♪ Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
♪ And cry your guts out till you got no more
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl
♪ Made you feel like it's not such a bad world
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Now you're really giving everything
♪ And you're really getting all you gave
♪ Now you're really living what
♪ This life is all about
♪ Well I just saw the sun rise over the hill
♪ Never used to give me much of a thrill
♪ But hey, man Now I'm really living
♪ Do you know what it's like to care too much
♪ About someone that you're never gonna get to touch
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass
♪ And thought about the moment and when it will pass
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Now you're really giving everything
♪ And you're really getting all you gave
♪ Now you're really living what
♪ This life is all about
♪ Now what would you say if I told you that
♪ Everyone thinks you're a crazy old cat
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
♪ And cry your guts out till you got no more
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Have you ever made love to a beautiful girl
♪ Made you feel like it's not such a bad world
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Do you know what it's like to fall on the floor
♪ And cry your guts out till you got no more
♪ Hey, man Now you're really living
♪ Just saw the sun rise over the hill
♪ Never used to give me much of a thrill ♪
That's very interesting.
My doctor brings me a glass of water.
Okay, Doc, I think this is the place in the movie
where I'm supposed to say, "Give it to me straight."
All right.
It's worse than your first tests would have indicated.
Your other doctors were right.
What has happened is
a series of lesions, more than 80,
have spread out across your chest cavity.
In the x-rays, it looks like a star exploding.
It's an unusually aggressive type of cancer.
Extraordinary, really.
Extraordinary?
How about that?
Mr. Griffin, you probably have
about another year to live.
Not more than two.
(GRUNTS)
So, you can't operate?
No.
Is there anything out there? Anything?
In development or in Europe, or something that can buy me some time?
I'm afraid not.
You can't save my life?
No.
Can you validate my parking?
Kirk, give me the ball!
Hey, boys, two on one. You think you could beat your old man?
You don't even like basketball.
Oh, I don't know about that.
You know, I've been working on one of those...
Yeah, like that, one of them sky-hook-type things.
I've been practicing.
You work all the time. When do you have time to practice?
You can't stop me. You can only hope to contain me.
Come on.
What're you doing here?
Playing some basketball.
You know, you're supposed to call first.
PROFESSOR: The frustration and fear of it is based on society's history
of trying to figure out everything.
Control everything, conquer everything.
We've learned to fly, travel in space, bend atoms to our will,
but we can't conquer death.
I'm sorry, I got... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Take a seat.
(SISTER GASPING)
Oh, God! I'm so sorry, sister.
And to say "God."
(SIGHING)
Keep in mind, during this course,
that we are all dying a little more every day,
and yet...
Excuse me, is this Punic Wars I & II?
I'm sorry, what?
Is this class Punic Wars I & II?
No, this is Psychological Processes of Death and Dying.
(MUMBLING)
I'm sorry, I'm not in...
I'm sorry.
PROFESSOR: For when we perceive that our moments are finite,
well, class, they are finite
from the moment of birth.
(GROANING)
(SHUSHING)
What?
PROFESSOR: And yet,
remember, death is part of life.
Excuse me, I'm just changing seats.
Go on.
Thank you.
We lie to children through euphemisms about three things in life.
The bedroom, the bathroom...
I think you should just be a little more serious.
Me? Yeah.
You shouldn't be laughing at the Punic Wars.
A lot of people died during those wars, you know,
both I and II.
Yes, very sad. A lot of people were killed. A lot of Punics.
That's one of the reasons you don't see many Punics anymore.
(LAUGHING) Shh.
Obviously, this isn't interesting to you, Mr...
Let me see. You moved. Mr. Griffin.
Yeah. Sorry.
You got me in so much trouble.
GRIFFIN: You a student here?
I'm the assistant dean of academic standards for the university.
No kidding? No kidding.
What about you, Mr. Griffin? You don't strike me as the pre-psychology type.
Are you a full-time student here, or are you taking Death and Dying for fun?
What's your name?
Phoenix. Griffin, my last name is Phoenix.
Okay, Phoenix.
No, I'm not a full-time student here.
I did take a writing class once, but that didn't go well.
It's all those words.
I sell life insurance.
The company encourages us to continue our education, like this class today.
Help us deal with...
Well, gives us a better understanding of our customers.
Ah.
Every answer can't be fascinating.
No, I guess not.
Well,
it was fun. Bye.
Wait a minute.
It's early. I know a really great Italian place.
So do I.
What's that? What are you doing? I mean, what's going on here?
I thought... Wasn't something happening?
You know, you and I?
You and me?
Look, Griffin, your quirky charm and odd knowledge of military history
aren't gonna get you into my evening
or my life or any place else you were thinking about getting into.
It was fun, let's leave it at that.
All right, Phoenix, don't flatter yourself.
My life's a little bit complicated right now.
So is mine.
Fine, then we understand each other.
You may not know this about me, but I only get bold about every five years.
And today is my day.
So, if you're seeing somebody, great. If you just broke up and hate men, fine.
If you have other problems, you have my sympathy.
But since it's my day,
I'm just gonna tell you where and when we're gonna have dinner together.
7:30, Wednesday night, corner of Bleecker and Macdougal.
Damn, the name escapes me,
but it's got a yellow awning out front.
So, if you don't show up, it's all right. It's fine with me.
I don't really care, anyway.
And you were right. It was fun.
