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Man: THEY WERE MY TWO BEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD...
FOR 5 WEEKS.
IT'S A TOTAL ACCIDENT WE EVEN MET.
ME, A BUM FROM BROOKLYN, USING PHONY FREQUENT-FLIER MILES.
TONY CROFT WAS KIND OF A GOLDEN BOY
FROM HARVARD SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
WE MET LEWIS McBRIDE,
THIS, UH, LONG-HAIRED, GREENPEACE, YOU KNOW, TREE-HUGGER GUY.
SO THE PLAN WAS TO PARTY TILL WE RAN OUT OF CASH IN MALAYSIA.
IT WAS A PARADISE OF RUM, GIRLS, AND GOOD, CHEAP HASH.
[SINGING IN MALAY]
WOOO!
[CROWD CHEERING]
Man: HERE WE GO, BOYS.
WHOOO!
[SPEAKING MALAY]
I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU'RE SAYING TO ME,
BUT THIS IS MY LEAST FAVORITE PART ANYWAY,
THE TALKING STUFF.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU DO?
GOOD MORNING, BRO.
WHAT'S UP?
DID YOU SLEEP GOOD, YOU LITTLE DREAMER?
WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?
[BOTH LAUGHING]
IT'S MY LAST DAY, LEW,
GET UP. WE'LL GO DO SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T BE YOUR LAST DAY.
MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T BE MY LAST DAY.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET A HAIRCUT.
WOW!
YOU'RE UP EARLY.
WELL, WHAT KIND OF PARTY'S THIS?
MY PARTY.
YOUR PARTY? HEH HEH.
[PEOPLE TALKING IN MALAY]
YES!
OH, YES.
IT'S THE AGGRESSIVE INSTINCT...
WHERE ARE YOU BOYS FROM, AMERICA?
THAT'S MALAYSIAN FOR "DO YOU HAVE MONEY?"
YES. WE'RE FROM THE STATES.
MM-HMM.
DO YOU HAVE FUN HERE?
IT COULD BE BETTER.
Woman: LISTEN...
I GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.
YEAH, WHAT?
I GOT SPECIAL ANIMAL POTION.
YOU WANT?
ANIMAL POTION?
YEAH. NUMBER ONE APHRODISIAC.
KEEP YOU HARD AS A ROCK ALL NIGHT.
YOU WANT?
AH, IT SOUNDS PAINFUL. THANKS, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I WANT TO SEE THIS.
YOU WANT TO SEE? YOUR FRIEND, YOU WANT TO SEE?
SURE, YEAH.
OK, FOLLOW ME.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS DEAL.
Tony: YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS ALL GOOD.
LEWIS, THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THE NUMBER ONE PHARMACY TO ME, YOU KNOW?
UH-HUH.
Man: HEY, YO!
[SPEAKING MALAY]
SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR YOU.
OH, THIS IS GOOD.
GOOD STUFF.
ORIGINAL. GOOD. VERY GOOD.
THIS IS RHINO HORN, ISN'T IT?
OH, SMART MAN.
RHINO HORN GOOD.
AMERICAN, JAPANESE LIKE IT.
MAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
LISTEN, LISTEN. WOMAN LIKE IT.
KEEP YOU HARD.
YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU HARD. GOOD.
EVEN IF THIS WORKED...
LISTEN...
NO, YOU LISTEN TO ME.
EVEN IF THIS WORKED, WHICH IT DOESN'T,
TO MURDER ENDANGERED SPECIES--
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Tony: THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
[EVERYBODY TALKING]
YOU TAKE... 10 BUCKS, 10 BUCKS.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO GET FUCKING VIOLENT.
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
[EVERYBODY ARGUING]
HEY, MAN, FUCK YOU.
FUCK US UP, MAN!
HUH? FUCK US UP, MAN!
Tony: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKER.
EASY. OK.
[SPEAKING MALAY]
YEE-HOO!
YEAH.
STOP MOVING THE BIKE.
I CAN'T BALANCE IT.
HA! HA!
Lewis: STOP! SLOWER, SLOWER!
THERE'S A REALLY STEEP HILL.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRAKE NOW.
BRAKE!
WHAT THE FUCK!
[TRUCK HORN SOUNDS]
TIME TO GET OFF!
Tony: AW, SHIT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, MAN?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YOU OK?
[ALL LAUGHING]
OH MY GOD. HOLY SHIT, BRO.
[ALL LAUGHING]
Lewis: SAY, THANKS FOR THE HELP, GUYS.
WHAT THE FUCK?
ARE YOU GOING TO PUSH THAT THING ALL THE WAY TO PANANG.
LET THE BIKE GO, BROTHER, LET IT GO.
I TELL YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT.
Tony: LEWIS, THE DEPOSIT WE PUT DOWN ON THAT BIKE
IS ABOUT 5 TIMES ITS WORTH.
WHY ARE YOU PUSHING THE FUCKING BIKE?
DROP THE FUCKING BIKE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT.
THIS IS HIS LAST BIKE, THAT'S HIS BREAD AND BUTTER.
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR FRICKIN' MIND.
Lewis: MAYBE IF YOU'D HELP ME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
IT WOULD GO SO MUCH QUICKER IF I HAD A LITTLE HELP.
LET ME DO IT. HERE, I'LL PUSH IT.
I'LL PUSH THE FUCKIN' THING.
THANK YOU. YOU GOT THIS?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
Lewis: OH!
Tony: NICE SHOT, SHERIFF.
REALLY.
Lewis: THAT'S GREAT.
Sheriff: LET'S GET HOME. COME ON.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE, MAN.
Lewis: OH, HEY, YOU GUYS GOTTA GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESSES.
Tony: YEAH.
Lewis: WHEN I GET ONE, I'LL GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS...
DOWN THERE IN BORNEO.
Tony: WHERE?
BORNEO.
OH, YOU'RE STAYING?
YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND THERE, MAN?
NO. AT THE ORANGUTAN REINTRODUCTION PROJECT.
Tony: THE WHAT PROJECT?
IT'S THIS GROUP.
THEY GO, AND THEY RESCUE THESE ORANGUTANS THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT AS PETS.
AND THEY HELP INTEGRATE THEM BACK IN THE WILD.
YOU'RE GONNA STAY HERE.
GO DOWN AND VOLUNTEER.
BRO, IF THE APES NEED HUMANS TO SAVE THEM,
THEN THEY'RE FUCKED.
PAY NO ATTENTION TO HIM.
HE ALWAYS DUMPING ON SOMEBODY. THAT'S COOL.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, GOLDEN BOY?
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GO PUT ALL THOSE THINGS
YOU CALL BUILDINGS UP IN NEW YORK.
SKYSCRAPERS.
NO, MAN, THEY'LL BE BEAUTIFUL,
TOUCHING THE CLOUDS.
SEE, YOU GUYS DON'T REALIZE HOW GOOD YOU HAVE IT
RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE.
SO EAGER TO GET ON WITH YOUR CHARMED LIVES
THAT YOU JUST MISS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
[EVERYBODY LAUGHING]
LOOK, WE GOT MELLOW HASH, RIGHT?
WE GOT COCONUTS FILLED WITH RUM.
WE GOT BEAUTIFUL, GRACIOUS CHICKS
THAT LIKE US JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE FUCKIN' YANKEES AND WE'RE TALL.
SOME OF US.
AND THEN YOU GOT THIS WARM, CALM WATER.
IT'S LIKE GOD'S OWN BATHTUB OR SOMETHING, MAN.
HEY, LEW, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THAT?
STAY HERE AND TRY TO SAVE THOSE GORILLAS?
YEAH.
THAT'S COOL, MAN.
THAT'S TOTALLY COOL, LEW. TOTALLY COOL.
YOU SOUND INTERESTED.
YOU WANT TO JOIN ME?
Tony: FLIGHT'S TOMORROW.
CAN'T CHANGE THE TICKET, NO REFUND.
THINK ABOUT IT.
MORNING.
Sheriff: HEY, GOOD MORNING, MAN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
SO?
IS IT CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
OR, UH, YOU, ME, AND THE MONKEYS?
I DON'T THINK I'M CUT OUT FOR THAT KIND OF THING, LEW.
THAT'S FOR YOU, MAN.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF STUFF IN ME.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT YOURSELF, BUT...
GIVE 'EM HELL.
WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING TO GO, SHERIFF?
NEW YORK IS CALLING YOU HOME:
MARTINIS, PRETTY GIRLS, THE YANKEES.
OR DO YOU WANT TO STAY HERE?
ALL RIGHT, BROTHER, DON'T SMOKE IT ALL IN ONE BOWL.
YOU KEEP THIS. I GOT TONY'S, AND THAT'S PLENTY.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO TAKE EXCEDRIN OUT OF THIS FUCKING COUNTRY.
COME ON, TAKE IT.
WHY THE HELL DID WE BUY SO MUCH HASH ANYWAY?
