The Family Man (2000) - full transcript

This will be the final boarding call
for flight 2 to London, Heathrow.

Okay.

I'm not even gonna say it, Kate.

Then it'll be like I never left.

Okay?

Wait.

I have a really bad feeling about this.

About the plane?

You think it's gonna crash?

- Don't say that.
- Look.

Look, I know that we talked
about this a thousand times,



and we agreed that going to London
was the right thing to do.

But in my heart...

this feels wrong.

Don't go, Jack.

You mean don't go at all?

Well, what--
what about my internship?

Believe me, I know... I know what
an incredible opportunity this is for you.

- For us, Kate.
- Right, for us.

But I'm afraid that
if you get on that plane...

Look.
We're at the airport.

Nobody ever thinks clearly
at the airport.

So we should just trust
the decision we already made.

You've been accepted to one of
the best law schools in the country.

I've got this internship
at Barclay's Bank.



We have a great plan, honey.

You wanna do something great, Jack?

Let's flush the plan.

Let's start our lives right now, today.

I mean, I have no idea
what this life is gonna look like,

but I know that
it has the both of us in it.

And I choose us.

The plan doesn't make us great, Jack.

What we have together,
that's what makes us great.

- I love you, Kate.
- I love you too.

I do.

And one year in London
is not gonna change that.

A hundred years couldn't change that.

- Last night was incredible.
- Huh?

I said, last night was great.

You are an amazing lover.

Thanks.
You're not bad yourself.

I wanna see you again.

- I'd like that too.
- Tonight.

Mmm, it's Christmas eve, Jack.

So?
I'll pour eggnog over you.

I have to go visit
my parents out in Jersey.

Jersey?

Do you have any idea
what the traffic's gonna be like?

That's why I'm taking the train.

It was nice meeting you, Jack.

♪ Sempre un amabile ♪

♪ Leggiadro viso ♪

♪ Inpianto o in riso ♪

♪ Emenzognero ♪

♪ La donna e mobil ♪

♪ Qualpiuma al vento ♪

♪ Muta d'accento ♪

♪ Edipensier ♪

♪ Edipensier ♪

♪ No ♪

Mrs. Peterson.

Hello, Jack.

You don't have to stop singing
on my account.

Oh, it's because I'm shy, Betty.

So, when are you gonna leave
that old corpse, Mr. Peterson,

and run away with me?

You know you could never
satisfy me the way he does.

Ah.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Campbell.

How'd you make out
this year, Tony?

Oh, about four grand.

And a bottle of 25-year-old Scotch
from 9D.

I'm putting it all
in commercial paper like you said.

Good, but just until
the deutsche mark turns.

- Thank you, Mr. Campbell.
- All right.

- Good morning, Joe.
- Merry Christmas, sir.

Campbell wants these available.

Thanks, Adelle.

Better you than me.

If Med Tech shares
fall any lower than...

43,

we're in trouble
with the stock valuations.

So for God's sake, please...

watch what you say
to your institutional customers.

We still have almost a full day
of trading before zero hour,

and I don't want any trouble.

A penny for your thoughts, Alan.

Hmm?
Oh, God, I'm sorry.

Jack, I was thinking about,...

you know, Dee and the kids.

I promised I'd be home for dinner.
It's Christmas eve, Jack.

Hmm.
Oh, is that tonight?

You think I like being here
on Christmas eve, Alan?

No. Well...

Maybe.

Okay.

Okay, maybe I do have a touch
of tunnel vision this holiday season.

But in two days,
we're going to announce

one of the largest mergers
in U.S. corporate history.

When a deal like this turns up,

you get on it and
you ride it till it's over.

You don't ask it for a vacation.

December 26. After that there'll be
so much money floating around here,

it'll be like Christmas every day.

December 26, people.
If you'd like to celebrate that day,

you all have my blessing.

You're right, Jack.
I'm really sorry.

No, I don't want you to be sorry, Alan.
I want you to be excited.

I want my gift to you to be
the first gift you open this year.

- You know why?
- I...

Because my gift comes with ten zeroes.

You're right.
I'm focused. I'm there.

Good man. Everybody,
turn to page 12 in your prospectus.

Oh, perfect.

- You have six messages.
- What?

- Two of them are imperative.
- No, no, Rose. I'm going home.

I'm not even here now.

- Good night. Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

It's only 8:30.
I'm disappointed.

- Got some last-minute shopping to do?
- You too?

This holiday's about giving, Adelle.

I'm giving everything I've got
to this deal.

So in a way, I'm more
Christmassy than anybody.

You're my role model, Jack.

Oh, and Oxford called.

- Ooh, my suits are ready.
- Mmm-hmm.

Care for a Lifesaver?

- No, thank you.
- Help yourself.

Kate Reynolds.

Her assistant said you could
reach her at home after 8:00.

Kate Reynolds was
my girlfriend in college.

I almost married her.

You? Married?

Almost married.
And almost a broker at E.F. Hutton.

Excuse me?

She didn't want me
to go to London.

We're standing at the airport
saying good-bye, and...

she asked me to stay.

So you left her.

Wasn't easy.

Oh, stop it.
I'm getting all weepy.

I took the road less traveled, Adelle.

And look where it took you.

I'm gonna get this gal
on the phone.

- Nope.
- You almost married this woman.

You're not even curious
why she called?

Uh, she's probably just having
a fit of nostalgia, you know.

Lonely Christmas eve.

Call the one that got away,
that kind of thing.

Why call her back and mislead her?

This happened a very,
very long time ago.

8:35 on Christmas eve.

Jack Campbell's still at his desk.

Now there's a Hallmark moment for you.

Peter, I don't see you
rushing home to trim the tree.

That's because
I'm a heartless bastard...

who only cares about money.

Well, you know what?
God love you for that.

Got a call from Terry Haight.

Bob Thomas is nervous.

That'll happen when you're about to spend
130 billion dollars on some aspirin.

Somebody's gotta
nurse him through this.

Why are you staring
at my breasts, Peter?

I need you, tiger.

- Where is he?
- Aspen.

Call Aunt Irma and tell her
I won't be able to make it tomorrow.

You are a credit to capitalism, Jack.

Hey, Peter,
let me ask you a question.

An old girlfriend calls you,
out of the blue on Christmas eve...

What do you do?

You suddenly having
trouble getting dates?

Yeah.

Leave it in the past.

Old flames are like
old tax returns.

Put 'em in the file cabinet for 3 years,
and then you cut 'em loose.

I'll leave from my office
tomorrow in the afternoon.

Call the group. Schedule an
emergency strategy session for noon.

That'll be a nice little holiday treat.

Good night, Frank.

Hey, Mr. Campbell.

Why didn't you call down?
I would have had Joe get your ride.

- I'm thinking I'll walk tonight.
- It's a nice night for it.

- I'll send your car home for you.
- That'll be fine.

- And Merry Christmas to you, sir.
- To you too.

Eggnog?

Yeah, dairy case.
Five dollar.

Okay.

Hey, yo. Hey, buddy.
Y'all do the lotto here, right?

- Y'all do the lotto here?
- Yeah.

Cool. 'Cause I got a winner, baby.
I got a winner.

Ooh, certified!
Good as gold.

I, I know lotto keep
a lot of brothers down,

but not Cash Money,
ya know what I'm saying.

Don't do me none, son,
'cause I'd be like--

Bang on the lottery!
You know what I mean?

It's all, it's all good.
Relax, son. Relax, son.

I got you, I got you, four numbers.
Check it. Bust it, bust it.

6, 14, 16, 49.
That's a winner, son.

$238, B.

Cheddar coming.

- Check my ticket and give me my money.
- I'm sorry. Your ticket bad.

You draw in the lines.

What are you talking about, B.?

