Behind the Candelabra

0:00:02 > 0:00:08This film contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature

0:00:08 > 0:00:13MUSIC: I Feel Love by Donna Summer

0:00:13 > 0:00:18MUSIC CONTINUES, BUZZ OF CONVERSATION

0:00:31 > 0:00:34# Ooh!

0:00:34 > 0:00:38# It's so good, it's so good It's so good, it's so good

0:00:38 > 0:00:41# It's so good!

0:00:46 > 0:00:49# Ooh!

0:00:49 > 0:00:52# Heaven knows, heaven knows Heaven knows, heaven knows

0:00:52 > 0:00:56# Heaven knows... #

0:00:59 > 0:01:00Hi.

0:01:02 > 0:01:04Hi.

0:01:06 > 0:01:08I'm Bob.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Scott.

0:01:13 > 0:01:15WHIRRING

0:01:17 > 0:01:20OK, there you go. Good boy. Wait, no, don't lick it off. Don't.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23That's good. OK. I mean, look.

0:01:23 > 0:01:24Look how Cannibal's doing it, see?

0:01:24 > 0:01:26See there? That's it.

0:01:26 > 0:01:27Good boy.

0:01:27 > 0:01:29I need them on set, Scott.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31Right away. OK, you know your lines?

0:01:31 > 0:01:33You know your lines? OK.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41Come on.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Lou says we can't do the growl and the attack in one shot.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49We can do it, we just need to do it in two separate pieces.

0:01:49 > 0:01:51We need to prep the dogs separately for the attack.

0:01:51 > 0:01:53I just don't understand why we can't get it in one.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56Because he's got the bite suit on under his clothes,

0:01:56 > 0:01:59so the dogs see him as, like, a big old chew toy.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02I mean, it's fun for them, they love it.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04It's a safety issue.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07Scene 37, take one.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09Speed!

0:02:09 > 0:02:10A and B camera, common mark.

0:02:13 > 0:02:14Brownie!

0:02:14 > 0:02:16Cannibal!

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Bullet!

0:02:18 > 0:02:20- DOGS BARK - Right here, boys.

0:02:20 > 0:02:22- We set?- Set!

0:02:22 > 0:02:24And action!

0:02:25 > 0:02:27BARKING CONTINUES, MAN CRIES OUT

0:02:43 > 0:02:46- WOMAN:- Scottie. Your mother called.

0:02:48 > 0:02:50What did she want?

0:02:50 > 0:02:52To see you.

0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Do I have to?- No.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58Joe.

0:02:58 > 0:03:02No, of course not, but...she's your mother.

0:03:02 > 0:03:06She says she's doing much better.

0:03:06 > 0:03:08- For how long this time? - Joe, stop.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10I'll think about it.

0:03:10 > 0:03:12Humph.

0:03:12 > 0:03:16Oh, and a man named Bob Black called.

0:03:17 > 0:03:18Oh, OK.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21Is that one of them San Francisco fellas?

0:03:21 > 0:03:23No. He's from here. West Hollywood.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34- BOB:- Hey, cheeks! - Shh!

0:03:35 > 0:03:37This is where you live?

0:03:37 > 0:03:39Yeah. Why?

0:03:39 > 0:03:42You must have moved in after the Clampetts left for Beverly Hills.

0:03:42 > 0:03:43HE LAUGHS

0:03:43 > 0:03:45Bye, Rose. I'll see you tomorrow!

0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Have a good time!- OK.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49Oh, this is Bob.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51- Oh, hi, Bob.- Hi, Rose.

0:03:52 > 0:03:56MUSIC: Liberace Fanfare by The BTC Orchestra

0:03:59 > 0:04:03- ANNOUNCER:- 'And now, ladies and gentlemen, the star of the show...

0:04:03 > 0:04:06'the man who's famous throughout the world...

0:04:06 > 0:04:09'for his candelabra...

0:04:09 > 0:04:11'and his piano...

0:04:11 > 0:04:14'Mr Showmanship...

0:04:14 > 0:04:16'Liberace!'

0:04:16 > 0:04:19MUSIC: The Liberace Boogie

0:04:20 > 0:04:23RAPID PIANO PLAYING

0:04:37 > 0:04:40MUSICAL BREAK MUSICIANS: Hey!

0:04:40 > 0:04:42BAND BEGINS

0:04:48 > 0:04:51Now, this next part of the boogie-woogie is so strange,

0:04:51 > 0:04:53it really calls for an explanation.

0:04:53 > 0:04:56It's called a boogie-woogie break.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59When I'm playing it and I stop at a certain point,

0:04:59 > 0:05:02you're going to think that I've forgotten the music.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04But I didn't forget the music.

0:05:04 > 0:05:06There's just no music written for that part.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08That's why they call it a break.

0:05:11 > 0:05:12MUSICAL BREAK ALL: Hey!

0:05:12 > 0:05:14MUSIC CONTINUES

0:05:19 > 0:05:22Ah, this is fun.

0:05:22 > 0:05:23Let's try something.

0:05:23 > 0:05:27Suppose only the ladies in the audience this time, OK?

0:05:27 > 0:05:29All the girls together.

0:05:33 > 0:05:34MUSICAL BREAK WOMAN: Hey!

0:05:41 > 0:05:43Oh, that was terrific.

0:05:43 > 0:05:47OK, fellas. It's your turn now.

0:05:51 > 0:05:52MUSICAL BREAK MEN: Hey!

0:06:00 > 0:06:02I love it! That was terrific!

0:06:03 > 0:06:07You see, George? I told you men DO come to my concerts.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10- LAUGHTER - Well, I really appreciate it.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12And I know somebody else out in the audience

0:06:12 > 0:06:15who appreciates it, too. And that's my mom.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17Mom, I tell you what.

0:06:17 > 0:06:21Let them hear it from you... and I'll play it just for you.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23OK, Mom?

0:06:27 > 0:06:29- MUSICAL BREAK - Hey!

0:06:29 > 0:06:30CHEERING

0:06:36 > 0:06:40Oh, Mom, you're in the groove tonight.

0:06:40 > 0:06:43I really thank you all for joining me in this boogie-woogie.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46I'd like to try a little experiment.

0:06:46 > 0:06:50I've been playing this boogie-woogie at eight beats to the bar.

0:06:50 > 0:06:54I'd like to try playing it now at 16 beats to the bar.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57MUCH FASTER BEAT

0:07:11 > 0:07:14Wow!

0:07:14 > 0:07:16He's incredible!

0:07:22 > 0:07:24PIANO CRESCENDO

0:07:24 > 0:07:27PLAYING STOPS, APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:07:41 > 0:07:43Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Thank you.- Bravo!- You know...

0:07:46 > 0:07:50No, that's all right. Stare as long as you want.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52- LAUGHTER - I mean, you paid for it.

0:07:54 > 0:07:58You know, I always get asked, "How do you play the piano

0:07:58 > 0:08:01"with all those rings on your fingers?"

0:08:01 > 0:08:05And I always tell them, "Very well, indeed."

0:08:05 > 0:08:06APPLAUSE

0:08:08 > 0:08:09Thank you.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14And now I'd like to introduce

0:08:14 > 0:08:16another pair of piano-playing hands

0:08:16 > 0:08:19to join me in a duet.

0:08:19 > 0:08:21My protege and friend,

0:08:21 > 0:08:24Mr Billy Leatherwood!

0:08:24 > 0:08:26APPLAUSE

0:08:31 > 0:08:36- Oh, look - a matched pair of queens! - HE LAUGHS

0:08:37 > 0:08:38Oh.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43It's funny that this crowd would like something this gay.

0:08:43 > 0:08:45Oh, they have no idea he's gay.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47MUSIC: Carioca

0:09:03 > 0:09:05There's Ray. See him? In the black.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Come on, come on!

0:09:10 > 0:09:12Ray! Ray.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Bobby!- Hi!

0:09:14 > 0:09:17- I'm so glad you made it! - We loved it. Thank you so much.

0:09:17 > 0:09:20- This is my friend, Scott Thorson. - Well, hi. Nice to meet you.- Hi.

0:09:20 > 0:09:23That was really something. Thank you.

0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Well, come on back and say hi to Lee.- Are you sure?

0:09:25 > 0:09:27Oh, yes, he'd love to see you!

0:09:29 > 0:09:31Lee? Look who's here!

0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Hello, Bobby! - Lee, you were fantastic!

0:09:35 > 0:09:39This is my friend, Scott Thorson. His first time in Las Vegas.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41Oh? A lost babe in the woods, huh?

0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's like a Disney movie. Little Bambi.

0:09:44 > 0:09:46Very nice to meet you.

0:09:46 > 0:09:49You were incredible out there.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51Oh, I'm just a piano player.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53But everybody did seem to enjoy themselves, didn't they?

0:09:53 > 0:09:55ALL: Oh, yes!

0:09:55 > 0:09:56You were great, too, Billy.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Ray, why don't we fix everybody a drink?- All right.

0:10:03 > 0:10:06I'm not going to have one. I still have another show to do.

0:10:06 > 0:10:08What...you're going to do that all over again?

0:10:08 > 0:10:10I don't know how you do that.

0:10:10 > 0:10:14Oh, aren't you sweet! It's not bad for an old bag, huh?

0:10:14 > 0:10:15Oh, you look fantastic!

0:10:15 > 0:10:18And those bits with the audience are gold!

0:10:18 > 0:10:21They work every time. I stage this show once a year.

0:10:21 > 0:10:24It works the same way every single night.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27I'll tell you, when I was working saloons in my youth...

0:10:27 > 0:10:29Back in Milwaukee, they called them saloons.

0:10:29 > 0:10:31- I mean, that's how old- I- am.

0:10:31 > 0:10:33I'm from Wisconsin, too.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35No! You are?

0:10:35 > 0:10:37Well, this must be fate.

0:10:37 > 0:10:39Well, one night, this audience asked me

0:10:39 > 0:10:43to play this popular hit parade song called Three Little Fishes.

0:10:43 > 0:10:47It barely had a melody, it wasn't a challenge, at all...

0:10:47 > 0:10:49but I played it, you know, and they were happy.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52And then, I don't know where it came from...

0:10:52 > 0:10:54but I got this inspiration to play it

0:10:54 > 0:10:57as if it was composed by Strauss.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59And they loved it! They ate it up!

0:10:59 > 0:11:01You would've thought that I invented the piano!

0:11:01 > 0:11:03LAUGHTER

0:11:03 > 0:11:04And I knew right then

0:11:04 > 0:11:06it was all about giving them a good time.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09And that's what I'm all about.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11I love to give people a good time.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14Bobby, you boys staying in town tonight?

0:11:14 > 0:11:16Oh, yes. It's too late to drive back to LA.

0:11:16 > 0:11:20Well, Lee, why don't we have the boys over for brunch tomorrow?

0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Oh, no, that's too much for you. - No, no. That's a great idea!

0:11:24 > 0:11:27Of course! Let's do it! But, you know, after 3:00, OK?

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Cos I need my beauty sleep.

0:11:49 > 0:11:51DOG YAPS

0:11:55 > 0:11:57Welcome, gypsies!

0:11:57 > 0:11:59Is this a palace?

0:11:59 > 0:12:02Lee thinks he's King Ludwig II.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Who's he?- The Liberace of Bavaria.

0:12:05 > 0:12:07Oh, is he a piano player, too?

0:12:07 > 0:12:08No.

0:12:13 > 0:12:15Wow.

0:12:15 > 0:12:17Almost time for a dip.

0:12:20 > 0:12:22DOG YAPS

0:12:22 > 0:12:25I'm sorry I'm so informal.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27So happy you all could come.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29Don't these things belong in an oven?

0:12:29 > 0:12:33Oh, he's so mean to my babies. I mean, this is my family!

0:12:33 > 0:12:35And this is Baby Boy.

0:12:35 > 0:12:40Baby Boy, he's very old. He's deaf, and he's blind.

0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'm his seeing eye person.

0:12:42 > 0:12:43LAUGHTER

0:12:43 > 0:12:46I could get something to help clear up his eyes.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Scott works with animals.- Oh?

0:12:48 > 0:12:51I worked for a vet, you know, for a while,

0:12:51 > 0:12:53and we had a lot of poodles with eye problems.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55Oh, that would be fabulous!

0:12:55 > 0:12:57No-one's been able to help my little Baby Boy.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00I hate to see him suffer.

0:13:00 > 0:13:04I think my favourite review is from San Francisco,

0:13:04 > 0:13:07when they said, "Liberace was no Rubinstein,

0:13:07 > 0:13:10"but then Rubinstein is no Liberace."

0:13:10 > 0:13:11SOFT LAUGHTER

0:13:11 > 0:13:13Oh, this is my houseboy, Carlucci.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16He rules the roost around here.

0:13:18 > 0:13:20Thank you.

0:13:22 > 0:13:23Pig.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28- What?- Pig in a blanket. You want a pig in a blanket?

0:13:32 > 0:13:34No. Thanks.

0:13:45 > 0:13:47After lunch, I'll give you a guided tour.

0:13:49 > 0:13:50Great.

0:13:50 > 0:13:51< DOOR SLAMS

0:13:57 > 0:13:59ANOTHER DOOR SLAMS

0:14:01 > 0:14:03I do all my own decorating.

0:14:03 > 0:14:05I just love it.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07I call this "palatial kitsch".

0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Right.- Don't you just love that?

0:14:10 > 0:14:12I never saw so many pianos.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14Oh, I never touch them.

0:14:14 > 0:14:17Mama made me play every day in my childhood.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19Didn't have any friends.

0:14:19 > 0:14:22So, now I never play...when I play.

0:14:22 > 0:14:24HE GIGGLES

0:14:24 > 0:14:26These are actual Roman columns.