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
Sir, would you like to order something?
No, no, I think I'm waiting for someone.
Maybe in a minute.
Don't get up.
(SIGHS NERVOUSLY)
Oh, quit looking so pleased with yourself. I just...
Good evening, can I get you something from the bar?
Oh, dear God, yes.
Belvedere martini with a twist, please.
Belvedere, you got it. Thank you.
You know what we're gonna do tonight?
After we eat, when we're done with dinner?
We're gonna do something...
Can we wait and see if we can make it through a dinner together first?
You're a very strange person.
That may be true but you're here.
I don't know what I'm doing.
Well, tonight, you're gonna do something
that you secretly dreamed of your whole life,
but never had the nerve to do it.
Okay, stop right there. You know, I'm not drunk yet.
Get on it.
It's just dinner.
If you're into some, you know, weird sex freaky thing,
you know, you got the wrong girl.
To hold me over till the liquor gets here.
What did you have in mind?
This is against the law, right?
Oh, pretty sure, yeah.
What do you think they do to you if we get caught?
Oddly enough, very few people have gotten away with what we're about to do.
Those who have been caught, it's lethal injection.
(GRUNTING)
You did it!
All right, I'll open the door,
you go inside. That way, if you're caught, I can run away.
Terrible plan.
Okay, let's go together. Are you ready?
Now?
(MUSIC PLAYING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(CRASHING)
Wrong door.
Why, what's the matter?
Subtitled. Foreign film.
It'll be okay. It's foreign.
That means there'll be naked people.
Well, there's something.
Will you go up to the concession stand and steal me some Milk Duds?
Oh, it's impossible.
You know, they keep those things under glass.
People have been trying for years. There's just no way.
Please? I can't enjoy breaking...
Excuse me, sir,
but you need to get up right now and come with me to the manager's office.
Well, I'd rather not.
I understand, in a minute, there might be some naked people.
There are other people in this theater. This is my ship, you're just a passenger.
But if you wanna have a scene, we can have a scene.
No, we'd both like to meet your boss.
All right then, come on.
Actually, I'm glad you came over 'cause, see, she's been drinking,
and, frankly, she's just out of control.
You think he'd mind if we stopped and got my Milk Duds?
Go down the aisle and out the back door.
You're quite mad, do you know that?
Oh, my wife, she left her purse, that's all.
We got a runner. Son of a bitch!
What? What you all looking at?
I don't think he's following.
That was fantastic!
That was so fun!
Yeah, it was.
You wanna walk?
As opposed to run? Absolutely.
Where to?
Don't get me wrong, watching the sunrise is a beautiful idea,
but I'm telling you, Griffin, the sun usually comes up in the east.
Well, you never know.
Always a first time.
I've had more fun with you tonight than I've had in a long time.
I've had more fun with me than I've had in a long time.
If I didn't think I'd start liking you so much,
I'd probably see you again.
Wait. Where'd you just go?
I thought we were having a fun time, right?
You ever not want a new day to start?
Why do you think we're facing in this direction?
Just can't get involved with anyone right now.
Who said anything about getting involved?
Right. No one did. Right.
Back to flattering myself again.
Thanks for the coffee and the night out.
Don't you want your coffee?
Bye, Griffin. Try to stay out of prison.
Can I call you?
Good morning.
Morning, Peri.
Oh, my God, you look terrible.
First of all, thank you for the nice compliment.
Second of all, you are so fired.
You can't fire me. I'm the only one who loves you.
Typed classroom reviews for your signature.
You do love me.
(MOANS IN AGREEMENT)
I'll get you some coffee.
I already had some, thanks.
You already had coffee?
Yes.
You had coffee?
Oh, my God, you got up early. You never get up early.
I don't, do I?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
Had coffee, look like crap, definitely cranky.
You didn't get up early. You stayed up late.
You did, didn't you?
Bye. Close the door, please.
You did!
You did stay up late!
You are now required to tell me everything.
Close the door.
You, on the other side.
Nothing?
MAN SINGING: ♪ I can see clearly now the rain is gone
♪ I can see all obstacles in my way
♪ Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
♪ It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
♪ Oh, yes, I can make it now the pain is gone
♪ All of the bad feelings have disappeared
♪ Here is the rainbow I've been praying for
♪ It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day
♪ Look all around There's nothing but blue skies
♪ Look straight ahead
♪ There's nothing but blue skies ♪
(SIGHING)
Mr. Griffin, as I have been telling you for months,
as I am now telling you again,
and as I am sure I will have to keep telling you,
what you need is to consider a hospital stay.
It's the only way if you want to slow down the process.
I still don't understand why you continue to refuse treatment.
We do have the ability to prolong your life.
What's left of my life is not gonna be spent in a hospital.
Not until I have to, anyway.
Could you just get me something for the pain?
Okay.
But since you won't listen to me,
if I give you a list, will you at least read some books?
Yeah. Yeah, I love books.
Need anything else?
Just time. You got any on you?
PHOENIX: No, Mother, you act like I broke up with David.
He didn't want me. He wanted to...
He wanted to see other people.
No.
It's hard for me to believe, too.
I am so magical.
Yes, I know, I'm getting older, thanks for reminding me.
I'd almost forgotten.
Listen, Mother, I've gotta go. I'm having friends over for dinner.
No, just friends.
Everybody's at the door. I'm hanging up now.