Tony: AT THOSE PRICES, WE COULDN'T AFFORD NOT TO.
UH-OH.
WOW.
Sheriff: I GUESS THIS IS IT, MAN.
YEAH. YEAH.
SEE YOU, BUDDY. GOOD LUCK, BUDDY.
I'M GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS.
YEAH, BULLSHIT. THE SECOND WE'RE GONE,
YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND A COUPLE OF CHIMPS PRETTIER THAN BOTH OF US.
YOU FUCKER.
TAKE CARE.
I'LL SEE YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SAFE TRAVELS.
YEAH.
Sheriff: YEAH, GABY, LISTEN
YEAH, OK.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HA HA HA!
NO. I JUST--I CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
LISTEN, UH, NO, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING THIS RIGHT NOW, OK?
I GOT PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
I'M WORKING.
GABY, LISTEN, MAYBE WHEN THE SHIFT'S OVER,
I'LL CALL YOU, WHATEVER.
WE'LL GO OUT, WE'LL GRAB A BITE OR SOMETHING, OK?
[BEEPING]
LOOK, THAT'S MY DISPATCHER. I GOT TO GO.
I GOT TO GO, BYE.
YEAH, IT'S 4 UNDERWAY.
Dispatcher: AFTER THE DROP, CAN YOU SWING A PICKUP AT THE STANHOPE?
LADY NAMED EASTERN ASKED FOR YOU.
EASTERN? EASTERN? UH, YEAH. WHERE'S THE DROP AT?
SHE DIDN'T SAY.
[MAN AND WOMAN MOANING]
[BREAKS SCREECHING]
Man in back seat: FUCK!
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SUDDEN STOP, FOLKS,
BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WERE BELTED IN.
OK. HERE WE ARE.
HERE, TAKE THAT.
PLEASURE SERVING YOU AS ALWAYS, MR. HALLMAN.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[TELEPHONE BEEPS]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
THIS IS RAVITCH.
HEY, IT'S SHERIFF.
LISTEN, HOW MUCH IS NEW YORK'S MOST FAMOUS DIVORCE ATTORNEY WORTH TO YOU?
HE'S WORTH SQUAT, BROTHER. I'M SINGLE.
UH, WHAT ABOUT IF HE'S OUT BOINKING AND GETTING BOMBED
AND HIS WIFE'S NOT WITH HIM?
THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
RAVITCH, CAN'T YOU FIND ANOTHER DESK?
I'D SAY TWO BILLS.
YOU'RE A CHEAP SON OF A BITCH. GRAB A PEN.
I'M SORRY. OK, GIVE HER TO ME.
THANK YOU.
WE HEADED ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR?
HOW ABOUT WE JUST DRIVE AROUND THE PARK FOR A LITTLE BIT?
YOU GOT IT. AROUND THE PARK.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T DRIVEN YOU BEFORE.
I NEVER FORGET A FACE.
HEY, DO YOU MIND IF I SMOKE IN THE CAR?
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN LEFT THAT YOU CAN SMOKE.
GO AHEAD.
SO, UH, WHO RECOMMENDED ME, MISS EASTERN?
PLEASE CALL ME BETH.
OK, WHO RECOMMENDED ME,BETH?
LEWIS McBRIDE.
LEW?
WHAT DID HE SAY?
"LOOK UP OLD SHERIFF WHEN YOU GOT TO TOWN?"
HOW DID YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME?
LEW SAID YOU LIVED IN BROOKLYN,
ODDS WERE YOU WOULD BE IN THE BOOK.
YEAH, HUH?
AND ODDS WERE THAT I'D PROBABLY STILL BE STUCK IN BROOKLYN,
WHICH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I AM.
SO WHERE IS LEW, HUH? IS HE IN TOWN HERE?
SHERIFF, THE DAY YOU AND TONY LEFT PANANG,
A MAN CAME LOOKING FOR A BIKE YOU GUYS HAD RENTED.
HE BROUGHT THE POLICE.
ONLY THEY DIDN'T FIND THE BIKE.
THEY DID FIND 104 GRAMS OF HASHISH.
SOME STASHED IN THE HUT, SOME IN THE TRASH.
JESUS CHRIST.
AND LEWIS...CAUGHT HELL FOR THAT, HUH?
WELL, YEAH. HE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS IN PRISON.
OH, MY GOD, JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT A NIGHTMARE THAT MUST BE, HUH?
IS HE STILL IN PRISON NOW?
FOR 8 MORE DAYS, YEAH.
I MEAN, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN SOONER.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING, BUT...
AT LEAST HE'S GETTING OUT IN 8 DAYS, THOUGH, HUH?
THAT'S, UH, NOT THE CASE.
IN MALAYSIA, ANYBODY FOUND WITH MORE THAN 100 GRAMS OF HASHISH
IS CONSIDERED TO BE TRAFFICKING.
TRAFFICKING?
WHAT, IS THAT LIKE DEALING?
SHERIFF,
IN ORDER FOR LEWIS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A DEALER,
YOU AND TONY HAVE TO FLY BACK TO PANANG
AND ACCEPT YOUR SHARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHAT ABOUT ME AND TONY? WHAT HAPPENS TO US?
WELL, THE DEAL WAS THAT IF BOTH OF YOU GO BACK,
IT'S 3 YEARS APIECE.
AND IF ONLY ONE OF YOU GOES BACK, IT'S 6.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. HOLD ON.
IT'S 3? IT'S 6?
WHY DON'T YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE FOR ME, PLEASE?
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 3 YEARS IN PRISON, LADY, 6 YEARS IN PRISON.
SHERIFF, LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR TO YOU.
IN MALAYSIA, DEALERS GET DEATH.
JESUS CHRIST, FOR A SHITTY BRICK OF HASH?
YOU'RE TELLING ME IN 8 DAYS FROM NOW...
LEWIS McBRIDE IS GOING TO HANG.
WHAT ARE YOU? HIS LAWYER?
I'M HIS AMERICAN LAWYER, YEAH.
SO, HOW ABOUT WE HAVE DINNER
AND TALK MORE ABOUT THIS?
UH, CAN'T. I'M ON UNTIL 2:00, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DRINKS, THEN?
WHAT? AT 2:00? DON'T YOU SLEEP?
WELL, I WANT TO DO THIS MORE.
BREAKFAST?
CAN'T.
LUNCH?
I PULLED A DAY SHIFT...
ALL RIGHT. BETH, I CAN'T...
LET'S HAVE DINNER, THEN.
TOMORROW NIGHT, HERE, SAY, 7:00?
TOMORROW AT 7:00.
THANKS.
[DOOR UNLOCKING]
[MAN SPEAKING MALAY]
[CAR HORNS HONK]
EXCUSE ME, I'M LOOKING FOR TONY CROFT.
YEAH, HE'S UP TOP.
THANKS.
Beth: SO, IF YOU DON'T GO BACK, TONY,
LEWIS WILL HANG.
I'M SORRY.
YOU JUST CAN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE
AND TELL ME THE BOTTOM'S DROPPED OUT OF MY LIFE.
I GOT A WEEK TO BRACE FOR THE IMPACT.
I'M SORRY, TONY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
HOW COME IT TOOK YOU GUYS TWO YEARS TO TELL ME THIS.
LEWIS NEVER MENTIONED THE TWO OF YOU,
NOT WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED TWO YEARS AGO,
NOT WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH 10 MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS ONLY LAST WEEK WHEN HIS FINAL PARDON APPEAL WAS REJECTED.
I FOUND A DETECTIVE.
THE SECOND HE FOUND YOU, HERE I AM.
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT ME, ALL RIGHT?
I MEAN, LIKE ANYBODY, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
I'M ENGAGED. I HAVE A FIANCEE.
I WANT TO START A FAMILY.
A FAMILY'S WONDERFUL.
LEWIS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE KIDS, TOO.
IF YOU CAN POSTPONE HAVING YOURS FOR A FEW YEARS,
HE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE.
I'M STAYING AT THE STANHOPE.
COULD YOU CALL ME THERE TONIGHT?
ALL RIGHT, I WILL.
THANKS. THANKS, TONY.
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
THIS IS BETH.
MISS EASTERN, HI, IT'S TONY CROFT.
TONY, HI.
LISTEN, KERRIE AND I TALKED THIS OVER,
AND WE WANT TO, UM...
WELL, I WANT TO-- FIRST OF ALL, SIMPLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT,
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT I'LL DO THE 6 YEARS.
BUT IF SHERIFF AGREES TO GO BACK...
UM, WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER...
IN THAT CASE, UM...
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO SAY NO.
UH, OK. WHAT YOU'VE SAID HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR.
I'M ABOUT TO GO HAVE DINNER WITH SHERIFF RIGHT NOW,
I'LL CALL YOU IN THE MORNING AND TELL YOU WHAT WAS SAID.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK TO YOU THEN.
THANK YOU, TONY.
GOOD NIGHT.