0:14:26 > 0:14:27Ionic.

0:14:32 > 0:14:35DOG YAPS

0:14:35 > 0:14:40And I personally support the entire Austrian rhinestone business.

0:14:40 > 0:14:44It's too bad you're so big, you could try one of these on.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47So, Scott, do you have any family left?

0:14:47 > 0:14:49Oh, no, not really.

0:14:49 > 0:14:51Um...

0:14:51 > 0:14:54My mom's been, er, in and out of places,

0:14:54 > 0:14:56you know, for my whole life.

0:14:56 > 0:14:57Oh, really?

0:14:57 > 0:15:00And I have two sisters... and a brother,

0:15:00 > 0:15:03and then four half-brothers and sisters...

0:15:03 > 0:15:07from two different fathers, but most of them live with their fathers.

0:15:07 > 0:15:11The rest of us, like me and Wayne, we were sent to state-run homes...

0:15:11 > 0:15:14and then Mom would come get us and we'd live with her for a while,

0:15:14 > 0:15:17then...she'd have her troubles again and they'd have to put her away,

0:15:17 > 0:15:20so we'd get split up and sent to foster homes.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23But I was really lucky. I ended up with Rose and Joe.

0:15:23 > 0:15:27You know, a really nice family, on a ranch..

0:15:27 > 0:15:29You know, with animals.

0:15:29 > 0:15:32Sure, because it was a ranch!

0:15:32 > 0:15:33What a story!

0:15:33 > 0:15:37I mean, you got everything, but a fire in the orphanage.

0:15:37 > 0:15:40But the ranch is where you got to like animals and...

0:15:40 > 0:15:43I guess.

0:15:43 > 0:15:45Oh, and I am going to try and get that medicine for Baby Boy.

0:15:46 > 0:15:50Aw, you remembered his name. Oh, that would be wonderful.

0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm going to give you my private number.

0:15:54 > 0:15:55It's unlisted.

0:15:57 > 0:16:00Now, I'm counting on you...

0:16:00 > 0:16:03so don't you forget.

0:16:10 > 0:16:14You'd better not walk onto my stage with a ketchup stain.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16Like anyone would give a shit.

0:16:16 > 0:16:19TELEPHONE RINGS

0:16:19 > 0:16:21- HE SIGHS:- He's so unprofessional.

0:16:21 > 0:16:22RINGING CONTINUES

0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Hello? - 'Oh, hi, this is Scott...Thorson.'

0:16:26 > 0:16:28- I'm sorry, who? I can't... - 'Scott. I'm Bob's friend.'

0:16:28 > 0:16:32- 'I was at L...his house. I have medicine for his dog.'- Wait, hold on.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34- A Scott somebody.- Who?

0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Friend of Bob's, who was at your house.- Oh, Scott!- He has medicine?

0:16:37 > 0:16:40Scott, is that you?

0:16:40 > 0:16:42Hi. Um... Yeah...

0:16:42 > 0:16:45Er, Mr...

0:16:45 > 0:16:47'No, no. Please, just call me Lee.'

0:16:47 > 0:16:49Lee. OK.

0:16:49 > 0:16:53Yeah, I have the medicine for your poodle. For his eyes?

0:16:53 > 0:16:55Oh, my saviour!

0:16:55 > 0:17:00OK, I was going to just, um, tuck it in the mail tomorrow morning...

0:17:00 > 0:17:03and, er, it should be there, you know, in a few days.

0:17:03 > 0:17:06Oh, no, no. I don't want Baby Boy to have to wait that long.

0:17:06 > 0:17:10Why don't you just book a flight and come up this evening?

0:17:10 > 0:17:12At my expense.

0:17:12 > 0:17:16HE LAUGHS It's not that important.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19Scott, why don't you let me decide what's important?

0:17:19 > 0:17:21You know, you'd be doing me a great favour

0:17:21 > 0:17:23if you'd fly up here this evening.

0:17:23 > 0:17:26'And I promise you, I'll fly you right back to LA

0:17:26 > 0:17:28'after my first show.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30- 'I promise.'- OK.

0:17:33 > 0:17:36Ah! Alone at last.

0:17:38 > 0:17:41Thank you so much for bringing my baby's medicine.

0:17:41 > 0:17:45Um, no problem. He's going to be fine.

0:17:45 > 0:17:48What would you like to do with your life, Scott?

0:17:48 > 0:17:50What's...what's your dream?

0:17:50 > 0:17:55- I want to be a veterinarian. - Oh, don't you just love animals?

0:17:55 > 0:17:57So do I.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00You know, because they love you, no matter what.

0:18:00 > 0:18:04That's what makes them dumb animals, I guess.

0:18:04 > 0:18:08If they really knew who we were, they'd have nothing to do with us.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15Scott, I...

0:18:15 > 0:18:19I feel like I can trust you. And I have to talk to someone.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25I've got myself in a terrible mess.

0:18:25 > 0:18:28What is it?

0:18:28 > 0:18:32It's Billy. My protege.

0:18:32 > 0:18:35I've created a monster. A monster!

0:18:35 > 0:18:37I gave him everything, you know,

0:18:37 > 0:18:39- I put his name in lights - I made him famous...- What did he do?

0:18:39 > 0:18:42Well, he's out of control! He's ruining me!

0:18:42 > 0:18:45He's ruining my image! I can't stand bad publicity!

0:18:45 > 0:18:47My fans, you know?

0:18:47 > 0:18:50Unfortunately, they're not dumb animals.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52He's just...he's done terrible things!

0:18:52 > 0:18:54He's breaking my heart.

0:18:54 > 0:18:57It's just, he's drinking heavily, he's getting into fights.

0:18:57 > 0:18:58And I can't get rid of him!

0:18:58 > 0:19:01He's under contract for six months!

0:19:01 > 0:19:03I'm going to be ruined!

0:19:03 > 0:19:07I just wish his wife would come and take him away.

0:19:07 > 0:19:08His wife?!

0:19:09 > 0:19:12Hand me a towel, please.

0:19:14 > 0:19:15Thank you.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21I never know whether people like me for me

0:19:21 > 0:19:25or what they can get out of me. You know, because I'm Liberace.

0:19:26 > 0:19:29Walter Liberace, for God's sakes!

0:19:29 > 0:19:30I mean, can you imagine?

0:19:30 > 0:19:34I mean, Walter's fine for Pidgeon, but Liberace?

0:19:35 > 0:19:38It was the only thing my father gave me.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40He was a French horn player.

0:19:40 > 0:19:42He left us for an oboist.

0:19:44 > 0:19:46So, that's why you're so musical?

0:19:46 > 0:19:50No, that man had nothing to do with it. My talent comes from God.

0:19:51 > 0:19:55Everybody wants a piece of me, a piece of the action.

0:19:55 > 0:19:59My brother George, he performs in some small club.

0:19:59 > 0:20:03You know what the marquee says? "Liberace", in big letters.

0:20:03 > 0:20:05I built that name. It's my name.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07That's not his.

0:20:08 > 0:20:11"Gimme, gimme, gimme."

0:20:11 > 0:20:14No-one I can trust, no-one I can talk to.

0:20:14 > 0:20:18I hate my life sometimes. I really do.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20- No.- No, it's true.

0:20:20 > 0:20:24No matter how many people are around, I'm all by myself.

0:20:24 > 0:20:25Like, I'm with people -

0:20:25 > 0:20:28they're not really my family or my friends.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31You know what that feels like?

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Yeah. I do.

0:20:35 > 0:20:36Yes.

0:20:37 > 0:20:39Yes, you do.

0:20:40 > 0:20:42You've been good for me, Scott.

0:20:44 > 0:20:45When?

0:20:45 > 0:20:47Now. Just now.

0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Oh, you mean talking and...? - Yes, you know.

0:20:50 > 0:20:53- And listening.- Sure. - You're very good at listening.

0:20:53 > 0:20:55People...take...

0:20:57 > 0:20:59You know what?

0:20:59 > 0:21:01I have a great idea.

0:21:03 > 0:21:05Why don't you come work for me?

0:21:07 > 0:21:09As what?

0:21:09 > 0:21:12Well, you could be my secretary.

0:21:12 > 0:21:14I don't type.

0:21:14 > 0:21:17Hell, Scott, I can pay people to type.

0:21:17 > 0:21:22I need a companion. A bodyguard. Someone to keep people off my back.

0:21:22 > 0:21:25Someone I can talk to the way we talked tonight.

0:21:25 > 0:21:28You'd be my right-hand man.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31You can take care of the animals.

0:21:31 > 0:21:33Please.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35Say yes, Scott.

0:21:38 > 0:21:40Would you close the drapes on the window, Scott?

0:21:40 > 0:21:41Yeah.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's really pretty at night.

0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Oh!- I'm sorry.

0:21:48 > 0:21:51- I didn't mean to scare you like that.- I didn't mean to flinch!

0:21:51 > 0:21:53Yeah, I just... I...

0:21:53 > 0:21:57Things are moving really...fast.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Maybe I should just get a room for tonight.- Oh, nonsense.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03Look, I completely understand

0:22:03 > 0:22:07and I promise I'll stay on my side of the bed. I promise.

0:22:44 > 0:22:45Good morning.

0:22:54 > 0:22:56Well, look who's up!

0:23:09 > 0:23:11You're making a mistake here. Listen to me.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15- I worked for that old fag in his Hollywood house!- Joe!

0:23:15 > 0:23:16Oh, I'm not saying it for that.

0:23:16 > 0:23:20I'm saying, it's not a fit place for Scott!

0:23:20 > 0:23:22You don't know him like I know him.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24Is this the kind of life you want for yourself?

0:23:24 > 0:23:28It's a job, Rose. And it pays better than getting two.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30Yeah, and you know what they call that kind of job.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32That's not what this is.

0:23:32 > 0:23:36Look, he's old. He doesn't like me just for that.

0:23:36 > 0:23:38Do you even like this man?

0:23:40 > 0:23:43Yeah. I really do.

0:23:43 > 0:23:44He's lonely.

0:23:46 > 0:23:48I can take care of him.

0:23:48 > 0:23:50And he can take care of me.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53My eyes are open, Rose.

0:23:54 > 0:23:56I promise.

0:24:30 > 0:24:31Mr Thorson!

0:24:31 > 0:24:35Seymour Heller, Lee's manager. Lee's expecting you.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44Is it any good?

0:24:44 > 0:24:45It's amazing.

0:24:47 > 0:24:49I love to cook.

0:24:50 > 0:24:53We'll be a couple of fat biddies in no time.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55Great, cos I love to eat.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02Come here, you.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17She's going to see us.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20People only see what they want to see, Scott.

0:25:26 > 0:25:29Oh, God! Oh, God!

0:25:29 > 0:25:31Oh, my God.

0:25:31 > 0:25:32BOTH PANT

0:25:35 > 0:25:38LEE SIGHS, THEN LAUGHS

0:25:39 > 0:25:42We'll go shopping tomorrow.

0:25:44 > 0:25:46After cooking and sex,

0:25:46 > 0:25:50I think shopping's the reason to get up every day.

0:25:50 > 0:25:52And it helps so many people.

0:25:54 > 0:25:57Do you mind if I ask you something?

0:25:57 > 0:26:00How do you stay hard for so long? I mean...

0:26:00 > 0:26:02that was the fourth time since lunch.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05You make me feel so young.

0:26:07 > 0:26:09And I've had implants.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14I've had quite a drive, you know, as well

0:26:14 > 0:26:19and...you know, I've had problems.

0:26:19 > 0:26:22And it's a terrible thing when you have such a desire

0:26:22 > 0:26:24and the equipment doesn't work.

0:26:24 > 0:26:28It's like, um, you know, wanting to sing and being tone deaf.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31And no-one knows.

0:26:31 > 0:26:32You're the only one I told.

0:26:32 > 0:26:34You see what you mean to me?

0:26:34 > 0:26:37Lee, I think... Just a minute. I should just tell you...

0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'm bisexual.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43I like women, too.

0:26:44 > 0:26:47Well, good for you.

0:26:47 > 0:26:49I love women!

0:26:49 > 0:26:51I wish I could be that flexible.

0:26:51 > 0:26:54Make things so much easier.

0:26:54 > 0:26:59I am so sick of getting fan mail about my engagement to Sonja Henie.

0:26:59 > 0:27:02As if I would marry an ice skater. Please! I mean, those thighs?

0:27:04 > 0:27:08No, I was a goner from my first time.

0:27:08 > 0:27:11He was a Green Bay Packer.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13He came to hear me play at one of my saloons.

0:27:13 > 0:27:18I mean, I couldn't miss him. The guy was the size of the door!

0:27:18 > 0:27:20That's how I lost my virginity.

0:27:20 > 0:27:22Isn't that romantic?

0:27:22 > 0:27:23THEY LAUGH

0:27:23 > 0:27:26You know, I tried to make myself love women.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29I'd stare at women's bosoms and their backsides,

0:27:29 > 0:27:31you know, trying to feel something.

0:27:31 > 0:27:35You see, I knew, from being Catholic,

0:27:35 > 0:27:38what happened to boys like me.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40And I went to confession.

0:27:40 > 0:27:43Of course, I... I couldn't confess everything.

0:27:43 > 0:27:46The problem was, according to Catholics,

0:27:46 > 0:27:49not confessing a sin is also considered a sin,

0:27:49 > 0:27:54so, you know, I was damned if I do, damned if I didn't.

0:27:54 > 0:27:57I can't believe you're still Catholic.

0:27:57 > 0:27:58Devout.

0:28:00 > 0:28:04The turning point for me was Kennedy getting assassinated.