You draw in the lines with a pencil.
I know about this.

Yo, what?
Check the ticket, son.

- Check the ticket.
- No, you get out.

Yo, you ain't even looked at the ticket.
You're looking at me, son.

- Check the ticket, son.
- You get out now!

You take the ticket somewhere else!

Next customer in line!

You get out or I call 9-1-1.

Oh, my God!

Check the ticket, stupid.

Look at the ticket.

Shit, now, I'm,
I'm gonna make you call God.

That's my word.
You best check that ticket, fool!

Let me see the ticket.

Was I talking to you?

Maybe, I'll buy it from you.

You know,
make a little business deal.

Stupid-ass white boy in $2,000 suit
gets capped trying to be a hero.

News at 11:00.
Now, that's what you wanna see?

You wanna see cash up in here?
You want me to set it, son?

Do you wanna die?

Do you want to die?

No.

Look.

I'm talking about a business deal.

Okay? I buy the ticket
from you for $200.

I take it to a store where the guy behind
the counter doesn't have a death wish.

I just made myself a quick $38.

Like I said, it's...

it's just a business deal.

All right.

Yeah.

All right.

You blew it, B.

You blew it.

The ticket was real.

Damn, you had your chance too.

Come on, Jack.
Let's get out of here.

How'd you know my name was Jack?

I call all you guys Jack.

Here.

Nice doing business with you.

Hey.

Hey, um...

What do you want...

What do you want to carry
that gun around for anyway?

You're just gonna wind up
doing something you regret.

You're talking to the wrong person
about regrets, Jack.

I mean, there must be programs
out there and, uh, opportunities.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Are you actually trying to save me?

This is bananas.

This man thinks
I need to be saved, yo !

Everybody needs something.

Yeah?

Well, what do you need, Jack?

Me?

You just said,
everybody needs something.

I got everything I need.

Wow.
It must be great being you.

I'm not saying that you'd be able
to do it without some hard work,

some honest hard work,

and, and possibly some medicine.

You know,
I'm gonna really enjoy this.

You just remember that
you did this, Jack, okay?

You brought this on yourself.

Merry Christmas.

Mmm, ten more minutes, Jack.

Mmm.

It's Christmas.

♪ Jingle bells Santa smells ♪
♪ Rudolph laid an egg ♪

La, la, la, la, la

- ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
- Never mind.

- Who's here?
- Rise and shine.

Well, don't you think
we should open some presents?

- I think maybe you should give Mama
- Come on.

- five more minutes in bed.
- Come on, Dad.

- Get up.
- Would that be fun?

Can we do that?

It's Christmas!
It's Christmas!

- Your sister's jumping on the bed...
- Let's go downstairs.

What is this dog doing on the bed?
He needs to get off the bed.

- Did Santa come?
- I don't know.

- We'll have to go see...
- Let's go see the presents.

You wanna get some presents?

Just a minute.
Mommy just needs to wake up.

Jack.

Strong coffee.

Oh, Jack.
Merry Christmas, dear.

Lorraine.

- Ed.
- Hey, Jack, you old bird dog.

- Merry Christmas to you.
- Ah, talk to him, Jack.

One day a year away from the Ponderosa.
I don't think that's asking too much.

This is who I am.

Tell her, Jack,
for God's sake.

You're the only one
around here who gets me.

I need some eggnog.

Of course you do, sweet thing.
It's almost 8 o'clock in the morning.

Excuse me.

Where you going, Jack?

Josh, Annie, giddyup!

- Big Ed is here.
- Where's my car?

- Where's my Ferrari?
- What?

Where's my Ferrari?

What the hell are you talking?
What's he talking about?

You got a Ferrari?

Let me borrow your car
and then I promise I'll have it returned.

My Caddy?
Drive your own damn car.

Oh, just let him borrow
your precious Cadillac, for God sakes.

There's a perfectly good minivan
sitting out there in the driveway.

Here.

What the hell's wrong
with him anyway?

Tony, thank God!

Sorry, pal.
It's for residents and guests only.

What?

What are you talking about?

Jack Campbell, penthouse C.

- What's the matter with you?
- Uh-huh?

Mrs. Peterson, I think there's something
wrong with our man Tony here.

Who is this man?

Oh, come on.

What is going on
with you two this morning?

Is this like a, uh...

a Christmas joke?

"Who is this man?"
Well, um...

we're on the co-op board
together, Betty.

And we fought side by side
for garbage disposals.

And every morning we exchange
quasi-sexual witty banter, okay?

Shall I call the cops?

- I'm gonna call the cops.
- No, I'm gonna call the cops!

- You're scaring me.
- No, no, no, no.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you for not calling the cops.

Now, I'm going upstairs,
I'm gonna get some sleep.

- Then I'll be fine.
- Sleep you shall.

Noblesse oblige isn't dead.
Not yet anyway.

Let's, um...
Let's get you some help.

Surely, there's a shelter
somewhere in this city.

A shelter?

Hey... Hey.

Are you, are you
smacked out of your head?

I'm the richest man in this building!

I've got twice the square footage you have!

- And I'm going upstairs.
- Take a walk, pal.

Oh, not cool.

Not cool!

You wanna get cute?
Get cute.

I'm gonna go to my office.

I'm gonna file a complaint
to the manager of the building.

To have you fired, Tony.

And, Mrs. Peterson?

You're on notice
with the co-op board!

So, you better just stop...

whatever this is
that you're still doing!

Oh, yeah.

Oh, oh, yeah.

Oh, come on!

Frank, you won't believe
what's been happening to me.

- Is Adelle here yet?
- Hold it right there.

Where's Mintz?

The building is closed, pal.
You have to come back tomorrow.

Frank?

Why do I feel the need to remind you

that I'm Jack Campbell,
President of the company?

I don't care who you are.

It's Christmas.

And like I told you,
the building is closed.

I don't think
you heard me correctly.

I'm Jack Campbell.

Jack Campbell!

President!

Have a nice holiday, man.

- That's my car!
- Hi, Jack.

You stole my car!

Now, I know this whole thing
is really bizarre to you

and you're feeling quite shocked,
but just hop in.

I'll explain everything to you, okay?

Come on.

Come on.

You're probably gonna
want to buckle up, Jack.

This thing moves.

What's happening to me?

Breathe into the bag, Jack.

This kind of thing makes
a lot of guys have to throw up.

I'd seen it happen before, OK?

So if you feel the urge,

you roll down the window
and do it out there.

Try not to get
so worked up, Jack.

Okay? After all,
you brought this on yourself.

Brought what on myself?
I didn't do anything !

" I got everything I need."
That sound familiar?

You mean 'cause you thought I was cocky,
I'm now on a permanent acid trip?

Bag yourself, Jack.

Ah!

Oh, my God!

Ah!

The way you intervened
in that store last night,

you did a good thing there, Jack.

I mean, it was incredibly impressive

- all the way across the board
- Oh, my God!

to the upper echelons of the organization.
Let me tell you.

Please just tell me
what's happening to me

in plain English with,
without the mumbo-jumbo.

This is a glimpse, Jack.

A glimpse?

A... A glimpse of what?

You're gonna have to figure that out
for yourself and you got plenty of time.

How much time?

As much time as it takes,
which in your case is

probably gonna be considerable.

Okay, look.

Look. I-I-I just want
my life back, okay?

Now, now, what's it gonna take?

You wanna talk turkey?

Let's talk turkey.

How much money?

It doesn't work like that,
and I can't tell you why.

Why not?

Because you have to figure
this thing out for yourself.

- Are you listening to me?
- Figure it out.

Figure it out.
Figure out what?

Let it come to you, man.

You know, I don't have time
for this right now.

I'm in the middle of a deal.