HEY.
HI.
SURPRISED I SHOWED?
NO. WHY?
BECAUSE I AM.
EASTERN PARTY?
UH, YEAH.
RIGHT THIS WAY.
THANKS.
Waitress: WOULD YOU CARE FOR A COCKTAIL?
GLASS OF HOUSE RED.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE A RUM AND COKE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
REMINDS ME OF MALAYSIA, RUM AND COKE.
SO, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO TONY?
YES, I DID. MM-HMM.
TONY SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK.
YOU KNOW, TONY TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO CALL ME
WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM PANANG, SO...
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
I CAN'T COUNT ON TONY'S WORD?
NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. NOT AT ALL.
JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S GOOD TONY SAYS HE'S GOING BACK.
HOW COME?
BECAUSE I'M--
Waitress: EXCUSE ME, YOUR DRINKS.
THANKS.
THANKS A LOT.
TONY'S ONLY GOING BACK IF YOU'RE GOING BACK.
YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH.
WELL, OK, PLEASE FINISH, THEN, BETH,
FINISH WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DO THIS...
WITHOUT SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION.
BOTH OF LEWIS' PARENTS HAVE PASSED ON.
THEY LEFT A LITTLE SOMETHING.
HOW DOES $50,000 SOUND?
$50,000? THAT SOUNDS FINE, JUST FINE...
BUT FOR EACH YEAR. $50,000 A YEAR.
YOU WANT ME TO PAY YOU $150,000
FOR ASSUMING WHAT IS, IN FACT,
YOUR SHARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY.
NO, NO, NO. NOT YOU.
LEWIS'S ESTATE.
I MEAN, THEY GOT HEAVY MONEY RIGHT?
COME ON, LET'S FACE IT.
YOU COME TO NEW YORK ON WHAT'S PRETTY MUCH A FISHING EXPEDITION.
YOU STAY ON THE PARK, EAT HERE, NOT AT SOME CHEAP COFFEE SHOP ON LEX.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I WILL DRAW UP THE DRAFT AGREEMENT TOMORROW.
IF YOU PROMISE ME RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY TO ME...
REALLY FUNNY?
IS HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF
THINK YOU CAN JUST BUY PEOPLE LIKE ME.
BUT GUESS WHAT, BETH.
I WOULDN'T WALK INTO YOUR SHIT STORM FOR ANY PRICE,
AND ANY SLIM CHANCE THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT I WOULD GO BACK
JUST WENT BYE-BYE WHEN YOU TRIED TO PAY ME OFF.
Waitress: MENUS?
I'M SORRY. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE TONIGHT.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO BUY ME DINNER,
BECAUSE THEN I WOULD BE EXPLOITING YOU, COUNSELOR.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
PLEASE, I'M SORRY. I MADE A MISTAKE.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU BY OFFERING YOU MONEY.
INSULT ME? YOU INSULTED YOURSELF, BETH,
AND YOU ALREADY MADE YOUR PLAY,
SO I THINK WE'RE FINISHED.
MADE MY PLAY?
JESUS, I WOULD MAKE ANY PLAY TO SAVE LEWIS'S LIFE.
I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, BETH?
I THINK YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY HERE.
DON'T LET MY NICKNAME FOOL YOU.
IT'S JUST A BASTARDIZATION OF MY LAST NAME,
WHICH IS VOLGECHEREV, ALL RIGHT.
I KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT, AND I KEEP MY HEAD DOWN,
BUT I DO WISH LEWIS A LOT OF LUCK,
ESPECIALLY WITH YOU AS HIS LAWYER.
OH, GOD. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR HIS WELL-BEING.
I MAY NOT BE THE BEST,
BUT I AM THE MOST PERSISTENT.
THAT'S GREAT.
WELL, YOU SHOULD FUCKING TAKE YOUR PERSISTENCY
AND NOT WASTE IT ON ME.
YOU ONLY GOT A FEW DAYS LEFT.
YOU'RE APPEALING TO EMOTIONS I DON'T HAVE
AND A FUCKING MORALITY THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD
I COULD AFFORD.
THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE, SHERIFF,
BUT LISTEN, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT
THAT A MAN'S LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
WHAT'S UP, SHERIFF?
HOW YOU DOING, TONY?
HEH HEH HEH.
HEH HEH...YEP.
HERE WE ARE.
LOOK, I'M FREEZING. WHAT DO YOU SAY WE--
YOU KNOW, MY SECRETARY'S OUT TODAY, TONY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO SEAT YOURSELF.
YEAH.
SO THIS IS THE OFFICE, HUH?
HEH HEH.
LET'S JUST SORT THIS OUT, OK?
YOU AND ME TOGETHER, WITHOUT THAT, UH,
LAWYER BREATHING DOWN OUR NECKS.
YEAH, SHE'S PRETTY INTENSE, HUH?
NO SHIT, MAN.
AFTER SHE AMBUSHED ME,
I COULDN'T EAT FOR TWO DAYS.
MY GIRLFRIEND FORCED SOME TOAST DOWN MY THROAT THIS MORNING.
YOU KNOW, I THREW IT UP.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF A DRY RUN
FOR OUR NEXT 3 YEARS IN PANANG PRISON, YOU KNOW.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO-- YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS?
YOU'RE GOING BACK?
NO.
YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT, DO YOU?
ARE YOU SAYING I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT LEWIS?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE, YEAH.
BECAUSE IF YOU BELIEVE THAT,
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST FUCKING THING ABOUT ME.
FINE. FINE. ALL RIGHT.
THEN HOW COME YOU'RE SO READY TO SLAM THE DOOR ON HIM?
BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT GUYS WHO HAVE CLUBS AND BADGES, ALL RIGHT?
I'VE HAD MY ASS KICKED BY THOSE BASTARDS, TONY.
IT'S NOT HOW YOU THINK. JUST BECAUSE YOU DO SOMETHING GOOD
DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE A HAPPY ENDING TO THE WHOLE THING.
YOU COULD VERY EASILY DIE OVER THERE.
OK, YEAH. YOU THINK OF THAT?
ALL RIGHT, LOOK--
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, OK?
LET'S SAY, IF THIS GOES DOWN
AND, GOD FORBID, OK, LEWIS HANGS,
YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, LIKE, HEADLINE NEWS?
SHERIFF, THIS IS GOING TO FOLLOW YOU AROUND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
WHEREAS, THE OTHER WAY,
WE COME HOME A PAIR OF HEROES, AND THEN WHAT?
THE CITY THROWS US A TICKER-TAPE PARADE?
GOD, TONY, YOU'RE A FUCKING BOY SCOUT. YOU REALLY ARE.
LISTEN TO ME, OK?
LEWIS WOULD'VE GONE BACK FOR EITHER OF US.
YOU KNOW THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'LL NEVER BE MISTAKEN FOR LEWIS McBRIDE.
AFTERNOON, MISS EASTERN.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
BETH EASTERN. HI. I'M M.J. MAJOR,
A REPORTER FOR THE NEW YORK EXAMINER.
YOU'RE-- YOU'RE A WHAT?
A REPORTER.
REALLY. YES.
AND--AND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT WITH ME?
OH, COME ON, BETH.
I KNOW THE HANGING'S IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
PRESS ON THIS THING IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU AND THE FAMILY NEED
FOR A PUBLIC OUTCRY.
THE FAMILY WANTS THIS KEPT QUIET.
OH, REALLY? LISTEN, IN THIS INSTANCE,
YOUR INTERESTS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC CONVERGE.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS?
MY SOURCE IS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A BLACKOUT AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY PASSED THE BUCK. THEY SOLD IT AS DIPLOMACY.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED ME, AND FAST.
I CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN FAST, BETH.
IN 48 HOURS, LEWIS McBRIDE CAN BE OVER EVERY--
NO, NO.
LISTEN TO ME.
DO YOU REMEMBER SINGAPORE?
THE AMERICAN KID WHO GRAFFITIED A CAR?
SURE. BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA FRENZY,
THEY HAD TO CANE THE KID.
BUT THAT WAS A CANING TO SHOW SOME NATIONAL BACKBONE.
THIS IS A HANGING!
OH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT?
LISTEN, SOME AUSSIE DOPE DEALER'S MOTHER
WENT ON EVERY ENGLISH- SPEAKING TALK SHOW
FROM SIDNEY TO LONDON. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY HUNG HER SON A WEEK EARLY TO SHUT HER UP.
EXCUSE ME. I'VE GOT A REALLY BIG WEEK.
BETH, I CAN MAKE MIRACLES HAPPEN IN A WEEK.
DON'T DO THIS.
DON'T DO IT.
WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST--
WHAT?! I'M SORRY.
JESUS CHRIST!
I'M SORRY. I'M...VERY SORRY.
JUST...
COULD I HAVE THAT, PLEASE?
IS HE BOYISH?
WHAT?
IS HE CUTE?