0:28:04 > 0:28:07MUSIC: Nocturne in E Flat Major Op. 9, No. 2 by Chopin

0:28:07 > 0:28:10'I was working nonstop and I was sick.

0:28:10 > 0:28:12'I felt terrible.

0:28:12 > 0:28:13'We found out later

0:28:13 > 0:28:17'that, when those heavy costumes I wear get dry cleaned,

0:28:17 > 0:28:19'they use this tetrachloride solution.

0:28:19 > 0:28:23'I would sweat and it'd get absorbed into my bloodstream...

0:28:23 > 0:28:25'and shut down my kidneys.

0:28:25 > 0:28:27'Can you imagine?

0:28:27 > 0:28:29'But no-one knew.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32'So I'm watching the assassination on TV

0:28:32 > 0:28:34'and I think, well, at least I'll have a few days off.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37'I mean, nobody's going to come see me perform this weekend.

0:28:37 > 0:28:42'But, no. No, Seymour made me work.

0:28:42 > 0:28:44'Well, they thought I was dying.

0:28:44 > 0:28:46'They couldn't figure out what was wrong.

0:28:46 > 0:28:50'I mean, everything's bloated. I'm drowning in my own fluids.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53'They put me on dialysis and I'm thinking,

0:28:53 > 0:28:56' "The only thing that's going to get me through this is prayer."

0:28:56 > 0:28:59'Sometime within these 36 hours of treatment,

0:28:59 > 0:29:01'I wake up, and there's this nun,

0:29:01 > 0:29:05'in an all-white habit, sitting beside my bed.

0:29:05 > 0:29:06'I said I wanted to pray

0:29:06 > 0:29:09'and she told me not to waste my strength.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12'And she assured me I would live.

0:29:12 > 0:29:16'Next day, my kidneys start to work.

0:29:16 > 0:29:18'The doctors were amazed!

0:29:18 > 0:29:21'They admitted to me they had given up hope.

0:29:21 > 0:29:23'So, I asked to see the nun,

0:29:23 > 0:29:26'to thank her for giving me strength,

0:29:26 > 0:29:28'and...they said, "Oh, no!

0:29:28 > 0:29:32' "There's no nun here that fits that description.

0:29:32 > 0:29:36' "There are no nuns here that wear all-white habits." '

0:29:36 > 0:29:39And I knew.

0:29:39 > 0:29:42I knew my life would not have been spared

0:29:42 > 0:29:47if being gay was the sin that the Church said it was.

0:29:47 > 0:29:51I was saved... because God looks upon me

0:29:51 > 0:29:53with special favour.

0:29:53 > 0:29:56That nun...was a messenger.

0:29:59 > 0:30:01Wow.

0:30:01 > 0:30:03Isn't that something?

0:30:03 > 0:30:07But, you know, Scott - men, women - you know, who cares?

0:30:07 > 0:30:09What's important is to be yourself.

0:30:09 > 0:30:12You just be who you are, baby boy.

0:30:26 > 0:30:29Don't eat all of this.

0:30:29 > 0:30:33You'll be angry that your panties are tight.

0:30:33 > 0:30:35Ah-ooh.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38- You want some, Scott?- Mm-mm.

0:30:42 > 0:30:43Mm!

0:30:43 > 0:30:45These are delicious.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47Here.

0:30:47 > 0:30:49Have one.

0:30:52 > 0:30:55(Does he do that every night?)

0:30:55 > 0:30:57Mm-hm.

0:30:57 > 0:31:00MUSIC: Tico-Tico by Liberace

0:31:51 > 0:31:57- JOHNNY MATHIS:- # Have yourself a merry little Christmas... #

0:31:57 > 0:32:03- Be careful, Scott. - # Let your heart be light... #

0:32:03 > 0:32:04Perfect.

0:32:04 > 0:32:07# From now on, our troubles

0:32:07 > 0:32:10# Will be out of sight... #

0:32:10 > 0:32:12He made you a pesto panini.

0:32:12 > 0:32:13Oh.

0:32:16 > 0:32:19Did you, er... Did you bring my Fresca?

0:32:23 > 0:32:24What?

0:32:28 > 0:32:31Here's what's going to happen. You listening?

0:32:31 > 0:32:34You think you're so hot and sexy with your hard ass

0:32:34 > 0:32:36and that bisexual bullshit.

0:32:36 > 0:32:38You know how many there have been?

0:32:38 > 0:32:40Bobby, Hans, Chase.

0:32:40 > 0:32:42Oh, and some country boy stripper

0:32:42 > 0:32:45who was so dumb he wore his G-string backwards.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47He got rid of all of them.

0:32:47 > 0:32:48But I'm still here.

0:32:48 > 0:32:51And one day, Lee is going to call Seymour

0:32:51 > 0:32:53and he's going to tell him to get rid of you.

0:32:59 > 0:33:00Lee?

0:33:03 > 0:33:04Lee?

0:33:07 > 0:33:09Oh, excuse me, sorry, I was...

0:33:12 > 0:33:13Lee?

0:33:14 > 0:33:16Right here, baby boy.

0:33:18 > 0:33:21You've never seen me without my hair, have you?

0:33:22 > 0:33:25Terrible. Terrible, isn't it?

0:33:26 > 0:33:28But the pieces, they're great.

0:33:30 > 0:33:32You know what I'm going to do?

0:33:32 > 0:33:35I'm going to put you in charge of my wigs.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37I only do that for people I trust.

0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Would you like that? - Lee, I'm sorry, but...

0:33:41 > 0:33:43I think maybe this was a mistake.

0:33:43 > 0:33:45What's wrong? What?

0:33:45 > 0:33:49I can't do this. I can't live like this, in this house.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52I mean, everybody looks down on me.

0:33:52 > 0:33:55Carlucci is always on my ass about something.

0:33:55 > 0:33:57He's treating me like I'M the houseboy.

0:33:58 > 0:34:01I just... I can't live like this. I'm sorry.

0:34:01 > 0:34:04I don't want to see you depressed.

0:34:04 > 0:34:08When you have a sad face, then I feel sad.

0:34:08 > 0:34:12But it's not sad, it's... This isn't working.

0:34:12 > 0:34:14Well, then, I've failed.

0:34:14 > 0:34:19Because you have made me so happy over these past few months.

0:34:19 > 0:34:21And if I haven't made you happy...

0:34:24 > 0:34:27Your happiness means everything to me, Scott.

0:34:30 > 0:34:33Well, I just don't know what to do.

0:34:34 > 0:34:38MUSIC: Why Do I Love You? by Liberace

0:35:13 > 0:35:16'Why do I love you?

0:35:16 > 0:35:19'I love you not only for what you are

0:35:19 > 0:35:22'But for what I am when I'm with you

0:35:22 > 0:35:27'I love you not only for what you have made of yourself

0:35:27 > 0:35:31'But for what you are making of me

0:35:31 > 0:35:34'I love you for ignoring the possibilities

0:35:34 > 0:35:37'Of the fool in me

0:35:37 > 0:35:40'And for accepting the possibilities

0:35:40 > 0:35:43'Of the good in me.

0:35:50 > 0:35:53'Why do I love you?

0:35:53 > 0:35:56'I love you for closing your eyes

0:35:56 > 0:35:59'To the discords in me

0:35:59 > 0:36:02'And for adding to the music in me

0:36:02 > 0:36:05'By worshipful listening.'

0:36:09 > 0:36:11PANTING

0:36:13 > 0:36:15No, I don't like it.

0:36:15 > 0:36:19- It makes it better. - I don't want it.- Oh. Oh!

0:36:23 > 0:36:27I've always wanted children.

0:36:27 > 0:36:31I regret that, not having children.

0:36:31 > 0:36:35I love Christmas. I think I'd be a good daddy,

0:36:35 > 0:36:39- don't you think? - Oh, you're such a loving man.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41Mmm.

0:36:41 > 0:36:43Well, maybe I'll adopt you.

0:36:46 > 0:36:49I want you to take the money that you're earning

0:36:49 > 0:36:52and to buy a house here in Las Vegas.

0:36:54 > 0:36:56I'll co-sign.

0:36:56 > 0:37:00But it'll be in your name, so...you'll have some security.

0:37:02 > 0:37:03Would you like that?

0:37:03 > 0:37:07Lee...are you serious?

0:37:09 > 0:37:11I want to be everything to you, Scott.

0:37:11 > 0:37:14I want to be father...brother...

0:37:14 > 0:37:18lover...best friend.

0:37:18 > 0:37:20Everything.

0:37:23 > 0:37:25You know I love you.

0:37:27 > 0:37:29Does that mean anything to you?

0:37:31 > 0:37:33Maybe all those years...

0:37:33 > 0:37:36all those foster homes...

0:37:37 > 0:37:39..maybe I'm your real family.

0:37:39 > 0:37:42- PEGGY LEE: - # I've found a brand-new idol

0:37:42 > 0:37:44# He's charming as can be

0:37:44 > 0:37:47# I really can't describe

0:37:47 > 0:37:50# The strange effect he has on me... #

0:37:58 > 0:38:02# I start to shake I start to shiver

0:38:02 > 0:38:04# And every fibre in my being seems to quiver... #

0:38:04 > 0:38:06Want to smell that?

0:38:06 > 0:38:10# It's a feeling very close to ecstasy

0:38:10 > 0:38:14# That's what happens when Liberace winks at me... #

0:38:14 > 0:38:18- Isn't she sweet?- Mmm.

0:38:18 > 0:38:21She's got a little bit of a Judy thing going on, don't you think?

0:38:21 > 0:38:23Yeah.

0:38:23 > 0:38:25You look hot.

0:38:25 > 0:38:28I do, don't I?

0:38:29 > 0:38:31The wink?

0:38:31 > 0:38:33That was my idea.

0:38:33 > 0:38:34- Yeah?- Mm-hm.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37I was the first person in television

0:38:37 > 0:38:40to look directly into the camera.

0:38:40 > 0:38:45I was the first matinee idol in television.

0:38:45 > 0:38:49I was the one had the idea of putting the candelabra

0:38:49 > 0:38:53up on the piano, you know? I saw an old Merle Oberon movie

0:38:53 > 0:38:56when I got the idea, from, er...about Chopin.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59What was the name of that...? A Song to Remember!

0:38:59 > 0:39:02Really? That's like your trademark!

0:39:02 > 0:39:04I know. Who knew?

0:39:04 > 0:39:07Wow.

0:39:07 > 0:39:08Huh.

0:39:08 > 0:39:15So, really, no matter what you did, you were just...meant to be famous.

0:39:15 > 0:39:17I guess so.

0:39:18 > 0:39:19Hmm.

0:39:21 > 0:39:23TELEPHONE RINGS

0:39:23 > 0:39:26LEE GROANS

0:39:26 > 0:39:28Hello.

0:39:28 > 0:39:31Oh, hi. Yeah, hold on.

0:39:31 > 0:39:33It's Seymour.

0:39:33 > 0:39:35I told him not to call this number.

0:39:37 > 0:39:39I told you not to call this number.

0:39:39 > 0:39:42Hi, Lee. I'm sorry, I have to talk to you about these dates.

0:39:42 > 0:39:43We've got six months of bookings.

0:39:43 > 0:39:46I already told you the dates I would do.

0:39:46 > 0:39:48- SCOTT SIGHS - I'm not working after Thanksgiving

0:39:48 > 0:39:51during the holidays. ..Especially now.

0:39:51 > 0:39:53But you can make double on holiday shows.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55Take a vacation later.

0:39:55 > 0:39:59Seymour, I do not want to be the richest piano player in the grave.

0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Forget it.- No, definitely not. You're already working too hard.

0:40:02 > 0:40:05Lee, give the phone to Scott. I have a question for him.

0:40:08 > 0:40:10Hey, Seymour.

0:40:10 > 0:40:13Hey, Scott. Why don't you stay out of my fucking business?

0:40:13 > 0:40:14Now give me back to Lee.

0:40:19 > 0:40:22Mm-hm. ..OK.

0:40:22 > 0:40:26No, you cannot come for dinner tomorrow night. I'm making pork.

0:40:26 > 0:40:29- SCOTT LAUGHS - OK. Bye-bye.

0:40:29 > 0:40:32Ay-yi-yi! Oy!

0:40:32 > 0:40:35Doesn't he get insulted when you don't invite him over for dinner?

0:40:35 > 0:40:37He gets 10% of every dollar I earn.

0:40:37 > 0:40:40I don't have to take him out for dinner.

0:40:40 > 0:40:43And I don't want any company!

0:40:43 > 0:40:48I want my blonde Adonis all to myself.

0:40:51 > 0:40:53Oh, shit!

0:40:53 > 0:40:55Shit, shit, shit!

0:40:55 > 0:40:58- Carson!- Oh, hurry! Hurry!

0:40:59 > 0:41:01Have we missed my performance?

0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Oh.- Tsk.

0:41:13 > 0:41:16Oh, my Christ! I-I look like my father!

0:41:16 > 0:41:19I look like my father in drag!

0:41:19 > 0:41:23I look like my father in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte!

0:41:23 > 0:41:24SLURPING

0:41:24 > 0:41:26I would say a full face-lift,

0:41:26 > 0:41:29with silicone implants to prevent the return

0:41:29 > 0:41:31of the lines around the mouth.

0:41:31 > 0:41:32My feeling?

0:41:32 > 0:41:35Why go through all of the work and the money

0:41:35 > 0:41:37just to have it all fall down within a year?

0:41:37 > 0:41:40You pay good money, it should last.

0:41:40 > 0:41:42Some of these doctors, they keep you coming back

0:41:42 > 0:41:45and paying, time after time.

0:41:45 > 0:41:47- I don't believe in it. - No, you're right.

0:41:47 > 0:41:49You know, I had all this done a while ago,

0:41:49 > 0:41:52but I don't think he was as good as you are.

