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