Behind the Candelabra

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This film contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature	0:00:02	0:00:08
MUSIC: I Feel Love by Donna Summer	0:00:08	0:00:13
MUSIC CONTINUES, BUZZ OF CONVERSATION	0:00:13	0:00:18
# Ooh!	0:00:31	0:00:34
# It's so good, it's so good It's so good, it's so good	0:00:34	0:00:38
# It's so good!	0:00:38	0:00:41
# Ooh!	0:00:46	0:00:49
# Heaven knows, heaven knows Heaven knows, heaven knows	0:00:49	0:00:52
# Heaven knows... #	0:00:52	0:00:56
Hi.	0:00:59	0:01:00
Hi.	0:01:02	0:01:04
I'm Bob.	0:01:06	0:01:08
Scott.	0:01:09	0:01:11
WHIRRING	0:01:13	0:01:15
OK, there you go. Good boy. Wait, no, don't lick it off. Don't.	0:01:17	0:01:20
That's good. OK. I mean, look.	0:01:20	0:01:23
Look how Cannibal's doing it, see?	0:01:23	0:01:24
See there? That's it.	0:01:24	0:01:26
Good boy.	0:01:26	0:01:27
I need them on set, Scott.	0:01:27	0:01:29
Right away. OK, you know your lines?	0:01:29	0:01:31
You know your lines? OK.	0:01:31	0:01:33
Come on.	0:01:39	0:01:41
Lou says we can't do the growl and the attack in one shot.	0:01:43	0:01:46
We can do it, we just need to do it in two separate pieces.	0:01:46	0:01:49
We need to prep the dogs separately for the attack.	0:01:49	0:01:51
I just don't understand why we can't get it in one.	0:01:51	0:01:53
Because he's got the bite suit on under his clothes,	0:01:53	0:01:56
so the dogs see him as, like, a big old chew toy.	0:01:56	0:01:59
I mean, it's fun for them, they love it.	0:01:59	0:02:02
It's a safety issue.	0:02:02	0:02:04
Scene 37, take one.	0:02:04	0:02:07
Speed!	0:02:07	0:02:09
A and B camera, common mark.	0:02:09	0:02:10
Brownie!	0:02:13	0:02:14
Cannibal!	0:02:14	0:02:16
Bullet!	0:02:16	0:02:18
-DOGS BARK -Right here, boys.	0:02:18	0:02:20
-We set? -Set!	0:02:20	0:02:22
And action!	0:02:22	0:02:24
BARKING CONTINUES, MAN CRIES OUT	0:02:25	0:02:27
-WOMAN: -Scottie. Your mother called.	0:02:43	0:02:46
What did she want?	0:02:48	0:02:50
To see you.	0:02:50	0:02:52
-Do I have to? -No.	0:02:54	0:02:56
Joe.	0:02:56	0:02:58
No, of course not, but...she's your mother.	0:02:58	0:03:02
She says she's doing much better.	0:03:02	0:03:06
-For how long this time? -Joe, stop.	0:03:06	0:03:08
I'll think about it.	0:03:08	0:03:10
Humph.	0:03:10	0:03:12
Oh, and a man named Bob Black called.	0:03:12	0:03:16
Oh, OK.	0:03:17	0:03:18
Is that one of them San Francisco fellas?	0:03:18	0:03:21
No. He's from here. West Hollywood.	0:03:21	0:03:23
Oh.	0:03:24	0:03:26
-BOB: -Hey, cheeks! -Shh!	0:03:31	0:03:34
This is where you live?	0:03:35	0:03:37
Yeah. Why?	0:03:37	0:03:39
You must have moved in after the Clampetts left for Beverly Hills.	0:03:39	0:03:42
HE LAUGHS	0:03:42	0:03:43
Bye, Rose. I'll see you tomorrow!	0:03:43	0:03:45
-Have a good time! -OK.	0:03:45	0:03:47
Oh, this is Bob.	0:03:47	0:03:49
-Oh, hi, Bob. -Hi, Rose.	0:03:49	0:03:51
MUSIC: Liberace Fanfare by The BTC Orchestra	0:03:52	0:03:56
-ANNOUNCER: -'And now, ladies and gentlemen, the star of the show...	0:03:59	0:04:03
'the man who's famous throughout the world...	0:04:03	0:04:06
'for his candelabra...	0:04:06	0:04:09
'and his piano...	0:04:09	0:04:11
'Mr Showmanship...	0:04:11	0:04:14
'Liberace!'	0:04:14	0:04:16
MUSIC: The Liberace Boogie	0:04:16	0:04:19
RAPID PIANO PLAYING	0:04:20	0:04:23
MUSICAL BREAK MUSICIANS: Hey!	0:04:37	0:04:40
BAND BEGINS	0:04:40	0:04:42
Now, this next part of the boogie-woogie is so strange,	0:04:48	0:04:51
it really calls for an explanation.	0:04:51	0:04:53
It's called a boogie-woogie break.	0:04:53	0:04:56
When I'm playing it and I stop at a certain point,	0:04:56	0:04:59
you're going to think that I've forgotten the music.	0:04:59	0:05:02
But I didn't forget the music.	0:05:02	0:05:04
There's just no music written for that part.	0:05:04	0:05:06
That's why they call it a break.	0:05:06	0:05:08
MUSICAL BREAK ALL: Hey!	0:05:11	0:05:12
MUSIC CONTINUES	0:05:12	0:05:14
Ah, this is fun.	0:05:19	0:05:22
Let's try something.	0:05:22	0:05:23
Suppose only the ladies in the audience this time, OK?	0:05:23	0:05:27
All the girls together.	0:05:27	0:05:29
MUSICAL BREAK WOMAN: Hey!	0:05:33	0:05:34
Oh, that was terrific.	0:05:41	0:05:43
OK, fellas. It's your turn now.	0:05:43	0:05:47
MUSICAL BREAK MEN: Hey!	0:05:51	0:05:52
I love it! That was terrific!	0:06:00	0:06:02
You see, George? I told you men DO come to my concerts.	0:06:03	0:06:07
-LAUGHTER -Well, I really appreciate it.	0:06:07	0:06:10
And I know somebody else out in the audience	0:06:10	0:06:12
who appreciates it, too. And that's my mom.	0:06:12	0:06:15
Mom, I tell you what.	0:06:15	0:06:17
Let them hear it from you... and I'll play it just for you.	0:06:17	0:06:21
OK, Mom?	0:06:21	0:06:23
-MUSICAL BREAK -Hey!	0:06:27	0:06:29
CHEERING	0:06:29	0:06:30
Oh, Mom, you're in the groove tonight.	0:06:36	0:06:40
I really thank you all for joining me in this boogie-woogie.	0:06:40	0:06:43
I'd like to try a little experiment.	0:06:43	0:06:46
I've been playing this boogie-woogie at eight beats to the bar.	0:06:46	0:06:50
I'd like to try playing it now at 16 beats to the bar.	0:06:50	0:06:54
MUCH FASTER BEAT	0:06:54	0:06:57
Wow!	0:07:11	0:07:14
He's incredible!	0:07:14	0:07:16
PIANO CRESCENDO	0:07:22	0:07:24
PLAYING STOPS, APPLAUSE AND CHEERING	0:07:24	0:07:27
Thank you. Thank you very much.	0:07:41	0:07:43
-Thank you. -Bravo! -You know...	0:07:43	0:07:46
No, that's all right. Stare as long as you want.	0:07:46	0:07:50
-LAUGHTER -I mean, you paid for it.	0:07:50	0:07:52
You know, I always get asked, "How do you play the piano	0:07:54	0:07:58
"with all those rings on your fingers?"	0:07:58	0:08:01
And I always tell them, "Very well, indeed."	0:08:01	0:08:05
APPLAUSE	0:08:05	0:08:06
Thank you.	0:08:08	0:08:09
And now I'd like to introduce	0:08:11	0:08:14
another pair of piano-playing hands	0:08:14	0:08:16
to join me in a duet.	0:08:16	0:08:19
My protege and friend,	0:08:19	0:08:21
Mr Billy Leatherwood!	0:08:21	0:08:24
APPLAUSE	0:08:24	0:08:26
-Oh, look - a matched pair of queens! -HE LAUGHS	0:08:31	0:08:36
Oh.	0:08:37	0:08:38
It's funny that this crowd would like something this gay.	0:08:40	0:08:43
Oh, they have no idea he's gay.	0:08:43	0:08:45
MUSIC: Carioca	0:08:45	0:08:47
There's Ray. See him? In the black.	0:09:03	0:09:05
Come on, come on!	0:09:06	0:09:08
Ray! Ray.	0:09:10	0:09:12
-Bobby! -Hi!	0:09:12	0:09:14
-I'm so glad you made it! -We loved it. Thank you so much.	0:09:14	0:09:17
-This is my friend, Scott Thorson. -Well, hi. Nice to meet you. -Hi.	0:09:17	0:09:20
That was really something. Thank you.	0:09:20	0:09:23
-Well, come on back and say hi to Lee. -Are you sure?	0:09:23	0:09:25
Oh, yes, he'd love to see you!	0:09:25	0:09:27
Lee? Look who's here!	0:09:29	0:09:31
-Hello, Bobby! -Lee, you were fantastic!	0:09:31	0:09:35
This is my friend, Scott Thorson. His first time in Las Vegas.	0:09:35	0:09:39
Oh? A lost babe in the woods, huh?	0:09:39	0:09:41
It's like a Disney movie. Little Bambi.	0:09:41	0:09:44
Very nice to meet you.	0:09:44	0:09:46
You were incredible out there.	0:09:46	0:09:49
Oh, I'm just a piano player.	0:09:49	0:09:51
But everybody did seem to enjoy themselves, didn't they?	0:09:51	0:09:53
ALL: Oh, yes!	0:09:53	0:09:55
You were great, too, Billy.	0:09:55	0:09:56
-Ray, why don't we fix everybody a drink? -All right.	0:10:00	0:10:03
I'm not going to have one. I still have another show to do.	0:10:03	0:10:06
What...you're going to do that all over again?	0:10:06	0:10:08
I don't know how you do that.	0:10:08	0:10:10
Oh, aren't you sweet! It's not bad for an old bag, huh?	0:10:10	0:10:14
Oh, you look fantastic!	0:10:14	0:10:15
And those bits with the audience are gold!	0:10:15	0:10:18
They work every time. I stage this show once a year.	0:10:18	0:10:21
It works the same way every single night.	0:10:21	0:10:24
I'll tell you, when I was working saloons in my youth...	0:10:24	0:10:27
Back in Milwaukee, they called them saloons.	0:10:27	0:10:29
-I mean, that's how old -I -am.	0:10:29	0:10:31
I'm from Wisconsin, too.	0:10:31	0:10:33
No! You are?	0:10:33	0:10:35
Well, this must be fate.	0:10:35	0:10:37
Well, one night, this audience asked me	0:10:37	0:10:39
to play this popular hit parade song called Three Little Fishes.	0:10:39	0:10:43
It barely had a melody, it wasn't a challenge, at all...	0:10:43	0:10:47
but I played it, you know, and they were happy.	0:10:47	0:10:49
And then, I don't know where it came from...	0:10:49	0:10:52
but I got this inspiration to play it	0:10:52	0:10:54
as if it was composed by Strauss.	0:10:54	0:10:57
And they loved it! They ate it up!	0:10:57	0:10:59
You would've thought that I invented the piano!	0:10:59	0:11:01
LAUGHTER	0:11:01	0:11:03
And I knew right then	0:11:03	0:11:04
it was all about giving them a good time.	0:11:04	0:11:06
And that's what I'm all about.	0:11:06	0:11:09
I love to give people a good time.	0:11:09	0:11:11
Bobby, you boys staying in town tonight?	0:11:11	0:11:14
Oh, yes. It's too late to drive back to LA.	0:11:14	0:11:16
Well, Lee, why don't we have the boys over for brunch tomorrow?	0:11:16	0:11:20
-Oh, no, that's too much for you. -No, no. That's a great idea!	0:11:20	0:11:24
Of course! Let's do it! But, you know, after 3:00, OK?	0:11:24	0:11:27
Cos I need my beauty sleep.	0:11:27	0:11:29
DOG YAPS	0:11:49	0:11:51
Welcome, gypsies!	0:11:55	0:11:57
Is this a palace?	0:11:57	0:11:59
Lee thinks he's King Ludwig II.	0:11:59	0:12:02
-Who's he? -The Liberace of Bavaria.	0:12:02	0:12:05
Oh, is he a piano player, too?	0:12:05	0:12:07
No.	0:12:07	0:12:08
Wow.	0:12:13	0:12:15
Almost time for a dip.	0:12:15	0:12:17
DOG YAPS	0:12:20	0:12:22
I'm sorry I'm so informal.	0:12:22	0:12:25
So happy you all could come.	0:12:25	0:12:27
Don't these things belong in an oven?	0:12:27	0:12:29
Oh, he's so mean to my babies. I mean, this is my family!	0:12:29	0:12:33
And this is Baby Boy.	0:12:33	0:12:35
Baby Boy, he's very old. He's deaf, and he's blind.	0:12:35	0:12:40
I'm his seeing eye person.	0:12:40	0:12:42
LAUGHTER	0:12:42	0:12:43
I could get something to help clear up his eyes.	0:12:43	0:12:46
-Scott works with animals. -Oh?	0:12:46	0:12:48
I worked for a vet, you know, for a while,	0:12:48	0:12:51
and we had a lot of poodles with eye problems.	0:12:51	0:12:53
Oh, that would be fabulous!	0:12:53	0:12:55
No-one's been able to help my little Baby Boy.	0:12:55	0:12:57
I hate to see him suffer.	0:12:57	0:13:00
I think my favourite review is from San Francisco,	0:13:00	0:13:04
when they said, "Liberace was no Rubinstein,	0:13:04	0:13:07
"but then Rubinstein is no Liberace."	0:13:07	0:13:10
SOFT LAUGHTER	0:13:10	0:13:11
Oh, this is my houseboy, Carlucci.	0:13:11	0:13:13
He rules the roost around here.	0:13:13	0:13:16
Thank you.	0:13:18	0:13:20
Pig.	0:13:22	0:13:23
-What? -Pig in a blanket. You want a pig in a blanket?	0:13:25	0:13:28
No. Thanks.	0:13:32	0:13:34
After lunch, I'll give you a guided tour.	0:13:45	0:13:47
Great.	0:13:49	0:13:50