IS HE CLEAN-CUT? BECAUSE IF HE IS,
AND I PUT HIM ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MY NEWS--
GIVE ME SOME TIME.
GIVE ME SOME TIME, SOME SPACE,
AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR STORY.
WHEN?
SOON.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU, BETH.
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I HAVE A TAPE I WANT YOU TO WATCH.
YEAH? JESUS CHRIST, YOU DON'T LET UP, DO YOU?
I CAN'T.
OK, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO WATCH YOUR TAPE.
HONEST TO GOD, I AM.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
SO I'LL WATCH IT LATER.
ARE YOU INVITING ME TO DINNER,
OR ARE WE STILL MAD AT EACH OTHER?
BOTH.
CHEERS.
CHEERS
IT'S A TOAST TO LEWIS.
SWEET GUY... LOVED THE ANIMALS.
LOVED HIS BEER.
DID HE? YEAH.
I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT HIM.
TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE.
REALLY, BEER IS ALL I REALLY REMEMBER.
THAT'S IT? YEAH.
WOW.
HE DIDN'T MAKE REALLY MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION, THEN, DID HE?
LEWIS? MM-HMM.
WHAT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
HAVE YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM?
I'VE...NEVER HAD A BEER WITH HIM.
HE IS, HONESTLY, BETH...
ONE OF THE SWEETEST PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
LEWIS IS THE KIND OF GUY WHO'D HAVE, LIKE,
A BEGGAR ON THE STREET, RIGHT?
AND HE JUST... I DON'T KNOW.
HE'D TOUCH HIM SOMEHOW, TALK TO HIM.
THE GUY COULD HAVE, LIKE, AN ILLNESS, MAYBE,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, A LANGUAGE BARRIER.
WHATEVER IT WAS, HE JUST COULD SEE PEOPLE, I GUESS.
GOT A BIG HEART.
YEAH...
THAT'S NICE.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HIM?
YOU ARE GOOD, AREN'T YOU?
SHERIFF, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ME?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU SEEM TO THINK I HAVE ALL THESE WILES AND STRATAGEMS.
I DON'T.
I HAVE A MAN'S LIFE IN MY HANDS.
I GET THAT.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, BETH.
AND ASK YOURSELF THIS HONESTLY.
WOULD YOU GO BACK?
I WOULDN'T ASK YOU OR TONY...TO DO THIS
IF I HADN'T ALREADY ANSWERED THE QUESTION FOR MYSELF.
YEAH.
BUT I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
YOU COULD EVER REALLY HONESTLY ANSWER THAT
UNLESS YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION YOURSELF, YOU KNOW?
IT'S NOT A--
WHOA!
HI, GABY. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M NOT SOME PIECE OF DIRT YOU GET OFF ON
THEN FLUSH DOWN THE JOHN, ALL RIGHT?
RIGHT.
HE'LL FUCK YOU AND THEN SNEAKS OUT--
BY THE FIRE ESCAPE, IF HE HAS TO.
UNLESS YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT.
UNLESS YOU'RE SOME WHORE.
I'M HIS WIFE.
WHAT?
FUCK YOU FOR NOT WEARING A RING.
THAT'S MY FRIEND GABY.
HEH HEH.
WOW. YEAH.
GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T GIVE HER A SOCIAL DISEASE.
WE'D ALL BE DEAD.
UH, THANKS, FRANK. I APPRECIATE IT.
SO WHEN DID YOU GUYS TIE THE KNOT?
YOU KNOW WHAT, FRANK?
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, WILL YOU?
HA HA HA!
Beth: OK? HA HA.
YEAH.
WELL, THAT WAS FUN.
THAT WAS SOMETHING.
"I'M HIS WIFE." I LIKE THAT ONE.
"I'M HIS WIFE."
THANKS.
YOU LEFT THIS ON THE TABLE.
PLEASE WATCH IT.
I WILL, BETH. I WILL.
GOOD NIGHT.
[KEYS JINGLE IN LOCK]
OK.
Beth, on tape: OK, LEWIS. GO AHEAD.
Lewis, on tape: WHOO. UM...
HEY, GUYS.
SHERIFF...TONY.
LONG TIME, HUH?
I GUESS IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS TAPE,
YOU KIND OF FIGURED THAT MY VACATION PLANS, UH...
CHANGED.
I WAS SET TO GO OFF AND...
TRY AND SAVE THE ORANGUTAN,
DO WHAT I C-CAN.
I-IRONIC, ISN'T IT?
LOOK WHO'S... CAGED AND...
[MUMBLES]
UM, THIS...LITTLE D-DOCUDRAMA HERE WAS NOT MY IDEA,
AND I'M SORRY, BUT, UM...
THE FOLKS AT THE AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICE
H-HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN,
AND--AND NOW THEY TELL ME
THAT--THAT YOU GUYS ARE MY LAST CHANCE.
SO...I DON'T KNOW IF-- IF YOU EVEN--
IF YOU'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT COMING BACK,
BUT IF THERE'S THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE,
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT, UM...
I--I HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, HARMED IN ANY WAY.
I--I HAVEN'T-- I HAVEN'T BEEN TORTURED.
EXCEPT BY BOREDOM AND HUNGER.
NOT--NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD STUFF TO EAT.
NO BURGERS FOR YOU, SHERIFF,
BUT...THERE'S RICE, PLENTY OF RICE.
YOUR RICE NEEDS DEFINITELY WILL BE MET.
BUT, UM...
IF YOU DO...
IF YOU DO COME BACK,
I WILL--I WILL FEEL GUILTY, YES.
AND I ALREADY DO JUST FOR-- JUST FOR ASKING YOU, BUT...
AT LEAST I WON'T-- I WON'T FEEL THE FEAR,
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT FAIR, UM...
SO THAT'S WHY I'M DOING THIS.
[MACHINERY WHIRS]
[MEN TALKING]
HEY!
I'M BUSY. CAN'T TAKE YOU TODAY.
YEAH, WELL, I CAN'T TAKE YOU EITHER.
HA HA.
HEY, POP, YOU REMEMBER THAT TRIP I TOOK
A COUPLE YEARS BACK, TO MALAYSIA?
YEAH. I REMEMBER.
SOME SLEAZE WAS SELLING FREQUENT FLYER MILES, RIGHT?
WELL, THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS, THERE'S THIS GUY THAT'S STILL OVER THERE
IN PANANG, WHERE I WAS, AND HE'S KIND OF A PAL.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO-- THEY'RE GOING TO HANG HIM.
THEY FOUND SOME HASHISH ON HIM.
REALLY? YEAH.
BUT SOME OF THE HASH WAS MINE.
AND SO, IF I GO BACK THERE, I'D HAVE TO--
I'D HAVE TO SERVE 3 YEARS IN PRISON-- YOU KNOW, PANANG PRISON.
BUT IF I DON'T GO BACK, THEY HANG THIS GUY.
THEY DON'T HANG GUYS FOR HASHISH.
I'M NOT THAT NAIVE.
YOU'RE LEAVING SOMETHING OUT, LIKE ALWAYS.
I'M NOT LEAVING ANYTHING OUT, DAD.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS FUCKED UP. IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR,
BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT AND I'M WRONG.
YOU STILL WANT MY ADVICE IN THIS HANGING STUFF?
YEAH. FEELS LIKE AN EASY CALL.
UH, IF YOU WEREN'T WASTING YOUR LIFE HERE, IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS PAL YOU'LL SAVE...
ODDS ARE HE'S WORTH MORE THAN YOU,
SO MY ADVICE--YOU GO. YOU DO THE TIME.
HA HA. WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU LOOK SICK.
I MEAN, YOU'RE MY DAD.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BEG ME NOT TO GO BACK, YOU KNOW?
IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I EXPECTED TO HEAR, I GUESS.
LIGHTEN UP.
I'M JUST YANKIN' YOUR CRANK.
WHY PUT YOURSELF THROUGH ALL THE AGONY
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING?
I MEAN, WHO'S KIDDING WHO?
WHAT ARE WE, SUCKERS HERE?
Beth: NO, WHAT-- THEY DIDWHAT?
THEY WEIGHED HIM?
FOR--WELL, FOR WHAT?
[WHISPERS] Oh...Jesus.
UH...
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
UH...
I...
I HAVE TO GET MY-- I HAVE TO GET THE CALL.
IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE GUYS. WE'LL TALK TOMORROW?
[RING]
UM, THIS IS-- THIS IS BETH.
BETH, HI. YOU SOUND STRESSED.
THIS IS M.J. MAJOR.
UM...
IS THIS A BAD TIME?
NO. NO, IT'S NOT A BAD TIME.
BETH, WHAT'S WRONG? HOW CAN I HELP?
YOU KNOW...
YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP?
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, M.J. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
LISTEN, I'VE GOT THE RESOURCES TO A DAILY PAPER
WITH WORLDWIDE READERSHIP.
WE ARE PICKED UP BY THEINTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIB.