You should know I hate surprises.
Hate them. Never had anything but bad surprises.
They just hit my button, Griffin.
Showing up at my work constitutes a surprise.
Are you really surprised?
I'm thinking about it.
Let's go eat, and I'll think some more.
Okay, then.
Sit. Stay a while.
I read that it's important after Indian food to not operate heavy machinery,
and not stand around a handsome man's apartment
with your jacket on.
(LAUGHS)
I don't know what I'm doing here.
You're drinking wine.
Have you noticed that we never ask each other anything about the other person?
Yes, I have noticed. I was just about to ask you about that.
Very funny.
It's not that I don't have a good time with you.
A good time is what you are.
But you haven't even asked me what my first name is. Why is that?
I don't know.
Hey, you like my apartment?
See, what I do is I wait for people to throw junk out on the street
and then I go shopping.
I don't wanna make small talk about your apartment.
Okay. What do you want?
I don't know what I want.
I wanna go home.
Didn't we do this once already?
Good night, Griffin.
Good night, Griffin?
How about a "Thank you, I had a nice time"?
Thank you, I had a nice time.
Good night, Griffin,
whoever you are.
WOMAN SINGING: ♪ Can you help me unravel my latest mistake
♪ I don't love him Winter just wasn't my season
♪ Yeah, we walked through the doors so accusing, their eyes
♪ Like they have any right at all to criticize
♪ Hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason
♪ 'Cause you can't jump the track
♪ We're like cars on a cable
♪ And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
♪ No one can find the rewind button, girl
♪ So cradle your head in your hands
♪ And breathe
♪ Just breathe
♪ Oh, breathe
♪ Just breathe
♪ In May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
♪ "Just a day," he said down to the flask in his fist
♪ Ain't been sober since maybe October of last year
♪ Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while
♪ But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles
♪ Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it
♪ 'Cause you can't jump the track
♪ We're like cars on a cable
♪ And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
♪ No one can find the rewind button, boys
♪ So cradle your head in your hands
♪ And breathe
♪ Just breathe
♪ Oh, breathe
♪ Just breathe
♪ There's a light at each end of this tunnel
♪ You shout 'cause you're just as far in
♪ As you'll ever be out
♪ And these mistakes you make You'll just make them again
♪ If you only try turning around
♪ Two a.m. and I'm still awake...
(INTERCOM BUZZES)
♪ If I get it all down on paper it's no longer
(WHISPERS) Come on, don't be mad.
♪ Inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
(DOOR BELL BUZZING)
♪ And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
♪ 'Cause these words are my diary screaming out loud
Hey, Griffin!
♪ And I know that you'll use them
Griffin, open the door!
It's Sarah!
My first name's Sarah!
♪ And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
♪ No one can find the rewind button now
♪ Sing it if you understand
♪ And breathe
♪ Just breathe
♪ Oh, breathe
♪ Just breathe
GRIFFIN: Here's a question.
Of all superpowers, what would you like?
ANDREW: I would like... Actually, I would like heat vision.
GRIFFIN: Heat vision? Wow.
I would like to fly. But I would like to fly in a certain way.
I would like to fly standing up, just a couple of inches off the ground.
You know, it's more like floating along...
KIRK: Gliding. Gliding.
Remember, don't yank it, like a lightsaber.
(SIGHING)
Oh, here, keep the line taut.
Can't feel the fish if you don't.
Dad, I don't think there's any fish out there.
Oh, they're out there, all right.
Nothing like good fishing.
Good fishing? This is good fishing?
But we haven't caught anything.
Well, when you catch something, that's great fishing.
This is good fishing.
I'm bored.
You know what? I'm bored, too. Let's get out of here.
That's it, crank it.
That's good. There you go.
Here, I'll take that.
That wasn't fun, was it?
Sure, Dad, it was fun.
It was okay.
Hey, Kirk, you drive.
What?
Here, you drive.
Hey, Kirk, you sure you've never done this before?
Been driving?
No, Dad, this is my first time.
Well, Son, I'll tell you this for free,
you are one super driver.
Thanks.
Well, how about from now on, on our weekends together,
we always go out driving?
When I get my license, I want a car just like yours.
Just like this one.
Just like this one, I guarantee it.
Be there.
(PHONE RINGING)
(SIGHING)
Hello?
Hey, what the hell is your first name, anyway?
Griffin?
Yeah.
What happened to you? I came back but you were gone.
You were gone, right?
Yeah, it's a long story. But I'm home now. Come on over.
Was everything all right?
Yeah, it is now. Come on over.
Hey, Phoenix, this is the best note anyone's ever left me.
Phoenix?
The thing is... See, the thing is I...
I don't think we're such a good idea.
What are you talking about?
Come on over. We'll talk about it here.
I'm just not in a good place.
It's just not a good time for me to start seeing someone.
Well, what?
What is this on-again, off-again relationship farce?
You're the one that wrote the note.
I'm reading it right now. It says you wanna see me.
So, why don't you come on over here
and drink some wine or make love or something?
I mean, let's get on with it.
Hello?
(SIGHING)
I don't know what else to tell you.
I don't get it. Help me.
Help me.
Bye, Griffin.
(EXCLAIMING)
(WOMAN SCREAMING ON TV)
(MAN SCREAMING)
(KNOCKING)
You got the wrong door. Nobody you know lives here.
Open the door.
Who is it?