0:41:52 > 0:41:54DOG YAPS OUTSIDE

0:41:54 > 0:41:57I'm going to recommend a deep face peel after the face-lift.

0:41:57 > 0:42:00You're going to look fabulous!

0:42:00 > 0:42:02You'll look as young as Scott here.

0:42:02 > 0:42:04Oh, thank you! I feel so much better.

0:42:04 > 0:42:06I mean, that Carson show was like looking

0:42:06 > 0:42:10at Dorian Grey wither away in public.

0:42:10 > 0:42:14But what about the press? How do we keep this a secret?

0:42:14 > 0:42:16We rent you a fully-furnished apartment under an alias,

0:42:16 > 0:42:18until the bandages come off.

0:42:18 > 0:42:20No-one will know.

0:42:20 > 0:42:23After that, you can recuperate as you like.

0:42:23 > 0:42:25Oh, Jack, I wish I'd met you sooner.

0:42:25 > 0:42:27I would still have had a movie career!

0:42:27 > 0:42:30That was my real dream - to be a movie star.

0:42:30 > 0:42:33Now, Jack, I want to talk to you

0:42:33 > 0:42:36about doing some surgery on Scott here.

0:42:36 > 0:42:38- What?- Fine.

0:42:38 > 0:42:40What would you like me to do with Scott?

0:42:43 > 0:42:45I want you to make Scott look like this.

0:42:47 > 0:42:48Can you do that?

0:42:51 > 0:42:55Oh, I see. Oh, yes, I think I can do what you want.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58He's going to need a nose job.

0:42:58 > 0:43:01And I'm going to have to restructure his cheekbones

0:43:01 > 0:43:05and his chin with silicone implants, but it's not impossible.

0:43:05 > 0:43:08But first, we gotta slim him down!

0:43:08 > 0:43:12I have a terrific diet. The California Diet.

0:43:12 > 0:43:15Guaranteed loss of 15 pounds in four weeks.

0:43:25 > 0:43:27'Are you fucking kidding me?'

0:43:27 > 0:43:30The man wants to spend money to make you thinner, prettier

0:43:30 > 0:43:32and younger and you're thinking about not doing it.

0:43:32 > 0:43:33But I AM young.

0:43:33 > 0:43:39Honey, in gay years, you're Judy during the Sid Luft obese period.

0:43:39 > 0:43:41Really?

0:43:41 > 0:43:44They were talking about me like I wasn't even there.

0:43:44 > 0:43:47If Lee doesn't get what he wants, you won't be.

0:43:47 > 0:43:48HE SIGHS

0:43:48 > 0:43:51Well, I guess I should be flattered,

0:43:51 > 0:43:54him wanting me to look like him.

0:43:54 > 0:43:56Imitation's the highest form.

0:43:56 > 0:43:59That's what they tell drag queens when they're born.

0:44:00 > 0:44:02Oh, I don't know, man.

0:44:02 > 0:44:04I mean, won't it be weird looking in a mirror

0:44:04 > 0:44:06and not recognising myself?

0:44:06 > 0:44:08Should we take the Auburn or the Camaro?

0:44:12 > 0:44:14SCOTT SIGHS

0:44:18 > 0:44:21I just don't understand why I cannot keep my hair on

0:44:21 > 0:44:23during the procedure.

0:44:24 > 0:44:27If I die, I want you to get in here -

0:44:27 > 0:44:29I don't care if you have to slap it on with Elmer's -

0:44:29 > 0:44:32- before anybody sees me. - You're not going to die.

0:44:35 > 0:44:38MUSIC: Kitten On The Keys by Liberace

0:45:08 > 0:45:12Oh, you are doing so well, Lee!

0:45:12 > 0:45:14Isn't he doing well?

0:45:15 > 0:45:19I guess it's time to get started on you, huh?

0:45:19 > 0:45:22First, we're going to do something about that weight.

0:45:24 > 0:45:26The California Diet.

0:45:26 > 0:45:31Those pounds will just fall off!

0:45:56 > 0:46:00You look, easily, right now...

0:46:00 > 0:46:02like a man in his mid-40s.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08Will I be able to close my eyes?

0:46:08 > 0:46:10Not entirely.

0:46:10 > 0:46:14But this way, you'll always be able to see people's expressions

0:46:14 > 0:46:15when they see how fabulous you look.

0:46:17 > 0:46:20SNORING

0:46:20 > 0:46:22Sweetie, you're snoring.

0:46:29 > 0:46:30SNORING CONTINUES

0:46:30 > 0:46:32Lee!

0:46:32 > 0:46:33HE GASPS

0:46:35 > 0:46:38HE SNORES

0:46:42 > 0:46:46Sweetie, you're snoring.

0:46:46 > 0:46:47SCOTT SIGHS

0:47:00 > 0:47:03Oh, look at you!

0:47:03 > 0:47:06- My Adonis is coming back.- Really?

0:47:06 > 0:47:08Come here.

0:47:20 > 0:47:23What are these for?

0:47:23 > 0:47:25Post surgery.

0:47:25 > 0:47:28OK, but I stay on the California Diet?

0:47:28 > 0:47:29Perfectly safe.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31Just keep taking those.

0:47:31 > 0:47:35And one of these is a prescription for my own special diet pill.

0:47:35 > 0:47:39Uh, I want a dimple on my chin.

0:47:39 > 0:47:42Scott, Lee doesn't have a dimple on his chin.

0:47:42 > 0:47:43I know, but...

0:47:43 > 0:47:46You know, it's my face.

0:47:46 > 0:47:48Not too deep, just a little one.

0:47:51 > 0:47:53OK.

0:47:53 > 0:47:55You think Lee'll be mad?

0:48:02 > 0:48:06Sleep tight, my baby boy.

0:48:06 > 0:48:08I'll see you on the other side.

0:48:08 > 0:48:13MUSIC: Nola by Liberace

0:49:35 > 0:49:38Scott, it's so good to hear your voice.

0:49:38 > 0:49:40I'm really sorry, Rose.

0:49:40 > 0:49:42Just with Lee's schedule, it's been so crazy.

0:49:42 > 0:49:44I didn't say it to make you feel bad.

0:49:44 > 0:49:46So talk to me. How are you?

0:49:46 > 0:49:47You taking care of yourself?

0:49:47 > 0:49:48I'm great.

0:49:48 > 0:49:51I've lost a whole lot of weight, actually.

0:49:51 > 0:49:53What for? You always had such a nice build.

0:49:53 > 0:49:55No, no, it's a healthy thing.

0:49:55 > 0:49:57It's the California Diet.

0:49:57 > 0:49:59Lee and I did it together.

0:49:59 > 0:50:02He's really into self-improvement.

0:50:02 > 0:50:03Oh.

0:50:03 > 0:50:07How is Mr Lee-berace?

0:50:07 > 0:50:09He's great.

0:50:11 > 0:50:14Actually, we're going to see some lawyers tomorrow...

0:50:14 > 0:50:18because, um, he wants to adopt me.

0:50:18 > 0:50:20Adopt you?

0:50:21 > 0:50:23I don't understand.

0:50:23 > 0:50:28Why would a grown man want to adopt another grown man?

0:50:30 > 0:50:32So we can be family.

0:50:33 > 0:50:38- I don't understand.- In the state of Nevada, if you're over 18,

0:50:38 > 0:50:41you have the right to be adopted, whether your parents

0:50:41 > 0:50:43are living or deceased. So, it won't be an issue.

0:50:43 > 0:50:46Well, then, that's great.

0:50:46 > 0:50:49Now, John, I want to make this perfectly clear.

0:50:49 > 0:50:51I don't want a word of this out there

0:50:51 > 0:50:53until the adoption is complete. Not a word.

0:50:53 > 0:50:57As your lawyer, I'm legally bound not to discuss it.

0:50:57 > 0:51:02I know, but, you know, in casual conversation.

0:51:02 > 0:51:03No-one...

0:51:03 > 0:51:06I mean, no-one has ever been closer to me

0:51:06 > 0:51:10than this young man.

0:51:10 > 0:51:13I want to make sure he's taken care of forever...

0:51:13 > 0:51:16no matter what happens to me.

0:51:16 > 0:51:19'The coat costs 300,000.'

0:51:19 > 0:51:22It is made entirely of virgin white fox.

0:51:22 > 0:51:24The train is 16 feet long -

0:51:24 > 0:51:26that is the longest in the world.

0:51:26 > 0:51:30It was designed exclusively for him by Anna Nateece.

0:51:30 > 0:51:35It has 100,000 worth of Austrian crystals which line it.

0:51:35 > 0:51:37And that is why it is the only coat in the world

0:51:37 > 0:51:40with its own chauffeur and car.

0:51:40 > 0:51:42Oh, my God!

0:51:42 > 0:51:44- Would you sign this? - Sure, yes.

0:51:44 > 0:51:45- Please. My name is Sue. - Sue.

0:51:45 > 0:51:47But, dear, you can ask him.

0:51:47 > 0:51:49Oh, I know.

0:51:54 > 0:51:55There you are.

0:51:56 > 0:51:59- 3. - Thank you.

0:52:02 > 0:52:06You're Liberace's son, aren't you?

0:52:09 > 0:52:11'So, how you doing, Ma?'

0:52:11 > 0:52:13You happy?

0:52:13 > 0:52:15It is what it is.

0:52:16 > 0:52:19Well, is the nurse working out for you?

0:52:19 > 0:52:21Yeah, I think so.

0:52:21 > 0:52:23I mean, they're fine.

0:52:25 > 0:52:28So, is there anything that you need?

0:52:28 > 0:52:30No.

0:52:30 > 0:52:33No, I'm just lonely, that's all.

0:52:33 > 0:52:37You can't do anything for loneliness.

0:52:40 > 0:52:42Well, you've got George and Dora, right?

0:52:42 > 0:52:46They're a few minutes away. Don't they come down for a visit?

0:52:46 > 0:52:48Same faces.

0:52:48 > 0:52:51Every day, same faces.

0:52:56 > 0:52:58So, do you want me to bring Angie from LA?

0:52:58 > 0:53:00- Bring her down? - Oh, no!

0:53:00 > 0:53:02No, don't need that.

0:53:02 > 0:53:04Please, I don't need that. No.

0:53:04 > 0:53:08No. All I need is to be near you.

0:53:08 > 0:53:12But, you know, out here, all alone, I don't know...

0:53:12 > 0:53:13it's every day the same.

0:53:13 > 0:53:16You know, but you, you have... It's too much.

0:53:16 > 0:53:19Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh.

0:53:21 > 0:53:24But I know... it's too much.

0:53:24 > 0:53:27You always going to give everything, you're so busy,

0:53:27 > 0:53:29it's too much! I understand.

0:53:29 > 0:53:32Give my son some more iced tea, please.

0:53:32 > 0:53:34This will be good for you, not this.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36Mm-mm.

0:53:36 > 0:53:39APPLAUSE

0:53:43 > 0:53:45Thank you.

0:53:45 > 0:53:47Oh, thank you so much.

0:53:47 > 0:53:49Oh.

0:53:49 > 0:53:51You're all just so wonderful.

0:53:51 > 0:53:54I feel so close to you all.

0:53:54 > 0:53:58I feel like I can tell you something that I haven't told anyone at all.

0:53:58 > 0:54:01But you have to promise it stays in this room.

0:54:01 > 0:54:02RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER

0:54:02 > 0:54:05In my early days...

0:54:05 > 0:54:07before sound was invented...

0:54:08 > 0:54:12Well, I look pretty good for 35, don't I?

0:54:12 > 0:54:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:54:19 > 0:54:21Well, anyway,

0:54:21 > 0:54:23back then, classical piano players

0:54:23 > 0:54:25always wore black tuxedos.

0:54:25 > 0:54:28Plain old black tuxedos.

0:54:28 > 0:54:32My mother, she wanted me to be classical

0:54:32 > 0:54:34but I just couldn't stay out of the saloons.

0:54:34 > 0:54:36LAUGHTER

0:54:36 > 0:54:39But I did have a concert at the Hollywood Bowl

0:54:39 > 0:54:41and I was excited.

0:54:41 > 0:54:45If you've never been there, it's open air, it's tremendous!

0:54:45 > 0:54:48It's got 10,000 people!

0:54:48 > 0:54:51I show up for the rehearsal,

0:54:51 > 0:54:54and I look at this vast... this beautiful,

0:54:54 > 0:54:58enormous open-air theatre.

0:54:58 > 0:55:02And I look at the black piano.

0:55:02 > 0:55:04I think, "Hmm.

0:55:04 > 0:55:08"Black piano, black tuxedo.

0:55:08 > 0:55:12"Who is going to see me in this giant clam shell?"

0:55:12 > 0:55:14LAUGHTER

0:55:14 > 0:55:17Well, I ask you, can you see me now?

0:55:17 > 0:55:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:55:37 > 0:55:39MUSIC: Begin The Beguine

0:55:59 > 0:56:01'All I'm saying is...'

0:56:01 > 0:56:02why can't we have fun?

0:56:02 > 0:56:05- Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch! - See people, you know?

0:56:05 > 0:56:08Go to a party every once in a while.

0:56:08 > 0:56:10- All I do is give, give, give! - Maybe see somebody.

0:56:10 > 0:56:12And no matter how much I buy you, it's never enough!

0:56:12 > 0:56:15I'm not asking you to buy me anything, Lee.

0:56:15 > 0:56:18I'm just... I'm crawling the walls a little, that's all.

0:56:18 > 0:56:20Why can't we see people?

0:56:20 > 0:56:21What are you talking about?

0:56:21 > 0:56:24I took you to the Jim Nabors- Dom DeLuise concert.

