 0:14:41to help him run this country,
0:14:41 > 0:14:42and all he knows is politicians up to the present time.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I have a list of names.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Mr Ambassador, Sinatra called again. It's the third time.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49He's upset because I pulled Sammy Davis from his TV show.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Why would you do that?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53He helps us with the Negro vote as well as the Jewish vote.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55He's black, and his wife is white.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Every time the two show their faces,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59we lose a precinct in Alabama.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Am I the only one who understands politics around here?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Yeah, you're the only one, Dad. The only one.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06(CHUCKLES)
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I don't particularly care what happens really.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I mean, after today, I'm done. Don't let him get to you.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Yeah, I know. I'm just tired of it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Seems like, uh, everything I do is wrong.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Look, he's just on edge.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22He's been waiting 50 years for this day.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25By tomorrow he'll be telling the world what a genius you are.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28No, no. No, it's quite clear in his mind, I'm an idiot,
0:15:28 > 0:15:29and he, uh, did it all himself.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Come on.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Oh, well. Just one more day.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Yeah, and then what?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Then it's just Bobby and Ethel -
0:15:41 > 0:15:44two ordinary people living ordinary lives.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46That's what you wanted, isn't it?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I want whatever makes YOU happy.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Go long.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Ohh! Come on, Kennedy!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59You got hands like bricks!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Henry Cabot Lodge and I have had the opportunity of serving
0:16:02 > 0:16:04with President Eisenhower...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Hell, I don't think I'd buy a used car from that man.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Would you, Mike?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Who'd you vote for, Senator?
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Me? Well, I'm a, uh, I'm a strict party guy, so...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Senator.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I've, uh, been putting together some clippings,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22in case your wife might want them.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Uh-huh.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25You know, mementos from the election.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27They're from all over the country.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Well, that's very nice of you. Thank you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32If, um...
0:16:32 > 0:16:34there's anything else you need,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I'm happy to do anything.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Thank you.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Cynthia.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Cynthia.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44(PHONE RINGS)
0:16:46 > 0:16:48(LOWERED VOICE) Are you OK?
0:16:48 > 0:16:49I mean, what are you doing, uh, with her?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52We were having conversation. Just talking. It was...
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Well, I think it would be much safer
0:16:54 > 0:16:56if you just talk to me.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I'm right here. Just talk to me.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07(TV)'..seem to be costing Mr Kennedy votes,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09'particularly in the rural areas
0:17:09 > 0:17:10'of Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama.'
0:17:15 > 0:17:16(PHONE RINGS)
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Mike, have you seen my husband?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Yes, he's in the war room. Looks like he's going to win New York.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29(PHONES RING)
0:17:32 > 0:17:33(CYNTHIA CHUCKLES)
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Am I supposed to check here or...
0:18:01 > 0:18:03(TV) 'With the state of New York
0:18:03 > 0:18:04'now securely in Senator Kennedy's column...'
0:18:04 > 0:18:07How's it going? Thank you. Well, I think it's going really well.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09(TV) 'The focus of interest is now turning
0:18:09 > 0:18:11'to the industrial states of the Midwest...'
0:18:11 > 0:18:14You know, I just realized that in a couple of hours,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16the polls are gonna close on the West Coast,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and I'll have nothing left to do but watch TV.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22(CHUCKLES) There's nothing good on tonight anyway.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26So what happens tomorrow?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I don't know.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Haven't you heard? I'm officially out of politics.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Have you told your father yet?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36No, I think you should do it.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39(LAUGHS) Oh. I don't think so.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41What if he doesn't approve?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Well...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I do have seven children of my own.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Think I'm allowed to make my own decisions now.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Hmm. yes. Yes, you are.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Hey, kid.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I've been lookin' for ya.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Bobby says everything's going real well.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Great.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09What's all this?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Thank-you cards for the campaign workers.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18(CHUCKLES) Boy, this has been
0:19:18 > 0:19:20the most exciting day of my life.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21I don't know how you're not bursting!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I rarely burst, Ethel.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Jackie,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30you are gonna be the First Lady of the United States.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33(SIGHS) It's, uh...
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I can hardly think about it.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38It's all so unreal.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Oh, come on.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Tell me you didn't know this was gonna happen
0:19:42 > 0:19:43the first time you met Jack.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46(PHONE RINGS)
0:19:46 > 0:19:50It only occurred to me the first time I met Joe.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52(MAN) The East Coast results are coming in.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55(CHUCKLES) I'm gonna go watch the returns. Are you coming?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I'll be there in a minute.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Jack, can I pull you away for a moment?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19There's someone I'd like you to meet right over there.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24..start to turn...