Yeah, well, you're working on
a new deal now, baby.

- What's this?
- Open it.

What is it?
Some kind of a signal?

Will you come whenever I ring it?

Now, you gotta
get out of the car, Jack.

But, what do I do?

I'm sorry, I just can't spend
any more time with you.

I got some other business

- I gotta take care of.
- No, y-y-you...

You did this to me.

You, you can't just
leave me like this.

Okay.

Look, you wanna get some air?

Let's get outside,
get some air.

We'll walk and I'll explain
everything to you, okay?

Thanks, man.

Sure.

Excuse me.

Do you know where
Merrison Street is?

Jeannie, I found Jack.

Oh, there you are, stranger.

Where you been?

You look terrible.

Truth is, I expected you.

Kate called and asked
if I knew where you were.

So...

Oh, I put the Barcalounger
in the center of the room.

It's throwing everybody off.

What do you think?

It's a great room.
Great room.

You and me, buddy,
we know how to live, huh?

Come on.

Come on, Jack.

Come on.

Whoo!

Come on, buddy.

Take your seat.

Are you okay?

I mean, you take off
Christmas morning and...

you don't tell anyone
where you're going.

We're friends?

Talk to me.

I'm, I'm having kind of a bad day.

You know,
I read somewhere

that the suicide rate
doubles during the holiday.

What am I saying that for?
You don't wanna hear that.

Come on.

Is it...

Is it trouble at work?

I... I don't think so.

Well, it's not Kate, is it?

You see, huh?

It's like we're inside
each other's heads.

Kate's my wife.

Just keep saying it
over and over again, Jack.

Like a mantra.
Keep saying it.

Look, you know,
you fit the profile exactly.

In your 30s, house, kids,
financial responsibilities.

You start thinking this isn't
the life I dreamt about.

Where's the romance,
you know?

Where's the joie de vivre?

Suddenly every...

lingerie ad in the Newark Star-Ledger
represents a life that you can't have.

It's just two kids, right?

Come on.
Come on.

All right, sometimes it feels like
you gave up the whole world.

I know that.
But look what you got.

Look at that: four bedrooms,

two-and-a-half baths,
a partially finished basement.

And good kids.

Look.
You know what?

You probably don't wanna
hear this right now.

But remember last summer

when I almost had that thing
with Arnie, Jr.'s speech therapist?

You remember what
you said to me?

You said, " Don't screw up
the best thing in your life...

just because you're a little unsure
about who you are."

Okay?

Go get them, tiger.

Could you hold on a second?

Um,...

never mind because...

because he just walked in.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Do you...

have any idea
what you put us through today?

You walk out of here
at 7:30 in the morning.

You don't tell me
where you're going,

or even that you're going.

And I don't see you
till hours later?

I called all of our friends.

I had the state troopers looking for you.

I was on the phone with
the hospital, for God's sakes.

What kind of a man leaves
his family on Christmas morning

without a word about
where he's going?

- What kind of a man does that, Jack?
- I don't know.

Could you, could you please
stop yelling at me?

Where were you?

I was in the city.

The city?

- New York City?
- Yeah.

Why?

Because that's where I live.

Don't start, Jack.
Don't.

Look, you don't understand.

I...

I, I, I woke up this morning here.

And this is very strange
because...

this isn't my house.

Those, those aren't my kids.
I'm not Dad.

I, I, I'm not a dad.

- You, you're not my wife.
- You know what, Jack?

It's not funny this time
because I am really mad.

I mean, really mad.

I mean it.

I, I don't even...

I...

What?

What's that?

I like it.

- Thanks, Dad.
- That's mine.

Hey, I need that back.

She took my bell.

You missed the whole thing.

The pancakes and the presents.

You spent six hours putting
that bike together for Annie,

and then you didn't even get to see
the look on her face when she opened it.

You missed Christmas, Jack.

I'm sorry.

You know, we don't even
have enough time for this.

And... at least you're okay.

I'm okay, we're okay. But...

you've gotta get dressed
for the Thompson party.

And you are not wearing that.

I don't care how hilarious
you think it is.

Party?

No, no, I'm not going to a party.

You look forward to this party all year.
What is it with you today?

Believe me, Kate.

I really don't think that
going to a party

is the right move for me
at the present time.

Okay, fine.
You know what?

Then, you just do
whatever you wanna do.

What are you doing?

Telling my mother that
she doesn't have to stay with the kids.

Why not?

Because you'll be here.

I'll be ready in ten minutes.

This is...

This is just subpar.

♪ Oh, the weather outside is frightful ♪

There is Lance.

Here you go.

Excuse me.

♪ Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ♪

♪ It doesn't show signs of stopping ♪

- Kate, Jack.
- Evelyn.

- Come in.
- Woo!

Hey, everybody,
Kate and Jack are here.

- Hey!
- Jeannie.

- Woo! Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

Jack, Merry Christmas.

Whoops.

Here.

- So, like the dress?
- Oh, it's lovely.

I thought I saw you notice it
at the kids' recital.

It's lovely.
It's lovely.

There he is.

Hey, Jack.
Happy holidays, man.

Yeah.

Jack, come on over.

Hey, Jack.

Cheers, baby.

- You guys see Van Horn last night?
- Oh, thirty-two points.

That kid's gonna take the Nets
to the championship.

The Nets?
Are you kidding?

They suck.

But, but they're due.

They're certainly due.

So, tomorrow's the big day, Jackie.

Okay.

Why?

My triple bypass.

I'm going under the knife tomorrow.
I, I told you that, right?

- Triple bypass.
- Yeah.

You really think
you should be eating all that?

Figure I'm going in
for a cleaning tomorrow.

Might as well load up
on the fried stuff tonight, right?

That's good thinking, Bill.
Have another drink, you know?

Some fried pork,
mashed potatoes.

He'll be dead by morning.

How about a cigar, Jack?

Oh, no, thank you.
I'm cutting down.

Come on, come on.
They're American made, not Cuban.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah, come on.

Very nice.

I thought you'd like 'em.

Mmm.

Mmm!

Superb.

- How about you, Arnie?
- I'm all right. Thanks.

Mmm.

Finger food?

No, thank you.
I'm fine.

Oh, come on.

Soon as I put them down,
you're gonna grab a couple.

- You always do.
- No, I'm okay.

Let me.

- They will melt in your mouth.
- No, I'm okay.

Mmm, yeah.

Mmm.

Good?

Fabulous.

At the end of this whole thing,...

she made me this
hand-embroidered sweater.

- It was like... really lovely.
- How nice.

So I'm slipping it on and I notice that
she's misspelled the word "lawyers."

Uh-oh.

I spent the entire day
walking around...

with a sweater that said,
"Nonprofit layers just do it for free."

- I love it.
- So you're a lawyer?

A nonprofit lawyer?

Probono.

You don't get paid at all?
Nobody makes a dime?

Jack?

Any hoo.

Oh.

I better go wake my mom.

There you go.

Uh, I don't think so.

She's your dog, Jack.

No, she's not.

You're right.
She's the kids' dog.

Maybe we should go wake Josh
and make him walk her.

If you take a dump
sometime in this century,

then we could go home
where it's warm.

Like, if I can even remember
how to get home.

You remember,
don't you, girl?

Hello?

♪ Am I hard enough ♪

♪ Am I rough enough ♪

♪Am I rich enough ♪

- ♪ I'm not too blind ♪
- Hello?

♪ To see ♪

Hey!

What?

Oh.

That baby's crying.

And?

Don't give me that look, Jack.

Tuesday's your day and you know it.

And listen, try and get Josh
to daycare on time, okay?

♪ You're a pretty, pretty, pretty ♪

♪ You're such a pretty girl ♪

Yeah.

All right.

Oh!