0:56:24 > 0:56:27That was... that was one time.

0:56:27 > 0:56:31Scott, I'm tired. I work all night. This is not an inexpensive life.

0:56:31 > 0:56:33I know, but you don't even let me go out by myself!

0:56:33 > 0:56:35- Why? - I don't know!

0:56:35 > 0:56:38Just to go out and see people

0:56:38 > 0:56:41and talk to them. Just for a break!

0:56:41 > 0:56:43A break from me?

0:56:43 > 0:56:45- Why do you need a break from me? - I don't need a break from...

0:56:45 > 0:56:48I mean for you to come with me! I can't say anything right.

0:56:48 > 0:56:50Please don't be unhappy.

0:56:50 > 0:56:52I can't stand it when you have a face like that.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54Especially after the money I paid for it.

0:56:54 > 0:56:55Oh, you want it back?

0:56:55 > 0:56:57You want me to invite Charo for brunch again?

0:56:57 > 0:57:00- You liked her. - Yeah, I like her fine, but...

0:57:00 > 0:57:03But what?! What is it with you? It's never enough!

0:57:03 > 0:57:05What more can I give?

0:57:05 > 0:57:07I'm not...

0:57:08 > 0:57:11I'm happy, OK? I am.

0:57:11 > 0:57:15It's just... You have to try to understand...

0:57:15 > 0:57:16being somebody's boyfriend?

0:57:16 > 0:57:21This is not exactly the life that I had planned for myself, you know?

0:57:21 > 0:57:24I mean, I was going to be a veterinarian.

0:57:24 > 0:57:27You want to help animals?

0:57:27 > 0:57:28Pick up the dog shit.

0:57:28 > 0:57:29SCOTT SCOFFS

0:57:30 > 0:57:32And you listen to me.

0:57:32 > 0:57:34You stop taking those pills, OK?

0:57:34 > 0:57:36Jack gives you too much.

0:57:36 > 0:57:38He's got some people addicted, I hear.

0:57:38 > 0:57:41You're getting too thin, you're always in a mood.

0:57:41 > 0:57:43- People are noticing. - Oh, who? Seymour?

0:57:43 > 0:57:44Seymour hates me.

0:57:44 > 0:57:46- They all hate me. - See, this is what I mean.

0:57:46 > 0:57:48It's that shit talking!

0:57:49 > 0:57:51HE SIGHS

0:57:56 > 0:58:00Hey, you know what a woman said to me in the casino today?

0:58:00 > 0:58:03She asked me if I was Liberace's son.

0:58:06 > 0:58:09- Really? - Mm-hmm.

0:58:09 > 0:58:10HE CHUCKLES

0:58:10 > 0:58:11Oh.

0:58:11 > 0:58:14- Come here. - No, no, no.

0:58:14 > 0:58:15- Come here.- No. - Come here.

0:58:15 > 0:58:18You don't get anything. You get nothing.

0:58:19 > 0:58:21I get it all.

0:58:21 > 0:58:23- Yes, I do. Please. - Can I ask you a question?

0:58:23 > 0:58:25- Yes. - Can we go out?

0:58:25 > 0:58:27Oh...

0:58:31 > 0:58:33Walter was a twin.

0:58:33 > 0:58:35Really? He never told me.

0:58:35 > 0:58:37Yeah, but the twin was born dead.

0:58:39 > 0:58:41But Walter...

0:58:41 > 0:58:45Walter, he weighed 13 pounds.

0:58:47 > 0:58:50Even in the womb, he wanted more than anyone else!

0:58:51 > 0:58:54What's a mother to do?

0:58:54 > 0:58:56She loves the child more.

0:58:56 > 0:58:59Now the world must give him what he needs.

0:58:59 > 0:59:01Mm-hmm.

0:59:01 > 0:59:05God. God gives us the power.

0:59:07 > 0:59:09It's not luck.

0:59:09 > 0:59:11It's who you are.

0:59:13 > 0:59:14SHE GASPS ALARM RINGS

0:59:14 > 0:59:17- Oh!- Whoa! - I win, I win!

0:59:17 > 0:59:21I win, I win. Look, look, look, I wi...

0:59:21 > 0:59:23Lee?

0:59:23 > 0:59:24Lee.

0:59:24 > 0:59:26- Lee. - What? What is it?

0:59:26 > 0:59:28She won, but there's no money in the machine.

0:59:28 > 0:59:30Oh, for chrissakes.

0:59:31 > 0:59:33I don't have any change.

0:59:33 > 0:59:35She won big.

0:59:35 > 0:59:37Do you have anything?

0:59:37 > 0:59:39Gladys, do you have any cash on you?

0:59:39 > 0:59:41'So, Ma, this is all we have.'

0:59:41 > 0:59:43But look how much I won.

0:59:43 > 0:59:45No, I know, but we don't have any more cash.

0:59:45 > 0:59:47But...

0:59:47 > 0:59:50OK. OK.

0:59:50 > 0:59:53So I'll take a cheque.

1:00:00 > 1:00:01Are you proposing to me?

1:00:01 > 1:00:06I just don't have a lot of ready cash available, so...

1:00:06 > 1:00:09I can't go to Lee, cos he doesn't want me taking it any more.

1:00:09 > 1:00:10Well, that's silly.

1:00:10 > 1:00:13He wants you to stay skinny, doesn't he?

1:00:13 > 1:00:15Silly.

1:00:15 > 1:00:17I mean, I'd like to wean myself off it...

1:00:17 > 1:00:19eventually, but, er...

1:00:19 > 1:00:20I have it under manageable control now.

1:00:20 > 1:00:24I don't even think I'm going to take them on the European tour.

1:00:24 > 1:00:26Totally up to you.

1:00:26 > 1:00:27The body flushes it out.

1:00:27 > 1:00:30There are no studies that show it's addicting.

1:00:30 > 1:00:32It's perfectly fine.

1:00:32 > 1:00:34You look terrific, by the way.

1:00:37 > 1:00:39Oh, my God.

1:00:39 > 1:00:40- MAN ON TV:- Oh, God.

1:00:40 > 1:00:42How does he get that whole thing down his throat?

1:00:42 > 1:00:45It's bigger than his head!

1:00:45 > 1:00:47It's a freak show!

1:00:47 > 1:00:50I don't know how you can be gay and be such a prude.

1:00:50 > 1:00:52I'm bisexual.

1:00:54 > 1:00:55Well, which half likes women?

1:00:55 > 1:00:58I haven't met that half yet.

1:00:58 > 1:01:00You know, you're such a booper.

1:01:00 > 1:01:03Such a party pooper-booper.

1:01:04 > 1:01:07I don't even know why you need that.

1:01:07 > 1:01:09I don't need it.

1:01:09 > 1:01:12I enjoy it. It enhances it.

1:01:12 > 1:01:15Sexuality is something beautiful.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19Right. So how can you watch those disgusting things being done?

1:01:19 > 1:01:22Disgusting is in the eyes of the disgusting.

1:01:22 > 1:01:25There's nothing wrong with any part of the human body.

1:01:25 > 1:01:27It's all God's creation.

1:01:27 > 1:01:30Well, God didn't make certain parts for certain things.

1:01:30 > 1:01:32It's variety, Scott.

1:01:32 > 1:01:34It's what keeps a relationship fresh.

1:01:34 > 1:01:36You know, you are such a prude!

1:01:36 > 1:01:38I am not.

1:01:38 > 1:01:40Then why won't you let me fuck you sometime?

1:01:44 > 1:01:46- Forget it. - Why not?

1:01:46 > 1:01:48- Because I don't like it. - Why?

1:01:48 > 1:01:50Because it's kind of repugnant.

1:01:51 > 1:01:53I'm repugnant?

1:01:53 > 1:01:55No! Not you.

1:01:55 > 1:01:57It.

1:01:58 > 1:01:59That. Doing that.

1:02:00 > 1:02:03Only when it's done to you.

1:02:03 > 1:02:04Yes.

1:02:04 > 1:02:06I can't help it.

1:02:06 > 1:02:08- Well, you never tried it. - Oh, God!

1:02:08 > 1:02:10Because I know I wouldn't like it.

1:02:10 > 1:02:12If you loved me, you'd try it.

1:02:12 > 1:02:15If you loved me, you wouldn't ask me to do something I hate.

1:02:15 > 1:02:16Oh, God!

1:02:16 > 1:02:19All of a sudden we're sounding like a gay Lucy and Ricky.

1:02:19 > 1:02:22"Oh, Ricky, you wouldn't fuck me up the ass

1:02:22 > 1:02:23"if you really loved me."

1:02:23 > 1:02:25Why am I the Lucy?

1:02:25 > 1:02:27Because I'm the band leader

1:02:27 > 1:02:29with the nightclub act.

1:02:32 > 1:02:35PHONE RINGS

1:02:38 > 1:02:40Hello.

1:02:41 > 1:02:43Hold on.

1:02:43 > 1:02:45It's your sister.

1:02:48 > 1:02:50Angie, what?

1:02:53 > 1:02:55When?

1:02:56 > 1:02:58OK.

1:02:59 > 1:03:02Did you call... what's his name?

1:03:04 > 1:03:07OK. OK.

1:03:07 > 1:03:10All right, let me call Seymour on this.

1:03:10 > 1:03:13It'll be first thing in the morning.

1:03:13 > 1:03:14Yeah.

1:03:14 > 1:03:16OK.

1:03:21 > 1:03:23Lee, what?

1:03:26 > 1:03:28Mama died.

1:03:28 > 1:03:30Oh, no.

1:03:30 > 1:03:33Oh, no.

1:03:33 > 1:03:35Oh, Lee, I'm so sorry.

1:04:11 > 1:04:15You have been amazing these past few days.

1:04:15 > 1:04:17We haven't even had a chance to talk.

1:04:17 > 1:04:19How are you feeling?

1:04:21 > 1:04:23I'm free.

1:04:30 > 1:04:32You're going to love this.

1:04:32 > 1:04:35- Mm-mm. - Come on. Just this one time.

1:04:35 > 1:04:36No, I don't want to.

1:04:36 > 1:04:40Pooch, pooch, pooch, come on. Ride my little scooter!

1:04:40 > 1:04:42You can ride my little scooter!

1:04:42 > 1:04:45- Don't tickle me. - Let's see.

1:04:45 > 1:04:46Oh, Daddy!

1:05:03 > 1:05:06HE SNIFFS

1:05:19 > 1:05:22FUNK MUSIC PLAYS

1:05:22 > 1:05:24Lee?

1:05:25 > 1:05:26Lee?

1:05:26 > 1:05:30MOANING FROM TELEVISIONS

1:05:35 > 1:05:37Lee?

1:05:41 > 1:05:43Lee?

1:05:43 > 1:05:46Hey! Someone's in here! What the fuck?!

1:06:05 > 1:06:07HE CHUCKLES

1:06:07 > 1:06:10What are you doing?

1:06:36 > 1:06:39Why was I on the couch?

1:06:39 > 1:06:42Because I couldn't bear you last night.

1:06:42 > 1:06:43And if you keep taking that junk,

1:06:43 > 1:06:45you'll be lucky to stay on the couch.

1:06:45 > 1:06:46Well, about last night...

1:06:46 > 1:06:48I'm not ready for apologies yet, OK.

1:06:48 > 1:06:50Apology? Fuck you!

1:06:52 > 1:06:55You are a well-known star.

1:06:55 > 1:06:57Are you out of your mind?

1:06:57 > 1:07:00Going to a place like that?

1:07:00 > 1:07:02What if somebody recognised you...

1:07:02 > 1:07:03and called the papers?

1:07:03 > 1:07:05I mean, Jesus!

1:07:05 > 1:07:06When the London papers said I was gay,

1:07:06 > 1:07:09I took them to court and won the lawsuit.

1:07:09 > 1:07:11They retracted the story and they paid for it.

1:07:11 > 1:07:15Only because they didn't have a witness of you in a room of dildos...

1:07:15 > 1:07:17with your dick hanging out in a glory hole.

1:07:17 > 1:07:20Are you out of your fucking mind?!

1:07:20 > 1:07:23Jesus, if Seymour found out.

1:07:23 > 1:07:26I mean, the millions he spends...

1:07:26 > 1:07:30keeping fans thinking you just haven't met the right woman?

1:07:30 > 1:07:32Oh, Scott, you're right.

1:07:32 > 1:07:34You're so right - I got to stop.

1:07:34 > 1:07:37Never again, I promise, never again.

1:07:37 > 1:07:39I swear to God.

1:07:41 > 1:07:43You're so good for me.

1:07:43 > 1:07:44I don't know what it is.

1:07:44 > 1:07:46I can't stop myself sometimes.

1:07:46 > 1:07:49It's like a drug, you know?

1:07:49 > 1:07:52Like when you need a stronger fix each time?

1:07:53 > 1:07:55You have to help me.

1:07:57 > 1:08:00I'll do whatever you want...

1:08:00 > 1:08:02you crazy old queen.

1:08:03 > 1:08:05You know that.

1:08:05 > 1:08:07Just keep loving me.

1:08:10 > 1:08:14But I want you to stop seeing Dr Startz.

1:08:14 > 1:08:15I mean it.

1:08:19 > 1:08:23GENERAL CHATTER

1:08:35 > 1:08:38- The entrance? Show stopper. - Thank you.

1:08:38 > 1:08:41Hello! Finally, you come to one of my shows.

1:08:41 > 1:08:43No, I was here last year, remember?

1:08:43 > 1:08:45So, this is new, right?

1:08:45 > 1:08:47I have new costumes every year,

1:08:47 > 1:08:49it's in my contract. You like it?

1:08:49 > 1:08:50You did it again.

1:08:50 > 1:08:52It just gets bigger and bigger, right?