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Jackie.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Excuse me. Charlie. How are you?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Good to see you.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Jacqueline Bouvier, Congressman Jack Kennedy.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Hi.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Jackie's the roving photographer for the Times-Herald.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Before that, she worked in the Paris office of Vogue.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44And Jack... Needs no introduction.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Mm. well, I've, uh, I've read your column.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I've read your speeches.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Oh, you've read the, uh, Congressional Record?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Chrissake, it's the, uh, dullest thing on paper.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Well, that's the challenge -
0:20:54 > 0:20:57trying to find signs of intelligent life.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00(MAN) Jackie!
0:21:00 > 0:21:01(MOUTHS)
0:21:02 > 0:21:05So, uh, what do you do when you're not, uh, photographing?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I ride horses.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Oh.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12And what do you do when you're not congressing...
0:21:12 > 0:21:15or cutting a swath through Washington's women?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17You have quite a reputation.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20It's not true. If half of it were, I'd be dead by now.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Or cast in bronze.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25I, uh, I sail. I go up to the Cape.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27My stepfather has a summer home in Newport.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Yeah, I like the winters up there.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31For sailing or...swathing?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33No, really. You get those, uh, 10-foot swells
0:21:33 > 0:21:36and that, uh, spray against your face.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It's like, uh, needles of ice.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41You should've been a writer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Well, that was the plan at one time.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Very nice meeting you.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You, too.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Congratulations. You hooked him.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Trust me. I could see it from the bar.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03He's not interested.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Did he proposition you?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Then he's interested.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30How was your ride?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Wonderful.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34You should've come along, Mother.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I have to go. Jack's taking me to dinner.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Join me for one drink.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52You're kidding yourself if you think this is going somewhere.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Jack Kennedy can have any woman he wants.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Well, he wants me.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Then he must not mind big shoulders, tiny breasts,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05feet the size of... Just stop it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I'm just trying to protect you.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Well, don't.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12He's asked me to marry him.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15(LAUGHS)
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I hope you haven't said yes.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Joe Kennedy raised his sons to take what they want
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and discard what they want,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30with not a flicker of concern for anyone else.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Well, that's not Jack.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Don't delude yourself, darling.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37He'll never be faithful,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39not for a single day.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41He's just like his father.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Just like YOUR father.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Why can't you just be happy for me?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Because you're a silly little girl,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and you're infatuated with a public man
0:23:49 > 0:23:50who will hurt you every chance he gets.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52He loves me, and I love him,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54and it's an emotion you can't understand.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Well, then marry him, and good luck to both of you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02(JACK) Well, I don't know why you let her get to you like this.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05She's, uh, never approved of anything you've done.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07This is your decision. Right?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Jackie?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Are you having second thoughts?
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Are you sure marriage is what you really want?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I am.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26And are you sure I'm who you want?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yes.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I love you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38I'll take care of you the rest of my life.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Will you let me do that?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46(LAUGHS) Yes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07(MAN) I've got him on the line right now.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Great job.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Mother? I just heard, we're gonna take Virginia.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26That's wonderful, Bobby. Congratulations.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Michelle's made tea. Would you like some?
0:25:28 > 0:25:32No, no, I'm fine. Thank you. Uh, where's Dad? In his office.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35You must be very proud of Bobby.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I'm proud of all my children, dear,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40but he is a little special to me.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42And why is that?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45The older boys were Joe's.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Bobby's mine.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53No, no, no. Just listen to me.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Tell him the situation we discussed.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58He'll be extremely happy with the outcome.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01All right. Gotta run.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Dad, my, uh, source at NBC
0:26:03 > 0:26:05said, uh, they're gonna report we took Virginia.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Ha-ha-ha! That's great, Bobby.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10That means the whole damn eastern seaboard's
0:26:10 > 0:26:12coming in exactly the way we wanted.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Yeah, I don't know, Dad. I'm a little worried.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Uh, I think we're gonna have a difficult time in the Midwest.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19The Midwest'll be fine. Well, we have no choice but to take Illinois.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21We could lose, uh, Michigan and Wisconsin,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23which I suspect we will.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And, uh, you know, we just can't afford to lose Illinois.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Oh, we'll take it. Chicago'll come through.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30How do you know?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Well, there are more Catholics there than there are in Rome.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37I threw enough money at 'em to keep 'em in wafers till 1980. So don't worry.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44So, uh, what's on your mind?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Uh, well, you know, I, uh,
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I know it's gonna be...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53hectic here for the next few weeks, so, uh...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I just wanted to, um...