< DOOR SLAMS	0:13:50	0:13:51
ANOTHER DOOR SLAMS	0:13:57	0:13:59
I do all my own decorating.	0:14:01	0:14:03
I just love it.	0:14:03	0:14:05
I call this "palatial kitsch".	0:14:05	0:14:07
-Right. -Don't you just love that?	0:14:07	0:14:10
I never saw so many pianos.	0:14:10	0:14:12
Oh, I never touch them.	0:14:12	0:14:14
Mama made me play every day in my childhood.	0:14:14	0:14:17
Didn't have any friends.	0:14:17	0:14:19
So, now I never play...when I play.	0:14:19	0:14:22
HE GIGGLES	0:14:22	0:14:24
These are actual Roman columns.	0:14:24	0:14:26
Ionic.	0:14:26	0:14:27
DOG YAPS	0:14:32	0:14:35
And I personally support the entire Austrian rhinestone business.	0:14:35	0:14:40
It's too bad you're so big, you could try one of these on.	0:14:40	0:14:44
So, Scott, do you have any family left?	0:14:44	0:14:47
Oh, no, not really.	0:14:47	0:14:49
Um...	0:14:49	0:14:51
My mom's been, er, in and out of places,	0:14:51	0:14:54
you know, for my whole life.	0:14:54	0:14:56
Oh, really?	0:14:56	0:14:57
And I have two sisters... and a brother,	0:14:57	0:15:00
and then four half-brothers and sisters...	0:15:00	0:15:03
from two different fathers, but most of them live with their fathers.	0:15:03	0:15:07
The rest of us, like me and Wayne, we were sent to state-run homes...	0:15:07	0:15:11
and then Mom would come get us and we'd live with her for a while,	0:15:11	0:15:14
then...she'd have her troubles again and they'd have to put her away,	0:15:14	0:15:17
so we'd get split up and sent to foster homes.	0:15:17	0:15:20
But I was really lucky. I ended up with Rose and Joe.	0:15:20	0:15:23
You know, a really nice family, on a ranch..	0:15:23	0:15:27
You know, with animals.	0:15:27	0:15:29
Sure, because it was a ranch!	0:15:29	0:15:32
What a story!	0:15:32	0:15:33
I mean, you got everything, but a fire in the orphanage.	0:15:33	0:15:37
But the ranch is where you got to like animals and...	0:15:37	0:15:40
I guess.	0:15:40	0:15:43
Oh, and I am going to try and get that medicine for Baby Boy.	0:15:43	0:15:45
Aw, you remembered his name. Oh, that would be wonderful.	0:15:46	0:15:50
I'm going to give you my private number.	0:15:51	0:15:54
It's unlisted.	0:15:54	0:15:55
Now, I'm counting on you...	0:15:57	0:16:00
so don't you forget.	0:16:00	0:16:03
You'd better not walk onto my stage with a ketchup stain.	0:16:10	0:16:14
Like anyone would give a shit.	0:16:14	0:16:16
TELEPHONE RINGS	0:16:16	0:16:19
-HE SIGHS: -He's so unprofessional.	0:16:19	0:16:21
RINGING CONTINUES	0:16:21	0:16:22
-Hello? -'Oh, hi, this is Scott...Thorson.'	0:16:22	0:16:26
-I'm sorry, who? I can't... -'Scott. I'm Bob's friend.'	0:16:26	0:16:28
-'I was at L...his house. I have medicine for his dog.' -Wait, hold on.	0:16:28	0:16:32
-A Scott somebody. -Who?	0:16:32	0:16:34
-Friend of Bob's, who was at your house. -Oh, Scott! -He has medicine?	0:16:34	0:16:37
Scott, is that you?	0:16:37	0:16:40
Hi. Um... Yeah...	0:16:40	0:16:42
Er, Mr...	0:16:42	0:16:45
'No, no. Please, just call me Lee.'	0:16:45	0:16:47
Lee. OK.	0:16:47	0:16:49
Yeah, I have the medicine for your poodle. For his eyes?	0:16:49	0:16:53
Oh, my saviour!	0:16:53	0:16:55
OK, I was going to just, um, tuck it in the mail tomorrow morning...	0:16:55	0:17:00
and, er, it should be there, you know, in a few days.	0:17:00	0:17:03
Oh, no, no. I don't want Baby Boy to have to wait that long.	0:17:03	0:17:06
Why don't you just book a flight and come up this evening?	0:17:06	0:17:10
At my expense.	0:17:10	0:17:12
HE LAUGHS It's not that important.	0:17:12	0:17:16
Scott, why don't you let me decide what's important?	0:17:16	0:17:19
You know, you'd be doing me a great favour	0:17:19	0:17:21
if you'd fly up here this evening.	0:17:21	0:17:23
'And I promise you, I'll fly you right back to LA	0:17:23	0:17:26
'after my first show.	0:17:26	0:17:28
-'I promise.' -OK.	0:17:28	0:17:30
Ah! Alone at last.	0:17:33	0:17:36
Thank you so much for bringing my baby's medicine.	0:17:38	0:17:41
Um, no problem. He's going to be fine.	0:17:41	0:17:45
What would you like to do with your life, Scott?	0:17:45	0:17:48
What's...what's your dream?	0:17:48	0:17:50
-I want to be a veterinarian. -Oh, don't you just love animals?	0:17:50	0:17:55
So do I.	0:17:55	0:17:57
You know, because they love you, no matter what.	0:17:57	0:18:00
That's what makes them dumb animals, I guess.	0:18:00	0:18:04
If they really knew who we were, they'd have nothing to do with us.	0:18:04	0:18:08
Scott, I...	0:18:12	0:18:15
I feel like I can trust you. And I have to talk to someone.	0:18:15	0:18:19
I've got myself in a terrible mess.	0:18:22	0:18:25
What is it?	0:18:25	0:18:28
It's Billy. My protege.	0:18:28	0:18:32
I've created a monster. A monster!	0:18:32	0:18:35
I gave him everything, you know,	0:18:35	0:18:37
-I put his name in lights - I made him famous... -What did he do?	0:18:37	0:18:39
Well, he's out of control! He's ruining me!	0:18:39	0:18:42
He's ruining my image! I can't stand bad publicity!	0:18:42	0:18:45
My fans, you know?	0:18:45	0:18:47
Unfortunately, they're not dumb animals.	0:18:47	0:18:50
He's just...he's done terrible things!	0:18:50	0:18:52
He's breaking my heart.	0:18:52	0:18:54
It's just, he's drinking heavily, he's getting into fights.	0:18:54	0:18:57
And I can't get rid of him!	0:18:57	0:18:58
He's under contract for six months!	0:18:58	0:19:01
I'm going to be ruined!	0:19:01	0:19:03
I just wish his wife would come and take him away.	0:19:03	0:19:07
His wife?!	0:19:07	0:19:08
Hand me a towel, please.	0:19:09	0:19:12
Thank you.	0:19:14	0:19:15
I never know whether people like me for me	0:19:18	0:19:21
or what they can get out of me. You know, because I'm Liberace.	0:19:21	0:19:25
Walter Liberace, for God's sakes!	0:19:26	0:19:29
I mean, can you imagine?	0:19:29	0:19:30
I mean, Walter's fine for Pidgeon, but Liberace?	0:19:30	0:19:34
It was the only thing my father gave me.	0:19:35	0:19:38
He was a French horn player.	0:19:38	0:19:40
He left us for an oboist.	0:19:40	0:19:42
So, that's why you're so musical?	0:19:44	0:19:46
No, that man had nothing to do with it. My talent comes from God.	0:19:46	0:19:50
Everybody wants a piece of me, a piece of the action.	0:19:51	0:19:55
My brother George, he performs in some small club.	0:19:55	0:19:59
You know what the marquee says? "Liberace", in big letters.	0:19:59	0:20:03
I built that name. It's my name.	0:20:03	0:20:05
That's not his.	0:20:05	0:20:07
"Gimme, gimme, gimme."	0:20:08	0:20:11
No-one I can trust, no-one I can talk to.	0:20:11	0:20:14
I hate my life sometimes. I really do.	0:20:14	0:20:18
-No. -No, it's true.	0:20:18	0:20:20
No matter how many people are around, I'm all by myself.	0:20:20	0:20:24
Like, I'm with people -	0:20:24	0:20:25
they're not really my family or my friends.	0:20:25	0:20:28
You know what that feels like?	0:20:28	0:20:31
Yeah. I do.	0:20:31	0:20:33
Yes.	0:20:35	0:20:36
Yes, you do.	0:20:37	0:20:39
You've been good for me, Scott.	0:20:40	0:20:42
When?	0:20:44	0:20:45
Now. Just now.	0:20:45	0:20:47
-Oh, you mean talking and...? -Yes, you know.	0:20:47	0:20:50
-And listening. -Sure. -You're very good at listening.	0:20:50	0:20:53
People...take...	0:20:53	0:20:55
You know what?	0:20:57	0:20:59
I have a great idea.	0:20:59	0:21:01
Why don't you come work for me?	0:21:03	0:21:05
As what?	0:21:07	0:21:09
Well, you could be my secretary.	0:21:09	0:21:12
I don't type.	0:21:12	0:21:14
Hell, Scott, I can pay people to type.	0:21:14	0:21:17
I need a companion. A bodyguard. Someone to keep people off my back.	0:21:17	0:21:22
Someone I can talk to the way we talked tonight.	0:21:22	0:21:25
You'd be my right-hand man.	0:21:25	0:21:28
You can take care of the animals.	0:21:28	0:21:31
Please.	0:21:31	0:21:33
Say yes, Scott.	0:21:33	0:21:35
Would you close the drapes on the window, Scott?	0:21:38	0:21:40
Yeah.	0:21:40	0:21:41
It's really pretty at night.	0:21:44	0:21:46
-Oh! -I'm sorry.	0:21:46	0:21:48
-I didn't mean to scare you like that. -I didn't mean to flinch!	0:21:48	0:21:51
Yeah, I just... I...	0:21:51	0:21:53
Things are moving really...fast.	0:21:53	0:21:57
-Maybe I should just get a room for tonight. -Oh, nonsense.	0:21:57	0:22:00
Look, I completely understand	0:22:00	0:22:03
and I promise I'll stay on my side of the bed. I promise.	0:22:03	0:22:07
Good morning.	0:22:44	0:22:45
Well, look who's up!	0:22:54	0:22:56
You're making a mistake here. Listen to me.	0:23:09	0:23:11
-I worked for that old fag in his Hollywood house! -Joe!	0:23:11	0:23:15
Oh, I'm not saying it for that.	0:23:15	0:23:16
I'm saying, it's not a fit place for Scott!	0:23:16	0:23:20
You don't know him like I know him.	0:23:20	0:23:22
Is this the kind of life you want for yourself?	0:23:22	0:23:24
It's a job, Rose. And it pays better than getting two.	0:23:24	0:23:28
Yeah, and you know what they call that kind of job.	0:23:28	0:23:30
That's not what this is.	0:23:30	0:23:32
Look, he's old. He doesn't like me just for that.	0:23:32	0:23:36
Do you even like this man?	0:23:36	0:23:38
Yeah. I really do.	0:23:40	0:23:43
He's lonely.	0:23:43	0:23:44
I can take care of him.	0:23:46	0:23:48
And he can take care of me.	0:23:48	0:23:50
My eyes are open, Rose.	0:23:51	0:23:53
I promise.	0:23:54	0:23:56
Mr Thorson!	0:24:30	0:24:31
Seymour Heller, Lee's manager. Lee's expecting you.	0:24:31	0:24:35
Is it any good?	0:24:42	0:24:44
It's amazing.	0:24:44	0:24:45
I love to cook.	0:24:47	0:24:49
We'll be a couple of fat biddies in no time.	0:24:50	0:24:53
Great, cos I love to eat.	0:24:53	0:24:55
Come here, you.	0:25:00	0:25:02
She's going to see us.	0:25:15	0:25:17
People only see what they want to see, Scott.	0:25:17	0:25:20
Oh, God! Oh, God!	0:25:26	0:25:29
Oh, my God.	0:25:29	0:25:31
BOTH PANT	0:25:31	0:25:32
LEE SIGHS, THEN LAUGHS	0:25:35	0:25:38
We'll go shopping tomorrow.	0:25:39	0:25:42
After cooking and sex,	0:25:44	0:25:46
I think shopping's the reason to get up every day.	0:25:46	0:25:50
And it helps so many people.	0:25:50	0:25:52
Do you mind if I ask you something?	0:25:54	0:25:57
How do you stay hard for so long? I mean...	0:25:57	0:26:00
that was the fourth time since lunch.	0:26:00	0:26:02
You make me feel so young.	0:26:02	0:26:05
And I've had implants.	0:26:07	0:26:09
I've had quite a drive, you know, as well	0:26:11	0:26:14
and...you know, I've had problems.	0:26:14	0:26:19
And it's a terrible thing when you have such a desire	0:26:19	0:26:22
and the equipment doesn't work.	0:26:22	0:26:24
It's like, um, you know, wanting to sing and being tone deaf.	0:26:24	0:26:28
And no-one knows.	0:26:28	0:26:31
You're the only one I told.	0:26:31	0:26:32
You see what you mean to me?	0:26:32	0:26:34
Lee, I think... Just a minute. I should just tell you...	0:26:34	0:26:37
I'm bisexual.	0:26:39	0:26:41
I like women, too.	0:26:41	0:26:43
Well, good for you.	0:26:44	0:26:47
I love women!	0:26:47	0:26:49
I wish I could be that flexible.	0:26:49	0:26:51
Make things so much easier.	0:26:51	0:26:54