1:08:52 > 1:08:55One day, Lee, I think you're going to play the piano while you fly.

1:08:55 > 1:08:56Ray's working on that.

1:08:56 > 1:08:59- Scott, why don't you get him a drink?- You heard the maestro.

1:08:59 > 1:09:01- Do your thing, Lee. - Bonjour!

1:09:01 > 1:09:03You guys, how did you like the pool?

1:09:03 > 1:09:05What would you like?

1:09:05 > 1:09:08The money you owe me from last time and a Jim Beam neat.

1:09:08 > 1:09:10I don't have any cash right now.

1:09:10 > 1:09:13- Did you wear your little Speedos? - I did.

1:09:13 > 1:09:15Well, I'll accept whatever's handy, guy.

1:09:15 > 1:09:18Did you notice the "L" on the front?

1:09:18 > 1:09:21It was missing an "A" on the back.

1:09:21 > 1:09:22You're cute.

1:09:22 > 1:09:23- You are very cute. - Stop.

1:09:23 > 1:09:25I like that.

1:09:42 > 1:09:44HE SNORTS

1:09:53 > 1:09:56'So, how is the songwriting going?'

1:09:56 > 1:09:57Good.

1:09:57 > 1:10:00I had some positive feedback.

1:10:00 > 1:10:02When are you going to let me hear one of your songs?

1:10:02 > 1:10:04- I don't know. - Why?

1:10:04 > 1:10:07Cos I'm afraid you wouldn't like it.

1:10:07 > 1:10:09But I'm proud of what you're doing!

1:10:09 > 1:10:10I'm like a proud papa!

1:10:10 > 1:10:14I think it's great!

1:10:14 > 1:10:16Maybe when I'm done with this one, you can hear it.

1:10:16 > 1:10:18Whenever you want me to hear.

1:10:30 > 1:10:32Scott, we should talk.

1:10:34 > 1:10:38I think our relationship is in a really good place, don't you?

1:10:38 > 1:10:41- Mm-hmm. - I do.

1:10:41 > 1:10:44So I think it'd be a good thing for us...

1:10:44 > 1:10:46if we were able to see other people too.

1:10:46 > 1:10:49I don't mean like you and me.

1:10:49 > 1:10:52I mean, nothing will ever be like us.

1:10:52 > 1:10:55I just know there are things that I like to do that you don't

1:10:55 > 1:10:58and things that you like to do that I don't.

1:10:58 > 1:11:01And I just think that we're in such a good place

1:11:01 > 1:11:04that we can allow each other, you know, to do that

1:11:04 > 1:11:09and still love each other and stay together.

1:11:10 > 1:11:12What do you think?

1:11:14 > 1:11:17OK. You know, if that's what you want.

1:11:19 > 1:11:21I think it'd be good for us.

1:11:21 > 1:11:23I really do.

1:11:23 > 1:11:26Lee, he is just a friend!

1:11:26 > 1:11:29He is helping me with my songs! I told you I had meetings with him!

1:11:29 > 1:11:32You're just like the rest of them. All I do is give and give and give.

1:11:32 > 1:11:35All you want is what you can get out of me.

1:11:35 > 1:11:38I bet you can't wait for me to die so you can get everything!

1:11:38 > 1:11:41- Hey, the will was your idea! - Jekyll and Hyde!

1:11:41 > 1:11:42That's what you are!

1:11:42 > 1:11:44I never know who's going to show up!

1:11:44 > 1:11:46God knows what you do when I'm onstage.

1:11:46 > 1:11:49- I don't do anything! - How many others are there, huh?

1:11:49 > 1:11:52- How many?!- There aren't any others, Lee, I'm telling you!

1:11:52 > 1:11:55Well, I'm telling you, you can't have it all.

1:11:55 > 1:11:58It's either me or nothing.

1:11:58 > 1:12:00Me or him.

1:12:00 > 1:12:02Who? He's a friend!

1:12:02 > 1:12:04He's a fuck buddy!

1:12:04 > 1:12:07If anybody's fucking around, it's you.

1:12:07 > 1:12:10I know you, Lee. You haven't wanted it from me in weeks.

1:12:10 > 1:12:13Don't tell me you've been doing without, you old queen.

1:12:17 > 1:12:21Who the hell do you think you're talking to?

1:12:30 > 1:12:32..people out here and it seems a bit out of control.

1:12:32 > 1:12:34Where's Lee?

1:12:34 > 1:12:36Have a couple of guys come help with security,

1:12:36 > 1:12:38wait on the stairs at night, just to stop the crowds.

1:12:38 > 1:12:41- Otherwise...- Hey, Jim, how's the house tonight?

1:12:44 > 1:12:48MUSIC PLAYS

1:12:52 > 1:12:55# Every time I sing my song

1:12:55 > 1:12:59# It takes me right to you

1:12:59 > 1:13:02# I want to make you smile each day

1:13:02 > 1:13:05# And see your dreams come true

1:13:05 > 1:13:08# I want to hear you laugh for joy

1:13:08 > 1:13:12# Oh, boy, how much I do!

1:13:12 > 1:13:15# Cos every time I sing my song

1:13:15 > 1:13:19# I belong with you

1:13:19 > 1:13:22# Every time I hum your tune?

1:13:22 > 1:13:25# It brings you straight to me

1:13:25 > 1:13:28# I want to fill your day with bells

1:13:28 > 1:13:32# And play your melody

1:13:32 > 1:13:35# I love the music that we share

1:13:35 > 1:13:38# I care, oh, that I do!

1:13:38 > 1:13:42# And every time I sing my song... #

1:13:42 > 1:13:44'You know, it's been my dream'

1:13:44 > 1:13:46to be on the Academy Awards, and finally I am.

1:13:46 > 1:13:48Isn't that fabulous?

1:13:48 > 1:13:50I'm going to play a medley of the nominated scores

1:13:50 > 1:13:53and then present the award for Best Score.

1:13:53 > 1:13:56Just to be able to hold one of those gold statues...

1:13:56 > 1:13:59I know exactly what I'm going to wear.

1:13:59 > 1:14:01Cary, do me a favour. Can you get me a towel?

1:14:01 > 1:14:02Of course, of course.

1:14:02 > 1:14:05I want to hear about that outfit when I come back.

1:14:29 > 1:14:33SCOTT MUMBLES TO HIMSELF

1:14:36 > 1:14:39Who are you talking to, Mumbles?

1:14:42 > 1:14:44Nobody.

1:14:48 > 1:14:50What's the matter?

1:14:52 > 1:14:55Why is he always hanging around?

1:14:56 > 1:14:59Who?

1:14:59 > 1:15:00Who?

1:15:02 > 1:15:03Who?

1:15:05 > 1:15:07That boy that you want to fuck

1:15:07 > 1:15:09from Young Americans.

1:15:09 > 1:15:11Oh, please.

1:15:11 > 1:15:12Oh, please.

1:15:12 > 1:15:16Why is that little bitch always in our dressing room?

1:15:16 > 1:15:19Cary is my opening act, Scott.

1:15:19 > 1:15:22He can come and go as he pleases.

1:15:26 > 1:15:28Are you fucking him?

1:15:30 > 1:15:32Are you stoned?

1:15:32 > 1:15:33No, I'm upset!

1:15:33 > 1:15:35Can't you tell the difference?

1:15:35 > 1:15:37No, I can't. But if you're on that shit,

1:15:37 > 1:15:39- I'm warning you... - I'm not! I'm upset!

1:15:39 > 1:15:41- ..I will not put up with this any more.- Don't change the subject!

1:15:41 > 1:15:43- Stop that! Stop it! - I know you, Lee!

1:15:43 > 1:15:44I'm exhausted!

1:15:46 > 1:15:49I work, you know?

1:15:49 > 1:15:51And I have to meet Seymour very early in the morning

1:15:51 > 1:15:54about the Academy Awards presentation.

1:15:59 > 1:16:02I see you looking at him.

1:16:02 > 1:16:04What?

1:16:04 > 1:16:06That boy.

1:16:06 > 1:16:08I watch you watch him.

1:16:08 > 1:16:11I think he's very talented.

1:16:11 > 1:16:13I have an eye for new and refreshing talent.

1:16:13 > 1:16:15You have an eye for new and refreshing dick.

1:16:15 > 1:16:17You're disgusting.

1:16:17 > 1:16:20If you're so interested in talent...

1:16:20 > 1:16:22have you listened to my songs?

1:16:23 > 1:16:27I haven't had a chance to give it my full attention.

1:16:28 > 1:16:30Are you tired of me?

1:16:30 > 1:16:32Am I too old for you?

1:16:32 > 1:16:36Well, this song you're singing is beginning to get a little old.

1:16:41 > 1:16:44I don't want him around after the shows any more.

1:16:44 > 1:16:46What a little brat you've become.

1:16:46 > 1:16:48I thought you liked being around people your own age.

1:16:48 > 1:16:50You're always complaining we're never with anyone else, you know?

1:16:50 > 1:16:52You said we weren't doing the "seeing other people" thing any more!

1:16:52 > 1:16:56- We're not!- Then how come we haven't been together for so long?

1:16:56 > 1:16:59Because you're always stoned and you can't get it up!

1:16:59 > 1:17:00I can get it up!

1:17:00 > 1:17:02- Oh, Christ, I hit a nerve. - I CAN GET IT UP!

1:17:02 > 1:17:04- All right, all right! - I know you!

1:17:04 > 1:17:06You can barely make it through a performance without wanting to fuck!

1:17:06 > 1:17:09- Where do you get it?- It's terrible, the way you talk to me!

1:17:09 > 1:17:11- You're getting it on the outside! Where do you go?- You're terrible!

1:17:11 > 1:17:13- Do you go to the White House? - Where my mother died?

1:17:13 > 1:17:15- Are you insane? - Oh, so you do go somewhere.

1:17:15 > 1:17:17Where, huh?

1:17:17 > 1:17:19Where, Lee?!

1:17:19 > 1:17:21You're being paranoid, Scott,

1:17:21 > 1:17:23because of that shit.

1:17:23 > 1:17:26Now, I am warning you... this better stop.

1:17:31 > 1:17:33'So who's doing the arrangements for the medley?'

1:17:33 > 1:17:36I'll find out. Probably Bill or his assistant.

1:17:36 > 1:17:39I bet that Vangelis kid wins, you know?

1:17:39 > 1:17:41I'm hearing him all over the radio.

1:17:41 > 1:17:42DOOR SLAMS SHUT

1:17:55 > 1:17:57I'm going to LA for the afternoon.

1:18:02 > 1:18:05I'll be back in time for the show.

1:18:10 > 1:18:11HE SIGHS

1:18:14 > 1:18:18I just want to make sure I have enough rehearsal time.

1:18:39 > 1:18:42And now he's going to use me,

1:18:42 > 1:18:43use me up and toss me out,

1:18:43 > 1:18:46I know he is, I know he is.

1:18:46 > 1:18:47This one's rigged.

1:18:47 > 1:18:50- I love him, you know? - That one's not rigged.

1:18:50 > 1:18:51I love him.

1:18:51 > 1:18:54I mean...

1:18:54 > 1:18:56he's been my whole world.

1:18:58 > 1:19:00He's my, he's my best friend.

1:19:00 > 1:19:03He's been better, better than a father.

1:19:03 > 1:19:05He was going to adopt me. You know that?

1:19:05 > 1:19:07Really? You can adopt someone you're fucking?

1:19:07 > 1:19:08That's a great law.

1:19:08 > 1:19:12- He said he always wanted to make sure that I was taken care of. - Right.

1:19:12 > 1:19:14Look, you're practically married, right?

1:19:14 > 1:19:17Nobody ever took care of me the way he did.

1:19:17 > 1:19:21I have nothing without him.

1:19:21 > 1:19:22I don't even have my own fucking face!

1:19:22 > 1:19:25My fucking face is fucking gone for-fucking-ever, man!!

1:19:25 > 1:19:28Hey, hey, hey. Tranquilo, OK?

1:19:28 > 1:19:30Calm down.

1:19:30 > 1:19:32Look at me. You're practically married, right?

1:19:32 > 1:19:33So, he should take care of you

1:19:33 > 1:19:35in the style to which you are accustomed.

1:19:35 > 1:19:36That's a law too.

1:19:36 > 1:19:38I'm in the will, but...

1:19:38 > 1:19:40a lot of good that does me now.

1:19:40 > 1:19:42Being with him's like a full-time job, correct?

1:19:42 > 1:19:4425 hours a day.

1:19:44 > 1:19:46Yeah. So three words -

1:19:46 > 1:19:47sev-er-ance, all right?

1:19:47 > 1:19:50People who get fired get compensated.

1:19:56 > 1:19:58He's my whole world.

1:20:00 > 1:20:06MUSIC: Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op 9, No 2

1:20:34 > 1:20:35There you are,

1:20:35 > 1:20:39you cocksucking tenor fuck.

1:20:42 > 1:20:44There's a call for you.

1:20:44 > 1:20:46Joe Carracappa.

1:20:54 > 1:20:55- Joe! - Hey, Scott.

1:20:55 > 1:20:58Hey, I'm sorry, I have to run. I have to make an entrance.

1:20:58 > 1:21:01Rose...passed away this morning, Scott.

1:21:03 > 1:21:05What?

1:21:05 > 1:21:09- She's been sick. - For how long?

1:21:09 > 1:21:10A while.

1:21:10 > 1:21:12She never said anything to me.

1:21:12 > 1:21:16Well, you know how she is.

1:21:16 > 1:21:18Was.

1:21:20 > 1:21:24Can you come home, Scott? It'd be good to see you.

1:21:24 > 1:21:26We're having services.

1:21:29 > 1:21:31Yeah.