Holy Mother of God!

Oh!

Ah.

You're not really my dad, are you?

No, I'm not.

I work on Wall Street.

You know,
with the big buildings.

And I live in an apartment
with a doorman.

And I can buy
almost anything I want.

This isn't my life.
It, it's just a glimpse.

Where's my real dad?

I don't know.

But don't worry.

He loves you, and I'm sure
he'll be back very soon.

What are you doing?

They did a pretty good job.

Who did?

The aliens...

in the mother ship.

You look just like him.

Oh, thanks.

Slightly better looking though, right?

Oh, oh, no, you're not gonna
start crying, are you?

I don't think I could
really deal with that right now.

Do you like kids?

On a case by case basis.

Do you know how
to make chocolate milk?

I--I think I could figure it out.

Promise you won't
kidnap me and my brother...

and plant stuff in our brains?

Sure.

Welcome to Earth.

♪ Here we come, doo doo doo ♪

♪ We're going to the zoo, doo doo ♪

♪ Look at all the crocodiles ♪
♪ swimming in the-- ♪

This is where babies go
when their parents are at work.

Check.

Just push the red button.

Okay.

Oh.

Do I, do I get a receipt
or something?

I have winter camping till 4:00
and ballet class until 5:30.

- 5:30. Okay.
- And try not to be late...

'cause kids don't like to be
the last one picked up.

Got it.

Good tip.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Hey, Annie.

Where, where do I go now?

Big Ed's.

Big Ed's Tires?

- Why?
- 'Cause you work there.

You mean, I sell tires.

That's what I do.

I'm a tire salesman.

Good Lord!

- Morning, Jack.
- Hi.

Good morning, Jack.

Hi.

Hey, Jack.

Jack, my boy.

Hey!

Guess who I played bridge with
two nights ago.

Hell, you'll never guess.

One Sydney Potter.

That's Sydney Potter,
C.E.O., Buy Rite Transport.

Only the third biggest
trucking outfit in the state.

Any hoo...

he's looking for a new parts supplier.

We can handle volume like that,
now can't we, Jack?

I'm gonna have to
get back to you on that, Ed.

Right on.

Right on.

Excuse me. Uh,...

do I, do I have a private office
somewhere in the building?

Sure, Jack.

Where is it?

Oh, uh, it's...

it's right back, right back there.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

Ah.

Oh, no.

You must've needed this
every day.

What are you smiling about?

Eighty-eight?

I was in London in 1988.

You never went to London.

Jack, you're needed in mag wheels.

Customer waiting.

I was the number one junior sales
associate for E.F. Hutton in 1988.

- Did you know that?
- Uh, no.

No, I didn't.
That's, that's great.

That's the kind of thing you could
really build on, you know?

- Uh-huh.
- Yeah.

I mean, sales has always been
a feeder for M&A.

Always.

Uh-huh.

Uh, well, look,
here we are. Uh...

Over there.
Mag wheels.

- Oh.
- Mag wheels. So...

Hey, Jack, um,...

are you sure you're okay?

Well, I'm just a little confused
right now about why I work here.

Uh...

I, I just started here last Tuesday.

Yeah.

The closing tip was
a mildly bullish plus 76.

Much of the market's action today
was fueled by the latest round

of merger mania
to hit Wall Street

when Global Health Systems
and Med Tech Pharmaceutical

announced their intentions

to join forces in a massive
$122 billion stock swap deal.

The largest ever
in the health care industry.

When asked about the possible
anti-competitive implications,

Global chairman Bob Thomas
referred reporters

to P.K. Lassiter & Company president
Alan Mintz, the architect behind the deal.

- That's my deal!
- Ironically,

Mintz first met Thomas
at a Lamaze class.

- While coaching their pregnant wives,
- What?

Mintz and Thomas struck up a dialog,
and two months later,

the deal with Med Tech was born.

He wasn't the architect!
I'm the architect!

Labor department officials
announced today that

275,000 new jobs
have been created

- last month.
- The kids are asleep.

The kids, hon.

Honey.

Sweetheart?

I said,
the kids are asleep.

That's just great.

Those little monkeys
can be a real handful.

Hey, I was watching that.

Not tonight.

Please, leave my socks alone.

Wait.

You want me.

That is the general idea, yeah.

Oh, well, maybe we should
grab a bottle of wine first.

Kind of break the ice.

Yeah, that's very funny.
Look, it's 10:30.

By 11:00 you're gonna be
snoring like a monster, but...

that's very sweet.

I'll remember that for next time.

Whatever you say...

honey.

Yeah.

♪ Strange what desire ♪
♪ will make foolish people do ♪

♪ I never dreamed that ♪
♪ I'd need somebody like you ♪

Oh, God, you're beautiful.

Thanks, Jack.

No, I'm, I'm serious.

You're really stunning.

This is good stuff.
I want you to keep this up.

I mean, you were always
a very pretty girl in college.

There's no question about that.

But this...

You've really grown
into a beautiful woman.

How can you do that?

What?

Look at me like you haven't seen me
every day for the last 13 years.

Okay, look, wait.
Don't move.

Don't look.
Stay right there.

I got something.

♪ The world was on fire ♪

♪ No one could save me but you ♪

Good night, sweetheart.

♪ Strange what desire ♪

♪ Will make foolish people do ♪

Okay, we're almost out of here.

Mary Janes, Mommy.
You promised.

That's right.
I did promise.

Okay. All right.

We're gonna stop at
the kids' shoes department first

and then I gotta pick up my watch
from the battery store.

Then I'm gonna go
to the linen store.

Why don't we go
to all the stores?

Every single store in this
god-forsaken shopping mall.

Wouldn't that be exciting?

You know what?

Why don't I take the kids,
and you just...

stay here and hang out
in the men's department?

Come on, hon.

It's perfect for your frame.

Why don't you try it on?

I might want to take
an inch out of the back.

Okay.

Lengthen the sleeve.

You look amazing in that suit.

I mean, really.

Wow!

Off the charts, great.

It's an unbelievable thing.

Wearing this suit actually makes
me feel like a better person.

I'm gonna buy it.

It's $2,400.

Are you out of your mind?
Come on, let's go.

She got those shoes.

Those shoes were $25.

Come on.
Take it off, all right?

We'll go to the food court and get
one of those funnel cakes you like.

You daddy's a crazy guy.

No.

No.

Do you have any idea
what my life is like?

Excuse me?

I wake up in the morning
covered in dog saliva.

I drop the kids off,...

spend eight hours
selling tires retail.

Retail, Kate.

I pick the kids up,
walk the dog,...

which, by the way,...

carries the added bonus
of carting away...

her monstrous crap.

I play with the kids,

take out the garbage,

get six hours of sleep
if I'm lucky.

And then everything starts
all over again.

So, so what's in it for me?

Wh-Where are my...
my Mary Janes?

You know, it's sad to hear that
your life is such a disappointment to you.

I can't believe it isn't
a disappointment to you!

Jesus, Kate, I could have been
a thousand times the man I became.

I could have been
one of the richest...

Forbes...

How could you do this to me?

How could you let me give up
on my dreams like this?

Really, I want to know.

Who are you?

All right, look.
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I was such
a saint before...

and I'm, I'm such a prick now!

But maybe I'm just not...

the same guy that I was
when we got married.

You know what?
Maybe you're not.

Because the Jack Campbell I married
would not need a $2,400 suit...

to feel better about his life.

But I'm telling you,

if that's what it's gonna take,
then buy it.

Jesus!

We'll take the money
out of the kids' college fund.

Forget it.

We'll get a funnel cake.

It'll be the highlight of my week.

Listen, I'm really sorry
about that back in the store.

I, I don't want to fight with you.