It's Sarah.
Sarah who?
(MAN SHOUTING)
Sarah Phoenix.
I thought we were off again.
You were wrong. We're on again.
So let's get on with it.
Okay.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
PHOENIX: What are you thinking about?
Oh, just looking at the moon.
Wrong answer.
Unless by "moon," you mean my fabulous ass.
Griffin, it's all right.
That's the right response. You'd have to say that.
That's the truth. It ain't the end of the world.
It's probably the only way you could play it.
I think it's the advice they give in the women's magazines.
"Say it's all right."
However, it's not all right.
You know it's not all right. I know it's not all right.
They have these little blue tablets now.
Supposedly, it's four hours of magic.
I take a medication. It's a blood pressure thing.
So I can't do that.
Okay.
I'm not damaged down there or anything.
Something happened a few months ago.
I've had trouble ever since then.
What something happened?
Something.
Okay.
Wanna know a secret?
Holding is very nice.
Phoenix.
I've two sons in Westchester.
They live with their mom and their soon-to-be-new dad.
Thank you.
For what?
For telling me something about your life. Thank you.
Is that where you went the other night?
Yeah.
My ex and I had quite the drama.
It turns out her husband-to-be is not such a bad guy after all.
I've decided I don't like him, anyway.
Good.
Did you get to see your boys?
Yeah.
I was able to tell them something I...
Something I should have told them a long time ago. We had a good talk.
"Facts of life" talk?
One of them.
That's good. That's one down.
Let's have an adventure.
All right, well, what else is on your I've-always-wanted to-do-this list?
What?
You know, something you're just dying to do.
Fly to Paris, climb Everest, rob a bank, start smoking.
There's gotta be something. We do have all afternoon free.
It's true, we do. What was the third one again?
I'm being semi-serious here.
We'd need a gun to rob the bank.
You have to take this seriously.
Pick something else for now.
There was one thing I...
I haven't thought about this for a long time.
Whatever it is, why don't you?
Oh, I don't know.
Why don't we?
You know, we're gonna feel pretty silly if this train doesn't come along.
Not as silly as we're gonna feel if it does.
Come on.
You think we missed it? Did I make us miss it?
Well, the guy at the station said 3:40.
Come on, there's a place up here it's gotta slow down.
I'm sorry I was late.
We should be all right.
Just... Well, I didn't know what to wear. What?
I changed three times. Don't laugh. It was hard to figure out.
I never hopped a freight train before.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
What do we do? What do we do?
Hide. We gotta hide.
Come on.
You don't have to try and stop the train.
Just hang on to it, the train'll do the rest.
Okay. Okay.
Ready? Maybe right after the tank, there. Ready?
Ready? Yeah.
Go!
We should go out to dinner.
I'm starved!
How can you live like this, Griffin?
What about the place with the thing out front?
Hey, I think I found a...
Looks like...
Dear God, I don't know what it is.
Now I know why hobos eat right out of the can.
PHOENIX: There's garbage on top of the couch, there's garbage underneath the couch.
Today, on that train, was fantastic. It was just perfect.
Till I realized you weren't there, then it was just kind of perfect.
You know, getting off one of those things is a lot harder than getting on.
Yeah, we should make a list, you know.
Yeah, like today, things I wanna do, things you wanna do.
We can check them off. Maybe invite Kirk and Andrew sometime.
We're gonna have to...
(COUGHING)
Man, you should have seen your face when you started running.
Beautiful.
Hey, we should get a camera...
What is this? What are you, some kind of a freak?
What are you talk... This all a game to you?
Phoenix, what are you talking...
You think it's funny? That this is some kind of game?
You think it's funny to play with people's feelings?
What...
I cared about you! I cared about us!
Phoenix... You got me...
Phoenix!
Will you tell me what's going on, please?
You go to hell, Griffin.
Just wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
I won't wait a second, you ass.
What?
(THUDDING)
Hey!
Hey, I don't know what happened in there.
I... Stop it, Stop it!
Quit acting like you don't know.
I'm already humiliated. Don't insult me on top of that.
I'm not. I mean, I don't mean to.
Believe me, but I don't know what you're talking about.
You know. You know, you liar!
Just get away from me. Wait, just wait.
Leave me alone! Stop it.
Get off me, you freak. Stop...
Get off me!
Stop it. Stop.
Neither of us are gonna move until you tell me what's going on.
Game's over, Griffin.
What game?
MAN 1: Get off her, asshole!
MAN 2: Are you all right?
Okay, just take it easy, buddy!
Why are you playing with me?
You know, Griffin.
I have cancer.
It started in my ovaries and now it's...
How come you have all those books about dying?
Why have you been being so nice to me?
Why do you have those books, Griffin?
Those books are mine. They're for me.
I have a chest full of lesions.
That's why I was at the university. That's...
That's why I was even in that class where we met.
I had no idea.
Oh, no.
No.
I tell you one thing, I have not been being nice to you.
I've been being in love with you.
What are we gonna do?
I guess we're gonna die.
This is fun.
Really, it's a damn Mardi Gras in here.
How long are we gonna wait for this doctor?
Why don't you go work on your car or go do something?
I am doing something.
Right, sitting here, holding my hand.
Not just that.
I'm learning how the right swimsuit for my body type
can make me look 15 pounds lighter.
What do you think of this one here?
It'll make your tits look fantastic.