1:21:31 > 1:21:33Yeah, of course.

1:21:33 > 1:21:35'I am so excited.'

1:21:35 > 1:21:37The Academy Awards has been a dream of mine.

1:21:37 > 1:21:40That and Radio City Music Hall.

1:21:40 > 1:21:42One down, one to go.

1:21:42 > 1:21:43THEY CHUCKLE

1:21:43 > 1:21:45My mom wants On Golden Pond to win everything.

1:21:45 > 1:21:48Yes, wouldn't that be sweet for the old folks to win?

1:21:48 > 1:21:52And I'm so glad that Jane Fonda stopped all those causes of hers

1:21:52 > 1:21:55and made a nice movie with her father.

1:21:55 > 1:21:58I just don't understand people like her and Ed Asner,

1:21:58 > 1:22:02shouting their opinions all over the place.

1:22:02 > 1:22:05Listen to me, because you're all on your way.

1:22:05 > 1:22:08When one reaches star status,

1:22:08 > 1:22:10it is not an invitation to show everyone

1:22:10 > 1:22:12how to change the world.

1:22:12 > 1:22:16It is not our business to change the world.

1:22:16 > 1:22:19We are here to entertain the world

1:22:19 > 1:22:21and to sell drinks and souvenirs.

1:22:21 > 1:22:24These kids better go get ready for the next show

1:22:24 > 1:22:26if they're going to entertain anybody.

1:22:26 > 1:22:29Will you watch us tonight? We put a new song in just for you.

1:22:29 > 1:22:32Of course I will! Especially if you put in a new song for me.

1:22:32 > 1:22:34Go on now.

1:22:34 > 1:22:36I'm going to get my beauty nap.

1:22:48 > 1:22:51- Lee. - Please, do not start an argument.

1:22:51 > 1:22:54I have to eat, and take my nap before the next show.

1:22:54 > 1:22:56I have no time.

1:23:05 > 1:23:07I got a call today...

1:23:07 > 1:23:10from Joe Carracappa.

1:23:12 > 1:23:15The family that I lived with when I met you.

1:23:17 > 1:23:19And Rose...

1:23:19 > 1:23:22my...

1:23:22 > 1:23:25Joe's wife...

1:23:25 > 1:23:27she died.

1:23:31 > 1:23:33Oh, Scott, I...

1:23:33 > 1:23:35I'm so sorry, Scott.

1:23:35 > 1:23:38She was your favourite, wasn't she?

1:23:39 > 1:23:41There is a funeral tomorrow...

1:23:41 > 1:23:44in Los Angeles.

1:23:44 > 1:23:46I will be booking a ticket in the morning.

1:23:46 > 1:23:49- No, no, no, no.- I don't know what time I'm going to get back.

1:23:49 > 1:23:51I'll call Seymour in the morning, OK?

1:23:51 > 1:23:56And I'll hire a Learjet and you can take that.

1:23:56 > 1:23:58And this way, it'll be more private

1:23:58 > 1:24:01and you won't have to worry about reservations.

1:24:01 > 1:24:06You come back any time that you're ready tomorrow.

1:24:11 > 1:24:13Come on, now.

1:24:13 > 1:24:17SCOTT SOBS

1:24:18 > 1:24:22It's just been so long since we've been nice to each other...

1:24:22 > 1:24:25and I was forgetting what it felt like.

1:24:28 > 1:24:33Well, let's just keep being nice to each other, hmm?

1:24:33 > 1:24:35How about that?

1:24:40 > 1:24:44PLANE ENGINE SOARS OVERHEAD

1:25:09 > 1:25:11Hi, Gladys.

1:25:15 > 1:25:17- Hey. - Hey, kid.

1:25:17 > 1:25:19I didn't know you were visiting.

1:25:19 > 1:25:21Lee invited me for the day. I heard about Rose.

1:25:21 > 1:25:24- Yeah.- I'm sorry. - Thanks.

1:25:24 > 1:25:26Where's Lee?

1:25:26 > 1:25:29He has his final fitting for the Oscars.

1:25:29 > 1:25:33Come out by the pool when you've settled in.

1:25:33 > 1:25:35Hey, Bob?

1:25:36 > 1:25:38- What's going on? - What?

1:25:38 > 1:25:41It just feels weird.

1:25:41 > 1:25:43Is there something I don't know about?

1:25:47 > 1:25:49Well...

1:25:51 > 1:25:53..yeah.

1:25:53 > 1:25:55Yeah.

1:25:56 > 1:25:58Last night...

1:25:58 > 1:26:01you know, the kid that he... Right?

1:26:03 > 1:26:05Cary, I think his...

1:26:05 > 1:26:09MUSIC: 24 Preludes, Op 28: Prelude No 4 in E Minor

1:26:20 > 1:26:25INAUDIBLE

1:27:02 > 1:27:05CRASHING

1:27:12 > 1:27:14We should move you to the Palm Springs house this afternoon.

1:27:16 > 1:27:18Let's wait in the den.

1:27:18 > 1:27:21LOUD CLATTER

1:27:42 > 1:27:44- I'm not calling him. - So don't.

1:27:47 > 1:27:49I mean, he's in the wrong.

1:27:49 > 1:27:51He should call me and apologise to me.

1:27:51 > 1:27:52He fooled around on you.

1:27:52 > 1:27:56I mean, who's the injured party here, guy?

1:27:56 > 1:27:58I'm not calling him.

1:27:58 > 1:27:59So if his phone doesn't ring,

1:27:59 > 1:28:01it's probably you.

1:28:01 > 1:28:03It's the only way men learn.

1:28:03 > 1:28:04Telling you.

1:28:05 > 1:28:08- I am not calling him. - So don't.

1:28:08 > 1:28:11You scumbag, piece of shit...

1:28:11 > 1:28:14fairy, fucking queen cocksucker!

1:28:14 > 1:28:16- That's what I'm talking about! - How dare you!

1:28:16 > 1:28:19- Fucking A!- How fucking dare you, Lee! I could kill you!

1:28:19 > 1:28:23- I could fucking kill you! - Yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it, baby.

1:28:24 > 1:28:25He hung up.

1:28:25 > 1:28:27Whoo!

1:28:28 > 1:28:29Oh.

1:28:33 > 1:28:35Mr Schnelker.

1:28:35 > 1:28:37This is Scott Thorson's brother, Wayne.

1:28:37 > 1:28:38Half-brother.

1:28:38 > 1:28:40He's here to help us.

1:28:40 > 1:28:41Now as I said on the phone,

1:28:41 > 1:28:43Lee wants you to inform Mr Scott Thorson

1:28:43 > 1:28:45his employment has been terminated

1:28:45 > 1:28:48and he must vacate the apartment immediately.

1:28:48 > 1:28:49Also, if possible,

1:28:49 > 1:28:51we'd like you to convince Scott to admit himself

1:28:51 > 1:28:55to a hospital for treatment, at our expense.

1:28:55 > 1:28:56Dorothy, June.

1:28:56 > 1:28:58Mr Heller. He's on the couch.

1:28:58 > 1:29:01Stay by the elevator. Wayne?

1:29:04 > 1:29:05Scott?

1:29:07 > 1:29:08Scott?

1:29:08 > 1:29:10SCOTT SNIFFS

1:29:10 > 1:29:12Scott?

1:29:13 > 1:29:15This is Tracy.

1:29:15 > 1:29:17A private investigator.

1:29:17 > 1:29:19He's come to ask you to leave.

1:29:22 > 1:29:24Get out of my house!

1:29:24 > 1:29:26Get out of my house!

1:29:26 > 1:29:29- I only came to help. - I'm going to fucking get you out.

1:29:37 > 1:29:39- He's going to get a gun! - Has he got a gun?

1:29:39 > 1:29:42- He has two. - Don't let him get the guns.

1:29:42 > 1:29:43Let's go, brother.

1:29:46 > 1:29:48Stay back!

1:29:48 > 1:29:49Stay back, don't you come in here!

1:29:49 > 1:29:52I'm calling the police! I'm calling the police!

1:29:52 > 1:29:54- Back off! - Fine.

1:29:54 > 1:29:57I wish you would call the police.

1:29:57 > 1:29:59Scott, if you would take advantage of our assistance,

1:29:59 > 1:30:01I'd be happy to call a doctor and we can help you.

1:30:01 > 1:30:04Just fucking shut up!

1:30:04 > 1:30:05- Do you want me to help you? - Shut up!

1:30:05 > 1:30:09Back off! I will fucking hit you!

1:30:09 > 1:30:11Hello, hello? Hello.

1:30:11 > 1:30:14Yes, I want the, er...

1:30:14 > 1:30:16- I want the... - Scott.

1:30:16 > 1:30:18- Who the fuck is this? - Scott.

1:30:18 > 1:30:20Fucking don't!

1:30:20 > 1:30:22I will call the fucking Mafia, and they will come here

1:30:22 > 1:30:25and bring you to the desert and fucking bury you!

1:30:25 > 1:30:27Stay back!

1:30:35 > 1:30:36Scott!

1:30:36 > 1:30:38Scott!

1:30:38 > 1:30:39I want to talk to Lee!

1:30:43 > 1:30:45KNOCKS ON DOOR

1:30:45 > 1:30:48I want to talk to Lee.

1:30:48 > 1:30:50That's not going to happen, Scott.

1:30:52 > 1:30:54You know what? Fine.

1:30:54 > 1:30:58If this is how he wants to handle this kind of situation...

1:30:58 > 1:31:01then I want to leave.

1:31:01 > 1:31:04But I am taking all of my personal belongings with me.

1:31:04 > 1:31:07All of them, Seymour, or I will fucking sue you!

1:31:07 > 1:31:10Listen. You have my word.

1:31:10 > 1:31:12If you vacate the apartment now,

1:31:12 > 1:31:15you can come back during the Academy Awards...

1:31:15 > 1:31:18and I'll have all your belongings ready for you to pick up.

1:31:20 > 1:31:22Wow.

1:31:22 > 1:31:24Stick it in and break it off, huh?

1:31:31 > 1:31:34From the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

1:31:34 > 1:31:36in Los Angeles, California...

1:31:36 > 1:31:37Wow.

1:31:37 > 1:31:42..the 54th annual Academy Awards!

1:31:42 > 1:31:44APPLAUSE ON TV

1:31:48 > 1:31:50Wow.

1:31:52 > 1:31:56MUSIC PLAYS ON TV

1:32:01 > 1:32:05PIANO PLAYS ON TV

1:32:10 > 1:32:14APPLAUSE

1:32:22 > 1:32:24Actually, though, it's kind of a cokey piano.

1:32:43 > 1:32:44Is it true that you and Liberace

1:32:44 > 1:32:47made an oral agreement when you first went to work for him

1:32:47 > 1:32:50- and moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas?- Yes.

1:32:50 > 1:32:53You contend that at some later date after making that oral agreement,

1:32:53 > 1:32:55the oral agreement was put into a written agreement

1:32:55 > 1:32:57- prepared by attorney Joel Strote? - Yes.

1:32:57 > 1:33:01- Where he made certain promises to you.- Yes.

1:33:01 > 1:33:03- Did you ever sign that written agreement?- Yes, I did.

1:33:03 > 1:33:06- Did Liberace ever sign that written agreement?- Yes.

1:33:06 > 1:33:08Did you ever receive a copy of it?

1:33:08 > 1:33:11Joel Strote has my copy.

1:33:11 > 1:33:15Was there ever any other written agreement between you and Liberace

1:33:15 > 1:33:17other than this one prepared by Joel Strote?

1:33:17 > 1:33:20Yes. The will. My will.

1:33:20 > 1:33:23- Did you ever execute this will? - Yes.

1:33:23 > 1:33:26Did anyone witness your executed will?

1:33:27 > 1:33:30When you mean "executed", er...

1:33:30 > 1:33:32I didn't sign it yet.

1:33:32 > 1:33:36- I mean...- He doesn't understand "executed" to mean signing.

1:33:36 > 1:33:38What did you mean when you said "executed"?

1:33:38 > 1:33:40Well, you mean, did I ever sign it?

1:33:40 > 1:33:42No, I never did. No.

1:33:42 > 1:33:44Why didn't you ever sign it?

1:33:44 > 1:33:48Because Liberace and I were having problems.

1:33:48 > 1:33:50What kind of problems?

1:33:51 > 1:33:53I felt that he was seeing other people.

1:33:54 > 1:33:58Did you ever receive a copy of this will?

1:33:58 > 1:34:01Joel Strote kept my copy for me.

1:34:01 > 1:34:03Was it your expectation that you would become

1:34:03 > 1:34:06- the legally adopted son of Liberace? - Yes.

1:34:06 > 1:34:08And continue in a sexual relationship with him

1:34:08 > 1:34:11- after the adoption? - No.

1:34:11 > 1:34:14Is that when you thought the sex would stop?

1:34:15 > 1:34:17Our relationship towards later on

1:34:17 > 1:34:20went from a sexual relationship to...

1:34:20 > 1:34:23Lee always thought of me as more of a son.

1:34:23 > 1:34:26We had our sexual relationship in the beginning of our relationship

1:34:26 > 1:34:29and it was, more or less, he thought of me as a...

1:34:29 > 1:34:33He wanted me to think of him as a father-type image.

1:34:33 > 1:34:36He thought... It's just so hard to explain.

1:34:36 > 1:34:38His duties were expanded

1:34:38 > 1:34:41to be a road manager, acting as a buffer for me,

1:34:41 > 1:34:46you know, for various employees in various hotels,

1:34:46 > 1:34:49the fans, media, answering the phone,

1:34:49 > 1:34:52answering knocks on the door,

1:34:52 > 1:34:55driving me from places of engagement

1:34:55 > 1:34:58where limousines were not provided for me.