I just sometimes...

wonder how we ended up here,
you know?

I mean, back in college,
did, did you see us here?

Life has thrown us a few surprises.
I'll give you that.

It really has, hasn't it?

Yeah.
So, if you had to,...

what would you say
was the biggest surprise?

Just out of curiosity.
I'm just asking.

Well, Annie, for one.

Surprise, we're pregnant.

Yeah, that must have been.
I mean, that...

That was...
That was a very unexpected...

moment.
But, what are you gonna do, huh?

I think it turned out all right,
don't you?

Yeah.
I really like Annie.

Well, good, Jack.
Maybe we'll keep her.

No, I, I love her.
I love Annie. I love...

I'm just...

We had a lot of good times,
didn't we?

Do you remember the place on
Charles Street where we used to go?

Charles Street?

What?
In the village?

When we were living
in Greenwich Village.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.
Great times.

Great place.

Why did we ever leave?

You can't really raise a kid
in an apartment in the village.

And then there was
the whole trek out to the hospital.

That didn't help either.

You were great.

I mean, surviving
the heart attack was one thing.

You had a heart attack?

Hey, Jack, stop that.
'Cause I am, I'm still mad at you.

Who knows what would have happened
if you hadn't stepped in at the store?

That's why I work for Big Ed.

That's why I work for Big Ed.

Yeah.

So we had a baby,
Big Ed had a heart attack.

We bought that house, and I've
been working for him ever since.

Sayonara, Wall Street.

Our life in a nutshell.

If you wanna look at it that way.

How would you look at it?

A great success story.

What do you say, Jack?
Show 'em how to do it, baby.

Come on, Jack,
we need a strike.

Damn!

Jesus, Jack!
What are you doing?

It's a league match, alright?

Where's your follow through?

- Where's your stance?
- You know what?

I'm doing the best I can.

It's okay, Jack.

Yeah, it's alright.
Why am I so competitive all the time?

- Let's go. Come on.
- You can still pick up that spare.

- Still looking good that spare.
- Come on, you can do it.

- Crack them, Jack.
- Come on, Jack.

- Look, here we go.
- Hurt her.

Damn right.
Come on, Jack, take it to her.

You're Jack Campbell.

You're better than the sport.

You shot the rapids in Kanai.

You ran with the bulls in Pamplona.

You've jumped out of an airplane over
the Mojave Desert, for Christ's sake.

You can do this.

You can do this.

Yes!

Victorious!

Ha-huh?

Ah-ha?

Ha-huh?
Ha-huh?

All right!

High five!

You're up.

Go get 'em.

Hi, Jack.

Evelyn, right?

Very funny.

I saw you out on lane 20.

You got the flu or something?

Something like that, yeah.

Need a nurse?

Are you a nurse?

If that's what you want.

Hey, wait a minute.

Um, don't run away.

Are we...?

Are we what, Jack?

Well.

Is there something
going on between us?

Are we...

finally being honest?

It would help me if we were.

Okay.

You're right. We've been
dancing around this for years.

Here goes.

When I get dressed for a party,
and I know you're gonna be there,...

let's just say I don't go strapless
because my husband likes it.

I've got six sets of snow tires
piled up in my garage, and...

I won't even drive in the snow.

And our, our kids just...

happen to be in the same
ballet class every year.

So...

If you're asking whether
I'd like it to be more,...

the answer's yes.

Kate would never have to know.

Do I have your number?

Steve's out of town
with the kids this weekend.

Why don't you just stop by?

Hey, Jack.

You're all flushed.

- I feel good.
- Yeah.

Guess that 71 took a lot out of you.

No.

I just saw Evelyn Thompson.

She's relentless.

She wants to have
an affair with me.

She said that?

Pretty much.

- What is it about you?
- So...

if you would write
her exact address down there.

- You have a pen? Please.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold, hold on,
hold on a second.

You're not actually thinking
about cheating on Kate, are you?

Well, it wouldn't
really be cheating, Arnie.

It's complicated.

All right, maybe I haven't been as good
a consigliere as you've been to me, okay?

But hear me out on this, okay?

A little flirtation is harmless,

but you're dealing with fire here,
all right man?

The Fidelity Bank and Trust
is a tough creditor.

You make a deposit somewhere else,
they close your account...

forever, all right?

Arnie, I don't want
your head to explode,

but I'm telling you,
those rules don't apply to me.

I-I'm not even...

I'm not talking about rules, Jack,
all right?

I'm talking about...

You, you...

There isn't a guy in Union County
who wouldn't give his left nut

to be with Kate, all right?

She's amazing,
and you're gonna fuck it up.

Just think about that,
all right?

Hey, honey.

How was the game?

Long and boring
and generally pretty sad.

Arnie seemed to enjoy it.

Sort of.

Hey, where's that chocolate cake?

Do you mean this chocolate cake?

That's my piece.

I was saving it because
I got nauseated

by that precooked
mini-mall rotisserie chicken.

Mmm.

Mmm.

It's good.

Give me that cake.

No way.

Come on.

I'm sorry.

It's too important to me.

♪ Ta-da ♪

I want that cake!

- You want this cake?
- I want it.

Thank you.

- It's good, right?
- Mmm-hmm.

Oh, God!

Are the kids asleep?

Mmm-hmm.

- Mm.
- Mmm.

Mmm.

Say it to me, Jack.

What?

You know what I like to hear.

I know, baby.
I know what you like to hear.

Mmm.

Mmm. Tell me.
Tell me, tell me.

You're a bad girl, baby.
You make me so hot.

What?

Not it?

Nice, Jack.

What?

You're sweeping me off my feet.

You make me hot.

What do you say, everyone?

This is a little birthday party for Katie.

- Happy birthday, Katie.
- Happy, birthday.

Good to see you kids still together.

Hello, kids.

- Happy birthday, Kate.
- Look at that.

Very exciting.
Evelyn, you look tremendous.

Thank you.
Look what happens when I do that.

Jack?

- The man.
- Yes. Yes.

Do you have anything to say to
your lovely wife on the day of her birth?

You happy she was born?

Hey, hey!
Today's your birthday?

- That is funny, Jack.
- Well, you know what?

Um...

Wow, your birthday.

It's, it's, it's, it's...
You're my wife.

You are my wife.
Today is your birthday.

Well, actually, I, I do have one thing
that I want to say to you.

And God,
I hope you like it.

Bill?

- Yeah.
- Oh, no.

You hit it, Bill.

You wore that shirt last year,
by the way.

Just so you know.

♪ Many guys have come to you ♪

♪ With a line that wasn't true ♪

- Oh!
- ♪ And you passed them by ♪

♪ Passed them by ♪

♪ Now you're in the centering ♪

♪ And their lines don't mean a thing ♪

♪ Why don't you let me try ♪

♪ Let me try ♪

♪ Now, I don't wear a diamond ring ♪

♪ I don't even have a song to sing ♪

♪ All I know is
la-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ Means I love you ♪

♪ La-la-la-la la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ Means I love you ♪

Aw.

Sweet.

♪ The things I am saying
are true-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ And the way I explain it to you ♪

- Get down, Jack.
- ♪ Yes, to you ♪

♪ Listen to me
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ Means I love you ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ Means I love you ♪

Happy birthday, sweetheart.

- Yeah, whoa!
- Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, Jack !

There's love in the air.

He loves her.
It's official. There's love.

Mmm.

Come on,
it's time to get up, honey.

Go, go.

Good morning, Joshie.

Happy anniversary, honey.

Now, listen.

Before you do whatever
crazy stunt you've got planned,

I want you to open mine first.

Maybe I should wait.

No! Come on!

Come on, come on, come on.
Open it.

Zeena?

I found it at an outlet store.