(CHUCKLING)
Let's leave.
You just gotta relax.
These are the special times we'll remember.
Hope not.
Here, stop fidgeting.
A gift?
You shouldn't have.
Just like Christmas.
I love Christmas.
What about you? You like Christmas?
I don't know.
Guess I'm pretty ambivalent about Christmas now.
That's too bad.
I don't know.
I wasn't talking about you. I meant it's too bad for your boys.
Me, I love everything about it.
Christmas tree lights, cold weather and hot cocoa.
Food. All the food, actually.
Presents, mostly presents.
Piles and piles of presents, that's my favorite.
I love presents.
Thanks for my candy.
No, no, please, come in.
Oh, thank you. I'm sorry. I didn't want to disturb you.
No, no.
I need a little break.
(SIGHING)
(SNIFFING)
(SOBBING)
Are you all right? Can I get you a glass of water or...
Oh, no. I'm fine, thank you. I just...
(SNIFFING)
I'm just tired. That's all.
(SIGHING)
My husband
is not gonna make it out of here, I'm afraid.
He wouldn't like knowing that.
I'm sorry.
That's very nice of you.
No, he actually...
He doesn't enjoy much these days, which means
we don't enjoy much these days.
So I guess it's okay, somehow.
Well, you wouldn't know it as he is now, but we used to be
quite the wild ones.
I could see that.
He was a pilot. He had his own plane.
One time,
he flew us down to the Baja peninsula in Mexico.
He landed us way out alone on a deserted dirt road,
and we swam in the Pacific Ocean
naked.
It was glorious.
(SIGHING)
He had the sexiest legs I'd ever seen.
He still does.
I think I'm gonna go back in.
Do you have children?
No.
Oh, well, no. You're still young. You have lots of time.
They're important, though, aren't they?
Yeah.
I've been thinking about the strangest things.
I guess it's just some reflex to find comfort.
Life is such an odd thing, isn't it?
Thanks for the conversation.
Stop it, really.
I'm being honest. It doesn't matter.
It does too matter, and you know it.
I'll tell you what matters. I am very happy in all other departments.
Very happy, thank you very much.
I went to a shrink.
You did what?
First time I've ever been shrunk.
This should be good. Gimme, gimme. Come on, gimme.
Okay.
He told me he thinks
I cannot achieve such a life-affirming act
because I'm so consciously aware that I'm so full of death.
Wow.
Yeah.
And how much did that cost you?
$235 for the hour.
Wow.
Obviously, that's all I have to say today, "Wow."
I was thinking, let's go to the beach, spend some time.
Maybe next week. Can you get off work?
I can't ask for any time off, sorry.
It's a bad time, really busy.
I'll quit.
(LAUGHS)
Know when you said, "Let's go to the ocean"?
One thinks Hawaii, Bermuda,
Palm Beach, even Jersey,
not Coney Island.
Pretty, ain't it?
I quit my job for this.
(LAUGHING)
Better be sure to wear this.
That? I don't think that's gonna help.
Oh, this isn't to help you.
It's so there'll be something they can find to match to your dental records.
All right! Let's get you ready.
So, this is your harness.
Save your life. Change your life.
Most importantly, it's gonna keep you and your chute connected,
which is a very good thing.
Separate from the boat, float down.
Separate from the chute, very bad day.
I lose my job. Nobody wants that, right?
Where's the guy that was parasailing before?
Where's your boat?
I'm gonna be right back.
Will you listen to me for a minute? Yeah.
There's something I wanna ask you.
Okay.
If I go first,
I don't want you coming to see me in the hospital,
or at my funeral or my grave.
Whenever I think it's time,
I'm just gonna disappear.
I'm gonna go to the hospital
alone.
I'll be like one of those old Eskimos, goes out on the ice floe,
and they sit there and they wait for the polar bears to come and get them.
That's that.
And I don't want you to come looking for me,
and I can't have one of those scenes that we saw in the hospital
with that woman and her husband.
No long, drawn-out goodbyes.
(SNIFFING)
That's really what you want? Yeah, that's what I want.
So promise me.
I promise you.
It's not gonna be an issue, 'cause in about five minutes,
you're gonna be making a loud splat sound in the Atlantic.
So I don't need any instructions from you
about the far future, thank you very much.
Are you scared?
Okay. Yeah, I'm a little scared.
Not that crazy about, well, heights,
and open water.
Think they ever found that guy?
Well, anyway, we came this far, might as well give it a try.
Oh, my God. All right.
Okay. So, you ready?
Yeah, did you find your customer?
Not yet, but we will.
Tide's coming in, so that's not gonna be a problem.
All right, so the boat's just gonna take off, and the line is gonna go, "Pow!"
I mean, it's just gonna snap straight.
You're gonna feel it, okay?
Harness is gonna pull you right up. Okay, you'll go right up.
Okay, so what you wanna do, you wanna hunch into it.
You wanna hunch your shoulders like that.
Yeah, hunch it. Just hunch. Let it pull you up and back like that.
Yeah, okay. Now, we use hand signals.
Thumbs down, he's gonna bring you down. Thumbs up, high ride.
Okay, you get scared when you're up there, something goes wrong,
just scream like a little girl, we can't hear you, anyway.
I'm just kidding, man, we can hear you. No, we can't hear you.
All right, if you get in any trouble, for real, you're gonna pull this.