0:26:58 > 0:27:01uh, well, I want to discuss with you...
0:27:01 > 0:27:05what, uh, I want to do after tonight.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06What are you going to do?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Well, uh,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I want to... I want to get out of politics.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I want to, uh,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18move the family to Boston
0:27:18 > 0:27:21and, uh, open my own practice,
0:27:21 > 0:27:26spend more time with Ethel and the children.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28That's about it, really.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Good idea.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37You really feel that way?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Absolutely.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42You made a big sacrifice for Jack,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44and I love you for it.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45So whatever you decide to do,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I'll be in your corner, just as I was for Jack.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50And I know
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I rode you pretty hard at times,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56but if Jack makes it to the White House,
0:27:56 > 0:28:01we both know it was you that put him there.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I really appreciate that, Dad.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Bobby.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Yeah?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Bobby...
0:28:30 > 0:28:36Thank you, Bobby, for making my dream come true.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Thank you, Dad.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19He said he was going out for some air.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
0:29:31 > 0:29:35(WOMAN GIGGLES)
0:29:35 > 0:29:37(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)
0:29:37 > 0:29:40I said, uh, I said...
0:29:48 > 0:29:51How we doing in the Midwest?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Midwest is fine.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Bobby, she, uh, she works here.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01So let her work.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I would appreciate it if you would just
0:30:03 > 0:30:06have a little more sensitivity and not do that here.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07I mean, Jackie's upstairs.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I know where she is.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16You're unbelievable, you know.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Hey. Always the altar boy,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21aren't ya?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Huh?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I talked to, uh, Henry Luce today.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Yeah? What did he say? Well, I gave it to him for about 45 minutes.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31He helped me take a look at the article.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36(DOOR CREAKS)
0:31:26 > 0:31:28(BOBBY) Well, I think I'm, uh, more nervous than you are.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29How are you feeling?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Well, my knee's still killing me
0:31:31 > 0:31:34from that blind-side hit you put on me yesterday.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37No, no, I mean, uh, about getting married.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39All right. All right.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40We'll get this show on the road just as soon
0:31:40 > 0:31:43as I've had a man-to-man talk with the bridegroom.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Newsreels are turning like it's a coronation.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49They're calling it the wedding of the decade. I will see you at the altar.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52No, no. No, you can stay. I'll be quick.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I'm renting the cardinal by the hour.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58You got yourself a good girl.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Jackie's smart, uh, well-bred, damn attractive.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04That's all to our advantage.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Is that our man-to-man talk?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12No, no. Not exactly. Uh...
0:32:12 > 0:32:14just...
0:32:14 > 0:32:17just stay discreet.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Wives don't expect fidelity,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22but they don't want infidelity thrown in their faces.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24What? No, no. Dad, why would you even say that?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26That's not true.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Jack, remember, you take that vow before God.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Sometimes you make me think I've failed as a father.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Thanks, Dad.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Above all, make sure the girls are discreet.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51(WATER RUNS)
0:33:02 > 0:33:03I knew...
0:33:03 > 0:33:05what I was getting myself into.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09I... All the women throwing themselves at him...
0:33:12 > 0:33:15I just thought he'd...
0:33:15 > 0:33:18throw some of them back.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I'll talk to him.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23And tell him what?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25"Just don't get caught"?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27That's not a solution.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Well, what do you want me to do?
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Nothing.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I just wanted you to know that I'm...
0:33:36 > 0:33:38going to file for divorce.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Well, you're upset.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48I understand that, but, um...
0:33:48 > 0:33:50He'll grow up.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51He'll change.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54He can't change.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56This is what he is. This is...
0:33:56 > 0:33:58how he's been raised.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Don't talk to me about how he's been raised.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Jackie, if you, uh,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12if you divorce him, his career would be over.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Everything he's worked for...
0:34:15 > 0:34:16it would destroy him.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26And what about me?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Don't I deserve a life?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Yes, you do, and you'll have one.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33(SIGHS)
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Do you think Jack's gonna be in the Senate
0:34:36 > 0:34:37for the rest of his life?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40He's gonna run for President in 1960 and he's gonna win.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Have you told him?
0:34:41 > 0:34:46That makes you the First Lady at the age of 31.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51What difference does that make if...