I am so sick of getting fan mail about my engagement to Sonja Henie.	0:26:54	0:26:59
As if I would marry an ice skater. Please! I mean, those thighs?	0:26:59	0:27:02
No, I was a goner from my first time.	0:27:04	0:27:08
He was a Green Bay Packer.	0:27:08	0:27:11
He came to hear me play at one of my saloons.	0:27:11	0:27:13
I mean, I couldn't miss him. The guy was the size of the door!	0:27:13	0:27:18
That's how I lost my virginity.	0:27:18	0:27:20
Isn't that romantic?	0:27:20	0:27:22
THEY LAUGH	0:27:22	0:27:23
You know, I tried to make myself love women.	0:27:23	0:27:26
I'd stare at women's bosoms and their backsides,	0:27:26	0:27:29
you know, trying to feel something.	0:27:29	0:27:31
You see, I knew, from being Catholic,	0:27:31	0:27:35
what happened to boys like me.	0:27:35	0:27:38
And I went to confession.	0:27:38	0:27:40
Of course, I... I couldn't confess everything.	0:27:40	0:27:43
The problem was, according to Catholics,	0:27:43	0:27:46
not confessing a sin is also considered a sin,	0:27:46	0:27:49
so, you know, I was damned if I do, damned if I didn't.	0:27:49	0:27:54
I can't believe you're still Catholic.	0:27:54	0:27:57
Devout.	0:27:57	0:27:58
The turning point for me was Kennedy getting assassinated.	0:28:00	0:28:04
MUSIC: Nocturne in E Flat Major Op. 9, No. 2 by Chopin	0:28:04	0:28:07
'I was working nonstop and I was sick.	0:28:07	0:28:10
'I felt terrible.	0:28:10	0:28:12
'We found out later	0:28:12	0:28:13
'that, when those heavy costumes I wear get dry cleaned,	0:28:13	0:28:17
'they use this tetrachloride solution.	0:28:17	0:28:19
'I would sweat and it'd get absorbed into my bloodstream...	0:28:19	0:28:23
'and shut down my kidneys.	0:28:23	0:28:25
'Can you imagine?	0:28:25	0:28:27
'But no-one knew.	0:28:27	0:28:29
'So I'm watching the assassination on TV	0:28:29	0:28:32
'and I think, well, at least I'll have a few days off.	0:28:32	0:28:34
'I mean, nobody's going to come see me perform this weekend.	0:28:34	0:28:37
'But, no. No, Seymour made me work.	0:28:37	0:28:42
'Well, they thought I was dying.	0:28:42	0:28:44
'They couldn't figure out what was wrong.	0:28:44	0:28:46
'I mean, everything's bloated. I'm drowning in my own fluids.	0:28:46	0:28:50
'They put me on dialysis and I'm thinking,	0:28:50	0:28:53
' "The only thing that's going to get me through this is prayer."	0:28:53	0:28:56
'Sometime within these 36 hours of treatment,	0:28:56	0:28:59
'I wake up, and there's this nun,	0:28:59	0:29:01
'in an all-white habit, sitting beside my bed.	0:29:01	0:29:05
'I said I wanted to pray	0:29:05	0:29:06
'and she told me not to waste my strength.	0:29:06	0:29:09
'And she assured me I would live.	0:29:09	0:29:12
'Next day, my kidneys start to work.	0:29:12	0:29:16
'The doctors were amazed!	0:29:16	0:29:18
'They admitted to me they had given up hope.	0:29:18	0:29:21
'So, I asked to see the nun,	0:29:21	0:29:23
'to thank her for giving me strength,	0:29:23	0:29:26
'and...they said, "Oh, no!	0:29:26	0:29:28
' "There's no nun here that fits that description.	0:29:28	0:29:32
' "There are no nuns here that wear all-white habits." '	0:29:32	0:29:36
And I knew.	0:29:36	0:29:39
I knew my life would not have been spared	0:29:39	0:29:42
if being gay was the sin that the Church said it was.	0:29:42	0:29:47
I was saved... because God looks upon me	0:29:47	0:29:51
with special favour.	0:29:51	0:29:53
That nun...was a messenger.	0:29:53	0:29:56
Wow.	0:29:59	0:30:01
Isn't that something?	0:30:01	0:30:03
But, you know, Scott - men, women - you know, who cares?	0:30:03	0:30:07
What's important is to be yourself.	0:30:07	0:30:09
You just be who you are, baby boy.	0:30:09	0:30:12
Don't eat all of this.	0:30:26	0:30:29
You'll be angry that your panties are tight.	0:30:29	0:30:33
Ah-ooh.	0:30:33	0:30:35
-You want some, Scott? -Mm-mm.	0:30:35	0:30:38
Mm!	0:30:42	0:30:43
These are delicious.	0:30:43	0:30:45
Here.	0:30:45	0:30:47
Have one.	0:30:47	0:30:49
(Does he do that every night?)	0:30:52	0:30:55
Mm-hm.	0:30:55	0:30:57
MUSIC: Tico-Tico by Liberace	0:30:57	0:31:00
-JOHNNY MATHIS: -# Have yourself a merry little Christmas... #	0:31:51	0:31:57
-Be careful, Scott. -# Let your heart be light... #	0:31:57	0:32:03
Perfect.	0:32:03	0:32:04
# From now on, our troubles	0:32:04	0:32:07
# Will be out of sight... #	0:32:07	0:32:10
He made you a pesto panini.	0:32:10	0:32:12
Oh.	0:32:12	0:32:13
Did you, er... Did you bring my Fresca?	0:32:16	0:32:19
What?	0:32:23	0:32:24
Here's what's going to happen. You listening?	0:32:28	0:32:31
You think you're so hot and sexy with your hard ass	0:32:31	0:32:34
and that bisexual bullshit.	0:32:34	0:32:36
You know how many there have been?	0:32:36	0:32:38
Bobby, Hans, Chase.	0:32:38	0:32:40
Oh, and some country boy stripper	0:32:40	0:32:42
who was so dumb he wore his G-string backwards.	0:32:42	0:32:45
He got rid of all of them.	0:32:45	0:32:47
But I'm still here.	0:32:47	0:32:48
And one day, Lee is going to call Seymour	0:32:48	0:32:51
and he's going to tell him to get rid of you.	0:32:51	0:32:53
Lee?	0:32:59	0:33:00
Lee?	0:33:03	0:33:04
Oh, excuse me, sorry, I was...	0:33:07	0:33:09
Lee?	0:33:12	0:33:13
Right here, baby boy.	0:33:14	0:33:16
You've never seen me without my hair, have you?	0:33:18	0:33:21
Terrible. Terrible, isn't it?	0:33:22	0:33:25
But the pieces, they're great.	0:33:26	0:33:28
You know what I'm going to do?	0:33:30	0:33:32
I'm going to put you in charge of my wigs.	0:33:32	0:33:35
I only do that for people I trust.	0:33:35	0:33:37
-Would you like that? -Lee, I'm sorry, but...	0:33:37	0:33:41
I think maybe this was a mistake.	0:33:41	0:33:43
What's wrong? What?	0:33:43	0:33:45
I can't do this. I can't live like this, in this house.	0:33:45	0:33:49
I mean, everybody looks down on me.	0:33:49	0:33:52
Carlucci is always on my ass about something.	0:33:52	0:33:55
He's treating me like I'M the houseboy.	0:33:55	0:33:57
I just... I can't live like this. I'm sorry.	0:33:58	0:34:01
I don't want to see you depressed.	0:34:01	0:34:04
When you have a sad face, then I feel sad.	0:34:04	0:34:08
But it's not sad, it's... This isn't working.	0:34:08	0:34:12
Well, then, I've failed.	0:34:12	0:34:14
Because you have made me so happy over these past few months.	0:34:14	0:34:19
And if I haven't made you happy...	0:34:19	0:34:21
Your happiness means everything to me, Scott.	0:34:24	0:34:27
Well, I just don't know what to do.	0:34:30	0:34:33
MUSIC: Why Do I Love You? by Liberace	0:34:34	0:34:38
'Why do I love you?	0:35:13	0:35:16
'I love you not only for what you are	0:35:16	0:35:19
'But for what I am when I'm with you	0:35:19	0:35:22
'I love you not only for what you have made of yourself	0:35:22	0:35:27
'But for what you are making of me	0:35:27	0:35:31
'I love you for ignoring the possibilities	0:35:31	0:35:34
'Of the fool in me	0:35:34	0:35:37
'And for accepting the possibilities	0:35:37	0:35:40
'Of the good in me.	0:35:40	0:35:43
'Why do I love you?	0:35:50	0:35:53
'I love you for closing your eyes	0:35:53	0:35:56
'To the discords in me	0:35:56	0:35:59
'And for adding to the music in me	0:35:59	0:36:02
'By worshipful listening.'	0:36:02	0:36:05
PANTING	0:36:09	0:36:11
No, I don't like it.	0:36:13	0:36:15
-It makes it better. -I don't want it. -Oh. Oh!	0:36:15	0:36:19
I've always wanted children.	0:36:23	0:36:27
I regret that, not having children.	0:36:27	0:36:31
I love Christmas. I think I'd be a good daddy,	0:36:31	0:36:35
-don't you think? -Oh, you're such a loving man.	0:36:35	0:36:39
Mmm.	0:36:39	0:36:41
Well, maybe I'll adopt you.	0:36:41	0:36:43
I want you to take the money that you're earning	0:36:46	0:36:49
and to buy a house here in Las Vegas.	0:36:49	0:36:52
I'll co-sign.	0:36:54	0:36:56
But it'll be in your name, so...you'll have some security.	0:36:56	0:37:00
Would you like that?	0:37:02	0:37:03
Lee...are you serious?	0:37:03	0:37:07
I want to be everything to you, Scott.	0:37:09	0:37:11
I want to be father...brother...	0:37:11	0:37:14
lover...best friend.	0:37:14	0:37:18
Everything.	0:37:18	0:37:20
You know I love you.	0:37:23	0:37:25
Does that mean anything to you?	0:37:27	0:37:29
Maybe all those years...	0:37:31	0:37:33
all those foster homes...	0:37:33	0:37:36
..maybe I'm your real family.	0:37:37	0:37:39
-PEGGY LEE: -# I've found a brand-new idol	0:37:39	0:37:42
# He's charming as can be	0:37:42	0:37:44
# I really can't describe	0:37:44	0:37:47
# The strange effect he has on me... #	0:37:47	0:37:50
# I start to shake I start to shiver	0:37:58	0:38:02
# And every fibre in my being seems to quiver... #	0:38:02	0:38:04
Want to smell that?	0:38:04	0:38:06
# It's a feeling very close to ecstasy	0:38:06	0:38:10
# That's what happens when Liberace winks at me... #	0:38:10	0:38:14
-Isn't she sweet? -Mmm.	0:38:14	0:38:18
She's got a little bit of a Judy thing going on, don't you think?	0:38:18	0:38:21
Yeah.	0:38:21	0:38:23
You look hot.	0:38:23	0:38:25
I do, don't I?	0:38:25	0:38:28
The wink?	0:38:29	0:38:31
That was my idea.	0:38:31	0:38:33
-Yeah? -Mm-hm.	0:38:33	0:38:34
I was the first person in television	0:38:34	0:38:37
to look directly into the camera.	0:38:37	0:38:40
I was the first matinee idol in television.	0:38:40	0:38:45
I was the one had the idea of putting the candelabra	0:38:45	0:38:49
up on the piano, you know? I saw an old Merle Oberon movie	0:38:49	0:38:53
when I got the idea, from, er...about Chopin.	0:38:53	0:38:56
What was the name of that...? A Song to Remember!	0:38:56	0:38:59
Really? That's like your trademark!	0:38:59	0:39:02
I know. Who knew?	0:39:02	0:39:04
Wow.	0:39:04	0:39:07
Huh.	0:39:07	0:39:08
So, really, no matter what you did, you were just...meant to be famous.	0:39:08	0:39:15
I guess so.	0:39:15	0:39:17
Hmm.	0:39:18	0:39:19
TELEPHONE RINGS	0:39:21	0:39:23
LEE GROANS	0:39:23	0:39:26
Hello.	0:39:26	0:39:28
Oh, hi. Yeah, hold on.	0:39:28	0:39:31
It's Seymour.	0:39:31	0:39:33
I told him not to call this number.	0:39:33	0:39:35
I told you not to call this number.	0:39:37	0:39:39
Hi, Lee. I'm sorry, I have to talk to you about these dates.	0:39:39	0:39:42
We've got six months of bookings.	0:39:42	0:39:43
I already told you the dates I would do.	0:39:43	0:39:46
-SCOTT SIGHS -I'm not working after Thanksgiving	0:39:46	0:39:48
during the holidays. ..Especially now.	0:39:48	0:39:51
But you can make double on holiday shows.	0:39:51	0:39:53
Take a vacation later.	0:39:53	0:39:55
Seymour, I do not want to be the richest piano player in the grave.	0:39:55	0:39:59
-Forget it. -No, definitely not. You're already working too hard.	0:39:59	0:40:02
Lee, give the phone to Scott. I have a question for him.	0:40:02	0:40:05
Hey, Seymour.	0:40:08	0:40:10
Hey, Scott. Why don't you stay out of my fucking business?	0:40:10	0:40:13
Now give me back to Lee.	0:40:13	0:40:14
Mm-hm. ..OK.	0:40:19	0:40:22
No, you cannot come for dinner tomorrow night. I'm making pork.	0:40:22	0:40:26
-SCOTT LAUGHS -OK. Bye-bye.	0:40:26	0:40:29
Ay-yi-yi! Oy!	0:40:29	0:40:32