WE COULD BE DOING ANYTHING YOU WANT, BETH--
PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTICLES, PETITIONS--
EVERY SINGLE ONE IS A DEATH WARRANT, M.J.
A DEATH WARRANT.
NOW, I'VE ASKED YOU NICELY
TO STAY OUT OF THIS UNTIL AFTER THE HEARING.
BETH, IF I DON'T GET SOMETHING FROM YOU SOON,
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR TWO GUYS.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE,
OTHERWISE YOU'D ALREADY BE THERE, WOULDN'T YOU?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M HANGING UP.
BETH, I'M GOING TO NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON.
YOU WILL.
[HANGS UP]
SHERIFF. HEY.
WELL, HI.
I--I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU. COME ON IN.
THANKS. HOW YOU DOING?
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
YEAH?
PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GOOD NEWS.
ARE YOU, UM...
DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE ABOUT DINNER?
YEAH. YEAH, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE,
BUT I CAN'T MAKE DINNER, ACTUALLY.
I GOT SOME PLANS TONIGHT,
BUT I DID WANT TO RETURN THIS TO YOU--THE TAPE.
UH...
OK, DID YOU WATCH IT?
YEAH, I WATCHED IT. I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING.
UH-HUH?
AND...I DID A LOT OF SOUL-SEARCHING
LAST NIGHT WITH THIS.
RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, I FIGURED YOU GOT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW,
SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND--
TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU STAND WITH ME.
THAT'S GOOD.
WHERE DO I STAND... WITH YOU?
I TALKED TO TONY, AND HE SAID THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, GOING BY ME.
AND HE'S, LIKE, HALFWAY TO PANANG ALREADY.
I THINK HE JUST NEEDS A NUDGE.
BUT I THINK--I THINK HE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED INSIDE, DEEP INSIDE, BETH,
TO FIND SOMETHING.
BUT...
IT ISN'T IN ME.
OH, IT ISN'T... IN YOU.
GOD, JOT THAT DOWN, WOULD YOU?
DO ME A FAVOR, WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ME.
I MEAN, JUST A FEW WORDS.
I'D LOVE TO GIVE THEM TO LEW RIGHT BEFORE HE HANGS.
YOU KNOW, LETTER FROM A PAL.
"LISTEN, I SEARCHED MY SOUL" WAS THE BEST PART FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S--THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK HE'D LOVE TO KNOW THAT YOU SEARCHED YOUR SOUL
BEFORE... YOU DECIDED NOT TO GO.
[WHISPERS] Yeah.
THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT THEY WEIGHED LEWIS TODAY
FOR THE TRAPDOORS OF THE GALLOWS.
BETH--
[WHISPERS] Get out of here.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, SHERIFF.
[SIGHS]
SHERIFF...IS HERE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, GUYS? HOW YOU DOING?
SO, SHERIFF, I THOUGHT YOU HAD PLANS.
YEAH, WELL, I WAS BUSY.
I HAD A THING AT LINCOLN CENTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
BUT, UH... HERE I AM.
READY TO DISCUSS. WHAT'D I ORDER?
SHERIFF, THIS IS KERRIE, MY FIANCEE.
KERRIE, JOHN VOLGECHEROV.
KERRIE, HOW YOU DOING?
NICE TO MEET YOU.
YOU'RE NOT, UM...
NOT AS PLATINUM AS I EXPECTED YOU TO BE.
SO, SHERIFF...
IT'S--IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT, WITH GOOD REASON,
YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF GOING BACK, RIGHT?
WHERE?
HA.
IS HE DRUNK?
OH, I MEAN-- YOU MEAN "BACK" LIKE BACK TO PRISON.
RIGHT, WELL, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN.
THEY HAVE A FORK? YOU HAVE A FORK I COULD USE?
THANK YOU. I NEVER BEEN TO PRISON.
THUS, I CAN'T GO BACK TO SOMEWHERE I'VE NEVER BEEN.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS BRILLIANTLY UNHELPFUL.
YES.
BETH, I CHECKED.
PANANG PRISON IS AT A THIRD-WORLD LEVEL OF SANITATION, NUTRITION.
RICE RATIONS DON'T MEET MINIMUM CALORIC REQUIREMENTS--
LEWIS IS PROVIDED
WITH FOOD FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
SO WOULD TONY--
INMATES HAVE BEEN TORTURED.
HE HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
INMATES HAVE DIED OF TYPHUS.
WELL, THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF OVERCROWDING,
AND LEWIS HAS HIS OWN CELL-- AS WOULD TONY...
AND SHERIFF, IF HE DECIDES TO GO BACK.
Sheriff: THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND THE OTHER THING
I THINK THAT YOU LADIES HAVE OVERLOOKED...
IS THAT THAT BUILDING'S NOT UP TO CODE.
Beth: OH, JESUS--
WHAT ARE YOU, THE CLASS CLOWN?
AND WHO ARE YOU TO TELL THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR FREEDOM
AND MAYBE LOSE THEIR LIVES?
I REPRESENT A BOY WHO'S BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
RIGHT. FOR THE SAKE OF SOME CLIENT, YOU DEMAND THAT THEY--
Beth: I DEMAND?
NO, NO, NO. YOU DEMAND.
I DON'T DEMAND.
I HAVE NOT DEMANDED ANYTHING--
DEMAND THAT THEY ENDURE 3 OR 6 YEARS
OF GOD KNOWS WHAT, AND I THINK THAT IS INSANE.
YEAH, IT'S INSANE, OK?
I'M GOING TO GO BACK.
WHAT?
Tony: OK?
I'M SORRY, HONEY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WHOLE THING, WHAT MATTERS?
LEWIS DOESN'T DIE.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO SOMETHING. PLEASE.
WHERE'S THE COURT DOCUMENT THAT GUARANTEES THIS DEAL?
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MALAYSIA HAS AGREED TO--
YEAH, SO WHERE IS IT? WHY DON'T WE HAVE A COPY?
IT'S AN ORAL AGREEMENT.
NO. NO.
TONY DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE TILL WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN OUR HANDS.
THEY DON'T WORK THAT WAY.
I WISH THEY DID.
I CANNOT GET ANYTHING TO YOU IN WRITING.
I'LL BE AT HOME IF YOU WANT ME.
I'M SORRY, TONY. I'M SORRY.
SHE--SHE'S JUST SCARED, ALL RIGHT?
SHE'S MORE SCARED THAN I AM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. I'M--
IF I'M GOING TO GET HER TO WAIT 3 YEARS FOR ME, I...
I GUESS 6...
I SHOULDN'T KEEP HER WAITING TONIGHT.
TONY, WHAT CAN I SAY?
THANK YOU... THANK YOU.
YEAH. SURE.
ALL RIGHT, TONY.
SEE YOU, MAN.
SEE YOU LATER, MAN.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
RIGHT, SHERIFF.
SHE'S PRETTY UPSET.
GO TALK TO THE FIRM.
WELL... QUITE A PARTY.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO,
GO BACK TO YOUR HOTEL?
OH...YES.
GOT TO CALL PANANG, GIVE THEM THE GOOD NEWS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I GUESS LEW'S GOING TO BE OK, THEN, HUH?
WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW...
YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK?
I'M OFF THE HOOK, HUH?
GOOD NIGHT.
[GASPING, SHIVERING]
Man: JAFFE, I WANT A FOLLOW-UP
ON THE CANARSIE FIRE.
RIGHT.
NICE OF YOU TO JOIN US, RAVITCH.
Ravitch: IT'S MY PLEASURE.
OK, MR. LATE, I'D LIKE SOME PICTURES
OF A SHOPKEEPER, BURNT OUT.
Ravitch: YOU GOT IT.
M.J.!
WHERE'S MY PENSION FUND FRAUD?
I THOUGHT YOU HAD A C.P.A. WHO WAS READY TO TALK ON BACKGROUNDS.
I DID. I DID, AND... SHE'S GIVING ME GOLD.
I'M JUST FACT-CHECKING A FEW POINTS,
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A SOURCE...
CALLED SHERIFF.
RING ANYBODY'S BELL?
SHERIFF?
Editor: OK, LET'S GO, THEN.
[BUZZ]
Sheriff, on intercom: YEAH?
HI. IT'S-- IT'S BETH.
I TALKED TO THE GARAGE,
AND THEY SAID YOU CALLED IN SICK.
CAN I COME UP AND SEE YOU?
UH...
SURE.
[DOOR BUZZES]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
HI.
HI THERE.
I BROUGHT YOU SOME GOODIES FROM ZABAR'S.
JEWISH PENICILLIN, CURE YOU RIGHT UP.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
SHOULD I BEWARE LAWYERS BEARING GIFTS?
THINK I'M GONNA HAVE A BEER. DO YOU WANT ONE?
UH...BEER, SURE.
YOU'RE QUITE THE AVID READER, AREN'T YOU?
OR IS THIS JUST...