0:34:51 > 0:34:53he doesn't respect me?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55He respects you.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57(SCOFFS)
0:34:57 > 0:34:59And he loves you.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00He keeps telling me all the time,
0:35:00 > 0:35:01you're the best thing that ever happened.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04To his career.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06To him.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12(BIRDS CALL)
0:35:15 > 0:35:16You're going through a rough patch.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Rough patch?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22That's all I've ever known.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I want a husband.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I want a family.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30And you'll have them both. I guarantee it.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34But you have to stay.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38I'll put a million dollars into a trust.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39If Jack doesn't make it to the White House,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42you can have your divorce and keep the million dollars.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You really think everyone can be bought?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51I haven't met the exception.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Well, you have now.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Jackie?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Do you love him?
0:36:05 > 0:36:06That's not the point.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08That's exactly the point.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Look, I know he's not perfect. No man is.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15But I do know, you can be happy with him.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19And I'll see to it that you are.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27(WOMAN) Yeah!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36You sure you don't need me for anything else, Mr Kennedy?
0:36:36 > 0:36:37No, no, no. Thanks. You should get some sleep.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38You, too.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I know that Jack will win.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45No, we've come too far to lose.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Now I need to make an early start.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49There's gonna be a mountain of calls tomorrow.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50I'll be here.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04I miss being with you, Joe.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22It's chilly out there.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Would you like a sweater?
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Thank you, Mrs Kennedy. I'll be fine.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Good night.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Good night, dear.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Good night.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Shall we go to bed, Rosie girl?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53(TV) 'The Vice President expressed his appreciation
0:37:53 > 0:37:55'to his staff and to the volunteers in the ballroom,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58'but he stopped short of a concession.'
0:37:58 > 0:37:59(BOBBY) Bastard just won't concede.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02(TV) '...electoral politics is well known,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04'and according to sources,
0:38:04 > 0:38:06'being urged by several members of his inner circle,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10'to make his concession speech now.'
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Thanks for everything.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Sure.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17(TV) 'Even if he does concede, there is always the possibility
0:38:17 > 0:38:20'that he might ask for a recount...'
0:38:20 > 0:38:21(SIGHS)
0:38:21 > 0:38:24OK.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25I'm tired. I'm gonna go to bed.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27What do you mean? You're not gonna watch this?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I'm tired.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38(BIRDSONG)
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Mr President! Mr President! Mr President!
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Wake up. Mr President, wake up.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Mrs Shaw? Wake up, Mr President.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Are we in?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Congratulations, sir.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Jack.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01I couldn't have done it without you. Or you. Come here.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Oh!
0:39:03 > 0:39:04What's this? What's this?
0:39:04 > 0:39:07What--oh! Oh! Oh!
0:39:07 > 0:39:08My head!
0:39:14 > 0:39:16(TV) 'The unexpectedly delayed climax
0:39:16 > 0:39:18'saw Senator Kennedy the victor
0:39:18 > 0:39:21'with a clear margin of electoral votes.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23'At 43 years of age, he is the youngest man ever voted...'
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Well, we're just gonna have to, uh, stay after him, Lyndon.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Well, thank you for everything.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Well, I will.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Mm-hmm. (RECEIVER CLATTERS)
0:39:33 > 0:39:34(TV) '..of a long-standing political...'
0:39:34 > 0:39:37He, uh, says congratulations from, uh, him and Ladybird.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39That's nice.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41(OBJECT RATTLES)
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Come on. Uh, let's get downstairs
0:39:44 > 0:39:46and, uh, bask in our glory.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48You OK?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Jack, you're going to be President,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55and things are going to be different...
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Well, honey, I think that's probably true. Between us.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Our marriage works
0:40:09 > 0:40:12because I decided several years ago
0:40:12 > 0:40:15to accept certain things about you,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and I've dealt with it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21I've had my private humiliations,
0:40:21 > 0:40:26but I won't have them in front of the American people.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33(CHUCKLES) the Times wrote the same damn thing. I know. It was perfect.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Did you sleep at all? Are you kidding? I can't believe you did.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38We did it. We did it.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Closest margin in history, Dad. You think I was gonna pay for a landslide?
0:40:42 > 0:40:43I love you, boys.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Now wait. Wait. Wait.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49I have some, uh, ideas for your cabinet. Mm. Oh, here we go.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Can't we just enjoy this, just for the afternoon?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56I think his memory's, uh, failing him.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Dad, you got me as, uh, attorney general.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Yeah, because that's where you're gonna be.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02We talked about this. You said you were fine.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03I'm going to Boston tomorrow to look for office space.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05No, you're not. Jack needs somebody he can trust,
0:41:05 > 0:41:06and I need you to keep an eye on jack.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08I'm picking my own cabinet, Dad.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12I believe they elected me President, not you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15That's very true, son.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16They did.