Doesn't he get insulted when you don't invite him over for dinner?	0:40:32	0:40:35
He gets 10% of every dollar I earn.	0:40:35	0:40:37
I don't have to take him out for dinner.	0:40:37	0:40:40
And I don't want any company!	0:40:40	0:40:43
I want my blonde Adonis all to myself.	0:40:43	0:40:48
Oh, shit!	0:40:51	0:40:53
Shit, shit, shit!	0:40:53	0:40:55
-Carson! -Oh, hurry! Hurry!	0:40:55	0:40:58
Have we missed my performance?	0:40:59	0:41:01
-Oh. -Tsk.	0:41:02	0:41:04
Oh, my Christ! I-I look like my father!	0:41:13	0:41:16
I look like my father in drag!	0:41:16	0:41:19
I look like my father in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte!	0:41:19	0:41:23
SLURPING	0:41:23	0:41:24
I would say a full face-lift,	0:41:24	0:41:26
with silicone implants to prevent the return	0:41:26	0:41:29
of the lines around the mouth.	0:41:29	0:41:31
My feeling?	0:41:31	0:41:32
Why go through all of the work and the money	0:41:32	0:41:35
just to have it all fall down within a year?	0:41:35	0:41:37
You pay good money, it should last.	0:41:37	0:41:40
Some of these doctors, they keep you coming back	0:41:40	0:41:42
and paying, time after time.	0:41:42	0:41:45
-I don't believe in it. -No, you're right.	0:41:45	0:41:47
You know, I had all this done a while ago,	0:41:47	0:41:49
but I don't think he was as good as you are.	0:41:49	0:41:52
DOG YAPS OUTSIDE	0:41:52	0:41:54
I'm going to recommend a deep face peel after the face-lift.	0:41:54	0:41:57
You're going to look fabulous!	0:41:57	0:42:00
You'll look as young as Scott here.	0:42:00	0:42:02
Oh, thank you! I feel so much better.	0:42:02	0:42:04
I mean, that Carson show was like looking	0:42:04	0:42:06
at Dorian Grey wither away in public.	0:42:06	0:42:10
But what about the press? How do we keep this a secret?	0:42:10	0:42:14
We rent you a fully-furnished apartment under an alias,	0:42:14	0:42:16
until the bandages come off.	0:42:16	0:42:18
No-one will know.	0:42:18	0:42:20
After that, you can recuperate as you like.	0:42:20	0:42:23
Oh, Jack, I wish I'd met you sooner.	0:42:23	0:42:25
I would still have had a movie career!	0:42:25	0:42:27
That was my real dream - to be a movie star.	0:42:27	0:42:30
Now, Jack, I want to talk to you	0:42:30	0:42:33
about doing some surgery on Scott here.	0:42:33	0:42:36
-What? -Fine.	0:42:36	0:42:38
What would you like me to do with Scott?	0:42:38	0:42:40
I want you to make Scott look like this.	0:42:43	0:42:45
Can you do that?	0:42:47	0:42:48
Oh, I see. Oh, yes, I think I can do what you want.	0:42:51	0:42:55
He's going to need a nose job.	0:42:56	0:42:58
And I'm going to have to restructure his cheekbones	0:42:58	0:43:01
and his chin with silicone implants, but it's not impossible.	0:43:01	0:43:05
But first, we gotta slim him down!	0:43:05	0:43:08
I have a terrific diet. The California Diet.	0:43:08	0:43:12
Guaranteed loss of 15 pounds in four weeks.	0:43:12	0:43:15
'Are you fucking kidding me?'	0:43:25	0:43:27
The man wants to spend money to make you thinner, prettier	0:43:27	0:43:30
and younger and you're thinking about not doing it.	0:43:30	0:43:32
But I AM young.	0:43:32	0:43:33
Honey, in gay years, you're Judy during the Sid Luft obese period.	0:43:33	0:43:39
Really?	0:43:39	0:43:41
They were talking about me like I wasn't even there.	0:43:41	0:43:44
If Lee doesn't get what he wants, you won't be.	0:43:44	0:43:47
HE SIGHS	0:43:47	0:43:48
Well, I guess I should be flattered,	0:43:48	0:43:51
him wanting me to look like him.	0:43:51	0:43:54
Imitation's the highest form.	0:43:54	0:43:56
That's what they tell drag queens when they're born.	0:43:56	0:43:59
Oh, I don't know, man.	0:44:00	0:44:02
I mean, won't it be weird looking in a mirror	0:44:02	0:44:04
and not recognising myself?	0:44:04	0:44:06
Should we take the Auburn or the Camaro?	0:44:06	0:44:08
SCOTT SIGHS	0:44:12	0:44:14
I just don't understand why I cannot keep my hair on	0:44:18	0:44:21
during the procedure.	0:44:21	0:44:23
If I die, I want you to get in here -	0:44:24	0:44:27
I don't care if you have to slap it on with Elmer's -	0:44:27	0:44:29
-before anybody sees me. -You're not going to die.	0:44:29	0:44:32
MUSIC: Kitten On The Keys by Liberace	0:44:35	0:44:38
Oh, you are doing so well, Lee!	0:45:08	0:45:12
Isn't he doing well?	0:45:12	0:45:14
I guess it's time to get started on you, huh?	0:45:15	0:45:19
First, we're going to do something about that weight.	0:45:19	0:45:22
The California Diet.	0:45:24	0:45:26
Those pounds will just fall off!	0:45:26	0:45:31
You look, easily, right now...	0:45:56	0:46:00
like a man in his mid-40s.	0:46:00	0:46:02
Will I be able to close my eyes?	0:46:06	0:46:08
Not entirely.	0:46:08	0:46:10
But this way, you'll always be able to see people's expressions	0:46:10	0:46:14
when they see how fabulous you look.	0:46:14	0:46:15
SNORING	0:46:17	0:46:20
Sweetie, you're snoring.	0:46:20	0:46:22
SNORING CONTINUES	0:46:29	0:46:30
Lee!	0:46:30	0:46:32
HE GASPS	0:46:32	0:46:33
HE SNORES	0:46:35	0:46:38
Sweetie, you're snoring.	0:46:42	0:46:46
SCOTT SIGHS	0:46:46	0:46:47
Oh, look at you!	0:47:00	0:47:03
-My Adonis is coming back. -Really?	0:47:03	0:47:06
Come here.	0:47:06	0:47:08
What are these for?	0:47:20	0:47:23
Post surgery.	0:47:23	0:47:25
OK, but I stay on the California Diet?	0:47:25	0:47:28
Perfectly safe.	0:47:28	0:47:29
Just keep taking those.	0:47:29	0:47:31
And one of these is a prescription for my own special diet pill.	0:47:31	0:47:35
Uh, I want a dimple on my chin.	0:47:35	0:47:39
Scott, Lee doesn't have a dimple on his chin.	0:47:39	0:47:42
I know, but...	0:47:42	0:47:43
You know, it's my face.	0:47:43	0:47:46
Not too deep, just a little one.	0:47:46	0:47:48
OK.	0:47:51	0:47:53
You think Lee'll be mad?	0:47:53	0:47:55
Sleep tight, my baby boy.	0:48:02	0:48:06
I'll see you on the other side.	0:48:06	0:48:08
MUSIC: Nola by Liberace	0:48:08	0:48:13
Scott, it's so good to hear your voice.	0:49:35	0:49:38
I'm really sorry, Rose.	0:49:38	0:49:40
Just with Lee's schedule, it's been so crazy.	0:49:40	0:49:42
I didn't say it to make you feel bad.	0:49:42	0:49:44
So talk to me. How are you?	0:49:44	0:49:46
You taking care of yourself?	0:49:46	0:49:47
I'm great.	0:49:47	0:49:48
I've lost a whole lot of weight, actually.	0:49:48	0:49:51
What for? You always had such a nice build.	0:49:51	0:49:53
No, no, it's a healthy thing.	0:49:53	0:49:55
It's the California Diet.	0:49:55	0:49:57
Lee and I did it together.	0:49:57	0:49:59
He's really into self-improvement.	0:49:59	0:50:02
Oh.	0:50:02	0:50:03
How is Mr Lee-berace?	0:50:03	0:50:07
He's great.	0:50:07	0:50:09
Actually, we're going to see some lawyers tomorrow...	0:50:11	0:50:14
because, um, he wants to adopt me.	0:50:14	0:50:18
Adopt you?	0:50:18	0:50:20
I don't understand.	0:50:21	0:50:23
Why would a grown man want to adopt another grown man?	0:50:23	0:50:28
So we can be family.	0:50:30	0:50:32
-I don't understand. -In the state of Nevada, if you're over 18,	0:50:33	0:50:38
you have the right to be adopted, whether your parents	0:50:38	0:50:41
are living or deceased. So, it won't be an issue.	0:50:41	0:50:43
Well, then, that's great.	0:50:43	0:50:46
Now, John, I want to make this perfectly clear.	0:50:46	0:50:49
I don't want a word of this out there	0:50:49	0:50:51
until the adoption is complete. Not a word.	0:50:51	0:50:53
As your lawyer, I'm legally bound not to discuss it.	0:50:53	0:50:57
I know, but, you know, in casual conversation.	0:50:57	0:51:02
No-one...	0:51:02	0:51:03
I mean, no-one has ever been closer to me	0:51:03	0:51:06
than this young man.	0:51:06	0:51:10
I want to make sure he's taken care of forever...	0:51:10	0:51:13
no matter what happens to me.	0:51:13	0:51:16
'The coat costs 300,000.'	0:51:16	0:51:19
It is made entirely of virgin white fox.	0:51:19	0:51:22
The train is 16 feet long -	0:51:22	0:51:24
that is the longest in the world.	0:51:24	0:51:26
It was designed exclusively for him by Anna Nateece.	0:51:26	0:51:30
It has 100,000 worth of Austrian crystals which line it.	0:51:30	0:51:35
And that is why it is the only coat in the world	0:51:35	0:51:37
with its own chauffeur and car.	0:51:37	0:51:40
Oh, my God!	0:51:40	0:51:42
-Would you sign this? -Sure, yes.	0:51:42	0:51:44
-Please. My name is Sue. -Sue.	0:51:44	0:51:45
But, dear, you can ask him.	0:51:45	0:51:47
Oh, I know.	0:51:47	0:51:49
There you are.	0:51:54	0:51:55
-3. -Thank you.	0:51:56	0:51:59
You're Liberace's son, aren't you?	0:52:02	0:52:06
'So, how you doing, Ma?'	0:52:09	0:52:11
You happy?	0:52:11	0:52:13
It is what it is.	0:52:13	0:52:15
Well, is the nurse working out for you?	0:52:16	0:52:19
Yeah, I think so.	0:52:19	0:52:21
I mean, they're fine.	0:52:21	0:52:23
So, is there anything that you need?	0:52:25	0:52:28
No.	0:52:28	0:52:30
No, I'm just lonely, that's all.	0:52:30	0:52:33
You can't do anything for loneliness.	0:52:33	0:52:37
Well, you've got George and Dora, right?	0:52:40	0:52:42
They're a few minutes away. Don't they come down for a visit?	0:52:42	0:52:46
Same faces.	0:52:46	0:52:48
Every day, same faces.	0:52:48	0:52:51
So, do you want me to bring Angie from LA?	0:52:56	0:52:58
-Bring her down? -Oh, no!	0:52:58	0:53:00
No, don't need that.	0:53:00	0:53:02
Please, I don't need that. No.	0:53:02	0:53:04
No. All I need is to be near you.	0:53:04	0:53:08
But, you know, out here, all alone, I don't know...	0:53:08	0:53:12
it's every day the same.	0:53:12	0:53:13
You know, but you, you have... It's too much.	0:53:13	0:53:16
Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh.	0:53:16	0:53:19
But I know... it's too much.	0:53:21	0:53:24
You always going to give everything, you're so busy,	0:53:24	0:53:27
it's too much! I understand.	0:53:27	0:53:29
Give my son some more iced tea, please.	0:53:29	0:53:32
This will be good for you, not this.	0:53:32	0:53:34
Mm-mm.	0:53:34	0:53:36
APPLAUSE	0:53:36	0:53:39
Thank you.	0:53:43	0:53:45
Oh, thank you so much.	0:53:45	0:53:47
Oh.	0:53:47	0:53:49
You're all just so wonderful.	0:53:49	0:53:51
I feel so close to you all.	0:53:51	0:53:54
I feel like I can tell you something that I haven't told anyone at all.	0:53:54	0:53:58
But you have to promise it stays in this room.	0:53:58	0:54:01
RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER	0:54:01	0:54:02
In my early days...	0:54:02	0:54:05
before sound was invented...	0:54:05	0:54:07
Well, I look pretty good for 35, don't I?	0:54:08	0:54:12
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE	0:54:12	0:54:14
Well, anyway,	0:54:19	0:54:21
back then, classical piano players	0:54:21	0:54:23
always wore black tuxedos.	0:54:23	0:54:25
Plain old black tuxedos.	0:54:25	0:54:28
My mother, she wanted me to be classical	0:54:28	0:54:32
but I just couldn't stay out of the saloons.	0:54:32	0:54:34
LAUGHTER	0:54:34	0:54:36
But I did have a concert at the Hollywood Bowl	0:54:36	0:54:39
and I was excited.	0:54:39	0:54:41
If you've never been there, it's open air, it's tremendous!	0:54:41	0:54:45
It's got 10,000 people!	0:54:45	0:54:48