Look, I, I know it's a knock off,

but I think it's gonna
look great on you.

You...

Ah, enjoy it, sweetheart.

Uh...

Yeah, you, uh...

You, you're probably expecting
something from me.

Um, here's the thing.

I hadn't really
planned on giving you your...

anniversary gift until tonight.

You know,
anniversary's good all day.

What are you talking about?

You can never wait all day.
You can't even wait till it's light out.

- Come on!
- I know.

I know.
That's me. It's true.

And, but, um...

it's funny. I...

You forgot.

You actually forgot our anniversary.

I'll fix it.

I'll go out right now
and I'll get you something.

I'll make it right.

Let me know if there's enough
chocolate in there, sweetheart.

- Mmm, not bad.
- Good.

I should have warned you.

Dad always does something
really special for the anniversary.

Like what?

One year he had a star
named after her.

He had a star
named after her?

Well, that's nice,
but isn't that a little...

corny?

Mom liked it.

Maybe there's a jewelry store
back at the mall.

I can pick her up
a pair of earrings or something.

That's good, but...

you did forget the anniversary.

That's right.

And that is a major oversight.
Okay, okay.

So, if I'm Kate,...

I can't afford the finer things.

My husband's career is, is definitely
a crushing disappointment to me.

I'm trapped in suburbia.

Did he ever take her to the city?

Now you're getting the hang of it.

Jack, can we afford this place?

I'm taking my baby out
for our anniversary.

Damn the costs.

So, are you ready to order?

We'll have the Terrine of Quail Breast
with Shiitake Mushrooms to start.

Then the Veal Medallions
in Raspberry Truffle Sauce.

And the Sea Scallops
with Pureed Artichoke Hearts.

Very good, sir.

And may I say,
those are all excellent selections.

You may.

Also, we'll have
a bottle of Lafite, '82.

Honey?

That's an $800 bottle of wine.

We'll just have some red wine...

by the glass.

You are so not
off the hook yet, Slick.

But I'm getting close, right?

You wanna dance?

I-I don't think
there's dancing here, Jack.

Ah, sure, there is.
Come on.

Not bad for a tire salesman
from New Jersey.

I have my moments.

You gotta try one of these.

Ah.

God, I miss that taste.

I need to tell you something.

Okay.

I think it may help us,...

but there's a slight chance
it could make things worse.

I'm living someone else's...

I feel like I'm living
someone else's life.

I remember I used to walk to work,...

and uh,...

I had a warm bialy
in my hand, and a...

hot cup of coffee
from Dean & Deluca,...

the crisp...

feeling of The Wall Street Journal,...

the smell of leather
from my briefcase.

And, I, I used to be...

so sure about everything.

Confident.
You know, I, I, I...

I knew exactly who I was...

and, and what I wanted.

And then one morning,
I woke up...

and suddenly
it was all different.

Worse, do you mean?

No.

Well...

Maybe a few things, but...

but mostly just different.

And it's okay.

But,...

I never used to be like this, Kate.

I was the guy
who had it all figured out.

I had no doubts.
I had no regrets.

And now?

Now, now I don't.

I don't have it all figured out.

Me neither.

But you always seem so certain.

Do you think there aren't mornings
when I wake up and wonder,

"What the hell am I doing
in New Jersey?"

Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

My office is a dump.

I answer my own phone,
and you seen my paycheck.

What?
Your paycheck...

is a disgrace to paychecks.

Can you imagine a life
where everything was just easy?

You know, like, where you ask for things,
and then people just bring them to you?

It's wonderful.

I think about it too.

I do.

I wonder about what kind of life

I would have had
if I hadn't married you.

And?

And then I realize I've just erased all
the things in my life that I'm sure about.

You...

and the kids.

Good things.

Yeah.

What are you sure about?

I'm sure that right now,

there's nowhere else I'd
rather be than here with you.

Oh.

Oh, Jack.

- You like it?
- Oh.

This is beautiful.

Ooh!

You know champagne
makes me do crazy things.

I'll just fill yours
up to the top.

I don't know how you did it, Hoss.

But you pulled it off.

I'm out of the doghouse?

Way out.

Happy anniversary, sweetheart.

You may even get
lucky tonight, Jack.

You're so beautiful.

I already told you
you were gonna get lucky.

My God.

All this time,

I never stopped loving you.

That's all I wanted to hear.

I'm gonna wear the usual today.

What are you thinking?

You want to come to work with Dad?

Help me sell tires?

It's fun.

I'm pretty good at it.

Who's this?

Who's that?

Who is that?

Who's on that tie?

That's Grandpa.

Yes.

Jack!

Mmm.

Have a great day.

For the money, this is hands down
the best radial we carry.

Okay.
I guess I'll take 'em.

You won't regret it.

Tommy, would you set Mr. Collin up
with four B.F. Goodrich G-Force T.A.'s?

And uh...

give him ten percent off
for having the best costume.

- Oh, thank you.
- You bet.

Right this way, sir.
Follow me.

Tell me, does the tire smell good?

Remember our Valentine's Day special:

balance and alignment for free!

- Hey, how are you doing today?
- It just blew out on me.

Do you have a...
a tire like that?

I seem to have
some sort of a blowout here.

Why don't you let me
take this one, Kenny?

Ah, okay, chief.

Peter Lassiter.

- Do I know you?
- Not exactly.

I've seen you on CNBC.

You look taller in real life.

Truth is, Mintz was so busy
timing his wife's breathing,

he didn't realize that Med Tech needed
Global more than the other way around.

Ten days, two weeks tops,

they would have
approached you with an offer.

I'm willing to bet anything.

It would have been 130 billion,

not 122.

The trouble is, Peter,...

you had a pussycat
running the show.

What you needed...

was a Doberman.

I'm impressed.

I really am.

Now, about my car.

Sure. We're gonna have to
special order that tire,

so, it'll be ready
in a couple of days.

All right.

This is my uh...

office address.

Why don't you
drop off the car yourself?

We're really more of a boutique
operation, as you can see.

But you're not interested
in boutique dollars.

I get it.

He's expecting you,
Mr. Lassiter.

Alan...

this is Jack Campbell.

- The one I was telling you about.
- Of course. Jack.

- Hi.
- Mr. Mintz.

No, no, just call me Alan.

We like to cultivate a very
casual atmosphere around here.

- I can see that.
- Yes, what can I tell you?

- Do you have kids?
- Hmm, uh, actually, yes.

Two of them.

Good ones.

Great, great.
Why don't you have a seat?

Um, Peter mentioned to me that
you're an avid CNBC watcher.

But he didn't say whether you had
any actual Wall Street experience.

Um, I was a sales associate
at E.F. Hutton.

A broker, really?

And now you're
in the tire business?

That's right.
And auto supply.

In the retail end,
I understand.

Uh, we get about 60 percent of
our business from automotive service.

And do you mind me asking
what kind of sales you did...

last year, just, um, ballpark?

We did 1.7 million,
total revenue.

1.7.

Great, and uh, what do you
project for this year?

I think we're gonna have
a banner year.

Sales are up almost 20 percent
in the first quarter,

and we just landed a major
trucking company account.

Oh, you did? And that's great.
That's terrific.

So that puts you
just a tad over two million?

That's right.

And that would make us
number one in our market.

Excuse me, I'm gonna get
a glass of water.

Look.

I know our paltry
little $2 million in sales

is about what you spend a year
on office supplies.

And some regional trucking company
account is nothing compared to a...

- multi-billion-dollar merger.
- No, no, no.

I, I'm not trying to knock
the tire business.

It's okay, Alan.
I get it.

I'm in your shoes,
I'm thinking the same thing,

but here's the deal.

Business is business.

Wall Street, Main Street.