YEAH, JUST FOR SHOWING OFF.
ALL THE VISITORS I HAVE, I KEEP MY PLACE REAL IMPRESSIVE, DON'T I?
IT'S NICE.
ACTUALLY, THE BOOKS ARE KIND OF A RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I TRIED LIKE HELL TO AVOID READING.
THEN I GRADUATE AND REALIZE I DON'T KNOW SHIT.
YEAH. WHO DOES?
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO ANYWAY, I START GETTING THE BOOKS, AND...
DO SOME READING, LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME.
JUST TRYING TO BE CIVILIZED, I GUESS, BETH.
THAT'S GOOD.
LEWIS SAID YOU WERE BETTER THAN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE POP-UP BOOKS, COLORING...
THAT KIND OF THING.
WHERE'S YOUR PASSPORT?
WHAT?
I JUST WANT TO SEE YOUR PASSPORT.
IN CASE IT'S NOT GOOD, YOU KNOW,
I CAN RENEW IT TOMORROW ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS
IF YOU...DECIDE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO THEN WHEN YOU SAID THAT THING ABOUT ME BEING OFF THE HOOK,
YOU WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST LYING TO MY FACE, RIGHT?
NO, I THINK YOU WERE LYING TO YOURSELF.
COME ON, SHERIFF. ONLY A TOTAL BASTARD WOULD LET TONY GO ALONE.
YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF TONY.
I'M NOT HIS DAD.
I KNOW THAT.
TONY'S A MAN WHO'S GOT...
TONY'S A GOOD GUY,
BUT HE'S GOT A FUTURE
AND A SEXY FIANCEE.
YEAH.
6 YEARS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
IS GONNA BE HARD AS HELL,
BUT THIS--THIS CASE, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE.
MM-HMM.
I THINK TONY'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.
TONY CALLED ME 3 DAYS AGO
AND TOLD ME THAT HE COULDN'T DO 6 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT HE SAID LAST NIGHT.
I APPLAUD HIS IDEALISM, BUT...
I CAN'T COUNT ON IT.
I HAVE TO HAVE YOU ON THAT PLANE, SHERIFF.
PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR PASSPORT.
NOT THAT IT'S ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS,
BUT MY PASSPORT'S GOOD.
IT IS? YEAH.
SHOW IT TO ME.
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
SHOW IT TO ME.
YOU'D TAKE 3 YEARS FROM ME, BUT YOU WOULDN'T TAKE MY WORD?
OK. ALL RIGHT, I PUSHED IT. I'M SORRY.
I TRUST YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
COME ON, BETH.
YOU GONNA GO FOR ME IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLIENT?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WH--WHAT?
KINDA MAKES SENSE TO ME. YOU OFFER ME MONEY, AND I DON'T TAKE THAT,
SO YOU GOT 4 DAYS LEFT, SO YOU FIGURE WHY DON'T I JUST TRY TO FUCK THE GUY
'CAUSE THEN MAYBE I'LL GET HIM TO DO WHAT I WANT.
THAT'S EXACTLY ME. THAT'S ACTUALLY EXACTLY ME.
WHAT WAS THE MONEY OFFER?
I'M GONNA GET YOU TO GO BACK BECAUSE
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE SEX.
THAT'S EXACTLY FUCKING ME.
[BOTTLE SHATTERS]
GO FUCK YOURSELF.
WHOO! THAT'S FUN, ISN'T IT?
I'M THE GUY THAT'S GOTTA CLEAN UP,
AND THAT'S A LOT OF FUCKING FUN, ISN'T IT?
HAVE FUN CLEANING IT UP, SHERIFF.
[NEIGHBOR YELLING]
Neighbor: SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING TOO MUCH GOD DAMNED NOISE!
OPEN THE DOOR! OPEN THE DOOR, YOU FUCKING PUSSY!
SHERIFF--
OPEN YOUR FUCKING DOOR!
[CAMERA CLICKS]
SHERIFF--
TURNABOUT'S FAIR GAME, RIGHT, SHERIFF?
NOW THAT YOU'RE NEWS--
SHERIFF, DON'T!
YOU SON OF A BITCH!
TAKING PICTURES OF ME? HUH?
I'LL BUST YOUR FUCKING FACE OPEN,
YOU LITTLE FUCKER!
I'M DOING MY JOB. I'M DOING MY JOB.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE.
I'LL SUE YOUR ASS.
Beth: SHERIFF?
SHERIFF, LISTEN--
CAN I JUST TALK TO YOU FOR ONE SECOND?
PLEASE?
OH, WAS THAT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER UP THERE?
IS THAT SHERIFF?
IS THAT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
YOU'RE GONNA PRINT PICTURES NOW?
PEOPLE ARE SNIFFING AROUND THIS STORY.
IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW WIDE OPEN.
OK? I FOUND THIS STORY FIRST,
I'M GONNA PRINT IT FIRST, PERIOD!
YOUR STORY COULD COST LEWIS HIS LIFE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
YOU GIVE ME 3 DAYS...
3 DAYS UNTIL THE HEARING IS OVER, OK?
YOU PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL NOT TALK TO A SOUL
ANDTHAT I HAVE LEWIS EXCLUSIVELY.
EXCLUSIVE.
THEN YOU PROMISE ME YOU'RE GONNA HOLD OFF ON THE STORY.
3 DAYS, BETH.
SLOW DOWN, DRIVER, YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.
I'M SORRY, SIR. IT'S A BAD HABIT I GOT.
I WAS ALL MELLOWED OUT, BUT YOU FUCKED THAT UP.
HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL ME I CAN'T SMOKE BACK HERE.
NO, MATTER OF FACT,
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE LEFT IN TOWN YOUCANSMOKE.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?
ARE YOU SMOKING CRACK?
CRACK IS FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN BRETHREN.
THIS IS PURE ROCK COCAINE.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DRIVER,
YOU CAN RAISE THE PARTITION.
I CAN RAISE THE PARTITION.
WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO.
WHATEVER I WANNA DO?
DO YOU WANNA SEE WHAT I WANNA DO?
HUH?
HA HA!
FUCKING COCKSUCKER.
[TIRES SCREECH]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WANT TO SEE YOU.
OK.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, BETH?
YOU TELL ME, SHERIFF.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT I JUST...
I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE.
SO DON'T TAKE IT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
OH, MY GOD.
YOU'RE KILLING ME, BETH.
I'M KILLING YOU?
YOU'RE KILLING ME.
SHERIFF?
OH, SHIT.
SHERIFF, ARE YOU THERE?
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I HOPED THAT, UM...
YOU DON'T THINK LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT...
UM...
COULD YOU CALL ME?
WHEN YOU GET THIS MESSAGE? THAT'D BE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU ON THE PLANE?
[PLANE TAKING OFF]
Beth: HEY, TONY. TONY?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH. YEAH, I'M FINE.
YOU SURE?
YOU WANNA, UM...
DO YOU WANNA SWITCH WITH US?
YEAH, TONY, YOU WANT TO SWITCH SEATS OR SOMETHING?
NO, NO. YOU KNOW...
I LIKE MY SEAT. IT'S FINE.
SHERIFF, I'M A BIG BOY.
I DON'T NEED SOMEBODY TO HOLD MY HAND, OK?
OK.
AT LEAST TILL WE GET OVER THE PHILIPPINES.
Man: LET'S GO!
WHOO! LOOK OUT!
WA-HOO!
WE SHOULD ALL WASH UP.
MEET, LIKE, IN A HALF-HOUR OR SOMETHING.
Tony: FINE WITH ME.
IS THAT COOL WITH EVERYONE?
SURE.
COOL.
I'M RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
HI.
SHERIFF...
WHAT'S WRONG?
UM...
WHAT?
I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
[MEN SPEAKING MALAY]
HE WON'T BEND.
ONLY ONE VISITOR ALLOWED IN THERE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ONE AT A TIME OR WHAT?
NO, NO. ONLY ONE TODAY.
OH, GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
DO YOU MIND IF I GO BACK THERE, TONY, AND SEE HIM?
NO, NO.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT HIS?
YEAH, YOU GO. GO AHEAD.
TELL HIM I'LL SEE HIM SOON.
OK.
OK, COME BACK HERE.
[MEN SPEAKING MALAY]
[UNLOCKS DOOR]
[SPEAKS MALAY]
YEAH, I HEAR YOU.
[MAN COUGHING]
LEW?
[WEAK MUMBLING]
LEWIS?
SHERIFF?
YEAH.
DIDN'T THEY TELL YOU I WAS COMING?
I WAS PRAYING.
I...THOUGHT YOU WERE A DREAM 'CAUSE...
NO PRAYER OF MINE HAS EVER BEEN ANSWERED HERE BEFORE.
YEAH? I SURE AS HELL AIN'T A DREAM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
[CRYING] YOU, TOO.
HOW ARE YOU, MAN?
I'M BETTER NOW.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M ALL RIGHT, MAN.