I show up for the rehearsal,	0:54:48	0:54:51
and I look at this vast... this beautiful,	0:54:51	0:54:54
enormous open-air theatre.	0:54:54	0:54:58
And I look at the black piano.	0:54:58	0:55:02
I think, "Hmm.	0:55:02	0:55:04
"Black piano, black tuxedo.	0:55:04	0:55:08
"Who is going to see me in this giant clam shell?"	0:55:08	0:55:12
LAUGHTER	0:55:12	0:55:14
Well, I ask you, can you see me now?	0:55:14	0:55:17
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE	0:55:17	0:55:21
MUSIC: Begin The Beguine	0:55:37	0:55:39
'All I'm saying is...'	0:55:59	0:56:01
why can't we have fun?	0:56:01	0:56:02
-Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch! -See people, you know?	0:56:02	0:56:05
Go to a party every once in a while.	0:56:05	0:56:08
-All I do is give, give, give! -Maybe see somebody.	0:56:08	0:56:10
And no matter how much I buy you, it's never enough!	0:56:10	0:56:12
I'm not asking you to buy me anything, Lee.	0:56:12	0:56:15
I'm just... I'm crawling the walls a little, that's all.	0:56:15	0:56:18
Why can't we see people?	0:56:18	0:56:20
What are you talking about?	0:56:20	0:56:21
I took you to the Jim Nabors- Dom DeLuise concert.	0:56:21	0:56:24
That was... that was one time.	0:56:24	0:56:27
Scott, I'm tired. I work all night. This is not an inexpensive life.	0:56:27	0:56:31
I know, but you don't even let me go out by myself!	0:56:31	0:56:33
-Why? -I don't know!	0:56:33	0:56:35
Just to go out and see people	0:56:35	0:56:38
and talk to them. Just for a break!	0:56:38	0:56:41
A break from me?	0:56:41	0:56:43
-Why do you need a break from me? -I don't need a break from...	0:56:43	0:56:45
I mean for you to come with me! I can't say anything right.	0:56:45	0:56:48
Please don't be unhappy.	0:56:48	0:56:50
I can't stand it when you have a face like that.	0:56:50	0:56:52
Especially after the money I paid for it.	0:56:52	0:56:54
Oh, you want it back?	0:56:54	0:56:55
You want me to invite Charo for brunch again?	0:56:55	0:56:57
-You liked her. -Yeah, I like her fine, but...	0:56:57	0:57:00
But what?! What is it with you? It's never enough!	0:57:00	0:57:03
What more can I give?	0:57:03	0:57:05
I'm not...	0:57:05	0:57:07
I'm happy, OK? I am.	0:57:08	0:57:11
It's just... You have to try to understand...	0:57:11	0:57:15
being somebody's boyfriend?	0:57:15	0:57:16
This is not exactly the life that I had planned for myself, you know?	0:57:16	0:57:21
I mean, I was going to be a veterinarian.	0:57:21	0:57:24
You want to help animals?	0:57:24	0:57:27
Pick up the dog shit.	0:57:27	0:57:28
SCOTT SCOFFS	0:57:28	0:57:29
And you listen to me.	0:57:30	0:57:32
You stop taking those pills, OK?	0:57:32	0:57:34
Jack gives you too much.	0:57:34	0:57:36
He's got some people addicted, I hear.	0:57:36	0:57:38
You're getting too thin, you're always in a mood.	0:57:38	0:57:41
-People are noticing. -Oh, who? Seymour?	0:57:41	0:57:43
Seymour hates me.	0:57:43	0:57:44
-They all hate me. -See, this is what I mean.	0:57:44	0:57:46
It's that shit talking!	0:57:46	0:57:48
HE SIGHS	0:57:49	0:57:51
Hey, you know what a woman said to me in the casino today?	0:57:56	0:58:00
She asked me if I was Liberace's son.	0:58:00	0:58:03
-Really? -Mm-hmm.	0:58:06	0:58:09
HE CHUCKLES	0:58:09	0:58:10
Oh.	0:58:10	0:58:11
-Come here. -No, no, no.	0:58:11	0:58:14
-Come here. -No. -Come here.	0:58:14	0:58:15
You don't get anything. You get nothing.	0:58:15	0:58:18
I get it all.	0:58:19	0:58:21
-Yes, I do. Please. -Can I ask you a question?	0:58:21	0:58:23
-Yes. -Can we go out?	0:58:23	0:58:25
Oh...	0:58:25	0:58:27
Walter was a twin.	0:58:31	0:58:33
Really? He never told me.	0:58:33	0:58:35
Yeah, but the twin was born dead.	0:58:35	0:58:37
But Walter...	0:58:39	0:58:41
Walter, he weighed 13 pounds.	0:58:41	0:58:45
Even in the womb, he wanted more than anyone else!	0:58:47	0:58:50
What's a mother to do?	0:58:51	0:58:54
She loves the child more.	0:58:54	0:58:56
Now the world must give him what he needs.	0:58:56	0:58:59
Mm-hmm.	0:58:59	0:59:01
God. God gives us the power.	0:59:01	0:59:05
It's not luck.	0:59:07	0:59:09
It's who you are.	0:59:09	0:59:11
SHE GASPS ALARM RINGS	0:59:13	0:59:14
-Oh! -Whoa! -I win, I win!	0:59:14	0:59:17
I win, I win. Look, look, look, I wi...	0:59:17	0:59:21
Lee?	0:59:21	0:59:23
Lee.	0:59:23	0:59:24
-Lee. -What? What is it?	0:59:24	0:59:26
She won, but there's no money in the machine.	0:59:26	0:59:28
Oh, for chrissakes.	0:59:28	0:59:30
I don't have any change.	0:59:31	0:59:33
She won big.	0:59:33	0:59:35
Do you have anything?	0:59:35	0:59:37
Gladys, do you have any cash on you?	0:59:37	0:59:39
'So, Ma, this is all we have.'	0:59:39	0:59:41
But look how much I won.	0:59:41	0:59:43
No, I know, but we don't have any more cash.	0:59:43	0:59:45
But...	0:59:45	0:59:47
OK. OK.	0:59:47	0:59:50
So I'll take a cheque.	0:59:50	0:59:53
Are you proposing to me?	1:00:00	1:00:01
I just don't have a lot of ready cash available, so...	1:00:01	1:00:06
I can't go to Lee, cos he doesn't want me taking it any more.	1:00:06	1:00:09
Well, that's silly.	1:00:09	1:00:10
He wants you to stay skinny, doesn't he?	1:00:10	1:00:13
Silly.	1:00:13	1:00:15
I mean, I'd like to wean myself off it...	1:00:15	1:00:17
eventually, but, er...	1:00:17	1:00:19
I have it under manageable control now.	1:00:19	1:00:20
I don't even think I'm going to take them on the European tour.	1:00:20	1:00:24
Totally up to you.	1:00:24	1:00:26
The body flushes it out.	1:00:26	1:00:27
There are no studies that show it's addicting.	1:00:27	1:00:30
It's perfectly fine.	1:00:30	1:00:32
You look terrific, by the way.	1:00:32	1:00:34
Oh, my God.	1:00:37	1:00:39
-MAN ON TV: -Oh, God.	1:00:39	1:00:40
How does he get that whole thing down his throat?	1:00:40	1:00:42
It's bigger than his head!	1:00:42	1:00:45
It's a freak show!	1:00:45	1:00:47
I don't know how you can be gay and be such a prude.	1:00:47	1:00:50
I'm bisexual.	1:00:50	1:00:52
Well, which half likes women?	1:00:54	1:00:55
I haven't met that half yet.	1:00:55	1:00:58
You know, you're such a booper.	1:00:58	1:01:00
Such a party pooper-booper.	1:01:00	1:01:03
I don't even know why you need that.	1:01:04	1:01:07
I don't need it.	1:01:07	1:01:09
I enjoy it. It enhances it.	1:01:09	1:01:12
Sexuality is something beautiful.	1:01:12	1:01:15
Right. So how can you watch those disgusting things being done?	1:01:15	1:01:19
Disgusting is in the eyes of the disgusting.	1:01:19	1:01:22
There's nothing wrong with any part of the human body.	1:01:22	1:01:25
It's all God's creation.	1:01:25	1:01:27
Well, God didn't make certain parts for certain things.	1:01:27	1:01:30
It's variety, Scott.	1:01:30	1:01:32
It's what keeps a relationship fresh.	1:01:32	1:01:34
You know, you are such a prude!	1:01:34	1:01:36
I am not.	1:01:36	1:01:38
Then why won't you let me fuck you sometime?	1:01:38	1:01:40
-Forget it. -Why not?	1:01:44	1:01:46
-Because I don't like it. -Why?	1:01:46	1:01:48
Because it's kind of repugnant.	1:01:48	1:01:50
I'm repugnant?	1:01:51	1:01:53
No! Not you.	1:01:53	1:01:55
It.	1:01:55	1:01:57
That. Doing that.	1:01:58	1:01:59
Only when it's done to you.	1:02:00	1:02:03
Yes.	1:02:03	1:02:04
I can't help it.	1:02:04	1:02:06
-Well, you never tried it. -Oh, God!	1:02:06	1:02:08
Because I know I wouldn't like it.	1:02:08	1:02:10
If you loved me, you'd try it.	1:02:10	1:02:12
If you loved me, you wouldn't ask me to do something I hate.	1:02:12	1:02:15
Oh, God!	1:02:15	1:02:16
All of a sudden we're sounding like a gay Lucy and Ricky.	1:02:16	1:02:19
"Oh, Ricky, you wouldn't fuck me up the ass	1:02:19	1:02:22
"if you really loved me."	1:02:22	1:02:23
Why am I the Lucy?	1:02:23	1:02:25
Because I'm the band leader	1:02:25	1:02:27
with the nightclub act.	1:02:27	1:02:29
PHONE RINGS	1:02:32	1:02:35
Hello.	1:02:38	1:02:40
Hold on.	1:02:41	1:02:43
It's your sister.	1:02:43	1:02:45
Angie, what?	1:02:48	1:02:50
When?	1:02:53	1:02:55
OK.	1:02:56	1:02:58
Did you call... what's his name?	1:02:59	1:03:02
OK. OK.	1:03:04	1:03:07
All right, let me call Seymour on this.	1:03:07	1:03:10
It'll be first thing in the morning.	1:03:10	1:03:13
Yeah.	1:03:13	1:03:14
OK.	1:03:14	1:03:16
Lee, what?	1:03:21	1:03:23
Mama died.	1:03:26	1:03:28
Oh, no.	1:03:28	1:03:30
Oh, no.	1:03:30	1:03:33
Oh, Lee, I'm so sorry.	1:03:33	1:03:35
You have been amazing these past few days.	1:04:11	1:04:15
We haven't even had a chance to talk.	1:04:15	1:04:17
How are you feeling?	1:04:17	1:04:19
I'm free.	1:04:21	1:04:23
You're going to love this.	1:04:30	1:04:32
-Mm-mm. -Come on. Just this one time.	1:04:32	1:04:35
No, I don't want to.	1:04:35	1:04:36
Pooch, pooch, pooch, come on. Ride my little scooter!	1:04:36	1:04:40
You can ride my little scooter!	1:04:40	1:04:42
-Don't tickle me. -Let's see.	1:04:42	1:04:45
Oh, Daddy!	1:04:45	1:04:46
HE SNIFFS	1:05:03	1:05:06
FUNK MUSIC PLAYS	1:05:19	1:05:22
Lee?	1:05:22	1:05:24
Lee?	1:05:25	1:05:26
MOANING FROM TELEVISIONS	1:05:26	1:05:30
Lee?	1:05:35	1:05:37
Lee?	1:05:41	1:05:43
Hey! Someone's in here! What the fuck?!	1:05:43	1:05:46
HE CHUCKLES	1:06:05	1:06:07
What are you doing?	1:06:07	1:06:10
Why was I on the couch?	1:06:36	1:06:39
Because I couldn't bear you last night.	1:06:39	1:06:42
And if you keep taking that junk,	1:06:42	1:06:43
you'll be lucky to stay on the couch.	1:06:43	1:06:45
Well, about last night...	1:06:45	1:06:46
I'm not ready for apologies yet, OK.	1:06:46	1:06:48
Apology? Fuck you!	1:06:48	1:06:50
You are a well-known star.	1:06:52	1:06:55
Are you out of your mind?	1:06:55	1:06:57
Going to a place like that?	1:06:57	1:07:00
What if somebody recognised you...	1:07:00	1:07:02
and called the papers?	1:07:02	1:07:03
I mean, Jesus!	1:07:03	1:07:05
When the London papers said I was gay,	1:07:05	1:07:06
I took them to court and won the lawsuit.	1:07:06	1:07:09
They retracted the story and they paid for it.	1:07:09	1:07:11
Only because they didn't have a witness of you in a room of dildos...	1:07:11	1:07:15
with your dick hanging out in a glory hole.	1:07:15	1:07:17
Are you out of your fucking mind?!	1:07:17	1:07:20
Jesus, if Seymour found out.	1:07:20	1:07:23
I mean, the millions he spends...	1:07:23	1:07:26
keeping fans thinking you just haven't met the right woman?	1:07:26	1:07:30
Oh, Scott, you're right.	1:07:30	1:07:32
You're so right - I got to stop.	1:07:32	1:07:34
Never again, I promise, never again.	1:07:34	1:07:37
I swear to God.	1:07:37	1:07:39
You're so good for me.	1:07:41	1:07:43
I don't know what it is.	1:07:43	1:07:44
I can't stop myself sometimes.	1:07:44	1:07:46
It's like a drug, you know?	1:07:46	1:07:49
Like when you need a stronger fix each time?	1:07:49	1:07:52
You have to help me.	1:07:53	1:07:55
I'll do whatever you want...	1:07:57	1:08:00
you crazy old queen.	1:08:00	1:08:02
You know that.	1:08:03	1:08:05
Just keep loving me.	1:08:05	1:08:07
But I want you to stop seeing Dr Startz.	1:08:10	1:08:14
I mean it.	1:08:14	1:08:15
GENERAL CHATTER	1:08:19	1:08:23
-The entrance? Show stopper. -Thank you.	1:08:35	1:08:38