Okay, that's gonna release you.
Hold on, float down to the water.
You afraid of sharks?
I'm just kidding, man. I'm just... I'm just trying to get you to relax.
No, seriously, the sound of you hitting the water is gonna scare any sharks away.
Oh, right. When you hit the water,
if you're conscious, what you wanna do is
get out of the harness as quick as possible,
'cause the weight from that is just gonna pull you right under.
We'll eventually find you, but it's a bummer.
That's it for the safety stuff, man.
You ready?
Yeah, yeah, I'm ready.
For a hamburger, maybe a cold beer.
Thanks a lot, man.
See you later.
I spent 20 minutes with you, man.
PHOENIX: Smart move.
GRIFFIN: You could die out here.
All right, break it down.
PHOENIX: Let's see what you got. Well, it's a special day.
Today, I have, let's see...
Pink ones, some very nice big blue ones.
Oh, wait, I have blue ones, too.
All right.
Yeah, blue ones.
Good choice. Those are very nice.
Lovely with red meat dishes and pastas with heavy sauces.
Didn't know that. Did know, excellent side effects.
Wow, that's a lot of pills.
Yes, we're collectors.
I can see that. Would you like another bottle of wine?
Absolutely.
Be right back.
I wanna get you a present.
Why? What's the occasion?
Because you gave me the train.
It's your turn.
So,
what is it you used to always want?
George Clooney.
Serious question.
Serious answer. George Clooney.
I want him, and if you were really my friend, you'd get him for me.
(LAUGHING)
Come on, tell me.
(LAUGHING)
My father moved us my sophomore year in high school.
Wrecked me.
I was completely lost.
All I ever wanted was to be in the in-crowd.
Never got in the in.
Tried out for cheerleader, disaster.
Tried out for the lead in the senior play. Painted scenery, that sort of stuff.
There was this one thing, though.
Drove me crazy I never got to do it.
What?
(GRIFFIN SINGING)
(GRIFFIN EXCLAIMS)
GRIFFIN: It's fantastic!
What are you doin' over there?
It's a secret.
I can't tell you.
You think you're the only one who ever wanted to do this?
Give me a hint.
It's a surprise.
(LAUGHING)
I will tell you this. I love what I'm painting.
I love it. It's magnificent.
Hey, there. Okay.
Yeah.
GRIFFIN: Not bad.
Not bad? Everyone's a critic.
Well, I don't mean that. I like it. I just think that mine's so much better.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
I'll have you know, this is very inspired.
Yours is better. I don't think so. I'm looking.
No, no, no. Not yet, not yet.
(LAUGHING)
No, I want you to see it from down there on the ground.
That way, you can see it against the stars.
(MOANING)
PHOENIX: I feel so bad for the poor city maintenance worker
who's gonna have to paint this all gray again.
Oh, no. Nope, nope.
No gray on this tower. Nope, nope. Never.
This tower's gonna live forever!
(GROANS)
All right, you up there, come on down. It's the police.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
You think maybe they'll go for sleepwalking?
Come on, I don't wanna ask you again. Come down off the tower.
We're coming, officer. Hey, officer, we surrender.
We'll be right down.
Thanks, Scarface. Get going.
Let's go. Come on down.
Do you have money for bail?
I only have enough money for one,
so you have a very long night ahead of you.
Damn it! Get down there.
(LAUGHING)
I hate this job. You know, I should have been a fireman.
They got it made.
Yeah, how's that?
Just like this. They go to work, but the people run to them.
Well, the women sure run to them. I know that much.
Yeah, we both made a serious vocational error, a serious one.
You two, let's go!
(CLEARING THROAT)
All right.
What are we doing? We're doing a little drinking here tonight, or what?
Alcohol? No, officer, no, no, no.
No?
Oh, excuse me, you know, I have... We gotta...
Kirk, Andrew,
the cops caught us. You gotta come down.
Down off the tower.
This is the police. You on the tower, show yourself.
Come on down off the tower!
Come on, let's go, people. Let's move it.
You see anybody? Hey, look, you better tell your friends...
For fuck's sake.
I hate this job.
(EXCLAIMS IN DELIGHT)
(PANTING)
(LAUGHING)
That was close, don't you think?
I was so scared they were gonna make us go see the Piece of Cholif.
Whoever that is, I'm glad we didn't have to see him.
You know, the boss cop guy, the Piece of Cholif.
Do you hear yourself?
(BOTH LAUGHING)
The Chief of Police.
(LAUGHING)
I'm gonna go find those officers.
I think you lied before. You have been drinking.
No, no, no.
MAN SINGING: ♪ When you came to me
Well, that's something new.
♪ With your bad dreams and your fears
♪ It was easy to see that you'd been crying
♪ Seems like everywhere you turn
♪ Catastrophe it reigns
♪ But who really profits from the dying
♪ I could hold you in my arms
♪ I could hold you forever
(BOTH GIGGLING)
♪ I could hold you in my arms
♪ I could hold you in my arms forever ♪
(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
I'm a delicate flower.
There are ways of finding that out.
(PHOENIX PANTING)
PHOENIX: Wait. What?
Wait. What?
Wait. Why?
Water.
Okay.
Eat your breakfast.
First I can't get you started, now I can't get you stopped.
Bitch, bitch, bitch. Crab, crab, crab.
What?
I'm just looking at you.
Come on, let's go back to the apartment.