1:34:58 > 1:35:00Did you make a gift of three bedroom sets

1:35:00 > 1:35:03- to Scott Thorson? - No.

1:35:03 > 1:35:05Did you make a gift of lamps to Scott Thorson?

1:35:05 > 1:35:06No.

1:35:06 > 1:35:09Did you make a gift of a water buffalo head,

1:35:09 > 1:35:12- mounted, to Scott Thorson? - No.

1:35:12 > 1:35:17- Did you make a gift of any furniture to Scott Thorson?- No.

1:35:17 > 1:35:20What reason do you have for believing that

1:35:20 > 1:35:22the furniture and furnishings you think of as gifts

1:35:22 > 1:35:23were, in fact, not gifts?

1:35:23 > 1:35:26Well, this is what I do with all my homes.

1:35:26 > 1:35:29I furnish all my homes for people to use.

1:35:29 > 1:35:31But that does not mean they can take the furniture

1:35:31 > 1:35:33with them when they leave.

1:35:33 > 1:35:35It's my property.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38Did you make a gift of any furs to Scott Thorson?

1:35:38 > 1:35:40- Yes. - What furs?

1:35:40 > 1:35:45Uh, a raccoon, a black mink trench coat,

1:35:45 > 1:35:48a leather and black mink coat...

1:35:48 > 1:35:51and um, that's it.

1:35:51 > 1:35:54And what other gifts have you made to Scott Thorson?

1:35:54 > 1:35:57Jewellery.

1:35:57 > 1:35:58What form of jewellery?

1:35:58 > 1:36:01A ring with his initial on it...

1:36:01 > 1:36:05and two Krugerrands made up the ring.

1:36:06 > 1:36:08Gold chains.

1:36:08 > 1:36:10Australian opal ring.

1:36:12 > 1:36:14Bracelets, things like that.

1:36:14 > 1:36:17'OK, first off, you have to understand something.

1:36:17 > 1:36:19'You're not getting any of your property back.

1:36:19 > 1:36:20'You're not getting a dime...'

1:36:20 > 1:36:22unless you sign this agreement.

1:36:22 > 1:36:24- Do you understand? - Yes.

1:36:24 > 1:36:25All right.

1:36:25 > 1:36:27You're going to get 75,000 in cash,

1:36:27 > 1:36:29three of your cars, three dogs

1:36:29 > 1:36:31and all your clothes.

1:36:31 > 1:36:3275,000? That's it?

1:36:32 > 1:36:34In return for the money, the cars,

1:36:34 > 1:36:36the dogs and the personal property,

1:36:36 > 1:36:37you're going to sign over the title

1:36:37 > 1:36:39of your Las Vegas home on Laramore to Lee.

1:36:39 > 1:36:41And that's estimated value right now at 200,000.

1:36:41 > 1:36:43You're going to give over all the contents to Lee,

1:36:43 > 1:36:45estimated at 50,000.

1:36:45 > 1:36:47In addition, you will be required

1:36:47 > 1:36:51to sign over the titles of your Chevrolet van,

1:36:51 > 1:36:54the antique Cadillac and your Auburn to Mr Liberace.

1:36:54 > 1:36:56You will also give up any other claims

1:36:56 > 1:36:59against Mr Liberace of any kind in the future.

1:36:59 > 1:37:03So assault, battery, palimony - out.

1:37:03 > 1:37:05And you're going to sign a clause prohibiting you

1:37:05 > 1:37:08from revealing the true nature of your relationship

1:37:08 > 1:37:10- to anybody, public or private. - This is the best we could do?

1:37:10 > 1:37:14They're short-changing me 250,000.

1:37:14 > 1:37:17Well, there's nothing in here about the jewellery he gave you,

1:37:17 > 1:37:19- so you get to keep that. - I had to sell the jewellery!

1:37:19 > 1:37:23- For what?- For legal, er, fees and other things.

1:37:24 > 1:37:27I don't care... what the judge says,

1:37:27 > 1:37:29we were fucking married!

1:37:29 > 1:37:32Well, the law says you weren't.

1:37:32 > 1:37:35And a contract for sex can't be enforced.

1:37:35 > 1:37:38Scott, listen to me. You're a drug addict.

1:37:38 > 1:37:40This is all you're getting.

1:37:40 > 1:37:42Sign it.

1:37:44 > 1:37:46You know, I called Billy Leatherwood.

1:37:46 > 1:37:48He got more.

1:37:57 > 1:37:59Thank you.

1:38:20 > 1:38:23"At the tender age of 16, I was seduced

1:38:23 > 1:38:26"by a blues singer by the name of Bea Haven.

1:38:26 > 1:38:29"The thrill of making it with an older woman diminished

1:38:29 > 1:38:31"as I grew older.

1:38:31 > 1:38:35"Younger girls started to represent more of a challenge...

1:38:35 > 1:38:37"probably because of their innocence.

1:38:37 > 1:38:41"And then I met the woman who was to be the love of my life -

1:38:41 > 1:38:43"Sonja Henie."

1:39:00 > 1:39:04# It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

1:39:04 > 1:39:08# Everywhere you go... # PHONE RINGS

1:39:08 > 1:39:10# Take a look in the Five and Ten

1:39:10 > 1:39:14# Glistening once again with candy canes... #

1:39:14 > 1:39:17- Hello?- Scott, is that you?

1:39:20 > 1:39:21Lee?

1:39:21 > 1:39:24How have you been, Scott?

1:39:24 > 1:39:25I'm...fine.

1:39:25 > 1:39:27I'm fine.

1:39:27 > 1:39:31And your health? How are you feeling?

1:39:31 > 1:39:34Good. I'm doing good.

1:39:34 > 1:39:38You sure everything is all right?

1:39:38 > 1:39:40Lee, what's wrong?

1:39:40 > 1:39:44Well, you know, I guess you heard the rumours.

1:39:44 > 1:39:49I haven't been feeling so well lately.

1:39:49 > 1:39:53I'm not my usual spring chicken any more.

1:39:56 > 1:39:59- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

1:39:59 > 1:40:02I know how much you love it.

1:40:02 > 1:40:04You sure you're OK?

1:40:04 > 1:40:06Yes, I'm...

1:40:07 > 1:40:10It's all been checked. I'm OK.

1:40:12 > 1:40:16Would you come and see me, Scott?

1:40:16 > 1:40:18Come visit me.

1:40:18 > 1:40:20Lee, I'm telling you, I'm OK.

1:40:20 > 1:40:23No, it's not that.

1:40:24 > 1:40:27But would you just come and visit me?

1:40:51 > 1:40:52Thanks.

1:41:08 > 1:41:11I don't want you to touch me.

1:41:15 > 1:41:17I don't think it matters, Lee.

1:41:19 > 1:41:20Still.

1:41:23 > 1:41:25You OK?

1:41:29 > 1:41:31I'm so glad.

1:41:34 > 1:41:37Seymour got a story out...

1:41:37 > 1:41:39that I just need to rest.

1:41:42 > 1:41:45He works so hard for me.

1:41:54 > 1:41:56I just don't want to be remembered

1:41:56 > 1:41:58as some old queen...

1:41:58 > 1:42:00who died of AIDS.

1:42:06 > 1:42:08Promise me...

1:42:10 > 1:42:14..that you won't tell anybody how I looked...

1:42:14 > 1:42:16when you came to visit.

1:42:21 > 1:42:24I asked you here...

1:42:26 > 1:42:28..because I want you to know...

1:42:30 > 1:42:33..you made me the happiest.

1:42:35 > 1:42:37You did, Scott.

1:42:40 > 1:42:42Did I make you happy?

1:42:44 > 1:42:47Yes.

1:42:47 > 1:42:49Yeah.

1:42:49 > 1:42:51The most happy.

1:43:06 > 1:43:08Just a little something...

1:43:09 > 1:43:12..to remember me by.

1:43:20 > 1:43:23At 2.05pm today,

1:43:23 > 1:43:27Liberace died of cardiac arrest

1:43:27 > 1:43:29caused by cardiac failure.

1:43:29 > 1:43:32His body will be taken to Los Angeles,

1:43:32 > 1:43:34where it will be prepared for burial.

1:43:34 > 1:43:36In an unusual twist of events,

1:43:36 > 1:43:38the Riverside County Health Department

1:43:38 > 1:43:40has rejected the death certificate

1:43:40 > 1:43:43by Liberace's attending doctor, Ronald Daniels,

1:43:43 > 1:43:45and has ordered an autopsy.

1:43:45 > 1:43:48This request is unseemly.

1:43:48 > 1:43:51Mr Liberace died of heart failure

1:43:51 > 1:43:54due to an anaemia caused by a watermelon diet.

1:43:54 > 1:43:57The body has already been embalmed!

1:43:57 > 1:44:00With respect to Liberace's family during this time,

1:44:00 > 1:44:04we have asked that the request for autopsy be rejected.

1:44:04 > 1:44:07Since Mr Liberace has already been embalmed,

1:44:07 > 1:44:10it was necessary to take tissue samples.

1:44:10 > 1:44:12Along with the medical records of blood tests

1:44:12 > 1:44:14during his recent stay at the Eisenhower Medical Centre,

1:44:14 > 1:44:18it is the conclusion of the Riverside County Health Department...

1:44:18 > 1:44:20that Mr Liberace died of complications

1:44:20 > 1:44:22due to the AIDS virus.

1:44:38 > 1:44:40Thank you all for coming.

1:44:40 > 1:44:42I think that what should be remembered today

1:44:42 > 1:44:44is that Lee was a great professional,

1:44:44 > 1:44:45a great showman, he loved his fans.

1:44:45 > 1:44:48But we should also look to the future.

1:44:48 > 1:44:50As a result of the scholarship programme

1:44:50 > 1:44:52which he's established through his foundation,

1:44:52 > 1:44:54many young people will have a musical education

1:44:54 > 1:44:56which they otherwise could not afford.

1:44:56 > 1:44:58Thank you.

1:45:00 > 1:45:03'My dear people, let us begin as we begin all things holy.

1:45:03 > 1:45:06'In the name of the Father, and of the Son,

1:45:06 > 1:45:07'and of the Holy Spirit,'

1:45:07 > 1:45:08Amen.

1:45:08 > 1:45:11The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:45:11 > 1:45:14the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

1:45:14 > 1:45:15be with you always.

1:45:15 > 1:45:17And with your spirit.

1:45:17 > 1:45:19In the waters of baptism,

1:45:19 > 1:45:21Liberace died with Christ

1:45:21 > 1:45:23and rose within to a new life.

1:45:23 > 1:45:25May he now share with Him

1:45:25 > 1:45:28in eternal glory.

1:45:28 > 1:45:31Let us pray.

1:45:31 > 1:45:36MUSIC: The Impossible Dream

1:46:28 > 1:46:32- SPEAKING: - # To dream the impossible dream

1:46:33 > 1:46:37# To be better far than you are

1:46:39 > 1:46:44# To try when your arms are too weary

1:46:44 > 1:46:48# To reach that unreachable star

1:46:50 > 1:46:52# This is my quest

1:46:52 > 1:46:55# To follow that star

1:46:55 > 1:46:58# No matter how hopeless

1:46:58 > 1:47:01# No matter how far

1:47:01 > 1:47:04# To be willing to give

1:47:04 > 1:47:06# When there's no more to give

1:47:06 > 1:47:09# To be willing to die

1:47:09 > 1:47:12# So that honour and justice may live

1:47:13 > 1:47:16# And I know

1:47:16 > 1:47:18# If I'll only be true

1:47:18 > 1:47:22# To this glorious quest

1:47:22 > 1:47:24# My heart

1:47:24 > 1:47:27# Shall lie peaceful and calm

1:47:27 > 1:47:30# When I'm laid to my rest. #

1:47:50 > 1:47:53Thank you. Thank you.

1:47:53 > 1:47:56You have made me the happiest piano player

1:47:56 > 1:47:58who has ever lived.

1:47:58 > 1:48:00And no matter what,

1:48:00 > 1:48:04I still believe and always will...

1:48:04 > 1:48:07too much of a good thing

1:48:07 > 1:48:09is wonderful!

1:48:49 > 1:48:52MUSIC: Why Do I Love You?

1:49:28 > 1:49:30- SPEAKING:- # Why do I love you?

1:49:30 > 1:49:34# I love you not only for what you are

1:49:34 > 1:49:37# But for what I am when I'm with you

1:49:37 > 1:49:42# I love you not only for what you have made of yourself

1:49:42 > 1:49:46# But for what you are making of me

1:49:46 > 1:49:49# I love you for ignoring the possibilities

1:49:49 > 1:49:52# Of the fool in me

1:49:52 > 1:49:55# And for accepting the possibilities

1:49:55 > 1:49:58# Of the good in me

1:50:05 > 1:50:08# Why do I love you?

1:50:08 > 1:50:11# I love you for closing your eyes

1:50:11 > 1:50:14# To the discords in me

1:50:14 > 1:50:17# And for adding to the music in me

1:50:17 > 1:50:20# By worshipful listening

1:50:22 > 1:50:24# I love you for helping me

1:50:24 > 1:50:27# To construct of my life

1:50:27 > 1:50:30# Not a tavern but a temple

1:50:33 > 1:50:36# I love you because you have done so much

1:50:36 > 1:50:39# To make me happy

1:50:39 > 1:50:43# You have done it without a word

1:50:43 > 1:50:45# Without a touch

1:50:45 > 1:50:47# Without a sign

1:50:47 > 1:50:52# You have done it by just being yourself

1:50:53 > 1:50:56# Perhaps, after all

1:50:56 > 1:51:00# That is what love means

1:51:00 > 1:51:02# And that is why

1:51:02 > 1:51:04# I love you. #