Hello! Finally, you come to one of my shows.	1:08:38	1:08:41
No, I was here last year, remember?	1:08:41	1:08:43
So, this is new, right?	1:08:43	1:08:45
I have new costumes every year,	1:08:45	1:08:47
it's in my contract. You like it?	1:08:47	1:08:49
You did it again.	1:08:49	1:08:50
It just gets bigger and bigger, right?	1:08:50	1:08:52
One day, Lee, I think you're going to play the piano while you fly.	1:08:52	1:08:55
Ray's working on that.	1:08:55	1:08:56
-Scott, why don't you get him a drink? -You heard the maestro.	1:08:56	1:08:59
-Do your thing, Lee. -Bonjour!	1:08:59	1:09:01
You guys, how did you like the pool?	1:09:01	1:09:03
What would you like?	1:09:03	1:09:05
The money you owe me from last time and a Jim Beam neat.	1:09:05	1:09:08
I don't have any cash right now.	1:09:08	1:09:10
-Did you wear your little Speedos? -I did.	1:09:10	1:09:13
Well, I'll accept whatever's handy, guy.	1:09:13	1:09:15
Did you notice the "L" on the front?	1:09:15	1:09:18
It was missing an "A" on the back.	1:09:18	1:09:21
You're cute.	1:09:21	1:09:22
-You are very cute. -Stop.	1:09:22	1:09:23
I like that.	1:09:23	1:09:25
HE SNORTS	1:09:42	1:09:44
'So, how is the songwriting going?'	1:09:53	1:09:56
Good.	1:09:56	1:09:57
I had some positive feedback.	1:09:57	1:10:00
When are you going to let me hear one of your songs?	1:10:00	1:10:02
-I don't know. -Why?	1:10:02	1:10:04
Cos I'm afraid you wouldn't like it.	1:10:04	1:10:07
But I'm proud of what you're doing!	1:10:07	1:10:09
I'm like a proud papa!	1:10:09	1:10:10
I think it's great!	1:10:10	1:10:14
Maybe when I'm done with this one, you can hear it.	1:10:14	1:10:16
Whenever you want me to hear.	1:10:16	1:10:18
Scott, we should talk.	1:10:30	1:10:32
I think our relationship is in a really good place, don't you?	1:10:34	1:10:38
-Mm-hmm. -I do.	1:10:38	1:10:41
So I think it'd be a good thing for us...	1:10:41	1:10:44
if we were able to see other people too.	1:10:44	1:10:46
I don't mean like you and me.	1:10:46	1:10:49
I mean, nothing will ever be like us.	1:10:49	1:10:52
I just know there are things that I like to do that you don't	1:10:52	1:10:55
and things that you like to do that I don't.	1:10:55	1:10:58
And I just think that we're in such a good place	1:10:58	1:11:01
that we can allow each other, you know, to do that	1:11:01	1:11:04
and still love each other and stay together.	1:11:04	1:11:09
What do you think?	1:11:10	1:11:12
OK. You know, if that's what you want.	1:11:14	1:11:17
I think it'd be good for us.	1:11:19	1:11:21
I really do.	1:11:21	1:11:23
Lee, he is just a friend!	1:11:23	1:11:26
He is helping me with my songs! I told you I had meetings with him!	1:11:26	1:11:29
You're just like the rest of them. All I do is give and give and give.	1:11:29	1:11:32
All you want is what you can get out of me.	1:11:32	1:11:35
I bet you can't wait for me to die so you can get everything!	1:11:35	1:11:38
-Hey, the will was your idea! -Jekyll and Hyde!	1:11:38	1:11:41
That's what you are!	1:11:41	1:11:42
I never know who's going to show up!	1:11:42	1:11:44
God knows what you do when I'm onstage.	1:11:44	1:11:46
-I don't do anything! -How many others are there, huh?	1:11:46	1:11:49
-How many?! -There aren't any others, Lee, I'm telling you!	1:11:49	1:11:52
Well, I'm telling you, you can't have it all.	1:11:52	1:11:55
It's either me or nothing.	1:11:55	1:11:58
Me or him.	1:11:58	1:12:00
Who? He's a friend!	1:12:00	1:12:02
He's a fuck buddy!	1:12:02	1:12:04
If anybody's fucking around, it's you.	1:12:04	1:12:07
I know you, Lee. You haven't wanted it from me in weeks.	1:12:07	1:12:10
Don't tell me you've been doing without, you old queen.	1:12:10	1:12:13
Who the hell do you think you're talking to?	1:12:17	1:12:21
..people out here and it seems a bit out of control.	1:12:30	1:12:32
Where's Lee?	1:12:32	1:12:34
Have a couple of guys come help with security,	1:12:34	1:12:36
wait on the stairs at night, just to stop the crowds.	1:12:36	1:12:38
-Otherwise... -Hey, Jim, how's the house tonight?	1:12:38	1:12:41
MUSIC PLAYS	1:12:44	1:12:48
# Every time I sing my song	1:12:52	1:12:55
# It takes me right to you	1:12:55	1:12:59
# I want to make you smile each day	1:12:59	1:13:02
# And see your dreams come true	1:13:02	1:13:05
# I want to hear you laugh for joy	1:13:05	1:13:08
# Oh, boy, how much I do!	1:13:08	1:13:12
# Cos every time I sing my song	1:13:12	1:13:15
# I belong with you	1:13:15	1:13:19
# Every time I hum your tune?	1:13:19	1:13:22
# It brings you straight to me	1:13:22	1:13:25
# I want to fill your day with bells	1:13:25	1:13:28
# And play your melody	1:13:28	1:13:32
# I love the music that we share	1:13:32	1:13:35
# I care, oh, that I do!	1:13:35	1:13:38
# And every time I sing my song... #	1:13:38	1:13:42
'You know, it's been my dream'	1:13:42	1:13:44
to be on the Academy Awards, and finally I am.	1:13:44	1:13:46
Isn't that fabulous?	1:13:46	1:13:48
I'm going to play a medley of the nominated scores	1:13:48	1:13:50
and then present the award for Best Score.	1:13:50	1:13:53
Just to be able to hold one of those gold statues...	1:13:53	1:13:56
I know exactly what I'm going to wear.	1:13:56	1:13:59
Cary, do me a favour. Can you get me a towel?	1:13:59	1:14:01
Of course, of course.	1:14:01	1:14:02
I want to hear about that outfit when I come back.	1:14:02	1:14:05
SCOTT MUMBLES TO HIMSELF	1:14:29	1:14:33
Who are you talking to, Mumbles?	1:14:36	1:14:39
Nobody.	1:14:42	1:14:44
What's the matter?	1:14:48	1:14:50
Why is he always hanging around?	1:14:52	1:14:55
Who?	1:14:56	1:14:59
Who?	1:14:59	1:15:00
Who?	1:15:02	1:15:03
That boy that you want to fuck	1:15:05	1:15:07
from Young Americans.	1:15:07	1:15:09
Oh, please.	1:15:09	1:15:11
Oh, please.	1:15:11	1:15:12
Why is that little bitch always in our dressing room?	1:15:12	1:15:16
Cary is my opening act, Scott.	1:15:16	1:15:19
He can come and go as he pleases.	1:15:19	1:15:22
Are you fucking him?	1:15:26	1:15:28
Are you stoned?	1:15:30	1:15:32
No, I'm upset!	1:15:32	1:15:33
Can't you tell the difference?	1:15:33	1:15:35
No, I can't. But if you're on that shit,	1:15:35	1:15:37
-I'm warning you... -I'm not! I'm upset!	1:15:37	1:15:39
-..I will not put up with this any more. -Don't change the subject!	1:15:39	1:15:41
-Stop that! Stop it! -I know you, Lee!	1:15:41	1:15:43
I'm exhausted!	1:15:43	1:15:44
I work, you know?	1:15:46	1:15:49
And I have to meet Seymour very early in the morning	1:15:49	1:15:51
about the Academy Awards presentation.	1:15:51	1:15:54
I see you looking at him.	1:15:59	1:16:02
What?	1:16:02	1:16:04
That boy.	1:16:04	1:16:06
I watch you watch him.	1:16:06	1:16:08
I think he's very talented.	1:16:08	1:16:11
I have an eye for new and refreshing talent.	1:16:11	1:16:13
You have an eye for new and refreshing dick.	1:16:13	1:16:15
You're disgusting.	1:16:15	1:16:17
If you're so interested in talent...	1:16:17	1:16:20
have you listened to my songs?	1:16:20	1:16:22
I haven't had a chance to give it my full attention.	1:16:23	1:16:27
Are you tired of me?	1:16:28	1:16:30
Am I too old for you?	1:16:30	1:16:32
Well, this song you're singing is beginning to get a little old.	1:16:32	1:16:36
I don't want him around after the shows any more.	1:16:41	1:16:44
What a little brat you've become.	1:16:44	1:16:46
I thought you liked being around people your own age.	1:16:46	1:16:48
You're always complaining we're never with anyone else, you know?	1:16:48	1:16:50
You said we weren't doing the "seeing other people" thing any more!	1:16:50	1:16:52
-We're not! -Then how come we haven't been together for so long?	1:16:52	1:16:56
Because you're always stoned and you can't get it up!	1:16:56	1:16:59
I can get it up!	1:16:59	1:17:00
-Oh, Christ, I hit a nerve. -I CAN GET IT UP!	1:17:00	1:17:02
-All right, all right! -I know you!	1:17:02	1:17:04
You can barely make it through a performance without wanting to fuck!	1:17:04	1:17:06
-Where do you get it? -It's terrible, the way you talk to me!	1:17:06	1:17:09
-You're getting it on the outside! Where do you go? -You're terrible!	1:17:09	1:17:11
-Do you go to the White House? -Where my mother died?	1:17:11	1:17:13
-Are you insane? -Oh, so you do go somewhere.	1:17:13	1:17:15
Where, huh?	1:17:15	1:17:17
Where, Lee?!	1:17:17	1:17:19
You're being paranoid, Scott,	1:17:19	1:17:21
because of that shit.	1:17:21	1:17:23
Now, I am warning you... this better stop.	1:17:23	1:17:26
'So who's doing the arrangements for the medley?'	1:17:31	1:17:33
I'll find out. Probably Bill or his assistant.	1:17:33	1:17:36
I bet that Vangelis kid wins, you know?	1:17:36	1:17:39
I'm hearing him all over the radio.	1:17:39	1:17:41
DOOR SLAMS SHUT	1:17:41	1:17:42
I'm going to LA for the afternoon.	1:17:55	1:17:57
I'll be back in time for the show.	1:18:02	1:18:05
HE SIGHS	1:18:10	1:18:11
I just want to make sure I have enough rehearsal time.	1:18:14	1:18:18
And now he's going to use me,	1:18:39	1:18:42
use me up and toss me out,	1:18:42	1:18:43
I know he is, I know he is.	1:18:43	1:18:46
This one's rigged.	1:18:46	1:18:47
-I love him, you know? -That one's not rigged.	1:18:47	1:18:50
I love him.	1:18:50	1:18:51
I mean...	1:18:51	1:18:54
he's been my whole world.	1:18:54	1:18:56
He's my, he's my best friend.	1:18:58	1:19:00
He's been better, better than a father.	1:19:00	1:19:03
He was going to adopt me. You know that?	1:19:03	1:19:05
Really? You can adopt someone you're fucking?	1:19:05	1:19:07
That's a great law.	1:19:07	1:19:08
-He said he always wanted to make sure that I was taken care of. -Right.	1:19:08	1:19:12
Look, you're practically married, right?	1:19:12	1:19:14
Nobody ever took care of me the way he did.	1:19:14	1:19:17
I have nothing without him.	1:19:17	1:19:21
I don't even have my own fucking face!	1:19:21	1:19:22
My fucking face is fucking gone for-fucking-ever, man!!	1:19:22	1:19:25
Hey, hey, hey. Tranquilo, OK?	1:19:25	1:19:28
Calm down.	1:19:28	1:19:30
Look at me. You're practically married, right?	1:19:30	1:19:32
So, he should take care of you	1:19:32	1:19:33
in the style to which you are accustomed.	1:19:33	1:19:35
That's a law too.	1:19:35	1:19:36
I'm in the will, but...	1:19:36	1:19:38
a lot of good that does me now.	1:19:38	1:19:40
Being with him's like a full-time job, correct?	1:19:40	1:19:42
25 hours a day.	1:19:42	1:19:44
Yeah. So three words -	1:19:44	1:19:46
sev-er-ance, all right?	1:19:46	1:19:47
People who get fired get compensated.	1:19:47	1:19:50
He's my whole world.	1:19:56	1:19:58
MUSIC: Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op 9, No 2	1:20:00	1:20:06
There you are,	1:20:34	1:20:35
you cocksucking tenor fuck.	1:20:35	1:20:39
There's a call for you.	1:20:42	1:20:44
Joe Carracappa.	1:20:44	1:20:46
-Joe! -Hey, Scott.	1:20:54	1:20:55
Hey, I'm sorry, I have to run. I have to make an entrance.	1:20:55	1:20:58
Rose...passed away this morning, Scott.	1:20:58	1:21:01
What?	1:21:03	1:21:05
-She's been sick. -For how long?	1:21:05	1:21:09
A while.	1:21:09	1:21:10