Yeah, you eat your breakfast.
Okay.
How about we go for a walk?
If I don't replenish some fluids,
by tonight I'm gonna need an IV drip.
(CHUCKLING)
We've had lots of the beforeglow period,
let's enjoy some of the afterglow.
Okay.
(LAUGHING)
Griffin, I'm happy.
Not just...
I mean, you know, I'm happy.
Don't take that as encouragement.
Let's go for a walk first, maybe hold hands. Remember that?
Then back to the bedroom.
PHOENIX: King Kong.
King Kong?
King Kong, that's the perfect boyfriend.
Doesn't take a psychology degree to figure that out.
No, that's not it.
He was big.
See, I told you.
In stature. Big in stature.
Plus, he has a big ape-heart. Very sexy to a woman.
And, of course, I'm sure, when called upon,
Kong could produce for Fay Wray a very big banana.
See? I knew it.
Stubborn thing, the truth.
That's pretty funny, big banana.
What, now you wanna cry? You're gonna cry? Great.
You know what? I'll give you a reason to cry. Get in the car.
Get in the car.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. You need to relax.
Screw you. Why don't you go worry about your own kids?
Screw me? Screw me? Oh, you don't even know screw.
Does she always talk to you like that?
Don't talk to my kid.
Is that a baby in your car? You know something? You're a monster.
You're a terrible mother.
You're a monster. Give me that.
What are you doing?
Give me that. Let go.
Let go of my stroller!
What horrible, unfeeling, weak God would let you be a mother to any child?
Somebody help me!
Give me that stroller, God damn it!
Give it to me!
Crazy bitch!
People like you having children...
People like you!
It's not fair. It's not fair!
It's not fair! It's not fair!
It's not fair!
(SOBBING)
It's okay.
What a nutjob.
Hey, what do you know? It's nothing.
Why don't you shut up?
(CRYING)
So, you wanna talk about this?
Don't you ever just wanna punch somebody?
Smash something?
Let God have it right in the kisser?
Just sock old God in the nose?
I don't get it.
I'm mad as hell, and I gotta tell you, I want everyone to know it.
Well, today you were successful.
Okay, fine.
Look, you can bet I'm angry.
But let me ask you something.
Who am I supposed to be angry at?
Who?
Everybody? The whole world? Should I be angry at everybody?
Yes, yes, you should.
Well, I can't do that.
I can't believe in fair and not fair. I can't.
I can't blame anyone for this cancer in me.
Not the air or God.
I can't even blame me.
It just happened. It's just what it is.
Hey, I don't mean this in any bad way toward you at all,
but I don't think taking your emotions out on other people
or other people's property is the answer.
It can't be.
There's your problem.
What's my problem?
You think there's an answer.
(SIGHING)
Something to put in the box.
They're for your sons for Christmas this year.
Well, how about you give them the presents?
The big one's for Kirk, and this one's for Andrew.
I'm telling you, they should come from you.
I'm not gonna make it to December.
No more Christmases.
Promise me you're gonna make the day a special day for them.
Promise me you'll make it a big deal.
How about I make it a big deal for all of us?
If you insist on trying to cheer me up, I'm gonna leave you.
Kiss me.
Not if it's gonna cheer you up.
It won't. Okay.
Are you sure you don't wanna come tomorrow?
Fresh new paint job.
Beautiful day.
A big engine just
begging to drink some gas.
You go and play. I have some things I need to do.
While I'm out, can I get you anything?
Everything.
I'll pick some up on the way home.
Oh, baby, I'm just a little a tired.
I'm sorry.
You...
You should not be sorry about anything concerning me, ever.
Pay attention.
Ever.
Yeah.
Have I mentioned to you
how much I like you?
(LAUGHING)
Well, I don't mean love. I love you, you know that...
But I like you a lot, too.
I'm in like with you, too.
WOMAN SINGING: ♪ It's hard to listen to a hard, hard heart
♪ Beating close to mine
♪ Pounding up against the stone and steel
♪ Walls that I won't climb
♪ It's hard to know when to give up the fight
♪ Some things you want will just never be right
♪ It's never rained like it has tonight before
♪ Now, I don't wanna beg you, baby
♪ For something maybe you could never give
♪ I'm not looking for the rest of your life
♪ I just want another chance to live
♪ Strange how hard it rains now
♪ Rows and rows of big dark clouds
♪ But I'm holding on underneath this shroud
♪ Rain
♪ Sometimes a hurt is so deep, deep, deep
♪ You think that you're gonna drown
♪ Sometimes all I can do is weep, weep, weep
♪ With all this rain falling down
Oh, darling, your perfect boyfriend is home.
I've prepared a very special evening for you.
I know you'll just go ape over it.
Hello?
Phoenix?
♪ Strange how hard it rains now
♪ Rows and rows of big dark clouds
♪ But I'm still alive underneath this shroud
♪ Rain
♪ Whoa, rain
♪ Rain
Hi, beautiful.
I knew you'd show up.
We promised each other.
Yeah.
I lied.
(SOBBING)
(SIGHING)
It's so funny. You know what I've been thinking about?
Mmm-mmm.
Last times.
Really stupid things. Last time I used a pencil,
last time I petted a dog, last time I played the piano.
I've done so many things that I did at some point
for the last time, and I wasn't paying attention.
And then I met you,
and I got to laugh, and make love, and fall in love.