YOU LOOK GOOD. NICE, NICE.
SPIFF-ON.
YEAH.
YOU'VE COME SO FAR. ARE YOU THIRSTY AT ALL?
DO YOU--YOU WANT SOME TEA?
I CAN MAKE SOME TEA.
ALL RIGHT, YEAH. LET'S HAVE SOME TEA.
OK. IT'S NOT WARM OR ANYTHING, BUT--
THAT'S OK.
YEAH?
YOU'RE NOT COLD, ARE YOU?
NO, I'M NOT COLD.
NO?
TONY IS HERE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
HE'S OUTSIDE.
YOU SEE, THEY...
THEY TOOK AWAY MY BLANKET THERE.
WHY'D THEY TAKE YOUR BLANKET AWAY?
'CAUSE THEY WERE SCARED THAT I WAS
GONNA TEAR IT INTO STRIPS AND HANG MYSELF.
SO I SAID, "HEY, GUYS,
WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M PAYING YOU FOR?"
[LAUGHTER]
[COUGHING]
YEAH...
THANK YOU, MAN. THAT'S GOOD TEA.
I KNOW WHY TONY DIDN'T COME IN HERE.
I KNOW 'CAUSE THERE'S NO GOD IN HERE.
THEY ONLY LET ONE VISITOR AT A TIME HERE.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHY I PRAY NOW, SHERIFF.
BECAUSE...OUT THERE,
THERE'S...THERE'S NO NEED TO--TO PRAY
WHERE GOD'S HAND IS FELT.
YOU KNOW?
WHERE GOD IS-- IS APPARENT?
BUT IN HERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED
T-T-TO PRAY, TO BEG, TO PLEAD,
TO SING FOR...
FOR A SIGN LIKE...
YOU KNOW HOW... HOW YOUR VOICE
SOUNDS SO PRETTY IN THE SHOWER?
BECAUSE--BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THERE.
BECAUSE IT ECHOES OFF THE WALLS, AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY.
MY PRAYERS SOUND SO PERFECT IN HERE...
BECAUSE IT'S SO...
BECAUSE IT'S SO TOTALLY EMPTY.
BECAUSE IT'S SO-- IT'S SO GODLESS.
IT'S SO VOID OF-- OF--OF--
ANYTHING.
DO YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW, SHERIFF?
DO YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW?
I KNOW BECAUSE-- BECAUSE...
I ASKED MYSELF
WOULD I COME BACK FOR YOU?
AND THE ONLY ANSWER IS A GODLESS, EMPTY, EVIL...
NO.
I SAID I WOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK.
I'M SORRY.
DON'T BE SORRY. IT'S OK.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME BACK JUST FOR YOU.
I DIDN'T COME BACK JUST FOR YOU, YOU KNOW?
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
HEY, MAN, IT'S OK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
COME HERE. IT'S OK.
[CRIES]
IT'S OK.
[SHOUTS IN MALAY]
[RAPS ON BARS]
OK, MAN.
OK.
I'M GONNA SEE YOU IN A COUPLE HOURS.
ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT?
THANKS FOR THE TEA, I LIKED IT.
SEE YOU IN A COUPLE HOURS, MAN.
YOU'LL BE CLEANED UP GOOD.
SHERIFF?
YEAH?
I KNEW YOU'D COME BACK,
EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T.
THANK YOU.
Tony: SO HOW BAD WAS IT?
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE...
YOU WANNA KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS, IT WAS...NOT GOOD.
WHAT WASN'T GOOD? THE PRISON OR LEWIS? WHICH ONE?
THE PRISON SUCKS FOR SURE.
IT'S DIRTY, IT'S SCARY, IT'S THIRD WORLD.
HOW'S LEWIS? IS HE SICK?
IS HE ALL THERE MENTALLY?
IS HE THE SAME GUY WE USED TO KNOW?
I DON'T THINK HE'S LOST HIS MIND OR ANYTHING,
BUT IT'S NOT EASY SITTING AROUND A PRISON CELL WAITING TO HANG.
WHAT DID HE SAY? DID HE TELL YOU ANYTHING?
HE JUST BABBLED A LITTLE BIT, TONY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, RAMBLED A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE STREAM-OF- CONSCIOUSNESS STUFF.
GOD'S NOT IN HERE, THERE'S NO GOD IN HERE.
IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL IN HERE, LIKE, WHEN YOU SING IN THE SHOWER, JUST--
SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE SAYING HE LOST IT.
HE'S HANGING ON TO ANYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN, TONY.
LOOK, NO ONE'S QUESTIONING HIS COURAGE--
YOU'RE QUESTIONING HIS SANITY.
YOU WANT A WAY OUT, FIND A WAY OUT,
BUT DON'T MAKE THIS ABOUT LEWIS. HE'S ALWAYS TALKED THAT WAY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ALWAYS?
YOU'RE ONLY HIS LAWYER.
YOU'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 2 YEARS.
24 YEARS.
I'M HIS SISTER.
WHAT?
HE'S MY BABY BROTHER.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T TRUST ME, SHERIFF.
I THOUGHT YOU'D THINK I'D DO ANYTHING, THAT I'D...
SAY ANYTHING, THAT I'D SELL YOU OUT, THAT I'D...
I WANTED TO. I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
I TR-TRIED TO TELL YOU.
BUT YOUDIDN'T TELL ME.
[WHISPERS] But you didn't tell me.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
SHERIFF?
[DOOR CLOSES]
WHAT ARE WE STILL DOING HERE?
I WISH IT WAS THAT SIMPLE, TONY.
I THINK IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
YOU KNOW, I CAME BACK HERE.
I CAME BACK HERE BASED ON WHAT SHE TOLD ME, OK?
SHE GAVE ME HER WORD, AND SHE LIED.
HOW ARE WE GONNA TRUST HER, SHERIFF?
SHERIFF...LOOK, SHE DRAGS US INTO THIS NIGHTMARE, OK?
WE FIND OUT IT IS HER OWN PERSONAL NIGHTMARE,
A WOMAN WE DON'T KNOW FROM ADAM, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T KNOW HER, YOU DON'T KNOW HER.
WHAT?
I KNOW HER.
LIKE,KNOWHER.
DON'T... DON'T EVEN...DON'T.
FUCK. FUCK.
ALL RIGHT, I'M AN ASSHOLE.
NO, TONY.
THIS TIME,I'M THE FUCKIN' ASSHOLE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
WHAT THE FUCK DO I OWE YOU TO TELL YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOREVER, ALL RIGHT?
IT HAPPENED.
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
DON'T EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT LIKE I'M HOLDING OUT ON YOU,
BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD I'M NOT HOLDING SHIT OUT ON YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
LISTEN TO ME, SHERIFF.
THIS GIRL WILL DO ANYTHING
TO GET YOU TO DO WHAT SHE NEEDS YOU TO, ALL RIGHT?
THAT'S HER BROTHER IN THERE--HER BLOOD.
SHE'LL LIE TO YOU, SHE'LL SLEEP WITH YOU,
SHE'LL TELL YOU SHE LOVES YOU, SHE'LL DO ANYTHING.
SHE'LL GET DOWN ON HER KNEES AND BEG YOU.
BUT DON'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S A SETUP.
WE WALK OUT OF HERE, TONY, THAT BOY HANGS.
AND IF WE STAY, MAYBEWEHANG. BUT IF WE LEAVE, WE LIVE.
THAT'S THE ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE RIGHT NOW.
[BETH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Beth: HUH? DOES HE HAVE CLOTHES?
CAN YOU GET HIM A SHOWER, A SHAVE,
BEFORE HE SHOWS UP IN COURT?
UH-HUH. OK, LISTEN.
I--
[CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
Woman: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, SIR?
WE NEED TWO SEATS ON ANY FLIGHT
THAT'S GONNA GET US TO NEW YORK... AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
Tony: WHAT, SHERIFF? WHAT IS IT?
I TRASHED THAT BIKE, TONY.
SO FUCKIN' WHAT?
GET ON THE PLANE, SHERIFF.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? YOU WANT TO ROT IN ONE OF THESE PRISONS?
I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE MY CHANCES, TONY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHANCES, SHERIFF.
DON'T LEAVE YOUR LIFE TO FATE. THIS IS STUPID.
I DON'T KNOW, TONY.
YOU HAVE A SAFE FLIGHT.
[MAN SPEAKING MALAY]
WHAT'S HE SAYING?
HE SAYS, "THEY RETURNED...
"BUT BECAME FRIGHTENED AND MAY HAVE LEFT.
WHILE WE LOOK INTO THIS, WE REQUEST ADJOURNMENT TILL THE TWO CAN BE FOUND."
[JUDGE SPEAKING MALAY]
UM, HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE APPEARANCE
OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
[JUDGE CONTINUES SPEAKING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[WITH ACCENT] SHERIFF.