She never said anything to me.	1:21:10	1:21:12
Well, you know how she is.	1:21:12	1:21:16
Was.	1:21:16	1:21:18
Can you come home, Scott? It'd be good to see you.	1:21:20	1:21:24
We're having services.	1:21:24	1:21:26
Yeah.	1:21:29	1:21:31
Yeah, of course.	1:21:31	1:21:33
'I am so excited.'	1:21:33	1:21:35
The Academy Awards has been a dream of mine.	1:21:35	1:21:37
That and Radio City Music Hall.	1:21:37	1:21:40
One down, one to go.	1:21:40	1:21:42
THEY CHUCKLE	1:21:42	1:21:43
My mom wants On Golden Pond to win everything.	1:21:43	1:21:45
Yes, wouldn't that be sweet for the old folks to win?	1:21:45	1:21:48
And I'm so glad that Jane Fonda stopped all those causes of hers	1:21:48	1:21:52
and made a nice movie with her father.	1:21:52	1:21:55
I just don't understand people like her and Ed Asner,	1:21:55	1:21:58
shouting their opinions all over the place.	1:21:58	1:22:02
Listen to me, because you're all on your way.	1:22:02	1:22:05
When one reaches star status,	1:22:05	1:22:08
it is not an invitation to show everyone	1:22:08	1:22:10
how to change the world.	1:22:10	1:22:12
It is not our business to change the world.	1:22:12	1:22:16
We are here to entertain the world	1:22:16	1:22:19
and to sell drinks and souvenirs.	1:22:19	1:22:21
These kids better go get ready for the next show	1:22:21	1:22:24
if they're going to entertain anybody.	1:22:24	1:22:26
Will you watch us tonight? We put a new song in just for you.	1:22:26	1:22:29
Of course I will! Especially if you put in a new song for me.	1:22:29	1:22:32
Go on now.	1:22:32	1:22:34
I'm going to get my beauty nap.	1:22:34	1:22:36
-Lee. -Please, do not start an argument.	1:22:48	1:22:51
I have to eat, and take my nap before the next show.	1:22:51	1:22:54
I have no time.	1:22:54	1:22:56
I got a call today...	1:23:05	1:23:07
from Joe Carracappa.	1:23:07	1:23:10
The family that I lived with when I met you.	1:23:12	1:23:15
And Rose...	1:23:17	1:23:19
my...	1:23:19	1:23:22
Joe's wife...	1:23:22	1:23:25
she died.	1:23:25	1:23:27
Oh, Scott, I...	1:23:31	1:23:33
I'm so sorry, Scott.	1:23:33	1:23:35
She was your favourite, wasn't she?	1:23:35	1:23:38
There is a funeral tomorrow...	1:23:39	1:23:41
in Los Angeles.	1:23:41	1:23:44
I will be booking a ticket in the morning.	1:23:44	1:23:46
-No, no, no, no. -I don't know what time I'm going to get back.	1:23:46	1:23:49
I'll call Seymour in the morning, OK?	1:23:49	1:23:51
And I'll hire a Learjet and you can take that.	1:23:51	1:23:56
And this way, it'll be more private	1:23:56	1:23:58
and you won't have to worry about reservations.	1:23:58	1:24:01
You come back any time that you're ready tomorrow.	1:24:01	1:24:06
Come on, now.	1:24:11	1:24:13
SCOTT SOBS	1:24:13	1:24:17
It's just been so long since we've been nice to each other...	1:24:18	1:24:22
and I was forgetting what it felt like.	1:24:22	1:24:25
Well, let's just keep being nice to each other, hmm?	1:24:28	1:24:33
How about that?	1:24:33	1:24:35
PLANE ENGINE SOARS OVERHEAD	1:24:40	1:24:44
Hi, Gladys.	1:25:09	1:25:11
-Hey. -Hey, kid.	1:25:15	1:25:17
I didn't know you were visiting.	1:25:17	1:25:19
Lee invited me for the day. I heard about Rose.	1:25:19	1:25:21
-Yeah. -I'm sorry. -Thanks.	1:25:21	1:25:24
Where's Lee?	1:25:24	1:25:26
He has his final fitting for the Oscars.	1:25:26	1:25:29
Come out by the pool when you've settled in.	1:25:29	1:25:33
Hey, Bob?	1:25:33	1:25:35
-What's going on? -What?	1:25:36	1:25:38
It just feels weird.	1:25:38	1:25:41
Is there something I don't know about?	1:25:41	1:25:43
Well...	1:25:47	1:25:49
..yeah.	1:25:51	1:25:53
Yeah.	1:25:53	1:25:55
Last night...	1:25:56	1:25:58
you know, the kid that he... Right?	1:25:58	1:26:01
Cary, I think his...	1:26:03	1:26:05
MUSIC: 24 Preludes, Op 28: Prelude No 4 in E Minor	1:26:05	1:26:09
INAUDIBLE	1:26:20	1:26:25
CRASHING	1:27:02	1:27:05
We should move you to the Palm Springs house this afternoon.	1:27:12	1:27:14
Let's wait in the den.	1:27:16	1:27:18
LOUD CLATTER	1:27:18	1:27:21
-I'm not calling him. -So don't.	1:27:42	1:27:44
I mean, he's in the wrong.	1:27:47	1:27:49
He should call me and apologise to me.	1:27:49	1:27:51
He fooled around on you.	1:27:51	1:27:52
I mean, who's the injured party here, guy?	1:27:52	1:27:56
I'm not calling him.	1:27:56	1:27:58
So if his phone doesn't ring,	1:27:58	1:27:59
it's probably you.	1:27:59	1:28:01
It's the only way men learn.	1:28:01	1:28:03
Telling you.	1:28:03	1:28:04
-I am not calling him. -So don't.	1:28:05	1:28:08
You scumbag, piece of shit...	1:28:08	1:28:11
fairy, fucking queen cocksucker!	1:28:11	1:28:14
-That's what I'm talking about! -How dare you!	1:28:14	1:28:16
-Fucking A! -How fucking dare you, Lee! I could kill you!	1:28:16	1:28:19
-I could fucking kill you! -Yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it, baby.	1:28:19	1:28:23
He hung up.	1:28:24	1:28:25
Whoo!	1:28:25	1:28:27
Oh.	1:28:28	1:28:29
Mr Schnelker.	1:28:33	1:28:35
This is Scott Thorson's brother, Wayne.	1:28:35	1:28:37
Half-brother.	1:28:37	1:28:38
He's here to help us.	1:28:38	1:28:40
Now as I said on the phone,	1:28:40	1:28:41
Lee wants you to inform Mr Scott Thorson	1:28:41	1:28:43
his employment has been terminated	1:28:43	1:28:45
and he must vacate the apartment immediately.	1:28:45	1:28:48
Also, if possible,	1:28:48	1:28:49
we'd like you to convince Scott to admit himself	1:28:49	1:28:51
to a hospital for treatment, at our expense.	1:28:51	1:28:55
Dorothy, June.	1:28:55	1:28:56
Mr Heller. He's on the couch.	1:28:56	1:28:58
Stay by the elevator. Wayne?	1:28:58	1:29:01
Scott?	1:29:04	1:29:05
Scott?	1:29:07	1:29:08
SCOTT SNIFFS	1:29:08	1:29:10
Scott?	1:29:10	1:29:12
This is Tracy.	1:29:13	1:29:15
A private investigator.	1:29:15	1:29:17
He's come to ask you to leave.	1:29:17	1:29:19
Get out of my house!	1:29:22	1:29:24
Get out of my house!	1:29:24	1:29:26
-I only came to help. -I'm going to fucking get you out.	1:29:26	1:29:29
-He's going to get a gun! -Has he got a gun?	1:29:37	1:29:39
-He has two. -Don't let him get the guns.	1:29:39	1:29:42
Let's go, brother.	1:29:42	1:29:43
Stay back!	1:29:46	1:29:48
Stay back, don't you come in here!	1:29:48	1:29:49
I'm calling the police! I'm calling the police!	1:29:49	1:29:52
-Back off! -Fine.	1:29:52	1:29:54
I wish you would call the police.	1:29:54	1:29:57
Scott, if you would take advantage of our assistance,	1:29:57	1:29:59
I'd be happy to call a doctor and we can help you.	1:29:59	1:30:01
Just fucking shut up!	1:30:01	1:30:04
-Do you want me to help you? -Shut up!	1:30:04	1:30:05
Back off! I will fucking hit you!	1:30:05	1:30:09
Hello, hello? Hello.	1:30:09	1:30:11
Yes, I want the, er...	1:30:11	1:30:14
-I want the... -Scott.	1:30:14	1:30:16
-Who the fuck is this? -Scott.	1:30:16	1:30:18
Fucking don't!	1:30:18	1:30:20
I will call the fucking Mafia, and they will come here	1:30:20	1:30:22
and bring you to the desert and fucking bury you!	1:30:22	1:30:25
Stay back!	1:30:25	1:30:27
Scott!	1:30:35	1:30:36
Scott!	1:30:36	1:30:38
I want to talk to Lee!	1:30:38	1:30:39
KNOCKS ON DOOR	1:30:43	1:30:45
I want to talk to Lee.	1:30:45	1:30:48
That's not going to happen, Scott.	1:30:48	1:30:50
You know what? Fine.	1:30:52	1:30:54
If this is how he wants to handle this kind of situation...	1:30:54	1:30:58
then I want to leave.	1:30:58	1:31:01
But I am taking all of my personal belongings with me.	1:31:01	1:31:04
All of them, Seymour, or I will fucking sue you!	1:31:04	1:31:07
Listen. You have my word.	1:31:07	1:31:10
If you vacate the apartment now,	1:31:10	1:31:12
you can come back during the Academy Awards...	1:31:12	1:31:15
and I'll have all your belongings ready for you to pick up.	1:31:15	1:31:18
Wow.	1:31:20	1:31:22
Stick it in and break it off, huh?	1:31:22	1:31:24
From the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion	1:31:31	1:31:34
in Los Angeles, California...	1:31:34	1:31:36
Wow.	1:31:36	1:31:37
..the 54th annual Academy Awards!	1:31:37	1:31:42
APPLAUSE ON TV	1:31:42	1:31:44
Wow.	1:31:48	1:31:50
MUSIC PLAYS ON TV	1:31:52	1:31:56
PIANO PLAYS ON TV	1:32:01	1:32:05
APPLAUSE	1:32:10	1:32:14
Actually, though, it's kind of a cokey piano.	1:32:22	1:32:24
Is it true that you and Liberace	1:32:43	1:32:44
made an oral agreement when you first went to work for him	1:32:44	1:32:47
-and moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas? -Yes.	1:32:47	1:32:50
You contend that at some later date after making that oral agreement,	1:32:50	1:32:53
the oral agreement was put into a written agreement	1:32:53	1:32:55
-prepared by attorney Joel Strote? -Yes.	1:32:55	1:32:57
-Where he made certain promises to you. -Yes.	1:32:57	1:33:01
-Did you ever sign that written agreement? -Yes, I did.	1:33:01	1:33:03
-Did Liberace ever sign that written agreement? -Yes.	1:33:03	1:33:06
Did you ever receive a copy of it?	1:33:06	1:33:08
Joel Strote has my copy.	1:33:08	1:33:11
Was there ever any other written agreement between you and Liberace	1:33:11	1:33:15
other than this one prepared by Joel Strote?	1:33:15	1:33:17
Yes. The will. My will.	1:33:17	1:33:20
-Did you ever execute this will? -Yes.	1:33:20	1:33:23
Did anyone witness your executed will?	1:33:23	1:33:26
When you mean "executed", er...	1:33:27	1:33:30
I didn't sign it yet.	1:33:30	1:33:32
-I mean... -He doesn't understand "executed" to mean signing.	1:33:32	1:33:36
What did you mean when you said "executed"?	1:33:36	1:33:38
Well, you mean, did I ever sign it?	1:33:38	1:33:40
No, I never did. No.	1:33:40	1:33:42
Why didn't you ever sign it?	1:33:42	1:33:44
Because Liberace and I were having problems.	1:33:44	1:33:48
What kind of problems?	1:33:48	1:33:50
I felt that he was seeing other people.	1:33:51	1:33:53
Did you ever receive a copy of this will?	1:33:54	1:33:58
Joel Strote kept my copy for me.	1:33:58	1:34:01
Was it your expectation that you would become	1:34:01	1:34:03
-the legally adopted son of Liberace? -Yes.	1:34:03	1:34:06
And continue in a sexual relationship with him	1:34:06	1:34:08
-after the adoption? -No.	1:34:08	1:34:11
Is that when you thought the sex would stop?	1:34:11	1:34:14
Our relationship towards later on	1:34:15	1:34:17
went from a sexual relationship to...	1:34:17	1:34:20
Lee always thought of me as more of a son.	1:34:20	1:34:23
We had our sexual relationship in the beginning of our relationship	1:34:23	1:34:26
and it was, more or less, he thought of me as a...	1:34:26	1:34:29
He wanted me to think of him as a father-type image.	1:34:29	1:34:33
He thought... It's just so hard to explain.	1:34:33	1:34:36
His duties were expanded	1:34:36	1:34:38
to be a road manager, acting as a buffer for me,	1:34:38	1:34:41
you know, for various employees in various hotels,	1:34:41	1:34:46
the fans, media, answering the phone,	1:34:46	1:34:49
answering knocks on the door,	1:34:49	1:34:52
driving me from places of engagement	1:34:52	1:34:55
where limousines were not provided for me.	1:34:55	1:34:58
Did you make a gift of three bedroom sets	1:34:58	1:35:00
-to Scott Thorson? -No.	1:35:00	1:35:03