All for the last time.
But this time I paid attention.
Griffin.
Go away.
There are no more good last things to do. We did them all.
What are you gonna do, bring me flowers?
That's just more dead things in this place.
Gonna read to me and hold my hand?
Are you gonna have the nurses sing Happy Birthday to me?
(SIGHING)
I don't want any of that.
I don't need you for any of that.
What I need is for you to be the one thing that was perfect.
It was perfect, wasn't it?
Yeah.
We had a beautiful little lifetime together.
Don't let that lifetime bleed into this.
This is just waiting.
Waiting.
I want you to go.
I wanna stay.
Well, I want you to go.
You were right about this.
I want you to go, Griffin, and I want you to go now.
MAN SINGING: ♪ I guess you don't need it
♪ I guess you don't want me to repeat it
♪ But everything I have to give
♪ I'll give to you
♪ It's hard to believe it
♪ Even as my eyes do see it
♪ The very things that made you live
♪ Are killing you
♪ Listen, when all of this
♪ Around us
♪ Will fall over
♪ I tell you what we're gonna do
♪ You will shelter me, my love
♪ And I will shelter you
♪ I will shelter you
♪ All of this
♪ Around us
♪ Will fall over
♪ I tell you what were gonna do
(ALARM BLARING)
♪ Hey, you will shelter me, my love
♪ And I will shelter you
♪ If you shelter me, too
(ALARM BLARING)
♪ I will shelter you
Thanks.
Oh, sure. That was very educational.
I've never actually posted bail for a criminal before.
Yeah. I'm sorry.
No, no, no, don't worry about it.
Hey, I gotta find a hardware store. You wanna go for a walk?
Sure.
I gotta tell you, Terry and I were pretty surprised.
I mean, calling your ex-wife and her fiance to bail you out of jail,
it's just different.
Well, life's an odd thing, isn't it?
I've never been to a real hardware store before.
This is turning into quite a day.
(LAUGHING)
(ECG BEEPING)
What, Griffin?
What are you doing here?
Just go, please.
I have to say something and it's important. Listen to me.
Never listen to me.
I mean, I want you to just try and forget all that crap I used to tell you,
especially all that stuff I told you at the beach.
I was wrong about all that.
I was talking to this idiot the other day,
and as he looked back at me from the mirror,
I realized I was right about one thing.
There is an answer.
And the answer is being with you.
I love you.
For better or worse.
And this time...
This time that we have, this can be part of the better part.
Because we'll be together.
And that way, everything, even this,
is better.
Good, even.
I wanna stay
inside, inside
this real life.
I wanna stay here. I wanna be anywhere you are.
I missed you.
So, now you're gonna let me stay?
Of course I'm gonna let you stay.
I want you to stay. I always wanted you to stay.
What'd you think I wanted? Shit.
Okay.
Then I'm not going anywhere.
I'm gonna stay here.
Except, there is something, someplace we gotta go, something we gotta do.
What?
Do you think you can get out of here for a little while?
Griffin, I don't know.
It's important.
We'll have to sneak out.
Okay.
PHOENIX: Where are we going?
It's not far. It's just over here.
It better be. Really, what are we doing?
We're almost there. Here, here, here.
Why don't you close your eyes?
Here.
Keep your eyes closed.
Here, step around.
Sit.
Is this where the polar bear comes to get me?
I hope not. I only have enough hot chocolate for two.
You've gone quite mad, you know that, don't you, Griffin?
Really insane. How many of the pink pills did you take today?
Okay, enough, you know I hate surprises.
What's going on?
What's going on, Sarah Phoenix?
What's going on is this.
It's Christmas.
WOMAN SINGING: ♪ Well he jumps in the taxi headed for the sky
♪ He's off to slay some demon dragonfly
♪ And he looks at me that long last time
♪ Turns away again and I waved goodbye
♪ In an envelope inside his coat
♪ Is a chain I wore around my throat
♪ Along with a note I wrote
♪ Said I love you, but I don't
♪ Even know why
♪ Darling, I wish you well
♪ On your way to the wishing well
♪ Swinging off of those gates of hell
♪ But I can tell how hard you're trying
♪ I still have this secret hope
♪ Sometimes all I do is cope
♪ Somewhere on the steepest slope
♪ There's an endless rope
♪ And nobody's crying
♪ Nobody's crying
MAN SINGING: ♪ This is a call to all the simple days
♪ We spent without a reason
♪ Without a care
♪ This is a call to all the yesterdays
♪ We struggled through the season
♪ Then the seasons change
♪ And we are more alive than we've ever known
♪ More than the pictures seem to show
♪ We're finding the way
♪ This is a call to friends we left behind
♪ Lost without a reason
♪ Suddenly my world was changed
♪ This is a call to all the better days
♪ To come and fill the seasons
♪ What will they bring?
♪ And we are more alive than we've ever known
♪ More than the pictures seem to show
♪ We're finding a way
♪ This is a call to days of questioning
♪ The lives that we believed
♪ We were misunderstood
♪ This is a call to all the enemies
♪ I never meant to make 'em
♪ Turning wrong to good
♪ And we are more alive than we've ever known
♪ More than the pictures seem to show
♪ Finally we are coming home
♪ We're finding a way
♪ This is a call
♪ This is a call, this is a call,
♪ This is a call, this is a call
♪ This is a call