It's all just a bunch of people
getting up in the morning,

trying to figure out how the hell
they're gonna send their kids to college.

It's just people.

And I know people.

Oh, I'm sure you do.

Take you, for instance, Alan.

You have a certain energy about you.
It's an active kind of energy.

I wouldn't be surprised if you drank
about 16 Diet Cokes a day.

You're an excellent father.

But you feel guilty about the time
you spend away from home.

You drink bourbon,
but you offer your clients Scotch.

And your wife
decorated this office.

He certainly seems
to have your number.

You're a little tougher, Peter.

For one thing,
you like expensive things.

That's easy.

You've seen my car.

You smoke Hoyo de Monterreys.

You're a Scotch man,
single malt,

not because it's trendy but...

because you've been doing it
for last 40 years

and you like to stay
with what works.

You have two great loves
in your life:

your horses...

and this company.

And... you're a man
who prides himself

for finding talent
to your unusual pleasures.

How would you know that?

Because I'm here.

I'm prepared to do
whatever it takes to get this job.

I'll start wherever
I have to start.

I'll park cars if I have to.

The biggest part of judging character
is knowing yourself, and I know this:

I can do this job.

I can.

Give me a chance, Peter.

I won't let you down.

Alan...

why don't you
show Jack around?

This is our war room.

We did seven major deals
in here last year.

Three of them... hostile.

- Seven?
- Yeah.

You get a kind of a feeling,
you know, from uh...

Can we cut the shit here
for a minute?

What do you do?
Where did you get that information?

Did you go through his wallet?
Did you surf some Net?

Something like that?

But, it, it doesn't
really matter because

that circus act you pulled back there
may have dazzled Lassiter,

but it doesn't cut any shit
with me at all.

Even if you get this job,
which I highly doubt,

let me just give you
just a little word of warning.

Peter Lassiter gets tired of
his pet projects very, very quickly.

I've got that big office in there

because I prove myself to him
year after year after year.

And nobody is gonna come in here
and turn the old man's head,

especially not some tire salesman
from New Jersey.

So if you're cautious
and you're quiet.

You watch yourself.
You stay away from Lassiter.

Maybe I'll think about
keeping you on here

after he gets bored with you.

Do we understand each other?

Alan!

God, you, you really
are different, aren't you?

- Excuse me?
- I mean, wow!

I, I, I'm impressed.

I'm impressed.

Good for you.

Do, are, are we
understanding each other?

Yes, Alan,
I understand you.

Okay then.

Good.

- Good.
- Okay.

Okay.

Alan.

Keep your eyes closed.

Hold on.

Go ahead.
Open your eyes.

Welcome to Xanadu.

It's pretty incredible, isn't it?

- It's like a museum.
- Uh-huh.

Go in.

So what's the big surprise?

You didn't rent this
for the weekend, did you?

Think...

bigger.

For the week?

This place is a perk, Kate.

- A perk?
- Mmm-hmm.

For what?

A company called
P.K. Lassiter Investment House

uses it to attract
new executives.

I'm going into arbitrage, honey.

It turns out
I have a knack for it.

Jack, what are you talking about?

I'll be making twice
what I make now.

Plus a hefty bonus.

And that's just to start.
And...

we can live in this apartment
practically rent free...

until we find a place of our own.

Are you out of your mind?

I don't think so.

This is gonna be
a better life for all of us.

We can put Annie and Josh
into private schools.

Annie goes to
a great school, Jack.

I'm talking about the best schools
in the country here, Kate.

Jack, what could you
possibly be thinking about?

What about my,
what about my job?

Well, this is New York City.

It's like the needy people
capital of the world.

Your Jersey clients aren't a tenth as
pathetic as the ones you could find here.

I, I, I can't even believe you're talking
about moving back into the city, Jack.

I thought the reason that we left

was because we didn't want
to raise kids here.

No, no.
This is the center of the universe.

If I was living in Roman time,
I would live in Rome, where else?

And today America is the Roman empire.
New York is Rome itself.

- John Lennon.
- Jack.

Listen, okay.
Okay, you know something?

I'm detecting, like,
a funky tension here.

And this was supposed
to be a happy day.

So guess what?
I don't need this.

We don't have to live here.
Forget it.

I'll, I'll commute.
I'll drive to work.

God!
In traffic, Jack.

It's over an hour each way.
That's like three hours every day.

When are you ever
gonna see the kids?

Kate.

You're not understanding me.

I'm talking about a perfect life,
a great life.

Everything we pictured
when we were young.

The whole package.

You said so yourself.

Life has thrown us a few surprises.

We made sacrifices.
Well, guess what?

Now I can finally
get us back on track.

- Oh.
- I can do that, Kate.

I want to do that.

I, I need to do that as a man!

For all of us.

Please just think about this
for one second.

No more lousy restaurants.

No more clipping coupons.

No more shoveling snow.

Then get a goddamn
snowblower, Jack!

Don't go get a new career
without even telling me about it!

And don't, don't take Annie
out of a school she loves.

And don't move us out of a house
we've become a family in.

You're, you're...

Don't you see?
I'm talking about us...

finally having a life
that other people envy.

Oh, Jack.

They already do envy us.

From London to New York.

I came back.

When you got on that plane,...

I was sure it was over.

I left the airport afraid
I'd never see you again.

And then you showed up
the very next day.

That was a good surprise.

You know?

I think about the decision you made.

Maybe I was being naive,

but I, I believed that we would
grow old together in this house.

that we'd...

spend holidays...

here and...

have our grandchildren
come visit us here.

I had this image of us...

all gray and wrinkly,

and me...

working in the garden,
and you repainting the deck.

But things change.

If you need this, Jack.

If you really need this,...

I will take these kids
from a life they love,

and I'll take myself from the only home
we've ever shared together,

and I'll move wherever
you need to go.

I'll do that
because I love you.

I love you.

And that's more important to me
than our address.

I choose us.

Oh.

I'm gonna chase you.

You can't catch me.
No, you can't.

You can't.

I... oh!

Whoa, whoop!

Oh. Whoops!

I fell down.

I knew you'd come back.

Oh, Annie.

I love you.

What are you doing?

Ringing my bell.

4.99?

It's just salt, for God sakes.

Ninety-nine cents, darling.

Out of ten.

You.

Jack!

What's up?
How you feeling, baby?

Why are you here?

Here's your change, darling.

Five, six, seven, eight, nine,...

o-one.

Is that rock salt?

Look at you, man.

Went and got all domestic
and everything.

You really figured
some things out, huh?

You're not sending me back.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Hey, did you hear me?

Wait a second.

I'm talking to you.

You see that?

Character.

And for what, for nine bucks?
I mean, that's just so disappointing.

I'm not going back.

- You understand me?
- Okay, relax, Jack.

You can't do this.

You can't keep coming
in and out of people's lives,

messing things up.
It's not right.

A glimpse, by definition,
is an impermanent thing, Jack.

I've got kids.

I'm going home.

Is it morning yet?

No, honey.

Go back to sleep.

Take care, all right, Annie.

I'm going back to the mother ship.

Hey.

Hey.

These past few weeks,...

I know I've done some...

some unusual things.

It's been interesting,
that's for sure.

I've done some good things,
too, though, haven't I?

You've been Jack Campbell,...

and that's always a good thing.

I need you to remember me, Kate.

How I am right now...

at this very moment.

I need you to put that image
in your heart and keep it there.

Keep it with you
no matter what happens.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

Please just promise me.

You have to promise me, Kate,

because if you don't,
then it's like it never happened.

And I don't think
I can live with that.

I promise.

Promise me again.

I promise.

Okay.

Now come to bed.

Soon.

Yeah.

What time is it?

Okay.

Yeah.

Waiting for me by the door, huh?

Paula.