Did you make a gift of lamps to Scott Thorson?	1:35:03	1:35:05
No.	1:35:05	1:35:06
Did you make a gift of a water buffalo head,	1:35:06	1:35:09
-mounted, to Scott Thorson? -No.	1:35:09	1:35:12
-Did you make a gift of any furniture to Scott Thorson? -No.	1:35:12	1:35:17
What reason do you have for believing that	1:35:17	1:35:20
the furniture and furnishings you think of as gifts	1:35:20	1:35:22
were, in fact, not gifts?	1:35:22	1:35:23
Well, this is what I do with all my homes.	1:35:23	1:35:26
I furnish all my homes for people to use.	1:35:26	1:35:29
But that does not mean they can take the furniture	1:35:29	1:35:31
with them when they leave.	1:35:31	1:35:33
It's my property.	1:35:33	1:35:35
Did you make a gift of any furs to Scott Thorson?	1:35:35	1:35:38
-Yes. -What furs?	1:35:38	1:35:40
Uh, a raccoon, a black mink trench coat,	1:35:40	1:35:45
a leather and black mink coat...	1:35:45	1:35:48
and um, that's it.	1:35:48	1:35:51
And what other gifts have you made to Scott Thorson?	1:35:51	1:35:54
Jewellery.	1:35:54	1:35:57
What form of jewellery?	1:35:57	1:35:58
A ring with his initial on it...	1:35:58	1:36:01
and two Krugerrands made up the ring.	1:36:01	1:36:05
Gold chains.	1:36:06	1:36:08
Australian opal ring.	1:36:08	1:36:10
Bracelets, things like that.	1:36:12	1:36:14
'OK, first off, you have to understand something.	1:36:14	1:36:17
'You're not getting any of your property back.	1:36:17	1:36:19
'You're not getting a dime...'	1:36:19	1:36:20
unless you sign this agreement.	1:36:20	1:36:22
-Do you understand? -Yes.	1:36:22	1:36:24
All right.	1:36:24	1:36:25
You're going to get 75,000 in cash,	1:36:25	1:36:27
three of your cars, three dogs	1:36:27	1:36:29
and all your clothes.	1:36:29	1:36:31
75,000? That's it?	1:36:31	1:36:32
In return for the money, the cars,	1:36:32	1:36:34
the dogs and the personal property,	1:36:34	1:36:36
you're going to sign over the title	1:36:36	1:36:37
of your Las Vegas home on Laramore to Lee.	1:36:37	1:36:39
And that's estimated value right now at 200,000.	1:36:39	1:36:41
You're going to give over all the contents to Lee,	1:36:41	1:36:43
estimated at 50,000.	1:36:43	1:36:45
In addition, you will be required	1:36:45	1:36:47
to sign over the titles of your Chevrolet van,	1:36:47	1:36:51
the antique Cadillac and your Auburn to Mr Liberace.	1:36:51	1:36:54
You will also give up any other claims	1:36:54	1:36:56
against Mr Liberace of any kind in the future.	1:36:56	1:36:59
So assault, battery, palimony - out.	1:36:59	1:37:03
And you're going to sign a clause prohibiting you	1:37:03	1:37:05
from revealing the true nature of your relationship	1:37:05	1:37:08
-to anybody, public or private. -This is the best we could do?	1:37:08	1:37:10
They're short-changing me 250,000.	1:37:10	1:37:14
Well, there's nothing in here about the jewellery he gave you,	1:37:14	1:37:17
-so you get to keep that. -I had to sell the jewellery!	1:37:17	1:37:19
-For what? -For legal, er, fees and other things.	1:37:19	1:37:23
I don't care... what the judge says,	1:37:24	1:37:27
we were fucking married!	1:37:27	1:37:29
Well, the law says you weren't.	1:37:29	1:37:32
And a contract for sex can't be enforced.	1:37:32	1:37:35
Scott, listen to me. You're a drug addict.	1:37:35	1:37:38
This is all you're getting.	1:37:38	1:37:40
Sign it.	1:37:40	1:37:42
You know, I called Billy Leatherwood.	1:37:44	1:37:46
He got more.	1:37:46	1:37:48
Thank you.	1:37:57	1:37:59
"At the tender age of 16, I was seduced	1:38:20	1:38:23
"by a blues singer by the name of Bea Haven.	1:38:23	1:38:26
"The thrill of making it with an older woman diminished	1:38:26	1:38:29
"as I grew older.	1:38:29	1:38:31
"Younger girls started to represent more of a challenge...	1:38:31	1:38:35
"probably because of their innocence.	1:38:35	1:38:37
"And then I met the woman who was to be the love of my life -	1:38:37	1:38:41
"Sonja Henie."	1:38:41	1:38:43
# It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas	1:39:00	1:39:04
# Everywhere you go... # PHONE RINGS	1:39:04	1:39:08
# Take a look in the Five and Ten	1:39:08	1:39:10
# Glistening once again with candy canes... #	1:39:10	1:39:14
-Hello? -Scott, is that you?	1:39:14	1:39:17
Lee?	1:39:20	1:39:21
How have you been, Scott?	1:39:21	1:39:24
I'm...fine.	1:39:24	1:39:25
I'm fine.	1:39:25	1:39:27
And your health? How are you feeling?	1:39:27	1:39:31
Good. I'm doing good.	1:39:31	1:39:34
You sure everything is all right?	1:39:34	1:39:38
Lee, what's wrong?	1:39:38	1:39:40
Well, you know, I guess you heard the rumours.	1:39:40	1:39:44
I haven't been feeling so well lately.	1:39:44	1:39:49
I'm not my usual spring chicken any more.	1:39:49	1:39:53
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.	1:39:56	1:39:59
I know how much you love it.	1:39:59	1:40:02
You sure you're OK?	1:40:02	1:40:04
Yes, I'm...	1:40:04	1:40:06
It's all been checked. I'm OK.	1:40:07	1:40:10
Would you come and see me, Scott?	1:40:12	1:40:16
Come visit me.	1:40:16	1:40:18
Lee, I'm telling you, I'm OK.	1:40:18	1:40:20
No, it's not that.	1:40:20	1:40:23
But would you just come and visit me?	1:40:24	1:40:27
Thanks.	1:40:51	1:40:52
I don't want you to touch me.	1:41:08	1:41:11
I don't think it matters, Lee.	1:41:15	1:41:17
Still.	1:41:19	1:41:20
You OK?	1:41:23	1:41:25
I'm so glad.	1:41:29	1:41:31
Seymour got a story out...	1:41:34	1:41:37
that I just need to rest.	1:41:37	1:41:39
He works so hard for me.	1:41:42	1:41:45
I just don't want to be remembered	1:41:54	1:41:56
as some old queen...	1:41:56	1:41:58
who died of AIDS.	1:41:58	1:42:00
Promise me...	1:42:06	1:42:08
..that you won't tell anybody how I looked...	1:42:10	1:42:14
when you came to visit.	1:42:14	1:42:16
I asked you here...	1:42:21	1:42:24
..because I want you to know...	1:42:26	1:42:28
..you made me the happiest.	1:42:30	1:42:33
You did, Scott.	1:42:35	1:42:37
Did I make you happy?	1:42:40	1:42:42
Yes.	1:42:44	1:42:47
Yeah.	1:42:47	1:42:49
The most happy.	1:42:49	1:42:51
Just a little something...	1:43:06	1:43:08
..to remember me by.	1:43:09	1:43:12
At 2.05pm today,	1:43:20	1:43:23
Liberace died of cardiac arrest	1:43:23	1:43:27
caused by cardiac failure.	1:43:27	1:43:29
His body will be taken to Los Angeles,	1:43:29	1:43:32
where it will be prepared for burial.	1:43:32	1:43:34
In an unusual twist of events,	1:43:34	1:43:36
the Riverside County Health Department	1:43:36	1:43:38
has rejected the death certificate	1:43:38	1:43:40
by Liberace's attending doctor, Ronald Daniels,	1:43:40	1:43:43
and has ordered an autopsy.	1:43:43	1:43:45
This request is unseemly.	1:43:45	1:43:48
Mr Liberace died of heart failure	1:43:48	1:43:51
due to an anaemia caused by a watermelon diet.	1:43:51	1:43:54
The body has already been embalmed!	1:43:54	1:43:57
With respect to Liberace's family during this time,	1:43:57	1:44:00
we have asked that the request for autopsy be rejected.	1:44:00	1:44:04
Since Mr Liberace has already been embalmed,	1:44:04	1:44:07
it was necessary to take tissue samples.	1:44:07	1:44:10
Along with the medical records of blood tests	1:44:10	1:44:12
during his recent stay at the Eisenhower Medical Centre,	1:44:12	1:44:14
it is the conclusion of the Riverside County Health Department...	1:44:14	1:44:18
that Mr Liberace died of complications	1:44:18	1:44:20
due to the AIDS virus.	1:44:20	1:44:22
Thank you all for coming.	1:44:38	1:44:40
I think that what should be remembered today	1:44:40	1:44:42
is that Lee was a great professional,	1:44:42	1:44:44
a great showman, he loved his fans.	1:44:44	1:44:45
But we should also look to the future.	1:44:45	1:44:48
As a result of the scholarship programme	1:44:48	1:44:50
which he's established through his foundation,	1:44:50	1:44:52
many young people will have a musical education	1:44:52	1:44:54
which they otherwise could not afford.	1:44:54	1:44:56
Thank you.	1:44:56	1:44:58
'My dear people, let us begin as we begin all things holy.	1:45:00	1:45:03
'In the name of the Father, and of the Son,	1:45:03	1:45:06
'and of the Holy Spirit,'	1:45:06	1:45:07
Amen.	1:45:07	1:45:08
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,	1:45:08	1:45:11
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit	1:45:11	1:45:14
be with you always.	1:45:14	1:45:15
And with your spirit.	1:45:15	1:45:17
In the waters of baptism,	1:45:17	1:45:19
Liberace died with Christ	1:45:19	1:45:21
and rose within to a new life.	1:45:21	1:45:23
May he now share with Him	1:45:23	1:45:25
in eternal glory.	1:45:25	1:45:28
Let us pray.	1:45:28	1:45:31
MUSIC: The Impossible Dream	1:45:31	1:45:36
-SPEAKING: -# To dream the impossible dream	1:46:28	1:46:32
# To be better far than you are	1:46:33	1:46:37
# To try when your arms are too weary	1:46:39	1:46:44
# To reach that unreachable star	1:46:44	1:46:48
# This is my quest	1:46:50	1:46:52
# To follow that star	1:46:52	1:46:55
# No matter how hopeless	1:46:55	1:46:58
# No matter how far	1:46:58	1:47:01
# To be willing to give	1:47:01	1:47:04
# When there's no more to give	1:47:04	1:47:06
# To be willing to die	1:47:06	1:47:09
# So that honour and justice may live	1:47:09	1:47:12
# And I know	1:47:13	1:47:16
# If I'll only be true	1:47:16	1:47:18
# To this glorious quest	1:47:18	1:47:22
# My heart	1:47:22	1:47:24
# Shall lie peaceful and calm	1:47:24	1:47:27
# When I'm laid to my rest. #	1:47:27	1:47:30
Thank you. Thank you.	1:47:50	1:47:53
You have made me the happiest piano player	1:47:53	1:47:56
who has ever lived.	1:47:56	1:47:58
And no matter what,	1:47:58	1:48:00
I still believe and always will...	1:48:00	1:48:04
too much of a good thing	1:48:04	1:48:07
is wonderful!	1:48:07	1:48:09
MUSIC: Why Do I Love You?	1:48:49	1:48:52
-SPEAKING: -# Why do I love you?	1:49:28	1:49:30
# I love you not only for what you are	1:49:30	1:49:34
# But for what I am when I'm with you	1:49:34	1:49:37
# I love you not only for what you have made of yourself	1:49:37	1:49:42
# But for what you are making of me	1:49:42	1:49:46
# I love you for ignoring the possibilities	1:49:46	1:49:49
# Of the fool in me	1:49:49	1:49:52
# And for accepting the possibilities	1:49:52	1:49:55
# Of the good in me	1:49:55	1:49:58
# Why do I love you?	1:50:05	1:50:08
# I love you for closing your eyes	1:50:08	1:50:11
# To the discords in me	1:50:11	1:50:14
# And for adding to the music in me	1:50:14	1:50:17
# By worshipful listening	1:50:17	1:50:20
# I love you for helping me	1:50:22	1:50:24
# To construct of my life	1:50:24	1:50:27
# Not a tavern but a temple	1:50:27	1:50:30
# I love you because you have done so much	1:50:33	1:50:36
# To make me happy	1:50:36	1:50:39
# You have done it without a word	1:50:39	1:50:43
# Without a touch	1:50:43	1:50:45
# Without a sign	1:50:45	1:50:47
# You have done it by just being yourself	1:50:47	1:50:52
# Perhaps, after all	1:50:53	1:50:56
# That is what love means	1:50:56	1:51:00
# And that is why	1:51:00	1:51:02
# I love you. #	1:51:02	1:51:04

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