[CONTINUES SPEAKING IN MALAY]
[GASPS]
[JUDGE SPEAKING MALAY]
HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
Judge: MY FAITH IN HUMANITY IS HALF RESTORED.
IN RETURNING VOLUNTARILY,
YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR COURAGE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY
TO THIS COURT, MR. VOLGECHEREV?
NOT REALLY, YOUR HONOR.
JUST THAT WE WERE YOUNG AND STUPID...
I GUESS, BUT NOT EVIL.
I DIDN'T COME BACK HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M COURAGEOUS.
I CAME BACK HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CARELESS FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
AND I'M SICK OF THAT FEELING.
THE SIMPLE FACT, YOUR HONOR,
IS THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE...
AND I'M ALSO SCARED.
BUT I AM WILLING TO DO WHATEVER'S NECESSARY...
IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SPARE MY FRIEND'S LIFE.
[SOBBING]
HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
I'M GUILTY.
[CRYING]
Judge: FOLLOWING THIS HEARING,
YOU WILL BE DETAINED IN PANANG PRISON TO AWAIT SENTENCE.
[JUDGE SPEAKING MALAY]
[SOBBING]
[ATTORNEY SPEAKING MALAY]
[JUDGE SPEAKING MALAY]
[CRYING]
HE ASKED THE PROSECUTOR IF HE WILL NOW AGREE TO REDUCE THE CHARGES.
[SPEAKING MALAY]
PROSECUTOR HAS AGREED.
[SPEAKING MALAY]
[WOMAN SPEAKS MALAY]
CHIEF JUSTICE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH HIS DECISION.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
BETH?
WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
WE'RE BACK?
YEAH.
[WOMAN SPEAKS MALAY]
[SPEAKING MALAY]
THE DEPUTY HIGH MINISTER HAS TOLD CHIEF JUSTICE HE IS ANGERED
ABOUT SOME INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT.
[SPEAKING MALAY]
M.J. MAJOR.
[CONTINUES SPEAKING IN MALAY]
Translator: AN AMERICAN STORY THAT WAS PICKED UP
BY THEASIAN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Judge: "IN A COUNTRY PROUD OF ITS MANY SPECIES
"OF EXOTIC BUTTERFLIES,
"A BUTTERFLY IS ABOUT TO BE BROKEN ON A WHEEL.
"THE WHEEL IS MALAYSIAN JUSTICE--
A TERM WHICH STRIKES ONE AMERICAN WOMAN AS A CRUEL JOKE."
YOUR HONOR--
Judge: "THE WOMAN IS BETH McBRIDE, 28..."
PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
"...ARRESTED TWO YEARS AGO IN PANANG.
"BLAMED FOR HAVING BOUGHT THE LION'S SHARE OF HASHISH
"WITH TWO FRIENDS,
THIS NATURE-LOVING YOUNG MAN NOW INCREDIBLY FACES DEATH."
SHE WAS DETERMINED TO WRITE THE STORY, YOUR HONOR--
SILENCE!
WE KNOW YOU WESTERNERS DON'T UNDERSTAND
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD DRUGS,
BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND YOURS.
YOUR CITIES ARE DECAYING.
THE SOULS OF YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STOLEN FROM YOU.
OUR LAWS MAY SEEM HARSH,
BUT OUR STREETS REMAIN SAFE,
AND OUR YOUTH IS PROTECTED.
SO WHEN AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST TRIES TO CRITICIZE
OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM--
I BEGGED HER NOT TO. I BEGGED HER.
I DID EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD...
SILENCE!
...TO STOP HER FROM DOING IT!
[SPEAKING MALAY]
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS HE SAYING? WHAT DID HE SAY?
WHAT IS HE SAYING?!
HE WILL NOT AMEND THE CHARGE NOW.
WHAT?
HE MUST BE HANGED TOMORROW AS SCHEDULED.
WHAT--
[ATTORNEY SPEAKING MALAY]
WHAT? LEWIS--
[CRYING]
YOUR HONOR, I CAME BACK! YOU CAN'T HANG HIM!
Beth: LEWIS! LEWIS...
[BETH YELLING UNINTELLIGIBLY]
LEWIS! LEWIS! LEWIS, I LOVE YOU...
I LOVE YOU!
LEWIS!
LEWIS--GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF ME!
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
YOU MOTHERFUCKER!
YOU LYING SON OF A BITCH!
GOD DAMN IT, SHERIFF...
[REPORTERS SHOUTING QUESTIONS]
[MAN SINGING, CALLING PEOPLE TO PRAYER]
[ALL SINGING]
[MAN LEADING PRAYERS IN MALAY]
[PEOPLE RESPONDING]
[FAN WHIRRING]
Lewis: NO!
[SCREAMING IN MALAY]
[SOBBING]
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
NO!
YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!
[SCREAMING IN MALAY]
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
AAH!
HELP!
LEWIS...
LEWIS!
[PLEADING IN MALAY]
[LEWIS SCREAMING]
DON'T DO IT! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
YOU FUCKING BASTARDS! YOU--AAH!
[YELLING IN MALAY]
AAH!
DON'T...DON'T...
[LEWIS CONTINUES YELLING]
[CRYING]
NO! NO!
Lewis...
[SOBBING]
LEW! LEWIS!
NO! NO!
Sheriff: LEWIS!
LEWIS!
LEWIS! GOD DAMN IT, LOOK UP HERE!
SHERIFF?!
I'M HERE, LEWIS! I'M RIGHT HERE!
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, LEWIS!
Sheriff: LOOK AT ME, LEWIS!
YOU'RE NOT ALONE, LEWIS. LOOK AT ME. YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I'M HERE. LOOK AT ME. SEE ME, LEWIS.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE. I'M RIGHT HERE.
I'M RIGHT HERE, LEWIS. I'M RIGHT HERE.
I SEE YOU, LEWIS! I'M RIGHT HERE!
LEWIS, YOU ARE NOT ALONE RIGHT NOW. I'M RIGHT HERE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, LEWIS. I SEE YOU.
I SEE YOU, LEWIS. I'M RIGHT HERE. YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, LEWIS!
FFF...
[SOBBING QUIETLY]
[KEYS JINGLING AND LOCK TURNING]
[GUARD SHOUTING IN MALAY]
UP, UP, UP!
UP!
[SPEAKING MALAY]
[REPEATS PHRASE]
OK.
UP!
[SPEAKING MALAY]
OK.
WHERE AM I GOING HERE?
[SPEAKING MALAY]
[GUARD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[GUARD SPEAKING MALAY]
Beth.
WERE YOU THERE?
Yeah.
HE WASN'T AFRAID, BETH.
HE WALKED RIGHT PAST ME, AND THEN...
I SAW HIM GO PAST ALL THE GUARDS, AND HE WAS CALM.
HE WAS COURAGEOUS.
COME ON, SHERIFF. TELL ME THE TRUTH.
IT WAS HARD. IT WAS HARD, BUT...
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT...
HE FOUND AT--AT THE END, BETH, AT THE END...
I MEAN, HE WAS LEWIS, YOU KNOW?
AND AT THAT LAST SECOND...
I SWEAR TO GOD...
HE WAS AT PEACE WITH EVERYTHING.
HE WAS.
I JUST WISH I COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW...
LIKE I COULD'VE BEEN THERE TO DO SOMETHING, FIGHT HARDER...
BETH, YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD'VE DONE.
NOBODY COULD'VE DONE MORE THAN WHAT YOU DID.
YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE THAT. NOBODY DID MORE THAN WHAT YOU DID.
NOBODY COULD'VE DONE MORE.
YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK WITH TONY.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GO BACK WITH TONY?
I COULDN'T GO BACK WITH TONY.
I COULDN'T GO BACK
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME.
AND I'M NOT SORRY, BETH.
I'M NOT SORRY RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT.
BECAUSE IF I WOULD'VE WENT BACK,
I DON'T THINK I'D BE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOU EVER AGAIN.
AND THAT'D BE A LOT HARDER THANTHISSHIT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I LIKE TO LOOK AT YOU.
I like to look atyou.
I like to look at you.
OH... THE AMBASSADOR HEARD...
THAT WHEN ALL THIS PUBLICITY DIES DOWN,
THEY'RE GONNA LET YOU GO, SHERIFF...
AND THEY'RE GONNA DO IT QUIETLY TO SAVE FACE,
BUT IT'S GONNA BE... 6 MONTHS, MAXIMUM.
SHERIFF...
Yeah?
OH...GOD DAMN IT.
OH...GOD DAMN IT!
[SOBBING]
[GUARD SPEAKING MALAY]
SHERIFF...
I'M GONNA TAKE...
MY BROTHER HOME...
AND I'M COMING RIGHT BACK HERE...
AND I WILL NOT LEAVE PANANG...
UNTIL YOU'RE WITH ME.
I KNOW, BETH.
I KNOW.
[CRYING]
[GUARD SPEAKING MALAY]
[GUARD SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[THUNDER]
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