Wow.

Merry Christmas.

Christmas?

It's not Christmas.

It's whatever
you want it to be, Jack.

It's not Christmas.

Jack.

Jack?

Can I help you?

Is Kate here?

Does Kate live here?

Kate? No.
There's nobody named Kate here.

Of course not.

You okay?

No.

- Hello.
- Santa Claus.

Where are you?
Everybody's here.

Adelle?

You're a half an hour late.

The emergency strategy session,
trip to Aspen?

Is, is this ringing any bells?

Everybody is panicked here, Jack.

Jack?

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

No, no, I'm not gonna,
I'm not gonna go talk to them

until I have something
to talk to them about.

Steve, I, Steve,
I don't care if it's Christmas day.

We're in a crisis here.

Wait a minute. Jack just walked in.
I'll call you back.

Jack, thank God that you're...

You're here.
Are you all right?

What's going on here?

What, what's...
Well,...

it's not good.

Bob Thomas has been talking
to a European drug company, Jack,

and we don't know which one.

And they're gonna let Bob
buy minority stakes,

and at the same time, let him
keep running the entire company.

And Global knows, Jack.
They know.

I don't know how they know,
but they know.

and they're up,
they're up, up in arms.

And they think somehow we should
have been prepared for this.

Prepared!

Oh, God,
we're in trouble.

You know something, Alan?

Somewhere inside of you,
there's a much more assertive person.

Is this another one of those
Sun Tzu Art of War tricks?

No.

So what are we gonna do, Jack?

Jack?

I'll tell you exactly
what we're going to do.

You're going to do whatever
you have to do to find out

which European company
he's been talking to.

Then I'm going to
clean myself up,

fly to Aspen...

and drink eggnog with Bob Thomas.

His wife and kids will be playing
in the background in the snow...

while I convince him that
the European company is the devil...

and Global is the answer
to his prayers.

Then I'm gonna spend
four hours skiing...

alone.

Completely and utterly alone.

I'm going to do that because...

that is my life,...

that's what's real...

and there's nothing
I can do to change that.

For Manhattan.

Kate Reynolds.

I need an address too.

It's very fragile.

So I want you to be
very careful with it, okay?

It's valuable.
It's over 300 years old.

You'll probably need
a few guys to carry it.

All right.

And the painting is
also very, very old.

So take extra care.

It means a lot to Kate, okay?

I appreciate it.

Yeah?

What?

Are you from the moving company?

I'm Jack Campbell.

I'm an old...

friend of Kate's.

Kate, some guy is here.

Yeah, hey, Lori,
did you call the airline

like I asked you to do?
It's like two hours...

Jack.

Kate.

God, it's been a long time.

- You look...
- You look great.

Thanks.

I...

Come on in.
Come on in.

I'm just doing some...

Lori, do you know
where those boxes...

I'm, I'm sorry.

No, no, no, don't even...
You know what? Do...

Jack, don't, please.
I don't even care.

Oh, great.
Thank you.

- What's going on?
- I'm moving to Paris.

Hey, Lori,
have you seen that box?

It says "Jack" on it.

And I, I put it with the rest
of the Salvation Army stuff.

Do you want me to look for the box
or call the airline, Kate?

Hey, kind of under
a little pressure here.

Hey, kind of giving up Christmas day
for my ex-boss here.

Hey, didn't seem to mind
offering to help

when she was opening
the Prada bag I gave her.

Maybe it's by the wardrobe boxes.

Thank you.

Yep.

So you're moving.

Yeah, to Paris.

My firm has an office there.
I'm gonna be heading it up.

Paris.

Paris, France?

That's the one.

So you're, you're not
at a nonprofit firm?

God, no, not with
what they pay me.

Are you married?

No, I never got married, Jack.

You?

Not exactly.

Look.

Could we take a minute here?

Maybe, go get a cup of coffee
or something?

I'll go for a cup of coffee.

Yes...

I found it.

Congratulations.

Your earlier flight was canceled,

but I got you out of Kennedy
on United at 7:00.

- Excellent.
- Am I good or what?

Yes, you're brilliant.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Here you go. It's just
some old stuff of yours.

Do you ever think about us, Kate?

About what might have happened?

Jack, I'll tell you what.

If you're ever in Paris,
I want you to look me up

and we'll go have
that cup of coffee, okay?

Or cafe.
Or cafe au lait.

Oh, wait.
No, no, no, no!

Don't close that up.

- I will never find this box again.
- Oh.

- Well, I marked it.
- I need you to leave it.

Be more specific next time.

Okay.

Make a right here.

Sir, you're gonna be late
for your flight.

We're not going to the airport.

You can't leave this here.

You can't park here!

Kate!

You can't go.

Don't get on that plane.

- Jack?
- Please.

Let's just go have a cup of coffee.
That's, that's all I'm asking for.

I'm sure there's another
flight to Paris tonight.

Jack.

What are you doing here?

Do you need closure?

Because if you do,
after all these years, you got it.

I'm, I'm okay.

I'm fine.

I, I, I was heartbroken, Jack,

but I got over it,
I moved on, and...

you should...

move on too.

Okay?

I, I, I'm sorry.
I just can't...

I've, I've gotta go.

I, I'm, I'm sorry, Jack.

I'm sorry.
Excuse me.

Can I just...?
I'm sorry. I was here.

We have a house in Jersey!

We have two kids.

Annie and Josh.

Annie's not much of a violin player,
but she tries real hard.

She's a little precocious,

but that's only because she says
what's on her mind.

And when she smiles...

And Josh,...

he has your eyes.

He doesn't say much,...

but we know he's smart.

He's always got his eyes open.

You know, he's, he's,
he's always watching us.

Sometimes,...

you can look at him...

and, and you just know.

He's learning something new.

It's like witnessinga miracle.

The house is a mess.

But, it's ours.

After 122 more payments,
it's going to be ours.

And you,...

you're a nonprofit lawyer.

That's right.

You're completely nonprofit.

But that doesn't seem to bother you.

And we're in love.

After 13 years of marriage,
we're still unbelievably in love.

You won't even let me touch you
till I've said it.

I sing to you.

Not all the time, but, but
definitely on special occasions.

And we've...

we've dealt with our share of surprises
and, and made a lot of sacrifices,

but we stayed together.

You see,...

you're a better person than I am.

And it made me...

a better person
to be around you.

I don't know. Maybe...

Maybe it was all just a dream.

Maybe I, I went to bed one
lonely night in December,

and I imagined it all, but...

I swear,...

nothing's ever felt more real.

And if you get
on that plane right now,...

it'll disappear forever.

I know we could both
go on with our lives,

and we'd both be fine.

But I've seen...

what we could be like together.

And I choose us.

Please, Kate.

One cup of coffee.

You can always go to Paris.

Just...

Please.

Not tonight.

Okay, Jack.

Okay.

♪ We should be right here ♪

♪ Get through all this fear ♪

♪ One of these days ♪

♪ 'Cause when it comes along ♪

♪ We should be right here ♪

♪ One of these days ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪

♪ Maybe we can start a life today ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪

♪ Love instead of throwin' it all away ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪

♪ Whoever thought we would get this far ♪

♪ Tryin' for all these years ♪

♪ The thought that we would fade away ♪

♪ Was more than I could bear ♪

♪ Oh, I would do anything
if you would stay ♪

♪ If you'd stay ♪

♪ We should be right here ♪

♪ Get through all this fear ♪

♪ One of these days ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪

♪ Turnin' it on for human kind ♪

♪ With you by my side ♪
♪ Say ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪

♪ Sure we could decide to run away ♪

♪ But we'd run away from all this here ♪
♪ Wait ♪

♪ But, this could be Heaven ♪

♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ This could be Heaven ♪